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Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe is a game initially developed in 1990 and eventually released on Xbox 360 console by the Bitmap Brothers on the 17th of October 2007. The XBLA version costs 800 MS Points ($10). The game is based on general Speedball rules and it is the most successful title developed by Bitmap Brothers.In ... |
24 July 2008 21:06 GMT |
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Cabela's Deer Hunter 2005 is a hunting video game that was developed by Sand Grain Productions and released by Activision Value Publishing for the Playstation 2 console, the Xbox and the PC. The title was launched in 2004 and is classed as a hunting simulation game played from a first person perspective. There a... |
24 July 2008 21:06 GMT |
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First, there was Bully, the movie, in 2001. Next, Rockstar's Bully, the video game. These titles have one thing in common: controversy. While the film was about some teenagers planning to kill a friend just for fun, the second was "real-deal bullying". And now, the game is released on the Xbox 360 and Nintendo W... |
24 July 2008 20:06 GMT |
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Soulcalibur is a well known melee-based fighting series. Soulcalibur IV is the latest iteration delivering new gameplay modes, characters and a bunch of enhanced features along with state-of-the-art 3D modeling and animation. The game also boasts pretty amazing character customization, with endless possibilities. To ... |
24 July 2008 19:46 GMT |
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Space Giraffe is an action/arcade video game developed exclusively for the Xbox Live Arcade. There are rumors regarding a PC version "coming soon". The game was developed and published by Llamasoft on the 22nd of August 2007 and it is still available for purchase for 400 MS Points ($5), even though XBLA titles usuall... |
24 July 2008 19:06 GMT |
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At its gaming oriented conference, Gamefest 2008, Microsoft offered interested gamers a look at its upcoming Xbox Live Party feature, which is to be introduced on the Xbox 360 together with other updates during fall.Eric Heutchy, platform engineer at Microsoft, was the man demoing the new feature. He provided an over... |
24 July 2008 19:06 GMT |
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Call of Duty 2: Big Red One is a video game developed by Treyarch and Frey Matter and published by Activision Publishing. It was created for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony, the Game Cube and the Xbox from Microsoft and released in 2005. It is classed as a war shooter played from a third person perspective with s... |
24 July 2008 18:31 GMT |
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Even as Stormrise was announced, the guys at SEGA offered people going to E3 a sneak peek at the pre-alpha version of the game that the people at Creative Assembly have put together in the last three years, while also doing work on other projects, like Rome: Total War and Medieval 2: Total War. We now know a bit more... |
24 July 2008 18:06 GMT |
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With WildTangent's Chief Executive Alex St. John declaring over and over again that consoles will die and PCs will rule (according to him, that will happen by 2020), it only seems natural to hear about brand new PC projects. Merscom is the company which took advantage of the Casual Connect conference in Seattle ... |
24 July 2008 17:06 GMT |
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Call of Duty: Finest Hour is a video game developed by Spark Unlimited and published by Activision Publishing. The game was created for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony, the Game Cube and the Xbox from Microsoft. It is classed as a war shooter played from a third person perspective with sequences in first person v... |
24 July 2008 16:31 GMT |
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Just recently, AT&T has issued a report revealing solid second-quarter results, thanks to strong wireless growth, double-digit gains in revenues from IP-based data services and further expansion of consolidated margins, the company says."As we generate sound financial results, AT&T also has taken the lead to innovate... |
24 July 2008 16:06 GMT |
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Don't you just love it when politicians elected by people who barely know how to use the Internet and people who believe Fox News when it talks about Mass Effect decide to create laws that target videogames? The Governor of the state of New York, David Paterson, has decided to sign a bill that might see violent ... |
24 July 2008 16:06 GMT |
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Electronic Arts plans to turn you into a doctor with the release of its newest casual title, Operation Mania, a game which will challenge you to treat and cure the strangest patients suffering from the zaniest diseases (such as butterflies in the stomach or frog in the throat). The game will be available to be purcha... |
24 July 2008 15:06 GMT |
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Bully is a video game developed by Rockstar Vancouver and published by Rockstar Games. Released in 2006 and available for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony, and also for the Xbox 360 and the Nintendo Wii, it is classed as an action adventure title, played from a first person perspective.The main character of the vi... |
24 July 2008 14:41 GMT |
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THQ and GameTap are announcing a deal which will bring the most interesting and successful titles from the game publisher to the download service. The agreement also targets games published under the ValuSoft brand and it will most likely be finalized in the near future.THQ has, especially in recent years, emerged as... |
24 July 2008 14:06 GMT |
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Until now, it seemed that everybody except for Nintendo was aware of the storage problem the Wii has. In a recent interview, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime admitted that the company is aware of the problem and that they're trying to come up with a solution. This means that, unfortunately, the rum... |
24 July 2008 13:06 GMT |
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Motorola has officially announced today the release of a new handset from its popular PEBL series, which debuted back in 2005 with the PEBL U6 model. The new PEBL was announced in South Korea, and it doesn't seem to come under any other name than simply "Motorola PEBL". Or, at least that's what I can tell f... |
24 July 2008 12:44 GMT |
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We doubt that the legendary actors, Robert De Niro and Al Pacino are gamers but, either way, hearing that a movie they will both star in will be released at the same time with a casual title sounds at least a bit odd. We have played Scarface, we know that the world is ours and the two actors should star in more hardc... |
24 July 2008 12:06 GMT |
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Sonic The Hedgehog for Xbox 360 was developed under the direction of Yuji Naka, the award-winning genius known for creating the hugely successful Sega franchise. With an innovative combination of art, physics and game design, Sega and Mr. Naka have created the most intense sensation of speed ever experienced in video... |
24 July 2008 11:46 GMT |
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Many feel that their hands are tied behind their back when they want to login to their e-mail accounts, but they don't have access to the Internet. Things are about to change, thanks to a Yahoo! technology that was announced today. Zimbra, for now available in Beta version, allows users access to Yahoo! Mail, Gm... |
24 July 2008 11:43 GMT |
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Optus, the second largest mobile carrier in Australia, has announced the availability of two new unlimited voice and messaging plans. Called "'yes' Timeless," the new plan will offer to the Australian subscribers of Optus unlimited national calls and unlimited messages to any national GSM network. The... |
24 July 2008 11:22 GMT |
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Undoubtedly, Intel's Atom processor is one of the most successful products of this year, a fact that be easily by just looking at the high number of Atom-based computer devices that have been announced recently. No matter if we are talking about portable or desktop computer systems, most of the recent low-cost, ... |
24 July 2008 11:21 GMT |
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Following the creation of DelFly I and II, researchers from TU Delft have now produced their tiniest Micro Air Vehicle to date, the DelFly Micro, weighing a mere three grams and capable of flying much in the same way as a dragonfly. The new MAV is flown by remote control, implies the help of a small camera and image ... |
24 July 2008 11:10 GMT |
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Football, or soccer, to be more accurate, is the most popular sport worldwide. It attracts the biggest revenues and the biggest audience for specialized websites as well. Although one would expect that the websites of the national league of a country attracted mostly in-house users, the situation is reverted in the U... |
24 July 2008 11:04 GMT |
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Ericsson, the well-known Swedish telecommunications company, announced today that it has signed a new business consulting and systems integration agreement with Telefónica, one of the largest mobile operators in the world, allowing the carrier to enhance the control over its revenue streams. According to the agre... |
24 July 2008 10:30 GMT |
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Graham Cluley, Senior Technology Consultant for renowned security firm Sophos, says that with Apple's rapidly growing market share (now at 8.5 percent) and sales of around 2.5 million Macs in the last quarter, recent Mac switchers are sitting ducks for "profit-minded cybercriminals," as a Chron report reveals."I... |
24 July 2008 10:22 GMT |
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Samsung, a worldwide leading consumer electronics manufacturer, has recently announced that it will expand its home theater in a box (HTiB) systems equipped with Blu-ray players. The offer will now include an additional HTiB, which will begin shipping next month. With the new product, Samsung's offer will includ... |
24 July 2008 10:20 GMT |
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Microsoft Gamefest 2008 has been a pretty packed conference, with some of the announcements coming out of the event more interesting than what Microsoft has shown at its recent E3 presentation. One of the biggest announcements so far was that Game for Windows Live Gold, the PC counterpart to the Xbox Live Gold, will ... |
24 July 2008 10:09 GMT |
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Why is there so much matter in the universe, but hardly any antimatter, and where do matter and antimatter actually come from? These are the questions pursued by a team of researchers from the Institut Laue-Langevin in Grenoble, currently preparing to carry out an experiment destined to measure the electrical dipole ... |
24 July 2008 10:03 GMT |
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ZTC, a Chinese mobile phone manufacturer, has recently unveiled its latest touchscreen handset, named ZT598 and which comes with a weird design.The new ZT598 is not a full-touch phone, as its main display is only a 2.8 inch regular one. Instead, it hides a 1-inch touch-enabled screen under its alphanumeric keypad, wh... |
24 July 2008 09:56 GMT |
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Whoever is a music fan wants to know when and where their favorite bands are holding concerts. It is not very difficult to keep track of only one group, but if someone's music preferences swing between rock, jazz and minimal, quite a few interesting concerts could pass unnoticed.AOL seems to know how important m... |
24 July 2008 09:56 GMT |
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Spectral Force 3: Innocent Rage is a tactical role playing game developed by Idea Factory and published by Atlus on the 11th of August 2006 in Japan, exclusively for the Xbox 360. It is expected to be released in North America, too, on the 29th of July 2008. However, since the game was not very successful in Japan, n... |
24 July 2008 09:45 GMT |
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Reports on unreleased products sometimes get to be quite overwhelming and the fact that, in most cases, they refer to a release date set in a vague and undetermined future (generally described with the equally vague "soon" term) certainly does not help. This is also the case with NVIDIA's 9800GT, which is expect... |
24 July 2008 09:23 GMT |
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Sony Ericsson W902, the new Walkman flagship phone announced by the Swedish-Japanse company on July 22, has also appeared in two official videos, a Promo one and a Marketing one. Presented as a phone that can provide an "outstanding music sound", the new W902 is one of the nicest SE handsets to come this year (toge... |
24 July 2008 09:08 GMT |
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Six major Internet providers from the U.K. - Virgin Media, Sky, Carphone Warehouse, BT, Orange and Tiscali, along with entertainment organizations, have signed an agreement that is meant to stop illegal downloads in the country. The British Government is a co-signer of the agreement whose main purpose is to offer leg... |
24 July 2008 09:05 GMT |
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Most of you might not know this, but 3-D glasses have actually been around ever since the 1920s, reaching their peak of popularity throughout the 1950s. They are still in use even today, although not as much as they used to be. 3-D glasses rely on a technique known as stereoscopic imaging, in which 2-dimensional imag... |
24 July 2008 09:01 GMT |
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The comic book frenzy has clearly hit games and even as comic book heroes fuel multi million dollar grossing movies, like Iron Man, Hulk 2 and the upcoming Watchmen, which comes sometime in early 2009, some of the interest for super heroes is trickling down into videogames. The Iron Man game was a mediocre effort, bu... |
24 July 2008 08:58 GMT |
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New TV ads aimed at promoting Apple's new iPhone 3G have emerged. Dubbed Everyone, Unslow and Work Friendly, the ads emphasize the new iPhone's improved networking abilities, compared with the original device. Sources are also informing that AT&T posted $30.9 billion in revenue, up 4.7% year-over-year, than... |
24 July 2008 08:56 GMT |
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Cars Mater-National is the sequel to Cars, the game inspired by Pixar's animated movie with the same name. However, this second title in the series is loosely based on the original concept. The Xbox 360 version was developed by Rainbow Studios and published by THQ on the 29th of October 2007 in North America, t... |
24 July 2008 08:32 GMT |
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Sonic the Hedgehog 2, or commonly known as Sonic 2, is an Xbox Live Arcade title released on the 12th of September 2007 by Sega. The game, originally released in 1992 for the Mega Drive/Genesis system, is a classic platformer and a living proof of the fact that old habits die hard: it was an absolute success and many... |
24 July 2008 08:32 GMT |
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Call of Juarez is a first person shooter game inspired by Western movies. It was released by Ubisoft, Focus Home Interactive and Ascaron and developed by Techland. The Xbox 360 version hit the stands on the 5th of June 2007 and the PC version is known to be one of the first to use DirectX 10.While the game focuses on... |
24 July 2008 08:22 GMT |
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Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare was released on November 6, 2007 in North America and on November 9, 2007 in Europe, being one of the most expected titles of the year. Developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is available on multiple platforms, including here Xbox 360, Pla... |
24 July 2008 08:16 GMT |
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The Nokia - Qualcomm "wars" that have been making headlines for the past few years are now officially over, as the Finnish giant manufacturer and the California-based company announced today that they have reached an amiable agreement which cancels all the past litigations between them. If you remember, Nokia has sue... |
24 July 2008 08:16 GMT |
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Top Muffin has launched the "iPhone3G Store availability tracker." Based on Apple's JSON feed, it updates its page every 15 minutes, according to the guys at 9to5mac. This way, you can keep an eye on iPhone 3G availability at your local Apple Store, every quarter of an hour.Recent iPhone 3G reports also say eBay... |
24 July 2008 08:09 GMT |
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Capcom Classics Collection is a video game developed and published by Capcom Entertainment. It was created for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony and for the Xbox from Microsoft. It was released in 2006 and the themes in the collection are Anime, Manga, Arcade, Fighting, Horror, Medieval, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Futuristic... |
24 July 2008 07:59 GMT |
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Search engines are continuously fighting for supremacy and in order to return the most accurate results to queries, the newest technologies must be exploited in full swing. Yahoo!, whose approach of semantic search was rather cautious, explains why this method does have some technical limitations. "The current genera... |
24 July 2008 07:33 GMT |
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Yesterday, during an Intel conference held by Gadi Singer, Vice President of Intel's Mobility Group, and Doug Davis, Vice President of Intel's Digital Enterprise Group, the Santa Clara-based chip maker announced the first in a series of chips aimed at security, storage, communications and industrial applica... |
24 July 2008 07:16 GMT |
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Believe it or not, worms can calculate their way to food through a process roughly equivalent to a derivative in calculus. Unfortunately, humans and other animals are also able to do so, although there is still not enough evidence to support this claim. Basically, worms are able to locate food by tasting the environm... |
24 July 2008 06:59 GMT |
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AT&T will soon offer a new Nokia mobile phone in the US, but before getting too excited you should know that we're only talking about an entry-level device: Nokia 2600 Classic. The handset is already on sale in other parts of the world (in India, for example), and now it's time for the US to get it too. For... |
24 July 2008 06:56 GMT |
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Call of Duty 3 is a video game developed by Treyarch and published by Activision Publishing. The game was created for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony, the Xbox 360 and the Xbox from Microsoft, the Nintendo Wii. It was released in 2006. It is classed as a war shooter played from a third person perspective with seq... |
24 July 2008 06:52 GMT |
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MarsEdit, a powerful blogging client for Mac, has been updated to version 2.2. The new release includes support for AtomPub - a protocol for connecting blog software to your own blog, customizable image markup, and faster performance, among others.The weblog editor for Mac OS X known as MarsEdit "makes weblog writing... |
24 July 2008 06:45 GMT |
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When it comes down to a desktop computer chassis, most users generally take in consideration only the very basic design features. To be more specific, if a case looks cool, then it's considered proper for any high-end computer system. However, as most computer enthusiasts would know, a computer chassis must prov... |
24 July 2008 06:31 GMT |
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An American 49-year-old woman who pretended to be a 16-year-old boy caused, as prosecutors say, the death of a young girl. Now that she's been indicted, her aim is to avoid trial by all means, by having the charges dismissed. Her lawyer, as cited by the Washington Post, is trying to convince the judge that Lori ... |
24 July 2008 06:25 GMT |
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Apple has posted an announcement on its website, notifying Glendale, Arizona residents that a new Apple Retail Store is opening its doors there, this weekend. With the Grand Opening of the Arrowhead Apple Store, Apple is likely to offer visitors free T-shirts, and probably other surprises as well, so consider droppin... |
24 July 2008 06:14 GMT |
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E Ink, a leading company in electronic paper display technologies, announced that the Casio Hitachi Mobile Communications joint venture has chosen the E Ink Vizplex Imaging Film based displays to be integrated into its new handsets. The very-first mobile phone to use an E Ink Vizplex display is already on the market... |
24 July 2008 06:06 GMT |
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How can nanoparticles save any energy at all? Well, if you think for a second about big ships, factories and large cooling systems, adding just the right mix of nanoparticles to lubricants and refrigerants can make all the difference in the world. Now, consider that about 13 percent of the electric power consumed in ... |
24 July 2008 06:02 GMT |
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It looks like Sapphire isn't the only graphics manufacturer that likes to experiment with a certain GPU. In fact, one of NVIDIA's partners seems to be doing the same thing with a GeForce 9600 GT card. The partner in question is Zotac, which is rumored to release a new custom-built card, based on the 65nm G9... |
24 July 2008 05:52 GMT |
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Since AMD's new SB750 was announced, various rumors concerning the performance enhancements of the South Bridge have emerged, especially regarding its capacities of improving communication with Phenom processors, allowing users to get it to higher overclocking levels. It seems that some of these rumors are true ... |
24 July 2008 05:44 GMT |
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With all the hype surrounding the new iPhone 3G, as well as the continuous shortages worldwide, eBay has again become the last resort for true fans of the device. Sadly, though, units on eBay go for as much as $1,000 a piece. More affordable offers range from $800 to $900."Bidding on one auction for a seller's 1... |
24 July 2008 05:38 GMT |
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The new 8 Megapixel Samsung smartphone, called i8510 and unofficially unveiled about two weeks ago, is now confirmed by Samsung, together with all the awesome features rumored to be packed in it.The South Korean company has presented the i8510 at an event held in New York and it has also released press-photos with th... |
24 July 2008 05:18 GMT |
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Facebook announced the start of a program that would enable users to connect to other online applications and websites, without the need to authenticate their sessions each time they log on. Through feeds, Facebook users can now connect and share different information from partners like CBS.com, Red Bull, Twitter, Di... |
24 July 2008 05:15 GMT |
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kannuu, a privately funded company focused on fast and convenient content discovery on any device without the need of a keypad or keyboard, has released its very own version of the iPhone SDK. Currently in beta, the SDK is, of course, aimed at iPhone devs who need assistance in general programming, like implementing ... |
24 July 2008 04:56 GMT |
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Multiple studies have shown that animals that consume large amounts of soy beans are likely to have a lower fertility rate. On the other hand, research regarding the impact of soy on humans revealed that the chemicals found in this plant have absolutely no effect on fertility. Now, a new study carried out at the Harv... |
24 July 2008 04:51 GMT |
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Even if NVIDIA is yet to officially announce the 55nm G92 graphics card, the GeForce 9800GTX+, most of its board partners have already listed it among other products. Even more, despite the fact that the new cards have barely arrived, one of NVIDIA's best channel partners, BFG, has already come out with an OC ve... |
24 July 2008 04:49 GMT |
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One of the most promising adventure games of the year is dtp Entertainment's Mata Hari, a classic point and click title designed by two industry legends, Hal Barwood (Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis) and Noah Falstein (Indiana Jones and the last Crusade). For those of you who want to enjoy the famous spy ... |
24 July 2008 04:41 GMT |
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SanDisk Corporation announced today the introduction of a new digital memory card, the SanDisk SD WORM (Write Once Read Many). The card is designed for professional use, as for any application that requires data files to be protected against alteration or deletion, like police investigations, court testimony, electro... |
24 July 2008 04:19 GMT |
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The worst place where a star could grow is in the vicinity of a supermassive black hole, as powerful gravitational fields exerted by the latter prevent the clouds of gas to condense into objects such as our Sun. However, astronomers have recently discovered that young stars do form near the center of our galaxy, insi... |
24 July 2008 04:15 GMT |
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The beginning of this past month marked the launch of two new computer systems under the Voodoo PC brand. The desktop Voodoo Omen and the Voodoo Envy 133 notebook were officially released during HP's "Connecting Your World" event. Because of their unique features, these two products have been enjoying critical s... |
24 July 2008 04:09 GMT |
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Tekelec, a US-based network intelligence company, and Mobilink GSM, a leading mobile operator in Pakistan, have announced a new collaboration set to fight "new-age spammers". Following the agreement, Tekelec is using its TekMedia AntiSpam Firewall Solution in order to protect Mobilink's customers against SMS sp... |
24 July 2008 04:05 GMT |
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Everybody thought that Square Enix emptied their surprise pack for the year when they announced Final Fantasy XIII for Xbox 360 consoles during the E3 media summit. Apparently, the company still had other surprises, but wanted to wait a bit more to reveal them. The time has come: Final Fantasy XIII has been officiall... |
24 July 2008 03:58 GMT |
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Sujan Kamran, regional marketing manager for client platforms at Intel in Singapore, has confirmed the company's intentions to bring quad-core to laptops in August. According to an InfoWorld report covering the topic, "getting a quad-core processor into a laptop is more about bragging rights than a genuine boost... |
24 July 2008 03:56 GMT |
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Games in the Gothic series have always been highly appreciated, even though many people complained because of the bugs and glitches found in each title. However, this does not mean that all the games are quite brilliant and each sequel announced by JoWood is highly anticipated.If you are a fan of the franchise, you p... |
24 July 2008 03:48 GMT |
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If you have a bladder disorder, you're also likely to have unusual brain activity, say the results of an experiment involving rats with overactive bladders. And if this is true for rats, then humans with this disorder could also suffer significant changes in the activity of the brain, which could help explain so... |
24 July 2008 03:26 GMT |
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There hasn't been media frenzy regarding the news that Activision and Blizzard have finally merged. A big reason might be that we have known of the move for quite a while, since the final part of 2007. Another might have to do with the fact that the merger was announced right before E3, as the press was more con... |
24 July 2008 03:26 GMT |
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Google announced yesterday the launch of Knol, "a unit of knowledge", as its creators have entitled it. Knol is an online encyclopedia with topics from all fields and with articles that can be written by anyone who considers himself or herself up to the task. The only condition, however, is the disclosure of the pers... |
24 July 2008 03:19 GMT |
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TextExpander, a Mac OS X utility that lets users define abbreviations for frequently-used text and images, has recently been updated to version 2.3. SmileOnMyMac has decided to add a useful feature that predefines snippet groups of accented foreign words commonly used in English. The update also expands to fit wider ... |
24 July 2008 03:08 GMT |
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Yougetitback, an Irish company that offers "recovery services", has announced the North American availability of Mobile Superhero, presented as the perfect solution in helping users recover their lost or stolen electronic devices. Mobile Superhero can be installed on your phone, after a free account on the Yougetitb... |
24 July 2008 03:01 GMT |
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For some time now, we've been seeing movies and games become close friends, with less than stellar productions being adapted from popular game series and with most big film releases being accompanied by usually mediocre games. Now, Electronic Arts, one of the biggest videogame publishers, is aiming to change tha... |
24 July 2008 03:01 GMT |
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With the E3 media summit being criticized for its lack of greatness, Penny Arcade's PAX 10 promises to bring the good old fun back to life at the world famous Penny Arcade Expo. But that's not our news today, since UK-based company Games Faction is the only developer located outside North America that won a... |
24 July 2008 02:58 GMT |
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A few weeks ago, we announced a new series of Nvidia GeForce drivers designed to bring PhysX support on the company's video cards. The Santa Clara graphics chips manufacturer demonstrated GPU-accelerated physics on 3DMark Vantage on the GeForce GTX and 9800 boards, leveraging the scores high enough to catch all ... |
24 July 2008 02:51 GMT |
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It was long predicted that quasars may in fact be black holes found in the center of large discs of hot matter. However, it was never really proven through observations that this was in fact true. Confirmation now comes from a team of astronomers from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn who used a li... |
24 July 2008 02:45 GMT |
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