Microsoft has committed itself to developing Windows Mobile as a more substantial gaming platform, according to a pair of freshly discovered job listings. A post for a Principal Program Manager is the most significant and would task the recruit with bringing "Xbox Live enabled games" to Windows Mobile phones. The move wouldn't result in Xbox-quality games but instead linking them to the social ...

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Now that the presents are, by and large, distributed, unwrapped, appreciated and/or returned, what items should you start thinking about for next year's holiday wish list? Here are some tech trends to watch in 2010: • Netbooks rule, but notebooks won't drool. Elsewhere in these pages, I've shared my appreciation of, and fears concerning, netbooks, the tiny-ish, very portable mini notebook ...

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I'm surprised it's taken this long, to be honest. Microsoft's posted a job offer, seeking a Principle Program Manager, who can "bring Xbox LIVE enabled games to Windows Mobile." Based at their...

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And so it ended -- 2009 arguably one of the most exciting years for gadget freaks threw up surprises for some and disappointments for some others. Here are 10 gadgets that enthralled everybody in 2009.

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Sync will define connected tech products released or updated in 2010 and the few years that follow. Tech companies that get sync right will set the agenda for the delivery of content and services. Right now, Amazon, Apple and Google are sync leaders.

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Will 2010 be the year we’ll finally be free of pesky wires?

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Portable audio players have reached a whole new level of the price-performance ratio. That is, the price has never been lower with the performance at an all-time high.[...]

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December 28, 2009 [General] | By Edward J. R. Microsoft mobile consists wholly of incompetent baboons. For starters they don't understand that it is not acceptable to "release new major version of mobile operating system every few years" but users expect new version releases every 2-4 months.

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As any diligent weekend reader knows, we don't just find and explain the news around here, we like to do stuff; hack things; make gadgets better. Here's the cream of this year's how to guide crop:...

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December 26, 2009 [General] | By Edward J. R. We are sick and tired to hear from users of BlackBerry, iPhone and Android, all over again and again: "Windows Mobile is dead", so let's clarify it once and for all. Can we?

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