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Original programming is coming to a YouTube channel near you. Google is making a big push for TV. Amid news of an upcoming new Google TV, the company has inked deals with at least 100 producers to build content exclusively for YouTube channels.

When you think about any of the games in the Assassin’s Creed franchise you imagine plenty of fast-paced action in various scenarios spread around the world, as it was known, a few centuries ago. And you’d certainly enjoy experiencing some of that action on a tablet, say Apple’s iPad.

It was good while it lasted. The $99 fire sale that made the HP TouchPad so popular is officially finished, as HP announces it is already out of stock.

Samsung posted its third quarter profits for 2011, and it seems the South Korean company’s profits are down for the quarter. Overall, the company reports a 13% fall in quarterly profits in spite of its handset division’s stellar performance.

Apple’s iOS devices like the iPhone and iPad get more attention than Android devices, based on a study that tracks eye movements.

We’ve been pretty focused on the Kindle Fire these last few weeks, and with good reason: this new tablet is offering up some pretty impressive specs and functions alike, making it a great deal that could even be picked up alongside the iPad as opposed to in competition with it. [...]

You know what’s annoying with this brand new Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich version? That’s right, it won’t be available on any other device initially except for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. Motorola has already confirmed that certain Android devices will be upgraded to ICS at some point in the future [...]

Love him or hate him, Bill Gates is among the richest persons in the world. But with his billions of dollars, you’d think he would want to keep track of each additional million or so? It seems it doesn’t make a difference.

One of the problems – according to certain users – with two specific iOS 5 devices, the iPhone 4S and the iPad 2, is that they can’t be jailbroken. They both come with the new A5 chip on board, which is yet to be cracked by hackers.

Just a couple days ago, we came out with the story out of Nokia World, that the crew out at Nokia was looking to introduce a phone with a flexible display that would allow you to control various functions by twisting, bending, flexing, or even just tapping at certain portions [...]