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updated at 9:20pm on 9/5/2012

Top Meme

Alexandra Chang, Wired: Gadget Lab — Motorola’s Rick Osterloh announces three Droid Razr smartphones. Photo: Noah Devereaux/Wired NEW YORK — Close on the heels of Nokia and Microsoft’s Lumia Windows Phone 8 announcement, Google and Motorola took to the stage on Wednesday to announce three new Android Razr smartphones: the Droid Razr HD...

razr, droid, motorola

Secondary Memes

With rumored phone, Amazon wants to be on all screens

Kevin C. Tofel, GigaOM — At a press event on Thursday, Amazon is widely expected to launch both an updated Kindle Fire tablet as well as a new e-ink reader. Those may only prepare the stage for an Amazon smartphone, however. Sources tell The Verge that Amazon will show off a smartphone of its own that follows the same strategy as...

amazon, kindle, fire

Apple denies giving FBI any device IDs, FBI claims AntiSec is lying

Raymond Wong, BGR: The Three Biggest Letters In Tech — Apple (AAPL) on Wednesday said that AntiSec’s claims of leaking 1 million unique identifiers (UDID) tied to its iOS devices may have been exaggerated. In an official statement given to AllThingsD, Apple spokesman Natalie Kerris denied reports that the company gave the FBI any UDIDs at all. “The FBI has...

fbi, udids, apple

Tertiary Memes

Ubisoft drops DRM from PC games despite soaring piracy rates

Raymond Wong, BGR: The Three Biggest Letters In Tech — For years, gamers have complained about Ubisoft’s (UBI.PA) poor implementation of DRM for its PC games to...

ubisoft, games, drm

Sprint Galaxy Nexus & Nexus S 4G Jelly Bean Updates Likely Coming Tomorrow

Adam Mills, Gotta Be Mobile — Sprint Galaxy Nexus & Nexus S 4G Jelly Bean Updates Likely Coming Tomorrow is a post by Adam Mills from Gotta...

nexus, sprint, bean

Closeup Photos Show Clear Difference in Thickness Between iPhone 5 and 4S

Eric Slivka, MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - Front Page — Parts and repair firm iResQ has been slowly building its own iPhone 5 as parts have been coming in, as shown...

iphone, apple, camera

Microsoft and Nokia launch new Lumia handsets running Windows Phone 8

Technology — Nokia and Microsoft announce new Lumia handsets running Windows Phone 8 at special event in New York.

nokia, lumia, phone

For Zynga, A Lot Is Riding On Whether Facebook Gamers Love 'FarmVille 2'—So Let's Take A Look (ZNGA)

Owen Thomas, SAI — Zynga desperately needs to prove to Wall Street that it can deliver new hits in its core Facebook-games...

game, farmville, zynga

Lenovo Push Into Brazil

WSJ.com: Technology — Lenovo reached an agreement to buy CCE, a group of three Brazilian consumer-electronics makers, for $147...

lenovo, electronics, brazilian

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