Archive for November, 2010 - Page 29

Nokia C2-01: Cheapest Nokia 3G Handset

Nokia C2-01 Offers 3G Connectivity at a Low Price of $95 Without Contract
By on Wednesday, 24. November 2010

We earlier shared some tidbits about Nokia’s cheapest QWERTY phone. But if QWERTY is not your thing, you can go for a candybar setup with a traditional numeric keypad. The Nokia C2-01 is Nokia’s answer to the call for a cheap 3G phone.

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Motorola Defy In Australia, Starting At The End Of This Month

Telstra To Carry Motorola's Rugged Android Phone With Gorilla Glass - Free On Two-Year Contract
By on Wednesday, 24. November 2010

Australia’s a hard place. Lots of utes, barbies, redback spiders. So, Aussies need a phone that’s as tough as they are. Thankfully, the ruggedized Motorola Defy is coming to Australia by way of Telstra. It’s Motorola’s second rugged Android device and the first to come to Australia.

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IBM Blue Gene Supercomputer is the World's Most Energy Efficient Supercomputer

IBM Has Built 15 out of 25 Most Energy Efficient Supercomputers
By on Wednesday, 24. November 2010

When you think “supercomputer,” being green might be farthest from your mind. But computer manufacturers put a premium on energy efficiency. If you’re running a computer this powerful, after all, you would need to spend tons on energy costs.

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Minecraft Hardcore Mode On The Way, If You Die Your World Goes Poof! Forever

Minecraft Hardcore Mode Means If You Die So Does Your Save
By on Wednesday, 24. November 2010

We gather Minecraft is quite the addictive little cookie of a game and there is some stuff on Youtube involving the game that would make a grown man break down and weep, especially of he owns one or more Star Trek t-shirts. Markus Persson, the game’s creator, aims to make [...]

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Marvel Vs Capcom 3 Demo Not Coming From Capcom, Not Now, Not Ever

Marvel Vs Capcom 3 Demo Not Happening, You're Paying For Every Second Of Gameplay
By on Wednesday, 24. November 2010

Your freeloading days are over, according to Capcom. That Marvel Vs Capcom 3 demo you were going to play until the first price drop for the retail game or until the delivery truck hit that speed bump in front of your house and a copy of the game landed on [...]

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Intel Demonstrates Single Chip Cloud Computer CPU Design That Can Support More than 1,000 Cores

Intel Presents CPU Architecture for Supercomputers That Can Scale to Thousands of Cores
By on Wednesday, 24. November 2010

At the Supercomputing Conference 2010 in New Orleans, Intel gave a few sneak peeks into what the future can hold for computing. Imagine playing World of Warcraft on a computer with 1,000 CPU cores. That would be wicked!

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VIZIO XVT 3D HDTVs Go On Sale Today

VIZIO Unleashes Their 3D Sets With WiFi, Vizio Internet Apps, Starting At $1,399
By on Wednesday, 24. November 2010

As was reported by us a few months ago, VIZIO’s XVT series of 3D HDTVs is now out, starting today. They’re big, feature built-in WiFi, VIZIO’s own TV apps, and as expected, they’re expensive. According to Engadget, they’re using the RealD 3D tech and glasses, they’re coming in three different [...]

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Kinect To Support XNA & Vice-Versa "In The Future"

Kinect Getting XNA Support, Microsoft Says It's Definitely Coming
By on Wednesday, 24. November 2010

We honestly can’t wait to see what people cook up with this since they’ve been so busy bending the Kinect to their will even without proper tools and spotty permission. And by this we mean Kinect XNA support, which incubation director of something to do with the Xbox and not [...]

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New Two Worlds II Trailer Actually Looks Pretty Sweet

New Two Worlds II Trailer Includes High Praise From European Reviewers
By on Wednesday, 24. November 2010

I mean, it looks sweet if you like CG battle between Orcs and Humans, which, if I could watch Orcs and Humans duke it out all day, every day, I could. But the point of this trailer is not to show off fancy new game mechanics, but rather to get [...]

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Kinect "Off To Rough Start" Sales-Wise In Japan According To Retailer

Microsoft's Japanese Kinect Sales Not Up To Move Figures
By on Wednesday, 24. November 2010

Japan has always been the odd one out for Microsoft (never for the competition though) and that doesn’t seem about to change, as Redmond’s track record of not “getting” the Japanese like, at all stands untarnished. Not that they’re losing sleep over it or anything, for all their efforts at [...]

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