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Ubisoft Back Nintendo Wii U

IDC Predicts Wii U, Xbox 720, PS4 will Calm Games Industry Turbulence
In a recent interview Ubisoft chairman and CEO Yves Guillemot declared his belief that Nintendo Wii U "will change the video game industry."
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Reports: Hybrid MacBook Air/Pro Set be Unleashed for the Holidays

Apple Patent Untangleable Headphone Design

iPhone and iPad maker Apple has just filed a patent for a new earphone designed to ensure customers never have to deal with a post-pocket headphone tangling emergency again.
News Corporation CEO Rupert Murdoch leaves his flat with Rebekah Brooks, Chief Executive of News International, in central London

Phone hacking: Britain's ever downward circulation figures and the suicide of a salacious tabloid

Newspaper sales in Britain are on a downward slope and have been for many years. Now, after this Sunday past, 10 July 2011, the figures will, most likely, fall off a cliff. On Sunday, the country's biggest selling weekend newspaper, the News of the World, issued its last edition. The paper's front page headline, for anyone not in the know, appeared celebratory, announcing: "THANK YOU & GOODBYE" and adding underneath: "After 168 years, we finally say a sad but very proud farewel...