Archive for December 22, 2007

Drupal 6 Release Candidate 1 Released

Drupal is a free software package that allows an individual or a community of users to easily publish, manage and organize a wide variety of content on a website.

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Guitar Hero III gets sleighful of fresh tracks

You may remember drooling over/staring quizzically at a load of new tracks we first reported on earlier this month.

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Norway mandates use of open formats: HTML, ODF and PDF

Government, state and regional agencies, authorities and services may also publish in other formats, but they must always publish in one of these formats. The decree is retroactive, and by 2014 all documents published prior to this decree must have been converted and made available in one of the three formats.

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Half Life Saga Story Guide Updated!!! Includes Episode 2

The Half Life Saga Story Guide has FINALLY been updated with all of the information we learn in Episode 2 and Portal. “The Half-Life Saga Story Guide was created in order to provide a concise, accurate, user-friendly overview of the events dealing directly with the events of the Half-Life Saga”.

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Pirate Bay Use Peer Power to Take Back the Grammys

The Pirate Bay is encouraging its users to vote for Familjen, an independent artists who is nominated for a Swedish Grammy. They are using the power of peers to break with the tradition of music cartels that reward their own artists, and to annoy the IFPI of course.

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Apple Applies For Auto-Shutdown and Piracy-Fighting Patents

The USPTO has revealed a number of recent patent filings by Apple, including one that shuts down a mac/iPod after the iPod is done charging (if you want), and another that is a bit like WGA… Wait…. What???

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Firefox 3.0 Beta 2 Is A Win For Linux

Mozilla has released the latest beta of Firefox 3 today, and the Linux efforts behind it are starting to show even more. This release, being a beta, is surprisingly stable. Here’s the killer that makes this beta release amazing: true GTK support.

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Exclusive: Apple to adopt Intel’s ultra-mobile PC platform

Apple Inc. will form a closer bond with once-rival Intel Corp. early next year when it begins building a new breed of ultra-mobile processors from the chipmaker into a fresh generation of handheld devices, AppleInsider has learned.

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Metal Gear Solid 4 - in-depth details

We get into the nitty-gritty of what’s been updated in the most anticipated PS3 title of the New Year

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Why Nintendo can’t ship enough Wii consoles..

Pic speaks for itself!

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RIAA writes its own “news” for local TV stations

The RIAA is allegedly pushing out a video news release this holiday that warns of the dangers of piracy… and encourages ringtone and iTunes purchases. Some stations are already airing it.

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Apple has sold 5 million iPhones

Apple has sold 5 million iPhones, according to 9 to 5 Mac, an Apple rumor site. At the iPhone’s launch, Steve Jobs set a public goal of selling 10 million iPhones — next year. With the iPhone only on sale for six months, that means Apple’s already selling its sleek smartphones at 2008 speed.

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