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Lower-cost phone-location service

20 January 2006, 13:14

Find the location of 'any' mobile phone. Okay, that's not a unique claim but, seemingly, World-Tracker's new mobile-phone tracking service is one of the cheapest on offer

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Lappy bags with one-year screen insurance

20 January 2006, 11:07

Damage in transit is the big killer of laptop PCs, so we were pleased to hear from one bag maker - PORT Designs – that it's now offering a free ...

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Xbox 360 Marketplace download charts

20 January 2006, 11:05

One of the biggest successes of the Xbox 360 has been the revamped LIVE Marketplace where Xbox 360 users can download and play classic arcade games. Now Microsoft have released ...

Technology for the girls

20 January 2006, 09:11

AT CES 2006 we saw all sorts of cool stuff but surely an indication of just how much technology has been accepted into the home is by the products aimed ...

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Xbox 360 RF Adapter

20 January 2006, 09:11

Once upon a time, they made televisions without SCART or composite video inputs. No, really, they did. Nowadays even the cheaper 14” tellies have a SCART socket but there are ...

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World Of Warcraft New Lunar Year Celebrations

20 January 2006, 09:11

Like, you know, Peace, man… The like, moon Goddess is smiling upon you as we like, totally witness her rebirth in like, an awesome and totally surreal Lunar Festival

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Dead Or Alive 4 – Xbox 360 Footage

20 January 2006, 09:08

The Xbox 360s's improved graphics capabilities have enabled the developers at Tecmo to go to town with the game details… from the way hair moves to the blossoms floating down ...

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The History of Timeshift

20 January 2006, 09:08

Matthew Karch, CEO of Saber Interactive writes about the toils of developing Timeshift.

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Sub-Eu60 DVD player supports Nero Digital

19 January 2006, 16:32

A new sub-€60 DVD player from elta is among the first to support playback of video compressed using Nero Digital technology – the high-efficiency Codec and authoring system provided in ...

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Konica Minolta bails out of wet photography

19 January 2006, 14:38

Konica Minolta is planning to pull out of the wet photography market - a move that will see over one-tenth of its 30,000 employees out of work by October next ...

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Adobe still ripping off EU buyers?

19 January 2006, 10:51

A detailed comparison of US and European prices for Adobe's recently-released Production Studio suites shows that the company is still happy to play that maddening old game ROCIE - Rip ...

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Starting out the year with no fear

19 January 2006, 10:17

Casual my ass, I’m trying to get to the Holodeck

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Review: Thecus YES Box N2100

19 January 2006, 09:37

YES stands for "your enhanced storage" - a very personal kind of branding, don't you think? Also known as the N2100, it has a few things in common with the ...

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Sony announce the first PS3 titles

19 January 2006, 09:28

Sony have announced six titles in progress for the upcoming PS3

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Nintendo Revolution in the US before November this year?

19 January 2006, 09:27

Top Nintendo man, Satoru Iwata, has told Japan’s Sankei Shinbun that Nintendo intend to have the Revolution out in the US in time for Thanksgiving, meaning a November release.

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Full Auto - Video footage

19 January 2006, 09:27

Having had a good long play on Full Auto we can confidently report that the game plays just as good as it looks. While the car control is hardly going ...

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The Regiment - PC

18 January 2006, 22:50

The Regiment is a soon to be released squad based tactical shooter from Konami, with heavy emphasis on SAS tactics; former S.A.S. veteran John McAleese acted as the game's technical ...

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Top Spin 2 – Nintendo DS

18 January 2006, 22:13

2K Sports are bringing their winning Top Spin 2 formula to the DS and GBA and here’s a few DS screenies to give you an idea of how things will ...

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RF Online pre-order packs out now!

18 January 2006, 21:47

Those who grab one of these exclusive packs and will get guaranteed access to the RF Online beta test along with a soundtrack CD, 3 faction postcards and a selection ...

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Stirling Services Announce ‘Reality Gaming’

18 January 2006, 21:36

Stirling Services and HEXUS announce the advent of Reality Gaming, blending real life, war gaming and video games together!

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XFX launches GeForce 7300 GS

18 January 2006, 21:08

Today saw the launch of NVIDIA's G72 based GeForce 7300 GS graphics card, and one of the first to come forth with a product is, as always, XFX.

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NVIDIA introduces G72 and GeForce 7300 GS

18 January 2006, 14:10

Today, 18th January 2006, sees the launch of NVIDIA's first 90nm desktop graphics processor, codenamed G72, and its first desktop SKU.

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Futuremark 3DMark06 Launch

18 January 2006, 13:48

Today, the 18th of January 2006, sees the release of the next version of 3DMark, snappily codenamed 3DMark06. And as such, this new 3DMark commands some respect for the grandfathers ...

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Review: AVerMedia AVerTV DVB-T USB2.0

18 January 2006, 09:38

Today we're reviewing a USB digital tuner from AVerMedia - the AVerTV DVB-T USB2.0 – that let's you enjoy all the many Freeview TV and radio stations

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Streaming DivX through the Xbox 360

18 January 2006, 01:45

casey chesnut from brains-N-brawn.com has written a superb guide on how to stream DivX movies through your Xbox360, something no-one thought could be done. He's very kindly allowed us to ...

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Review: ASUSTeK EAX1800XT TOP

17 January 2006, 22:52

... let's have a peek and see how close ASUSTeK get to really pleasing the enthusiast with muchos dinero to drop on the latest and greatest...check out whether the ATi ...

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ASUS announces truly mobile TV tuner

17 January 2006, 22:51

We've seen our share of USB TV tuners, in fact a number are in the HEXUS.labs now being reviewed. The trouble with them, however, is their need for an aerial. ...

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Christopher is looking a bit grey

17 January 2006, 19:19

The press are gathered in London Zoo to meet Corel's new icon for CorelDRAWX3, Christopher the Chameleon... but he sadly shuffled off this mortal coil yesterday..

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