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Windows Phone 7 Series will have themes… sort of

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:11:00 +0000

It’s no TouchFLO or SPB Mobile Shell, but it turns out you will be able theme Windows Phone 7 Series… a little. Although we’ve only ever seen the classy “dark” theme with the black background, Microsoft just demoed a “light” theme with dark text on a white background. Earth-shattering, we know. B…

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Google says Android should ‘flourish’ in China, effectively concedes a point

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:22:00 +0000

Whether for real or for show, Google tried to manufacture the world believe it would use Android OS as a bargaining chip during the company’s terse, slow negotiations with China. Now, the company has seemingly abandoned that option. During an educational webcast about the future of Google’s mobile b…

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Windows Phone 7 Series device from Samsung is just a hacked i8910 HD

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:39:00 +0000

We couldn’t shake the feeling that the mysterious Samsung-branded Windows Phone 7 Series device being passed around at MIX10 that week was just a warmed-over i8910 HD, and it turns out there’s a very good reason for that: Samsung says it is a warmed-over i8910 HD. Even crazier, TechRadar writes tha…

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T-Mobile goes official with HTC HD2 launch details: March 24th for $200

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:56:00 +0000

We’ve heard it all before, but it’s always nice to get a modicum of legitimacy from a primary source. T-Mobile has now officially announced the release details for the HTC HD2 — you know, that phone whose cool factor has dropped a few Mega Fonzies since we confirmed once and for all it wasn’t getti…

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T-Mobile goes official with HTC HD2 launch details: March 24th for $199

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:56:00 +0000

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Intel’s Core i7-980X Extreme Edition hits a slew of new gaming desktops

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:12:00 +0000

Intel’s six-core, twelve-threaded Core i7-980X Extreme Edition has turned the hardcore gaming community on its head, and just about everyone is scrounging around in a (mostly futile) attempt to locate $999. For those in dire need of an entire system replacement, it seems that today’s the day to sta…

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Microsoft shows off Net Explorer 9: says ‘yes’ to HTML5, ‘no’ to Windows XP

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:35:00 +0000

Microsoft is having a good old date at MIX10, showing off all sorts of new things. New things like… Internet Explorer 9, which has just been previewed at the developer event, and here’s what we’ve gleaned about it so far. First off, as expected it will support HTML5 video, boast a new Microsoft J…

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Verizon posts Android 2.1 upgrade details for Droid

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:17:00 +0000

Chatter by the Milestone’s impending Android 2.1 update has reached a rolling boil in recent days, but it’s actually the Milestone’s American cousin that’s getting the official coverage today. That’s right: Verizon’s just posted details on the Droid’s upgrade to Google’s latest and greatest cut, an…

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The Commodore name licensed again for a line of keyboard PCs

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:29:00 +0000

We’ve always had a soft spot for Commodore computers. Compact, economical, and robust for their day, they were ubiquitous all through the 1980s. Unfortunately, the machine’s glory days are distant behind it, with little more than some gaming rigs and the tireless work of Ben Heck to keep the flag f…

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iLuv’s iMM190 App Station dock rolls into availability

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:58:00 +0000

It’s a bit later than the originally promised February release moment, but iLuv has just announced that its iMM190 App Station iPhone / iPod touch dock is now available for $89.99. As we saw first-hand at CES, that one stands out from pack of iPhone / iPod docks somewhat by employing a custom iLuv …

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