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  • A quick overview of RIM’s new twitter app.

    A quick overview of RIM’s new twitter app.

    There are a lot of screen captures and info after the break so check it out. (My first post of this got somewhat deleted so I reposted) Ok, the first thing to mention is that this is only a beta (a very stable and quick...

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  • Official RIM twitter app hits public beta

    Official RIM twitter app hits public beta

    As of 9PM EST the official RIM twitter client will be available in the test center in the blackberry app store or on the beta zone website. I’m planning on refreshing the site until I get what I want. What about you? (Review of the...

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  • Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus Pack coming to PC and PS3

    Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus Pack coming to PC and PS3

    360 owners were already “allowed” to spend their hard earned live points to pay for the rather pricey stim pack and all of you PC and PS3 user will be able to soon too. The stimulus pack will release for the PS3 in the US...

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  • Blackberry Bold 9700 to have a white model

    Blackberry Bold 9700 to have a white model

    If the Black Blackberry Bold 9700 is just a little too butch for you or you live in a hermetically sealed home you might be interested to know that a white version of the newest Blackberry smartphone has been seen on the company’s Thai site....

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  • Wii-flix!

    Wii-flix!

    If you own a Wii and ordered you netflix streaming disc your in for a surprise. It should arrive in the next couple of days. The first batch of discs just shipped out this morning. I wish that netflix and the console companies would just...

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  • 250GB Xbox 360 HDD on sale today

    250GB Xbox 360 HDD on sale today

    You wanted more storage space on your 360 and as of today Microsoft has given you that space. The 250GB xbox 360 hdd went on sale today for $130 (that’s about $40 less than Japan who’s had the drive for a couple of months already)....

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  • 8 Days a Geek goes mobile!

    8 Days a Geek goes mobile!

    Have you ever wanted to read your favorite 8 days a geek posts while you’re out of the house? Well use your phones RSS reader. Oh your phone doesn’t have one? Well don’t worry, we here at 8DAG won’t leave a geek behind. We now...

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  • AT&T gets it’s “Pre” on

    AT&T gets it’s “Pre” on

    If you’re on AT&T your smart phone options will be opening up just a little bit more “in the coming months”. AT&T officially announced that the Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus would be coming to “the nations fastest 3G network”. Rumor is that...

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  • New Sprint ad suggests 4G for your iPhone

    New Sprint ad suggests 4G for your iPhone

    Sprints newest ad on the airwaves is showing users that when using the “overdrive” wimax hotspot your iPhone, even if its 2G, can have a 4G connection and you’ll still have 4 connections left. This is a variation of the strategy used by some iPod...

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  • Nexus One on AT&T! Sign me up.

    Nexus One on AT&T! Sign me up.

    For all of you geeks out there wanting to get your hands on the pinnacle of android tech, but were cursed with the bad fortune of being on AT&T your day is here. Google has officially (also quietly) released the nexus one with frequencies to...

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  • What’s going on at Activision and Infinity Ward?

    What’s going on at Activision and Infinity Ward?

    How many of you love Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1 & 2? Well it’s developer Infinity Ward is having a few family problems.  On March 1st G4 broke the story of Jason West and Vince Zampella (the two minds behind the Modern Warfare franchise)...

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  • All your data are belong to PSN.

    All your data are belong to PSN.

    UPDATE: Everyone can start coming out of the bunker now.  No official word has been put forth by Sony but it appears that PS3 systems affected by this bug are beginning to work again.  No patch or firmware upgrade was needed.  If your PS3 has suffered from...

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  • Just Cause 2 demo due in a week.

    Just Cause 2 demo due in a week.

    For all of us who love causing havok on tropical islands, Just Cause 2 is a game worth waiting for.  The wait is almost over; according to a tweet from Square Enix March 4th is the day of days,  that is the day that you’ll...

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  • Bulletproof Blackberry

    Bulletproof Blackberry

    Have you ever been putting on your coat at a restaurant and accidentally set off the gun that you were carrying only to have it shoot your girlfriend in the leg?  Yeah me neither.  That’s exactly what happened to Anthony Holtvogt and I bet he...

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  • Xbox not so “live” soon

    Xbox not so “live” soon

    I know that since we provide news for quite a few gamers and geeks that a few of you are probably still playing Xbox titles, either on your 360 or like me and on your original Xbox.  Well that’s all and well if you don’t...

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  • The Massive Effect of Mass Effect 2

    The Massive Effect of Mass Effect 2

    How many games can you remember playing who’s stories connected you to the characters in such a way that you were genuinely sorry when one of their lives was effected badly by your actions?  Mass Effect 2 forces this feeling, and others, onto to you and still...

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  • On the lighter side…

    On the lighter side…

    Here’s a little something to brighten your hearts as well as your day.  There has been a lot of sad news coming out of tech lately with people dying or being killed in all kinds of inconvenient manners. An 11-year old boy that goes by the name Cameron has had an...

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  • Can I have some DVR sprinkles on my PS3?

    Can I have some DVR sprinkles on my PS3?

    Coming to Japan is a device that would allow PS3′s to schedule and record digital tv like any other dvr on the market.  Users would be able to schedule recordings while playing games, watching other media, and even standby mode.  Recorded content could then be kept on...

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  • A legend of Voice Dies at 57

    A legend of Voice Dies at 57

    Veteran voice actor Daisuke Gouri died (he was) 57 not long after he was found bleeding and wandering through the streets of Nakano, Tokyo. Gauri’s reoccurring roles included Heihachi Mishima of Tekken fame and Bass Armstrong of Dead or Alive, however, he is perhaps best...

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  • Alienware M11X – Walk softly, but carry a BFG 9000

    Alienware M11X – Walk softly, but carry a BFG 9000

    What if your netbook could play Call of Duty at 30fps at a 720p HD resolution and looked like a galaxy tripping craft from beyond the milky way? If that were the case then you wouldn’t have a netbook at all would you?  While not a...

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