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	<description>Technology with attitude</description>
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		<title>Microsoft responds to Xbox Live ban class-action lawsuit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft recently banned between 600,000 and one million gamers from Xbox Live after they were found to have modified their systems or played pirated games on them. Then a U.S. law firm decided to launch a class-action lawsuit over the bannings. As they always do. And now Microsoft has responded to the lawsuit.
Abington IP is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blorge.com/2009/11/22/microsoft-responds-to-xbox-live-ban-class-action-lawsuit/</link>
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		<title>Man who sued Sony over Resistance ban now suing Microsoft &amp; Nintendo as well</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some people never learn. The man who sued Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) after being banned from PSN is now suing Microsoft and Nintendo as well. He wants compensation for the &#8220;stress&#8221; and &#8220;sadness&#8221; caused by the Xbox Red Ring of Death and the loss of the Homebrew Channel from his Wii.
In July, Erik Estavillo [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blorge.com/2009/11/22/man-who-sued-sony-over-resistance-ban-now-suing-microsoft-nintendo-as-well/</link>
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		<title>Firefox slowing down your MacBook? Here’s what to do</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s been growing murmur for couple years now and it&#8217;s all about how the world&#8217;s favorite open-source browser is slowing down people&#8217;s computers, especially ultraportables and netbooks. Call it malaise or whatever you like, but Firefox is noticeably less nimble than it used to be. Why and what can we do about it?
Mozilla [...]
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		<link>http://blorge.com/2009/11/22/firefox-slowing-down-your-macbook-here%e2%80%99s-what-to-do/</link>
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		<title>Could an iPod Touch with a camera be coming in the spring?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Apple rumor mill is spinning up again, but this time it is for something we were all fairly sure was happening last September.
One of the big rumors leading up to the iPod event [...]
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		<link>http://blorge.com/2009/11/22/could-an-ipod-touch-with-a-camera-be-coming-in-the-spring/</link>
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		<title>Firefox admits CPU heat problems</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Mozilla support pages are now admitting what many of us have known for some time: the popular Firefox browser has a tendency to over-utilize the CPU and cause heat build-upproblems, especially in ultra-portable laptops.
The support pages [...]
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		<link>http://blorge.com/2009/11/22/firefox-admits-cpu-heat-problems/</link>
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		<title>Programs keep drivers off cell phones</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Software and services that keep people from phoning while driving are becoming more popular as statistics grow that all phone usage in the car, including hands-free, is dangerous.
Concern is growing among insurers (and certainly among [...]
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		<link>http://blorge.com/2009/11/22/programs-keep-drivers-off-cell-phones/</link>
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		<title>Rumor: Gears of War 2 finally coming to PC?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is an interesting rumor floating around about Gears of War 2 finally coming to the PC. Cliff Bleszinski stated in late 2008 that there will be no PC version of Gears of War 2, ever. However, it seems like the game may be heading towards the PC according to some interesting clues.
In an [...]
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		<link>http://blorge.com/2009/11/22/rumor-gears-of-war-2-finally-coming-to-pc/</link>
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		<title>Microsoft developing Project Gotham Racing 5</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Project Gotham Racing series was created by Bizarre Creations with Microsoft publishing the game. However, after Activision acquired Bizarre Creations, the publisher announced that the studio will no longer be making any more Project Gotham Racing games. However, it seems like Microsoft has taken it upon itself to continue the series.
The Project Gotham [...]
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		<link>http://blorge.com/2009/11/22/microsoft-developing-project-gotham-racing-5/</link>
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		<title>Microsoft eyeing Windows 8 in 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you all got Windows 7 now? It&#8217;s unlikely I know, in fact the chances are that most people reading this article are still using Windows XP as their operating system. [...]
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		<link>http://blorge.com/2009/11/22/microsoft-eyeing-windows-8-in-2012/</link>
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		<title>Facebook threatens USocial with legal action over paid friends</title>
		<description><![CDATA[USocial has been offering Facebook friends for sale for a couple of months now. But it hasn&#8217;t taken long for Facebook to threaten legal action, sending a cease and [...]
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		<link>http://blorge.com/2009/11/22/facebook-threatens-usocial-with-legal-action-over-paid-friends/</link>
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		<title>Google Chrome and Android OS will merge in the future</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Google is currently working on two operating systems for different platforms. One of the OS is Chrome, which targets Netbooks and the other one is Android, targeting smart phones. Apparently, the [...]
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		<link>http://blorge.com/2009/11/22/google-chrome-and-android-os-will-merge-in-the-future/</link>
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		<title>Apple canceling smokers’ warranties over ‘contamination’</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Need another reason to quite smoking?  This one&#8217;s a whopper—Apple is refusing to honor the warranties of Mac owners because the devices have become &#8220;contaminated&#8221; due to the effects of cigarette smoke.
The Consumerist is reporting the AppleCare experiences of several customers, who are smokers, where Apple has refused to service their [...]
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		<link>http://blorge.com/2009/11/21/apple-canceling-smokers%e2%80%99-warranties-over-%e2%80%98contamination%e2%80%99/</link>
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		<title>AP claims ‘fair use’ over the scanning of Sarah Palin’s book</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Associated Press has essentially claimed there is no such thing as &#8216;fair use&#8217; when it comes to quoting its articles or reprinting its headlines, but when the news organization scans an entire book, then fair use [...]
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		<link>http://blorge.com/2009/11/21/ap-claims-%e2%80%98fair-use%e2%80%99-over-the-scanning-of-sarah-palin%e2%80%99s-book/</link>
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		<title>Comcast hackers charged</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Although it seems that few hackers are caught and brought to trial, the members of the Kryogeniks hacker “gang” have been charged with a Website hacking stunt that was costly to Comcast.
The Comcast exploit was not all that complicated, but it [...]
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		<link>http://blorge.com/2009/11/21/comcast-hackers-charged/</link>
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		<title>France: Sales double with multi-carrier distribution</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s prima facia evidence that broadening availability results in greater sales. But, should this news be viewed as a source of hope for long-suffereing iPhone users here in the good ol&#8217; USA? Probably not, at least in the short term.
MarketWatch reports that increasing the number of distributors in Europe has resulted in [...]
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		<link>http://blorge.com/2009/11/21/france-sales-double-with-multi-carrier-distribution/</link>
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		<title>Tesla to go public</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The owner of electric car manufacturer Tesla Motors is making plans to take the company public, a historic move for the company which could take place very soon, perhaps within days.
A milder climate for green business ventures has lured [...]
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		<link>http://blorge.com/2009/11/21/tesla-to-go-public/</link>
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		<title>Microsoft Xbox ban causes legal woes and revenue boost potentially</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After the recent massive banning on Xbox Live by Microsoft, several interesting series of events have happened. Hundreds of modded Xbox 360s have flooded Craigslist and a potential class action lawsuit is brewing.&#160;
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According to reports, about a million Xbox Live users have been banned. The aftermath gets a bit ugly as a US [...]
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		<link>http://blorge.com/2009/11/21/microsoft-xbox-ban-causes-legal-woes-and-revenue-boost-potentially/</link>
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		<title>Steve Ballmer praises Windows 7 sales</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Steve Ballmer never misses an opportunity to praise Microsoft and its products from the rooftops. But with Windows 7 he may finally have reason to do just that. Which is exactly what he did during [...]
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Microsoft CEO [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blorge.com/2009/11/21/steve-ballmer-praises-windows-7-sales/</link>
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