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Over two-thirds of Americans check work email during major holidays

While many people around the country have been obsessed with shopping on Black Friday and Cyber Monday in the past few days, many Americans spent some of their time during this Thanksgiving holiday on keeping up with work-related emails.
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3D television and projector sales are on the rise

While many studios are still struggling to produce quality 3D entertainment in the form of movies and television shows, consumers within the United States seem to be embracing upgrading 3D hardware.
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Online Black Friday spending is up nearly 25 percent over last year

While mobs of people were ripping apart video game displays at Walmart and other retail outlets around the nation, more people stayed home this year to purchase Black Friday deals through sites like Amazon.
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Skyrim fans release all in-game books for Kindle, Nook and iOS

While Skyrim continues to top the sales charts for both consoles and PCs, fans of the role-playing game are rolling out various forms of content in support of the game.
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Woman pepper sprays Walmart shoppers to get discounted Xbox 360

With accounts of violence breaking out at various retail locations this morning to get access to Black Friday discounts, one women thought it would be a brilliant idea to use pepper spray to get a better spot in line.
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Delta adds real-time bag tracking for holiday travelers

With throngs of people lining up at airports around the United States for travel for Thanksgiving, one airline is offering a way to keep track of checked luggage while in the air.
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Malls plan to track shopper locations through cell phones on Black Friday

While Black Friday shoppers will be lining up at shopping malls after gorging themselves on turkey, a couple shopping malls in the United States plan to track locations and shopping patterns of customers this holiday season.
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Apple expands subscription service to include games

With the seemingly endless amount of mobile gaming apps filling up the App Store, Apple is providing the ability for gaming publishers to provide an option of subscribing to access multiple games.
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Netflix launches a “Just for Kids” section for the Nintendo Wii

While Netflix has consistently divided up movie and television content by genre and similar themes, the streaming and rental company just launched a more targeted effort at the youngest generation of viewers.
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SlingPlayer comes to the Boxee Box

While Boxee recently announced plans to launch a USB stick solution for picking up over-the-air HD stations, Sling Media is jumping on the Boxee bandwagon to provide SlingPlayer access to Boxee Box owners.
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Woman tries to sell husband addicted to Modern Warfare 3 on Craigslist

While playing video games often becomes a serious relationship issue due to the amount of time required for the hobby, one Utah woman decided to trade her husband in for a model that plays fewer video games.
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PlayStation Home brings group movie watching to PS3 via Crackle

For all the PlayStation 3 owners have have been dying to watch Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo in Mystery Science Theater 3000 fashion with virtual friends, an update to PlayStation Home will have those avatars smiling.
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ESRB is planning to release a rating system for mobile games

While mobile gaming applications are rapidly growing in quantity and quality on both the iOS and Android platforms, the ESRB is working toward a standardized rating system for all mobile games.
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Survey: Facebook is nearly twice as successful over Linkedin for getting hired

With the national unemployment rate in the United States is at nine percent as of October 2011, more job seekers are turning to social networks to help them find a new job.
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Starz planning HBO GO clone after Netflix deal expires

While Netflix will suffer without Starz content when the partnership between the two companies expires next year, Starz already has plans to continue providing digital content on a first party playtform.
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Sony launches more restrictive DRM for the PlayStation Network

While PlayStation 3 owners are likely spending time engrossed in the latest PS3 releases like Uncharted 3 and Modern Warfare 3, Sony is applying stricter DRM on purchases made on the PlayStation Network.
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Advertising comes to Facebook’s real-time ticker

While the launch of the Facebook real-time news ticker only received a lukewarm reception, the social network is looking to integrate ads into the ticker starting next week.
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Skype software update adds Skype-to-Facebook calls

While Facebook recently announced a partnership with Skype in regards to video chatting, the software version of Skype has finally been updated to allow communication to users of the social network.
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Walmart rolls out digital movie downloads with Vudu-to-Go

While streaming options are definitely limited over Wi-Fi for the frequent flyer, Walmart-owned Vudu is launching support for HD video downloads.
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PayPal introduces app for sending money to Facebook friends

While Paypal continues to advance into the retail space through mobile payments, the company is also branching out into the social space with a Facebook application.
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Man sells diamond engagement ring to buy Master Chief armor

While getting over a nasty breakup with a cheating girlfiend is definitely tough, one man found a way to cope with his grief by disposing of the engagement ring to purchase the ultimate Halo accessory.
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Survey: Apple products top holiday wish lists

With the Black Friday kickoff of the holiday shopping season just a week away, consumers are hoping to see an electronic device created by Apple sitting under the tree this year.
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Salvation Army rolls out digital donations with Square

While the adoption of the Square credit card reader continues to grow among large and small businesses, one popular charitable organization has latched onto the mobile payment device for the 2011 holiday season.
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LG said to be working on an HDTV using Google TV

With the future of Google TV constantly in flux due to poor sales of Google TV devices, the search engine company may be moving in the right direction with a new partnership with LG.
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UltraViolet downloads arrive just in time for the final Harry Potter release

With the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 nearly here, the muggles at Warner Brothers finally figured out how to enable UltraViolet downloads.
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Microsoft launches a Beacon-infused revision of Xbox.com

With the Holiday 2011 dashboard update bringing a massive revision to the look and feel of the Xbox 360 dashboard, Microsoft has launched a similar design to Xbox.com complete with social features.
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One third of employees use Facebook while at work

While employers are looking into the amount of time workers are spending checking social networks, many employees admit to checking Facebook and other social networks during the workday.
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Man threatens to blow up Best Buy over Modern Warfare 3

Likely going to end up as further ammunition used by opponents of violent video games, a man in Colorado thought it would be a brilliant idea to threaten death over the lack of the new Call of Duty game at his local retailer.
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Facebook brings back the old news feed

After the recent redesign to the Facebook news feed invoked negative criticism from the community, it appears that the social network is offering those unhappy users a way to revert to the previous design.
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World of Warcraft user base continues to tumble

While MMORPG players are rapidly adopting free-to-play games like DC Universe Online, the World of Warcraft subscriber base is continuing to bleed players.
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Revised Internet sales tax bill to be introduced tomorrow

With large U.S. states like California struggling with Internet sales tax issues, a group of senators are likely to announced a revision of the "Main Street Fairness Act" on Wednesday.
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Twitter starts pushing out real-time activity streams

While the massive amount of information flowing into Twitter often makes discovering unique, new voices difficult, Twitter is rolling out support for real-time activity streams to help users follow new accounts.
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80 percent of singles prefer mobile dating apps over online dating sites

With the rapid adoption of all types of smartphones across the world, mobile dating has become a growing trend among single people and typically preferred over traditional online dating sites.
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Viewers of online content are starting to prefer gaming consoles over computers

While gamers are enjoying the barrage of Fall releases in the fourth quarter like Battlefield 3, more console owners are utilizing the gaming device to consume movies and television.