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Up until now, you’ve been playing Battlefield 3 wrong. Look, I know, I get it, the truth hurts. And, being told that you’re bad at something you love so much is never a good thing. But, that’s what I’m here for. To show you that some gamers are so awesome at the games we play that,

If you’re traveling with your Nintendo 3DS this holiday season, there’s a chance you might be able to score free Wi-Fi in the airport. Boingo and Nintendo have announced a partnership that now offers free Wi-Fi for 3DS owners in 42 select airports around the country. “As the global leader in airport Wi-Fi, Boingo is

The word Geek originated in the 1500s, and at the time was considered to mean “fool.” Today, at least for may of us, the word has a much more positive connotation, but how did it get there? The guys at Flowtown made this infographic showing some of the evolution behind the word, and what types

Hard drive prices may be skyrocketing, but USB keys are almost a dime a dozen these days. Maybe that’s why people lose them so much; apparently, folks drop memory sticks at major rail lines by the literal bucket load. Misplacing all that data doesn’t sound smart, but security vendor Sophos recently tested an auction lot of

Welcome to this brand-spankin’-new TechnoBuffalo feature we’re going to try and run once every week. We’ve got ourselves an outstanding, talkative community and we’re looking to harness that and spur it along with a weekly debate topic. So, every Friday, I’ll toss up a debatable challenge, you folks will vote and discuss. I’ll also be

No doubt, there are plenty of people who love that iOS 5 was jailbroken so swiftly. Well, except for iPhone 4S and iPad 2 users — they’re still waiting. But even for those who rocked Redsn0w or Sn0wbreeze, there’s still a pesky issue: Given the lack of an untethered jailbreak, every time the device powers

Noah K tackles the biggest tech rumors of this week! Is the Nokia Lumia coming to T-Mobile next week? Is Verizon prepping a video streaming service to battle Netflix? And is ZTE making the leap from budget cells to high-end smartphones in order to conquer the US market? Nokia and T-Mobile Hosting Event on Dec

When it comes to lawsuits in the mobile tech industry, keeping track of who’s doing what can be kind of flummoxing. It’s like you need a scorecard or something, no? Apple sues HTC. So HTC sues right back. Apple tries to block Galaxy Tab sales in Germany, but fails. The company does win against Samsung,

Have your Android friends been mocking you because your Windows Phone device doesn’t support NFC technology? Well, that’s about to end, because Microsoft has revealed today that its latest Windows Phone Mango operating does support NFC technology, it’s just manufacturers haven’t enabled it yet. Will Coleman, developer evangelist and product manager at Microsoft UK, disclosed Windows Phone’s little

In a recent Bloomberg Captains of Industry interview, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson talked about his company’s proposed acquisition of T-Mobile. He remarked that if the $39 billion dollar deal is blocked, it will result in higher prices for subscribers. He made the point the acquisition would help AT&T ease its overtaxed network with more capacity

In our second story today related to Supergiant Game’s Bastion, we bring you news of (mostly) free DLC for the title. Bastion, as we already explained in our earlier post, was absolutely one of the best downloadable titles to release during the course of 2011. Now, the developers have announced DLC to offer new ways

The first photograph was taken by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce in 1826. It’s a rather fuzzy and unimpressive image, but what can you expect from the first of its kind? It wasn’t until 13 years later in 1839 that the first photograph of a human being was produced, and not until 1861 did we have the

The storm clouds are further gathering over the RIM headquarters. A week before the company is set to reveal its Q3 results (December 15, next Thursday), Citigroup’s Jim Suva is offering up 10 more ways the company can further wreck its image and make 2012 extra special. Frankly, 2011 was a horrendous year for RIM. News that it can

Samsung has taken another swipe at the Apple faithful in its new ad titled “Movies & Music.” Why wait in line when you can get your hands on the next big thing now? Or wait until the Galaxy Nexus is maybe released sometime soon with the latest software. The set up is familiar by now:

You guys have waited patiently, and at long last our much anticipated office tour is here. If you’ve been following TechnoBuffalo over the past few months, you know that the operation has finally relocated from Jon’s home into a nice, open office – chairs, desks, computers and all. If you’ve visited our Minecraft server lately,

Who would have thought that a camera application would be the #1 iPhone application of 2011. Instagram soared to the top in Apple’s App Store Rewind 2011 list, beating out Facebook, Pandora and Words With Friends. It’s worth mentioning here that Apple chose the best apps of 2011 rather than adhering to download and revenue

After what seemed like an endless stream of delays, HP has finally decided the fate of the webOS platform. While we had many promised decision dates on the Palm-developed operating system, newly installed HP CEO Meg Whitman announced today via press release that the company was going to contribute the operating system to the open

Bastion was one of the most well-received, critically acclaimed downloadable titles of 2011. In fact, I’ll wager you’ll see it come out on top of independent game of the year categories for publications all over print and the Internet. The project originally released on the Xbox LIVE Arcade platform. Less than a month later, the game

Is it a rock star mezzanine performance? Brangelina waiting for a train? No, the throngs of people queueing up in New York’s Grand Central Station were all lined up to get a peep at Apple‘s latest store. Sitting atop the balcony of the historic station’s main lobby, the retail outpost had its grand opening today

Amazon is rolling out a new promotion tied to its Price Check app on December 10 that is sure to further infuriate the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA). Users who perform a “price check” on an item inside a store using the app on their iPhone or Android device will receive an additional 5 percent