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| Google Launches Beijing Olympics Portal |  | As the Beijing Olympics just opened, Google announced the launch of a new website that comprises the latest news in the sports world, videos of the competitions provided by YouTube, or 3D models of the stadiums that host the events, created with the Google SketchUp. The events schedule and a medal count, either for sports ... [read more >>] | | 08 August 2008, 09:57GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Portal: Still Alive Is Not a New Game |  | In traditional fashion for big corporate players, Microsoft put on an E3 show that was big on flash and surprisingly low on substance. They're not really to blame as this year's edition saw all the big players hold events where little new stuff was showed and where hyping up already announced projects seemed to be the most important aspect.
One of the most interesting ... [read more >>] | | 21 July 2008, 09:24GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| DanceDanceRevolution Gets Portal |  | You might get a little shocked, like I am, when you hear that Konami's DanceDanceRevolution franchise is already ten years old! And, in order to have a proper celebration for the first decade of quality dancing, the game's developer and publisher decided to launch a new brand and community portal for DanceDanceRevolution which can be visited right now by ... [read more >>] | | 18 June 2008, 15:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| TheSimsCarnival Portal Is Open for Beta |  | I am sure there are lots of people who wish to create video games and have some great ideas regarding how they should be, but most of them don't have the required skills. For these people (and not only, since experts are free to join, too), Electronic Arts has created T ... [read more >>] | | 18 June 2008, 03:13GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| App Store Pricing, File Size and Other Limitations Disclosed |  | New details have emerged about the pricing and policies of Apple's upcoming distribution service for apps on the iPhone ... [read more >>] | | 17 June 2008, 05:58GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Minigames for Fit Brains |  | Vivity Labs say that one of the most pleasant ways of keeping your brain fit is playing computer or video games. Of course, not any games - their games, which are developed in collaboration with brain health experts. And you can check all of them (just nine at the moment) by visiting their website.
Don't expect, however, to see some re ... [read more >>] | | 04 June 2008, 02:58GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 123play, New Mobile Gaming Portal |  | For those (many of you) who like online mobile games, a new portal that plans to offer lots of fun moments is launched: 123play. Coming with a really attractive "don't pay, just play" offer, 123play hosts free, but ad-supported games from well-known publishers like THQ Wireless, Digital Chocolate, RealArcade, Indiaga ... [read more >>] | | 15 April 2008, 02:20GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Free Mobile Games On Mippin. Hundreds of Them |  | The popular mobile portal Mippin offers, starting yesterday, a wide range of free mobile games to its users. In collaboration with Greystripe, a leading ad-supported games distributor, Refresh Mobile, the company that owns Mippin, will provide access to more than 800 mobile titles ... [read more >>] | | 10 April 2008, 09:12GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Epic Offers 1 Million in Prizes |  | The second edition of Epic's community-oriented contest "Make Something Unreal" is upon us. Epic has revived the contest, which first took place in 2005, and is making a very tempting offer. The winner or winners are going to get an Unreal 3 license for free and the chanc ... [read more >>] | | 04 April 2008, 03:14GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| CTIA Wireless 2008: Fox Entertainment Launched Its Impressive Mobile Portal |  | Fox, the giant American TV and film company, announced the launch of Fox Entertainment Mobile Network, a new web portal for mobile phones. The new portal was unveiled during CTIA Wireless 2008 (1 – 3 April, Las Vegas), and it is set to bring one of the widest ranges of TV programs and video content ever made available for wireless subscribers.
Accessible at ... [read more >>] | | 03 April 2008, 17:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Free Mobile Games From Cellufun, on AOL's Portal |  | Cellufun announced that it will provide, from now on, free mobile games for AOL's new mobile gaming portal. This is great news for all mobile gamers, but also for Cellufun, fresh winner of the 2008 Global Mobile Award for the Best Mobile Game (received at MWC ... [read more >>] | | 31 March 2008, 18:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Portal Hints, Unlockables and Cheats (PS3) |  | Portal is a first-person action/puzzle video game developed by the Valve Corporation. The game was released in the bundle package The Orange Box for Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360 on October 9, 2007, and for the PlayStation 3 on December 11, 2007.
The Windows version of the game is also available for download separately through Valve's content delivery system, Steam and will be released as a standalone retail product on April 9, 20 ... [read more >>] | | 26 March 2008, 09:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Electronic Arts Releases Orange Box Patch |  | The Orange Box was one of the big gaming hits of 2007. And as it was developed by Valve, it was a very neatly presented package, with very little issues and bugs to annoy the end user. But the cross-platform launch of the game was bound to create some problems.
Recently, Electronic Arts ... [read more >>] | | 25 March 2008, 04:15GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Valve Shatters the Orange Box |  | Valve is a shrewd, shrewd company. First they create one of the defining games of the '90s with Half Life. Then, they create a digital distribution channel that threatens traditional disk-in-a-case games with extinction, codenamed Steam. And then, they release ... [read more >>] | | 14 March 2008, 04:46GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Pirates of the Caribbean Director Talks Games |  | Gore Verbisnki is the director of Pirates of the Caribbean, the movie that made hundreds of millions of dollars on the back of an old pirate story twisted by the mind of the director. And recently, the same Verbinski has given a speech at the DICE 2008 summit in which he encouraged game developers to go a little "crazy" when they are developing games. Drawing on his experience in movies and in re-inventing old narratives to reach ... [read more >>] | | 12 March 2008, 04:19GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 100 Awards and Counting for The Orange Box |  | If there were any reasons left to doubt Valve's The Orange Box success or real value, they were all wiped out right now, with the announcement that over 100 different awards were received by the multi-platform, multi-game offering. About half of these awards cons ... [read more >>] | | 11 March 2008, 05:05GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Google Acquiring Ukrainian Bigmir)net? |  | The acquisition policy of Google is shady at best. Until the deal is resolved, there’s no confirmation of talks, no inside sources leaking information of any nature, it’s basically no fun to poke around in the dark whenever a rumor appears. Nevertheless, the situation is a haven for those with nothing better to do than speculate and create false scenarios. That would be the press.
The latest rumor being churned is related to t ... [read more >>] | | 22 February 2008, 14:41GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Tomorrow's Games, Today |  | Just before the GDCA announced Portal was this year's GOTY, a lesser known event had taken place on the same stage. The IGF rewarded independent or indie developers for the gam ... [read more >>] | | 22 February 2008, 06:30GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Portal Is GDC's Game of the Year |  | The Game Developers Conference in San Francisco is an annual event that allows game developers to meet, exchange ideas, make deals, demonstrate technology, show off games, act all geeky and, last but not least, dish out some awards.
As the event in San Francisco keeps getting bigger, with some in the industry calling it "the new E3", so does the importance of the awards. The fact that the awards are based on the opin ... [read more >>] | | 21 February 2008, 15:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| MWC 2008: Disney Launched its New Platform for Mobile Phones |  | The Walt Disney Internet Group (WDIG) announced at the World Mobile Congress in Barcelona, Spain, its new ad-supported Disney.co.uk portal for mobile phones, which brings the Disney digital entertainment experience closer to mobile consumers.
Following Disney's philosophy to provide compelling content anytime and anywhere, the new portal is available to any WAP-enabled mobile phone owner and can be accessed by entering ... [read more >>] | | 13 February 2008, 04:29GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Apple Stands a Good Chance to Grab Yahoo |  | Recent reports surrounding the Yahoo-selling-out story have revealed that the American public corporation's chief executive and co-founder, Jerry Yang, is not exactly a big ... [read more >>] | | 05 February 2008, 04:07GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Free Portal: First Slice for GeForce Users! |  | Valve's Steam gamers seem to play more on NVIDIA hardware than all the other graphic platforms combined, according to a Steam Hardware Survey. And this is a reason for ... [read more >>] | | 10 January 2008, 04:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| How to Play Half-Life 2 on Ubuntu |  | Who says you can't play games on Linux? Of course you can! Well... not all of them, but at least some of the nicer ones, such as Half-Life 2, Counter Strike or Unreal Tournament. Today's guide will teach you, step-by-step, how to install and play Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2: Episode One, Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Portal and Team Fortress 2 (all part of the grandiose Orange Box) on Ubuntu 7.10 (Gusty Gibbon). I have to admit that I p ... [read more >>] | | 24 December 2007, 23:18GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Alert: Famous Websites Serving Malware! |  | The Internet is no longer a safe place and we all know it. But the web is divided into two parts: the safe side and the dangerous side. Today, we're talking about the first one which is obviously preferred by all of us. The safe Internet usually contains famous websites such as Google and Yahoo which provide only trusted content and files which can be downloaded without being afraid of a virus or other dangerous material. Bu ... [read more >>] | | 07 November 2007, 06:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Hi, Google, I'm AOL. This Is How You Should Conquer The World! |  | Following the recent releases of the AOL portal in multiple European countries including Sweden, Italy or Spain, the parent company continued its expansion with some new improvements added to the Indian side of the firm. AOL announced today that it rolled out new languages for AOL India as well as the availability of Truveo, a video search engine, in eight new countries. Basically, AOL comes with some new content channels in Hind ... [read more >>] | | 31 October 2007, 15:46GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Ask.com to Debut UK Shopping Portal |  | Ask.com and PriceRunner announced they have reached an agreement to launch a UK shopping portal which is supposed to allow the local consumers to buy stuff straight from their computer. The juicy part is that the two companies plan to offer 200 different product categories which might represent one of the largest UK online shopping services at this time.
"We made the decision to bring PriceRunner.co.uk on board as we wan ... [read more >>] | | 30 October 2007, 16:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Unlimited Storage Email Now in Sweden |  | Following AOL's recent efforts to increase its European presence, the company launched a new version of its portal, especially addressed to Swedish users. As usual, the new web portal comes with lots of features including an instant messaging client, news, video sharing service and what seems to be the most attractive thing, an email technology which bundles unlimited storage size. A few months ago, AOL rolled out the new portal[ADMAR ... [read more >>] | | 30 October 2007, 16:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Beijing Olympics Causing Internet Dispute |  | A deal which was confirmed in 2005 is now causing serious headaches for Sohu.com, a Chinese Internet portal which obtained the rights to create the website and the logo for the upcoming competition. But this wasn't the fact that upset the competition. According to AFP, Sohu.com claims it owns the exclusive rights for the sponsors' advertising which means this portal is the only website that can publish adverts created b ... [read more >>] | | 23 October 2007, 05:47GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Yahoo's HDTV Portal to be Released Soon |  | New day, new rumors concerning the Sunnyvale super giant Yahoo. It seems like Yahoo wants to design a HDTV Internet portal for the Japanese users but the company's officials didn't say a word about this piece of speculation. Trading Market reported that Yahoo wants to design this portal until the end of the fiscal year, and that an expansion outside Japan might be possible in the future. It is a pretty nice idea because ... [read more >>] | | 03 October 2007, 05:39GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| AOL – Incredible Expansion in Europe! Is Google in Danger? |  | After the company recently launched its Italian portal, AOL continues its expansion in Europe and rolls out the Spanish version of the website which offers the same functions as the main page. The company already announced that AOL wants to evolve into the European market, aiming to release no less than 14 versions of its portal in about 18 months. AOL Spain will come with several useful utilities such as email, instant messaging ... [read more >>] | | 19 September 2007, 06:38GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Java Games for Everyone. Even for Free! |  | 3GX and Youpark yesterday announced a collaboration that led to the launching of Dogandbonegames.com, a portal offering high-quality Java games for all those who want fun in their lives. The portal looks nice, it's easy navigable and, of course, the games are ordered ... [read more >>] | | 04 September 2007, 09:19GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Free Video Clips Straight on Yahoo.com! |  | It's well known the fact that Yahoo lost the battle against the rival Google when it comes to the online video platforms. But it seems that the Sunnyvale company doesn't plan to resign and is now trying a different move that might change the content of numerous other websites: it introduced a new technology that enables visitors to view clips straight on the main page of Yahoo without leaving the website. According to R ... [read more >>] | | 24 August 2007, 05:43GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| It's Official! Google Becomes an Internet Portal! |  | If you had any doubts on the fact that Google works on its official homepage, this is the info that will blow your minds in case you're a classic search engine lover. (Un)fortunately, it seems like the Mountain View company prepares something that will surely challenge Yahoo, the owner of one of the largest Internet portals: iGoogle will become Google's first portal, providing access to most of the Google services. As P ... [read more >>] | | 25 July 2007, 04:21GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| VoIP Introduces Click4Me Communications Portal |  | VoIP has announced that they will launch a new version of the Click4Me service, with more evolved features and easier to use technology. This application is free, which makes it even more popular among mobile phone owners who want to enjoy a free-calls experie ... [read more >>] | | 11 July 2007, 06:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Yahoo Promotes Ordinary Websites for FREE! |  | The Sunnyvale company Yahoo is now trying a different strategy to make its portal more attractive for the Internet users: it places non-Yahoo links straight on the main page of the company. The first link that doesn't belong to Yahoo and that was placed on the portal is owned by TechCrunch. According to this company, the guys from Yahoo contacted them to inform their officials about the outsite-Yahoo links. "So it surpr ... [read more >>] | | 28 May 2007, 05:02GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Tons of Hot Details on Half-Life 2 Episode 2 Leaked |  | Thanks to one of Filefront.com's users, there is serious reason to believe that Half Life 2 Episode 2 is nearing final stages of completion and that gamers should be expecting it soon. Quite a big amount of details are being disclosed in the article from which I extracted some pieces ... [read more >>] | | 10 May 2007, 17:41GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| How Do You Say „You're An MP3 Criminal” In Chinese? |  | Yo, Chinese music lovers, I am sorry for you. If you're not sorry for yourselves yet, you will be, unfortunately. Sina.com, one of China's biggest portals running in multiple online fields plans the release of a new platform for online music, downloads and other wireless value-added services (according to Shanghai Securities News).
“So f***ing what?” are you tempted to ask... (don't deny it, because I know you just said t ... [read more >>] | | 16 March 2007, 11:57GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| My Yahoo Beta Version – I Love It! |  | Yahoo revealed today a brand new beta version of My Yahoo, a product designed by the giant portal meant to add some configuration options for the Yahoo users. Let me explain better the concept of My Yahoo. As you surely know, Yahoo is the most visited portal on the Internet because it provides instant access to news, photos, search technologies or mail services. Because it is visited by millions of users every day, some of them might be di ... [read more >>] | | 10 March 2007, 03:00GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
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