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Amazon Patents Social Networking System, Winks at Facebook

The United States Patent and Trademark Office awarded Amazon a patent for a “Social Networking System.” Amazingly enough, the description of the patent sounds, well, pretty much like any social network we’ve seen over the years, including Facebook. The description of the patent is as follows: “A networked computer system provides various services for assisting users in locating, and establishing contact relationships with, other users

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Final Fantasy XIII and Splinter Cell: Conviction Xbox 360 bundles on the way

If the impending release of Final Fantasy XIII or Splinter Cell: Conviction is edging you towards laying down the dough for an Xbox 360, you might be in luck. Microsoft have conveniently got two new Xbox 360 bundles lined up to coincide with the releases of each game

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Ubisoft dishes the details on initiative against piracy

It was only a year ago that the head of Ubisoft, Yves Guillemot, mentioned upcoming tools to significantly reduce piracy of their PC games. A year later, Ubisoft is ready to unleash their plans to counter PC piracy and it begins with creating or using existing an account for their website

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