We conclude our list of what’s interesting on the horizon, and sure to come out on most major systems this year. Coming up next: Games that we hope will be released in 2012, and PS Vita Release titles.

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By Andre Rodrigues posted Feb 4th 2012 at 12:00PM | TopTenVideos » Gaming » PC

Apple becomes third largest mobile phone vendor behind Samsung and Nokia

Research firm IDC has released its updated data on mobile phone sales, which indicates diminished growth of feature phone sales and an increase of smartphone sales. The firm reached this conclusion by comparing sales data from the 4th quarter of 2010 and 2011. As a result of this shift in consumer trend, Apple has jumped one place from being fourth in the mobile phone market, to become third largest mobile phone vendor.

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By Faiyaz Shaikh posted Feb 4th 2012 at 7:40AM | News » News » Mobile

RIM giving away free PlayBook to attract developers

In what looks like another desperate move by Research in Motion, the company’s VP of developer relations Alec Saunders has vowed to give away the tablet to prospective app developers. The developers need to sign-up and deliver an app for the BlackBerry’s BB AppWorld by the 13th of February to qualify for a free PlayBook.

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By Faiyaz Shaikh posted Feb 4th 2012 at 6:38AM | News » Mobile » Tablet

Download of the Week: NetLimiter

Helps users manage their broadband connection and set bandwidth priorities for the more important tasks.

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By Swapnil Kale posted Feb 4th 2012 at 4:02AM | News » PC & Laptop » Software

App of the Week: Avid Studio for iPad

Priced same as Apple's iMovie, the famous Avid video edition has now made its way to the iPad.

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By Swapnil Kale posted Feb 4th 2012 at 3:46AM | News » Mobile » Apps

Microsoft rolls out newspaper ads to warn users against Google’s new data policy

Microsoft is warning users against rival Google’s new data policy. The technology giant slammed Google with full-page news paper ads, stating that the recent policy changes by Google would allow the search giant to merge all the data it collects on user activity across services such as YouTube and Gmail, and help advertisers better target the customers.

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By BuzzOm posted Feb 3rd 2012 at 8:47AM | News » Internet » Internet

Google Docs on Android gets offline access

Google has made documents stored on the Google Docs cloud available for offline use for Android users. The way the system works is that the documents need to be marked for offline usage, and any changes made to those files by the user are automatically synched with the Google Docs server when the device is in a Wi-Fi zone.

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By Faiyaz Shaikh posted Feb 3rd 2012 at 6:38AM | News » Mobile » Apps

Samsung's Champ Deluxe Duos released in India

Samsung has released another touch-screen, dual-SIM phone in the India market, dubbed the Champ Deluxe Duos (C3312). The phone has a 2.8-inch screen (262K QVGA), comes loaded with Smart Touchwiz user interface and a virtual QWERTY keyboard that supports Hindi.

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By Faiyaz Shaikh posted Feb 2nd 2012 at 10:39PM | News » Mobile » Mobile Phone

The Humble Indie Bundle comes to Android

The Humble (and somewhat popular) Indie Bundle is now available for download on Google Android based systems. This addition makes the games’ bundle compatible across Windows, Linux, iOS and Android. The bundle includes Anomaly: Warzone Earth, Osmos, and EDGE and if you decide to pay more than the average price you also get the World of Goo!

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By Faiyaz Shaikh posted Feb 2nd 2012 at 7:54AM | News » Mobile » Apps

Pirate Bay founders' prison sentences final

Following the decision of Sweden’s Supreme Court to not hear the appeal of The Pirate Bay's (TPB) previous administrators, it seems that the group is all but confirmed to cool their heels behind bars and pay a hefty fine. A District Court in Sweden found Fredrik Neij, Peter Sunde, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg and their financial backer Carl Lundstrom guilty of aiding copyright infringement, in 2009.

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By Faiyaz Shaikh posted Feb 1st 2012 at 9:57PM | News » Internet » Internet

Facebook to file $5 billion IPO today

Facebook would be submitting the initial paperwork for the $5 billion IPO today, according to a latest report from the Reuters. The social network is expected to raise as much as $10 billion, which will value the company at $75 billion to $100 billion, making it one of the largest IPOs.

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By BuzzOm posted Feb 1st 2012 at 9:20PM | News » Internet » Social Media

Baiting the Free-Speech Troll [Opinion]

Week in Social Media: Google and Twitter censorship, @PMOIndia spoofs, and why the Indian government shouldn’t use Twitter’s censorship tool. Not when it already has the power to block offending links without any notice.

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By Sriram Sharma posted Feb 1st 2012 at 5:22PM | Opinion » Internet » Social Media

Apple beats HP in global PC shipments

Apple has surpassed HP in the global PC shipments, according to a recent report from market research firm Canalys. The report, which took into account desktops, laptops, netbooks, and tablet PCs, points out that Apple shipped more than 15 million iPad tablets and 5 million Mac (laptops and desktops) in the fourth quarter, taking 17 percent share of the total 120 million client PCs shipped worldwide. HP, on the other hand, shipped 12.7 percent of the total PCs in the same period.

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By BuzzOm posted Feb 1st 2012 at 7:37AM | News » Enterprise » Business

Temple Run for iPhone and iPod Touch [Review]

Temple Run is a fun filled game, where you have stolen an idol from an ancient temple, and now the loyal guard monkeys of the temple are chasing you! You have to swipe, jump, slide, and collect coins to get as high a score as you can. This is a very addictive game, available for free in the App Store.

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By Vipansh Vasudeva posted Feb 1st 2012 at 7:30AM | Reviews » Mobile » Apps