| Brian Hogan, accomplice get probation for iPhone 4 prototype caper Posted: 11 Oct 2011 10:40 PM PDT 
Categories: iPHONETOUCH.BLORGE Well over a year after they committed the theft and profited from the sale of a pilfered iPhone 4 prototype, the pair have received what can only be described as light punishment. However, with convictions secured, will Apple now turn on Gizmodo publisher Gawker? Wired reports that Brian Hogan and Sage Wallower have each been [...] |
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| Microsoft slams Chrome, Firefox security while promoting IE9 on the sly Posted: 11 Oct 2011 10:40 PM PDT 
Categories: VISTA.BLORGE Microsoft’s ability to talk itself and its products up is sometimes unrivaled. If not a little shady, and sometime underhanded. So it is with a new site called Your Browser Matters, which is owned and run by Microsoft. Not that the company makes a big show of that, of course, hiding the name at the [...] |
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| New Zynga games and Project Z on way Posted: 11 Oct 2011 10:40 PM PDT 
Categories: TECH.BLORGE Zynga is changing strategy, diversifying its product to be more than just the social gaming platform prevalent on Facebook. Which essentially means new games and new ways to play these games. Zynga Unleashed was held today, with the social gaming company using this event to announce a host of new projects. There were new games [...] |
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| DUST 514: CCP promises to change the gaming landscape forever Posted: 11 Oct 2011 10:00 PM PDT 
Categories: GAMER.BLORGE Previously at E3 EVE Online developer, CCP made a surprising announcement when it revealed that MMO FPS, DUST 514 would be coming exclusively to the PS3. The developer briefly mentioned its lofty goal of merging two MMO universes. Back in June we reported that CCP was aiming to bring DUST 514 across the PS3, PC [...] |
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| Gran Turismo 5: price drop and Spec 2.0 update live now Posted: 11 Oct 2011 07:40 PM PDT 
Categories: GAMER.BLORGE Last week Sony revealed that the price for Gran Turismo 5 will drop to $39.99, which is definitely a great price for the amount of content. In addition to the nice price drop, Sony revealed the details of the new Spec 2.0 update. The new free update for Gran Turismo 5 is live right now [...] |
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| iPhone 4S: ‘Siri-ously awesome’ Posted: 11 Oct 2011 03:31 PM PDT 
Categories: iPHONETOUCH.BLORGE First there was the buzz generated by Apple’s onstage demos. Exciting, yes, but often not a good indicator of how features will behave in the wild. However, as a lucky few users lay hands on the iPhone 4S, iOS 5 and, more to the point, Siri, unfounded optimism is transitioning firmly into, “Holy cow, it [...] |
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| Blackberry servers down in flames again Posted: 11 Oct 2011 11:00 AM PDT 
Categories: TECH.BLORGE Research in Motion and its signature Blackberry smartphone are in full retreat, so the effect any issues vis-a-vis reliability will be magnified. That said, what’s the best way to celebrate a marathon 20-hour outage? Apparently, a self immolation party. “Blackberry server down AGAIN?!!! you have got to be kidding me!!!!!” said one outraged Blackberry on [...] |
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| AT&T Toggle tackles work-life balance Posted: 11 Oct 2011 10:32 AM PDT 
Categories: MOBILE.BLORGE AT&T is launching a new service designed to make it easier for employees to use a personal Android phone for work. The tool, dubbed Toggle, effectively splits a handset into two personas. When switched to the basic setting, phones running Toggle will work like any other Android handset, with complete access to all Android apps. [...] |
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| Blackberry servers down again Posted: 11 Oct 2011 08:35 AM PDT 
Categories: TECH.BLORGE Research in Motion and its signature Blackberry smartphone are in full retreat, so the effect any issues vis-a-vis reliability will be magnified. That said, what’s the best way to celebrate a marathon 20-hour outage? Apparently, a self immolation party. “Blackberry server down AGAIN?!!! you have got to be kidding me!!!!!” said one outraged Blackberry on [...] |
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| Google debuts new web programming language Posted: 11 Oct 2011 06:20 AM PDT 
Categories: TECH.BLORGE Google has launched a preview of Dart, a new web programming language designed to overcome some of the flaws with JavaScript. But the company says it expects Dart to be an addition rather than a replacement. For those of us of a certain age, JavaScript bring back memories. Often bad memories of badly coded pages [...] |
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