Archive for November 29, 2007

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Following a breakthrough discovery of hidden potential in the BitTorrent protocol, we bring the news that you are probably not getting anywhere near the best from your torrent client. Discover how to increase your BitTorrent transfers by 500%!! Only available today on TorrentFreak!

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Rockstar Drops GTA IV Box Art Video, Dates New Trailer

Rockstar commissioned a fancy time-lapse video showing the creation of the cover art for the latest GTA installment. What does it tell us about Grand Theft Auto IV? Let’s go through it: helicopters, motorcycles, handguns, sniper rifles, aerial trams, cornrows, and lollipops.

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Nintendo Sells Over 650,000 Wii’s in Two Weeks

Nintendo has a huge two weeks.

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ASUS Resolves EeePC GPL Violation

In response to criticism from Linux enthusiasts, Asus has made additional source code archives available for download with code for the asus_acpi module, BusyBox, and several other components. The code released by Asus brings the company into compliance with its obligations under the GPL and should satisfy most of the critics.

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Apple aware some MacBooks contain flawed Seagate drives

Apple Inc. is acknowledging that some of its MacBook notebooks shipped with hard disk drives plagued by a manufacturing flaw that can result in permanent data loss even when used under routine operating conditions.

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Geek’s version of an aquarium

xkcd Comic

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aXXo Temporarily Stops Releasing DVDrips

The popular DVD ripper aXXo is a BitTorrent cult figure, despised by some, worshiped by others. An estimated one million people download aXXo’s rips every month and his name is among the most searched keywords on all BitTorrent sites. Not surprisingly, rumors start to spread when there is no official aXXo release for a while.

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MacBook wireless suffering after recent Mac OS X updates

Owners of Apple’s 13-inch notebooks are reporting that their Wi-Fi access is much less reliable after installing Mac OS X Leopard or more recent updates to Mac OS X Tiger, especially when the systems switch to battery power.

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Games industry Outgrew US economy by 4 to 1

US video game industry grew a whopping 17 percent from 2003 to 2006, far outpacing the 4 percent general growth of the US economy. Retail sales totaled $7.0 billion in 2005, and sales of games for both PCs and consoles grow from 74.1 million units in 1996 to over 250 million units last year.

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Google Maps to Bring GPS-Like Positioning on iPhone?

Google is set to launch a new feature in Google Maps for Mobile that will automatically set our location even in phones that lack a global positioning system (GPS) device.

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The worst DS game EVER!

I mean, seriously, Santa Cruz’s “Godzilla: Unleashed Double Smash” could even beat “Deal or No Deal” as the worst DS title of all time.

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Guitar Hero 3 Legends of Rock coming to your Mac December 10th

Aspyr, primary porter of popular PC games to the Mac, has announced that the ported version of Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock will be coming to the Mac December 10th.

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