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Burnout is a video game developed by Criterion Studios and published by Acclaim Entertainment Inc. It was released in 2001for the PlayStation 2 consoles from Sony but also for the Game Cube and for the original Xbox. The title is classified as a racing and driving game which can be played from a first and a third per... |
11 July 2008
21:06 GMT |
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Do you feel you're intellectually challenged when playing Gears of War? Do you ever feel too stupid for today's games? Are you, in fact, tired from pushing all those buttons on the expensive controller that came with the overpriced console and which apparently is targeted at some rather inept individuals on... |
11 July 2008
20:06 GMT |
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BioWare is on the verge of wiping out the PC piracy problem. And the company will not do this by adding more and more DRM to its titles, as Electronic Arts might want. The way to get rid of pirates, the BioWare style, is to create copious amounts of downloadable content and to increase the fidelity of PC gamers.Ray M... |
11 July 2008
19:16 GMT |
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Pimp My Ride is a video game developed by Eutechnyx and Activision, and released on the 5th of December 2006 in North America (release dates for other platforms vary). The game is based on the popular television series Pimp My Ride hosted by Xzibit, but it does not manage to bring the thrills and excitement of the or... |
11 July 2008
19:06 GMT |
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Burnout 3: Takedown is a video game developed by Criterion Studios and published by Electronic Arts. It was released in 2004 for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony but also for the original Xbox. The title is classified as a racing and driving game which can be played from a first and a third person perspective.As f... |
11 July 2008
18:41 GMT |
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Vanguard: Saga of Heroes is getting some new content and several bug fixes in the near future. The MMO is now run by Sony Online Entertainment, after being initially created by Sigil Games. Vanguard: Saga of Heroes was initially received rather poorly, mainly because of performance issues and of game stopping bugs.Th... |
11 July 2008
18:11 GMT |
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So you've upgraded to iPhone software 2.0, downloaded the App Store and started browsing it, only to stumble upon a strange app, simply dubbed Remote, huh? Go ahead, download it with confidence – Apple itself developed it for you to use on your iPhone and control the iTunes library on your Mac, as well as the so... |
11 July 2008
17:36 GMT |
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Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness is the first episode of the Penny Arcade Adventures series developed by Hothead Games and released on all major gaming platforms of the moment. The Xbox 360 version was launched on the 21st of May 2008 on XBLA and it is still available for purchase, eve... |
11 July 2008
17:11 GMT |
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Not surprisingly, voices on the internet that are not so fond of Apple's ways and its CEO (even as a person), have started emphasizing what owning an iPhone (or any other Apple product) really means. Over at the Free Software Foundation, it is being suggested that folks choosing to buy and use Apple products sig... |
11 July 2008
17:06 GMT |
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Burnout 2: Point of Impact is a video game developed by Criterion Studios and published by Acclaim Entertainment Inc. It was released in 2002 for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony but also for the Game Cube and for the original Xbox. The title is classified as a racing and driving game which can be played from a fi... |
11 July 2008
16:26 GMT |
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iToner, a very useful application for Mac users owning an iPhone, has reached version 1.0.8. The app helps users transfer MP3 or AAC audio files to their iPhones, with simple drag-and-drop functionality.Transferring ringtones from a Mac (under 10.4.10 or later) to an iPhone is now possible thanks to this Mac applicat... |
11 July 2008
16:16 GMT |
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SEGA has officially announced that Yakuza 3 will be released next year and that it is going to take the concepts of the first two games in the series to the next level. SEGA representative Toshihiro Nagoshi stated that "In other words, 3 depicts the story of what happened after 2. All the characters who were living a... |
11 July 2008
16:06 GMT |
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Apple has released today its new and improved iPhone 3G in 21 global markets, from Canada to New Zealand. All the new iPhones that reached the pockets of mobile users until now were sold only together with contract agreements from various carriers (depending on the country). Of course, some carriers - AT&T included -... |
11 July 2008
15:12 GMT |
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I am glad to see that more developers are starting to understand that there are more than "teen male gamers" to create titles for. Girls should not be ignored anymore and, gladly, things seem to be on the right track - this fall will see quite a few titles for girls only released. And this is something which helps bo... |
11 July 2008
15:06 GMT |
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Bully is a video game developed by Rockstar Vancouver and published by Rockstar Games. Released in 2006 and available for the PlayStation 2 consoles from Sony, and also for the Xbox 360 and the Nintendo Wii, it is classed as an action adventure title, played from a first person perspective.The main character of the v... |
11 July 2008
14:51 GMT |
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The gaming world has known for a while that LocoRoco would be getting a sequel, thanks to Phil Harrison, who told people at DICE in 2007 that he was playing the next version of the title. Now, Sony is officially confirming that a new game featuring the cute characters is coming to the PlayStation Portable, with the d... |
11 July 2008
14:06 GMT |
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Microsoft confirmed that there is still some life left into the pre-release versions of Windows Vista Service Pack 1. Traditionally, all development milestones for Microsoft products, such as Beta and Release Candidate builds, designed for test-driving, are time bombed. This means that testers can only play around wi... |
11 July 2008
13:54 GMT |
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Tony Hawk Sidekick LX, the special edition of the Sidekick LX handset, is now offered by T-Mobile USA, but only for users who are already its customers. The retail price of Tony Hawk Sidekick LX is of $449 (50 bucks more than the original version), but with a contract agreement for two years, you can get it for only ... |
11 July 2008
13:39 GMT |
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Firefox 3.1 is the successor of Firefox 3.0, and Mozilla is currently cooking the first Alpha version of the next iteration of its open source browser. Pre-Alpha versions of Firefox 3.1 codename Shiretoko are already available for download and testing, and the fully fledged Alpha is right on track for delivery by the... |
11 July 2008
13:29 GMT |
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The 1960's, bikers, West Coast, gang battles, hippie culture, drinking, drugs and rock 'n roll - all these and even more adult-oriented activities are the things we're going to get in the next open world, freeform-style game from Deep Silver called Ride to Hell. And this is one of the few titles which ... |
11 July 2008
13:06 GMT |
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Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer might have managed to declare himself a keyboard junkie as far as mobile phones are concerned at the company's Worldwide Partner Conference 2008, but that failed to impress crowds of consumers gathering to buy the new iPhone 3G launched today. And although Ballmer ... |
11 July 2008
12:47 GMT |
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BlackBerry Bold 9000, the latest-announced high-end smartphone produced by Research in Motion, has been approved by the FCC and is now ready to be released in the US. Of course, this will not happen too soon, as AT&T, the first US operator to carry the handset, will only launch it sometime in August. The FCC approval... |
11 July 2008
12:31 GMT |
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Wrestling, fighting, American football, mad racing and thrilling first person shooter action are just some of the things we should expect to get from Midway during this year's E3 event which will be held in Los Angeles and is considered the biggest and best media summit in the world. With a triple A lineup of ga... |
11 July 2008
12:06 GMT |
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Outpost Kaloki X is a city building simulation game for Xbox 360 and Windows-based systems developed by NinjaBee and published by Microsoft. The XBLA version of the title was released on the 22nd of November 2005 and it is still available as a download for 800 MS Points ($10).Outpost Kaloki X is basically a tycoon ga... |
11 July 2008
11:46 GMT |
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Comcast, the second biggest American Internet provider, was heard by the Federal Communication Commission, which received some information about the fact that the company restricts users from properly connecting or decreases the speed for some applications. The commission put forth a policy statement as far back as 2... |
11 July 2008
11:40 GMT |
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The PCI DSS (short for Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) is a set of rules and guidelines meant to protect the customer and merchant against fraud. Since you will be providing the merchant with your credit card info, it is important that it stays safe from attackers and hackers. UK based department store ... |
11 July 2008
11:36 GMT |
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Recent security related events in the UK have proven that data security is not taken as seriously as it should be. Security software vendors and manufacturers try waging a never ending fight against spam, viruses and other types of malicious software, but data still isn't safe. According to the officials, the f... |
11 July 2008
11:19 GMT |
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RIM and Motorola have recently announced the availability of BlackBerry Connect 4.0 for all the Asutralian users who own a Moto Q 9h Windows Mobile smartphone. BlackBerry Connect is a software that provides access to the useful and well-known BlackBerry services, offering support for push-email and attachment viewin... |
11 July 2008
11:18 GMT |
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Yesterday, AOC announced the introduction of what it likes to call "a new breed of multi-functional high-definition display technology." The new product comes in the form of a 22-inch HD multi-functional display that sports HD3 technology. Dubbed 2230Fm, AOC's new display is poised to considerably enhance the vi... |
11 July 2008
11:16 GMT |
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The Sun continues its relatively long period of inactivity, although while some claim that this lengthy phase without sunspots is somehow unusual, NASA researchers argue that the sun is in fact behaving normally and this period of calm is anything but long. "The sun is now near the low point of its 11-year activity c... |
11 July 2008
10:54 GMT |
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There is a time for translucency, and there is also a time for transparency. The under promise and overachieve policy set in place at Microsoft for the Windows and Office projects by Steven Sinofsky, Senior Vice President, Windows and Windows Live Engineering Group has impacted both Windows 7 and Office 14. Microsoft... |
11 July 2008
10:39 GMT |
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LG Chocolate 3, announced for the US market exactly one month ago, together with LG Dare and LG Decoy, will be on sale starting July 13 (hence in two days - next Sunday). This piece of info is as official as it gets, since it has appeared today in a press release issued by Verizon Wireless, the only carrier to offer ... |
11 July 2008
10:34 GMT |
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Google and its media partner YouTube are launching a contest that has at stake the participation in the national conventions of the two big American parties - the Republicans and the Democrats. Everything the competitors have to do is upload a convincing video of maximum 2 minutes, in which to prove that they have th... |
11 July 2008
10:30 GMT |
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An increasing number of users are turning to overclocking and tweaking in order to squeeze the very last bit of performance out of their high-end computer products. And that is precisely why more and more manufacturers are advertising their products as being ready for such practices, while also offering them with bun... |
11 July 2008
10:24 GMT |
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When does something become "official"? Usually, when the company in charge of the product talks to the public and the press and confirms what people have been talking about for some time. Well, when it comes to Microsoft, things don't generally work this way. The software giant tends to play upon rumors, first i... |
11 July 2008
10:19 GMT |
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Sony Ericsson W902 is the next high-end Walkman phone that the Swedish-Japanese company is preparing for mobile users across the globe. The handset, also known under the codename Sony Ericsson Patti, was not yet announced by the company, but it has been spotted in several live pictures.W902 is built on the same hardw... |
11 July 2008
09:55 GMT |
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The attention shifts again from the Arctic ice sheet to Antarctica as the European Space Agency's Envisat satellite showed how over the past month or so, a large ice sheet stretching between the Charcot and Latady Islands in the Antarctic Peninsula, known as the Wilkins Ice Shelf, started to break up again, for ... |
11 July 2008
09:52 GMT |
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Activision is probably entering the best period of its existence. Call of Duty 4 is one of the most important first person shooters on the market, still selling strong more than six months after launch. Guitar Hero is poised to evolve to the next level with the eminent release of World Tour, which brings the experien... |
11 July 2008
09:36 GMT |
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Families who have children know that, in the late summer, a large amount of the family's finances is already assigned to the return of the youngsters to school. While the back-to-school purchases are usually made via the traditional way, by going to a supermarket and picking out the necessary school supplies, re... |
11 July 2008
09:34 GMT |
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It appears that AMD's upcoming graphics monster is still on for an August release, contrary to the rumors we told you about just yesterday. Apparently, AMD will not go official with its new graphics card until next month, which means that enthusiast users will have to wait for a while longer before getting to pu... |
11 July 2008
09:34 GMT |
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Arxan, a company that provides software solutions that ensure applications are not tampered with, has recently joined the Federation Against Software Theft and by doing so it became the proud member of one of the first organizations in the world to fight against online piracy. The main goal of the Federation is to pr... |
11 July 2008
09:33 GMT |
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There's Windows Vista, and there's the rest. Microsoft's perspective was eloquently made public at the company's Worldwide Partner Conference 2008 in Houston, Texas, on July 10, 2008. The Redmond company claims nothing less than that Windows Vista is superior to Apple's Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard,... |
11 July 2008
09:16 GMT |
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You're working late on your computer one night and all of a sudden the power goes off. All your unsaved work goes to waste and you start cursing the electricity company as you have to do everything all over again. Don't you wish you had a UPS? A UPS, or an uninterruptible power source, is an electronic devi... |
11 July 2008
09:09 GMT |
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Thales, a French based company that specializes in defense and aerospace electronics, is planning on expanding, which is why it wants to improve its information security services. That is why it is offering to buy nCipher for the total sum of £50.7 million (that is just slightly above $100 million). Thales does not c... |
11 July 2008
08:44 GMT |
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After releasing the BlackBerry Curve 8330 in Mexico, via Iusacell, Research in Motion has announced the availability of the new smartphone for the Indian market too. The Curve 8330 is offered in India together with Reliance Communications, in its World Edition. This means it can operate on both the GSM and CDMA netwo... |
11 July 2008
08:43 GMT |
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Today at 7:00 AM, the new iPhone 3G made its debut in Japan. The lucky carrier to distribute and offer plans for Apple's iPhone is Softbank, situated at the heart of the Harajuku district. This morning, the company opened its doors to customers eager to get their hands on the new device.More than 1,000 people qu... |
11 July 2008
08:42 GMT |
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Burnout Revenge is a video game developed by Criterion Studios and published by Electronic Arts. It was released in 2005 for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony, but also for the original Xbox and the Xbox 360. The title is classified as a racing and driving game that can be played from a first and a third person per... |
11 July 2008
08:38 GMT |
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Phantasy Star Universe is an action RPG title developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega, but there are no hedgehogs involved. The game was released on the 24th of October 2006 in North America, 24th of November 2006 in Europe and the 12th of December 2006 in Japan. This hack and slash title requires Xbox Live Gol... |
11 July 2008
08:26 GMT |
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Burnout Dominator is a video game developed by Criterion Studios and published by Electronic Arts. It was released in 2007 for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony but also for the PlayStation Portable. The title is classified as a racing and driving game which can be played from a first and a third person perspective... |
11 July 2008
08:08 GMT |
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Forget about Apple's MacBook Air, Asus' Eee PC or even Voodoo PC's Envy because, in just two years, these notebooks will no longer be considered cool. In fact, over this period of time, notebooks will change so much that you will not even require a keyboard. And that is because, according to an Italian... |
11 July 2008
08:07 GMT |
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It's game time for Microsoft in virtualization, revealed Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Chief Executive Officer at the company's Worldwide Partner Conference 2008 in Houston, Texas on June 10, 2008. The CEO's focus is intimately connected with the release to manufacturing of Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V and t... |
11 July 2008
07:57 GMT |
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Google's pressure point regarding users' privacy is infamous. Even when it is not collecting data on purpose, something has to come up with and trouble the waters, such as is the case with the trial with Viacom. Regardless of that, the officials stand up to defend their reliable privacy policy whenever the ... |
11 July 2008
07:36 GMT |
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The fossils of a fish that might have lived in the shallow reef waters of Europe some 50 million years ago, have been recently identified by researchers as belonging to a possible ancestor for modern flatfish. But unlike modern flatfish which have the eyes on one side of the head and which swim on their sides along t... |
11 July 2008
07:32 GMT |
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You never think that spam, spyware, or any other form of malicious software can impact you in a truly life-altering way. Well, it definitely can and Julie Amero, a substitute teacher from Connecticut, is living proof of that. She was charged with allowing 7th grade children to view pop-ups containing adult material,... |
11 July 2008
07:08 GMT |
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Over G Fighters is an Xbox 360 combat flight simulator developed by Taito Corporation and published by Ubisoft on the 23rd of February 2006 in Japan, the 27th of June 2006 in North America and the 30th of June 2006 in PAL territories. One of the most appreciated things regarding this game is the fact that it can be p... |
11 July 2008
07:00 GMT |
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If you're already running iPhone software 2.0, it's high time you found out that you can easily take screenshots by just pressing the Home and Power button together. Your screens are saved in your Photos library for immediate use. Read on below for more details on this find."Running the new iPhone 2.0 softw... |
11 July 2008
06:59 GMT |
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With all the iPhone 3G craze going on today, not many mobile users know that the new Treo 800w from Palm has also been released in the US. Although it was said to be launched on July 13, the smartphone can actually be bought as of now from several Sprint retail stores. As reported on the WM Experts forum, several u... |
11 July 2008
06:52 GMT |
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A group of eight researchers has managed to carry out an interesting project - they created 7,500 original stubs and modified other 600 on Wikipedia, in order to develop a complete description of the human genome. The team has decided to introduce their initiative to the public via a scientific magazine, PloS Biology... |
11 July 2008
06:42 GMT |
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Users that are holding their breath waiting for an open source Windows 7, Windows 8 or Office 14 are advised to exhale. Going against a hugely popular saying, Microsoft is firm in saying "never" to open source. Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer had a single answer to a question presented at the Microsoft Worldwid... |
11 July 2008
06:42 GMT |
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The reported faulty chips from NVIDIA, those that made the company lose serious credit and important Q2 revenue, have finally got a possible explanation. Things are heating up for the Santa Clara based company, as the "certain versions" of the previous NVIDIA notebook graphics cards said to be faulty seem to have a t... |
11 July 2008
06:37 GMT |
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During a lengthy spacewalk yesterday, International Space Station commander Sergei Volkov and flight engineer Oleg Kononenko removed one of the explosive bolts from the Soyuz TMA-12 capsule, believed to have been the cause for the last two consecutive ballistic re-entries executed by the Soyuz TMA-11 and TMA 10 while... |
11 July 2008
06:31 GMT |
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The Outfit is an Xbox 360 video game released on the 13th of March 2006 in North America, the 17th of March 2006 in PAL territories and the 2nd of November 2006 in Japan. The game received mixed reviews upon launch and was never considered a financial success, even though it brought a decent amount of missions (12, t... |
11 July 2008
06:29 GMT |
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The Presidential and Federal Records Act has been revised and updated by the US House of Representatives because recent events have proved that e-mail recording was a "bit" lax, leading to about 5 million lost e-mails a couple of months ago.Historic letters from the US' past are treated with the accurate respect... |
11 July 2008
06:18 GMT |
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The Google Mobile Team has just released its first downloadable iPhone application. Simply dubbed "Google Mobile App," the free software lets you search for anything (including contacts), providing you with search suggestions that the application remembers once you start using them more often. Best of all, if you sea... |
11 July 2008
06:13 GMT |
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Mandriva announced last night the second alpha release of Mandriva 2009, which brings KDE4 (default desktop), GNOME 2.23.4, and support for the newest NVIDIA and ATI/AMD video cards. The development cycle of Mandriva 2009 will continue with two beta editions (one at the end of July and the other in middle of August),... |
11 July 2008
06:10 GMT |
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If you happen to find yourself somewhere near "the land down under" and you are looking to acquire a new high-end notebook, then you should check out the offer of PC maker Pioneer Computers. The Australian manufacturer is now taking preorders for laptops equipped with the yet unreleased Intel quad-core mobile process... |
11 July 2008
06:05 GMT |
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On July 10, 2008, Microsoft made available for download the ISO image containing the July 2008 Security Releases. As it is tradition over at the Redmond giant, security bulletins for the Windows client and server operating systems are not released exclusively through Windows Update and Automatic Updates, but are also... |
11 July 2008
06:01 GMT |
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The group of most threatened animal species on Earth was extended recently to include the corals, which, according to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, will lose more than 25 percent of all species within the next couple of decades. Currently, there are 845 registered species of corals, out of w... |
11 July 2008
05:44 GMT |
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Rogers Wireless, the largest Canadian mobile operator, has prepared new color versions for two of its music-oriented phones. More exactly, Nokia 5310 XpressMusic and Sony Ericsson W580i will be offered in new red editions, starting the next few weeks. Nokia 5310 XpressMusic is available in Canada since May, but only ... |
11 July 2008
05:35 GMT |
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Fans of Bioware's Neverwinter Nights for Mac have one last update to download for their favorite RPG title. Sadly or not, "the game that sparked one of the most dynamic communities in the world gets an update to end all updates," says Bioware.The Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark 1.69 Update is indeed ... |
11 July 2008
05:30 GMT |
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According to CASA (short for Columbia University's National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse) the number of drug selling sites is declining. If last year the number of sites that offered to sell drugs was of 581, this year it has dropped to 365. According to the Commtouch Q2 report, the favorite topic am... |
11 July 2008
05:22 GMT |
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Whenever we say "rugged handheld navigator for outdoor experiences", the first thing that comes to our mind is an all-rubber, generally yellow-colored product, with a grayscale display and not exactly very extensive features. However, that's not at all the case with Garmin's latest Oregon series of rugged n... |
11 July 2008
05:21 GMT |
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Here is a business plan that some might consider twice before putting into practice: create a company that can obtain numerous technology patents and license technologies for which it has no production facilities to work on. Said company will then engage in a number of lawsuits that will be quickly settled through a ... |
11 July 2008
05:16 GMT |
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Microsoft is not yet done building Windows Vista's pedestal now that SP1 is out and about, with new efforts gearing towards rising the latest Windows client's monument on what's left of Windows XP SP3 after the discontinued availability through the retail and OEM channels. In this regard, a small aspec... |
11 July 2008
05:01 GMT |
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As the mobile Internet market is in continuous expansion, Opera is carrying the day on the German segment. The company has just signed an agreement with Debitel, the largest mobile phone operator in Germany. Debitel will pre-install the Opera Mini web browser on seven of its phones that will be released this summer. ... |
11 July 2008
04:56 GMT |
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Having the Intel Centrino 2 notebook platform set to be launched three days from now made the market players move towards its adoption on the new machines ready for release. Hewlett Packard, has already announced the roll out of some notebooks featuring the platform. Other PC vendors, including Lenovo, Toshiba and Fu... |
11 July 2008
04:54 GMT |
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LG will soon offer a new handset for UK's mobile users: the weird KS360, which was first seen last month, during the CommunicAsia fair from Singapore. LG KS360 is targeted towards youngsters who mostly use their mobile phones for texting, emailing and social networking. Thus, LG has packed in the handset a full ... |
11 July 2008
04:50 GMT |
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As a big fan of the iPhone (and if you have a weak heart), it's probably best to move along while there's still time, as one of the first iPhone 3G units sold in New Zealand has just been "dissected." All of its inner parts have been removed and are now lying lifeless on a white table. Look... if you dare!i... |
11 July 2008
04:40 GMT |
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Data regarding as much as 200,000 kidney transplants done between 1985 and 2004, shows that gender is a key factor in this type of invasive procedure, kidneys from women received by men being unable to fully cope with their function due to their smaller size, while female recipients are much more likely to reject mal... |
11 July 2008
04:38 GMT |
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As we told you yesterday, Sapphire's highly rumored Toxic HD 4850 graphics card is one of the most anticipated products of this summer. However, as it turns out, Sapphire is not the only one that plans on releasing a high-end card based on AMD's mid-range 4850 GPU. Another one of AMD's channel partners... |
11 July 2008
04:31 GMT |
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A game named Onechanbara: Bikini Zombie Slayers, featuring two beautiful heroines and hordes of enemies to kill, could always be a great hit in today's world if it offers consumers what it promises: evil beauties, innocent girls gone bad or whatever you wish to call them. And we do know that the games industry i... |
11 July 2008
04:24 GMT |
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Microsoft is going head over heels in order to convince customers that the road to Windows 7 is paved with nothing but "good" Windows Vista(s). Actually, it's paved with Windows Vista Service Pack 1, and for enterprises making use of downgrade rights, Windows XP Service Pack 3, although Vista's predecessor ... |
11 July 2008
04:15 GMT |
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Desktops are rapidly loosing ground in front of notebooks lately, the sales confirm it daily, and every new Intel platform developed for notebooks catches the eye on the market. The long expected Intel Centrino 2 platform, also known by the name of Montevina, has been set for launch on July 14, next Monday. The platf... |
11 July 2008
04:10 GMT |
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Visitors to the Financial Times web page yesterday might have noticed that there were no new articles published and that other data had not been updated either. This happened because somebody nicked (British for stole) "equipment" from 3rd party facilities where it was hosted. It has not been disclosed what type of e... |
11 July 2008
04:10 GMT |
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The Ask.com team has decided to give itself a boost and, at the same time, move closer to the hearts of the users who conduct online searches. The company has just announced a multi-annual partnership with Photobucket, the famous photo and video-sharing website. For starters, an Ask.com search box will be "prominentl... |
11 July 2008
03:56 GMT |
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HTC Touch Diamond, one of the hottest Pocket PCs unveiled this year, has been approved by FCC in a CDMA version suited for the North American networks (850 / 1900 MHz). This means that, from now on, any of the CDMA carriers from the US can, theoretically, release the Diamond. Of course, there's no word yet on w... |
11 July 2008
03:47 GMT |
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Other World Computing, or OWC for short, is a company that specializes in providing Mac users with a number of accessories and peripheral products. All of them are designed to be compatible with Apple's iMac, but sometimes they can provide support for Windows users as well. One of its latest products will offer ... |
11 July 2008
03:44 GMT |
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Rumor has it that iPhone software 2.0 has already been unlocked. With the software already out (prior to its official release), Slash Gear claims that "the iPhone Dev team has had it for a little while now, and just announced that they have done the unthinkable, and created an unlocking tool for the software before i... |
11 July 2008
03:41 GMT |
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Usually, when it comes to MMORPGs or other massively multiplayer online games, updates, patches and new content packs are introduced on the go, usually without forcing the player to purchase another physical product. It seems that in sports or, to be more specific, golf MMO games, things are a bit different, since a ... |
11 July 2008
03:40 GMT |
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Currently, our Milky Way galaxy is thought to produce about 10 new stars every year, close to nothing compared to a newly found distant galaxy that appears to generate approximately 4,000 new stars each year. A small calculation reveals that such a galaxy would require as little as 50 million years to evolve into one... |
11 July 2008
03:33 GMT |
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According to Secure Computing, a company that specializes in providing Internet security appliances as security software solutions, there is a new Trojan out there that works by infecting all multimedia files (that would be music and movies) stored on the user's machine. This threat has been identified by the p... |
11 July 2008
03:15 GMT |
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2K, part of Take Two, has announced having entered into an agreement with Cryptic Studios regarding the distribution of the upcoming MMO Champions Online. As soon as the developers finish the work on the title, 2K will assume all the duties related to publishing the game and to supporting the launch.Cryptic is probab... |
11 July 2008
03:12 GMT |
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OCZ is mostly known as a manufacturer of memory and computer hardware components, but all that stands really good odds of changing soon. And that is because the company announced yesterday the introduction of the new Elixir keyboard. The new product is part of the company's gaming "Alchemy" line and is meant to ... |
11 July 2008
03:05 GMT |
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Dell has finally managed to give us a glimpse at its new line of E notebooks, and we have been expecting to hear something from the manufacturer as its competitors ASUS, MSI and Acer have already flooded the market with their machines. Dell's E notebooks are said to be launched next month, but a look at their sp... |
11 July 2008
03:03 GMT |
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Motorola V750, also known as Motorola Adventure V750, will be released in the US on July 28. The handset will be offered by Verizon Wireless, as we previously reported, and those interested in buying it have to pay $99, after a 50 bucks mail-in rebate. Of course, this price is only available with the signing of a con... |
11 July 2008
03:00 GMT |
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On its Support page, Apple has posted a guide to Syncing Applications from the App Store, as well as a Troubleshooting article for handling applications purchased from the App Store. For those who haven't been reading the news lately, iPhone software 2.0, along with the App Store are already available.Syncing Ap... |
11 July 2008
02:57 GMT |
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Solar cells are currently viewed as the star of alternative energy sources, being able to produce electric energy without the disadvantage of releasing greenhouse gases and other pollutants into the Earth's atmosphere as burning fossil fuels does. Sunlight provides an incredible amount of energy per square meter... |
11 July 2008
02:56 GMT |
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If you are a fan of innovative, truly unique real time strategy games, it means that you have already played the first Perimeter game developed by KDV and enjoyed its terraforming, customization and concept. Unfortunately, if you have played the game, you already know that, despite the great idea behind the product, ... |
11 July 2008
02:48 GMT |
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After we've reported that the Activision shareholders have approved the merger with Sierra Games, we're getting info that the entire process which was initiated last December is now complete. Activision Blizzard is officially the newest and biggest videogame developer and publisher in the world.The process ... |
11 July 2008
02:32 GMT |
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You probably keep hearing that the video game market will soon become the best place for advertising and, if you were having any doubts about it, Sony is planning to prove us right by announcing a deal for Europe and North America with Double Fusion. Following this agreement, your PS3 will become the best place for a... |
11 July 2008
02:31 GMT |
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The concept of streaming HD signals (both audio and video) without using any wires is not exactly a very new one, since several of the most important manufacturers of various connectivity solutions have come up with such products over the past couple of years. And the latest such announcement comes from Belkin, which... |
11 July 2008
01:49 GMT |
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