AOL to fire 2,500 employees

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November 19th, 2009 by acoleman

The fallen Internet provider, AOL has announced that they will be cutting 2,500 jobs. The announcement comes during the company’s spin-off from its parent company Time Warner. The cuts are said to be being made in order to prepare for that transition.
It was in 2000 that AOL merged with Time Warner, a decision that has [...]

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Modern Warfare 2 continues to break records World-wide

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November 18th, 2009 by acoleman

According to Activision, Modern Warfare 2′s latest sales numbers have far exceeded any and all expectations. The latest numbers show that Modern Warfare 2 has made a total of $550 million in sales over a five day period worldwide. This has shattered a number of records in entertainment media.
The Call of Duty 4: Modern [...]

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Droid sells 250,000 units in first week sales

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November 16th, 2009 by acoleman

Some of you may remember that last week we reported that the Motorola Droid sold some 100,000 units its opening weekend. This week it is being reported that the Droid has sold 250,000 units after its first week of release.
Although the Droid’s opening pales in comparison to that of the iPhone 3GS, which sold [...]

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HTC expecting a tough fourth quarter

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November 13th, 2009 by acoleman

Just after the launch of the HTC Hero earlier this year, HTC is reporting that they are expecting a poor fourth quarter. They have been plagued by poor numbers for some time now, and although they expect the next quarter to be better, the current one is not looking very promising.
HTC is expecting sales [...]

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Yahoo, IBM, and Microsoft compete for India’s Unique ID project

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November 11th, 2009 by acoleman

India is taking on a huge task to ID their citizens, and since there are some 1.2 billion of them it won’t be easy. Indian Tech Czar Naden Nilekani is behind the project that aims to give every Indian citizen a unique ID number, which is much like the US social security number.
The technology needed [...]

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100,000 units sold for Motorola Droid launch

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November 10th, 2009 by acoleman

The much anticipated launch of the Motorola Droid arrived last week, and with it a high expectation of the public response. Although the earliest reports indicated that Verizon stores had a lackluster turnout for launch, this week we have received the official numbers and the Droid made a solid debut.
Verizon sold some 100,000 Droid phones [...]

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