| Official EA statement regarding free Battlefield 1943 for the PS3 version Posted: 26 Oct 2011 11:40 PM PDT 
Categories: GAMER.BLORGE There is a great deal of confusion over the free copy of Battlefield 1943 that was supposed to come with the PS3 version of Battlefield 3. At E3, the publisher and Sony revealed that a free copy of the stellar online multiplayer-only game would release along with the PS3 version of Battlefield 3. However, with [...] |
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| Battlefield 3 buyer’s guide: which one to get? PC, PS3, Xbox 360 Posted: 26 Oct 2011 11:40 PM PDT 
Categories: GAMER.BLORGE With the highly anticipated release of Battlefield 3, some gamers are struggling to decide which version of the game to get. To help put things into perspective, we have listed out several factors for each version. PC Version This is probably the version to get as its the best looking and can support [...] |
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| Microsoft’s new Mango phones will have Tango not Skype Posted: 26 Oct 2011 05:20 PM PDT 
Categories: VISTA.BLORGE Mango is Microsoft's code name for the latest update to Windows Phone 7. Handsets are beginning to hit the market. Since Windows Phone 7 handsets must be competitive, they have to have two cameras, one for videocalls. The first Mango handsets will have Tango available as the standard videocalling app, not newly acquired Skype. Forbes [...] |
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| Nextdoor brings social networking to real-life neighborhoods Posted: 26 Oct 2011 02:52 PM PDT 
Categories: TECH.BLORGE Do we really need another social network? What about one that is online but connects us with people offline… it’s different, at least. Most of us use at least one social network, probably Facebook, these days. But what has that, and the Internet as a whole, done for our ability to converse and connect in [...] |
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| Apple nabs ‘slide to unlock’ patent Posted: 26 Oct 2011 10:20 AM PDT 
Categories: iPHONETOUCH.BLORGE Is the US patent system broken? Clearly the answer has to be, “yes.” Although “slide to unlock” is a brilliant concept, should it be patentable? I’m willing to say it should be trademarkable, but this seems like just another egregious “method patent.” People have patented tax workarounds, really. And, although the writing may be on [...] |
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| Are social, Angry Birds and Office enough? Nokia makes its play Posted: 26 Oct 2011 08:00 AM PDT 
Categories: TECH.BLORGE Hardware design has never been a problem for the Finnish company and, visually at least, that’s one of the stronger aspects of their first Windows Phone. However, whereas Amazon presented a masterful Kindle Fire rollout (and similarly uninspiring kit), Nokia and its new Microsoft overlord provide little if anything to aspire to. Nokia has announced [...] |
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| US government demands for Google data up 29 percent Posted: 26 Oct 2011 05:40 AM PDT 
Categories: TECH.BLORGE The United States made the most government demands for Google to hand over user details during the first half of this year. But it also had the highest percentage of claims Google considered legally valid. The figure comes from the fourth installment of Google’s twice-yearly “transparency report.” It details the number of requests governments have [...] |
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