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Internet Explorer 9 Beta Coming September

Speaking at its Financial Analyst Meeting, Microsoft told investors that Internet Explorer 9, also known as IE 9, will enter beta this fall. According to Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner, IE9 is slated for beta in September, though spokespeople for Microsoft would not comment on whether it will be a closed beta for developers or

Motorola ends fiscal Q2 with healthy profit

Motorola is obviously just about at the end of the tunnel as their financial results are starting to get better and better. This time around the company reported 162 million US dollars of profit, which compares very…
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HomePlug details AV2 powerline network spec

The HomePlug Powerline Alliance on Thursday explained advancements to its HomePlug AV2 specification for networking. The alliance’s Technical Working Group has brought MIMO technology to the Powerline systems for faster speeds and range, increased Medium Access Control (MAC) efficiency and promised to increase operating spectrum. AV2 can further extend coverage by repeating and routing technology

Want anti-aliasing in StarCraft II? Hope you have an Nvidia GPU.

How long did Blizzard spend developing StarCraft II? Since 2003, give or take some time here and there when the company needed all hands on deck for World of Warcraft. So you’d think that would be enough time to figure out how to implement anti-aliasing into the graphics engine, right? You see where I’m going

Nokia C6 review: A playful character

Yesterday’s high-end is the new midrange we like to say. The Nokia C6 has almost exactly the same features as the Nokia N97 mini but hangs a big Sale sign. Time to shop for high-end features off high street. The C-series are trying to distill the Nokia knowledge…
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A Look Back at the Last 5 Years in Mobile

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Five years ago, the mobile landscape was in many ways, a world apart from where we are now. The Motorola Razr was on

NVIDIA Rolls Out Quadro GPUs Built on Fermi Architecture

Given the fact that NVIDIA has implemented its Fermi architecture within all of its new consumer-oriented GPUs, we sort of expected the company to also upgrade its Quadro GPUs, targeting professional users. And sure enough, that’s exactly what they did, since NVIDIA has just taken the wraps off its Quadro graphics processing units (GPUs)

Elecom new 4GB outlet plug USB key is just what you need today!

Want something different, but not too much creepy neither? So what about ELecom latest USB Thumb-key, the MF-GU204G, a 4GB memory key available in Black, Blue, Lime and Pink that just happen to be designed after an outlet plug…
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Little Big Planet 2 Collector's Edition Comes with Real Life SackBoy

Media Molecule, as the developer, and Sony, as the publisher, have announced that Little Big Planet will be launched on November 16, just in time for the holiday shopping season. The platformer is only offered on the PlayStation 3 home console from Sony and the publisher is also saying that a Limited Edition of Little

Mobile phones go scalp hunting: The Red List

Last week we walked with dinosaurs. We followed phones in their search of the perfect size and shape. We’ll now take another step away from our usual routine and look back at the gadgets that lost or are about to lose in the survival of the fittest. Mobile phones are no longer a commodity –