| iPhone web usage share soars Posted: 01 Nov 2011 10:40 PM PDT 
Categories: iPHONETOUCH.BLORGE HTC and Samsung are taking over the world, or so you might believe if unit volume data is all you consider. However, there are other measures that matter and, perhaps most tellingly of all, both Android vendors have announced significantly lower unit guidance now that Apple’s “disappointing” iPhone 4S is shipping in dozens of countries. [...] |
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| Gears of War 3 map pack will be free to those that wait Posted: 01 Nov 2011 10:00 PM PDT 
Categories: GAMER.BLORGE The Horde Command Pack became available today which brings a ton of new content to Gears of War 3. The pack will include new maps, characters, weapons and achievements. For those that wait Epic Games will offer most of that stuff for free later this month. As announced by Epic Games, The Horde Command Pack [...] |
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| Buy PlayStation Plus to get Jurassic Park and Hydrophobia Prophecy for free Posted: 01 Nov 2011 10:00 PM PDT 
Categories: GAMER.BLORGE After acquiring the license from Universal, Telltale Games has been working hard on its next major adventure installment, Jurassic Park the Game. While the game is set to launch November 15th, it appears that the studio has a treat for PSN members. According to the PlayStation Blog, Sony has worked out some sort of deal [...] |
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| Movember means moustaches for charity Posted: 01 Nov 2011 06:00 PM PDT 
Categories: TECH.BLORGE It’s November. No, hang on a moment, it’s actually Movember. Thanks to a nice little portmanteau of moustache and November. But why? Movember is an annual, month-long event conceived in 1999 by a bunch of Australians. It started out with one group of friends growing moustaches for charity and has slowly turned into a worldwide [...] |
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| Ubuntu heading to smartphones and tablets Posted: 01 Nov 2011 11:40 AM PDT 
Categories: MOBILE.BLORGE Ubuntu, one of the most widely-used Linux-based operating systems, should one day be appearing on portable touchscreen devices. But it’s debatable whether it’s been beaten to the open-source party by Android. For those unfamiliar with Ubuntu, its a Linux system that is used by an estimated 20-million-plus users, making it the most popular “flavor” of [...] |
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| Palo Alto was THE place to Trick or Treat Posted: 01 Nov 2011 11:00 AM PDT 
Categories: MAC.BLORGE Life goes on. Halloween is a tradition at Steve Jobs’ Palo Alto home and this year was no different. Decorated with jack-lanterns, lights and swathed in dry ice fog and scary sounds, crowd of parents and kids queued outside the house ahead of Trick or Treat’s 6:30pm start. And, so begins a new tradition. Mercury [...] |
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| Apple Store employee’s ‘Facebook’ sacking upheld Posted: 01 Nov 2011 11:00 AM PDT 
Categories: TECH.BLORGE Unlike the United States, where Nazis can “protest” on the streets of a Jewish neighborhood or “Christians” can shout down mourners at military funerals, freedom of speech has pretty clear limits in Europe. That said, if you work for Apple over there and wanna bitch about your employer, save it for the pub. So, here’s [...] |
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| Cable companies blame economy not Internet Posted: 01 Nov 2011 06:20 AM PDT 
Categories: TECH.BLORGE Over the last couple of years, cable TV subscriptions have taken a tumble, prompting speculation that viewers are turning to online viewing sources, legal or otherwise. But the latest figures suggest it may be an economic issue rather than a major shift in behavior. The issue is back in the spotlight after some of the [...] |
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