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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... |
15 July 2008
21:16 GMT |
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Ratatouille the video game is based on the successful animated movie by Pixar. The game was developed by Heavy Iron Studios and released by THQ on virtually every format: Gamecube, PS2, PS3, Nintendo Wii, DS, PSP, Xbox, Xbox 360, Game Boy Advance, Windows, Mac and mobile phones (there are no less than twelve systems ... |
15 July 2008
20:26 GMT |
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Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 is a first-person shooter video game and the sequel to Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas. It was announced by Ubisoft on November 20, 2007. The game was released for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on March 18, 2008, in North America and March 20, 2008, in Europe, except for G... |
15 July 2008
19:46 GMT |
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E3 is a huge event and publishers seem to unload all the information they can in the shortest time possible as they hold their press conferences. Big and small announcements are meant to offer a preview of the wide range of new things that are about to come in the near future and a lot of information has already been... |
15 July 2008
19:11 GMT |
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Designed specifically to entertain both casual and hardcore gamers with its deep immersion, five to fifteen-minute play sessions and turn-based play style, Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords incorporates strategy, role-playing elements and a persistent storyline in a puzzle board setting. Based on the Warlords u... |
15 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... |
15 July 2008
18:41 GMT |
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Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning is undergoing some major changes just as the release deadline looms nearer. It's worth noting that the MMO has already seen significant delays, needed to add all the content the developers wanted in.Now, part of the content that was announced for the game is getting cut, as the... |
15 July 2008
18:11 GMT |
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THQ has ported one of its highly addictive Wii titles to the iPhone and iPod touch as well. de Blob, a game where players must fight off the forces of the evil I.N.K.T. Corporation and stop them from stealing color from the world, is now available from App Store for immediate download.As de Blob uses motion sensitive... |
15 July 2008
17:06 GMT |
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We all know that Sony's handheld has been criticized by some during the past few months for various reasons and, as a result, the PlayStation Portable had its ups and downs on the Western market. However, in Japan, things are completely different: ever since the beginning of 2008, Sony's console has been co... |
15 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... |
15 July 2008
16:41 GMT |
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It is believed that Apple's iPhone business will soon become as profitable as its Mac one. Analyst Shaw Wu, of American Technology Research, predicts that the iPhone could eventually bring Apple some $20 billion revenue each year, according to Macworld.The publication notes that Wu holds a buy rating on Apple st... |
15 July 2008
16:21 GMT |
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It seems that the upcoming iteration of Prince of Persia will not be getting a demo. The developers of the game are saying that the production schedule is tight enough as it is, and that they do not have the time and the resources required to put together a demo of the game that would do it justice.The new Prince of ... |
15 July 2008
15:56 GMT |
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Everybody seems to love Banjo Kazooie, otherwise Rare's franchise wouldn't get a third installment this November. They do risk a bit with the game's mechanics and the "build whatever vehicle you want" thing, according to some of the more traditional gamers, but we all know that, in the end, any change ... |
15 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... |
15 July 2008
14:36 GMT |
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Sony Ericsson Alicia, a new Walkman handset that first appeared on the Web more than one month ago, will be released by the Swedish-Japanese company under the official name of Sony Ericsson W707. This info does not come from Sony Ericsson, but from the SEMC Blog, where it's also said that the W707 will be relea... |
15 July 2008
14:20 GMT |
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Xseed is coming out with its line-up for the fall of 2008, announcing the eminent release of Retro Game Challenge in the United States, and the worldwide launch of Populous DS and of Korg DS-10.The first game announced, Retro Game Challenge, is actually a re-named Game Center CX: Arino's Challenge. Based on a ve... |
15 July 2008
14:06 GMT |
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AT&T, the largest mobile carrier in North America, announced that it would offer a $1 million grant to LULAC (the League of United Latin American Citizens), via the AT&T Foundation. The money will allow LULAC to roll-out its "Adelante America" program, which has the purpose of providing mentoring, academic classes an... |
15 July 2008
13:10 GMT |
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Everybody agrees that whenever two supernatural worlds collide, chaos emerges and only one category of people has something to win out of it: gamers. And it seems that we're up for one of the biggest treats in recent times, since the new Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe looks incredibly great at E3 and we're 1... |
15 July 2008
13:06 GMT |
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Ericsson, together with Telecinco and Boomerang TV, announced the availability of Formula One live content for all the Spanish mobile TV users. From now on, Formula One (F1) fans in Spain will be able to view the races of this season on their mobile phones, thanks to Ericsson and HyC, the Spanish company that Ericss... |
15 July 2008
12:21 GMT |
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With all this E3 madness going on, guess which company is relaxed and is counting its money? If you have read the title, you already know: it's Activision. And it seems that they're counting even more than expected which, combined with the Blizzard merger, will probably turn them into the most profitable bu... |
15 July 2008
12:11 GMT |
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The first security and stability update for Firefox 3.0 is planned to drop one day short of a month since the general availability of the latest iteration of the open source browser. Mozilla will make available Firefox 3.0.1 tomorrow, July 16, 2008, taking Firefox 3.0 one step further on its evolution. The delivery d... |
15 July 2008
12:07 GMT |
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Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas is the fifth chronological release in the Rainbow Six series of video games. It was launched for the Xbox 360 on November 21, 2006, and for Windows on December 12, 2006. The PlayStation Portable version was released on June 12, 2007, for North America and Europe, while the PlayStat... |
15 July 2008
11:46 GMT |
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Google Earth has been offering, for over three years now, a close view of the places that a few people only dream of seeing in reality. A new layer has been added to the platform, and we're talking about a 3D projection of some of the major cities in the world, but also of ambitious towns. Until now, only U.S. L... |
15 July 2008
11:43 GMT |
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Microsoft is fighting to exorcise the evil out of the Google-Yahoo alliance. After Yahoo eluded Microsoft's $44.6 billion marriage proposal, it was quick to jump in bed with Google, and strike an online advertising and search partnership. The Redmond company failed to see any good in a combination of Google and ... |
15 July 2008
11:36 GMT |
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It seems that this has been one busy day for Lenovo, which has stepped forward with a number of new notebooks, all based on Intel's latest Centrino 2 processor technology. And this was to be expected from one of the leading portable computer system makers. Especially since a number of other manufacturers have al... |
15 July 2008
11:36 GMT |
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The way birds are able to distinguish between their own eggs and those of parasitic layers such as cuckoos has kept scientists mystified for a long period. At the same time, everybody seemed to have forgotten that birds are able to see much more differently than us and that their eyes are, in fact, capable of observi... |
15 July 2008
11:22 GMT |
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Nokia E71, the new Eseries smartphone that Nokia released at the beginning of July, is now available in a luxury edition. Created by Goldstriker, the UK company famous for dressing lots of mobile devices in precious metals, the new E71 comes plated with 24 carat gold, which makes it look worse than both the original... |
15 July 2008
11:14 GMT |
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As of this week, the general public can test the beta versions of Norton Internet Security 2009 and Norton Antivirus 2009. The researchers from Symantec, the developer of the Norton range of security solutions, say that significant changes have been made to the software so that it can run faster without having to co... |
15 July 2008
11:09 GMT |
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Researchers at the Washington and California (San Diego) universities have come up with this free solution for you to track down your Apple laptop, should someone steal it. Naturally, the free software can only help if the thief connects your laptop to the Internet (they always do), but it addresses a critical privac... |
15 July 2008
11:04 GMT |
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America's top 10 web brands for June starts with Google and ends with Apple. The ranking was made according to the number of unique users in the U.S. that visited certain pages, and was disclosed by Nielsen Ratings. Google has all the reasons to show off in front of its competitors, since its properties attracte... |
15 July 2008
10:39 GMT |
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Already transitioned to MobileMe? Good, check Software Update, there should be something there for you - a Mac OS X Update for MobileMe. Leopard users are encouraged to update to MobileMe 1.1 as the new version includes general system fixes aimed at optimizing your MobileMe experience."The Mac OS X Update For MobileM... |
15 July 2008
10:32 GMT |
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If there is one thing that Microsoft is more mute than Windows 7, then it's Windows 7 Server. While the Redmond company has been saying close to nothing about the successor of Windows Vista, it has managed to keep the lid even more tight on the next iteration of the Windows server operating system. But make no m... |
15 July 2008
10:30 GMT |
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Lenovo introduced today four new notebooks, as part of the company's IdeaPad lineup. Designed to bring consumers new color alternatives, as well as new features, Lenovo's latest IdeaPad notebooks may be on their way to a successful run, especially given that these new models are based on the recently releas... |
15 July 2008
10:27 GMT |
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Japanese electronics company OKI has recently announced the release of its FSE (Face Recognition Engine) Ver.4 which can be embedded into surveillance systems so as to specifically identify individuals by their face. In the near future OKI hopes to further develop the technology, so that after identifying a face the ... |
15 July 2008
10:04 GMT |
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The Xbox 360 is looking very strong, after witnessing the presentation that Microsoft had at E3. We've already talked about Fable 2 to some extent and we knew most of the stuff that was shown in relation to Gears of War 2, but there's plenty more games to talk about when it comes to the Xbox 360.In a major ... |
15 July 2008
09:59 GMT |
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The only Samsung smartphone from Verizon Wireless' line-up of products, namely the SCH-i760, can now be upgraded to Windows Mobile 6.1 (from the old 6.0 version). Besides the Vista look of Windows Mobile 6.1, users who upgrade their Samsung i760 will also get support for YouTube videos, enhanced Bluetooth capabi... |
15 July 2008
09:53 GMT |
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According to NASA administrator Michael Griffin, the next manned mission to set foot on the Moon by the end of the next century might not be coordinated by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, but by China. Dr. Griffin further points out that if China wants to put a man on the Moon before the American s... |
15 July 2008
09:53 GMT |
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Volume Licensing is just one of the modalities to acquire Microsoft software, but perhaps, as customers are concerned, it is also the most appealing because of the cost savings it implies. In contrast to the retail copies of Windows Vista, the main benefit of the Volume Licenses is that it takes the cost of the packa... |
15 July 2008
09:43 GMT |
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There's a saying that goes something like this: everything that is forbidden is more interesting, or more gratifying. Nonetheless, the point is that people tend to do things that are generally forbidden or off limits. That also seems to be the case with those that take pleasure in installing Apple's Mac OS ... |
15 July 2008
09:28 GMT |
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Google's supremacy on the search engines market is guaranteed for a long while from now on. The case of France, which is one of the most devoted markets to Google's search engine, supports this affirmation. A study provided by comScore reveals that, in May, 82% of the French Internet users conducted their s... |
15 July 2008
09:25 GMT |
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According to Trend Micro, company that specializes in providing Internet security solutions, social networking sites are a security threat not only to the user, but also to the company's network. This is because a lager and larger number of people access such sites from their workplace, using the PC and Internet... |
15 July 2008
09:07 GMT |
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BlackBerry Bold 9000, the yet-to-come high-end smartphone prepared by RIM for all those in need of a complete business device, is said to get a similar contract price as the 16GB iPhone 3G. At least that's what will happen in Canada where, according to BlackBerry Cool, Rogers Wireless intends to sell the new RIM... |
15 July 2008
08:58 GMT |
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Some people, even today, call this type of material bulletproof glass. The fact is that it is anything but bulletproof. By definition, this special type of glass is able to resist one or more rounds shot from a firearm before losing the properties that allow it to stop bullets. Its primary objective is not even to st... |
15 July 2008
08:57 GMT |
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GRID is the next game in the Race Drivers series, made famous by the Toca titles. It is no different from what we would expect, a combination between a simulator and an arcade, with emphasis on the latter. The most shocking feature is, of course, the level of damage a car can endure and the movie-like quality of the ... |
15 July 2008
08:54 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... |
15 July 2008
08:54 GMT |
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R.B.I. Baseball is an Xbox Live Arcade classic baseball game originally released by Namco for the NES in 1988. Since then, it has been ported to lots of different consoles and has had numerous sequels, all of them being huge hits on the market. The only thing this game lacked was an MLB license, to make it seem even ... |
15 July 2008
08:51 GMT |
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Everyone remembers Daniel Simon of the White House Organic Farm, right? He and his family camped out in front of Apple's flagship retail store on Fifth Ave. (NYC), a week ahead of the iPhone 3G launch. Well, at the time the store actually opened its doors, Daniel, who was first in line, got roughed up by an Appl... |
15 July 2008
08:48 GMT |
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Firefox 2.0 has managed to slip in the shadow of the latest iteration of Mozilla's open source browser, namely Firefox 3.0. However, at least for the time being, version 2.0 is still alive and kicking, even if this situation will not be perpetuated in 2009, according to the official plans that the developer made... |
15 July 2008
08:48 GMT |
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Everybody loves the Hulk. I'm not sure why, as he is the embodiment of pure rage and of uncontrolled fury. Maybe it's because he is the one that can actually consume those emotions in a "constructive" way by entertaining the rest of us. Yes, once again New York is ready to get a beating and I'm startin... |
15 July 2008
08:45 GMT |
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The "Quake" series is an iconic image in the gaming world. It's one of the first releases that used 3D acceleration; soon after, "Quake 2" followed and set a new standard in game engines and development. "Quake 3" became similar with the word multiplayer by being just that, a multiplayer focused game. "Quake 3 A... |
15 July 2008
08:37 GMT |
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Guitar Hero: Aerosmith will be focused on the career of Aerosmith, playing various songs from their discography in a chronological order, spanning from Mendon Nipmuc Regional High School in 1970 up to the 2001 Super Bowl halftime. It certainly won’t include any of the problems that have plagued the band since its for... |
15 July 2008
08:31 GMT |
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Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit represents the revolution in the series and, with the entry in the next-gen era, there is no saying on how much better the inspired anime games will become. This game actually blurs the limit between the gameplay and the actual televised series. Action-packed and in hi-def - it proves to be... |
15 July 2008
08:26 GMT |
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Burnout Dominator is a video game developed by Criterion Studios and published by Electronic Arts. It was released in 2007 for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony, and 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... |
15 July 2008
08:25 GMT |
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Well, despite the upcoming availability of MapPoint 2009 and Streets & Trips 2009, users shouldn't hurry and dispense of Microsoft's Virtual Earth. Chris Pendleton, Virtual Earth Technical Evangelist Microsoft, revealed that in the coming months, updates to MapPoint and Streets & Trips 2009 would be made av... |
15 July 2008
08:23 GMT |
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If you got tired of first person shooter (FPS), games where you have to save the world, be the hero and so on, you'll definitely love Battlefield: Bad Company, since you will be embarking on a quest where your personal goals and thirst for gold are much more important than following the rules. To prove that doin... |
15 July 2008
08:19 GMT |
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As it was to be expected, after the release of Intel's latest Centrino technology, the Centrino 2, a number of systems manufacturers have rushed to announce their own implementations of it. This is something that shouldn't necessarily surprise anyone, since we're dealing with a technology that promises... |
15 July 2008
08:17 GMT |
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A little while back we were reporting that Steve Thomas, co-founder of security software company Webroot, had gone missing. At the time the police were still hoping to find him, although they had no lead to go on. His dead body has been discovered near the base of Nuuanu Pali Lookout in Oahu, which is 985 feet high (... |
15 July 2008
08:11 GMT |
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Veiosoft has announced plans to release DataCase, an application for iPhone and iPod touch that turns the Apple handhelds into portable, wireless storage environments. The app boasts browsing, viewing and security features to be used with the stored files, and allows users to create up to 16 different volumes on thei... |
15 July 2008
07:24 GMT |
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For people who are always on the go, a laptop is a must-have piece of technology. The thing is that it can be lost, not to mention stolen, incredibly easily. And once that happens, you also lose all the data stored on it (which sometimes can be private, confidential information that you don't want others to loo... |
15 July 2008
07:04 GMT |
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An important step towards the creation of the first commercial nuclear fusion reactor has been taken last week as the South Korean authorities revealed that the KSTAR reactor, short for Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Reactor, conducted its first experiment by producing a sustained field of super-hot plasma. T... |
15 July 2008
07:04 GMT |
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One of the aspects of Internet Explorer that evolved with the introduction of IE 8 Beta 1 is related to AJAX navigation. This is because of Microsoft's commitment to aligning IE with the latest versions of modern web standards. In this context, in its default standards rendering mode, IE8, even as early as Beta ... |
15 July 2008
07:01 GMT |
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Rogers Wireless announced that Apple's iPhone 3G was enjoying an "unprecedented popular demand" in Canada. Although the carrier does not mention the exact number of new iPhones sold in the Northern country, it says that several tens of thousands of units were bought since the handset's release (July 11). Mo... |
15 July 2008
06:59 GMT |
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It seems like YouTube users have nothing to fear anymore. Their user ID, IP address and visitor ID are no longer in danger of being handed over to Viacom, as the company, that sued Google's YouTube last year, asking for $1 billion indemnification regarding copyrights, has backed off its request. If this came to ... |
15 July 2008
06:55 GMT |
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It's simply a dog eat dog world wide web, and Microsoft and Yahoo are two players caught in what by now seems a perpetual takeover ballet. The figures to emerge in the latest act of this Internet search and advertising acquisition saga are Roy Bostock, Chairman of Yahoo, investor Carl Icahn, and Microsoft Chief ... |
15 July 2008
06:43 GMT |
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Ninja Gaiden is one of the most successful games on the Xbox 360 and the sequel will probably outsell the latest titles. Ninja Gaiden 2 will feature a new and improved engine, redeveloped from the ground up exclusively for the Xbox 360 by Team Ninja, with the help of Tomonobu Itagaki, the creator of the Dead or Alive... |
15 July 2008
06:37 GMT |
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Yesterday, Softpedia readers were upset to hear that a certain website was (and still is) collecting cash to go out, buy Apple portables and smash them to pieces, to please those who hate the "iPod Revolution." Sadly, more iProducts are being destroyed just for the sake of getting the process on tape. Sadly, again, w... |
15 July 2008
06:28 GMT |
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As you already know by now, Intel has finally rolled out its latest mobile platform, the Intel Centrino 2. And, from the looks of it, what we are being offered right now is not all that the new platform is capable of - in fact, upcoming releases will bring us WiMAX and smaller chips for thinner notebooks like the Mac... |
15 July 2008
06:19 GMT |
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Samsung Mobile announced yesterday the official release of its i900 Omnia Pocket PC in Germany, scheduled for the 6th of August. The new handset will be offered by all the German mobile operators: T-Mobile, Vodafone, the KPN-owned E-Plus and Telefónica's O2. The availability of Omnia in the first week of Augu... |
15 July 2008
06:12 GMT |
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The Microsoft press conference at the E3 Media and Business Show focused heavily on the Xbox 360, the Redmond based company's gaming console, and on the way it is being transformed by its creators to better suit the gaming and the social needs of the people who use it.Microsoft says that the Xbox 360 is going to... |
15 July 2008
06:05 GMT |
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As if global warming weren't bad enough as it is, researchers now say that the extra amount of carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere will strike us in one of the most painful ways possible: kidney stones. And this time it's not selective and it's most certain that some of the leaders of the G8 stat... |
15 July 2008
06:00 GMT |
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Effective today, the Open Security Foundation (OSF) will take over maintenance responsibilities for Attrition.org's DataLossDB. The OSF is a non-profit organization run by IT security buffs, while DataLossDB is an ongoing project aimed at collecting worldwide info in regard to data loss incidents. Jake Kouns, C... |
15 July 2008
05:55 GMT |
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The WiMAX high-speed wireless technology is coming towards users this September, though on a limited basis, announced Barry West, Xohm (Sprint's WiMax unit) president. It will be offered by Sprint and the companies that saved the Xohm's WiMAX network back in May. Lots of hardware manufacturers and software ... |
15 July 2008
05:52 GMT |
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Microsoft is positioning Xbox Live and Xbox 360 for a new standard in social entertainment experience planned for debut in the fall of 2008, courtesy of a partnership with Netflix. The E3 Media and Business Summit acted as the stage where the Redmond company revealed that Xbox LIVE would permit users of Xbox 360 cons... |
15 July 2008
05:46 GMT |
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Google seems to understand that none of the key topics of social life should remain uncovered. With a touch of recent technology, social applications have the potential of becoming a hit. Since 2008 is the year of great changes on the political scene, the company has decided to launch yet another tool to come in hand... |
15 July 2008
05:42 GMT |
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iPhone and iPod touch 2.0 users can now download a multitude of apps and games from the newly launched App Store, one of which is Bullfrog Touch. It is the first game developed by Outer Level and released for iPhone and iPod touch. Bullfrog Touch has players tilting, flicking, and touching controls to direct their bu... |
15 July 2008
05:26 GMT |
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Kingston Technology, the well-known manufacturer of memory products, has recently announced the availability of a new type of 8GB microSDHC card for mobile phones. The new 8GB microSDHC card (product name: SDC4/8GB) will allow mobile users to store more than 15,000 songs in digital format, over 4,000 images made with... |
15 July 2008
05:25 GMT |
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Fatal facial cancer tumors have been ravaging the Tasmanian devil populations ever since the mid 1990s, killing up to one third of the total number of the world's largest surviving carnivorous marsupials in the last decade or so. The fatal devil facial tumour disease (which in Tasmanian devils is probably spread... |
15 July 2008
05:20 GMT |
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If you've ever wondered if there are any unique, state-of-the-art pieces of audio technology, this article brings a definitive answer: Yes, there are! And Joel Scilley is the man behind the exceptional Audio Wood turntables, some of the most intriguing and eye-catching vinyl records players around, and by far am... |
15 July 2008
05:13 GMT |
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Fujitsu, one of the worldwide leading manufacturers of storage solutions, has recently announced its newest travel-ready HandyDrive additions, offering the world's highest capacity 2.5-inch external hard disk drive, with up to 500GB of storage space. The new product has been designed to offer a sleek and ultrapo... |
15 July 2008
05:12 GMT |
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The first Quad Core HD processor notebook has been unveiled by Toshiba America Information Systems' Digital Products Division. The new mobile PC features a Cell-based chip said to be able to offer a "revolutionary high-definition, multimedia user experience". The name of the notebook is Qosmio G55-Q802, and it c... |
15 July 2008
05:04 GMT |
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Cloudmark, company that specializes in providing security software solutions, has recently announced that its Global Threat Network technology has received US patent number 7373385. The invention of this technology is credited to Vipul Ved Prakash and it is the first ever collaborative threat detection system. A tota... |
15 July 2008
05:03 GMT |
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As most of us expected, Intel unveiled yesterday its highly anticipated Centrino 2 platform, paving the way for the future of notebooks. As a result, we are already seeing a number of system manufacturers releasing their own implementations of the newly announced platform. In fact, OCZ has already decided to throw in... |
15 July 2008
04:41 GMT |
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RingtoneFeeder has announced a free ringtone to mark the release of the new iPhone 3G. Named "Worldwide Hello," the tribute ringtone for the new iPhone 2.0 offers users the opportunity to send a friendly localized "hello" from RingtoneFeeder to the new countries getting iPhones this week.RingtoneFeeder is a weekly au... |
15 July 2008
04:40 GMT |
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One of the most promising and anticipated titles from Electronic Arts, FaceBreaker, can be enjoyed at this year's E3 event and the first thing that crosses your mind when you see it is, as I've said before: "promising!". You can imagine that in such a case, the Nintendo Wii version of the game will bring th... |
15 July 2008
04:36 GMT |
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Sony Ericsson G900, the latest touchscreen smartphone released by the Swedish-Japanese company, could be soon offered in a new color version. Currently available only in dark brown and dark red, the G900 was spotted in blue too. Appeared on the SEMC Blog, the new version of G900 is actually dressed in a lavender... |
15 July 2008
04:33 GMT |
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A white marble disc some 20 centimeters across, flat on one side and convex on the other, perforated in the center and presenting two concentric circles on the convex side, was found in the Mediterranean coast of Israel near the ancient Yavne-Yam port city. The Israeli authorities said in a press release issued this ... |
15 July 2008
04:29 GMT |
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Yesterday, Sony announced the launch of a new notebook, the VAIO FW, a mobile PC capable of rendering HD movies the way they were meant to be displayed. There will be multiple configurations available for the new FW notebook, including a standard and a premium model. The latter is able to play Blu-ray Disc high-defin... |
15 July 2008
04:29 GMT |
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Believe it or not, but Microsoft is setting up Windows 7 as the perfect target for what the company referred to as state-of-the-art hacking tools, some of them not even created yet. Windows 7 is heading straight for a feast of attacks, and Windows 7 Server will be joining it at sharing the menu. Sporting new bulletpr... |
15 July 2008
04:25 GMT |
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Radiohead's new video for the single "House of Cards" is so special that it even managed to attract Google's attention. This happened not only because the team is fond of good music, but also because the video uses some technologies that are yet to be employed in this area. Lasers and data were put to use i... |
15 July 2008
04:21 GMT |
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There was a time when a hacker could steal your bank info and sell it for as much as $100. But according to Finjan, a company that specializes in providing Internet gateway solutions, that price has gone down to $10-$20 because the offer has soared while the demand remained relatively the same.Finjan has recently re... |
15 July 2008
04:14 GMT |
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Well, with all the expected product releases, it looks like August will most likely prove to be one of the hottest months this summer. This time around, we are talking about Dell's upcoming netbook product, dubbed the Dell E, or the "Mini Inspiron." According to several sources, the netbook is expected to be lau... |
15 July 2008
04:03 GMT |
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Probably one of the most important things we have heard until now coming from the E3 conference is the news regarding the release date of Fable II - the game is coming much sooner than expected, sometime during this October. We can only hope right now that the information is correct and not just something Peter Molyn... |
15 July 2008
04:00 GMT |
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Four days into the release of the new iPhone 3G and thousands of UK handset owners still can't place calls, or use the hefty new features brought by iPhone 2.0 software, the Telegraph is reporting. Disappointed O2 and Carphone Warehouse customers claim that support staffers from both carriers, as well as from Ap... |
15 July 2008
03:52 GMT |
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40 years after it was first reported in Europe, the Marburg virus returns and it seems that it has claimed its first victim on July 11, when a woman returning from a trip in Uganda died in a hospital in Leiden, Netherlands. According to NewScientist magazine, the 40 year old woman had visited a series of caves approx... |
15 July 2008
03:49 GMT |
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AT&T further proves its continuous support for sports by announcing a new collaboration with USA Basketball, the non-profit organization and the governing body for basketball in the States. Following this new agreement, the largest mobile operator in North America has become the official partner of the USA Basketball... |
15 July 2008
03:46 GMT |
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About two weeks ago, we wrote an article according to which tests showed that Flash Solid State Drives needed more power to operate than traditional hard disk drives. The tests were conducted by Tom's Hardware, and the news received immediate responses, both from SSD makers and from other sites, like LAPTOP, whi... |
15 July 2008
03:24 GMT |
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The second title in Midway's AAA E3 lineup is Wheelman, the promising racing game featuring Hollywood star Vin Diesel. As it was expected, the publishers did not waste any time in updating all the features of the release and showing us brand new eye-candy screens. We're really thrilled, we must admit, and w... |
15 July 2008
03:23 GMT |
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Electronic Arts promised that the E3 trade show would be the place where more details regarding Dragon Age would become available. BioWare, which is now a studio fully owned by EA, has made good on the promise and offered some very interesting information regarding the role playing game.The first interesting tidbit o... |
15 July 2008
03:22 GMT |
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Although these days everybody is talking about AMD's upcoming graphics "champion," the dual-GPU Radeon HD 4870 X2, it seems that some still found the time to have a look at one of NVIDIA's upcoming cards. The conclusion was that, even if it is far from being a top performer, the card does provide some level... |
15 July 2008
03:22 GMT |
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Typinator 3.1, by Ergonis Software, is now out with an HTML snippets set, improved compatibility with Coda, VMWare Fusion, Butler, Zend Studio etc., while the menu bar icon can now be set to match the style of Apple's menu extras.The application is a very useful tool for auto-typing text and auto-correcting typo... |
15 July 2008
03:19 GMT |
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BBK Communication Equipment Corp, a Chinese company that manufactures mobile phones (among other things), unveiled the upcoming release of two new handsets: K320 and K300. BBK K320 is a mid-end candybar that comes with a simple look and weighs 98 grams. The phone works only on the 900 and 1800 MHz GSM frequencies a... |
15 July 2008
03:08 GMT |
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A hacker known online as AKILL - his real name is Owen Thor Walker - has recently been brought to justice in New Zealand. The 18 year old admitted to six charges of e-crime as well as to being the mastermind behind a botnet that led to damages of over $20 million and caused a Pennsylvania University server to crash. ... |
15 July 2008
03:05 GMT |
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Counterfeit products available on eBay and other purchasing sites cannot be totally shut out, unless the companies that fabricate the originals keep a keen eye on what is going on on these properties. This statement was underscored by the judge who exonerated eBay of any guilt in the process vs. jewelry giant Tiffany... |
15 July 2008
03:00 GMT |
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We have just heard that Midway's This Is Vegas got delayed since it needs further polishing and that upsets us a little, especially after having seen the screens put on display during this year's E3: they were perfect, they looked like images taken from a fully developed game. However, we can only be extrem... |
15 July 2008
02:55 GMT |
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2005 FY9, a dwarf planet roughly half the size of Pluto and falling into the newly created class of objects currently known as 'plutoids', was recently named by the International Astronomical Union 'Makemake', according to the suggestion made by its discoverer Mike Brown of Caltech. 'Makemake... |
15 July 2008
02:52 GMT |
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Electronic Arts has revealed further details regarding Zubo, its upcoming Nintendo DS title, which is created by the Bright Light Studio. The game is aimed at children with ages over 7 and will try to re-design the way kids approach video games.The game takes place in the 3D rendered world of Zubalon, which is inhabi... |
15 July 2008
02:45 GMT |
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The German TrekStor company is perhaps the best-known (and one of the last) European manufacturer of portable media players, its lineup rivaling those of some of the most renowned names in the industry (at least as far as the number and variety of models is concerned). And speaking of variety, the company's late... |
15 July 2008
02:37 GMT |
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