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11/20/09 7:40pm Computing, Gaming, Mobile Sony Online Service to challenge iTunes selling music, movies, and books as digital downloads
Sony announced in Tokyo today that it will launch a new music, movie, and book downloading service called Sony Online Service.… dig deeper
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11/18/09 4:10pm Gaming, Computing Sony PlayStation 3 joins Facebook with firmware 3.10 today
Sony says that more Facebook features are coming, but that it has no plans for Twitter integration. dig deeper
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11/17/09 7:00pm Computing, Gaming Xbox 360 now does Facebook and Twitter, PS3 firmware 3.10 to add Facebook too
Microsoft promised social networking on the 360 way back at E3, but Sony will offer similar features any day now. dig deeper
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11/05/09 5:30pm Computing, Mobile, Gaming, Home A/V Google Dashboard brings all your Google app data under one roof, PS3 Netflix discs arrive Friday, T-Mobile HSPA 7.2 service rolling out now
Google just launched a new site called Google Dashboard. It puts all the basic information about your usage of various Google apps… dig deeper
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10/26/09 5:35pm Computing, Gaming, Home A/V, Mobile New York Times editor Bill Keller says Apple tablet is "impending," Sony PlayStation 3 gets Netflix streaming, Facebook Share adds counter and other new features
Bill Keller is the Executive Editor of The New York Times, so he ought to have some inside information about what the company is… dig deeper
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09/21/09 6:05pm Computing, Home A/V, Gaming FCC details new net neutrality plan, Netflix hands out $1 million prize and starts new contest, Square Enix prez predicts new Nintendo Wii in 2011
FCC chairman Julius Genachowski gave a speech detailing his plans for enforcing network neutrality. The full text of the speech is… dig deeper
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09/04/09 2:07pm Gaming All PS3 games to support 3D TVs in 2010, video of Wipeout HD 3D gameplay hits the web
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09/02/09 3:10pm Computing, Home A/V, Gaming Sony plans to bring 3D to BRAVIA TVs, VAIO laptops, PS3 games, and Blu-ray movies
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08/21/09 6:25pm Computing, Gaming Microsoft retail stores hiring, PS2 backwards compatibility never returning to PS3, Twitter to offer commercial accounts this year
Microsoft is opening its first two Apple-esque retail stores in Scottsdale, AZ and Mission Viejo, CA, and we're apparently getting… dig deeper
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08/19/09 5:27pm Mobile, Computing, Gaming BlackBerry browsers to get full Flash and Silverlight support, Twitter denied "tweet" trademark, 250 GB PS3 Slim discovered in FCC filing
Research in Motion has announced that it will offer full Adobe Flash and Microsoft Silverlight support on its BlackBerry… dig deeper
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08/18/09 2:05pm Gaming Sony at GamesCon: PS3 Slim, PS3 firmware 3.0, "Minis" PSP games, European PSN video store, Digital Comics Reader for PSP
Sony made some major PlayStation brand-related announcements at GamesCon in Germany today. Some of these are whoppers! Here you… dig deeper
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08/11/09 6:31pm Gaming, Mobile, Computing Zune HD models and prices leaked, Apple offers matte MacBook Pro screen at premium price, Microsoft claims Xbox 360 Netflix Watch Instantly exclusivity is permanent
Bloggers discovered that Best Buy was listing the Zune HD in 16 GB and 32 GB models at $220 and $290 respectively. It also named a… dig deeper
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