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David The Hoff Hasselhoff wants his own video game

David 'The Hoff' Hasselhoff wants to stay hip and current with the kids, so he's doing it the way he knows best -- by getting beat up in cheerleader outfits and chicken suits in an ad campaign for a video game.

After iPhone's debut, Cook must reposition Apple brand

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Apple Inc debuts its fifth generation iPhone this week minus its visionary leader for the first time. But CEO Tim Cook may already be thinking ahead to his greatest challenge: repositioning the company's fabled marketing apparatus to safeguard the brand.
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Britain's O2 tests Skype-style free VoIP calls

British mobile operator O2 is testing free voice and text services on wi-fi networks, going head to head with services like Skype that offer free calls, which many operators have sought to block.
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Three year Mission to Mars Caught in Three Minutes [VIDEO]

It's been a long and lonely mission on Mars for NASA's Rover Opportunity, but as the gold-sized robot reached the rim of a 14-mile-wide crater, the highlights of its finding have been captured in a three-minute video complied from 309 images.
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Samsung upgrades smartphones to avoid Dutch sales ban

Samsung Electronics Co said on Wednesday it will soon release upgraded versions of three Galaxy smartphones in Europe to get around temporary sales bans on earlier versions of products that violated an Apple patent.
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BlackBerry outages spread to North America

A three-day disruption to BlackBerry services spread to North America on Wednesday, frustrating users of the Research In Motion devices just two days before rival Apple's new iPhone 4S goes on sale.
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Apple iOS 5 Released: Top Features and How to Get It

Apple may have disappointed its consumers last Tuesday when it failed to announce the launch of the iPhone 5, but the Apple hype is back up as the company released its highly anticipated Apple IOS 5 operating system on Wednesday.
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Canon seeing no sales downturn, eyes year-end

Canon has so far seen no downturn in sales sparked by the European financial crisis, but cannot predict its effect on the year-end shopping season, the company's chief financial officer told Reuters on Wednesday.
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Asus Zenbook Arrives But can it Dethrone the MacBook Air?

The highly anticipated Asus Zenbook has arrived in the US, boasting all powerful features packed into a smooth sleek exterior that weighs almost nothing. Sound familiar? Well, the Zenbook encapsulates many specs similar to its prime competitor-the almighty MacBook Air-but priced $200 dollars cheaper how does it really measure up?
A tribute to Apple Inc., co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs is left in front of an Apple store in downtown Montreal

iOS 5 vs. Android: Steve Jobs’ True Will and Testament

If Apple truly is “insanely great” as co-founder Steve Jobs would have it, the availability of iOS 5 could be his true will and testament. It's a gigantic effort to seal loyalties of as many as 250 million global customers who will upgrade their current products, then set the stage for the roll-out of iPhone 4S, prospective iPhone 5, iPads and more.
Space shuttle Launch Integration Manager Mike Moses speaks about a hydrogen leak in Cape Canaveral

NASA's Space Shuttle Operations Chief Heading to Virgin

Deputy space shuttle program manager and former flight director Mike Moses is leaving NASA to oversee operations for Virgin Galactic, the commercial spaceflight company owned by Richard Branson's Virgin Group, the company said on Tuesday.
iOS 5.1 Beta Seeded to Developers

Apple iOS 5 and the Problem with Internet Innovation

Apple's iOS 5 will be released on Wednesday, and the new iPhone operating system, with its 200 new features, is already being hailed as one of the biggest and best innovations in mobile technology to date. But, Apple is actually hurting Internet innovation and frustrating Web developers.
iOS 5 banner displayed at Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2011 in San Francisco, California

Apple iOS 5 Release: Roundup of Features

Apple Inc.'s iOS 5 operating system, which will power iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPod touch 3rd generation, iPod touch 4th generation, iPad, iPad 2 and iPhone 4S, is going live from Wednesday.
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PCCW's planned spinoff to pave way for Li's media

Hong Kong's PCCW Ltd <0008.HK> got the green light from shareholders on Wednesday for its plan to spin off and list its multi-billion dollar telecoms unit, paving the way for owner Richard Li to create the media empire he has long yearned for.
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iPhone 4S: Siri Voice Feature Attracts Glowing Reviews

Apple iPhone 4S (the 16GB version) was launched for pre-orders last Friday and recorded over 1 million pre-orders in a single day breaking the record of 600,000 set by iPhone 4. The 32 and 64 GB versions are also sold out at four sites and are only available at Sprint.
A person uses the Blackberry Bold 9900

Millions of BlackBerry users cut off for third day

Millions of BlackBerry users around the world were left without text communication services for a third day on Wednesday as Research in Motion struggled to fix what it said was a switching failure in its private network.

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