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Infinity Ward has posted a tongue-in-cheek website detailing the horrible affliction of 'mapathy', and how a dose of the upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 map pack will cure all symptoms. The game’s first downloadable content is a timed Xbox 360 exclusive releasing on March 30 with...

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On The Official Google Blog, Google has announced the addition of biking directions to Google Maps. The directions work hand in hand with the bike trail data that Google has put together for the US. A lot of work has gone into creating a vast database of available biking routes....

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Yesterday, Engadget received some preferential treatment from Microsoft. As part of the excitement, Microsoft showcased the 3D gaming power of their upcoming Windows Phone 7 Series. The games were built in the new XNA Game Studio 4.0 and show the potential of the new platform. The two games shown off were The...

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One of the key features of Microsoft's Windows Live Essentials suite is Writer. Writer gives bloggers the ability to post to their websites with ease. It supports Wordpress, Blogger, LiveJournal, TypePad, SharePoint, Community Server, and many other popular services. With Writer, you get an instant preview of what your post...

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My own brother, a goddamn, shit-sucking vampire

Former Sun Microsystems boss Jonathan Schwartz has claimed that Apple chief Steve Jobs threatened to sue the newly-Oracle-owned database maker in 2003.…

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Microsoft has posted a new warning about an exploit that affects its Internet Explorer browser.  The zero-day vulnerability, which is already being exploited in the wild, allows for malicious users to install malware on a vulnerable machine. According to CRN.com, the vulnerable “systems include Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 on...

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SDK lands with a bump

Mozilla has promoted its web extensions prototype package - Jetpack - by pushing it upstairs and readying it for production with its Firefox browser.…

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Free licenses lure cloud army to VMware

Open-source Java framework specialist SpringSource has unveiled a new incarnation of its Apache Tomcat-based tc Server, offering application developers and operators additional tools for building, deploying, and monitoring their software on the lightweight runtime platform.…

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Electronic Arts has announced a publishing deal with 38 Studios to bring its first game, currently a role-playing game known as Project Mercury, to the market. "From day one, 38 Studios has been focused on creating the next generation of entertainment experiences that embrace all mediums, including film, television, comics, novels,...

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One stop Google bolt-on shop

The Mountain View Chocolate Factory has unveiled an online marketplace for third-party applications that hook into its Google Apps suite of web-based businessware.…

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We all know someone who has said “I can’t live without my cell phoneâ€�.  As the little devices become more powerful each year, the simple fact is that they become more integrated into our lives.  Cellphone.org has put together an awesome info graphic that tells the true tale of the...

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  Speaking on the developer’s Facebook page, Harmonix has confirmed that Rock Band 3 will release this holiday season. Harmonix is developing Rock Band 3 for worldwide release this holiday season! The game, which will be published by MTV Games and distributed by Electronic...

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Sony's PlayStation 3 games console will outsell the Nintendo Wii by 2013, at least according to industry analyst David Mercer of StrategyAnalytics who wrote a short preview of the upcoming "Global Video Game Market Forecast" publication on his blog. In his blog post, the analyst wrote that there will be...

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If you’re familiar with the new homepage that is available in beta, there really isn’t anything to report here. But for those that don’t know anything about the changes Microsoft’s making, now you do.

The Redmond company has begun rolling out the new MSN.com homepage, which features a more content-centric look and feel, with a more refined look and feel, much different from that of what you currently see right now.

So what’s different in this upcoming new release?

First of all, Microsoft is all over the content space, featured news is now at the top, with accompanying content as you scroll down, which is seperated by small tabs for each section. Similar to a lot of big news sites out there like foxnews.com and cnn.com. If your looking for a specific section, Microsoft changed the header to have streamlined “categories�, which are clearly visible.

Microsoft Evangelist, Mary Jo Foley pointed out that the new MSN.com web site will only be available to the U.S. for the time being, that they will be rolling out international versions of the site during the launch of the U.S. version, there is no estimated time of launch.

If you haven’t seen it yet, you can go check it out here.

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The guys over at XDA-Developers have managed to do it again, and run Ubuntu on devices such as the HTC Touch Pro2, and the XPERIA X1. What’s most interesting about this story is that everything appears to run normally as it would if you were running it on a netbook, laptop or desktop, the only difference being that there are some things that may or may not work.

While this isn’t a new thing, getting Desktop-class Operating Systems on a mobile device to work is. We’ve seen Android on various Windows Mobile devices using the same method described over at XDA, but nothing like this.

If you’re interested in looking at this, or experimenting with it, you’re going to need an SD Card, and I assume some additional requirements, but go ahead and give it a shot if you’ve got nothing better to do.

PocketNow Via XDA-Developers

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