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Samsung Galaxy S2 Keeps Breaking Records: Over Three Million Units Sold

July 9, 2011
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Samsung Galaxy S2 Keeps Breaking Records: Over Three Million Units Sold – It’s not a surprise to anyone that the Samsung Galaxy S2 has being a commercial success, it has all the features to be. But it is very interesting to know exact numbers, and according to Samsung, the phone has exceeded 3 million units sold. What is really impressive it’s that it has achieved it in just 55 days since it appeared on the market. Thus it becomes the [...]

Apache is Now in Charge of OpenOffice.org

June 9, 2011
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After a period of uncertainty when it seemed that OpenOffice.org had died from the fall of its server for more than 15 days, Oracle has taken a final step. In a press release they announced the donation of OpenOffice.org to the Apache Foundation, a nonprofit organization focused on the development of free software projects. OppenOffice is one of of the most popular office suite by users because of the fact that it’s open source and free to distribute, which is [...]

Best Buy Plans to Sell Electric Cars

May 22, 2011
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With the early development of electric vehicles and hybrids within the different automotive brands and the growing demand for diversification of comprehensive services related to such units, the retailer company selling electronics, Best Buy, wants to participate in the business of selling electric vehicles in the U.S.. Chad Bell, a manager at Best Buy who supervises the efforts of mobility and transportation, said that the company is holding talks with automotive brands to sell electric vehicles with its more than [...]

PlayStation Network is Back: Sony

May 15, 2011
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At their different blogs, Sony announced the new downloadable update to prepare for the total restoration of the PlayStation Network that failed on April 20. Hours later they announced that the PSN Restoration had started. This is the announcement issued at the PlayStation Blog for the U.S.: “Thank you for your patience and encouragement over the last few weeks. As covered in the post from earlier today, you can now update the firmware on your PS3 and change your password. [...]

Microsoft Came to an Agreement to Buy Skype for $8.5 Billion

May 10, 2011
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Microsoft Corp. announced Tuesday that it came to agreement to buy the popular Internet phone service Skype for $8.5 Billion, the largest transaction in the 36 year history of the software maker. The acquisition of Skype would give Microsoft a valuable communication tool in its bid to become a contender of greater weight in the internet and the growing market for multipurpose cell phones. Microsoft said it will join the Skype features to its Xbox game console, Outlook email and [...]

PlayStation Network and Qriocity Return This Week

May 2, 2011
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There’s good news for all those who were already on the verge of exploding by the absence of the PlayStation Network and Qriocity service: this week all services will be back and users will be able to enjoy from this Internet service once again. After the long wait that started April 20, 2011 and reached the month of May, the PlayStation Network and Qriocity users will be able to enjoy those services again, according to an official announcement that was [...]

Sony Ericsson will Allow Users to Unlock their New Phones

April 15, 2011
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Sony Ericsson, one of the largest cell phone brands in the world, has announced that it will allow users to unlock their phones safely and legally. This move is not revolutionary in the smartphones market (Nexus models of Google can do it), but it is within the company. The unlocking functionality feature will be available in some phones that will go on sale this year. The only requirement to unlock the smartphone is to not be connected to any company [...]

Sony Confirms the PlayStation Tablet – S1

April 12, 2011
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Sony continues expanding its successful PlayStation brand among different devices. The Xperia Play was just released a couple of weeks ago and now Sony has confirmed the creation of the Playstation tablet, the S1. The Japanese company plunges into the tablets market by using a global brand that has been very successful in recent years, thanks to its various video game consoles. Although the tablet market is just starting to boom, Sony will have to compete with some other major [...]

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