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DC Comics revives Smallville, in digital form at first

, Feb 9th 2012 Discuss [0]

After a 10-year run on television, the Smallville series, which tells the coming-of-age story of a young Superman, will continue on with an 11th season. But this time you'll have to turn away from your TV and onto your iPad, Android tablet, or other preferred method of reading digital comics. The new e-comic series will be titled "Smallville Season 11," and it is being penned by a former writer from the series' days on the CW. Read The Full Story

Microsoft Store locations no longer taking Lumia 900 pre-orders

, Feb 9th 2012 Discuss [0]

Microsoft is so pleased with its new Nokia partnership that it began taking pre-orders for the Nokia Lumia 900 at its retail locations last week, even though there hasn't been a release date announced for the phone. However, the pre-order process has come to an end, and it's unclear if this is because of high demand or if the company decided to pull out of the process for some other reason. Like, perhaps, because it wanted to actually have a release date to give to customers. Read The Full Story

Must Read Bits & Bytes

Nielsen study finds 56% of US households have Xbox 360, PS3 or Wii

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Remember the days when you and a group of friends all had to go to the same house because only one of you had a video game console? And if you were lucky enough to be that one friend, you never had to worry about losing your popularity. Now, however, it's a much different story. If you don't have a modern game platform, you're now in the minority. Read The Full Story

Yahoo’s CORE makes news hyper personal

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Yahoo is offering a way for users to check out the news that's most relevant to them not based on the category of content or type of publication but based on where they live, what their gender is, and how old they are. It's called the Content Optimization and Relevance Engine, or CORE. The powerful algorithms shed insight not only to what other people like you are watching, but also what kind of information advertisers look at when they target you. Read The Full Story

NOAA scraps Blackberry for iPhones, iPads

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The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), otherwise known as the federal agency filled with a bunch of weather nerds, has become the latest in a growing list of major organizations that have decided to cancel their Blackberry contracts. NOAA will instead start issuing corporate iPhones and iPads to its employees, according to an internal memo that has surfaced. Read The Full Story

Columns & Opinion

Bioware’s Mass Effect 3 comes to iOS with Infiltrator

, Feb 9th 2012 Discuss [0]

The Mass Effect 3 bandwagon is making its way to the iPad, bringing the larger-than-life sci-fi world to a 10-inch device you can take with you on-the-go. It is a special, exclusive installment in the Mass Effect storyline available only for the portable platform and its name is Mass Effect Infiltrator. Unlike its console counterparts, this game is strictly a fighting game. Read The Full Story

SlashGear 101: Android@Home

, Feb 9th 2012 Discuss [0]

Google’s vision for a network of accessories connected to one another and running on Android as their operating system is what they call Android@Home. This system was first presented at Google I/O 2011 at their Day One Keynote and stood to extend the Android OS to include new services and apps to discover, connect, and communicate with appliances and devices in the home. The following is a basic guide of what this project, Android@Home or the Android at Home Framework, entails as of today.

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SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: February 9, 2012

, Feb 9th 2012 Discuss [0]

Happy Thursday everyone. We've been tracking a lot of news today. It's almost like we're as busy as Barack Obama on his re-election campaign schedule. Hey, have you ever wondered what a president listens to while he's hopping from campaign stop to campaign stop? In case you have, Obama has posted his "campaign playlist" on Spotify. We have to wonder if revealing his taste in music will earn him more votes or cost him. Read The Full Story

AT&T explains 2GB throttling of unlimited data plans

, Feb 9th 2012 Discuss [0]

AT&T had to explain its data throttling practices after news broke that some of its unlimited data customers were being slapped with slow data speeds after using only 2GB of data. The unlimited data plans were discontinued back in 2010, replaced by tiered plans, but some customers have been grandfathered in. AT&T then announced a new throttling policy that began last October, but said the change would only affect the top five percent of its heaviest data users. Read The Full Story

House of Marley Bag of Rhythm up for sale now

, Feb 9th 2012 Discuss [0]

If you attended CES 2012, you very well may have happened upon this delightful device being carried around by members of the House of Marley: the Bag of Rhythm. This harvest-colored beast is essentially a boom box that works natively with your iPod Touch and iPhone, has an Aux input to connect to essentially any other small media device, and strings over your shoulder to blast beats right up into the atmosphere. This sack and wood-housed set of speakers has the look and materials of a modern day block rocker - and it's officially on sale today! Read The Full Story

Apple may release 7-inch iPad later this year

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Following an insider tip this morning that Apple's iPad 3 could launch in the first week of March, analyst Erza Gottheil of Technology Business Research adds that a 7-inch version may arrive sometime later this year. Gottheil dismisses some other rumors surrounding the next-gen iPad, but affirms the smaller model, Siri integration, and a wireless keyboard-case accessory. Read The Full Story

Google Home Entertainment System as home cloud of media

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A new set of tips have come through WSJ's author Amir Efrati on what Google will soon be presenting for families across the earth: a Google Home Entertainment System. We've previously heard about this system and hypothesized that it could be the Android@Home we heard about at Google I/O 2011. What we saw back then and what's being tipped today seems to line up fairly well: a home-based system of devices that connect with your media to bring you one immersive experience, based on Android as an operating system that makes it all run. Read The Full Story

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