Tuesday, September 27, 2011

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Uncharted 3 AMC event: free copy of the game with premium pass

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 10:40 PM PDT


Categories: GAMER.BLORGE

It appears that the folks at Naughty Dog are planning a Call of Duty XP event of sorts. The event will offer gamers a chance to play the game in advance in 3D glory as well as participate in a tournament. According to Naughty Dog community strategist, Arne Meyer the studio will be hosting several [...]

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Casual gamers FTW, Hardcore gamers Fail

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 10:40 PM PDT


Categories: GAMER.BLORGE

If you class yourself as a serious or hardcore gamer then count yourself in the minority. Casual and social gamers are taking over, and fast. What prompted this latest round of hand-wringing over the future direction of gaming are the results of a survey conducted by the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB). British gamers were questioned [...]

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Top 10 Best New iOS 5 Apps

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 09:00 PM PDT


Categories: iPHONETOUCH.BLORGE

The early bird gets the worm, or so hope a handful of iOS app developers. And, what about all of the new features + functions + apps the mothership’s building into iOS 5? Yeah, there’s a lot to mull over and this is a great place to start with insight on Apple newest, great, most [...]

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The end definitely isn’t nigh, new trojan thwarted

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 06:40 PM PDT


Categories: MAC.BLORGE

What’s a malware writer to do? Whereas the creators of MacDefender and QHost enjoyed there moments of inglorious fame before they got shut down, a new trojan detected at the end of July has already been unceremoniously nipped in the proverbial bud by the mothership. First, there was MacDefender and then QHost — both were [...]

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Spotify could cave to Facebook criticism, but really shouldn’t

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 06:40 PM PDT


Categories: TECH.BLORGE

There are signs Spotify could backtrack on its need for every new user to have a Facebook account. But it really shouldn’t do so. And Facebook itself shows why it shouldn’t. Spotify is now tied in to Facebook pretty strongly, with a dedicated app relaying users’ listening habits to the social network, and new users [...]

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iPhone next: The past ends here

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 11:40 AM PDT


Categories: iPHONETOUCH.BLORGE

Apple bought Siri and its voice technology to finally bring this long-anticipated functionality to the iPhone and now everybody’s talking about Assistant, the until now known but unnamed voice control feature in iOS 5. However, left unmentioned are the tens of millions of devices that will be left behind. According to reports both near and [...]

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Four questions about the Amazon tablet

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 07:00 AM PDT


Categories: TECH.BLORGE

Amazon looks to be just nine days away from launching a tablet device that may be the first serious contender to the dominance of the iPad. But there are still some major questions that remain unanswered. Will the device be a loss-leader? Given what’s been rumored about the Amazon tablet, total production costs could be [...]

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