Right after Ubuntu's fifth birthday it was time to celebrate once more, because a Karmic Koala was released, and it brought with it a lot of reasons to upgrade. If Ubuntu 9.10's smart looks haven't convinced you yet, maybe the fast boot times and overall enhanced performance will. You still don't know what Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) is all about? Then read on, we will clue you in.While writing this review, I tried to put myself in the "shoes" of a new Ubuntu user. This meant that I didn't...
[read more >>] Think of Halo 3: ODST as a centaur. Or as a gryphon. Or as a mermaid. Or as any other creature that is half an entity and half another. In the case of Halo 3: ODST, it is clearly half Master Chief and half human. Half classic firefights, pitched battles that never let you hold your breath and get the adrenalin pumping, and half quietly sneaking through a dark city, almost afraid to shoot the enemies. Half complex story delivered in interesting ways and half military stereotypes acted out in a flat manner. Half at...
[read more >>] Following a series of leaked reports and teasers, the Round Rock, Texas-based Dell, one of the world's leading vendors of personal computer systems, has finally decided to officially debut its much-anticipated Adamo XPS ultra-thin laptop. Featuring a thickness of just 9.99mm, the new model adds to the company's growing Adamo family of high-end laptops, providing users with an alternative to Apple's successful MacBook Air. As expected, the Adamo XPS adopted Intel's CULV platform and integrated ...
[read more >>] The HTC DROID ERIS is the second mobile phone Verizon Wireless is set to deliver to the market with Google's Android operating system on board. The new device has been rumored for quite some time to come to the market, but only today Big Red decided to make it official, while tomorrow, November 6, it will put it on sale along with the Motorola DROID, its first Android-based handset.The wireless carrier also announced that the new HTC DROID ERIS comes to the market with HTC Sense, the user experience from the...
[read more >>] Blizzard has just pulled another rabbit out of its hat and has a new, little gimmick for World of Warcraft fans. The company has introduced the Pet Store for World of Warcraft, where one can buy, as of now, two brand-new, non-combat pets. This way, Blizzard can add the micro-transaction feature to its pay-to-play massively multiplayer online role-playing game without dropping the monthly fee, but, most importantly, without bothering anybody, since the acquisitions don't really affect the gameplay. The firs...
[read more >>] The International Mobile Gaming Awards recently announced the launch of the sixth edition of its competition. The new edition builds upon the success of the previous five ones, and is expected to be the place where innovations, exceptional quality and trends in mobile entertainment are showcased. No matter whether the solutions are developed for N-Gage, iPhone, Flash, Android, Microsoft, Java, Linux, BREW or other platforms. Game developers can already submit their titles online on IMGA's website, so as to p...
[read more >>] Dragon Age: Origins is officially out and on its feet and I've already managed to get about four hours of gameplay. The level of excitement I have for the game surpasses the one I had for Borderlands, mainly because I'm a lot more attracted to the “fantasy-sword-clashing” genre than to the first-person shooters. I admit, I am fascinated by swords, since, you know, they cut people. Still, I find myself a lot calmer and more composed than I was when facing Borderlands. Gearbox's RPG-FPS h...
[read more >>] After Canonical showed off their latest operating system, Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala), it is now time for another Linux mammoth to take the spotlight. In other words, Mandriva Linux 2010.0 was just released a few minutes ago, after two Alpha versions, one Beta and two Release Candidates, totaling more than four months of hard work. With this article, we are proud to present the new features that are included in the new Mandriva Linux release. Don't forget that Mandriva 2010.0 can be downloaded for free either...
[read more >>] Dubbed Clockwork, the third maintenance version of the amazing KDE 4.3 desktop environment was released a few minutes ago by the KDE community. Bringing only translation updates and bug fixes to applications such Dolphin, Konqueror, KWin, KGeography, KLettres, KStars, KPat, Okular, KAlarm, KGpg, Okteta or JuK, KDE 4.3.3 is the next-generation KDE desktop environment for Linux, Windows and Macintosh platforms. With every release, KDE 4 is here to deliver the most modern, beautiful and attractive desktop environmen...
[read more >>] A reader over at The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) has asked the site what the quality of his iPhone would be after just being to the Genius Bar to replace his under-warranty iPhone for a hardware issue. Speaking from a former Apple technician’s point of view, “If you are merely a consumer, prepare to be disappointed,” the author replied. According to Josh Carr writing at TUAW, “The vast majority of parts that Apple ships to repair centers are what they consider ‘re-manufactured.&r...
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