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When Grand Theft Auto IV launched, Microsoft urged a lot of players to buy the Xbox 360 version of the game by promising that it would get massive downloadable content from Rockstar in the fall of 2008. It's one of the reasons why the Xbox 360 version of the game outsold the PlayStation 3 variant.Now Rockstar an... |
11 November 2008
20:11 GMT |
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LEGO Star Wars II follows the Rebel Alliance's battle to dismantle the Galactic Empire and rebuild a galaxy in pieces. From Darth Vader's pursuit of Princess Leia aboard her Blockade Runner to a showdown on the reconstructed Death Star, the game includes even more of the family-friendly LEGO action, puzzles... |
11 November 2008
16:21 GMT |
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Microsoft is unveiling the first line-up of applications built for its Live Mesh synchronization environment. The MeshPack was developed by the Microsoft Startup Labs as a set of programs designed to integrate seamlessly with Live Mesh. While Live Mesh Beta is opened to the general public, MeshPack can only be access... |
11 November 2008
15:41 GMT |
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DICE is announcing having released the long named Battlefield: Bad Company Community Choice Pack on Xbox Live. The pack is free to download and is basically made up of four single player maps that have been adapted by the company to be playable in multiplayer.Two of the maps themselves were picked through a vote of t... |
11 November 2008
15:31 GMT |
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This time next week, users will finally be able to get their hands on the latest Intel desktop platform, which will come to support the company's new Core i7 processors. The Nehalem-supporting motherboards will be based on Intel's next-generation X58 chipset, which means that an upgrade will also require a... |
11 November 2008
15:21 GMT |
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In the evolution from Windows Vista to Windows 7, Microsoft is committed to offering an increased level of control over the Windows client to the end user. In this context, the Redmond company has fine tuned a variety of areas across the operating system, and paid special attention to the balloon popups from the syst... |
11 November 2008
15:11 GMT |
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Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga is a video game released in 2007. It is based on the Star Wars-themed toy line by the Lego Group, and is a combination of the highly successful Lego Star Wars: The Video Game and its sequel Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy. The game was announced by LucasArts on May 25, 2007 a... |
11 November 2008
14:31 GMT |
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Windows 7 will undoubtedly take the graphical user interface and the interaction model to the next level not only as far as the Windows client is concerned, but also in terms of the content designed to integrate seamlessly with the operating system. Previews of what Windows client applications will look and feel like... |
11 November 2008
14:21 GMT |
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Everyone's talking about upscaling nowadays as if it were the new “Mesiah” of consumer electronics. While the truth is that, albeit good, upscaling will never achieve the same level of image quality as “genuine” HD content (such as the one provided by Blu-ray discs), quite a lot of compan... |
11 November 2008
14:21 GMT |
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The upcoming stage in the development of the next iteration of Firefox is blocked by a consistent volume of bugs, Mozilla revealed. No less than 17 blockers are stopping Firefox 3.1 from moving onward to Beta 2. On November 10, the conclusion was that the Firefox 3.1, codename Shiretoko, Beta 2 was not ready for buil... |
11 November 2008
13:41 GMT |
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The MMOG (Massively Multiplayer Online Game) market is huge, encompassing games like the very popular RPGs, shooters or sports ones and providing them, in some cases, with an extremely well-polished online experience.Although fantasy based MMORPGs are currently dominating the market, with World of Warcraft having ove... |
11 November 2008
13:01 GMT |
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Ubisoft is sending word that it has acquired Massive Entertainment, a development studio based in Malmo, Sweden, which is best known for the Ground Control series and for last year's blockbuster real time strategy title World in Conflict. The studio currently employs around 120 people and Ubisoft has announced t... |
11 November 2008
13:01 GMT |
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Lego Batman: The Videogame brings an original storyline which puts together both the controllable dynamic duo (Batman and Robin) and Gotham City's most notorious criminals (The Joker, The Penguin, Catwoman, Scarecrow, Killer Croc, The Riddler, Mr. Freeze, Harley Quinn, Two Face, Bane, Clayface and Poison Ivy) - ... |
11 November 2008
12:41 GMT |
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Nowadays, there are many solutions offering you the possibility to schedule various actions of your computer. You can launch applications automatically, monitor the activity of your computer remotely, and even schedule your Mac to shut down, sleep or log off after a certain period of time or when a specific action ta... |
11 November 2008
11:31 GMT |
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It seems that for the Phoenix Lander, the spacecraft many have come to be attached to, the end is indeed nigh. Technicians lost contact with the craft on November 2nd, but hoped to be able to resume communication with the lander. But it appears that this is no longer possible, since the Sun does not provide enough en... |
11 November 2008
11:04 GMT |
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Activision is currently the biggest game developer and publisher out there, overtaking Electronic Arts recently in terms of sales and games published. This made the major corporation quite proud and it said that it would continue to deliver the best games around, and, for this goal, it would make any investment neces... |
11 November 2008
11:01 GMT |
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These are very troubled times for developers and publishers of games, because people don't have the same amount of money to spare on games, and are now much more careful as to what titles they buy. This has made a lot of medium-sized companies focus on franchises and games with which people are already familiar,... |
11 November 2008
11:01 GMT |
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Though the decline in bee populations has been well-documented worldwide, a recent study in the prestigious journal Current Biology says that the food supply is not yet in any immediate danger. Modern agricultural practices have constantly increased yields since the 1960s, when the food production finally surpassed d... |
11 November 2008
11:00 GMT |
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As Apple continues doing whatever it pleases with the submissions awaiting approval for the App Store (not that it's not Apple's business to do so), rejections are getting weirder and more diverse by the day. This time around, Apple has denied an update to an app that has seen its acceptance on the venue, a... |
11 November 2008
10:58 GMT |
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Recently, Japan's NEC has been creating quite a buzz in the world of computer systems, as it is said to have launched a new series of desktop computer systems, the PowerMate P series all-in-one desktop PCs. Part of the series, NEC has just announced two new systems, the P4000 and the P6000, which have been desig... |
11 November 2008
10:54 GMT |
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Namco Bandai Networks Europe, which over the years has been offering gamers plenty of exciting challenges such as Pac-Man, Galaga and Galaxians, Time Crisis and Brain Coach, is now releasing their latest Pac-Man creation. Respecting their status as one of the leading global publishers of mobile games, Namco Bandai Ne... |
11 November 2008
10:47 GMT |
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A patent filing made by Apple in July this year, for a more reliable Apple Remote control system, has been recently made available to the public. Apple talks of a remote, similar to the Nintendo Wii's controller (the Wii Remote). However, Apple's device would be able to better distinguish predetermined ligh... |
11 November 2008
10:19 GMT |
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The worst Russian submarine incident since the 2000 explosion of a torpedo killing 118 persons aboard took place this Saturday. Now, more details of the tragedy have been made public. It seems that the event that led to the death of 20 persons and injuring of another 21 was caused by a false alarm that triggered the ... |
11 November 2008
10:18 GMT |
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Corelane has announced its debut in the App Store with the release of Clonyk for Apple iPhone and iPod touch. Clonyk is a pure casual game with “refreshing and original gameplay,” and is the very first iPhone title in a series to be launched on Apple's portables.“Corelane is going iPhone! Our v... |
11 November 2008
10:10 GMT |
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Martin Logan have recently announced the launching of their newest speaker, codenamed "Feature," a self-powered unit that can be used in a multitude of ways around the house. Feature from Martin Logan continues the traditional building methods and brings forth the same acclaimed electrostatic speaker technology that ... |
11 November 2008
10:09 GMT |
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Back in October, NEC introduced a netbook of its own, the LaVie Light, which was the company’s contribution to a market that had already seen its share of small-sized, low-power and low-cost portable computer systems. However, since then, the LaVie Light failed to make its appearance, which naturally prompted ... |
11 November 2008
10:07 GMT |
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Genetics managed a breakthrough in tissue engineering, when a German team of scientists, led by Ralf Sodian, MD, cardiac surgeon at University Hospital of Munich, announced that stem cells from the blood flowing through the umbilical cord could be used to create artificial heart valves for infants born with malfuncti... |
11 November 2008
10:06 GMT |
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The epic story of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker continues as Link finds himself lost and alone in unknown seas in a new adventure. Featuring intuitive touch-screen controls and innovative puzzles, The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass offers new challenges for the fans of the series and an easy-to-grasp introd... |
11 November 2008
10:01 GMT |
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The use of off-label prescriptions is so widespread among American caregivers, that estimates say it accounts for 50 percent of all drug use in the country. That is to say, doctors prescribe medications for the treatment of diseases those drugs were not tested on. The FDA tests all therapies on a specific disease, an... |
11 November 2008
09:30 GMT |
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The announcement of the new Beatb M3510 by Samsung is bound to make music lovers looking for another phone to add to their collection happy. This addition seems to be a very promising one, as its special features are more than worth reviewing.The Beatb M3510 is a very light phone, weighing only 68g and measuring 109 ... |
11 November 2008
09:27 GMT |
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Indonesia was caught by surprise and largely affected by a massive tsunami wave four years ago, which caused approximately 170,000 people to go missing or to be found dead across the sultanate of the Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam province, situated on the northern portion of the Sumatra island. As a result, since then, a ... |
11 November 2008
09:24 GMT |
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Geoengineering, a concept that may have sounded like science-fiction a couple of decades ago, is now being seriously considered as a last-resort option, in the fight against global warming. Though they may seem extreme, solutions like injecting the atmosphere with specific particles of dust may be the last things sta... |
11 November 2008
09:21 GMT |
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Victor Faur from Arad, Romania, caught the international headlines in 2006, when he was indicted in the U.S. for one count of conspiracy and nine of computer intrusion, for obtaining unauthorized access to systems belonging to several government institutions. After a trial that lasted almost a year, a local Romanian ... |
11 November 2008
09:03 GMT |
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The market for home robots that can act as companions or even pets keeps growing, the constant leaps ahead in the field of robotics allowing these devices to reach very high levels of complexity. And that's exactly the case with the latest product introduced by Japanese company G-Robots, dubbed G-Dog, which shou... |
11 November 2008
09:01 GMT |
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The solid state drive industry is growing significantly with each passing day, and, consequently, we are seeing better, more advanced and faster solutions being released on the market. The latest in the world of SSD storage comes from Violin Memory, a provider of the world's fastest and most scalable memory appl... |
11 November 2008
08:55 GMT |
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A new scientific study shows that overweight women are more impulsive in making decisions than those with an average weight in the control group. Male subjects exhibited the same degree of rationality in making decisions, no matter their body mass index. Researchers have no clue as to why obese women prefer making ha... |
11 November 2008
08:51 GMT |
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More or less, it was somewhat common knowledge that corn plays a crucial part in the industry of fast food, in one way or another. And in order to add more solid ground to this belief, a recent research has explored the real basis on which the $100-billion industry resides. The chemical tests performed in restaurants... |
11 November 2008
08:50 GMT |
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Rather than stop being Apple fans, tech-savvy folks prefer to take matters into their own hands and craft out their own Apple-based solutions. However, the iPhone-and-Xbox 360-Chatpad-hack seems to stretch the concept a tad over the limit.As some of you may know, Microsoft released a small keyboard suitable for messa... |
11 November 2008
08:49 GMT |
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Tarong Power is one of the main electricity suppliers in Queensland, where it's responsible for producing some 25 percent of the demand in the region. It has three major, coal-fired plants. Two of those, Tarong and Tarong North, engulf approximately 7 million tonnes of coal from the nearby mines of the company e... |
11 November 2008
08:45 GMT |
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Voxofon, a provider of VoIP services, has just announced the release of a mobile client for Android-powered phones that enables users to make cheap international phone calls.The application, which has run until now in beta, has been well received by the T-Mobile G1 handset owners, mainly because of its ease of use. A... |
11 November 2008
08:41 GMT |
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The ingenuity of inventors is a powerful thing, and an amazing one as well, as evidenced by British researchers, who created the first heart-powered electricity generator in the world. The device, tested on pigs, works quite simply, or so the inventors say. During tests, scientists at the Southampton University Hospi... |
11 November 2008
08:21 GMT |
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DDRMAX Dance Dance Revolution is a video game developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo Inc. and published by Konami Digital Entertainment Inc. The title was created exclusively for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony, and was released in September 2002. It is classed as a rhythm game, played from a third-pers... |
11 November 2008
08:21 GMT |
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Opera has released a beta for its Opera Mini web browser currently at version 4.2. The mobile web browsing solution has been at the center of hot debates recently, with Opera's CEO Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner reportedly saying that “Opera’s engineers have developed a version of Opera Mini that can r... |
11 November 2008
08:04 GMT |
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Left 4 Dead is Valve's big bet this holiday season. The company had a major success last year when it released The Orange Box, one of the most successful products, which featured Half Life 2: Episode Two, Portal and Team Fortress 2, so hopes are high as the horror survival zombie shooter is getting ready to hit ... |
11 November 2008
08:01 GMT |
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Following the release of Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, Microsoft has made it increasingly easy for customers to access and test-drive its latest iterations of Windows client and server platforms. First off, both operating systems offer an extensive trial-base period, Vista of up to 120 days, and Windows Serv... |
11 November 2008
07:40 GMT |
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As described in a previous article, Moon dust is a terrible problem that astronauts have to face and which has to be solved if humans are ever supposed to set a firm foot on lunar surface for more than just an erratic scientific expedition. That type of dust is extremely fine and rugged, as well as very adherent to a... |
11 November 2008
07:18 GMT |
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One aspect of the Windows client which will evolve in the move from Windows Vista to Windows 7 will be the audio subsystems. Now, the fact that Windows 7 is an evolution of Vista, nothing more than Windows Vista R2 if you will, is also valid for the audio infrastructure of the operating system. According to Larry Ost... |
11 November 2008
07:03 GMT |
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Logitech, one of the leading providers of computer peripherals, has just announced the introduction of yet another product to implement the design features of the company's diNovo keyboard. Created specifically for users working with one of Apple's Mac computer systems, the new diNovo Keyboard, Mac Edition,... |
11 November 2008
07:01 GMT |
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Clarity is a well respected name on the market and a leader in sound amplification devices, its technologies changing the life of many aging citizens long before the appearance of the C900 and, most importantly, developing new devices that are better and easier to use every time.This phone is probably going to feel l... |
11 November 2008
06:53 GMT |
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The US dependency on foreign oil and other fossil fuels has been a controversial subject over the years, as well as in the last presidential campaign. Various scientists and public figures have advocated for both more off-shore drilling and the development of alternate energy sources and biofuels. And while the latte... |
11 November 2008
06:52 GMT |
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Harvest Moon DS Cute is a customized version of Harvest Moon DS, which now has content exclusively for girls. The original title is the first game in the farm simulation series developed by Marvelous Interactive and published by Nintendo exclusively for the DS handheld consoles. The game was released in Japan on the ... |
11 November 2008
06:51 GMT |
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Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2 is a video game developed by Z-Axis Ltd. and published by Acclaim Entertainment Inc. It was created for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony, for the original Xbox from Microsoft, the GameCube and the Game Boy Advance. Launched in September 2001, the game is classed as a sports title, based ... |
11 November 2008
06:51 GMT |
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A team of astronomers led by Stephen Tegler from the Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff were culling through pictures of the biggest dwarf planet beyond Neptune called Eris, when they came across a startling discovery. The small plutoid (as this type of planets is named) sported major changes in its surface com... |
11 November 2008
06:25 GMT |
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Parallels has just announced the release of Parallels 4.0 Desktop for Mac. Parallels users ca run multiple OSes side by side on their Mac, and even share the applications running in each of them. Version 4.0 performs up to 50% faster, using less system resources, and includes a range of security, backup and power sav... |
11 November 2008
06:25 GMT |
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As many of you probably already know, Advanced Micro Devices plans to release its latest server microprocessor, code-named Shanghai, in just a few days, on November 13th, to be more precise. The new chip is a Quad core Opteron, manufactured using the 45nm process technology, and expected to come with a clock running ... |
11 November 2008
06:24 GMT |
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This day appears seems to be a “storage day” of sorts, as Hitachi has just introduced its new 2.5-inch 500GB hard disk drive, following the official announcement from competitor Fujitsu. As with the new drives from Fujitsu, Hitachi's latest 500GB 2.5-inch HDDs have also been equipped with d... |
11 November 2008
06:13 GMT |
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According to the 2008 DNS Survey, commissioned by network services appliances vendor Infoblox, while some improvements are noticeable, compared to 2007, millions of publicly available DNS servers still allow open recursion, which makes them vulnerable to DoS and cache poisoning attacks.The tests were carried out by t... |
11 November 2008
06:12 GMT |
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King's Bounty: The Legend is old school while also being innovative. And it's coming from a Russian developer, so you know you can expect something a little bit weird, like CD Projekt's The Witcher or STALKER from GSC Game World. It does not disappoint those who are into tactical battles and character ... |
11 November 2008
06:09 GMT |
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Petr Hampl is a Czech designer with his mind set on making music, and this was never clearer than when he decided to create the "portable idea creator" set, a gadget that's as good-looking as it is useful. Destined for those who feel like making music, or at least creating some new beats and phrases, this attrac... |
11 November 2008
06:08 GMT |
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On November 20, 2008, Microsoft announced the creation of a financial funding program designed to offer support for scientific research in Africa. For this endeavor, Microsoft Research partnered with TWAS (the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World) and AAS (the African Academy of Sciences) putting together a c... |
11 November 2008
06:05 GMT |
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Macvide has updated its audio capturing conversion utility for Mac OS X, Macvide Audio Recorder, to version 2.1. Just like the last time, Macvide has only included maintenance tweaks. The software can be tried out for free in demo mode for as long as the user wants.The Audio Recorder can convert audio files to format... |
11 November 2008
06:02 GMT |
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On Monday, IBM announced that it was ready to start manufacturing processors under the 45nm silicon-on-insulator fabrication technology. The Big Blue developed the technology in partnership with AMD, which was said to start the shipments of its new 45nm SOI central processing unit within the following days. &ldq... |
11 November 2008
05:59 GMT |
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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... |
11 November 2008
05:46 GMT |
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LG is launching the KC560 some time before the end of the year as rumors claim and, as most holiday releases, this phone seems a bit flashy, although others might call it elegant or just plain good looking. I'll just say that LG have came up with a rather interesting approach for this shopping frenzy release.I&#... |
11 November 2008
05:43 GMT |
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The zombie attack that took place in Blizzard's World of Warcraft MMO close to Halloween was only the first one related to the upcoming launch of the second expansion for the game called Wrath of the Lich King. If you log into the game now, you can still witness the siege of Azeroth by the famed Lich King, the ... |
11 November 2008
05:30 GMT |
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NeoOffice.org has released the third patch for the latest version of NeoOffice, the cool suite of office apps for Mac OS X. NeoOffice 2.2.5 Patch 3 adds Mac OS X Services support, as well as experimental support for Apple's upcoming Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. Security fixes have also made their way into this pa... |
11 November 2008
05:30 GMT |
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Quite seldom, it's science's turn to beat nature, and nanotechnology appears to be of big help in this task. The latest discovery refers to a material that is able to repel any liquid that comes in contact with it, preventing adherence and constraining the drops into a spherical form after causing them... |
11 November 2008
05:30 GMT |
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Microsoft is now one step closer to Apache with its own Internet Information Services. This because the Redmond company made available for download the bits of the Microsoft URL Rewrite Module for IIS 7.0 RTW (released to web). Essentially, the URL rewrite module replicates the extension functionality already availab... |
11 November 2008
05:29 GMT |
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Next year is expected to bring some changes on the netbook market, or, at least, this is what VIA and AMD are said to be planning. The latest reports on the Web say that the two are aiming at stealing some market share from Intel's Atom chip. The netbook market is rapidly growing and the Atom has become the chip... |
11 November 2008
05:19 GMT |
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Pretty much all the GPS navigation systems out there will support full 3D maps at some point, but there are a few manufacturers that are already taking things even further. Take Navigon for example; it couldn't simply settle for 3D landmarks, so instead it decided to actually allow drivers to view specific detai... |
11 November 2008
05:18 GMT |
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The First World Conference on Marine Biodiversity takes place on November 11 through 15 in Valencia, Spain, as a result of multiple studies drawing attention to the fact that the biodiversity in Earth's oceans is dwindling, mainly because of climate change. As a result, the entire marine scientific community is ... |
11 November 2008
05:14 GMT |
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Green energy is more and more on people's minds as discussions about the depleting resources of the planet are to be heard almost every single day. With batteries transforming into rechargeable batteries, a non-friendly load has been taken off the already burdened environment, yet another problem emerged: charge... |
11 November 2008
05:01 GMT |
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Many people assumed that T-Mobile has recalled the 5610 model; actually, they have only stopped sales due to a certain technical problem on some of the units. The “bad” component is causing the Led display to go blank and obviously when that happens, the phone is not much of use unless you know it by hear... |
11 November 2008
05:00 GMT |
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Pictures of a MacBook nano based on the MSI U100 netbook have surfaced on the web. The 1.6GHz Atom-based machine sports a 10" display, 2GB DDR 2 RAM, a 320GB hard drive, and weighs just 2.2 lbs.Had someone told us this was an actual netbook coming from Cupertino, we probably wouldn't have rushed to dismiss the a... |
11 November 2008
04:58 GMT |
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Dark Cloud 2 is a video game developed by Level 5 Inc. and published by Sony Computer Entertainment Incorporated. Created exclusively for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony, it was released in December 2002. The title is classed as an action and role-playing game, played from a third-person perspective.While Dark Cl... |
11 November 2008
04:51 GMT |
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Onkyo is no stranger to great looks, especially when it comes to systems that are slightly smaller than your traditional AVR. Since these music systems are one of the preferred items in the Onkyo catalogs, their design has come a long way to reach present models, which are indeed worthy to be complemented for the way... |
11 November 2008
04:46 GMT |
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Since the Christmas shopping spree is almost here, consumer electronics manufacturers from all around the world are scrambling to come up with certain products that will still manage to draw the customers' attention, despite their desire to spend less on gifts this year. And that's also the case with ViewSo... |
11 November 2008
04:45 GMT |
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Microsoft has come to believe that it is not enough just to develop software and decided to try its luck distributing their own creations. In order to accomplish this, the Redmond giant thinks it's best to borrow the concept of App Stores and, of course, as a respectable company, adjust it in ways it s... |
11 November 2008
04:42 GMT |
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CCP, the people who created and support EVE Online, have announced some features regarding the biggest yet expansion for the MMO, which is supposed to be launched on March 10, 2009. Some of them will be very appealing to those interested in the vast space based MMO.The highlights are the introduction of new modular s... |
11 November 2008
04:39 GMT |
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The test that will simulate Martian isolation conditions for several people volunteering to participate has almost reached the end of the selection phase. For now, the scientists from the European Space Agency (ESA) have chosen eight candidates, but they will soon narrow it down to just six. During a recent a press r... |
11 November 2008
04:37 GMT |
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Dark Cloud 2 is a video game developed by Level 5 Inc. and published by Sony Computer Entertainment Incorporated. Created exclusively for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony, it was released in December 2002. The title is classed as an action and role-playing game, played from a third-person perspective.While Dark Cl... |
11 November 2008
04:31 GMT |
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Though some think that the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) cannot be attacked by the immune system at all, this is very wrong, say scientists. As a matter of fact, CD8+ killer T cells attack the virus as soon as it enters the body, even if the infiltrator is in very high concentrations. However, over time, these c... |
11 November 2008
04:31 GMT |
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Broadband Internet has already become the content delivery solution of choice for numerous firms, and this trend will most likely become even more popular in the future. For this reason, the 2Wire company has launched the MediaPoint, a three-component system that allows users to browse, download and view DVD-quality ... |
11 November 2008
04:12 GMT |
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Having seen the extent of its Atom-powered Aspire One netbook success, Acer decided it was time to start planning a nettop of its own, especially since its greatest rivals on the low-power PC market, ASUS and MSI, had already released their own such systems. The company is now said to be planning a nettop for the upc... |
11 November 2008
04:10 GMT |
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Microsoft is applauding a consistent growth in the adoption rate of its Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) and multimedia software platform. According to the Redmond company, Mediaroom-powered services worldwide have passed the 2 million subscribers milestone, a mark interpreted as the increasing consumer transition... |
11 November 2008
04:07 GMT |
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Recently, Robert Bowling, the director of communication at Infinity Ward, launched a somewhat heated tirade against Noah Heller from Activision, telling him to stop referencing Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, which was made by Infinity Ward, in all his interviews related to the launch of Call of Duty: World at War, w... |
11 November 2008
03:58 GMT |
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A team of archaeologists from Israel led by Doron Ben-Ami, a Ph.D researcher from the Hebrew University's Institute of Archaeology, has recently uncovered a precious piece of jewelry lying under layers of earth beneath a parking lot, by the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem. The earring was dated to a period st... |
11 November 2008
03:52 GMT |
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An innovative technique, devised by Geoplasma (GP), an Atlanta-based company, will be used to power up some 50,000 homes in Florida. The new technology could have been a part of a SF movie just a few years ago, as it incorporates plasma beams to vaporize the trash. But GP officials say that their new processing unit ... |
11 November 2008
03:49 GMT |
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Gears of War 2 is a massive title, following in the footsteps of one of the most popular games ever released on the Xbox 360 console. It has gained critical acclaim for its extremely well-polished areas and broke every record in terms of pre-orders and sales, when it hit the store shelves last week.The lead desi... |
11 November 2008
03:43 GMT |
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Despite the fact that Intel's next-generation Core i7 microprocessors have not been launched yet, and that they won't be out for another six days, online retailers have already listed the chips on their sites. As many of you already know, the giant chip manufacturer has set November 17 as the release date f... |
11 November 2008
03:42 GMT |
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Capcom, like all big publishers interested in profiting from a bit of free publicity, is neither confirming, nor denying the rumors, but more and more reports are surfacing and reveal that Dead Rising, the Xbox 360 published zombie shooting game, is getting a sequel which is in development at the Blue Castle studio.T... |
11 November 2008
03:34 GMT |
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Fujitsu Computer Products has just announced the introduction of its 2.5-inch MJA2 BH and MJA2 CH series 5400 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s mobile hard disk drives. The new HDDs, which can provide a maximum storage capacity of 500GB, are designed to fit not only portable computer systems, but also desktops. In addition, the high-... |
11 November 2008
03:20 GMT |
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There's a really tough war on the console market and all the companies are doing everything they can to ensure the victory of their products. Although this conflict is, most of the times, waged by price cuts or different kinds of promotions, it can even go as far as mocking the competition with different kinds o... |
11 November 2008
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Weather experts and climatologists in India warn the central government that authorities should take immediate steps to secure the country's food and water supplies, as the rise in temperature that will affect the nation is unprecedented. Due to increased greenhouse gas emissions, India will soon join China in b... |
11 November 2008
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Apple has released iLife Support update 8.3.1, which provides updates for all iLife '08 apps, according to the company. The update is meant to make iLife '08 more stable and a better suite of apps overall through its minor tweaks and fixes. However, Aperture 2 security issues are also addressed with this up... |
11 November 2008
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Mars' hemispheres are very different in weather and even in season, given the positioning of the planet in relation to the Sun. Since its southern part is now facing the Sun, it is spring time for half of Mars, while the other half gets ready for the closing winter. This also has a big impact on science, because... |
11 November 2008
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With Windows 7 pre-Beta Build 6801 out of Redmond, it was only natural that DirectX 11 would follow. And this is precisely what happened. Having served Milestone 3 Build of the next iteration of the Windows client, Microsoft is also moving forward with the graphics technology included by default with the operating sy... |
11 November 2008
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NEC Corporation has announced today that its recently-launched NEC Express5800 Scalable HA Server, based on Intel's Xeon processor, has managed to peak on November 6, 2008, the fastest performance on the TPC-E benchmark. NEC's Express5800/A1160 has set a new world record performance, reaching 1,400 tpsE (tr... |
11 November 2008
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Dead Space is one of the most popular games at the moment, largely due to the fact that it brought a wide range of innovations to the survival horror genre of games and gave players a pretty frightening experience on the Ishimura space ship.As we already mentioned in our review of the game, Electr... |
11 November 2008
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Representatives from 6 nations will be meeting in Australia this week to discuss the worsening state of affairs regarding the coral reefs in the region. Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Timor Leste and the Solomon Islands comprise the Coral Triangle (CT), a region where about one third of the w... |
11 November 2008
02:48 GMT |
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Clement Lefebvre and the Linux Mint community proudly announced last night, on the official Linux Mint Blog, the first release candidate of Linux Mint 6 (dubbed Felicia), which will be followed by a second one in about two weeks. However, if everything goes well with the testing of this first development release, the... |
11 November 2008
02:35 GMT |
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Nintendo is one of the most influential console manufacturers in the world, having won the next-gen gaming device war with the Wii. The small white console gained critical acclaim for its unique motion sensitive controls and the complete revamp of old fashion controllers.The massive amount of casual games which appea... |
11 November 2008
02:34 GMT |
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Given the fact that the economy is pretty much going bust, it's really no wonder that pretty much every major manufacturer of consumer electronics and computer peripherals is trying to come up with some sort of "crisis" product, which will combine fairly OK features with a very attractive price point. And that&#... |
11 November 2008
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The small oceanic nation, composed of some 1,200 islands, is located south of India, and it is mainly known as a touristic attraction. But, over the past few years, it has received extensive media coverage, as one of the nations to be severely affected by global warming and climate change. Most of its territory is lo... |
11 November 2008
02:19 GMT |
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Dark Cloud is a video game developed by Level 5 Inc. and published by Sony Computer Entertainment Incorporated. Created exclusively for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony, it was released in December 2000. The title is classed as an action and role-playing game, played from a third-person perspective.Over 400 years ... |
11 November 2008
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