Wednesday, November 24, 2010

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USPTO grants Facebook ‘Face’ trademark

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Facebook has won the right to trademark the word ‘Face’. Seriously? This would be funny if it wasn’t so damn wrong. According to TechCrunch, Facebook is just a couple of steps away from being awarded the trademark for the word [...] Related posts: Facebook wants to control the words “Face” and “Book” Google Adwords to [...]

Review: Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – the long journey here

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Castlevania: Lords of Shadow is Konami's reboot of the beloved vampire hunting series. Even [...] Related posts: Castlevania: Lords of Shadow reaches the 1 million mark Castlevania: Lords of Shadow demo available on PSN now Kojima’s influence was key in Castlevania: Lords of Shadow

What will Apple’s specials be this year?

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Black Friday is so named because many retailers spend the preceding 10 months and change losing money, biding their time until the day after Thanksgiving when they will start making money for the year — needless to say, that’s not Apple’s game. So, it should come with little surprise that the Cupertino, California-based [...] Related [...]

911 could receive text messages

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New plans could allow the public to contact the 911 emergency services through means other than voice calls. This could include text messages, alerts from a vehicle security system, or even video sent from a cellphone. A project titled Next [...]

Streaming video changes Netflix pricing

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Netflix has changed their entire price list, raising all prices, and adding a plan that contains no DVDs at all. That’s right, you can now join Netflix and receive unlimited streaming downloads for $7.99. My email yesterday contained an announcement from [...] Related posts: Angry Blockbuster customers may be the best Christmas gift for Netflix [...]

The iPhone 4 update to iOS 4.2

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This space has contained a number of columns in the past about very ragged updates to the operating systems of iPhone 3G and 3GS models. Has the ride gotten less bumpy with iOS4.2 and the iPhone 4? Perhaps the uncaring [...] Related Posts: Benefits vs. problems â€" iOS4 for 3G Apple releases Airport Extreme update [...]

Twitter joke trial becomes test case

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Paul Chambers, the British man convicted and fined for a flippant comment on Twitter, will be appealing to a higher court. The appeal will challenge the way in which the relevant communications law is applied online. As we’ve previously covered, Chambers was convicted of [...] Related posts: Twitter joke trial appeal rejected Twitter gag leads [...]

Is the future of eBooks really disposable paper eReaders

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University of Cincinnati professor of electrical engineering, Andrew Steckl has shown that a [...] Related posts: Cell phones: disposable mobile phone finally hits the US Reduce your trash with reusable paper from Xerox Color A4 e-paper from LG Philips, paper in name only