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Burnout 2: Point of Impact is a video game developed by Criterion Studios and published by Acclaim Entertainment Inc. It was released in 2002 for the PlayStation 2 gaming consoles from Sony but also for the Game Cube and for the original Xbox. The title is classified as being a racing and driving game which can be pl... |
8 July 2008
21:11 GMT |
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NBA 2K6 is a basketball simulation video game developed by 2K Sports and published, among other consoles, on the Xbox 360. It was received pretty well by game fans all over the world, even though many improvements were needed in order to be considered a really successful title. However, since it was the first game pu... |
8 July 2008
19:46 GMT |
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Monster Jam is an off-road racing video game developed by Torus Games and published by Activision on the 13th of November 2007. It is licensed by USHRA and features no less than 20 real life trucks, including superstars like Grave Digger and Maximum Destruction.The game was well received by fans and everybody expects... |
8 July 2008
19:06 GMT |
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Burnout is a video game developed by Criterion Studios and published by Acclaim Entertainment Inc. It was released in 2001 for the PlayStation 2 gaming consoles from Sony but also for the Game Cube and for the original Xbox. The title is classified as being a racing and driving game which can be played from a first p... |
8 July 2008
18:21 GMT |
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The Council of Stellar Management is in session. The elections in EVE Online's democratic experiment have taken place and nine representatives of the various factions of the MMO have been elected to serve the Council. As CCP - the creators of EVE - promised, they flew to Reykjavik to meet the developers and make... |
8 July 2008
18:16 GMT |
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Established by the publisher of the same name in 1946, Axel Springer is Germany's largest newspaper and third-largest magazine publisher. In a recent report, the company revealed its plans to move its entire organization to the Mac platform, over the course of five years. The company currently uses 12,000 comput... |
8 July 2008
17:06 GMT |
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I doubt that fighting against all sorts of animals is your idea of having a great time, but as long as it is virtual and you don't have to kick a bull for real, you can live with that. Gammick Entertainment is bringing us Animal Boxing, a brand new DS title which will be released during the fourth fiscal quarter... |
8 July 2008
17:06 GMT |
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Hazel, the Mac OS X utility that organizes and performs clean-up chores on your Mac, has just been updated to version 2.2. The new release focuses on several features that have been added for advanced workflows, while pattern matching elements have also been introduced.Hazel organizes and cleans folders (even the tra... |
8 July 2008
16:26 GMT |
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Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds is a video game created by Eurocom Entertainment Software which was published by Vivendi Universal Games. It was released in 2003 for the PlayStation 2 gaming platform from Sony, for the Xbox and for the Game Cube. Billed an action title, it is played from a third person perspec... |
8 July 2008
16:21 GMT |
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Electronic Arts has issued an apology to the people of Northern Ireland after the company has used the Soldier's Song in the game UEFA Euro 2008, instead of the national anthem of the country. Northern Ireland, being a part of Great Britain, uses God Save the Queen as its anthem and it is played before all the m... |
8 July 2008
16:06 GMT |
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Whenever you hear news about an upcoming fighting game developed by Guilty Gear series creators, you should be excited. In other words, you should be really happy now, since Aksys Games has decided to publish worldwide Arc System Works' game, Battle Fantasia on the Xbox 360 console. It will be released this fall... |
8 July 2008
15:06 GMT |
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Brian Lara International Cricket 2005 is a video game developed by Swordfish Studios Limited and published by Codemasters. It was originally released in 2005 for PCs, Mac and the PlayStation 3 gaming console from Sony. It is classed as a sports simulator played from an isometric perspective. The title benefits from t... |
8 July 2008
14:31 GMT |
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Although the first new iPhones should be available for "regular users" no sooner than July 11, an iPhone fan from Portugal has already gotten his hands on a black and shiny 8GB iPhone 3G and posted several pics with it. The unboxing images appeared today on the iPhone Portugal forum and the user who posted them say... |
8 July 2008
14:02 GMT |
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What extra stuff can you add to a game like Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots? The game ends a saga, kills off the main character, Solid Snake, and it also wraps up most of the loose threads left by the previous editions. So when Konami initially announced that extra stuff would be made available for the game ... |
8 July 2008
13:56 GMT |
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The Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA) supports the Pan European Games Ratings Information (PEGI) rating systems and not the homebrew British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), as some might think should be the case. Thus, since two companies with different opinions on how things shou... |
8 July 2008
13:06 GMT |
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Although speculations do exist pointing that Microsoft is in the "right direction" as far as the next releases of its proprietary operating system are concerned, the fact of the matter is that Windows 7 and Windows 8 will not diverge from the Windows path in the foreseeable future. Do not expect Windows Next or Windo... |
8 July 2008
13:04 GMT |
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The US might soon get a new Nokia Xpress Music handset, namely the XpressMusic 5320, as the phone was recently approved by the FCC. If Nokia indeed plans to release the 5320 in the States, it would be the second XpressMusic to be available this year for North American users, after the 5310, which was launched by both... |
8 July 2008
12:35 GMT |
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As far as Mozilla is concerned, the open source Firefox browser is superior to what rivals from Microsoft, Apple and Opera have to offer. Security is one of the aspects of software which can be quantified only by considering a variety of factors from the volume of attacks and the malware environment, to the number an... |
8 July 2008
12:17 GMT |
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With all the console war between Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo, one could believe that we're talking about an ever growing industry that keeps bringing in thousands of new users per day. Well, as strange as it might sound, we are wrong, at least if we take a look at the US console market - which is stagnating and... |
8 July 2008
12:06 GMT |
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On July 14, Facebook is launching a beta version of the users' profile design. As Pete Bratach, Facebook developer, says on the official blog, users can opt for a new appearance of the entire website, a feature that is now available only for ''sandbox,'' an application that gives users the op... |
8 July 2008
11:51 GMT |
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Mutant Storm Empire is a shoot 'em up game developed by PomPom and published by Microsoft on the Xbox 360 console, via the Xbox Live Arcade service. The title was released on the 31st of October 2007, during the Halloween celebrations. It offers single, as well as multiplayer modes.Mutant Storm Empire is a sci-f... |
8 July 2008
11:46 GMT |
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Microsoft has unveiled a new Machine Translation tool, courtesy of Microsoft Research, bundled with Live Search as an online service designed to provide writing assistance. The ESL (English as a Second Language) Assistant is nothing more than a prototype at this point in time, and is set up to focus on a limited numb... |
8 July 2008
11:38 GMT |
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Nokia N95, the highly popular Nseries smartphone released by Nokia more than one year ago (in the spring of 2007), now comes in a new luxury edition. Offered by Continental Mobiles, a UK-based company specialized in luxury products, the new N95 features a Sterling silver panel in the front, which is encrusted with lo... |
8 July 2008
11:27 GMT |
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It's ironic how the biggest nightmare of ice cream companies around the world is in fact ice. To prevent the formation of large ice crystals, most of them resort to adding edible antifreeze to the cream mix, thus keeping the texture of the ice cream smooth and silky no matter how many times it has been refrozen.... |
8 July 2008
11:23 GMT |
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A Southwark Crown Court has found Jagmeet Channa guilty of conspiracy to defraud and money laundering, and gave him a total of 16 years incarceration time, 90 months for the defraud and 9 years for money laundering, but the sentences will be served concurrently. It seems that he somehow got hold of his coworkers... |
8 July 2008
11:18 GMT |
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These days, NVIDIA is almost constantly in the news, but not because it necessarily has something to brag about. It seems rather unfortunate that today's current leading graphics manufacturer is faced with so many things that it has to deal with. As we told you last week, the company had to cope with an impressi... |
8 July 2008
11:07 GMT |
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Opera's representatives have decided to put an end to the ignorance that defines a prominent part of the Internet users. With their "Opera Web Standards Curriculum," a collection of more than 50 articles, some of which are yet to be published, everyone will know the basics of ''standards-based web deve... |
8 July 2008
10:53 GMT |
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Microsoft is bringing users closer to the cloud with the evolution of its Software + Services offerings. In this regard, both business customers and partners will be able to take advantage of fresh suites of subscription services via Microsoft Online Services. According to Stephen Elop, president of the Microsoft Bus... |
8 July 2008
10:49 GMT |
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Telcel, the largest mobile carrier in Mexico, has announced the commercial launching of its 3G network in several Mexican cities, along with the unveiling of the prices for Apple's new iPhone 3G. Telcel is the only carrier to offer the iPhone 3G in Mexico and it will release it on Friday, July 11 - at the same... |
8 July 2008
10:35 GMT |
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The folks at touchArcade have put together this interesting article comparing the iPhone's gaming capabilities with those of dedicated gaming devices, such as Sony's PlayStation Portable and Nintendo's DS.By the looks of it, the iPhone clearly has some advantages. Of course, it all comes down to what c... |
8 July 2008
10:33 GMT |
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NASA confirmed that the robotic arm of the Phoenix Mars Lander delivered its second sample for analysis to the wet chemistry laboratory of the spacecraft. While the first sample test of the lander failed to detect any chemicals that may be essential to the appearance and evolution of life as we know it on the Red Pla... |
8 July 2008
10:29 GMT |
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Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End falls into the action-adventure games category, featuring lots of swordplay, a couple of cinematic interactive sequences and some basic puzzle elements. Throughout the game, you'll control Jack Sparrow, but you'll also have the chance to play with Will or Elizab... |
8 July 2008
10:18 GMT |
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Fable II is one of the biggest titles Microsoft plans to publish this year and some early interesting promotions are a good way to create a buzz related to the game. With Peter Molyneux promising great things for the title, Microsoft had to come up with some great advertisements.The first involves pre-ordering (which... |
8 July 2008
10:14 GMT |
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NBA 2K7 is a basketball simulation game published by 2K Sports on the major consoles of the time, including the Xbox 360. One of the most important features brought by the title was the signature player animation, which turned it into a close to reality one.Being the latest chapter in the NBA 2K series, NBA 2K7 eleva... |
8 July 2008
10:10 GMT |
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Thermaltake, one of the leading manufacturers of computer cooling products, has just announced a new release. Following the success the company had with the launch of the Bigwater 760i liquid cooling system in 2007, newcomer Bigwater 770 promises to help users achieve those high CPU frequencies they've been drea... |
8 July 2008
10:08 GMT |
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Today, Rack-Soft released 4PSA VoipNow Hosted, a service especially designed for small and medium businesses and small ISPs. It was created to allow its users to use VoIP services, like integration with business software applications, to lower costs and increase mobility without the need of having special hardware or... |
8 July 2008
10:06 GMT |
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Overlord was noticed for its healthy dose of humor and for its rather unique approach to the fantasy genre. We are all used to playing the good guy, the armor clad hero type that smashes through hordes of enemies to save the princess and get half of the kingdom. Ever since Mario, we've played games built on this... |
8 July 2008
09:50 GMT |
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Microsoft has extended the control of Windows Media Center in Windows Vista beyond the limits of the operating system to devices adjacent to the platform via Windows SideShow. With the Windows SideShow technology, users are enabled to access information from their Vista machine on a variety of additional hardware fro... |
8 July 2008
09:45 GMT |
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Microsoft has signed an agreement regarding online advertising with Rodale, the owner of Men's Health, Women's Health and Runners' World. The Redmond company will provide custom advertising for the entire series of the lifestyle, fitness and wellness e-publications. Microsoft is the exclusive partner t... |
8 July 2008
09:43 GMT |
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People who use the MSN web messenger can conveniently and easily talk to people millions of miles away, but can just as well become victims of a phishing attempt or receive countless spam messages that lead to malware spreading web pages. That is why Heise Online is advising all MSN users to exercise caution whenever... |
8 July 2008
09:33 GMT |
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Some of the sun-worshipers out there believe that the use of sunscreens immediately guarantees protection against the most harmful rays. An investigation carried out by the Environmental Working Group showed recently that up to 80 percent of sunscreen lotions available on the market provide little or no protection at... |
8 July 2008
09:32 GMT |
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Yes, you've guessed it! Players will be able to fight each other in some sort of combat minigame, so be careful with those tempers, because sparks can ignite at any time. It seems obvious that the players involved in the fight will be sent off the ice in no time, but this still remains a fun minigame and probabl... |
8 July 2008
09:25 GMT |
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Motorola issued a press release a few hours ago, announcing the official availability of its new PDAs across China. The handsets we're talking about are Motorola MING A1600, Motorola MING A1800 and Motorola A810, all of which are being released only in China, with no plans for a future availability on other mark... |
8 July 2008
09:24 GMT |
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MX vs. ATV Untamed is an off-road racing game developed by Rainbow Studios and published by THQ on the 17th of December 2007 in North America, the 7th of March 2008 in Europe and the 13th of March 2008 in Australia. As the name suggests, Untamed is the newest title in the MX vs. ATV series published by THQ.One of the... |
8 July 2008
09:18 GMT |
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Some people might not be very pleased when reading this but, then again, MSI probably feels the same. It appears that the company's highly mediated sub-notebook is going to be delayed once more. That is, after it has already been pushed back once until July.This doesn't come as great news for Micro Star Int... |
8 July 2008
09:12 GMT |
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In NFL Tour, anyone can pull off amazing highlight reel plays using only a few buttons, as the game sports a very intuitive control scheme and fast-paced gameplay. With real NFL players as teammates, you get to travel across the country and take on each of the NFL teams in newly custom-designed stadiums.However, NFL ... |
8 July 2008
09:07 GMT |
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Apple's official "retail" page now features a sign saying "iPhone 3G Coming July 11 at 8:00 a.m." Sources on the web did a bit of digging and managed to extract some important information regarding what you, as a customer, must have with you, and do, once in the Apple Retail Store.MacRumors cites an AppleInsider... |
8 July 2008
08:54 GMT |
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The Mozilla team is not pleased with the manner in which browser security is assessed by the industry and wants to make a few changes. The new security metrics system should look past the simple bug, update and patch count and more accurately reflect the level of protection offered by the browser. Several factors mu... |
8 July 2008
08:49 GMT |
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The title is an interesting, if not great, addition to the Asterix and Obelix gaming universe. The Olympic Games are the perfect venue in which the two protagonists can demonstrate their special capacities, fuelled as they are by the strange concoction brewed by the druids. There are a lot of Olympic events to compet... |
8 July 2008
08:44 GMT |
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While the summertime brings us a lot of pleasures, especially in terms of weather, it also comes with a large variety of annoying insects, amongst which the mosquito, a never-ending source of discomfort and ultimately pain. Most of the time, a pesticide will do just fine in keeping these hungry bugs at a distance, al... |
8 July 2008
08:43 GMT |
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BlackBerry Thunder, also known as BlackBerry 9500, the first full-touch handset to be made in Canada (by RIM), has now appeared in what are believed to be the first real images with it. The 9500 Thunder seems to be the most media-centered from all of RIM's devices. Spotted at BlackBerrySync, the new images ar... |
8 July 2008
08:40 GMT |
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At the end of the past week, Microsoft announced a refresh to the Windows Update agent in Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows XP Service Pack 3. However, accompanying the new version of the Windows Update client being rolled out to Windows users, there is an infrastructure update which spans well beyond Vista SP... |
8 July 2008
08:26 GMT |
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Mr. Driller Online is a puzzle game created by Namco Bandai and released on the 2nd of April 2008 on Xbox 360's service, Xboxe Live Arcade. The title challenges players to drill to the end of a long, vertical pit filled with multicolor blocks. It gets really addictive once you start playing.The game supports a t... |
8 July 2008
08:21 GMT |
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wattOS... the last frontier, the lightweight Ubuntu-based operating system is now here! Faster than anything else out there, wattOS is not just another Ubuntu clone, it is powered by the Openbox window manager, a standards compliant, fast, lightweight and extensible window manager. First time I heard about wattOS, I ... |
8 July 2008
08:05 GMT |
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Google's Software Engineering Team has developed yet another tool to come to the aid of the webmasters. The application consists of Protocol Buffers that, as it is stated on the company's blog, "allow you to define simple data structures in a special definition language, then compile them to produce classes... |
8 July 2008
08:00 GMT |
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Although the official offerings from Microsoft for the deployment of Windows Vista are superior to what is available for Windows XP, following the release of Service Pack 3, the System Preparation tool (Sysprep.exe) was kicked up a notch, delivering similar functionality. But at the same time, Windows XP SP3 is not t... |
8 July 2008
07:30 GMT |
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Samsung i200 (or SGH-i200) is now commercially available in Europe and Asia, being offered as one of the slimmest Windows Mobile smartphones on the market. Announced at the beginning of the year and said to come with Windows Mobile 6.0, the i200 is now bundled with the latest Windows Mobile 6.1 OS, which brings a rev... |
8 July 2008
07:03 GMT |
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With just 31 days to go until the 2008 Beijing Olympics kick-off, it is important that you make good use of this time and make the necessary preparations so that your organization's network keeps working safely and efficiently. According to Eric Krieger from Secure Computing there are two factors that put your n... |
8 July 2008
07:01 GMT |
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Sapphire is one of AMD's best board partners and this is probably the reason for which any graphics card released by this manufacturer is received with great interest. This time around, we're talking about a graphics card that is based on AMD's current Radeon HD 4850, a GPU meant for the mid-range user... |
8 July 2008
07:01 GMT |
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Toyota is rather reluctant when it comes to talking about its future products, albeit nobody can keep a secret forever, can they? The word around the campfire is that the third generation of the Toyota Prius hybrid, expected to be launched next year, will receive some electrical systems that will be powered with the ... |
8 July 2008
06:56 GMT |
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Bully is a video game developed by Rockstar Vancouver and published by Rockstar Games. Released in 2006 and available for the PlayStation 2 consoles from Sony and also for the Xbox 360 and the Nintendo Wii, it is classed as an action adventure title, played from a first person perspective.The main character of the vi... |
8 July 2008
06:55 GMT |
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Virtualization is becoming an increasingly important concept among the IT managers of various medium-sized and large companies nowadays, simply because this technology could actually prove to save a lot of money (not to mention a lot of electrical power) in the future. And since this particular branch has become such... |
8 July 2008
06:40 GMT |
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Ozura Mobile, the Singapore-based mobile content developer and distributor, announced the upcoming release of "Beijing Dreams", a new mobile game that pays an homage to the 2008 Summer Olympics that will debut on August 8 in China's capital city. Beijing Dreams will transform you into Lei Jiang, a young athlet... |
8 July 2008
06:20 GMT |
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The Microsoft and Yahoo mating rituals have gone wild, in the sense that the Sunnyvale Internet giant is effectively fighting against a takeover and at the same time fighting with itself in order to be swallowed by the Redmond company. The architect of the failed Microsoft and Yahoo negotiations is undoubtedly Chief ... |
8 July 2008
06:19 GMT |
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On a home front, Kaspersky software has been doing rather well recently, which has determined the company to expand. At the recent 10th annual partner conference held in St. Petersburg, Kaspersky let its worldwide partners in on the expansion plans, which include opening an office in Australia. Eugene Kasperky, as c... |
8 July 2008
06:11 GMT |
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As some of you already know, last month, Voodoo PC released two new computer systems that came with some very unique features. One of those computer systems was the Voodoo Envy, an ultra-portable notebook that could actually prove to be an Apple MacBook competitor, the only difference being that it runs on Windows. A... |
8 July 2008
06:06 GMT |
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An online petition was launched a few days ago by some YouTube users who call themselves generically "users of the web." What initiated it is their concern regarding the judges' decision to force YouTube to hand over all of its users' private data to Viacom, a major American company that has accused it of c... |
8 July 2008
06:05 GMT |
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The Bouncer is a video game developed by Dream Factory Co. Ltd and published by Square Co. It was released in 2000 on just one platform, the PlayStation 2 gaming console from Sony. This is a title which mixes action and role playing game features, and is played from a third person perspective. There are also elements... |
8 July 2008
06:01 GMT |
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Acer started to move towards size-shrinking its desktop computer line with the new X1200 SFF featuring AMD dual core CPUs and Nvidia graphics, as well as attractive prices. The size-shrinking feature is well known for Acer, and the owners of the American computer maker Gateway started running their Eee line to deskto... |
8 July 2008
05:59 GMT |
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Although surprising, the new discovery confirms once again that freezing the embryos after fertilization does not harm them in any way. During a study regarding children born both as a result of conventional In Vitro Fertilization and through IVF using frozen embryos, Anja Pinborg of the Copenhagen University Hospita... |
8 July 2008
05:50 GMT |
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ActiveX controls are by now nothing short of traditional vectors of attack because of their intimate integration with Microsoft's software products. The latest illustrative examples in this context are the new attacks targeting a Critical vulnerability in the ActiveX control for Microsoft Access. The Redmond com... |
8 July 2008
05:42 GMT |
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Berbie has updated TrailRunner, its free solution for long distance runners and (now) users of Nike + Apple gear. Version 1.7 (beta) of the software integrates with nikeplus.com, the online community for the Nike+ SportBand, and the Apple Nike+iPod Sport Kit running devices.Users of Berbie's route planning softw... |
8 July 2008
05:36 GMT |
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Security software producer AVG has recently announced that it will modify the antivirus solution currently on the market. The changes are not major, just that the safe searching feature needs to be deactivated. Although this feature is constantly on the lookout for virus or malware spreading sites, it is also generat... |
8 July 2008
05:31 GMT |
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Virgin Mobile has announced the availability of a new affordable (but at the same time fashionable) mobile phone named vBling. This is a clamshell that features a mirror finish and it's the second basic phone to be released by Virgin in India in the last two weeks, after the vTrendy candybar. The new vBling ... |
8 July 2008
05:19 GMT |
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The latest developments on the graphics cards market need to be summed up, since consumers can now enjoy lower prices for high-end video boards. The events behind this state of facts are probably known by most of you, but a review is necessary. The dropping price result comes form the war between two of the biggest p... |
8 July 2008
05:14 GMT |
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The 2.40 firmware update for the Sony-made gaming console was one of the most expected in the history of the device. The main reason for that was a series of new features, such as XMB in-game support, which allows gamers to manage friend contacts while playing a game, and the introduction of Trophies, which are Sony&... |
8 July 2008
05:11 GMT |
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Sometime ago, we told you about how Intel was planning to built its processors with more overclocking capabilities. Now, it seems that one of the company's yet to be officially introduced processors has already surfaced on the web as part of a couple of overclocking experiments. We are talking about the E8600, w... |
8 July 2008
05:10 GMT |
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A massive amount of gold and other precious metals is used every year to fabricate electronic consumer devices such as computers, television sets and mobile phones. It might not seem so obvious at first, but the landfill may literally be a gold mine. The real problem with recycling these metals is that the process is... |
8 July 2008
05:00 GMT |
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Unlike Nokia or Apple, Samsung is not a brand that had the honor of inspiring too many Chinese manufacturers into copying its mobile devices. Still, we've recently spotted a brand new clone of Samsung U900 Soul slider, which was sold until now in more than 1,000,000 units. The copycat Soul is named Jinpeng U900 ... |
8 July 2008
04:37 GMT |
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Media Catalog is a useful Mac app that indexes your removable media, such as CDs and DVDs, so that you can quickly find your files. Developer Robert Kuilman has recently updated the software, adding drag support and some Quick Look features.The software is so easy to use that you'll totally forget about Apple�... |
8 July 2008
04:28 GMT |
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This is it; the Windows XP Service Pack 3 grand finale is just around the corner. While the operating system is no longer for sale through retail and OEM channels as of June 30, 2008, Microsoft continues to be committed to offering support for the platform. With Mainstream Support planned to last until 2009, and Exte... |
8 July 2008
04:21 GMT |
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Trend Micro, a company that specializes in security software solutions, seems to be doing quite well on the Tokyo stock market. Following a ratings modification by Mitsubishi UFJ Securities, from "outperform to "strong outperform", Trend Micro has seen more money coming in than in the past three months. In the world ... |
8 July 2008
04:21 GMT |
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Mario and Sonic went to their Olympic games. Real athletes go to the Olympic games - that's the place where the best of the best meet and compete against each other for the number one position. But this doesn't mean that there are no other great athletes in the world who, because of one reason or another, d... |
8 July 2008
04:21 GMT |
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The smoldering conflict between Yahoo!'s board of directors and investor Carl Icahn is again beginning to take new shapes. While Yahoo! is making its belief known that, if Microsoft had an available offer, it would put it on the table, Icahn is assuring Yahoo! that Microsoft's intentions are serious. Whethe... |
8 July 2008
04:17 GMT |
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The European Commission announced its Radio Spectrum Committee decision to allow both TDD and FDD on the 2.6 GHz (2500-2690MHz) frequency band, which means that GSM and LTE cellular technologies using FDD will also be able to use the 2.3, 2.6 and 3.5 GHz frequencies, categorized by the WiMAX Forum as the key bands fo... |
8 July 2008
04:12 GMT |
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The ASUS Eee PC 904 netbook has finally made it on the company's official web page. And, although everything about the new ASUS Eee PC has been pretty much clear for quite some time, the product's specifications list is now official. From the looks of it, this is what the Taiwanese manufacturer sees as a co... |
8 July 2008
04:11 GMT |
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Carbon dioxide is a potent greenhouse gas, apparently responsible for the climate change effects that have started to become even more obvious in the last decades or so. We could say that we've learned our lesson but in fact, we haven't really, since more than 70 percent of the world's energy output is... |
8 July 2008
04:08 GMT |
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If Epic ever stops developing games (even though nobody would wish something like that happened), they will definitely still be able to keep the company running just by licensing their great Unreal Engine 3. As further proof that this statement is correct, we have just received the news that Ignition Entertainment li... |
8 July 2008
03:54 GMT |
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The Unreal Tournament series cemented the dominance of Epic as the main deliverer of adrenaline rushing action in videogames. More than any other multiplayer and singleplayer shooter on the market, Unreal Tournament manages to make the player feel like part of the battle, offering him a myriad of weapons and ways in ... |
8 July 2008
03:51 GMT |
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Shortly after the release of Nokia's E71 and E66 smartphones, India gets another cool mobile phone: Sony Ericsson C902. This is the latest-released Cyber-shot handset and it's one of the slimmest 5 Megapixel mobile phones on the market. The C902 is part of Sony Ericsson's new line-up of Cyber-shot ph... |
8 July 2008
03:39 GMT |
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Apple's all-in-one concept has proved to be such a success that a few other system manufacturers have rushed to create their own versions of a desktop computer of this type. Important brands such as Dell or Sony have already released such all-in-one desktop computers but Apple's iMac is still the users'... |
8 July 2008
03:35 GMT |
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Europa Universalis: Rome is now available as a digital download, according to Virtual Programming. Priced at $39.95, Europa Universalis: Rome sports fully 3D map with integrated graphics and detailed topography, and a multiplayer mode that allows you to challenge up to 32 players either competitively or in co-op mode... |
8 July 2008
03:35 GMT |
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Following the success recorded by Electronic Arts' MySims on Wii and DS, the company decided to re-create it for PC systems in order to increase its revenue and to offer even more players the chance to enjoy the game. The title is scheduled to be released this October, which means that it will hit the stands jus... |
8 July 2008
03:29 GMT |
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A new study shows that the massive explosion of a comet into Earth's atmosphere during the last Ice Age might have rained diamonds and precious metals over the North American continent, leading to the mass killing of both animals and humans alike. In fact, most of the diamonds and precious metal deposits in seve... |
8 July 2008
03:14 GMT |
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Casual games publisher Majesco is announcing that it plans to bring Away Shuffle Dungeon to Europe and North America right after the game is released on the Japanese market. The role playing game is being created by Mistwalker and AQ Interactive, with Hironobu Sakaguchi, of the Final Fantasy fame, taking the helm as ... |
8 July 2008
03:11 GMT |
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The Daily Mail, part of Northcliffe Media, has recently announced that one of the organization's laptops was stolen. It contained information on its employers, suppliers and collaborators, such as name, address, and bank info. The data loss is serious in that it is an identity theft risk, but it is at the same ... |
8 July 2008
03:09 GMT |
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Gigabyte has announced the launch of its new M912V, a small notebook that brings a new face to the Eee PC brand. The company is bringing to us is a 8.9" portable solution that packs together a considerable number of features. Gigabyte's M912V is a Tablet PC coming with a 180 degrees swiveling screen which can li... |
8 July 2008
03:08 GMT |
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Apple and Mac users alike are taking the final steps towards transitioning to MobileMe, the company's revamped version of the .Mac (Dot Mac) service. Apple is warning .Mac users that the service will be shut down on Wednesday in advance of the MobileMe launch. Therefore, .Mac subscribers have to sync their infor... |
8 July 2008
02:59 GMT |
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Nokia, the giant handset manufacturer, has released a survey showing that only about 3% of the mobile users around the globe are recycling their old cell phones. The question behind the survey was "What happens to most mobile devices when people no longer use them?" and, as it turns out, unfortunately, about 44% of t... |
8 July 2008
02:58 GMT |
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It's all about excess these days and, thanks to Nintendo, we are now able to do all the crazy stuff we can think of by entering the virtual worlds of the Wii. This week, we are given the choice between a super exciting racing game that will keep our adrenaline levels to the maximum and a classic title which allo... |
8 July 2008
02:53 GMT |
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When Electronic Arts closed a deal with Hasbro regarding the use of its Monopoly brand (EA is clearly interested in such titles) and of other intellectual property, there were many people thinking that Scrabble would be one of the first games to be re-done in an electronic form by the videogame publisher.Now Electron... |
8 July 2008
02:46 GMT |
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Spammers' imagination is constantly reaching new peaks. The disastrous earthquake that hit China also gave ideas to spammers, who started using headlines referring to the catastrophe in the email subjects. Their purpose - to persuade the users to access a "video" that in fact was an executable file that launched... |
8 July 2008
02:20 GMT |
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According to a study conducted by Trend Micro, a company that specializes in providing flexible and customizable Internet security solutions, data leaks are rapidly becoming a security threat similar to that of viruses and malware. The study was conducted on 1,600 corporate PC users and it shows that the most affect... |
8 July 2008
02:11 GMT |
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Nokia 1508i was recently approved by the FCC to work on the CDMA 1900 MHz frequencies, this making the phone ready to be commercialized in the US. Nokia said the handset should hit the market in the third quarter of the year, hence in the next few months the 1508i might get to US users. Officially presented at... |
8 July 2008
01:56 GMT |
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