Latest Angry Birds Trilogy DLC is ‘Fowl Tempered’

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The next volley of downloadable content for the Angry Birds Trilogy – the retail released and priced Xbox 360 and PS3 version of the mobile best-seller – have been revealed. The ‘Fowl Tempered’ DLC pack includes 135 new levels culled from classic franchise episodes, such as Back to School and Haunted Hogs from Angry Birds Seasons, for $5 (400MS Points). The farm fresh content is available now for both platforms.

Fowl Tempered also features the pink bird Stella, whose special ability captures objects and enemies before floating floating to the sky and dropping them onto the ground below violently.

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http://www.joystiq.com/2013/03/08/latest-angry-birds-trilogy-dlc-is-fowl-tempered/

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Bring On The Platform Wars!

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Writing software used to be so simple. A giant pain in the ass, mind you, but simple. You were a Microsoft developer, with binders full of Visual Studio CDs; you were a Java developer; you used the LAMP stack; or you worked with something proprietary from IBM or SAP or the like.

Nowadays, though, while the tools and technologies we use have improved enormously…imagine, God forbid, that you’re building some sort of web service. Should you use Ruby on Rails? Node.js? Python and Django? PHP and Drupal? .NET? Any of the panoply of Java servers? Something new and cool like Go or Scala? And how/where will you host your code? Amazon? Heroku? App Engine? Joyent? EngineYard? Force.com? How about your app? You’ll have an app, right? On which platforms? Native code? Hybrid HTML5? Cross-compiled with Xamarin? And then there’s your database…

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http://techcrunch.com/2013/03/09/bring-on-the-platform-wars/

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Microsoft unveils self-sketching whiteboard prototype

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Microsoft is working on an interactive whiteboard which aims to interpret users’ sketches to complete the diagrams they were drawing.

The firm will unveil the prototype as part of Techfest – an annual event where its researchers reveal some of the projects they are working on.

The digital canvas is designed to help workers make sense of “big data” – the growing amount of information available from sensors and other sources.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21659719

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American Express launches purchase-via-Twitter service

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American Express (Amex) has launched a purchase-by-tweet service for its US-based customers.

Credit-card holders post a specific hashtag on Twitter to trigger payments from their accounts.

Products from Amazon, Sony and Microsoft are being offered at a discount to entice shoppers to use the new service.

However, one retail expert dismissed the initiative as a “gimmick” that was unlikely to catch on.

This is not Amex’s first tie-up with social media.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21424799

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NPD counts 39M game consoles in US homes going into 2013

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The NPD’s latest report says there are 400 million Internet-connected devices inAmerican homes these days, 39 million of which are video game consoles.

The majority of connected devices (about 184 million) are still plain ol’ desktop and laptop computers, and smartphones are in second place with about 133 million devices. Video game consoles come in third, right above tablets (31.8 million) and connected HDTVs (16 million), which means there’s a significant number of game-oriented devices out there plugged into the Internet.

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http://www.joystiq.com/2013/01/03/npd-counts-39m-game-consoles-in-us-homes-going-into-2013/

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Atari celebrates 40 years of Pong with new, free iOS Pong game, custom portable Xbox 360

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Atari’s celebrating 40 years of arcade classic Pong today by releasing … another version of Pong. Pong World is being dubbed “the first-ever official new Pong game on iOS” (despite our search of the App Store dictating the contrary), but more importantly, it’s totally free and it’s already available on the iOS App Store (see gameplay below the break). The iPhone / iPad / iPod Touch game started life as one of many entries in Atari’s “Pong Indie Developer Challenge,” which pitted devs against each other for $50K and lead representation on the big four-zero celebration.

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http://www.engadget.com/2012/11/29/atari-40th-anniversary-pong-world/

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Microsoft Finally Talks Surface Pro Pricing: 64GB For $899, 128GB For $999

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Microsoft’s Windows RT-powered Surface has been… polarizing to say the least, leaving many a gadget fiend pondering the prospect of buying the more powerful Surface Pro instead.

The Redmond-based company has been keeping quiet when it came to the Pro’s more salient details, but Microsoft has finally come forward with some new info — the Surface Pro will be available in 64GB and 128GB models in January 2013, which will cost users $899 and $999, respectively.

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http://techcrunch.com/2012/11/29/microsoft-finally-talks-surface-pro-pricing-64gb-for-899-128gb-for-999/#comment-box

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Microsoft reveals its own Windows 8 tablet: meet the new Surface for Windows RT

FROM AOL TECH – ENDGADET

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Here at its mysterious, last-minute press event in Los Angeles, Microsoft just confirmed it will sell its own Microsoft-branded Windows 8 RT tablet under the Surface badge. Measuring just 9.3mm thick, the Surface for Windows RT is built around an angled, all-magnesium VaporMg case that weighs just under 1.3 pounds, with an NVIDIA-made ARM chip powering the whole affair. .

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http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/18/microsoft-tablet-announced/?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmyaol%7Cdl3%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D170970

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R.I.P., Credit Cards: New Tech May Signal the Death of Plastic

FROM AOL Daily Finance

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On a frigid February evening in 1949, a New York City businessman named Frank McNamara made an embarrassing mistake that would end up forever changing the world.

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http://www.dailyfinance.com/2012/03/27/rip-credit-cards-nfc-near-field-communication-death-of-plastic/

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Bill Gates’ $160 Billion Nightmare: The Cloud That’s Raining on Microsoft’s Parade

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FROM AOL Daily Finance

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What terrifies a man as smart and successful as Bill Gates? Just two words, it turns out.

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http://www.dailyfinance.com/2012/03/20/bill-gates-160-billion-nightmare-the-cloud-thats-raining-on/?icid=maing-grid7|myaol|dl27|sec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D145192

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