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AT&T, North America's largest mobile carrier, has announced that it will offer more than 2,000 free GoPhone handsets to US residents who need to evacuate their houses as a preventive measure against the devastations that Hurricane Gustav might cause. The handsets are given with a $15 national air time credi... |
1 September 2008
13:19 GMT |
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Internet Explorer 8 will be not only an apex of performance, but also the next major iteration of the Windows client, according to Microsoft. After the Windows Vista experience, Microsoft has developed a comprehensive strategy for evolving the Windows 7 performance, introducing a set of criteria that will dictate whe... |
1 September 2008
12:36 GMT |
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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has joined India in becoming one of the first countries where Nokia's N96 Nseries flagship smartphone will be on sale. Nokia has recently announced that the N96 is set to hit the UAE market in the second week of September, hence users there don't have much to wait at all. ... |
1 September 2008
12:33 GMT |
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While Microsoft made available Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 at the end of August according to the initial plans, Mozilla is falling behind schedule with the development of Firefox 3.1 codenamed Shiretoko. The successor of Firefox 3.0, launched in June 2008, Shiretoko was supposed to debut into beta by the end of August... |
1 September 2008
12:15 GMT |
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According to a recent survey conducted by GMX and cited by TMC Net, 40% of Britons are not aware of the fact that the ads displayed along with their electronic mail messages are related to the content of these. The same percentage of people, although not necessarily made up by the same persons, said they were concern... |
1 September 2008
11:51 GMT |
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Microsoft is preparing to follow rivals Google and Apple with the release of an application store for devices powered by its Windows Mobile operating system. The Mountain View-based search giant has Android Market, the Cupertino-based hardware company has App Store, and Microsoft is cooking Skymarket. The detail... |
1 September 2008
11:46 GMT |
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One of the most significant advantages of HP's Mini-Note netbook system is that, unlike all the other Atom-powered netbooks currently available on the market, it can support a Windows Vista operating system. This is also one of the reasons for the higher price tag that comes attached to the Mini-Note, especially... |
1 September 2008
11:31 GMT |
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Two of RIM's new but unofficially announced BlackBerry smartphones, the Javelin and the KickStart (also known as Pearl 8220), have been recently spotted in new live images, allowing us to make a size comparison between them. Moreover, the new pictures also include the already-released (in some markets) BlackBerr... |
1 September 2008
11:21 GMT |
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Google has announced that users interested in the latest series of events related to Hurricane Gustav can now search for them on Google Earth. The application delivers, under the Weather tab, the latest information on the hurricane. The natural phenomenon was granted a special place in Google's applic... |
1 September 2008
11:03 GMT |
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Guild Software has released two new patches for its massively-multiplayer online space strategy game, Vendetta Online. Currently at version 1.8.34, Vendetta Online features a new ship variant, nine new missions for low level players, a new weapon, and more. The bugs reported in previous versions of the game have also... |
1 September 2008
10:55 GMT |
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Microsoft acknowledged updating issues related to a limited amount of Antigen and Forefront Server Security solutions deployed by customers. According to the Redmond giant, the Microsoft AV engine failed to bring up to date some installations of its enterprise security products. The company indicated that all product... |
1 September 2008
10:30 GMT |
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The E71, one of the two new Eseries smartphones that Nokia has recently started selling, will be soon available across Canada. While lots of users might expect the handset to be picked by Rogers, the largest Canadian mobile carrier, it seems that the only operator to offer the E71 will be Fido. Of course, Fido is Rog... |
1 September 2008
10:28 GMT |
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Tycoon Games has announced work on a new dating sim, Heileen. The game revolves around a young woman onboard a ship, as she is traveling to the New World. Set in the 17th century, the game has players finding Heileen's true love.“I’ve finished the first 2 chapters of the game,” says the game�... |
1 September 2008
10:24 GMT |
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As we already noted in many of our previous posts, solid-state drives are expected to become the next standard in the storage market. This is exactly why several manufacturers are dedicating a considerable part of their R&D resources to improve the current flash-based SSD technology, making it more accessible to cons... |
1 September 2008
10:11 GMT |
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comScore has made public the results of its latest study regarding the online preferences of Japanese users for the month of June. As it turns out, an important role was played by the launch of Apple’s iPhone 3G in the country, which caused users here to pay more attention than usual to technology-related news ... |
1 September 2008
10:10 GMT |
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Blizzard has a history of unparalleled innovation when it comes to strategy gaming and especially to its Starcraft franchise. Warcraft was always more formulaic in its approach to strategy, but Starcraft incorporated some elements that were really revolutionary when the game shipped. One of these elements was t... |
1 September 2008
09:48 GMT |
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Back in February, during MWC 2008, almost everyone was excited about Sony Ericsson's new and uber-cool Xperia X1 smartphone, presented from the beginning as one of the most attractive high-end mobile devices of 2008. Sony Ericsson said the X1 would be available "in the second half" of 2008, so everyone was hopin... |
1 September 2008
09:41 GMT |
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Are you the kind of real time strategy fan that spent countless hours ejecting the Russian hordes from Europe in the first Red Alert, while watching the awesome, at the time, full motion cut scenes featuring Stalin and Einstein? Or are you just a new player interested in revisiting one of the classics of gaming?&nbs... |
1 September 2008
09:38 GMT |
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A group of hackers, members of the Anti-Fascist Action (ANTIFA), successfully broke into the forum of the Blood & Honor neo-Nazi network. They retrieved over 800 MB of information on members, discussions and meetings, and then uploaded the archives for download on public file sharing servers.The Blood & Honor i... |
1 September 2008
09:30 GMT |
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Once you make the buy, the iPhone suddenly becomes even more important than your girlfriend. It's understandable. After all, thanks to its curves and slim appearance, it could easily compete with real-life models. But, is it something you’d want to hide from the eyes of the envious, just to protect th... |
1 September 2008
09:21 GMT |
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Unlike Dell, which is yet to unveil its highly anticipated netbook, dubbed Inpsiron 910, LG Electronics has finally entered the sub-notebook market with the introduction of its 3G-capable X110 netbook. The new release has been showcased at this year's IFA consumer electronics show, which is currently taking plac... |
1 September 2008
09:18 GMT |
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Microsoft has informed of an issue impacting both Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (but not RTM) and Windows Server 2008 RTM/SP1 on machines with AMD SB700 Southbridge chipsets installed. According to the Redmond giant, both the latest versions of its Windows client and server operating systems may crash when placed into... |
1 September 2008
09:09 GMT |
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GFT inboxx, a British company specialized in archiving solutions, performed a survey which returned alarming results – over fifty percent of the questioned employees responded that either they didn't have any email policies at work or they didn't have knowledge of them. The majority of respondent... |
1 September 2008
08:45 GMT |
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Flash-based storage devices have come a long way, especially since almost every computer user out there currently relies on this type of storage media. Ranging from USB sticks to memory cards, all these products are basically based on the technology that can provide them with a significant amount of storage space for... |
1 September 2008
08:32 GMT |
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Samsung is currently showcasing, during the IFA 2008 fair held in Berlin, Germany (August 29 –September 3), more than ten new mobile phones. The models presented by the South Korean manufacturer include: Samsung D980 Duos, Samsung S7330, Samsung M3510, Samsung M200, Samsung M150, Samsung B510, Samsung... |
1 September 2008
08:31 GMT |
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EVE Online creators are not content with coming up with maybe the most cerebral MMO on the market; they plan on making it even more taxing on our poor little gaming brains. The developers working for CCP, which created and is now publishing the game, are interested in adding new players to the economi... |
1 September 2008
08:21 GMT |
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Microsoft is providing end users with the instructions necessary to disable or remove altogether the WGA Notifications anti-piracy mechanism from Windows XP. However, according to the Redmond company, only the pilot version of the Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications can be either rendered useless or uninstalled c... |
1 September 2008
07:46 GMT |
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At the end of the past week, a new initiative from Microsoft Taiwan and Chunghwa Telecom went live under the name Live Pages. The label is designed to indicate a Live Search Maps and Virtual Earth version 1 release aimed exclusively at the Taiwanese market. The collaboration between the Redmond company's local d... |
1 September 2008
07:07 GMT |
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As a Mac owner using Microsoft's Excel, you will be pleased to know that Solver for Excel 2008 is now available for free download. Courtesy of Frontline Systems, but also of the Microsoft Mac Business Unit, the analysis tool for Excel has finally reached the Mac.“Frontline Systems developed the original So... |
1 September 2008
07:03 GMT |
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The digital download services out there seem to be entering a golden age. Steam, coming from Valve, already has a pretty large library and big titles, like STALKER: Clear Sky, are getting released on Steam at the same time they are available in retail stores. Now Stardock is pushing hard for its own digital download... |
1 September 2008
06:54 GMT |
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When you say multi-touch, most of us instantly think of the technology used in some of Apple's successful products, such as the iPhone or the MacBook Pro. This technology allows users to interact with a certain device using their fingers, with several touch combinations. However, MultiTouch is also the name of a... |
1 September 2008
06:53 GMT |
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Fujitsu Siemens Computers launched two SCENICVIEW ECO monitors, the 20-inch 'P20W-5 ECO' and the 22-inch 'P22W-5 ECO', which are the first zero-watt displays to be launched. The company received thousands of orders from customers across the EMEA region since it announced the zero-watt monitor... |
1 September 2008
06:50 GMT |
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Nominum Inc., one of the companies that provides network naming and addressing solutions, has released a security update for its Vantio DNS server platform that is supposed to offer unprecedented protection against DNS cache poisoning attacks. According to the company, the new revolutionary security features reduce t... |
1 September 2008
06:43 GMT |
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Many of us receive unwanted messages claiming to have been sent on behalf of banks, but which are in fact phishing attacks attempting to steal private information, along with any money we might have in the accounts. Those who realize that the so-called bank employees are nothing but snakes in the grass can sometimes ... |
1 September 2008
06:43 GMT |
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HTC Touch Diamond is finally confirmed to be released in the US via Sprint, the third largest North American mobile carrier. The Diamond appears as coming soon on the Bluefish Sprint web page, with the estimated release date sometime this month (September). Although there are no official details yet about the pr... |
1 September 2008
06:33 GMT |
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THQ is preparing to unleash another casual game. It's called Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?: Make the Grade and it's billed as being a direct sequel of Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? which apparently brought the company a lot of money. In Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?: Make the Grade the p... |
1 September 2008
06:25 GMT |
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It looks like Spore's creator (and renowned video game designer) Will Wright is taking the Mac version of his God game very seriously. Apple is announcing that the famous designer is coming to the Apple Store, Regent Street, to offer some insight on the evolution simulation game known as Spore, which has spent t... |
1 September 2008
06:25 GMT |
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The PC/OS team announced a couple of days ago the final release of their Linux distro. Now available for download, PC/OS 2008v2 comes with various updated packages, as well as all of Ubuntu's (8.04.1) bug fixes and distribution updates. Two versions are provided, the client and the server relea... |
1 September 2008
05:55 GMT |
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Can success doom an event? I bet this is the question that the organizers of the Leipzig Games Convention are trying to answer right about now. Their show has been said to have been batter than this year's E3, mainly because it managed to serve both fans and industry insiders. The organizers, the very Germa... |
1 September 2008
05:53 GMT |
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Following the availability of Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 starting on August 27, 2008, Microsoft released new documentation for the browser. In this context, the Redmond giant has made available for download a Technology Overview of IE8 Beta 2 aimed at IT professionals and enterprise environments. Looking beyond the B... |
1 September 2008
05:49 GMT |
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LG Electronics (LG) announced today at IFA International 2008 in Berlin, Germany, its goals and strategies for the display business. LG is already a tier one maker in the global flat panel display market, and the objectives are intended to reinforce its position, as the company plans to increase its display sales to ... |
1 September 2008
05:49 GMT |
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Flux is a new web design application from The Escapers. The newly updated application (V. 1.2.2) includes a slew of code corrections, some tweaks to the User Interface and, best of all, support for the Komodo Editor.Aimed at those looking to design XHTML/CSS websites, Flux lets you, as a Mac user, create the whole si... |
1 September 2008
05:46 GMT |
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Activision Blizzard sends word that the development of a new Tony Hawk videogame for the Nintendo DS platform is now official and that it will be called Tony Hawk's Motion. The title is an indication that the game will have motion control capabilities created by way of an add-on which will use the GBA port of th... |
1 September 2008
05:42 GMT |
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Security products maker Check Point has released the newest version of its products bundle - the ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite 8.0, together with ZoneAlarm Pro and ZoneAlarm Antivirus. The new items promise to protect from threats that no other competitor manages to overthrow. “Because criminals are be... |
1 September 2008
05:31 GMT |
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Shortly after unveiling new color versions for the K770, G502, W350 and W980 models, Sony Ericsson has come up with other new hues, this time for the C902 and W910 handsets. Available for the moment only in Swift Black and Luscious Red, Sony Ericsson C902 will pretty soon be sold in a Cinnamon Bronze versio... |
1 September 2008
05:26 GMT |
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When the netbook market was just budding, HP was among the first systems vendors to release their own small-sized portable computer systems. The debut of HP’s Mini-Note on the market took place earlier this year, on April 8. Thought of as the first competitor for ASUS' Eee PC, the new small portable comput... |
1 September 2008
05:20 GMT |
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On the always surprising Japanese market the Nintendo DS still manages to hold on to the first spot in hardware sales, right in front of the PlayStation Portable, as shown by data from the market research firm Media Create. It's the third week this summer when the Nintendo made handheld manages to top the h... |
1 September 2008
05:09 GMT |
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Besides improving its powerful download manager for Mac OS X, Speed Download 5, Yazsoft has also recently announced that it is giving away 10 iPhone 3G units to those who register with them. Since you're probably going to end up on Yazsoft’s page in about 2 seconds or so, you should also check out the comp... |
1 September 2008
05:05 GMT |
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Welcome to our 9th issue of Softpedia Linux Weekly! In this edition, you can read about: the new GNOME edition released by the Zenwalk Linux team; the 7.5 release of MEPIS AntiX that introduces the AntiX Control Centre; Rack-Soft introduces VoipNow browser module that allows click to call functions within the visited... |
1 September 2008
05:04 GMT |
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Since this year's Computex show, which was held in Taipei, Taiwan, some of MSI Wind’s fans have been waiting for the release of the 9-inch version of the company's netbook. It took the Taiwanese manufacturer this long to finally release the entire specification list for its Wind U90 netbook, which ha... |
1 September 2008
04:36 GMT |
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Microsoft is experimenting with the Live Search home page in order to produce the perfect wallpaper recipe. At the end of July, the Redmond company introduced a face lift to Live Search as part of the service's march toward Windows Live Wave 3. The home page redesign was accompanied by inter-changing background ... |
1 September 2008
04:33 GMT |
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Since the beginning, this year has been greatly marked by news regarding Intel's Atom processor, a product the chip manufacturer sees in many of the Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) that will allow people to interact with each other in the future. The company wants to extend the use of the Atom processors from han... |
1 September 2008
04:31 GMT |
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Shadow is a clipboard utility for Mac OS X, developed by The Escapers. Installed as a menu item alongside Spotlight, Time Machine and other system extensions, Shadow manages multiple clipboard items, in an infinite number of clipboards. Clipboards can be shared over the local network, even protected by a password. Th... |
1 September 2008
04:28 GMT |
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Motorola's best camera phone, the MOTOZINE ZN5, will be soon available in India, offering mobile users from across the Asian country the chance to own the first-ever mobile device created in collaboration with Kodak. The phone's highlight is, of course, its photo camera, which has 5 Megapixels and come... |
1 September 2008
04:23 GMT |
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An Australian woman decided to put up for auction a letter written by her ex-husband, in which he basically let her know that the two of them shared the same tastes in men. And where would she find a better auction house than on eBay? The two and their two children had been a family for over 20 years when the husband... |
1 September 2008
04:20 GMT |
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A few days ago, the Kiwilinux team announced the release of the latest version of their Linux distribution. Kiwi 8.04 has some nice features, like the support for the Speedtouch USB ADSL modem, and also includes by default the necessary packages to play restricted video, audio and Flash formats.The software repositor... |
1 September 2008
04:05 GMT |
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As we previously noted in several of our articles, the netbook market must be one of the most dynamic segments of the hardware industry. This year alone, several manufacturers have come out with their own netbook models, all of which had but one main competitor, the ASUS Eee PC. That's chiefly because ASUS is r... |
1 September 2008
03:58 GMT |
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A handset named "Dream" should be among the best-looking mobile devices on the market, right? Well, HTC's Dream (also known as HTC G1), the first handset to come with Google's Android OS, doesn't really have what it takes to be considered beautiful. Several live pictures with the Dream have recently be... |
1 September 2008
03:35 GMT |
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Developer Padadaz has released an innovative application for iPhone users, called PhotoSwap. It lets you take pictures of... well, anything really meaningful, and instantly send them to a friend. The recipient, in turn, can answer back with another photo. Best of all, PhotoSwap is free!Per the app's publisher, D... |
1 September 2008
03:34 GMT |
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A 15-second boot time is the target Microsoft is aiming for with the evolution of Windows 7's startup performance. The software giant in fact spared no resources for the next major iteration of the Windows client, and has an entire team focusing exclusively on the performance associated with the startup process.... |
1 September 2008
03:33 GMT |
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Chaos Legion is a video game developed and published by Capcom and created for the PlayStation 2 gaming console from Sony and for the PC. Released in 2003, the game is classed as an action adventure title with a lot of role playing elements intertwined in the gameplay, and it is played from a third person perspective... |
1 September 2008
03:28 GMT |
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The owner of the only news portal in Ingushetia, a Russian province bordering Chechnya, was killed while in police arrest. After getting off the plane that was bringing him home, he was detained by the police and, as he was escorted to a waiting car, he was shot in the head. Despite being driven as soon as possi... |
1 September 2008
03:28 GMT |
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Champions of Norrath: Return to Arms is a video game created by Snowblind Studios and published by Sony Online Entertainment in 2005. Developed only for the PlayStation 2 gaming console from Sony, it was classed as an action title with a dark medieval theme that sought to introduce some light role playing game elemen... |
1 September 2008
03:15 GMT |
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Today is the 1st of September, which actually means that all those rumors of an August release for Dell's highly anticipated mini-notebook have been nothing more than just that – rumors. Either that, or Dell is having certain problems with achieving the $299 price tag, which is yet another rumor that has b... |
1 September 2008
03:09 GMT |
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Yazsoft has updated the Sparkle-based update mechanism in its download manager and file sharing combo application, Speed Download. Version 5.0.6 also fixes a number of bugs and adds “several under the hood fixes and tweaks.”Speed Download is touted as "the fastest, and most complete download manager for M... |
1 September 2008
03:04 GMT |
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Champions of Norrath: Realms of Everquest is a video game created by Snowblind Studios and published by Sony Online Entertainment in 2005. Developed only for the PlayStation 2 gaming console from Sony, it was classed as an action title with a dark medieval theme that sought to introduce some light role playing game e... |
1 September 2008
02:44 GMT |
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Castlevania: Lament of Innocence is a video game created and published by Konami Interactive. It was developed just for the PlayStation 2 gaming console from Sony, and was launched in 2005. It is classed as an action adventure title with a medieval and fantasy setting that is played from a third person perspective.Ca... |
1 September 2008
02:12 GMT |
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