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• Microsoft claims Google users are getting 'Scroogled' by not using Bing when shopping onlineA new campaign launched by Microsoft against Google claims its users are getting 'Scroogled' when sh.Nov 30, 2012 11:43 AM CST
• Sony reveals PlayStation Vita with PS Plus Instant Game Collection Bundle for $299.99Sony announced a bundle that will combine a year of PS Plus service with its PS Vita.Nov 30, 2012 9:02 AM CST
• eBay dons the Nexus 4 with high-demand sales restrictionsNexus 4 receives sales restrictions from eBay due to huge demand.Nov 30, 2012 6:33 AM CST
• Dell offers up Ubuntu-based XPS 13, priced at $1549Dell once skunkworks "Project Sputnik" arrives in the form of the Ubuntu-based XPS 13 for $1549.Nov 30, 2012 4:39 AM CST
• Syria gets cut off from the InternetSyria drops off of the Internet.Nov 29, 2012 11:59 PM CST
• The Humble THQ Bundle includes seven games, starts from just $5.70 - proceeds go to charityYou can get Saints Row The Third, Metro 2033 and five more games for just $5.70.Nov 29, 2012 11:30 PM CST
• iPhone 5 readily available at retail U.S. Apple Stores; one-week ship time for online ordersApple seems to have finally caught up with its demand for the iPhone 5 just in time for the holidays.Nov 29, 2012 11:21 AM CST
• Nintendo confirms new '3D' Mario, Zelda games coming to Wii U Nintendo's global President Satoru Iwata revealed a new Mario and Zelda game were in production.Nov 29, 2012 8:44 AM CST
• The Black Eyed Peas' Will.i.am unveils iPhone 4/4S camera accessory, sports slide-out keyboard and $478 price tagMusic star Will.i.am releases iPhone 4/4S camera accessory that features slide-out keyboard.Nov 29, 2012 6:36 AM CST
• Oculus Rift gets delayed, overwhelming demand for the VR headset is to blameOculus Rift gets delayed, multiple reasons behind the date being pushed back.Nov 29, 2012 5:31 AM CST
• Apple's iPad domination begins to fade, iPad share is at its lowest point since 2010Apple's iPad market share begins to fault, reaches its lowest point in over two years.Nov 29, 2012 4:33 AM CST
• MIT's new discovery could see a future of truly sustainable solar powerMIT could have found the key to unlock the door to a world powered by energy from the Sun.Nov 29, 2012 3:41 AM CST
• GTA series passes 125 million units, Rockstar still won't move to yearly releases, thankfullyRockstar's Grand Theft Auto series passes 125 million shipments, like a boss.Nov 29, 2012 2:25 AM CST
• Apple may tap TSMC for A-series processors next yearSamsung could lose Apple's A-series processor production to TSMC next year.Nov 28, 2012 11:34 PM CST
• Toshiba launch new MG series of HDDs, includes self-encrypting modelsToshiba unveils new MG series of HDDs, available in up to 4TB.Nov 28, 2012 9:51 PM CST
• Chinese chipmaker set to enter CPU race against Intel, ARM and AMD with custom CPUChina prepares to unveil details of a new 8-core processor to take on Intel, ARM and AMD.Nov 28, 2012 9:36 PM CST
• RumorTT: AMD launching Radeon-branded solid state drives soonRumor: AMD to launch Radeon-branded SSDs soon, could market the platform as a whole.Nov 28, 2012 2:26 PM CST
• Brave Robotics creates working Transformer robot with Wi-Fi cameraBrave Robotics has created a real, working Transformer toy.Nov 28, 2012 12:30 PM CST
• Nintendo 3DS XL bundled with Mario Kart 7 available on Dec. 2 for $199Nintendo announced a new bundle bringing the 3DS XL and Mario Kart 7 into on package.Nov 28, 2012 11:30 AM CST
• Survey: Mobile phone owners use their devices to take pictures, textA new study reveals Americans use their phones as a camera the majority of the time.Nov 28, 2012 9:08 AM CST
• Mujjo's leather touchscreen gloves offer full compatibility with style this Dec.Mujjo has announced it will be offering leather touchscreen gloves this December.Nov 28, 2012 7:46 AM CST
• Sharp unveils 32-inch 4K IGZO-based LCD, won't be on Santa's sleigh, unfortunatelySharp's first 4K 32-inch IGZO-based LCD gets unveiled - looks impressive.Nov 28, 2012 6:41 AM CST
• Samsung busted for pushing employees for 16-hour workdays with just a single day off per monthSamsung working conditions hit the news again, 16-hour workdays with just a single day off per month.Nov 28, 2012 4:33 AM CST
• Google hires thousands of people to manually rank search resultsGoogle's search results aren't the magic of algorithms, instead, thousands of people rank them manua.Nov 28, 2012 1:35 AM CST
• LeakedTT: Bungie's new game, Destiny, has story details leakedLeakedTT: Story details on Bungie's upcoming 'Destiny' game.Nov 28, 2012 12:36 AM CST
• Has ASRock overstepped a line with its Facebook troll of GIGABYTE?ASRock create troll post on Facebook over Gigabyte motherboard BSODs - a step too far?Nov 27, 2012 7:52 PM CST
• Samsung gets hit by another lawsuit, this time Ericsson is the plaintiffSamsung is getting sued by Ericsson over patents that Samsung refused to license from Ericsson.Nov 27, 2012 6:15 PM CST
• Google settles with Immersion over haptic technology, licenses it for use in Motorola devicesGoogle settles with Immersion over a patent infringement lawsuit against Motorola Mobility Nov 27, 2012 4:09 PM CST
• Amazon says Cyber Monday best day for sales of Kindle ever, doesn't provide numbersAmazon has a big Black Friday and Cyber Monday, sales of the Kindle family double from last year.Nov 27, 2012 3:03 PM CST
• New Super Mario Bros. 2 receives Gold Classics Pack DLC to celebrate 300 billion gold coins collected milestone A new piece of DLC is now available for New Super Mario Bros. 2.Nov 27, 2012 12:30 PM CST
• Say 'Hello' to the Wii Mini now that it is officially confirmedNintendo officially outs the Wii Mini, only coming to Canada right now for $99.99.Nov 27, 2012 12:02 PM CST
• Grand Theft Auto 5 PC fans petition for its release; gathers over 50k signaturesA petition has been created in hopes for Rockstar to release GTA V on PC.Nov 27, 2012 10:00 AM CST
• Intel's Haswell could be the end of the road for upgrading your CPUIntel Haswell, the end of the road for upgrading your CPU?Nov 26, 2012 10:36 PM CST
• Twitter CEO to users: "By the end of the year you'll be able to download the archive history of your entire tweets"Twitter's CEO offers a date for when users should be able to download an archive of their tweets.Nov 26, 2012 8:32 PM CST
• Google Type is the new tool for making ransom notes, uses Google Images to generate fontsGoogle Type (not a Google product) turns your message into an image font using images around the web.Nov 26, 2012 6:27 PM CST
• Verizon gets sued over claims they defend BitTorrent piratesVerizon sued over not complying with court-ordered subpoenas.Nov 26, 2012 5:30 PM CST
• Check out these James Bond-like assassin tools that really existCheck out three North Korean-built assassin tools that were disguised as normal objects.Nov 26, 2012 3:32 PM CST
• Google updates pricing for cloud storage, drops it 20%Google updates cloud storage pricing and features ahead of Amazon's AWS event in Vegas.Nov 26, 2012 2:20 PM CST
• Samsung releases video highlighting stress test procedures for Galaxy S IIISamsung released a video which shows what goes into its stress tests of the Galaxy S III.Nov 26, 2012 12:00 PM CST
• Wii U hits 400k units sold in the U.S. since launch; 'sold out at retail' Nintendo shares some of its internal data on how well its Wii U and other hardware have been doing.Nov 26, 2012 11:07 AM CST
• Grand Theft Auto Radio app brings nearly every station to your Android device A new Android app has been released called Grand Theft Auto Radio.Nov 26, 2012 7:02 AM CST
• Nexus 4 has LTE, but is exclusive to Canada, ehNexus 4 can actually handle LTE, exclusive to Canada.Nov 26, 2012 1:09 AM CST
• Thanks to new evidence, Kim Dotcom's lawyers want his case dismissedKim Dotcom's lawyers want case dismissed thanks to new evidence that has come to their attention.Nov 26, 2012 12:34 AM CST
• Microsoft working on their own augmented reality glasses, watch out Google Project GlassGoogle's Project Glass will meet competition from Microsoft and their own augmented reality glasses.Nov 25, 2012 9:30 PM CST
• Verizon FiOS Mobile app for iPad updated with live TV streamingThe FiOS app for iPad has received an update that allows for live TV streaming.Nov 25, 2012 8:42 AM CST
• Apple just doesn't stop - asks judge to add Samsung's Galaxy Note II and other smartphones to latest suitApple add more Samsung smartphones to their latest suit, feels like deja vu times infinity.Nov 24, 2012 10:40 PM CST
• Disney has taught a humanoid robot to play catch, juggle - doesn't look like Arnie, thankfullyDisney goes in a strange direction - has taught a humanoid robot how to juggle and play catch.Nov 24, 2012 9:27 PM CST
• Samsung lets "Baffin" slide through the FCC, features 5-inch WVGA screen and quad-core CPUExpect another 5-inch phone from Samsung, sporting a WVGA display and quad-core processor.Nov 24, 2012 8:32 PM CST
• Samsung intros flip phone sporting dual screens, quad-core processor and is marketed by Jackie ChanSamsung gives China something special, launches quad-core flip phone that sports dual screens.Nov 24, 2012 7:07 PM CST
• ECS announces their first ever Modmen PC modding competition, $33,333 holiday up for grabs!ECS announces a new worldwide Modmen PC modding competition, the winner will become a Taiwan million.Nov 24, 2012 5:50 PM CST
• Wii U U.K. launch event giving games away to attendees on Nov. 30thThe U.K. Nintendo Wii U launch event will be giving two games away to the first 100 attendees.Nov 24, 2012 9:15 AM CST
• Japan makes it illegal to import R4 cartridges, probably just a bit too lateJapan makes it illegal to import R4 cartridges, has been illegal to sell them for three years.Nov 23, 2012 8:02 PM CST
• Updated: GoDaddy has DNS compromised causing some site visitors to get infectedGoDaddy DNS has been compromised, some users being forwarded to rogue subdomains.Nov 23, 2012 7:03 PM CST
• Facebook looking to create official external advertising networkFacebook is looking to create an external ad agency that would use your data from Facebook.Nov 23, 2012 6:06 PM CST
• Google finally promises a fix for a 2.5 year-old bug, says it will come in next Android versionGoogle will finally fix a 2.5 year old bug in Android Nov 23, 2012 2:29 PM CST
• Go Figure: UK movie pirates spend more at the box office than non-piratesHyrbid pirates spend way more money on entertainment than completely legal consumers.Nov 23, 2012 1:32 PM CST
• John McAfee now claims that employees were plotting to kill himMcAfee murder story gets weirder, the founder of the company now claims employees plotted to kill hi.Nov 23, 2012 3:42 AM CST
• 1TB optical discs are coming, but you'll have to wait until 20151TB optical discs are on their way - sports 25GB per layer, and will be here by 2015.Nov 23, 2012 2:39 AM CST
• Windows 8's store adds 7,000 apps in two weeks, nearly 18,000 out of the 20,000 in the store are freeThe Windows Store in Windows 8 has passed 20,000 apps, nearly 18,000 of them are free.Nov 23, 2012 1:32 AM CST
• US requests the most user data from Google, followed by India and BrazilThe US requests the most information from Google about users.Nov 22, 2012 8:05 PM CST
• Police raid 9-year-old's home, take laptop adorned with Winnie the PoohFinnish police raid house of 9-year-old who was suspected of illegally sharing files.Nov 22, 2012 4:15 PM CST
• Mozilla ends Firefox 64-bit for Windows buildsMozilla ends Windows 64-bit version of Firefox as it's not a priority.Nov 22, 2012 2:41 PM CST
• Google's getting better at design quicker than Apple is getting better at webGoogle is getting better at design quicker than Apple is at web services.Nov 22, 2012 1:31 PM CST
• Online holiday spending estimated to reach $43.4 billion this yearOnline holiday shopping to be huge this year, estimated to reach $43.4 billion.Nov 22, 2012 2:35 AM CST
• Apple's 'Spaceship' campus won't open until 2016, as the project faces delaysApple's new Spaceship HQ has been delayed, won't open until 2016.Nov 22, 2012 1:31 AM CST
• New report puts Google Glass release date as late as 2014, techies breathe a collective sigh of sadnessTIME magazine says we'll have Google Glass by 2014, a bit later than people had hoped.Nov 21, 2012 9:05 PM CST
• Google's search dominance continues, approaches 70% market shareGoogle dominates search engine market share, accounts for nearly 67 percent of all searches.Nov 21, 2012 7:31 PM CST
• OCZ served a subpoena by SEC who is conducting an investigation into the companyOCZ is being investigated by the SEC, served subpoenas regarding financial reporting delays.Nov 21, 2012 5:23 PM CST
• Facebook looking to end users' right to force a vote on policy changesFacebook looking to take away your right to force a vote on governance changes.Nov 21, 2012 2:12 PM CST
• CreepyTT: Fashion brands embedding cameras in mannequins to boost luxury salesFashion companies are using mannequins with cameras paired with facial recognition software.Nov 21, 2012 1:18 PM CST
• Grand Theft Auto: Vice City 10th Anniversary available on Android, iOS on Dec. 6thRockstar Games has revealed its Vice City is coming to mobile on Dec. 6th.Nov 21, 2012 12:00 PM CST
• Star Citizen breaks crowdfunding record, raises $6.4 millionCrowdfunding record gets broken with Star Citizen, raising over $6.4 million.Nov 21, 2012 3:29 AM CST
• Galaxy Nexus 'yakju' phones should be receiving Android 4.2 Jelly Bean OTA updatesAndroid 4.2 OTA update and factory image for 'yakju' Galaxy Nexus now available.Nov 21, 2012 1:32 AM CST
• NVIDIA releases new beta GeForce drivers, just in time for the holidaysNVIDIA's latest GeForce 310.61 beta drivers are here.Nov 21, 2012 12:36 AM CST
• Sony Ultra HDTV will ship with 4K delivery solution, also pre-loaded with 4K contentSony one-up the competition, offering the world's first 4K delivery solution with their new 4K TV.Nov 20, 2012 11:33 PM CST

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