| Armored Core 3: Silent Line Hints IX (PS2) |  | Armored Core 3: Silent Line is the expansion of the third game in the Armored Core franchise.
GAMEPLAY HINTS
Dominant custom AC
Pilot: Arcadia
AC: Dominant
Head: ATE
Core: 008 (must be unlocked and purchased)
Arms: EAS
Legs: XA3-LW (must be obtained)
Boosters: FLEET
FCS: WS-1 (or WS-3 or SRA02)
Generator: ROZ (or ZXV1, but you must unlock it first)
Radiator: KDA01 (or SA44 or SA77)
Inside: n/a
Extension: 6AS (side shields that ar ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 21:06 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Audiosurf Patch Adds Support for last.fm |  | Audiosurf is one of those indie games that seem to take the world by storm. The idea is so simple and so well implemented that it immediately captures the player and drives him to spend every last free minute that isn’t allocated to sleeping, eating, washing or working, on the game. Well, the last part might be just me. The issue is that Au ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 20:26 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Mario Hoops 3 On 3 Hints and Glitches (DS) |  | Mario Hoops 3 On 3, also known as Mario Slam Basketball was released in July 2006 in Japan, September 2006 in North America, October 2006[ADMARK=1] in Australia and February 2007 in Europe. This game set a new landmark by bringing Mario and ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 19:06 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Leech 1.0 New Download Manager for Mac |  | Many Tricks has introduced Leech, the first version of its download manager for Mac, which does the likes of queing, pausing and resuming[ADMARK=1] downloads, pasting or dragging-and-dropping to enter URLs, ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 18:16 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Protothea Lands on the Nintendo Wii |  | As the countdown towards the launch of the WiiWare service in North America goes slowly down to 0, Nintendo is announcing more and more games that will be available at launch to the American Wii owners. After the likes of Square Enix, Namco Bandai or Hudson announced games that would be available on ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 18:16 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Madden NFL 06 Unlockables and Hints (DS) |  | Madden NFL 06 is a title in the worldwide known franchise developed by Electronic Arts and published by EA Sports. The game was released in August [ADMARK=1]2005 for all platforms: PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox, ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 17:06 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Hawaiian Investor Literally Begs Apple to Send His Materials on Time |  | Even though Hawaii is a warm place, Apple can still leave folks there out in the cold. This is the case of an investor who has been unable to participate in proxy voting for Apple's annual meeting for years. The reason? Because he lives in State 5.0 of the[ADMARK=1] USA.
The respective ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 16:21 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Welcome to the New Fight Night |  | Electronic Arts has announced that a new installment of the Fight Night boxing game franchise is in development, with a probable release date set for early in 2009. Officially titl ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 16:06 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Lord of the Rings: Conquest Announced |  | Following the great success recorded by the Hollywood blockbusters and all the games set in Tolkien's universe, it only seems natural to see every[ADMARK=1] now and then a new Lord of the Rings title popping up. Gladly, game developers still have resources and unexplored areas in the universe, otherwise we'd get ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 15:11 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Soon, Artificial Blood |  | Blood supply (or lack thereof) is a real medical issue today, as there are never enough donors. A new research carried out at by a team led by Joseph DeSimone, a chemical engineer the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, could partially solve the problem, as NewScientist notes.
Red blood cells transport oxygen to body tissues via the bloodstream,[ADMARK=1] while also removing the toxic carbon dioxide. These cells squeeze in through blood vessels of just 3 micrometers wide in o ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 14:06 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| New Method Catches Rapists in 30 to 45 Minutes |  | DNA is the irrefutable proof in many outstanding criminal cases. However, about 250,000 DNA samples aimed to detect a rapist can remain anywhere from 3 to 12 months in forensic laboratories backlogs, and this gives suspects more than enough time to make themselves disappear.
The issue could be solved by Jessica Voorhees Norris, a Ph.D.[ADMARK=1] candidate in forensic chemistry at the University of Virginia: her newly developed method for handling rape kit evidence, presented at the re ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 14:06 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Females Are Tougher than Males |  | Are men really tougher than women? Girls learn to read before boys do, get better marks in college, and even their brain contains more gray matter. Come to think of it, as early as in fetal state, males are medically weaker than females. The sex ratio at birth is slightly in favor of the boys. But in the womb, boys are more vulnerable to maternal stress and the male fetus is more predisposed to premature birth, congenital malformations and cerebral paralysis. After birth, boys are four ti ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 14:06 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Common Weedkiller Causes Reproductive Issues in Humans |  | Weedkiller was already known to cause reproductive issues in frogs and fish. Now it turns out that atrazine, the second most widely used weedkiller in the U.S., has also been connected to impaired hormonal signaling in human cells, as revealed by a new research made at the University of California[ADMARK=1] San Francisco (UCSF) and published in the "PLoS ONE" journal.
This herbicide is employed on corn and sorghum fields, but also on suburban lawns and gardens. The E.U. ban ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 14:06 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| New Nintendo Channel for the Wii |  | Nintendo has announced that it is launching a new Wii channel in the United States. It's called simply the Nintendo Channel and it will offer gamers a variety of news and information about the upcoming Wii and DS titles, alongside video content. The big news is that it will also feature downloadable demos for most of the ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 14:06 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft Makes Its Own Vista SP1 vs. XP SP2, Leaves XP SP3 Out |  | Ever since the advent of Window Vista, at the end of November 2006 for businesses and in January 2007 for the general public, Microsoft has virtually invited the comparison between the two operating systems. In this context, it was only [ADMARK=1]natural that the Vista RTM vs. XP SP2 smackdown would evolve and survive with the growth of the two operating systems. The comparison continues to be an inherent accessory of the two platforms even after the launch of the latest service packs for ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 12:10 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Blackstar Universe Changes Owner, New Work In Progress |  | NCSoft was planning to release a sci-fi, space MMORPG called Blackstar, but that project never got to live and it seems that the entire IP was considered[ADMARK=1] to be dead weight by NCSoft, since they have decided to sell all the right to Spacetime Studios. The company, an independent game development studio made up of game i ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 12:06 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Graphs and Charts with FusionCharts |  | Images have still valuable arguments in giving the desired success to your presentations as compared to text descriptions. When you need to present various data values over the web, graphs[ADMARK=1] and charts provide a more intuitive alternative to show them eliminating the need of tables or simple text.
There are many possibilities to create graphs and charts from your data. For example, you can use the favorite plotting software, export the graphical representation of your data ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 11:55 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Coolermaster's Hyper Z600: the Silent Behemoth |  | Coolermaster's Hyper Z600 heatsink is a passive cooling solution aimed at dual-core CPU users. The star-shaped behemoth is capable of cooling down processors with thermal envelopes of up to 90 watts with no performance[ADMARK=1] loss or any other side effects caused by overheating.
Measuring 127.28 x 127.28 x 160 millimeters, the aluminum-nickel monster weighs in at a little more than one kilogram. The Hyper Z600 works with Intel's Socket LGA775 and AMD's Socket 940/AM2 ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 11:47 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| When Microsoft Ninjas Attack |  | No, Microsoft ninjas are not a secret project, a new solution, application or service. They are just employees on the payroll, walking the hallways of Microsoft buildings on a daily basis. Ninjas are normally not among standard personal in an IT company, and the Redmond giant makes by no means an exception to this rule. But this is not to say that the impossible can't happen, and loyal to the slogan "never say never," Microsoft has more ninjas than it knows what to do with. ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 11:21 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Decorations for Your Fireplace Hearth |  | With summer on the way, you probably won't be using your fireplace too much over the next five or six months, depending on where you live and how chilly your house gets once the fall months settle in. However, this means that the temporarily vacated hearth of your fireplace has just turned into a nice pretext for adding some nice decorations and extra scent to your living room. [ADMARK=1]In other words, don't allow your fireplace to turn into a sad reminder of those long wonderf ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 11:21 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Self-centeredness |  | You may meet a person who looks right (proper clothing, skillfulness, intelligent look and stateliness), but when he/she starts to talk, he/she pisses[ADMARK=1] you off really bad. Sometimes, you may be just like that, saying improper things. Self-centeredness refers to the habit of turning things and situations so that you are in the center of attention.
The syndrome manifests in two ways: on the one side, by the way of reporting his/her belongings, the person develops an exacerbated ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 11:20 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| iPods Held Responsible for the Death of Internet |  | iPods, portable media players, as well as the vast majority of the consumer electronics gadgets are allegedly posing a threat to the future development of the Internet. According to a study conducted by Professor Jonathan[ADMARK=1] Zittrain, such devices are sealed plastic shells that are allegedly turning their users into passive ones of technology, similar to guinea pigs.
Jonathan Zittrain, a professor of Internet governance and regulation at the Oxford Internet Institute also said t ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 10:56 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| New SQL Injection Worm Found Loose on the Web |  | Not long after a mass attack JavaScript injection was reported to have infected hundreds of thousands of websites, a new SQL injection Worm was found loose on the web. According to the ISC[ADMARK=1](Internet Storm Center) website, a total of 4,000 websites have been found infected, after a quick run at a Google search. Th ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 10:28 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| NASA Considers Landing a Manned Mission on Near Asteroid |  | 2000SG344 is a Near Earth Object only 40 meters in diameter which passes periodically through the vicinity of our planet at speeds as high as 44,8 kilometers per hour. Astronomers estimate that in the next six decades[ADMARK=1] or so, the asteroid will approach Earth considerably but it will not intersect the orbit of the planet. If it were to do so, the energy released during the impact would be equivalent to about 83 times that released by the nuclear bomb upon the city of Hiroshima.
... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 10:21 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Windows XP SP3 RTM Multilingual User Interface (MUI) Pack |  | The Multilingual User Interface Pack for Windows XP is designed to enable the end user to swap the languages for the graphical user interface. [ADMARK=1]Microsoft has available a version of the MUI Pack which is tailored to XP Service Pack 2. Now, with the advent of XP SP3, the Redmond company has not mad ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 10:19 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| VVikoo's GeForce 9600 GT Card Wears Iron Man's Clothes |  | Vvikoo has just unveiled an interesting model of graphics card based on Nvidia's 9600 GT graphics core. If you haven't heard of Vvikoo by now, don't [ADMARK=1]panic, as the manufacturer is playing on the consumer-level graphics market.
While top-tier manufacturers are the first to grab the newly-released graphics chips, Vvikkoo comes late to the party, but it aims at impressing its customers with daring designs that have not seen daylight before.
The 9600GT Turbo mod ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 10:02 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 9 Things About Hornbills |  | 1. Hornbills are famous for their huge bills, flattened and curved, with toothed edges and bony helmets over the upper jaw. These large birds have a common origin with the hoopoes. Today, hornbills inhabit only tropical Africa and Asia, but the oldest known species, the Geiseloceros robustus, lived in Saxony (northern Germany) in Eocene, 45-50 Ma ago. 35-40 Ma ago, Cryptornis antiquus lived in the Paris area.
2. The largest hornbills are the ground hornbills (Bucorvus) of the African ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 10:00 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Discretionary Calories - a "Legal" Diet Cheat |  | Whenever we hear the words "diet" and "calories" in the same sentence, the first things that come to mind are a grueling struggle against hunger and that dazed feeling you're left with after you've been staring at your plate for far too long, trying to figure out exactly how many calories you have on your lunch plate. And that is partly true – the counting calories part, anyway – however, [ADMARK=1]few of us are aware of the fact that inside any diet that imp ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 09:46 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Mario And Sonic At The Olympic Games Unlockables (DS) |  | Mario And Sonic At The Olympic Games is one of the latest games released by Nintendo that features the once rival iconic characters, Mario[ADMARK=1] and Sonic, together with other characters from their universes. The Nintendo DS version was released in January in Japan and North America, and in February in Europe and ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 09:32 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Beagle 2 Could Have Settled the Argument of 'Life on Mars' |  | Look at all this technology! Orbiters circling Mars, rovers running on the surface… But how many of them are able to say whether or not life was or is present on the Red Planet? None. Of course, the Beagle 2 probe carried by the Mars Express orbiter had such capabilities until contact was lost upon separation. Not much is known about the whereabouts of the Beagle 2 probe, but the general belief is that either it was destroyed by the impact with the Martian surface or it burned into the at ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 09:31 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Arctic Cooling Brings the Breeze in Low-Profile Computer Cases |  | Cooling specialist Arctic Cooling has just released its Freezer 7 series of low-profile processor cooling solutions. Due to its minimal height, the Freezer 7 is especially suitable for low-profile computer cases used in media center setups.
[ADMARK=1]The cooler is built on Arctic Cooling's revolutionary heatsink design, which ensures proper CPU cooling at a minimal amount of aluminum heat spreaders. According to its technical specifications, the cooler's heatsink is 42-milli ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 09:25 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Mario And Luigi: Partners In Time Hints and Glitches (DS) |  | Mario And Luigi: Partners In Time is the fifth game in the Mario RPG series and it is a Nintendo DS exclusive game released in November 2005 in [ADMARK=1]North America, December 2005 in Japan, January 2006 in Europe an February 2006 in Australia.
Featuring Mario, the most beloved plumber in the world, the game can be considered a general success, bringing the ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 09:18 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Critical Security Patch for Windows XP Service Pack 3 Final |  | Windows XP SP3 was barely out the door, when Microsoft rushed to issue the first critical patch for the service pack. Concomitantly with the general[ADMARK=1] availability of the last service pack for XP, Microsoft dropped the first critical security update designed to patch Internet Explorer 7 running on XP SP3 RTM Build 5512. ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 09:16 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Wonderware SuiteLink's Denial of Reported Service Vulnerability |  | Security researchers at Core Security Technologies have issued a warning statement on Monday according to which they found a rare vulnerability in Wonderware subsidiary's InTouch SuiteLink application. Wonderware, a business unit of Invensys, is a software manufacturer that offers solutions to business users in areas such as Production and Performance Management, Geographical SCADA and Supervisory HMI (Human-Machine Interface).
[ADMARK=1]Core Security found the vulnerability in Wo ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 09:07 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| The Coolest Shoes Around |  | Summer is almost here, and by now most of us have a pretty good idea about the various trends and styles that made us ladies take a deep breath and part with our hard-earned money. The time has come to look ahead a little bit and start examining the various trends that will shape the look of our fall and winter shoe cabinets. When time will come to put our flats [ADMARK=1]and sandals away, what will the trendiest options be for us? What heel and toe shapes and styles, what colors, materia ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 09:04 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| D-Link Launches DSM-750 Media Center Extender |  | D-Link began the shipping of its DSM-750 MediaLounge Player, a device designed to resemble a wireless Media Center Extender, enabling users to[ADMARK=1] easily transfer videos, music, images, and other types of data stored on a Windows Media Center PCs to different locations in their house without getting tons of cables all around the place. DSM-750 features an included remote control through which it can locate media content on the home network of the user and also can get access to a te ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 08:57 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Kaz Hirai Thinks the PlayStation 3 Will Beat the Xbox and the Wii |  | Just as the announcement made at the PlayStation Day Europe by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe boss, David Reeves, that the PlayStation 3 has outsold the Microsoft Xbox 360 in absolute numbers, is beginning to sink in the conscience of the video gaming world, there is fresh talk about the PS3 coming from none other than Kaz Hirai, p ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 08:54 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| DrawIt Updated to V. 3.5. Adds Boolean Operations, Ghost Mode |  | DrawIt is an easy-to-use, powerful image editing and drawing tool developed by Mammoet Software. The application has been specifically designed for Mac users, featuring non-destructive editing, live filters, powerful vector tools, a standard collection of basic shapes and also a clear and ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 08:50 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Magnetica Unlockables and Hints (DS) |  | Magnetica was released on the 2nd of March 2006 in Japan, the 5th of June 2006 in North America and the 6th of January in Europe, for Nintendo's DS [ADMARK=1]handheld console, as well as the innovative Wii. It is a Zuma or Luxor type of game, where players have to stop sets of marbles from reaching a certain area, by sho ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 08:49 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Mushkin Introduces Ascent XP DDR Lineup with Vapor Chamber Cooling |  | Memory specialist Mushkin has just announced its latest memory offerings in the DDR2 and DDR3 families of products. The new memory modules are branded as Ascent XP and have been developed in collaboration with Celsia Technologies.
[ADMARK=1]The XP memory line-up is comprised of stand-alone modules and dual-channel kits. According to the company, the Ascent XP memory modules come in 2 GB DIMMS as well as in 2 x 2GB kits, rated to work at 1066 MHz for the DDR2 products and 2000 MHz in t ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 08:48 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| How Microphones Work |  | Often referred to as mike or mic, the microphone first became commercially practical with the invention of the carbon microphone by Thomas Alva Edison in October 1876. Back then microphones were called transmitters. Practically, the microphone is an electronic device capable of capturing minute air pressure waves or sounds and convert them either in an electrical current or an electrical parameter such as electrical resistance, capacitance or inductance.
According to the electrical pa ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 08:40 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| About Sunglasesses |  | Sunglasses are defined as an ophthalmologic medical article made of frames and lenses, meant to diminish the amount of sunlight; however, they do not accomplish any sort of optical correction. Their main goal is to protect the wearer against excessive sunlight.
In many cases, we pay exaggerated amounts of money for[ADMARK=1] the name of the brand that made the sunglasses. As a rule, though, cheap or very cheap sunglasses are of lower quality and that happens primarily because a popula ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 08:39 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Impressive New Line-up of Mobile Games from EA |  | EA Mobile wants European gamers to have a hot spring and an even hotter summer this year, as the famous game developer has recently unveiled 5 of its new mobile titles set to captivate gamers of all ages and preferences.
[ADMARK=1]The highlights of the new line-up are: BOOM BLOX, the first-ever mobile game designed by Steven Spielberg (yes, the Academy Award winner behind E.T., Jurassic Park, Saving Private Ryan and so on): and MONOPOLY: HERE&NOW, the first mobile game creat ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 08:34 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Atelier Iris 3: Grand Phantasm Unlockables (PS2) |  | Atelier Iris 3: Grand Phantasm which was released in Japan as Atelier Iris: Grand Fantasm is a console role-playing game created by Japanese[ADMARK=1] developer Gust for the PlayStation 2. There is no real connection to Grand Phantasm's original storyline; it is unrelated to the previous two entries in the seri ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 08:19 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Harvest Moon DS Glitches (DS) |  | Harvest Moon DS is the first game in the farm simulation series developed by Marvelous Interactive and published by Nintendo exclusively for the [ADMARK=1]DS handheld consoles. The game was released in Japan on the 17th of March 2005, the 12th of September 2006 in the United States, the 13th of April 2007 in Europe and the 7 ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 08:16 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| News Corp. Manager Admits to Have Known about Hacking Claims |  | As an update to the evolution of the lawsuit between News Corp. and DISH Network Corp., we bring you news about shocking statements of a Senior Manager at News Corp. The legal process between[ADMARK=1] the two companies is a result of the testimony of a computer hacker who revealed he had been hired by News Corp. to develop pir ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 08:07 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Atelier Iris 2: The Azoth of Destiny Unlockables (PS2) |  | In the fictitious land of Regallzine there is a very special guild of alchemists, that is, persons who possess magic powers they draw from the creatures they call "mana". These alchemists are able to manipulate all elements and to create magical items. One of them developed the rather crazy idea of resurrecting an ancient god, saying that it would bring peace and happiness to all humanity. A young man named Klein is the only one who tries to stop the madman from doing so. Klein ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 08:05 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Download Windows XP Service Pack 3 - ISO-9660 CD Image File |  | Following the RTM of Windows XP SP3 on April 21, 2008, and the general availability on May 6, Microsoft started serving bits and pieces of the service pack through its Windows Update infrastructure [ADMARK=1]but also via the Download Center. The fact of the matter is that XP users have more options than j ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 07:32 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Lite-On Releases 4X Blu-ray Disc Writer on the European Market |  | Lite-On will launch a new 4X Blu-ray Disc Writer for the European users, the company announced today. The new optical drive, DH-4B1S, comes as a[ADMARK=1] follower to the highly appreciated LH-2B1S, one of the pioneers on the Blu-ray drives market.
DH-4B1S is able to reach a 4X speed at writing BD-R media, that being a 50% increase in speed in comparison to the older LH-2B1S, as well as a lot of time saving. The writing strategy of DH-4B1S is the use of a Constant Linear Velocity (CLV) ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 07:07 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 67 Year Old German Invents Anti-Radar Paint |  | What would a wheelchair-bound German amateur inventor be doing in the United Arab Emirates desert? Grow specially bred worms and create radar-evading paints for the military of course. Wener Nickel, age 67, went to the United Arab Emirates to conduct a project involving worms that produced excrements in which radishes could be grown. The sheikhs were rather impressed with the efforts of the German that came to their country to conduct a land reclamation project, although the investors wer ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 07:05 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| OpenOffice 3 Beta out and Waiting for Download |  | A new beta version of OpenOffice, the famous open source alternative to Microsoft Office, was officially rolled out. OpenOffice 3 Beta 1 comes with several new functions [ADMARK=1]supposed to be included in the final version of the application, scheduled for release in September 2008. Among the new features, one of the most important functions is surely the Mac OS X support which now allows Mac users to install and run the Office suite without the need of X11. This means that OpenOffice 3 ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 07:05 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana Unlockables and Hints (PS2) |  | In the fictitious land of Regallzine there is a very special guild of alchemists, that is, persons who possess magic powers they draw from the creatures they call "mana". These alchemists are able to manipulate all elements and to create magical items. One of them developed the rather crazy idea of resurrecting an ancient god, saying that it would bring peace and happiness to all humanity. A young man named Klein is the only one who tries to stop the madman from doing so. Klein ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 06:57 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 ActiveX Security |  | Back at the beginning of March, Microsoft released the first public Beta of its next iteration of Internet Explorer, namely IE8 Beta 1. Designed to deliver an evolution in comparison with IE7, Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 brings to the table a range of[ADMARK=1] improvements, including security enhancements. In this ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 06:54 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Best Buy Makes YouTube Stars Out of Its Computer Service Customers |  | Best Buy is the target of an ill-fated lawsuit filed by some of its customers claiming that its Geek Squad computer repair subsidiary is abusing users' data on the defective computers. Shortly put, each time a customer brings an out-of-order PC, the stored data is illegally copied and used in unauthorized ways.
[ADMARK=1]The lawsuit has been filed with the Hennepin County court and relies on the confession of an anonymous employee who alerted the press on the illegal practices of ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 06:47 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Armored Core 2 Hints VIII (PS2) |  | Armored Core 2 is the second full game in the Armored Core franchise.
GAMEPLAY HINTS
Executioner Custom AC
Head: ZHO-MO/EGRET
Core: ZCH-ZR/1
Arms: ZAN-004/8
Legs: ELC-0151
Booster: n/a
FCS: LODD-BLAZER
Generator: HOY-B999
Radiator: RRX-COT-GX10
Inside: INW-DM/R11
Extension: BEX-BAMS-287
Back Unit R: EWC-GN44-AC
Back Unit L: EWC-CNG4000
Arm Unit R: ZWG-MG/ENE
Arm Unit L: ZLS-400/SL
Colors
Base: R 120, G 120, B 120[ADMARK=1] ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 06:45 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Healthy Brands of Red and White Wine |  | Good news for wine lovers all around the world: researchers have finally confirmed that some wines out there are actually good for our health – if drunk in moderation, of course. Most of you will probably shrug and say that this doesn't exactly qualify as news, since we all know wine's been around for millennia, and there was never a shortage of praise for its supposed invigorating, life-prolonging effects. We are, of course, talking about moderate wine consumption here, as exce ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 06:43 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Sony Ericsson Paris Live Pics Leaked |  | Unveiled at the beginning of April, the much-anticipated Sony Ericsson Paris (or P5) was recently spotted in the first live, real and clear images that show it to be exactly what everyone expects: a high-end, good looking slider phone.
[ADMARK=1]Although, until now, none of the handset's features were confirmed by Sony Er ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 06:34 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Mac OS X 10.5.3 Build 9D29 Arrives. Complete with Seed Notes. |  | Just days after Apple seeded the last Mac OS X 10.5.3 build (9D27) to its developers, the Cupertino-based computer manufacturers and makers of the operating system that you all love have issued another Leopard build, 9D29, to devs, accompanied by notes. Build 9D29 addresses four main issues, bringi ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 06:33 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Google Translate Brings New Languages, Romanian Among the Newly Added |  | Google Translate has always been a useful web tool because it allowed users to translate texts and websites with a single click. Moreover, just like most other [ADMARK=1]Google services, it was available for free. However, Google Translate only provided a number of 26 language pairs because it only allowed users to translate texts to and from English, German, Spanish, French and a f ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 06:32 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Sony Ericsson Z555i Review |  | Sony Ericsson continues its fashion phone lineup with a new good looking clamshell - Z555i. Launched together with Sony Ericsson's W380i handset, the Z555i also includes most of its features. There's still a nice surprise, as the fashion clamshell sells for a much lower price than the Walkman series mobile phone. Of course, don't expect to have some high quality multimedia features or high-end module camera, instead expect easy to use phone features and average technical sp ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 06:32 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Nvidia to Adopt Simple Names for the GeForce Line-up |  | Nvidia could change the naming scheme in its GeForce graphics card line-up, as it reached the conclusion that the current approach may mislead the customer in terms of graphics performance. Although the change is highly unlikely to happen in the near future, the graphics specialist is munching on the idea of bringing order amongst its large GeForce family.
[ADMARK=1]"It's a challenge that we're looking at right now", said Roy Taylor, vice-president of Content Busin ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 06:23 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Armored Core 2: Another Age Hints VIII (PS2) |  | Armored Core 2: Another Age is the expansion to the second game in the Armored Core franchise.
GAMEPLAY HINTS
Deathbringer custom AC
Head: EHD-NIGHTEYE
Core: ECL-ONE
Arms: EAW-MG-03
Legs: ELF-XX33
Booster: ZBT-ZI/ARTERE
FCS: LODD-BLAZER
Generator: HOY-B1000
Radiator: RAX-COT-1550
Inside: None
Extension: None
Back Unit R: EWC-CNG4000
Back Unit L: EWC-CNG4000
Arm Unit R: None
Arm Unit L: None
Optional Parts: None
Colors:
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| Romanian Pirate Goes Behind Bars |  | Although it happens in various countries in the world, a Romanian pirate thought it could never happen to him: Kiss Adalbert Daniel, 28-year-old, was found guilty [ADMARK=1]of possession with the purpose of distribution of pirated materials and received a sentence of five years and six months in jail. Beside that, the pirate has to pay huge fines, namely more than 50,000 euros to Microsoft and 77,000 euros to Autodesk Inc.
What's interesting is that the Romanian, based in Arad, wa ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 06:06 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| The Shape of Music |  | Music might not have a physical shape, but it is possible to use a mathematical approach see what the shape of music might look like. Florida State University, Yale University and Princeton University researchers Clifton Callender, Ian Quinn and Dmitri Tymoczko respectively have recently demonstrated a technique through which music can be described through geometrical shapes by mapping it into space coordinates.
For example, music played with instruments with chords containing only tw ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 06:03 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft Denies Plans to Add Pirated Content Filters to Zune |  | On May 5, 2008 Microsoft introduced the latest update to its Zune software solutions as well as the online services built around the digital media player. With in excess of two million Zunes sold since the introduction of the product, one million just since Zune 2.0 at the [ADMARK=1]end of 2007, the Redmond company took Zune to version 2.5 and al ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 06:00 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Exit Halo 3, Enter Halo Wars |  | Immediately before the release of Halo 3, the (apparently) last game in Master Chief's interplanetary saga, rumors began to surface that the Halo[ADMARK=1] universe would be used as support for a real time strategy title set years before the events of the original Halo, as the Covenant and the Earth forces are engaged in planetary ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 05:55 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Gigabyte's P45-DQ6 Motherboard Comes with Four-LAN Connectivity |  | While the vast majority of the mid-range / high-end motherboard manufacturers ship their offerings with dual-Gigabit Ethernet connections, Gigabyte ups the LAN ante with a four-LAN connector model. Most computer users usually connect to the Internet via a single network cable, but if you need more gear for a LAN party, you should check out Gigabyte's high-end DQ6 model.
[ADMARK=1]The motherboard is based on Intel's P45 chipset and has reached the final stage of design. Althou ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 05:47 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| People First – New Nokia Phone Concept |  | Nokia is continuously thinking about new ways of creating and designing mobile phones and one of the latest concepts unveiled by the Finnish giant is a handset named "People First". Part of the so-called "Homegrown" research project, the new concept is devoted to "time, lists, and people" ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 05:46 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Google to Run Illustrated Advertisements on Image Search |  | Most web surfers are familiar with Google's way of advertising on various web pages. The Google AdWords is a way in which both Google and the sites that subscribe to this service can make money. The AdWords service, which is part of Google's advertisement program, makes use of the content found on a specific webpage to[ADMARK=1] render content related text advertisements, on that same page. The links can provide webmasters with considerable revenue, if their site has considerabl ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 05:46 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Size Matters: Portion Control Will Help You Lose Weight |  | One thing that's easy enough to overlook is that it's not enough to eat the right type of food, it's extremely important to make sure you eat the correct amount, too. The size of the portions we eat has a direct impact on our nutrient and calorie intake and affects our weight and overall state of health just as much as the types of food we put on our plates. It's extremely important, doctors say, to avoid large helpings of high-calorie foods and to e ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 05:36 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Hackers Attack Epilepsy Website, Cause Serious Seizures |  | Hacking attacks usually cause technical damage, meaning that attackers manage to break into the systems and steal or access certain information. Unfortunately, [ADMARK=1]there are cases when such hack attacks prove to be really harming and people suffer because of them. Such an attack occurred at the Easter weekend when hackers assaulted the forum of the Epilepsy Foundation and posted links to quickly flashing images. For those of you who don't know, people who suffer of epilepsy are ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 05:30 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Supercow Jumps on Mac |  | Macgamestore says that NevoSoft's Supercow game is now available for the Mac too. The Russian-based video game developer describes its side-scrolling action title as suitable for all ages, which means that the whole family can jump in on the journey to save the farm animals and stop Professor Duriarti from destroying dear Earth. A free t ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 05:27 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft's Steve Ballmer to Put the Spotlight on Central and Eastern Europe |  | Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer is scheduled to undertake an extended tour of Central and Eastern Europe between 19 and 24 May, 2008. The[ADMARK=1] series of visits in the region will be a first for Microsoft's CEO, and according to Vahé Torossian, regional vice president of Microsoft Central and Eastern Europe and vice president, Microsoft International, Ballmer's presence is designed to emphasize the global importance of Central and Eastern Europe. The Redmond ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 05:01 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Russia Builds Mind-Controlled Computer |  | Russian researchers with the Southern Federal University are working on a mind-control headset that would allow human users to interact with their computers using the power of thought. The project secured $750,000 in funds and will unfold in an 18-month timeframe.
The research is conducted by a team of Rostov engineers and their mates in Taganrog and Saint Petersburg and aims at delivering a fully-functional device that will change computing as we know it today.
[ADMARK=1]Early sk ... [read more >>] | | Category: Date: 08 May 2008, 05:01 | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
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