PC World
- Access Your Home PC Even When You're Not Home
Longtime favorite LogMeIn Free makes it easy to connect to your home PC from your laptop, a friend's system, or even your iPhone. … - Get Quick Access to Recently Used Items
Your Mac is full of files, folders, and applications, and it's always an annoyance to spend time looking for the items you need. OS X offers many tools (for... … - RealPlayer SP Beta Now out for Mac
On Monday, RealNetworks released a beta of RealPlayer SP for the Mac, the latest version of the company's free multimedia playback software. … - BioShock 2: A Sequel that Surpasses the Original
It doesn't continue the original's plot or even build on it, but this harrowing story one-ups the original's memory-quest-with-a-twist. … - PC Maintenance: What Tasks When?
Ruption18 asked the Answer Line forum what regular chores will keep his PC healthy … - Looking Back at 20 Years of Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Photoshop is so intrinsic to our daily digital lives these days, you might find it hard to believe that the program is just two decades old. In the 20... … - Google's Next Venture: Universal Translator
It's not quite Star Trek, but Google is working on instant translation over Android phones. … - X10 Fable 3 Reveal will Make Gamers 'Super Pissed Off'
Peter Molyneux says he's terrified gamers will balk when he demonstrates undisclosed Fable 3 features at Microsoft's upcoming X10 games event. … - World of Warcraft Seeks Reapproval in China Gov't Tangle
The China operator of World of Warcraft will seek new government approval for the game, dragging it further into a turf war between Chinese regulatory agencies. … - Early Windows 7 Testers Must Soon Upgrade or Backtrack
Users who installed the Windows 7 Release Candidate must soon commit or find their way back to Vista. …
Slashdot
- Virtualizing a Supercomputer
bridges writes "The V3VEE project has announced the release of version 1.2 of the Palacios virtual machine monitor following the successful testing of Palacios on 4096 nodes of the Sandia Red Storm supercomputer, the 17th-fastest in the world. The added overhead of virtualization is often a show-stopper, but the researchers observed less than 5% overhead for two real, communication-intensive applications running in a virtual machine on Red Storm. Palacios 1.2 supports virtualization of both desk… - Study Says OOXML Unsuitable For Norwegian Government
angry tapir writes "Microsoft's XML-based office document format, OOXML, does not meet the requirements for governmental use, according to a new report published by the Norwegian Agency for Public Management and eGovernment (DIFI). The agency wants to start a debate over the report as part of its work on standards in the Norwegian government. (As we discussed a week ago, Denmark has already decided to choose ODF over OOXML)"Read more of this story at Slashdot. … - Virus-Detecting "Lab On a Chip" Developed At BYU
natharward writes "A new development in nano-level diagnostic tests has been applied as a lab on a chip that successfully screened viruses entirely by their size. The chip's traps are size-specific, which means even tiny concentrations of viruses or other particles won't escape detection. For medicine, this development is promising for future lab diagnostics that could detect viruses before symptoms kick in and damage begins, well ahead of when traditional lab tests are able to catch them. Aaron… - Google Shooting For Smartphone Universal Translator
nikki4 writes to tell us that in giving some major improvement tweaks to its existing voice recognition tool for the Smartphone, Google is aiming for new translator software that will provide instant translation of foreign languages. "The company has already created an automatic system for translating text on computers, which is being honed by scanning millions of multi-lingual websites and documents. So far it covers 52 languages, adding Haitian Creole last week. Google also has a voice recogni… - New Material Transforms Car Bodies Into Batteries
MikeChino writes "As battery manufacturers race to produce more efficient lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles, some scientists are looking to make the cars themselves a power source. Researchers are currently developing a new auto body material that can store and release electrical energy like a battery. Once perfected, scientists hope the substance will replace standard car bodies, making vehicles up to 15 percent lighter and significantly extending the range of electric vehicles."Read … - Verizon Blocking 4chan
An anonymous reader writes "According to 4chan's owner and administrator 'moot,' Verizon has explicitly blocked all traffic on their network from boards.4chan.org, where all of 4chan's boards are located. Moot explains that only traffic to and from port 80 is being dropped and they were able to confirm that it was intentional. 4chan's downtime for Verizon users has been in effect for at least 72 hours since Saturday, February 7."Read more of this story at Slashdot. … - A Reflection On Sun Executive Payouts For Failure
With the Oracle/Sun merger finally completing at the end of January, one former Sun worker has taken the time to reflect a bit on the extravagant compensation and golden parachutes that the former executives at Sun are receiving for failing at their jobs. "I think it's fair to say that, for all the miscues that eventually led to its demise, the company created many products and technologies of value along the way, enough so that Oracle thought it was worth it to acquire them and try to keep them… - Turns Out You Actually Can Be Bored To Death
A study conducted by researchers at University College London shows that boredom can kill you. The researchers found that people who reported feeling a great deal of boredom were 37 per cent more likely to have died by the end of the study. Martin Shipley, who co-wrote the report said, "The findings on heart disease show there was sufficient evidence to say there is a link with boredom."Read more of this story at Slashdot. … - Cacti 0.8 Network Monitoring
GJdeBoer writes "The book is aimed at people who are managing a network and would like to get insight into the performance of that network. It covers the installation and configuration of the Cacti application. In the preface the book states that it's not necessary to be a Linux Guru to use the book and that exactly is the case. The book builds up your knowledge about Cacti and the necessary steps to configure it for your network, and it teaches you about Net-SNMP and RRDTool, the building block… - What Are the Best Valentine's Day Stunts?
With the oh-so-dreaded Hallmark holiday on the horizon we are flooded with tips and tricks (mostly designed to sell us things our mates cannot live without) of how to please/capture/sedate the ones we care for. One writer even suggests ways to capture the interest of a geeky girl. That said, what are some of the crazier romantically inspired, geeky V-day stunts or activities that you or someone you know has executed to terrible success or failure?Read more of this story at Slashdot. …
GameSport: PC
- Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing Screens
1 new shots posted.… - Rappelz Epic VI: Solus Aurum Screens
8 new shots posted.… - New Dragon Age in Q1 '11, Crysis 2 due in Q4 '10, APB delayed
EA slates Dead Space 2, Epic Games' shooter, mystery fighting and action games for Q1; Dragon Age, EA MMA, Medal of Honor, Dead Space 2 going portable; "something far-reaching for Mass Effect" in the works; Sims 3 scheduled for consoles and handhelds.… - Major League Baseball 2K10 Pitching and Hitting Mechanics Video
Pitchers vs. hitters video where you learn more about the pitching mechanics and the hitting mechanics.… - EA holiday sales slip 25%, Dragon Age ships 3.2 million
Publisher trims losses to $82 million for October-December quarter, but revenue also sinks to $1.24 billion; Left 4 Dead 2 sells 2.9 million, FIFA 10 9.7 million.… - Dungeon Fighter Online Screens
16 new shots posted.… - Magicka Interview With Johan Pilestedt
Johan Pilestedt, CEO of Arrowhead Game Studios, gives us some more information on the world of Magicka.… - Major League Baseball 2K10 Screens
13 new shots posted.… - Magicka Teaser Trailer 1
Newest trailer for Magicka! Put on your bathrobe and prance around the forest!… - Dungeon Fighter Online High-Level Bosses Video
New gameplay clips showing some of the high-level bosses in Dungeon Fighter Online!…
BetaNews
- Goodnight, moon: What I learned from a space shuttle
By Carmi Levy, Betanews Like many nighthawks across the continent, I found myself glued to more than one screen...all right, three. Plus my BlackBerry...as I watched this morning's launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour. I observed the spectacle with a curious mixture of excitement and sadness because after the current STS-130 mission, the shuttle program has only four more scheduled flights before it's grounded for good.It's not the retirement that gets me. Every technology has its day, and it's… - Netflix to FCC: NBCU + Comcast could bypass net neutrality
By Scott M. Fulton, III, Betanews In a world where Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski's six principles for net neutrality are enforced, everyone who makes a living on the Internet could conceivably be "unburdened by the unnecessary intervention of network operators or government regulators." The exception would be when a pipeline provider such as Comcast merges with a content provider such as NBC Universal, to make certain classes of content viewable online only when i… - Report: Streaming video drove 72% global increase in mobile data consumption
By Tim Conneally, Betanews A new study from subscriber management company Allot Communications today says that worldwide mobile broadband consumption increased approximately 72% in just the second half of 2009. Though the Federal Communications Commission is worried that there won't be enough bandwidth in the United States to support the growth in mobile broadband use, the Americas are actually being outpaced by both the Asia Pacific region (APAC) and the Europe/Middle East/Africa region (EMEA) … - Stymied by continuing Nexus One 3G issues, Google blames the environment
By Scott M. Fulton, III, Betanews For the most part, last week's over-the-air software update to Google Nexus One phones, which was intended to address the 3G connectivity issues with certain versions of the phone's firmware (with a gift of added multitouch), appears unsuccessful for many commenters to Google's support forums. Very few customers reported improvement, and some who did in the early going are now saying their flip-flop problems between 3G and EDGE have returned.Meanwhile, although … - Microsoft Confessions: 'There were a ton of bozos'
By Joe Wilcox, Betanews Do middling, middle managers run Microsoft? That's the consensus among the former Microsofties who shared their work stories with me over the last couple months. The new work week starts with another Microsoft Confessional -- the fourth in four days -- from 13-year company veteran Boris, which isn't his real name, of course. Boris was smart enough to see the end coming, and he made preparations in the days before his May 2009 layoff. He learned to read middle managers the… - Microsoft Confessions: 'Poor worker bees'
By Joe Wilcox, Betanews Today's Microsoft Confession comes from a woman let go during the first round of layoffs, in January 2009. I'll call her Amanda, which, of course, isn't her real name. Amanda shared key elements of her story on deep background, but she also provided a reflective portion that she hopes will give deeper insight to anyone looking to work for Microsoft or to HR departments looking to hire former employees.By telling this story, Amanda wants to give some meaning to her layoff,… - Microsoft Confessions: 'Deeply dysfunctional family'
By Joe Wilcox, Betanews The next former Microsoft employee story comes from someone I'll call Fred, which, of course, is not his real name. Fred took a job right out of college and might still work at Microsoft today, if not for the elimination of his group during layoffs last year. Like the former Microsoftie from the first post in this former employee "confession" series, Fred helplessly watched as the exciting and flexible workplace he joined bogged down in increasing layers of middle managem… - Wolfram|Alpha makes a strong argument for virtual keyboards
By Tim Conneally, Betanews I don't keep my personal preference for mobile devices with physical keyboards a secret; the sensation of hitting real keys is an indivisible part of the text entry experience for me, and it's not likely to change any time soon. But there is one area where physical keyboards are woefully inferior to virtual ones: adaptability. A virtual keyboard can represent any alphabet or be arranged in any configuration the user or software needs, and a physical keyboard simply can… - DOJ: Google can't leverage class action to settle with future authors
By Scott M. Fulton, III, Betanews Last September, the US Justice Dept. objected to the proposed terms of a settlement between Google and the Authors' Guild, which would have enabled Google to publish out-of-print titles in its Google Books catalog. The theory of the settlement at the time was, if authors or rights holders are given enough time to respond to a request to stand up for their rights -- say, at least several months -- and they don't do so, then that's as good as acquiescence.Since th… - Motorola Droid gets its first official multi-touch gesture
By Tim Conneally, Betanews The Droid has gotten pinch-to-zoom in Google Maps. Immediately after Google introduced the multitouch gesture on the HTC Nexus One browser, photo gallery, and maps applications, owners of the popular Motorola Droid began to ask if their devices would receive the same update, since it is widely known to support multi-touch input.It looks like Google has delivered...partially, at least.The update to Google Maps (v.3.4.0) which rolled out this week adds pinch to zoom to t…
GameSport: Xbox 360
- Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing with Banjo-Kazooie Screens
1 new shots posted.… - Kollectiv360 Screens
4 new shots posted.… - Lazy Raiders Screens
2 new shots posted.… - New Dragon Age in Q1 '11, Crysis 2 due in Q4 '10, APB delayed
EA slates Dead Space 2, Epic Games' shooter, mystery fighting and action games for Q1; Dragon Age, EA MMA, Medal of Honor, Dead Space 2 going portable; "something far-reaching for Mass Effect" in the works; Sims 3 scheduled for consoles and handhelds.… - Major League Baseball 2K10 Pitching and Hitting Mechanics Video
Pitchers vs. hitters video where you learn more about the pitching mechanics and the hitting mechanics.… - EA holiday sales slip 25%, Dragon Age ships 3.2 million
Publisher trims losses to $82 million for October-December quarter, but revenue also sinks to $1.24 billion; Left 4 Dead 2 sells 2.9 million, FIFA 10 9.7 million.… - Major League Baseball 2K10 Screens
13 new shots posted.… - R.U.S.E. Behind the Scenes With Jeff Spock 3
Jeff Spock, R.U.S.E. scriptwriter, gives us a behind-the-scenes look at R.U.S.E.… - New Releases: February 7, 2010
We check out the new releases for the week of February 7, 2010.… - Dream Chronicles Screens
11 new shots posted.…
GameSport: PlayStation 3
- Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing Screens
1 new shots posted.… - New Dragon Age in Q1 '11, Crysis 2 due in Q4 '10, APB delayed
EA slates Dead Space 2, Epic Games' shooter, mystery fighting and action games for Q1; Dragon Age, EA MMA, Medal of Honor, Dead Space 2 going portable; "something far-reaching for Mass Effect" in the works; Sims 3 scheduled for consoles and handhelds.… - Major League Baseball 2K10 Pitching and Hitting Mechanics Video
Pitchers vs. hitters video where you learn more about the pitching mechanics and the hitting mechanics.… - EA holiday sales slip 25%, Dragon Age ships 3.2 million
Publisher trims losses to $82 million for October-December quarter, but revenue also sinks to $1.24 billion; Left 4 Dead 2 sells 2.9 million, FIFA 10 9.7 million.… - Need for Speed: Shift Screens
6 new shots posted.… - Fret Nice - Riding Melodies, Escaping by Chopper Gameplay Movie
A rockstar girl destroys her enemies with guitar riffs.… - Fret Nice - Escape Gameplay Movie
A player escapes a giant boulder on a skateboard.… - Fret Nice - Drummer Face-Off Gameplay Movie
A player takes down an evil drummer.… - Fret Nice - Jetpack Level Gameplay Movie
A player flies over the tops of buildings.… - Major League Baseball 2K10 Screens
13 new shots posted.…
CNET: Software
- Quicken Deluxe 2010
Quicken 2010 is a solid finance package, especially for novices, but offers little that's substantively new.… - Zone Alarm Extreme Security 2010
ZoneAlarm Extreme Security 2010 isn't necessarily the best suite around, but it's definitely effective and should appeal to those who like making granular adjustments to their protection.… - Apple iTunes 9
iTunes 9 is a natural, yet relatively minor, evolution of Apple's popular media management software and is a required download for new iPod owners.… - Trend Micro Internet Security 2010
Trend Micro Internet Security Pro's broad feature set combined with its look and feel make it a serious contender, but its questionable efficacy and middling performance make it a program we're not recommending.… - Trend Micro Internet Security Pro 2010
Trend Micro Internet Security Pro's broad feature set combined with its look and feel make it a serious contender, but questionable efficacy and middling performance mean it's a program we're not recommending for this year.… - Trend Micro AntiVirus plus AntiSpyware 2010
Going by older detection and removal numbers, Trend Micro AntiVirus plus AntiSpyware offers competent if basic security protection. However, so do many free competitors. This year, we recommend giving Trend Micro AntiVirus plus AntiSpyware 2010 a pass.… - Apple Mac OS X Snow Leopard
Intel Mac users will like Snow Leopard's smartly designed interface enhancements, and its Exchange support is a must-have (especially with Outlook for Mac on the way). With a ton of technological improvements, Snow Leopard is worth the $29 upgrade fee.… - Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2010 (CD-ROM, 1-Year License)
Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2010 offers pricey antivirus protection. The 2009 version scored well on independent antivirus detection and removal tests, but be prepared to pay a premium for what you're getting.… - Corel Home Office
Despite some compatibility setbacks, Corel Home Office suite is useful for creating documents. Its conscientious size, small-screen optimizations, and attractive price make it a good buy for a Netbook office suite, or for saving space by shedding advanced features.… - H&R Block TaxCut Premium Federal + State + E-file 2008 (1 User, Box Set, Download)
TaxCut 2008 is missing TurboTax's advanced importing engines and sophisticated tax tools, and it takes longer than TurboTax to fill out. However, its free session of live tax advice and free live audit support will win over taxpayers who value personalized customer service.…
GameSport: Wii
- Blaster Master shoots up WiiWare
Nintendo Store Update: Sunsoft's classic NES action adventure reimagined for publisher's online console; Tomena Sanner, Fieldrunners, Bloons, and more now available.… - Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Justice for All Screens
21 new shots posted.… - Let's Play Garden Screens
2 new shots posted.… - EA holiday sales slip 25%, Dragon Age ships 3.2 million
Publisher trims losses to $82 million for October-December quarter, but revenue also sinks to $1.24 billion; Left 4 Dead 2 sells 2.9 million, FIFA 10 9.7 million.… - All Star Karate Screens
3 new shots posted.… - LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 Screens
14 new shots posted.… - Today on the Spot - Trauma Team, AVP, BioShock 2
Today on the Spot we have another triple demo weekend with Trauma Team on the Wii, Aliens vs. Predator, and BioShock 2! We also show you what's new This Week on PC and This Week on PSN! All that, and our Super Duper Bowl, Today on the Spot!… - Art of Balance Trailer
Check out this trailer for Art of Balance, a new puzzle game coming soon to the Wii.… - Super Monkey Ball: Step & Roll Official Movie: Minigame Clip 3
Take a look at this clip that shows off more of the new minigames in Super Monkey Ball: Step & Roll.… - Super Monkey Ball: Step & Roll Launch Trailer
Here is a brand-new launch trailer for Monkey Ball: Step & Roll.…
GameSport: PlayStation 2
- Major League Baseball 2K10 Pitching and Hitting Mechanics Video
Pitchers vs. hitters video where you learn more about the pitching mechanics and the hitting mechanics.… - EA holiday sales slip 25%, Dragon Age ships 3.2 million
Publisher trims losses to $82 million for October-December quarter, but revenue also sinks to $1.24 billion; Left 4 Dead 2 sells 2.9 million, FIFA 10 9.7 million.… - Gran Turismo series sales top 55 million
Polyphony Digital's ultrarealistic racing sim zips past new milestone; Gran Turismo PSP sells 1.8 through December.… - AU Shippin' Out February 8-12: BioShock 2
Underwater adventures, deep-space travel, and all-out warfare assault Aussie gamers this week.… - The Australian Game Development Industry in 2010
Will the Australian games industry have a positive 2010? Or will local studios see more job losses and closures this year? GameSpot AU chats to Aussie industry heads to find out.… - The Sims 10th Anniversary Feature
Check out this look back at ten years of The Sims!…