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Rapper’s set at Microsoft retail store cut short, several display laptops damaged during performance

Well, this could have gone better. Still, if you provide an actual stage for a performer, then it tends to yield better results. Per Kotaku and allhiphop.com, a promotional performance by Cleveland-based rapper Machine Gun Kelly, a.k.a. MGK, at a Microsoft retail store in Atlanta ended abruptly after the artist jumped on showroom tables, smashing […]

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Microsoft announces October release date for Windows 8

You’ve been waiting for the new Windows for a while. And it’s due in October. Per Macworld, Microsoft revealed Monday that Windows 8 will be in the hands of its OEMs during the first week in August, with a general release in October. The announcement that a Release To Manufacturers (RTM) edition of the program […]

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iPad News

Third-gen iPad shipping times drop to 3 to 5 business days

It never hurts to meet demand for your product. Per AppleInsider, estimated shipping times for the third-generation iPad have been lowered to 3 to 5 business days over in Apple’s online store. New orders of the third-generation iPad in both black and white, in all capacities, and also in the “Wi-Fi + 4G” models are […]

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Apple updates iTunes account security protocols, adds new security prompts for users

This could make your iTunes account that much more secure. Or it could make you want to put an axe through the screen as you just want to buy a cool 99 cent app. Per Ars Technica, Apple has begun asking users to select and answer a series of questions associated with their Apple IDs […]

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Opinion The Apple Core

Opinion: Apple’s online store goes down like a sack of potatoes…so what’s the next step?

If you have a good thing that people want, there’s going to be demand. As such, during the next several hours after Apple’s launch of the third-generation iPad, the company’s online store suffered a catastrophic failure as a result of the impending traffic and transactions that came to its door. As always, PowerPage head honcho […]