| Apple under e-book Euro-probe Posted: 06 Dec 2011 05:20 AM PST 
Categories: TECH.BLORGE The European Commission is launching a formal investigation into whether Apple unlawfully colluded with five major publishers over electronic books. It follows several raids and a previous investigation by British authorities. The case has now been upgraded by the EC to formal antitrust proceedings. That [...] Related posts: Amazon upping its e-book royalties to authors [...] |
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| Microsoft to present the Windows 8 App Store Posted: 05 Dec 2011 10:20 PM PST 
Categories: VISTA.BLORGE Microsoft is set to publically unveil the all new Windows 8 app store tomorrow in San Francisco. While the app store was briefly shown at the BUILD developer conference back in September, very little was [...] Related posts: Is the Microsoft Store just a clone of the Apple Store? Probably, but who cares? Microsoft still [...] |
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| Heavy Rain: Once played, never forgotten Posted: 05 Dec 2011 09:40 PM PST 
Categories: GAMER.BLORGE Heavy Rain wasn’t a game to everyone’s tastes. But it was to mine. And statistics about how people played the game suggest I wasn’t alone. IGN has a Heavy Rain infographic up on its site at the moment. It [...] Related posts: Heavy Rain using Move = Awesomeness If Sega ever makes Shenmue 3 then [...] |
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| Zuckerberg addresses the Google+ threat Posted: 05 Dec 2011 08:00 PM PST 
Categories: TECH.BLORGE Google+ is still alive, barely. But will it ever give Facebook a run for its money. Why don’t we ask Mark Zuckerberg what he thinks. Facebook founder and CEO Zuckerberg recently spoke to Emily Maitlis for a BBC documentary looking [...] Related posts: Zuckerberg addresses Facebook redesign complaints Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has clearly never [...] |
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| ‘We’re too cool for iPhone,’ says US Cellular Posted: 05 Dec 2011 05:40 PM PST 
Categories: iPHONETOUCH.BLORGE Herman Cain’s reality distortion field failed him one too many times. Then again, maybe he just didn’t have the stuff to be president — you’ve really got to project. Here we have another instance — someone much less important yet no less comical in his attempt to bend the space-time continuum to his [...] Related [...] |
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| Fresh OS X 10.7.3 sighting revives Mac Pro refresh hopes Posted: 05 Dec 2011 10:40 AM PST 
Categories: MAC.BLORGE There’s been a lot of public angst in recent months over rumors that Apple plans to cut the Mac Pro from its catalog. With Cupertino seemingly moving whole hog to the consumer space — i.e. Final Cut Pro X, iOS-ification of OS X — the truly faithful view the Mac Pro as the [...] Related [...] |
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| Kindle Fire: High sales and high returns Posted: 05 Dec 2011 10:40 AM PST 
Categories: TECH.BLORGE Remember Christmas 2010 when Samsung bragged how many Galaxy Tabs it shipped only to waffle about the number it sold? Ultimately, Samsung sold very few and a big percentage of those that did were returned to stores by consumers. Technology watchers are now asking whether Amazon’s Kindle Fire is experiencing similar problems. Amazon [...] Related [...] |
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| The Internet’s a tool for oldies and a toy for youngsters Posted: 05 Dec 2011 06:00 AM PST 
Categories: TECH.BLORGE If you’re aged 18 to 29, you’ll probably be going online at some point today just to kill time or have a bit of fun. That’s one of the findings of a new survey that suggests the older you [...] Related posts: Youngsters prefer Facebook to blogging Young adults favor mobile devices over desktops for [...] |
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