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Do you have kids? A significant other? A close friend that you consider important enough to allow them to create a separate account on your Spore game? Well, tough luck because it seems that Electronic Arts believes that multiple accounts for different people are a luxury that gaming should not allow.Even if the game... |
16 September 2008
21:21 GMT |
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It must be nice to be a videogame publisher, looking down on the exciting games your developers are making and deciding what bits of information to release to the public so that they thirst and crave for more and more news on a particular project. Important publishers are especially good at offering up snippets of in... |
16 September 2008
20:01 GMT |
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Steam is fast becoming one of the easiest ways to get games to the public. More and more companies are opting to have their products launched on the digital download service at the same time they are released in traditional brick and mortar stores.The latest to do so is Crytek, which aims to release Crysis Warhead on... |
16 September 2008
18:01 GMT |
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Bikes are coming to Paradise City as part of a new update to Criterion's Burnout Paradise. The developers are keen on keeping the game interesting for players and they are continuing their record of very good support by releasing this patch for the title.The upcoming patch will introduce two motorcycles that can... |
16 September 2008
16:41 GMT |
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It would seem that there isn't one electronic product manufacturer out there that's not trying, at least to some extent, to capitalize on the huge level of success recorded by Apple's two iconic products, the iPod and iPhone. And that's also the case with Logitech, which has just unveiled two new ... |
16 September 2008
15:11 GMT |
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Leica's digital cameras are quite well-known for their very high level of quality (after all, they're handmade in Germany), but also for their extremely high price tags. And that's also the case with one of the latest models released by the company, namely the M8.2 rangefinder, which adds a few interes... |
16 September 2008
15:01 GMT |
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Speaking to Fidgit, Soldak Entertainment's Steven Peeler has offered more insight on the company's upcoming action RPG game for Mac, Kivi's Underworld. The game, which can also be described as a casual, hack and slash title, has players stepping into the boots of 20 character classes fighting against a... |
16 September 2008
14:31 GMT |
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Alaska surely isn't one of the mobile markets where handset manufacturers are dying to launch their products first. Therefore, the late launch of RIM's BlackBerry 8830 World Edition, BlackBerry Curve 8330 and BlackBerry Pearl 8130 in the Northern US state should not come as a surprise.The handset... |
16 September 2008
13:51 GMT |
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Since the introduction of the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack, the Redmond company has sold in excess of 10 million units of the package of solutions, and on September 15, the R2 version of MDOP 2008 was released to manufacturing. According to Jameel Khalfan, Microsoft Technical Product Manager, customers will be... |
16 September 2008
13:41 GMT |
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Most video cameras (amateur or professional) currently available on the market apply a certain degree of compression to the recorded video, simply because it would otherwise occupy way too much space. However, Ikonoskop has decided to try a completely new approach to this issue and developed the A-cam dII, a camera t... |
16 September 2008
12:31 GMT |
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Although it was announced as early as September 8, the Zune 3.0 upgrade was made available for download only today, September 16. Last week, Robert J. Bach, President, Entertainment & Devices Division indicated that the focus with the evolution from version 2.0 to 3.0 was not the hardware, the Zune device itself, but... |
16 September 2008
12:21 GMT |
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While Microsoft is still mute when it comes down to communicating details related to the first Beta of Windows 7, reportedly due either at the end of October or in mid-December 2008, the company is addressing issues such as the high definition model of the operating system. However, taking into consideration display ... |
16 September 2008
12:04 GMT |
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Romanian mobile users can, as of today, feel more important than the ones in the US, as RIM and Orange have just announced the availability of BlackBerry Bold 9000 in Romania. Thus, Orange proved to be faster than AT&T, which keeps on delaying the release of its Bold in North America (not that Romanian customers woul... |
16 September 2008
11:23 GMT |
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With no disregard to the general concept related to the reason why the first hominids descended from trees (foraging), two scientists twist the story plot with their new findings: humans have been designed for running.Evolution seems to be the topic of the day here at Softpedia Science News. But unlike the articles a... |
16 September 2008
11:13 GMT |
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Not long ago, word in the industry had it that Sony was planning its entrance on the increasingly demanding market of netbooks. However, since the first rumors surfaced, no other details regarding a possible Vaio netbook have been made available, which, naturally makes us wonder if all those rumors were true to start... |
16 September 2008
10:53 GMT |
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Microsoft is continuing to push forward with the evolution of what was initially the Windows Vista Hardware Assessment Solution Accelerator. The Solution Accelerator originally designed to handle only Windows Vista and the Office 2007 System has grown to play nice with Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Application Virtu... |
16 September 2008
10:52 GMT |
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Sprint has been doing really great lately, at least when it comes to announcing new products and services. After introducing HTC's Touch Diamond and Touch Pro (plus several other new handsets) and launching the novice-friendly Ready Now service, the third largest mobile carrier in the US has now come up with yet... |
16 September 2008
10:41 GMT |
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It would seem that Sapphire is planning to detach itself from all the other AMD partners developing Radeon graphics cards. As we mentioned earlier today, the company is to introduce a new card designed to take advantage of AMD's 55nm RV7770-based HD 4870 graphics processor. The “Toxic” HD Radeo... |
16 September 2008
10:06 GMT |
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Nokia, the industry-leading handset manufacturer, has just announced that its mobile advertising network, launched back in February, during MWC 2008, has expanded, with new and important members from the European media joining in. Thus, Nokia Media Network now grew stronger and it's ready to reach... |
16 September 2008
09:59 GMT |
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If Apple and Starbucks managed to get in (i)Tune(s) back in September 2007, Microsoft is now ready to offer a portion of the wireless (Mc)Zune Marketplace. Just as iPod and iPhone owners can connect to a wireless network in Starbucks coffee shops, so will Zune users be able to take advantage of the Wi-Fi capabilities... |
16 September 2008
09:54 GMT |
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Wei-han Lien, the senior manager of Apple’s chip team and Linkedin user, has accidentally revealed that Apple is busy working on its own iPhone processor, believed to be incorporated in a new handset model.The (obvious) advantage of having its own-developed processor soldered inside iPhone is that Apple can kee... |
16 September 2008
09:51 GMT |
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After unveiling the much-awaited new 6-core Xeon 7400-series of processors, also known as Dunnington, Santa Clara-based chip maker Intel is now planning the release of the next-generation processor architecture, in the guise of the new Core i7 processors everybody has been talking about for quite some time now. Desp... |
16 September 2008
09:23 GMT |
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At about the same time with the appearance of BlackBerry Pearl 8220 on T-Mobile USA's official website, Rogers has unveiled several upcoming release parties for the same smartphone. Thus, we know now that the 8220 will be available for Canadian customers starting October, as the first from the release parties wi... |
16 September 2008
09:20 GMT |
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With Internet Explorer 7 made available for Windows XP at the end of 2006 and with Windows Vista at the start of 2007, Microsoft introduced the Search Box in the top right hand side corner. With the delivery of Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2, the search capabilities of the browser were cranked up a notch. In this context... |
16 September 2008
09:19 GMT |
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It is believed that the "primordial soup" is the place where natural selection began, even before there even was such a thing as life. This means that the prebiotic molecule complex may have increased the possibility for life to emerge. The Krebs cycle refers to the way almost all organisms on the planet obtain... |
16 September 2008
09:13 GMT |
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BusinessWeek has just joined a group of highly rated and visited websites that fell victims to SQL injection attacks. Graham Cluley, Senior Technology Consultant for the security company Sophos, disclosed that parts of the website of the popular weekly magazine were attempting to serve malware from a Russian server.S... |
16 September 2008
09:10 GMT |
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VMware has released the first stable build of its flagship virtualization software for Mac, VMware Fusion 2.0. The software boasts the ability to run even Leopard Server as a virtual machine, and sports a built-in 1-year subscription to McAfee VirusScan Plus.VMware Fusion allows Intel Macs to run x86 operating system... |
16 September 2008
08:37 GMT |
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Last Friday marked an important addition to the suite of websites dedicated to hosting open source projects, as Sun's Project Kenai was made available, and is now ready for use. The thing is, although anyone is free to visit, in order to start a project you need an invitation – and there are plenty of them... |
16 September 2008
08:19 GMT |
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Axel Technologies, a Finnish company that develops mobile TV-related software and technologies, has recently announced a new handset, presented as the very first "Java-enabled multi-standard mobile TV phone." Created in collaboration with Inventec (the Taiwanese manufacturer behind another new mobile device, namely V... |
16 September 2008
08:14 GMT |
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Midway has decided that the torture had been going on for long enough and revealed the full list of characters that would appear in the upcoming Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe. The list is interesting and a bit surprising at the same time.The Mortal Kombat roster is filled with familiar faces from the previous games. S... |
16 September 2008
08:08 GMT |
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Today, at Interop in New York, Lenovo, one of the leading manufacturers of portable computer systems, has announced a new lineup of products, specifically designed to provide small and medium business users with a reliable server platform. The company's new ThinkServer line of products is meant to offer an out-o... |
16 September 2008
08:03 GMT |
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Leica has been a household name in optics and photography for many years, so it's no wonder that, just like most of the other major players in the industry, it is preparing its "bag of goodies" for Photokina. Over the past few days, the company has made quite a lot of announcements, one of the most interesting b... |
16 September 2008
08:01 GMT |
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Game-hungry mobile users will surely be excited to find out that EA Mobile is preparing no less than four new titles, based on games developed by the British company Eidos Interactive. These are: Tomb Raider Underworld, California Games X, Just Cause 2 and Minesweeper. Exclusively licensed by Eidos to Electron... |
16 September 2008
07:18 GMT |
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Besides providing extraordinary pictures of the universe, Hubble sometimes likes to play with scientists' minds. Recently, it did it again, as the photos it sent showed a sudden light in the middle of nowhere which lasted for about 100 days before fading into darkness again. Surely, even with instruments l... |
16 September 2008
07:10 GMT |
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Windows Essential Business Server 2008 has been released to manufacturing. On September 15, Eric Kidd – General Manager EBS, announced that the English version of Windows Essential Business Server 2008 went gold, with the promise that additional languages would follow soon. The Redmond giant is now ready to off... |
16 September 2008
06:53 GMT |
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With an aluminum case and LED backlit display, multi-touch MacBook is said to be Apple's newest product. Although these impressive (but likely to be true) specs are yet to be confirmed, sources are citing Citigroup as saying that “the first shipments of Apple's next-generation 13-inch MacBooks have le... |
16 September 2008
06:47 GMT |
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Microsoft released last week an advisory and a security update for a critical vulnerability in Media Encoder 9 ActiveX as part of their Patch Tuesday (September 9). Not long after this vulnerability became public knowledge, a PoC (Proof of Concept) exploit was posted on Milw0rm and attacks based on it started to be d... |
16 September 2008
06:36 GMT |
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As you probably already know, Intel's first 6-core processors, codenamed “Dunnington,” have been officially launched yesterday, following a couple of months of anticipation. Along with the release of the new Xeon processors, a number of server systems manufacturers are expected to reveal their own s... |
16 September 2008
06:31 GMT |
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Microsoft has offered a new example of its commitment to building a payments platform for customers using its technology through a partnership with Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication. The new agreement inked at Sibos 2008 between the Redmond company and SWIFT is designed to take to the next l... |
16 September 2008
06:28 GMT |
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Australian mobile users who want to benefit from the high speeds of Telstra's Next G network without being tied by contract agreements, will soon have the chance to do so. Telstra has announced that it will open its network for pre-paid customers too, so that not only the post-paid ones can access it. The s... |
16 September 2008
06:24 GMT |
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Intel’s highly expected 1.6GHz dual-core Atom 330 processor started to make its appearance on the Web. The Milan-based Abaco Computers has announced a dual-core Atom-based nettop, named simply Dual Desktop, and the company takes pre-orders for the machine with an announced shipping date of September 19th, 2008.... |
16 September 2008
05:50 GMT |
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Microsoft Streets & Trips 2009 Standard and Microsoft Streets & Trips 2009 with GPS Locator are the two versions of the Redmond company's offline alternative to Virtual Earth, launched officially on September 15. The Redmond giant has touted the evolution of the two offerings and for all the right reasons. Micr... |
16 September 2008
05:50 GMT |
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Everyone knows only too well that Leica is more of a luxury brand, providing high-end products especially for those for whom money isn't exactly an object. And that's also the case with the latest few lenses released by the company, which provide some top-of-the-range features, but at the same time sell for... |
16 September 2008
05:46 GMT |
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Recent simulations performed by astrophysicists demonstrate that in galaxies such as Milky Way, stars like our sun travel far from their place of origin. Back in 1633, Galileo Galilei came up with a theory that placed Earth in the orbit of the sun and that led to the Church and public opinion, under fire, threa... |
16 September 2008
05:35 GMT |
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Apple has updated its enterprise framework for developing scalable Web applications using proven object-oriented design principals. WebObjects 5.4.3 addresses a number of issues found in previous versions of the software aimed at devs looking to deploy WebObjects applications.According to Apple's Support page, W... |
16 September 2008
05:24 GMT |
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If you are planning to upgrade your desktop computer systems with one of the latest graphics cards on the market, and you haven't made a decision yet about which one to go for, then maybe you should consider waiting just a bit longer. That is because Sapphire, one of ATI's largest board partners, is about t... |
16 September 2008
05:16 GMT |
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Microsoft has made yet another step forward in the evolution of Windows 7, past the Milestone 1 and Milestone 2 builds already available, with M1 even leaked outside of the testing program. In this regard, Windows 7 Build 6780 Milestone 3 is live. The Redmond giant has failed to confirm any detail related to the actu... |
16 September 2008
05:09 GMT |
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Good news for T-Mobile USA's subscribers in search of a new BlackBerry smartphone: the fourth largest North American mobile operator now features RIM's new BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 on its official website. This means that the handset will pretty soon be in stores – you can pre-register here to find ... |
16 September 2008
05:08 GMT |
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Hewlett-Packard announced on Monday that its restructuring plans under CEO Mark Hurd include cutting around 24,600 jobs over the next three years, mainly in areas in which HP and its newly-acquired firm Electronic Data Systems overlap. The company started the discussions for the acquisition of EDS somewhere in May an... |
16 September 2008
04:46 GMT |
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Although the Mac OS X 10.5.5 Leopard software update patches all the security holes acknowledged lately, Apple has also released the package containing only the security fixes found in the major update. Users can download the installer package suitable for their hardware and OS for free.Apple notes that the sixth Sec... |
16 September 2008
04:36 GMT |
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In addition to the new HDX16 and HDX18 portable computer systems, and the TouchSmart IQ800-series PC, the leading manufacturer of portable computer systems, HP, has also announced today a couple of computer peripherals which, aside from their good looks, promise quite impressive specs. “HP’s new con... |
16 September 2008
04:30 GMT |
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Sony Ericsson is not all about mobile phones, as you may already know, so it often releases accessories for its handsets. The newest one is called "Bluetooth Car Speakerphone HCB-108" and, obviously, it is a portable speakerphone created for those who spend a lot of time in their car, on the road. Sony Eric... |
16 September 2008
04:29 GMT |
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Blizzard is a company well known for being unwilling to say when it plans to release its games, clinging to the mantra of “We'll release it when it's done!”. They have finally cracked to public pressure and, thanks to an ad which provoked an official response, we now know that the second expansi... |
16 September 2008
04:28 GMT |
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The same way Vatican did for Galileo Galilei in 1992, Church of England decided it was time to separate itself conceptually from its fundamentalist sisters into religion and apologize to Charles Darwin, the very one who issued the much-disputed theory of evolution. Both Galilei and Darwin shaped the modern scie... |
16 September 2008
04:16 GMT |
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You may ask yourselves, why should this article be any different from all those tweaking tutorials around the Internet or, better yet, why should you read this when you can install a program that does it all for you? Here's why: this article will help you make important changes to your system with just two windo... |
16 September 2008
04:01 GMT |
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Dell and Sonic Solutions have partnered to release the first PC-based Qflix drives able to transform the downloading and recording of DVD movies into an easy task. Through the use of the intuitive application Roxio Venue, movie enthusiasts are able to choose from a range of major Hollywood releases available from Cin... |
16 September 2008
03:52 GMT |
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Sony has great plans regarding DC Universe Online, its MMO incorporating elements from the mythology of comic books. The game, which is developed by Sony Online Entertainment, will be one of the first MMOs to run on the PlayStation 3 and the experience should be special.In order to create a backstory more interesting... |
16 September 2008
03:49 GMT |
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Today, HP has announced several new products designed to improve the quality of personal computing and to allow users to easily enjoy their photos, music and other personal content, while also delivering a reliable communication support. The company has introduced two new consumer notebooks, a personal desktop PC and... |
16 September 2008
03:49 GMT |
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The Combo versions of Mac OS X 10.5.5 and Mac OS X Server 10.5.5 have also been made available by Apple. The packages are aimed at users of Mac OS X 10.5, Mac OS X 10.5.1, Mac OS X 10.5.2, Mac OS X 10.5.3 and Mac OS X 10.5.4.Combo Updates update the base version of a Mac OS X release to the version specified in the C... |
16 September 2008
03:47 GMT |
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The Linux Mint Team has yet another highly anticipated release for us, and, this time, it’s the final version of Linux Mint 5 KDE Edition. Although very close to another important Mint release (just yesterday, we mentioned the availability of the first RC for the Fluxbox Edition), this version has great potenti... |
16 September 2008
03:46 GMT |
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At the same time with the highly-featured Touch HD, HTC has unveiled two other new Pocket PCs, the Touch 3G and Touch Viva, both of which come with a similar form factor that resembles the old and simple-named HTC Touch. "The HTC Touch 3G and Touch Viva embody our commitment to build a family of touch phones tha... |
16 September 2008
03:28 GMT |
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Rock Band 2 was released yesterday. Or maybe I should say that the Xbox 360 version of the game was launched on the North American market while the PlayStation 3 variant is expected in about a month, with the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo Wii planned for late 2008. No release dates are available for other markets at the... |
16 September 2008
03:17 GMT |
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As expected, the Server version of Mac OS X 10.5.5 Leopard was also made available with the release of Mac OS X 10.5.5. In this version, Apple has included both general OS fixes, as well as fixes specifically aimed at over two dozen areas, including Active Directory, DNS records in Server Admin, web browsing, and eve... |
16 September 2008
03:05 GMT |
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Intel officially announced on Monday the introduction of seven 45 nanometer Intel Xeon Processor 7400 Series products, also known as the six-core 'Dunnington' chips. The new microprocessors are designed for the high-end server segment and are capable of bringing new performance levels to virtualization cour... |
16 September 2008
03:05 GMT |
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Just yesterday, we told you about a new graphics processor that Santa Clara-based graphics manufacturer NVIDIA was planning to release as part of its GT200-series lineup. The new and improved D10U-102 core will power the next-generation GTX 260 graphics cards, which are expected to arrive on the market soon. As we a... |
16 September 2008
02:54 GMT |
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Restlessly trying to lure mobile users from around the world, HTC has gone official with its Touch HD Pocket PC, a multimedia monster that brings more features than the Touch Diamond and even more than most of the handsets currently on the market.The strong points of the new Touch-series handset are: a 3.8 inch TFT t... |
16 September 2008
02:51 GMT |
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Combat Elite: World War II Paratroopers is a video game developed by Battle Borne Entertainment and published by SouthPeak Interactive. The game was created for the PlayStation 2 platform and for the PC; it was launched in November 2005. It is classed as a combat simulation played from a third person perspective.Comb... |
16 September 2008
02:49 GMT |
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Since one of the most important annual events in digital photography, Photokina, is just around the corner, the biggest names in this particular segment are coming out with all sorts of new models or updates to previous ones. We've already seen Panasonic, Sony and Canon do it, and now Casio has also come up with... |
16 September 2008
02:48 GMT |
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Colosseum: Road to Freedom is a video game developed by Goshow Inc and published by Ertain Corporation. The game was only released for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony in February 2005. It is classed as an action title with some light role playing elements and is played from a third person perspective. There are a... |
16 September 2008
02:34 GMT |
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After issuing multiple beta builds over the course of a month and a half, Apple finally released the much-awaited OS X 10.5.5 software update for Leopard (and Leopard Server) users. Addressing General issues (which include patching the latest security holes), but also improving Mail, MobileMe, iCal, Time Machine, Dis... |
16 September 2008
02:34 GMT |
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The PC-BSD team proudly announced, a few hours ago, the immediate availability of the final release of PC-BSD 7.0, dubbed Fibonacci Edition. Being based on the stable version of FreeBSD 7.0, and powered by the popular KDE 4.1.1 desktop environment, PC-BSD 7.0 will offer you a modern, reliable and fast BSD operating s... |
16 September 2008
02:34 GMT |
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John Harrison is said to have been the greatest clockmaker in the world. It took him 36 years to build a clock and he was still adjusting it when he died at the age of 83. Dr. John Taylor followed his example and developed a handless clock that would decorate the exterior of Corpus Christi College in Cambridge. ... |
16 September 2008
02:19 GMT |
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Colin McRae Rally 04 is a video game developed and published by Codemasters Software Company Limited. The game was launched for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony, the original Xbox from Microsoft and the PC. It was released in 2003. It is classed as a racing simulation title with some off road elements and can be p... |
16 September 2008
02:18 GMT |
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There are plenty of things you can do around your house to make it more inviting, from changing carpets and furniture, to paying great attention to all those little details that, although apparently insignificant, can make all the difference. However, the best place to start with is your bathroom because, you know wh... |
16 September 2008
02:18 GMT |
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Clock Tower 3 is a video game developed and published by Capcom Inc Ltd. Launched in December 2002, it was only released for the PlayStation 2 gaming platform from Sony. It is classed as a survival horror title with action elements that can be played from a third person perspective.There are other three games in the ... |
16 September 2008
02:08 GMT |
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