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Blizzard Man Sees The Old Republic as Potential Competition

Wrath of the Lich King has just been launched and MMO players are waiting to see how World of Warcraft will be changed by its second expansion. But the people at Blizzard, after putting the development cycle behind them, are thinking about the future of their game. And it seems that they are considering BioWare...

13 November 2008
20:41 GMT

Champions Online Won't Have Hellgate Problems

It's tough to launch a MMO these days. After all, World of Warcraft, Blizzard's project, has now more than 11 million subscribers and the second expansion for the game, Wrath of the Lich King, which has just been released, has the potential to draw even more players. Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning and T...

13 November 2008
18:11 GMT

Windows Live Essentials for Windows 7

 With the evolution of Windows Live suite of applications and services and the Windows client, Microsoft managed to produce the intersection of its visions. The strategy is, of course, to make Windows reach into the Cloud. And this will become obvious with the availability of Windows 7 and Windows Live Wave 3. B...

13 November 2008
15:51 GMT

One Hour With: Call of Duty: World at War

The Call of Duty franchise is one of the most popular series of shooters out there, largely because it introduced a wide range of features in a time where games were becoming less original. The series gained a massive boost in popularity with the launch of the fourth title, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, which was t...

13 November 2008
15:21 GMT

Lost In Blue Glitches (DS)

Lost in Blue follows the relationship of the hero and the heroine who are trapped on a mysterious deserted island after a disastrous incident at sea. The young hero of the game awakens to find himself on a seemingly uninhabited island. After meeting another survivor, a 17-year old girl who has also drifted ashore, th...

13 November 2008
14:51 GMT

Entrenchment for Sins of a Solar Empire Delayed

Stardock and Ironclad Games have announced their intention not to release the planned Entrenchment mini expansion for their real time strategy title Sins of a Solar Empire on November 18, the date initially revealed. The developer and publisher have not indicated a new release date, but given the fact that Demigod, ...

13 November 2008
14:31 GMT

Lost In Blue 2 Unlockables and Glitches (DS)

As in the first game in this series, Lost in Blue 2 makes players survive on a tropical island in which they were shipwrecked. As always, finding food weapons and exploring the island is essential to their survival, as anything on the island can be used in their benefit. Also, as in real life, players need to watch o...

13 November 2008
14:21 GMT

Get Ready to Download Windows Live Messenger 9.0 (2009) RTW

Microsoft is gearing up to make available for download the gold version of Windows Live Messenger 9.0/2009. The Redmond company has so far managed not to indicate a delivery deadline for the next version of its instant messaging client. In this regard, Microsoft's Brandon LeBlanc only mentioned that the next ver...

13 November 2008
14:11 GMT

Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy Hints II (DS)

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...

13 November 2008
13:31 GMT

The Nature of War

The history and evolution of warfare has been linked to humans throughout our existence, ever since the chief of some tribe decided he wanted the territory and possessions of another tribe. Since then, records have been peppered with accounts of violent, large-scaled conflicts, involving tribesmen, mercenaries, and, ...

13 November 2008
13:21 GMT

Resident Evil 5 Developers Talk About Horror in the Daytime

Resident Evil is one of the most popular horror survival franchises of games out there, largely due to the fact that it immerses players into a distinct experience that offers quite a lot of thrilling and scary moments. Most of these terrifying moments are accentuated by the dark atmosphere provided by the night...

13 November 2008
13:01 GMT

Windows Live Services Wave 3 Update Starts Rolling Out

Microsoft has officially started rolling out the next generation of its Windows Live suite of applications and services. According to the Redmond company, Windows Live Wave 3 will start being unveiled in the U.S. over the coming weeks. However, the Wave 3 updates will stretch well into early 2009 as far as the global...

13 November 2008
12:58 GMT

Harmonix Gets 300 Million Bonus for Rock Band

When MTV Games bought Harmonix way back in 2006, few people paid attention to a clause which awarded significant bonuses to developers based on sales of the Rock Band series. It appears that even Viacom did not believe it had to set aside money to pay those bonuses, as it only gathered some 208 million dollars this M...

13 November 2008
12:51 GMT

Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga Unlockables IV (DS)

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,...

13 November 2008
12:51 GMT

Notebook Market Growth, Reason for Mainboard Orders Declining

The portable computer system market has grown impressively over the last few years and this year, notebooks, along with netbooks, have managed to outsell desktop computer systems for the first time in history. This has been good for the laptop makers who have seen positive Q3 financial results. However, there's ...

13 November 2008
11:43 GMT

Shanghai Tested: Both Performance and Power Enhancements Spotted

We've mentioned this morning that today is the big day for AMD's Shanghai server chip, and we return to the product now to announce the first benchmark test results. As said before, Advanced Micro Devices launched nine flavors of the new chip, all in the 75W area. The already announced new features and tech...

13 November 2008
11:42 GMT

AMD Intros New FireStream 9270 Graphics Solution

Aside from unveiling its latest Opteron processors, designed on a 45nm manufacturing process, AMD has also introduced today a new graphics card, part of its FireStream family of high-end graphics products. The just launched FireStream 9270 comes with the company's latest ATI Stream Software Development Kit (SDK)...

13 November 2008
11:36 GMT

Energy Alternatives for Mars Colonies

With all the events going on, including Phoenix Mars Lander's recent demise and the discoveries provided by the two twin rovers, Opportunity and Spirit, as well as the uncertainty raised by the space shuttle retirement process and its replacement system, scientists still find the time to think about the future o...

13 November 2008
11:27 GMT

Look Out Wii Fit, Here Comes EA Sports Active

The Nintendo Wii is quite a versatile little console, as a wide variety of games from different types of genres have appeared on the small white Japanese game console. From shooters to RPGs (Role Playing Games) or even musical games like Wii Music or the more successful Rock Band, every niche has been covered by game...

13 November 2008
11:01 GMT

0 Percent Financing for New Buyers of Microsoft Business Management Software

In order to soften the hit delivered to companies by the global economic crisis, Microsoft is offering zero percent financing for new, qualifying buyers of its business management solutions. The Redmond company indicates that the move is designed to provide a breath of fresh air for credit-approved customers to acces...

13 November 2008
10:52 GMT

Al Gore on the Necessity of a Unified US Power Grid

Al Gore's commitment to saving the environment is no secret to anyone, as the Nobel-prized former vice-president (1993-2001) made that perfectly clear in his environmentalist documentary, An Inconvenient Truth. His group, the Alliance for Climate Protection (APC), has recently urged newly-elected president, Bara...

13 November 2008
10:49 GMT

1987 Macintosh Game Lands on iPhone – Crystal Quest

Hands-On Mobile has announced the availability of Crystal Quest in the iTunes App Store. The title is one of the 1980's favorites, and debuted on the Macintosh in 1987. Crystal Quest has a considerable fanbase, thanks to its unique combination of gameplay elements. The space shooter game was conceived and crea...

13 November 2008
10:46 GMT

Intel Lowers Q4 Business Expectations by 14 Percent

Facing weak demand around the world for all of its products, Intel revealed that its previous revenue forecast for the fourth quarter of this year had been lowered by around 14 percent. The announcement made by the worldwide largest chip manufacturer clearly indicates that the economic crisis is about to impact compu...

13 November 2008
10:37 GMT

NFS: Undercover Looks Incredible on iPhone

The folks over at NFS-Planet have got hold of the first screenshots of Need For Speed: Undercover for iPhone and iPod touch. EA's popular franchise is going to see a release on all major platforms, as usual, and this time around, the iPhone is one of the most important targets. Needless to point out, EA's ...

13 November 2008
10:31 GMT

Meet ET in 20 Years

A new SETI tool in the search for intelligent alien lifeforms has been built. It is called the Allen Telescope Array (ATA) and it has recently been powered up in its first stage configuration of 42 antennas. When complete, in 2025, it will feature the combined power of 350 such dishes. The project, financed by Paul A...

13 November 2008
10:30 GMT

Nokia Wahoo Going to AT&T

This new handset from Nokia is a pretty unique phone in comparison to other releases from the Finnish company. Even if details on it are few and scattered, this phone is already getting a lot of attention, not so much because of its features, but mostly due to the design that kind of looks like that of the Black...

13 November 2008
10:23 GMT

Bang & Olufsen's BeoSound 5 Controller

It may prove that this Christmas brings new cool gear from the renowned and deeply revered Danish manufacturer Bang & Olufsen, in the body of the BeoSound 5 music controller. This kind of equipment catches more and more as people grow to like the "all music in one place" concept; and by all means the BeoSound 5 looks...

13 November 2008
10:22 GMT

25GB Free Online Storage – Windows Live SkyDrive

Microsoft is increasing the capacity offered by its storage service in the Cloud fivefold. This means that users of Windows Live SkyDrive will be able to enjoy no less than 25GB of free online storage. The move comes as a natural evolution of the Windows Live suite of services and applications towards the full implem...

13 November 2008
10:01 GMT

Climate Change Will Melt Himalayan Glaciers by 2035

Climate change may cause the glaciers of the Himalayans to recede at a much higher rate than anyone could have anticipated, warn both Indian and foreign environment experts. They say that continuous carbon emissions in the atmosphere cause increased temperatures, which, in turn, force glaciers to recede at very high ...

13 November 2008
10:00 GMT

More 3D for Ancient Rome from Google Earth

For most of you, the Google Earth project doesn't require any supplementary explanation, but for those who are not that much up to date, I'll explain it briefly. The goal of the project is to map the planet's cities by means of satellite (or other high-distance aerial) images, allowing users to zoom in...

13 November 2008
09:39 GMT

Intel to Add New Nehalem Xeon Processors

According to recent reports on the Internet, the leading processors maker, Santa Clara, California-based Intel, is expected to unveil no less than 13 new CPUs, part of the company's Xeon family of processors. The new Xeon 5500 and Xeon 3500 series of server processing units are slated for a Q1 2009 release, acco...

13 November 2008
09:37 GMT

Express Scripts Turns the Tables on Extortionists

Express Scripts, a leading pharmacy benefit management company in the U.S. and Canada, announced that the extortionist(s) who sent them a threat letter in October moved down the foodchain and are now targeting their smaller business partners through similar tactics. As a result, the company decided to fight back and ...

13 November 2008
09:23 GMT

Sensory Integration Boosts Our Perception

Understanding the way our senses actually work has been a long time-standing quest for scientists and biologists, seeing how the complex nature of their interactions has yet to be deciphered. A recent scientific study, conducted by scientists at the McGill University (MGU), took human knowledge of perception a bit fu...

13 November 2008
09:05 GMT

Microsoft Revamps Games for Windows Live Service

Microsoft is a software company that is getting more and more involved in the game industry. Its Xbox 360 console is currently one of the best selling ones on the market, largely because of the fact that it has a very solid library of great games, like Gears of War or Dead or Alive, and because it offers players a gr...

13 November 2008
09:01 GMT

Cup Speakers by Dimitry Zagga

Surely you've used at least once childhood's most basic communication cup device: two carton or even thin plastic cups with a thread attached to the bottom of each of them; as the thread was tight and one person would speak into a cup, the bottom would vibrate and send vibrations to the other cup, making it...

13 November 2008
08:51 GMT

Fiber Optic Cables Made of DNA

A new technology permits scientists to build minuscule light-conducting fiber optic cables out of DNA strands. This novel technique may soon open the doors for a technological revolution in the optical computer world (computers that run on light instead of electricity), or in artificial photosynthesis systems which w...

13 November 2008
08:43 GMT

DDRMAX Dance Dance Revolution Unlockables IV (PS2)

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...

13 November 2008
08:41 GMT

Dual Core Atom 330 Gets Benchmarked

Intel's Atom 330 has been out for quite some time, and we have already seen a couple of desktop systems featured with this nettop version of the highly successful Atom N270 that is currently powering most of the netbooks on the market.  Despite the fact that these two processors have been designed for two d...

13 November 2008
08:31 GMT

Elected Officials Should Make Their Health Records Public

Elected officials, occupying high-responsibility positions, should get an independent health assessment yearly, as well as full check-ups before their candidacy is accepted to various positions. Doctor Lord David Owen, a member of the UK House of Lords, said that this would make people more aware of how their leaders...

13 November 2008
08:25 GMT

Switch-to-Mac Cable Migrates PC Stuff to Your Mac

Belkin is proud to announce a new product for Mac users, which allows them to make the switch easier than ever before, the company says. Symbolically dubbed Switch-to-Mac Cable, Belkin's new offering provides a way for PC/laptop owners to move their files and settings onto a Mac, without losing precious data, an...

13 November 2008
08:16 GMT

Ultimate Edition 2.0, a Revamped Ubuntu 8.10

TheeMahn, the man behind the Ultimate Edition, a popular Linux distribution based on Ubuntu, announced a couple of days ago the 2.0 release of his open source operating system. Being built off Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) by hand, Ultimate Edition 2.0 is the most awaited and the most complete GNU/Linux operating syste...

13 November 2008
08:02 GMT

Duller Solar Batteries Are More Efficient

Although people are accustomed to shiny solar panels and cells that are believed to replace conventional energy sources in the future, this is promised to change soon. In fact, scientists have discovered that, in order to improve the efficiency of the solar light caption devices, these need to be made as less reflect...

13 November 2008
07:56 GMT

Vista SP1 and XP SP3 November 2008 Security Release ISO Image

On the heels of the November 2008 launch of security bulletin releases, Microsoft has made available for download the ISO Image, containing the updates for its operating system. The November 2008 Security Release ISO Image is a package that only comprises the security updates, which resolve vulnerabilities in various...

13 November 2008
07:42 GMT

Microsoft China Gets New Corporate VP, Chairman and CEO

Almost a year after Timothy Chen, the head of Microsoft China, resigned, the software giant announced that it found a new Corporate Vice President, Chairman and CEO. Simon Leung will lead the Microsoft Greater China Region (GCR), and will report directly to Jean-Philippe Courtois, senior vice president, Microsoft, an...

13 November 2008
07:34 GMT

Microsoft Introduces ItzaBitza Children's Game

ItzaBitza is just the first title out of a collection of games introduced by Microsoft,  designed for children age four and older, and set up to introduce a new gaming experience. Developed by Sabi, with technology licensed from the Redmond giant, ItzaBitza is a title combining interactive drawing with education...

13 November 2008
07:08 GMT

High Profits Demand High-Risk Decisions

Taking risks is in the very nature of entrepreneurs, says a new scientific study, conducted by University of Cambridge researchers. Volatile situations are handled better by people owning their own businesses than by those working in managerial positions inside a company. Actually, the whole process of starting one&#...

13 November 2008
06:58 GMT

Kingston HyperX T1 Series Memory Kits Shipping

Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the worldwide known leader in memory products, announced today having begun shipping its select DDR3 and DDR2 HyperX memory modules which feature the new T1 heatspreaders. The memory modules presented by Kingston are designed specifically to allow overclockers to push the performanc...

13 November 2008
06:52 GMT

Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2 Cheats IX (PS2)

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 ...

13 November 2008
06:51 GMT

MSI Also Unveils Its AM3-Supporting Motherboards

Following ASUS’ announcement yesterday, fellow Taiwanese competitor, Micro Star International also announced its AM3-ready motherboards. These motherboards are already available on the market, and some users might have taken advantage of their features and specifications already, but by using AMD's current...

13 November 2008
06:46 GMT

Sony Ericsson Xperia X1a Can Be Ordered Now

Sony Ericsson Xperia X1a can be ordered today, even though shipping will probably start on November 28. In any case, fans are undoubtedly glad that Ericsson can finally bring the Xperia X1a to the U.S. as well.There are noticeable differences from the version released not long ago in Europe, some even considering thi...

13 November 2008
06:46 GMT

1Password 2.9.5 Beta 1 Fixes Issues with Saved Logins

Agile Web Solutions has released a new beta version of its password manager and form filler for Mac OS X, 1Password. The new product includes three code corrections, one of which addresses an issue where some saved logins would not appear in the Fill Login menu. Upon releasing 1Password 2.9.4 Beta 1, Agile Web ...

13 November 2008
06:39 GMT

The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass Hints IV (DS)

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...

13 November 2008
06:26 GMT

Games for Windows - LIVE Update Redistributable 2.0

Microsoft is kicking Games for Windows – LIVE up a notch. The evolution announced by Larry Hryb, the director of programming for Xbox Live (who uses the pseudonym Major Nelson), involves the overhauling of the service and the introduction of a fresh LIVE guide. According to Hryb, all that end-users will have to...

13 November 2008
06:18 GMT

Almost Three-Millennia-Old Pottery Found in Lebanon

Ancient pottery belonging to the Phoenician civilization has been discovered at a dig site in Lebanon, by a mixed Lebanese and Spanish team of archaeologists. The largest of the earthen recipients found were used to store earthly remains of the dead, as the study indicates. Over 100 such jars, thought to be about 2,...

13 November 2008
06:10 GMT

Gears of War 2 Invades the United Kingdom

With gamers entering the busiest videogame release period of the year, charts are a good way of seeing how players greet each title; they also allow you to find out what best fits your gaming preferences and budget.Chart Track, the company which reports sales data for the United Kingdom, says that Gears of War 2 has ...

13 November 2008
05:57 GMT

Stainless OS X Browser Adds Web Inspector Support

Developed by the folks at Mesa Dynamics, Stainless is the simplest and most useful web browser you could ask for. Released to the public in September, Stainless has already seen six updates, although the software is still beta material. The latest version to date brings new additions, as well as bug fixes.Whether you...

13 November 2008
05:55 GMT

Animal Crossing: Wild World Hints XXIX (DS)

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...

13 November 2008
05:53 GMT

The Magic Within the HMS Beagle Stormglass

If you're looking for a magic item that really goes beyond the usual gimmick-ish spirit of most gadgets and you feel like you're ready for a deeply moving experience, you could give the H.M.S. Beagle Stormglass a try. Sounds at least exciting, doesn't it? Having "storm" – a brutal and forceful na...

13 November 2008
05:51 GMT

ICANN Signs EstDomains Death Sentence

It looks like crybecriminal organizations everywhere are receiving blow after blow. After having lost two of their major hosting providers in the U.S., online crooks are about to lose their favorite domain registrar, too. ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) announced that ending the Registrar ...

13 November 2008
05:47 GMT

Radeon GPUs to Boost PC Performance with New ATI Stream Acceleration

AMD, the second largest worldwide consumer chip maker, has just announced plans to release a free ATI Catalyst driver update that is said to instantly unlock new ATI Stream acceleration capabilities, which are already featured in millions of graphics cards based on the company's Radeon graphics processor. This w...

13 November 2008
05:45 GMT

Marware Intros Nuances for iPod Nano 4G

Nuances for iPod nano 4G are now available from Marware. The company, responsible for some of the most popular designs in iPod, iPhone and MacBook sleeves, reveals that Nuances are temporarily out of stock, but still available for pre-order. According to its makers, the Nuance is an ultra-slim, colorful Nappa leathe...

13 November 2008
05:33 GMT

Strange Saturnine Aurora Captured

The Cassini probe found in Saturn's orbit has managed to depict yet another mystery of the ringed planet. The content of the most recent images that the spacecraft sent back to the Earth have startled experts again. The photographs unveiled a mysterious phenomenon occurring at the planet's northernmost lati...

13 November 2008
05:32 GMT

ESRB Now Provides Ratings Summaries

The Entertainment Software Ratings Board has announced that it is offering all new “ratings summaries” in an effort to make sure that in the run up to the highly expected Christmas shopping season, buyers are correctly informed about the goods they are about to pick up.The idea is to provide explanations ...

13 November 2008
05:13 GMT

Cray's Jaguar to Become the Fastest Supercomputer

The fastest computer in the world nowadays is considered to be IBM's Roadrunner, which managed to break the petaflop barrier five months ago. Recent news shows that the top position is also targeted by Cray Inc.'s XT Jaguar, which may prove a lot faster next week. According to the U.S. Department of Energy,...

13 November 2008
05:11 GMT

ARM Is Also Heading to the Netbook Market

Intel's Atom processor is about to get a run for its money, not only from AMD, as we have reported earlier today, but also from a chip maker that has a long history in designing processors that deliver a small power consumption, and are specifically built to be featured in smartphones and personal media players,...

13 November 2008
05:10 GMT

iPod Classic Software Update 2.0.1 Available

Following the release of iPod nano 4G Software Update 1.0.3, it has been revealed that owners of an iPod classic 120GB also have new software to install. The 58MB package is only available by connecting your classic iPod to iTunes. The release adds support for upcoming Apple products, and, additionally, includes fixe...

13 November 2008
04:53 GMT

Environment from the Oven to the Fridge

Contrary to what most of us may believe, scientific studies indicate that Ice Ages are not a rare phenomenon occurring every now and then for more or less long periods of time. Instead, the interglacial periods, the short spells between long, freezing epochs, are the real intruders. In other words, the tiny geologica...

13 November 2008
04:47 GMT

BlackBerry Curve 8900 Coming to T-Mobile

The BlackBerry 8900, one of the most awaited phones, is finally here, but only via T-Mobile Germany, at least for now. We haven't had any new news on it since the first bits of information came out sometime last month, but now it has been officially released, even if only for the Germans to enjoy.The Curve 8900,...

13 November 2008
04:43 GMT

Dark Cloud 2 Hints XIV (PS2)

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...

13 November 2008
04:31 GMT

Samsung U440 Cleo Going to Verizon

The previous model of the Samsung Cleo, which was available just in pink, and probably did not appeal to clients other than women, has been on sale only at Bell Canada. Now, the FCC has announced a new model, the U440, coming to America via Verizon Wireless, in a more attractive shade of red.The U440 is, in fact, the...

13 November 2008
04:25 GMT

Waiting for The Wrath of the Lich King - The Launch

Location: Bucharest, Romania. Date and time: November 12, 2008, 22:00. Event: The launch of "The Wrath of the Lich King," the second expansion to one of the world's most successful game titles to date, The World of Warcraft, an event that took place at midnight all over the world. While I’m not what you wo...

13 November 2008
04:21 GMT

Blizzard Bans 350,000 Battle.Net Users

Blizzard is one of the most popular game developers out there, largely due to the fact that its policy is to sell titles that offer deep stories and well polished experiences, with hardly any bugs or glitches that might ruin the game for the player.The online server system of the company, Battle.Net, has withstood th...

13 November 2008
04:12 GMT

Fallout 3 Censored in Japan

I've played a good 20 hours of Fallout 3 and I can't shake the feeling that if I were a Japanese citizen, I'd miss out on quite a lot of what this game has to offer. It seems that Bethesda has decided to make quite significant changes to the Japan bound version of the game in order to be sure it does ...

13 November 2008
04:07 GMT

iPod nano 4G Software Update 1.0.3 Available

Apple has released a new software version for its latest-released iPod, the fourth-gen nano. According to iPod owners, the release notes just say "Bug Fixes," mentioning no details about the update. However, Apple Discussions users promptly posted their findings, revealing that the iPod nano 4G Software Update 1.0.3 ...

13 November 2008
04:07 GMT

AMD Starts Shipping the 45nm Shanghai Today

Advanced Micro Devices announced quite a while ago the release of a new server microprocessor, code-named Shanghai; it has officially introduced it today. The chip is manufactured using the 45 nanometer process technology and is said to be able to deliver improved performance and energy savings. According to the Sunn...

13 November 2008
03:55 GMT

Paranoia Levels Are On The Rise Worldwide

Paranoia is a mental disorder that makes people suffering from it believe that everyone else is out to get them. Patients suffer from hallucinations and they believe that those around them are always following or spying on them. Therefore, they create an alternate reality of sorts, in that they distance themselves fr...

13 November 2008
03:53 GMT

Codemasters Focuses on Russia with Localized Games

Russia is perhaps one of the biggest markets of games in the world, but, unfortunately, the high piracy rate is scaring off developers and publishers, which choose not to launch their products there, or to delay their arrival in the European country.Up until recently, quite a lot of gaming companies denied makin...

13 November 2008
03:48 GMT

Gears of War 2 Sells 2 Million

Gamers love autumn and the main reason is the fact that this season, especially the last week of October and the first of November, is the period when most of the blockbuster videogames of the year are launched. And arguably the biggest release for the Xbox 360 gaming console during this time frame is Epic's Gea...

13 November 2008
03:46 GMT

ENDURANCE Gets Endurance Test

The Environmentally Non-Disturbing Under-ice Robotic ANtarctiC Explorer (ENDURANCE) is a submarine device financed by NASA and designed by William Stone, the president of Stone Aerospace Corporation in Austin, Texas. It is conceived in order to explore otherwise unreachable, tremendously cold waters under thick layer...

13 November 2008
03:07 GMT

IEA Report Calls for an Energy Revolution

International Energy Agency's (IEA) World Energy Outlook 2008 report, the latest annual document released, paints a bleak image of the future of energy worldwide. The paper says that energy demands will constantly increase in the next couple of decades, which will lead to a planetary increase in temperature, by ...

13 November 2008
03:03 GMT

Gears of War 2 Developer Talks About Co-Op in Games

Gears of War 2 is a very massive game, largely due to the fact that it is the successor to one of the most popular games ever launched for the Xbox 360. Promising to bring back the same gory fights from the first game, only with a more developed story and characters, the title is set to become one of the best-selling...

13 November 2008
02:58 GMT

Firefox 3.0.4 and Firefox 2.0.0.18 Available for Download

Mozilla continues to offer synchronized updates for Firefox 3.0 and Firefox 2.0, as it is working on the development of Firefox 3.1 Beta 2, which is expected by the end of this month. The release strategy was adapted following the release of version 3.0 of the open source browser this year. With incremental updates n...

13 November 2008
02:57 GMT

AMD to Announce Its Netbook CPU Plans

AMD is expected to announce today a few of its objectives regarding a netbook processor it plans to release as Atom's competitor. According to some voices, this would be Bobcat, the UMPC-oriented processor, but the chip maker could present other processors. About four months ago, AMD’s ...

13 November 2008
02:52 GMT

Indonesia Apple Store Up and Running

Apple opened this week new online stores in Asia, proving that Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines are big fans of its iPods and Macs. Thanks to Softpedia reader gagahput3ra, we are now able to confirm the fifth online store kicking off in Asia, namely in Indonesia. Not differing one bit from the other As...

13 November 2008
02:46 GMT

Get Ready for Supreme Commander 2

Supreme Commander was one of the most well polished RTS (Real Time Strategy) games of 2007, offering gamers the opportunity to play in a distant future with three very distinct races on huge battlefields. The title focused on expanding bases and upgrading the technology used by the player's units to win the batt...

13 November 2008
02:40 GMT

The Navy Is Cleared to Use Sonars Off California

Waters off the coast of California have been used by the Navy for exercise and simulation purposes for over 40 years, until recently, when environmentalist groups got lower federal courts in the state to limit or even eliminate the use of sonars in some areas. However, the Supreme Court concluded that there was no ev...

13 November 2008
02:31 GMT

Dark Cloud Hints XIV (PS2)

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 ...

13 November 2008
02:10 GMT


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