This week’s tech news is topped by our HTC Thunderbolt review along with product announcements from Samsung, new pricing and availability for the Motorola XOOM WiFi-only version, subscription service changes with the New York Times and The Daily, a new live TV streaming Time Warner Cable iPad app, BlackBerry 6 security problem, rumored G2X and G-Slate dates, review of the Infinity Blade iPad 2 game, and unboxing of the HTC Arrive.
Sony's PSP successor, the NGP, is readying to launch later this year and sure to have a great line up of games. The manufacturer is promising that from day one digital release games will be available for download at the same time the physical games become available.
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Angry Birds has reached the status where any minor tweak and fans take notice. So with last night's update for Angry Birds HD, which inserted advertising into the game, you can imagine the commotion. The update brought fifteen new levels, a new golden egg, and advertisements wrapped up nicely in the “news section.”
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The popular iPhone racing game, Real Racing 2, has just been unleashed in an HD version for the iPad. The game has been optimized for the unique hardward of the iPad and iPad 2, taking full advantage of the faster processors and larger displays, especially with the iPad 2's dual-core processor and 9x faster graphics.
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The Guinness World Records seems to be quite active lately bestowing titles for the largest Lady Gaga gatherings to the fastest 1 million Twitter followers reached by Charlie Sheen. Today, a new record has been set for the fastest selling consumer electronics device that's surprisingly not an Apple device but rather the Microsoft Kinect.
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The next time you step inside your local Apple Store, you may experience an even more immaculate space at the already minimalist tech haven and find additional areas for personalized customer support. Inside sources quoted by The Loop, suggest that Apple Stores will be eliminating over 30 boxed games along with some hardware items from their retail shelves very soon. All this is to make more room for helping customers setup their new purchases.
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Rovio has announced that its immensely popular Angry Birds game is coming to Facebook. A version made for the social networking site should be released within a month’s time and be ready in April. There will be a few new changes to the game, but no details were given out except that the pigs will have a more prominent role on the Facebook version.
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I bet that there are a lot of you out there that love Angry birds. If you really like the game and have wished you could play it on your computer at home or in the office, the game has now hit the Intel AppUp store. This is the store for Windows computers where you can buy little download games directly from Intel.
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NVIDIA's Tegra Zone app for Tegra 2 based smartphones and tablets has landed in the Android Market, offering the best of optimized games and software for the superphone chip. Over at Android Community they've wasted no time in putting together a full Tegra Zone review, along with a full Tegra Optimized Mini Game Guide with all the best titles.
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BlackBerry users don't have many options for games, but today's new addition should bring joy for some while making others cringe. Smarter Apps has developed Angry Farms, a knock-off of the enormously popular Angry Birds game.
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This generation of Pokemon titles kicks off with a bang as Pokemon Black and Pokemon White land in North America, Europe, and Australia in March. To coincide with the popular titles, Nintendo is bringing out two special limited edition DSi bundles for fans on March 6th.
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Popular game Farmville has a new crop you can try, but its appearance can be a bit off-putting. Farmville China now has Watermelon Babies. You read that correctly. The crop looks like a regular watermelon, save for the fact that it has a pink baby-looking creature poking out the top.
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