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Thursday quirky: USA’s most sinful cities

27 February 2008, 17:50

A must for all fans of vice and depravity: an interactive map of the most sinful cities in America.

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Jackson's Neverland going up for auction

27 February 2008, 16:17

Fancy yourself a 2,800 acre fantasy-themed home in California? Well, Michael Jackson's Neverland ranch could be going to auction on March 19th.

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HEXUS reader gives mini-review of Dell's 2408WFP

27 February 2008, 16:16

HEXUS forum reader, doddsy, today became the proud owner of Dell's 24in widescreen flat-panel monitor, the 2408WFP. Within a record-breaking 10 minutes, he shares his first impressions with us all ...

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Scientists announce biggest-ever pliosaur

27 February 2008, 15:28

Pliosaurs, the marine reptiles from the Jurassic period, have been discovered in fossilised form on an Arctic island and Norwegian scientists have declared one such discovery as "the largest marine ...

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Hiper unveils OSIRIS ATX case

27 February 2008, 14:19

UK-based High Performance Group, a.k.a. Hiper, has today announced its second ATX case; OSIRIS.

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Do your bit for Help for Heroes

27 February 2008, 14:01

Mike Holgate, a Captain in the Royal Engineers who was wounded in Afghanistan, is undertaking the gruelling 19th Bataan Memorial Death March to raise money for the charity Help for ...

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EU adds €899 million to Microsoft fine

27 February 2008, 13:17

Non-compliance with 2004 European Commission ruling raises total fine to over a billion quid.

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Stealth unveils latest mini PC, complete with PCI slot

27 February 2008, 12:42

If you like your mini PC to be small but not so small it prohibits a PCI slot, then you're in luck. Stealth's LPC-450PCI Little PC will give you that ...

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What's hot this week in the HEXUS community

27 February 2008, 12:05

Find out what topics are all the talk this week in the HEXUS forums and don't be shy, share your thoughts and opinions.

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Pre-order Lost Odyssey and bag 1,000 free Microsoft points

27 February 2008, 11:37

If you were thinking of picking up the role playing game, Lost Odyssey, on Xbox 360 this week, then HMV has a pretty sweet deal to tempt you into pre-ordering ...

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Apple updates iPhone and iPod touch firmware

27 February 2008, 11:09

iPhone and iPod touch users can now take advantage of Apple's 1.1.4 firmware update. Will this firmware update pave the way for Apple's iPhone SDK?

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Global server revenue highest since 2000

27 February 2008, 11:05

Revenue for 2007 grew 3.6 per cent to $54.4 billion, the highest since dotcom bubble, driven by volume segment.

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Resistance - PS3

27 February 2008, 10:59

Sony will be banking on the next iteration of the Resistance Fall of Man series to bring home the bacon when it's released later this year and if these screenshots ...

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Did DreamWorks not get the memo? HD DVD is dead!

27 February 2008, 10:36

Everybody knows that HD DVD died when Toshiba discontinued its HD DVD businesses, right? Well, try telling that to DreamWorks, the studio that is still planning to release its movies ...

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Is this the first look at KOTOR III?

27 February 2008, 10:18

Though it still hasn’t been confirmed by Lucas Arts, concept images rumoured to be from Knights of the Old Republic III may have surfaced on the net.

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Justice League back on track for 2009

27 February 2008, 10:11

With the writers strike now over, Warner Bros. is going full speed ahead with its superhero mash-up; Justice League of America.

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Postal III previews on Xbox 360, PS3 version possible

27 February 2008, 09:24

The first public viewing of Running With Scissors, Postal III on Xbox 360 took place at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco last week and according to Vince Desi, ...

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Lenovo launches ultra-thin ThinkPad X300

26 February 2008, 16:14

Small, thin and light is all the rage these days and Lenovo's latest ultra-thin ThinkPad X300 takes the fight directly to Apple's MacBook Air.

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Microsoft collars eight UK resellers for dealing counterfeit software

26 February 2008, 15:03

Keep IT Real campaign announces further success in stamping out the trade in pirated products.

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Apple supes up MacBook and MacBook Pro

26 February 2008, 13:59

New additions to the Apple store have arrived today in the form of newly improved MacBook and MacBook Pros, both of which now offer Penryn processors.

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CeBIT teaser: the mother of all notebook cooling pads!

26 February 2008, 13:43

As HEXUS prepares to launch a full-scale invasion on CeBIT next week, our friends over at Enermax provider a little teaser as to what they'll have in store for us.

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Creative's speaker-packing Zen Stone launching on March 1st

26 February 2008, 12:41

That's it, March 1st will be the day that peaceful train journeys and quiet class rooms come to an end as Creative launches its miniature boom box in the form ...

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‘Dead Space’ dressed for Halloween outing

26 February 2008, 12:34

Electronic Arts has confirmed that their spooky sci-fi survival horror game, Dead Space will receive a simultaneous release in Europe and North America on Xbox 360 and PS3 on October ...

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Roll up! Get your Xbox 360 HD DVD add-ons at knock down prices!

26 February 2008, 12:17

Following the news that Microsoft has eased production of the HD DVD add-on for Xbox 360, they’ve now wisely slashed the price in an attempt to get shift some of ...

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HTC finally promises improved video performance

26 February 2008, 11:58

Users of HTC mobile handsets haven't been too happy as of late. Devices including the TyTN II, Touch and Mogul currently suffer from poor video performance and HTC had previously ...

Sony tip ‘LittleBigPlanet’ to be biggest PS3 game of 2008

26 February 2008, 11:36

Personally, I would have had all my money on Metal Gear Solid 4 being the most popular title on the PS3 in 2008, but Sony believe that the community-based game ...

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Sharp and Sony team for next gen LCD

26 February 2008, 11:25

New 10th generation plant will produce 60-inch LCDs for Sharpe and Sony by 2010.

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Sony announces two beefed-up Blu-ray players

26 February 2008, 11:23

With HD DVD well and truly behind us, what better time for Sony to unveil two new Blu-ray players?

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Nintendo enjoy another successful week

26 February 2008, 10:35

For the third week running, Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games has held onto top spot in the multi-format videogames charts, outselling 2nd place Call of Duty 4 by ...

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Ubisoft on the prowl for acquisition targets

26 February 2008, 10:11

Following the news yesterday that Electronic Arts made an unsuccessful $2 billion bid to acquire Take-Two , Ubisoft has now expressed a firm interest in internally expanding their company and ...

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Terminator 4 hitting cinemas in May 2009

26 February 2008, 09:59

It's time to invest in that 2009 diary as Warner Bros. has today announced that Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins will open in cinemas in May 2009.

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PS3 racer Wipeout HD looks out-of-this-world

26 February 2008, 09:28

The downloadable next entry in the WipEout racing franchise is looking truly stunning if these screenshots are anything to go by. We've got screenshots and an updated list of all ...

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SEGA's tactical RPG coming exclusively to PS3

26 February 2008, 08:58

SEGA has confirmed that Valkyria Chronicles, a tactical role-playing game that combines strategy elements with real-time action sequences, will be released exclusively on PS3 this Autumn.

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