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Verizon’s grandfathered ‘unlimited data’ deals under pressure

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 17:40:02 +0000

If you’re a Verizon customer on an unlimited data plan, it may be time to examine the small print. If comments from the company are correct, it seems that at the very least you’ll lose the deal if you upgrade to a 4G [...]

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Pirate Bay knocked offline by mystery attack

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 12:20:03 +0000

Categories: TECH.BLORGE

Courtroom verdicts and government crackdowns have so far done little to stop users with even a sliver of determination from using the Pirate Bay site. But now a mystery denial of service attack has knocked down the site for around a day. Whenever you hear of a distributed DoS attack, Anonymous usually comes to mind. [...]

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Pachter takes aim at casual gamers

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 06:40:01 +0000

Categories: GAMER.BLORGE

Casual gamers are somehow being blamed for the contraction in the video games market we’re currently seeing. Is it right to blame this unwitting section of society? The line was short and sweet and was quoted from an email Pachter recently [...] Related posts: Casual gamers FTW, Hardcore gamers Fail Has Nintendo taken easy route [...]

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Microsoft offering season pass with Halo 4 LE and Steam gets remote download

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 06:40:01 +0000

Categories: GAMER.BLORGE

Microsoft’s first tested the waters with Gears of War 3, where the publisher offered a $30 [...] Related posts: Microsoft push Halo 3 on PC to compete with Steam? Microsoft’s new studio working on Halo 1 remake Call of Duty: Elite fee subscription service confirmed

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Sony registers Forsaken Souls – a direct sequel to Demon’s Souls?

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 06:40:01 +0000

Categories: GAMER.BLORGE

An interesting bit of news popped up earlier today after some Internet sleuths discovered a recently registered domain [...] Related posts: Dark Souls is not a sequel to Demon’s Souls – game details revealed Dark Souls sequel confirmed and Fallout 1 free on GoG now Atlus stopping Demon’s Souls import with tons of free stuff

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iPhone 5: Could it Feature a Flexible Display?

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 05:20:03 +0000

Categories: iPHONETOUCH.BLORGE

There have been plenty of rumors around the iPhone 5 recently, but this one is certainly out of the blue. The Korea Times is reporting that Apple’s next-generation iPhone could have a flexible OLED display that can bend and twist. Imagine putting that into your pocket. Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Kwon Oh-Hyun hinted to the [...]

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Wi-Fi hits unprecedented speeds

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 05:20:02 +0000

Categories: TECH.BLORGE

Japanese researchers have developed Wi-Fi that breaks the three gigabytes per second barrier. The scientists were able to transmit data at three gigabytes per second and at frequencies up to 542GHz. They have broken into the terahertz band which is currently unregulated. According to PhysOrg this could move Wi-Fi into a new realm of very [...]

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Nvidia gets graphical in battle for speed

admin — Wed, 16 May 2012 12:55:17 +0000

Categories: TECH.BLORGE

Nvidia is putting graphics rather than standard processors at the heart of two different projects. One is to bring high-spec gaming to ordinary mobile devices, while the other is to produce the world’s most powerful computer. The first announcement from the company involves a not-so-snappy “cloud rendering farm” using “Kepler based Tesla GPGPU accelerators.” Put [...]

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iPhone 5 to be Teased at WWDC

admin — Wed, 16 May 2012 06:00:04 +0000

Categories: iPHONETOUCH.BLORGE

It’s operating systems and MacBook Pros-galore at this year’s WorldWide Developer’s Conference, but the iPhone 5 will definitely be in the undertones. While we won’t be seeing the iPhone 5 and its beautiful new design (hopefully) at the WWDC on June 11, Apple will definitely tease us with an updated iPad and iPhone operating system, [...]

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Google plans multiple Nexus devices in order to unite Android

admin — Wed, 16 May 2012 06:00:03 +0000

Categories: TECH.BLORGE

Google may be about to evolve the Android platform with plans to sell multiple Nexus devices directly to consumers. One of the biggest criticisms aimed at Android is the fragmentation it creates in the marketplace. Having an open source operating system that anyone can use on their devices means we have thousands of devices all [...]

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Naughty Dog drops new The Last of Us trailer

admin — Wed, 16 May 2012 05:00:01 +0000

Categories: GAMER.BLORGE

The folks over at Naughty Dog dropped a new trailer for the highly anticipated title The Last of Us. There has been a media [...] Related posts: Naughty Dog: The Last Of Us first trailer unveiled LittleBigPlanet 2 Arcade trailer drops with $20 credit – Mass Effect 2 included Spike VGAs – most hyped game [...]

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Windows 8 upgrades to cost just $15

admin — Wed, 16 May 2012 03:40:04 +0000

Categories: VISTA.BLORGE

As with previous releases it looks as Microsoft will once again be offering an upgrade offer for those purchasing a Windows 7 computer in the months leading up to the release of Windows 8. And the rumored cost for that [...] Related posts: How much will Windows 7 cost you? Analyst calls for some free [...]

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Twitter now comes as an e-mail

admin — Tue, 15 May 2012 13:40:03 +0000

Categories: TECH.BLORGE

If you view Twitter as nothing but an endless stream of passing comments that belong in the moment, you may be bemused by the company’s latest tweak to its service. It’s launching a weekly e-mail newsletter, custom-made for each user. The optional newsletter will feature not just tweets from people the user follows, but also [...]

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Pachter talks big PS Vita game at Sony, PS3 price drop and Rockstar Agent game

admin — Tue, 15 May 2012 05:40:02 +0000

Categories: GAMER.BLORGE

In the latest episode of Gametrailer’s Bonus Round, Wedbush Securities analyst, Michael [...] Related posts: Pachter predicts PS3 price cut as Sony claims it’s early days yet Why it is likely Sony will drop the PS3 price Tuesday Pachter: Microsoft to increase Xbox Live price when Sony starts charging for PSN

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MacBook Pro 2012 to be released at Apple’s WWDC with thinner body

admin — Tue, 15 May 2012 02:00:03 +0000

Categories: MAC.BLORGE

After nearly four years, the MacBook Pro is finally shedding some pounds. Multiple reports from highly credible sources say Apple plans to announce and release a new MacBook Pro laptop featuring a Retina Display and a MacBook Air-like thin body at its WorldWide Developers Conference on June [...] Related Posts: Sony copies and improves Apple’s [...]

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Use butane to charge your smartphone

admin — Mon, 14 May 2012 16:20:01 +0000

Categories: MOBILE.BLORGE

Butane used to only be used in cigarette lighters and wood stove lighters because it burned hot and clean. A spin off company from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) [...]

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Microsoft updates Bing

admin — Sun, 13 May 2012 22:00:03 +0000

Categories: VISTA.BLORGE

Web searches are used for everything from looking up the latest nuclear reactor designs to recipes for dinner. According to [...] Related posts: Google accuses Bing of copying The Bing-Facebook love-in goes live Microsoft Bing adds Silverlight-powered Visual Search

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SpaceX will fly to Bigelow’s inflatable space habitats

admin — Sun, 13 May 2012 17:20:03 +0000

Categories: TECH.BLORGE

The International Space Station (ISS) is expected to continue operating until 2020, which is four years longer than the previous estimate. But the ISS is getting long in the tooth and with the decommissioning of the Space Shuttle fleet, the United States, at least is looking to private companies like SpaceX to take over resupply [...]

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