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A 7″ Tablet Won’t Save Microsoft’s Surface

Posted by: on April 11, 2013 at 9:37 am
A 7″ Tablet Won’t Save Microsoft’s Surface

This, but smaller.

Google has seen some success with their seven-inch tablet. Apple did the same. It’s a comfortable size just beyond the realm of a smartphone, so why not? So who, once again, is late to the party when it comes to consumer trends? Why, it’s Microsoft and the rumored seven-inch version of their Surface, a device with the common complaint that it, at over ten inches, was far too big.

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Samsung’s New Galaxy Mega Phones Are Over-Sized, Under-Powered, Budget-Minded?

Posted by: on April 11, 2013 at 8:43 am
Samsung’s New Galaxy Mega Phones Are Over-Sized, Under-Powered, Budget-Minded?

At 5.8 and 6.3 inches, these things are crazy big

Perhaps I’m crazy, but when a phone goes up in size, I assume that it’ll receive a spec upgrade to go along with it. Beyond Samsung’s upcoming 5-inch Galaxy S4, even beyond their 5.5-inch Note II, the company is bridging the gap to their tablets with two new phones, dubbed Galaxy Megas, that are obviously compensating for something.

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Windows 8 And iPads Are Killing The PC, Quarter By Quarter

Posted by: on April 10, 2013 at 8:25 pm
Windows 8 And iPads Are Killing The PC, Quarter By Quarter

Looks like Microsoft’s Bing revenue. *ba-dum-psssh!*

Shipments of PCs slipped 13.2% last quarter, the biggest drop recorded in the nearly twenty years that IDC has been keeping track of such things. The desktop alone has seen declining shipments for years (the majority of PCs shipped are laptops) and now it’s the PC in its entirety that’s heading out the door while companies like Dell and HP scrambling to fix its consumer hardware divisions. Will this industry ever recover? Probably not.

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Japan’s Girlfriend Coat Is Real, But You’ll Still Be Forever Alone

Posted by: on April 10, 2013 at 1:51 pm
Japan’s Girlfriend Coat Is Real, But You’ll Still Be Forever Alone

We all need somebody to love. like a mechanically augmented garment.

We embraced with a kiss. “Oh baby, I love you so much.” I said. “I love you, too,” she replied. Two weeks later, she dumped me from the comfort of her parents’ home 1500 miles away. Ever since, I’ve tried to replicate the intimacy of a knowing, loving soul mate and girlfriend. Now I realize that I was chasing the wrong river, barking up the wrong tree and so forth, I needed a specially-equipped trenchcoat to help me through my grief. To be my companion.

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Why Can’t Google Fiber And AT&T Fight Over My Neighborhood?

Posted by: on April 10, 2013 at 1:14 pm
Why Can’t Google Fiber And AT&T Fight Over My Neighborhood?

I need more lanes on my information super highway to get to cyberspace, if you know what I mean!

I’m greedy. I want exactly what I want at all times. Case in point, I want gigabit internet (that’s 1,000Mbps down and 1,000Mbps) here in Phoenix and I want it here immediately. As a CableCo subscriber and former CableCo employer, I know for a fact that Cox Cable and CenturyLink aren’t going to bother unless a newcomer arrives to disrupt the market, which may be a while.

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Bioware Co-Founder Gary Zeschuk Defends Everything Bioware Did, Says EA Not To Blame

Posted by: on April 10, 2013 at 11:32 am
Bioware Co-Founder Gary Zeschuk Defends Everything Bioware Did, Says EA Not To Blame

Star Wars: The Old Republic shouldn’t be blamed for bringing down John Riccitello, Zeshuk says.

Post-Electronic Arts Bioware has been the subject of a lot of controversy over the years. Once known as a nearly flawless golden standard in the vein of Blizzard or the late LucasArts, Bioware has been under some intense scrutiny because of a variety of choices the company made. Calm as a cucumber, Gary Zeschuk, one half of Two Doctors That Founded Bioware, denies that Electronic Arts influenced their brand or ruined their fortunes after the acquisition, despite having quit the company last year amongst popular suspicions that they were doing just that.

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Foxconn Revenues Are Down Because iPhone Revenues Are Down

Posted by: on April 10, 2013 at 10:38 am
Foxconn Revenues Are Down Because iPhone Revenues Are Down

It seems odd that Apple announcements would ever deplete in value, but…

Hon Hal Industries, known to most as Foxconn, reported that revenues were down over 18% over last year. Why? Because iPhone sales are reaching their peak.

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‘Hardcore Pawn’ Hits 100th Episode, 4 Million Viewers And Is Still Absolutely Stupid

Posted by: on April 10, 2013 at 9:27 am
‘Hardcore Pawn’ Hits 100th Episode, 4 Million Viewers And Is Still Absolutely Stupid

Oh my goooooooooooood…

People are so stupid. I’m serious. Collectively, and I’m generalizing here, we complain about the sheer amount of garbage on television, but then we tune into programs like Maury, Storage WarsDuck Dynasty (yeah, I went there!) and Hardcore Pawn because they’re “our guilty pleasure”. Ladies and gentlemen, your guilty pleasures are destroying America.

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‘Dota 2’ Surpasses ‘League Of Legends’ As Most-Played PC Game In America, Depending On Who You Ask

Posted by: on April 10, 2013 at 9:00 am
‘Dota 2’ Surpasses ‘League Of Legends’ As Most-Played PC Game In America, Depending On Who You Ask

Just… so many!

Take a look around at any social activity service, such as activity-sharing chat service Xfire, and you’ll get different numbers, but according to analyst firm DFC Intelligence, Valve’s Dota 2 is now the most-played game in North America, surpassing Riot Games’ League of Legends, the long-time champion. Actually, depending on who you ask, League of Legends is still on top. Whoever’s on top, it’s crazy to see two free-to-play MOBAs at the top of the charts.

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Motocross Madness (XBLA) Review: This Ain’t Your Pappy’s Dirt Bike Experience

Posted by: on April 9, 2013 at 11:04 pm
Motocross Madness (XBLA) Review: This Ain’t Your Pappy’s Dirt Bike Experience

Finally, a new Madness game!

By all accounts, Motocross Madness shouldn’t exist. Microsoft ditched the Madness branding in the early aughts and motocross games evaporated with Rainbow Studios – the talent behind the original Motocross Madness games and the MX vs. ATV games for THQ. This left a pretty big hole in the extreme sports category – alongside snowboarding – where the global supply of ‘ramping up hills’ and ‘pulling off gnarly stunts over and over’ was cut off to gamers entirely. After all this, an interesting question arises: if I never loved this genre, why am I giving it a shot now? Because Motocross Madness is pretty damn fun.

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