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  • Verizon FiOS to No Longer Require Contract

    Verizon FiOS to No Longer Require Contract

    Posted on June 21, 2010 | No Comments
    Lately, Verizon has been attacked by cable companies for its aversion to contract-free services. To combat those statements, today, Verizon has announced a contract-free bundle that includes FiOS TV, internet and voice services for $99 a month. This new price will be guaranteed for one whole year. Previously, customers had to pay an extra $20 per month to be contract-free. Keep reading to see if you're eligible.

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  • Windows Phone 7 devices will come in three flavors

    Windows Phone 7 devices will come in three flavors

    Posted on February 23, 2010 | 1 Comment
    Microsoft is doing a complete 180 and reinventing the way it handles its mobile presence. When the iPhone was first announced, Steve Ballmer quipped that Windows Mobile was on hundreds of devices all over the world while the iPhone was one operating system on one handset on one carrier. It looks like he and the gang are thinking differently these days.

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  • T-Mobile gives an HTC HD2 reminder, now with more fun!

    T-Mobile gives an HTC HD2 reminder, now with more fun!

    Posted on February 16, 2010 | No Comments
    Last week, T-Mobile teased us all with a little jab on Twitter about the HTC HD2 that it will be shipping soon. It was exciting and, to be frank, it made me a little antsy. As promised, T-Mobile announced new features for the HD2 at Mobile World Congress today and I've gotta say, it isn't all that thrilling.

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  • Microsoft: Too big for its own good?

    Microsoft: Too big for its own good?

    Posted on February 10, 2010 | No Comments
    There's an interesting and thought provoking essay at BetaNews by Joe Wilcox entitled "Why former employees say Microsoft can't innovate". It's a rather myopic examination of the middle-management woes and culture of job protectionism that is harming Microsoft's ability to truly create. Microsoft has grown a lot in the last couple years, and they're up to almost 100,000 employees now. Any company that size is going to face specific challenges, and they simply can't be as nimble as a three man startup in someone's garage. Also, the software they create is used and relied upon every day by some very important clients, so there's a natural amount of aversion to risk that should be prevalent in their culture. But has it gone too far?

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  • Fring adds Skype video support on S60, threatens to make front cams useful

    Fring adds Skype video support on S60, threatens to make front cams useful

    Posted on November 24, 2009 | No Comments
    Considering the proliferation of 3G, WiFi, in-home broadband, and front-facing cameras on phones, you'd think that there'd be far more obvious ways to bridge video calls between phones and PCs -- but alas, it's virtually impossible, particularly in the States where carriers have a complete aversion to the topic. Enter Fring -- one of the mobile industry's VoIP pioneers that has spread its love from Symbian to almost every smartphone platform worth mentioning over the years -- which is stepping out today with a new build for S60 handsets that offers video support through Skype. The way we see it, this is great news for a couple of reasons: one, Skype is one of the few videoconferencing systems with widespread traction, and two, this suddenly makes front-facing cams useful to a whole swath of Nokia users on networks (ahem, AT&T and T-Mobile) that don't offer video calling themselves. Whether we actually use it is another story altogether, but hey, it's cool to have it if we absolutely must see your beautiful face face right now in stunning low fidelity. Follow the break for a video demo.

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  • Contest: 5 Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles zombie tees

    Contest: 5 Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles zombie tees

    Posted on August 25, 2009 | No Comments
    Remember those wicked RE: The Darkside Chronicle Zombie tees that Capcom was giving away at Comic-Con earlier this year? We didn’t make it to San Diego either. But because we kick ass, the fine folks at Capcom have hooked us up with five zombie tees to give away.

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