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iPad Hitting Shelves April 3rd

iPad Hitting Shelves April 3rd

It’s official. The Apple iPad will ship on the 3rd of April– Apple will begin taking pre-orders for its newest device starting March 12th.

A variety of other countries including Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK will have to wait until a few weeks later in order to get their hands [...]

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TechTrackr Announces New Editor-In-Chief

TechTrackr Announces New Editor-In-Chief

We’re proud to announce a brand spankin’ new partnership in TechTrackr history!

Check out the press release below.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TechTrackr Announces New Editor-In-Chief
Former Editor-In-Chief Matthew Arkin and Former Senior Editor Matthew Gibstein have reached terms on a partnership agreement. Effective immediately, Matthew Gibstein is the new Editor-In-Chief of TechTrackr.com; Matthew Arkin is now the Webmaster and [...]

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PSN Is Down & Turning On Your PS3 Can Be Fatal

PSN Is Down & Turning On Your PS3 Can Be Fatal

The PlayStation Network has been sent into a downward spiral, starting with something that sounds like it is straight out of Star Wars:  Error 8001050F.
People have reported lost trophies, data loss, and even system crashes since the PlayStation Network unexpectedly went down today.  Sony hopes the network will be fixed within twenty-four hours. In the [...]

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Assassin’s Creed II Free for iPhone: 48-Hour Giveaway!

Assassin’s Creed II Free for iPhone: 48-Hour Giveaway!

As of 4:38 EST, Ubisoft is giving away the multiplayer component of its hit game Assassin’s Creed 2 on the App Store.  I strongly advise you grab the game compliments of Ubisoft while you still can (regularly the app costs $2.99)! 

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Wal-Mart to acquire Vudu, streaming video service

Wal-Mart to acquire Vudu, streaming video service

Well, well, what do we have here? Is that a small- Silicon Valley start up making a big splash in today’s video market? Hmm… I think it is!
Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, agreeded to aquire Vudu, a small start-up company that provides users with a premium video experience, for an undisclosed sum; sources close to [...]

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Apple’s Walled Garden Pulls App’s G-Strings [Update]

Apple’s Walled Garden Pulls App’s G-Strings [Update]

Apple has never taken a stance on sexually deviant or even straight out porn apps, but, as of today, they have; Apple just began pulling a slew of apps from the App Store. Although it is now much safer for your children to view the Lifestyle category, I imagine that porn-peddlers will just come [...]

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Twitter Phishers Out Of The Cage

Twitter Phishers Out Of The Cage

Twitter users beware!  There’s a new Twitter phishing scheme going around.
Continue reading for tips to avoid this internet scandal.
If you ever receive a direct message that says something along the lines of “lol, is this you” and then links you to a site titled “bzpharma”, DO NOT CLICK THE LINK.
If for some reason you were [...]

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Google Continues It’s Global Takeover By Acquiring Energy Rights

Google Continues It’s Global Takeover By Acquiring Energy Rights

If there was ever a time to start buying up stocks in energy (note: TechTrackr in no way recommends or evaluates the stock market, thus all “suggestions” are for creative purposes only), now would be the time.
If you do decide to buy shares in the energy market, you’ll most likely be getting them from an [...]

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gDial Pro Creator Removes App From App Catalog Because of Google APIs

gDial Pro Creator Removes App From App Catalog Because of Google APIs

GDial Pro was one of the best Google Voice applications for Palm’s WebOS.  Last week, Google updated their Google Voice APIs, rendering Palm’s Mojo framework (Palm’s SDK) unable to support further Google Voice applications.  As many of you know, WebOS  is a skin on top of the oh-so-powerful Linux, but WebOS is actually an extremely modified WebKit browser, [...]

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The PS3 to Go 3D

The PS3 to Go 3D

In Pocket-lint’s interview with SCEA’s (Sony Computer Entertainment America’s) Director of Hardware Marketing, John Koller, Koller shared much about the future of the PS3.
Koller shared that 3D will be a major part of their 2010 initiatives and that they are developing some 3D stereoscopic games that will launch at the same time as Sony’s 3D [...]

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Firefox To Stop Supporting Older Versions of Mac OSX

Firefox To Stop Supporting Older Versions of Mac OSX

Taking a similar approach to Gmail (who nixed support of IE6), Firefox announced today that they will no longer support versions of Mac OSX older than 10.5 (so Tiger 10.4 and below).  This isn’t the show-stopping blow that Gmail gave IE6 a few weeks ago, since this announcement’s taking place on a smaller stage– but, [...]

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