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As some of you probably know, for quite a long time, the IFA show in Berlin has been all about the latest developments in the TV industry, but, over the years, it has expanded quite a lot, now housing just about every type of consumer electronic product one might think of. Nevertheless, the most important names in th... |
28 August 2008
15:34 GMT |
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Connected GPS personal navigation devices seem to represent the natural evolution of technology in this particular area, since they can enhance the level of functionality by allowing drivers to be constantly informed on what's happening on the road in front of them or to find significant details and contact info... |
28 August 2008
14:42 GMT |
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Service Pack 1 was nothing short of a panacea for Windows Vista, and in this context it now falls on Windows 7 to wash away all the sins of the current version of Windows. Vista RTM managed to hit a consistent amount of speed-bumps from software and hardware incompatibility to lack of support and to poor performance.... |
28 August 2008
13:34 GMT |
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Windows Memory Diagnostic is a free utility available for download from Microsoft designed to sniff out flaws in a machine's RAM modules. The fact is that the source of the now ubiquitous blue screen is not always Windows, or any piece of code for that matter. The fault could just as well reside in sys... |
28 August 2008
12:51 GMT |
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It looks like it's a "contests day" today, as only few hours after Verizon announced its Jonas Brothers / Paradise initiative, Alltel, the fifth largest US mobile carrier, has also come up with an attractive sweepstakes. Unlike the Verizon one, though, Alltel's contest has to do with football and not with m... |
28 August 2008
12:38 GMT |
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Did it ever happen to you to forget the birthday of one or even more of your friends? It certainly did to me, and having to apologize and make up for my mistake time after time was pretty embarrassing. Whatever your job may be at the moment, if it involves spending a little time in front of a computer, make sure you&... |
28 August 2008
12:14 GMT |
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According to recent rumors, AMD plans to release its first 45nm-based desktop processors in early 2009. The company will showcase its next generation CPUs, codenamed Deneb, on the 8th of January, on the first day of the Consumer Electronics Show or CES. Sources close to the company state that the new chips produ... |
28 August 2008
11:31 GMT |
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Panda Security has announced the official launch of three of its newest products in the 2009 suit - Panda Antivirus Pro 2009, Panda Internet Security 2009 and Panda Global Protection 2009. The three products are based on the same technology, Collective Intelligence, which enables experts to continuously elaborat... |
28 August 2008
11:24 GMT |
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Got Game Entertainment is now shipping MindHabits for Mac, a game based on more than a decade of research and findings by Dr. Mark Baldwin of esteemed McGill University in Montreal. It presents simple but fun challenges for maintaining a more positive state of mind.Tests run by Dr. Baldwin showed obvious positive res... |
28 August 2008
10:57 GMT |
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LG's X110 netbook is almost official – as we informed you earlier today, the small-sized computer should be showcased at IFA, the international consumer electronics show that will debut tomorrow in Berlin. Despite no direct indication from the company, LG is expected to enter the netbook market with its X1... |
28 August 2008
10:28 GMT |
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Password retrieval systems leave room for breaches that can allow hijackers to get into almost anyone's account. This has become possible because, nowadays, personal information about a person can be easily found during just a brief web navigation. Social network profiles, resumes, lists released by universities... |
28 August 2008
10:19 GMT |
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Opera Software announced that MTN, Uganda's largest mobile carrier, has selected the Opera Mini mobile browser to be embedded in its customers' handsets. This will allow MTN's Ugandan subscribers (almost 3 million) to access the Web with ease, wherever they might be (as long as their mobile device is f... |
28 August 2008
10:19 GMT |
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Which news do you want first? As an investor, I'd rather you'd have the former allegation, since everyone knows an Apple without Steve is no Apple at all. However, word on the web has it he's “handicapped.” As an Apple fan, you'd look into this claim first, since dying is not... |
28 August 2008
10:15 GMT |
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Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 is out and about in English, Chinese Simplified, German and Japanese, since August 27, 2008. The second milestone of the successor of IE7 is designed to integrate with Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008. However, upgrading from IE8 Beta 1 to Beta 2 is not... |
28 August 2008
10:05 GMT |
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If you recently had a spare moment to browse through Dell's support web pages, there's a chance you might have noticed several official pictures of the company's highly anticipated Inspiron 910 netbook. Despite no official release yet, the company has decided to provide some sort of support for its fir... |
28 August 2008
09:17 GMT |
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Not long after the real form factor of T-Mobile USA's upcoming HTC Dream (or G1) has been unveiled, an almost complete list with its specs has also showed up on the Web, allowing us to get a better picture of what the first Google-branded mobile device is capable of. Although the Dream doesn't seem to ... |
28 August 2008
09:16 GMT |
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Daylite 3.7.6 is the newest version of Marketcircle’s productivity software for Mac OS X. The update fixes a rather nasty sync failure which forced users to restart Daylite. The update is free of charge for registered users, as well as trial version users.Daylite integrates with Apple Mail and works with iSync ... |
28 August 2008
08:51 GMT |
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The appeal which aimed at avoiding the extradition of the Briton responsible for what is considered to be the biggest military hack in history was rejected by the European Court of Human Rights, according to The Register. Before even judging the case, the high court decided to step aside from the litigation and did n... |
28 August 2008
08:41 GMT |
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The Mozilla Labs have released an experimental version of a Firefox extension called Ubiquity. The software aims at providing a mash-up like service for users by allowing them to gather information from various web resources in an automated manner and use this information directly within the browser.In web developmen... |
28 August 2008
08:33 GMT |
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Hamrick Software's scanning application for Mac OS X, VueScan, has recently been updated to version 8.4.82, adding support for a couple of new scanners, improved infrared cleaning, and improved support for WIA document feeders, to name a few enhancements. A fully-functional trial version of the software is avail... |
28 August 2008
08:26 GMT |
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As we mentioned in one of articles from earlier today, consumer electronics manufacturer LG is expected to enter the netbook market with a new netbook product that the company might showcase at this year's IFA event in Berlin, scheduled to kick off tomorrow. According to recent rumors, one of the main features o... |
28 August 2008
08:24 GMT |
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Although not directly related to the IFA show taking place in Berlin as we speak, the Japanese company Sony has decided to launch today a huge array of products, LCDs in particular. We've seen earlier the company's (and world's) thinnest LCD, the ZX1, but we're in for many more surprises, since th... |
28 August 2008
08:01 GMT |
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Verizon Wireless has announced today the launch of a new and cool contest that will end with 40 of its customers going to Paradise. Well, not to the real Paradise (if that even exists), but to Bahamas' Paradise Island. The 40 winners will embark on a trip that has as final destination the Atlantis resort fr... |
28 August 2008
07:58 GMT |
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Windows Home Server is one example of a Microsoft technology that is taking services away from the cloud. Following the pseudo-retirement of Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, the Redmond company, with Ray Ozzie at the helm in his new role of chief software architect, is heading toward a Software plus Services business a... |
28 August 2008
07:41 GMT |
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Sony has made history in the music world, being the first to introduce the concept of portable music players, through its trademark Walkman. Over the years, this concept has evolved, materializing in high-end media players that offer attractive designs and outstanding sound quality to their users. Like always, S... |
28 August 2008
07:20 GMT |
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Although Microsoft is not breathing a single word in relation to an event it has cooking for September 9, 2008, under the slogan "Say Goodbye to Laser," leaks from its partners are managing to paint a more complete picture. As it has been speculated, the new technology, which will be unveiled in the second week of th... |
28 August 2008
07:16 GMT |
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According to a survey conducted by Cyber-Ark Software among 300 IT security professionals, 88% of them would take sensitive information with them if they were to be fired from their jobs. Only the remaining 12% of them said that they would not take advantage of the security breaches made possible by the companies tha... |
28 August 2008
07:15 GMT |
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Halo rumors are always nice especially because there's a huge number of fans of the franchise that can't wait to hear something interesting about the Halo universe and the new games set in it. For the moment, we know that there's only one game related to the multi million selling first person shooter w... |
28 August 2008
06:59 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... |
28 August 2008
06:54 GMT |
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It appears that after the NVISION event, which took place on August 25-27 in San Jose, California, NVIDIA gathered a number of reporters to disclose a rather surprising business decision. The company seemingly plans to enable its SLI multi-GPU technology for upcoming X58-based motherboards, without the need of t... |
28 August 2008
06:42 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... |
28 August 2008
06:39 GMT |
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Apple is offering refurbished Xserves packing the Quad-Core Intel Xeon 5400 series processor for $2,599.00. The units ship within 24 hours, while Apple pays for the trip to your house. The Refurbished Xserve 2.8GHz Quad Xeon offers all the benefits of Apple Certified Refurbished Products.Apple says that, for $2,599.0... |
28 August 2008
06:39 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... |
28 August 2008
06:37 GMT |
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AT&T might have gotten its hands on the BlackBerry Bold 9000 (although it hasn't released it yet), but Verizon Wireless is apparently getting ready to launch and even cooler RIM smartphone. Dubbed BlackBerry 9530 Storm, the device in question seems to be the same as what was previously known under the name of Bl... |
28 August 2008
06:33 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... |
28 August 2008
06:13 GMT |
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Microsoft is making headway with the deprecation process of older versions of Virtual Earth. According to Chris Pendleton, Virtual Earth technical evangelist, come September 22, 2008, versions 3 and 4 of the platform will be permanently retired. At the same time, the Redmond giant is gearing up to serve automatic up... |
28 August 2008
06:04 GMT |
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Blizzard is getting ready for the release of the second expansion for its blockbuster MMO World of Warcraft. But before Wrath of the Lich King can present its glory to all gamers, the game will receive another update, which seems to be massive, in the coming weeks. The idea is that the game is not ready for the expan... |
28 August 2008
05:50 GMT |
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PCalc 3 is a new version of James Thomson's veteran Mac calculator app from 1992. An iPhone version of the app exists. The developer has updated PCalc for iPhone and iPod touch to include multiple undo and redo functions, some UI customizing features, more improvements to the RPN mode and others.PCalc 3 is a ful... |
28 August 2008
05:50 GMT |
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A recent study performed by comScore shows that the Russian Internet market is the fastest growing in Europe. As of last year, the Russian Internet audience expanded by 27%, 6% more compared to the second European country in the chart, France. Ireland is the third to have developed its audience at a fast pace, being... |
28 August 2008
05:38 GMT |
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Microsoft has expanded the "family" built around its Intellectual Property Licensing program with the addition of the latest member, Tokyo-based Nikon. Both companies applauded the newly inked patent cross-licensing agreement, as the first step of a partnership designed to catalyze development of new digital imaging... |
28 August 2008
05:35 GMT |
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Tomorrow is the first day of the IFA consumer electronics show, which will be held in Berlin and will end on September 3. According to the official website, the event will have a record attendance of 1,212 exhibitors coming in from 32 countries, which means that a high number of major companies will be announcing sev... |
28 August 2008
05:35 GMT |
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Sony Computer Entertainment Europe boss David Reeves says that the PlayStation 3 will not be getting any price cut during this year, even if there's a lot of pressure from the public especially during the holiday period. The price needs to stay up for Sony to reach its goal of bringing the games division to prof... |
28 August 2008
05:30 GMT |
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Miami-based Psystar, owned by Rudy Pedraza, is suing Apple under two federal laws aimed at discouraging monopolies and cartels, the Sherman Antitrust Act and the Clayton Antitrust Act. The suit alleges Apple is tying the Mac OS to its own hardware, therefore engaging into "an anticompetitive restrain of trade," accor... |
28 August 2008
05:22 GMT |
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SouthWing, a Bluetooth technology developer based in Europe, announced the release of its SH241 Bluetooth headset via AT&T's retail stores from North America. Already available for European customers, the SH241 combines a nice look with a set of advanced features created to offer a perfect handsfree experie... |
28 August 2008
05:21 GMT |
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Sony is really on a roll lately, whether we're talking about the Japanese, European or US markets. You've been able to see earlier today the company's latest and thinnest HDTV, but now it's time to talk about something entirely different, namely Sony's PNDs, since the CE manufacturer has just... |
28 August 2008
05:11 GMT |
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All real time strategy lovers should keep an eye out for two games currently in development, SEGA and Creative Assembly's Empire: Total War and Relic's Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 2. Both games will arrive early in 2009; they are set to create experiences that will change how you look at strategy gaming. ... |
28 August 2008
04:56 GMT |
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In Guitar Hero III, there's a track where Lucifer makes a short guest star appearance. It's all nice and funny, with the guitar wielding Lord of the Underdark preying for the player as he becomes a real Rock God. But, of course, there were some people that freaked out completely at the thought of children s... |
28 August 2008
04:50 GMT |
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Dell, one of the leading vendors of portable computer systems, plans to restructure its brands, making its XPS notebook lineup part of the recently introduced Studio products. According to several leaked slides, just recently posted, the Round Rock, Texas-based company is expected to release two new Studio XPS notebo... |
28 August 2008
04:45 GMT |
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One of the new trends in spam e-mails used for malware distribution is the use of maliciously crafted SWF files hosted on legitimate servers. The ActionScript code of the files includes a redirect that takes users to websites that host malware or prompts them to download the malware directly.The beginning of August m... |
28 August 2008
04:40 GMT |
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A man is facing two years in prison after pleading guilty to sending a threatening email to a medical resort back in 2005. Andrew Burroughs, a 30-year-old Lompoc man, decided to blackmail the Catholic Healthcare West, the parent company of Saint John’s Regional Medical Center in Oxnard. Three years before that,... |
28 August 2008
04:33 GMT |
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MacFamilyTree is a popular genealogy application for Mac OS X. The latest version of the app sports a configurable user interface, animated charts, editable reports and powerful print and export options. Most recently, Synium Software has updated the app to include some fixes for MobileFamilyTree export, the Virtual ... |
28 August 2008
04:29 GMT |
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Adobe's Photoshop, considered by many the best and most comprehensive graphic editor created in the relatively short history of PCs, will come to mobile phones this fall. However, before jumping around with joy, thinking that you'll be soon able to photochop anything while on the go, you should know that th... |
28 August 2008
04:22 GMT |
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Macvide iPod Converter has been updated to version 1.7.1. The utility helps iPod users convert from multiple video formats to the iPod compatible MP4 format. The new release is a maintenance update. Users of the program can upgrade for free. A demo version is available (fully-featured; adds watermark to video).Macvid... |
28 August 2008
03:54 GMT |
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Renesas Technology, one of the world's leading semiconductor system solutions providers for mobile, automotive and PC/AV markets, has recently announced its second generation SH7786 dual-core 32-bit processor, designed with a 65nm fabrications process. The new CPU is meant to meet all requirements for car naviga... |
28 August 2008
03:49 GMT |
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A blogger has been arrested by the FBI because he was hosting, on his personal webpage, nine songs from the Guns n' Roses yet to be released “Chinese Democracy” album. In fact, the tracks were uploaded in June and they were removed that same month, both because of several server failures, caused by t... |
28 August 2008
03:32 GMT |
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Videogame consoles seem to be intent on breaking records left and right as fast as they can. The Nintendo Wii has recently broken the 1 million units sold barrier in Canada and any minute now Nintendo is going to put out a press release saying that its flagship console has gone over the 30 million mark on a global le... |
28 August 2008
03:27 GMT |
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Samsung Electronics America, part of the Samsung Electronics Corporation, which is known as the world's leader on the market of professional LCD products, has just announced that it will complete its line of display products, with four new digital photo frames. From September 1st to November 1st, Samsung wi... |
28 August 2008
03:16 GMT |
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The title of world's thinnest LCD HDTV seems to have changed hands once again. After Hitachi held on to it for almost half a year, along came Sony and launched the incredibly thin KDL-40ZX1, whose panel is just 9 mm thick (while the device itself reaches just... 28.8 mm) but still capable of displaying high-qual... |
28 August 2008
03:14 GMT |
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Amidst the hype created by the official presentation of Nokia's latest N85 and N79 Nseries handsets, few might have noticed a newly-appeared concept phone that comes as one of the most interesting "unreal Nokias" seen so far. Designed by Ulisses Gardim from Sao Paolo, Brazil, the new Nokia concept (which wa... |
28 August 2008
03:08 GMT |
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GeCube, a Taiwanese graphics card manufacturer, has recently announced a new product based on AMD's latest HD4850. Having been designed for high-end performance, the new card offers users an impressive 1GB of GDDR3 graphics memory, and a GPU speed set above the reference model. The HD4850 Overclocking serie... |
28 August 2008
03:02 GMT |
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An iPhone user writing over at MacRumors' forums has stumbled upon a ridiculously simple-to-exploit flaw within the iPhone software 2.0.2. Apparently, one can remove the password protection of an iPhone without actually knowing the code, by simply tapping the Emergency Call button and double tapping the Home but... |
28 August 2008
02:56 GMT |
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The wait is over. At almost six months since the introduction of Internet Explorer Beta 1 in early March at MIX08, Microsoft unveiled the second Beta for the next iteration of its proprietary browser. In this context, the Redmond company lived up to its promise to deliver the second development milestone of IE8 by th... |
28 August 2008
02:55 GMT |
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In a period of no significant videogame releases, the videogame charts tend to tell you more about the long lasting popularity of titles than about their ability to quickly rack up sales. So, taking a look at the software chart coming out of the United Kingdom, one can only wonder what Nintendo does to make its games... |
28 August 2008
02:51 GMT |
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The Debian Live team proudly announced last night the immediate availability of the first beta version of Debian Lenny's Live CD editions. Debian Live 5.0 Beta 1 comes in three different flavors, for GNOME, KDE and XFCE users. "Although we missed releasing images for Etch along with the installer images, we are ... |
28 August 2008
02:44 GMT |
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Nintendo is going out of its way to deny rumors about the imminent release of a "re-designed" Nintendo DS handheld gaming device which would sport not one but two touchscreens with improved input capabilities. Apparently, every time the Nintendo DS sees a significant drop in sales, as it has seen in the final pa... |
28 August 2008
02:25 GMT |
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Looks like Garmin is yet another company that simply loves to offer its customers a wide array of choices by launching a very large number of products on one occasion. And that's because the manufacturer of personal navigation devices has just announced the imminent release of no less than 7 new PNDs, 4 of which... |
28 August 2008
02:13 GMT |
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