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| Rough Type: Nicholas Carr's Blog | 29-Jul-2010 12:11 AM |
| Vice city The New Republic is today running my review of Tom Bissell's latest book, Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter. It begins: Tom Bissell is a Renaissance Man for our out-of-joint time. In addition to being a versatile and exuberant writer, a restless if ennui-ridden globetrotter, and a dedicated chewer of tobacco and smoker of pot, he is a prodigiously gifted slayer of zombies and other digitized dem [..] |
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Gameloft Q2 sales up 15% (thanks, Apple!) 
Reporting its second quarter financials for 2010, the unassailable Gameloft appears to remain unassailed. The company reports sales of €33.6 million ($43.6 million) for the second quarte [..] |
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| Boy Genius Report | 29-Jul-2010 2:03 AM |
CTIA updates the ?Consumer Code for Wireless Devices? 
Today, The Wireless Association announced updates to its Consumer Code for Wireless Service. The Code, according to CTIA, “was originally developed in 2003 to help consumers make informed choices when selecting and managing their wireless service.” Wireless companies can sign… [..] |
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| Joystiq | 29-Jul-2010 3:00 AM |
A daring Dragon's Lair game collection 
Syd Bolton, who runs the Personal Computer Museum in Brantford, Canada, really enjoys Dragon's Lair in all its many, many incarnations. Bolton owns almost every version of Dragon's Lair ever released, [..] |
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| Boy Genius Report | 29-Jul-2010 3:20 AM |
Hybrid Porsche 918 Spyder gets green light 
Yesterday, we reported on the Chevy Volt electric car and it’s $41,000 price tag. Now, we know some of you were probably thinking that a Chevy doesn’t exactly fit your personal steez, but we might have something for you. The Porsche… [..] |
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WSJ: Apple investigating iOS 4 on iPhone 3G complaints 
According to the Wall Street Journal, Apple, Inc. is looking into reports that the performance of iOS 4, on the iPhone 3G, is sub-par. The most common gripes are that the two-year old handset is “sluggish” and “burns through a charge” very… [..] |
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| Boy Genius Report | 29-Jul-2010 7:37 AM |
| Boy Genius Report | 29-Jul-2010 8:34 AM |
| T-Mobile USA rated best in customer service
If there’s one thing T-Mobile USA is known for, it’s solid customer service. J.D. Power and Associates found this out as well, as they have just announced that T-Mobile USA is the sole highest-ranking wireless provider in “Overall Customer Care… [..] |
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