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by Stephen Withers
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A new Nielsen study shows the number of US homes with a game console such as Microsoft Xbox or Sony Playstation has grown 18.5 percent over the last two years.
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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Only a week or two ago Parallels released a new version of their virtualization software for the Intel-based iMac, and now VMware has released a second beta with new features before the full release later this year.
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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The BBC has certainly been busy this week, doing a deal with YouTube, and now another with IBM, using IBM’s state-of-the-art image/video 'Marvel' search technologies to create multimedia interactive search experiences with BBC programming for children.
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by Stephen Withers
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Microsoft has announced a 512M memory unit for the Xbox 360 will be released early next month.
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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New BBC branded ‘channels’ are set to appear on YouTube following the announcement of a deal to get the some of the BBC’s popular content on the world’s most popular Internet video service – but not for UK residents.
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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Despite reports that Toshiba’s new 51Gb HD DVD has been submitted for approval, this hasn’t yet happened – but even if it was, will it make any difference?
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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Popular as a humorous boxing game in the days of the Sega Dreamcast and the N64, featuring wisecracks and caricatures of famous people fighting it out in the ring, 10tacle studios is bringing it back to have another crack at the title.
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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Microsoft says they’ve put security first in Vista and have even brought their own Internet Security and antivirus software to market. So why then in new tests by AV Comparatives has Microsoft come last?
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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The battery recall scandals of 2006 have been recharged in 2007 by Lenovo’s massive new recall of 100,000 batteries, this time manufactured by Sanyo.
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by Stephen Withers
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A version of the evergreen SimCity game for the Nintendo DS will arrive midyear, Electronic Arts has announced.
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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Is the storm in the PS3-cup over? Probably not by a long shot, but Sony has just gone a long way to silencing the critics by announcing the Euro PS3 will run 1000 PS2 games, with more on the way as the firmware is updated.
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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AMD has introduced the 690 series chipset, integrating an ATI Radeon X1250 graphics chip with more than enough grunt to attain certification for the Windows Vista Premium ‘Aero’ experience – but is it enough to challenge Intel?
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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Bravo for Sony’s new Bravia Internet Video Link, which lets you watch TV shows and Internet videos from sites like AOL, Grouper, Yahoo!, Sony Pictures Entertainment and Sony BMG Music – without needing a PC.
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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Don’t feel like a ding if you haven’t heard of Ning – it’s the latest entrant into the social networking craze that lets you create your own social network on whatever topic you like.
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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The latest entrant into the word processing world is a bolt out of the blue, offering 200Mb of free online storage, collaboration tools, a file and ideas organizer, a PDF viewer and more – and it’s free!
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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Anyone wanting to run Windows on a Mac knows all about Parallels Desktop, the stunningly good virtualization software that lets you run Mac OS X and Windows XP or Vista at the same time – and now there’s a new update.
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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Dell has decided it’s time to start thinking about offering Linux as an operating system on Dell PCs, instead of just offering Microsoft Windows, after huge numbers of requests for pre-loaded Linux PCs.
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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Not to be outdone by competitors, Sony is slim and stylish new Cyber-shot cameras at the 2007 PMA show in Las Vegas to fashionable and colorful acclaim.
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