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Grand Theft Auto IV hits the streets--it's a '10'

Larceny, murder, and mayhem are back big time and will likely result in one of the biggest "hits" in video-game history. Grand Theft Auto IV, rated a "10" by Gamespot, hits the streets. Expectations were high when Microsoft and Bungie released Halo 3 for the Xbox 360 on September...

Tags: Grand Theft Auto, GTAIV, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Personal Technology, games, video games, Xbox 360, PS3, Tom Magrino, GameSpot

News items 2008-04-29

NVIDIA Gamer Conference

In a vacant hangar at the Naval Air Station in Alameda, Calif., hundreds of PC gamers spent the weekend competing in Nvidia's GeForce LAN 4 party. The big draw this year was Crysis, a title some fans call Electronic Arts' most realistic yet. News.com's Kara Tsuboi bids adieu to the...

Tags: NVidia Corp., Gamer, Games, Personal Technology, nvidia, kara tsuboi, news, video games, gaming

Videos 2007-11-20

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No, really, we're studying physics

I've only recently discovered the joys of roller coasters; according to my 13-year old, I have a very manly scream. I guess that's a compliment. Regardless, I'm taking my physics class to Six Flags New England (made possible in part by a generous donation from Rocky's Ace Hardware,...

Tags: Physics, Insurance, Financial Planning, Corporate Communications, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance, Marketing, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-05-15

Yahoo to Icahn: You misunderstand

Yahoo's board has responded to activist investor Carl Icahn: "Your letter reflects a significant misunderstanding of the facts about the Microsoft proposal." That letter--delivered by Icahn earlier Thursday Techmeme--has one theme: Yahoo's board botched the Microsoft deal and hasn't served shareholder interest. In its...

Tags: Board, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Stockholder, Proposal, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-15

OCZ debuts DIY gaming notebooks

Here's something that fans of building their own PCs will be interested in - OCZ has launched a build-it-yourself gaming notebook kit. The idea is simple. You buy a kit (currently there's no word on pricing but the wording on the OCZ website suggest that this will...

Tags: Game, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-05-15

Flash Player 10 codename "Astro" goes beta

We made available a prerelease version of the Flash Player last night which has a lot of new features. There isn't yet a tooling release we just posted a new Flex SDK that works to support the Flash Player beta so for the time being this is primarily so that...

Tags: 3D, Macromedia Flash Player, Flash Player 10, Complex Effect, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2008-05-15

Photos: Cracking open the Atari 2600

Check out the joystick ports, circuitry, and other parts that made the venerable game console tick.The Atari 2600 in all its cracked-open glory. I never owned one of these consoles--I was an Intellivision II man. (George Plimpton convinced me it was better.) Do you still play your Atari 2600?...

Tags: Joystick, Photograph, Atari Inc., CNET News.com

Image galleries 2008-05-15

The newspaper's last stand

Interesting news today...or was it yesterday? I have no idea. I got off an eleven hour flight from Johannesburg this morning, and then had to race to the US embassy to get more visa pages in my passport because I've managed to fill every available visa slot with stamps, causing...

Tags: Newspaper, CBS Broadcasting Inc., London Underground, Consumption Habit, E-books, Internet, Personal Technology, John Carroll

Blog posts 2008-05-15

Mobius Seattle 2008; First impressions of the HTC Advantage X7510

As I stated in my Mobius Seattle 2008 Day one post eric lin from HTC gave each one of the attendees the new HTC Advantage 7510 device. These may not come to the U.S. due to Qualcomm import issues, but you will be able to pick them up from U.S....

Tags: High Tech Computer Corp., Device, Mobius, Key, HTC Advantage 7510, Keyboards, Hardware, Peripherals, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-05-15

News to know: Comcast-Plaxo; Icahn-Yahoo; Linux; Microsoft

Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Comcast buys Plaxo: Will social networking and TV fly? Dennis Howlett: Comcast scoops up Plaxo: good move Dan Farber: Comcast goes social with Plaxo acquisition Techmeme EIC podcast: HP-EDS; Google; SaaS Adrian...

Tags: Plaxo Inc., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Comcast Corp., Workday, Microsoft Corp., Zoho, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Rootkits, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, UNIX, Software, Hardware, Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware

Blog posts 2008-05-15

Happy Family Electronic Album (rar)

Happy Family Electronic Album help you manage your pictures, photos, with 150 transform effect, and generate a complete electronic photo albums or VCD, DVD format paper to facilitate burning of CDs. The CD which will be able to directly broadcast. It is simple that Happy Family Electronic Album operate ,...

Tags: Theme, Picture, Photograph, GuangZhou HwaFull Software, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment

Software downloads 2008-05-15

Google losing cellphone battle?

In the fight to create a competitor to the Apple iPhone, which defines the Mobile Internet Client MIC category, many people put their money on Google and its Open Handset Alliance. That bet looks shaky today. RIM has come up with its own "iPhone...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Alliance, LiMo Foundation, Verizon Communications Inc., T-Mobile, Cell Phone, Sprint Communications, Strategy, Management, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-05-14

News to know: Zoho; HP; Windows 7; Patch day

Notable headlines: Dennis Howlett: Zoho's Googley login raises interesting questions Ed Bott: The key to Windows success? It's all about the drivers News.com: Facebook pulls ‘stalker list' tool after Gawker exposes it Mary Jo Foley: Gates emphasizes PC-phone...

Tags: Google Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-14

Personal Diary Lite (exe)

This is a Personal Diary/Journal Software. You can also add pictures, audio and video recordings in the diary entries. Multi-user support is available, so your account is password-protected. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Video, Aditya Bhatt, Corporate Communications, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-05-14

iBizCard (exe)

iBizCard is an easy-to-use Business card design software which supports production of various kinds of Business card, Staff card, Membership card and Interactive CD business card. With its built-in templates of different categories and detailed video tutorials and explanations, you can design your unique business card in an instant. There...

Software downloads 2008-05-14

ConvertVid (exe)

ConvertVid is software product for converting videos from one format to another. If you have iPod, mobile phone or want create DVD this product is just for you. With ConvertVid you will be able to convert any video file to DivX, XVid, AVI, WMV, MPEG1, MPEG2, H.264, FLV, RealVideo, 3GP,...

Tags: Apple iPod, Nuclear Coffee, ConvertVid, Digital Media, Digital Music, Digital Video, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2008-05-14

Angel iPhone Video Converter (exe)

Angel iPhone Video Converter is the choice for iPhone video and audio conversion program. It supports most of video formats including H264 (MPEG-4 AVC), AVI, MP4, MOV, and audio file formats like MP3, AAC, or M4A. It can also extract music from video media and vice versa. Angel iPhone Video...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Video, Degang Mu, Corporate Communications, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-05-14

Water Powered Cars Guide (exe)

Learn exactly how to convert your car to run on water with a video, in-depth FAQ and a bunch of articles covering the topic. It's time to slash your gas costs and say no to big oil companies by running your car on water. This version is the first release...

Tags: Car, Hybrid Games Point, Corporate Communications, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-05-14

Slide Effect

Slide Effect is a software tool to create presentations or slide-show in a few mouse click with really advanced effects to impress your audience. Slide Effect use the power of your 3D video card to display advanced effects you haven't seen before. You can use all your favorite media and...

Tags: Presentation, Effect, Devsoft, Slide Effect, Video Cards, Mice, Corporate Communications, Productivity, Hardware, Components, Peripherals, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-05-14

Video to MP4 Converter (exe)

Video to MP4 Converter contains Video to 3GP Converter, Video to PSP Converter, Video to PS3 Converter, Video to MP4 Converter, Video to iPod Converter, Video to Zune Converter, Video to AppleTV Converter, Video to iPhone Converter. It is a AVI/3GP/MP4 file conversion for your portable media player (MP4 player),...

Tags: Video, MiniVideoConverter, Corporate Communications, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-05-14