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One of the main elements included in the New Xbox Experience, which has just launched for all the users of the Xbox 360 gaming console from Microsoft, is the ability to install parts of a game on the hard drive of the device, if you have one of the two models with an internal storage solution. The idea was to r... |
20 November 2008
20:11 GMT |
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Contrary to previous years and administrations, it appears that this time the NASA problem is receiving increased attention from the new American president, Barack Obama. Among the most important issues related to the agency is whether its current administrator, Michael Griffin, should be kept or released from his po... |
20 November 2008
18:01 GMT |
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With more and more videogames competing for the diminishing time and money players have, preorder special offers are seen as a way of increasing the appeal of a title. This fall, the same codes have become a weapon in the increasingly bitter fight between videogame publishers and stores that are willing to deal with ... |
20 November 2008
17:41 GMT |
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Microsoft promises to optimize the amount of disk space that Windows 7 will consume in comparison to Windows Vista. Essentially, the Redmond company is laboring to decrease the installation footprint of the operating system with the next iteration of the Windows client. While the software giant failed to indica... |
20 November 2008
15:51 GMT |
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It has been revealed that Sweden residents will be the first to benefit from a Multimedia Messaging Service (also known as MMS) for iPhone. Meanwhile, developer Mobispine already has a native MMS app for iPhone users. The only gap left to fill is, of course, a spot in the App Store.According to Bengt Olsson, Corporat... |
20 November 2008
15:16 GMT |
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LittleBigPlanet was supposed to be an innovative title which would make PlayStation 3 users very happy with their console. It was designed to be a very popular game, which would push the sales of the Sony made device up the charts, and make it a clear winner in the following holiday season.Unfortunately, all tha... |
20 November 2008
15:01 GMT |
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Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis is the sequel to the Game Boy Advance game Mario vs. Donkey Kong, itself a follow-up to the Game Boy Donkey Kong game. This title is more puzzle-oriented, now that the player controls several Mini Marios with the touch screen, instead of Mario himself. It also features the ... |
20 November 2008
14:51 GMT |
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Microsoft announced that it would start delivering the first Beta for System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 at TechEd EMEA in Barcelona earlier this month and the company delivered. As of today, November 20, the Beta bits of Operations Manager 2007 R2 are up for grabs via Microsoft Connect. There are two ways for ... |
20 November 2008
14:51 GMT |
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Call of Duty: World at War, the World War II new installment in the long running franchise, debuted at number one in the United Kingdom, barely edging out Wrath of the Lich King, the second expansion for the Blizzard made World of Warcraft MMO.The Xbox 360 version of World at War is at number one in the charts and ha... |
20 November 2008
14:51 GMT |
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Back at the start of June 2008, Microsoft introduced an upgrade for the search infrastructure of its Windows client and Server operating systems. In this manner, the default search infrastructure of Windows Vista SP1, Windows XP SP3, but also Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2003 evolved to Windows Search... |
20 November 2008
14:21 GMT |
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Up until now, most external storage devices connected to a computer via the ubiquitous USB (Universal Serial Bus) interface. However, given the increasing popularity of eSATA interfaces (due mostly to their capacity of reaching very high data transfer speeds), the Kanguru company has decided that it would be a very g... |
20 November 2008
13:11 GMT |
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Halo Wars is shaping up to be a very interesting title, promising players a complete RTS (Real Time Strategy) experience, based in the Halo universe. Microsoft, the publisher of Halo Wars, says the game will feature the best polished strategy system ever employed on its console.The title will be the last project made... |
20 November 2008
13:01 GMT |
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Mario Party DS is a video game developed especially for the Nintendo DS, as its name implies. It is the eleventh title in the series, or the twelfth in Japan, which saw another game being released in the franchise. Mario Party DS was released in this country on November 8, 2007, followed by the North American release... |
20 November 2008
12:11 GMT |
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Another limit in kitchen gadgetry has been reached and we can now introduce to you the Scan Toaster from Electrolux, a piece of high-tech bread-toasting equipment that could forever change the way you used to experience your breakfast. The Scan Toaster is a kitchen appliance with a very modern approach: it uses a com... |
20 November 2008
12:01 GMT |
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Games for Windows Live, the PC companion to the Xbox Live, has never been a great success. Recently, the platform has been relaunched and high profile developers like THQ have announced that they plan to implement the service for multiplayer in Dawn of War 2. Microsoft thinks that there's room for growth and th... |
20 November 2008
11:51 GMT |
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The acclaimed Mario Kart series has gone wireless, letting players race and battle with up to eight karts at once, regardless of whether everyone has a game card. An all-star cast that includes Mario, Luigi, Peach, Yoshi, Donkey Kong, Wario, Bowser and Toad will round out a truly all-star lineup of more than 30 cours... |
20 November 2008
11:41 GMT |
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Earlier today we reported on recent details according to which Taiwanese notebook and netbook manufacturer, MSI, has raised its laptop expectations by as much as 1 million units, which the company hopes to ship until the end of the year. The change came just after the company recently announced that its Wind netbook ... |
20 November 2008
11:34 GMT |
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Though polio is a disease that has been thoroughly wiped out in developed countries, it still wrecks havoc in underdeveloped nations, such as India, Nigeria, Afghanistan and Pakistan. In an attempt to raise public awareness on the matter in the West, Google.org partially funded the Vermilion Films company, which in t... |
20 November 2008
11:08 GMT |
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Once again new technologies are foreseen and new horizons are emerging from these innovations. This time it's about integrating A-GPS positioning technologies to SIM cards for more affordable and maybe more accurate positioning technologies. Such an overwhelming task has been taken on by Sagem and BlueSky Positi... |
20 November 2008
11:08 GMT |
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Street Fighter IV is currently one of the most expected titles set to hit the store shelves at the beginning of 2009. Slated for a February 17 release date in the United States, and scheduled for February 20 in Europe, the game will definitely attract a lot of fans who can hardly wait to get their hands on this new t... |
20 November 2008
11:01 GMT |
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There are many advantages to being a Softpedia user, some more obvious than others. An illustrative example in this regard is a promotion that allows Softpedia users to grab a completely free copy of Photo Pos Pro. The software giveaway courtesy of PhotoPos.com and Softpedia.com is designed to offer a free registrati... |
20 November 2008
10:57 GMT |
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Patent number 7453470 is for a method and apparatus for anti-aliasing scan conversion. Invented by Ralph Brunner, and filed December 24, 2002, the invention relates to means of achieving anti-aliasing scan conversion using a specific device. The patent was published only recently, along with other Apple inventions. ... |
20 November 2008
10:55 GMT |
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EVGA has recently unveiled its latest addition to the company's motherboard lineup, the EVGA X58 SLI, which, as the name suggests, has been designed to support Intel's latest processor, dubbed Core i7. The most interesting features this fresh mobo comes with are its overclocking capabilities, which are said... |
20 November 2008
10:51 GMT |
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Back in late September, Packard Bell, a PC maker that is now owned by Acer, was announcing its first netbook system, designed to compete with all the other similar devices on the market built on the same Intel Atom platform. The interesting thing about the Packard Bell's netbook, which has been dubbed "dot," wa... |
20 November 2008
10:38 GMT |
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It is all too well known that listening to music at a very high volume level can damage your ears. This doesn't just happen over night. You may feel no difference as time passes, but rest assured, your hearing will suffer some damage, should you always listen at max volume level. This is why it is very important... |
20 November 2008
10:32 GMT |
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A team of researchers led by Martin Fuchs from the Max Planck Institute for Informatics, in collaboration with Ramesh Raskar from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab in Cambridge, Massachusetts, have managed to take photography one step further. They have done so by developing a novel device for... |
20 November 2008
10:30 GMT |
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Global warming seems to be causing even more than glacier meltdowns and temperature rises; it also prompts countries neighboring the Arctic to think about negotiating the division of the new stretches of sea that are currently formed by ice sheet withdrawals. The European Union is already talking about regulating the... |
20 November 2008
10:21 GMT |
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At just three years after its introduction, Windows Live OneCare is nothing more than a dead antivirus walking. The Redmond company has signed the death sentence of its applauded all-in-one PC-care security solution, as of November 18, 2008. Come June 2009, sales of Windows Live OneCare licenses will be discontinued... |
20 November 2008
10:07 GMT |
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If you can't afford an electric shredding machine or you simply don't like this idea very much, then the Shredder Scissors might be one very handy solution. This tool is pretty useful when space is a premium item in locations such as really small offices or, why not, at home; if you're not planning to ... |
20 November 2008
10:06 GMT |
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The Clone Wars is another box office success that is now making its debut on mobile platforms thanks to THQ. If you're into this type of stories, and if you enjoyed the movie, you'll surely get a kick out of this miniature version of the war, where you are the leading “actor.”The game starts off... |
20 November 2008
09:57 GMT |
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A federal judge has signed a temporary restraining order, prohibiting CyberSpy Software, LLC to sell its popular RemoteSpy product, after the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a complaint (PDF file) against the company for violating the fair trade law. The company advertised their software as being 100% undetectab... |
20 November 2008
09:56 GMT |
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Citysearch announced the beta launch of a mobile version of its local guide website. Providing a more intuitive mobile browsing experience and tailored specifically for each phone's interface, the website allows users to write reviews directly from their devices and includes a text-to-phone service for sharing b... |
20 November 2008
09:55 GMT |
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The fact that America has been experiencing a real obesity epidemic over the past few years shouldn't be news to anyone, given the number of statistics that mercilessly point this out. And while other countries, such as Sweden, Finland and Norway, have already taken concrete actions for reducing the number of pe... |
20 November 2008
09:45 GMT |
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Magnetars are a specific category of neutron stars that possess an unusually strong magnetic field. There aren’t many such celestial objects observed so far, although they could prove extremely interesting to scientists, since their powerful magnetism could have a strange impact on matter. Unfortunately, the mo... |
20 November 2008
09:45 GMT |
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S3 Graphics has just introduced its next-generation of Chrome 500 graphics processors, coming to build on the company's successful product family that delivers one of the most power-efficient GPU architectures on the market. The new series of discrete graphics solutions comes with a PCI Express 2.0 interface, ju... |
20 November 2008
09:42 GMT |
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The Miami-based corporation announced recently that it would move for the reduction of sodium quantities it currently puts in its foods, especially in meals designed and advertised for children below the age of 12. One of the last fast-food chains to comply with the new health measure set in place by the National Ins... |
20 November 2008
09:09 GMT |
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Apple continues to emphasize the App Store as a great place to be. In fact, the company has come to the conclusion that, thanks to the App Store, iPhone has become a way of life - hence the newly set up web page called iPhone Your Life. “Once you own an iPhone, you discover that it’s more than a phone. I... |
20 November 2008
09:08 GMT |
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Left 4 Dead is one of the most exciting games released this holiday season, largely due to the fact that it promises to bring a whole new twist on the zombie survival shooter genre, giving players a wide variety of new features, which weren't implemented in other games. From the four player co-op mode to the fac... |
20 November 2008
09:01 GMT |
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It was just yesterday that Taiwanese netbook manufacturer MSI announced its first all-in-one desktop computer system, coming to provide users with the computing power of an Intel Atom processor, featured on almost every small-sized, low-power netbook system on the market. The company's new PC is seen as a direc... |
20 November 2008
08:54 GMT |
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Marine biologists, studying the way plankton orients itself towards the light, discovered what is believed to be the first stage in the evolution of eyes as we know them. While eyes in the animal kingdom are very complex and benefit from an intricate network of neurons, ready to carry out their electrical signals, th... |
20 November 2008
08:46 GMT |
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The two Asian giants, NTT and KTF (the former being partially owned by NTT as well), have uncovered their plans of creating an even better smartphone by next year. This project requires plenty of work and dedication in order to be accomplished, but should things develop according to the plans, it is likely to create ... |
20 November 2008
08:46 GMT |
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Dead or Alive 2: Hardcore is a video game created by Team Ninja and 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 anime look, pla... |
20 November 2008
08:21 GMT |
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Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time is the fifth game in the Mario RPG series, and it is a Nintendo DS exclusive title, released in November 2005 in North America, December 2005 in Japan, January 2006 in Europe, and February 2006 in Australia. The game was developed by AlphaDream, and published by Nintendo. Mario and L... |
20 November 2008
08:06 GMT |
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Although Sony's Bravia Internet Video Link service has gone pretty much under the radar, probably in order not to pose too much of a threat to Sony's Blu-ray format, it seems that the Japanese company is seriously considering pushing the field of Internet downloads as well. And the latest move from Sony pro... |
20 November 2008
08:01 GMT |
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The Windows Azure Cloud operating system, as well as the Azure Services Platform are nothing short of vital for the future of Microsoft, revealed the company's Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer. During the 2008 Annual Shareholder Meeting at Bellevue, Washington, held on November 19, 2008, Microsoft's CE... |
20 November 2008
07:22 GMT |
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Nokia seems to have finally found a solution to deliver its devices to less developed mobile markets, by customizing a bit its more affordable products. Consequently, Nokia has taken a whole “line,” if it may be called that, of mobiles to the Pakistani users.Director of Strategy, Business Development and ... |
20 November 2008
07:22 GMT |
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Experts from the Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule (the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) in Zurich, a scientific and technological university in Switzerland, have recently managed to create a small motor the size of a matchbook that is the absolute uncontested holder of the spinning record. The tiny device i... |
20 November 2008
07:19 GMT |
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A team of US researchers finally managed to break the last obstacle that stood in the way of mobile electronics, as in gadgets and devices that can be bent, stretched and twisted. Thus far, silicon has been an insurmountable difficulty in the path of progress, as the chemical does not allow any kind of reshaping, due... |
20 November 2008
07:13 GMT |
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Browsing through the App Store, we recently came across an app called Task2Gather. Task2Gather is actually the interface of a free online service for task and project management that organizes your personal, family, social and business life. The service keeps all your commitments in one place, while desktop users can... |
20 November 2008
07:05 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 ... |
20 November 2008
06:51 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 introduct... |
20 November 2008
06:49 GMT |
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Intel, the current leading manufacturer of computer processors, has recently introduced its highly anticipated, next-generation desktop processors, which make up the company's new Core i7 family. Coming to provide considerable performance enhancements, estimates have it that the new processors will not enjoy ma... |
20 November 2008
06:47 GMT |
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A 17-year-old hacker known online as “Dshocker” has pleaded guilty to one count of computer fraud, one count of interstate threats, and no less than four counts of wire fraud. He has agreed to a sentence of 11 months of incarceration in a juvenile detention center. Because the law protects the identity of... |
20 November 2008
06:44 GMT |
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The data collected by the Gamma Ray Spectrometer (GRS) device installed aboard NASA’s Mars Odyssey probe helped the international group of experts who analyzed it reach the conclusion that the red planet may have been covered by an ocean in a proportion of about 33%. This result sheds new light on the decades l... |
20 November 2008
06:36 GMT |
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Collaborating with the French jewelry and watch designer Cartier, Motorola has released the luxury edition of the A1600. The Chinese manufacturer appreciated that no other improvements were necessary, thus bringing only a different design to the Ming. At the moment, no information on this collaboration between the tw... |
20 November 2008
06:30 GMT |
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Recent scientific studies show that the treatment for children infected with AIDS has to start as soon after birth as possible, in order to avoid the 48-week deadline that children infected with HIV face. Usually, doctors wait for symptoms such as the weakening of the immune system before they start therapy. But new ... |
20 November 2008
06:27 GMT |
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While applauding consistent growth for both its Enterprise Resource Planning side of the business and the Customer Relationship Management one, Microsoft indicated that it continued to remain committed to driving evolution and innovation for ERP and CRM solutions. In this regard, Convergence 2008 Copenhagen was the s... |
20 November 2008
06:26 GMT |
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Asetek has recently announced the availability of its OEM-ready, LCLC liquid cooling solution designed for Intel's new Core i7 family of extreme processors and motherboards. This unique liquid cooling solution comes with extremely high overclocking capabilities, while also enabling OEMs to deliver demanding gami... |
20 November 2008
06:25 GMT |
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Last week we reported that folks at iPhone Hellas had blown the whistle on the release date for iPhone OS 2.2. The news attracted both positive and negative feedback from readers. Some of our commenters expressed their lack of hope for MMS making its way onto the iPhone, with the arrival of the iPhone 2.2 software. ... |
20 November 2008
06:20 GMT |
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Stardock says that, after a few short delays, Sins of a Solar Empire, the surprise hit real time strategy set in space, launched early in 2008, received its 1.1 patch. Those who purchased the game and have so far used the beta 1.1 patch can now launch Impulse, the digital download platform from Stardock, and get the ... |
20 November 2008
06:05 GMT |
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Last night (November 19th) the KOffice team announced the third beta release of the upcoming KOffice 2.0 open source office suite for KDE (K Desktop Environment) users, and not only. This new beta introduces improvements in all its components, such as Karbon, Krita, KPlato, KChart, KPresenter, KSpread, KWord, the KOf... |
20 November 2008
06:02 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... |
20 November 2008
05:56 GMT |
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In a premiere report, scientists at Penn State University (PSU), in the United States, announced that they were successful in deciphering the full genome sequence of a woolly mammoth, which was buried in the permafrost some 20,000 years ago. The experts used DNA samples harvested from strands of hair, as they are mor... |
20 November 2008
05:54 GMT |
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After recently announcing its new Core i7-supporting motherboards, built on Intel's latest X58 desktop chipset, Taiwanese manufacturer ASUS has finally seen fit to provide the world with a desktop gaming rig that boasts Intel's fastest desktop CPU to date. Part of the company's prestigious ROG family o... |
20 November 2008
05:44 GMT |
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BIOSTAR Microtech has recently unveiled its latest TPower X58 motherboard based on Intel’s X58 chipset, providing support for Intel's latest Core i7 series processor family. As many of you already know, the Core i7 series comes with Hyper threading technology and QPI (Intel QuickPath Interconnect) Technolo... |
20 November 2008
05:44 GMT |
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The exponential progress of technology helps specialists design and build ever more advanced machines expected to fully replace humans soon. They already look quite similar to us, or are able to chat, although they are much stronger, play musical instruments better, beat humans at chess, ride monocycles, drive cars, ... |
20 November 2008
05:39 GMT |
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Half Life, the original, is turning 10 years old and Valve is celebrating by offering the game for download through Steam for the incredibly low price of 0.98 dollars. Yes, you heard that right, just 98 cents for one of the best shooters ever to make it computers. The offer is currently live and you need to install ... |
20 November 2008
05:30 GMT |
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Exploiting the temperature differences between various layers of oceanic water may provide humankind with a never-ending source of renewable energy, one that could be exploited almost effortlessly. Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) is a concept that scientists pursued since the 1970s. Over the past twelve months... |
20 November 2008
05:22 GMT |
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A Digitimes report claims Apple is on track to receive the beefed-up CPUs for future product releases. Apple has already declared that no new Macs are in line for a pre-2009 release, leaving early next year the best time to introduce the new desktop solutions. The respective report explains that Intel has plans to l... |
20 November 2008
05:17 GMT |
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LG has been struggling to bring forth its Prada development and, as about a week ago we were saying it was to appear shortly, we now see this did not fail to happen. Known as the Prada II, this mobile will most likely become a controversial one because of its features.To further elaborate on that last part, the Prada... |
20 November 2008
05:13 GMT |
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Microsoft is focusing on prepping its digital media player and the adjacent music services for the 2008 holiday season. In this regard, not only has the Redmond company updated its Zune firmware and software delivering version 3.1, but it has also reduced the price of Zune 4GB, 8GB and 16GB devices, and now is revamp... |
20 November 2008
05:07 GMT |
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A Belgian scientist has demonstrated in a recent paper that the decade-long dream of physicists all over the world might prove to be unprovable. This refers to the grand unification (or unified) theory, also known as GUT, devised in the late '70s. It implies that the electromagnetic, weak nuclear, and strong nuc... |
20 November 2008
04:51 GMT |
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Over 16,600 participants worldwide battled for the first place on the Futuremark OverclocKing 2008 competition, proving the gathering to be the largest competition of overclockers ever held. After 14 days of intense competition, two top overclockers emerged, both of them equipped with an ASUS Striker II Extreme mothe... |
20 November 2008
04:46 GMT |
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Obama's promises to the UN didn't go unnoticed, as Yvo de Boer, the executive director of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, said that the US president's attitude on the matter was very encouraging and promising, in the light of the fact that neither America nor China are includ... |
20 November 2008
04:40 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... |
20 November 2008
04:31 GMT |
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Samsung has just announced that it has begun mass producing solid state drives featuring a high storage capacity of 256GB, designed specifically for use in notebooks and desktop computer systems. With the addition of the 256GB SSD, the company is now able to provide users with a more extensive lineup of flash-based s... |
20 November 2008
04:22 GMT |
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Internet set-top boxes capable of streaming video and audio clips straight from the web onto one's HDTV are getting more and more popular, thus paving the way for the global advent of digital downloads as the most important content delivery system. So, it's no wonder that quite a few such products are hitti... |
20 November 2008
04:17 GMT |
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Funcom is planning to make some significant updates to its Age of Conan MMO in an effort to bring back players, amongst which the most important is introducing support for Direct X 10.Since its well received but buggy launch, Age of Conan has got significant improvements. The Player versus Player element of the ... |
20 November 2008
04:16 GMT |
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The financial crisis, apart from driving up gas prices and bringing about more foreclosures, also affected the development and release times for electric or hybrid cars. Namely, Chevrolet's new Volt model, an all-electric car, with a range of 40 miles per battery charge, is said to face numerous problems in resp... |
20 November 2008
04:16 GMT |
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In light of Electronic Arts and Maxis shipping Spore's first add-on this week, Apple is advertising the Spore: Creepy & Cute Parts Pack on its web site, providing readers with a link to the US Apple Store for order. Spore Creepy & Cute Parts Pack is the first add-on for Spore, Will Wright's God game availa... |
20 November 2008
04:04 GMT |
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Spiders aboard the International Space Station appear to have given a new meaning to the term “www,” as they wove their “weird wide webs”. Along with a few individuals of painted lady butterflies, the spiders are involved in a study meant to catch the attention and spark the technology an... |
20 November 2008
03:58 GMT |
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Without a doubt, Apple has got to be one of the few companies that really know how to sell their products. As it has probably realized that there is a number of iPhones it must “get rid of” by the end of the year, Apple seems to be really keen on accomplishing precisely this task. Of course, all this hold... |
20 November 2008
03:50 GMT |
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We reported a few days ago that NVIDIA is planning a GT200 on the 55 nanometer technology process for December. The latest news on the web says that the card is more likely to hit the market in the first quarter of 2009, rather than making it to the shelves next month. Even if slightly delayed, the card will com... |
20 November 2008
03:49 GMT |
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Cruel hunting methods employed by Canada has prompted the European Union to announce that it will implement measures to ban imports of Canadian blubber, meat and pelts by as early as 2009. If the legislation passes, it will deal a devastating blow to the Canadian industry, as fishermen across the Atlantic coast rely ... |
20 November 2008
03:47 GMT |
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The Championship Gaming Series is announcing that it will not be hosting any more competitions and that the activities will not be restarted at a later time. They seem to think that the professional gaming system is not mature enough for what the Championship Gaming Series was trying to do.A brief statement was poste... |
20 November 2008
03:45 GMT |
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There is one more additional development milestone between Beta 2 and RTM for Internet Explorer 8, revealed Dean Hachamovitch, general manager, Internet Explorer. Microsoft is gearing up to make available the first Release Candidate for IE8 in the first quarter of 2009. In this context, IE8 will be released to manuf... |
20 November 2008
03:41 GMT |
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Grand Theft Auto IV was one of this year's most expected titles, promising players a next-gen iteration of one of the most popular sandbox franchises out there. It was launched in April for the Xbox 360 and PS3 and has since sold over 5 million copies. But let's not forget that the PC version is set to hit ... |
20 November 2008
03:25 GMT |
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The netbook market is showing clear signs of expanding at a much faster pace than any netbook maker initially predicted. With approximately another 6 weeks to go until the end of the year, some of the early netbook manufacturers are changing their initial predictions regarding the number of shipped netbook units. Tha... |
20 November 2008
03:22 GMT |
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An interview scored with Khronos Group has revealed that the makers of open standard, royalty-free APIs and their associated companies have achieved an incredible feat – nearly finished OpenCL for Snow Leopard in 6 months. Announced in June, the collaboration brought together industry leaders like AMD, NVIDIA, ... |
20 November 2008
03:13 GMT |
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While analyzing the extremely rare Yellow-eyed penguin populations in New Zealand, scientists stumbled upon bones that showed different DNA than they were expecting to find. The discovery led them to conclude that the spread of the new penguins, which are now also endangered, was favored by the fact that the Polynesi... |
20 November 2008
03:09 GMT |
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One of the most expected new MMORPGs (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games) of the following year is, without a doubt, Star Wars: The Old Republic. The game is based on BioWare's very popular offline RPG franchise the Knights of The Old Republic, titles which had their actions placed before any other ... |
20 November 2008
03:03 GMT |
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A sample load of high-energy electrons collected from above Antarctica may provide hints of the existence of the mysterious dark matter or, as the theory goes, of an enigmatic celestial object, such as a pulsar or a microquasar that lurks in the astronomical vicinity of our planet's pole. After performing a seri... |
20 November 2008
03:02 GMT |
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Seagate, the leading provider of storage solutions, announced that its new award-winning FreeAgent Go portable hard drive is now available in all the colors of the rainbow, including: think pink, ruby red, solar orange, spring green, forest green, royal blue, sky blue, champagne gold, titanium silver and tuxedo black... |
20 November 2008
02:56 GMT |
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The HTC Touch Pro was expected to come to Bell Canada a few weeks ago, but it was officially released just a couple of days ago. However, we all know what they say about better late than never. The surprising factor is that it's on sale at a much more affordable price than it was first speculated.Adding to ... |
20 November 2008
02:49 GMT |
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There's a tough console war on the market these days, with Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony engaged in a fierce fight to win over any customer who hasn't yet made a decision as to what product he should buy. It isn't very pretty though, as some executives from these companies resorted to mocking, with or w... |
20 November 2008
02:43 GMT |
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Apple has released Software Update 2.3 for all users of its home entertainment device, the Apple TV. The new firmware version disables compatibility with non-Apple software, an aspect Boxee users might want to take into consideration before installing the new version. The company, of course, stresses that “It i... |
20 November 2008
02:34 GMT |
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Macedonia set an example for the Western world on Wednesday, when thousands of its citizens joined a massive reforestation campaign throughout the country. The small nation, located in the Balkans, Eastern Europe, currently has some 2 million inhabitants. However, it managed to plant over 6 million seedlings in just ... |
20 November 2008
02:29 GMT |
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Everquest II has been one of the most popular MMORPGs (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games) of all time, mainly due to the fact that it introduced a variety of new features that we now take for granted in any MMO title that launches. The game was quite addictive and a lot of players found themselves hooke... |
20 November 2008
02:22 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 ... |
20 November 2008
02:14 GMT |
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Over the course of 2008, the storage capacities attained by USB flash drives have reached some values nobody even thought possible a few years ago, with 16 and 32 GB becoming mainstream numbers rather than highly expensive oddities. However, most flash drive manufacturers are actually pushing things even further, and... |
20 November 2008
01:54 GMT |
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