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The Top Seven Tech Moments Of 2011

Quikster, Dish Network, Blockbuster, Microsoft, & More Apple Than An Orchard Tops The List For Biggest Tech Moments Of The Year 2011
By on Friday, 23. December 2011

It was a big year in tech, folks. Who are we kidding; it’s always a big year in tech!  But with Christmas being just two days away, and the new year only a meager nine, it’s hard not to look back on the year that was and figure out what [...]

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iPad 3 May Launch In Time For Steve Jobs' Birthday

Reports Emerge Suggesting That Suppliers Are Scrambling To Get The iPad 3 Ready For A February 24th Launch, What Would Have Been Steve Jobs' Birthday
By on Friday, 23. December 2011

This bit of news here is going to require an astronomically large bit of salt to take with it, but there are reports emerging to suggest that Apple’s looking for a big sentimental bonus in its iPad 3 release schedule. The word is they want to release the iPad 3 [...]

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Intel Sandy Bridge Processors Take Serious Price Cuts

Intel Slashes Prices On The Lower-End Sandy Bridge Lineup Ahead Of End Of Year, Likely Ivy Bridge Releases To Come
By on Friday, 23. December 2011

If you were looking to upgrade your home computer hardware, you may want to hold out just a bit longer, and possibly go with the “spend some of those Christmas gift cards” approach instead, as word has just landed that the lower end of the Sandy Bridge lineup is about [...]

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iPad 2 vs iPad Mini vs iPhone 4S: Designer Render Reveals The Ghost of Christmas Future

Apple’s Rumored 7.85-inch iPad 3 Model Gets Compared with Popular iOS Brethren in New Mockup
By on Friday, 23. December 2011

Various rumors suggest that Apple will launch a smaller iPad 3 version next year, one that will measure 7.85 inches diagonally and that would better fight low-priced Android-running tablets like the Kindle Fire and the Nook Tablet.

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Google Details NORAD Santa Tracking 2011

Using Google To Track Santa In 2011 Means Using Goodies Such As Google Earth, Google Maps, YouTube, Social Media & Your Mobile Phone
By on Friday, 23. December 2011

As many have come to expect each year, NORAD will soon begin tracking Santa. In fact, as of the writing of this post, the tracking will commence in roughly 15 hours. Or maybe even less if you are reading this later in the day. Either way though, the long and [...]

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Samsung Galaxy Note Successor Unveiled, the GT-N8010?

Wi-Fi Certification Reveals Potential Galaxy Note Successor, Release Date Not Mentioned Yet
By on Friday, 23. December 2011

The Samsung Note is one of the most noteworthy products launched by the South Korean company this year right alongside other flagship products like the Galaxy S II, Galaxy Tab 10.1 or Galaxy Nexus. And it looks like Samsung is already working on some sort of a Note successor.

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Bell Canada Announces They Are Going To Stop Internet Throttling

Canadian File-Sharers Rejoice, Bell Canada Will Stop Internet Throttling As Of March 1st
By on Friday, 23. December 2011

It looks like we have some good news for those up in Canada. Well, more specifically, some good news for those up in Canada who also happen to be customers of Bell. Or on the Bell Canada network through a third-party.

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Samsung Clarifies Ice Cream Sandwich Update Plans For The Galaxy S & Galaxy Tab

Samsung Makes It Clear, Android 4.0 ICS Is Not Coming For The Galaxy S Smartphone Or Galaxy Tab Tablet
By on Friday, 23. December 2011

Samsung offered up some details in terms of their Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade plans a short while back. At that time they offered some details as to which devices would be getting Android 4.0. And well, it looks like we have another update coming from Samsung, except this time they [...]

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Firefox: Mozilla to Earn $300 Million Per Year From Google

Google is Paying Almost $ 1 Billion to Be the Default Mozilla Firefox Web Browser, in an Effort to Keep Firefox From Microsoft & Yahoo!
By on Thursday, 22. December 2011

The tides have turned for Mozilla, as the Firefox browser gets gets a bit of good luck. While Mozilla’s default search partnership deal with Google was reported to have expired earlier this year, the search giant is renewing the partnership to the tune of almost $1 billion in the next [...]

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iPhone 4S, iPad 2 Jailbreak In Progress as Pod2g Entrusts the Chronic Dev Team with iOS 5.0.1 Untethered Jailbreak Release

Hacker Completes iOS 5.0.1 Untethered Jailbreak, Moves on to Next Challenge, A5-based Apple Devices
By on Thursday, 22. December 2011

Pod2g, the famous iOS jailbreak hacker, proved yesterday that its untethered iOS 5.0.1 jailbreak works on A4-based Apple devices, and specifically on the iPhone 4, thus indicating that a public release could be just around the corner.

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