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It’s been at least 10 years since the last StarCraft, but the wait is well worth it. CHRIS CHAN is in gaming heaven with StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
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theodp writes “Network analysis uses data about your social network interactions to make assumptions and predictions about your behavior. The Economist notes the upside for companies looking to sell products. But don’t forget about the downside, warns Adrian Chen, of living in a world where network analysis is used by financial firms to determine risky borrowers by looking at social ties, or by Internet businesses to determine which customers are more equal than others (nice to see Microsoft’s back on the forefront of some tech!).
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Microsoft and United hooked up back in June for a hardware-less Zune partnership , which seems to have turned out pretty sweetly for both parties. Dave McLauchlan, chief Zune HD evangelist, has dished the news that the two companies are stepping up their relationship with a set of 500 Zunes being provided for long-haul flights to Hong Kong and Australia.
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We were a bit surprised to find LG’s prototype Windows Phone 7 device for developers, soon to be unveiled officially as the Optimus 7 in its production form , hanging out in the wilds of IFA. Nevertheless, there it was, streaming DLNA content to a WiFi enabled TV. LG worked with Microsoft to develop a custom DLNA media sharing capability for its GW910 handset
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Oklahoma based LittleFin Software today announces the release of Chronicle 3.4, an update to their best-selling home finance and bill paying application for Mac OS X. The app provides an easy, graphical means to enter and track finances.
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Microsoft worked with Vodafone late last year to deploy Surfaces to a few dozen stores in several European countries (much as AT&T has done in the US), and one of those units happens to be set up at the carrier’s IFA booth this week. The basic idea here is that each available model appears as a card that can be twirled, resized, and flung around the screen. When the software first starts, the cards start in a deck from which you can “deal” onto the table — but when we first approached it, the Surface had obviously already been played with because the cards were in complete disarray.
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Verizon is holding series of games and clues online leading up to the release of the Motorola Droid 2 R2-D2 special edition, set to blast off on September 30. The latest find is a new docking…
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Jake writes with this excerpt from Ars: “Microsoft is warning about a new piece of malware, Rogue:MSIL/Zeven, that auto-detects a user’s browser and then imitates the relevant malware warning pages from Internet Explorer, Firefox, or Chrome.
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Microsoft has released the code for its latest mobile operating system to manufacturers. That means U.S
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Samsung may be one of the big players that Microsoft is pinning its hopes on for Windows Phone 7 , but you wouldn’t know that from listening to the company at IFA. Speaking to Reuters at the show, Samsung’s head of marketing for its mobile division, YH Lee, said flatly that “we are prioritizing our Android platform,” adding that, “Android is very open and flexible, and there is a consumer demand for it.” Lee further went on to note that the company will continue to focus on its own Bada platform (at least outside of North America), but seemingly downplayed Windows Phone 7 when asked about it, saying only that ” there is still some professional, specialized demand there.” Ouch