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Motorola Corvair is an Android-Powered TV Controller

Motorola Corvair Leaked; 6-Inch Android Gingerbread Tablet Streams Video & Content to Television Sets
By on Sunday, 6. November 2011

Android might soon power our television sets, and Motorola Mobility might be able to reach the market first with a small, cheap device meant for content consumption through the tube. Will Android soon dominate the TV, as well?

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Firefox 8 Production Release Leaked; Try it Out Now Before Launch

Firefox 8 Launches on November 8, But Users Can Download a Copy Before Launch From Mozilla's Own FTP Sites
By on Sunday, 6. November 2011

Mozilla is about to launch Firefox 8 this Tuesday, November 8. But if you’re a Firefox fan looking to try the latest version of the popular web browser, you can download the final version a few days earlier than the rest of the world.

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BLACK FRIDAY: Full Costco Black Friday 2011 Ad Leaked

Dell & HP Laptops, Hannspree TV, Dell XPS Desktop, Digital Cameras & Other Gadgets Star in One of the First Leaked Black Friday Ads
By on Sunday, 6. November 2011

Just as expected, the first Black Friday ads have started to leak well ahead of their time and today we’re going to look at the full Costco pages – available in the gallery after the break – and focus on the gadgets and electronics devices you may be interested in [...]

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Apple Top Execs to Get $60 Million Bonus Each For Sticking Around

Apple Grants Stocks to Creators of iCloud, iTunes, iPhone, iPad, iPod & MacBook to Stick With the Company, Worth $60 Million Each at Current Stock Prices
By on Saturday, 5. November 2011

Steve Jobs may have left the building, and a handful of Apple executives are now running the show. The company has just made seven top Apple employees several million dollars richer — if they stick with Apple for the next five years, that is.

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App Review: Minus for iPhone, iPod touch & iPad

Minus Harnesses the Power of the Cloud to Help You Manage & Share All Sorts of Files on the Go
By on Saturday, 5. November 2011

Minus is a simple file sharing application that will help you better manage your files on your desktop but also on your mobile iOS device such as the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. The application supports a variety of files, from images to movies to documents, and it can be [...]

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Steve Jobs: the Lost Interview to Show at Landmark Theaters November 16 & 17

Lost PBS & BBC Interview Footage With Steve Jobs Found & Will Screen in 17 Cities Around the Country
By on Saturday, 5. November 2011

The possibility of Walter Isaacson’s Steve Jobs biography being turned into a movie is still being discussed. But even before that movie gets produced, Apple fans can see their idol in the big screens in the upcoming film Steve Jobs: the Lost Interview.

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Microsoft Kinect SDK Beta 2 Includes Windows 8 Support

Microsoft's Kinect Developer Kit for Windows Lets Enthusiasts & Hobbyists Build Kinect-Aware Apps for Windows 7 & Windows 8 Developer Preview
By on Friday, 4. November 2011

Microsoft has rolled out an update to the Kinect software development kit, which now includes support for Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 8 platform. The Beta 2 update is meant for non-commerical, academic use by enthusiasts and hobbyists who wish to build Windows apps for Kinect.

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iPads Used for Special Needs Students in California

California County Uses iPads to Help Teach Special Students
By on Friday, 4. November 2011

Apple has always campaigned for the iPad to be and education device as much as it is a media device. Since its inception, schools and other education institutions have purchased the tablet for its students and educators alike. And more and more educations apps have come out as time went [...]

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Motorola Mobility Wins Injunction Against Apple in Germany

German Courts Have Found Apple to Infringe on 2 Motorola Patents; Might Ban Apple From Selling iPhone & iPad in the Country
By on Friday, 4. November 2011

Apple had been winning a string of legal victories in various jurisdictions over some of its Android competitors, particularly Samsung. But with a recent German court decision, Apple is now on the receiving end of injunctions against their mobile devices. But why has Apple settled for a “default judgement” if [...]

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BLACK FRIDAY: Amazon Kinectiversary $100 Credit Promotion Matches Best Buy Kinect Bundles

Amazon Calls Best Buy’s Pre-Black Friday Promotion, Throws In $100 Gift Cards Of Its Own for Xbox Purchases
By on Friday, 4. November 2011

With three weeks to go to this year’s Black Friday shopping frenzy we already have details regarding some store opening hours but also some early promotions for interested shoppers. In fact just earlier today we detailed for you the “Shop Early Save Big” Best Buy promotion which included two special [...]

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