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The Walt Disney company announced on Monday that it is buying Marvel Entertainment for $4 billion in cash and stock. Naturally, on the Disney buyout news, Marvel stock opened up nearly $10 or more than 25%.
Under the terms of the deal, Marvel shareholders will receive $30 cash and 0.745 shares of Disney [...]

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Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus, and the latest edition of Mac OS X, 10.6 or Snow Leopard, does include malware protection.
For years, Mac fanatics have jeered at Windows users, because of the constant need for malware protection. As I said previously, however, as the Mac becomes more popular, it [...]

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The long-awaited entry of the iPhone to China, at least in non-jailbroken and non-unlocked form, is at the brink, according to the Wall Street Journal, which first reported the news. China Unicom plans to start selling two versions of the iPhone in the fourth quarter, under a three-year deal.
China Unicom is [...]

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A new nationwide study release by Speed Matters shows what many Americans already know: the U.S. lags behind many other countries in terms of broadband speeds.
You read that right, the country that first developed the Internet trails many other countries.
The Speed Matters Speed Test, which is a project of the Communications Workers [...]

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At the BlizzCon Opening Ceremony on Friday, Blizzard employee Chris Metzen confirmed the new World of Warcraft expansion, Cataclysm, as well as the game I’m really drooling over: Diablo III. No release dates were given, however.
World of Warcraft: Cataclysm will up the character level cap to 85, and two new classes, [...]

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Consider it a way to reboot your life into normalcy. The United States’ first Internet addiction center has opened in Fall City, WA. The center specializes in not just addiction to the Web itself, but also in related activities: gaming, texting, video games, as well as the Internet itself.
The program [...]

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At a a press conference in Cologne, Germany at the GamesCom Expo on Tuesday, Sony confirmed a newer, slimmer PS3 is coming. It will release in the first week of September.
The exact dates of launch are September 1 in North America and Europe, September 3 for Japan). The slimmed-down [...]

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Where’s the Editor-in-Chief been? Basically, our baby is teething; I have been inundated with other stuff, and all that has led to a less than favorable ability to post. I’m trying to get back on track. That said …
On Monday, TomTom released a GPS application for the iPhone, priced [...]