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The Red Alert 3 single player campaigns are pretty much all you have come to expect from the series: long campy cutscenes with actors that are trying not to wink at the camera, missions which usually present a challenge just because some tactical choices are not accessible and a bit of light storytelling. And there&#... |
5 November 2008
21:01 GMT |
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Following the world wide Halloween event which involved a zombie outbreak that was seen as hailing the arrival of the feared Lich King, Blizzard announced having released a new patch for World of Warcraft, bringing the MMO to version 3.03. There are significant changes in the new update and, obviously, a lot of under... |
5 November 2008
18:01 GMT |
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James Pond 2 is a side-scrolling game starring the James Bond spoof hero, James Pond. James Pond is a walking fish with body armour, battling with his adversary Dr. Maybe. Dr. Maybe has captured lots of penguins as well as toys. Given the code name Robocod (a pun on Robocop), the remaining penguins send James on a mi... |
5 November 2008
16:11 GMT |
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Jackass: The Game is a videogame based on the homonymous television show. It was developed under a license by Sidhe Interactive in Wellington, New Zealand for the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable. The game was first showed at the 2006 E3 behind closed doors. The Nintendo DS version of the game is being develope... |
5 November 2008
15:51 GMT |
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EA and Maxis have released a new patch for Spore. Mac users' frustrations are about to end, according to the two companies, as the patch includes fixes for issues reported by players. Also included are some gameplay tweaks, the option to select multiple items for deleting or banning in the Sporepedia, and a "coo... |
5 November 2008
15:31 GMT |
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Over the past couple of weeks, we've been able to see quite a few ultra-small, "pico" projectors being announced, just in time for the Christmas shopping period. However, up until now, there was no official word about a particular product of this type, namely Optoma's Pico projector, which was rumored to be... |
5 November 2008
15:21 GMT |
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A lot of consumers out there tend to keep things simple, and that's the reason why they tend to avoid very complicated products and choose more user-friendly devices, despite the fact that they typically provide less-advanced features than their higher-end counterparts. In order to somehow take care of this issu... |
5 November 2008
14:11 GMT |
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Damnation is shaping up to be a pretty interesting title, promising players the ability to climb buildings and jump off ledges, while evading enemy fire in an alternate reality of the early 20-th century United States. The game also promises to give players the ability to drive certain vehicles during these battles, ... |
5 November 2008
14:01 GMT |
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Although for most of us, one monitor, one keyboard, one mouse and one desktop unit are quite enough, there are certain fields of activity where users have to control several computers at the same time. For this reason, the IOGEAR company has launched the GCS1784 4-Port Dual Link DVI KVMP Switch with 7.1 Audio, a devi... |
5 November 2008
13:51 GMT |
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There are just three more development milestones left out of the development process of Windows 7, following the first three. At the end of 2007 Microsoft made available Milestone 1, while M2 and M3 were delivered in 2008, the last of which offered to all attendees at the Professional Developers Conference in Los Ang... |
5 November 2008
13:40 GMT |
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The problem with most HDMI cables available on the market is that they're either too expensive, too short, or both. There are several ways in which one can extend the length of a USB cable, and one of the simplest and easiest of them has just been presented by Gefen, in the form of their GefenTV Repeater for HDM... |
5 November 2008
13:31 GMT |
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Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness is a farm simulation videogame published and developed by Marvelous Interactive in Japan, and released in North America by Natsume exclusively for the Nintendo DS. It is the fourth installment of the Harvest Moon series on the DS and the first one to give players the opportunity to c... |
5 November 2008
13:21 GMT |
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Call of Duty: World at War is definitely shaping up to be a great title. Although the developer of the game, Treyarch, was severely disapproved when it announced that it would have the shooter franchise back to World War II, after the huge success of the latest title which took place in contemporary times, CoD 4: Mod... |
5 November 2008
12:31 GMT |
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The Desktop Slideshow is one of the features that Microsoft has tucked away in Windows 7, hidden even from testers (at this point in time) including the participants at the Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles at the end of the past month. But especially from the users that have grabbed a copy of Windows... |
5 November 2008
12:31 GMT |
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LittleBigPlanet is finally getting on its way, now that the European release of the game is ongoing, following the recall prompted by Qu'ran verses played over the music it featured. North America already has access to the game and its servers, which were down following serious overload in the first days, as th... |
5 November 2008
12:11 GMT |
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Harvest Moon DS Cute is a customized version of Harvest Moon DS, which now has content only for girls. The original title is the first in the farm simulation series developed by Marvelous Interactive and published by Nintendo exclusively for the DS handheld consoles. The game was released in Japan on the 17th of Marc... |
5 November 2008
11:51 GMT |
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Google has backed down from an online advertising marriage with Yahoo amid antitrust concerns raised over the partnership of the number 1 and 2 search providers worldwide. Back in June 2008, Yahoo opted for an alliance with Google, defying cries over a monopoly on the online advertising space from Microsoft and... |
5 November 2008
11:23 GMT |
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Yesterday, November 4th, 2008, US citizens from all over the world (including in space) have chosen Barack Obama as their 44th president. His approach to science support and development had attracted praises and votes from a large number of Nobel prize winners. Two months ago, he declared that the US had reduced too... |
5 November 2008
11:09 GMT |
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A new release from Marketcircle is available today. Billings 3.0.3 is available for immediate download, sporting dozens of improvements and tweaks, including a new auto-backup feature when you quit the app, and improved integration with the company's flagship app, Daylite.Billings is a Mac app focused on sending... |
5 November 2008
11:01 GMT |
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Namco Networks, a well-known publisher and developer of mobile games, recently launched a new game concept under the name of 'Rolling with Katamari'. The concept is only new to mobile phones, as the game is based on two previous very popular titles which were only available for gaming consoles – Katam... |
5 November 2008
10:54 GMT |
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If you're the kind of guy who likes the less than traditional approaches to things, then the Hand Lamp from designer Tse-Tse is definitely a thing for you. Among so many lighting sources, the Hand Lamp stands tall and proud, blending in the decorative functionality with the fun element, adding a very special aur... |
5 November 2008
10:38 GMT |
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We still find it hard to get our minds off that graphics monster, the Radeon HD 4870 X2 card from Palit. However, it looks like users are bound to get the exact same graphics card from two of ATI's partners, namely Palit and the ex-NVIDIA exclusive Gainward. That's right, pictures of a tri-slot Gainwar... |
5 November 2008
10:36 GMT |
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Microsoft has come out with a new offering of free software including the Windows server platform and the yet-to-be released Azure Cloud operating system. With the BizSpark program, the Redmond company is aiming to provide startups with a stable and free platform composed of various of its software products in order ... |
5 November 2008
10:25 GMT |
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Whether you like to wreck havoc with your car or you simply prefer extreme racing, XENDEX's 'FlatOut' mobile game will make you experience the most extreme destruction racer. European mobile game developer XENDEX and famous game publisher I-play recently signed an agreement for the release of the long-... |
5 November 2008
10:23 GMT |
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The official numbers released recently by the Brazilian government show a bleak statistical representation of species dynamics throughout the country. As opposed to 1989 numbers, when some 218 animals were classified as about to go extinct, the newest list, compared with data collected this year, shows that approxima... |
5 November 2008
10:14 GMT |
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We have recently written a piece on the Early Ammonia Servicer (EAS) device that NASA astronaut Clayton Anderson threw overboard on July 23rd, 2007. Although it was not a small object, no official announcement was made so as to warn the public of the danger it might pose upon entering the atmosphere, possibly becaus... |
5 November 2008
10:13 GMT |
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Red Alert 3 is one of the most expected strategy titles this holiday season largely because it has its own unique, tongue-in-cheek approach to strategy and offers a distinct and very funny story through which the players can progress.Electronic Arts, the developer and publisher of Red Alert 3, has really backed up th... |
5 November 2008
10:01 GMT |
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Canadian company Bell announced this week that it would use its own innovative user interface, called Bell Experience, for its whole line-up of Windows Mobile smarpthones. The so-called Bell Experience user-interface has been developed by Bell together with a well-known design company, PontUI and it will be... |
5 November 2008
09:54 GMT |
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Most statistics show that more than 90 percent of smokers start their habit before the age of 18, which means that, once they start, there is little turning back. Because of the addiction nicotine gives, people cannot separate themselves from their favorite cigarette. Unfortunately, neither can pregnant women, who co... |
5 November 2008
09:48 GMT |
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Keeping your software up to date is easy and, quite frankly, you seldom have to bring your contribution as well. Still, there are times when download links don't work, or you simply can't find the download page. This is where Apple's updater app jumps in to save the day.Using Software update, you can c... |
5 November 2008
09:46 GMT |
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Seagate has already come forth with its intentions of entering the SSD market with upcoming products that are to become available sometime in 2009. However, recent details indicate that the company is currently working on such products, and that it is investing as much as $100 million in their development, according ... |
5 November 2008
09:43 GMT |
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Microsoft is expanding the community of users built around Windows Live and, in this context, the Redmond company is fishing around attempting to attract new eyeballs. Users addicted to Windows Live are invited by the software giant to join the community, namely the Windows Live Clubhouse. The audience the Redmond gi... |
5 November 2008
09:37 GMT |
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Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2 is a video game developed by Z-Axis Ltd. and published by Acclaim Entertainment Inc. It was created for the PlayStation 2 consoles from Sony, for the original Xbox from Microsoft, the GameCube and the Game Boy Advance. It was launched in September 2001. The game is classed as a sports title... |
5 November 2008
09:31 GMT |
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Plastic, the worst kind of thrash, doesn't affect only people, as the latest research indicated, but it also has an impact on oceans and on their ecosystems, to a greater extent than one would imagine. In fact, large portions of the oceans are becoming synthetic, from all the slowly decomposing plastic items th... |
5 November 2008
09:19 GMT |
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Following last week's announcement made by Orange UK, O2 Germany officially stated that it would sell the new HTC Touch HD smartphone in Germany. The deal with the Taiwanese company offers O2 a four-week exclusivity over the device's distribution in Germany. Touch HD Pocket PC was officially announced by HT... |
5 November 2008
09:08 GMT |
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Blizzard Entertainment has released a new patch for its massively multiplayer online role-playing game, World of Warcraft. Patch 3.0.3 adds tons of changes and fixes, therefore it should make it onto your Mac ASAP.According to Blizzard, general fixes brought by the latest WoW patch include:- Removed "A Mask for All O... |
5 November 2008
09:04 GMT |
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For all of you Eee PC fans out there who have been so bummed out by the news of ASUS planning to phase out its 7-inch and 9-inch netbook systems in the year to come, we have an update to the story. As it turns out, these small-sized portable computer systems will not only continue to sell, but will also bring out a r... |
5 November 2008
08:55 GMT |
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Insulin pumps are a far more effective method for diabetes sufferers to take their insulin than multiple shots per day. In fact, that was the main reason why they were created in the first place. Now, doctors and psychologists will start a two-year long study, aimed at understanding exactly how the pump influences th... |
5 November 2008
08:37 GMT |
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Many Mac OS X users have found a solution for tracking their long distance sports in TrailRunner. The latest version of the app (1.8.281) adds the ability to display recordings from iPhone 3G and iPod touch equipped with GPS functionality.Developed by Berbie, TrailRunner is aimed at sports dealing with long distance ... |
5 November 2008
08:32 GMT |
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NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer instrument is set for a mission to survey all the width of the sky in ultraviolet light for the first time. During its most recent surveys, it came upon a lenticular galaxy called NGC 404 that lies beyond a red giant star named Mirach, which obscures it from normal view wit... |
5 November 2008
08:27 GMT |
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Konami is announcing that Metal Gear Online now has more than one million members. The multiplayer game was launched in June 2008 as a companion product to Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. Initial plans called for the title to be sold separately, but Konami feared that the game would not be attractive if it ... |
5 November 2008
08:11 GMT |
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The Street Fighter franchise is one of the most popular fighting series of games out there, with a large number of fans around the world. The wide range of characters from almost every territory of the globe has garnished a cult-like following and with the upcoming release of Street Fighter IV, the first completely 3... |
5 November 2008
08:11 GMT |
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The Guitar Hero franchise has been extremely popular on the major consoles out there, having massive sales with all of its three official versions and standalone expansion packs which gave gamers the opportunity to play their favorite rock tracks in front of the TV. Although rumors existed about a Nintendo DS version... |
5 November 2008
08:09 GMT |
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Adobe has announced the existence of no less than five local and remote code execution vulnerabilities in the 8.1.2 and earlier versions of Adobe Reader and Acrobat. Security patches have been released for all of them along with an advisory, which also includes a privilege escalation and a denial of service vulnerabi... |
5 November 2008
08:08 GMT |
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According to the Associated Press, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has recently warned against the oversights that occurred during the process of constructing facilities for the nuclear power generation. The warning has been based on findings, which date from earlier this year and are connected to the co... |
5 November 2008
07:42 GMT |
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We've already gotten accustomed to seeing the thickness of LCD TVs decrease with each new generation, and it seems that 2009 will bring even "skinnier" TVs to the market. And that's because the Taiwan-based Global Lighting Technologies company has developed a very innovative new technology that will help ma... |
5 November 2008
07:41 GMT |
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Even with the delivery of the first taste of Windows 7 with the bits for the pre-Beta Build 6801 Milestone 3, Microsoft has not brought all aspects of the operating system into the limelight. One illustrative example in this context is the PC Safeguard feature related to the management of User Accounts. Although this... |
5 November 2008
07:41 GMT |
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Some of you have probably already read about that special OLED Optimus Maximum keyboard that has been designed by a company called Art Lebedev. Considered by many to be one of the coolest keyboards ever, the Optimus Maximus is also one of the less affordable keypads on the planet, with a price tag of about 1,273.70 E... |
5 November 2008
07:02 GMT |
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According to semcblog, one of the many unofficial Sony Ericsson blogs, the Swedish-Japanese company intends to make an announcement on November 6. The announcement seems to have been confirmed; it will reveal the launch of a new Walkman slider, the W705 (aka Rika), but also a new music accessory, the MBS-900. Leaked ... |
5 November 2008
07:02 GMT |
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While we've gotten used to seeing manufacturers drop the prices of Blu-ray players as much as possible in order to keep sales up, there are also certain exceptions out there. And one such exception is the new T 587 Blu-ray player, launched by Canadian company NAD, which, despite providing a full-range of high-en... |
5 November 2008
06:59 GMT |
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Maxell are no strangers to the world of nifty audio gadgets and their latest release is indeed one thing to be looked at with respect as it boasts nice features while looking very good. Codenamed MXSP-110, this new speaker dock is the follow-up of the MXSP-1000 launched in November 2006; one could say that these 2 ye... |
5 November 2008
06:53 GMT |
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The challenges brought first by the 21st century are thoroughly related to the amounts of energy humankind consumes. With numerous power plants coming on-line every week, most of which are powered by coal, the energy output increases, while, at the same time, polluting the environment around each of us. It's pre... |
5 November 2008
06:46 GMT |
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What Apple touted as an innovative feature of the new MacBook line, the button-free glass trackpad, has proven to be the source of numerous disappointments regarding the new line of notebooks. While Apple was coy about admitting the issues at first, reliable sources indicate that the company is now responding to the ... |
5 November 2008
06:42 GMT |
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Darkwatch is a videogame developed by High Moon Studios Inc. and published by Capcom Entertainment Inc. It was created for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony and for the original Xbox from Microsoft. It was launched in August 2005. The title is classed as an action game, which has some shooter and horror elements an... |
5 November 2008
06:41 GMT |
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Saitek has recently unveiled a new addition to its PC keyboard series, the Eclipse III Backlit Multimedia Keyboard. As the name suggests, we're talking a sleek backlit keyboard, which also features touch-sensitive lighting and volume controls, as well as ergonomically placed shortcut keys. All the features of th... |
5 November 2008
06:34 GMT |
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Fallout 3 is seen, by both critics and players, as a very good game, but, as most releases these days, the game has a few issues. Some PC players have reported crashes, especially when saving and leaving the game. So, Bethesda is getting ready to address those issues in a patch.Talking to Eurogamer, Bethesda's F... |
5 November 2008
06:34 GMT |
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Most doctors and assistants currently working in medical facilities all over the world are using the old-fashioned clipboard in order to write down specific details and info on a patient's medical status, as well as to add new facts to the their medical sheet. However, as most of us have probably already s... |
5 November 2008
06:31 GMT |
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Animal Crossing: Wild World features a very minimal plot. The objective of the game is to pay off a debt to Tom Nook, who allows the player to move into a house he owns. If the mortgage is paid off, the player's house will expand until upstairs, left, right, center and back rooms are included. This is slightly d... |
5 November 2008
06:31 GMT |
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Robin Gremaud, a PhD student from the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, has come up with a special alloy that has an impressive quality in terms of absorbing hydrogen. The light alloy is made of a certain combination of the metals titanium (Ti), magnesium (Mg) and nickel (Ni), and it could provide a s... |
5 November 2008
06:29 GMT |
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Sharp, the Japanese company specialized in electronics, has enhanced its AQUOS line-up of devices by adding a new astonishing slider – the 931SH. Unfortunately, the phone will be available only in Japan for the moment, through Softbank carrier. Still, the slider form factor handset measures 115x52x16mm, weighs ... |
5 November 2008
06:29 GMT |
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Vitamin B3 seems to hold many surprises in store for researchers, as evidenced by the latest discovery related to it, when scientists learned that a compound of the vitamin, named nicotinamide, showed an incredible potential in stopping the development of severe Alzheimer's symptoms, such as acute memory loss an... |
5 November 2008
06:22 GMT |
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Just as Silverlight is Microsoft's alternative to Adobe Flash, so is XPS a format designed to rival PDF. On November 4, 2008, Microsoft made available for download an update to version 1.0 of the XML Paper Specification Essentials Pack, a package set up to enable Windows users to access, read and manage XPS file... |
5 November 2008
06:12 GMT |
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The level of activity in brain areas responsible for movement planning is far lower in boys than in girls about the same age, even if both groups suffer from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). The discovery was made by researchers at the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore, after studying an extensiv... |
5 November 2008
06:01 GMT |
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Steven Barnes from Mill Valley, California pleaded guilty for hacking into the e-mail servers of Blue Falcon Networks and tampering with them. He was previously fired by the company, for which he worked as an IT manager for eight months between 2002 and 2003.Blue Falcon Networks (BFN), now Akimbo Systems, is a San Ma... |
5 November 2008
05:52 GMT |
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Mac OS X software developer danholt4mac has announced its acquiring Calories from its original makers, NSObjects. danholt4mac has an impressive portfolio of OS X apps, but apparently it wasn't complete without NSObjects' journaling app for daily nutrition activities.Calories will be developed from now on by... |
5 November 2008
05:48 GMT |
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Sony is continuing the constant stream of firmware updates for the PlayStation 3 gaming console by releasing version 2.52. It's a minor update, as the version number suggests, but still mandatory. As soon as you power up your device, you need to go into the System Update part of the PS3 setting menu in order to ... |
5 November 2008
05:45 GMT |
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The Luscious Garage in Bay Area is the only garage of the few specialized in hybrid cars that is run by a woman. However, it differentiates from the other garages by more than just that. Everything inside is green, one way or another, starting with the plants and trees thriving all over the place, to the cleanness o... |
5 November 2008
05:42 GMT |
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The recent few days have been filled with reviews and test results on the upcoming Intel Core i7 processors. The new 45nm CPUs have been expected to arrive for quite some time now, as the chipmaker spread the word on the great capabilities of its architecture, code-named Nehalem. As the company promised, the chips ar... |
5 November 2008
05:42 GMT |
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In an attempt to cut its losses following the worldwide financial crisis, Nokia announced this week that it would 'dispose' some of its personnel. The company said that the process is the result of its already planned organizational changes. The following activities will suffer from cut jobs or personnel re... |
5 November 2008
05:35 GMT |
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MSI might not be the biggest name on the notebook market, but it sure does try to deliver some of the latest technologies in computing hardware by releasing new and higher-performance systems. The most recent product in the Taiwanese company's range of 16-inch notebooks comes in the form of a Centrino 2-powered ... |
5 November 2008
05:30 GMT |
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Microsoft was one of the tech giants quick to welcome the news that the channels not delivering broadcasting television programming of the US TV airwaves are free to deliver wireless broadband Internet connections. In this manner, the Redmond giant, along with additional technology companies that have lobbied intensi... |
5 November 2008
05:27 GMT |
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According to new research, children who play musical instruments for more than three years in a row are much more likely to score better in aptitude tests than kids who don't play any instrument. The study, detailing the find, was published in the PloS ONE open-access journal, by a team of researchers based at H... |
5 November 2008
05:25 GMT |
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Namco Networks has released Tamagotchi: ‘Round the World for iPod owners worldwide. Players interact with nature to raise the ultimate pet: a planet. The game is immediately available from the iTunes Store for video iPods, iPod classic, as well as for fifth generation iPods. According to Namco, Tamagotchi: &lsq... |
5 November 2008
05:19 GMT |
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Are you by any chance having a hard time fighting the garden gnomes and you are in search of a tool to help you in the battle for your home grounds? Have you lost many of your brave warriors in fierce clashes with the gnome hordes that seem to have infinite numbers? Well, raise your head and clasp the hilt of thy swo... |
5 November 2008
05:08 GMT |
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Canada announced last week that the country would not support international decisions to place asbestos on the blacklist of dangerous substances, thus protecting the sensitive industry. The nation is not keen on keeping the levels of production going necessarily, but shutting down the plants in the French-speaking re... |
5 November 2008
05:00 GMT |
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Chinese company Meizu, well-known for its attempt to recreate the highly acclaimed iPhone, revealed some pieces of information about the upcoming release of the Meizu M8 device. There are tons of details on the Internet about its specs, so let's get some insight on them. Well, as much as we know the Meizu M8 (ak... |
5 November 2008
04:59 GMT |
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The latest news on Advanced Micro Devices unveiled the fact that the chipmaker plans to launch two 45nm quad-core desktop CPUs in November this year. The new Deneb processors, dubbed Phenom X4 20550 and 20350, are meant for socket AM2+ systems and feature core speeds of 3GHz and 2.8GHz, respectively, reports news sit... |
5 November 2008
04:42 GMT |
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Dark Cloud 2 is a video game developed by Level 5 Inc. and published by Sony Computer Entertainment Incorporated. Created exclusively for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony, it was released in December 2002. The title is classed as an action and role playing game, played from a third person perspective.While Dark Cl... |
5 November 2008
04:31 GMT |
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Authorities in the Malaysian city of Sabah made an impressive capture on Sunday, of about 10,000 turtle eggs, packed in about 20 bags. Buying or selling turtle eggs is strictly prohibited in the country, because trade severely affects populations throughout the region. Though the culprits escaped in their boat, a pol... |
5 November 2008
04:29 GMT |
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SolFocus, a Californian provider of concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) solar energy solutions, has recently announced the signing of a $103 million (€80 million) deal with a Spanish customer, EMPE Solar, to install more than 10 megawatts worth of CPV solar power projects throughout Spain in 2 years’ time. It ... |
5 November 2008
04:26 GMT |
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Via a collaboration with the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), Microsoft has extended its Health Users Group to EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa). The Redmond company used the World of Health IT Conference and Exhibition in Copenhagen as the stage for the announcement that members... |
5 November 2008
04:26 GMT |
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Despite Fujitsu's having acquired 50% of Siemens' stake in their PC business, we are still months away from the end of the Fujitsu-Siemens brand, which is why we are probably still going to see the release of a couple of new systems, just like the three new portable PCs the company has just introduced. ... |
5 November 2008
04:21 GMT |
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During yesterday's announcement that IBM's Mark Papermaster was joining Apple as Senior Vice President of Devices Hardware Engineering, the company also announced that Tony Fadell, Apple’s Senior Vice President of the iPod Division, and his wife, were “reducing their roles within the company.&rd... |
5 November 2008
04:19 GMT |
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As you might have read in one of our previous articles, Japanese giant Sony has had a pretty rough year, with its overall income recording a sharp decrease. For this reason (probably), the company's scrambling and struggling to come up with new technologies that will help it regain some of the ground it's l... |
5 November 2008
04:06 GMT |
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Even as Namco Bandai announced its plan to shut down the game server for Hellgate: London on January 31, 2009, HanbitSoft, a Korean publisher and developer, reveals that it fully owns the intellectual property related to the game and that it intends to create and later publish an expansion for the MMO.HanbitSoft was ... |
5 November 2008
04:05 GMT |
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Although fish are believed to be entirely covered in scales, some of them, such as the Cave-dwelling Mexican fish, have no eyes to speak of and, therefore, must rely on something to guide them through underwater mazes. As an evolutionary response to this problem, they evolved hair linings on both sides of the body, w... |
5 November 2008
04:01 GMT |
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The State Administration of Taxation in China is announcing that it plans to impose a 20% personal income tax on the profit made from virtual currency. Most people affected by the new tax will be those who buy or hoard virtual currency in order to later sell it to make a profit. This group of people is usually label... |
5 November 2008
03:56 GMT |
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Dell, the second largest computer maker worldwide, is struggling to cut costs on the background of the global economic crisis and is said to have asked its employees to take up to five days of unpaid vacation. As reported before, Dell is close to ending a 8,900 job cut program, but is also offering voluntary severanc... |
5 November 2008
03:53 GMT |
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Grand Theft Auto 4 is one of the most appreciated games, enjoying a massive amount of popularity from fans who have been eagerly awaiting it for a few years. This fan base pushed the title on top of sales charts, where it stayed for quite a lot of time.Although it was launched for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, with... |
5 November 2008
03:39 GMT |
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According to a report released on Monday by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), squeezing a new space mission among the ones to be conducted before the scheduled retirement of the shuttles could prevent this retirement process from happening in due time – by 2010, as hoped. The chance for this to still take... |
5 November 2008
03:37 GMT |
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Windows 7 compatibility, reliability and performance are just as intimately connected with the operating system itself as they are with the components and applications designed to run on top of the platform. Ultimately, the factors that define the level of compatibility, reliability and performance for Windows are by... |
5 November 2008
03:29 GMT |
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Officials in North Dakota, leading a program of distributing deer meat to the poor, said that they would only accept arrow-killed deer meat from now on, as health experts warn that lead fragments that spread through the body of the kill pose a serious risk of intoxication, especially for small children and pregnant w... |
5 November 2008
03:28 GMT |
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Microsoft is definitely a happy company in terms of gaming, with its Xbox 360 console managing record sales in territories that have been initially dominated by Sony's PlayStation 3. However, this domination comes after some pretty tough measures introduced by the American company, which has set several price cu... |
5 November 2008
03:21 GMT |
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If you have been waiting since forever to finally afford one of the high-end, Voodoo PC-branded computer systems that are currently available on the market, it looks like great news are headed your way. Apparently, users will now be able to purchase their very own stylish, high-end Voodoo Envy 133, at a lower price. ... |
5 November 2008
03:19 GMT |
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Apple is now featuring a new iPhone advertisement on its website. The ad, simply dubbed Dilemmas, emphasizes the iPhone's capabilities to run useful and fun-to-use apps. The commercial reveals Apple’s constant tendency of highlighting only one app at a time to show the iPhone's potential.The latest iP... |
5 November 2008
03:18 GMT |
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Carbon nanotubes (CNT) are one of the new, emerging technologies for which more and more applications are being discovered and they seem to be one of the things we'll hear about even more in the future. Even though their existence has been discovered some 10 years ago, it is only recently that they have been mor... |
5 November 2008
03:15 GMT |
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It seems that the largest chip manufacturer worldwide was pleasantly impressed by the impact the latest performance details on its Core i7 processors had on everybody. While about two weeks ago the company announced that it plans to phase out most of the Xeon based chips, a total of 31 65nm CPUs, now its objective is... |
5 November 2008
02:59 GMT |
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BioShock was a great game, gaining critical acclaim with its innovative control system, the deep and intricate story and the moral issues that it raised in the unique society of Rapture, the underwater city in which the action is placed.The game sold incredibly well last year, when it was launched for the PC and Xbox... |
5 November 2008
02:58 GMT |
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The World Wildlife Fund urged African countries in the Congo basin to work together in implementing sustainable regulations for the responsible exploitation of the natural resources in the area, rather than allow for illegal deforesting operations and turn a blind eye to the development of their economies. At the six... |
5 November 2008
02:53 GMT |
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Last night, the Amarok team happily announced the third beta version of the upcoming Amarok 2.0 audio player for the K Desktop Environment (KDE). The new development version is dubbed Ataksak, and comes packed with a database importer for all those that still use the version 1.4 of the Amarok player and who want to c... |
5 November 2008
02:48 GMT |
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Apple has released an update for Aperture and iPhoto users to address the compatibility with certain raw digital cameras. The Digital Camera RAW Compatibility Update 2.3 offers support for an additional four cameras from renowned manufacturers such as Canon, Sony and Nikon.On the Support section of its website, Apple... |
5 November 2008
02:40 GMT |
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The music game genre is a very interesting one, giving fans the chance to play their favorite songs at home and envision themselves on the stages of the biggest concert halls in the world. One of the titles that truly revolutionized this genre was, without a doubt, Rock Band, developed by Harmonix and published by MT... |
5 November 2008
02:37 GMT |
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Dark Cloud is a video game developed by Level 5 Inc. and published by Sony Computer Entertainment Incorporated. Created exclusively for the PlayStation 2 gaming console from Sony, it was released in December 2000. The title is classed as an action and role playing game, played from a third person perspective.Over 400... |
5 November 2008
02:17 GMT |
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Since fewer and fewer people actually do have the time to read a paperback book, there's an increased level of interest in eBook readers, those ultra-portable devices that allow you to read not one, but thousands of books, wherever you might happen to be at the moment. For this reason, everyone's trying to ... |
5 November 2008
02:09 GMT |
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