Wednesday, March 10, 2010

IT News HeadLines (bit-tech.net) 10/03/2010


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Hackers resurrect NCSA Mosaic
A small band of hackers on the GitHub code sharing site have resurrected an early release of NCSA Mosaic, the first graphical web browser ever released.
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Ubi's DRM servers vulnerable to attacks
Ubisoft's DRM servers were bought down yesterday by service attacks.
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Does game branding matter?
Just a quick one today: I'm wondering who out there buys products because they have a branding association with their favourite game?

We've seen a few World of Warcraft bits from Belkin, Steel Series and more recently Creative. These products may offer some tangible benefit to WoW users but do they and ones like it sway your purchasing decision over other products? Likewise, if you don't care about their game branding would you buy them anyway if the product does what you want?

Let us know your thoughts!
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PC Hardware Buyer's Guide - March 2010
For our March 2010 PC Hardware Buyers Guide we've seen a few subtle changes in among our recommendations, but most notably we've had to accommodate price fluctuations in places. How has this changed our five PCs? Check in to find out.
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Valve announces Steam for Macs
Valve has confirmed that it will be bringing Steam to Macs, complete with a library of supported games.
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Energizer charger spreads Trojan
The Windows software which was bundled with a model of USB-powered battery charger from Energizer has been found to install a Trojan horse program on host systems.
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StarCraft 2 Beta First Impressions
We take a look at the beta of Blizzard's long awaited StarCraft 2 to see how the game has changed. Do fans actually want anything new with StarCraft 2, or is a high-res remake more than enough for the hardcore?
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