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EvE Online To Get Substantial Alteration, Merge With Dust 514

New Trailer Emerges Showing Popular Space-Based MMO With FPS Elements Added
By on Monday, 28. March 2011

Not too long ago, there was an event for folks who like EvE Online, the EvE Fanfest. And out at that event, a trailer made an appearance, and left many wondering just what would come of it. Early suggestions, and these are just early suggestions as yet, say there’s a [...]

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Sprint Planning To Attack AT&T In Washington

Sprint VP Reveals Company Not Just Going To Keep Issuing Statements, Planning To Testify & Lobby Against AT&T-T-Mobile Acquisition
By on Monday, 28. March 2011

Okay, so you know by now that Sprint is really opposed to the AT&T-T-Mobile deal. They’ve issued two statements against the deal and last week at CTIA 2011, their executives were talking about how unfortunate the deal was for the wireless landscape and the American consumer. But, Sprint isn’t just [...]

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HTC Flyer To Hit T-Mobile This Summer

T-Mobile Looks To Join Sprint and Best Buy In Offering The HTC Flyer Tablet
By on Monday, 28. March 2011

If you’re looking for a new HTC Flyer tablet, you probably already know that Sprint will be offering these tablets as part of their own lineup, but there’s a second new addition you may not be familiar with, as T-Mobile has also announced plans to offer the device in their [...]

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LG Optimus Pad To Hit Japanese Stores This Thursday

Japan First To Get The LG Optimus--United States To Follow Nearly A Month Later
By on Monday, 28. March 2011

Word has only just recently landed that says that the LG Optimus tablet will hit markets first in Japan, before expanding outward to the rest of the world almost a month later.

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Sprint Formally Announces Their Opposition To AT&T-T-Mobile Acquisition

Sprint Releases Press Release Declaring Their Distaste For The AT&Tmo Deal, Urges Government Intervention
By on Monday, 28. March 2011

Last week at the CTIA 2011 trade show, Sprint made no secret that they were not fans of the “AT&Tmo” acquisition – the deal that would see AT&T gobbling up T-Mobile US for $39 billion. Now, they’ve formally declared their opposition to the deal. Sprint today issued a press release [...]

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American Express Goes After Paypal Market With Serve

AMEX's Serve System Works Much Like Paypal, Ties Into Bank Account, Serve Card, Or AMEX Card
By on Monday, 28. March 2011

A bit of a surprise out there for you who like your mobile payments through Paypal, whether you buy or sell, and pretty much anyone who uses eBay: the folks out at American Express have finally said “me, too!” and jumped into the market with their new program dubbed Serve.

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AT&T And Ericsson Working On Embedded Mobile Broadband Modules

Ericsson And AT&T's Project Could Put Wireless Uploading In Variety Of Devices
By on Monday, 28. March 2011

I’ve never been too enamored with the whole 3G concept. Looking at the pricing–and the throttling–involved has left me cold. But the folks out at Ericsson and AT&T have some pretty big plans for the network, and these might actually be pretty nice.

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Some RadioShack Stores To Get iPad 2s Tomorrow

According To Leaked RadioShack Documents, Some 500 'Shack Stores To Start Offering The Apple Tablets Tomorrow, Are You Excited?
By on Monday, 28. March 2011

Great news for those of you who haven’t gotten an iPad 2 yet but have been waiting for RadioShack to start offering them. MacRumors acquired an internal document from RadioShack showing that some 500 stores would be getting the iPad 2s tomorrow. When asked about this, RadioShack confirmed it was [...]

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Intel Shows Off New Slate of Solid State Drives

Intel's New SSD 320 Series Offers Expanded Capability And Price Tags To Match
By on Monday, 28. March 2011

I’m not really big on the whole solid state drive concept. Sure, I like the idea of storage that goes anywhere and takes bumps like a champ but it’s hard for me to get my mind around paying comparatively huge amounts of money for inferior service just because it’s extra [...]

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Nokia Lays Out Transition Roadmap for Symbian; Will Retain Symbian In Certain Markets

Nokia Will Release Symbian Handests in 2011 to 2012, Citing Strong Support in Certain Markets
By on Monday, 28. March 2011

Nokia partnering with Microsoft was big news recently. However, Nokia is still not ready to drop Symbian altogether, and will continue developing for the platform indefinitely.

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