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 An Australian retail chain, EB Games, has posted a price of 598 Australian dollars for the recently announced Wii U home console from Nintendo, suggesting the price that interested gamers all over the world might have to pay when the new platform is released to the public.
The price translates to about 633 United States dollars but often... (read more) |
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 Nintendo is continuing to detail its recently announced Wii U console, with its famous games designer, Shigeru Miyamoto, explaining how it's been a bit tricky for the company to find the right balance between hardware power and affordability, in terms of the actual price of the console.
The Nintendo Wii U is set to replace... (read more) |
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 NetEase, the Chinese operator of the World of Warcraft MMO, and Blizzard, the creator of the leading title in the subscription based space, have announced that the latest expansion for the game, called Cataclysm, will be launched next month for Chinese gamers.
On July 12 players will be able to get access to new content... (read more) |
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 The recent hacker attack that affected the whole PlayStation Network has forced Sony to take a more vigilant stance on security, at least according to its European boss, Andrew House.
Sony suffered greatly after a hacker attack at the end of April forced it to take down its PlayStation Network online service and rebuild it in a m... (read more) |
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 A new flavor of Nimbuzz for Symbian is now available on all Nokia mobile phones that run under this mobile operating system, namely version 3.2.
The development team behind the application notes that the new iteration will offer users the possibility to enjoy a better experience while chatting through new features added into the mix, as well as ... (read more) |
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 Computer users all over the world can no longer deny the benefits of cloud storage over the local one, and the developers at Box.net also reached the same conclusion. This is why they have tightened their integration with Google Docs.
Not only can users have access to their documents at all times, regardless of the device they use... (read more) |
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 Today, a new Android-based device from Sony Ericsson made an appearance, namely the Xperia active, which was launched at the CommunicAsia 2011 conference in Singapore along with the previously detailed Xperia ray.
The new mobile phone comes with a 3-inch touchscreen with the Reality Display with Mobile BRAVIA Engine, and runs under Google's Android... (read more) |
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 The Game Critics Nominations for 2011 have been announced, with the biggest possible winners being BioShock Infinite from Irrational Games and Uncharted 3 from Naughty Dog.
The awards are announced after the E3 trade show and the winners are voted on by the biggest gaming oriented press outlets in the Un... (read more) |
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 At this year's International Supercomputing Conference, AMD has showcased a working version of its upcoming Interlagos server processor based on the Bulldozer architecture, marking the first public demonstration of such a chip.
The machine used for this demo was based on a Supermicro 1U dual socket server which packed two 16-core I... (read more) |
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 Volition, the developer behind franchises like Red Faction or Saints Row, has admitted that it evaluated many other open world games, including Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto or Red Dead Redemption, while putting the finishing touches on the upcoming Saints Row 3.
The open world genre has been dominated by Rockstar creations, as series li... (read more) |
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 At this year's International Supercomputing Conference (ISC), Supermicro has teemed up with Hardcore Computer in order to create a fully liquid submerged dual-socket server that is running overclocked Intel 'Everest' Xeon processors.
The whole blade server is housed inside a metal enclosure that is filled with die... (read more) |
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 After being confined to the server and embedded market space for quite some time now, China's Loongson processors based on the MIPS architecture will soon make their way into the consumer market, as the first notebooks to be powered by these chips are expected to enter mass production in August.
A prototype of thi... (read more) |
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 Wireless operator US Cellular has now a new Android-based device available for purchase for its users, namely the Motorola XOOM.
The tablet PC is now for sale via the carrier's stores in the United States, a recent tweet from the company notes.
The Android-based device features a price tag of $599, the same as when purchase... (read more) |
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 Joshua Hill, also known as p0sixninja on Twitter, seems confident he will have an iPhone 5 / iOS 5 exploit ready for the first ever MyGreatFest jailbreak event which takes place on September 17th, in London.
Tweets authored p0sixninja and MyGreatFest seem to confirm the hacker is up to something serious in the ... (read more) |
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 Star Fox Command is a video game developed by Q-Games in collaboration with Nintendo's own Entertainment Analysis and Development division, and published by the Japanese company itself for the DS portable platform, released on August 3, 2006, in Japan, August 28, in North America, September 21, in Australia, and January 26, 2007, in Europe.
Star Fo... (read more) |
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 Strauss Zelnick, who is the Chief Executive Officer of Take Two Interactive, has said that the price of video games that are created specifically for tablets could be as high as for those experiences that are designed with home consoles in mind, as long as the quality is similar.
He stated, “At the end of t... (read more) |
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 Officially announced two weeks ago, Motorola Triumph might hit shelves at Virgin Mobile a bit under a month from now.
According to the guys over at Phandroid, via tipster, if nothing bad happens the Triumph should be out on the market on July 19.
Although this is just a rumor, it seems to confirm Virgin Mobile... (read more) |
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 ClamXav, a free virus scanner, has been updated with support for Lion, Apple’s next major version of the Mac OS. This is also the last version that supports Tiger (Mac OS X 10.4) users, according to developer Mark Allan.
Allan maintains the program so that Mac users can stay out of harm’s way. He distributes it free of c... (read more) |
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 South Korean mobile phone maker LG Electronics reportedly plans on making some of its latest smartphones running under Google's Android operating system available for purchase via more wireless carriers in the United States.
Two of these devices should soon be released on the airwaves of new wireless services providers in the ... (read more) |
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 PopCap Games will bring its massively successful Bejeweled 3 puzzle game to a variety of consoles at the end of the year, after releasing it for the PC and Mac platforms at the end of last year.
PopCap made a huge amount of money with its casual titles, and Bejeweled 3, the newest installment in the popular jewel-matching p... (read more) |
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 Just like any bride out there, Kim Kardashian too wants to look her best for the big day when she’ll be walking down the aisle to say “I Do” to fiancé Kris Humphries. To do that, she’s officially kicked the “wedding slimdown” into high gear.
Fans must know that, a while back, Kim got to her ... (read more) |
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 Star Trek: Tactical Assault is a video game developed by Quicksilver Software and published by Bethesda Softworks for the Nintendo DS and Sony PlayStation Portable handheld consoles, released on November 14, 2006, in North America, December 1, in Europe and December 7, in Australia.
As you can tell by its name, Star Trek: Tacti... (read more) |
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 Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless has just announced plans to expand its 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) network in a new series of markets as soon as next month, on July 21.
The wireless carrier will enhance the coverage of its 4G network in the Los Angeles and San Diego metro areas on that day, so as to offer a wider range of user... (read more) |
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 Paragon Studios, as the developer, and NCsoft, as the publisher, have announced that they are working to transition their superhero powered MMO City of Heroes and its expansion City of Villains to the free to play and micro transaction model starting later this year.
The two companies are saying that those who do not want to play can expe... (read more) |
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 Monsoon Multimedia, a company that provides advanced and standards-based multimedia products and technologies for the PC, Mac, iPad and smartphones, has just announced the addition of a new feature for its Vulkano line of products.
With the new feature Android fans will be able to record TV content via... (read more) |
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 Firefighter F.D. 18 is a video game that was developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, Inc. and was published by Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.
The game was launched exclusively on the PlayStation 2 home gaming console from Sony and arrived during March 2004.
The title can be classed as being an action game pl... (read more) |
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 An Apple customer writing over at the Support Communities site claims to have gone through several iPhone 4 replacements only to get a fifth device that’s also exhibiting issues.
Identified as ardgnue on the Apple Support Communities forum, the customer shares his story with fellow Apple fans, saying:
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 Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation has just announced the release of a software update for one of its Facebook phones, the HTC Salsa.
HTC Salsa was unveiled to the world in February during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, along with the other Facebook phone from the company, namely the HTC ChaCha.
While the Cha... (read more) |
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 Focused on delivering external storage solutions engineered to meet the needs of the Apple community, G-Technology (a subsidiary of Hitachi) has introduced the G-CONNECT, a wireless storage solution for iOS device owners. The hardware allows Apple device owners to access vast libraries of content that are too large to reside on... (read more) |
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 Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo and McAfee announced that they have signed an agreement to offer customers the VirusScan Mobile security solution on Android smartphones.
The McAfee VirusScan Mobile will be provides as an exclusive offering for NTT DOCOMO users of Android smartphones starting July 1st.
The applic... (read more) |
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 Valve, the owner of the massively popular Steam digital distribution service on the PC, is quite interested in OnLive, and made suggestions to the cloud gaming company in terms of what features it should target, at least according to OnLive vice president of engineering, Joe Bentley.
OnLive, together with a few other companies, including Gaikai... (read more) |
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 It seems that music lockers are the latest trend and everyone and their dog is jumping on the bandwagon, reminiscent of the URL shortener craze, just with a much bigger up-front investment from the companies having a try at it.
The latest is Best Buy which is launching a music locker and streaming service which will enable users to u... (read more) |
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 Waters Corporation today released its very own iPad application that acts as a simple product finder for Waters consumables and columns in a convenient format designed specifically for quick selection.
Made so that customers can get the most appropriate product for their application, Waters Part Selector features three tools that simp... (read more) |
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 Fire Pro Wrestling Returns is a video game that was developed by S-NEO Co. and Ltd., Y'sK Inc. with the publishing duties handled by Spike Co., Ltd.
The game delivers a huge rooster of fighters from more than 10 promotions in Japan and allows the player to throw them against each other in a number of game modes.
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 Hackers have managed to break into the network of an Australian web hosting provider called Distribute.IT and destroy data from four of its servers, including its backups.
The attack occurred last week and left a lot of customers unhappy with the company because it wasn't very forthcoming with information. This was probably be... (read more) |
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 Google is announcing that it's investing a further $102 million in a wind farm project it got involved with last month when it provided it with $55 million.
It's the latest big investment in green energy at the company and it indicates not only Google's commitment to a greener future and a cleaner image for the company, but a... (read more) |
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 Worldwide supplier of consumer electronics Philips just issued its newest press release in which it unveiled the existence of three new products, two of which are of the audio variety.
When Philips issued its newest press announcement, it definitely did more than just show off a small device meant to wirelessly stream media from a PC ... (read more) |
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 Asus will soon update its multimedia notebook portfolio with a new 17.3-inch laptop, known as the N75, which will sport the same Bang & Olufsen ICE Power high-fidelity audio setup that was introduced in the company's previous N-series units.
The multimedia notebook will feature a redesigned chassis sketched by the same David Lewis as we... (read more) |
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 Google has been peddling its Apps suite to enterprises and schools, but an equally attractive target has been the government and local administrations. Google even developed a special Apps version for government use, hoping to get the big administrative infrastructure to switch to the cloud.
Now, the first signs ... (read more) |
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 An international collaboration of researchers says that one of the most interesting galaxy clusters in the known Universe is the result of a violent collision between four individual galaxy clusters. The merging process lasted for more than 350 million years.
In order to study the structure, which is called Abell 2744, experts used a va... (read more) |
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 Being under house arrest after several parole violations and other illegalities doesn’t mean that Lindsay Lohan is out of a job for good. Quite on the contrary, as the video below – a commercial for a website called Beezid.com – confirms.
The star, who is now serving time at her own home in Venice Beach, shot an a... (read more) |
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 Two of the largest aeronautics corporations in the United States, the Boeing Company and American Airlines, have recently signed an agreement solidifying their cooperation for improving aviation.
The two companies want to develop and test emerging technologies that would make flights safer, cheaper, and more environmentally-frie... (read more) |
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 Mobile phone carrier Three UK plans on adding to its offering the new Sony Ericsson Xperia ray smartphone that was unveiled today during the ComunicAsia 2011 conference in Singapore.
Only a few hours after Sony Ericsson went official with the launch of this handset, the wireless operator announced that it will be available for its customers in the... (read more) |
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 Retail giant Walmart and cloud gaming service Gaikai have announced that they have entered into a partnership aimed at allowing players to get trial versions of PC based video games from publisher Electronic Arts.
There are now free Gaikai maintained links to trial versions of EA titles, labeled “Play Now”, on ... (read more) |
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 It appears that a certain technology known as Intel Wireless HD is not the only one of its kind to grace the IT industry with its presence, as Philips seems to have devised a solution of its own.
Philips has long been a supplier of all sorts of multimedia devices, as well as accessories and companion products for them.
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 Both HTC Sensation and Wildfire S Android-based smartphones will soon make their way in New Zealand via Telecom carrier.
It appears that the phones will be available exclusively on the Telecom New Zealand network in early July.
While the HTC Wildfire S will be available for a suggested retail pr... (read more) |
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 U.S. Circuit Court judge Lucy Koh has denied Samsung's request to see the unannounced iPhone 5 / iPhone 4S and the third-generation iPad, citing the Korean company’s failure to request reasonable discovery.
According to a post on Foss Patents, judge Lucy Koh said that "If Samsung had requested re... (read more) |
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 Last week, Microsoft announced its intentions of not supporting WebGL for the foreseeable future in Internet Explorer. It backed its decision up with a number of security concerns which it said were an indication of the inherent flaws or weaknesses in WebGL itself.
Other browser makers, that support WebGL - which me... (read more) |
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 On Tuesday, mobile phone maker Nokia announced the launch of a new smartphone, the Nokia N9, which is its first device to run under the MeeGo platform.
The handset will reportedly be accompanied by another MeeGo-based device from the company, the Nokia N950, which should prove a great option for developers, it seems, and which can be seen in the video em... (read more) |
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 Though it was believed she was trying a reconciliation with ex Pete Wentz, Ashlee Simpson was photographed just the other day with another man – and their body language left no room for doubt as to how their relationship stood.
Simpson shocked the world when she announced she was divorcing Pete after just 3 years of ma... (read more) |
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