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For all the people out there who have been boozed-up at least once, it's no secret that, as you're getting more and more drunk, things seem to change their natural appearance and, in some cases, they even start doing things they shouldn't be doing. And then you fall asleep. Well, we've found a ver... |
17 November 2008
20:41 GMT |
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Mindy Mount, the vice president and Chief Financial Officer of Microsoft's Entertainment and Devices Division, has argued, at the recent BMO Capital Markets Interactive Entertainment Conference, that the Xbox 360 gaming console is a recession-proof product that might even benefit from the economic downturn that ... |
17 November 2008
20:41 GMT |
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What could one expect from two designers who call themselves LOWfat and FULLfat? Nothing but one of the most interesting ideas to be linked with haute-couture, we'd say. Designer duo formed by Patrick Li and Ian Gallais, and going by the name Sounds.Butter, has succeeded to merge two fields that were miles apar... |
17 November 2008
19:31 GMT |
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I've recently reviewed King's Bounty: The Legend and I've found the game to be very good, with engaging battles, cool characters and a lot of humor. Now, developers Katauri Interactive and publishers 1C Company are announcing that they plan to build on the first game to release an add-on for the game. ... |
17 November 2008
18:51 GMT |
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Ice trays in the most uncanny shapes are one (proper) cool thing almost anyone has in the kitchen and uses every now and then when groups of partying friends gather around. Now, it looks like themed ice trays haven't disappeared from the shelves – and encountering the following one was a pleasant and fun s... |
17 November 2008
17:01 GMT |
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Berbie, maker of TrailRunner, has updated its route planning software application to include a new re-routing option, and fixes for six issues spanning from startup crashes to route listing problems. The new option added by Berbie is aimed at users attempting to remove a track or crossing point that is being used by ... |
17 November 2008
15:31 GMT |
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Speaking at the BMO Capital Markets Interactive Entertainment Conference, Reggie Fils-Aime, the president of Nintendo of America, has told the audience that Wii Fit can be called an “evergreen” game as it had maintained its sales numbers over the period since launch. This is the result of a change in the ... |
17 November 2008
15:21 GMT |
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Nintendo has always been a popular company, largely due to the fact that it brought titles that appealed to a wide variety of gamers and gave players a great experience. Although some people say that, in this endeavor, the Japanese company lost track of the hardcore gamers, efforts are being made to keep the interest... |
17 November 2008
15:01 GMT |
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The exploit for a vulnerability affecting the Server Service on all supported versions of Windows has been included in a commercial malware kit, available for sale. MS08-067 is labeled with a maximum severity rating of Critical, and the security bulletin is designed to patch vulnerable Windows operating systems, whic... |
17 November 2008
14:51 GMT |
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Madden NFL 2005 is a videogame that focuses on American football, and which is developed and published by EA Sports, the label in charge with any sports game made by Electronic Arts. The title features Baltimore Ravens star linebacker Ray Lewis on the cover and has gained quite a lot of critical acclaim for its new i... |
17 November 2008
14:31 GMT |
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The burning sun transitions into ominous moon in Lunar Knights, as players take on the role of the solar powered Aaron and his lunar-enhanced counterpart Lucian as they lead an uprising against their vampire oppressors. Fueled by their powerful Casket Armor, the vampires have used the twisted powers of the undead to ... |
17 November 2008
13:51 GMT |
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Today is a historical day for Linux users, as Adobe has finally decided to listen to them and released a 64-bit version of its Flash Player. Until today, 64-bit Linux users had to install the 32-bit version of the Flash Player, which was forced to work with the help of the NSPlugin wrapper package and the 32-bit libr... |
17 November 2008
13:41 GMT |
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The final version of Internet Explorer 8 will not install on the pre-Beta version of Windows, according to Microsoft. Just as it is the case with Windows Vista and Internet Explorer 7, Windows 7 will come with Internet Explorer 8 as a default component. However, users of Windows 7 pre-beta will only be able to use th... |
17 November 2008
13:11 GMT |
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Blizzard is definitely a happy company right now, having just launched the second expansion for its hugely successful World of Warcraft MMORPG (Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game), entitled Wrath of the Lich King. The expansion was eagerly anticipated by the big number of fans, who endured the cold and wait... |
17 November 2008
13:01 GMT |
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Microsoft revealed that it was happy with the way Windows 7 was received at the Professional Developers Conference 2008 in Los Angeles, at the end of October. The software giant applauded the good reception of Windows 7 pre-Beta Build 6801 bits at the event, which gathered more than 6,500 developers to the Staples Ce... |
17 November 2008
12:21 GMT |
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As in the first game in this series, Lost in Blue 2 requires that players survive on a tropical island on which they were shipwrecked. As always, finding food and weapons and exploring the island is essential for their survival, since anything on the island can be used to their benefit. Also, like in real life, playe... |
17 November 2008
12:11 GMT |
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After just a few weeks since the introduction of Microsoft's Cloud operating system, the company has revealed that the developer community is already making plans to embrace the brand new Windows platform. At the Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles at the end of October 2008, Microsoft Chief Softwa... |
17 November 2008
12:02 GMT |
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GfK Chart Track Limited has announced a top five of the best selling videogames of the last quarter. The chart covers the period from July to September 2008 in the three biggest videogames markets, the United States, United Kingdom and Japan.Electronic Arts must be really content with the results. Madden NFL 2009, th... |
17 November 2008
11:51 GMT |
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Earlier this year, when the netbook frenzy was just beginning to catch on with almost every major computer systems maker, Round Rock, Texas-based Dell also offered fans a glimpse into what they should expect in terms of a Dell netbook. That is when the very first pictures of the company's Inspiron Mini 9 surface... |
17 November 2008
11:37 GMT |
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Left 4 Dead is set to be a very successful title, largely due to the fact that one of the most popular game developers on the market, Valve, is behind it. The company is very popular with the gamer community mainly because it endorses and publishes modifications made to its games by different types of people.The demo... |
17 November 2008
11:01 GMT |
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The situation of the Murray-Darling river system has just turned critical, Australian scientists warn, in a new study. Years and years of poor management and toxic waste disposal in the area have prompted modifications in salinity, acidity, temperature and nutrient levels, in waters fueling the river system. In addit... |
17 November 2008
11:01 GMT |
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As computer enthusiasts all over the world are anxiously waiting for the arrival of the new Core i7 processors, Intel's next-generation desktop CPUs based on the new Nehalem microarchitecture, several motherboard makers are officially introducing their own X58 mobos, coming to support the new desktop technology ... |
17 November 2008
10:50 GMT |
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Apple is offering up new refurbs, starting with the world's smallest iPod, the shuffle, available now for $39 (1GB) and $59 (2GB). A cheap $999 20-inch aluminum iMac has just been shipped out from Apple's warehouse, leaving behind a 24-inch, 2.66GHz aluminum iMac selling for $1,549, and a more pricey 3.06G... |
17 November 2008
10:50 GMT |
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Microsoft has announced a partnership with HP, in a new move designed to support the company's vision of taking virtualization mainstream. The agreement spans from products to sales and to services, with the two companies committing to collaborating in order to lower costs and increase efficiency for Information... |
17 November 2008
10:49 GMT |
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The alarm clock industry is making good money each year thanks to those who smash their clocks as alarms go off. Now, it's obvious that you have to get a new clock after your old one took a dive out the window, or crashed into 104 pieces as your kick-sent it flying into a wall. And that’s how it goes, with... |
17 November 2008
10:48 GMT |
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Samsung doesn't rest and here it is, presenting to us a new device to be included in our holiday shopping list. The i7110, codename “Pilot,” is said to hit Russia first, and then most European countries this December. With all that, this device has already created some agitation among fans.Desig... |
17 November 2008
10:34 GMT |
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Most glaciers in the Antarctic don't lie on solid rock, as many believe. Instead, they virtually float on top of underground glacial lakes, which are more like fluid ice streams. They act as a lubricant layer between the rock bed and the glaciers on top, thus allowing gigatonnes of ice to move towards the ocean.... |
17 November 2008
10:31 GMT |
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VueScan, the Hamrick Software-developed scanning application for Mac OS X, has received an update, bringing the current version of the software to 8.4.95. The release adds a new option when using Nikon CoolScan 5000, as well as support for new HP and Canon scanners. Hamrick Software's VueScan works with most hig... |
17 November 2008
10:11 GMT |
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The IT personnel from UF's College of Dentistry discovered, during maintenance, that one of their servers had been remotely compromised. The staff found unauthorized software installed on the server that also contained personal information of more than 330,000 former and current patients.The personal records inc... |
17 November 2008
10:08 GMT |
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Google is providing iPhone owners with means to search everything they could possibly want through speech. An update to the free Google Mobile App will enable it to sense when the user wants to do a voice search, through the built in accelerometer, according to an YouTube demonstration of the app. A NY Times report ... |
17 November 2008
10:03 GMT |
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Welcome to our 20th issue of Softpedia Linux Weekly!Here’s what you can read about in this edition: Clement Lefebvre announces the first release candidate of the upcoming Linux Mint 6, dubbed Felicia; Elive 1.9.15 improves the support for Apple MacBooks by fixing the installation and webcam; SystemRescueCD 1.1.... |
17 November 2008
10:01 GMT |
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Today, Fujitsu has announced the development of two new series of enterprise hard disk drives, coming to deliver a total storage capacity of 300GB in a 2.5-inch form factor. Designed to meet the requirements of computer professionals, Fujitsu's new hard disk drives have been set to combine a fast 15000 RPM disk ... |
17 November 2008
09:59 GMT |
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Damaged nerves mean that the flow of electricity coming or going to or from the brain no longer reaches its destination. This can happen during an accident, or it can be an inherited disability. Either way, the quality of life for people suffering from damaged nerves is significantly lower than that of average people... |
17 November 2008
09:52 GMT |
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At this point in time, Microsoft is only displaying the message “Coming soon,” instead of a list with Windows 7 security software providers. However, the company is looking to change this aspect within the next year. With Windows 7 evolved past Milestone 3 stage, as the pre-Beta Built 6801 bits have been ... |
17 November 2008
09:18 GMT |
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Every once in a while we browse our software index to remember what crazy, fun, or useful free apps we've added in the past that we haven't looked at thoroughly enough. I recently stumbled upon AlphaBaby, a free Mac app that can teach small kids letters, numbers, colors, geometrical forms and, of course, th... |
17 November 2008
09:18 GMT |
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As you might have read in one of our articles from a few weeks ago, the P565 was announced initially for October and, even if it arrived with a noticeable delay, in the end, Asus kept its word and delivered this pretty extraordinary device. Comparing it with any other PDA phones available now, you will find it e... |
17 November 2008
09:11 GMT |
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Portable speakers have become a common gadget despite the fact that some 2 or three years ago they were looked at with the kind of respect associated with the utmost novelty. Everybody makes portable speakers for everybody as the customers are innumerable and their tastes and ideals vary accordingly; and among all th... |
17 November 2008
09:08 GMT |
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We always hear developers complaining about game piracy and the fact that their illegal actions hurt the whole game and console manufacturing industry, but few people actually know that real-life piracy can also hurt the sales of consoles and titles.It has just been reported that the big firms involved in naval shipp... |
17 November 2008
09:01 GMT |
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A new device could help doctors speed up wound recovery, which usually takes several days, or even weeks. Burns and cuts could all heal a lot faster if the new patent for a "wound sucker" gets approval. The medical gadget is applied on top of the wound, and then it creates a low-pressure area inside its cup, which he... |
17 November 2008
08:57 GMT |
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Dead or Alive 2: Hardcore is a video game that was created by Team Ninja, and was published by Tecmo Inc. The title was produced for a variety of platforms, including arcade machines, the PlayStation 2, the Dream Cast and the original Xbox. It was launched in October 2000, and was classed as a fighting game with an a... |
17 November 2008
08:51 GMT |
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With Intel's Core i7 processors just moments away, it appears that online retailers are already listing the new processors on their websites, thus allowing all those enthusiasts who have been eagerly waiting for the release to finally place their order. According to the more recent listings, users in the U.S. ca... |
17 November 2008
08:45 GMT |
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New behavioral studies show that violence in teenagers may be a result of their past experiences, in that living in stressful environments and missing the affection of the parents may cause some children to develop deviant behaviors later in life. In families where parents stop providing unlimited affection to their ... |
17 November 2008
08:33 GMT |
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Sun Microsystems has announced today that StarOffice 9 and its Asian language counterpart, StarSuite 9 have been released, adding new versions of word processor, presentation, spreadsheet, database and drawing apps. The suite now boasts native Mac OS X support (Intel only), meaning it doesn't depend on other sof... |
17 November 2008
08:26 GMT |
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Microsoft gives assurance to customers that it will, indeed, deliver the modular version of Windows 7, as well as the next iteration of Windows CE. Olivier Bloch, Microsoft Embedded technical evangelist, made an attempt to dispel the confusion created by the Redmond company's Windows Embedded rebranding. During ... |
17 November 2008
07:52 GMT |
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Saga and Renown are the two newest entries on the market coming from Samsung. Moreover, both bring plenty of messaging and multimedia features to be enjoyed mostly abroad, giving useful information on over 300 destinations, all thanks to Verizon's wireless technology.The Saga shows from the beginning that it was... |
17 November 2008
07:39 GMT |
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The goal of carbon cycle research is to find out exactly how much carbon is being trapped in plants and on ocean floors, so as to safely say how much carbon can be emitted at any given time. But such scientific endeavors have been fruitless until now, seeing how experts couldn't measure the exact quantities of t... |
17 November 2008
06:59 GMT |
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Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2 is a video game developed by Z-Axis Ltd. and published by Acclaim Entertainment Inc. It was created for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony, for the original Xbox from Microsoft, the GameCube and the Game Boy Advance. Launched in September 2001, the game is classed as a sports title, based ... |
17 November 2008
06:51 GMT |
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Currently, NVIDIA is said to be planning an assault on AMD's high-end Radeon graphics cards, with the silent launch of its 55nm-based GT200 graphics chips. The Santa Clara, California-based chip maker is expected to transition its current GTX 260 and GTX 280 graphics cards to the new 55nm processing technology w... |
17 November 2008
06:39 GMT |
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Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga is a video game released in 2007. It is based on the Star Wars-themed toy line by the Lego Group, and it is a combination of the highly successful Lego Star Wars: The Video Game and its sequel Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy. The game was announced by LucasArts on May 25, 200... |
17 November 2008
06:34 GMT |
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HVRemote is a tool designed to streamline the configuring process associated with Hyper-V Remote Management. Put together by John Howard, senior program manager, Hyper-V team, Windows Core Operating System Division, the tool is available as a free download, and is not associated with Microsoft. Howard emphasized that... |
17 November 2008
06:30 GMT |
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Ovarian cancer is one of the main causes for women's deaths across the United States, with an estimated 15,000 of them losing their lives yearly. Because the disease is so hard to diagnose in its early stages, survival rates revolve around 33.5 months. But now, researchers may have found a novel therapy that cou... |
17 November 2008
06:27 GMT |
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DICE, the developer behind the browser-only multiplayer shooter, is announcing that it plans to take down the currently running closed beta version of the game in order to be able to make some significant changes to how it plays. This means that the launch of the game, which was initially scheduled for the summer of ... |
17 November 2008
06:21 GMT |
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ASUS has recently announced the launch of its top-quality P5KPL-AM/PS motherboard in India. The P5KPL-AM/PS features the helpful Anti-Surge Protection technology, a revolutionary motherboard hardware technology meant to protect the board from power surges or unstable power fluctuations. The ASUS board also features s... |
17 November 2008
06:18 GMT |
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McColo has succeeded to strike a deal with an unsuspecting uplink provider, and got back online for a short period of time. Even if it lasted only a few hours, the uptime allowed botnet herders to push updates and relocate some of their control servers.The sudden takedown of the McColo hosting provider last week took... |
17 November 2008
06:16 GMT |
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The epic story of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker continues as Link finds himself lost and alone in unknown seas in a new adventure. Featuring intuitive touch-screen controls and innovative puzzles, The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass offers new challenges for fans of the series and an easy-to-grasp introducti... |
17 November 2008
06:16 GMT |
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Tropico and Tropico 2 have been two of the most interesting and quirky management games that I've played. Where Sim City, in all of its installments, tried to maintain a degree of seriousness, with financial reports and advisers talking about city development, the Tropico series built its experience around the i... |
17 November 2008
06:05 GMT |
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The Australian government strongly opposes Japan's policy of studying the whales in the Antarctic by killing them. Seeing how all commercial whaling has been outlawed by an international agreement in 1986, the Far East nation decided to start a "scientific" approach to hunting. Yearly, its fleet captures some 90... |
17 November 2008
05:57 GMT |
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Animal Crossing: Wild World features a very minimal plot. The objective of the game is to pay off a debt to Tom Nook, who allows the player to move into a house he owns. If the mortgage is paid off, the player's house will expand until upstairs, left, right, center and back rooms are included. This is slightly d... |
17 November 2008
05:49 GMT |
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On Friday, last week, a federal judge ordered IBM to provide a $3 million bond by the end of the day to keep the case going, the company and Mark Papermaster, ex blade server expert at IBM. Mark Papermaster was recently hired by Apple as SVP of Devices Hardware Engineering. For his decision to move to Apple IBM sued... |
17 November 2008
05:45 GMT |
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Microsoft is in the process of introducing Wave 3 of its Windows Live suite of applications and services. Live Search is, inherently, one of the Windows Live components impacted by the evolution, with enhancements reverberating across the search engine. In this context, over the past week, the Redmond company has int... |
17 November 2008
05:45 GMT |
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In an interview with Overclockers Australia, Garrath Johnson, Technical Manager from AMD Australia, has unveiled a few things about the upcoming Deneb microprocessor, the new chip Advanced Micro Devices has developed for desktop computers. According to Mr. Johnson, the key features of the new CPU are the 45 nanometer... |
17 November 2008
05:30 GMT |
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In a preview of the new Marine Census, due to be released in 2010, scientists presented some amazing discoveries, made over the course of the past couple of years. Among the most interesting things, they mentioned a "city" of brittle stars and an Antarctic octopus route, where the animals ride on a current of extra-s... |
17 November 2008
05:20 GMT |
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In its second week in stores in Japan, the all new and improved Nintendo DSi handheld has managed to sell another 104,897 units, adding to the more than 171,000 units moved in the first weekend since launch. The older Lite model of the device also sold about 10,000 units, and the overall sales reached 113,278 for the... |
17 November 2008
05:18 GMT |
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Intel's Core i7 processors, designed to fully take advantage of the company's new micro-architecture, the Nehalem, are but moments away from their official introduction on a market that is currently struggling with the ever-increasing effects of the worldwide slow PC demand. The new desktop processors are s... |
17 November 2008
05:18 GMT |
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Mathmos are no strangers to cool lighting gadgets like this 9V portable one and many other nifty thingies that make your life easier and – why not – brighter. It's high time we introduced to you a piece of truly magic nature, which will have your friends gazing in awe, at least a while after they fir... |
17 November 2008
05:18 GMT |
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VMware has released an update for users of its virtualization software application, VMware Fusion. Version 2.0.1 includes both enhancements and bug fixes, while the latter has been the main focus of this “maintenance release,” according to the company. “VMware Fusion 2.0.1 is a maintenance release o... |
17 November 2008
05:14 GMT |
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Scientists finally managed to come up with a scientific explanation as to why certain foods and vines have a particular, "delayed" taste, which can be felt some 20 or 30 seconds after they were ingested. Apparently, bacteria living in the mouth are responsible for the breaking down of certain chemical compounds, whic... |
17 November 2008
04:51 GMT |
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The iPhone 3G is taking the Asian market by storm now, after being the most successful handset in the U.S. Taiwan is the first on the list, and most are expecting that its success be just as great as it was in the States, at least in the last part of the year. The iPhone is expected to arrive in about one month and, ... |
17 November 2008
04:46 GMT |
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Dark Cloud 2 is a video game developed by Level 5 Inc. and published by Sony Computer Entertainment Incorporated. Created exclusively for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony, it was released in December 2002. The title is classed as an action and role-playing game, played from a third-person perspective.While Dark Cl... |
17 November 2008
04:31 GMT |
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The newly released 32nd TOP500 supercomputers list also makes the world's second largest chip manufacturer, Advanced Micro Devices, proud of the capabilities of its technology. To be more precise, seven of the Top 10 fastest supercomputer systems in the world are powered by AMD Opteron processors, including the ... |
17 November 2008
04:31 GMT |
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In an unprecedented move, California's Republican governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, urged state agencies to compile a thorough report by the end of 2010, detailing the possible effects of sea level rise on habitats across the large border that the state has with the Pacific Ocean. The coast line stretches uninter... |
17 November 2008
04:23 GMT |
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Apple's iPhone is most likely one of the trendiest and most popular portable devices available on the market nowadays, so it should come as no surprise that there's a huge number of various accessories available for it on the market, ranging from all sorts of pouches and headphones to some pretty serious ge... |
17 November 2008
04:21 GMT |
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Extreme computer enthusiasts can always count on custom PC makers, such as SmoothCreations, to offer them the most powerful desktop or portable computer systems on the market. However, with SmoothCreations, things are a bit different, as users not only receive the latest in computing technology, but they also ge... |
17 November 2008
04:16 GMT |
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26-year old IBM veteran Mark Papermaster filed a countersuit last week, days after U.S. District Court Judge Kenneth Karas ordered the blade server guru to "immediately cease his employment with Apple." As noted in previous court filings, Papermaster argued that Apple and IBM were not really rivals, a Computerworld r... |
17 November 2008
04:15 GMT |
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The 32nd TOP500 list of the world's fastest supercomputers has been recently released, unveiling the fact that IBM's Roadrunner has managed to hold on to its leading position, while the newly announced Cray XT5 supercomputer, called Jaguar, only placed second. Even so, the machine located at the Oak Ridge N... |
17 November 2008
04:09 GMT |
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While Windows 7 has yet to reach Beta stage, the first workarounds to illegally activate this operating system are already available in the wild. Microsoft offered Windows 7 Ultimate pre-Beta Build 6801 to participants at its PDC 2008 and WinHEC 2008 events. The third major development milestone of Windows Vista'... |
17 November 2008
03:57 GMT |
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As the holiday season draws near, most videogames-interested media entities, from gaming magazines to sites, tend to get ready to announce the awards for 2008 for the games they consider the best of their categories for the year that is coming close to an end. Spike TV, the cable network channel that offers substanti... |
17 November 2008
03:57 GMT |
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There are weird gadgets, silly ones, funny ones, and pretty much all combinations between them. And then there are kitsch gadgets, which would only make you ask yourself about their utility. Such is the case with the MP3 Skull Belt Buckle, a thing that looks more suitable for kids than for a grown-up man; forget all ... |
17 November 2008
03:57 GMT |
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The MMORPG (Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) market is a huge one, with a large number of players delving every day into a mythical adventure against different types of monsters with individual goals.World of Warcraft currently dominates the market with over 11 million subscribers, a number that will sur... |
17 November 2008
03:55 GMT |
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Grand Theft Auto is one of the most popular open world sandbox games out there, having a huge number of fans. This is largely due to the excellent gameplay, which, combined with the amusing story, offers players a great experience that they won't forget for quite some time.Recently, Rockstar, the developer behin... |
17 November 2008
03:40 GMT |
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Today is undoubtedly Core i7 day, as the Santa Clara, California-based chip maker is to officially introduce its next-generation desktop processors, designed on the proprietary Nehalem microarchitecture. The new processors have already been reviewed and benchmarked, and users are to expect an unprecedented level of p... |
17 November 2008
03:31 GMT |
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The highly anticipated update for the HTC Touch, also known as the XV6900, is still to be released, even though this has been one of the main complains regarding this device, mainly because these updates have already been released in the States on all HTC Touch phones. Instead of waiting for the official version from... |
17 November 2008
03:18 GMT |
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Increasing electricity demand in Europe has prompted EU officials to elaborate a strategic energy grid development plan, which is to break the vicious circle that keeps the Union dependent on Russia for most of its gas imports. Seeing how 42 percent of all gas coming into the Old Continent is delivered by the Russian... |
17 November 2008
03:14 GMT |
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Resident Evil is currently one of the most successful and popular horror game franchises out there, offering players an excellent zombie shooter gameplay since 1996. The game emphasizes the dark surroundings and different types of monsters combined with a very gritty atmosphere to give players a true horror experienc... |
17 November 2008
03:14 GMT |
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Nanya Technology Corporation, a world leading DRAM manufacturer, announced today that it had started shipping its 800MHz DDR2 registered dual in-line memory module (RDIMM), specifically designed for the newly launched Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors. The new memory modules are aimed at optimizing performance on high... |
17 November 2008
03:07 GMT |
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Under a week from the release of the latest Mac OS X 10.5.6 beta build, Apple has seeded its developer community with another pre-release version of Mac OS X 10.5.6. The new build lists no known issues, which may or may not be an indication that development is wrapping up, World of Apple reports. Apple has dedicated... |
17 November 2008
02:49 GMT |
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The latest reports on the world's leading chip manufacturer Intel have it that it is planning to extend the life-cycle of its socket 775-based processors until 2011. Moreover, the Santa Clara-based company is expected to have these chips on the market for the entry-level segment, reports news site Digitimes, cit... |
17 November 2008
02:35 GMT |
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Fitness games are becoming more and more popular these days, with Nintendo's Wii Fit holding a massive percent of the market and managing record sales in the countries where it has been launched. Seeing the massive success of the Japanese game, Electronic Arts decided that a more Western-oriented title would def... |
17 November 2008
02:34 GMT |
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Rotterdam's Mississippi harbor was completely blocked during this weekend, as two Greenpeace ships, the Rainbow Warrior and the Beluga II, prevented coal shipments on their way to the Netherlands from reaching their destination. The move was saluted by other environmental organizations as well. They said that th... |
17 November 2008
02:34 GMT |
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Dark Cloud is a video game developed by Level 5 Inc. and published by Sony Computer Entertainment Incorporated. Created exclusively for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony, it was released in December 2000. The title is classed as an action and role-playing game, played from a third-person perspective.Over 400 years ... |
17 November 2008
02:18 GMT |
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Even if everyone expected the first release candidate of the upcoming openSUSE 11.1 Linux distribution, on November 13th, the development team decided to release a fifth beta version, because of the unresolved bugs. The good news is that this unforeseen beta version will not push back the final release of openSUSE 11... |
17 November 2008
01:52 GMT |
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