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We all love music, and I'm willing to bet money on that any given day of the week. I'm positive nobody could argue with me when I say that there's not a single person in this world who hasn't spent at least a few hours listening to their favorite tunes. That's one of the reason... |
27 August 2008
23:00 GMT |
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The happy owners of HTC's Touch Diamond Pocket PC might get even happier after finding out that their precious handset can be improved when it comes to photography related performances. This is not done by a ROM update or anything like that, but thanks to a new telescope especially created for the Touch Diamond.... |
27 August 2008
22:46 GMT |
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Following numerous rumors surrounding NVIDIA's cheapest GeForce 9-series graphics cards, the Santa Clara-based chip maker has finally decided to officially release the 9400GT. As expected, a number of the company's board partners have already announced their own versions of the card, which means that users ... |
27 August 2008
22:42 GMT |
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The ASA has concluded that the iPhone cannot access websites which use Java or Flash, despite Apple's claim that "all parts of the internet are on the iPhone". Two members of the public complained about the TV advert, therefore prompting the ASA to tell Apple UK to stop airing the ad."Two viewers believed t... |
27 August 2008
22:16 GMT |
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Without a doubt Service Pack 3 is the apex in the evolution of Windows XP, since it is the last release of its kind for the precursor of Windows Vista. Microsoft Technical Fellow Mark Russinovich recently indicated that perfection is outside the reach of any kernel or operating system for that matter. And the proble... |
27 August 2008
21:43 GMT |
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ASUS, a leading manufacturer of motherboards, graphics cards, portable computer systems and other hardware devices, has released a new CPU cooler, part of its all copper-made lineup. Designed to follow in the footsteps of its highly successful predecessor, the Silent Knight II CPU cooler, the new Royal Knight from AS... |
27 August 2008
21:26 GMT |
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City of Heroes is set to get another update, in the form of Issue 13, dubbed Architect. The new offering from NCsoft comes with one of the features most requested by fans, the ability to create custom made missions and even entire custom made story arcs.The developers say that they are practically offering players of... |
27 August 2008
21:16 GMT |
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Microsoft has made available Service Pack 1 for Forefront Client Security as of August 26, 2008. The service pack is served exclusively through the Microsoft Update infrastructure and has not been released to the Download Center. In this context, the SP1 bits can only be accessed from the security solution, with Micr... |
27 August 2008
21:09 GMT |
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Telstra, Australia's largest mobile carrier, announced today that, together with Visa and NAB (National Australian Bank), it intends to offer mobile payment options to its customers. The Australian carrier has launched a mobile payment trial, which involves a group of merchants and consumers from Melbourne Dockl... |
27 August 2008
20:41 GMT |
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An IT manager who bought a second-hand computer from eBay discovered that the hard disk of the machine contained the bank information of 1 million persons. The computer, which was sold for £35 (approximately $75), had previously belonged to Graphic Data, a company that stores information of clients of banks and... |
27 August 2008
20:40 GMT |
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The self contained application bundle part of the GNU Image Manipulation Program for Mac known as GIMP has been updated to version 2.4.7. The popular open source image editor now includes over a dozen code fixes. Gimp is free to download and use, and requires X11 to run.With the release of Gimp 2.4, the development t... |
27 August 2008
20:31 GMT |
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Microsoft is getting ready to "Say Goodbye to Laser" with its hardware division. The Redmond company is gearing up to unveil the items from its latest product lineup on September 9 2008. The software giant has already announced the event under the slogan "Say Goodbye to Laser," but has failed to deliver any sort of a... |
27 August 2008
19:59 GMT |
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Ben Cousins, one of the top men at DICE, has stated that his company's big online shooter, which also happens to be basically free, Battlefield Heroes, will not benefit from the big release which AAA titles are getting in today's videogame industry. He says the very nature of the game makes it eas... |
27 August 2008
19:52 GMT |
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In case you are wondering what the upcoming Nokia handset that AT&T is preparing to offer is, it is Nokia 6650. Of course, you might be aware that a phone with exactly the same name has been around for more than 6 years, but we are now talking about a brand new Nokia 6650 – a clamshell, more exactly. The f... |
27 August 2008
19:35 GMT |
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NASA confirmed, at a recent space operations meeting (ISS 30P SORR), that a worm had been discovered on laptops on the International Space Station. Even if NASA has not disclosed its name, the malware in question appears to be W32.Gammima.AG and it spreads by copying itself to removable devices. The NASA officials no... |
27 August 2008
19:24 GMT |
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A recent survey performed by market research firm Opine Consulting showed that 86% of the respondents, all IT professionals, considered that the most pressing security matter that concerned them was controlling the access to the internal network. Although, usually, such a thing would also translate into the adop... |
27 August 2008
19:13 GMT |
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Rumors regarding Nikon's upcoming digital single-reflex camera, the D90, have been going around the Internet for the past few weeks, the device popping up (and then being immediately withdrawn) on various websites, online vendors in particular. So, in order to put an end to this long streak of leaks, Nikon has f... |
27 August 2008
19:10 GMT |
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At the beginning of last week, HTC presented, on its US website, a ROM update for AT&T Tilt, which was said to upgrade the Pocket PC from Windows Mobile 6.0 to Windows Mobile 6.1. However, it turned out that neither the Taiwanese company (HTC) nor AT&T had in fact released the update, as the available downl... |
27 August 2008
18:21 GMT |
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A study by the Screen Digest group shows how much two publishers are willing to set their mark on the videogames launched during what's left of 2008.From July to September, which is oddly seen as a pre-Christmas period, Activision Blizzard and Electronic Arts will publish more than 75% of all the ... |
27 August 2008
18:12 GMT |
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It's nothing short of a veritable Windows fiesta over in Redmond. Following the launches of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows XP Service Pack 3 earlier this year, Windows 7 Client and Windows 7 Server/Windows Server 2008 R2 are now taking center stage. But at the same time Microsoft has not given up on W... |
27 August 2008
18:05 GMT |
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Intel has issued BIOS security updates for several desktop and mobile motherboards. The updates address a flaw in the Q35 chipset that can be exploited in order to run rootkits within the System Management Mode (SMM). The affected motherboard models are DQ35JO, DQ35MP, DP35DP, DG33FB, DG33BU, DG33TL, DX38BT and ... |
27 August 2008
18:00 GMT |
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Ubisoft is really going all out in its quest to differentiate its upcoming HAWX from other flight combat games that came before it. It has not announced that it is entering a partnership with GeoEye, an imaging company that offers high resolution images of the Earth. The images that will be featured in the game ... |
27 August 2008
17:51 GMT |
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MetaTools has released MetaSquares, the company's first iPhone title. MetaSquares is touted as "deceptively simple to play, but hard to be expert strategy game". The game is available for download via the iTunes App Store.MetaTools is a developer and publisher of mobile and social gaming applications. The compan... |
27 August 2008
17:49 GMT |
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Fancy colors and mobile phones go "hand in hand" quite well, and that's why Sony Ericsson will soon be offering a new version of its G502 mid-end candybar –"celebrity red". The G502 is currently available in black and "brilliant hazel", so the new red color is more than welcomed, as it completely changes ... |
27 August 2008
17:44 GMT |
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Facebook has unofficially announced, via its blog, that the social network has reached 100 million users. “We hit a big milestone today -- 100 million people around the world are now using Facebook. This is a really gratifying moment for us because it means a lot that you have decided that Facebook is a good, t... |
27 August 2008
17:20 GMT |
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Did Ryan Payton, former assistant producer of Kojima Productions and heavily involved in the development process for blockbuster Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, just confirm that there's a Metal Gear Solid 5 in development? Judge for yourself. Here's what the guy said while talking to gaming blog... |
27 August 2008
17:00 GMT |
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The Open Stomp Coyote-1 effects pedal is the "latest" gadget brought to your attention by those minds that can't find rest while having to deal with the usual gear: it's a true audio sandbox, designed for those who are looking for the authentic endless possibilities of the new-generation audio processors an... |
27 August 2008
17:00 GMT |
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The NPD Group says that the Nintendo Wii gaming consoles have just sold the millionth unit on the Canadian market, becoming the first of the so called next gen consoles to break this barrier.Canada is not the hottest market for videogames and consoles, with sales well below those registered in the United States ... |
27 August 2008
16:34 GMT |
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What's the first thing that comes to mind when hearing the name "Yamaha"? Probably a very fast and aggressive Japanese motorcycle, or at least that's the case with yours truly. However, the company is also one of the best-known names on the A/V product market, since it has come up with a very solid lineup ... |
27 August 2008
16:16 GMT |
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More and more companies are joining the user interaction bandwagon, hoping that improved interaction with the player base will result in better sales and better public image for game developers and publishers. Insomniac Games, which are getting ready to launch a new installment in the Resistance franchise, are n... |
27 August 2008
15:39 GMT |
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The Xbox 360 long held an advantage over the PlayStation 3 because of the fact that Sony could not provide any meaningful alternative to Achievements and to the Xbox Live service, with its social service. Home is supposed to be a social network for PS3 users that will offer a wide variety of ways to present yourself ... |
27 August 2008
14:35 GMT |
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We did find it a little hard to believe that Orange Poland had hired John Does to form fake queues in front of Orange stores in an attempt to drum-up interest in the iPhone 3G. Hence this update coming from World of Apple, which reveals Orange has denied such allegations.Earlier last week, it had come to our attentio... |
27 August 2008
12:35 GMT |
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Internet Explorer 8 is not the fastest browser in the universe. This, according to IE Program Manager, Christian Stockwell, working on the performance of the browser. However, this is not to say that the Redmond company has not poured a consistent amount of efforts into boosting the performance of IE7's successo... |
27 August 2008
12:23 GMT |
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Although the Olympics ended this Sunday, the malware employed by attackers, using Olympic-related headlines, is still causing damage. “News” stories about the most popular athletes still linger among other spam messages that are continuously sent to sometimes unwary recipients. Michael Phelps, the multi-O... |
27 August 2008
12:03 GMT |
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BitDefender has unveiled a new spam method employed by attackers to deliver an "extremely dangerous" trojan, as the company classified the malware. The hijackers use the name of FedEx, the famous company that, among other things, works in the currier shipping business. Pretending to be part of the company’s sta... |
27 August 2008
11:57 GMT |
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Electronic Arts and Maxis have released a new gameplay video of Spore, featuring the game's Producer, Kip Katsarelis. The video depicts Spore's space stage, at which point the player will have evolved its creatures into complex society. The player becomes the leader of the spacefaring civilization / empire,... |
27 August 2008
10:04 GMT |
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N85 and N79, the latest and greatest Nseries handsets that Nokia unveiled just yesterday, can be seen now in two video presentations that allow users to get a better clue on how the devices look in real life. Both the N85 and N79 are running on Symbian S60 3rd Edition and will bring lots of high-end features.&nb... |
27 August 2008
07:20 GMT |
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Oil Price Information Service (OPIS) has launched its own application and GPS-based service for iPhone owners. iGas helps drivers shop for the cheapest fuel by displaying the ten nearest gas stations with the prices in low-to-high order.Oil Price Information Service specializes in supplying retail gasoline and diesel... |
27 August 2008
00:44 GMT |
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Microsoft has confirmed that the behavior of Windows XP Service Pack 3 has been aligned with that of Windows Vista Service Pack 1. Updated versions of Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications have started popping up on the Microsoft Download Center as early as August 25, but it wasn't until a day later that Dire... |
27 August 2008
00:32 GMT |
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