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Jonathan Stark’s Starbucks card gets hacked

Jonathon Stark's Starbucks card gets hacked and over $625 was stolen. The hacker said that he will donate the money from the theft to charity.
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T-Mobile removing unlimited data plans from some users on August 14

T-Mobile will no longer offer unlimited data on its low-end data plan, and will start charging users overages starting August 14.

Preorder Prototype 2 and you might win a chance to be in the game

Fans who preorder Prototype 2 will have the chance to be scanned and digitally inserted into the gaming as unsuspecting pedestrians.
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200,000 people stopped paying for TV last quarter, are Netflix and Hulu to blame?

Almost 200,000 people stopped paying for TV in the second quarter of 2011, many of whom have turned to streaming video providers like Netflix and Hulu.
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Next iPhone won’t be LTE? AT&T’s first LTE phone won’t arrive until late 2011

AT&T will not launch its first 4G LTE device until closer to the end of 2011, indicating that the next iPhone will most likely not be LTE.
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Diablo III classes explained

Diablo III game designer Jay Wilson explains the five playable classes in the upcoming game from Blizzard.
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Facebook introduces Messenger, could this be the end of Blackberry?

Facebook just announced a new iOS and Android app named Messenger, which will allow users to send and view messages across the two most popular mobile phone platforms.

Man begins camping for iPhone 5 with no release date in sight, no money

A British man will start camping out for the next iPhone next week, using it as a chance for free marketing and a social experiment.
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Old Twitter is dead, long live new Twitter

The new, updated version of Twitter is now being used by all users, whether they want to or not.
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Images of HTC’s 10-inch Puccini tablet reveal custom Honeycomb, AT&T bloatware

Screenshots from HTC's 10-inch Puccini tablet have leaked, shedding light on vital details of the upcoming Android Honeycomb device.
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Amazing Spider-Man 2 release date: May 2, 2014

Sony Pictures has officially announced that the sequel to "The Amazing Spider-Man" will be released on May 2, 2014, nearly three years away.
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Verizon road map leaked, lots of Android and LTE

A leaked Verizon roadmap shows plenty of new Android and 4G LTE devices heading to consumers this fall.
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AT&T to crack down on users who tether without a tethering plan

AT&T officially announced it will start taking action against iPhone users who tether their phone without the $20-per-month service plan.
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Nokia N9 gets countdown clock to September 23 release

Nokia's Swedish website is officially counting down the day to the release of the N9 on September 23. The Nokia N9 is the first MeeGo phone to hit the market, and will utilize a purely touch user interface.

HTC unshackles its Android phones, explains how unlocking bootloaders will work

Via its official Facebook page, HTC tells users how they will be able to unlock the bootloaders on a couple of its most popular phones.
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Video: Can you pick out the Google Guru?

In 2000, Google co-founder Sergey Brin went on the TV game show "To Tell the Truth," and managed to successfully fool a celebrity panel into thinking he was not himself. Here's the video.
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HBO Go is coming to game consoles and connected TVs

HBO's streaming content-on-demand service, HBO Go, will be coming to game consoles and Internet-connected TVs.

Amazon’s ‘free app of the day’ burns developers, company gripes

Android app developer Shifty Jelly is speaking up about Amazon's free app of the day, revealing that Amazon doesn't always offer developers the 20-percent revenue share it advertises.
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Sony tired of losing money on TVs, plots revamp

Sony wants to change how it produces TVs in order to end its eight straight years of losing money on selling TVs.

NASA invites 150 Twitter followers to Jupiter rocket launch

NASA invited 150 of its Twitter followers at random to attend the launch of the Juno spacecraft, which is heading to Jupiter.

Pictures of fake iPhone 5 may hint at the real thing

Pictures of a fake iPhone 5 or iPhone 4S might give us a hint as to what the actual next generation iPhone will look like.
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The Airbnb horror story continues

Despite assurance from Airbnb that it has righted the wrongs of a vandals who sacked a rental property, the vocal victim claims it's a PR masquerade.

Lenovo ThinkPad tablet goes on sale August 23 for $479.99

Lenovo's ThinkPad Honeycomb tablet will bring a stylus, detachable keyboard and other business features to the Android game on August 23, starting at $479.99.
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Motorola Mobility sells 440,000 tablets, 4.4 million smartphones in Q2

Motorola managed to sell 4.4 million smartphones in its second quarter, but only a tenth as many of its Xoom tablets.

Video: Funny or Die outlines the real victims of Netflix price increase

Comedy video site Funny or Die takes on the Netflix price hike with a sketch featuring Jason Alexander.
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Report: Customer charged nearly $4,000 for OS X Lion

A customer was charged 121 times for Apple's OS X Lion for a total charge of almost $4,000, and both Apple and PayPal deny responsibility.

Asus Transformer gets Android Honeycomb 3.2 update

The popular Asus Transformer Android tablet will be updating to Honeycomb 3.2.
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BioWare using Facebook to select the look of Mass Effect 3 main character

Bioware, maker of Mass Effect 3, is using Facebook to crowd-source the look of the female version of Commander Shepard.
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Video: Chevy Volt reaches over 3,000mpg

Chevy Volt engineer and driver Andy Oury was able to reach 3000mpg by driving in electric mode for months.
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75 percent of new Netflix subscriptions in Q2 were streaming only

Netflix added 1.8 million subscribers in the second quarter, with 75 percent of new subscribers opting of its streaming-only service.
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Microsoft wants to heat your building with its cloud servers

Microsoft claims that it is possible to use a data server like a furnace or water heater, which would increase data speed and be a more efficient use of energy.
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AT&T confirms that all 2011 Android devices will receive Gingerbread

All AT&T Android phones released in the year 2011 will receive an upgrade to Gingerbread. The list of phones includes: HTC Inspire 4G, Motorola Atrix, and Samsung Captivate.
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New Mass Effect movie details emerge at Comic-Con

A panel at Comic-Con shed some light on how the team behind the Mass Effect movie plans to parlay the action of the games to the big screen.
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NPR chart breaks down the visual history of the space shuttle

NPR's infographic chronicles the amazing visual history of the 30-year-old space shuttle program.