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Wednesday, December 28, 2011

TEH GAY GEEK CLOSES

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It with sadness that I announce Teh Gay Geek will be ceasing operations. For the past year and a half I have tried to bring my readers int...
Thursday, December 22, 2011

KINDLE FIRE STOPS BLOCKING ANDROID MARKET

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Some of you may have noticed, when perusing the interwebs on your Kindle Fire, that a certain Google-branded Market refused to load in the...

'THE HOBBIT' FINALLY GETS A TRAILER

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Fans of Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings films have reason to cheer today as there is finally a trailer of the upcoming movie, “The Hobbit...

MICROSOFT TO END ITS CES KEYNOTE ROLE

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Microsoft's has announced that it will be ending its long-standing CES keynote role, and will no longer have a booth at the show as it...
Wednesday, December 21, 2011

ITC SAYS MOTOROLA MOBILITY GUILTY OF MICROSOFT PATENT INFRINGEMENT

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The United States International Trade Commission ruled late Tuesday that Motorola Mobility is guilty of infringing on one of Microsoft’s pa...

GOOGLE AND MOZILLA KISS AND MAKE UP

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Mozilla announced Tuesday that it has reached an agreement with Google in which Google Search will remain the default search engine in Fire...

SUPER BOWL TO BE STREAMED LIVE ON VERIZON WIRELESS

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The NFL and NBC will stream Superbowl XLVI live online and to mobile devices for the first time ever in February. Unfortunately, the broadc...

VERIZON WIRELESS USERS REPORTING DATA OUTAGES

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If you're having trouble getting a data connection on your Verizon-branded handset this morning, you're not alone. Based on Verizon...

I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER....AMAZON TRIED TO BUY RIM

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Based on a new Reuters report, Amazon was hot-to-trot on the idea of buying RIM, but those desires seemingly cooled after the BlackBerry ma...
Tuesday, December 20, 2011

RUMOR: GROUPON SHORT ON CASH

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In the run up to its recent IPO, a number of outlets reported that the daily deal giant Groupon was running short on cash. Over at the Motl...

ITC SIDES WITH APPLE, BANS US IMPORT OF SOME HTC DEVICES

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A judge with the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) ruled Monday that HTC is guilty of infringing Apple’s patents in severa...

INSTITUTE FOR HIGHWAY SAFETY SAYS CELL PHONE BANS DO NOT REDUCE ACCIDENTS

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According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has issued a report saying cell phones are not causing accidents, but is ...
Monday, December 19, 2011

AT&T DROPS BID TO ACQUIRE T-MOBILE

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AT&T says it is ending its $39 billion bid to buy T-Mobile USA after facing fierce government objections. AT&T's purchase of T...

WORST COMPANIES IN AMERICA

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24/7 Wallstreet has compiled a list of the worst run companies in America. It used a number of factors to evaluate the companies includin...

GOOGLE + GETS UPDATES

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Google + (G+) has announced a number of improvements on it's blog this morning. Some of the improvements include the finer control ov...

RUMOR: APPLE TESTING WEARABLE iPOD WITH SIRI INTEGRATION

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Apple may be secretly developing wearable iPods that offer full support for voice commands using the company’s Siri software. Details surro...
Saturday, December 17, 2011

SPRINT DISABLES CARRIER IQ ON ALL PHONES, STOPS COLLECTING DATA

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Sprint on Friday confirmed that it has disabled Carrier IQ on its servers and it is no longer actively using the software to collect diagno...

SIRI PORTING TO iPHONE 4 NOW LEGAL WITH iOS 5.0.1 UPDATE

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IPhone 4 owners looking to take advantage of Apple’s Siri software from the iPhone 4S now have one less barrier standing in their way. Sure...

APPLE'S A5 CHIP BEING MADE IN TEXAS BY SAMSUNG

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Apple and other consumer electronics companies typically look to the Far East for components, but a new report suggests that the production...
Friday, December 16, 2011

DELL LEAVES NETBOOKS BEHIND

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Dell confirmed that it is no longer making consumer netbooks. Not only are the Inspiron Minis being put in the grave, but the company conf...

UNIVERSAL MUSIC CLAIMS RIGHT TO REMOVE YOUTUBE VIDEOS IT DOESN'T HAVE COPYRIGHT TO

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Universal Music Group has responded to Megaupload's request for a temporary restraining order barring the music giant from further inte...

MICROSOFT TO SILENT UPDATE INTERNET EXPLORER FOR EVERYONE

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Microsoft has decided that the time has come to make sure that all users of Internet Explorer are using the most current version possible. ...
Thursday, December 15, 2011

FOX, NBC UNIVERSAL AND SONY EMPLOYEES CAUGHT DOWNLOADING ILLEGAL TORRENTS

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Considering all of the concerns major music and movie studios have over piracy and file sharing, one would think the studios could at least...

US FTC AND FCC INVESTIGATING CARRIER IQ

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Federal investigators have launched a probe in order to examine Carrier IQ’s smartphone software, which tracks a range of activity and send...

GAME CONSOLE OWNERS STREAMING MEDIA USAGE INCREASES SIGNIFICANTLY

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New data from Nielsen suggests that console owners are using their Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii game consoles to stream video content more than ev...

ACER BETS ON ULTRABOOKS TO TACKLE APPLE

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Acer will cut its product line by 66% in 2012 and focus on simplifying its portfolio, company chairman JT Wang recently said according to r...

GOOGLE CHROME PASSES INTERNET EXPLORER TO BECOME TOP BROWSER IN WORLD

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When Google Chrome launched a couple years ago, people knew that Google’s massive web presence and cross-promotional powers would help it g...
Wednesday, December 14, 2011

NTSB RECOMMENDS BAN ON CELL PHONE USAGE IN CARS INCLUDING HANDS-FREE DEVICES

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The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) voted on Tuesday to recommend that all states ban the use of using cell phones while drivin...

SECURITY FIRM SAYS GOOGLE WALLET NOT SECURE

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Security firm ViaForensics recently said Google Wallet does not properly protect personal data, including credit card balance information, ...

FBI DENIES REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON CARRIER IQ

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The FBI has denied a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for materials about Carrier IQ, a company that has been in the spotlight rec...
Tuesday, December 13, 2011

APPLE MAC APP STORE HITS 100 MILLION DOWNLOADS

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At just under a year old, Apple's Mac App Store is celebrating a fairly significant milestone, hitting the 100 million download mark, a...

DISH NETWORK MAY BE T-MOBILE'S BACK UP DATE IF AT&T STIFFS IT

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Dish Network had reportedly been considered a potential candidate to receive divested T-Mobile assets from AT&T if it couldn't secu...

UNIVERSAL FILES FALSE TAKE DOWN NOTICE FOR MEGAUPLOADS YOUTUBE SONG

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Megaupload recently funded a song that features popular artists singing its praises. The artists, independent of their labels, signed agreem...

RUMOR: VERIZON TO BUY NETFLIX

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Netflix's share price has soared on a rumor that Verizon is in talks with the video company to acquire them. DealReporter is making t...

RUMOR: iPAD 3 COMING IN 3 - 4 MONTHS

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According to a report on DigiTimes The next generation iPads are expected to be available in the next 3-4 months. DigiTimes reports that...
Monday, December 12, 2011

LEAK: GOVERNMENT REPORT STATES LIGHTSQUARED INTERFERES WITH MOST GPS SYSTEMS

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According to leaked reports from government test drafts, LightSquared's technology causes "harmful interference" to the major...

HP MAKES webOS OPEN SOURCE; CONFIRMS NEW HARDWARE

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HP announced on Friday that it will open-source its webOS mobile operating system, which once upon a time powered smartphones and a single ...
Friday, December 9, 2011

APPLE FILES PATENT FOR KINECT LIKE MOTION CONTROL DEVICE

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With the success of Microsoft’s Kinect device on both Windows PCs and the 360, you knew it was only a matter of time before the folks at Cu...

TWITTER GETS A MAKEOVER....AGAIN

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Twitter has released an update to their popular micro blogging site. The visual update will "make it easier than ever to follow what ...

HP CALLS ALL HANDS webOS MEETING

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HP CEO Meg Whitman has weighed the options for what to do with webOS, and tomorrow at 10:30 AM Pacific Time we should finally get and answe...

AT&T TO THROTTLE TOP DATA USERS

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AT&T has stated they will begin to throttle the top 5% of data users down to 2G (whatever that is) speeds. Users will be notified via ...

VERIZON AND REDBOX TEAM UP FOR STREAMING SERVICE

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On Wednesday we reported on a story that suggested Verizon may be planning to challenge Netflix by launching its own video streaming servic...

SAMSUNG GETS TABLET BAN LIFTED IN AUSTRALIA

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A ban that prevented Samsung’s local subsidiaries from marketing and selling the Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet in Australia was lifted on Friday, ...
Thursday, December 8, 2011

US JUSTICE DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATING APPLE AND E-BOOK PUBLISHERS

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Hot on the heels of the EU Commission, the U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday confirmed that it is investigating the pricing of electroni...

HP TO SELL REFURB TOUCHPADS FOR $99 ON 12/11

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Starting Sunday, December 11th at 6:00 p.m. Central time, 16GB and 32GB Touchpads will be available on HP’s ebay store . A $79 accessory bu...

MICROSOFT TO LAUNCH WINDOWS 8 APP STORE

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Microsoft recently revealed a number of details on its Windows 8 Windows Store, an application storefront that will launch in February in t...

VERIZON TO LAUNCH FAMILY SHARE DATA PLANS NEXT YEAR

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Speaking during a recent UBS conference in New York City, Verizon Communications CEO Lowell McAdam said that Verizon Wireless may rollout s...
Wednesday, December 7, 2011

VERIZON 4G NETWORK DOWN IN SOME AREAS

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If your Droid or other Verizon 4G LTE-yoked cell, dongle or MiFi isn't pulling down any high speed data then don't worry, at least ...

ANDROID MARKET HITS 10 BILLION DOWNLOADS

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The applications plaza for Google's mobile OS, Android, just had its ten billionth app downloaded. In honor of hitting this mark, it...

VERIZON TAKING ON NETFLIX

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According to Reuters, Verizon is getting ready to enter the streaming media market. Reports are that the company is in talks with programm...

AT&T RANKS WORST CARRIER IN CUSTOMER SATISFACTION FOR SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR

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AT&T has again received the lowest rating in Consumer Reports’ annual wireless carrier customer satisfaction survey. Verizon Wireless w...
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