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Sony Computer Entertainment America made three huge announcements

February 27th, 2008 · No Comments

Sony Computer Entertainment America made three huge announcements on Tuesday. They announced a Metal Gear Solid 4 PS3 bundle, a God of War PSP bundle, as well as the Dual Shock 3 controller for the PS3.
The first announcement is that in late Q2 2008, Sony will release an 80GB PS3 bundle with Metal Gear […]

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Be very careful where you leak, Wikileaks shut down

February 21st, 2008 · No Comments

A federal judge has forced the web site Wikileaks to shut down. The site has fought back as they state that the move to shut them down is unconstitutional. Having started up just last summer, it’s already posted a ton of documents including the 2004 Gitmo Operations Manual and others that they don’t want […]

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Writers strike cut deep in to the Los Angeles economy

February 21st, 2008 · No Comments

According to an economic study, the Writers Guild of America strike cost Los Angeles County $2.5 billion. That’s significantly less than the $3 billion to $5 billion experts originally thought.
The strike against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers started Nov. 5 and ended last week. During the work stoppage, most scripted television shows […]

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Hey China we’re looking for some missing iPhones

February 19th, 2008 · No Comments

According to a report from market research firm In-Stat, there are currently 400,000 unlocked Apple iPhones running in China.. The phones are made in China and then are smuggled back in to the country and sold to consumers for well above U.S. retail prices, The New York Times reported.
In-Stat has stated that the majority of […]

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301 pennies fetch 10.7 million at auction

February 19th, 2008 · No Comments

You better think twice before throwing away a penny, as a collection of 301 American pennies of Walter Husak gathered $10.7 million.
Over the weekend, Walter Husak auctioned off his collection of rare pennies for $10.7 million.
He stated that the amount they sold for was 10 times their expected worth. He stated “I still can’t […]

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Yahoo wants Bill Gates to open his wallet a little more

February 12th, 2008 · No Comments

Yahoo has stated that they have formerly rejected the $44.6 billion takeover bid from Microsoft in favor of seeking more money from the software giant.
Yahoo’s board spent an entire week going over the proposed takeover from Microsoft which would pay $31 per share.
They have decided though that the number is too low and have rejected […]

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Wal-Mart To Open More Health Clinics

February 8th, 2008 · No Comments

Boston - Wal-Mart has come out and stated that they have plans to open another 200 in-store health clinics.
This is a big step for the retail giant Wal-Mart as they are starting to see a lot of popularity in these in-store health clinics.
The name of the clinics will be “The Clinic at Wal-Mart.”
The clinics will […]

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Rupert Murdock is not “Yahoo” for Yahoo

February 5th, 2008 · No Comments

According to reports, Rupert Murdoch, the boss of media giant News Corporation, will not make a bid for Yahoo.
Murdoch was rumored to try and get the upper-hand on Microsoft by making a bid for internet search giant Yahoo.
Murdoch has stated though “We are definitely not going to make a bid for Yahoo.”
He stated “We are […]

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Amazon to buy Audible Inc. for big bucks

February 1st, 2008 · No Comments

Amazon is set to acquire Audible Inc. for $300 million.
Audible.com is the leading online provider of premium word audio content in the form of audio books, magazines, newspapers, etc.
Audible.com offers over 80,000 programs including audiobooks from Stephen King, Jane Austen, and others.
Steve Kessel, Amazon.com’s senior vice president for worldwide digital media stated “Audible.com offers the […]

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Dell announces huge kiosks closing

February 1st, 2008 · No Comments

Dell has announced that they are closing all of their mall kiosks in the United States.
Back in 2002, when Dell was still selling their computers directly to consumers, they launched these kiosks in order to allow consumers to get hands-on time with the Dell product.
Just recently though Dell has expanded and is now selling computers […]

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