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PSP + Cell Phone = “iPhone Killer”?

As the hordes of electronics manufacturer rush to compete with the legendary iPhone, a new competitor enters the fray. But the new competitor entering the arena has more than armloads of apps and cutting-edge features. It has games. Lots of games. Cool games. It’s the Sony Play Station Portable, now rumored to be going mobile [...]

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New iPhone 3GS Overheats, Turns Brown

No, “iPhone Brown” is not the new official name for the iPhone 3GS, but the new smartphone is too hot for its own good. The overheating glitch actually singes the phone a golden brown. The French journal, Le Journal du Geek posts a user photo of a burnt iPhone, in which an achromatic iPhone is [...]

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Collaborative Game Design with HeroEngine

When it comes to collaborative game development, no engine is doing better for the gaming world than HeroEngine from Simutronics. The platform allows developers and artists to interact and work on a project no matter where they are located. This dissolves the need for a constant in-house solution and opens the doors to a telecommuting [...]

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The Twitter Revolution: Helping the People, Yes; But Will It Help Twitter?

The  June 15, 2009, edition of TIME  Magazine displayed  on its cover a picture of an iPhone with a Twitter message from  author Steven  B. Johnson.  The feature story was Johnson’s message on “how Twitter is  changing the way we live—and showing us the future of innovation.”  The June 29, 2009 Time magazine cover shows a crowd of protestors in  Iran.

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Which is more secure – Facebook or Twitter?

Facebook and Twitter have become powerful social and web 2.0 tools. Friends can stay connected with friends living in other countries. The sites are recognized as being marketing tools for businesses more and more each day.  Though, what about security? Are they both equally secured or is one leading the other?

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To Hell and Back

It’s a tough time to be a horror fan. With the majority of American fright films being either adaptations of barely better j-horror, Hollywood remakes, or a slew of disposable kiddie fodder, there seems to be no room for original ideas for studio scare faire. Leave it to Sam Raimi to step up to the [...]

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Twitter Goes to War—Literally

For all the social blather that is released on Twitter on an hourly basis, there are some serious topics being tweeted. Among the more serious tweeters is the communication branch of the U.S. military, which regularly tweets war news from Afghanistan.

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