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BlackBerry crop comes up sweet, sour: Review roundup

This week we had a chance to review RIM’s latest crop of BlackBerry handsets, which the company initially announced at BlackBerry World back in May of this year. They are the BlackBerry Torch 9810, the BlackBerry Torch 9850 (the Torch 9860 is the same phone but for GSM carriers), and the BlackBerry Bold 9930 (similarly, the Bold 9900 is its …

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FA Cup to kick off live on Facebook

The FA Cup will kick off on Facebook this Friday. Non-League Ascot United and, appropriately enough, Wembley FC are just 12 games away from lifting the world’s most prestigious trophy, and their qualifying match will be the first streamed live on Facebook. The match is an ‘extra-preliminary’ qualifying round. There are six qualifying rounds before League 1 and 2 teams …

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Cell phones that keep on ticking

Though battery life is an important point to consider when buying a cell phone, it often gets buried under the flashy features that today’s devices offer. Manufacturers like to make promises, but those claims may not pan out during everyday use. Big displays, fast processors, and a high-speed data network can zap your battery quickly, and it doesn’t help when …

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