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As you'd have expected, SEGA has again decided to stick to its roots with the release of Virtua Tennis 3 for the PlayStation 3. Just as they did with Virtua Fighter 5, SEGA has focused more on tweaking up the gameplay experience rather than changing the way the game is played.The publisher, along with AM3, the d... |
12 August 2008
19:06 GMT |
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Microsoft Game Studios and 4Kids Entertainment celebrated the introduction of "Viva Pinata: Party Animals," a high-energy, mass-appeal entertainment property created by Rare, that brings a vibrant world of living pinata animals to the already existing world of Viva Pinata, and beyond. The universe of the game showcas... |
12 August 2008
18:31 GMT |
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Two Worlds is set in the fantasy world of Antaloor where the player is free to roam, complete the missions of the seven factions featured in the game and choose his objectives as he wishes. Moral options are always present and the player has to choose whether he wants to earn the respect or the fear of the in-game NP... |
12 August 2008
17:06 GMT |
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If you are a fan of turn based science fiction trading games, you will be really pleased to find out that Niels Bauer Games has just released Smugglers 4, which promises to solve some of the most annoying problems brought by similar titles. And they seem to be pretty sure their game is really a great one, since they&... |
12 August 2008
14:26 GMT |
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Microsoft is gearing up to kick virtualization up a notch. In this context, the Redmond company has debuted the getVirtualnow website, designed to provide information related to an upcoming Microsoft event dedicated exclusively to virtualization solutions. The software company plans to unveil next month no less than ... |
12 August 2008
13:30 GMT |
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Not so long ago, Hector Ruiz stepped down as CEO of Advanced Micro, being replaced by the company's chief operating officer, Dirk Meyer. Rumors of Hector Ruiz stepping down as AMD's chief executive officer have surfaced since May this year, but they were confirmed only a few months ago. Despite the fact tha... |
12 August 2008
13:13 GMT |
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Windows XP and Windows Vista users can grab a free power management application, made available courtesy of Microsoft and Verdiem. According to the Redmond giant, the energy monitoring program is designed to integrate seamlessly with XP Service pack 2 and Windows Vista RTM. Microsoft has said nothing about compatibil... |
12 August 2008
13:07 GMT |
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You have probably never heard of a game from Midway called Career Criminal - it's normal, since it was a secret project. Unfortunately, neither will you hear about this title again, since the developing company has announced that the project was canned and no less than 80 people were fired from the Austin studio... |
12 August 2008
13:06 GMT |
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Wherever Windows goes... the Blues Screen of Death is bound to follow. And since Windows was an integral piece of the puzzle making up the IT infrastructure of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the now equally ubiquitous BSOD was also on sight. Furthermore, XP "participated" in the 2008 Olympic's opening ceremony ... |
12 August 2008
12:39 GMT |
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Most of the massively multiplayer online games are slowly turning into social networks, offering their players a chance to make more friends, talk with different people from all over the world and have fun at the same time. The most important thing is that this trend can be associated with any type of MMO, including ... |
12 August 2008
12:06 GMT |
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Gary McKinnon, the British hacker who is accused of having disturbed American military computers at Pentagon and NASA managed to convince the European Court of Human Rights to delay his extradition to the U.S. The man, who is an unemployed network administrator, can stay in the U.K. until August 28, when the court is... |
12 August 2008
11:57 GMT |
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Mercenaries 2: World in Flames is an explosive open-world action game set in a massive, highly reactive, war-torn world. A power-hungry "bad guy" messes with Venezuela's oil supply, causing an invasion that turns the country into a war zone. Even if the game gets launched on four platforms, the highest expectati... |
12 August 2008
11:46 GMT |
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Some of the sins of the RTM version of Windows Vista have not been exorcised with the advent of Service Pack 1. The gold Build of Vista was plagued from the get go with hardware incompatibility problems, mainly due to the lack of compatible drivers. However, while incompatible drivers can be blamed on hardware develo... |
12 August 2008
11:39 GMT |
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A new anti-piracy tool called "Logistep Data Management Tool" was spotted parked a few days ago on the eparken domain name. Since it was noticed, the tool has been surprisingly taken offline. All the info points to the famous Logistep company that was tracking information on p2p users across Europe.Logistep is a comp... |
12 August 2008
11:19 GMT |
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A Google-MIT team has just launched an open source encryption toolkit that can be used with both symmetric and asymmetric keys. In the first case, the same key helps both the encryption and decryption of a program. In order to decrypt the message, programmers must know what the secret key is. Decryption is usually ma... |
12 August 2008
11:02 GMT |
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It's been almost one month since the leading chip maker Intel finally unveiled its latest mobile platform, the Centrino 2. Since that date, a number of portable systems manufacturers have went ahead and released their own implementations of the company's high-end mobile platform. As a matter of fact, just r... |
12 August 2008
10:50 GMT |
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Unison Technologies announced a few days ago a partnership with Canonical, and the release of Unison, the first fully-unified communications software. Currently, there are two versions available for Ubuntu, Unison Server and Unison Desktop Edition, the latter being a beta version.This release eases once again the wid... |
12 August 2008
10:18 GMT |
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Microsoft is gearing up for the debut of a new school year, and the Redmond company is looking beyond the PC, at the Mac users running its Office suite tailored to Apple's computers. In this regard, discounts of up to 30% have been set in place for Office 2008 for Mac, the equivalent of the 2007 Office System fo... |
12 August 2008
10:00 GMT |
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If you've been wondering what ASUS would release next as part of its already vast Eee family, then you might as well know that it's not going to be an entirely new Eee PC. In fact, if you are one of the company's fans from Korea or Taiwan, you should expect two new color options for two of the company&... |
12 August 2008
09:47 GMT |
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Bloggers are constantly looking to attract more readers. Of course, content is almost always everything, but spicing up texts or images with some interesting gadgets can definitely increase the popularity of the majority of weblogs. After a testing period, Google has finally launched the Google Gadgets for blogs. All... |
12 August 2008
09:38 GMT |
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Adam Gowdiak, a Polish researcher, announced that he discovered highly critical bugs in the J2ME (Java 2 Micro Edition) that can be easily exploited by a remote attacker to take control of all vital phone functions and make calls, send text messages, record video and audio, access any file, read contacts list, etc. H... |
12 August 2008
09:37 GMT |
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Live Search Maps and Virtual Earth go well beyond the mapping, location and search capabilities, and the adjacent Oblique (Bird's Eye), Ortho, Aerial and satellite imagery which can very easily take center stage. The fact of the matter is that Microsoft is touting Virtual Earth as a fully fledged cloud platform,... |
12 August 2008
09:15 GMT |
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Microsoft Game Studios and 4Kids Entertainment celebrated the introduction of "Viva Pinata," a high-energy, mass-appeal entertainment property created by Rare, that brings a vibrant world of living pinata animals to video games, television and beyond. The "Viva Pinata" universe showcases an engaging cast of colorful,... |
12 August 2008
09:09 GMT |
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Only a few days from its release via MetroPCS, Samsung Messager, the new and affordable QWERTY handset, has been launched by Cricket. The Messager is available as of today on Cricket's official website and in its stores, for the same retail price that MetroPCS is offering it, namely $199.99. The good news for Cr... |
12 August 2008
08:56 GMT |
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AMD announced its plans to release the Radeon HD 4870 X2 quite a while ago, and today marks the official launch of the behemoth. The card was meant to bring the company back on top of the graphics cards market, and it seems that it is more than fit for its purpose. It packs up two GPUs on the same PCB, offers more po... |
12 August 2008
08:39 GMT |
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Facebreaker is a new IP announced by Electronic Arts and, boy, we're happy to find out they're not thinking only about developing sequels! The game will be a boxing arcade one with some crazy looking cartoonish characters, and it is expected to be released sometime this year for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 ... |
12 August 2008
08:25 GMT |
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Since camcorders capable of shooting videos in full high-definition resolution tend to become the standard nowadays, it was to be expected that HD recording would soon be implemented in digital cameras as well. And one of the first companies to go down this road is FujiFilm, which has just announced the FinePix S2000... |
12 August 2008
08:24 GMT |
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Taiwanese manufacturer MSI recently announced the launch of the new EX310 notebook, packing a 13.3-inch LCD display that can provide a maximum resolution of 1280 by 800. The notebook comes to perfectly integrate in the company's lineup, between the 10-inch Atom-powered Wind notebook and the 14.1-inch P400.Unlike... |
12 August 2008
08:17 GMT |
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Thumbplay, a leading US mobile entertainment company headquarted in New York, announced that MTV Networks selected its services in order to enhance and take care of its mobile content for the following channels: MTV, MTV2, MTV Tr3s, MTV Jams and MTV Hits. Following the new agreement, MTV Mobile will receive personali... |
12 August 2008
07:56 GMT |
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Microsoft is gearing up to start building the next generation of the software development kit for the Windows platform. In July 2008, Sarah Maurer, program manager on the Windows SDK Team, introduced two official surveys designed to tap the developers making use of the tools but also samples, header files, documentat... |
12 August 2008
07:50 GMT |
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The iPhone / iPod touch 2.0.1 software update should not be mistaken for the 2.1 build issued to developers two weeks ago. 2.0.1 is, however, out in the wild and ready to hit your iPhone / iPhone 3G / iPod touch to make your device work a tad better, and faster.Following reports saying iPhone users were experiencing ... |
12 August 2008
07:23 GMT |
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Back in 2004, lawyers for Tiffany filed a lawsuit against eBay, claiming that the Internet marketplace knowingly permitted the sale of counterfeited products claiming to be Tiffany originals. One month ago, we reported that eBay had won the case against the jewelry giant. However, people expected that Tiffany would f... |
12 August 2008
07:16 GMT |
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We all know that searching for drivers is somewhat annoying and boring, but we have to do it in order to have our computers working properly. It's not a pleasure to start surfing the web in search for the best and last updated driver for a particular device of yours. Not anyone has the time and the nerve to clos... |
12 August 2008
07:04 GMT |
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As it often happens, some of the neatest and most interesting gadgets seem to lack serious utility; while some cross the thin line between serious stuff and ridiculous gear, others are so simple that categorizing them becomes really hard. Such is the case with the USB Beer Barrel Speaker, a piece of weird audio techn... |
12 August 2008
06:47 GMT |
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HP, the leading manufacturer of portable computer systems, introduced yesterday at SIGGRAPH a new portable system meant to expand the company's current DreamColor technology portfolio. The EliteBook 8370w Mobile Workstation with DreamColor Display has been designed to offer to professionals an exceptional color ... |
12 August 2008
06:41 GMT |
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Hot on the heels of the .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 and Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1, which dropped on August 11, 2008, Microsoft is also offering the .NET Framework 3.5 Enhancements Training Kit. Packed with a wide range of resources, the Kit will offer a comprehensive collection of hands-on labs, demonst... |
12 August 2008
06:39 GMT |
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Apple has seeded the second build of Mac OS X to testers, packing 24 bug fixes, bringing the total current number of fixes to over a hundred in the latest version of Leopard (OS X 10.5.5). Most fixes are aimed at Address Book, Mail.app and Leopard's syncing features. According to World of Apple, developers are a... |
12 August 2008
06:36 GMT |
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Nokia N95 8GB is undoubtedly one of the most successful Nokia smartphones to ever land in North America; hence, mobile users will probably be happy to find out that its successor, the N96, has just been approved by the FCC and is now ready to be commercialized across the States. Sure, the new smarpthone first need... |
12 August 2008
06:34 GMT |
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Although the back-to-school period is still pretty far away, the most important manufacturers of various computer peripherals have already begun to prep their offers for the respective shopping season. And one of the latest announcements of this type comes from Canon, which has just unveiled no less than 5 peripheral... |
12 August 2008
06:21 GMT |
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People don't know much about Internet privacy, although they do claim to be very careful about what they divulge when registering to certain websites or answering questionnaires. A study conducted by AOL, which included research, questioning various managers and asking for the opinion of 1,000 respondents, led t... |
12 August 2008
06:05 GMT |
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You probably still remember the news we posted a couple of weeks ago about the closure of Flagship Studios and the cancellation of Hellgate: London and Mythos, two massively multiplayer online games. Although this piece of news seemed to have no possible happy ending for the game industry, things changed since the te... |
12 August 2008
06:01 GMT |
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Transcend Information Inc. announced today the introduction of its all-new 64GB high speed SLC 2.5-inch Solid State Disk (SSD). The new Transcend SSD offers all the benefits of the solid-state technology (the reliable NAND flash memory that is not susceptible of mechanical failure as it has no moving parts), along wi... |
12 August 2008
05:50 GMT |
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Microsoft has warned Windows Live Hotmail users that a new phishing scam is in progress, designed to hijack accounts. According to a member of the Windows Live Hotmail team, users have started receiving phishing messages warning of the immediate shutdown of their accounts with the Microsoft email service unless they ... |
12 August 2008
05:40 GMT |
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While in other parts of the world, mobile users are waiting for the release of BlackBerry Bold 9000, in Russia, RIM has just launched the BlackBerry 8800 smartphone. Available in North America since 2007, BlackBerry 8800 is released in Russia via Beeline, the country's second largest mobile carrier (owned by Vim... |
12 August 2008
05:38 GMT |
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It's been a while since we've heard anything new related to Dell's upcoming netbook, known as the Dell E or Mini Inspiron. Fortunately, fresh rumors have already started to surface on the Internet and we all have a recent article on the Digitimes website to thank for that. According to the post, Dell&#... |
12 August 2008
05:26 GMT |
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PC Tools announced the launch of the 2009 suite of its security solutions. Along with Internet Security 2009, the company officially released Spyware Doctor and Spyware Doctor with AntiVirus 6, Registry Mechanic 8 and Desktop Maestro 3. Internet Security 2009 offers an enhanced protection against spyware, viruses, sp... |
12 August 2008
05:09 GMT |
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About ten years ago, Via Technologies was considered one of the leading developers of core-logic sets. The company left the business of manufacturing AMD- and Intel-compatible chipsets, and said in a recent interview that we would witness the disappearance of the market of third party chipsets that are compatible wit... |
12 August 2008
04:56 GMT |
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Handmark, a Kansas-based renowned mobile content developer, has announced the availability of GTS World Racing for Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch. Presented as the "first arcade-style racing game" for iPhone, GTS World Racing was created together with the British company Astraware and Pazzazz Games, an independen... |
12 August 2008
04:48 GMT |
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Following the Intel Centrino 2 launch "madness," Lenovo has decided to roll out a new notebook for professionals. Part of the company's ThinkPad series, the new W700 is essentially a portable workstation that offers designers an interesting pack of features, including a built-in digitizer and an integrated color... |
12 August 2008
04:34 GMT |
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Microsoft is making headway with the development of Windows Live Wave 3, designed to provide major updates to the second wave of services and solutions collectively released under the Windows Live brand umbrella at the end of 2007. In this context, the Redmond giant is also cooking an upgrade to Windows Live Messenge... |
12 August 2008
04:23 GMT |
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In what might seem to be a shocking statement, having in mind that the games industry keeps growing, former Sony CEO Chris Deering said that just 30% of the games produced manage to recover their costs, so developers must "explore new models" in order to survive. However, this does not mean that the industry is showi... |
12 August 2008
04:17 GMT |
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Not long after Motorola Alexander unveiled its weird face, another high-end Moto handset with a "conqueror" name appeared and, this time, it's the Motorola Atila (appeared on BGR). The reference to Attila the Hun, the Hungarian king in the 5th century, is more than obvious, so Motorola seems to be seriously prep... |
12 August 2008
03:57 GMT |
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As we reported last week, a 502 error made Gmail inaccessible to its users for about 15 hours. Yesterday, the error occurred again. And, once more, the reassuring message from Gmail's help center proved to be a bit too optimistic. "These errors generally resolve themselves within a few minutes, so please wait a ... |
12 August 2008
03:52 GMT |
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After rumors of AMD's dual-GPU Radeon HD 4870 X2 have filled hundreds of pages in the media, the Sunnyvale company has finally rolled out its latest flagship high-performance card. Furthermore, it looks like AMD is set on releasing a second dual-GPU card, based on the performance-range HD 4850 graphics processor... |
12 August 2008
03:35 GMT |
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Most of us will always associate the virtual Lara Croft with Angelina Jolie's looks, while the most hardcore fans will always consider Karima Adebe to be the real Lara Croft. However, things might change a bit in the near future, since Eidos has announced that, once Tomb Raider: Underworlds gets launched, a new ... |
12 August 2008
03:22 GMT |
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ATI started the 55 nanometer series with the RV670, continued with RV770, and both chips marked success. Rumors say that the company plans to move the fabrication process directly to 40nm with its next generation chip codenamed RV870. All of us would have expected the die to shrink to 45nm, but it seems that we will ... |
12 August 2008
02:59 GMT |
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It's not really the biggest surprise of all times, but at least it is an official confirmation from Microsoft: the original 20GB Xbox 360 console triples its storage capacity to 60GB, keeping the same recently lowered price: 199.99.The new console will be available in stores across the UK starting the 15th of A... |
12 August 2008
02:58 GMT |
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T-Mobile USA released, yesterday, a new handset from Nokia's XpressMusic family, namely the 5610. Although the phone is available in Europe since 2007, it is brand new for North America; hence, it will probably be well received by mobile users there. Initially rumored to be sold by T-Mobile for $150 with a co... |
12 August 2008
02:58 GMT |
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Square Enix has decided to let everybody know that its highly anticipated Nintendo DS exclusive, Final Fantasy IV, will be released across PAL territories on the 5th of September. Finally, the news every fan was waiting for! Final Fantasy IV makes its return to the DS with improved graphics, voiced cut-scenes and man... |
12 August 2008
02:30 GMT |
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Since Blu-ray has officially won the format war earlier this year and camcorders capable of recording onto optical media are not exactly a great novelty, Hitachi has decided to put two and two together and launched its DZ-BD10HA Blu-ray Disc Hybrid Camcorder, a device capable of recording high-quality videos directly... |
12 August 2008
02:23 GMT |
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