All posts by Rhuaridh Marr
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From Europe, With Culture
A visit to Europe is certain to satiate any artistic or historical craving you may have. European museums, in particular, are temples to the greatness...
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Netflix Q2 profits up, shares down, subscribers go both ways
It’s been an odd time for Netflix. After raising prices 60 percent last year, the company suffered public outcry at plans to separate its DVD...
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Update: OS X Mountain Lion available today
Version 10.8 of Apple’s home-grown OS, Mountain Lion, will be available to download today, according to Apple. The company made the announcement in its Q3...
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Samsung didn’t copy iPad, Apple forced to agree
A UK judge has ruled that Apple must publicly declare on its website and in British publications that Samsung did not copy the iPad’s design for...
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Windows 8 arriving on October 26
After months of teasing and speculation, Microsoft has finally come clean and given Windows 8 an official launch date. At the company’s annual sales meeting,...
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Ford’s RUTH fondles knobs, pushes buttons, seeks quality experience for 2013 Fusions
Things have been getting very touchy-feely at Ford as of late. Taking cues from their satisfied European counterparts, Ford has employed the Robotized Unit for...
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Nexus 7 dousing Kindle’s Fire
Amazon apparently has reason to be worried. Since debuting last month, Google’s new Nexus 7 tablet has garnered rave reviews for its rock-bottom price and...
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Office 2013 Customer Preview now available to download
Right on cue, Microsoft has released a preview of their long-awaited update to Microsoft Office, the software firm’s hugely popular productivity suite. With a greater...
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Skype sending messages to wrong users, ruins gossip for everyone
Talked about one of your Skype friends with someone else in your contacts lately? You should probably start to draft an apology letter — or...
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QuakeCon 2012: America’s largest LAN party, courtesy of AT&T
id Software and Bethesda Softworks have announced that AT&T is the official sponsor for this year’s QuakeCon, mirroring a similar deal for last year’s event....
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RIM: 3 billion downloads for Blackberry apps, 90,000 available
RIM is apparently seeking to do a little “myth busting” regarding apps for its BlackBerry devices, but instead of calling Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman...
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Amazon is building a smartphone.*
*Allegedly. Bloomberg is reporting that Amazon and Chinese manufacturer Foxconn are currently in talks for the online giant to launch its own smartphone, expected to...
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Introducing Nexus Q — the world’s first social streaming device
The Nexus Q is Google’s answer to the Android@Home question it asked at last year’s I/O conference. The first-ever Google designed and built consumer product...
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Google Nexus 7 — Jelly Bean, Quad-Core, $199, available now
Google finally confirmed the long-running rumors, and today annoucned the new Nexus 7 tablet. Built by ASUS, it’s a 7″, quad-core slate designed to showcase...
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Google I/O 2012: The Play’s the thing
Google Play, the app, games, music and movie store formerly known as Android Market, is getting a major content injection. Google proudly announced today that...
