Archive for March, 2011 - Page 24

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Steve Jobs: We Have "No Plans" To Kill iPod Classic

Despite Being The Redheaded Stepchild Of The iPod Line, Apple CEO Promises The Classic Will Still Live
Filed by on Wednesday, 23. March 2011

Even though the huge, hard drive-based iPod “classic” was probably the first iPod many of us owned, it’s sort of been shunted to the back of the class. I mean, the iPod Touch is like a cheap iPhone (sans Phone) and the iPod Nano is cheaper and has plenty of [...]

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Google Patents Their "Google Doodles"

Google Patents Their Holiday Logos, USPTO Describes It As "Method For Enticing Users To Websites"
Filed by on Wednesday, 23. March 2011

Some recent decisions made over at Mountain View haven’t been very popular, especially by some of us at TFTS World Headquarters. Here’s something that’s sure to get the ire of many more internet citizens. Google has been awarded a patent for their Google Doodles. You know what that is – [...]

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Torchlight MMO Will Not Be Subscription-Based

Runic Boss Says No Subscription For Torchlight MMO, Subscription-Based MMOs Can't Compete With World of Warcraft
Filed by on Wednesday, 23. March 2011

When a new MMO is announced, one of the most prevalent questions always seems to be “is it going to be subscription-based or free-to-play?” When you consider that most of the target audience of these MMOs probably already play the subscription-based World of Warcraft, it’s an important question, and if [...]

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CTIA 2011: LG Wireless Charging Pad WCP-700 Announced

Inductive Charger from LG Charges Your Phone Without Wires
Filed by on Wednesday, 23. March 2011

Inductive charging is an interesting concept because of the potential applications. For one, we can theoretically rig our entire homes to charge devices wirelessly. But LG is starting simple with its new charging pad.

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Pokemon Global Link Launch Delayed

Online Pokemon Black & White Component Pokemon Global Link Delayed Due To Japan Earthquake Recovery Effort
Filed by on Wednesday, 23. March 2011

The launch of Pokemon Black and White’s online component Pokemon Global Link, which was originally scheduled to launch on March 30 in Europe and North America and March 31st in Australia, has been delayed until further notice in light of the Japan’s recovery from the massive earthquake and tsunami that [...]

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Investors Wonder Why Steve Jobs Isn't At More Disney Board Meetings

Apple Isn't The Only Company Getting Affected By Jobs' Absence, Disney Investors Wonder If Jobs Is Best Guy For Disney Board
Filed by on Wednesday, 23. March 2011

Man, Steve Jobs just can’t catch a break. The man has been on a medical leave since January, yet Wall Street wants his blood. At the recent Apple shareholders meeting, there was a referendum from shareholders that would of forced the Apple Board to disclose their plans for life after [...]

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AT&T May Buy More Companies

AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson Has His Sights On More "Big Deals", Hints At Buying US Cellular, Cincinnati Bell
Filed by on Wednesday, 23. March 2011

If you’re a customer of US Cellular, Cellular South or Cincinnati Bell. Randall Stephenson wants you. In an interview with BusinessWeek, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said he isn’t done with the “big deal” and says he has his sights on smaller regional carriers. Oh yeah, and he said Verizon may [...]

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Electronic Arts Eliminating Paper Manuals Completely

After Cutting Printed Manuals From EA Sports Titles, EA Announces That All Games Will Now Have Digital Manual
Filed by on Wednesday, 23. March 2011

Last week, EA announced that EA Sports games would no longer come with printed manuals and that starting with Fight Night Champion, all game manuals would be put on the disc and uploaded to EA.com. In a recent press release, EA confirmed that they will begin phasing out paper manuals [...]

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Toys R Us Holding Sale On 3DS Games This Sunday

Buy One, Get One Half Sale On 3DS Games At Toys R Us On Launch Day, Up To $75 Trade-In On Your Old DS
Filed by on Wednesday, 23. March 2011

After months and months of news and rumors, the Nintendo 3DS is set to launch in Europe, North America, and Australia this weekend. Folks in North America who are picking up Nintendo’s new handheld at Toys R Us will get a little bit in the way of savings on launch [...]

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Motorola Xoom 2 Coming Out This Summer?

New Report Suggests Motorola Not Producing Any Xoom Tablets Past June; iPad 2 Rival Currently in Development?
Filed by on Tuesday, 22. March 2011

The Xoom is, at least for now, the most important iPad and iPad 2 competitor out there. The first Honeycomb tablet is, from certain points of view, better than the iPad 2, and therefore the original iPad, when it comes to some specs and features. But that doesn’t necessarily make [...]

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