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November 11, 2011 • 3:41 pm 1

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, 2011’s most anticipated game, available now

A. Montaqim

After a year of anticipation, after the breakout success of the first-ever Call of Duty XP live fan event, and after pre-order numbers that toppled even those of 2010′s mega-seller Call of Duty: Black Ops, the ultimate shot has at last been fired.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is now available at retail worldwide. Also launched alongside MW3, was the revolutionary new social gaming network Call of Duty Elite, conceived expressly to help Call of Duty’s 30 million devoted fans Play Together Better.

Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 kicked off its worldwide invasion at midnight as gamers crashed launch parties at over 13,000 retailers from Sydney to London to New York City, intent on being among the first to pull the trigger on the title dubbed “the most anticipated video game in history” by GameStop’s Senior Vice President of Merchandising, Bob McKenzie.

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October 19, 2011 • 9:25 am 0

iPhone 4S first weekend sales top 4 million

by John Roberts

Technology Market

Apple has announced it has sold over four million of its new iPhone 4S, just three days after its launch on October 14. In addition, more than 25 million customers are already using iOS 5 in the first five days of its release, and more than 20 million customers have signed up for iCloud, a breakthrough set of free cloud services that automatically and wirelessly store your content in iCloud and push it to all your devices. iPhone 4S is available in the US, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan and the UK, and will be available in 22 more countries on October 28 and more than 70 countries by the end of the year.

“iPhone 4S is off to a great start with more than four million sold in its first weekend—the most ever for a phone and more than double the iPhone 4 launch during its first three days,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “iPhone 4S is a hit with customers around the world, and together with iOS 5 and iCloud, is the best iPhone ever.”

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October 4, 2011 • 3:00 pm 1

Apple to launch iCloud on October 12

by John Roberts

Technology Market

Breakthrough set of free cloud services includes iTunes in the Cloud, Photo Stream and Documents in the Cloud

Apple has announced that iCloud, a breakthrough set of free cloud services, including iTunes in the Cloud, Photo Stream and Documents in the Cloud, that work seamlessly with your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac or PC to automatically and wirelessly store your content in iCloud and push it to all your devices, will be available on October 12.

iCloud stores your music, photos, apps, contacts, calendars, documents and more, keeping them up to date across all your devices. When content changes on one device, all your other devices are updated automatically and wirelessly.

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October 4, 2011 • 7:02 am 0

Rhapsody to acquire Napster

by John Roberts

Technology Market

Rhapsody, the nation’s largest premium on-demand music service, today announced that it has signed an agreement with Napster, a unit of consumer electronics retailer Best Buy. Under the terms of the agreement, Rhapsody will acquire Napster subscribers and certain other assets, and Best Buy will receive a minority stake in Rhapsody. The transaction is expected to close on or around November 30, 2011.

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September 1, 2011 • 9:35 am 0

McAfee report shows significant growth for malware on mobile platforms

by John Roberts

Technology Market

The research by McAfee shows that 2011 has also had the busiest ever first half-year in malware history,

New research shows that the amount of malware targeted at Android devices jumped 76 percent since last quarter, making Android the most attacked mobile operating system.

including a first-ever appearance of Mac fake AV and a significant uptick in rootkits.

“This year we’ve seen record breaking numbers of malware, especially on mobile devices, where the uptick is in direct correlation to popularity,” said Vincent Weafer, senior vice president of McAfee Labs.

“Overall attacks are becoming more stealth and more sophisticated, suggesting that we could see attacks that remain unnoticed for longer periods of time. High-profile hacktivist groups have also changed the landscape by drawing a line between attacks for personal gain and attacks meant to send a message.”

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July 20, 2011 • 9:15 am 0

US mobile map audience grows 39 percent in past year as fixed-internet map audience softens slightly

by Anna Schmidt

Technology Market

comScore, a leader in measuring the digital world, has released results of a US study of mobile map usage based on data from its comScore MobiLens service.

The study found that 48 million mobile users accessed maps on their mobile device during the three month average period ending May 2011, an increase of 39 percent from the previous year, driven in large part by the increase in smartphone adoption.

The study found that map usage via mobile applications was the primary access point for smartphone owners as the map app audience doubled in size over the past year.

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July 20, 2011 • 9:00 am 2

Mac OS X Lion available today from the Mac App Store

by Anna Schmidt

Technology Market

Apple today announced that Mac OS X Lion, the eighth major release of the world’s most advanced operating system with more than 250 new features, is available today as a download from the Mac App Store for $29.99.

Some of the features in Lion include: new Multi-Touch gestures; system-wide support for full screen apps; Mission Control, an innovative view of everything running on your Mac; the Mac App Store, a place to find and explore great software, built right into the OS; Launchpad, a new home for all your apps; and a completely redesigned Mail app.

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July 11, 2011 • 9:02 am 0

Apple’s App Store downloads top 15 billion

by John Roberts

Technology Market

Apple recently announced that over 15 billion apps have been downloaded from its App Store by the more than 200 million iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users worldwide. The App Store offers more than 425,000 apps and developers have created an incredible array of over 100,000 native iPad apps.

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June 24, 2011 • 2:06 pm 0

Apple revolutionizes video editing again with Final Cut Pro X

by John Roberts

Technology Market

Apple has announced Final Cut Pro X, a revolutionary new version of the world’s most popular Pro video editing software which completely reinvents video editing with a Magnetic Timeline that lets you edit on a flexible, trackless canvas; Content Auto-Analysis that categorizes your content upon import by shot type, media and people; and background rendering that allows you to work without interruption. Built on a modern 64-bit architecture, Final Cut Pro X is available from the Mac App Store for $299.99.

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Technology-Headlines

iPhone 4S first weekend sales top 4 million

McAfee report shows significant growth for malware on mobile platforms

US mobile map audience grows 39 percent in past year as fixed-internet map audience softens slightly

Mac OS X Lion available today from the Mac App Store

Apple’s App Store downloads top 15 billion

Apple revolutionizes video editing again with Final Cut Pro X

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