Tuesday 17 August 2010

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August 17, 2010
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Has the BlackBerry Torch Flopped Already? RIM douses Torch with a price cut after less than a week of sales.
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Microsoft Takes Wraps Off Windows Phone 7 Games Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 will ship in October with a substantial dossier of games, including spinoffs of popular Microsoft-owned properties like Halo and Crackdown.
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How to Spot Facebook Scams Like 'Dislike' Here's how to identify and duck the recent spate of viral scams that spread through the social networking site.
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PayPal Coming to the Android Market, Report Says Would Google really abandon Checkout and cut a deal with the popular payment system? Does it matter?
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Mass Effect 2 Leaps to PlayStation 3 Surprise, BioWare's epic sci-fi role-playing sequel is jumping from Microsoft's Xbox 360 to Sony's PlayStation 3.
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Nokia X3 Touch and Type: Why This Phone is a Hard Sell Nokia's upcoming S40 phone will offer both a touchscreen and a numeric keypad, but is anyone interested in a phone with this kind of hybrid design?
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Facebook's Possible Location Launch: 5 Things to Watch For After watching Foursquare build its following, what might Facebook do with a location feature?
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'Microsoft Flight' Announced, Loses 'Simulator' Tag Microsoft Flight Simulator is no more, but Microsoft Flight--a re-imagined version aimed at a broader audience--is stepping up to replace it.
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Medal of Honor 'Play as Taliban' Angle Controversial, Except Not Really EA's upcoming first-person shooter is set in contemporary Afghanistan where you can play as the U.S. or Taliban, and media outlets are trotting out the usual non-gaming suspects to criticize and deprecate.
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Google Cozies Up to Like.com The search giant is about to announce the acquisition of a company that matches images, even products.
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Choose The Best Browser--Can It Really Be Done? As new betas of Internet Explorer and Chrome come online, it's time again to evaluate whether you are using the best browser.
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Instant Jam Plays to the Beat of a Different Drum Instant Jam may look like Guitar Hero for the PC, but here's the twist: Instant Jam uses music you already own.
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Netbook-Maker Claims Apple iPad Hurts Its Market Asus lost netbook market share between 2008 and 2009, so it appears Apples tablet simply makes for an easy scapegoat.
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The Terry Childs Case: Sad, Unfair and a Bad Precedent The end of the Terry Childs saga is no less perplexing than the rest of the case. Worse offenders -- even murderers -- get less jail time than Childs.
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Google CEO: Change Your Name to Escape Our Watchful Eye Eric Schmidt has been making some curious jokes (maybe) about the consequences of virtual lives and over-sharing.
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Dragon Age 2 Poised to Debut March 2011 BioWare reveals the sequel to its hit fantasy roleplaying game will be available across the globe in March 2011.
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AP Drops Deal with LOLcats The news service decides LOLcat-style captions are contrary to journalistic integrity.
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Apple Manager Denies Kickback Charge The manager arrested last week entered a not guilty plea to charges of accepting up to $1 million in kickbacks from Asian suppliers.
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House Democrats Oppose Net Neutrality Deal Four Democratic lawmakers voice opposition to a net neutrality proposal from Google and Verizon.
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Tablet Releases Mark Rough Road Ahead for Video Chat The new breed of mobile devices with front-facing cameras, including Android-based tablets and the Dell Streak, needs better video chatting standards.
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