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StarCraft 2 gets its first patch, moves to version 1.01
Starcraft 2’s patch 1.01 was just released, so next time you start up the game you’ll be receiving an update. This minor patch, made live less than a week after the game was made available to the public, does not appear to fix the menu overheating issue, rather it addresses two minor problems with the [...]
Publication date: 2010-07-31
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Private airplane suite includes bed, armchair and gadgets
Talk about travelling in style. Singapore Airlines is known for its luxurious first class travel which includes 35-inch wide, upholstered leather-trimmed seats that recline into a fully flat-bed. Now the airline is kicking up first class travel another notch.
The airline now plans to offer suites aboard its A380 aircraft. The suite features a full length [...]
Publication date: 2010-07-31
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Twitter introduces Suggestions For You
No one can deny that Twitter is huge, over a hundred million users means there’s going to be someone for everyone to follow and chat with. The problem is, because Twitter is so big it’s hard to identify all the people you may want to follow.
The Twitter team has realized this and have come up [...]
Publication date: 2010-07-31
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Seagate GoFlex TV video hands-on
Geek.com’s review of the GoFlex TV–Seagate’s HD media player that turns your boring flat panel into a smart, internet-connected TV–went live earlier this month, but in case you were looking for some video of the GoFlex, here it is. The video was believed to have been lost to the sands of time, but rather it [...]
Publication date: 2010-07-31
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8 future Gmail features/changes revealed with a single image
An image uploaded to the Chromium OS bug tracker shows a pre-release version of Gmail sporting a number of new features and changes to the layout. In total, we’ve spotted 8 differences compared to the Gmail we all use today.
Here’s the list of differences we can see in the image (there may be more):
Three new [...]
Publication date: 2010-07-31
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Steve Ballmer envies iPad, says tablets are
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told a room full of Wall Street analysts that Apple has done a swell job with iPad and stressed his company is hard at work to make Windows 7 tablet computing a reality. According to a transcript by CNET, Microsoft sees that tablets are maturing beyond the niche market. Praising Apple’s [...]
Publication date: 2010-07-31
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Defcon hackers release Android rootkit, total control of smartphone possible
The annual Defcon conference usually brings with it a handful of suprises and cool hacks/devices. We’ve already seen the best conference badge design, but now we’re seeing a rather worrying release for anyone owning an Android smartphone.
In a bid to highlight a security flaw in the Android OS, two attendees have released a rootkit that [...]
Publication date: 2010-07-31
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iPad owners 'are rich and self-centred'
iPad owners are rich, self-centred and unkind, a survey has suggested.
Publication date: 2010-07-31
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Irish online display advertising performs strongly
Irish online display advertising bucked the general advertising malaise and performed strongly during 2009, as reported by the first IAB Ireland (IAB) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) online adspend study.
Publication date: 2010-07-31
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Online video shows Bold 9780 with BlackBerry 6 OS
A website dedicated to BlackBerry users, driphter.com, has posted a hands-on review of the BlackBerry Bold 9780. While a video review of a new BlackBerry model is always interesting, the one offered by driphter.com has received considerable interest since it also shows the BlackBerry running the new BlackBerry 6 operating system. Hardware wise it seems [...]
Publication date: 2010-07-30
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Why StarCraft 2 has no LAN play (video)
Back in June 2009 we learned that StarCraft 2 would not have LAN play. If you want multiplayer you can do it through Battle.net, end of story. For most people that’s fine, for some (still a large number given the number of units SC2 will sell) it’s not enough. You can probably guess which camp the [...]
Publication date: 2010-07-30
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Richard Garriott wins NCSoft lawsuit and $28 million
MMO Tabula Rasa promised so much, but ended up being a failure that was shutdown pretty swiftly. With Richard Garriott at the helm, and NCSoft handling running the game, it looked like a perfect match. The fallout from that relationship has been quite costly, though.
When Garriott left NCSoft we all thought it was voluntary. A [...]
Publication date: 2010-07-30
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Taito
Shmups in arcades remain popular if you happen to still have a local arcade, or live in Japan. Depending on the age of the game they either use an old 4:3 screen or a new widescreen LCD display with the gameplay setup to suit either format. But with Taito’s latest Darius shmup the arcade cabinet [...]
Publication date: 2010-07-30
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HTC EVO 4G to get Android 2.2 update next week
If you
Publication date: 2010-07-30
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Happy sysadmin appreciation day!
The last Friday in July is a very special day, and one of the most under-celebrated days of the years: Sysadmin day! Yes, today marks the 11th annual celebration of systems administrators everywhere. It’s a day when you should stop and appreciate the people that keep those servers running and those backups fresh, not shake [...]
Publication date: 2010-07-30
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Stealth launches paperback novel-size mini PC
Stealth.com has this month introduced its smallest, and what must be one of the tiniest PCs you can currently buy.
It’s called the LPC-100 and measures just 102 x 155 x 37mm. Here’s the spec breakdown:
Up to Intel Core 2 Duo T9400 @ 2.5GHz
Up to 4GB RAM in 2 SO-DIMM slots
Onboard Intel 4500MHD graphics chip (128MB [...]
Publication date: 2010-07-30
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Facebook IPO may not happen until 2012
Bloomberg is reporting that Facebook
Publication date: 2010-07-30
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Tactics Ogre screenshots and trailer appear
Last week we learned that Square Enix was in the midst of updating the SNES game Tactics Ogre for a re-release on the PSP. Now screenshots and a first trailer have appeared.
The trailer is a bit of a let down due to the fact it contains no gameplay footage whatsoever:
The screenshots on the other hand, [...]
Publication date: 2010-07-30
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Verizon Wireless launches Samsung Intensity II
Verizon Wireless announced this week that it has launched the sequel to the Samsung Intensity, a handset simply known as the Samsung Intensity II. Some highlights of the phone include a horizontal slide-out QWERTY keyboard, a 1.2 megapixel infrared camera with night vision, a music player and one-touch access to social networking sites. The social [...]
Publication date: 2010-07-30
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Sprint sees subscriber growth and improved customer services
Things are looking up for Sprint Nextel. In the face of crushing competition from Verizon Wireless and AT&T, the wireless company has had one of its best quarters in more than five years for year-over-year quarterly growth for postpaid gross subscriber additions. The company netted 111,000 subscribers in the quarter led by the introduction of [...]
Publication date: 2010-07-30
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