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Addicted to the Internet? $14,500, please, at first US rehab

Aug 25, 2009 No Comments

As the debate rages on about whether Internet addiction is a discrete affliction, the first US treatment center designed to treat it has opened its doors. The Heavensfield Retreat Center has launched a program called reSTART located in Fall City, WA, which offers a 45-day treatment program for Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD). The cost to [...]

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PS3 Slim hits September 1 for $300, PS3 price cut Wednesday

Aug 24, 2009 No Comments

The PS3 Slim has officially been confirmed by Sony, and it’s coming in at a great price: $299.99. The system will be available in the first week of September, feature a 120GB hard drive, and will be around a third smaller and lighter than the first-generation systems. It gets better: if you don’t want to [...]

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Critics call shenanigans after Apple, AT&T letters to FCC

Aug 23, 2009 No Comments

All responses are in to the Federal Communications Commission’s query asking why Apple put Google Voice for its iPhone on ice. But chances are that the answers that the FCC has received from Apple and AT&T will only provoke more questions. Here’s the good news, iPhone users. Never mind that New York Times story citing [...]

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