|
Home / News / Archive / 2nd of July 2008
|
|
News archive: 2nd of July 2008 |
|
|
|
|
95 articles found
Brian Lara International Cricket 2005 is a video game developed by Swordfish Studios Limited and published by Codemasters. It was originally released in 2005 for PCs, Mac and the PlayStation 3 gaming console from Sony. The game is classed as being a sports simulator that is played from an isometric perspective. The t... |
2 July 2008
21:11 GMT |
 |
|
If you have played and enjoyed racing games like Micro Machines, you will definitely love Mad Tracks, because it is a similar title - with the exception that this one is developed for the Xbox 360, too. The game was created by Load and released on Microsoft's console by D3 Publisher on the 30th of May 2007, for ... |
2 July 2008
19:26 GMT |
|
|
If there's one thing about Crytek Chief Executive Officer Cevat Yerli you have to admire is the fact that he is not afraid to tackle difficult issues head-on. After his company parted ways with Ubisoft and decided to make Crysis, he said that they wouldn't settle for anything less than the best game in the ... |
2 July 2008
19:16 GMT |
|
|
When you hear "Luxor" and games, you instantly think "I know this one!" even if you haven't played it a single minute. Yes, it is one of the best known casual games in the world and nobody can tell how many people are still addicted to it.Even though Luxor 2 was initially created for PC systems, it was made avai... |
2 July 2008
19:06 GMT |
|
|
Brave: The Search for Spirit Dancer is a video game developed by VIS Entertainment for the publisher Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. It was released in 2005 and only designed to work on the PlayStation 2 videogame console from Sony. The game is billed as being an action title and it is played from a first person ... |
2 July 2008
18:46 GMT |
|
|
MTV Multiplayer has scored an interview with BioWare o-CEOs Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk, who were kind enough to let the publication in on some of their plans for the future. These include sticking to the PC platform (pointing out to the success of Blizzard's WoW and Eidos' Age of Conan), but also tapping i... |
2 July 2008
18:36 GMT |
|
|
The folks at Blizzard Entertainment have been keeping themselves awfully busy lately, announcing patches and updates for some of its most popular games, not to mention the big announcement on Sunday. Most recently, the giant developer has announced a new patch for Warcraft III Mac gamers adding new features, a slew o... |
2 July 2008
18:21 GMT |
|
|
When Age of Conan was launched, after the release of a sold out Collector's Edition and with initial impressive sales, the developers at Funcom declared that they planned to offer the best support ever seen in a MMO.At least, until now they have kept up with the self imposed schedule, releasing minor fixes twice... |
2 July 2008
18:06 GMT |
|
|
Bains Software has released a new version of its remote control app, ShareTool. Currently at version 1.2, the application now offers better support for iPhoto, a tweaked up UI, an option to switch automatic port mapping on or off, and automatic compression of network traffic.Developed for Bonjour users looking to acc... |
2 July 2008
17:56 GMT |
|
|
CrispSofties' iPod.iTunes application has just been updated to version 4.0.5 adding compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5.4 (Leopard). The software does real "add-synchronization," according to the developers, even in two directions if the user wishes so. A demo version is available.iPod.iTunes comes in extremely han... |
2 July 2008
17:26 GMT |
|
|
If you are a MMO game fan, you have probably thought a bit about the possibility of playing a game as nice looking as Crysis in the online world. And even if you haven't, I'm still sure you will be very excited to hear that Cyprus-based company Troxit Services has reached an agreement with Crytek to use its... |
2 July 2008
17:06 GMT |
|
|
Bratz: Rock Angelz is a video game developed by Blitz Games and Barking Lizards Technologies and published by THQ. It was launched in 2005 for four platforms, the Game Cube, the PlayStation 2 from Sony, the PC and the Game Boy Advance. The video game is based on the movie, which was released on DVD, called Bratz Pass... |
2 July 2008
16:41 GMT |
|
|
Feral Interactive has released a Universal Patch for players of its Chessmaster 9000 game for Mac. Up until this point, only owners of a PowerPC-based machine could run the game. Thanks to this patch, Intel Mac owners can also play Feral's chess game, while the system requirements now ask for at least 10.4 to pl... |
2 July 2008
16:06 GMT |
|
|
Majesco is announcing that it is preparing to release another Cooking Mama game in 2008. It is entitled Cooking Mama World Kitchen and is only being developed for the Nintendo Wii gaming console. The aim is to get the game out to players in time for the holiday season, which, for videogame publishers, begins sometime... |
2 July 2008
15:56 GMT |
|
|
If you remember, I first wrote about Combat Arms back in May, when the closed beta for this really promising MMOFPS was kicking off. Now, only a month and a bit later, developers Nexon America announce that their title is ready for open beta and invite everybody who's interested to join in and start shooting his... |
2 July 2008
15:06 GMT |
|
|
The Bouncer is a video game developed by Dream Factory Co. Ltd and published by Square Co. It was released in 2000 on just one platform, the PlayStation 2 gaming console from Sony. This is a title which mixes action and role playing game elements and is played from a third person perspective. There are elements of ma... |
2 July 2008
14:31 GMT |
|
|
The new MMO from ArenaNet, called Guild Wars 2, will not make it to open beta in 2008, representatives from the company have said. With a beta early in 2008, the game might be out by the end of 2009, but the developers are not making any promises.They say that "Although we publicly alpha- and beta-tested the original... |
2 July 2008
14:06 GMT |
|
|
After the high-end Omnia i900 Pocket PC, unveiled by Samsung less than one month ago, the largest South Korean handset manufacturer has come up with yet another Windows Mobile 6.1 handset, named Samsung i740. Although it's not presented in an official way, the i740 has made an appearance, today, on the Czech w... |
2 July 2008
13:10 GMT |
|
|
Obviously, Windows 7 is not the label under which the next iteration of the Windows client will be made available on the market. The final product name under which the gold Windows 7 bits will be released is yet to be made public, that if Microsoft has even decided on it. However, the Redmond company is indeed lookin... |
2 July 2008
13:10 GMT |
|
|
If you were ever thinking that game developers don't like other products but theirs, you were probably right, if we are to judge by Activision producer's opinion on the highly anticipated (but not Activision-owned) Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway. According to him, it is just a crappy war game out of ... |
2 July 2008
13:06 GMT |
|
|
With Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows XP Service Pack 3 out of the way in the first half of the year, Microsoft is focusing on Windows 7 and Windows 7 Server, the next iterations of the Windows client and server platforms. But the Redmond company is also looking ahead, building Midori, a ... |
2 July 2008
12:36 GMT |
|
|
Nokia has chosen India as one of the first markets to get its 6220 Classic candybar released, a nicely-featured device announced by the Finnish company back in February, during MWC 2008. We don't know if this has anything to do with the fact that Nokia has been recently recognized as India's most trusted ... |
2 July 2008
12:26 GMT |
|
|
If you are a fan of Japanese role playing games (JRPG) and you own a PlayStation Portable from Sony, you probably already know about Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure, Mastiff's title. The game, which brings conflict and fun altogether, has managed to enter the PlayStation history by becoming the first ever third-p... |
2 July 2008
12:06 GMT |
|
|
I must admit that I am a huge fan of the Lost series and ever since I saw the first episode, I hoped that one day I would be able to live and enjoy a similar experience. Since plane crashes and most of the things that happen in the television series are completely out of my league, I found Ubisoft's decision to ... |
2 July 2008
11:46 GMT |
|
|
Microsoft's Virtual Earth platform is continually gaining popularity, not only from the perspective of increased audience as from additional heavyweight players on the online world ready to embrace it. The latest example in this context is Ask.com. Ask Maps, Business Search (City), Smart Answers (Web Search), an... |
2 July 2008
11:33 GMT |
|
|
Fortinet, a company specialized in providing UTM security systems, has recently published a report regarding the threats it detected in June. According to this report, attackers are once again targeting the online gaming industry, after a short downfall in May and April. The password stealing malware is spreading fr... |
2 July 2008
11:19 GMT |
|
|
RIM's first full-touch smartphone, the BlackBerry Thunder 9500, will apparently be a serious competitor for Apple's new iPhone 3G, as well as for all the other touchscreen mobile devices that might want to become popular this year. According to BlackBerry News, the new Thunder will come under the offici... |
2 July 2008
11:17 GMT |
|
|
No, it's not a steam locomotive! It is in fact the latest built steam powered car dubbed 'Inspiration', which will attempt this year to break the world land speed record for steam powered land vehicles, a record that has been standing up for more than one century and which was set on Daytona Beach in 1... |
2 July 2008
10:49 GMT |
|
|
It seems that today's news is all about AMD and that should make one wonder what the future of the computing industry holds. With all of the company's on-going projects, AMD is bound to make a serious impact through the release of its new product lineup.This time around, we are talking about a possible PCIe... |
2 July 2008
10:42 GMT |
|
|
A bundle of the Office 2007 System and Windows Live OneCare from Microsoft will come with a price tag of just $69.99. The only catch is that, unlike the traditional licensing models associated with Office 2007, the latest initiative from Microsoft involves a new subscription-based model for the entire package. Dubbed... |
2 July 2008
10:39 GMT |
|
|
The premise is simple. The top political position is vacant and ten candidates have launched campaigns aimed at taking that top position. A famously neutral television channel focused on news and politics is covering the political contest. All the candidates must display skills and resourcefulness in a variety of fie... |
2 July 2008
10:32 GMT |
|
|
With every big company sensing the switch to Mac is inevitable for some businesses, Marketcircle has released Daylite 3.7.4 today, adding the ability to generate customized content using Apple's Pages, Numbers and Keynote. The productivity suite also gives Mac users more cost effective options for correspondence... |
2 July 2008
10:32 GMT |
|
|
Sabayon Linux 3.5 was launched, as announced by Fabio Erculani on the official forums. The popular distro is available for x86 and x86_64 architectures, featuring the Linux kernel 2.6.25.9 with extended wireless, laptop and filesystem (including unionfs, aufs, squashfs, ext4 and NTFS-3g) support.Sabayon 3.5 was coden... |
2 July 2008
10:29 GMT |
|
|
All gamers must be warned that trying to access the US Sony PlayStation web page poses a security threat. According to Sophos (company that specializes in offering anti-spam and antivirus software solutions) an SQL injection vulnerability was exploited by hackers in order to put their malicious code on the web page. ... |
2 July 2008
10:23 GMT |
|
|
Telus, the third largest mobile carrier in Canada, is readying the release of a new LG handset, which will be named LG KEYBO. This is not a completely new device, but only the Telus-branded LG enV2, already available in the US (offered by Verizon Wireless starting April 30). The release of enV2 in Canada is not an of... |
2 July 2008
10:13 GMT |
|
|
For all the lip service that they pay to PC gaming, with the last week initiative of publishing an open letter to gamers coming off as particularly cheesy, Microsoft is not doing much to promote the PC as a viable gaming platform. And some of its key people seem to be openly favoring the Xbox 360 over the good old PC... |
2 July 2008
10:11 GMT |
|
|
When it comes to reptiles, temperature, rather than chance, decides the sex of their young ones. In most species of reptiles, an increase in nesting temperature usually gives rise to more females than males, although for a unique species of reptiles known as tuatara the situation is exactly the opposite. This basical... |
2 July 2008
10:05 GMT |
|
|
When they said that the true brutality of the West would be exactly portrayed in Gun, I didn't believe it for a second so I went on playing without giving it another thought. The first close-up of a slashed throat changed my opinion almost immediately and the more I played, the more I enjoyed it in a fun and twi... |
2 July 2008
10:05 GMT |
|
|
Running alone on a lost and forgotten planet is not my idea of a great weekend game. Being followed by huge worm-like creatures is not my way of relaxing. Though Lost Planet: Extreme Condition is just as relaxing as any other apocalyptic shooter, I find myself attracted to it and pulled into a fantastic world like no... |
2 July 2008
10:02 GMT |
|
|
Whether you believe in ghosts or not is irrelevant from a browser point of view. The matter is that you'd better start believing because Microsoft's browsers allow "ghosts" to take more than a peek over your shoulder, in fact, it permits them to see and register every move associated with the browsing proce... |
2 July 2008
09:53 GMT |
|
|
In case you've missed the previous Guitar Hero games (three of them for the record), let me tell you what GH III is all about. Basically, it's a musical game that allows the players to use a guitar-shaped controller to simulate playing a real guitar. The screen shows a couple of scrolling notes that you... |
2 July 2008
09:47 GMT |
|
|
Madden NFL 06 is a title in the worldwide known franchise developed by Electronic Arts and published by EA Sports. The game was released in August 2005 for all the platforms: PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox, Xbox 360, Windows, PSP, Game Boy Advance, DS. The game is a real delight for football fans all over the world an... |
2 July 2008
09:40 GMT |
|
|
Although NVIDIA is yet to officially announce its 55nm G92 GPU, some manufacturers have decided to go forward with launching their own implementations of the GeForce 9800GTX+ GPU. Besides Inno3d which has been the first to announce the GeForce 9800GTX+ graphics card, Leadtek has also decided to make public its PX9800... |
2 July 2008
09:40 GMT |
|
|
After a one and a half year review, the British Red Cross is finally substituting its old EPoS (short for electronic point of sale) with a new one. The review determined that the old system was obsolete, incapable of properly performing its purpose, and thus had to be swapped for a new one. The implementation of the... |
2 July 2008
09:38 GMT |
|
|
Probably one of the most important company acquisitions in the Linux world happened: Linspire was bought by Xandros. The event took place yesterday, and the cost of the acquisition was kept secret from the media.Xandros decided to keep the most important aspects of Linspire, so employees from engineering, support and... |
2 July 2008
09:29 GMT |
|
|
The Geiger-Muller counter is a particle detector designed to detect ionizing radiation, such as alpha and beta as well as gamma radiation (although with significantly lower sensitivity than other types of detectors). It was invented by the German physicist Hans Geiger (co-discoverer of the atom nucleus) and later imp... |
2 July 2008
09:27 GMT |
|
|
The FCC (Federal Communications Commission) has recently approved two new Motorola phones, a candybar and a clamshell. The name of the candybar is not known for the moment, as FCC keeps this detail secret, but the clamshell is a W-series handset, namely Motorola W265. Since the candybar is the more evolved hands... |
2 July 2008
09:22 GMT |
|
|
First released in 1982 by Addictive Games, and lasting until the mid 1990s, the Football Manager series was revived (in 2004) by Sports Interactive to replace the name of its Championship Manager series. The original series (FM in 1982, FM 2 in 1988 and FM World Cup Edition in 1990) is credited as being the first eve... |
2 July 2008
09:14 GMT |
|
|
When Sins of a Solar Empire was launched, a lot of people doubted the changes that a 4X title featuring a slow pace and incredible fleet on fleet battles had on today's videogame market. But Ironclad and Stardock managed to create a very good game, which sold well despite the fact that, until recently, it was no... |
2 July 2008
09:09 GMT |
|
|
It's almost amazing how violins made by applying three century old technology cannot be matched in sound quality by violins made through modern technology. No wonder some of these musical instruments value several hundred million dollars each and made Stradivari and Guarneri del Gesu some of the most famous mast... |
2 July 2008
08:38 GMT |
|
|
Three hackers, Yuriy Rakushchynets, Ivan Biltse and Angelina Kitaeva, managed to get access to Citibank ATM machines placed in 7-Eleven stores and steal $2 million. Citibank is not the only one to blame since the entire system is owned and operated alongside two other companies (Cardtronics Inc. and Fiserv Inc.). All... |
2 July 2008
08:33 GMT |
|
|
Panasonic, one of the leading manufacturers of consumer electronics has developed two types of projectors designed for the business environment. These two were demonstrated at the Infocomm08 audio-visual exhibition that took place in Las Vegas from June 18 to 20. What sets Panasonic's new products apart from all... |
2 July 2008
08:32 GMT |
|
|
Running alone on a lost and forgotten planet is not my idea of a great weekend game. Being followed by huge worm-like creatures is not my way of relaxing. Though Lost Planet: Extreme Condition is just as relaxing as any other apocalyptic shooter, the Colonies Edition of the game adds to the whole experience, as you p... |
2 July 2008
08:27 GMT |
|
|
Nokia has unveiled a new contest that basically asks users to free their hands in order to win lots of prizes, including N82 smartphones and a trip around the world. The "free your hands" part means that you will have to make a short video (not longer than two minutes) in which to present a cool or unusual thing that... |
2 July 2008
08:22 GMT |
|
|
Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter is a video game developed and published by Capcom. It was released in 2002 for just one platform, the PlayStation 2 gaming console from Sony. The title is classified as being a role playing game, with a third person perspective, with influences ranging from anime and manga to cyberpunk ... |
2 July 2008
08:08 GMT |
|
|
No, Linux 85.4% vs. Windows 1% is not a typo, neither the result of erroneous information. The fact is that there is a context where the open source operating system holds the lion's king of the market while Microsoft's proprietary platform is not the only dominant OS, but is reduced to a bottom feeder in t... |
2 July 2008
07:29 GMT |
|
|
HTC Touch Diamond and Nokia E71 don't have too much in common. But they're both high-end devices that will soon be available on lots of markets around the world. Actually, they are already on sale, but only in few of the countries for which they have been announced by HTC and Nokia. Why do I speak a... |
2 July 2008
07:02 GMT |
|
|
AMD has to fight its battles on several battlegrounds in the computing market. But one arena that the manufacturer is used to is the CPU market, where the company falls behind rival Intel in the high-end processors segment. And with Intel's future to come Nehalem architecture, AMD will have a tough time with the... |
2 July 2008
06:56 GMT |
|
|
The first quarter of 2008 revenue numbers show, according to technology research firm iSuppli, that Advanced Micro Device's announced steady revival has already begun. While its archrival Intel managed to score one point of microprocessor market share over Q4 2007, AMD made it grow by two percent compared to las... |
2 July 2008
06:55 GMT |
|
|
Flash sites are very popular in the advertising and marketing world, but although you end up with a great looking site, you also end up with an "unsearchable" one. Search engines such as Google or Yahoo are unable to crawl flash sites, making it practically invisible to the rest of the world. Adobe has recently annou... |
2 July 2008
06:53 GMT |
|
|
Diabetes is a very serious disease that, if left untreated, can have life threatening consequences. And even when treated, on the long term its effects can still lead to severe complications on one or more systems or parts of the body. Many of the processes taking place during the release of the insulin hormone, whic... |
2 July 2008
06:26 GMT |
|
|
Microsoft is gearing up for the release of the first cumulative update for the Office System. The Redmond company is changing the delivery model of the hotfixes designed for Office, introducing a defined schedule for the releases. Currently, hotfixes are made available on a weekly basis but moving forward, this will ... |
2 July 2008
06:23 GMT |
|
|
Savant, which has developed an amazing product suite that delivers home automation and control, is now inviting Apple developers to create Automator Actions to control devices like flat panel displays, DVD players, AV receivers, set-top boxes, lighting and more. Third-party Apple developers will be able to operate se... |
2 July 2008
06:18 GMT |
|
|
We all know that NVIDIA has been wearing the crown for the highest performance graphics card, for a couple of years now. The release of its GT200-series has been highly talked about and most believe that the manufacturer's reign is still far from over. But with the release of its RV770-based cards, ATI is breath... |
2 July 2008
06:15 GMT |
|
|
Bombastic was developed by Shift for publisher Majesco Inc. It was launched in 2003 for only one gaming platform, the Sony made PlayStation 2. It is classified as being an action strategy title, played from an isometric perspective, with a lot of elements of puzzle solving mixed in the gameplay.Bombastic is based on ... |
2 July 2008
06:00 GMT |
|
|
Ericsson, the Swedish telecommunications giant company, announced today that it would deploy what we can call a "solar network" for Digicel, a leading Caribbean mobile operator, in Suriname.Ericsson will provide a solar-powered site solution for Suriname's remote areas that have limited access to electricity. Th... |
2 July 2008
05:57 GMT |
|
|
Black holes produce gravitational fields so powerful that they are able to shape space-time around them. However, what shape that particular volume of space surrounding the black hole might take under the influence of such an extreme gravitational field is unknown, as are the effects that might produce the powerful m... |
2 July 2008
05:28 GMT |
|
|
From rumor to rumor, the Eee PC 904 is finally getting some official treatment. As some of you already know, these last days a number of pictures have surfaced the web, displaying ASUS' new Eee PC member. And if that wasn't enough, today we brought news about the Eee Monitor, ASUS' step towards the all... |
2 July 2008
05:26 GMT |
|
|
Microsoft's new Remote Desktop Connection Client 2 for Mac has finally gone... final. After a year of being in public beta, Remote Desktop Connection Client 2 includes multiple session support, a new UI, offers you the ability to create keyboard shortcuts during sessions, and more. Remote Desktop Client 2 is fre... |
2 July 2008
05:25 GMT |
|
|
The first alpha version of the upcoming Ubuntu 8.10 (codename Intrepid Ibex), which is scheduled for release in late October this year, was announced a few days ago. Even if there aren't big changes compared to the final version of Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, released on April 24th, 2008, the Alpha 1 of Intrepid brings a b... |
2 July 2008
05:19 GMT |
|
|
Mozilla has signed Firefox 2.0's death sentence. The predecessor of Firefox 3.0 has approximately six more months of life left, after which Mozilla will focus entirely on version 3.0 and above. In fact, Firefox 2.0 will not live to see 2009, and will be buried by versions 3.0 and 3.1 of the open source browser. ... |
2 July 2008
05:16 GMT |
|
|
Besides the much-talked-about iPhone 3G, which will be on sale in the US starting July 11, 8 AM local time, AT&T has also prepared other cool handsets for its loyal (or disloyal) subscribers. According to GearDiary, the largest America mobile carrier will be offering at least six new mid and high-end handsets by t... |
2 July 2008
05:10 GMT |
|
|
Sentry Safe, a leader in residential and small office security-storage containers, announced yesterday the launch of its next generation 250GB FIRE-SAFE/Waterproof Hard Drive, capable of providing data protection from fire and water disasters and computer crashes. The development of the innovative, award-winning hard... |
2 July 2008
05:04 GMT |
|
|
As we have already presented to you yesterday, details about AMD's chipset roadmap for 2009 have been found loose on the web. But because such information tends to come in bits and pieces, today we found another set of details regarding AMD's future chipsets and this time we get to take a more thorough look... |
2 July 2008
04:52 GMT |
|
|
Google, IBM and The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology do not take this lightly, unlike hundreds of millions of users out there. According to a study conducted by five researchers from the above mentioned companies, only 59% of PC users take the time to update and patch their browser. The remaining some 40% or abo... |
2 July 2008
04:51 GMT |
|
|
A new study carried out by researchers at the New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medial Center reveals that women don't respond as well as males do to drug treatment, such as losartan and atenolol, against cardiovascular diseases although the two drugs are successful in reducing the blood pressure in a... |
2 July 2008
04:36 GMT |
|
|
According to a recent statement coming from PaperFoam CEO, Hans Arentsen, Apple has ordered "millions of PaperFoam packages" for its new iPhone 3G. Committed to reducing its environmental impact, Apple has chosen paper tray (made of potato starch) packaging for the new device.TUAW points out to an open letter signed ... |
2 July 2008
04:24 GMT |
|
|
There are big chances you have never heard of this free massively multiplayer online role playing game (MMORPG) called Cronous and we can't blame you for that - we didn't know anything about it until now. But, as the developers decided to improve the title a little bit, it has become a worth noting one - a ... |
2 July 2008
04:19 GMT |
|
|
Verizon Wireless is now offering a new version of its V CAST Music service, named "V CAST Music with Rhapsody." As you probably already figured, the new V CAST Music is offered in collaboration with Rhapsody, the online music service of RealNetworks and MTV. V CAST Music with Rhapsody will allow Verizon subscribers t... |
2 July 2008
04:11 GMT |
|
|
Since Solid State Drives (SSDs) tend to become the future in mobile computing, their power efficiency is a concerning issue for consumers, as they want their devices to feature extended battery life. SSDs have been said to consume far less energy than their moving-parts-laden cousins, but a recent experiment conducte... |
2 July 2008
04:04 GMT |
|
|
Building a computer meant to cope with the latest in hardware performance can sometimes lead a system builder to search for some real cool devices, which can improve that system's overall performance and even design. And because today's high-end desktop rigs all require a state of the art cooling system, in... |
2 July 2008
04:04 GMT |
|
|
Microsoft has acquired a natural language processing arsenal for Live Search to gun down its main rivals on the search engine and online advertising market, Google and Yahoo. The Redmond company aims no less than to introduce a new standard of relevance quality for mainstream search, one which is synonymous with the ... |
2 July 2008
03:48 GMT |
|
|
When you hear 'plastic' the first thing that probably comes to your mind is 'electrical insulator'. This is perhaps because most plastics have exceptional electrical insulator properties, albeit this doesn't necessarily mean that all plastics share the same properties. It was proven some thre... |
2 July 2008
03:46 GMT |
|
|
With social networks and social games gaining ground more and more in the industry, it only seems natural to see developers involving fans of their products in the development process. Except for the fact that this option adds to the interaction between the company and the public, it also turns the titles into more "... |
2 July 2008
03:46 GMT |
|
|
Although some of you are busy reporting bugs in Adium 1.3 Beta 6, some users rely heavily on the IM client for Mac, meaning they cannot afford using anything else but a stable version of the software. Hence, Adium has now reached version 1.2.6 (stable), adding over a dozen tweaks and fixes.The free instant messaging ... |
2 July 2008
03:34 GMT |
|
|
ASUS' Eee Family is bound to receive a new member, which has been subject to rumors for quite some time now. But although the Eee Monitor has been highly talked about, since the Computex show in Taipei, no one got a chance to see any pictures of ASUS' new product, until now. The guys at laptopmag have succe... |
2 July 2008
03:19 GMT |
|
|
It seems that the troubled online world of Uru might be in for a revival. It would be the third one since the multiplayer experience initially went live. Uru is based on the almost legendary Myst game created by Cyan Worlds in 1993, which spawned a lucrative series of five other games, two of them being published by ... |
2 July 2008
03:15 GMT |
|
|
Motorola has recently unveiled the upcoming handsets planned to be released in Brazil, the largest South American mobile market (more than 128 million mobile users). All of these Moto phones have already been announced for Europe, except for the ZN200, a new slider from Motorola's ZN family. Motorola ZN20... |
2 July 2008
03:12 GMT |
|
|
Three weeks after the introduction of iPhone 3G, Apple has released "iPhone 3G. A guided Tour." Just like with every other product Apple emphasizes, the video uses a well versed Apple bloke to tell you what's new.Don't get all excited, though. If you've been reading the news lately, the guided tour doe... |
2 July 2008
03:11 GMT |
|
|
Exactly four years ago the Cassini-Huygens mission reached the Saturnian system and entered orbit around the ringed planet, in order to make a series of observations that would astonish the world. It is probably one of the most successful robotic missions to one of the gas giants conducted by NASA and the ESA and was... |
2 July 2008
03:11 GMT |
|
|
Runescape is a game so good, addictive and popular that it can be compared, when it comes to the number of players, to World of Warcraft - Jagex's game has around ten million active accounts registered. The biggest difference between this massively multiplayer online game and WoW is the fact that most of these a... |
2 July 2008
03:00 GMT |
|
|
The latest analysis of the IT market shows that the following years will bring a 'dramatic' increase in consumer 802.11n Wi-Fi access point shipments. By 2013, they are expected to reach 88 million units, compared to six million units that are shipped today.According to analysis firm ABI Research, the next ... |
2 July 2008
02:44 GMT |
|
|
There have been steady rumors in the last couple of days that Microsoft is planning a price cut for the Xbox 360. An alleged scan of a K-Mart add was shown in a few places, showing that the 20 GB Xbox 360 model is in line to get a 50 dollar price reduction, going under the 300 dollar mark for the first time.The same ... |
2 July 2008
02:38 GMT |
|
|
It seems that golf is one of those sports which start to gain huge popularity, if we are to judge by the number of golf simulation games recently released. And it seems that things are not going to stop too soon, on the contrary: we should expect even more similar titles to be released by the end of the year. Joining... |
2 July 2008
02:37 GMT |
|
|
Super atoms are bundles of several tens of individual atoms in a vapor state that have a collective chemical behavior similar to that of a single atom of the same element used to create the super atom. Super atoms have been proven to exist for the first time back in 2005 when a team of researchers created a super ato... |
2 July 2008
02:22 GMT |
|
|
|
|
