| CBS’ Moonves goes for the ‘bird in hand’ Posted: 03 Nov 2011 11:40 PM PDT 
Categories: MAC.BLORGE What kind of person lives by the saying, “A bird in hand is worth two in the bush”? An individual, and I use that word without regard for its most enduring meaning, that doesn’t want to get fired — unimaginative and safe. So, hats off to you CBS CEO Les Moonves, you choose cheap cash [...] |
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| Questions remain over $25 Raspberry Pi Posted: 03 Nov 2011 09:20 PM PDT 
Categories: TECH.BLORGE The Raspberry Pi, a $25 working computer the size of a credit card, is almost ready for public consumption. But questions remain. The device was first revealed in May, with the brainchild behind it, former games developer David Braben, revealing the specs as a 700MHz ARM11 processor, 128Mb of RAM, OpenGL ES 2.0, USB 2.0, [...] |
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| Gaming today: Uncharted 3, future reveals: Rainbow Six, Alan Wake 2 and Rising Posted: 03 Nov 2011 08:40 PM PDT 
Categories: GAMER.BLORGE Its a busy time to be a gamer with so many great titles releasing around the same time. Battlefield 3 released over a week ago with rave reviews and have gone on to sell over five million units. The critically acclaimed, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception dropped two days ago with top notch scores making it [...] |
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| PS3 only two million behind Xbox 360: drop in profits Posted: 03 Nov 2011 08:40 PM PDT 
Categories: GAMER.BLORGE Sony recently released its financial report and its a bit of a mixed bag with sales up but profits down. Sony's PlayStation gaming division is doing remarkably well despite stiff competition and the state of the economy worldwide. Disaster in Japan Unfortunately, Sony's bread and butter TV division has suffered this year due to [...] |
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| iPhone 4S battery issues? You need iOS 5.0.1 Posted: 03 Nov 2011 04:40 PM PDT 
Categories: iPHONETOUCH.BLORGE When the iPhone 4 shipped last Summer, some people — not a lot — experienced battery issues. This time around iPhone 4S buyers are experiencing similar problems that vary depending on settings, user and carrier. Also like last year, Apple said nothing until a fix was in the works. Or, put another way, the Cupertino [...] |
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| Yahoo gives apps a try Posted: 03 Nov 2011 01:40 PM PDT 
Categories: MOBILE.BLORGE Nobody’s really been quite sure what Yahoo is for these days, besides not quite merging with Microsoft. But don’t say Yahoo bosses are out of touch with 2011: they’re going to give this “app” business a whirl. If you’re wondering what these apps can do for you, you’re kind of missing the point. The new [...] |
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| Internet Explorer: Dead browser walking Posted: 03 Nov 2011 12:00 PM PDT 
Categories: TECH.BLORGE If you just look at the desktop, Microsoft’s once utterly dominant browser hasn’t yet slid below 50 percent, though the trend has down, down, down for years. The overall market, which includes the burgeoning mobile browser segment, shows Redmond’s even less relevant than the dismal desktop numbers suggest. Assuming the company does nothing to stem [...] |
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| Twitter Stories site combats trivial image Posted: 03 Nov 2011 07:20 AM PDT 
Categories: TECH.BLORGE Regular Twitter users know that the service offers far more that finding out what Stephen Fry had for breakfast. But now Twitter itself is taking extra steps to promote the different and creative ways people have used the service. Management at the microblogging site have simply set up an account (@twitterstories) for users to send [...] |
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