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Ubisoft steps up videogame fitness with virtual coach

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Nov 22, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

French videogame powerhouse Ubisoft will have a virtual fitness coach whipping Wii users into shape starting Tuesday.

Trust Linux!

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Nov 20, 2009 | 3.5 / 5 (6) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers has implemented support for 'trusted computing' in a commercially available version of the open source operating system Linux, breaking new ground in the global drive ...

Cisco has released a Web security app for iPhone

Cisco releases Web security app for iPhone

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Nov 20, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 0

Cisco on Friday announced the release of a free iPhone application for anyone who wants to stay on top of the latest trojans, worms, or other threats marauding on the Internet.

Smartphone app illuminates power consumption
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Nov 20, 2009 | 1.5 / 5 (2) | 0
Google's Chrome OS to be ready for 2010 holidays (Update)
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Nov 19, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (5) | 0
Microsoft Office 2010 beta ready to download
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Nov 19, 2009 | not rated yet | 0
Future bright for Microsoft cloud computing, server president says
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Nov 19, 2009 | not rated yet | 1
Nintendo's Mario endures even as games come and go
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Nov 18, 2009 | 3 / 5 (1) | 0

Using superconducting probes to get a picture of what it's like inside CNTs, Nov 20, 2009 | 4.9 / 5 (8) | 0
Researchers Find Innate Correlations Among Different Power Law Phenomena, Nov 17, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (17) | 17
Building a more versatile laser, Nov 16, 2009 | 4.4 / 5 (18) | 0
H1N1 Virus Can Be Killed by Acidic Ozone Water, Nov 09, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (41) | 16
New Digital 'Electronics' Concept May Continue Moore's Law, Nov 05, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (70) | 11

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'Uncharted 2' leads Video Game Award nominations

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Nov 18, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- "Uncharted 2: Among Thieves" has seized a leading eight nominations for this year's Video Game Awards, Spike TV announced Wednesday.

Microsoft's cloud computing system is growing up

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Nov 17, 2009 | 2.7 / 5 (9) | 2

(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. leads its industry in part because a vast army of outside computer programmers design software that only runs on its Windows operating system. Now, the company is fighting to keep those programmers ...

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IBM makes Big Blue cloud

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Nov 16, 2009 | 2.9 / 5 (8) | 9

IBM on Monday announced it has created the world's largest business computing "cloud" capable of holding an amount of digital data on a par with 250 billion iTunes songs.

Security heightened ahead of Ubisoft's 'Avatar' game release

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Nov 13, 2009 | 3.5 / 5 (2) | 0

Security cameras in hallways, double locked doors and strict confidentiality clauses, Ubisoft employees are working in a veritable bunker in downtown Montreal to create their latest 3D video game.

'Star Trek Online' to beam gamers to the bridge

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Nov 13, 2009 | 3 / 5 (4) | 0

(AP) -- The most iconic setting in "Star Trek" almost didn't make it into the series' online video game.

'Call of Duty' sells $310M in N Amer, UK in 24 hrs

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Nov 12, 2009 | 3.7 / 5 (3) | 0

(AP) -- First-day sales of Activision Blizzard Inc.'s "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" broke records, raking in an estimated $310 million in North America and the United Kingdom alone.

Review: 'Band Hero,' 'Lego Rock Band' -- clean rock

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Nov 12, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- Musical video games are already family-friendly. There's no violence, and their developers have already weeded out most of the sex and drugs in rock 'n roll. And just about anyone can pick up a fake ...

Samsung Launches Open Mobile Platform: Samsung Bada

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Nov 12, 2009 | 1 / 5 (3) | 0

Samsung Electronics today announced it will launch its own open mobile platform, Samsung Bada [bada] in December. This new addition to Samsung’s mobile ecosystem enables developers to create applications for ...

Google Go gets going (w/ Video)

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Nov 11, 2009 | 4.2 / 5 (12) | 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- Google has introduced its new experimental programming language Go, which aims to combine speedy application development through simplified coding with high-speed program execution.

Palm's webOS hasn't gotten the attention it deserves

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Nov 11, 2009 | not rated yet | 1

Lost in the recent deluge of smart-phone news -- Apple's iPhone store hitting 100,000 applications, and the launches of the new Droid phone and the BlackBerry Storm, among other things -- have been the efforts ...

Iowa State engineers develop 3-D software to give doctors, students a view inside the body

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Nov 11, 2009 | not rated yet | 1

James Oliver picked up an Xbox game controller, looked up to a video screen and used the device's buttons and joystick to fly through a patient's chest cavity for an up-close look at the bottom of the heart.

Google Latitude adds location history, alerts you when friends are nearby

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Nov 11, 2009 | 1 / 5 (1) | 0

Google Latitude to find your nearby friends, you're in luck: Google updated Latitude with location history and alerts for when your friends are nearby. If you don't love your every step tracked -- well, it's ...