Gizmodo:
Are you trying to find a gift for one of those crazies who's always going on about the superiority of vinyl, or who dresses like a character on Mad Men? Here are some ideas for the retrophile in your life. BTW, if you hate th (Read More)
New York Times:
Two former judges accused of taking kickbacks to supply juveniles to private detention facilities have been granted partial immunity from civil liability.
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Ars Technica:
Dealing with some technology is challenging enough for the hearing-impaired without scammers taking advantage of federal dollars meant to help them. That's exactly what has happened with the Federal Communications Commiss (Read More)
Kotaku:
As if the mall couldn't be any scarier this holiday season, Nintendo is setting a Nintendo Holiday Mall Experience for shoppers to try out mid-mad dash. The Mall Experience is intended to make "it easier than ever for holiday (Read More)
Engadget:
Slowly but surely, the Motorola Motus is coming into focus -- sort of. Hot on the heels of that super blurry shot we saw yesterday, BGR has some specs for the mid-range Android set, which seem to indicate this one's not much (Read More)
Kotaku:
As if the mall couldn't be any scarier this holiday season, Nintendo is setting a Nintendo Holiday Mall Experience for shoppers to try out mid-mad dash. The Mall Experience is intended to make "it easier than ever for holiday (Read More)
Reuters: Deals:
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Deutsche Telekom is keeping its options open for its U.S. business and is not close to making a decision on the unit's mid-tem future, two people familiar with the matter said on Friday.
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GigaOM:
Nokia said today it’s slashing 330 research and development jobs in Europe as it looks to consolidate its handset lineup and focus on high-end smartphones. The move is a small one and long overdue, but it is a step toward get (Read More)
All Things Digital:
The latest revision of the Google Books settlement has been granted preliminary approval by a New York district judge, though it will be some time before that approval is finalized — if it is finalized. Judge Denny Chin of t (Read More)
Gizmodo:
The Motus is rumored to be a mid-range Android slider due early next year, and if this supposed spy-shot is anything to go by, it'll look sorta like the CLIQ—but with a flatter, harder to use keyboard. [BGR]
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Engadget:
We know you've got questions, and if you're brave enough to ask the world for answers, here's the outlet to do so. This week's Ask Engadget question is coming to us from John, who'd like to get his paws around a multifaceted (Read More)
Reuters:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Manufacturing activity in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic region hit a two-year high in November, indicating the economic recovery was gaining momentum, while the trend in claims for jobless aid continued downwar (Read More)
Kotaku:
Pick your selling point for the next Final Fantasy on Wii: (Primarily) single-player with a deep story? Sort of is 75% mini-games? Can lift cow and use udders over character's head to shoot enemies? The last notable game of 2 (Read More)
Kotaku:
Pick your selling point for the next Final Fantasy on Wii: Single-player with a deep story? Sort of is 75% mini-games? Can lift cow and use udders over character's head to shoot enemies? The last big game of the year? I was i (Read More)
Reuters: Private Equity:
NEW YORK, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Bank of America is preparingto sell a $460 million commercial mortgage backed security nextmonth after the first new issue since the market seized inmid-2008 sold briskly this week, according to a (Read More)
Gizmodo:
You can buy an HDTV, a nice big one, for six hundred bucks. Or you can pay six thousand. It's presumably somehow better. You're probably wondering, "What the hell makes it better?" Here's the breakdown: To be clear, we're onl (Read More)
Reuters:
ZARAGOZA (Reuters) - U.S. carmaker General Motors will present a new viability plan for Opel in mid-December as it aims to reduce capacity across Europe by about 20 percent, a top executive said on Thursday.
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Engadget:
Rumors of the mythical Apple tablet's release were just starting to coalesce around an early 2010 release, so naturally DigiTimes is now reporting that the much ballyhooed device won't show up until the second half of next ye (Read More)
Gizmodo:
Yesterday we lamented that the Android-powered X10 lacks a certain je ne sais quoi, despite its beautiful 4-inch display, Nexus UI, and 1GHz Snapdragon processor. Now more bad news: The NYTimes reports it'll cost about 6000 S (Read More)
Engadget:
It was late-August when we first got word of a new addition to the Eee PC lineup, the 12-inch, Ion-smuggling Eee PC 1201N. ASUS has just now confirmed the thing and a few sites have rather coincidentally posted hands-on impre (Read More)