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Babelingo, Alta Vida's language translation utility for iPhone and iPod touch, has been updated to version 1.1. The useful app, which contains more than 300 helpful phrases and words, and acts as a phrase book communicator, now supports Hindi, Czech, search for Hindi phrases using the English keyboard and phonet... |
4 September 2008
16:31 GMT |
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QNAP Systems has announced the QGet remote download control utility for Mac. The system is aimed at improving Mac users' experience of using the Download Station of Turbo NAS series, by supporting PC-less BitTorrent, FTP, and HTTP download with proven energy-saving performance.The Download Station is a powerful ... |
4 September 2008
15:31 GMT |
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Although Sony has announced/launched its fair share of products lately, it would really seem that it is keen on delivering a specific model for just about any tiny niche of the CE market. For this reason, the Japanese company has just "unwrapped" at CEDIA 2008 its BDP-S5000ES Blu-ray player, a multimedia playback pow... |
4 September 2008
15:11 GMT |
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When 2008 started, everyone hoped to see a conclusion of the next-generation DVD format war between Toshiba's HD DVD and Sony's Blu-ray. In the end, Blu-ray has officially won this "battle," with Toshiba admitting defeat and moving on to other segments of the CE market. However, this victory might be relati... |
4 September 2008
14:41 GMT |
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Soldak Entertainment, well known for RPG titles like Depths of Peril, has announced Kivi's Underworld for Mac, a hack and slash game slated for release in the 4th quarter of 2008. Players can either take the role of Kivi, a young lumen warrior who has to fight the unknown, or step in the shoes of any of the 20 p... |
4 September 2008
14:41 GMT |
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Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2, Google Chrome Beta and Firefox 3.1 Alpha 2 Release Candidate are all development milestones of the browsers developed by Microsoft, Google and Mozilla. Of course that with the advent of Google Browser (Chrome) on September 2, 2008, the browser market is bound to see additional competition,... |
4 September 2008
14:06 GMT |
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Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is at the basis of Microsoft's vision for the Optimized Desktop. Of course that the Redmond company is building a comprehensive strategy that involves additional resources and solutions on top of its Windows client. In this regard, Shanen Boettcher, general manager of Windows Product... |
4 September 2008
14:02 GMT |
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Pangea Software has released Billy Frontier, an action game for owners of an iPhone or iPod touch under firmware 2.0 (or greater). The game revolves around a space cowboy on a mission of ridding the galaxy of all alien outlaws. Four game modes (Dueling, Shootout, Stampede, and Target Practice) should ensure quite an ... |
4 September 2008
14:01 GMT |
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Very few people heard of Chilin Technology up until now, at least as far as projectors are concerned. However, things might change in the future, since the Taiwan-based company has come up with what seems to be quite a revolutionary product at this year's CEDIA show, namely the world's first Lamp Free Full ... |
4 September 2008
14:01 GMT |
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Activision Blizzard is a big company that has considerable resources it can use for video game development. And Blizzard, which is set to remain autonomous from its bigger partner Activision, is well known for the fact that it releases games when it believes they are ready and not when the publisher thinks they shoul... |
4 September 2008
13:21 GMT |
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Firefox 3.1 codename Shiretoko Alpha 2 Release Candidate is faster than Google Browser (Chrome), according to Brendan Eich, chief architect, Mozilla. The fact of the matter is that the comparison involves only the two browsers' respective JavaScript rendering engines, namely TraceMonkey for Firefox and V8 for Ch... |
4 September 2008
12:53 GMT |
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Boingo Wireless, the North American company that presents itself as "the global market leader in Wi-Fi," has recently announced the availability of its Boingo Mobile application for Sony Ericsson's smartphones based on Symbian UIQ 3. Of course, since Boingo Mobile is a Wi-Fi app, the only Sony Ericsson handsets ... |
4 September 2008
12:44 GMT |
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AutoCollage 2008 is a project developed by Microsoft Research Cambridge and made available for download as of September 4, 2008. The tool is no longer just a research prototype, as it has been made available for purchase via the Microsoft Store (UK) and the Windows Marketplace (US). At the same time, Microsoft R... |
4 September 2008
12:20 GMT |
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If you are involved in some activity or another that occasionally requires you to make fast calculations in fields such as geometry, algebra, number theory or anything else related to these, it may be worth your while to try out Sage, an open source, free math software. It could prove to be just the tool you needed i... |
4 September 2008
12:04 GMT |
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The planned downloadable content for Fallout 3 will be available rather quickly after the game launch and apparently it will amount to around 7 hours of gameplay. The PAX event also saw the Bethesda team show off more of the game – especially the beginning section – which was also open to be played by the... |
4 September 2008
12:01 GMT |
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As you probably know, Toshiba has taken quite a beating from Sony earlier this year, when it's next-generation optical disc format, the HD DVD, had to bow down to Blu-ray and accept defeat. Since then, the Japanese company has bet pretty much everything on the "up-conversion" card, claiming that this technology ... |
4 September 2008
12:01 GMT |
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Just a few hours ago, the Round Rock, Texas-based systems vendor was finally unveiling its first netbook ever, the highly anticipated Inspiron Mini 9. With all that, reports are coming in saying that it has already been tested and benchmarked, which somehow goes to prove that Dell has had it prepared for quite a whi... |
4 September 2008
11:52 GMT |
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Australian fans of Electronic Arts' brand new and much talked-about Spore video game now have the chance to play its mobile version too, namely Spore Origins. Telstra has just announced that, via its subsidiary BigPond, it is offering the mobile game to any of its subscribers owning a Next G handset and willing ... |
4 September 2008
11:20 GMT |
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Adam Savage, co-host of the popular show “The MythBusters,” has disclosed at a hacking conference that The Discovery Channel was legally pressured into canceling one of the show's episodes. He claims that the episode, which was going to tackle the security and reliability of the RFID (Radio Frequency... |
4 September 2008
11:16 GMT |
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Lingon i Korg Software Creations has released an iPhone / iPod touch app called Meditation Timer. Your life will probably be just as good without it, but we reckoned that the “free for the first 5,000 customers” sign would most probably pique your interest.The official (App Store) description for Meditati... |
4 September 2008
11:01 GMT |
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Yesterday, we reported on the very first ASUS N10 netbook that would not be part of the company’s already vast Eee PC lineup. The Taiwanese manufacturer decided to unveil the product only in Korea for the time being, leaving all the other possible customers from Europe and the US waiting for a while longer bef... |
4 September 2008
10:18 GMT |
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Research in Motion, the Canadian company behind the popular BlackBerry smartphones, announced the upcoming availability of BlackBerry Bold 9000 in Luxembourg and France. In Luxembourg, the new BlackBerry will be offered via TELE2TANGO, the small country's second largest mobile carrier, starting September 9,... |
4 September 2008
09:51 GMT |
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Internet-enabled, widescreen HDTVs are the latest trend among the manufacturers of display solutions, whether we're talking about LCDs or PDPs, so it's no wonder that they've also made an appearance at this year's CEDIA show. And two of the most interesting (and large) devices of this type come fr... |
4 September 2008
09:44 GMT |
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Microsoft together with Sony were celebrated for their contributions to the High Profile of H.264/MPEG-4AVC standard that directly impacts the quality of the HDTV video signal, both in terms of storage but also of its delivery. The two companies are among the members of the Joint Video Team Committee, which received ... |
4 September 2008
09:42 GMT |
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Before Intel even has a chance to ship the first next-generation Nehalem processors, competitor AMD is bound to update its CPU offering with new triple-core Phenoms designed for high-performance. The new CPUs will not be able to compete with Intel's newly released high-end processors, but they do allow AMD to ge... |
4 September 2008
09:23 GMT |
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Google has amended Chrome's Terms of Service (ToS), after facing numerous objections from users. Seemingly, a clause in the ToS contract that shipped with Chrome specified in legal terms that whoever was using it was also giving Google the right to use all intellectual property that they passed through the brows... |
4 September 2008
09:19 GMT |
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Today, Treo Pro, Palm's latest and greatest smartphone, was confirmed by Telstra, Australia's largest mobile carrier, to be Blue Tick approved. This means that the handset is "recommended" by the carrier for usage all over Australia (metro and rural areas included), being the first Next G smartphone to get ... |
4 September 2008
08:54 GMT |
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The debut of September 2008 marked the one year anniversary of the Microsoft and Cisco marriage on the interoperability front. The two companies permitted customers to dictate the next move in their competitive "ballet," and in this regard kicked up a notch the interoperability level of Cisco hardware and Microsoft s... |
4 September 2008
08:48 GMT |
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A considerably large number of articles has been recently written on heating issues with some portable computer systems developed by major systems manufacturers. Most of the reported issues were due to some faulty graphics chips provided by NVIDIA, and affected products from HP and Dell, with several reports indicat... |
4 September 2008
08:44 GMT |
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Following Nokia's go-green initiative, Samsung Electronics America announced the upcoming launch of SAMSUNG RECYCLING DIRECT, a program that will allow North American consumers to easily recycle Samsung products, from mobile phones to LCDs. SAMSUNG RECYCLING DIRECT will debut on the 1st of October, when con... |
4 September 2008
08:08 GMT |
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A weird rumor fell on my ears a few days back, but it seemed so out of this world that I decided not to write about it. A German source was reporting that David Reeves, the much quoted boss of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, had said that Mirror's Edge, developed by DICE for Electronic Arts, was going to be ... |
4 September 2008
07:55 GMT |
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SoftGrid is officially dead, but this is only valid for the label and not for the actual product. The Redmond giant rebranded SoftGrid as Microsoft Application Virtualization, and as of September 3, 2008, version 4.5 has been released to manufacturing. The gold bits of App-V 4.5 offer Microsoft customers the successo... |
4 September 2008
07:48 GMT |
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Compared to the IFA, which is about consumer electronics in general, the CEDIA show is much more specialized, revolving just around audio/video solutions. So, it's no wonder that just about every big name in the business is coming out with a new model for the Denver-based expo, including here Panasonic, which ha... |
4 September 2008
07:41 GMT |
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Advertisements have become a part of our lives, and everywhere we go, we are bound to find one item or another promoting a product - no matter if we’re talking about useful things, like pencils, notebooks, umbrellas, cups etc., or just about regular flyers announcing the release of a new piece from a certain br... |
4 September 2008
07:11 GMT |
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TeliaSonera, the Sweden-based international mobile operator and Internet service provider, announced today the release of a new and free service that enables Internet Service Providers and operators to block their customers' access to Web addresses that feature material depicting child sexual abuse. Distrib... |
4 September 2008
07:06 GMT |
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After just six months since it first introduced Office Live Workspace Beta, Microsoft revealed that in excess of 1 million users have signed-up to the service. While on track to deliver the final version of Office Live Workspace by the end of 2008, the Redmond company applauded the milestone as an indication of the c... |
4 September 2008
07:05 GMT |
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You might think that, given the high number of netbooks currently available on the market, other system vendors will think twice before launching a product like this of their own, especially in the context in which major manufacturers, such as ASUS, MSI or Acer have already established themselves as the leading provi... |
4 September 2008
07:01 GMT |
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Stardock and Ironclad, the publisher and the developer of PC space-based real-time strategy title Sins of a Solar Empire, is announcing that it plans to release a mini-expansion for the game, called Entrenchment. The idea is that the three empires that are battling for control of the galaxy have reached a level ... |
4 September 2008
06:48 GMT |
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Microsoft is claiming that the approximately 11 million units of Xbox 360 sold in the United States from the product's debut until mid-2008, represent just 25% of the consoles' total sales. In this context, the Redmond giant is looking to push no less than another 33 million Xbox 360 consoles. The soft... |
4 September 2008
06:37 GMT |
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Audacity is a fast, cross-platform multitrack audio editor and recorder that supports WAV, AIFF, Ogg, and MP3 formats. Using the software, you can envelope-edit your audio files, do a bit of mixing using built-in effects and plug-ins and, if you mess up, at any point, you have unlimited undo.Basically, what we'v... |
4 September 2008
06:33 GMT |
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Even though the BlackBerry Bold is mainly targeted at business users (who are supposed to be all serious, wearing suits and such), there is no reason for them not being able to make the smartphone look more colorful, is there? Well, for those who need their Bold to be different, ColorWare has the solution. Known... |
4 September 2008
06:13 GMT |
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Over the past few months, competition on the graphics cards market has become stronger, yet both ATI, graphics product group of Advanced Micro Devices, and Nvidia Corp., the biggest players in the industry, have recorded lower than expected revenues in the second quarter of the year. Jon Peddie Research has recently ... |
4 September 2008
06:07 GMT |
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A few minutes ago, Mandriva has announced the first release candidate version of Mandriva 2009, which brings a greatly improved package management tool, with automatic mirror selection and repository configuration. Dubbed camelopard, this first RC replaces the old madwifi wireless driver with the brand new ath5k, for... |
4 September 2008
06:01 GMT |
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September 5 is the date when Microsoft will officially cut the price of the Xbox 360 line of consoles in North America, following the cut in Japan earlier in the week. The interesting thing in the press release that details the price cut is that it puts the emphasis on the Xbox 360 Arcade and on the way it offer... |
4 September 2008
05:58 GMT |
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After several announced delays, it looks like MSI's Wind with 6-cell battery has been made available for purchase. This means that all those users who have so patiently waited until now for the upgrade will finally have the chance to purchase their favorite netbook with a battery that can provide them with a mo... |
4 September 2008
05:52 GMT |
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IGG Software has announced the release of iBank 3.2, the latest version of its finance management app for individual users and small businesses. The new release enhances MobileMe support, general performance related to smart accounts, and improves the iBank for iPhone web app, among others. A new version of the compa... |
4 September 2008
05:51 GMT |
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Although the 8 Megapixel LG KC910 was first seen about two weeks ago, we did not have all the details about it and neither press photos with the handset. Today, LG has officially presented the KC910, confirming the fact that it comes as a superior successor of the hugely popular 5 Megapixel Viewty. LG says the K... |
4 September 2008
05:28 GMT |
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On Wednesday, Lenovo announced that it would work with EMC to offer to small businesses an easy way to backup data, by providing unlimited Mozy storage service for Lenovo's SL-series laptops. To start with, buyers of small-business SL laptops will be offered the possibility to sign up to a service that will enab... |
4 September 2008
05:19 GMT |
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Sam_Protagonist, who is a developer on LittleBigPlanet, has posted on the PlayStation forums confirming that the game will get a beta in early October, as it nears its launch date. While the beta is announced, it's not clear what you need to do to get in. The developer has said that "If it will be possible ... |
4 September 2008
05:07 GMT |
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In a market where the popularity of netbooks is increasing with each day, the One Laptop Per Child program seems to have lost some of the media attention it was initially showered with. Earlier this year, in May, the OLPC project announced a second-generation portable system that would benefit from a dual-touchscreen... |
4 September 2008
05:03 GMT |
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Ever since we dared question whether protective cases for the iPhone were all so necessary, nothing but the best looking, multi-functional and sleek cases and skins have started popping up on the Internet. Think “someone” out there is an iPhone fan? Take the iSkin solo for iPhone 3G, for example. With the... |
4 September 2008
04:53 GMT |
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There's somewhat of a habit among most adrenaline-lovers out there to shoot their every adventure and then share it with their friends (or with the entire world, by uploading it to an online video sharing service). However, in order to do so, they require a camera that can take quite a beating and survive even t... |
4 September 2008
04:46 GMT |
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If Windows Vista has taught Microsoft anything, and it did, it is that poor performance or even the perception of poor performance from a user experience perspective can kill a product just as much as lack of driver support and software and hardware incompatibilities. This is why with Windows 7 Microsoft is preparing... |
4 September 2008
04:36 GMT |
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Sony is among the few systems vendors that can provide users with an all-in-one computer. Up until recently, the company only offered a single all-in-one model, part of its LT series of desktop systems. However, the consumer electronics company has decided to roll out two new series of similar desktop computer system... |
4 September 2008
04:27 GMT |
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The MMO fans are eagerly awaiting to see what Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, from Mythic and Electronic Arts, plays like when it launches later in September. But there's another MMO launch that is being planned, which has received much less coverage and which could prove just as important in the long run.&n... |
4 September 2008
04:25 GMT |
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When HTC officially presented its Touch Diamond Pocket PC, the other major mobile manufacturers probably regretted they hadn't come up with a similar idea first. Well, it is still not too late, and Motorola is surely proud to present its latest creation, called MOTOJEWEL. The new handset is a clamshell that... |
4 September 2008
04:15 GMT |
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Sony Computer Entertainment Japan is aiming to boost the popularity of the PlayStation Portable by creating a free service that is set to link the PSP to the PlayStation Store, a part of the PlayStation Network, so that users can download any type of content, from games to movies, without taking the extra step of con... |
4 September 2008
04:05 GMT |
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Apple is set to open as many as three new Retail Stores in Switzerland by the end of the year, ifoAppleStore is reporting. The first one to be inaugurated for eager Deutsch-speaking Apple fans willl be the Apple Store, Rue de Rive (Geneva), spy shots have revealed.According to ifoAppleStore's sources, the Grand ... |
4 September 2008
04:03 GMT |
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Today, Sony announced the wireless VAIO CP1 Wi-Fi photo frame, designed to make sharing digital images easier, and for receiving news and stream Internet radio in real-time. The CP1 model uses a built-in Wi-Fi technology, allowing users to stream photos from a VAIO PC directly to the device. The photo frame’s b... |
4 September 2008
03:59 GMT |
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The Chronicles Of Narnia The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe is a video game developed by Traveller's Tales Ltd and published by Buena Vista Games Inc. Available for the PlayStation 2 gaming platform from Sony, the Xbox from Microsoft, the Game Cube and the PC, the game, launched in 2005, is classed as being a ... |
4 September 2008
03:44 GMT |
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The Japanese company Mitsubishi has had some pretty interesting developments in the area of display solutions over the past couple of years (remember the Laser TV?), and it looks like it's not about to stop any time soon. So, for this year's CEDIA expo, the manufacturer has announced a new line of products,... |
4 September 2008
03:43 GMT |
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Audio Recorder, the audio capturing conversion utility for Mac OS X, developed by Macvide, has reached version 1.9. The app can convert audio files to formats such as mp3, mp4, amr, wma, mmf, aac, ac3, flac, mp2, helping bridge the gap between many audio standards. Version 1.9 is a maintenance update. A demo version ... |
4 September 2008
03:34 GMT |
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City Crysis is a video game developed and published by Syscom Entertainment Inc. – only for the PlayStation 3 gaming console from Sony – and launched in 2001. The game is classed as being an action and simulation title that can be played from a third person perspective. Basically, City Crisis is abou... |
4 September 2008
03:33 GMT |
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After tens, if not hundreds of articles that have been written about it, Dell's first netbook system has finally made its debut. Despite yesterday's rumors that the Inspiron Mini would be officially unveiled this Friday, the Round Rock-based company has decided to announce the small-sized portable computer... |
4 September 2008
03:20 GMT |
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Choro Q is a video game developed by Barnhouse Effect Co, Ltd. and published by TAKARA Co Ltd. Released for the PlayStation 2 gaming console from Sony in November 2003, the game is classed as a racing title, features some role playing elements and it is played from a third person perspective, although there are some ... |
4 September 2008
03:13 GMT |
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Sony Ericsson G705, also known as Sony Ericsson Kumiko, seems to be ready for an official presentation, which should happen no later than next Monday, on September 8. This release date is not (yet) confirmed by the Swedish-Japanese manufacturer, but it has appeared on several websites, including the Unofficial Sony E... |
4 September 2008
03:11 GMT |
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It's been quite a busy time for Japanese company Sony lately. Even if it came up with a large number of products at the IFA 2008 show from Berlin, it still had to keep something in the bag for yet another major event, CEDIA, which is taking place as we speak over the pond, in Denver, Colorado. And that "somethin... |
4 September 2008
02:55 GMT |
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A few weeks ago, Advanced Micro Devices, one of the world's largest makers of x86 microprocessors, was rumored to be on the verge of spinning off some of its manufacturing facilities. Although the company's officials denied the rumors, they seem to have surfaced again. The Sunnyvale chip maker is expected t... |
4 September 2008
02:51 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... |
4 September 2008
02:49 GMT |
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It's been quite some time since we last talked about games for smaller, less powerful Apple devices, such as the iPod nano. Luckily for owners of Apple's nanos (3rd gen, 5th gen and classic), Spore Origins is now available for download via the iTunes Store. The game is a less complex version of the God game... |
4 September 2008
02:47 GMT |
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Scientific Linux 4.7, based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 7, was released last night with major improvements and package updates. "Scientific Linux 4.7 has been released. We want to thank all those who have contributed packages and time, helping us build and test this release. Scientific Linux 4.7 doesn't... |
4 September 2008
02:31 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 perspectiv... |
4 September 2008
02:30 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 ... |
4 September 2008
02:27 GMT |
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