Wednesday, December 14, 2011

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How Metal Gear Solid Rising was reborn as Revengance

Posted: 14 Dec 2011 01:40 AM PST


Categories: GAMER.BLORGE

Everyone loves a good inside story and it seems like there was one behind the development of Metal Gear Solid: Rising. As it turns out master genius, Hideo Kojima canceled Rising before the game was reborn under Platnium's [...] Related posts: Hideo Kojima confirms Metal Gear Solid 5 – controversy around Rising Metal Gear Solid: [...]

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Microsoft dives into the Apple App Store

Posted: 14 Dec 2011 12:00 AM PST


Categories: VISTA.BLORGE

Microsoft's new direction in the mobile application arena has many scratching their heads as the company recently started rolling out apps for Apple's iOS platform. This seems like a different approach then previously seen with the [...] Related posts: Recent study shows Devs favor Microsoft mobile platform over RIM Is the Microsoft Store just a [...]

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Free Windows phones for Android victims

Posted: 13 Dec 2011 09:40 PM PST


Categories: VISTA.BLORGE

Grabbing yourself a free Windows Phone 7.5 handset could be as easy as tweeting. If you’re very, very lucky. And funny. And hateful towards Android. Ben Rudolph AKA @benthepcguy is the Windows Phone evangelist for Microsoft. It’s his job [...] Related posts: Microsoft inks another clever Android patent deal, this time with Samsung Microsoft’s new [...]

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Apple arrogance exposed by iPad undesign

Posted: 13 Dec 2011 07:20 PM PST


Categories: TECH.BLORGE

The Apple iPad is king. For the moment. But Apple’s dirty tactics in fighting its competitors are unjustified. Apple really wants to hold onto its position at the head of the tablet market. The problem it faces is increasingly usable [...] Related posts: Apple beheads iPad rival in Australia Verizon cuts Galaxy prices to fight [...]

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CarrierIQ speaks out

Posted: 13 Dec 2011 09:29 AM PST


Categories: MOBILE.BLORGE

CarrierIQ, the company at the center of controversy over smartphone snooping, has spoken out about allegations. Its response is effectively: nothing’s been done; what’s been done hasn’t been done by us; what we’ve done isn’t our fault. If you’re not up to speed with the claims first [...]

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FBI involvement in smartphone snooping as clear as mud

Posted: 13 Dec 2011 05:20 AM PST


Categories: TECH.BLORGE

The FBI looks to have some involvement in the scandal over Carrier IQ, a data snooping system on potentially millions of smartphones. But whether that’s as gamekeeper or poacher is a secret at this stage. As we reported recently, Carrier [...] Related posts: Major tech firms demand rethink on government snooping Verizon cuts smartphone data [...]

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