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Circuit City opens books, sets stage for Blockbuster buyout
http://arstechnica.comWith a promise of financial backing, Blockbuster convinces Circuit City to share its operational secrets. It looks like the deal is coming, for better or for worse.Read More...
Read more »LucasArts may be next publisher to leave ESA
http://arstechnica.comHot on the heels of Activision/Blizzard's departure from the ESA, the rumor mill wonders if LucasArts might be jumping ship, too.Read More...
Read more »Burnout: Paradise coming to the PC
http://arstechnica.comBurnout: Paradise is coming to the PC, with more features and better multiplayer. Time to dust off that PC wheel.Read More...
Read more »10 Useful Firefox Add-ons That Don’t Get Glamorised
http://www.ghacks.netNot all Firefox add-ons get the news coverage that they deserve. Some are mentioned on every tech site in the world while others are known to only a handful of Firefox users that dug deep into the Firefox add-on directory to find some hidden gems. And it’s those hidden gems that I want to write about today.
I’m not saying that the following Firefox add-ons are totally unknown and never appeared on a website before but if someone mentioned them it got lost in all the noise that the popular Firefox extension are causing.
Windows EeePC 900 cheaper than Linux model
http://www.ghacks.netI already see signs of a public outcry in the Internet landscape. How can it be that a version for a free operating system, Linux, is more expensive than the version for Windows XP ? If you know only these facts you might think that Microsoft is using their power to promote Windows on the EeePC 900 by either giving the version away for free or even subsidizing it.
Read more »Learn to be a master filmmaker with Wikiversity
http://www.ghacks.netToday was the first day, after using Wikipedia for ages I actually took the time to look at what the front page has to offer. I found separate part of Wikipedia named the Wikiversity. It contains many courses, lessons and whatnot on a load of subjects. From applied sciences to practical art, you will find a lot of things to read and do.
Read more »What you might not have known about GTA IV multiplayer
http://arstechnica.comRockstar has put out a useful Grand Theft Auto IV multiplayer guide which has some hot tips you might not have known about.Read More...
Read more »Miyamoto and Iwata talk FPS games, Wii Zapper, and more
http://arstechnica.comNintendo legend Shigeru Miyamoto recently sat down for an official Nintendo interview to talk about FPS games, the Wii Zapper, Link's Crossbow Training. Read More...
Read more »Square bringing Kage and Exit to North America? Possible
http://arstechnica.comAccording to a listing on GameFly, two Japan only games, Exit and The Legend of Kage 2, will be making their way to North America via Square-Enix.Read More...
Read more »PlayStation Store Update: expanding PixelJunk edition
http://arstechnica.comThe first expansion for PixelJunk Monsters, the North American demo of Haze, and more make this a good week for PlayStation 3 owners.Read More...
Read more »Failed power adapters spark settlement from Apple
http://arstechnica.comiBook and PowerBook users are all too familiar with the sparking power adapters of yore. Apple has now reached a preliminary settlement over the failed power adapters, and will soon offer between $25 and $79 to eligible parties. Read More...
Read more »Yahoo Redirect Remover
http://www.ghacks.netIf you perform a search at Yahoo you will notice that the links to the websites are redirects from a Yahoo server starting with rds.yahoo.com. This is quite confusing especially if you want to take a quick look at the url of the destination website. This also means that the loading time of those websites increases slightly because of the redirect. It has happened in the past that the redirects were slowing down the loading time tremendously because of a server problem at Yahoo.
Read more »New book tries to bring gaming research to a wary public
http://arstechnica.comLast month, researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital released Grand Theft Childhood, what may be the first attempt to get the public and academics on the same page when it comes to violent games.Read More...
Read more »Activision: new Guitar Hero, CoD coming. Hawk takes break
http://arstechnica.comActivision has revealed that we will be seeing much more Guitar Hero and Call of Duty in the next year, but not so much Tony Hawk. A few hints at the future inside. Read More...
Read more »Rumor: new Kid Icarus flying to the Wii
http://arstechnica.comIf rumors are to be believed, Kid Icarus is due to be revived with a new game on the Wii. However, that's a big "if." Read More...
Read more »Everyday Shooter comes to Steam, see why PS3 gamers raved
http://arstechnica.comJonathan Mak's Everyday Shooter was an amazing game on the PS3, and now that it is available on the PC via Steam, a wider audience gets to enjoy the 2D shooter. Read More...
Read more »Codemasters takes F1 exclusivity from Sony
http://arstechnica.comFollowing Sony's decision to opt out of its exclusive deal with F1, European developer Codemasters has stepped up and acquired the license. Cross-platform F1 games are on the way. Read More...
Read more »Office 2007 SP1 to hit Automatic Update on June 16
http://arstechnica.comMicrosoft has given its usual 30 days advance notice before the release of a Microsoft Office service pack via Automatic Updates. The service pack will be coming through Microsoft Update for Windows XP and Windows Vista.Read More...
Read more »DP Secure Wiper removes files securely from your system
http://www.ghacks.netIf you are like us you have a healthy dose of paranoia in your blood and if that means going the extra mile we know that you will walk by our sides to get there. Deleting files in Windows does not remove the file from the hard drive, it simply removes the pointer to the file but keeps the data on it.
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