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Originally Posted by wraggster

Remember when you took your driving test and and had an inspector second-guessing your every stop, turn, signal and lane choice? State Farm's new Driver Feedback app is like having said individual with you all the time. Simply put, it uses your smartphone's accelerometer and GPS to gauge your acceleration, braking and cornering habits (sound familiar?) and spit out a score, letting

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Originally Posted by wraggster

After months of speculation, Time Inc. has finally inked a deal with Apple that will allow print magazine subscribers to access the company's iPad editions for free. Beginning this week, subscribers to print versions of Sports Illustrated,Fortune, and Time will be able to download the iPad counterparts at no cost, directly within the magazines' apps. Today's deal comes just a few months after the company struck a similar arrangement with HP, but iPad users, unlike TouchPad readers, still won't be

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Sony Online Entertainment has temporarily shut down Station.com, its online gaming service, following new concerns raised by the PlayStation Network security breach.

An update on the site reads, "In the course of our investigation into the intrusion into our systems we have discovered an issue that warrants enough concern for us to take the service down effective immediately. We will provide an update later today (Monday)."
SOE titles affected by the downtime across

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Franchise hits 10m units; ‘McCrae’s spirit lives on despite omission from box,’ says Codies

‘High impact’ TV ads make up the centre point of Dirt 3’s £1m ad campaign.
Publisher Codemasters says its ads will run just before and after the game’s release (the title reaches shelves on May 24th) across major terrestrial and satellite channels.

“The TV campaign strives to create maximum cut through in a crowded space by daring to be different and to capture the attention

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Originally Posted by wraggster

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Prince William and Kate Middleton kiss on the balcony of Buckingham Palace

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Prince William and Kate Middleton have kissed twice on the

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