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HTC purchases mobile backup service developer, Dashwire

August 6, 2011
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HTC purchases mobile backup service developer, Dashwire

By George Wong – 08/05/2011 20:09 PDT While HTC is still under fire from Apple due to alleged patent infringement, it doesn’t look like the Taiwanese manufacturer is letting those problems get in the way of its business. It has been recently reported that HTC has purchased a Seattle company named Dashwire. Known for...

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Star Wars Millennium Falcon is remote controlled

August 6, 2011
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Star Wars Millennium Falcon is remote controlled

By George Wong – 08/05/2011 19:48 PDT Wish you could pilot your very own Millennium Falcon space ship? Well you could if you existed in the Star Wars universe, but since you don’t, it looks like you’ll have to be content with what you can get your hands on in Earth, which in this...

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Drought pushes Texas residents to drink (recycled) pee

August 6, 2011
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Drought pushes Texas residents to drink (recycled) pee

By George Wong – 08/05/2011 15:54 PDT According to the latest reports online, folks living in Texas right now are experiencing record-breaking, scorching hot weather and that’s not the worst part: they also have the drought to deal with. Apparently it’s so bad that Texans have been driven to drink their own pee just...

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DirecTV interested in purchasing Hulu?

August 6, 2011
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DirecTV interested in purchasing Hulu?

By George Wong – 08/05/2011 14:26 PDT We all know that Hulu, one of the web’s premium internet streaming services, has recently been put up for sale by its stakeholders – Fox, NBC and Disney. And joining the list of potential acquirers (Apple, Yahoo, Google, Verizon, AT&T and Amazon) is DirecTV, a direct broadcast...

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Mall Maps arrives on Bing for Mobile

August 5, 2011
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Mall Maps arrives on Bing for Mobile

By George Wong – 08/04/2011 18:35 PDT Hate getting lost at the mall looking for a certain store or restaurant? Instead of having to traverse all the way to the concierge at ground floor to ask for a map, why not pull out your smartphone instead? Thanks to the folks over at Microsoft, finding...

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Use your webcam to fix your sitting posture

August 5, 2011
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Use your webcam to fix your sitting posture

By George Wong – 08/04/2011 17:26 PDT If you’re sitting in front of the computer all day (for work or for play), having a good posture is pretty important, especially if you want to avoid chronic back problems later in life. There are many ways to deal with it – you can get a...

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