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    Another Nexus 7 Defect Appears, Affects Touch Screen

    alextheblueNo, a tech site shouldn't give a rat's butt who builds it. It's our job to decide what we want.... However, if they went along with your suggestion, that would be injecting bias too.Frankly, Tom's is usually pretty neutral when it comes to most hardware. Better than a lot of sites out...
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    Angry Birds Space: 10 Million Downloads Under 72 Hours

    mildonePlaying angry birds will make you stupid.....you could be reading something useful instead. Agree. While playing Angry Birds Space does promote some creative thinking and involve some knowledge from the textbook, having Angry Birds Space as the only entertainment/hobby is not a very good...
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    Apple Announces iOS 5.1, Now Available for Download

    "iOS 5.1 adds face detection" Jane, your article is misleading. On iOS 5.01, the camera app on iOS has face detection (for focusing) on one face. Now iOS 5.1 add "face detection focusing" on multiple faces.. I like your articles, but this part is quite misleading. Original wording on the...
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    Apple Drops the Price of the iPad 2 by $100

    sorry, I mean ipad 2 (2nd gen iPad). Now i am getting confused with the name of iPad 2 and new iPad...lol
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    Apple Drops the Price of the iPad 2 by $100

    the factory refurbished ipad wifi 16gb is now $350. hmmm.. still $150 more than the kendle fire... but it is getting there.
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    Apple Launches New iTunes U App for Remote Learning

    del35It must be terrible having to read on the tiny iPhone4s screen and not to mention the terrible battery life. The same would not be the case if you were using a sophisticated phone like the Samsung Galaxy S2 with its large sexy screen and super thin profile. ....... The thought of giving...
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    Rumor: Xbox 720 and PS4 Appearing at E3 2012

    drwho1They should allow for cross-platform online gaming between PS4/Xbox720.(as long as they are the same titles, many of which are simply just ported to the other console(s))I know this won't happen, but I can dream of multi-platform online gaming. They already did for the final fantasy 11...
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    WSJ: Kodak Prepping for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Filing

    nebunif you really think that Kodak made good cameras you really don't know anything about quality....take a look at some Cannon and Sony products....then rethink your statement I miss my first digital camera Kodak DC280. At that time, it has one of the best picture quality in all point and...
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    Kindle May Have Stolen 2 Million Sales From iPad Over Holidays

    trrll On the other hand, it may be a way for some consumers to try out a pad for cheap--and then they may decide to give the kids the Fire and buy an iPad for themselves. True.... but if they are smart shoppers they may end up buying a Android Tablet so they can still use whatever they have...
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    Report: Google Working on 7-inch Kindle Fire Rival

    I guess the question is... Is Google trying to set an example of Android Tablets like what they did for the Nexus phones? or Is Google actually trying to dig some money out of the Android Tablet market? If is the former.. I will agree with Google. If is not.... that is just a bad idea...
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    Report: Apple Working on 42- and 50-inch TVs Too

    To be honest, I will prefer Apple to put all the stuffs they are talking about into the Apple TV hockey pod and let everybody to chose whatever TV they like. From a marketing point of view, people will more likely to buy it as an upgrade of their TVs for $99 or even a little more... instead of...
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    Kindle May Have Stolen 2 Million Sales From iPad Over Holidays

    modmandanAhh, but you need to look at the bigger picture here. Sure they sell all models of the Kindle at a loss. I think it's brilliant on their part! I gave my wife a Kindle Touch for christmas and she has already purchased ten books from Amazon. Digital content costs them MUCH less than...
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    Kindle May Have Stolen 2 Million Sales From iPad Over Holidays

    itproThe latest word on the Nook is that the financially strapped Barnes and Noble is looking at trying to unload the entire Nook business. Despite reports that Nooks sales increased by 70% it has still been a cash drain on the company. Apparently B&N wants to refocus on their brick and mortar...
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    Report: Google Working on 7-inch Kindle Fire Rival

    Can somebody tell me what Kindle Fire can do but Android 3.0/4.0 Tablet can not... beside being much cheaper and being a much more closed environment...?
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    Report: Google Working on 7-inch Kindle Fire Rival

    Let's guess what will be the name of Google's new tablet? Nexus Tab? Nexus Note? One Pad?(probably not..)... or.