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As most of you already know, the Xbox 360 gaming consoles from Microsoft have seen their prices drop significantly as the Xbox 360 Arcade version of the platform is positioned to take on the Nintendo Wii console. Given the way the Nintendo Wii has dominated the hardware sales charts in North America and in Europe in ... |
9 September 2008
20:51 GMT |
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Analysts are wondering what Nintendo will do in order to regain the upper hand as Microsoft has slashed the price of the Xbox 360 Arcade to bring it just under that of the Wii. Well, it seems that the Japanese company wants to focus on making its console more attractive to potential buyers by addressing some of its w... |
9 September 2008
18:11 GMT |
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Spring Cleaning is an all-in-one cleaning and privacy solution for Mac developed by Smith Micro. The software is able to clean out your Internet tracks, boost performance by cleaning out forgotten files, and more. Currently at its tenth release, the app sports new features such as Photo A.K.A., a new File Sorter, and... |
9 September 2008
17:01 GMT |
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Electronic Arts and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, the two parties involved in bringing the Harry Potter universe to videogames, are now announcing that the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince video game will not be released in 2008, but will rather be launched at the same time with the movie based on the... |
9 September 2008
16:41 GMT |
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Apple is set out to unveil... well, only Apple knows what it is planning to unveil during its event at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (San Francisco) today. One thing is certain, though – Apple has something pretty important to showcase today, and there is strong evidence for that. We're going to upda... |
9 September 2008
15:22 GMT |
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Hog Bay Software has just announced the availability of WriteRoom for iPhone and iPod touch. As the developer puts it, WriteRoom “is for people who want a simple place to read and write notes on their phone.” After writing and saving a document on the iPhone, users can easily access their documents from t... |
9 September 2008
15:11 GMT |
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Mercenaries 2: World in Flames is a game over the top. The explosions are bigger than those in action movies, the heroes are nearly impossible to kill and the arsenal of destruction that they can rain down on unsuspecting enemies is larger than what the United States military used during the Shock and Awe operation i... |
9 September 2008
15:01 GMT |
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EarthDesk, a dynamic desktop map that supports accurate moonlight and multiple display, developed by Xeric Design, has been updated to version 4.4. The new release improves the handling of satellite cloud images and can now detect and ignore images with missing data sent from the satellite receiving station. A demo v... |
9 September 2008
14:51 GMT |
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Phelios has announced the release of iSnap, a puzzle game for iPhone and iPod touch. iSnap is based on a previously-released game for the Mac, developed by the same team. Phelios' PTK development kit has been used to bring a slew of games to the Mac. iSnap for iPhone and iPod touch costs 99 cents, and is availab... |
9 September 2008
13:41 GMT |
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Nokia's Ovi platform, presented last year as "the key to Nokia's Internet services," has been greatly improved since its initial launch. The Finnish company showcased today the enhanced Ovi, offering users more info about how they can benefit from it. "Today we are showing people how you can easil... |
9 September 2008
13:11 GMT |
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Microsoft is, without a doubt, not short on Windows evangelists, but with the launch of the $300 million marketing campaign put together by ad agency Crispin, Porter + Bogusky, the company is searching for a different approach. At the same time, the Redmond giant is also looking to hire in excess of 100 pseudo-evange... |
9 September 2008
12:19 GMT |
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Although it’s been a little over 40 years since Joseph Hubertus Pilates, the creator of the exercises with the same name, passed away, fitness enthusiasts and those just looking to unwind and lead a healthier life continue to show the same interest, if not even a greater one, in Pilates. Starting from the premi... |
9 September 2008
12:11 GMT |
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Mozilla is making headway in the development of the first Beta of Firefox 3.1. Built under the codename Shiretoko, the successor of Firefox 3.0 reached the Alpha 2 milestone at the end of the past week and became available for download. In addition to Shiretoko Beta 1, Mozilla is also cooking the Firefox 2.0.0.17 and... |
9 September 2008
11:51 GMT |
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Anxious about the upcoming Monsters vs. Aliens 3D animated film that DreamWorks will release in March 2009? You wish a mobile game based on the movie would be launched at about the same time? That's just perfect, because Glu, the well-known North American developer, has teamed up with DreamWorks, and the result ... |
9 September 2008
11:38 GMT |
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Google has announced on its official blog that, following the concerns expressed by privacy regulators in Europe and US, it will anonymize IPs in the server search logs after 9 months instead of 18. After being the first major search engine to clearly specify a retention time for IPs of 18 months, Google claims that ... |
9 September 2008
11:35 GMT |
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According to statistics provided by Bob Muglia, senior vice president, Server and Tools Business, present at the Microsoft Virtualization Launch on September 8, 2008, only 12% of all servers in production environments are virtualized, with the volume of virtualized desktops sufficiently low to be considered irrelevan... |
9 September 2008
11:11 GMT |
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Symbian Foundation, established by Nokia and other mobile giants with the goal of converting all Symbian-based mobile platforms into a single, open-source leading OS, has, as of today, the support of nine other companies. These are: Sharp, Opera Software, UIQ Technology, Acrodea, KTF, Brycen, Ixonos, HI Corporation a... |
9 September 2008
10:48 GMT |
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Photokina is just around the corner, so it's about time for the big boys in the imaging industry to start rolling out the big “guns” in preparation for this very important show. Thus, today, Sony has just announced the release of its first full-frame DSLR (digital single-lens reflex) camera, the &alp... |
9 September 2008
10:46 GMT |
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Make no mistake about it, just because Microsoft continues to be extremely shy when it comes down to sharing specific details related to Windows 7 internal Builds does not mean that the operating system has not evolved since the initial Milestone 1 at the end of 2007. In fact, while the next iteration of the Windows ... |
9 September 2008
10:41 GMT |
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The Frugalware Team has announced today the ninth stable release of their Linux distribution. Frugalware 0.9 (codename Solaria) is now available for the i686 and x86_64 architectures, and brings 6,400 changes, among which there are 2,279 updated packages, 568 new ones and 926 closed tasks, as well as numerous bug fix... |
9 September 2008
10:20 GMT |
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Human memory has been previously tested, but not to the extent of this experiment developed and performed by people from MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). They managed to prove that the 14 people involved in the test were able to remember specific details about almost 3.000 pictures they were presented. &n... |
9 September 2008
10:16 GMT |
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Javier DeFelipe from Universidad Complutense de Madrid in Spain, together with his team, led a study on brain, which helped indicate the fact that differences in thinking between the two genders come from the synapses. As they say, the variations in synapse density is a factor that attests the different way men... |
9 September 2008
10:00 GMT |
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Following yesterday's post on MSI's upcoming Intel-supporting, NVIDIA-based motherboard, it looks as though yet another manufacturer is getting ready to announce its very first mobo featuring NVIDIA's GeForce 9300 chipset. ECS has already listed the upcoming board, although the company is yet to unvei... |
9 September 2008
10:00 GMT |
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Hands-On Mobile, the San Francisco-based leading entertainment company, announced that it has reached a new agreement with Activision Publishing, following which two new mobile games would be created: Guitar Hero World Tour and a sequel of Guitar Hero III: Backstage Pass, released back in July. Presented as one ... |
9 September 2008
09:53 GMT |
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At the Microsoft Virtualization Launch on September 8, 2008, the Redmond giant delivered the first public demonstration of Windows 7 Server, the codename for Windows Server 2008 R2. The software company is developing Windows 7 Server and the Windows 7 Client in parallel but essentially based on the same core. And jus... |
9 September 2008
09:45 GMT |
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Although lacking a spine and a skeleton, these are real animals and are spread all over the planet. The tardigrades (better known as water bears), famous for their sturdiness, have recently been sent on a trip to space in order to prove precisely that feature. Surprisingly, not only that they survived but they were e... |
9 September 2008
09:21 GMT |
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According to the folks at Avatron Software, “Air Sharing is the easiest way to take your documents with you and view them on the go”. Air Sharing generally costs seven bucks, but the generous company is now offering its application for free, for two full weeks. Don't miss out on it!Once you install A... |
9 September 2008
09:00 GMT |
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We all know that Sony is capable of delivering both DSLRs with its Alpha series, and high-performance, yet stylish portable computer systems with its Vaio lineup. However, it looks like the company has decided to combine the experience it has accumulated with the development of both these products and release a new V... |
9 September 2008
08:29 GMT |
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A very intriguing aspect has come to light regarding Google Chrome's using several elements from the Apple system framework version of the WebKit engine - Safari is likely going to borrow some of the neat stuff Chrome sports, thanks to the merits of Open Source.TUAW's Christina Warren explains how one of th... |
9 September 2008
08:24 GMT |
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What do you think would happen if Nokia teamed up with BMW to create a high-end mobile phone? An exclusive handset would come to life, that's for sure. Sadly, neither the giant mobile company nor the famous automobile manufacturer has such intentions. Still, a concept phone presented as "Nokia BMW" has recently ... |
9 September 2008
08:21 GMT |
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Electronic Arts launched a new partnership with ESPN designed to further expose the public to how detailed Madden NFL 2009 is while allowing the sports network to use the game engine to create an elaborate presentation of the American football matches that is transmits.Electronic Arts and ESPN have an exclusivity con... |
9 September 2008
08:13 GMT |
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Aspyr Media has released futureU, a new SAT prep video game for Mac, realized in collaboration with Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions. futureU consists of six distinctive mini-games that are divided into three main categories featuring hundreds of questions and track-able player progress.Mini-games include Math, Readin... |
9 September 2008
07:39 GMT |
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Microsoft has dumped former translation partner Systran from all its products and services and implemented instead exclusively its in-house developed Machine Translation technology. Dubbed Microsoft Translator, and built by Microsoft Research, Systran's replacement is now featured into a variety of the company&#... |
9 September 2008
07:36 GMT |
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The same day it unveiled the new and feature-packed G705 slider, Sony Ericsson also came up with its very-first digital photo frame, called Sony Ericsson IDP-100. Presented as an accessory fit to go hand in hand with any SE Cyber-Shot handset, the IDP-100 weighs 320 grams, measures 205 x 145 x 25 millimeter... |
9 September 2008
07:02 GMT |
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The antivirus definitions released by Trend Micro Inc. for several of its products on September 5 caused computers to become unstable or unusable. The definitions falsely identified vital system files on both Windows Vista and Windows XP computers as malware, and added them to quarantine. Upon rebooting, this situati... |
9 September 2008
06:54 GMT |
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Microsoft has kicked the Cloud version of Dynamics CRM up a notch with the introduction of the first refresh for the service since launch. According to Brad Wilson, general manager of Microsoft Dynamics CRM at Microsoft, the September 2008 Service Update is an indication of the company's commitment to catalyze a... |
9 September 2008
06:50 GMT |
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On Monday, Dell announced its new PowerEdge T100 server system designed to meet the increasing demand in the small-and-medium businesses market sector. Coming to extend the company's PowerEdge portfolio, the new T100 system has a starting price of only $449, and is currently available directly from the company&#... |
9 September 2008
06:42 GMT |
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Almost 30 years after this object was conceived by Kane Kramer, 52, Apple admitted it was not the real inventor of the iPod. Apple was forced to produce evidence in a lawsuit over iPod-related patents and, so, it fetched that drawing below with the included specs to defend itself, the DailyMail is reporting. Kramer, ... |
9 September 2008
06:16 GMT |
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The Fujitsu Siemens Amilo Sa 3650 notebook has been finally listed at retailers, after three months since it was originally announced. The mobile PC will become available in about a week, and it has a listing price ranging from $1552 to $1584. For those enthusiasts that waited the past three months for the notebook t... |
9 September 2008
06:12 GMT |
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Experts from the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, located in Tallahassee, close to Florida State University, are currently undergoing operations required for the creation of the most potent magnet built to date. The Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico will house the object 2 million times more powerf... |
9 September 2008
06:09 GMT |
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U.S. Cellular, the seventh largest mobile operator in the US, has just launched a new media album service for its customers, called "Online Album." The service uses NewBay Software's LifeCache solution and allows users to upload and store their photos online, via their mobile devices. With Online Album, U.S... |
9 September 2008
06:09 GMT |
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The fall 2008 update for Zune takes Microsoft's iPod killer at version 3.0. The Redmond company is preparing to release a new lineup of devices, including a new 120 GB model for $249.99, but also variants of 80 GB for $229.99, 16 GB for $199; 8 GB - $149.99 and 4 GB - $129.99. But the new devices are only a part... |
9 September 2008
06:02 GMT |
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Earlier this year, OCZ, a leading manufacturer of flash-based memory products, unleashed a new keyboard part of the company's new Alchemy product lineup, which was first introduced at this year's edition of the Computex show. Dubbed Elixir, the keyboard was meant to offer support to gamers on budget. Howev... |
9 September 2008
06:01 GMT |
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Although NVIDIA has lost the competitive edge over AMD's graphics subsidiary, ATI, the green company is certainly not going to sit back with arms crossed, and watch how its competitor gains more market share. It is generally believed that NVIDIA will roll out a new graphics solution by the end of the year, which... |
9 September 2008
05:22 GMT |
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DisplayLink announced yesterday that the new Sony Vaio USB Docking Station VGP-UPR1 would include its network display technology. The docking station is compatible with several VAIO notebook models and will have the DisplayLink technology embedded in it, allowing users to connect multiple monitors to their systems vi... |
9 September 2008
05:14 GMT |
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Initially said to be officially presented on September 8, Sony Ericsson G705 has come a day later – today, on September 9. The G705 is pretty much what everyone expected it to be: a good-looking slider phone with a set of attractive mid-end features. An interesting aspect about the new SE handset is t... |
9 September 2008
05:03 GMT |
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With Silverlight, Microsoft is challenging Adobe's Flash position of the ubiquitous tool for the development of web-based Rich Interactive Applications. Now at Silverlight 2.0 Beta 2, the Redmond company is working not only to spread the technology as much as possible to end users, but also to attract developers... |
9 September 2008
05:00 GMT |
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Peter S. Magnusson, founder of Virtutech (provider of virtualized software development solutions), claims he has reasons to believe Apple will unveil Apple TV 3.0 at its iPod-event in San Francisco today. Blu-ray support, Time Capsule functionality, keyboard support, as well as support for iPhone and iPod touch (as r... |
9 September 2008
04:50 GMT |
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None other than the father of Ubuntu Linux himself, Mark Shuttleworth, has announced the codename and the goals of the next version of his marvelous operating system, Ubuntu 9.04 (codename Jaunty Jackalope), scheduled for release in April 2009. "Jaunty, the code name for what will most likely become Ubuntu 9.04, will... |
9 September 2008
04:49 GMT |
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We could fill pages just by simply enumerating all the netbooks currently available on the market or whose existence has, in any way, been alluded to on the Internet. There's no doubt that this market has grown significantly in the last 10 weeks, with products being released by several major systems vendors, inc... |
9 September 2008
04:41 GMT |
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Advanced Micro Devices announced yesterday new additions to its triple-core processor lineup launched earlier this year. The new desktop chips the manufacturer unveiled are the Phenom X3 8750 Black Edition, which features a Clock Multiplier Control and tunable performance, the energy-efficient (65 watt) Phenom X3 845... |
9 September 2008
04:18 GMT |
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Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, which I played for an hour not long ago, promises to be a great game. There's a Sith Lord, an apprentice, a whole lot of Force powers, some interesting enemies and the promise of a great physics engine which allows you to throw anything around while zapping enemies with Force ligh... |
9 September 2008
04:13 GMT |
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Microsoft is not only “raising the volume” on the references related to the upcoming Windows 7 Beta development milestone, but it is also no longer drastically limiting the amount of shared information on the next iteration of the Windows client. With Windows 7 specifics planned to be fully detailed in un... |
9 September 2008
04:13 GMT |
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Having lost the number one spot in today's high-performance consumer graphics card market, NVIDIA had to get more involved in one of its other graphics projects, one that hadn't been designed for the consumer market, and that provided an entirely different functionality. We are talking about Tegra, a &ldquo... |
9 September 2008
04:02 GMT |
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After making a solid impression back in March, during CeBIT 2008, Asus has been very quiet when it comes to new mobile devices. Recently, however, the Taiwanese manufacturer (which is mainly known for its motherboards, graphics cards and notebooks) has presented a brand new Pocket PC – Asus P552w. The P552... |
9 September 2008
03:54 GMT |
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Tomb Raider: Underworld will most likely manage to create another Lara Croft starring game that captures the player’s mind just as the original release.One of the most interesting features of the game will be the fact that it will have “Player Tailoring”, which basically means that the gamer will ha... |
9 September 2008
03:36 GMT |
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Ambrosia Software has released Redline 1.0.5, an update to its online racing game for Mac. Since clients of versions older than 1.0.3 cannot join Redline 1.0.5 multiplayer games because of newer functionality, Redline 1.0.5 is “a highly recommended update,” Ambrosia points out.Redline is a simple but addi... |
9 September 2008
03:35 GMT |
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Harmonix has released the official price for the conversion process which is used to make sure that tracks from Rock Band can be played in the sequel. MTV says that the process will cost 400 Microsoft Points, which is basically 4.80 Euros or 5 $. This cost will be applied for the 55 tracks which are available on the ... |
9 September 2008
03:16 GMT |
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Hewlett-Packard announced today that it managed to resolve one of the biggest problems users of mobile devices face: battery life. According to HP, its EliteBook 6930p is able to run for a full 24 hours without recharging if its configuration includes an ultra-capacity battery and few other options, one of them being... |
9 September 2008
03:12 GMT |
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Palit Microsystems, a world leading manufacturer of graphics cards based on NVIDIA and ATI's GPUs, has recently introduced a new product that incorporates the graphics power of ATI's Radeon HD 4850. The new card is part of the company's Sonic series, which means that it will deliver an improved perform... |
9 September 2008
03:10 GMT |
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Welcome to our 10th issue of Softpedia Linux Weekly! In this edition, you can read about: the new release of PC/OS, which introduces Flock and Audacious; MidnightBSD 0.2.1 includes improved support for new hardware devices; Fluxbox 1.1.0 arrives after 11 months of development; KDE 4.1.1 comes with performance improve... |
9 September 2008
03:02 GMT |
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North America's third largest mobile carrier, namely Sprint, has just launched a new service, called Ready Now and intended to allow mobile users to get the best out of their new handsets. Ready Now basically means that, when you buy a new mobile device from a Sprint store, you will be able to learn everything a... |
9 September 2008
02:57 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. 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 the ... |
9 September 2008
02:55 GMT |
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Towards the end of last month, Apple issued a software update for MacBook Air owners, addressing video playback issues, and a problem with processor core idling. Seemingly, the update hasn't done its job, according to Apple Discussions posters.AppleInsider is reporting that, following Apple's release of the... |
9 September 2008
02:55 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... |
9 September 2008
02:39 GMT |
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Santa Clara-based leading chip maker Intel announced yesterday that it had started shipping its highly anticipated solid state drives, based on multi-level cell NAND flash technology. The new drives are available for both desktop and notebook systems, and have been designed to bring a whole new level of system perfo... |
9 September 2008
02:20 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. It is played from a third person perspective.The... |
9 September 2008
02:16 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 ... |
9 September 2008
02:11 GMT |
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It's becoming pretty clear that classical newspapers will go extinct at some point in the future, either because electronic media will overcome the classical one or due to the fact that the Earth's forests will be considered far more important for our lives than reading the paper in the subway, on our way t... |
9 September 2008
01:56 GMT |
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