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Review: Halo Combat Evolved Anniversary

November 15, 2011, By Christian Davis
Master Cheif

Now, Halo: Combat Evolved was reviewed dozens of times a decade ago, so it’s pointless to really review the game. So, rather than give an official review we’ll be discussing what’s new with 343′s Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Edition and why you should still revisit this timeless game. It’s hard to imagine that it’s been ten years [...]

Samsung Secu-NFC Tightens Mobile Payments Security

November 15, 2011, By Sanjeev Ramachandran
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If you haven’t noticed as of yet, let’s tell you this piece of news. Samsung has toughened security! The South Korean company has introduced a new near-field communications (NFC) chip that raises the level of security higher for users paying their money through smartphones. The new technological security, called as Secu-NFC or also as SENHRN [...]

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android 3.2 Update Turns Out to be WiFi Killer; Pulled

November 15, 2011, By Sanjeev Ramachandran
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You are very well aware that the Samsung Android 3.2 update was received with great expectation when it was released. However, it has now turned out that the release just happened prematurely. Many users have reported problems with the update. The update, which transforms the tablet OS to Android 3.2 Honeycomb, is reported to break [...]

Intel-MasterCard Joint Venture to Make Online Purchases Easier

November 14, 2011, By Sanjeev Ramachandran
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You search for a book you want on Amazon, and you find it. You want to buy that book; you tap your smartphone into your Ultrabook and pay for it. That’s what you might be doing next year. That’s what Intel and MasterCard want you to do next year. Today’s joint effort by the companies [...]

Amazon Kindle Fire Expected to Kick-Start Low-End Tablet Revolution

November 14, 2011, By Sanjeev Ramachandran
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Tablet fans across the globe are waiting for the Amazon Kindle Fire to storm the markets. The less-than $200 price tag is making the fire a hot contestant in the market. It seems Amazon’s hopes to make the Fire a strong rival to the iPad is on the verge of becoming true. And, not just [...]

Apple iPhone 4S Woes Continue Even After Roll Out of Fix

November 12, 2011, By Sanjeev Ramachandran
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Apple seems to have caught the tail of a wild tiger! Now all it can do is to tighten the grip and run with the predator, wherever it may take them.  One after another, problems are popping up for Apple ever since they launched their iPhone 4S. What seemed to be minor battery problem last [...]

Technology Landmark for Oregon Voters

November 11, 2011, By George Lang
The Handicapped & Elderly to Benefit the Most

In 1990, I wrote my first publishable article (I Know, who cares; but I feel like telling you about it, and it was a free country last time I checked). It was created on a Commodore 64, GEOS OS graphical user interface (GUI), long before Microsoft Windows caught on. I used the GeoPublish desktop publishing [...]

Devices for Doctors: Ritalin Prescription Machine?

November 11, 2011, By George Lang
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OK… so, despite the fact that I’m in the middle of my doctoral program, I can’t yet be labeled with anything more than the “Hey, you… Almost a Doctor” Bill Cosby tag; so I’m going to let you, the readers, decide the value of this unusual device for yourselves. I will try to stay away from my [...]

Nokia Champagne Spotted; Said to be First Windows Phone Tango Handset

November 11, 2011, By Sanjeev Ramachandran
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A new Windows Phone handset from the Nokia stables is right raking up all the mystery.. The grapevine is abuzz, with speculations doing the rounds on this unique handset. Spotted at the Design Museum on the  Thames, you might remember, it was earlier rumored as the Nokia Ace aka 900. It now appears that Nokia [...]

GPS Secrets You Never Knew to Ask

November 11, 2011, By George Lang
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Your global positioning system (GPS) is harboring some fascinating little secrets that your government has been reticent to discuss! Yes, we said “your” GPS; and we’re not talking about the one in your iPhone, on your car’s dashboard, or the one on your service provider’s cell tower. We’re talking about the one circling YOUR planet. It’s yours; you paid for it with your tax [...]

Automation: Control Your Home from Your Cellphone

November 10, 2011, By George Lang
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Have you ever wanted to do something to your house when you were not there? I know, dumb question. But what if I were to show you how to close the blinds in your California living room from your hotel room in Norway? …or how to turn lights on and off in the kitchen, making it look like someone [...]

Review: Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

November 10, 2011, By Christian Davis
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Being overwhelmed in a game is something that doesn’t happen to me too very often. Unless it’s a title that sends massive waves of enemies that exceed 40 members or something unbearably hard, being overwhelmed is hard for me to experience. When I entered the world of Skyrim, I was overwhelmed within minutes from the [...]

Sony and Nintendo Mobile Gaming Positions Threatened by iOS and Android

November 10, 2011, By Sanjeev Ramachandran
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Gone are those days when the gaming industry had two main names in the portable or mobile gaming area to look up to. What was filled by Nintendo DS or PlayStation Portable about five years ago, is now being filled by the world’s top mobile platforms: iOS and Android. Smartphone games have risen in popularity [...]

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