Friday, September 30, 2011

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I have no Klout, I don’t want Kred

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 11:40 PM PDT


Categories: TECH.BLORGE

As if Klout wasn’t enough we now have Kred, a new social media influence measuring tool that is as pointless as its aforementioned competitor. Yawn. Klout brands itself the ‘Standard of Influence’, and Kred, while providing almost exactly the same pointless service, is measuring how powerful we all are in social media circles in a [...]

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Who will win Battle of the Shooters 2011?

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 08:40 PM PDT


Categories: GAMER.BLORGE

Battlefield 3 or Modern Warfare 3? Wait, what about Uncharted 3? They’re all shooters, they’re all brilliant, and they’re all being released soon. Shooters have become the dominant genre of gaming now, at least amongst the hardcore. So while the casual mainstream are puzzling over puzzle games and socializing over social games, the hardcore elite [...]

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wii like it nintendos newest is nice

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 07:00 PM PDT


Categories: TECH.BLORGE

http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:%20/2006/09/29/wii-like-it-nintendos-newest-is-nice/ Related posts:wii-like-it-nintendos-newest-is-nice IE7 Pro add-on plays nice with IE8 beta 1 The nice dictator: Google’s power over the web may lead to evil Related posts: wii-like-it-nintendos-newest-is-nice IE7 Pro add-on plays nice with IE8 beta 1 The nice dictator: Google’s power over the web may lead to evil

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Before the lawyers, Jobs’ peace overture rebuffed

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 02:20 PM PDT


Categories: MAC.BLORGE

Apple has gotten a lot of bad press for its litigious ways. Whereas no one doubts that Cupertino invented the smartphone and tablet, people have faulted the company for fighting its product battles in court versus letting nature take its course in the marketplace. But that’s not the whole picture. The Next Web reports that, [...]

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Kindle Fire is cool, but the rollout was masterful

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 12:00 PM PDT


Categories: TECH.BLORGE

Let’s get the easy parts out of the way — the new Kindle line will succeed and the $79 model, in particular, must have publishers poohing themselves. However, I’m pretty sure Apple will continue to succeed with the iPad as Amazon’s going for a different market. Who’re the big losers? Samsung, RIM and anyone else [...]

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Net neutrality rules go too far but not far enough, rival challenges claim

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 07:20 AM PDT


Categories: TECH.BLORGE

As expected, the FCC has been hit with a lawsuit over its net neutrality plans. But the suit comes from a surprising source — and with a surprising reason. As we noted last week, the FCC has formally published its new regulations in the Federal Register meaning they are officially on record and will take [...]

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