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Goodbye, hello 7 Jun 2012 | 05:57 am
UPDATE: The new blog, Peripherall, is live at Peripherall.net. I’ve been putting off writing this post for nearly a week. I guess I’ve procrastinated long enough, hoping the right combination of words...
Google improves 3D maps in Google Earth, new UI coming to Android and iOS 7 Jun 2012 | 05:10 am
Dieter Bohn for The Verge: To make the images, Google uses planes to take images at 45-degrees from four different angles — flying them in a tightly-controlled pattern with plenty of overlap. Google b...
Frommer: HBO not likely to offer Web-only subscriptions 7 Jun 2012 | 05:06 am
Dan Frommer: It turns out, via TechCrunch, that people say they are willing to spend around $12 per month, on average, for direct access to HBO GO. That itself is not going to turn any heads at Time W...
How many actual results does Google give before you have to scroll? 6 Jun 2012 | 11:41 pm
Not many.
6.5 million LinkedIn passwords leaked, after discovery that site’s iOS app transmits meeting notes 6 Jun 2012 | 11:35 pm
Michael Grothaus for TUAW with a good summary of a bad situation: It’s not a good day for the social network for professionals. Recently, someone posted about 6.5 million password hashes on a Russian ...
Nintendo talks Wii U in E3 presentation, leaves out price and release date 6 Jun 2012 | 05:10 am
Nintendo is really excited about their next console the Wii U. So excited in fact that rather than wait until the E3 gaming conference actually started Monday, they showed off the final design of the ...
$99 Xbox 360 Kinect bundle coming to Best Buy and Gamestop later this month 6 Jun 2012 | 04:49 am
Remember that $99 Xbox 360 bundle with a Kinect sensor? It’s subsidized by a required 2-year Xbox Live Gold contract at $15 a month. And very soon it will be available in more places than just brick a...
Microsoft’s Xbox E3 announcements include SmartGlass, more live sports and Internet Explorer 5 Jun 2012 | 03:59 am
This morning, Microsoft kicked off the E3 gaming conference with a ton of new announcements that bring the gaming console even closer to being a complete, one-stop shop for all forms of entertainment....
Acer and Asus reveal first Windows 8 tablet/laptop hybrids 4 Jun 2012 | 11:44 pm
I feel like I’ve quoted myself on this a thousand times already, but it really is the nugget of promise I see in Microsoft’s next version of Windows. Here’s what I said all the way back in September o...
Nintendo reveals finalized Wii U hardware before E3 4 Jun 2012 | 10:00 pm
Expect a lot of gaming news this week as the E3 gaming expo kicks off. Before the expo could even get started, Nintendo held a live stream Sunday afternoon and showed off the final design of its upcom...
