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Project Sylpheed is a space sim game developed by Game Arts and published by Final Fantasy creators, Square Enix exclusively for the Xbox 360 console. The game was released on the 28th of September 2006 in Japan, the 29th of June 2007 in Europe, the 10th of July 2007 in North America and the 19th of July 2007 in Aust... |
14 July 2008
21:06 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... |
14 July 2008
21:06 GMT |
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Project Gotham Racing 4 is a racing simulation title developed by Bizzare Creations and published by Microsoft exclusively for the Xbox 360 consoles. The game was released on the 2nd of October 2007 in North America, the 11th of October 2007 in Australia and the 12th of October 2007 in Europe. A free challenge pack w... |
14 July 2008
19:46 GMT |
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SEGA is delivering news that developer Creative Assembly is working on a strategy title for the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3. The game, which is developed by the Australian studio of CA, is called Stormrise and will be set in a post-apocalyptic future where two factions need to fight for resources.The console-focus... |
14 July 2008
19:36 GMT |
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Poker Smash, a game developed by Void Star Creations, is an action packed puzzle title with a poker twist. The game is available for download for 800 MS Points ($10) since the 6th of February 2008. It was pretty well received by the public and it proved to be pretty addictive.Poker Smash is aimed at the less hardcore... |
14 July 2008
19:06 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... |
14 July 2008
18:41 GMT |
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With all the excitement created by the abundance of apps now available through the App Store, and Apple's continuous advertising of the enhancements brought by the new OS 2.0, few have noticed that security improvements are also present in the new iPhone / iPod touch OS.In an article about the security content o... |
14 July 2008
18:06 GMT |
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Turbine is getting close to the release of Book 14 of Lord of the Ring Online. The developers say that the update is going to be the last the MMO will receive before the launch of the expansion, called Mines of Moria, which is scheduled for autumn.Book 14 is actually called Ringforges of Eregion and will focus on the... |
14 July 2008
18:06 GMT |
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The New York Times has released its very own application, offering "a new way to take your news with you on the iPhone and iPod touch." The NYTimes iPhone application allows you to enjoy the high-quality journalism of The New York Times on your iPhone, anywhere.The application is "specifically designed to utilize the... |
14 July 2008
17:21 GMT |
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This week, Microsoft plans to keep our brains healthy, probably, since they are only releasing brain teasers on Xbox Live Arcade - games such as Coffeetime Crosswords and Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords, plus a completely free DLC pack we're going to talk about a tad later.First of all, the headliner of ... |
14 July 2008
17:06 GMT |
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Burnout is a video game developed by Criterion Studios and published by Acclaim Entertainment Inc. It was released in 2001 for 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 pe... |
14 July 2008
16:21 GMT |
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Did you like the wacky artistic direction and innovative gameplay of Patapon, which was released for the PlayStation Portable in February? Either way, get ready for the sequel which is already in development and for the addition of a new multiplayer component to the title.Game designer Hiroyuki Kotani recently talked... |
14 July 2008
16:06 GMT |
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Recent posts on Apple Discussions have revealed that some users are experiencing low signal strength with the new iPhone 3G. There are solutions to improving / boosting the signal on your iPhone 3G, some of which are free. Others are quite costly. Read on to see the various ways you can boost your iPhone 3G signal st... |
14 July 2008
16:06 GMT |
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You have probably heard about the MX vs. ATV series of games published by THQ and you know it's one of the best racing franchises available on the market. And since neither game developers nor publishers will stop creating titles which bring them loads of cash, we have word that a new off-road racing game is in ... |
14 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... |
14 July 2008
14:31 GMT |
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Verizon Wireless announced today that it has teamed up with Jonas Brothers, the famous American pop-rock group, in order to bring their music closer to its subscribers. Jonas Brothers are on a US tour called "Burning Up" and Verizon offers its customers the chance to win tickets to the upcoming venues. All those who... |
14 July 2008
14:07 GMT |
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Civilization: Revolution is the re-imagining for consoles of the classic PC game, with Sid Meier taking charge of development for the first time after overseeing that of Civilization IV for the PC. The game is delivering a very interesting console experience, with a story that is a bit more shallow than the usual Civ... |
14 July 2008
14:06 GMT |
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In Japan, where iPhone 3G is the only officially released iPhone (the first-generation handset didn't reach the Japanese market), iPhone fans are confronted with what seems to be an iPhone 3G crisis. More exactly, there are far less units on sale than there should have been and, according to Akihabara News, lots... |
14 July 2008
13:14 GMT |
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Many people are eagerly anticipating Ubisoft's latest game in the Prince of Persia franchise, the title that is supposed to revive the series and offer the developers a chance to start it over again and bring us ten more POP games. However, it is quite possible for the entire plan to get a little delay if the de... |
14 July 2008
13:06 GMT |
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Windows 7 Milestone 2 is the next stage in the evolution of Windows Vista's successor. Having delivered the first taste of the next iteration of Windows to its closest partners in December 2007, under the Milestone 1, Microsoft's focus has shifted to the subsequent development milestone. According to initia... |
14 July 2008
12:33 GMT |
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HTC is preparing the release of a new version of Touch Diamond, the high-end Pocket PC first unveiled at the beginning of May. Codenamed HTC Victor, the new device will be available from the largest mobile operators in Taiwan: Chunghwa Telecom (later in June) and Taiwan Mobile (in August). The difference between t... |
14 July 2008
12:11 GMT |
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The fate of another promising online RPG game is unknown for the moment, since Flagship Studio, Hellgate: London developers, was shut down and all its employees fired. This news comes as a strange surprise from a company which had a promising game in the works (Mythos) and an online publishing and hosting company cal... |
14 July 2008
12:06 GMT |
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Nobody is disputing the fact that Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates has left the company he co-founded in order to become a busy philanthropic bee. But, at the same time, Gates has more in common with insects than this simple simile designed to illustrate his commitment as a full-time Chairman of the Bill and Melinda Gat... |
14 July 2008
11:57 GMT |
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Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodgeball is an Xbox Live Arcade game developed by Blazing Lizard and expected to hit the XBLA service by the end of the year. The title is going to be published by Gamecock and it will be a dodgeball fantasy game which will bring players lots of zany teams, such as pirates, ninjas, zombies and rob... |
14 July 2008
11:36 GMT |
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Microsoft is by no means shy of targeting specific consumer segments, and the Latino community in the United States is of a consistent enough size to attract the company's attention. MSN Latino Mobile is the latest initiative coming from the software giant aimed at making its MSN portal available to U.S.-based H... |
14 July 2008
11:34 GMT |
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Just recently, we were reporting that the UK Government was asking for tighter SMEs data security and that phishing attacks on Irish SMEs were on the increase. According to Firebrand, a company that specializes in IT training services, one solution would be not to wait for an actual attack, and to simulate one yourse... |
14 July 2008
11:29 GMT |
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Last weekend brought with it what was probably the last bid made by Microsoft to the current board of directors at Yahoo!. Since the company declined the proposal once again, Carl Icahn, the major investor at Yahoo!, finally signed an official proxy statement that asks for the dismissal of Jerry Yang, current CEO of ... |
14 July 2008
11:22 GMT |
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"Think it and it might just become true!" This is just one way to describe the findings detailed by researchers of the University of Rochester's Medical Center, who have recently discovered that men who really believe that they have a low chance of developing a cardiovascular disease have in fact three times les... |
14 July 2008
11:15 GMT |
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Orange and BIC, the company best known for stationery products, lighters and razors, have partnered to bring a new affordable mobile phone, simply named the "BIC phone." Presented as a basic handset that's "100% ready to go," the BIC phone comes packed just like a razor and includes a SIM card, 60 free minutes ... |
14 July 2008
11:14 GMT |
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It seems like AMD's graphics subsidiary is receiving an impressive amount of attention from the online media. Unlike in the previous years, the latest news places ATI in a very favorable light, something that the red team hasn't seen in years. The most recent reports coming in talk about a number of Radeon ... |
14 July 2008
11:02 GMT |
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The IT security world continues to be plagued by data loss incidents; laptops with confidential data are stolen or lost on airports, disks are gone, USB memory devices are misplaced, and so on. According to Blue Chip Technologies, amongst all the things that cause data to be lost, human error accounts for 26% of it ... |
14 July 2008
10:44 GMT |
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Windows is generally perceived as the perpetual bronze winner in a three horse race against Apple's Mac OS X and the open source Linux, despite the fact that Microsoft continues to account for in excess of 90% of the operating system market. According to the Redmond company, the operating system vulnerability co... |
14 July 2008
10:44 GMT |
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When it comes to dealing with a computer, women seem to be more frustrated than men. 55.8% of the women who have to face different computer-related difficulties are extremely irritated, while only 49.7% of the men feel the same. The data have been made public by a Swedish study that was cited by Royal Pingdom. The ma... |
14 July 2008
10:40 GMT |
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Well, it doesn't really look like the car of my dreams, but it does bear some resemblance to the flying cars from 'The Jetsons', and best of all, it can run more than 100 kilometers with only one liter of fuel. Too bad it doesn't fly, though. Volkswagen's One Litre is currently the most econo... |
14 July 2008
10:31 GMT |
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Nokia Siemens Networks and Chunghwa Telecom, the largest mobile operator in Taiwan, have signed a new deal in order to enhance the Taiwanese carrier's 3G network. Following the new agreement, which is valued at 72 million Euros ($113.5 million), the new 3G network will allow Chunghwa Telecom's subscribers t... |
14 July 2008
10:19 GMT |
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Since the release of Halo 3 gamers everywhere have been speculating on the future of the series. The most part of this speculation has been based, so far, on the closing credits shown on the Legendary difficulty level. They show remnants of the ship carrying Master Chief as it orbited a new world, confirmed to be nei... |
14 July 2008
10:15 GMT |
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After the series of rumors that have surfaced, saying that AMD's upcoming high-end graphics card would be released either in July or in August, there's finally something official coming from one of the company's representatives. According to Raja Koudri, worldwide CTO (Products Group) at AMD, the new "... |
14 July 2008
10:07 GMT |
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Apple has announced that, despite the many problems occurring with activating iPhone 3G units with AT&T, the company was able to sell over a million new devices in the three days since its release. Additionally, Apple is also happy to confirm some 10 million software downloads through its App Store.No surprise there ... |
14 July 2008
09:55 GMT |
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The Rights and Resource Initiative warns that by 2030 yet another massive chunk of the tropical rainforest will be gone in favor of agriculture as the demand for food and biofuels increases. The organization also points out that the governments of developing countries are rather reluctant in applying any reforms at a... |
14 July 2008
09:46 GMT |
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Windows 7, Microsoft's next iteration of the Windows client and the successor of Windows Vista, is nothing short of lost in translation. Windows 7 is planned to be nothing more than the evolution of Vista, with the Redmond company promising that the pain brought by the current Windows operating system will prove... |
14 July 2008
09:46 GMT |
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Lawyers too follow the trends and use, in a high percentage, the online social networks. 67% of the lawyers aged between 25 and 35 have an account on one of the networks LinkedIn, Plaxo, Facebook or MySpace, as a survey shows. The percentage decreases as the age grows; 49% of the attorneys from the 36-45 category use... |
14 July 2008
09:42 GMT |
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Sony Ericsson W980, the high-end Walkman handset announced by the Swedish-Japanese company back in February, is no longer in the "coming soon" section of Sony Ericsson's official website. This means the handset should be commercially available in the next days, although Sony Ericsson has not made any announcemen... |
14 July 2008
09:35 GMT |
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Kris Kaspersky, software engineering expert, security consultant and technical writer, will demonstrate at the upcoming HITB (Hack in the Box) Security Conference how an attacker can use JavaScript and TCP/IP packets to remotely exploit a flaw in the Intel processor. The conference will be held in Malaysia over a pe... |
14 July 2008
09:25 GMT |
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PES 2008, the real competitor to the throne of best soccer simulation game, was originally released in October 2007 on multiple consoles and it was received with a mixed reaction. However, it was still a great, realistic soccer simulation and many people enjoyed it. The game was developed and published by Konami.Now,... |
14 July 2008
09:14 GMT |
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As most of you expected, NVIDIA has lowered the prices for its latest GeForce graphics cards. Even more, to make sure that everybody turns their attention to the company's latest cards, it has also gone official with the new prices. So, all of you out there who want to upgrade to the latest in graphics performan... |
14 July 2008
09:12 GMT |
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BlackBerry, the highly successful business-oriented device, has just got a new version of the Ascendo Money. The money managing application has reached version 3.1.2, which is a major upgrade that includes many new features and a completely reshaped interface.Obviously, one of the most popular categories of third par... |
14 July 2008
09:10 GMT |
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The joint releases of Windows Vista and the Office 2007 System in November 2006 and January 2007, designed to be a repeat of Windows 95 and Office 95, have had an inherent result on consumer perception. The simultaneous release of the latest versions of Microsoft's flagship products indicated that the Redmond co... |
14 July 2008
08:51 GMT |
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According to a new study carried out at the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, the mass ratio between the electron and the proton remained constant over the past 6 billion years. This comes to contradict the findings of a study conducted nearly two years ago which suggested that the masses of the two particles... |
14 July 2008
08:48 GMT |
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If you were to choose a metaphor to compare network security with, what would it be? Would you compare it to a chain that is as strong as its weakest link, or would you compare it to an impenetrable fortress? Well, here are the opinions of some of the best known security specialists in the business.For Whitehat Secur... |
14 July 2008
08:42 GMT |
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First announced back in May, "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor" for mobile phones is now available from Gameloft, the well-known game developer and publisher. Coming as the official mobile game for the Universal Pictures film with the same title, "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor" is released more than... |
14 July 2008
08:36 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... |
14 July 2008
08:32 GMT |
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Zuma is another example of a brilliant and simple idea that has turned into a bottomless sack of cash. The gameplay can entice anyone in a matter of seconds and won't let go for days on end. There are people who spent several days without sleeping just to play this masterpiece. The words of the developer are bes... |
14 July 2008
08:30 GMT |
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Contrary to what some might believe, AMD isn't doing very well with its chip business at the moment. Sadly, this holds true even if we take in consideration the favorable articles that have been recently written in support of the company's latest Radeon graphics cards. In fact, it is exactly the graphics se... |
14 July 2008
08:27 GMT |
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Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End falls into the action-adventure games category, featuring lots of swordplay, a couple of cinematic interactive sequences and some basic puzzle elements. Throughout the game, you'll control Jack Sparrow, but you'll also have the chance to play with Will or Elizab... |
14 July 2008
08:20 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 that can be played from a first and a third person perspective... |
14 July 2008
08:03 GMT |
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ADTECH, part of AOL's online advertising business, has just attracted a top-notch partner. Gannett, an international company that operates 23 TV stations and publishes USA Today, along with other 84 newspapers, has chosen AOL's services to display ads on online properties. So far, the two partners have repl... |
14 July 2008
07:56 GMT |
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The modern flamethrower is a pyrotechnic weapon originating from an idea several thousands of years old, used in modern warfare as a weapon of intimidation, to flush a hideout and to fight off enemy forces. The basic idea behind the concept is to spread fire in a designated area by launching burning fuel from a dista... |
14 July 2008
07:43 GMT |
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With Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista and Service Pack 3 for Windows XP already made available to the general public, it would be a tad late for Microsoft to introduce a redesign into its Windows clients. But not the same is valid for an overhaul of the Windows, Windows Vista and Windows XP websites on Microsoft.com.... |
14 July 2008
07:22 GMT |
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There are ten scenarios which can be tackled, each one featuring a different danger zone and characters to be saved. We're happy to announce that a way you can save one of your friends is by deep freezing it using something that resembles a giant extinguisher.Ticket to Ride does not have the notoriety of Happy T... |
14 July 2008
07:17 GMT |
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Advanced Micro Devices decided it was high time to give us a glimpse at its upcoming ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2, due to an official launch in approximately a month. What we see when looking at R700 is basically a board made of maximum two RV770s connected through a PCI Express switch. The card features the same core speed... |
14 July 2008
07:06 GMT |
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Comcast subscribers that wanted to share files with the aid of BitTorrent trackers found that the Internet provider had imposed a certain traffic limit. Kevin J. Martin, Chairman of the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) said that the previously mentioned company will not be fined, but measures will be taken to ... |
14 July 2008
06:52 GMT |
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Father's Day is among the most lucrative holidays for marketers. Whether they're for a dad, an uncle or a role model, presents are a must in order to show one's gratitude. Google is offering some tips to advertisers, to help them attract as many customers as possible until July 15. In the first place, ... |
14 July 2008
06:43 GMT |
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It isn't really a remake, but rather a re-telling of the Golden Axe story: players will only be able to control Amazon warrior Tyris Flare in her quest to defeat the Death Adder. The story is quite simple and predictable: Tyris has lost all her loved ones to the evil Adder and now, she wants revenge. Both magic ... |
14 July 2008
06:40 GMT |
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Audience, the American company based in Mountain View, California, and specialized in advanced noise suppression, has recently announced its debut on the South Korean market by embedding its technology in the new LG SH400 mobile phone. Released by SK Telecom (SKT), the largest operator in South Korea, the new LG hand... |
14 July 2008
06:29 GMT |
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Sources are reporting that a convincing-looking phishing email containing a picture of the .Mac "world" logo, "very much in Apple's style," is circling the web. Users of Apple's web service who've recently moved to MobileMe should take caution when opening and using links provided in suspicious emails.... |
14 July 2008
06:29 GMT |
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If you want to inspect an object thoroughly, hold it in your hands - that should keep you occupied for a while. Psychologists at the Washington University who have recently showed that an object within the grasp of our hands is much closer investigated than an object in the distance, affecting our perception and the ... |
14 July 2008
06:28 GMT |
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It seems that the netbook market is becoming increasingly interesting for a number of other system manufacturers. And that happens for a valid reason, especially since according to a couple of estimations, netbook manufacturers are expected to ship a good number of millions of their products by the end of this year. ... |
14 July 2008
06:24 GMT |
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The introduction of Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista marked the evolution of various aspects of the Windows client with some reverberating all the way to Windows Server 2008 RTM/SP1. As far as changes to the anti-piracy mitigations set in place are concerned, Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008 SP1 both share not only ... |
14 July 2008
06:15 GMT |
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Many companies believe that the use of web 2.0 applications leads to a lower quality of work, because employees tend to forget about their daily tasks and rather concentrate on instant messaging or on updating their profiles on social networks. A recent study from Forrester proves that the outlook has changed. "Our r... |
14 July 2008
06:04 GMT |
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Today, a sentence will be issued in the case of Robert Alan Soloway, aka the Spam King, who is charged with single counts of mail and e-mail fraud and tax evasion. Soloway has already pleaded guilty as charged and risks spending the next 25 years in jail (20 for mail fraud and 5 for e-mail fraud) as well as paying a ... |
14 July 2008
06:02 GMT |
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Even though your parents would probably prefer you would actually go out on the "hot playground", it seems that this is the future and one thing's sure: there's no pain involved! But you should know the rules before even thinking about playing dodgeball. The Western type of dodgeball brings the traditional ... |
14 July 2008
05:59 GMT |
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MacBook Air owners, QuickerTek has released the Apple Juicz, a device that uses solar cells to power up your ultra-thin Apple notebook. It folds neatly but costs quite a lot. An additional hundred bucks are also required for a modified MacBook adapter."The solar cell represents the ultimate in flexibility. No power s... |
14 July 2008
05:49 GMT |
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Alcatel-Lucent, the French giant telecoms company, has recently released a new mobile phone for the UK market, named Alcatel OT-S520. The OT-S520 is an entry-level device that comes in a pretty good-looking candybar form factor and has a price of only 19.99 GBP (about 40 USD or 25 Euros). Obviously, in this price us... |
14 July 2008
05:38 GMT |
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Linus Torvalds announced yesterday the availability of the brand new 2.6.26 Linux kernel. It comes with support for read-only bind mounts, x86 Page Attribute Tables (PAT), improved webcam support with the help of a driver for UVC devices, and many other improvements.Linus Torvalds said about the new edition: "So it&#... |
14 July 2008
05:33 GMT |
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How can one bond two DNA strands without breaking them? Well, by using a micro-sized DNA sewing machine of course! An article published in the Royal Society of Chemistry Journal Lab on a Chip has recently detailed an invention created by Japanese scientists which allows researchers to bond and manipulate individual D... |
14 July 2008
05:28 GMT |
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As we mentioned in a number of previous articles, the Santa Clara-based chip manufacturer NVIDIA has seen better days. Partially responsible for this is the fact that AMD's graphics subsidiary, ATI, has succeeded in providing us with two of the best video cards currently available on the market. This has put eno... |
14 July 2008
05:21 GMT |
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The new Intel notebook platform, originally announced for launch at the Computex show, has been delayed for several reasons for today. Still, we will only see the platform designed for discrete GPUs, while the one with integrated graphics and Mobile WiMAX is expected in the following weeks. Intel says that the new pr... |
14 July 2008
05:09 GMT |
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Are you an iPhone hater? Do you feel like you want to throw up whenever you hear of the "iPod Revolution?" If this is you, or if you simply hate Apple for everything it stands for, the guys at smashmyiphone3g.com promise to make your day by smashing Apple portables and taping the whole thing for you to rejoice."After... |
14 July 2008
05:07 GMT |
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The name of this hacker is Abdul-Rahman Mahaini, he is 26 years old and he lives in Damascus, Syria. According to him, he has so far cracked software programs worth millions of dollars and he will continue to do so, no matter how difficult it is to crack a certain program. He says that he does not do this for the hac... |
14 July 2008
05:00 GMT |
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Looking for software and hardware products fully compatible with Microsoft's latest Windows operating system? Well, look no more, as the Redmond company has unveiled the ultimate resource designed to parade the software and the hardware solutions tailored to Windows Vista, now with Service Pack 1. Set up to offe... |
14 July 2008
04:55 GMT |
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BlackBerry Thunder 9500 has just appeared in the first live images, which show the large touchscreen display of the device as well as its two QWERTY keyboards. You probably already know that Thunder is the only touchscreen smartphone that Research in Motion has developed until now, without officially presenting it ye... |
14 July 2008
04:46 GMT |
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It's never too late to get in touch with technology. The best example of this was a 108-year-old woman who, one year ago, started her blog, or, as she called it, "blob." Two days ago, the Australian passed away in the nursing house that had lodged her for the past week. Her blog, initiated by Mike Rubbo, a direc... |
14 July 2008
04:37 GMT |
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Following the debut of Apple's new iPhone 3G, television stations are now using the subject to make fun of those who dared to camp out in front of Apple's stores to be among the first to own one. The all too well known Jay Leno actually said these folks had no life, while Los Angeles' KTLA sent a repor... |
14 July 2008
04:35 GMT |
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Age and certain genetic variations could greatly affect one later in life whether or not one becomes a heavy smoker, says a study conducted by the University of Utah in collaboration with researchers of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, again bringing to attention the dangers to which the young are exposed while s... |
14 July 2008
04:35 GMT |
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All the nostalgic gamers in Europe will be very happy to hear that one of their favorite characters of all times, Wario, will come back for a new session of gaming experience, thanks to Nintendo which officially announced the release date: September 26, 2008. The game, named Wario Land: The Shake Dimension, will be a... |
14 July 2008
04:28 GMT |
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It seems that people in China are going to be the first to benefit from an ASUS Eee Box launch, according to sources cited by Digitimes. The highly anticipated and mediated low-priced ASUS desktop computer system will hit shelves in Hong Kong before other locations, once with the official release, which will take pla... |
14 July 2008
04:22 GMT |
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The recently passed FISA (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act) Amendments Act allows the US Government, and the NSA in particular, to eavesdrop on international telephone conversations and e-mail messages. According to privacy and human rights watchdogs such as ACLU (American Civil Rights Liberties Union), Amnesty... |
14 July 2008
04:12 GMT |
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IBM is determined to go aggressive on the microprocessor market and it prepares a strong weapon for the action, a 45nm octo-core giant, called Power7. This little monster looks like a highly capable device, offering up to 256 GigaFlops of performance; it is rumored to be delivered on the market featuring a clock spee... |
14 July 2008
04:11 GMT |
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The Windows operating system is not going anywhere for a very long time. In fact, consumers should be prepared to still buy Windows over a decade from the releases of Windows Vista's successors Windows 7 and Windows 8. Microsoft might be hard at work developing non-Windows operating systems such as Singularity a... |
14 July 2008
04:00 GMT |
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If you loved the television series in which the beautiful Sarah Michelle Gellar scared the hell out of vampires, you'll probably be very excited to hear that the fight will restart soon, this time on your Nintendo DS. The Twentieth Century Fox officially licensed product will be developed by 505 Games' Roma... |
14 July 2008
03:52 GMT |
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What was just a rumor at the end of last week is confirmed reality at the beginning of this one. Just a few days prior to the now usual E3 press conference, Microsoft has finally announced that the Xbox 360 is getting a price cut and that the standard 20 GB console version is enjoying a significant upgrade.The offici... |
14 July 2008
03:49 GMT |
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Treo 800w, the new Windows Mobile 6.1 smartphone produced by Palm, is now officially available in the US, exclusively via Sprint. After the reports from last week, which were saying the handset can be bought from a few Sprint stores, Palm Treo 800w can now be acquired online, from Sprint's official website, as w... |
14 July 2008
03:49 GMT |
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Although first discovered nearly one century ago, superconductivity is still mostly a mystery when it comes to materials such as copper oxides and high temperature superconductors. However, while low temperature superconductors do not present too much importance regarding every day life applications, high temperature... |
14 July 2008
03:44 GMT |
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NeoOffice 2.2.4 Patch 2 is now available for Mac owners using the free suite of office applications from NeoOffice.org. The second patch for the latest version of NeoOffice fixes a few bugs. As usual, users are encouraged to report any issues they may encounter while using the software.NeoOffice is based on the OpenO... |
14 July 2008
03:42 GMT |
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It seems that the great majority of Taiwan-based notebook battery makers are confident that the second half of 2008 will be a lucrative one for their business. According to sources from the industry, this will occur as a consequence of the appearance of new notebook models, as well as of many netbooks from leading ve... |
14 July 2008
03:30 GMT |
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Servers with open SSH ports have recently begun to come under hacker attack, which seems to be coordinated, although it is not automatically reported because the hackers employ a brute force attack from more than one machine. Nazar Aziz, IT consultant and developer, has been vigilant enough to detect the attack, whi... |
14 July 2008
03:26 GMT |
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Whenever they're not busy rejecting purchase offers from Microsoft, the people at Yahoo work on delivering more titles to their online service. The best thing about their decision to bring even more fun releases for us to enjoy is the fact that they're planning to keep the games 100% free. This means that a... |
14 July 2008
03:22 GMT |
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For those who expected that Yahoo! would maybe reconsider its position regarding the deals proposed by Microsoft, the late Saturday press release came to set the record straight. As of late, the company has made a habit out of ruling out whatever the "traitor-investor" Carl Icahn and the Redmond enterprise have put f... |
14 July 2008
03:20 GMT |
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After re-acquiring the rights to Children of the Nile and bringing the game to Steam, with a slew of enhancements and fixes, developer Tilted Mill is now saying that it is preparing to launch a new title, called Hinterland. The game is billed by the company as being a "fantasy strategy sim RPG," and will see a releas... |
14 July 2008
03:14 GMT |
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The Icon Factory has released its popular Twitterrific application for iPhone and iPod touch. Just like the desktop version, the mobile one (available for free on the App Store) displays all recent posts, or "tweets," including replies and direct messages for the Twitter social network, and can be optimized for eithe... |
14 July 2008
03:03 GMT |
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Shortly after the June unveiling of C905 (which came together with other 4 new phones), Sony Ericsson is getting ready for another batch of fresh handsets, this time oriented towards music. Two of the yet-to-come new phones are Sony Ericsson W302 (codenamed Sony Ericsson Feng) and Sony Ericsson Remi, both of which sh... |
14 July 2008
02:59 GMT |
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Apparently unaffected by the critical beating Alone in the Dark is enduring since launch, Atari announces the development of a new racing simulation called RACE Pro (no official explanation for the caps in the first word). The title is aimed exclusively at the Xbox 360 gaming console from Microsoft and studio SimBin,... |
14 July 2008
02:42 GMT |
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Yet another reminder of the dangers to which the Earth is subjected every day has been brought to our attention by the Arecibo Radio Observatory and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's LINEAR search program which discovered earlier this year an asteroid expected to make a fly-by around Earth sometime tod... |
14 July 2008
02:38 GMT |
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PlayStation 2 owners probably remember the fun they had while playing a colorful game called Brave. It seems that they are not the only persons who recall it, since SouthPeak and Collision Games have teamed up to bring us an expanded reinvention of the title, called Brave: A Warrior's Tale. This time, even more ... |
14 July 2008
02:37 GMT |
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Welcome to our 2nd issue of Softpedia Linux Weekly! In this edition:[tablec][row][col]￭ Distribution of the Week: wattOS￭ Rack-Soft Introduces VoipNow Hosted￭ Available Now: Damn Small Linux 4.4.3￭ Mandriva 2009 Alpha 2 Screenshot Tour￭ GoblinX Standard 2.7 Launched￭ Ubuntu 8... |
14 July 2008
02:12 GMT |
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