Starting in 2011, the New York Times will begin charging people for viewing their online content. Readers will still be able to access a certain number of articles each month for free, but once the quota is reached, then readers will have to begin paying to see more content. More »

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From Htcyou: On Monday, LG released its InTouch Max GW620 (which is the same Eve out in Canada since fall 2009). Motorola has announced that the first South Korean Android 2.0 smartphone, the Motoroi will be available in February, with a planned American launch one month afterwards. Meanwhile, in February, Gigabyte is going to release its first Android smartphone in Russia. More »

A couple years back I remember a friend of mine raving about her awesome “ringback.” For those of you that don’t know, a ringback is a song that plays in lieu of the standard dial tone when you call someone. I remember thinking, “Yeah…that’ll last long.” I get to eat my words now. It seems that ringbacks are making a comeback. More »

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From Ningin: MLG fans, get ready. The first official Mixr League Gaming Season I kicks off its first of six rounds of ladder games this Saturday, Jan. 23. Four teams will compete for the ultimate MLG ladder glory: Ningin, Mixr Users (you), WireMe (gaming site Wirebot + beauty site FlauntMe) and BlitzKuTek (Blitznation, Rekuru, Ziggytek). 4 teams, 6 rounds, one amazing season. More »

From Ningin: All you need is love….or The Daily Mixr.

via Wirebot: Gaming Still Under Fire: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Gets Flack From Christians Capcom Delays the Trio You Want (Sadly…)

via Ziggytek: “Come See Our Latest Creation…” Bootcamp Windows 7 Available via HTCYou: Google: No More Android Phones for China

via Ningin: The Wonder Girls wish you a Happy New Year Video of the Day: Hot spicy girl doesn’t fear pepper

via Rekuru: J-Rock in the U.S.: A-Kon confirms two visual kei legends

via Flaunt Me: International Beauty Report: Rose of Heaven Body Cream

via GirlyBubble: Cute Boy of the Week: Doc Hammer

via BlitzNation: I Hate The Pro Bowl

via CrazySingleLife: Reasons why this man didn’t buy you a drink

via SwanDiary: Vampire Diaries cast on the cover of Nylon Magazine More »

From Htcyou: In response to a report claiming a 200% Android usage increase, HTCYou user David Chou was kind enough to contribute this blog post as a response:

Almost every large phone OEM has many Android platforms in the works, Motorola recently canned all their WinMobile and other designs and are moving everything over to Android. Similarly, Korean OEMs are heavily targeting Android and there will be plethora of Android phones soon in the market. Apple’s inherent advantage are the integration of their media content, applications, iTunes, etc. as well as having relatively “optimized” implementation of hardware and software integration - they control everything so that general performance will generally be superior than competing platforms. More »

For the past week or so, you’ve probably been hearing about all the brave men and women that are volunteering their time and efforts in Haiti to sort through rubble, provide healthcare, and just to try to keep things together. Well, they aren’t the only ones helping out. Back here in the States, developers, programmers, and other volunteers are helping to make a huge difference. More »

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From Htcyou: Let me get this straight, just in case there is any confusion: Android 1.6 came out on September 15th, 2.0 on October 26th, so why is my Android powered smartphone still stuck on version 1.5 or 1.6? Google’s open source Android project arrived with the promise that it would be free and completely open to everyone. Unfortunately, one of the massive problems that Android has created is a lack of universal standards and regulations. We are in smartphone anarchy. More »

Technological giant Apple has officially announced that it will have a press conference for their latest product in San Francisco, California on January 27th. A colorful and cryptic invitation was sent out on Monday encouraging people to “Come see our latest creation…” No word has been given about what exactly Apple will be unveiling, but rumors have it that it will indeed be the much anticipated Apple tablet PC. The press conference will be held at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and will begin at 10AM PT.

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Contrary to the TV advertisements, your Mac was just a plain Mac and not really a PC after all, at least not a Windows 7 PC, until Tuesday when Apple officially made Bootcamp 3.1 available for download. Nearly all Intel Macs are now capable of running 32-bit or 64-bit versions of Windows 7. The former is a 381Mb package, while the latter is 275Mb. I choose 64-bit. More »

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From Htcyou: At least for now, Google has put two Android smartphones - Motorola and Samsung - on hold until its political scuffle with the Chinese government is resolved. All currently available Android phones remain on shelves though. More »

It seemed as if the splurge of new e-readers was coming to an end last week, but surprise, surprise, big-time techno-corp Asus has just announced the release of their own e-reader called the DR-950. How does this new e-reader stack up to the competition? Let’s find out. More »

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From Ningin: The Daily Mixr does a body good.

via Wirebot: Are Skimpy Bonuses Ruining Special Editions? Stop Motion Super Mario 3 Animation

via Ziggytek: enTourage eDGe: e-Reader, Tablet, Netbook, Notepad and AV Recorder Free T-Mobile Calls to Haiti

via HTCYou: Acer Liquid Black Released in the UK

via Ningin: Avatar in China is no. 1 film of all time due to social comparisons? Ayumi Hamasaki’s “You were…/Ballad”

via Rekuru: Japanese Cult Films - On Demand

via Flaunt Me: Recipe for Razor Burn Relief via GirlyBubble: Toy Tuesday: Chloe the Pink Bun by Violet Pie

via BlitzNation: Prospect Guide: QB Dan LeFevour

via CrazySingleLife: All you have to say is “Hi” More »

It seems like a lot of universities and colleges across the world are sort of stuck in a rut with tradition. With the recent rise of new technology such as e-readers, colleges and textbook publishers should begin to look into these new options. More »

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From Htcyou: What happens when a really well made and superior product is released, and no one buys it? Based on the number of unboxing videos for the Nexus One, I assume that every unit sold has had its unboxing recorded and then uploaded to YouTube. From Patrick Boivin comes the most wicked and creative unboxing of any smartphone. My only question is, what took him so long? More »