| Qwikster blessed by Twitter name squatter Posted: 20 Sep 2011 04:00 AM PDT 
Categories: TECH.BLORGE No one can blame Netflix for wanting out of the business of selling movie flavored bits on shiny plastic disks, a technology paradigm that’s not so different than the ones pioneered by Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison. However, Netflix’s ham handed, ill considered efforts have cost it dearly and the beat goes on. Netflix [...] |
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| Microsoft paid $1.5 million to silence executive on sexism charge Posted: 19 Sep 2011 11:20 PM PDT 
Categories: VISTA.BLORGE There is some big news coming out of Microsoft UK today as allegations of corruption in the branch are now being reported. According to the report, a female exec was allegedly passed up for a promotion because of her gender. As reported by the Telegraph, Natalie Ayres, former GM of Microsoft's Small-Medium Enterprise and Partners [...] |
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| PS3 Assassin’s Creed: Revelations comes with exclusive free copy of first game Posted: 19 Sep 2011 10:40 PM PDT 
Categories: GAMER.BLORGE Ubisoft sent out a press release today detailing a special partnership with Sony for the PS3 version of Assassin's Creed: Revelations. According to Ubisoft, the PS3 version of the game will come with the first Assassin's Creed title on the same Blu-ray disc. Assassin's Creed is the first experimental title that started it all as [...] |
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| DC Universe Online truly goes free-to-play on the PS3 and PC Posted: 19 Sep 2011 10:40 PM PDT 
Categories: GAMER.BLORGE Earlier today Sony Online Entertainment dropped a bombshell on DC Universe Online gamers as the publisher revealed that the game would be going to a free-to-play model. SOE announced the end of monthly subscription fees today as DC Universe Online will go truly free-to-play in every sense of the phrase. Unlike many of the so [...] |
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| Sony protects itself from class-action lawsuits with new PSN update agreement Posted: 19 Sep 2011 08:20 PM PDT 
Categories: GAMER.BLORGE Wow. You have disappointed me, Sony, you have really, really disappointed me. So much so I’m tempted to become a Microsoft fanboy. Yes, it’s that bad. Sony has done a lot of things right with the PS3. But the Japanese technology giant has also done a hell of a lot wrong. Three things in particular [...] |
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| Undergrads: Macs popular, PlayBook doesn’t exist Posted: 19 Sep 2011 06:40 PM PDT 
Categories: MAC.BLORGE Users and pundits alike have panned Apple’s 2011 Back to School promotion, sparking some analysts to predict poor Mac sales. However, data from the real world points robust Mac sales, though the same survey raises questions about iPhone and iPad popularity at US universities. It’s just a little survey, 158 students at eight institutions, but [...] |
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| Google Wallet arrives, signals scary future Posted: 19 Sep 2011 06:40 PM PDT 
Categories: TECH.BLORGE Google has officially launched Google Wallet. And I’m scared. Google Wallet is a mobile payments application which works using NFC (Near Field Communication) technology. It effectively turns your smartphone into a virtual debit card. Once you have connected your existing cards (credit, debit, prepaid, or store) to Google Wallet you can use your phone instead [...] |
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| University: It’s better with iPad Posted: 19 Sep 2011 11:40 AM PDT 
Categories: TECH.BLORGE Viva la revolución! Airline pilots are using the Apple tablet in the cockpit, restaurants have dropped paper menus for it and doctors have been converting hospitals one “magical and revolutionary” iPad at a time since day one. Everyone knows at least of these stories, but the big voodoo is happening on campus. What happens when [...] |
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| Netflix chief confesses sins Posted: 19 Sep 2011 07:00 AM PDT 
Categories: TECH.BLORGE The co-founder and CEO of Netflix has admitted the company became arrogant and is now apologizing for its behavior. Oh, and it’s got a new service to announce. As we reported back in July, the company revised its existing deal for unlimited DVDs and streaming: customers could pay more and keep both, or pay less [...] |
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