Sony’s New Wireless Data Transfer Chips Could Take the Lead

Charging your phone wirelessly is possible, and it’s a great perk to have, but wouldn’t it be nice if the method you use to wirelessly charge your phone could  transfer data too? Sony thinks they have taken the cake with their new chips.
Sony has begun pushing out it’s first try at the subject, named the [...]

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Google Releases Chrome OS, Complains About Today’s Computers

Google now has it’s own operating system, and is that much closer to becoming SkyNet. Just watch.

Here’s what a spokesperson for Google had to say:
“Today we are open-sourcing the project as Chromium OS. We are doing this early, a year before Google Chrome OS will be ready for users, because we [...]

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“Nook” Already Sold Out

Barnes & Noble’s digital ebook reader, the “Nook” is already sold out for the holidays. You’re out of luck.

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Facebook Hits PS3, Makes Your Friends Cry

Sony has officially released firmware 3.10 for the PS3, adding Facebook support.

That’s it. Facebook. So now you can post to your wall about how many trophies you have, how many kills you’ve got in Modern Warfare 2, or just how many times you’ve chopped someone in half in Brutal Legend. Have fun kiddies!

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Microsoft Office 2010 Beta Available

Microsoft has finally announced its newest version of Office: 2010.

The new version of Office comes in two flavors; a full version (which has no price yet), and a stripped down version of the 3 most popular programs. Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and Outlook now all come with evolved UIs, incorporating the new “ribbon” theme instead of [...]

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One Comment to End the Mac/PC Flamewar

“PCs are better than Macs!” or “PCs don’t copy from Mac!” are two very common phrases used by the PC community, but it seems that Microsoft has let the cat out of the bag, and admitted copying the Mac OS for Windows 7.

A group manager at Microsoft, Mr. Aldous, sat down for a long talk [...]

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Veteran’s Day

Today is Veteran’s Day. Please take a moment out of your day to remember the sacrifices made for our country’s freedom.
On Veteran’s Day we honor
Soldiers who protect our nation.
For their service as our warriors,
They deserve our admiration.
Some of them were drafted;
Some were volunteers;
For some it was just yesterday;
For some it’s been many years;
In the [...]

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Kindle for PC Hits, Mac Coming Soon, Kindle Still Worth It?

Amazon released their Beta version of an e-book reader for their Amazon Book Store on desktops today (in beta of course). The app is rather simple, allowing you to read all your purchased content now on your PC (with Mac versions coming soon). But if the Kindle is already on the iPhone, PC, Mac (soon), [...]

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Mac OSX 10.6.2 Update Fixes Almost ALL Bugs

Apple has released an update to Snow Leopard (10.6.2) and a security update to Leopard. Here’s a list of fixes for Snow Leopard:
IF YOU RUN OSX ON A NETBOOK, DO NOT UPDATE. IT WILL KILL INTEL ATOM PROCESSOR USE.
- an issue that might cause your system to logout unexpectedly
- a graphics distortion in Safari Top [...]

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PC Users Get Ripped on COD4: Modern Warfare 2

Infinity Ward recently “announced” some pretty bad news following a chat with a popular gaming podcast, and a chat between Mackey McCandlish and Ryan Lastimosa from Infinity Ward and BestBuy. PC gamers won’t be too happy about the upcoming changes in Modern Warfare 2 for the PC.

The most stunning thing revealed would have to be [...]

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Fortune Names Steve Jobs Top CEO, France Celebrates

A youthful founder gets booted from his company in the 1980s, returns in the 1990s, and in the following decade survives two brushes with death, one securities-law scandal, an also-ran product lineup, and his own often unpleasant demeanor to become the dominant personality in four distinct industries, a billionaire many times over, and CEO of [...]

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Apple Breaks 100,000 Apps

The App Store, now with over 100,000 applications available, is clearly a major differentiator for millions of iPhone and iPod touch customers around the world,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “The iPhone SDK created the first great platform for mobile applications and our customers are loving all of the [...]

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Quicknews: Apple Releases Apple TV 3.0 (Software)

Apple released their newest update to Apple TV (3.0) which adds several new features to Apple TV along with a revamped menu.

“The new software for Apple TV features a simpler and faster interface that gives you instant access to your favorite content,” said Eddy Cue, Apple’s vice president of Internet Services. “HD movies and HD [...]

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