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  • Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Pre-Orders Get Perks, GAME Reveals

    UK video game retailers GAME and Gamestation have unveiled a "perks" programme for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 pre-orders. Basically, paying a £10 deposit gets the in-game and real life perks.

  • Blackberry 10 Features: BBM Images Surface Online

    It looks as RIM is working on a fantastic operating system slated to debut in early 2013. Patience is on its lowest limits as RIM keeps delaying the release date of its upcoming smartphone platform - dubbed BlackBerry 10.

  • Nokia Ditching New Mobile Software Platform Meltemi: Sources

    The cost cutting axe has fallen on the neck of Nokia's planned mobile software platform Meltemi, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the situation.

  • Nokia Scraps Phone Software to Conserve Cash: Sources

    Finnish cellphone maker Nokia has ditched the software it was developing to compete with Google's mass-market Android phones, three sources with direct knowledge of the company's plans said, in its latest move to slash costs.

  • Analysis: Polycom Faces Painful, But Necessary, Shift to Software

    Polycom Inc was a big beneficiary of the 2008 recession, as its videoconferencing products helped companies cut back executive travel, but the advantage has proven short-lived as cheaper rivals muscle in on its business.

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    Apple Releases 'Mountain Lion' Mac Software

    Apple Inc released the latest version of the operating software for its MacIntosh computers on Wednesday, touting new features such as better integration with the "iCloud" Internet storage service and gaming.

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    Amazon Courts Software Developers for Apps and Games

    Amazon.com Inc has focused single-mindedly on consumers for much of its existence. Now it has a new obsession: developers.

  • Mac OS X Mountain Lion Released Today: What You Need to Know

    Apple is finally releasing the latest version of its Mac OS X operating system, called Mountain Lion, on July 25 (today), according to its CFO Peter Oppenheimer. No specific release time has been announced, but Oppenheimer announced the release date during the July 24 earnings call.

  • iOS 6 to Fix App Authentication Exploit: The Details

    A bug in iOS 5 allows for in-app purchases to be accessed for free, which can be exploited by redirecting the server. According to Apple, this bug will be fixed in iOS 6. Thanks to the iOS 5 bug, fraudulent developers can trick the actual App Store server into authenticating an app.

  • Wipro Forecasts Muted It Services Sales after In-Line Q1

    Wipro Ltd , India's No. 3 software services exporter, forecast subdued IT services sales for the current quarter after posting an 18 percent rise in quarterly profit that met market expectations on growth in outsourcing work.

  • BlackBerry 10 Update brings Siri-like Voice Assistant [Video]

    Research In Motion (RIM) is trying its best to keep the BlackBerry platform alive. Recently, RIM released an update to its developer edition devices running BlackBerry 10 OS showing one of the best features about the upcoming platform - a Siri-like voice assistant.

  • iOS 6 Could Implement Restriction on iPhone 5 With App Storage Limitations

    The latest build of the ongoing iOS 6 beta - releasing this fall, probably alongside the iPhone 5 - restricts the amount of apps a user can download. In some cases it even bars devices from booting. Apple has said it will work on the issue, but there's no confirmed fix date yet and, therefore, a slim possibility exists that the feature could (temporarily) launch alongside the next iPhone.