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Top 10 of the World's Theme Parks Battle for Social Dominance

Theme parks operators have a great synergy with social media.... keep coming up with cool stuff for people to play with and they will return billions of dollars in global word-of-mouth advertising. According to the Travel and Leisure, the Magic Kingdom is still the world's No. 1 most popular theme park, with more than 17 million annual visitors. The others rounding...

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Sony Website & Customer Accounts Hit with New Wave of Attacks

Sony just can't seem to catch a break. After locking down and overhauling its online services due to a cyber attack that revealed the personal information of over 100 million account holders -- and fixing a snafu in its password reset system -- Sony is under the gun once again....

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5 Things You Need to Know about the iPad 2 Launch

It's the day after Apple's iPad 2 announcement, and by now you know the new device has two cameras and is thinner faster and lighter than the original. But are you ready for Friday, March 11, when the iPad 2 will go on sale? Apple's original iPad drew big crowds...

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Netflix raises curtain on iPhone instant streaming

Netflix execs have been teasing us for months about an instant streaming app for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Indeed, they've been promising it for so long that I'd pretty much forgotten about it. Until now. Netflix took the wraps off its new app -- or, to be more precise,...

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Apple to end free case offer for iPhone 4 on Sept. 30

Claiming that the iPhone 4's infamous "death grip" problem is "even smaller than we originally thought," Apple announced Friday that it would end its offer of free cases for all iPhone 4 owners by the end of the month. After that, says the notice on Apple's Web site (which was...

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Is Apple eyeing newspaper subscriptions for the App Store?

Newspapers and tablet PCs sound like a match made in heaven, and publishers are understandably eager to boost sagging revenue by launching iPad-friendly versions of their respective rags. So guess who reportedly wants to help -- for a piece of the action? Nothing's confirmed yet, but the San Jose Mercury...

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Graphics Giant ATI To Be Re-branded

When it comes to discrete PC graphics, there are really only two choices. You can go with nVidia or you can go with ATI. Each has their strong points, and it's been an all-out brawl between the two when it comes to processing power, frames per second (FPS), driver support,...

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Will Apple redesign iPhone antenna for Verizon? Don't count on it

One of the comments I hear most frequently about the Verizon iPhone -- ahem, the rumored Verizon iPhone -- is that people seem to think it'll come with an all-new antenna that's free of "death grip" problems. Well, think again, one wireless expert says.Spencer Webb of AntennaSys was one of...

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Verizon Customers Eager for iPhone

The Verizon iPhone is still speculation, but a survey says the arrival of a CDMA iPhone would steal a sizeable chunk of AT&T and Sprint customers. Over half of current Verizon customers say they intend to get an iPhone with the carrier, while almost a quarter of AT&T iPhone customers...

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Microsoft's Xbox 360 Smokes Wii, Sony's PS3 Closes Ranks

The Wii may be tumbling at last, as Microsoft's Xbox 360 outpaced it by several hundreds thousand units in NPD Group's July 2010 retail sales. The games industry was steady, year-on-year, losing a few points in software and accessory sales but gaining notably in hardware sales. Overall video games revenue...

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How to Spot Facebook Scams Like 'Dislike' Button on Facebook

Like many scams on Facebook, the "Dislike" button succeeded because people are gullible. Here's how to not become one of those people. Looking at Sophos' report on the Facebook "Dislike" button, which has reportedly spread virally through the social network, I noticed a pattern consistent with several other scams. Recognize...

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Blackberry Torch Already Pricecut 50%

Research In Motion (RIM) the creator of the blackberry series of smartphones has cut the price on its latest offering by HALF. The new BlackBerry Torch 9800 was originally $199 with a 2 year AT&T contract, but now it's been busted down to $99 with a 2 year. It seems...

By Mike Vert

Apple Upgrading iPad, Releasing 7-inch Model in 2011 [RUMOR]

Apple is upgrading its 9.7-inch iPad with a faster ARM processor and is releasing a smaller 7-inch iPad in 2011, according to rumors. Digitimes reports that Apple is set to launch "an upgraded 9.7-inch iPad adopting a new ARM Cortex-A9-based processor and 512MB RAM in the first quarter of 2011."...

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iPhone Apps for your Home Entertainment System

Home entertainment systems just aren't what they used to be. Which is a good thing because it means technology has only been advancing, thus getting better and better; but when you've been kind of a Luddite for years like I have, returning to the home entertainment world is almost...

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Apple Gives App Store Bulk Discounts to Schools

Apple this week rolled out a new initiative offering discounts for schools that buy iOS apps in bulk. The deal is the latest in Apple's long history of outreach to educators, a strong potential user base for the iPad. "We're pleased to announce the App Store Volume Purchase Program. Education...

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