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Two Reasons the iPhone Could Fail

It’s not en vogue to say this, but Apple Inc. isn’t King Midas. The company has certainly made a great recovery in the desktop space, and its “fashionable computing” expertise translated brilliantly to the portable-music arena via the iPod. But like any technology company, Apple’s not immune to missteps, and the iPhone might be just such an example. On the surface the iPhone is a great little gadget, and Apple’s hardcore fans and techno-geek early-adopters will surely line up….

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Dear Sony: Try as You Might, You're Not "Dope"

Somebody over at Sony needs to stop watching the Weird Al “White Guy” video and taking it so seriously.Twice in the past seven days, we’ve received idiotic emails with “this is dope” or “check it peeps” in the headlines. Michael Shelling – we’re asking you now, just stop. All we want to know is what’s coming out and what’s cool about it. Comments in your PR emails like “WTF? My Wii strap broke?” “It’s a pretty dope trailer that shows all the buccaneering-badassery…” and finally….

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PlayStation 3 Blu-ray Player: How's it Compare?

The gaming and Blu-ray gods smiled down upon us today and bestowed a shiny new PlayStation 3 console with a trio of games and the Talladega Nights Blu-ray Disc movie. Since “opening the box” ceremonies have already taken place all across the Internet, I’m going to bypass the celebrated geek ritual and skip to the good stuff: my quick first impressions of Sony’s new technological beast while connected to a Westinghouse 47″ 1080p television, and compared against…

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