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Clearly the big news coming out from this year's E3 trade show was that the Nintendo 3DS is not only real but manages to deliver a full three-dimensional gaming experience without using any glasses.Most publishers are preparing videogames linked to the new device set to arrive in late 2010 or in early 2011 for a... |
18 June 2010
18:51 GMT |
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Atlus is trying an unusual approach at making its way on the Western market by publishing games from some of the best known independent studios in the Americas and Europe. Rock of Ages is one of these two titles and it is developed by Ace Team, the company behind Zeno Clash. Trine 2 is developed by Frozenbyte, a Finn... |
18 June 2010
18:01 GMT |
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Interesting, new information about the Nintendo 3DS has appeared, indicating that the future iteration of Nintendo's dual-screen handheld might see a few other fresh features besides the 3D screen. It seems that the 3DS will have an achievement system of some sort, maybe like the PlayStation 3 Trophies or the Xb... |
18 June 2010
17:21 GMT |
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Andrei Dumitrescu: This week has been totally dominated by news coming out of E3, all the big developers and publishers showing off the latest hardware and software. During the weekend, I plan to separate myself from all of it by playing some Hearts of Iron 3 – Semper Fi, the expansion to the grand strategy tit... |
18 June 2010
16:41 GMT |
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As critics continue to rally and lament the use of excessive airbrushing in fashion and beauty campaigns, clothing giant Debenhams is taking a step forward by advertising for its latest lingerie line in a very unique way. The company has released both the before- and after-retouching photos for the same product in wh... |
18 June 2010
16:31 GMT |
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Adam Lambert is glam in both music and style. Everything that he does is glam, whether it’s kissing a male backup singer or wearing KISS-style platform boots. As fans know, he even has a tour going on, called the Glam Nation Tour, which will hopefully push the envelope of glam rock to limits never before attain... |
18 June 2010
15:41 GMT |
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Warner Bros. has announced a new videogame featuring Scooby Doo and the entire team of Mystery Inc. The action adventure title is being developed by Torus Games and is set to arrive on the Nintendo Wii home console, the Nintendo DS handheld and the PlayStation 3 at some point in September 2010.Daphne, Velma, Fred, Sh... |
18 June 2010
15:01 GMT |
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During Microsoft's E3 press briefing, Epic's Cliff Bleszinski announced a new cooperative mode for Gears of War 3 called Beast. Reports from the expo state that this is basically Horde reversed. Players take the role of the Locust defending themselves from enemy waves of well-armed humans. Exactly like in H... |
18 June 2010
14:51 GMT |
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When Julia Roberts, one of the most uniquely beautiful women in Hollywood, was named the new face of Lancome for a contract estimated at $20 million, not many were surprised by the announcement. What they may not have expected, though, was the amount of retouching Roberts got for the just-unveiled ad, as the Daily Ma... |
18 June 2010
14:11 GMT |
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Mobile transactions are expected to register an impressive growth in the near future, greatly helped by the emergence of smartphones that offer secure, easy-to-use payment applications. According to a recently published report from Juniper Research, the total value of digital and physical goods that should be bought ... |
18 June 2010
13:31 GMT |
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Ever since she broke on the scene with her angelic looks and amazing voice, Jewel has received nothing but praises both for her professional accomplishments and for her image. It wasn’t always like that, though, she says for Shape magazine, on whose cover she’s pictured flexing her ripped abs in a stunnin... |
18 June 2010
13:21 GMT |
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When it comes down to Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, some customers will get a tad more from Microsoft than others. Just as with Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, SP1 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 will be a single release, tailored only to different flavors of the opera... |
18 June 2010
13:11 GMT |
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Microsoft has made available for download an impressive bundle of technologies packaged around the latest iteration of the Office suite, and designed to streamline Office 2010 testing. Two releases that can be accessed through the Microsoft Download Center have been packaged as Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V virtual ... |
18 June 2010
12:41 GMT |
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Google and news organizations haven’t been seeing eye to eye very much lately. Some traditional news outlets have gone as far as accusing the company of ‘stealing’ their content with Google News or even through the search engine. For its part, Google has tried to make peace, though it hasn’t b... |
18 June 2010
11:44 GMT |
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On Thursday, Motorola's Networks business announced plans to offer support for “802.16e Enhanced” features in its WiMAX product roadmap. As per the company, it is working with ArrayComm for the implementation of this advanced baseband technology. The strategy is also meant to offer support for the in... |
18 June 2010
11:41 GMT |
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Money for BlackBerry smartphones is one of those money managers that cannot be missed if you're looking for a way to keep your expenses organized even on the go. Developed by ChanguitoSoft, a small software developer, Money for BlackBerry allows users to track their finances, export transactions they’ve do... |
18 June 2010
11:21 GMT |
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The rich clients and services that make up the next generation of the Windows Live suite have been bulletproofed against security threats using the same strategy that proved a success for major Microsoft software products such as Windows 7 and Windows Vista. Essentially, the Redmond company applied the Security Devel... |
18 June 2010
11:11 GMT |
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After divorcing Kate Gosselin and being axed from TLC’s still incredibly successful reality series “Jon & Kate Plus 8” after trying to cause problems for the network, Jon Gosselin is eager to make his comeback to television. He wants to be back on the small screen and would probably do anything to m... |
18 June 2010
11:11 GMT |
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Iceland has now unanimously approved a proposal to revamp the country’s media laws to make it a “new media haven.” The proposal was spearheaded and strongly backed by whistleblower site Wikileaks. The Icelanding Parliament has now approved the proposal. It’s not going to change anything for th... |
18 June 2010
11:07 GMT |
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A two-year-long investigation into an international credit-card fraud ring has culminated with the arrest of 178 individuals and dismantling of numerous credit-card cloning laboratories. Authorities estimate that, while it was operational, the cybercriminal network, with branches in several European countries, the U.... |
18 June 2010
11:04 GMT |
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South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung, the second largest handset vendor in the world, is reportedly gearing up for the expansion of its Galaxy line of handsets based on Google's Android operating system. Following last year's Samsung Galaxy and Galaxy Spica, or this year's new Galaxy models, includi... |
18 June 2010
10:58 GMT |
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Now that Acer has expanded its portfolio of monitors by unleashing the H4 series of LCDs, it is to be expected that other companies would try to match, if not even raise the stakes. This is why it will likely come as no surprise to learn that German display specialist Wortmann AG has once again entered the spotlight ... |
18 June 2010
10:55 GMT |
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Apple claims that its commitment to the environment includes finding the most efficient ways to reuse or recycle electronic equipment, including computers and displays from any manufacturer. The Mac maker also strives to reduce even the consumer’s carbon footprint, by making extremely power-efficient computers,... |
18 June 2010
10:49 GMT |
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Reports about the possibility of this happening have been making the rounds ever since Sandra Bullock first confirmed that she had filed for divorce from Jesse James in the aftermath of the cheating scandal. Now, the National Enquirer says (story via here) that it has it from very reliable sources that Sandra has for... |
18 June 2010
10:44 GMT |
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Acer is definitely on a roll today. Not only is it holding true to its role as prime advocate of notebooks and netbooks, but it even decided to think a bit 'out of the box' and unveil a pair of compact desktop PCs. One would say the PC supplier would, thus, be content with covering the entire computer segme... |
18 June 2010
10:29 GMT |
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As fans gear up for the upcoming release of Thunderbird 3.1, Mozilla has made available an updated version of the current line, Thunderbird 3.0.5. It’s a bug-fixing release with no new features, though users should see an improvement in message-indexing speed. More than 60 bugs have been fixed in Thunderbird 3.... |
18 June 2010
10:26 GMT |
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The Special Deals section of Apple’s online store is featuring new Mac refurbs at attractive prices. An old version of the Mac mini with Snow Leopard Sever can be acquired for $849, saving buyers $150, while a MacBook Pro equipped with a 2.26GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor goes for $929, saving customers a subst... |
18 June 2010
10:24 GMT |
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Back when he first broke on the scene as Slim Shady, there were only so few things that could describe Eminem and his sound: aggressiveness, rage and intolerance were among them. Often targeted for directly bashing or discriminating against the gay community, Eminem is now steering clear from all controversy in a new... |
18 June 2010
10:12 GMT |
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Find My iPhone, a new, Apple-developed app, is now available as a free download from the App Store, the company behind the Mac operating system announced today. The software is designed to provide an additional layer of security in case a MobileMe subscriber (and owner of an Apple iPhone) misplaces, loses, or has the... |
18 June 2010
10:04 GMT |
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As it is the case with all major Microsoft software products, Office 2010 comes with a world of content designed to simplify adoption as much as possible. This is also true for the Office 2010 Resource Kit, a collection of resources published online on TechNet. Office 2010 users can also download a copy of the Office... |
18 June 2010
10:01 GMT |
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The premiere of season 5 of Showtime’s killer series, “Dexter,” starring Michael C. Hall as the blood-spatter analyst who doubles as a serial killer slash vigilante during the night, is drawing near. Shooting for the new season started in April this year, when the Los Angeles Times times also got to... |
18 June 2010
09:57 GMT |
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Vodafone UK is the third wireless carrier in the country to officially announce monthly plans and pricing for the new Apple iPhone 4. Although the company's move in this direction was unveiled a few days ago, it was only today when the carrier made official the actual cost of having an iPhone 4 on its airwaves. ... |
18 June 2010
09:55 GMT |
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Apple has debuted a new interface for its cloud-based MobileMe service, adding a new look for the me.com e-mailing service. Beta-tested since May, the new MobileMe Mail features a new widescreen view interface, server-side e-mail rules, improved performance, new SSL security when composing and sending e-mail, and a f... |
18 June 2010
09:49 GMT |
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Back in 2008, demand for any sort of electronics, whether PC-related or otherwise, dropped so dramatically that companies were forced to reduce the pricing of their products to extremely low levels. Now, however, the situation has, more or less, resolved, though a somewhat different phenomenon has begun to manifest i... |
18 June 2010
09:48 GMT |
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It is simply incredible how easy people will give up the most intimate and sensitive information about themselves once a third-party has earned their trust. It’s no wonder that online scams involving social engineering seem to never fail at producing new victims, and a new campaign Microsoft is running for Inte... |
18 June 2010
09:31 GMT |
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Today, wireless carrier Orange UK announced the kickoff of High Definition (HD) Voice trial on its UK mobile network in the South of England. According to the company, HD Voice is expected to provide crystal clear, superior sound quality to Orange's customers, while opening the gates to a new era in mobile commu... |
18 June 2010
09:27 GMT |
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Microsoft has just upped the ante when it comes down to fighting Internet fraud. Internet Fraud Alert is a new initiative powered by Microsoft technology and managed by the National Cyber-Forensics and Training Alliance (NCFTA), designed to bridge the gap separating security researchers from financial organizations a... |
18 June 2010
09:24 GMT |
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Facebook is one of the largest websites on the planet, with close to 500 million users. It’s becoming a dominant force online, yet its revenue is nowhere close to that of other players its size. Previous, unofficial numbers pegged Facebook revenue for 2009 at above 500 million and even that sounded optimistic a... |
18 June 2010
09:19 GMT |
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Even though, as always, NVIDIA is trying to be as secretive as possible about its upcoming products, the Santa Clara, California-based company was still unable to prevent leaks and rumors about its GF104 from emerging. In fact, with all the hopes of consumers placed in this unreleased chip, it would have been strange... |
18 June 2010
09:06 GMT |
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According to Graham Cluley writing for Sophos, “Apple's 10.6.4 operating system upgrade earlier this week silently updated the malware protection built into Mac OS X to protect against a backdoor Trojan horse that can allow hackers to gain remote control over your treasured iMac or MacBook.” Apple, h... |
18 June 2010
09:01 GMT |
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Redmond-based software maker Microsoft is moving closer to having the Windows Phone 7 operating system ready to be delivered to manufacturers, the latest reports around the Internet suggest. Among the things that are up and running on the platform, we can count the Games Hub, which is said to have already been comple... |
18 June 2010
09:00 GMT |
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Taiwan-based mobile phone maker HTC Corporation announced a while ago plans to start rolling out the Android 2.1 upgrade for its HTC Hero before the end of the second quarter of the ongoing year, and the first move in this direction has already been made. Following the announcement of an over-the-air software update ... |
18 June 2010
08:32 GMT |
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Though Acer can be said to have been among the most active IT giants on the PC front over the past few days, ASUS did not exactly slack off either. In fact, the PC maker has its own collection of recently showcased netbooks and ultrathins, among other things, and it seems as though the string of official introduction... |
18 June 2010
08:30 GMT |
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A group of researchers has recently determined that the Mississippi River delta may in fact be playing a beneficial role in protecting the delicate Louisiana coastlines from the effects of crude oil contamination. With the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, about two months ago, the delicate ecosystems ... |
18 June 2010
08:18 GMT |
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A team of Spanish investigators has determined in a new study an interesting aspect about the relationship between antisocial behavior and goal or expectations, in teenagers. This is one of the first studies to tackle this sort of issue directly, the team behind the work says. One of the main questions the young adul... |
18 June 2010
08:02 GMT |
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Epic Games demonstrated this week at E3 that the Unreal Engine 3.0 title Gears of War 2 could run in full 3D, using the Trioviz technology. Reports say that the demo was a success with blood coming out of the screen as enemies were being shot and many other neat effects. Trioviz is the same technology that was behind... |
18 June 2010
08:01 GMT |
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Knights in the Nightmare is a unique presence on Nintendo's DS. The game could be seen as a Strategy RPG, but it's also a lot more than this. The title is entirely controlled with the stylus, and mixes together an active-timer turn-based combat system, similar to the one in Final Fantasy VI, with elements o... |
18 June 2010
07:58 GMT |
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Microsoft is searching for some Bing Maps royalty, and, if you’re a developer with “Bing’s blue blood” flowing through your veins, you should enter a new contest that the Redmond company has just debuted. The software giant is attempting to fuel application development on top of Bing Maps, now... |
18 June 2010
07:57 GMT |
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With broadband speeds rising worldwide, plenty of people have the network connection to watch HD videos online without too much trouble. YouTube, like most other video sites, has been streaming HD videos for quite a while, but there’s always been an annoying issue, most of the times, the videos start streaming ... |
18 June 2010
07:54 GMT |
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Precisely one year ago, Cher’s only daughter, Chastity Bono, announced that she would start the process of becoming a man by getting gender reassignment surgery and legally calling herself Chaz. Chaz has reached the end of his journey – as a new celebrity offspring is about to embark on her own, The Teleg... |
18 June 2010
07:42 GMT |
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At 6:21 pm EDT (2221 GMT) on June 17, the Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft, launched from the steppes of Kazakhstan merely days earlier, managed to hook up with the International Space Station (ISS). The accomplishment again raises the number of those present on the facility to six, the size of the permanent crew that the ou... |
18 June 2010
07:39 GMT |
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One week ago, it was announced that Stacy Schiff’s book “Cleopatra: A Life” would be turned into a film and that Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie had already been cast for the part. While some details still remain sketchy, the first reactions to the announcement have been anything but enthusiast... |
18 June 2010
07:15 GMT |
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Mobile-phone maker Motorola seems set to deliver an upgrade to Android 2.1 for some of its devices before the end of this month, including the CLIQ and CLIQ XT in the United States. The company announced a while ago that it planned on making the solution available for these devices before the second quarter of the on... |
18 June 2010
06:53 GMT |
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Though companies often take the time to unveil one new product or another, sometimes, they decide to come out in force, much in the way that Acer has done these past couple of days. The web is already swarming with reports and news of netbooks based on Intel or AMD CPUs. However, it appears that just catering to the ... |
18 June 2010
06:52 GMT |
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Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future is a videogame developed by Appaloosa Interactive Corp and published by SEGA Enterprises Ltd. The game was launched for the PlayStation 2 home console from Sony and for SEGA’s Dreamcast in June 2000. It can be classed as an action title with some science fiction influenc... |
18 June 2010
06:49 GMT |
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Dynasty Warriors Gundam is a videogame developed by KOEI Co. Ltd. and published by Namco Bandai Games Ltd. The game was released in March 2007 for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 2 from Sony, the Xbox 360 from Microsoft but lacked a PC port. It is classed as an action adventure game played from a third person persp... |
18 June 2010
06:47 GMT |
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If there's one thing I deeply hate in Red Dead Redemption, it is the dark. Consider that in the first decade of the XX century, there was precious little public lightning in the West and not even the East Coast did much better.When it’s dark, wolves have a way of getting close fast and nipping at my heels ... |
18 June 2010
06:47 GMT |
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Wireless carrier T-Mobile USA is getting ready for a special day on June 19. Tomorrow, all the handsets in its offering will be available for free upon their purchase with a family plan. The carrier has already announced officially its plans for this Saturday, and now we have the chance to learn about them once again... |
18 June 2010
06:34 GMT |
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The Sabayon Linux team announced on June 17th the immediate availability of two new editions of their popular Sabayon Linux operating system. SpinBase and CoreCDX editions are designed for Linux experts and advanced users that want to set up a home server or create their very own operating system, based on Sabayon. T... |
18 June 2010
06:23 GMT |
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Over the years, market analysts have published a great deal of reports, each aiming to provide as accurate a forecast as possible regarding a certain segment of the IT industry. These reports sometimes come true, other times, they don't. What often occurs, however, is that hardware and PC suppliers modify their ... |
18 June 2010
06:22 GMT |
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BancorpSouth, Inc. officials have announced the release of BancorpSouth Mobile Banking for iPhone and iPod touch, the company’s own branded banking app. Customers can pay bills, view account balances, make transfers, and more, using the new Mobile Banking app, and benefit from convenience and security, accordin... |
18 June 2010
06:21 GMT |
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One of Google Docs’ major touted features is sharing. It’s a unique advantage of having everything in the cloud and is great for organizations or groups that need to collaborate on documents. With the new document and spreadsheet editors, collaboration is done in real time in Google Docs. It works great, ... |
18 June 2010
06:21 GMT |
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Mobile phone carrier Verizon and handset vendor Motorola were expected to announce a fresh Android-based device on June 23, namely the Motorola DROID X, yet it seems that they can hardly wait to share the news with enthusiasts. The handset can already be admired on Verizon's website, next to two other high-end D... |
18 June 2010
06:05 GMT |
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Google has made available for download a new Build of the most advanced variant of its open source browser, save for the Chromium milestones. Google Chrome 6.0.437.1 is now available for download through the Dev Channel for Windows and Linux users, while testers running Mac OS X will be able to update Chrome 6.0 all ... |
18 June 2010
06:05 GMT |
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Although the development team behind Google Chrome has signaled that the Dev channel push has been temporarily halted for crash-related matters, the search giant has been able to roll out one last updated developer version for Windows, Linux and Mac. The Dev channel has been updated to 6.0.437.1 for Windows and Linux... |
18 June 2010
06:01 GMT |
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One reality about the SuperSpeed USB 3.0 interface standard is that it is not progressing as quickly as it could. The main reason behind this is that chipsets from Intel and Advanced Micro Devices don't have native support for the interface, nor will they gain it before 2011. On the other hand, this fact can be ... |
18 June 2010
05:50 GMT |
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A new Beta development snapshot of Opera 10.60 is now available for download. Early adopters that have already downloaded, installed and tested the first Beta milestone of the next iteration of Opera will notice improvements in terms of stability and reliability. Fact is that Opera 10.60 Beta Build 3426 is designed t... |
18 June 2010
05:47 GMT |
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The other day on the red carpet, “Ugly Betty” star America Ferrera unveiled a much slimmer figure, which got the media singing her praises for how she managed to stay healthy without losing her trademark curves. Aside from her much fitter body, Ferrera unveiled another thing as well: a sparkling diamond r... |
18 June 2010
05:30 GMT |
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Wireless carrier AT&T and Samsung Mobile have recently announced the launch of a new handset on the United States market, the Samsung Captivate, a Galaxy S smartphone. The new mobile phone runs under Google's Android 2.1 operating system, boasts a 4-inch touchscreen display, and packs inside a wide range of ente... |
18 June 2010
05:23 GMT |
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Netbooks, as a market, grew the most during 2009 and, in fact, were one of the main reasons why PC and hardware makers did not see the dismal marketing 'performance' of 2008 repeat itself. For AMD, on the other hand, this market was not exactly beneficial, since it caught it at a time when it didn't ha... |
18 June 2010
05:21 GMT |
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Microsoft has extended the support efforts built around social networking hotspots by opening new channels of communication with French and German users via Twitter. Microsoft’s Customer Service and Support (CSS) team was already helping out customers one tweet at a time, but it was doing so only via @Microsoft... |
18 June 2010
05:16 GMT |
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Andrew Auernheimer, a key member of Goatse Security, has been arrested on a number of felony charges that are unrelated to the group’s exploitation of an AT&T security hole that exposed the email addresses of tens of thousands of iPad 3G owners. Auernheimer, also known as “Escher,” or “Weev&rd... |
18 June 2010
05:13 GMT |
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Dynasty Warriors 4 is a videogame developed by Omega Force and published by KOEI Co. Ltd. The game was released for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony, the original Xbox console from Microsoft and the PC in February 2003. The title is classed as an action adventure game played from a third person perspective with a ... |
18 June 2010
05:10 GMT |
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The latest update to the world’s most popular blogging software has landed. WordPress 3.0 comes packed with new features and improvements and a lot of bugfixes. WordPress 3.0 is now available for download, but you can also upgrade through the dashboard if you already have a WordPress-powered blog. Some of the h... |
18 June 2010
05:08 GMT |
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Today, what was supposed to be one of this summer’s biggest winners at the box office, arrives in US theaters and, from what early reviews are saying, it may perform much worse than anticipated. “Jonah Hex,” starring Josh Brolin, Megan Fox and John Malkovich, tells the story of a former confederate ... |
18 June 2010
05:06 GMT |
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New facts about Tecmo Koei 's take on the third person-shooter genre have been made available at this week's Electronic Entertainment Expo. The game is called Quantum Theory and will tell the story of Syd and Filena, as they battle the deadly matter called Diablosis. This strange entity behaves like a disea... |
18 June 2010
05:01 GMT |
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When they saw that, while still on the rise, the netbook market was not growing as quickly as they had hoped, PC suppliers decided it was time to make some more noticeable changes to the base configurations. Fortunately, Intel came forth with CPUs that support faster memory (DDR3) and also have better clocks. These c... |
18 June 2010
04:54 GMT |
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It was only a few days ago that Motorola’s DROID X got the hands-on treatment, and now the second Android-based device from the company has stepped into DROID's shoes, namely the so-called DROID 2. Unlike the DROID X, the new device comes with a full QWERTY keyboard, just as its predecessor did, while boas... |
18 June 2010
04:48 GMT |
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The latest update in the Google Chrome dev channel looks like your usual, run-of-the-mill release, but it packs a couple of interesting new features. Along with the regular bug fixes and the removal of the ‘go’ button, Google Chrome 6.0.437.1 dev gets initial support for extension sync and a built-in... |
18 June 2010
04:23 GMT |
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Leading mobile-software developer SPB Software announced on Thursday the release of an updated version of one of its bestselling Symbian applications, namely SPB Mobile Shell. Although the software solution has only recently been released, the application has registered great traction among Symbian users all around t... |
18 June 2010
04:22 GMT |
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Many new kinds of products and technologies were unveiled over the past couple of months, but some products managed to stand out more than others, either through design advantages, performance benefits or special pricing schemes. One of the laptop lines that grabbed a fair bit of attention back in May was the Sony Va... |
18 June 2010
04:21 GMT |
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As if personal problems were not enough to make this actor’s life nearly a living hell, Eddie Cibrian has also lost his job on one of the most popular television series at the moment, “CSI: Miami.” Nothing official has yet been announced, but, from what Entertainment Weekly is reporting, Cibrian wil... |
18 June 2010
04:13 GMT |
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We know that Kinect, Microsoft’s motion controller, will be launched on November 4 in North America but the company that makes the Xbox 360 is not yet ready to talk about the pricing options for the new peripheral. With the launch date less than 6 months away, retailers are stepping into the void and showing th... |
18 June 2010
03:58 GMT |
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Wireless carrier O2 UK is another company announcing the monthly plans and the pricing for the newly launched iPhone 4 device from Apple. Available for pre-order, the new iPhone model is set to hit the shelves on June 24, and O2 is just one of the five wireless operators in the country to have the device available on... |
18 June 2010
03:50 GMT |
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Gaikai and Electronic Arts have recently announced that they have entered into a multi-year licensing agreement that will enable the video streaming of some of the PC games published by EA to any Internet browser through Gaikai's technology. Electronic Arts is the first publisher to make this kind of agreement w... |
18 June 2010
03:49 GMT |
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There have been many leaks, rumors, reports and official announcements regarding netbooks lately. With Intel having unleashed its new Atom chips with support for DDR3, companies are wasting no time in putting it to good use. ASUS itself has at least one such device in store, not just netbooks that employ the NVIDIA I... |
18 June 2010
03:47 GMT |
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Apple is providing more than 100 WWDC10 video sessions and slides for free via iTunes U, including the Steve Jobs keynote address, which features Apple’s CEO and fellow execs introducing and demoing the iPhone 4. One session in particular - “Advanced Performance Optimization on iPhone OS, pt 2” - re... |
18 June 2010
03:42 GMT |
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Microsoft has announced two new Windows operating system releases planned for delivery this year and the next, both essentially flavors of the same platform. The plain vanilla version of Windows Embedded Handheld will be launched in the second half of 2010, while its successor, Windows Embedded Handheld 7, will drop ... |
18 June 2010
03:40 GMT |
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New details have emerged about the romance options of Fable III, as Peter Molyneux has recently declared that those who play the cooperative multiplayer component can, in fact, marry their avatars. Moreover, he says that, if players married someone from the Xbox Live friends list, then the two characters could have c... |
18 June 2010
03:11 GMT |
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Lenovo's IdeaPad Y560d may have decided on using a 3D solution other than NVIDIA's, but many companies are still very much inclined towards 3D Vision. This technology is actually capable of converting 2D content into 3D. This includes not just multimedia files, but also games, enabling a new level of immers... |
18 June 2010
03:08 GMT |
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On Thursday, Motorola held a launch event for its ES400 enterprise digital assistant (EDA) running under Microsoft's Windows Mobile 6.5.3 operating system, where the Redmond-based software giant announced the upcoming launch of a new operating system, dubbed Windows Embedded Handheld. According to the software g... |
18 June 2010
03:01 GMT |
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A story based on details provided by developers familiar with Apple’s plans reveals that Apple had good reason to focus primarily on the iPhone platform at this year’s WWDC. The company reportedly sought to make iOS catch up with its desktop operating system on a feature level, in order to bring the two p... |
18 June 2010
02:47 GMT |
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Mobile phone maker Motorola has just announced the launch of a new product running under Microsoft's Windows Mobile 6.5.3 operating system, namely the ES400 global Enterprise Digital Assistant (EDA). According to the company, the fresh device comes to the market with integrated voice and data capabilities that s... |
18 June 2010
02:37 GMT |
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Solid state drives are all built according to the same basic principle, but there are two specific form factors that ultimately determine what sort of application such storage units are used for. The 3.5-inch form is the one commonly used in desktops, whereas 2.5-inch units are employed mostly by laptops. When it com... |
18 June 2010
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Dynasty Warriors 3 is a videogame developed by Omega Force and published by KOEI Co. Ltd. The game was released for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony and the Xbox from Microsoft in September 2001. It is classed as an action and strategy title played from a third person perspective and is largely based on a historic... |
18 June 2010
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Namco Bandai is eager to show off the videogames that it plans to launch on the newly announced Nintendo 3DS, the handheld set to allow gamers to experience full three dimensional gaming without the use of any glasses or peripherals. The company is relying both on old and well-known characters and on gameplay twists ... |
18 June 2010
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More and more producers have started protecting their copyrighted creations in court, and LimeWire has been recently accused of having infringed this copyright. During the National Music Publishers’ Association’s Annual Meeting in New York City, CEO David Israelite announced that a group of eight music pu... |
18 June 2010
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