This may sound a bit familiar to those paying close attention, but on November 22nd -- the year anniversary for the Xbox 360 -- Microsoft is announcing something fairly momentus, not for the gaming community, but for the CE industry.
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Naturally, none of these slabs carry the same clout as the Galaxy S III, and if you'd like to get a bit more familiar with the soon-to-be premiere smartphone at MetroPCS, be sure to check out PC Magazine below, which managed to score a hands-on with the latest version of Samsung's finest.
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For Acer, which rode a wave of netbook sales into the ranks of the top 3 PC makers a few years ago, the topic is familiar and a bit exasperating.
But in spite of Arduino's near ubiquity these days, we'll admit that we were a bit taken aback when the familiar blue microcontroller made an appearance on a lab desk during our conversation with NASA "lighting guy, " Dr. Eirik Holbert.
The DVD bundles the first five episodes of the TV series onto a single disc, allowing viewers to quickly become familiar with the cast of characters and even get a bit more into the core storyline with episodes 4 and 5.
His testimony about how this happened in his own life is plangent and familiar, but he addles it a bit by insisting that the real damage is being done at the neurological level, that our children are having their brains altered by too much instant messaging and the like.
Screw your eyes up a bit and look at the map and it starts to look very familiar.
What we do know is that Israel, an otherwise familiar player in Palestinian political rhetoric, was largely a bit-part player in these elections.
The original guy-in-the-hair-suit, Peter Mayhew, voices the furry alien he brought to life all those years ago, and according to him, Chewie is a little bit younger and less experienced than the Wookiee most fans are familiar with.
On May 21, the company will forget about the troubled Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 operating systems and lavish a bit of attention on the Xbox, according to bloggers who cite sources familiar with Microsoft's plans.
Some audiences will be very familiar with your topic, but it still pays to provide a little bit of background to make sure everyone is on the same page.
Italy's fighter pilots, after all, are often described by their counterparts in terms familiar from the world of sport: flashy, skilful, sometimes a bit reckless, and lacking the patience to be solid team players.
The familiar knock on Valentine is his self-regard that he's a bit of a preener, that Bobby loves Bobby.
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The hardware should be immediately familiar to Ocean 1 owners, while closed the Ocean 2 is slightly thinner and just a bit longer, making it just that much easier on our pants and jacket pockets.
The rear of the device has that familiar soft-touch feel, which really feels nice in-hand, and offers a bit of traction for those sweaty palm you get while using the device on the elliptical machine.
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