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Bratz: The Movie is a video game developed by Blitz Games and Barking Lizards Technologies and published by THQ. It was launched in 2007 for four platforms, the Game Cube, the PlayStation 2 from Sony, the Game Boy Arcade and the Nintendo DS. The video game is based on the movie, which was released on DVD, called Brat... |
1 July 2008
21:11 GMT |
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Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore is one of the many games created by Rock Band developer Harmonix in the Karaoke Revolution series. Even though the game has quite a few similarities with the aforementioned Rock Band, it is a really successful title that still fights head to head against the better kn... |
1 July 2008
21:06 GMT |
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Sony Computer Entertainment America has recently obtained a patent that details its plans to create, as the patent states, a "hand-held device with touchscreen and digital tactile pixels". This is the patent that will most likely lead to all those rumors regarding the PlayStation Portable 2.0 or the PlayStation Phone... |
1 July 2008
19:06 GMT |
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Lost Odyssey is a role playing game (RPG) developed exclusively for the Xbox 360 console by Mistwalker and published by Microsoft. The game was released on the 6th of December 2007 in Japan, the 8th of February 2008 in Australia, the 12th of February 2008 in North America and the 29th of February of the same year in ... |
1 July 2008
19:06 GMT |
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Bratz: Rock Angelz is a video game developed by Blitz Games and Barking Lizards Technologies and published by THQ. It was launched in 2005 for four platforms, the Game Cube, the PlayStation 2 from Sony, the PC and the Game Boy Advance. The video game is based on the movie, which was released on DVD, called Bratz Pass... |
1 July 2008
18:36 GMT |
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Sony has filled a report with the Securities and Exchange Commission which details the way the PlayStation 3 has shaped how the company views the console manufacturing business, while also revealing some very interesting figures regarding its cost and how Sony plans to turn it into a profitable one.Apparently, the to... |
1 July 2008
18:11 GMT |
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On Monday, Imation Corp announced its acquisition of Xtreme Accessories LLC, also known as XtremeMac. XtremeMac is responsible for some of the most stylish iPod and iPhone accessories, and has generated approximately $25 million of revenue in 2007.Imation, the world's biggest provider of removable data storage p... |
1 July 2008
17:26 GMT |
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People might think that gamers spend all their free time playing games, but librarians say that's not the truth: just as grandmas and aunties become gamers and get totally hooked on the Wii (hey, at least it's a start!), hardcore gamers are beginning to show up in some nontraditional places, such as public ... |
1 July 2008
17:06 GMT |
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Bratz: Forever Diamondz is a video game developed by Blitz Games and Barking Lizards Technologies and published by THQ. It was launched in 2006 for four platforms, the Game Cube, the PlayStation 2 from Sony, the Game Boy Arcade and the Nintendo DS. It is based on the movie, which was released on DVD, called Bratz Pas... |
1 July 2008
16:41 GMT |
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LEGO Education, The LEGO Group's educational division, has announced LEGO Education WeDo, one of the company's new educational products. The Mac-compatible tool teaches classroom robotics to students 7-11 years of age. Using the provided software, primary school students are going to be able to program the ... |
1 July 2008
16:06 GMT |
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Most of the industry sources agree that the future means big money for the MMO market. We already have a very clear title to beat in World of Warcraft, when it comes to success and to subscriptions. WoW is an example of a "classical" MMO which hit all the right notes when launched and now continues to keep gamers hoo... |
1 July 2008
15:51 GMT |
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The world's loudest rock band, as legendary group The Who is known since 1976, will be brought to life once again thanks to the virtual world of Rock Band, Harmonix's hit music game (if you are a RB fan, you probably already know that The Who's "Won't Get Fooled Again" is available). Twelve of the... |
1 July 2008
15:06 GMT |
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The Bouncer is a video game developed by Dream Factory Co. Ltd and published by Square Co. It was released in 2000 on just one platform, the PlayStation 2 gaming console from Sony. This is a title which mixes action and role playing game elements and is played from a third person perspective. There are elements of ma... |
1 July 2008
14:31 GMT |
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After Electronic Arts representative Keith Ramsdale warned that a new rating system might lead to delays for game launches in the United Kingdom, it's Microsoft’s turn to rally against the intention of the British government to introduce a reform when it comes to rating videogames.Neil Thompson, executive at Mic... |
1 July 2008
14:06 GMT |
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Firefox 3.0 will end up completely taking Firefox 2.0 out of the equation because it is simply the natural order of things. As Mozilla's open source browser evolves, users will keep up to date and will upgrade to the latest edition. However, the migration process, as a general rule, takes time and the swap of Fi... |
1 July 2008
13:18 GMT |
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AT&T, the largest North American mobile carrier and the only operator to offer the iPhone 3G in the US, has just unveiled the official prices and plans for Apple's new handset which will become available starting July 11. The big news is that, after all the initial iPhone 3G craze is through, AT&T will also ... |
1 July 2008
13:15 GMT |
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Even though the Euro 2008 championship has just ended, it seems that people's desire for soccer has not been vanquished, otherwise I can't explain the multitude of football-related news today (FIFA Manager 09 and FIFA 09 have been announced and detailed, now this comes). I am sure, however, that just like m... |
1 July 2008
13:06 GMT |
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Believe it or not, but Windows Vista is one of the requirements, and a small step to winning 5,000 gallons of free gas from Microsoft. This provided that you are running a small business. The Redmond company has debuted a new initiative designed to help small businesses, Bump the Slump. The website and the adjacent p... |
1 July 2008
12:54 GMT |
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The release date of iPhone 3G is getting closer and, lately, more and more operators have announced the prices and data plans that will come with Apple's new handset. One of the most attractive offers, until now, seems to be the one of Hutchison 3 which, in Hong Kong (its home country), will be offering the iPho... |
1 July 2008
12:22 GMT |
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Even though the processor market is dominated by Intel, with AMD struggling to expand its elbow room, new players are able to find a little room to breathe. VIA Technologies is an illustrative example in this respect, with its products embraced even by Microsoft. However, the marriage between Windows client and serve... |
1 July 2008
12:12 GMT |
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When we found out earlier today that FIFA Manager 09 would hit the stores this autumn, we also started to dream about the new FIFA 09 and wondered how much it takes until Electronic Arts announces it, too. As you can see, we were not left waiting for too long, since the official announcement is here, filled with deta... |
1 July 2008
12:06 GMT |
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Lost Cities is a video game developed for the Xbox 360 console by Sierra Online Shanghai and published by Sierra Entertainment. This XBLA arcade title was released on the 23rd of April 2008 and it is still available for purchase for 800 MS Points ($10). It is based on the card game with the same name developed by Rei... |
1 July 2008
11:46 GMT |
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Over the last couple of days, Sophos has detected a normal amount of spam messaging traffic. The spam messages informed you that you needed an "Important Windows Update", which is one of the oldest and best known tricks in the book, but in fact linked you to a malware spreading site. The intriguing thing is that the... |
1 July 2008
11:44 GMT |
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Hutchison 3G Austria, subsidiary of the Hong Kong-based Hutchison Whampoa, has recently enhanced its network, allowing its subscribers to benefit from faster and more reliable mobile Web browsing. The upgrade was made by Nokia Siemens Networks which, in order to improve Hutchison 3G's network, used its flat-netw... |
1 July 2008
11:36 GMT |
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June 2008 will go down in history as the month of Firefox 3.0, this despite the fact that Opera 9.5 was also dropped the past month. But while the presence of Opera 9.5 was felt only superficially, and with the Internet Explorer giant lying dormant, Firefox 3.0 reaped the browser market to shades leaving rivals in th... |
1 July 2008
11:05 GMT |
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As we already stated a couple of times now, Solid State Drives are the way of the future, even if most of us still have to wait a while until the cost per gigabyte becomes more affordable. Until that happens, we can only hope that the technology is going to advance and will eventually improve the lifetime of the flas... |
1 July 2008
10:49 GMT |
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The sequel to the old 9500 Communicator, Nokia E90 Communicator was launched on the market only last year in June. Everyone had been patiently waiting for the latest Communicator series device; alas, it was a total disappointment. After a 3-year break, Nokia 'managed' to offer us a defective device and does... |
1 July 2008
10:38 GMT |
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The particular image featured here, showing what appears to be a large ribbon of gas floating through our galaxy, shows in fact only a small section of a much larger circular structure originating from a supernova explosion that took place somewhere in the spring of 1006 A.D., dubbed SN 1006. The progenitor star, a w... |
1 July 2008
10:30 GMT |
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It would seem that Google Calendar is plagued by all sorts of problems, the most recent of them being phishing attacks. Google representatives ask users to ignore suspicious messages and click the "Report Phishing" button instead of reading the message, opening links included in the message or downloading any attach... |
1 July 2008
10:29 GMT |
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It looks like LG, which has recently taken Sony Ericsson's place, becoming the world's fourth largest handset manufacturer, will come soon with a new 8 Megapixel camera phone, named LG KC910. According to the Dutch website MobileCowboys, which got a tip from an anonymous source, the new LG should hit the ma... |
1 July 2008
10:26 GMT |
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It's always exciting to use various methods to send text messages or call someone on their cell for free. Whatever the implications, people will go for anything. This time around, iPhone owners are given the chance to send and receive free texts simply by adding an address next to the phone number.Although this ... |
1 July 2008
10:24 GMT |
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Looney Tunes: ACME Arsenal is a great third person action adventure title developed by Redtribe and published by Warner Bros for the Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii and PlayStation 2 consoles. The game was released on the 9th of October 2007 in the United States and during late fall in PAL territories.The reviews of the game ... |
1 July 2008
10:11 GMT |
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A strong cooling system is what stands between high-performance and frequent failures, for any computer. This is why a number of companies specialize in the development and manufacturing of better and easier to use cooling systems. But cooling manufacturers aren't the only ones looking for better ways to improve... |
1 July 2008
10:10 GMT |
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The original Final Fantasy XI was released back in 2006 and it was the first online game in the franchise. Until now, the community has grown to more than 500,000 active subscribers and over 1,7 million active characters from around the world. For them and not only, this Vana'diel Collection 2008 will be nothing... |
1 July 2008
10:09 GMT |
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This game is the third iteration in the FIFA Street franchise and it features real life soccer superstars in a hyper-real world that pulsates to the music in the most exotic locations. This can be translated as "pure arcade action" since, using a simplified control scheme; players will be able to perform over-the-top... |
1 July 2008
09:51 GMT |
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Sony Computer Entertainment America has finally announced the release date for its much awaited firmware update 2.40 for the PlayStation 3. The update will be available tomorrow, July 2, and will offer all the users of the Sony made gaming console support for Trophies and the ability to access the XrossMediaBar in th... |
1 July 2008
09:44 GMT |
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Most of the modern light sources today are still represented by incandescent light bulbs, which haven't evolved a great deal ever since they were first invented. Basically, typical incandescent light bulbs have a less than 10 percent efficiency, the remaining 90 percent of energy being dissipated in the surround... |
1 July 2008
09:41 GMT |
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With this new title in a franchise that sold a combined 15 million units worldwide, Koei tries to re-invent the tactical action experience especially for the next-gen consoles and, judging by the released screenshots, it doesn't manage to do a very good job, at least from a visual point of view. Oh, well... nobo... |
1 July 2008
09:38 GMT |
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BlackBerry Bold 9000, RIM's new flagship smarpthone, will be first available in Canada, via Rogers Wireless, the largest mobile operator in the country. Bold's release via Rogers was already unveiled back in May, but the carrier didn't say, at that time, when exactly the new smarptohne would hit the Ca... |
1 July 2008
09:32 GMT |
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Blizzard has seen a lot of coverage lately, mainly because of the fact that it announced the development of Diablo III, one of the most anticipated games of the decade. One thing that slipped under the radar for most commentators was the fact that the game is set to come out for PC and Mac only, with Blizzard complet... |
1 July 2008
09:31 GMT |
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Notebook vendors have had high hopes for their portable computer system lineup, as far as sales are concerned. But it seems that in the end, they have been left with only their high hopes, as they haven't succeeded to achieve their shipments goal. The worldwide top-three notebook vendors are reported to have bee... |
1 July 2008
09:27 GMT |
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The game features more than 35 artists and it's less wrestling-oriented than the previous releases. Producer Kudo Tsunoda said that wrestling and hip-hop don't go particularly well together. However, early previews of the game have revealed that throws and environmental damage will remain in the game.Yes, i... |
1 July 2008
09:25 GMT |
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Running alone on a lost and forgotten planet is not my idea of a great weekend game. Being followed by huge worm-like creatures is not my way of relaxing. Though Lost Planet: Extreme Condition is just as relaxing as any other apocalyptic shooter, I find myself attracted to it and pulled into a fantastic world like no... |
1 July 2008
09:25 GMT |
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Select Plus is a new way for purchasing Windows Vista Service Pack 1 at a discount, but the licensing option introduced by Microsoft on July 1, 2008, is not limited to the company's latest Windows client, this because Select Plus also covers applications and server products in addition to client operating system... |
1 July 2008
09:23 GMT |
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The system is called BDAS (short for Background Draw-a-Secret System) and was developed by Jeff Yan, computer science lecturer from Newcastle University, and Paul Dunphy, graduate student from the same university. The BDAS works on the DAS scheme created by American scientists at NYU, Bell Labs and AT&T Labs, just t... |
1 July 2008
09:22 GMT |
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Samsung has recently introduced a new mobile phone targeted for the Asian market, the Samsung Anycall J638. This is actually the Asian version of J630, a clamshell that was first unveiled back in February and seems to be already available on several markets from Europe and the Middle East. Anyway, the new Samsun... |
1 July 2008
08:47 GMT |
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Blizzard entertainment is now offering Mac and PC users the chance to back-up their library of titles by entering an existing Blizzard game CD key. As such, gamers can grab a fresh downloadable copy of their favorite Blizzard game at no extra charge.The developer's Accounts section has recently been updated, Ins... |
1 July 2008
08:43 GMT |
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It's hard to tell new stories that the gaming industry and consumers haven't heard of yet. It's even more difficult to escape the pattern of aliens, Nazis and all-out wars that stretch over continents and across the galaxy. How do you think of something that doesn't make everyone say "been there, ... |
1 July 2008
08:40 GMT |
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As its name says, a surge protector is a device specially designed to protect electric and electronic equipment against surges. An electrical surge is a phenomenon during which the voltage of the electrical current supplied by the outlet greatly exceeds the standard voltage. In the United States, the standard voltage... |
1 July 2008
08:39 GMT |
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Brave: The Search for Spirit Dancer is a video game developed by VIS Entertainment for the publisher Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. It was released in 2005 and only designed to work on the PlayStation 2 videogame console from Sony. The game is billed as being an action title and it is played from a first person ... |
1 July 2008
08:32 GMT |
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The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth II is a computer and video game developed by EA Los Angeles and published by Electronic Arts. This real time strategy (RTS) was released on the 2nd of March 2006 and it is still considered one of the best games inspired by Tolkien's universe. The game is based o... |
1 July 2008
08:26 GMT |
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The fourth game in the series introduces an important gameplay change in the Critical Finisher system, which will alter the way players approach battles. There will be another gauge under the characters' Health Meter, known as the Soul Gauge. This meter will fill up when attacking and decrease when guarding. Whe... |
1 July 2008
08:26 GMT |
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Most of today's desktop computer systems are built to provide its users with a large number of connectivity options. But a strong-built motherboard isn't enough to ensure that a user has immediate access to a number of connectivity ports. This is why chassis manufacturers have released control panels that u... |
1 July 2008
08:22 GMT |
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Since Bill Gates has officially finished his transition out of the day-to-day role as Microsoft Chairman with the Redmond company, he won't be around full time when Windows 7 comes out, but this aspect has failed to stop him from revealing that the Windows team is doing amazing things with the successor of Windo... |
1 July 2008
07:56 GMT |
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The latest high-end Pocket PCs unveiled by HTC, namely Touch Diamond and Touch Pro, will be available on the US market not only from Sprint, as known until now, but also from Verizon Wireless. Obviously, since both Sprint and Verizon are CDMA carriers, the new HTC handsets will be modified a bit, so as to change the... |
1 July 2008
07:25 GMT |
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Even following the releases of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows XP Service Pack 3, Microsoft has yet to curve the descendant trajectory of Windows' share on the operating system market. In this context, the Redmond company was reportedly pouring another $500 million into new marketing campaigns for the u... |
1 July 2008
07:23 GMT |
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the European Commission are close to coming to a conclusion in an agreement that would allow the American organization to access private EU citizen data such as credit card history and frequently visited web pages. Privacy organizations are strongly contesting this agreement a... |
1 July 2008
07:11 GMT |
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Starting with 2011, the Japanese company First Advantages will be able to provide wedding services at altitudes as high as 100 kilometers above ground. First Advantages recently signed a contract with the American aerospace company Rocketplane, which will be in charge of providing the means to propel the soon to be h... |
1 July 2008
07:07 GMT |
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Yesterday we brought you news about two new Eee PCs, rumored to be released as substitutes to ASUS' current Eee PC 900 and 901 models. Apparently, some rumors turned out to be real, sooner than anyone imagined. On that note, today we bring you press photos of the yet unofficial Eee PC 904 and 905.These photos ha... |
1 July 2008
06:57 GMT |
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Motorola has recently unveiled a new CDMA entry-level handset, the Motorola W362, which will soon be released in India, via Reliance Communications. Apparently, the new W362 is 100% made in Motorola's new Indian factory from Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu, inaugurated only two months ago. This is probably one of the... |
1 July 2008
06:35 GMT |
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For how long have you been waiting to hear that a DRM-free music store was open? How about one that lets you preview an entire song for free? You can leave your answer in the comments later on. For now, read on to see how you too, as an Apple iPod owner, can grab DRM-free MP3s straight from Rhapsody. Fortune is repor... |
1 July 2008
06:35 GMT |
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Intel seems to be on its way to make another move on the central processing units market, and we should have been expecting it, since some of the long-announced next-generation Nehalem processors are almost ready to hit the market this year. And since the company is moving fast towards that 45nm area, some of the old... |
1 July 2008
06:17 GMT |
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With May 2008 set from the get go as the last month when Microsoft planned to make available CTP builds of Windows HPC Server 2008, fully-fledged betas were the next releases in the evolution of the latest version of Windows for supercomputers. On June 30, 2008, the first Release Candidate of Windows HPC Server 2008 ... |
1 July 2008
06:14 GMT |
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It is widely known that the Earth's magnetic field is varying in strength periodically and has reversed poles several hundred times in the past 4.6 billion years, since our planet exists. However, new measurements show that the changes take place much more rapidly than is has been previously predicted, especiall... |
1 July 2008
06:09 GMT |
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According to information security company SecureWorks, there is a spam campaign targeted at financial institutions such as banks. The spam message threatens the bank that unless it transfers €10,000 to a certain account, the spammer will sell private information regarding 48,000 bank customers on the black market; h... |
1 July 2008
06:03 GMT |
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Bombastic was developed by Shift for publisher Majesco Inc. It was launched in 2003 for only one gaming platform, the Sony made PlayStation 2. It is classified as being an action strategy title, played from an isometric perspective, with a lot of elements of puzzle solving mixed in the gameplay.Bombastic is based on ... |
1 July 2008
06:00 GMT |
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Sources are reporting that five companies, all of which already produce "switch-to-Mac" solutions, have founded the Enterprise Desktop Alliance. EDA hopes to convince the deployment of Macs in the enterprise, validating and promoting the availability of solutions that make it easy to do so.Centrify, LANrev, Atempo, G... |
1 July 2008
05:53 GMT |
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As expected, BFG Tech, one of NVIDIA's best channel partners, has announced its overclocked GTX 260 and GTX 280 cards. With three levels of overclocking power for both GPUs, enthusiast users can now choose the level of performance that best suites their needs. The OC, OC2 and OCX editions are available for both ... |
1 July 2008
05:50 GMT |
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HTC has announced the upcoming availability of its Touch Dual Pocket PC in South Korea, via SK Telecom, the largest mobile carrier in the country. HTC Touch Dual will be commercially available for South Korean users starting mid-July. The retail price of the Pocket PC is expected to be around 600,000 won, meaning abo... |
1 July 2008
05:27 GMT |
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The news regarding climate change has recently gone from bad to the very worst. By predicting the weather and ocean conditions in the following months researchers discovered that there is a relatively good chance than at the end of this summer there will be little or no ice left at the North Pole. The probability of ... |
1 July 2008
05:26 GMT |
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After releasing version 2.36 firmware for the PlayStation Network only two weeks ago, rumor says that Sony is on its way to bring it up to 2.4. The new expected firmware should bring to gamers the tools and features they have been demanding for lately. All the new features the firmware update which will be brought to... |
1 July 2008
05:25 GMT |
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iAntiVirus, PC Tools' anti-virus and anti-spyware application specifically crafted for the Mac, has reached its second beta stage. Available as a free download, the software comes in the light of various reports of exploit security holes and poor security practices with Mac software. The paid version offers full... |
1 July 2008
05:22 GMT |
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When you talk about cars V8 indicates pure power, but when you turn to computers the V8 from Cooler Master is meant to offer your high-end CPU the optimum working environment. The newly announced CPU cooler has been previously showed at the Computex show in Taipei, but the company decided to wait until now to officia... |
1 July 2008
05:14 GMT |
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We all know that Texas has the harshest laws, not matter what the crime is. This time they are targeting the IT world stating that a PI (private investigator) license must be obtained by all techs working in computer repair shops. If the law is not obeyed, the offender will be fined as much as $4,000 or he could rec... |
1 July 2008
05:12 GMT |
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Microsoft is no stranger to projects designed to boost the standard for teaching and learning. And the next-generation Learning Village built in partnership with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Learning Technology is an illustrative example of one of the company's scholastic initiatives. At the basis of the new Learni... |
1 July 2008
05:11 GMT |
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In 1913, Danish physicist Niels Bohr proposed for the first time a model describing the atom as a system inside which the electrons revolve around a central bundle of matter called nucleus, similarly to the way planets in the solar system move around the Sun. Nearly a decade later, Bohr would receive the Nobel Prize ... |
1 July 2008
04:43 GMT |
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Sony Ericsson W380, the mid to low-end Walkman clamshell released in Europe back in March, is now available for purchase in Canada, as Sony Ericsson W380a, being brought to Canadian users by Fido. W380 is offered by Rogers' subsidiary for $60 with a contract agreement for three years or $160 with a two-year agr... |
1 July 2008
04:41 GMT |
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The Mitsubishi name is almost identical with fast cars designed to be real racers both on track and on the road. But the Japanese group counts a number of other companies that specialize in the development of something other than cars. One of those companies deals with the design and manufacturing of consumer televis... |
1 July 2008
04:32 GMT |
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Rumor had it that visiting a maliciously crafted website using Safari may lead to "an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution," because of a memory corruption issue in WebKit's handling of JavaScript arrays. Therefore, Apple has released Safari 3.1.2 for Tiger, available as a free download... |
1 July 2008
04:28 GMT |
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Joe Stewart, Director of Malware Research with SecureWorks has recently made public the fact that he found a stolen data cache of unprecedented size. AFcore is a Coreflood trojan that has so far been able to avoid detection, using all this time it has been hidden to gather as much private information as possible. Th... |
1 July 2008
04:23 GMT |
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You already know the good news about the introduction of the really anticipated (and rumored) PlayStation 3 trophies, Sony's answer to Microsoft's achievements. Yes, they will still be implemented tomorrow and we can consider this great news, right? Well, we have some bad news, too: if you were expecting to... |
1 July 2008
04:12 GMT |
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NVIDIA Corporation, a leader in graphics technologies, announced yesterday, together with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), that the University has been appointed as the world's first CUDA Center of Excellence. The Santa Clara company also made a $500,000 donation to UIUC, in addition to the... |
1 July 2008
04:07 GMT |
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Apple has issued the fourth security update for users of Mac OS X 10.4.11 (Tiger), improving the security of (what else?) Mac OS X. The company assures us that previous such updates have also been incorporated into this last version, Security Update (2008-004), available as a free download."Security Update 2008-004 i... |
1 July 2008
03:59 GMT |
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Nokia and Warner Music Group, one of the biggest record labels in the world, have announced that they have signed a deal according to which Nokia will be offering Warner's music via the Nokia Music Stores and the Comes With Music service that should be launched in the second half of this year. The agreement wi... |
1 July 2008
03:58 GMT |
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According to a new study carried out at the College Station's Texas A&M Fruit and Vegetable Improvement Center, the watermelon could soon take Viagra producing companies out of business since it contains chemicals that have effects similar to those of the blue pill, thus increases libido."The more we study water... |
1 July 2008
03:58 GMT |
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Netgear is undoubtedly one of the leading manufacturers of networking products, holding a number of successful models designed for the consumer market. The company announced yesterday the launch of the Open Source Wireless-G Router (WGR614L), designed to allow users to mess around with the specifications of their rou... |
1 July 2008
03:54 GMT |
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The success recorded by the most recent MMORPG released by Funcom and Eidos, Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures might not be exactly what was expected from the game, but still both the developers and publishers are quite satisfied: more than 700.000 gamers have signed up for an account by now and numbers keep growing,... |
1 July 2008
03:37 GMT |
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An update to the Windows Kernel fails to play all that well with Windows Vista Service Pack 1 causing the operating system to restart randomly. Microsoft informed that KB932596, an update designed to improve Kernel Patch Protection in the 64-bit versions of the Windows client and server operating systems, is in fact ... |
1 July 2008
03:32 GMT |
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Along with the unexpectedly fast release of OS X 10.5.4, Apple also issued the maintenance and security update for Server users of the OS. The update includes general operating system fixes, as well as specific fixes for some areas."The latest release of Apple's UNIX server operating system makes it easy for sma... |
1 July 2008
03:28 GMT |
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The official AMD's motherboard chipset roadmap for 2009 has been revealed by the guys from ChileHardware, and we had a look at it. Some of the things showed here are not much of a surprise, the next-generation AMD motherboards will feature the latest technologies, including DDR3, on which we've already said... |
1 July 2008
03:27 GMT |
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Daniel Dove is a 26 year old guy from Virginia who spends his time working as an upload administrator for popular tracker EliteTorrents. He was taken into custody after Operation D-Elite (that's what the FBI dubbed it), trialled in a court of law and found guilty of copyright infringement. Although the sentence... |
1 July 2008
03:21 GMT |
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As most expected, Nikon has announced today the latest incarnation of the company's most advanced technologies in the form of the new D700, a full-frame version of the D300. Apart from the main dish, the manufacturer has also introduced the new SB-900 Speedlight and two perspective control lenses, the PC-E Micr... |
1 July 2008
03:20 GMT |
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Sony Ericsson is having a bit of a hard time, as it has recently announced that both its net sales and net income are declining. This is mainly due to the facts that, as the company puts it, there's a "moderating demand of mid-to-high end mobile phones". Also, it seems that the Swedish Japanese company is also a... |
1 July 2008
03:19 GMT |
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The Large Hadron Collider is rapidly approaching completion and should become operational by the end of the year. It will become the biggest particle collider ever built, probably powerful enough to create even microscopic black holes. It has been suggested on a number of occasions, despite CERN's reassurance, t... |
1 July 2008
03:18 GMT |
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Nintendo is really putting its money where its mouth is. After promising regular updates for the WiiWare service, which aims to bring small, interesting games to Nintendo Wii users through a download service, Nintendo is announcing new additions to the service in the form of one new game and one new update for the No... |
1 July 2008
03:17 GMT |
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With all the hype surrounding Spore, we're not surprised to see that games which either present you the Spore Wars (Wii) or what happened before the Spore Wars (DS) are thrown at us. The fact is that you can't even blame these two titles for trying to steal a bit of the attention focused on Spore, since the... |
1 July 2008
03:11 GMT |
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AMD is taking a shot at the desktop processor market with the release of three new Phenom processors. One of these CPUs, the new Phenom X4 9850 Black Edition, will become AMD's flagship model, taking the place of the company's previous title holder, the Phenom X4 9850. Unlike the Black Edition Phenom, the o... |
1 July 2008
03:09 GMT |
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Apple released yesterday a new Time Capsule and AirPort Base Station (802.11n) Firmware update. Version 7.3.2 requires that you have AirPort Utility 5.3.2. The firmware update includes general fixes and compatibility updates. "About Time Capsule, AirPort Extreme and AirPort Express Base Station with 802.11n Firmware ... |
1 July 2008
02:58 GMT |
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The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory was first designed for a mission destined to study the Sun and its activity, which is what it still continues to do after nearly 13 years since it was launched into space by the European Space Agency. Who would have thought back then that SOHO would later become the biggest come... |
1 July 2008
02:47 GMT |
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For the PC gamer, the mouse and keyboard control scheme has become pretty much standard fare, with the much used joystick dying along with the whole videogaming genre of the space simulator and with the popularity of the driving wheel going down while racing sims remain popular. It's now pretty unusual to see a ... |
1 July 2008
02:37 GMT |
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Electronic Arts has no plans to let its virtual football managers down (or refuse some extra income, or a bit of both) so they announced that their beloved simulation game FIFA Manager will return this autumn and it will be bigger, better and more real than ever.We have the same "story": players get the chance to con... |
1 July 2008
02:32 GMT |
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