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Verizon announces Samsung Omnia II: December 2 for $200

EnGadget  less than a day ago

As expected, Verizon has chosen December 2 as the Samsung Omnia II's date with destiny, bringing an interesting full-touch WinMo alternative to the HTC Imagio that launched back in October alongside Windows Mobile 6.
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Pegatron's Ubuntu-equipped netbook spotted in the wild

EnGadget  3 days ago

It's been a hot, hot minute since we've seen anything noteworthy from the lads and ladies over at Pegatron, so it's not shocking that we're super tantalized by the prospect of yet another netbook flooding the oversaturated market in the near term.
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Microsoft roadmap pegs Windows 8 release for 2012, or just after the world's end

EnGadget  4 days ago

It's somewhat hard to believe that we're already talking about Windows 8 given that Windows 7 just hit the shelves two months ago, but you know the engineers at Microsoft are already planning ahead.
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Microsoft Surface SDK opens doors to all

EnGadget  5 days ago

Having made the dev kit for the Surface available to select partners in June (a tiny bit late), Microsoft has now officially let the software loose for all and sundry to explore, experiment, and hopefully innovate with.
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FOF #1098 – Is It Too Late to Say “Yes We Can?” – 11.20.09

Gay Fun Show: Feast of Fools  5 days ago

Jim Bennet of GayCo, the gay sketch comedy troupe that sprouted from Second City is back with “The Audacity of Nope.
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Microsoft CEO Ballmer says Windows 7 sales are double its predecessors'

EnGadget  5 days ago

Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer was on hand for the company's annual shareholder's meeting in Washington, and news of Windows 7 sales came up right away.
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Microsoft leaks a screenshot of Windows Mobile... something

EnGadget  Nov 18 09

Microsoft's been pretty cagey with the future of Windows Mobile so far, but apparently the Office Mobile 2010 team just doesn't care -- in addition to leaking a new interface in that confidential slide deck last month, they've now included this screen shot on the Office Mobile 2010 beta website.
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Microsoft compulsively quashes Natal 'impulse buy' rumors

EnGadget  Nov 18 09

Sony's said to be launching its PS3 motion controllers sometime early next year and, while that company isn't always the most reliable when it comes to shipping things on time, Microsoft must surely want to get its competition out sooner than later.
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Rock Band DLC - AFI, The Bangles

GayGamer  Nov 17 09

We've got a rare 5-pack and a single from the Bangles this week as our Rock Band DLC. The Bangles song is also coming out for Lego Rock Band as well.
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Evoluce ONE gives you 47 inches of multitouch surface to play with (video)

EnGadget  Nov 17 09

We're kind of late to this party, but better late than never, right? At the end of last month, German company Evoluce announced its 47-inch multitouch display, touting Full HD (or 1920 x 1080) resolution and "Integrated-Through-Screen-Optics," which allow it to recognize an unlimited number of simultaneous inputs.
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Microsoft Store employees perform dance of the cringe (video)

EnGadget  Nov 17 09

Why is it that whenever Microsoft tries to have a little "fun" it comes across as creepy or overly controlled? This time it's Microsoft's Mission Viejo Store employees engaged in a fit of awkward boogie that some would call the Electric Slide.
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Mad Catz takes aim at Microsoft with its own Wireless-N Gaming Adapter

EnGadget  Nov 16 09

Well, go figure. It seems like some companies see Microsoft's new and pricey Wireless N adapter for the Xbox 360 as a prime candidate for some competition.
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Windows Marketplace trickles down to WinMo 6.0 and 6.1

EnGadget  Nov 16 09

Now that the 6.5 fat cats like the Imagio and Pure have had their fun for a few weeks, it's high time that the love start to trickle down to older upgrade-less devices, and as promised, Microsoft's now obliging with a Windows Marketplace download that'll work on phones running Windows Mobile 6.
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ViewSonic heats up phone collection, V901 spotted on Microsoft China site

EnGadget  Nov 13 09

In just one week, ViewSonic has gone from a glint of a 3G phone maker to having two models prominently on display.
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In Washington, 'everything but'

Google Gay Marriage News / Providence Journal  Nov 13 09

The Star-Ledger - NJ.com In Washington, 'everything but'Providence JournalThe birthplace of Starbucks and Microsoft has hatched its own approach to the politics of gay marriage.
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Windows 7 'took ideas' from Apple

BBC Technology News  Nov 13 09

A Microsoft executive was quoted as saying that Windows 7's graphical changes were inspired by Apple's Mac OS.
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GameStop to start testing game downloads early next year

EnGadget  Nov 13 09

GameStop has been dropping hints about its digital download plans for a little while now, but it looks to have done its most extensive and official talking about the matter yet at the recent BMO Capital Management Digital Entertainment conference, where it confirmed that it will start testing the program "early next year" with kiosks in an unspecified number of stores.
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Windows Marketplace's newest anti-piracy measures already thwarted

EnGadget  Nov 12 09

Yar, that was fast. Less than a day after Microsoft updated its Windows Marketplace for Mobile with new advanced anti-piracy measure, some apt xda-developers community member has managed to crack the new code -- in under two hours, according to Chainfire's posting.
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The Weekly Geek: My browser could beat up your browser

After Ellen  Nov 12 09

Few things in this world are geekier than discussions (or more frequently, arguments) about preferred Internet browsers.
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Xbox console ban is 'permanent'

BBC Technology News  Nov 12 09

Thousands of gamers cut off from Microsoft's Xbox Live service will have to buy a new console to get back online, the firm says.
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