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Microsoft bringing New and Improved Kinect to Windows PCs in 2012

Microsoft bringing New and Improved Kinect to Windows PCs in 2012

Mo Choudhury November 23, 2011 0

Microsoft will be building a new and improved Kinect hardware device for use with Windows PCs in 2012.  Kinect is the motion and voice technology that Microsoft launched as an add-on for the Xbox

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COD: Modern Warfare 3 Sets all time 5 day Sales record with $ 775 million grossed

COD: Modern Warfare 3 Sets all time 5 day Sales record with $ 775 million grossed

Mo Choudhury November 17, 2011 0

Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is not only the best entertainment launch with more than $400 million in revenue in its first 24 hours, but it is also the most successful 5

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Facebook says Porn Spam blocked for now

Facebook says Porn Spam blocked for now

Mo Choudhury November 16, 2011 0

Facebook said on Wednesday that it has stopped most of the spam that has flooded many users’ pages with pictures showing graphic sex and violence, amongst other things.  According to Facebook’s statement the people

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Gmail iOS App Returns to Apple App Store

Gmail iOS App Returns to Apple App Store

Mo Choudhury November 16, 2011 0

Google released a Gmail  app for the iOS two weeks ago. Unfortunately, that  app had an error with the push notification support  and Google had to pull it from the Apple app store. After

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Apple replaces Steve Jobs with Levinson as chairman, Adds Disney’s Iger to Board

Apple replaces Steve Jobs with Levinson as chairman, Adds Disney’s Iger to Board

Mo Choudhury November 15, 2011 0

Apple Inc has named  Arthur Levinson, a long-time board member, as a non-executive Chairman of the Board. Levinson is the chairman and former CEO of Genentech Inc. He had been an Apple board member since

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The Tablet Wars: Amazon lit the Kindle Fire early

The Tablet Wars: Amazon lit the Kindle Fire early

Mo Choudhury November 15, 2011 0

Amazon.com’s first foray into the tablet wars — the Amazon Kindle Fire, launched a day earlier than scheduled on Monday, Nov 14, 2011.  It is the most anticipated tablet release since the iPad and

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Smashes Sales Record, best Entertainment Launch ever!

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Smashes Sales Record, best Entertainment Launch ever!

Mo Choudhury November 12, 2011 1

The latest installment of game developer Infinity Ward’s Call of Duty franchise — Modern Warfare 3, has smashed all previous records to become the highest grossing entertainment launch ever! That’s right, it’s bigger than

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Facebook Privacy settlement with the FTC: 20 years of Audits, Opt-in instead of Opt-out

Facebook Privacy settlement with the FTC: 20 years of Audits, Opt-in instead of Opt-out

Mo Choudhury November 11, 2011 1

Various news outlets starting with The Wall Street Journal are reporting that the Federal Trade Commission and Facebook have reached a tentative settlement on the FTC’s charge that the social media network deceived its members

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Why so Siri? Amazon goes after Apple with Yap acquisition

Why so Siri? Amazon goes after Apple with Yap acquisition

Mo Choudhury November 11, 2011 0

Amazon.com may have started as an online book vendor but it has transformed itself into a juggernaut and it may be eyeing direct competition with Apple in the future. It turns out Amazon quietly

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Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus Introduced for T-Mobile

Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus Introduced for T-Mobile

Mo Choudhury November 8, 2011 0

T-Mobile unveiled the new Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus on Tuesday. The 4G tablet is available for purchase starting November 16, 2011 and requires a  qualified data plan with the carrier. The curious pricing

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