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Web2 Delight allows you to locate, view and transfer your favorite videos from YouTube, Dailymotion, Veoh, blip.tv, and photos from Flickr, Picasa, Webshots and Photobucket. Global Delight has updated its utility for transferring and managing content from the web to include user-requested features, user interface twe... |
3 September 2008
16:11 GMT |
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AOL has announced the availability of the Platform-A mobile version of the ad-serving platform and network for iPhone. Offered through Third Screen Media, the solution detects and delivers optimized ads on iPhones browsing the Web.Third Screen Media is Platform-A’s mobile ad-serving platform and network that en... |
3 September 2008
15:11 GMT |
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Matthieu Cormier has updated the Member Edition of its visual web page monitoring tool, SunFlower. The new release (V. 0.10) adds Applescript support, the ability to toggle read/unread on snapshots, and to set all snapshots as read. Other tweaks have been made to the preference panel, where new refresh options have b... |
3 September 2008
14:21 GMT |
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Google Chrome is out, brand new and shiny, and with its launch a new set of standards for all web browsers is implemented for both end users and developers. At this moment the Internet is flooded with details and info on Google's newest and hottest application designed to link the user to the pool of information... |
3 September 2008
14:16 GMT |
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Spore might be the most awaited and most hyped up game of the year. Will Wright, one of the most influential authors in the videogame world, is working on it, backed up by the team that designed The Sims and the various games connected with that franchise. The Spore Creature Creator, which was released earlier i... |
3 September 2008
14:11 GMT |
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The Mac Developer Network (MDN) has added a new tutorial to its video training series. The 26-minute video tutorial, entitled “Developing and Using Frameworks,” walks viewers through the process of creating reusable framework projects in Xcode. The tutorial also demonstrates how to use them, either in pro... |
3 September 2008
13:51 GMT |
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On September 2, 2008 Google released its own breed of open source browser, a marriage between Apple's Safari and Mozilla's Firefox, dubbed Google Chrome. Of course, Google Chrome is first and foremost a new competitor for Internet Explorer on the browser market. But in Google's own perspective, it is s... |
3 September 2008
13:39 GMT |
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Microsoft is getting ready to wrap up the development process of the Cloud extension of its Office System. Office Live Workspace Beta is designed as a Microsoft response to Google Docs and Spreadsheets, but not a competitor or an alternative. In fact, Office Live Workspace Beta is by all means not an equivalent of th... |
3 September 2008
12:59 GMT |
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Ozura Mobile has announced today that, together with the Indian-based Goldfinch Mobile Solutions, it will launch a new "tournament based mobile gaming community portal" for Indian users. Leveraging on Ozura's FunlogiX platform, the upcoming portal will be brought by Goldfinch to lots of telecom operators fr... |
3 September 2008
12:43 GMT |
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Google has presented, during a media event lasting nearly an hour, its latest, highly acclaimed product. Probably anyone on the planet with an Internet connection is already familiar with Google Chrome, the first open source web browser. During the conference, Google officials presented the capabilities of the ... |
3 September 2008
12:31 GMT |
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Even though Microsoft has only recently started talking Windows 7, in preparation for events such as the professional Developer Conference 2008, WinHEC 2008 and TechEd EMEA 2008, the fact of the matter is that Windows Vista's successor has been in development since 2007. In fact, for the past couple of years, na... |
3 September 2008
12:09 GMT |
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A survey performed by research company Synovate showed that 58% of the people questioned didn't even know what a social network was. This result is all the more surprising given the fact that, nowadays, social networking is considered, among people with an Internet connection, to be as popular as, say, emai... |
3 September 2008
11:56 GMT |
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A white paper written by security researcher Jart Armin, in collaboration with James McQuaid and Matt Jonkman, analyzes the inner-workings of the biggest cyber crime hosting company in US, Atrivo, and its associates. The paper leads to the conclusion that such companies have influence over Internet authorities. At th... |
3 September 2008
11:51 GMT |
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According to recent reports, AMD's graphics subsidiary is set on becoming more Linux-friendly. The company plans to release new Catalyst drivers for Linux-based operating systems, which will allow playback of protected high-definition content on a Linux OS. The new drivers should become available sometime i... |
3 September 2008
11:40 GMT |
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Verizon Wireless has announced, a few hours ago, the availability of a new Samsung handset for its US customers. Verizon has dubbed the phone Samsung Knack, although the device itself doesn't live up to this name, not being that advanced when it comes to performance. Having nothing to do with the power pop-... |
3 September 2008
11:37 GMT |
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Google Browser (Google Chrome) and Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 are nothing short of resource hogs compared to Firefox 3.0.1. This is the conclusion presented by researchers from the Devil Mountain Software company, who threw the three browsers one against the other on the same "arena", a Dell OptiPlex 745 (Core 2 Duo ... |
3 September 2008
11:22 GMT |
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The US District Court of Arizona has ruled that Jeffrey Howell, a man who used the P2P file-sharing program KaZaA for illegal purposes, should pay a fine of $40,500. What the defendant did was to download 54 tracks from various record companies, and then share them with other users of the software. The Recording Indu... |
3 September 2008
10:49 GMT |
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The Sysinternals Suite is essentially a collection composed of all the Sysinternals Troubleshooting Utilities, and, according to Microsoft, a new, updated version of the suite of tools is available for download as of September 2, 2008. All the Sysinternals items can also be accessed via the Sysinternals Live online s... |
3 September 2008
10:43 GMT |
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Virgin Mobile, North America's most famous MVNO (mobile virtual network operator), is getting ready to offer a location-based entertainment service to its subscribers. More exactly, the operator has partnered with buzzd, a New York-based company, to come up with "buzzd on Virgin" – a service that will soon... |
3 September 2008
10:35 GMT |
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Before becoming one of the most successful manufacturers of netbook systems, Taiwan-based ASUSTek was best known for its high-end motherboards. With renowned products such as the Striker and follow-up Striker II mobos, the ASUS brand is a common choice for a high number of computer enthusiasts. Recently, the Taiwanes... |
3 September 2008
10:07 GMT |
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For a while now, the mainstream media has been reporting on the upcoming ability of Google's Picasa photo organizer to recognize faces, thanks to a revolutionary technology. While everyone is focused on the new feature and the possibilities it presents, security experts recommend users stay away from any unsolic... |
3 September 2008
09:54 GMT |
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Microsoft is pouring a consistent amount of efforts into a complex migration process onto greener pastures. This transition will affect not only the Redmond giant's products, but also the company itself, down to its core resource, the people. Among Microsoft's green initiatives are the Connector bus for emp... |
3 September 2008
09:40 GMT |
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The netbook market is certainly one of the most dynamic segments of the IT industry. As a direct consequence of that, each day brings more details about freshly released netbooks and other netbook-related products. We, as regular consumers, can only attempt to stay up to date with the advances in the field by keeping... |
3 September 2008
09:32 GMT |
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The KDE community has announced today the release of KDE 4.1.1, the latest version of one the most popular desktop managers. Many new additions are featured, including web development applications, educational tools, administrative programs and more, all of which are available in over 50 languages. K... |
3 September 2008
09:27 GMT |
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Guitar Hero: World Tour is aiming to get more star power so that it can outrank Rock Band 2 when the music simulation rivals are launched later this the year. Now, Smashing Pumpkins are getting ready to offer their new single, called G.L.O.W., together with 2 other tracks, as part of a downloadable pack, in October j... |
3 September 2008
09:27 GMT |
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Not long has passed since Google released its new browser solution called Chrome, and security researchers have already announced that it has a serious vulnerability. The vulnerability itself is not new, having been originally reported in Apple's Safari 3.1.1 browser, and patched in the 3.3.2 version. However, s... |
3 September 2008
09:26 GMT |
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“Google Chrome for Mac is in development and a team of engineers is working hard to bring it to you as soon as possible,” the Google team has confirmed. Not only that, but Chrome for Mac will be even “faster” and “more robust” than the currently-available (Windows) version, accordi... |
3 September 2008
09:26 GMT |
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Nokia has just announced that the "first shipments" of its N96 Nseries flagship have started, thus the handset should be available across Europe by the end of this week. The estimated retail price of the smartphone is of 550 Euros (around 450 GBP or 790 USD), taxes and subsidies aside. Announced by Nokia seven m... |
3 September 2008
09:11 GMT |
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Buffalo Technology, a leading manufacturer of wired and wireless networking, storage and memory solutions, has recently announced a new design for its DriveStation TurboUSB, LinkStation Live and LinkStation EZ. All these three storage solutions come with the same award-winning features, but they will now be offered w... |
3 September 2008
08:22 GMT |
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With the introduction of Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 on August 27, 2008, Microsoft has evolved the Activities of Beta 1 into the a tad more pretentious Accelerators. The feature is designed to streamline the navigation process for common tasks such as sending an email, mapping a direction, or even translating words. E... |
3 September 2008
08:14 GMT |
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Sony is certainly moving fast when it comes to new product releases. They are now saying that the new PSP-3000, a hardware update for the gaming handheld from Sony, is set to be launched on the Japanese market as soon as October 16, as part of a bundle and as a standalone product. The new version of the console ... |
3 September 2008
08:13 GMT |
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Although it was said to have problems with the Windows Mobile 6.1 OS, Xperia X1 actually seems to be ready to hit the market, as Sony Ericsson has announced today the release of its SDK (Software Developers Kit). The SDK will allow developers and even simple mobile phone users to create personalized panels for t... |
3 September 2008
08:10 GMT |
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Geo-tagging has become quite popular nowadays, since it allows users to create "photo-routes" of their journeys, and at the same time it enables them to share the exact geographic locations where they've taken certain photos. Several devices that help photographers attach precise latitude and longitude values to... |
3 September 2008
07:11 GMT |
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Microsoft is offering Office Professional Plus 2007 with a new price tag of just $25 net, representing the first year payment. This is of course valid only through the Redmond giant's Open Value Subscription program, as Eric Ligman, Microsoft senior manager, Community Engagement, US Partner Strategy, Marketing a... |
3 September 2008
06:46 GMT |
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The Germany-based Fishlabs Entertainment GmbH, a well-known developer and distributor of 3D games for mobile phones, has announced that its recently released Rally Master Pro game is seen as "the best mobile rally game ever." To sustain this, Fishlabs says that major mobile game publications (including Pocketgamer, A... |
3 September 2008
06:43 GMT |
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As you can see from the amount of coverage I've devoted to the title, I am pretty excited about the release of Mirror's Edge, the free running game that DICE is developing for Electronic Arts. This particular piece of information had slipped under my radar last week, but it seems that... |
3 September 2008
06:14 GMT |
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Project Calculator, a Mac OS X app that helps you keep track of and manage the time spent working on your projects, has been updated to version 3.0. According to Blue Banana Software, the most important new features are Quick Filters (allows activating often used filters with a single click), a menu icon to control P... |
3 September 2008
06:13 GMT |
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Walton Chaintech, a manufacturer of memory modules and graphics cards, has recently announced a new lineup of 2.5-inch and 1.8-inch SATA II solid state drives, which come as part of the company's APOGEE series. The newly announced drives have been designed for the industrial market segment, providing an impressi... |
3 September 2008
06:08 GMT |
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AMD has announced that its Quad-Core Opteron processors will be the only ones to power up the world’s first blade server developed specifically to overcome performance bottlenecks for virtual server hosting, the innovative HP ProLiant BL495c blade. The launch of the HP server raises the number of systems based ... |
3 September 2008
06:08 GMT |
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As a project, the Windows Live Messenger machine translation bot was introduced without much fuss in the summer of 2007. Since then the bot has evolved, and on September 2, the Microsoft Research Machine Translation team announced the availability of the new Windows Live Messenger Translation Bot. Fathered by Helveci... |
3 September 2008
06:07 GMT |
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Intel's famous and long-awaited Montevina platform (now officially known as Centrino 2) was just launched around one and a half months ago, on July the 15th, the first products based on it arriving almost at same time with the official announcement. And one of these early implementations of Montevina is the Sony... |
3 September 2008
06:05 GMT |
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Resistance 2 will arrive in North America on November 4, a date announced by Sony yesterday along with the pricing model for the title – the regular edition will cost 59.99 dollars. Publisher Sony Computer Entertainment is also pushing hard for buyers to get the Collector's Edition that will sell for 79.99... |
3 September 2008
06:00 GMT |
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Probably in order to compete with Sprint's M320 and M220 (launched in the US yesterday), AT&T has just rolled out its own new Samsung handset, namely the a237. First spotted at the beginning of August, the a237 is an entry-level device that comes in a clamshell form factor (like Sprint's above-mentione... |
3 September 2008
05:46 GMT |
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Jumsoft, a company creating and marketing high-quality, professional, user-friendly applications for Mac OS X, has rolled out 5 new iWeb themes, this time aiming its templates at educational institutions. The company believes that attracting youth to a website now calls for a truly fashionable look. The Primary, Cool... |
3 September 2008
05:40 GMT |
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VIA has announced its first notebook computer system that will be only be available in China through PC vendor Tsinghua TongFang Co Ltd. Branded as the S1 imini, the notebook will be powered, as you might have guessed already, by one of the company's central processing units. Thanks to its technical specificati... |
3 September 2008
05:26 GMT |
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The battle for console supremacy is fought on many fronts and one of those is that of the services that console manufacturers make available along with their devices. On one hand, Microsoft has a wide array of offers, like Netflix, which can stream movies directly to the Xbox 360, but the company chooses to ask for p... |
3 September 2008
05:22 GMT |
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NEC intends to gradually become more visible on the U.S. market, and has consequently introduced a high-end enterprise Xeon server this month, following a period of six to eight months during which the company has been constantly releasing products for the U.S. The new low-power Intel-based rack-mount server and a fo... |
3 September 2008
05:16 GMT |
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Hundreds of people reported to Skype that their accounts had been hacked. The victims either couldn't log in anymore, or discovered that unapproved payments had been made by someone using the embedded PayPal option. The transactions performed via Skype prompted users to vehemently complain about the security bre... |
3 September 2008
05:09 GMT |
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Microsoft is announcing that the Xbox 360 gaming console is set to receive a significant price cut on the Japanese market. Prices will be lowered by as much as 30%, which means that the Xbox 360 Arcade package will end up costing less than the Nintendo Wii. If you're looking for concrete prices, Reuters is ... |
3 September 2008
05:08 GMT |
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NetSketch is the first collaborative drawing application for the iPhone and iPod touch, developed by Mac programmer, web developer and photographer Ben Gotow. The app lets users co-draw / paint in real time, over a wireless network. They also have a complete spectrum of colors and brush sizes at their disposal, ... |
3 September 2008
04:55 GMT |
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LG India has recently released a new and affordable mobile phone from its Dynamite series, named KP199. This new phone comes in a candybar form factor and packs several quite nice features for an entry-level handset – for example, it comes with 60MB of internal memory. And while this is not at all "huge," ... |
3 September 2008
04:30 GMT |
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Today, Micro Star International has announced a new graphics card based on NVIDIA's flagship GeForce graphics, the GTX 280. The new card has been designed to boost the performance achieved by the reference model, thus bringing a whole new level of performance to the state-of-the art gaming rigs of enthusiasts. T... |
3 September 2008
04:23 GMT |
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According to a Sony representative, the Blu-ray disc may be considered the final optical disc format that will be developed. The idea is not that there will be no more physical media for content, but the other way around: the new advances in the Blu-ray technology will allow it to keep its crown for quite a long... |
3 September 2008
04:22 GMT |
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Organizations focusing on tracking the evolution of security threats are reporting that, over the last three months, the dimension of botnets has increased about four times. “During the same time period, there isn't an appreciable increase in new malware, new viruses or anything that would obviously indica... |
3 September 2008
04:12 GMT |
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Griffin Technology, a company that mostly focuses on accessories for Apple's portables, also has some iPhone applications up for grabs on the iTunes App Store, the latest of which is Double Bonus Slots. The app is somewhat of an improved version of Lucky 7 Slots.According to the company, Double Bonus Slots is do... |
3 September 2008
04:10 GMT |
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If you live in the United States, Canada or Mexico and you plan on pre-ordering Far Cry 2 then it's about time to rejoice. Upon ordering you will be able to also get and then play the original game, which Ubisoft holds the rights to. The original Far Cry After puts the player in the shoes of Jack Carver, a... |
3 September 2008
03:55 GMT |
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After almost a year since the release of Fluxbox 1.0.0 in October 2007, its newest version (1.1.0) is now available. It introduces some new commands such as Attach, ClientMenu, SetDecor, new options to client patterns like fullscreen, shaded, urgent, as well as some important bug fixes like, for instance, for the gcc... |
3 September 2008
03:53 GMT |
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Reports are coming in that ASUS has finally unveiled one of its highly anticipated notebook systems, the non-Eee N10 notebook. The Atom-powered portable system was announced in Korea during the “ASUS World 2008” event. Unfortunately, the company did not make available an official press release as well, wh... |
3 September 2008
03:41 GMT |
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Advanced Micro Devices seems to have plans of getting its premium class FX-series processors back on the market. Voices from AMD say that the Phenom FX central processing units (CPUs) should be released in mid-2009, and that they will come on the new AM3 socket platform. The company already announced the AM3 processo... |
3 September 2008
03:36 GMT |
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ShoZu, a well-known provider of mobile social media services, has updated its free social media aggregator for iPhone and iPod touch to include support for German and French users. The updated version also comes with enhancements to photo uploading, blogging, and other mobile interaction with Web 2.0 sites such as Fa... |
3 September 2008
03:25 GMT |
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It's right about due time for end users to start holding their breath for the final release of Internet Explorer 8. Although Microsoft has failed to confirm an official delivery deadline, the Redmond company did manage to let IE8 RTW details slip through its fingers. Now with the IE8 Beta 2 bits available for do... |
3 September 2008
03:14 GMT |
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After being released in several European countries as well as in Canada, RIM's newest high-end smartphone, the BlackBerry Bold 9000, is getting ready to conquer Asia. The handset was officially announced for Singapore and Indonesia, thus it will become available (theoretically at least) to almost 240 million pos... |
3 September 2008
03:14 GMT |
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Disney's Chicken Little is a video game developed by Avalanche Software LLC and published by Buena Vista Game, Inc. Developed for the PlayStation 3 gaming console from Sony, for the Xbox from Microsoft and for the PC, the title is classified as an action adventure game, with elements of racing and espionage. Pla... |
3 September 2008
03:10 GMT |
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A new patch for Dominions 3: The Awakening is available from the folks at Shrapnel Games. Developed by Illwinter Game Design, The Awakening is the third installment in the turn-based fantasy war game series known as Dominion. The patch brings the Mac version of the game to 3.20.Among the most noteworthy additio... |
3 September 2008
03:08 GMT |
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11Mystics has just released 5 brand new themes for users of Apple's iWeb application. Any of the rich themes can be used to create websites, blogs, and podcasts complete with photos, movies and music. Users just drag, drop, and design using whatever web templates they wish, after which they can publish the resul... |
3 September 2008
03:08 GMT |
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When Gears of War was launched the Xbox 360 fan base cheered as the title promised to be the flagship of their console, with top notch graphics, incredible action and innovative controls. The idea was that the Epic made game would be so much better than any other shooter on the PC or on the PlayStation 3 that gamers ... |
3 September 2008
03:08 GMT |
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The question of the day in the MMO world is: who can take on World of Warcraft and Blizzard and win? Tabula Rasa tried and the results were less than spectacular. Age of Conan, from Funcon, tried and it did well, but not great. Now EA Mythic is giving it a shot by preparing to release what might be the most awaited n... |
3 September 2008
03:08 GMT |
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When game developers begin to talk about limits and maximum potential, hardware developers know it's time to create something new, powerful and shiny enough to keep the software boys busy for another 5 to 10 years. So when Rod Fergusson, who is the senior producer of the Gears of War 2 game, recently stated that... |
3 September 2008
03:08 GMT |
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Tens of articles have been written about Dell's small-sized portable computer system designed to compete with ASUS' Eee PC, but also with many other netbooks currently available on the market. Despite the almost unbelievable amount of media exposure received, Dell is yet to officially announce the product, ... |
3 September 2008
03:01 GMT |
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With all the environmental challenges we’re currently facing, such as the melting of the polar icecap or the continuous degradation of air quality, giant enterprises also feel they must do something more ambitious than just train their employees to sort the garbage they throw out. eBay has decided to launch a s... |
3 September 2008
03:00 GMT |
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The fifth maintenance and security update for Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) now packs a total of 125 code corrections, thanks to two new pre-release builds making their way to developers last week. The two distributions, weighing in at 320 MB each, are Mac OS X 10.5.5 build 9F25 and Mac OS X 10.5.5 9F29.While build 9F25 co... |
3 September 2008
02:51 GMT |
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Chaos Legion is a video game developed and published by Capcom and created for the PlayStation 2 gaming console from Sony and for the PC. Released in 2003, the game is classed as an action adventure title with a lot of role playing elements intertwined in the gameplay, and it is played from a third person perspective... |
3 September 2008
02:48 GMT |
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Sony Ericsson's first gaming-oriented mobile phone, the F305, will be offered to customers together with no less than 61 games. Officially announced by Sony Ericsson in mid-June (at the same time with the 8 Megapixel C905), the F305 was initially said to come with only three embedded 3D games: Bowling, Bass... |
3 September 2008
02:25 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 in 2005. Developed only for the PlayStation 2 gaming console from Sony, it was classed as an action title with a dark medieval theme that sought to introduce some light role playing game eleme... |
3 September 2008
02:20 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 in 2005. Developed only for the PlayStation 2 gaming console from Sony, it was classed as an action title with a dark medieval theme that sought to introduce some light role playing game ... |
3 September 2008
02:12 GMT |
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For most people, the idea of riding a motorcycle can hardly be associated with the image of a GPS-enabled personal navigation device. However, bikers often need GPS devices for guidance as well, and that's the reason why the German company Becker has just announced at the IFA 2008 show from Berlin the "Crocodile... |
3 September 2008
02:12 GMT |
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The Chinese government, through one of its media mouthpieces, the Beijing Times, is saying that more than four million of China's youngsters are "addicted" to online games, mainly MMOs and virtual worlds, while also classifying these games as "unhealthy" for both the physical and psychological development of the... |
3 September 2008
02:01 GMT |
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