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OnLive barely alive?

January 11, 2011

Twenty-one months ago, we expressed skepticism over OnLive, the gaming service offering streaming video games over the internet. In that time, OnLive has left beta, and recently offered it’s “microconsole” for $100. Still, OnLive’s growth has been slow, to say the least. After our article went live, it didn’t take long for someone (Darq) at [...]

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Not “getting” the iPad.

December 3, 2010

A lot of people still don’t understand how the iPad could replace a notebook. Mainly, this seems to be an issue of adopting new habits. Over at TUAW, Steven Sande doesn’t get it. I have to vehemently disagree with the entire idea that an iPad can be a true laptop replacement in times of need. [...]

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AT&T screwed up our iPhone upgrade eligibility.

June 15, 2010

While we may not think that the 4G iPhone is an enormous upgrade, it’s all about the cameras, and that’s specifically the area we’re hooked on. So for some 5 megapixel camera love (plus flash and HD video recording), the new iPhone has us interested. We bought the 3GS upon release, so we should be [...]

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Verizon FIOS: non-basic install a nightmare.

June 15, 2010

We jumped on the FIOS bandwagon for our last move in hopes of super-fast internet speeds. While cable was long-touted as an outstanding alternative over DSL, our Comcast connection wasn’t perfect, and the 12MB advertised speeds were hardly that. So when we moved to a location previously wired for FIOS, we thought we’d be in [...]

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AOL, meet Google.

May 2, 2002

In what might possibly be AOL’s greatest move ever, a deal was signed to power AOL’s search features with Google technology. The great thing about this deal isn’t simply the fact that AOL users will have access to a good search engine, but that Google’s policies will go into wider distribution, including their policy to [...]

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