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Latest News - October 2012
- Silly Microsoft Points System Takes a Back Seat to Cash Money in Windows 8
- Nokia's Lumia 810 Brings Windows Phone 8 To T-Mobile USA
- T-Mobile USA Nabs Another Android Superphone With LG Optimus L9
- AMD's Hondo Z-Series APU To Challenge Intel's Atom In Windows 8 Tablet Market
- How Much Have the Patent Wars Cost? $20 Billion in the Last Two Years
- Sprint Offering Up Vanity Phone Numbers Aliases with **Me Service
- New Research Shows Cybercrime Costs Have Increased Nearly 40 Percent
- ViewSonic Announces TD2220 Dual Point Optical Touch Display
- ZTE and Huawei are a Security Threat to the U.S., Congressional Panel Warns
- How To Restore The Missing Windows 8 Start Button
- YouTube Pushing To Create Even More Original Content On The Web
- Angry Birds Star Wars Using The Force On November 8
- Your Farmville is Dying, Zynga Not Transitioning Well to Mobile, Stock Slides
- iPad Mini Rumored to Launch in November
- Apple Publicly Acknowledges (and Resolves) iPhone 5 Camera Issue
- Democratic Candidate’s World of Warcraft Hobby Deemed Politically Incorrect
- Target Ushers In The Digital Shopping Era With In-Store QR Code Section
- Motorola's Broken Upgrade Promise Gives Android a Bad Rap
- Toys R Us Gets Into Digital Content Business With New Online Movie Service
- Nokia Quietly Mapping The World, Could Be A Sleeper Success For Next Generation Lumia Windows Phone 8 Smartphones
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All News for October 2012
When it comes to game currency, the points system sucks, can we all agree on that? Converting dollars into points that are only available in certain increments inherently causes you to overspend, and it does it in a number of ways. For one, you may buy a bigger block than you would otherwise need if you could just pay...
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More good news for Windows Phone users. Those hoping to snag an upcoming Windows Phone 8 on T-Mobile USA will be able to look to the Lumia 810. It'll be exclusive to the network's airwaves, offering access to HSPA+ data, a 4.3" OLED WVGA Clear Black display, an 8MP camera on the rear, 1.2MP camera on the front, and a slew of exclusive Nokia...
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Android's making some serious moves, and even LG is jumping at the chance to partner up with Google and T-Mobile USA. The company's new Optimus L9 was just announced for America's fourth-place carrier, boasting a 4.5" qHD display (using Gorilla Glass 2), a 2150mAh battery, Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), a 1GHz...
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AMD is launching its first tablet-optimized APU today, in a bid to challenge Intel's de facto dominance of the Windows 8 tablet market. Dubbed Hondo, the new Z-60 draws less power than any Brazos-based part AMD has launched before. Some of you may remember that AMD launched a tablet processor last year, but the Z-01...
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Here’s your number of the day: $20 billion. That’s how much cash was crapped away on patent lawsuits and litigation over the last two years--just in the smartphone industry, according to the New York Times. Even more sad is that for the first time, Google and Apple spent more last year on patent lawsuits...
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Quick, how many phone numbers do you actually know off the top of your head? Ask anyone under 40 and you’ll probably get the same answer. They know their own for sure, and their spouse’s cell, and probably their parents’ home phone number as well because they’ve had the same one for the last...
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According to new research sponsored by HP, the cost and frequency of cybercrime has increased for the third straight year. The third-annual Cost of Cyber Crime Study shows the occurrence of cyberattacks has more than doubled since 2010. The cost of the attacks has increased by nearly 40 percent over the same three...
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ViewSonic announced the new TD2220 touch enabled LED. This 22-inch monitor features dual point optical touch technology and a scratch resistant surface. The TD2220 supports Full HD 1080p resolution and offers DVI with HDCP and VGA inputs. The monitor offers a 20,000,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio and a response time of...
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Tensions with China's government are already at an uncomfortable level, but who would have guessed that they would trickle into mobile? Yet that's exactly what's happening, following an investigation by a congressional panel into Chinese telecom firms Huawei and ZTE. According to the resulting House Intelligence...
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The Start button in Windows has changed in form over the years, but we could always count on it to function as a convenient launch pad for all our programs, applications, and tasks. So what does Microsoft do now that we're all addicted to using the Start menu? It removes the item in Windows 8, of course, hoping to nudge users into sticking...
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Cord cutting is still pretty painful. You can get some content through Hulu Plus, a bit through Roku, and a lot via Netflix or Amazon. But live sporting events and certain dramas are still locked away in the pay-TV word, far away from those using the Internet to get their content fix. But YouTube is moving in a...
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There's a certain moment when most franchises realize that they've "arrived." And that moment could be when you manage to get a Star Wars license. Angry Birds, the ever-popular game from Rovio, will soon be launching a Star Wars-braded version. Make no mistake; this is no knockoff. This is a legitimate Star Wars branding, so get ready to see...
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It's a little bit ironic that Zynga is having a tough time adjusting to mobile. Or perhaps it's fitting. Like Facebook, the social platform that was so pivotal in fueling its success, Zynga hasn't been doing so hot as a publicly trade company. Just a few days ago, Zynga warned that it expects to post a net loss of...
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Today kicks off another work week, and that inevitably means another round of iPad Mini rumors, a common occurrence the past month or so. The latest unofficial chatter relates to the iPad Mini's production and launch date, which is expected to be available to purchase in early November. Indications up to this point suggest Apple will hold...
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It wouldn't be an iPhone launch without some kind of controversy, it just wouldn't. (Un)luckily for Apple, the iPhone 5 is no exception. It has a tendency to scratch way too easily, and is also prone to mucking up brightly lit photos with a purple haze. In a private email exchange with one of its iPhone 5 customers...
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It's official, folks -- I will not be running for President or any other political office. I don't have a grand desire to enter a life of politics anyhow, but if I did, my past (and present) would come back to haunt me. You see, I'm a thief and a damn good pickpocket. Probably one of the best in all of Tamriel. I've...
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The digital shopping world is firmly upon us. Target is making the lives of parents a little easier this winter, with the addition of QR Code shopping. The company is planning to prop up 20 popular toys in a special section of the store in the weeks leading up to the holidays, with each of them boasting QR codes. The...
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It's no secret the biggest downside to Android is fragmentation, the dirty F-word that comes with the territory of playing in Google's open source playground. Fortunately for Android fans, Google's mobile platform has tremendous upside, but it doesn't help when handset makers highlight the negatives, as Motorola recently did by reneging on...
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These days, retail companies are moving in all sorts of interesting new directions in a bid to remain interesting. Just look at Toys R Us, which is not only offering a tablet this holiday season, but will also be launching a new family-friendly digital entertainment service. The program is called Toys R Us Movies...
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While Apple’s maps app came up far short with consumers, Google Maps maintains its popularity as the watermark to target, while competitors elbow for market share. Another serious, mostly unsung contend in the maps market, squarely aligned with the Windows Phone platform, is Nokia. Nokia, with its many recent...
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Despite the fact that 802.11ac products have barely even penetrated the market up to this point, we now have another standard to keep our eyes on: 802.11ad. No, that's not some odd date format talking about the year 802, but rather an upcoming wireless standard that's said to be more revolutionary than evolutionary -...
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It's been a nice, long ride for the conventional PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) slot, but with the introduction of Intel's game-changing Haswell platform, the Santa Clara chip maker is reportedly doing away with support for the legacy ports. If you've been holding onto an earlier model Sound Blaster card or...
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