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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. It was launched in 2005. It is classed as a war shooter played from a third person perspective wit... |
30 July 2008
21:06 GMT |
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Is Gears of War 2 not interesting enough for you? Cliff Bleszisnki, the lead designer from Epic Games, who's working on the title, is releasing more and more information regarding the game that's designed to attract the people who played the first edition of the series. Now it seems that Gears of War 2 will... |
30 July 2008
19:56 GMT |
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Surf's Up is a video game based on the animated movie with the same name. It was developed and published by Ubisoft on multiple platforms, released on the 29th of May 2007. It is basically a sport game developed using the Unreal Engine 2.5, and it is not necessarily related to the story of the movie. An interest... |
30 July 2008
19:06 GMT |
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Capcom vs. SNK 2: Millionaire Fighting 2001 is a video game produced and published by Capcom Entertainment. The game was developed for the PlayStation 2 console 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 from a third pers... |
30 July 2008
18:26 GMT |
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NCAA Football was an eagerly awaited game and some of the biggest hopes were tied to the newest features it brought to American football simulations. EA Locker was hyped up as an easy way to create custom rosters and then share them with everyone over the Internet, while the Dynasty system was to be a career mode on ... |
30 July 2008
18:16 GMT |
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According to Kristofer Poland, Instructor of Political Science, Ohio University, "games such as Democracy are an important step forward in the evolution of education." The political strategy / simulation title is at its second iteration on Mac. As president or prime minister, it's now your job to balance the nee... |
30 July 2008
18:06 GMT |
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Test Drive Unlimited is the definition of the arcade racing game, oriented mostly on its multiplayer side. The game features 125 licensed cars and motorcycles, however those are only available for the Xbox 360 and the PC versions. On the PS2, you'll only be racing 62 of them; oh, no bikes included. That's k... |
30 July 2008
17:11 GMT |
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Steve Wozniak will be one of the speakers at the next Intel Developer Forum (IDF) held August 19-21 at the Moscone Center West in San Francisco, according to MacsimumNews. The subject of debate will be "Crossing the chasm between humans and machines". Schedule and other sessions are disclosed below.More than 180 lead... |
30 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... |
30 July 2008
16:41 GMT |
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Today is an application specifically created to make it easier for Leopard users to see all their events and tasks stored in Apple's iCal, using a smaller UI, that is easier to browse. The latest version released by developer Second Gear adds the ability to see tasks for more than just a specific day (to be able... |
30 July 2008
16:06 GMT |
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Microsoft is moving fast when it comes to its gaming services, making them more attractive to the average gamer. The company has recently announced, at its Gamefest 2008, that the Games for Windows Live Gold membership is now free and will allow players to match up, chat and share content at will.Now it appears that ... |
30 July 2008
16:06 GMT |
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When was the last time you organized your bookmarks? We never have time for this kind of operation, because each day we visit and browse new websites that can be prove useful in the future. That is why the Favorites directory or Bookmark list gets bigger and bigger. There are plenty of applications that claim to orga... |
30 July 2008
15:33 GMT |
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There is so much life left into Windows, and Microsoft is gearing up for the moment when it completely runs out of what is now its proprietary operating system. In this context, the Redmond company is cooking a couple of non-Windows operating systems labeled Singularity and Midori. Singularity, a platform prototype w... |
30 July 2008
15:21 GMT |
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Tenchu Senran is a stealth action game in the Tenchu series developed by K2 LLC and published by Microsoft. The game was released on the 12th of 2007 in North America and the 29th of June 2007 in Europe. It is one of the best games in the series, thanks to the host of innovations brought in by the developers.First of... |
30 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... |
30 July 2008
14:36 GMT |
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When will it end? When will lawmakers understand that, just as it's unconstitutional and unfair to try and ban the sale of a newspaper because it prints an opinion or a fact that you don't like, it's also unfair and wrong to try and ban the distribution of videogames solely because you do not like the ... |
30 July 2008
14:06 GMT |
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Microsoft has thrown the old Windows Vista in the same arena of public perception as a "new Windows operating system codenamed Mojave." And surprisingly, Windows Vista won. Well, the new Windows Vista at least, now complete with Service Pack 1, not the RTM version that hit the shelves on January 30, 2007. Microsoft&#... |
30 July 2008
13:52 GMT |
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Every single day, each one of us has at least one of those hilarious moments that deserve to be shared with the rest of the world - but almost every time that happens, words are just not enough to describe it. Since we're living in the technological era, at a time when any cell phone comes with an incorporated c... |
30 July 2008
13:23 GMT |
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Once the traditional anti-open source poster child, Microsoft is slowly seeing this aura eroding replaced as a direct consequence of the rise of new, more pressing, rivals such as Google and Apple. Furthermore, the Redmond company, once the epitome of the proprietary software business model, while still retaining its... |
30 July 2008
13:13 GMT |
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There are lots of rumors going on regarding the future of some Vivendi-owned franchises, as well as a few of their best studios (like World in Conflict creators Massive Entertainment, or High Moon Studios) but it seems that, at least for the moment, everything is fine at Sierra, since the company has just announced t... |
30 July 2008
13:06 GMT |
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It is said that children have an amazing imagination by default and that they are able to recreate in their mind even the most complicated details of a story. Events and things that are insignificant to an adult fire up a child's imagination and incredible creatures come to life in the blink of an eye. Plopp is ... |
30 July 2008
12:56 GMT |
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US mobile users with hearing disabilities have now the chance to buy an iPhone 3G and get the best out of it, as AT&T has just announced the availability of its Text Accessibility Plan (also known as TAP) for Apple's new handset. For $50 per month, users will get the following: - unlimited nationwide text (SMS... |
30 July 2008
12:35 GMT |
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Microsoft has a tradition of implementing and using its own software products, even as early as the Beta stages. Windows Server 2008 or the platform's hypervisor make no exception to this rule. The process is dubbed dogfooding, and Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V is now running virtualized MSDN, TechNet, and increas... |
30 July 2008
12:32 GMT |
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Are you a big fan of one of the following franchises World of Warcraft, StarCraft, Diablo? If so, you already know that the BlizzCon is the perfect event for you since that's the place where you will hear the latest and hottest news on upcoming projects from Blizzard.The gaming reunion will take place at the Ana... |
30 July 2008
12:06 GMT |
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Tales Of Vesperia is a role playing game developed by Namco Tales Studio (a game development studio created specifically for the series) and published by Namco Bandai Games, exclusively for the Xbox 360 console. The title will be launched on the 26th of August 2008 in North America, while the release date for Europe ... |
30 July 2008
11:46 GMT |
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LG Electronics announced today having signed an agreement with Dolby Laboratories, Inc., the famous American company specialized in audio technologies, in order to create advanced multimedia phones. Following the agreement, LG will integrate the Dolby Mobile technology into future select handsets. Especially optimize... |
30 July 2008
11:29 GMT |
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62% of the Americans that were questioned about their Internet behavior check their work email at the weekend or while they are on holidays. Moreover, 19% of them check the email address used for sending and receiving business related information five times a day during the weekend. U.S. citizens cannot live without ... |
30 July 2008
11:27 GMT |
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According to a recent post on the Expreview website, NVIDIA has secretly equipped its GeForce 9600GT graphics cards with some new 55nm GPUs. Apparently, this took place after the Santa Clara-based graphics manufacturer rolled out its 9800GTX+ cards, which were the first to be built using the 55nm fabrication technolo... |
30 July 2008
10:59 GMT |
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Basically, any liquid column should be able to act as a guide for light, thus behaving similarly to optical fibers. The problem with these liquid fiber optics is that they become unstable after reaching a physical limitation known as the Rayleigh-Plateau instability which states that in free-fall conditions the lengt... |
30 July 2008
10:48 GMT |
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The British man accused of hacking 97 military and NASA webpages, which is considered to be world's biggest military hack of all time, has lost the appeal in front of the House of Lords. After he was convicted for the violation of top-secret online properties, Gary McKinnon, a 42-year-old unemployed network admi... |
30 July 2008
10:48 GMT |
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Sprint, the third largest North American mobile operator, has just announced the future commercial availability of Samsung Airave - which is not a new handset, although some of you might want a new South Korea-made phone. Available in few US states since last year, Samsung Airave (or "Sprint's Airave by Samsung"... |
30 July 2008
10:44 GMT |
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News sites are and always have been popular and at some point many web developers felt the need to start one for a particular group of people or a particular field of interest, for a local community or for their college campus. The problem with creating a successful news website is content maintenance. In addition to... |
30 July 2008
10:41 GMT |
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As a fan of the Beverly Hills, 90210 long-running, prime-time television drama series, you don't even have to like Apple's iPods to want this baby in your pocket. The folks at CBS believe that a custom "Beverly Hills, 90210 Limited Edition Apple iPod Nano" with your name just under the artwork makes for a g... |
30 July 2008
10:17 GMT |
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Cars Mater Transnational Championship is a video game developed by Rainbow Studio and published by THQ Inc. The game was developed for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony, the PlayStation 3, the Xbox 360, the Nintendo Wii and the PC. It was released in 2007. The game is classified as a racing title, developed using a... |
30 July 2008
10:12 GMT |
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Awaited with curiosity by lots of mobile users, Garmin's nuvifone (the company's first mobile device that incorporates phone-related features) will not hit the market this year, as initially announced by the Kansas-based navigation device manufacturer. In a press release issued today, which mostly refers ... |
30 July 2008
10:04 GMT |
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Apparently, there is no doubt about the winner of the Rocket Racing League's first race, since the competition that took place on Tuesday saw only one rocket plane in the sky, namely that of the XCOR Aerospace of Mojave. The Armadillo rocket plane did not receive the flight approval from the Federal Aviation Adm... |
30 July 2008
09:48 GMT |
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T. Boone Pickens, an investor who bought 10 million Yahoo! shares in May, hoping that an agreement with Microsoft would make him rich, has sold his entire acquisition. The reason is the same one that generated a lot of ink and also concerns among Yahoo! directors, who, for a while, were not so sure anymore whether th... |
30 July 2008
09:45 GMT |
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One aspect of Windows Vista that is indisputable is the operating system's stability. But the consistent level of reliability in Vista failed to rub off on the Internet Explorer 7 default component. Having to deal with faulty add-ons and plug-ins (the most problematic of which is Adobe Flash), IE7, in turn, mana... |
30 July 2008
09:41 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... |
30 July 2008
09:31 GMT |
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Cars is a video game developed by Rainbow Studios and published by THQ Incorporated. The game was developed for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony, the Xbox 360 and the Xbox from Microsoft, the Nintendo Wii, the Game Cube, the PC and the Mac. It was published in 2006. It is classed as a licensed racing title which c... |
30 July 2008
09:28 GMT |
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Nokia has recently released its new 6210 Navigator in two important Asian markets, namely India and Singapore. The new handset is not yet offered by any of the mobile carriers from India and Singapore, thus it can only be bought unlocked. In Singapore, the 6210 Navigator has a retail price of 678 SGD (almost 500 USD ... |
30 July 2008
09:19 GMT |
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Halogen light bulbs are incandescent lamps with construction and operation roughly similar to the classical light bulbs. They are generally much smaller than their 'cousins', have increased lifetimes and are able to produce high light outputs with elevated color temperatures, as opposed to all other types o... |
30 July 2008
09:09 GMT |
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Say you need some extra storage space and you're already considering the purchase of one of those external HDD solutions. In that case, you should know that there are several manufactures that can provide you with such a product. In all fairness, there are so many external hard drives available on the market, th... |
30 July 2008
09:06 GMT |
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Devil May Cry 4 features the same Gothic-inspired supernatural setting which fans have gotten used to over the years, while a new protagonist, Nero, and the awesome power of his Devil Bringer are introduced. In the game, you'll be able to familiarize yourself with Nero's powers, such as the ability to slam ... |
30 July 2008
09:02 GMT |
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The fighting game developed by Team Ninja, Dead or Alive 4, was published by Tecmo on the 29th of December 2005 in North America and Japan, the 24th of January 2006 in Europe and the 13th of April 2006 in Australia. A funny fact regarding the game's release was its "mighty magnificent stimulating graceful fighti... |
30 July 2008
08:40 GMT |
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Tempest is an intense shooter that has players fighting endless waves of enemies before the time runs out so they can advance to the next stage. You'll be using an entire arsenal of weapons within a classic title that also features a graphics overhaul. The game requires lightning quick reflexes, as players must ... |
30 July 2008
08:38 GMT |
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Agile Web Solutions, the folks behind the most popular password manager for Mac OS X, have finally gotten their approval from Apple - 1Password for iPhone is now available for (free) download through the App Store.Last week, Dave (co-author of 1Password) of Agile Web Solutions was informing 1Password fans that the co... |
30 July 2008
08:29 GMT |
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Culdcept SAGA combines the strategy of a board game with the depth of a trading card game to create a unique fusion of traditional turn-based play. There was a demo available on Xbox LIVE Marketplace for Gold members which even allowed players to have a go at the game's multiplayer mode. It also featured a singl... |
30 July 2008
08:29 GMT |
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Quest Wireless, a small US mobile carrier, has just announced that it will sell, as of today, handsets and services from Verizon Wireless, the second largest North American carrier. The offer is for the moment available only for Quest's new customers but, later this year, the already existing ones will be able t... |
30 July 2008
08:24 GMT |
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Perspctv is a website created by an independent developer who wanted to make available a tool to forecast all the developments on the political scene and to render an exhaustive image of the moment. The website offers charts that illustrate people's preferences three months before the presidential elections. The... |
30 July 2008
08:23 GMT |
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Crash Bandicoot is to Sony what Mario is to Nintendo, a symbol and a trademark that accompanied each generation of consoles, from the first title back in 1996 to the twelfth installment, Crash of the Titans, for the PSP. The latest Crash title is available on many platforms, from the next-gen ones, like the Xbox 360,... |
30 July 2008
08:19 GMT |
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Based on data relayed back by the Huygens probe, part of the Cassini-Huygens mission carried out by NASA in collaboration with the European Space Agency, researchers from the University of Granada and the University of Valencia have proven for the first time that the dense atmosphere around Saturn's largest moon... |
30 July 2008
08:13 GMT |
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Nowadays, it's almost common that everybody owns a digital camera, so you can take loads and loads of pictures everywhere you go or even if you stay at home with your family and friends. But it's also common that all good things come at a price or with "inconveniencies". When it comes to digital cameras, if... |
30 July 2008
07:53 GMT |
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Microsoft has offered official confirmation that Office 14 would ship either in late 2009, or at the beginning of 2010. In this context, Office 14 will hit the shelves in tandem with Windows 7. By the looks of it, Microsoft is gearing up for a repeat of the joint Windows Vista - the Office 2007 System launch with its... |
30 July 2008
07:52 GMT |
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Motorola U9 is not exactly the newest handset to come from Moto, but the company has only now released it in its home country (the US, of course). Available only online, from Motorola's Store, in an unlocked GSM version, the U9 costs $275.99 and will allow you to use it with any of the US GSM carriers (AT&T, T-... |
30 July 2008
07:17 GMT |
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Microsoft, MSN and NBC are gearing up for what the Redmond company referred to as a groundbreaking online Olympics viewing experience, nothing short of the most widely watched Olympic event via the Internet. And Silverlight 2 will be placed firmly at the heart of the sporting competition, courtesy of the NBCOlympics.... |
30 July 2008
07:13 GMT |
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As you might have heard, a short while back, NVIDIA was rumored to be preparing to bring a second 55nm graphics card based on the GeForce 9500GT GPU. Unfortunately, the Santa-Clara-based graphics manufacturer has already released the card, but has equipped it with a 65nm graphics processor. Still, rumors of a future ... |
30 July 2008
07:02 GMT |
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In 2005, a team of paleontologists rushed to claim that they had discovered soft tissue in a dinosaur fossil belonging to a Tyrannosaurus rex that lived more than 65 million years ago. Now, a new study contests the findings of the previous one by revealing that the so-called soft tissue sample is in fact only a biofi... |
30 July 2008
06:36 GMT |
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Do you want to know just how promising the netbook market really is? The answer to that is simple: just enough to make Lenovo want a share of the pie with one of its own products. Apparently, the Chinese computer manufacturer is highly interested in the emerging market - so much so that it is already considering the ... |
30 July 2008
06:26 GMT |
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T-Mobile USA seems to go through quite a busy period as, after the official release of its new Sidekick handset, the carrier is also preparing to launch a new version of BlackBerry Curve. Coming in a sunset-colored case, this Curve smartphone is not literally new because, except for its color, there's nothing ch... |
30 July 2008
06:25 GMT |
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Reuters no longer has the right to use the FaceTime technologies that, until now, have supported the instant messaging service of the company. The United States District Court Southern District of New York ruled that, as of August 1, Reuters would cease to have access to FaceTime support, as the media group had not p... |
30 July 2008
06:24 GMT |
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Robert Hensing, Microsoft Security Software Engineer, was quick to point the finger at what he referred to as insecure third party software updaters, offering a "well deserved" fail open goat award to a variety of product makers including Sun and Apple. Michael Howard, a Senior Security Program Manager in the Securit... |
30 July 2008
06:18 GMT |
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The latest reviews and tests made by a number of sites show that, on the low-power area, Via's Nano processor leaves Intel's Atom chip behind. The processors were tested on similar desktop systems by all the reviewers. For the Nano-based system, a prototype Mini-ITX motherboard with a 1.8GHz Nano L2100 proc... |
30 July 2008
06:03 GMT |
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Houdini 9.5 is now available from Side Effects Software. The application is said to be the 3D industry's first node-based workflow for Mac. Houdini 9.5 has the ability to make nodes inside locked Digital Assets editable. Nodes such as Paint or Edit are available for artists as they work with a particular asset.T... |
30 July 2008
05:59 GMT |
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Undoubtedly, Apple is currently dominating the MP3-player market with the iPod products. And that happens for good reason, too, since no other company so far has succeeded in providing the same features as the iPod. With all that, Dell, is attempting - once again - to do just that, by releasing a digital music player... |
30 July 2008
05:47 GMT |
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Newly discovered geological features, known as 'mud pots', found south of the San Andreas fault and stretching across most of the state of California, US, now confirm a long standing prediction that the famous fault line is indeed much longer than previous evidence seemed to suggest. The finding is detailed... |
30 July 2008
05:42 GMT |
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Although the turn based strategy genre has never been too popular, it has its hardcore fans and developers who are striving to create the ultimate, perfect experience. Ascaron is the company that has just joined the ranks and it will try to revolutionize the genre with Birth of America II: Wars in America 1750-1815, ... |
30 July 2008
05:36 GMT |
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The GeForce 9800 GT, one of Nvidia's latest releases, has been added to Sparkle's premium graphics card line Calibre as well. The Calibre P980 features a 256-bit memory interface, 112 Stream Processors, 512MB of GDDR3 memory, and support for SLI and DirectX 10. The GPU comes with a second generation GDP (Gr... |
30 July 2008
05:26 GMT |
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Gameloft, the famous French mobile game developer and publisher, will create three new games for Zeemote (the US-based producer of wireless controllers), so that they can be played with its JS1 Controller planned to be released soon. The Zeemote JS1 Controller can be connected via Bluetooth with a wide range of ... |
30 July 2008
05:24 GMT |
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Microsoft Virtual Earth is continuously expanding; the territories added to the service are not limited to new data and imagery, but also to the expansion on third party applications and services. Case in point: the partnership inked by Microsoft with ESRI, making Virtual Earth a component of the ESRI's ArcGIS O... |
30 July 2008
05:22 GMT |
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Apple states on the Support section of its website that the company has finally resolved the issues surrounding MobileMe. After weeks of struggling with lost emails and poor syncing, the company identified and fixed the problems. Most users don't have to do a thing. Some, however, may need to reset their data fr... |
30 July 2008
05:15 GMT |
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comScore, a major provider of digital world stats, has recently become involved in an ecological project that dates from 1989. Together with the non-profit organization Trees for the Future, comScore will put the shoulder to the wheel and help with the afforestation of areas that are threatened by desertification or ... |
30 July 2008
05:06 GMT |
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With the Olympic Games coming, there is no surprise for anyone that we are bombarded with athletics simulations and that's not necessarily a bad thing, as long as the titles put quality first and hype second (I am obviously talking about the hype surrounding this year's Olympic games in Beijing). One of the... |
30 July 2008
04:58 GMT |
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It might not look like it at first, but bumblebees share some of the behavioral features of serial killers. A new study, applying a geographical profiling technique, found that bumblebees, much in the same way as serial killers, like to maintain their address hidden and mostly roam in the vicinity of their home while... |
30 July 2008
04:58 GMT |
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Right now, there are countless projects in development, all of them meant to bring us, regular customers, a $100 notebook. As a matter of fact, the currently emerging netbook market started from the same concept, namely that of developing a very cheap portable computer system that could provide for users the very bas... |
30 July 2008
04:57 GMT |
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While most of the BlackBerry fans are waiting for the availability of the high-end Bold 9000 smartphone, RIM is getting ready to release another new handset - BlackBerry 8220/8210. This is the smartphone known as BlackBerry KickStart, the first one to come from the Canadian manufacturer in a clamshell form factor. B... |
30 July 2008
04:47 GMT |
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Less than a year after he launched the mantra of "quality over quantity" at Electronic Arts, John Riccitiello believes that his efforts in creating a more capable publisher and developer have largely succeeded. Electronic Arts, known for rushing out big games in an effort to create as much value as possible for share... |
30 July 2008
04:38 GMT |
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Perceived or real, performance was one of the speed bumps hit by Windows Vista RTM following general availability on January 30, 2007. Microsoft is indeed tackling this issue on the consumer-side in terms of perceptions with initiatives such as the Mojave Experiment, but has actually addressed it heads on with the re... |
30 July 2008
04:38 GMT |
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Everybody is pretty excited with Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli, a game which managed to bring realistic racing to the fans of the genre, together with the opportunity to drive some of the best cars in the world. System 3, the game's developers, have just announced that the first downloadable content pack woul... |
30 July 2008
04:30 GMT |
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The NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M GPU with 512MB RAM will be used on the 15.4-inch notebook series. The first mobile PC to feature the graphics processor is the Alienware Area-51 m15x. The GPU has been designed for heavy-duty video processing, and has the ability to dynamically allocate geometry, shading and pixel processin... |
30 July 2008
04:20 GMT |
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Amazon.com has just launched two new pay services for firms. Checkout, the first of the two, offers different features, such as the 1-click experience. Whenever people are searching for something to buy on an Amazon.com partner website, they are given the possibility of placing the order without leaving the page. The... |
30 July 2008
04:17 GMT |
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Some of you ATI fans out there must already know that HIS is one of the biggest Radeon integrators on the market. This is because this card manufacturer has succeeded so far in delivering some of the best Radeon-based cards on the market, mostly thanks to the use of its IceQ technology, meant to effectively dissipate... |
30 July 2008
04:16 GMT |
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Following a public beta program that provided Adobe with "valuable feedback," Lightroom 2 has been released, adding new raw technology, dual-monitor support, enhanced non-destructive localized image correction, and better search features. Adobe Lightroom is a powerful competitor to Apple's own photography softwa... |
30 July 2008
04:15 GMT |
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Telltale Games is a company primarily known for the development of the Sam & Max Episodes series. The guys working there seem to really dig episodic content, since they have two similar titles under development: Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People (recently delayed) and the just announced Wallace & Grom... |
30 July 2008
04:04 GMT |
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Sectors of the industry making use of high-performance motors and other power generation devices are often dependent on compounds with exceptional magnetic and physical properties. Usually, when this is the case, Samarium Cobalt is the material of choice. The problem is that this compound is very difficult and expens... |
30 July 2008
03:47 GMT |
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The latest Nokia Eseries smartphone, the slim E71, is now officially available for purchase in the US. The handset is not yet offered by any of the North American carriers, but it can be bought unlocked, for a retail price of $500. Of course, the E71 was already available at Nokia's Flagship Store from Chicago,... |
30 July 2008
03:40 GMT |
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Two days ago, we were reporting that MacBook Touch rumors were building up speculation as to what the system could look like, perform and, ultimately, when it would be available on the market. As it turns out, even more "leaked" details have surfaced.Seth Weintraub, writing for Computerworld, claims that "talk amongs... |
30 July 2008
03:40 GMT |
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When the PC version of the space faring role playing game Mass Effect was announced, BioWare and Electronic Arts said that the Bring Down the Sky downloadable content, which was already out on the Xbox 360, would be integrated on the PC port of the game on launch day. It wasn't so, mainly due to some technical i... |
30 July 2008
03:39 GMT |
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If you dont know already, NVIDIA launched three new graphics cards yesterday, the GeForce 9800GTX+, 9800GT and 9500GT. While the 55nm 9800GTX+ was available at a number (if not all) of NVIDIA's board partners prior to the official release, the mid-range 9800GT and entry-level 9500GT are clearly newcomers on the... |
30 July 2008
03:33 GMT |
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IEEE 1394, which is very well known under the names of Firewire or i.Link, seems to be getting ready for a speed enhancement by the end of the year. The new IEEE 1394-2008 specification, which will offer support for up to 3.2 Gb/s bandwidth, has been recently approved by the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electron... |
30 July 2008
03:23 GMT |
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Overall, Sony is not doing very well in 2008. Its net income came crashing down, reaching just about half of what it was one year ago (330 million dollars). Even if the operating costs have not gone up, a combination of competition, strong yen and problems at the Sony Ericsson joint venture have affected profits. The... |
30 July 2008
03:13 GMT |
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A Safari vulnerability filed under Common Vulnerability and Exposures identifier CVE-2008-3170 (under review) says that Apple's standard web browser can allow an attack when handling cookie files in country-level top-level domains, such as .co.uk and .com.au, according to InformationWeek.Basically, an attacker o... |
30 July 2008
03:00 GMT |
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Barred galaxies, having two arms trailing each other on either side of the galactic center, might have evolved in this particular shape with the passing of time, say astronomers who discovered that, compared to the first half of the universe's past, currently there are three times more galaxies that have bars. M... |
30 July 2008
02:52 GMT |
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Following the release of Sidekick LX Tony Hawk Limited Edition, T-Mobile, the fourth largest US carrier, has now released a brand new Sidekick handset, simply named "T-Mobile Sidekick". Although the new Sidekick is not yet featured on T-Mo's website (only the Sidekick LX, Sidekick Slide and the Tony Hawk one bei... |
30 July 2008
02:52 GMT |
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Capcom is not content with making yet another Resident Evil movie, so the company is also thinking of spinning its most valuable intellectual properties in the comic book genre. At the recent Comic Con in San Diego, the final details of a deal involving Capcom and DC have been hammered out and the first products are ... |
30 July 2008
02:46 GMT |
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Mandriva announced last night the first beta release of Mandriva 2009, which brings KDE 4.1, GNOME 2.23.5, Firefox 3, and the final version of Linux kernel 2.6.26 with tethering support for Windows Mobile 5+. Also, in this beta, the old bootsplash is finally replaced by Splashy and the synce framework makes its first... |
30 July 2008
02:34 GMT |
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Despite not being nowhere near as famous as Apple, SanDisk or Creative outside Korea, the iRiver company did manage to come up with a very interesting product lineup over the years, most of them featuring certain design features way ahead of their time (and of the competition, for that matter). And that seems to be t... |
30 July 2008
01:56 GMT |
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