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Windows Phone 7 RTM

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Well, the day has finally arrived. I was told very early on that Windows Phone would most likely be released to manufacturing (RTM)... »

 

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Archive for November, 2009

Amazon Calls Kindle a Best Seller But Still Declines to Reveal Sales Figures

Monday, November 30th, 2009
Amazon Calls Kindle a Best Seller But Still Declines to Reveal Sales Figures

Amazon.com this morning announced that its Kindle eBook reader was the number one selling product in its online store for all of November. But once again, the company declined to reveal any actual sales numbers for the device »

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HP ‘Boxster’ WHS Only $200 at Amazon.com

Monday, November 30th, 2009
HP ‘Boxster’ WHS Only $200 at Amazon.com

I'm not sure how long this deal will last, but Amazon.com has Crazy Eddie pricing on the Windows Home Server-based HP LX195 MediaSmart Home Server (codenamed "Boxster"). This isn't an ideal WHS machine for a number of reasons--you can only put a single drive inside it, so all expansion is external, for starters--but... »

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No, Windows 7 Market Share Has Not Surpassed Mac OS X (Yet)

Saturday, November 28th, 2009
No, Windows 7 Market Share Has Not Surpassed Mac OS X (Yet)

I call out this stupidity when people try to prop up Mac OS X market share, so I'll do it now as well: Despite what you may have read (and, really, Gregg Keizer should know better), Windows 7 has not yet surpassed Mac OS X's market share. The reason is simple: Market share... »

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Microsoft Posts Windows 7/Family Guy Clips

Saturday, November 28th, 2009
Microsoft Posts Windows 7/Family Guy Clips

Some have said that these are "unaired" but I've seen at least two of them on TV, so I suspect they've all actually made it onto TV in one way or another. In any event, nothing special, but a peek at what the aborted Windows 7-sponsored Seth MacFarlane comedy show could have been... »

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Thursday, November 26th, 2009
Happy Thanksgiving!

From all of us at Fidgit to all of you in the United States, happy Thanksgiving! And to those of you in the rest of the world, happy Thanksgiving also! Don't you wish you had a day to celebrate pilgrims, parades, turkey, and retail discounts? It's nearly as random as Easter! Make sure... »

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Solium Infernum: a couple things you should know first

Thursday, November 26th, 2009
Solium Infernum: a couple things you should know first

I'm a huge fan of this game. It's imaginative, elegant, varied, and beautiful »

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Four reasons the iPhone is a terrible gaming platform

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
Four reasons the iPhone is a terrible gaming platform

I've been told there are good iPhone games out there. But I think what people mean when they tell me this is there are lots of iPhone games out there, so surely some of them are good. I'm not convinced »

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Dungeons & Dragons Online’s drow: don’t call them night elves

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
Dungeons & Dragons Online’s drow: don’t call them night elves

Okay, what do you see when you look at those pictures? If said "night elves", you make Drizzt cry. Although they'll look very familiar to World of Warcraft players, these are drow elves from Dungeons & Dragons Online »

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Solium Infernum: touched by an angel

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
Solium Infernum: touched by an angel

Many games have random events. A common mechanic in a boardgame is drawing some sort of event card that can affect everyone. But Solium Infernum doesn't quite do it that way »

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Daily Telegraph exposes secret gay sex in Dragon Age

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
Daily Telegraph exposes secret gay sex in Dragon Age

If there's one thing worse than a sex scene, it's a secret sex scene. And if there's one thing worse than a secret sex scene, it's a secret gay sex scene. The Daily Telegraph is on the case. »

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