August, 2010

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Reports are circulating that Facebook Questions has been pulled already, with the option disappearing from a number of people’s Facebook interface. The service didn’t quite make the splash it was hoped, and has received lots of complaints, but Facebook says it isn’t dead yet. An official statement says: “We have turned Facebook Questions off for some beta users while we conduct a few tests. You may be in the group that has it turned off, but it is still on for other users. We are running tests to ensure high quality of questions and answers and we hope to roll it back out to more users as soon as possible.” Is Facebook Questions still switched on for you, or is this it for the service?

[via TechCrunch]

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New iPod Touch: video leak

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Smartphone Medic has posted a video of some new iPod Touch parts, comparing the new iPod Touch screen we saw a couple of weeks ago with the existing iPod Touch and an iPhone 4. Compared to the slightly blurry leaks we’ve had previously, this gives a real idea of what the new iPod Touch will look like. Click through for the video…

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Consumer electronics show IFA is due to kick off in Berlin next month and Electricpig will be there to get the latest news from the show floor. We are particularly looking forward to getting our first proper look at the Samsung Galaxy Tab. The Samsung Galaxy Tab isn’t the only Android tablet that should be putting in an appearance at the IFA though. Here is our pick of the five we would most like to see.

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Microsoft are going the way of Rockstar, and promising to track and punish anyone playing the pirated version of Halo Reach that leaked onto torrent sites last week. If you’re caught playing an unauthorised copy of Halo Reach, you’ll be banned. Stephen Toulouse from Xbox Live, said that Microsoft have “ways of knowing” that a copy of Halo Reach is unauthorised. Better check under the bed before you start playing…

Windows Phone 7 isn’t arriving with real-time multiplayer gaming but will jump to some phone-to-console real time gaming in the future according to a Microsoft rep. That represents a big move from Windows Phone 7’s initial turn-based phone-to-phone multiplayer gaming and has definitely got us intrigued…

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Sony is to fight back against the pirates by issuing a PS3 firmware patch that will detect and lock out users of the PSJailbreak dongle. The source of this news? The PSJailbreakers themselves.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops and Medal of Honor are gearing up for a sales at battle at Christmas but in the meantime they’ve got a common enemy: Defence Secretary Liam Fox. A retired soldier advising Activision on Call of Duty: Black Ops has weighed in to defend Medal of Honor against the politician’s attacks.

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