Technology News
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Game reviews
FFXIII-2: The cinema-quality role playing adventure Following in the footsteps of its predecessors, Final Fantasy (FF) XIII-2 once again brings great game-play, cinematics and a plot line worthy of Hollywood. A welcome addition is the ability to have conquered monsters fight alongside your team, with the option to upgrade their abilities alongside the main character's.
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Astronomers reveal invisible galaxies
An international research team has recently shown the previously unknown 10 million galaxies and the largest map of dark matter to date at the 219th American Astronomical Society in Austin, Texas. For the very first time dark matter has been detected.
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Tech Briefs
Sex on first date likelier among Android users According to a survey done by Match.com, users of phones with the Android operating system are more likely to have sex on a first date than iPhone or Blackberry users. 62 per cent of Android users admitted to having had sex on a first date while only 57 per cent of iPhone users admitted to it, and 48 per sent of BlackBerry users.
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The trials and tribulations of the first class
Anyone who has visited the HMV location at the Pen Centre since the end of this year's holiday season would likely have been subject to their post-holiday "gift fatigue" campaign. For those who aren't familiar with it, the campaign posters consist of the tagline "Gift Fatigue: It's a Real Condition", and then encourage the readers to help remedy this "condition" by buying themselves something fun they really want, either to make up for presents they got that they didn't actually want, or to make up for having to buy stuff for a bunch of people other than themselves.
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RIM shifts CEOs in hopes of making a come back
Jan. 20, 2012 saw RIM's stocks close at $17.24 CAD a share, which is significant as the same stocks used to sell at $148 a share. This dismal rating is one of the reasons cited for shareholders encouraging RIM's co-founders and co-CEOs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis to pass the torch of leadership.
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SOPA, PIPA put on back-burner; ACTA alive and well
After widespread protests from big-name Web-sites such as Wikipedia, the United States government has chosen to postpone their decision on SOPA indefinitely. The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) is a bill that was proposed in Oct. 2011, with the intention of preventing the theft of intellectual property online.
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Tech Briefs
Wikipedia free to mobile users in Africa and Asia Orange Mobile Services has teamed up with the Wikimedia Foundation to offer their customers in Africa and the Middle East access to Wikipedia at no extra cost on their mobile networks. Providing they stay within Wikipedia pages, 70 million Orange customers can now access the site right from their mobile browser, making use of these encyclopedia services as many times as they would like at no addition charge.
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OMG! txt talk np 4 english
With advancements in communication technology — like smartphones and E-mail — comes the evolution of language. Many would argue that acronyms like LOL and BRB, or a lack of full sentences would mark the end of proper English however, Linguistics Professor Sali Tagliamonte from the University of Toronto would disagree.
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Game Reviews
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim; The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword; Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Skyrim: Epic game, mediocre dragons, annoying bugs The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PC, PS3, XBOX 360) Bethesda's new game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, promises hours of enjoyable immerssive role-playing action, but still has a few flaws. Skyrim is a clear hit, building upon the already successful Elder Scrolls franchise and adding a number of new elements to the existing game play.
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Evernote and Springpad reviews
Evernote (Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, Mac, PC) Ideas can come at anytime, and Evernote wants to help you remember them. Using voice, text or picture notes you can be sure to have them kept safe across all your digital devices. Evernote is primarily a note taking app, with syncing capabilities across your devices.

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