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Just as everyone is thinking about the release of the fantasy themed Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning and while strategy fans are hearing more about the 2009 release of Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 2, this short video found its way to the Internet not too long ago:The video is said to be from a game called Warhamm... |
8 September 2008
21:01 GMT |
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It's going to be a bumpy ride going into the fall release schedule. Ubisoft has finally revealed a clear release date for its upcoming shooter frenzy called Far Cry 2 and the game is set to debut in close proximity to other eagerly waited titles like Dead Space, Resistance 2 and Fallout 3. The new Ubisoft shoote... |
8 September 2008
18:01 GMT |
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Media Molecule announce the launch of a contest which is aimed at choosing three SackBoy costumes that will be offered for free in LittleBigPlanet. There will be one SackBoy or SackGirl chosen for North America, one for Europe and one for Japan; the deadline seems to be September 30, at least for the North American p... |
8 September 2008
16:51 GMT |
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Flip4Mac has updated its WMV Player to version 2.2.1.11 Beta. Flip4Mac WMV is a collection of QuickTime components that allow you to play, import and export Windows Media files and can be used with most of your favorite QuickTime applications including QuickTime Player, iMovie 6 and Final Cut Pro.The Flip4Mac WMV Pla... |
8 September 2008
15:51 GMT |
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T-Mobile USA will soon widen its collection of mobile phones made by Samsung, with an unofficially announced model, apparently called Samsung T459 or Samsung Holic. Resembling the old but still popular LG Rumor and the Samsung Messager (an affordable handset recently launched in the US via both MetroPCS and Cric... |
8 September 2008
15:01 GMT |
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AcroDesign Technologies has announced the release of its downloadable, native, NIV iPhone Bible. AcroBible is a downloadable, offline, annual-fee based Bible which boasts the ability to search for words or phrases, create bookmarks, attach notes to any verse, and highlight verses in up to six colors. Users just pay o... |
8 September 2008
14:51 GMT |
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The Runco company is not exactly very famous in the mainstream consumer segment of the display solution market, since most of its products are typically targeting the luxury segment. And that seems to be the case with Runco's latest announcement from CEDIA, namely the one regarding the VideoXtreme VX-8 Projector... |
8 September 2008
14:51 GMT |
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As you might remember from some of our previous articles on the subject, Japanese company Mitsubishi has announced as early as this year's CES the imminent launch of a new type of HDTV, which offers a whole new, laser-based approach to display technology. Dubbed LaserVue, the device hadn't received either a... |
8 September 2008
13:31 GMT |
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While the world is still waiting for the first-ever Garmin phone to be launched, Australian mobile users might be pleased to find out that Telstra, the largest mobile carrier in their country, has striken a deal with Garmin, via Sensis, in order to improve the capabilities of its GPS-enabled handsets.Following the ag... |
8 September 2008
13:13 GMT |
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Sooner or later, everyone needs a document scanner around the house. It's practical, and a huge relief for the paranoid. Although the iPhone Document Scanner isn't what you'd think it is (as in not software), it looks like a truly original and accurate solution for the task. Even better, you can downlo... |
8 September 2008
13:11 GMT |
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Today is a happy day for Linux Mint fans as the developers of one of the most popular Linux distributions decided to please us with yet another release. I am speaking about Linux Mint 5 Elyssa XFCE, which introduces various improvements in performance, appearance and desktop configuration.Some of the tools have... |
8 September 2008
12:10 GMT |
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Alltel, the fifth largest mobile carrier in the US, has announced the availability of Alltel Connect Packs, which represent a variety of bundle packages meant to allow its subscribers to make more use of their handsets' features and save money at the same time.There are five Alltel Connect Packs to choose f... |
8 September 2008
11:47 GMT |
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ParaScale, a startup based in Cupertino, California, announced the trial availability of its cloud storage system. As more and more people know, cloud storage refers to the fact that data is no longer kept on physical devices, but on the Internet.The company advertises the high security of its storage method, as cent... |
8 September 2008
11:26 GMT |
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As Rosetta, the ESA (European Space Agency) space probe launched in 2004, marched on towards its destination, the 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko comet, it sent its first images back to Earth. As it turns out, the images are of the Type E asteroid known as Steins, a 5 km-wide rock in the shape of a diamond, brighter ... |
8 September 2008
10:54 GMT |
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Researcher Le Duc Anh from the Security Vulnerability Research Team (SVRT) of the Vietnamese company Bach Khoa Internetwork Security (BKIS), has discovered a critical buffer-overflow vulnerability in Google Chrome. The vulnerability was patched in version 0.2.149.29.Almost a week ago, Google launched the first public... |
8 September 2008
10:53 GMT |
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EA Mobile, subsidiary of Electronic Arts, has just released a new game said to represent a new twist on the old and beloved tetris. Called Tetris POP, the new product that the EA labs have developed is presented as an "exciting" addition to the company's line-up of tetris-related games. Tetris POP features ... |
8 September 2008
10:50 GMT |
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Today, Advanced Micro has announced a new virtualization solution designed to take advantage of technologies from both AMD and Microsoft. The new solution combines AMD's Opteron processors with the company's virtualization (AMD-V) technology, together with Microsoft's Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, in or... |
8 September 2008
10:50 GMT |
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Google has applied for a new patent, this time for a water-based data center. The company plans to build several systems more or less at a close distance from the shore, as land is continuously being crowded by huge data centers, which use a lot of conventional energy. Each center, if approved by the US Patent &... |
8 September 2008
10:31 GMT |
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According to Google Website Trends, Compete and Quantcast, the Official TomCruise web site is the most visited official male movie star site on the Web. Therefore, an iPhone-compatible version of the site was in order (someone decided).The iPhone friendly version of the site is pretty much identical to the desktop ve... |
8 September 2008
10:26 GMT |
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Based on the Ubuntu 8.04.1 LTS (Hardy Heron) and compatible with its repositories, the Ubuntu Eee 8.04.1 operating system has been released today, and it is optimized for the tiny Asus Eee PC. The new version introduces a new interface, supports even more Asus Eee PCs than before, boots faster, and takes up less spac... |
8 September 2008
10:13 GMT |
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Two of Sony Ericsson's new candybars from its 2008 line-up, the W302 and K330, should be commercially available in the next few days, as the Swedish-Japanese company has removed their "coming soon" tags.Although Sony Ericsson should have presented a brand-new phone today (the G705, codenamed Kumiko), it seems th... |
8 September 2008
10:06 GMT |
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The SystemRescueCd team has announced today the latest version of their Linux system. This new release brings important new features, such as advanced customization and kernel recompilation, as well as updates to some of the already present applications. It's a well known fact that SystemRescueCd is based on Gen... |
8 September 2008
10:02 GMT |
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Micro Star International is planning to release a new motherboard aimed at providing support for the latest Core 2 processors from Intel. The Taiwanese manufacturer has designed the new mobo on a black micro-ATX PCB, which uses an NVIDIA chipset. Not that many details are available right now to go on but, from the lo... |
8 September 2008
09:51 GMT |
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An autistic Australian working at the Foster's Yatala brewery was fired because of some YouTube videos in which he was "defaming" his workplace. Karl Tilcock, reports Australian IT, has been an employee of the company for over 12 years when he received a written notice regarding his dismissal. The man, whose onl... |
8 September 2008
09:26 GMT |
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Namco Networks, the leading North American developer and publisher of mobile games, has just announced the availability of PAC-MAN Arcade Golf. As you probably already guessed, this is a new mobile game from the PAC-MAN series, which also includes titles like PAC-MAN Fever, PAC-MAN Puzzle and PAC-MANIA, just to name ... |
8 September 2008
09:21 GMT |
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It is generally believed that ASUS is nearing the official release date for its very first non-Eee Atom-powered portable computer system, of which we already told you a few things last week. The ASUS N10 has already surfaced in Korea, and has even been listed on an Australian reseller website, confirming that the Ta... |
8 September 2008
08:59 GMT |
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There is reason to believe that Apple will release its next major software update to iPhone owners worldwide at its upcoming event in San Francisco. Beta builds of the iPhone software 2.1 are said to have been intentionally stripped down by Apple, in order to keep its contents under wraps.“Let's Rock,&rdqu... |
8 September 2008
08:50 GMT |
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Incontestably leading the global mobile market, the Espoo-based Nokia has announced that its market share for the third quarter of 2008 is expected to be lower than initially predicted. Back in July, when Nokia unveiled its financial results for the second quarter of the year, the Finnish company said that its m... |
8 September 2008
08:27 GMT |
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As the time remaining until the first true LHC experiment passes at a snail’s pace, the physicists in charge with the whole process are threatened to be killed by people who, in turn, fear for their lives. There's little common knowledge regarding the LHC and physics in general. People generally thin... |
8 September 2008
08:24 GMT |
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The Redmond-based software giant Microsoft is expected to release a new mouse, which will feature the most interesting design. With a name that pretty much says it all, the upcoming Microsoft Arc Mouse has already been spotted on the Internet in a number of pictures, confirming that the new product will soon be offi... |
8 September 2008
08:15 GMT |
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Just like all those commercials keep telling us, our hair is subject to more aggressions than we could, or want to keep count of – and that happens on a daily basis. Starting from the cold autumn wind, the powerful rays of the sun and down to the very products we use on it in order to restore it to decent &ldqu... |
8 September 2008
07:50 GMT |
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Seeing one's favorite celebrity in an exclusive video might be temping enough for many people to click on a link that promises to show them precisely this, especially if we're talking a link on a trusted website. Even more, if that website happens to be YouTube, then 90% of the people receiving it... |
8 September 2008
06:52 GMT |
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Researchers from Timelink – an environmental design company based in Dubai – have come up with the idea of building these carbon-free cities in order to accommodate people on a surface that covers about 10% of the area they would otherwise need. The term "ziggurat," which comes from the Akkadian lang... |
8 September 2008
06:48 GMT |
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Apple is adding the final touch preparing for its iPod-related event on Sept. 9th, 2008 (tomorrow), which takes place at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (located in San Francisco) at 10:00 am (Pacific). Recent iPod and iTunes rumors seem very consistent with what the event holds for Apple fans and the media.It is bel... |
8 September 2008
06:26 GMT |
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The idiocy of videogame banning is still alive and well. Just a short while after having reported that Fallout 3 could be banned from sales in Australia because of its drug references, it seems that another long awaited title, Dead Space, could be banned in China, Japan and, most surprising of all, Germany.Andrew Gre... |
8 September 2008
06:18 GMT |
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C-DAC (Center for Development of Advanced Computing) announced a few days ago the availability of the latest version of BOSS Linux. This release brings support for both KDE and GNOME desktop environments, and includes wide Indian language support, Bluetooth, PDF Viewer and RSS Feed Reader.Developed by NRCFOSS (N... |
8 September 2008
06:14 GMT |
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Following recently released security reports from several anti-spam/crimeware companies and projects that have outed Atrivo as a hub for cybercrime in the US, two of the company's Internet Service Providers are taking radical measures. Global Crossing and WVFiber are severing ties with Atrivo by removing peering... |
8 September 2008
06:11 GMT |
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Patriot Memory, a global provider of memory modules and flash memory solutions, has recently announced two new 4GB DDR2 memory kits designed for computer enthusiasts. After introducing its latest DDR3 memory modules for high-end desktop systems, the company has decided to extend its Viper series of products, with th... |
8 September 2008
06:11 GMT |
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The Association of National Advertisers has voiced its concerns related to the implications that a Google-Yahoo! agreement would have on fair competition. The letter sent to the Department of Justice, which is currently reviewing the partnership between the two companies, comprises “a comprehensive, indepe... |
8 September 2008
05:47 GMT |
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The Nintendo DS is now celebrating a month at the top of the Japanese hardware sales chart, as provided by Media Create. The hardware market is awfully quiet, with overall sales going slightly down while players are awaiting the launch of the PSP-3000 from Sony and the unveiling of the rumored new Nintendo DS handhel... |
8 September 2008
05:43 GMT |
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Reports are flying in saying that a scammer using an e-mail purporting to be from Apple is targeting MobileMe users. The e-mail claims there are problems with the users' subscription, and asks of them to re-enter their credit card information.As many of you should know (and especially former .Mac users), the tra... |
8 September 2008
05:42 GMT |
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SunCom's acquisition by T-Mobile, the fourth largest mobile carrier in the US, is now complete up to its last stage – rebranding SunCom and launching T-Mobile services in the markets where the ex-carrier was present, which include South and North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin ... |
8 September 2008
05:39 GMT |
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It seems that the days of hard disk drives are becoming shorter. The last year brought a lot of news on solid state drives as the future devices to be used for storage. At Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, the chip manufacturer announced that the era of spinning magnetic platter is coming to an end. The storage... |
8 September 2008
05:36 GMT |
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It appears that the netbook frenzy has caught up with almost every major system vendor out there, including MSI, Acer, Fujitsu, Lenovo, Dell and HP, not to mention ASUS. However, these manufacturers aren't the only ones that have entered the netbook market with a product of their own; other names in the industry... |
8 September 2008
05:21 GMT |
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Activision Blizzard is finally announcing a clear release date for Call of Duty: World at War. The North American market will get the game on November 11 and while no clear European date has been announced yet, we surely hope it will arrive in Europe at the same time. The game is set to launch for the PlayStation 3, ... |
8 September 2008
05:18 GMT |
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Developed by Adam Iser and Evan Schoenberg, Adium is a fast, fun, and free instant messaging client which supports most existing IM protocols. The application has been recently updated, fixing tons of bugs and nasty glitches reported by users worldwide. Adium has added new functionality. Some details on both aspects ... |
8 September 2008
05:00 GMT |
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The Ironclad developed and Stardock published real time space strategy title Sins of a Solar Empire went over 400,000 boxes sold, while the digital download version of the game was ordered by more than 100,000 people. With combined sales of more than 500,000 units, the game is a surprising success taking into account... |
8 September 2008
04:50 GMT |
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AT&T, North America's largest mobile carrier, has teamed up with Yahoo, the Internet giant company based in Sunnyvale, in order to enhance the Internet searching capabilities of its MEdia Net-enabled phones. In consequence, AT&T's subscribers who use the MEdia Net portal will notice, as of today, that the W... |
8 September 2008
04:41 GMT |
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We’ve been covering Intel's upcoming Atom processor for quite some time now. The processor, which was announced earlier this year, is expected to make its way in some of the upcoming netbooks, providing them with more computing power, compared with the current Atom CPU. Unfortunately, up until now, this s... |
8 September 2008
04:39 GMT |
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2008 has been a very good year for fighting games. Mortal Kombat is finally getting a new installment and the excitement is high about the partnership with DC Comics. Soulcalibur IV has already been out for some time and people generally like the game; Street Fighter IV is set to arrive soon. Now SNK is announcing th... |
8 September 2008
04:35 GMT |
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British prisoners are not the only ones affected by personal information loss. The News of the World tabloid claims that prison workers are in the same situation of having their personal data in the open, technically at anyone's disposal, once a portable hard-drive disk got lost. Names, birthday dates, ins... |
8 September 2008
04:35 GMT |
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A NoNewbsDotCom poster claims to have stumbled upon a download link to the new iTunes 8 from Apple. Touting the new version as a “HUGE upgrade,” the forum user, however, failed to note any specific new feature. Nonetheless, what looks like a genuine screenshot of Apple's site at the time iTunes 8 was... |
8 September 2008
04:21 GMT |
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Codename: Kids Next Door – Operation: V.I.D.E.O.G.A.M.E is a video game developed by High Voltage Software Inc and published by Global Star Software Inc. It was created for the PlayStation 2 gaming platform from Sony, the original Xbox from Microsoft and the Game Cube. It was released in October 2005. The game ... |
8 September 2008
04:13 GMT |
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New documents issued by Intel unveil more information on the company's highly expected Nehalem processors. Earlier leaked info on the CPU's roadmap has already been presented in an article, yet it seems that there are a few things that may be added to the story. The chips will still make their debut on earl... |
8 September 2008
04:10 GMT |
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The Taiwanese manufacturer Asus together with the Canadian-based Reseach in Motion have recently announced that Indian owners of the M930 and M530w smartphones can now enjoy the benefits of BlackBerry Connect 4.0. Trough the BlackBerry Connect solution, users will be provided with push-based wireless e-mail serv... |
8 September 2008
03:52 GMT |
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In the upcoming months, we are bound to see a couple of new Centrino 2 notebooks out there, all of them ready to provide users with some of the latest technologies in portable computer systems. One such example is the new L1010, which has been recently introduced by Fujitsu PC Asia Pacific. The new notebook is part o... |
8 September 2008
03:47 GMT |
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CMT presents Karaoke Revolution Country is a video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems, the makers of both Guitar Hero and Rock Band, and published by Konami Digital Entertainment Inc. The game was only created for the PlayStation 2 gaming console from Sony and was launched in 2006. It is classed as a music simu... |
8 September 2008
03:45 GMT |
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Our readers are familiar with the details on the better-quality imagery that Google Earth and Google Maps will soon benefit from. The 50 cm ground resolution images will turn the two Google applications into more than just fun tools, as they will offer an extensive view on various regions on the globe. This will all ... |
8 September 2008
03:35 GMT |
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Clock Tower 3 is a video game developed and published by Capcom Inc Ltd. Launched in December 2002, it was only released for the PlayStation 2 gaming platform from Sony, and it is classed as a survival horror title with action elements that can be played from a third person perspective.There are other three games in ... |
8 September 2008
03:28 GMT |
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EA has announced that Spore, Will Wright's highly anticipated God game, is available at retailers beginning September 7, for North American Mac owners. The rest of Europe and South America got a head start, as far as the full version of Spore is concerned, as did Germany, France, Belgium and other European terri... |
8 September 2008
03:24 GMT |
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We all believe that, by leading as healthy a lifestyle as we can, combined with plenty of exercise and, why not, even a little bit of help from plastic surgery or at least modern cosmetics (for those for whom the former is still too expensive to be a viable option), we actually stand a good chance in the constant fig... |
8 September 2008
03:20 GMT |
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It’s been quite a while that Intel's Centrino 2 technology was unleashed, and we have already seen a number of new notebooks being released by major manufacturers, all based on the aforementioned mobile technology. However, in the world of portable gaming systems, there's always room for improvement, ... |
8 September 2008
03:12 GMT |
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If you're in the US and want to buy an HTC Touch Diamond but don't actually like Sprint (the carrier that will be offering the handset in the near future), Best Buy has the solution for you. The North American retailer is getting ready to sell the Touch Diamond in an unlocked GSM version. Being unlocked (he... |
8 September 2008
03:11 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 a role p... |
8 September 2008
02:58 GMT |
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With the latest 10.5.5 build in developers' hands, Apple is said to have sliced the testing focus in half, from 24 core system components to just 12, people familiar with the matter have revealed.AppleInsider cites people familiar with the software as noting that, among the components still in need of attention ... |
8 September 2008
02:41 GMT |
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In order to meet the new tendencies of lowering the power consumption in data centers, Intel released new server chips included in the Xeon 5000 series, namely the L5430 and X5270 processors, and the company announced that the fastest of them features a clock speed of 3.5GHz. The L5430 is a low-voltage quad core proc... |
8 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 perspective... |
8 September 2008
02:18 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 ... |
8 September 2008
02:12 GMT |
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Even if Sharp has made some rather interesting product announcements at this year's IFA show, it actually managed to hold some surprises for CEDIA as well. So, besides the ultra-thin, 120 Hz HDTVs (which they've initially presented at the Berlin show), the company has also unveiled a couple of very interest... |
8 September 2008
02:02 GMT |
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