Delayed one day, the fifth alpha version of the upcoming Ubuntu 8.10 (codename Intrepid Ibex), which is scheduled for release in late October this year, was made available a few hours ago and, as usual, we intend to keep you up-to-date with the latest changes in the Ubuntu 8.10 development. Compared with the fourth alpha, which brought Private Directory Encryption, Guest sessions and a better Network Manager tool, this version comes with Linux kernel 2.6.27, GNOME 2.24 Beta 2, X.Org 7.4 and DKMS, a new tool that ...
[read more >>] In what's seen as the first step towards a worldwide price cut, Microsoft has slashed the prices of the Xbox 360 gaming console on the Japanese market by margins that go up to 30%. Now the Xbox 360 Arcade is cheaper than the Nintendo Wii. And many analysts, like Colin Sebastian from Lazard Capital Markets and the ubiquitous Michael Patcher from Wedbush Morgan, are saying that prices are set to fall in the rest of the world just before Christmas in a move designed to spice up the appeal of the Microsoft conso...
[read more >>] Microsoft's Apple "Get a Mac" killer is live as of September 4, 2008. The new $300 million Windows campaign put together by advertising agency Crispin, Porter + Bogusky, has debuted with the first video ad featuring none other than Microsoft part-time Chairman Bill Gates and comedian Jerry Seinfeld. Gates shopping for discount shoes with a trusty and voluntary Seinfeld sidekick is bound to put Apple out of business, but even if the Cupertino-based hardware company's "Get a Mac" ads catalyzed a reaction ...
[read more >>] Although the 8 Megapixel LG KC910 was first seen about two weeks ago, we did not have all the details about it and neither press photos with the handset. Today, LG has officially presented the KC910, confirming the fact that it comes as a superior successor of the hugely popular 5 Megapixel Viewty. LG says the KC910 will hit the market in October, when its "pet name" will also be unveiled – hence the handset will not go around as "LG KC910" and the South Korean company is probably preparing something s...
[read more >>] Google Chrome is out, brand new and shiny, and with its launch a new set of standards for all web browsers is implemented for both end users and developers. At this moment the Internet is flooded with details and info on Google's newest and hottest application designed to link the user to the pool of information on the web. Unlike successful browsers such as Mozilla Firefox, Opera and even Internet Explorer, Google's approach in building Chrome differs in that the app is built from scratch without ...
[read more >>] Sony is certainly moving fast when it comes to new product releases. They are now saying that the new PSP-3000, a hardware update for the gaming handheld from Sony, is set to be launched on the Japanese market as soon as October 16, as part of a bundle and as a standalone product. The new version of the console features several significant changes from the previous incarnations of the PlayStation Portable. The most important change is set to be made to the screen. Advances in LCD technology since the handhel...
[read more >>] Intel's famous and long-awaited Montevina platform (now officially known as Centrino 2) was just launched around one and a half months ago, on July the 15th, the first products based on it arriving almost at same time with the official announcement. And one of these early implementations of Montevina is the Sony Vaio FW notebook, a 16.4-inch portable computing system that was officially launched back in mid-July and that brought to the market a few very interesting features, mostly related to the design and ...
[read more >>] The news about Google's upcoming web browser, the Chrome, has been flying around the Internet all day long, our editors writing some comprehensive reports about it earlier today. However, it would seem that the search-engine giant has finally decided to let the downloading begin and so, without further ado, we give you the Google Chrome, right here on Softpedia (just the Windows version, for the time being, with the Mac and Linux versions scheduled to arrive in the near future). What we'll be able to pr...
[read more >>] If Microsoft is moving into the Cloud, Google is expanding to the Desktop and to the Windows client. The Mountain-View search giant is on the verge of making available a beta version of Google Chrome, a browser initially designed to integrate only with the Windows platform, but which is set to be tailored to additional platforms in the future. Not even out yet, Google Chrome is positioned as an Internet Explorer killer, far beyond what Microsoft's rivals Mozilla and Opera have been capable of doing with thei...
[read more >>] Blizzard has a history of unparalleled innovation when it comes to strategy gaming and especially to its Starcraft franchise. Warcraft was always more formulaic in its approach to strategy, but Starcraft incorporated some elements that were really revolutionary when the game shipped. One of these elements was that the game managed to present the player with a choice of three fully fleshed and original factions that were pretty well balanced even at launch and that were different enough to produce very inter...
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