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Wal-Mart Worker Killed by Mob on a Shopping Spree

On Friday, 34 year-old Jdimytai Damour, an employee at a Wal-Mart store in Green Acres Mall in Valley Stream, N.Y., was trampled by a large crowd, numbering over 2,000 people, who busted through the glass door and stampeded inside the store, in search of holiday bargains."When they were saying they had to leave, that...

1 December 2008
19:01 GMT

The $160,000+ Harion, Another Glass Sound System

In the world of luxury, when it comes to loudspeakers, glass looks like one of the choices with the best chances to win the hearts of those who are willing to spend serious cash on brutally expensive things. Certain products from Waterfall or Perfect8 have made it big, at least in the price lists of catalogs, and are...

1 December 2008
17:11 GMT

"Buy Nothing Day" Could Become a Necessity

The Buy Nothing Day movement, which began slowly in the early 1990s, now benefits from the support of millions worldwide, from Australia and the UK to Russia and the United States. In the midst of the economic crisis that now plagues the world, this movement might not be a question of choice anymore, but, rather, bec...

1 December 2008
17:01 GMT

Windows 7 DirectX11 High-Fidelity Graphics Enhancements

DirectX debuted back in 1995, and, with the upcoming Windows client, the underlying graphics technology of the operating system will evolve to the next level. Not only will DirectX 11 be available for Windows 7, but Microsoft has also promised that this time around it will provide backwards compatibility, at least as...

1 December 2008
15:31 GMT

Carbon Trapping Ineffective for Canadian Sandy Oil Fields

The massive oil deposits in Canada, totaling some 173 billion barrels of sandy oil, are set to produce enormous amounts of greenhouse gases (GHG), which are to be released into the atmosphere if carbon traps are not set in place to capture and store carbon dioxide. Usually, these devices compact CO2, which is then pl...

1 December 2008
15:01 GMT

Future Windows Media Center Developer Beta Programs

Windows Media Center TV Pack 2008, codenamed Windows Fiji throughout the development process, was, by all accounts, a disappointment for all Windows Vista Home Premium and Ultimate users, who were expecting at least an upgrade for Windows Media Center, if not the next iteration of the product. However, there were few...

1 December 2008
14:51 GMT

Download Free Detours: the Closest Thing to the Windows Source Code

No access to the Windows source code? Well, Microsoft offers the next best thing. Microsoft Detours 2.1 is now available as a free download. According to the Redmond company, as long as the solution is deployed exclusively on 32-bit platforms, and into research, non-commercial, and non-production environments, Detour...

1 December 2008
14:01 GMT

Bad Weather Forces Endeavour to Land in California

Finally, after several delays, the spaceship Endeavour and its crew touched down safely on a temporary runway in California, instead of the original designated place, which was regularly used – the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The detour was resorted to due to the poor weather conditions in Florida, where s...

1 December 2008
14:01 GMT

Rumor Mill: The Witcher Gets Console Edition

The RPG (Role Playing Game) genre for the PC hasn't been mind-blowing lately, as a lot of eagerly anticipated titles, like Sacred 2 or Fallout 3 have also appeared at the same time on consoles like the PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360. But one major title has appeared only for the PC, The Witcher, which was met with a ...

1 December 2008
13:01 GMT

Mega Man Star Force Cheats (DS)

Mega Man Star Force is an action RPG video game published and developed by Capcom for the Nintendo DS handheld video game console. It was released on December 14, 2006, in Japan, and hit the store shelves of North America on August 07. The game was launched in three separate versions, Dragon, Pegasus and Leo, all of ...

1 December 2008
12:31 GMT

Microsoft: Office 2007 Home and Student Not for Businesses

Just in time for Black Friday and ensuing shopping frenzy weekend kick starting the 2008 holiday season, Microsoft offered Office 2007 the Home and Student edition at a discounted price of over 50%. The offer is still valid until the end of December 1, with the price of Office 2007 Home and Student edition down to ju...

1 December 2008
12:03 GMT

Mega Man Battle Network 5: Double Team Cheats (DS)

Mega Man Battle Network 5: Double Team is an RPG (Role Playing Game) developed and published by Capcom. It was launched first in Japan, in July 2005, under the name RockMan: EXE 5 DS: Twin Leaders, and later, in November 2005, and in April 2006 in North America and Europe, respectively, with the name Mega Man Battle ...

1 December 2008
11:51 GMT

AMD Deneb Chips Launch Dates Unveiled

Advanced Micro Devices upcoming Deneb processors have made it to the headlines within the past few weeks, and, as their launch date closes even more, new info on them seem to surface every day. The chip maker has already announced that the new chips will come under the Phenom II brand, which will include the high-end...

1 December 2008
11:35 GMT

Secret Forty-Year Old Nuclear Submarine Retired

For a long time during its early years, NR-1 was a classified mission vehicle, the smallest of the Navy's submarine fleet, and the only one that was able and destined to perform search and recovery missions, ocean exploration, as well as underwater installation and maintenance works up to a depth of more than ha...

1 December 2008
11:19 GMT

Blizzard Executive Talks About Game-Based Movies

The movie industry in Hollywood isn't doing so good these days, as more and more new movies are based on IPs (Intellectual Properties) developed by other branches of the entertainment industry. A new trend has been the one of movies based on videogames, which guarantee that fans will come to see them, just becau...

1 December 2008
11:01 GMT

Apple - See When to Place Your Order for Pre-Christmas Shipping

Apple has posted a Shipping Info note on its Online Store advising customers to place orders ahead of time, so they get to them, or their loved ones before December 25 / Christmas. The company has also provided a list of all its products in stock with due dates - as in, customers can place their order the latest. App...

1 December 2008
10:56 GMT

TechFaith Collaborating with QIGI and Releasing the i6-Goal Phone

TechFaith is probably the less known company of the two, and it focuses on researching and developing cell phone solutions mostly for middle to high-end handsets, and custom made ones as well. Moreover, it is aiming for global expansion and collaborating with the most important carriers on a worldwide scale.QIGI is p...

1 December 2008
10:39 GMT

LHC Experiment Postponed Even More

In the past few months, the Large Hadron Collider slowly disappeared from public attention and kept an increasingly lower profile. However, just when not much was expected to be heard about it – since the last statements did not have anything interesting programmed LHC-wise until next June – something act...

1 December 2008
10:36 GMT

SpeedDownload 5.1.0 Adds Bandwidth Throttling Option

Yazsoft has released a new version of “the fastest, and most complete download manager for Mac OS X," SpeedDownload. Currently at version 5.1.0, the software adds a new contextual menu item, and a new bandwidth throttling option. Other small enhancements are included. No matter what browser you use, SpeedDownlo...

1 December 2008
10:24 GMT

Pan-STARRS Has a 1.4 Gigapixel Resolution

Technology is steadily evolving, devices and gadgets become increasingly smaller and optical resolution gets ever larger. Regular photo cameras now boast impressive 5 megapixel resolution and fantastic zoom-in abilities. Well, impressive until some while ago, that is. Still, in this accelerating age of minimizing si...

1 December 2008
10:01 GMT

Gates and Seinfeld Ads Voted Top 'Bad' Commercial

Microsoft part-time Chairman and co-founder Bill Gates and comedian Jerry Seinfeld teamed up for the sole purpose of warming up the audience for the advent of the I'm a PC commercials. However, although part of the same $300 million marketing campaign was designed to revitalize the Windows brand, the Seinfeld an...

1 December 2008
09:56 GMT

Stainless Gets a Cool New Icon

While Mesa Dynamics still has version 4.0 of its lightweight web browser on offer, Stainless now has a more attractive-looking icon. Meanwhile, the development team's promise to bring as much of Chrome to the Mac as possible appears to be on still. The free web browser that supports some of the features found in...

1 December 2008
09:53 GMT

Cyber-Attack Cripples Critical U.S. Military Networks

After the U.S. Strategic Command banned the use of removable media on the army's networks last week, new details about the incidents that might have triggered this drastic decision surfaced. The networks of the U.S. Central Command, which oversees the operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, have been crippled, while...

1 December 2008
09:45 GMT

The Portable Gadget Charging Station

Having your portable gadgets simply thrown and scattered across your room or possibly your entire home is definitely no way to treat them, despite the fact that you sometimes do exactly as above. Now, you've spent serious green on your 120GB iPod and even more on your very smart and cool-looking PDA, so things s...

1 December 2008
09:33 GMT

Nokia 5MP Chic Device Canceled Despite Expectations

Nokia employees are probably nostalgically recalling the times when a handset would have been created and launched, despite rumors claiming that it would not be a success as there was no demand for such a device. Now, because of the international crisis and of the fact that it is only going to get worse in the year t...

1 December 2008
09:25 GMT

A Smiley from Space

Tonight is one of those rare times when you get the chance to experience a celestial event that is really worth sacrificing your neck's comfort for a short while. From early in the evening of December 1st, the most bright visible objects in the darkened sky will form a stylized face (a smiley or emoticon for tho...

1 December 2008
09:17 GMT

'Open-Source iPhone' – Linux Boot Possible

In what is one of the most ironical pieces of news to hit lately, the restless tech-savvy guys at the iPhone Dev Team have achieved a new milestone, booting Linux on Apple's iPhone. A post on the team's site says: “Linux, here we come!This week’s funday is today!  Devteam member planetbei...

1 December 2008
09:13 GMT

PlayStation 3 Users Will Come Home Soon

The PlayStation 3 was a very hyped-up console when it was launched two years ago. Its hardware is the most powerful among its counterparts on the market, and Sony has fitted it with quite a few aces up its sleeve, like the Blu-ray player or wireless capabilities.But there's always been something that prevented t...

1 December 2008
09:01 GMT

NTT DoCoMo Doesn't Need Nokia Anymore

If you recall, Nokia made the decision to “pull the plug” on Japan and pulled all its phones, except the Vertu luxury model, off the market. The decision was highly discussed and even more thoroughly explained by Nokia, which came with very relevant reasons for it, and many regrets as well.It seems that t...

1 December 2008
08:57 GMT

Experimental Compound Stops Heart Failure

Heart failure, also known as congenital heart failure, is a medical condition that affects more than 23 million people worldwide today and claims the lives of 600,000 yearly. Finding a cure for this widespread disease has been a top goal for medical researchers since inventions in technology allowed for a better unde...

1 December 2008
08:49 GMT

Some Things You May Not Know About Chess

When it comes to chess, most people see themselves as falling into the category labeled “I have some skill, I may even beat my neighbors or my little niece, but I'm not really a grandmaster.” The last part is perhaps even more true, when it comes to maths. Well, to prove this to you beyond doubt, her...

1 December 2008
08:32 GMT

Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects Hints II (DS)

An epic war has struck the Marvel universe and its outcome is in your hands! Marvel Nemesis: Rise the Imperfects delivers the most authentic and cinematic Super Hero fighting experience ever seen in a video game, while remaining faithful to Marvel's comic legacy.Pit the most legendary Marvel Super Heroes against...

1 December 2008
08:31 GMT

European Study to Find Cure for Food Allergies

Some foods are very dangerous to human health, if they contain allergens that people eating them are sensible to. Ingesting fish or fruit for instance can cause anaphylaxis, which, if left untreated, can cause death. With this in mind, a European team set out to discover a cure for the symptoms of allergies, a treatm...

1 December 2008
08:15 GMT

Live Cashback 'Cashed Out' This Black Friday

Global economic crisis or not, the debut of the 2008 holiday season shopping frenzy was celebrated with a range of discounts attracting an increased number of consumers. Online retail outlets made no exception to this rule, but in some scenarios preparation for a high influx of customers left to be desired. For the B...

1 December 2008
08:09 GMT

Softpedia Linux Weekly, Issue 22

Welcome to the 22nd issue of Softpedia Linux Weekly! We'll start this week's newsletter by letting you know that we've added a new section called "Video Clip of the Week," in which we will present some of the most interesting videos about Linux and other Open Source projects. The week starts with Ama...

1 December 2008
08:02 GMT

Gigabyte Enables Intel Moblin Platform on New MID

Gigabyte is expected to debut a new ultra-portable computer device that will be built on Intel's open source Moblin platform, which is a project that the Santa Clara, California-based chip maker announced sometime last year. This platform has been designed to combine Intel's highly successful Atom processor...

1 December 2008
08:01 GMT

Alleged Software Pirate Slaps Microsoft with Antitrust Complaint

Microsoft's fight against companies allegedly selling illegal software has gone sour. Back in May 2008, the Redmond company announced a lawsuit against HW Trading BV and its principal, Samir Abdalla, as an integral part of its strategy to tackle illegal software products sales. Nevertheless, Samir Abdalla is now...

1 December 2008
07:32 GMT

NASA's Moonbuggy Race Is Now On

Next year's early April will have NASA host the 16th yearly Great Moonbuggy Race, just the same as it did since 1994. This competition is addressed to high school and college teams (separately) that want to test how their technology skills would fare on the Moon. The winning condition is that a vehicle is the fi...

1 December 2008
07:25 GMT

Gene-influencing Pollutants Increase Obesity Risks

Recent scientific studies have proven that retinoid X receptors (RXR) are heavily influenced by the pollutant tributyltin, which is used extensively in chemical substances and in pesticides. When RXR are triggered, they influence the nuclei of animal cells to promote the growth of fat storage cells. Even the entire m...

1 December 2008
07:02 GMT

AMD Talks About the PC Game Market

The PC game market isn't doing so great these days, largely because publishers are a bit more hesitant in bringing their games onto the PC, citing the fact that the piracy phenomenon is so big. They also claim that the profit won't be as big as launching a game on a console in today's market.Although s...

1 December 2008
07:01 GMT

Qimonda Launches XTUNE DDR3-1600 Kits

Aeneon by Qimonda, the channel and retail brand of Qimonda, has recently announced that its latest DDR3-1600 Triple Channel Kits (CL9), which come in 3GB and 6GB flavors for the new Intel Core i7 processor and Intel X58 Express chipset, have already become available on the market. The new kits feature three memory mo...

1 December 2008
06:55 GMT

Mario Kart DS Hints V (DS)

The acclaimed Mario Kart series has gone wireless, letting players race and battle with up to eight karts at once, regardless of whether everyone has a game card. An all-star cast that includes Mario, Luigi, Peach, Yoshi, Donkey Kong, Wario, Bowser and Toad will round out a truly all-star lineup of more than 30 cours...

1 December 2008
06:52 GMT

Apple Admits Virus Threat, Recommends Antivirus Utilities

A support document has recently appeared on Apple's website detailing information “about antivirus utilities available for the Mac OS.” Apple admits that Mac OS X has grown to become popular among regular computer users and hackers alike. Tech-driven sources point out to a technical note dishing info...

1 December 2008
06:44 GMT

The Bluetooth Laser Virtual Keyboard

Some might say that there will be a day when we'll no longer need keyboards like the one we're using everyday with our computers. And it might be completely true, especially after taking a good look at new input devices created to replace the old-fashioned keyboards – the Bluetooth Laser Virtual Keybo...

1 December 2008
06:39 GMT

New Airport Scanners Raise Privacy Concerns

Some of your worst nightmares have already come true, even if not exactly as you might have imagined. Being exposed with no clothes on in a public place surely doesn't sound very appealing to anyone, except for some people who we're not going to talk about now. Yet, a number of devices already installed in ...

1 December 2008
06:36 GMT

Telstra Bringing the 165i ‘Country Phone’ to Australia

Telstra, already well known for its other rural specific phones that make the most of its own network system, has developed a device specifically for those working or living in areas where most other networks do not have coverage. Nothing new so far, but what's really surprising is that this new device, called t...

1 December 2008
06:28 GMT

Chinese Migrants at High Risk of HIV/AIDS

Chinese authorities are currently deeply concerned about the potential impact that the spread of HIV/AIDS could have on the country's vast migrant work force, composed of more than 200 million people, given the fact that a variety of factors could drive the incidence of the deadly disease through the roof. If th...

1 December 2008
06:27 GMT

Search and Display Advertising Marriage a Success

Advertising, along with additional business sectors affected by the global financial crisis, is already showing signs that it will feel the impact of the economic downturn. In this context, Microsoft indicated that online advertising presented advertisers with an advantage over traditional media channels. Furthermore...

1 December 2008
06:27 GMT

Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time Hints X (DS)

Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time is the fifth game in the Mario RPG series, and it is a Nintendo DS exclusive title, released in November 2005 in North America, December 2005 in Japan, January 2006 in Europe, and February 2006 in Australia. The game was developed by AlphaDream, and published by Nintendo. Mario and L...

1 December 2008
06:22 GMT

Microsoft WARP Boosts Graphics on Intel's CPUs

Microsoft is reported to be working on the development of a software rasterizer that would allow x86 processors to render DirectX 10 graphics. The new Windows Advanced Rasterization Platform (WARP) will be included by the software giant in its upcoming Windows 7 operating system, while already having a beta version a...

1 December 2008
06:08 GMT

150 Stranded Whales Die in Tasmania

According to Australian official estimates, more than 150 pilot whales met their demise on Tasmania's west coast on Sunday, after they became trapped in the shallow waters. Though at first authorities counted no more than 80 individuals, later reports proved their numbers were far greater. On the bright side, at...

1 December 2008
05:58 GMT

Hydrogen Economy Is a Failed Hype So Far

In spite of the promising predictions made during the changing of the millennium about hydrogen, which was supposed to fuel the average vehicles (from car to airplane and ship), supply the energy production process, and do all that without posing a threat to the environment, almost a decade later things are still as ...

1 December 2008
05:49 GMT

Apple Discovers 'Additional Info' in Psystar Case

Reportedly, Apple has just learned that Psystar Corp. broke the anti-piracy defenses that Apple uses to lock OS X  to its Macs. According to the updated filing dating Nov. 26, Psystar violated the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) by dodging copy-protection technologies employed by Apple to tie OS X to its...

1 December 2008
05:44 GMT

Animal Crossing: Wild World Hints XLI (DS)

Animal Crossing: Wild World features a very minimal plot. The objective of the game is to pay off a debt to Tom Nook, who allows the player to move into a house he owns. If the mortgage is paid off, the player's house will expand until upstairs, left, right, center and back rooms are included. This is slightly d...

1 December 2008
05:40 GMT

Junk Food Triggered Alzheimer's in Mice

Fat, sugar and cholesterol are the three main "ingredients" that cause the brain tangles associated with some forms of dementia, including Alzheimer's. Karolinska Institutet's Alzheimer's Disease Research Center scientist, Susanne Akterin, announced on Friday that mice fed with fast food products for n...

1 December 2008
05:38 GMT

Major Botnet Resurrection Partially Prevented

Following the recent takedown of the notorious McColo ISP, the control servers of several major botnets have been knocked offline, rendering the armies of zombie PCs out of the reach of their owners. Researchers from the FireEye Malware Intelligence Lab have fought and succeeded to keep the largest of these botnets, ...

1 December 2008
05:29 GMT

Graphics Card Maker HIS Joins Netbook Market

It looks as if the economic downturn, which has already impacted on the market performance of several major companies in the computer hardware industry, has prompted one of AMD's largest graphics card partners to expand its product portfolio with the introduction of the company's first netbook system. ...

1 December 2008
05:29 GMT

Nikon Unveils Its Long-Rumored D3X DSLR Camera

We've been hearing rumors regarding Nikon's D3X, the successor to the company's famous (and very successful) D3 model, for the past couple of weeks, but it would seem that this "mystery" DSLR has finally become official, Nikon officially announcing its availability just in time for photographers to mak...

1 December 2008
05:21 GMT

Intel Adds New CPUs, Delays Havendale

According to the latest reports on the Web, Intel added a few more CPUs to its mainstream and value lineups, all based on previous architectures from the company, and not on the newly released Nehalem. The additions include the Core 2 Quad Q8300, the Pentium Dual Core E5300 and the Celeron Dual Core E1500 processors....

1 December 2008
05:18 GMT

Microsoft Surface Touch-Based BMW Konfigurator

Microsoft has long diversified its core business past its initial focus on developing software platforms for the desktop. In this regard, prominent members of the automotive industry have, in one way or another, embraced the products of the Redmond company. Ferrari is running a supercomputer with Windows HPC Server 2...

1 December 2008
05:14 GMT

Night Terrors Are Genetically Inherited, Study Finds

A new research, published in the journal Pediatrics on Monday, showed that genetics played a very important role in the onset of night terrors in children aged under 18 months. The results were obtained after researchers at Montreal's Sacre-Coeur Hospital Sleep Disorders Center, in Canada, studied 390 twin pairs...

1 December 2008
05:07 GMT

A Cowboy's Breakfast with the Frying Gun Egg Stencil

Can breakfast be fun? Looking at this truly weird kitchen gadget one would say it definitely can. No matter if you’re running out of ideas about how to make your kids' breakfast funnier or just want to add something new to your first meal of the day, the Frying Gun Egg Stencil is one of the elite choices. ...

1 December 2008
05:06 GMT

Chunghwa Telecom Has Big Plans for the iPhone

The ever so popular iPhone will be available in Taiwan via Chunghwa Telecom, a company that obviously feels pretty confident of Apple's success on the market. Having been given the right to market the iPhone, the Taiwanese operator did not wait long to state its intentions and to let us know that starting Decemb...

1 December 2008
05:02 GMT

iChat Gets Your 'Far-Flung Family' Together for the Holiday

One of Apple's latest Pro tips features great tips on how to use the audio chat feature in Leopard's built-in IM client, iChat. In a Pro Tip document under Apple's Mac section of the official website, the company details methods of getting together with up to 9 buddies for an audio chat unmatchable by ...

1 December 2008
04:56 GMT

Life Is Also Due to Lack of Comet Impacts

Possibly, Drake's equation should also take into account the factor of comet activity in the environment of the planets that could actually support life. New statistics suggest that our own solar system is far more spared by such cosmic catastrophes than the similar nearby ones, so we own our very existence, to ...

1 December 2008
04:55 GMT

ECS Lists Its AM3 CPU Compatible Mobos

The Advanced Micro Devices Deneb processor, or Phenom II, as we have learned that the company will officially name the part, is almost here, and it promises a lot in terms of performance gains and overclocking capabilities. To make the new CPU more appealing to users, the Sunnyvale chip maker decided to make it compa...

1 December 2008
04:31 GMT

Japanese Ministry Imports First Whale Meat in 17 Years

The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) already placed some batches of whale meat on the market, as the first shipments arrived, and environmentalists say that there will be more to come. Whaling is strictly prohibited worldwide since 1986, as extensive culling led several species to extinction, but Japan ...

1 December 2008
04:24 GMT

Details Emerge on Upcoming AMD Phenom II Processors

AMD is expected to unveil its next-generation desktop processors in early 2009, when the company will introduce its first 45nm-based chips for the consumer market. These new chips will make up the company's new Phenom II range of consumer-grade processor lineup, providing higher levels of performance as compared...

1 December 2008
04:20 GMT

BlackBerry Storm's New OS Probably on Its Way

The latest operating system released for the Storm may make all its lucky users proud, but since good news is always welcome, you should know that a much more advanced version might be appearing soon. This version brings all sorts of improvements, from small, not so important, but definitely annoying ones, to much mo...

1 December 2008
04:07 GMT

Morning-after Pill More Accessible After FDA Decision

A new survey of pharmacies in three major city sprawls in the US – Boston, Philadelphia and Atlanta – showed that access to the morning-after pill, an emergency contraceptive measure, has greatly improved since the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) passed on legislation in 2006, promoting the distributio...

1 December 2008
04:01 GMT

Prehistoric Canoe Found in Bulgaria

A group of fishermen in Bulgaria are responsible for an important archaeological discovery. Just recently, they announced that, while trailing their fishing nets along the bottom of the Black Sea, searching for their daily catch, they came across what appeared to be an ancient canoe, possibly dating back to the prehi...

1 December 2008
03:53 GMT

TSMC on Track with MEMS Deployment

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is reported to enhance even more its development of micro-electro mechanical systems (MEMS) business, as it is installing new equipment, as planned before, reports Digitimes, citing sources at the equipment and material suppliers for the foundry.  The current glo...

1 December 2008
03:53 GMT

Apple Posts World AIDS Dec. 1 Announcement

Apple has posted a banner on the “frontmost” page of its website, announcing that World AIDS Day is December 1. Those considering to “play a part” are encouraged to purchase (PRODUCT) RED Special Edition iPod models and iTunes Gift Cards. Apple, for its part, will give a piece of the proceeds ...

1 December 2008
03:46 GMT

User Interface Automation Evolution in Windows 7

Microsoft is leaving no components of the Windows client “unturned” in the evolution from Windows Vista to Windows 7. Loyal to the strategy of building the next Windows operating system as a superlative of Vista in all aspects, the Redmond company's overhauling efforts span from Win7's under-the...

1 December 2008
03:46 GMT

Poznan Conference on Climate Change Begins Today

The city of Poznan, in Poland, will be, throughout this week, host to one of the largest UN Climate Change meetings in history, a part of a two year-long effort on behalf of the international organization, to come to an agreement on what is to be done on the issue of the global environment by 2009. The effort, s...

1 December 2008
03:39 GMT

A Star Trek Thermometer

Just how many times have you dressed too lightly or put too many clothes on you just because you didn't bother to check what was going on with the weather? Or, even worse, be tricked by the light outside and thought it was nice and warm and forgotten to look at the thermometer displaying a few degrees above zero...

1 December 2008
03:35 GMT

Core i7 vs. Shanghai: LINPACK Test Results

Both Intel and AMD, the majors players in the processor industry, have introduced their latest chips (we're talking Shanghai and Core i7) with great fanfare, and people have jumped at the chance of testing their capabilities right away. The chips have been designed for use in two different areas of the market, y...

1 December 2008
03:18 GMT

MSI Announces the Wind U110 and U115 for 2009

After the highly anticipated Wind 2, set to debut as the Wind U120, has recently held all the headlines, it seems that Micro Star International holds yet another ace up its sleeve. The Taiwanese manufacturer is now expected to introduce two more models, part of the Wind netbook family, which will provide users with a...

1 December 2008
03:12 GMT

iPod Touch Leads Black Friday Sales

Although analysts didn't have high hopes for Apple's Black Friday sales, the company's products reportedly sold well. Fortune reports that Amazon, America’s largest online retailer, saw the biggest sales. Those included quite a few Apple products. Particularly, Apple's funnest iPod, the touc...

1 December 2008
03:11 GMT

Gears of War 2 Receives Title Update

Gears of War 2 was one of the most expected games this holiday season, largely due to the fact that it promised to give players the same great experience its predecessor did, with new things and gameplay modes that would enrich it even more.Although it was met with a lot of anticipation, as it broke the pre-order rec...

1 December 2008
03:10 GMT

Square Enix Says PS3 Owners Shouldn't Feel Betrayed

Square Enix is a company that is receiving a lot of media coverage these days, especially since the Tokyo Game Show, when it announced that it would be dropping the exclusivity for the PlayStation 3 that its games will have and bringing very expected titles by Sony fans to the Xbox 360.Among these eagerly anticipated...

1 December 2008
02:56 GMT

Driving Performances Compromised by Cell Phone Usage

New scientific study revealed that talking over the cell phone while driving a car was far more distracting for drivers than discussing something with a passenger inside the vehicle. The research, to be published in American Psychological Association's December issue of the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Ap...

1 December 2008
02:49 GMT

Intel Reevaluates the Netbook Market

Netbooks have made quite an entrance on the market this year, marking a great success in many regions of the globe and catching the eye of users, chip makers, PC vendors and industry watchers alike. As for processors, Intel is the big player in the netbook industry segment, as many of you already know, while its comp...

1 December 2008
02:36 GMT

Insomniac Talks About Resistance 2 Co-Op

The period before the start of this holiday season has been host to some very interesting battles between popular games, especially shooters. While there were multiplatform, sure to sell games like Call of Duty: World at War or Dead Space, the main focus was the fight between the sequels to some very popular exclusiv...

1 December 2008
02:31 GMT

The N96 from Nokia to Replace the N95 Model

Given the fact that it is supposed to substitute the N95, which has already become an old model, thus losing precious ground, the N96 paints an overall better picture and, most importantly, keeps the respected and appreciated features of its predecessor. On top of that, the N96 also brings noticeable and most welcome...

1 December 2008
02:30 GMT

Heroin Sold Under Prescription in Switzerland

Heroin (diamorphine) can from now own be obtained in drug stores in Switzerland, the people voted on Sunday. Patients with severe dependency will be able to buy both their doses and their needles from the pharmacies, in a move that the Social-Democrat party says will drop crime rates in the country. The Swiss People&...

1 December 2008
02:18 GMT

Peter Moore Says EA Sports Active Will Have Music in It

The fitness game market is definitely on the rise these days, as more and more people find that they don't have the time to go to a real gym, so games like Wii Fit are the best alternative to the daily exercises.Reggie Fils-Aime, the president of Nintendo of America, said recently that the demand for Wii Fit was...

1 December 2008
02:10 GMT


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