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		<title>Finally, &#8216;The Last of Us&#8217; is here</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jun 2013 15:06:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Ashcraft</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Earth Defense Force]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[G-Cluster]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sega]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Last of Us]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wii U]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Finally, &#8216;The Last of Us&#8217; is here One of this year&#8217;s most eagerly anticipated titles, &#8220;The Last of Us&#8221; is set in a near-future post-apocalypse that&#8217;s crawling with zombies. It is around 2030, decades after a fungi outbreak has ravaged America, infecting people and turning them into horrific killers. The game&#8217;s plot follows a single [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nikon Coolpix A: Big tech in a little package</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:05:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Martin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Nikon has delivered a pocket-ready point-and-shoot camera in its Coolpix A, the new flagship model in its Coolpix line up, due to be available in Japan on March 28. It has a DSLR-like 16.2 megapixel, full-size DX format (aka APS-C) CMOS image sensor, and its fixed 22 mm f/2.8 Nikkor lens offers a very nice, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A new crop of smartphones for spring</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Martin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[smartphone]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As spring descends on Japan, we&#8217;ll all be welcoming warmer temperatures and cherry blossoms in the coming weeks. But spring in Japan typically means new smartphone lineups from Japan&#8217;s major mobile carriers, too. And while consumers&#8217; love for Apple&#8217;s iPhone is still in full bloom, there are a number of Android smartphones budding for their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Freeware has animators dancing to the Hatsune Miku beat</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Akky Akimoto</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[3D]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hatsune Miku]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[idol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MikiMiku Dance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MMD]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you search for the acronym MMD on Niconico or YouTube — the two most popular video-sharing sites in Japan — the resulting list will have over 100,000 anime videos, most of which have 3-D anime-style girl characters singing and dancing to electronic J-pop music. What&#8217;s surprising is that these (usually short) videos are not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Three gadgets from CES that you can take on the road.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:02:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jess Mantell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BoomBottle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CES]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Panasonic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pebble Watch]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Among the many products released at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas each year there are often some that stand out for being particularly innovative, and this year's CES was no disappointment. ]]></description>
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		<title>Expat game developers have an unfair advantage in Japan</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 10:43:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Ashcraft</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[apps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mobile phones]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There is an option for budding game-developers, however — a less expensive one that allows for more freedom and, if they’re lucky, more exposure than they could ever imagine.]]></description>
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		<title>Point-and-shoot cameras that focus on quality</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/01/23/digital/point-and-shoot-cameras-that-focus-on-quality/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=point-and-shoot-cameras-that-focus-on-quality</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:11:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Martin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Casio's current flagship Exilim point-and-shoot camera, the EX-ZR1000, is an intriguing offering that targets users who want to be able to capture life's special moments quickly and in high quality. ]]></description>
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		<title>CV frauds revealed by diligent online fact checks</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/01/16/digital/cv-frauds-revealed-by-diligent-online-fact-checks/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=cv-frauds-revealed-by-diligent-online-fact-checks</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:24:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Akky Akimoto</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[celebrities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[media]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In recent years, there have been several cases where Japanese media icons, especially those who shine across national and language borders, have been accused of falsifying their personal histories, and they have consequently lost whatever popularity they had gained through the mass media and/or books. The most public example of this recently was Hisashi Moriguchi, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wireless file transfer, vibrating headphones and a high-tech cure for forgetfulness</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/01/09/digital/wireless-file-transfer-vibrating-headphones-and-a-high-tech-cure-for-forgetfulness/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=wireless-file-transfer-vibrating-headphones-and-a-high-tech-cure-for-forgetfulness</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2013 00:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Martin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Here we are in 2013. It&#8217;s an exciting time of year, a welcome opportunity to reflect and give ourselves a fresh start. I personally resolved not to make resolutions, but perhaps some of you will now be trying your best to get organized, lose some weight or save some money. These new devices may help [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2012 in tech &#8212; and what it means for the year ahead</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2012 00:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Martin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In the world of technology, the past year has seen a changing of the guard in almost every sector. Personal computers, mobile devices, gaming and Internet services have all seen incredible developments, with new challengers taking the place of old incumbents. As we move into the new year, we&#8217;ll meet a vastly different tech landscape [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2012 has been a big year on the Japanese social-media scene</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 00:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Akky Akimoto</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Twitter continues to ride high. Facebook has grown a lot, but newcomer Line seems set to overtake it. Social game companies Gree and Mobage have shifted their overseas expansion into high gear. And Mixi finally admits that it needs to try harder to understand what its members want. In this month&#8217;s column, we look back [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bright, clean and airborne gift ideas</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 00:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jess Mantell</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The holidays are just around the corner, so for those who subscribe to a little late-December consumerism, here are a few ideas for your gift list. Cocorobo In the steady march of machines that will one day replace us mere humans, the robot vacuum cleaner is becoming increasingly commonplace, and the Cocorobo RX-V60 from Sharp [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Despite downloadable versions, packaged games in high demand</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 00:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Ashcraft</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Late last month, Nintendo issued a press release, regarding its smash hit &#8220;Animal Crossing: New Leaf.&#8221; The game, a simulator in which cute characters do things like collect items and decorate their houses, hit No. 1 on the game charts thanks to its dedicated following with young and seasoned players alike. In the press release, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two new viewing options for your collection</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Martin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[With so many different types of screens to choose from, it&#8217;s a wonderful time for home entertainment these days. Whether you opt for the latest HDTV, or a shiny new tablet computer as your second screen, there&#8217;s something for everybody depending on your specific needs and preferences. Smart TV Box Last month at CEATEC Japan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Merumaga: Paid e-mail newsletters make a come-back</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2012/11/21/digital/merumaga-paid-e-mail-newsletters-make-a-come-back/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=merumaga-paid-e-mail-newsletters-make-a-come-back</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Akky Akimoto</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite the fact that Japan has the world&#8217;s largest market for digital-manga, which are primarily read on cellphones, and that Amazon has recently brought out its Kindle platform in Japan &#8212; after a delay of 5 years &#8212; the e-book business here has yet to take off. As such, it&#8217;s probably no surprise that old-style [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The return of Furby; Minnie sleeps over</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2012/11/14/digital/the-return-of-furby-minnie-sleeps-over/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-return-of-furby-minnie-sleeps-over</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 00:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jess Mantell</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Takara-Tomy has a habit of producing or distributing weird and wacky toys that incorporate interesting uses of technology, and two of its most recent releases are no exception. New Furby If you were one of the millions of people who owned a Furby back in the late 1990s, then you may be pleased to know [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wii U controller lacks punch but GamePad is no gimmick</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 00:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Ashcraft</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a tale of controllers: the Wii U GamePad and the Wii U Pro Controller. For years, Nintendo gamers have wanted a hardcore game controller like those that come with Microsoft&#8217;s Xbox 360 and Sony&#8217;s PS3 consoles &#8212; instead they have the Wii Remote. With the upcoming release of the Wii U, however, their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fujitsu aims at women; Huawei targets Japan</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2012 00:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Martin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Fujitsu tends to get left out of the conversation when it comes to the world&#8217;s top PC-makers these days, but it&#8217;s still an important player in its home market of Japan &#8212; where it holds about 15 percent of the market, placing it second behind the NEC Lenovo Group. And in an effort to maintain [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Apple should team up with local companies to solve Maps dilemma</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 00:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Akky Akimoto</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In September, a major update of Apple&#8217;s iOS software for iPhones and iPads (iOS6) replaced the devices&#8217; long-standing Google Maps application with Apple&#8217;s self-made Maps service. However, the new app soon caused outrage among iDevice users around the world due to the low quality of the maps. In Japan, where addresses are rather complicated, people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Three new toys look back to the analog days</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2012 00:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jess Mantell</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Remember when all the cool tech was lightning-fast and fit-in-your-pocket small? These days, our gadgets have become so impressive that the novelty of power and size has somehow lost its shine. Which is perhaps why the appeal of clunky, single-purpose retro gadgets is growing. So this month, forget quick and convenient, instead we&#8217;re looking at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inafune, back to save Japan&#8217;s gaming industry from death</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2012 00:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Ashcraft</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Call it a twist of fate or delicious irony, but game designer Keiji Inafune, a harbinger of the Japanese gaming industry&#8217;s death, returned to Tokyo Game Show this year with one of the biggest games (as well as the biggest surprise) of the show. &#8220;When Japanese folks noticed me at TGS,&#8221; Inafune wrote on his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Get ready to broadcast video live online</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2012 00:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Martin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Japan-based Cerevo has carved out an interesting business niche for itself as a provider of live-video-streaming hardware, most notably its Live Shell device released last year. That device enabled aspiring Internet broadcasters to stream live video directly from a camera to the Web without the need for a PC. And now this year, Live Shell [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yahoo! Japan&#8217;s &#8216;explosive speed&#8217; changes Web biz</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 00:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Akky Akimoto</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This spring, Japanese Web titan Yahoo! Japan appointed a new CEO and new board members &#8212; the first big change to its board since the company was founded 16 years ago. The new executive quickly implemented changes that have led to faster decision-making and a more aggressive approach to business &#8212; things not seen in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smart notes, perfect rice and panoramic snaps</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 00:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jess Mantell</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[With the most brutal of summer&#8217;s heat now behind us, you may be due for a little revitalization. Here are some neat tools to help get your thoughts in order, your body nourished, and to provide you with a little fun. Enjoy! Evernote Smart Notebook, in collaboration with Moleskine With a new school term just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gunslinging the Japanese way</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2012 00:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Ashcraft</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s hot. Though this summer, Japanese gamers have been piling into arcades across the country not only to take refuge from the heat, but to also check out one of the most interesting games released this year &#8212; and it may surprise you to hear that it&#8217;s a shooter. There&#8217;s a notion that Japanese gamers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japanese companies aspire to take a bite out of the e-reader apple</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2012 00:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Martin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[With so many competitors in the tablet and e-reader market these days, it&#8217;s getting harder and harder for manufacturers to differentiate themselves from similar offerings. Apple&#8217;s iPad held 68 percent of the worldwide market share in the second quarter according to Massachusetts-based research firm IDC, while Samsung and Amazon claimed second and third with 10 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Despite flaws, Rakuten is 1-0 against Amazon in Japan&#8217;s e-book wars</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2012 00:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Akky Akimoto</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Rakuten, Japan&#8217;s largest online shopping mall &#8212; and a head-to-head rival of Amazon Japan that also hopes to expand its business globally &#8212; launched its first e-book reader, the Rakuten Kobo Touch, on July 19, getting the jump on the long anticipated Japanese release of Amazon&#8217;s Kindle. On June 26 &#8212; the very same day [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3-D movies, games and silence on the go with your phone</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2012 00:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jess Mantell</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[There is an ever-expanding array of peripherals for smartphones &#8212; particularly for iPhone, not just because it is the most popular brand but also because it has one standard body shape, unlike the multitude of Android phones, making it easier to build attachments for. Here are a few new add-ons to make your handset that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Get your sick days ready for &#8216;Dragon Quest X&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2012 00:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Ashcraft</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[For many gamers, &#8220;Dragon Quest&#8221; is shorthand for Japanese role-playing games. The series is iconic. It&#8217;s loved by players young and old. No wonder then that the latest entry, &#8220;Dragon Quest X,&#8221; is easily this year&#8217;s most anticipated title in Japan. Released this week, &#8220;Dragon Quest X&#8221; strikes a familiar chord with fans, although it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making the move away from smartphone snaps</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2012 00:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Martin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[For aspiring photographers looking to step up their game from a point-and-shoot camera or smartphone, there have been a number of exciting new options released in recent weeks. Whether you want to take the leap to your first DSLR, opt for a more evolved point-and-shoot, or go with something in between &#8212; this summer delivers [...]]]></description>
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