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Call of Duty 3 is a video game developed by Treyarch and released by Activision Publishing. It was created for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony, the Xbox 360 and the Xbox from Microsoft and for the Nintendo Wii. The title was launched in 2006. It is classed as a war shooter played from a third person perspective w... |
28 July 2008
21:11 GMT |
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Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix is a puzzle game developed and published by Capcom in 1996. It was later ported to PSN and Xbox Live Arcade, with the Xbox version being released on the 29th of August 2007. An interesting thing worth noting is the fact that, even though it holds "2" in the title, the game is not... |
28 July 2008
21:06 GMT |
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Streets Of Rage 2 is a really nice side-scrolling beat 'em up game developed by Ancient and published by Sega in 1992 (North America) and 1993 (Japan). Of course, the Xbox 360 version of the game we're talking about here was developed in 2007 and released in August as a re-creation specifically for the cons... |
28 July 2008
19:51 GMT |
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With E3 criticized for not being the show that it should be, some videogaming industry companies are looking to other events as places where they can announce their most interesting projects. Microsoft has recently held its Gamefest 2008 conference and now it's talking about the future of the Halo franchise at C... |
28 July 2008
19:31 GMT |
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Stuntman: Ignition is a video game developed by Paradigm Entertainment and published by THQ on the 17th of September 2007 in North America, the 27th of September 2007 in Australia and the 28th of September 2007 in Europe. It is a racing/action title similar to the original Stuntman by Atari.Stuntman: Ignition tasks t... |
28 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 released by Activision Publishing. It was created for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony, the Game Cube and the Xbox from Microsoft and launched in 2005. It is classed as a war shooter played from a third person perspective with se... |
28 July 2008
18:36 GMT |
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EA Sports top man Peter Moore has joined the ranks of those calling for a return to the old way of organizing E3, with visitors allowed to enter the show and watch the games being demoed by developers and publishers.The president of EA Sports did not hold back on the criticism. He said that "There was a palpable sens... |
28 July 2008
18:06 GMT |
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Spore fans and Mac users looking forward to the official launch of Will Wright's God game should be excited to hear that GameTree Online is now taking pre-orders for Spore, Mac version. According to the post, all those who place pre-orders will receive their download link and activation codes via e-mail.Spore is... |
28 July 2008
17:21 GMT |
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Massively multiplayer online games are getting more popular than ever and that can be seen out of the number of MMO releases: I doubt there is anybody who counts them anymore. However, when such a huge competition is involved, it only seems natural to hear about lots of special offers, giveaways and all sorts of feat... |
28 July 2008
17:06 GMT |
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Call of Duty: Finest Hour is a video game developed by Spark Unlimited and released by Activision Publishing. It 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 view. Th... |
28 July 2008
16:36 GMT |
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Boingo Wireless and free-hotspot.com have teamed up to offer Boingo customers free access at all the Wi-Fi locations of free-hotspot.com. iPhone and iPod touch users, as well as MacBook owners, will benefit from uninterrupted Internet sessions, free of advertisements. Free-hotspot.com's network currently sports ... |
28 July 2008
16:06 GMT |
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You might remember that a little while ago, Sony launched an online magazine called Qore (notice the interesting word play) which was not free, but promised to offer exclusive content for readers that were not scared of the price tag.It seems that the first real interesting thing to be offered via Qore is a key for t... |
28 July 2008
16:06 GMT |
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Last week, Microsoft announced that Games for Windows Live was turning into a free service and everybody started to wonder whether the company will do the same with its Xbox Live service, too. It seems that, even though at the moment there's no such thing as "completely free" for Silver members, they do have the... |
28 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, it is available for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony, the Xbox 360 and the Nintendo Wii. The title is classed as an action adventure title, played from a first person perspective.The main character of the video... |
28 July 2008
14:36 GMT |
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PopCap has decided to shift its market position a little and try to get a more game oriented crowd interested in its offerings. The first move they are going to make is to get some of their games on the Nintendo DS. And what better game to lead the charge than the very successful PC and iPod game Peggle.Q Entertainme... |
28 July 2008
14:06 GMT |
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Windows codenamed Mojave is just around the corner and closer to Windows Vista Service Pack 1 than even Windows 7. The Reason for this is that Windows 7 is merely an evolution of the latest Windows client, while Windows codenamed Mojave is actually 100% Vista. And at the same time a Microsoft experiment in public per... |
28 July 2008
13:30 GMT |
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The first thing that crossed everybody's mind when hearing about a Mortal Kombat game featuring superheroes like Batman or Superman was "No way, man!". Of course, after a few more days, most of the people started to think that it could actually work and, even more, that it might be a really good idea. However, t... |
28 July 2008
13:06 GMT |
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Microsoft continues to provide ample proof of its commitment to support the academic community deal with collecting, storing and publishing information, and the ninth annual Microsoft Research Faculty Summit acted as the stage for the company's latest initiative in this regard. Microsoft Research unveiled a numb... |
28 July 2008
13:02 GMT |
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Microsoft is hard at work building the next iterations of both the Windows client and server operating systems. But while the company has already opened up a tad about Windows 7, the successor of Windows Vista, it has managed to all but completely avoid the Windows 7 Server subject. There has been little to no offici... |
28 July 2008
12:20 GMT |
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LG, currently the third largest handset manufacturer in the world, announced today the upcoming availability of LG KS360 in Romania. The KS360 is a new and unusual mobile phone, coming with a weird design and targeting young mobile users who want to be connected with their friends at any time. First spotted in mid-... |
28 July 2008
12:09 GMT |
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The first piece of news about a massively multiplayer game based on the Star Trek universe was heard back in 2004 when Perpetual Entertainment announced its title. However, the game encountered lots of problems along the way and this January, Perpetual stopped developing it and transferred the license to another comp... |
28 July 2008
12:06 GMT |
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IPTV is not yet available for a wide range of users, as the costs of such technology are still high. The Internet Protocol Television, which is what the acronym stands for, is a TV service offered via an Internet network, usually one that is broadband supported. The cost of broadband itself is high enough to determin... |
28 July 2008
12:06 GMT |
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Street Fighter 2' Hyper Fighting is a console port of the Street Fighter II' - Champion Edition, developed and published by Capcom. The title, released on the Xbox 360, continues the saga of the fighting games started by the first title in the franchise. Street Fighter 2 made characters like Ryu and Guile f... |
28 July 2008
11:46 GMT |
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Online storage is news long expired, but I bet that if I throw in "free" and "5GB of space" chances are that interest will rise. Let's do that. So we have 5GB of free online storage. If that's still trivial and you think of Gmail's capacity which is continuously growing, ponder some more on the amount ... |
28 July 2008
11:30 GMT |
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Telstra, Australia's largest mobile carrier, has issued today a press-release that contains both good and bad news for the mobile users in the country (or at least for those users who like BlackBerry handsets). The good news is that the much-talked-about BlackBerry Bold 9000 has reached Australia and is already... |
28 July 2008
11:12 GMT |
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The athletes who are attending this year's summer Olympic Games in Beijing are the first people to be allowed to write about their experiences while competing. The Olympic Games in China are a premiere, as the International Olympic Committee agreed to give the athletes the possibility to post on their dedicated ... |
28 July 2008
11:08 GMT |
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August might just be one of the hottest months this summer, as far as technology is concerned. And that is because a number of interesting and highly anticipated products are expected to make their debut in August. And that is also the case with Dell, which is believed to roll out a small-sized, low-priced portable c... |
28 July 2008
11:01 GMT |
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Microsoft is usually mute when it comes down to critics related to its product and traditionally quiet when it comes to reports thrashing Windows Vista. However, there are exceptions to this rule, and with the Redmond giant gearing up for a massive pro-Vista campaign, Christopher Flores, Director Windows Communicatio... |
28 July 2008
11:00 GMT |
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Nobody wants to login to their email address and find the inbox chucked full with spam messages, especially since said messages are sent out in order to propagate all sorts of malicious software. Most of the times the goal of the spammer is to infect your machine, turn it into a zombie PC in an ever increasing botnet... |
28 July 2008
10:58 GMT |
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Sprint, the third largest mobile operator in the US, has just announced the availability of Sprint Web, a new home page set to improve the mobile Internet experience of its subscribers. Sprint Web features quick Google search access, as now Google is the default search engine on Sprint's phones. Moreover, lev... |
28 July 2008
10:33 GMT |
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Novae usually originate in binary star systems made of a white dwarf star and a red dwarf. Since the red dwarf is unable to hold its mass together, material is siphoned towards the surface of the white dwarf, where it accumulates until the star becomes unstable and initiates thermonuclear reactions in the outer mater... |
28 July 2008
10:27 GMT |
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Microsoft is offering a veritable bonanza of Windows Server evaluation editions free downloads. Packaged under the label Windows Embedded Server Products Evaluation Software, a number of no less than ten products are offered at no charge for evaluation purposes only. Testers will have access to a variety of operating... |
28 July 2008
10:15 GMT |
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Flight security has become increasingly important worldwide, but the concerns of the United States regarding this matter really lead to practical solutions. All citizens from the countries that have joined the Visa Waiver Program would have to get the thumbs up from the Department of Homeland Security before embarkin... |
28 July 2008
10:12 GMT |
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When it comes to netbooks, all sorts of reports just keep coming in these days. This time around, the spotlight is on the Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo Mini netbook, about which we also talked two weeks ago, as the main star of a recently leaked video. The video, uploaded on the German website Eee PC News, shows one of these... |
28 July 2008
10:04 GMT |
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A little while back we were reporting that a fake UPS invoice scam was going around, and that people who had sent parcels through UPS should be very careful about these spam messages. Well, it seems that the spammers have changed their MO and are now sending out messages that claim to be from the US Customs office.PC... |
28 July 2008
09:59 GMT |
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After less than two weeks from the official release of the Treo 800w smartphone, Palm is already preparing to improve it. The Sunnyvale-based company has announced, on its official website, the fact that the new smartphone will soon be enhanced with "Voice Dialing Over Bluetooth", offering users an easier way to make... |
28 July 2008
09:58 GMT |
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If you have type 2 diabetes it would be a good idea to walk an extra 45 minutes each day, says a new study showing that exercise can keep the blood sugar levels under control, thus limiting the effects of this terrible disease. Type 2 diabetes is a non-insulin-dependent disease that can be managed through dietary mod... |
28 July 2008
09:37 GMT |
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Super Contra is a side-scrolling shooter game developed and published by Konami back in 1988, as a sequel to the original Contra game. The Xbox 360 version features enhanced visuals, remixed music and co-op gameplay via Xbox Live. Super Contra for Xbox consoles was released on the 25th of July 2007.Just like in the o... |
28 July 2008
09:28 GMT |
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Capcom vs. SNK 2: Millionaire Fighting 2001 is a video game that was developed and published by Capcom Entertainment. The game was developed for the PlayStation 2 gaming consoles from Sony, the Xbox from Microsoft, the Dreamcast from SEGA and the Game Cube from Nintendo. The title is classed as a fighting game played... |
28 July 2008
09:28 GMT |
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As of today, the 28th of July, Sophos Email Security and Control will be able to better fight botnet propagated spam through the use of Sender Genotype, a next-generation filtering technology. Sender Genotype, unlike traditional filters that rely only on prior information regarding the email sender, identifies aberra... |
28 July 2008
09:10 GMT |
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Motorola VE75, the newest touchscreen handset announced by Moto for the Chinese market, was recently spotted in lots of live images, which show the VE75 in all its greatness. Of course, the handset's beauty (or ugliness, if you will) is up to each and every user to decide upon, but I don't think there ar... |
28 July 2008
09:02 GMT |
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Capcom Fighting Revolution is a video game developed by Capcom Production Studio 2 and published by Capcom Entertainment. It was created for the PlayStation 3 gaming console from Sony and for the Xbox from Microsoft. It was launched in 2004. The game is classed as a classic fighting game, which is played from a third... |
28 July 2008
08:58 GMT |
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Unlike typical cathode ray displays that produce images on a screen by bombarding electrons into a layer of phosphorous, liquid crystal displays can't actually produce their light while functioning. This is because the pixels on an LCD are basically like little shutters that vary their opacity accordingly to the... |
28 July 2008
08:53 GMT |
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If you got tired of first person shooter (FPS), games where you have to save the world, be the hero and so on, you'll definitely love Battlefield: Bad Company, since you will be embarking on a quest where your personal goals and thirst for gold are much more important than following the rules. To prove that doin... |
28 July 2008
08:48 GMT |
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Microsoft has released to manufacturing a new version of Windows XP designed to do nothing more than go well beyond the reach of its latest Windows client. This despite having spared nothing to push Windows Vista Service Pack 1 to the foreground, not even the availability of Windows XP SP3 through the retail and OEM ... |
28 July 2008
08:46 GMT |
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Samsung is undoubtedly one of the leading manufacturers of consumer electronics, but it also has a significant presence on the computing market, granted especially by its storage products. By the looks of things, this Korean manufacturer is set on taking one of its product lines to the next level by making it more ap... |
28 July 2008
08:39 GMT |
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Street Trace NYC is a combat-racing game developed by Gaia Industries and published by Microsoft exclusively for the Xbox 360 consoles via the Xbox Live Arcade on the 22nd of August 2007. The game costs 800 MS Points ($10). It is a cell-shaded title, with Tron-like graphics and settings.One of the main advantages of ... |
28 July 2008
08:38 GMT |
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Sophos, company that specializes in endpoint security and control solutions, has publicly announced the fact that it plans to better its lead position in the information security industry by purchasing Ultimaco Safeware AG. In order to do so, Sophos is prepared to initiate a voluntary public takeover offer and purcha... |
28 July 2008
08:28 GMT |
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Ninja Gaiden is one of the most successful games on the Xbox 360 and the sequel will probably outsell the latest titles. Ninja Gaiden 2 will feature a new and improved engine, redeveloped from the ground up exclusively for the Xbox 360 by Team Ninja, with the help of Tomonobu Itagaki, the creator of the Dead or Alive... |
28 July 2008
08:24 GMT |
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Guitar Hero: Aerosmith will be focused on the career of Aerosmith, playing various songs from their discography in chronological order, spanning from Mendon Nipmuc Regional High School in 1970 to the 2001 Super Bowl halftime. It certainly won't include any of the problems that have plagued the band since its for... |
28 July 2008
08:18 GMT |
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The game developed by Silicon Knights (Eternal Darkness, Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes) comes with a modern take on Norse mythology, while presenting us an apocalyptic story of nothing else but a conflict which might destroy mankind forever. In Too Human, you won't be the lonesome super hero who kills hordes... |
28 July 2008
08:14 GMT |
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While the App Store has been enjoying a tremendous dose of popularity ever since its launch, some iPhone developers have become so frustrated with the service that they just can't keep quiet anymore.First off, as Macworld's iPhone Central notes, the lack of communication from Apple is making it extremely di... |
28 July 2008
08:10 GMT |
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HeroCraft, the well-known Russian developer and publisher of mobile content, announced today the future availability of Travel Genius. Presented as a "geographical quiz", Travel Genius is a new game for smartphones and Pocket PCs, set to make geography a fun science to learn. Travel Genius wants to be a simple game... |
28 July 2008
08:07 GMT |
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Microsoft claims that it has seen what the company referred to as very good results in fighting Windows piracy with Windows Vista, although it has failed to elaborate on the subject. At the Microsoft Financial Analyst Meeting 2008, Bill Veghte, Senior Vice President, Online Services & Windows Business Group, indicate... |
28 July 2008
07:28 GMT |
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It seems like the Del.icio.us team doesn't want to lose its subscribers, as it might happen after the launch of the new version of the website. While this assertion may seem a bit contradictory, as people are usually attracted towards anything that includes a new launch or improvement, do read on for more detail... |
28 July 2008
07:23 GMT |
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Keeping your RAM as free as possible is one of the paramount requirements in order to have a fast operating computer that reaches the best performance. Of course, the functioning of a PC is also influenced by the amount of physical memory it comes with, but if congested by resource hogs, the sheer quantity becomes re... |
28 July 2008
07:22 GMT |
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Image processing is a task most of us are faced with more and more often these days. Naturally, this happens because digital cameras are increasing in popularity and, right now, because we are just in the middle of the vacation season, when everybody goes on holiday and, naturally, takes as many pictures as possible.... |
28 July 2008
07:14 GMT |
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As of last week, an agreement has been reached between the BPI, the Motion Picture Association, the UK Government and six major Internet service providers (BT, Virgin, Carphone Warehouse, Orange, Tiscali and BskyB), agreement that states all of them will work together to fight illegal file sharing. One of the first m... |
28 July 2008
07:06 GMT |
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For a while now, the general opinion has been that ASUS is the worldwide leading vendor of netbooks because of its vast Eee PC lineup. But nothing can prove that better than the Bestsellers in Computers and PC hardware list on Amazon.com. According to this chart, five out of the many Eee PC models available are among... |
28 July 2008
07:03 GMT |
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Service Pack 1 was designed from the get go to tackle the big Windows Vista RTM performance issues, revealed Brad Marrs, senior program manager Windows client performance team (video here via Edge). In this regard, SP1 was not built as a global evolution of the latest Windows client in terms of performance, but was s... |
28 July 2008
07:00 GMT |
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Electrons are subatomic elementary particles bearing the negative electric charge inside the atom. In empty space, the motion of the electrons is largely dependent on the presence of electrical and magnetic fields, but inside matter, the way they move is directly related to the atomic arrangement of the crystal, mean... |
28 July 2008
06:53 GMT |
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Not long after the unveiling of the C600 clamshell, Pantech has announced another new handset that will be available in Mexico. This time it's a smartphone, namely the Pantech Duo 810. Like the C600, Pantech Duo will be offered by Telcel, the largest Mexican mobile operator, being added to its already large line... |
28 July 2008
06:41 GMT |
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Because of modern lifestyle being what it is, many people don't find the time to go to the cinema or even to DVD rental shops to see/acquire the latest motion pictures. Instead, most of these people rely on online renting, which gives them the possibility of either having their favorite DVDs delivered at home, o... |
28 July 2008
06:35 GMT |
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Some developers (EA, SEGA) saw immense gaming potential in the iPhone, when Apple introduced the innovative device last year. They proved they were right in doing so, thus prompting more video game-making companies to hop aboard - but not id Software. The company's designer, John Carmack, took some time to expla... |
28 July 2008
06:27 GMT |
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Talk about an invasion of GeForce graphics cards: Sparkle, one of NVIDIA's channel partners, is expected to launch a series of G92-based cards. To be more exact, we're talking a series of 25, all of which will be based on the GeForce 9800GT or the GeForce 9500GT graphics processors. For the time being, this... |
28 July 2008
06:20 GMT |
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The four vulnerabilities that have been deemed as highly critical refer to the fact that an attacker, from a remote location, could get access to the user's sensitive information. RealNetworks has issued a fix at the end of last week, and all RealPlayer users are well advised to update and patch their vulnerable... |
28 July 2008
06:07 GMT |
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There are numerous comets orbiting through the inner solar system, but where this huge amount of objects comes from is largely unknown. Now astronomers have suggested that many short orbit comets could in fact be fragments of much larger objects that break up into multiple pieces as they enter the inner solar system ... |
28 July 2008
06:05 GMT |
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It seems that Intel plans to extend its mobile microprocessors line with the launch of some new models during August. The addition also includes Intel's first Core 2 Extreme quad core, announced for an August 17th launch. The Core 2 Extreme QX9300 processor features a 45W TDP and will definitely need serious coo... |
28 July 2008
05:59 GMT |
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Glu Mobile, the famous American game developer and publisher, has recently announced the upcoming release of two new mobile games set to bring lots of exciting moments: Transformers G1: Awakening and Superman/Batman. Coming as the second game made in collaboration with Hasbro, Transformers G1: Awakening is based on t... |
28 July 2008
05:42 GMT |
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The number of unique Internet pages indexed by Google has reached the outstanding number of 1 trillion, says Google's team on the official blog. Considering the fact that existent technology gives regular end users the capabilities of genuine webmasters, creating a webpage has stopped being something extravagant... |
28 July 2008
05:41 GMT |
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You may have recently heard about the availability of a number of new, small-sized, low-power portable computer systems or netbooks. These devices are known for offering the basics in computing, providing their users with everything they need for text editing, Internet browsing and more. With all that, a $99 netbook ... |
28 July 2008
05:32 GMT |
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Various news sources are reporting that Version 2.1 (beta 1, build 5F90) of the iPhone OS, as well as a new version of the SDK have been seeded to developers. The OS version includes new Core Location features, suggesting turn-by-turn GPS as a possibility in the near future, cut and paste support and more, according ... |
28 July 2008
05:26 GMT |
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According to a recent study entitled "Analyzing Web sites for user-visible security design flaws" conducted by professor Atul Prakash from the University of Michigan, a staggering 75% of all US bank sites do not provide complete security measures to their customers. These sites represent a security issue because they... |
28 July 2008
05:21 GMT |
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The number of dementia cases in developing countries could be twice the one previously estimated, says a study involving about 15,000 participants, which might be related to the lack of standard techniques for diagnosing dementia in these particular areas. The findings come in contradiction with similar studies that ... |
28 July 2008
05:16 GMT |
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Nvidia has made interesting statements regarding its G84/G86 faulty chips. The graphics cards manufacturer initially announced that only some of its chips experienced problems, and that HP was the only vendor that received them. The company looks to be untruthful, as Dell seems to have unofficially admitted to expe... |
28 July 2008
04:55 GMT |
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Unlike some other high-end handset (hint: it has a bitten Apple on it), BlackBerry Bold 9000 will be sold both unlocked and with various contract agreements from mobile carriers. Of course, the Bold is not yet available, but its unlocked version has shown up on an online retailer's website, priced at $792.99. Th... |
28 July 2008
04:54 GMT |
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As of late, Apple's Job Opportunities page features an opening spot for iPhone hackers. That's right. If you are knowledgeable in "OS security and UNIX internals" and are familiar with "reverse engineering and security communities," you're the man for the job.Following reports saying that a jailbreakin... |
28 July 2008
04:53 GMT |
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NVIDIA's upcoming graphics cards, based on the G92 graphics processor, have been the topic of most of last week's news reports coming in. And, while we're not talking about high-end products, these mainstream, G92-based cards are still interesting enough. On that note, more news about NVIDIA's car... |
28 July 2008
04:41 GMT |
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July 2008 represents yet another step further in the evolution of Microsoft Virtual Earth. Just over the past week, Microsoft added a new 14.3 terabyte (TB) update to Virtual Earth and expanded the team responsible for the service with the Photosynth project from Live Labs research. Chris Pendleton, Virtual Earth Tec... |
28 July 2008
04:36 GMT |
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After nearly a week of scraping soil and icy material off the surface of the Red Planet, NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander collected a sample and attempted to deliver it to the TEGA instrument. However, little soil of the total of 3 cubic centimeters of material it had gathered made it to the analyzer, images showing t... |
28 July 2008
04:28 GMT |
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According to a recently released study conducted by McAfee Avert Labs entitled "Does Size Matter? The security challenge of the SMB", most organizations believe that simply because they are not well known enough, they will not be targeted by hacker attacks. Just to put things in perspective, there are about 6.4 milli... |
28 July 2008
04:22 GMT |
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Social networks mean a lot of things for many people who check their accounts daily, afraid of losing any of the comments, the photo updates from their friends or other information that allows them to be socially active. In the U.S., Facebook is, by far, the most visited website of this type, with almost 30 million u... |
28 July 2008
04:17 GMT |
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Apple has set up a new section on its website entirely dedicated to the status of its recently-introduced MobileMe service. Having taken off to a pretty rough start, MobileMe has been constantly tweaked up ever since its release, thus the MobileMe status page was in order. Apple's latest (written) update to user... |
28 July 2008
04:15 GMT |
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The number of casual gamers keeps growing on a daily basis and developers are striving to keep up with the pace, while trying to create viable solutions to attract as many people as possible. However, we all know that, usually, there are just a few casual game concepts cloned over and over again - and the more copies... |
28 July 2008
04:14 GMT |
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Paramount is the latest Hollywood studio to get into gaming. And if you've seen movies like "Clueless", "Mean Girls" or "Pretty in Pink", then you're gonna love the videogame offerings that Paramount will create and distribute. And this is just the first wave of games that comes from the studio. Based on th... |
28 July 2008
04:12 GMT |
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Atheros Communications, a pioneer in wireless network solutions, is pleased to announce the free availability of the ath9k Linux driver for IEEE 802.11n wireless devices. The ath9k driver will be soon included in the Linux kernel. "The ath9k driver comes shortly after Atheros hired two key Linux wireless developers -... |
28 July 2008
04:09 GMT |
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Fujitsu-Siemens has announced the addition of another notebook to the company's Amilo 3000-series, the Pi3540. The new mobile PC is said to be optimized for the handling of high-definition media. Fujitsu-Siemens stated that it designed the Amilo Pi3540 notebook to provide more than 90-percent faster HD video enc... |
28 July 2008
04:06 GMT |
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Samsung might have officially presented the first 8 Megapixel S60 smartphone, but Nokia is getting ready to unveil the very first full-touch handset to run on the popular Symbian platform: Nokia 5800 Tube. Although the 5800 is not a novelty anymore (as details about it first appeared several months ago), it's on... |
28 July 2008
03:53 GMT |
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People in Taiwan are currently threatened with the imminent impact of Typhoon Fung Wong, which is expected to make a landfall between Hualien and Taitung this morning. The typhoon's power has been rated at force-13, with winds blowing at 137km per hour. This has prompted the National Meteorological Administratio... |
28 July 2008
03:51 GMT |
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We often think of lasers as sharp, highly focused beams of light, but the truth is that most of the time lasers have high divergences, spreading light into beams similar to those produced by flashlights. This is especially true for semiconductor lasers, such as those used in building CD-ROM devices and in fiber-optic... |
28 July 2008
03:46 GMT |
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One of biggest blockbuster successes of the summer seems to be The Dark Knight, the new Batman movie directed by Chris Nolan and featuring the late Heath Ledger as the Joker, in one of the most memorable performances of an on screen villain. As we have grown accustomed, Hollywood is eager to exhibit cross platform ap... |
28 July 2008
03:43 GMT |
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The PlayStation 2 was, until now, the exclusive virtual home of the video game featuring actor Rowan Atkinson, well known for the role of Mr. Bean. Things are going to change pretty soon, since Blast Entertainment, the developer of the PS2 version, has announced the release of Mr. Bean for Nintendo DS handheld, basic... |
28 July 2008
03:40 GMT |
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Firefox 3.1 codename Shiretoko Alpha 1 is available for download. The fully-fledged Alpha development milestone of the next version of Mozilla's open source browser went live at the end of the past week. In this context, Mozilla managed to slip just a tad from its initial plans to make Alpha 1 available in mid-J... |
28 July 2008
03:39 GMT |
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Following the latest rumors on Apple's possibly upcoming MacBook Touch, speculation is starting to build up around the alleged Mac tablet, expected to ship as early as this fall. MacRumors points out to a recent post from Jason O'Grady (of ZD Net) which further confirms what everyone is hoping to see from A... |
28 July 2008
03:38 GMT |
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Since the core audience of the newly released Batman movie is made up mainly of tech savvy, PC oriented people, it became imperative for Warner Bros to enforce tight security measures so that a pirated copy of the movie would not leak out on the Internet and spoil the official launch. If a pirated copy were to hit th... |
28 July 2008
03:26 GMT |
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Today, a team of engineers who have previously worked at Google, IBM, eBay, Altavista and the Stanford University, announced the launching of the "biggest search engine on the web." The fact that its database adds up to more than 120 billion pages makes it indeed large - three times bigger than any other known search... |
28 July 2008
03:23 GMT |
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Welcome to our 4th issue of Softpedia Linux Weekly! In this edition, you can read about the replacement of Automatix, our exclusive first look at NimbleX 2008, the new features brought by Dell on its selected computers powered by Ubuntu 8.04, the HAMMER filesystem introduced by the new version of DragonFly BSD and th... |
28 July 2008
03:18 GMT |
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AMD has put a lot of work into the newest Radeon HD 4870X2 graphics board in its attempt to make it the next true high-end card. At least, when it comes to the company's graphics product line, this card goes straight to the top. As showed before, Radeon HD 4870X2 pairs RV770 GPUs on the same PCB, and features hi... |
28 July 2008
03:12 GMT |
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Vivendi Games, which is now officially a part of Activision Blizzard, has reported its financial results for the first quarter of the current financial year, the last time it does so as an independent game developer and publisher. The quarter saw a slight dip in sales and in revenue, as the company did not have any b... |
28 July 2008
03:11 GMT |
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After the announcement of Russia Olympic Team's official mobile phone (Samsung Duos D780 Gold), another Olympic phone was recently unveiled in Russia, namely a special edition of Sony Ericsson S500i. Called Sony Ericsson S500i Bosco Edition, the new handset was created in collaboration with BoscoSport, a well-kn... |
28 July 2008
03:11 GMT |
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If you are an NVIDIA fan and you are looking to acquire a new graphics card, then you will probably want to check out EVGA's offer. First off, it has one of the most comprehensive GT200-series offers on the market, so you are bound to find something that comes to meet your every requirement. On top of that, the ... |
28 July 2008
03:09 GMT |
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As it usually happens in the gaming world, Europe is going to receive the highly anticipated Too Human a bit later than the North Americans but, this time, it's only a ten-day delay. Yes, this means that Too Human is coming to European consoles on the 29th of August this year (if you don't want to do the ma... |
28 July 2008
03:04 GMT |
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Users of Titanium Software's free maintenance, optimization, and personalization utility for Mac OS X should be glad to learn that OnyX has recently been updated. The new version packs quite a number of changes, bringing the current version of the software to 1.9.6 Beta 4.Using OnyX, you can tweak pretty much an... |
28 July 2008
02:57 GMT |
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Life appeared on Earth several billion years ago. Humans on the other hand, have been around for a little over 250,000 years. We know much about mathematics, physics, biology, etc., yet, one of the biggest mysteries today is related to how life first began on our planet. Now researchers say that diamonds might have b... |
28 July 2008
02:55 GMT |
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Lemmings was one of the most appreciated titles of the early nineties and, as it usually happens in such circumstances, a few companies tried to create similar games and get tons of money. The Humans, developed by GameTek in 1992, was one of the Lemmings-like titles but, unfortunately for the developers, it was far f... |
28 July 2008
02:37 GMT |
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Media Create, the market research firm that specializes in offering data regarding the Japanese videogame market, has offered its latest figures, for the week that ended on July 20. And, to the surprise of most commentators, the Sony made PlayStation Portable still enjoys a lead in sales over the Nintendo DS.The Play... |
28 July 2008
02:37 GMT |
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LG's portfolio of music-oriented handsets is continuously growing, and the latest phone to target music lovers is the LG KP265, recently announced in Russia. Although this new LG looks quite nice, coming in a slider form factor, its features are not too advanced, making it an entry-level device. LG wants the KP2... |
28 July 2008
02:26 GMT |
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Recent reports concerning Steve Jobs' physical wellbeing have wiped off quite a few Apple "points" from the stock scoreboard. Ever since Jobs appeared at WWDC 08 this year, looking "thin," the press, partners and shareholders have been asking themselves: "is Steve's cancer back?" Well, according to Mr. Appl... |
28 July 2008
02:07 GMT |
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