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", "wfw:commentRss": "http://www.geek.com/articles/games/next-gen-kinect-hardware-coming-to-pcs-tv-sets-20111124/feed/", "slash:comments": "0" }, { "title": "Droid 4 expected to launch on December 8th", "link": "http://www.geek.com/articles/mobile/droid-4-expected-to-launch-on-december-8th-20111124/", "comments": "http://www.geek.com/articles/mobile/droid-4-expected-to-launch-on-december-8th-20111124/#comments", "pubDate": "Thu, 24 Nov 2011 14:01:48 +0000", "dc:creator": "Lee Mathews", "category": [ "Geek Pick", "Mobile", "Mobile Picks", "Android", "droid 4", "motorola", "phones", "QWERTY", "slider", "Smartphones", "verizon" ], "guid": { "-isPermaLink": "false", "#text": "http://www.geek.com/articles/auto-draft-20111123//" }, "description": "Those of you who plan on picking up a top-shelf Android phone come early December will have one other option besides the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. Verizon will also be launching Motorola’s Droid 4 — in fact, they’re hitting shelves on the very same day. On Thursday, December 8th, Big Red will offer both the Ice [...]

", "wfw:commentRss": "http://www.geek.com/articles/mobile/droid-4-expected-to-launch-on-december-8th-20111124/feed/", "slash:comments": "0" }, { "title": "Aaron Sorkin strongly considering penning Jobs biopic", "link": "http://www.geek.com/articles/apple/aaron-sorkin-strongly-considering-penning-jobs-biopic-20111123/", "comments": "http://www.geek.com/articles/apple/aaron-sorkin-strongly-considering-penning-jobs-biopic-20111123/#comments", "pubDate": "Wed, 23 Nov 2011 22:36:36 +0000", "dc:creator": "Will Shanklin", "category": [ "Apple", "Aaron Sorkin", "biopic", "film", "George Clooney", "movie", "Noah Wyle", "screenplay", "screenwriter", "Steve Jobs", "walter isaacson" ], "guid": { "-isPermaLink": "false", "#text": "http://www.geek.com/articles/auto-draft-20111123//" }, "description": "If you’re curious about the upcoming Hollywood adaptation of the landmark biography Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson, the gossip just keeps on coming. The most recent story has accomplished screenwriter Aaron Sorkin saying that he has been offered the chance to write the screenplay, and is “strongly considering” it. This wouldn’t be Sorkin’s first foray into [...]

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