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Since many iPhone owners are either business men, or people that are on the go a lot, a hands-free solution was definitely in order. As such, Aliph has provided Apple Stores with its new Jawbone hands-free solution for iPhone owners, in light of the hands-free legislation passed in California. The device costs $129.9... |
25 August 2008
23:48 GMT |
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a video game created by High Voltage Software Inc and published by Global Star Software Inc. It was developed for the PlayStation 3 gaming console from Sony, for the original Xbox console from Microsoft, for the Game Cube and the PC. The game is classed as an action title with a l... |
25 August 2008
23:48 GMT |
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Chaos Legion is a video game developed and published by Capcom. It was created for the PlayStation 2 gaming console from Sony and for the PC. It was released in 2003. The game is classed as an action adventure title with a lot of role playing elements intertwined in the gameplay. It is played from a third person pers... |
25 August 2008
23:45 GMT |
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Championship Manager 5 is a video game that was developed by Gusto Games and published by Eidos. It was launched for the PlayStation 2 gaming console from Sony, for the Xbox from Microsoft and for the PC. It was released in 2005.This is by no means "The World's No. 1" football manager game, nor is it the second.... |
25 August 2008
23:27 GMT |
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Microsoft is cooking the Wave 3 release of its Windows Live suite of products and services with an availability deadline planned before the end of 2008. However, Windows Live Wave 3 might in fact be just around the corner. Proof of such a scenario is offered by the Windows Live Wave 3 preview page for Hotmail. The al... |
25 August 2008
23:24 GMT |
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Champions of Norrath: Return to Arms is a video game created by Snowblind Studios and published by Sony Online Entertainment. It was only developed for the PlayStation 2 gaming console from Sony and published in 2005. The game is classed as an action title with a dark medieval theme that sought to introduce some ligh... |
25 August 2008
22:54 GMT |
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Championship Manager 5 is a video game that was developed by Gusto Games and published by Eidos. It was launched for the PlayStation 2 gaming console from Sony, for the Xbox from Microsoft and for the PC. It was released in 2005.This is by no means "The World's No. 1" football manager game, nor is it the second.... |
25 August 2008
20:41 GMT |
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Even if the Games Convention in Leipzig is officially over, there are still some things of interest that are coming from the event. For example, Metal Gear Solid creator and videogame icon Hideo Kojima has mentioned that Metal Gear Acid games, which are currently available on the PlayStation Portable handheld from So... |
25 August 2008
19:06 GMT |
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Champions of Norrath: Realms of Everquest is a video game created by Snowblind Studios and published by Sony Online Entertainment. It was only developed for the PlayStation 2 gaming console from Sony and published in 2005. The game is classed as an action title with a dark medieval theme that sought to introduce some... |
25 August 2008
18:31 GMT |
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Apple's Mac OS X sports a useful feature called "Dictionary". The application can be used to look up words in the New Oxford American Dictionary, the Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus, the Apple Dictionary and, more recently, Wikipedia. Following the tips below, we hope you will be able to use Dictionary&#... |
25 August 2008
18:06 GMT |
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Ubisoft has unveiled Anno 1404 at the Leipzig GDC, saying that it plans to revive the city building franchise which was initially published by SunFlowers and developed by Related Designs. In 2007, the French based company acquired both the publisher and part of the developer; the franchise was interesting enough to g... |
25 August 2008
18:06 GMT |
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Streaming Networks and NXP Semiconductors have released the iRecord Pro, an innovative personal media recorder that records video and music content onto portable media players such as Apple's iPod and iPhone, as well as Sony's PSP. The product uses direct recording to computer hard disk, and is also able to... |
25 August 2008
17:16 GMT |
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Castlevania: Lament of Innocence is a video game created and published by Konami Interactive. It was developed just for the PlayStation 2 gaming console from Sony and was launched in 2005. It is classed as an action adventure title with a medieval and fantasy setting that is played from a third person perspective.Cas... |
25 August 2008
16:31 GMT |
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Eden Studios, the developers of Alone in the Dark, say that they are working on a big patch for the Xbox 360 version of the title with the aim of making the game more playable and less troubled by problems. They also say that the PlayStation 3 version of the game will be heavily re-done so that most of the bugs would... |
25 August 2008
16:06 GMT |
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Windows XP, now with Service Pack 3, Windows 7 and even the open source Linux do not provide sufficient reasons to avoid upgrading to Windows Vista SP1. According to market analyst company Forrester, in the corporate environments, Vista adoption is up no less than 75%, taking into consideration data from the fourth q... |
25 August 2008
15:06 GMT |
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Even if it is virtually Windows Vista at the core, or at least an evolved form of Vista, Windows 7 is being artificially dissociated from its precursor. At the start of August 2008, Microsoft finally put an end to the deafening silence surrounding the Windows 7 project, and started actually communicating bits and pie... |
25 August 2008
14:56 GMT |
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Castlevania: Curse of Darkness is a video game created and published by Konami Interactive. It was developed for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony and for the Xbox from Microsoft and published in 2005. The game is classed as an action and role playing title with a medieval and fantasy theme played from a third pers... |
25 August 2008
14:51 GMT |
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Compact digital cameras equipped with touchscreen displays are not exactly something very new, but what happens when the amateur photographer is trying to shoot something in very difficult conditions (as for example, in winter, while wearing gloves)? Generally, the results are less than satisfactory, but that will ce... |
25 August 2008
14:31 GMT |
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According to Mike Schroepfer, Vice President of Engineering at Mozilla, Firefox 3.1, the upcoming minor update to Firefox 3.0, delivers in certain scenarios as much as seven times more performance than its precursor. Schroepfer indicated that in terms of JavaScript, version 3.1 of the open source browser is capable ... |
25 August 2008
14:11 GMT |
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Media Create has released information regarding the sales charts for both videogame hardware and software in Japan and it seems that the Nintendo DS has managed to reclaim and retain the top spot, ahead of the PlayStation Portable, with strong game sales accompanying the hardware bounce back.The Nintendo made handhel... |
25 August 2008
14:06 GMT |
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On the same day it launched the weird-looking Blitz QWERTY handset, Verizon Wireless also announced the availability of LG Voyager in Titanium. The Titanium Voyager doesn't bring too many new things when compared to the old black one (which, by the way, is now out of stock). The main difference (besides the colo... |
25 August 2008
13:00 GMT |
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A British newspaper reported about what it claims to be the biggest identity theft ever. According to the publication, personal information of over 8 million people is now at stake, as it has been intercepted by an Indian terrorist. Reporters say that the man gained access to a Best Western hotel and installed a troj... |
25 August 2008
12:10 GMT |
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Intuit, Inc., a company based in Waltham, Massachusetts, has just announced the compatibility of QuickBooks Online with Apple's iPhone and RIM's BlackBerry smartphones. Presented as a top "Web-based small business accounting software", QuickBooks Online should allow you to do the following:- check your bank... |
25 August 2008
11:27 GMT |
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Rack-Soft released today a free browser plug-in, called VoipNow Browser Module, which brings new and useful functionality allowing click to call functions in all web pages previously visited by a 4PSA VoipNow user. Phone numbers within web pages are found and highlighted by this Browser Module, enabling the user to d... |
25 August 2008
11:23 GMT |
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While the Internet is expanding, offering access to thousands of websites containing information that meets the needs of any and all users, it can also harm your computer, as a result of the ever growing number of threats, or interfere with child education, due to inappropriately classed adult content. In order to be... |
25 August 2008
11:23 GMT |
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A group of researchers from the universities of Washington and Yale have announced that they plan to develop a new file sharing system to replace the popular peer-to-peer. The idea behind P4P is that files should be transferred mostly between people from the same area, to avoid network congestions. "Right now the cho... |
25 August 2008
11:19 GMT |
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Not only does pearPad turn your iPhone / iPod Touch into a remote trackpad for your Mac, but it can also transform your Apple portable device into a remote keyboard. According to the developers, this feature will come in handy when you connect your Mac to an HDTV to show off some pictures, browse the web, or give a p... |
25 August 2008
11:12 GMT |
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One of ATI's main betting cards against NVIDIA's GeForce graphics cards is the DirectX 10.1 support for the company's latest Radeon graphics cards. Unfortunately, due to the lack of DirectX 10.1-enabled gaming applications, AMD's strategy can't be exploited to its full potential. However, the... |
25 August 2008
11:11 GMT |
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Most of us, during our surfing sessions, end up filling our browser with many opened tabs containing websites we want to view or read again. It’s frustrating to do that when there are a lot of opened tabs and you don’t know where the one you want to read or view is. So, wouldn’t it be great to be able to view a small... |
25 August 2008
11:10 GMT |
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Two of Motorola's unannounced yet phones that should be soon released by Verizon in the US, namely Motorola Blaze ZN4 and Motorola Rapture VU30, have appeared in new live images (found at PhoneArena). Both devices should bring CDMA EV-DO connectivity as well as a set of mid to high-end features. The Blaze ZN4 ... |
25 August 2008
10:49 GMT |
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The end of June 2008 brought with it the availability cut off date for Windows XP, now with Service Pack 3, via the retail and OEM channels. Microsoft made it clear that discontinuing XP Direct OEM and Retail Licenses would have absolutely no impact on the support lifecycle of the operating system, and the same is va... |
25 August 2008
10:31 GMT |
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Anti and MEPIS announced a few days ago the release of the latest version of their Linux distribution, antiX MEPIS 7.5, codenamed "Toussaint Louverture." It brings some new additions, like the antiX Control Centre and the smxi script, and some improved features such as the Fluxbox and IceWM window managers.Particular... |
25 August 2008
10:29 GMT |
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Links to a rogue security solution, XP Antivirus 2008, are being displayed by Google's AdSense. As we previously reported, AdSense serves malvertizements that make the most unwary of users follow a link and download a piece of software that has nothing to do with its claimed purpose. The rogue antivirus, instead... |
25 August 2008
10:24 GMT |
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There are countless netbooks currently available on the market, but only a small part of them is not featured with an Intel Atom processor or a VIA nano CPU. This is the case of the eCafe Hercules or the Hercules eCafe Netbook, which has been built with an AMD Geode processor running at a top speed of 500MHz.Besides ... |
25 August 2008
10:17 GMT |
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IQ212 Games, a company based in San Francisco, announced the availability of Redneck Fishin', a new mobile game that invites you to go fishing the redneck way. This means that you will have to use dynamite in order to catch minnows, trout, bluegill, catfish, bass and various other fish. During the game, you wil... |
25 August 2008
09:57 GMT |
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Making a 64-bit copy of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 confirm that it is actually Vista SP1 might require a minimum amount of effort on behalf of the end user, such as right-clicking My Computer and selecting Properties, but things are a tad different when an application is programmed to identify the operating system ... |
25 August 2008
09:32 GMT |
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Your trusted war correspondent again brings news from the scorched battleground of music games. As the Guitar Hero: World Tour offensive is nearing, with the twin columns of all instrument play and music creation ready to strike at enemy lines and sales numbers, the Harmonix generals that are preparing the defense of... |
25 August 2008
09:25 GMT |
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Probably preparing for the arrival of Tocco and HTC Dream, T-Mobile USA has decided to offer all of its current Samsung mobile phones for free. According to Cell Phone Signal, this promotional offer starts on September 3 and will end on October 14, allowing users to get, for free, any of the 11 Samsung handsets that ... |
25 August 2008
09:21 GMT |
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While NVIDIA is yet to announce the next-generation products at its NVISION event, it appears that at least one of the company's channel partners has taken this opportunity to introduce a product of its own. Consequently, today, at NVISION, Zotac, a graphics card manufacturer and an NVIDIA partner, has unleashed... |
25 August 2008
09:16 GMT |
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The Zenwalk Team announced yesterday the stable release of Zenwalk 5.2 Gnome Edition. This version brings a number of features, such as the latest stable Gnome Desktop (2.22.3), together with impressive Zenwalk artwork and a familiar Zenwalk Desktop. Also featured in this release are the 2.6.25.4 Linux kernel, the la... |
25 August 2008
09:14 GMT |
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Comodo has announced the launch of version 1.0 of SecureEmail. The free-of-charge product serves the purpose of applying an encryption system and signatures to all the outgoing emails, eliminating thus the need for a public key cryptography system, which forces the sender and the recipient to use two different keys. ... |
25 August 2008
09:12 GMT |
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Every now and then Apple "redecorates" or "renovates" some of its products, to sell them at lower price-points than the ones originally introduced at. It is the case of Apple's latest refurbished Mac Pro, MacBook (white), Apple TV (80 and 160 gigs) and several iPod models (including the touch). In what is a some... |
25 August 2008
09:08 GMT |
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Microsoft's Windows Live Translator is evolving and, in this context, new languages are just around the corner. According to Will Lewis, a program manager on the Microsoft Translator team, the Redmond company is ready to take out of the oven new pairs of translation systems, but failed to offer any deadline as t... |
25 August 2008
08:57 GMT |
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As most of us already know, Intel is currently the worldwide leading manufacturer of computer processing cores, surpassing competitor AMD in a number of market segments. Although AMD's graphics subsidiary, ATI, is claiming back lost ground on the market of graphics cards with the release of its latest Radeon HD ... |
25 August 2008
08:33 GMT |
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Last week, a truly superb picture of an alleged new MacBook Pro model surfaced on the web. While the banner looks genuine enough to actually be made by Apple, sources are indicating that the picture is indeed a mockup. This doesn't mean the notes accompanying the beautiful new (but fake) MacBook Pro aren't ... |
25 August 2008
08:28 GMT |
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Google's Street View is being accused, once again, of having infringed privacy rights. Betty Webba, a resident of Sonoma, Humboldt County, US, told PressDemocrat that one of the cars carrying a camera meant to shoot the imagery necessary for the development of the Street View network trespassed on her property. ... |
25 August 2008
08:23 GMT |
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While Virtual Earth continues to evolve in the cloud, Microsoft manages to remain anchored on the desktop. In this regard, the Redmond giant made available for download MapPoint 2009 and Streets and Trips 2009 at the end of the past week. Announced in mid-July 2008, trial versions for the two products have gone live ... |
25 August 2008
08:22 GMT |
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Motorola has recently unveiled, in Singapore, a brand new phone that is targeted for those who need to access the Web while on the go. The handset in question is VE538 and it was announced together with other four devices that will soon hit the Singaporean market: Motorola ZN5, Motorola A1600 Ming, Motorola EM330 and... |
25 August 2008
08:14 GMT |
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Chaos Legion is a video game that was developed and published by Capcom. It was created for the PlayStation 2 gaming console from Sony and for the PC and released in 2003. The game is classed as an action adventure title with a lot of role playing elements intertwined in the gameplay. It is played from a third person... |
25 August 2008
08:04 GMT |
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In the modern era more and more people feel the need to secure their sensitive information from various types of intruders. The most common threats nowadays are the identity theft attempts made by the so-called "electronic criminals" who try to get their hands on personal data for financial gain. You may know this be... |
25 August 2008
07:54 GMT |
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Welcome to our 8th issue of Softpedia Linux Weekly! In this edition, you can read about: Debian's 15th anniversary, the inclusion of Canonical into the Linux Foundation, the new graphic drivers from Nvidia and ATI, the new release of EnGarde Secure Linux, highlights from the second beta of Mandriva 2009, second ... |
25 August 2008
07:30 GMT |
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The latest Firefox 3.1 nightly-built comes with a new JIT compiler for SpiderMonkey, Gecko's JavaScript engine. The compiler is part of a project called TraceMonkey, which aims at bringing significant improvements in JavaScript performance. The tests so far show major speed boost in JavaScript functions.TraceMon... |
25 August 2008
07:18 GMT |
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Microsoft has introduced an updated hosted CRM 4.0 offering at the end of the past week. According to Gavin Gee, a member of the Microsoft UK Software Plus Services team, the Redmond company has put together a demo and trial version of its customer relationship management platform. Via HostedMicrosoftCRMTrial, 60-day... |
25 August 2008
07:06 GMT |
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ASUS is one of the leading manufacturers of motherboards, portable computing systems and more. As far as portable systems go, one of its most successful product lineups is, without a single doubt, the Eee PC family, which currently counts no less than 12 models. However, the Taiwanese manufacturer also boasts an impr... |
25 August 2008
06:54 GMT |
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MacJournal, a journaling application for Mac OS X 10.4.9 (Tiger) or later (10.5.x - Leopard), has been updated to version 5.1. The new release adds support for several languages, finally completes the transition to Apple's MobileMe service and sports several other tweaks and enhancements.As a dedicated journalin... |
25 August 2008
06:52 GMT |
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Verizon Wireless, the second largest North American mobile carrier, has, as of today, a new handset in its line-up of products. Called "Verizon Wireless Blitz", the new device is presented as a "messaging phone" targeted towards "heavy texters or those who simply want to keep in touch." The Blitz has a pretty weird... |
25 August 2008
06:52 GMT |
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Champions of Norrath: Return to Arms is a video game created by Snowblind Studios and published by Sony Online Entertainment. It was only developed for the PlayStation 2 gaming console from Sony and published in 2005. The game is classed as an action title with a dark medieval theme that sought to introduce some ligh... |
25 August 2008
06:39 GMT |
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TUAW points out in a Saturday piece that Microsoft's Photosynth website features a note in which the company admits it is "not cool enough" for OS X just yet. So, like, is this how they're going to counter-attack Apple's "Get a Mac" ads?Microsoft's Photosynth website says, "Unfortunately, we'... |
25 August 2008
06:21 GMT |
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As the Beijing Olympics closed yesterday, this is as good a time as ever to draw the line and analyze the bad and good of what was the first edition of the Games to have global digital coverage. Although international forums said that giving a communist country the right to host such an important event could have rep... |
25 August 2008
06:07 GMT |
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Nokia N85, the unannounced yet Nseries smartphone, has been recently spotted in new live images that confirm (once again) its existence. These new images are not of the best quality, but they are enough for us to see that the N85 does not look at all different from the N96, of which we know about everything there is... |
25 August 2008
05:55 GMT |
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As we are getting closer to the release date for Intel's highly anticipated Core i7 processors, codenamed Nehalem, more rumors about the company's next-generation processing units emerge. As already noted in some of our previous articles, the Nehalem architecture has been designed to provide computer enthus... |
25 August 2008
05:43 GMT |
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Not content with losing pounds using Wii Fit? Does the constant exercising on the balance board scare you? Are you afraid that you could fall and damage your home? Are you afraid that you might kill the cat? Are you one of the people fearing the fact that more Balance Board powered titles are coming to threaten your ... |
25 August 2008
05:33 GMT |
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Microsoft indicated that by mid-2008 it had sold in excess of 120 million licenses of the Office 2007 System, in tandem with the 180 million copies of Windows Vista shipped. Following the RTM of Windows Vista Service Pack 1, the Redmond giant introduced new discounted prices for the Home Premium and Ultimate editions... |
25 August 2008
05:20 GMT |
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Mactracker is a hefty free utility program for Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later which provides detailed information on pretty all of Apple's computers starting with the oldest models and ending with the newest-released Macs. The application has recently been updated to include information about the latest released Apple... |
25 August 2008
05:16 GMT |
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Not too long ago, NVIDIA released three new graphics cards designed for the mainstream and entry-level market segments. After the official release, several of the company's board partners announced their own graphics cards based on the brand new GeForce 9500GT, 9800GT and 55nm 9800GTX+. Sparkle decided to extend... |
25 August 2008
05:01 GMT |
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One of the latest-released entry-level Sony Ericsson handsets, the R300, is now available in India, the second largest mobile market in the world. The new R300 is said to be the first Sony Ericsson phone made "in India and for India." Announced by Sony Ericsson in January 2008, together with the R306 clamshell, th... |
25 August 2008
04:55 GMT |
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Verizon, the popular wireless Internet and mobile services provider, was unwillingly involved in a scam that tried to persuade each of the victims to cough up no less than $3,200. Unknown persons, using the name of the company, tried to trick randomly selected individuals into believing they had won a $750,000 prize.... |
25 August 2008
04:45 GMT |
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Last week, we reported that the first screenshots of Nike's upcoming application for iPhone 2.0 users had surfaced on the Internet. It didn't take long for the same sources who originally reported the story to learn that the alleged application screenshots were fakes.AppleInsider reports that the screenshot... |
25 August 2008
04:38 GMT |
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Google has released two APIs to enhance geo-location. One is AJAX-based and the other one makes use of the Gears browser extension. This enables web and mobile developers to easily distribute content or to authenticate users based on location.The AJAX API determines the location of a user based on their IP address. I... |
25 August 2008
04:16 GMT |
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Albatron is a Taiwan-based company that specializes in designing and developing NVIDIA-based motherboards and graphics cards, as well as industrial motherboards, DRAM modules and other audio-related products. However, it looks like the company will also make its debut in the portable computer systems market with the ... |
25 August 2008
04:07 GMT |
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After finally releasing RIM's BlackBerry Bold, Canada's Rogers is getting ready to launch another new and cool handset - Sony Ericsson W760i. Although for the moment there is nothing official about the release of the new phone, according to a leaked ad spotted at MobileSyrup, the handset might be available ... |
25 August 2008
03:59 GMT |
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A former TV news anchor admitted to having hacked the email account of one of his coworkers. Lawrence Mendte, who used to be a TV presenter for KYW-TV, a television station in Philadelphia, has been accused of "intentionally accessing a protected computer without authorization and obtaining information," a felony tha... |
25 August 2008
03:53 GMT |
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A new Beta build of the next iteration of Windows Live Messenger has been leaked and is available for download. Windows Live Messenger 9.0 initially debuted into Beta at the end of 2007, alongside the final release of version 8.5. Back in November of the past year, Microsoft's limited Windows Live Messenger 9.0 ... |
25 August 2008
03:40 GMT |
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Digg's Kevin Rose, who has been the source of several Apple-related rumors for quite a while, has recently posted a blog entry, as well as a YouTube video, talking about Apple's plans with the iPod line, the iTunes media player and the upcoming version of Leopard, Mac OS X 10.5.6, MacRumors is reporting.Acc... |
25 August 2008
03:38 GMT |
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Sony's victory in the format war against Toshiba's HD DVD format should have marked a whole new era of prosperity for the Japanese consumer electronics giant, since, at least theoretically, its sales of standalone Blu-ray units should have skyrocketed. Nevertheless, it would seem that things aren't exa... |
25 August 2008
03:22 GMT |
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First appeared about four months ago, back in April, Philips M600 has recently been released on the European market - in Russia, more exactly. Produced by China Electronics Corp. (like all the Philips handsets manufactured after 2006), the M600 was initially released in China, and now it's time for it to try and... |
25 August 2008
03:18 GMT |
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Today is the first day of NVIDIA's NVISION 08 show, held in San Jose, California. As we mentioned in several of our previous articles, it is here that NVIDIA is expected to release a number of new products, and to discuss future technologies and projects. With AMD's graphics subsidiary, ATI, reclaiming the ... |
25 August 2008
03:18 GMT |
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The Leipzig Games Convention is a great place to announce new stuff when it comes to MMOs, so it should be no surprise that Funcom, the people behind Age of Conan, have chosen this venue to talk a bit about their plans to expand the game in 2009. Apart from the usual balancing which is an ongoing process, it appears ... |
25 August 2008
03:10 GMT |
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Apple released a new update for MacBook Air owners on Friday. Seemingly, some users have been experiencing issues with video playback. Processor core idling is another issue addressed in this release. The update is free to download and install.From Apple's Support page,About MacBook Air UpdateUltrathin, ultrapor... |
25 August 2008
02:54 GMT |
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A few months after release, GTA IV seems to be creeping back into public attention. Not so long ago, Take Two announced that it would be porting the game to the PC and we recently saw some screens of the PC version of the game, which look downright amazing. And now Microsoft is trying to reassure Xbox 360 gamers that... |
25 August 2008
02:36 GMT |
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