Archive for November, 2010 - Page 23

EBay iPhone App Includes Bar Code Scanner [iOS EBay App Allows Price Searching With Bar Code Scanner]

By on Thursday, 25. November 2010

Barcode scanners that work with Android or iOS phones have become all the rage thanks to a myriad of apps that allow people to do searches for products simply by using that scanner. Amazon has recently come out with a [...]

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Western Digital TV Live Media Players Add Blockbuster Online & Wireless USB Keyboard [WD TV Live Gets Access To Blockbuster Online, USB Keyboard]

By on Thursday, 25. November 2010

Remote devices that allow streaming of video from them to a television seem to be coming out at a rapid pace over the last few months. Just a few months ago Western Digital released the WD TV Live and since [...]

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LG BD690 Becomes First Blu-Ray Player To Be WiFi Direct Certified [BD690 By LG Becomes First Wave Of New Blu-Ray Players With Easy WiFi Connection To Multiple Devices]

By on Thursday, 25. November 2010

WiFi Direct has long been considered the biggest rival to Bluetooth technology thanks to the ability to allow devices that have been certified to connect to one another without needing a router or some other bridging device. The LG BD690 [...]

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BLACK FRIDAY: EA’s iPad Mirror’s Edge & Tiger Woods PGA Tour Dirt Cheap [EA's Sale Sees iPad Mirror's Edge & Tiger Woods PGA Tour Prices More Than Halved]

By on Thursday, 25. November 2010

EA  is apparently all about Thanksgivings sales and their festive spirit extends to Black Friday as well. Mirror’s Edge is not so much in impulse buy iPad App Store territory as it is on Impulse Buy mountain firing signal flares [...]

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PlayStation Phone Has An Amazing Screen [Insider Reports PSP Phone Uses Bravia HDTV Technology, Comes With Five Free Games, And Will Use The Rumored "Z-System" For Distribution]

By on Thursday, 25. November 2010

There’s been a lot of talk lately about the PSP 2 / PlayStation Phone. Is it real? Is it fake? Sony Ericsson CEO (and TFTS friend) Bert Nordberg seemed to think it was real. Now, an inside source who was briefed [...]

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Call Of Duty Black Ops Double XP Weekend Not Happening, DLC Coming To Xbox First [Xbox Live Gold Free Weekend Will Not Include Double Black Ops XP]

By on Thursday, 25. November 2010

It appears Microsoft and Activision had their signals crossed and the news of the Black Ops Double XP bonanza has been greatly exaggerated. You’re going to have to settle for scalping pretend Russians for regular stinky old single serving XP. [...]

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Yahoo Connected TV Paid Apps Coming In 2011 [Yahoo's TV Widget App Platform To Allow Paid Apps, Looks Like The Mobile App Craze Will Expand To HDTVs Now]

By on Thursday, 25. November 2010

Yahoo Connected TVs are kind of a big deal – it’s platform that Yahoo developed that allows widget-style “apps” to be run on the TV set. They’ve been around for over a year, but because it’s, well, Yahoo, behind it, [...]

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Billy Bob Thornton Thinks Movies These Days Are Bad Because Of Video Games [Billy Bob Thornton Thinks Present-Day Movies Are Bad Because They're 'Geared Toward Video Game-Playing Generation']

By on Thursday, 25. November 2010

Yep, he said it, and I’m not even going to bash him for School For Scoundrels, either. In a recent interview with Telegraph.co.uk, Thornton explained why he thinks the movie industry is currently seeing a decline: “They’re geared toward the [...]

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New iPad 2 & MacBook Air-like MacBook Pro Laptops Coming In 2011? [Rumors Say iPad 2 Comes in January While Totally New MacBook Pro Models Are Scheduled for April 2011]

By on Thursday, 25. November 2010

We’ve seen a bunch of rumors lately here and while I usually advise you to carry a grain of salt with you at all times when taking such information in then I’m going to tell you now to make sure [...]

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Ex-Activision Employee Speaks Out, Says Why PS3 Versions Of Multi-Platform Activision Games Aren’t As Good [Ex-Activision Employee Gives Reasons Why PS3 Versions Of Multi-Platform Activision Games Seem To Frequently Under-Perform]

By on Thursday, 25. November 2010

Man what is it with disgruntled employees suddenly becoming whistle-blowers these days? I mean, I won’t start to complain about it since it makes for great news, but there sure are some unhappy ex-employees out there. The latest one comes [...]

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