| Pachter: No new Xbox 360 until 2014 Posted: 22 Nov 2011 02:20 AM PST 
Categories: GAMER.BLORGE Death, taxes, and rumors of new games consoles. The holy trinity of things we can be certain of. Luckily Michael Pachter is here to save the day. Or at least to quash the new games console rumors. I would [...] Related posts: Analysts: 25 million Kinect units by 2014 Pachter predicts Xbox 360 Slim with [...] |
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| In what direction is Spotify headed next? Posted: 22 Nov 2011 12:40 AM PST 
Categories: TECH.BLORGE I rather like the direction Spotify is currently headed in. That is, creating a global service for people to discover and listen to music without turning to piracy. But Spotify looks set to change course. Spotify has announced [...] Related posts: Spotify on Facebook, but not in U.S.? Spotify confirms US release, but not this [...] |
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| Novell accuses Microsoft of stabbing them in the back in a $1B lawsuit Posted: 21 Nov 2011 10:20 PM PST 
Categories: VISTA.BLORGE In a blast from the past, the ongoing anti-trust suit against Microsoft by Novell is crawling along with Bill Gates recently testifying in court. It appears that things are getting a [...] Related posts: New lawsuit against Microsoft restores equilibrium "Vista capable" lawsuit seeks class-action status Microsoft accuses Google of lying to the US government |
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| Review: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 brings World War 3 to your living room Posted: 21 Nov 2011 09:40 PM PST 
Categories: GAMER.BLORGE With Vince Zampella and Jason West, the former heads of Infinity Ward [...] Related posts: Activision brings Call of Duty back for Modern Warfare 2 Battle between ex-Infinity Ward heads continue with Activision EA: Infinity Ward incident damaged Modern Warfare franchise |
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| Pandora welcomes political advertising dollars Posted: 21 Nov 2011 05:40 PM PST 
Categories: TECH.BLORGE My favorite music streaming service is saying that listeners will start hearing political ads, including (one presumes) attack ads. Moreover, because Pandora knows your ZIP code and will share that, politicians and worse will be targeting their messages right down to the Congressional district level. Ugh. Here’s the news — Pandora is a [...] Related [...] |
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| I just wanna brush my teeth Posted: 21 Nov 2011 10:40 AM PST 
Categories: iPHONETOUCH.BLORGE The paradox of choice — in general, having more choices doesn’t make people happy. Stand in front of the toothpaste, scores and scores of largely meaningless “choices,” at an average grocery store to feel it. Some folks thrive on that and others just want to brush their teeth without wasting too many cycles. [...] Related [...] |
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| Kindle Fire a loss leader Posted: 21 Nov 2011 06:00 AM PST 
Categories: TECH.BLORGE If you wondered how Amazon could sell a reasonably decent tablet computer for two hundred bucks and still make a profit, the answer is that it doesn’t. A breakdown of the Kindle Fire’s components gives the clearest insight yet that the company is taking a financial hit on sales [...] Related posts: Amazon losing small, [...] |
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