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Video game publishers have worked hard to plunge players into beautifully constructed realities. But a new wave of titles is leveraging augmented reality technology to set games in the most immersive environment yet.

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Twitter Inc. on Thursday activated a location-tagging feature that tells the world where you are when you...


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Net agency delays '.xxx' decision

Porn Web sites can't park themselves at a ".xxx" address quite yet. A global Internet oversight agency has deferred a decision for at least 70 days on whether to create the .xxx domain as an online red-light district.

IPad pre-sale begins today

Today is the first on-sale day for Apple's iPad. You won't be able to get your hands on an iPad for another three weeks -- Apple has set April 3 as the ship date. But at least you'll finally be able to pre-order one.

Intel invests in Betaworks

Intel invested an undisclosed amount in social media incubator Betaworks to gain insight into real-time user behavior on social networks, the chipmaker said on Thursday. 

RIM's future strong despite outages

A data service outage affecting some BlackBerry users nationally this week seems to have left them angry but not deeply concerned about the future of BlackBerry's parent, Research in Motion Ltd. 


Letter sent before census form saves more than it costs

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Sony said its motion gaming answer to the Nintendo Wii will be called PlayStation Move, a setup that will bring one-to-one motion...

MySpace turns to games to regain prominence

MySpace is turning to video games to help the former social-networking king recoup its share of Internet relevancy that it lost to...

Microsoft issues vouchers for online training

Microsoft Corp. will offer thousands of Californians free training in its office software programs and distribute 18,500 vouchers to...

Panasonic, Samsung 3-D sets priced about $3,000

Panasonic Corp. has revealed the price for its first 3-D TV set, confirming that $3,000 is about what it takes to be among the first...

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