Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Graphics Performance
The wait is over as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 was released worldwide this week. Developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision, this is the sixth installment in the series and a direct sequel to Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.
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Mozilla celebrates five years of Firefox
This week marks an important milestone for Mozilla, who is celebrating five years since the initial release of Firefox. Version 1.0 made its debut on November 9th, 2004, seeking to replace the Mozilla browser with a lighter, quicker alternative. It soon became clear that Firefox wouldn't be up against just Mozilla's own software, but also a direct competitor of Internet Explorer -- and for the fir...
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Nokia, Apple and RIM all doing well in smartphone market
Nokia continues to hold an overwhelmingly dominant position in the handset arena. In the third quarter of this fiscal year, they pulled in $1.1 billion in profit, which is helping them to maintain a 55% total share in the cellphone market and 37.9% in the smartphone market. While Nokia's number one spot may be safe for the time being, they certainly aren't piling up money as efficiently as Apple.
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Tuesday tech deals: LiquidTV TiVo PC, 1-year TiVo subscription for $35
LiquidTV TiVo PC w/ USB tuner, 1-year TiVo subscription for $35 + free shipping
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Dell intros colorful AMD-based nettop, Inspiron Zino HD
Dell has rolled out a colorful series of small form-factor PCs, the Inspiron Zino HD, which brings Windows-based competition to Apple's Mac mini. The new nettop measures 7.8" x 7.8" x 3.4", weighs 3.53lbs and offers a bit more muscle than your average Atom-based machine.
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Google buys VoIP startup Gizmo5?
Earlier this week, Google announced it had agreed to purchase mobile display advertising firm AdMob, for an undisclosed amount rumored to be in the $750 million range. Well, apparently the shopping spree didn't stop there as the search giant is now putting down another $30 million for VoIP provider Gizmo5, which employs the SIP protocol to allow users to place calls over the internet.
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HP intros new business-centric LCDs, desktops
HP rolled out a pair of budget LCD displays and desktops yesterday. Aimed at businesses, the 17" LE1711 and the 19" LE1911 are being pitched as eco-friendly displays that use 50% less mercury and are free of arsenic, BFRs and PVC. They also passed the latest Energy Star requirements. Both displays feature a resolution of 1280x1024, a 5ms response time, 1,000:1 contrast ratio, 250cd/m2 brightness, ...
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Lenovo IdeaPad U150 now available in the US, starts at $699
Lenovo's IdeaPad U150 is now shipping in the US, and is available in two models. The IdeaPad U150 690968U is red with a base configuration that consists of an 11.6" 1366x768 display, 1.3GHz dual-core Intel Pentium SU4100 processor, Intel integrated X4500 graphics, 3GB of DDR3 1066MHz RAM, a 250GB 5400RPM HDD, 802.11b/g Wi-Fi, a six-cell Li-ion battery, and Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. It starts ...
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The computer virus turns 26 today
The Internet may be 40 years old, but one of the most infamous aspects of both the Web and personal computing in general is quite a bit younger. It was 26 years ago when the first known proof of concept code for a computer virus was demonstrated in a public venue, following up on theories and other attempts to produce self-replicating code. The first official "virus" was born then, giving way to a...
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Blizzard delays StarCraft II beta until 2010
If you had some shred of hope that the StarCraft II beta would arrive this year after being delayed from this summer -- it's not happening. During a presentation at Russian games expo IgroMir, StarCraft II producer Chris Sigaty made it known that the game's multiplayer beta has been pushed back to 2010.
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Amazon releases Kindle for PC application
Looking to put e-book content on more devices, Amazon has released the Kindle for PC beta today, allowing its customers to purchase and read books from the Kindle Store right on their computer screens -- even if you don't own the actual device. On the other hand if you already have a Kindle, iPhone or iPod touch, the free application will let you sync your purchases across all of them.
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Microsoft bans 600,000 360s from Live, plans for more
People in the console modding community are well aware that in general, console manufacturers look down upon them. Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo have all stated numerous times they do not endorse modding, and with the advent of online play becoming so important, keeping the playing field equal for everybody is an important concern. Instead of "Punkbuster for the console," the typical approach is to...
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Motorola Droid sells well during initial launch
Motorola's new foray into the world of smartphones, paired with Android, appears to be going quite well. According to initial analysis following up the first weekend of sales, current estimates indicate Motorola has sold at least 100,000 of the new Droid, around half of the total supply that retailers had available. With considerable less hype surrounding it than other phones and a limited presenc...
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Apple releases Snow Leopard 10.6.2, breaks Atom support
Apple released the second security update to Mac OS X Snow Leopard today, bringing the operating system up to version 10.6.2. As you might expect, the release contains a number of feature enhancements and dozens of bug fixes, including one for that infamous glitch that was destroying people's personal accounts after they purportedly or not logged in as a guest on their computers. Unfortunately fo...
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Sprint to lay off over 2,000 before the year is up
After reporting a third-quarter loss of $478 million and 545,000 customers, Sprint plans to let go between 2,000 and 2,500 people -- about 6% of its 42,000-strong workforce -- by the end of this year. The company expects the job cuts to reduce annual expenses by $350 million, and it will dole out $60 million to $80 million in severance payments during the fourth quarter.
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Graphics Performance
The wait is over as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 was released worldwide this week. Developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision, this is the sixth installment in the series and a direct sequel to Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.
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DVDFab HD Decrypter 6.2.0.2 Beta
Copies entire DVD movie to hard disk, and removes all the protections while copying.
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Bit Comet 1.16
A powerful C++ BitTorrent Client. A TechSpot's staff favourite, too!
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FileZilla 3.3.0
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Xfire 1.117
See when your friends are online, what game they're playing, and what server they're on
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PassMark BurnInTest Professional 6.0 Build 1016
Simultaneously exercises all of the major components of a computer, to test for endurance and reliability.
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PSPad Editor 4.5.5.2374 Beta
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AML Free Registry Cleaner 4.20
Safely clean and repair Windows Registry problems
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TuneUp Utilities 2009 9.0.2000.17
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Stickies 7.0b
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Pfrank 2.31 for Windows Vista
PFrank is an acronym for Peter's Flexible RenAmiNg Kit, a useful file organizer utility that will come in handy.
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