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Au’revoir Flash! Steve for the win!

November 9, 2011
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Looks like one of Steve Jobs' final victories will be the dominant role he played in the destruction of Adobe's Flash as a mobile platform. As reported by ZDnet's Jason Perlow, Adobe today announced that they are ending development of their ubiquitous Flash platform on mobile devices. The company later added through their website, they are doing so to refous ongoing development on HTML5.

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Canon goes Hollywood

November 4, 2011
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Canon goes Hollywood

As reported by Engadget's Zach Honig, Canon held its Hollywood event yesterday where it unveiled its first true foray into the movie bizz.

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Google’s Paige View Algorithm goes Pop!

November 4, 2011
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As reported by Joseph Flatley on The Verge, Google has once again tinkered with their search algorithm, this time they have sought to make it more representative, which in todays terms means it needs to prioritze the Kim Kardasian fallout.

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An $8 Million Prehistoric iPad? Why Not

November 1, 2011
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An $8 Million Prehistoric iPad? Why Not

Stuart Hughes is at it again. The creator of Gold and Diamond studded iPhones, music systems, bottles and aquariums for the mega rich has unveiled his newest creation - iPad 2 Gold History Edition.

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What would an Apple Camera look like…Perhaps Like this

October 28, 2011
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What would an Apple Camera look like…Perhaps Like this

In perhaps one of the coolest product releases I have seen in quite sometime, the folks over at Artefact have answered the question, "What would an Apple designed SLR look like?" Ladies and gentlemen, meet the WVIL (Wireless Viewfinder Interchangeable Lens) camera.

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The Apple TV to be Siri Powered?

October 28, 2011
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The Apple TV to be Siri Powered?

As resported by the New York Times Nick Bilton, the much rumored Apple TV (the actual television, not the diminutive black box) is now said to be powered by a Siri interface. Siri, which was the headlining announcement on Apple's recently released iPhone 4S, allows users to communicate and control the device using only their voice.

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Viewsonic joins Amazon’s Kindle Fire in the $199 club

October 26, 2011
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As reported by ZDNET's Ricardo Bilton, Viewsonic has released their Viewpad 3e, joining Amazon's Kindle Fire and the Kobo Vox at the 7" $199 price point.

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Tablets now outselling Netbooks

October 26, 2011
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As reported by Engadgets Dante Cesa, Tablets have officially passed netbooks in total sales. The more susprising thing about this release is that there are still 7.6 million netbooks being sold!

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Android Ice Cream Sandwich turns phones into game console

October 24, 2011
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As reported in detail by Brad Molen of Engadget, Ice Cream Sandwich, Google's new iteration of its venerable Android operating system, supports USB game controllers and HDMI out. These two features combined with the increasing power of mobile processors and GPUs and the push by developers to make more feature rich mobile games allows for ICS phones to become full fledged gaming consoles.

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Is Iris the Siri for Android Phones?

October 21, 2011
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Hot on the heels of the release of the iPhone 4S and Siri, its dominant new feature, Android developers have pushed out a competitor. Iris (Siri spelled backwards), is still in Alpha phase, but promises the full functionality of the Apple software that has debuted to rave reviews.

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