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Panasonic Lumix G2 With 3″ Touch-Control Movable LCD Screen

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:10:06 +0000

Panasonic has introduced its new LUMIX DMC-G2 (the successor to LUMIX G1), which the company claims as the world’s first digital interchangeable lens system camera with a touch-control movable LCD screen, allowing users to manage the auto focus and shutter release simultaneously with just a touch on the screen. “With the LUMIX G2, Panasonic is pleased [...]

Panasonic Lumix G10 Micro Four Thirds Digital Camera

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:03:48 +0000

In addition to LUMIX DMC-G2, Panasonic has also announced its new compact LUMIX G10, which the company claims as the world’s lightest digital interchangeable lens system camera equipped with a viewfinder, recording 720p HD video in Motion JPEG format at 30 frames per second. Features of Panasonic LUMIX DMC-G10: 3.0-inch Polycrystalline TFT LCD with 460K dots and [...]

Download IObit Advanced SystemCare Free 3.5.0 To Optimize PC Performance

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:03:35 +0000

IObit’s Advanced SystemCare Free (formerly known as Advanced WindowsCare Personal) is a powerful, all-in-one system utility to help computer users protect, repair, clean, and optimize their PC, which incorporates an advanced intuitive design and state-of-art computer technologies, providing users a “New PC Feeling” that offers extreme speed usually just experienced on a brand new PC. Key [...]

Download Opera Mini 5 Beta for Windows Mobile Phones

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:03:29 +0000

Opera Software has unveiled a native version of its Opera Mini 5 beta browser for mobile phones which run on Windows Mobile 5 and 6. One of the notable features in the Opera Mini 5 beta for Windows Mobile is that it does not required Java. The Opera Mini 5 beta for Windows Mobile has [...]

How to Get Upgrade Office 2007 to Office 2010 for Free (Technology Guarantee Program)

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:03:24 +0000

Microsoft Office 2010 Technology Guarantee is a program offered by Microsoft which allows consumers to buy Office 2007 today, and get Office 2010 for free at no additional cost, where the details have been leaked and published on My Digital Life early February. According to Microsoft Office 2010 Engineering blog, under Office 2010 Technology Guarantee offer, [...]

Download Comodo Internet Security 4 Free Version

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:54:12 +0000

COMODO Internet Security is a multi-layered security application which provides complete protection against viruses and Internet attacks for Windows computers. The COMODO Internet Security has been designed to include firewall, antivirus, defense+, memory firewall and anti-malware. The COMODO Internet Security has just released its latest COMODO Internet Security 4.0. COMODO Internet Security 4.0 includes the following [...]

Microsoft Office 2010 Final RTM Official Launch Date – May 12

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:54:04 +0000

Microsoft has officially announced the official launch date for upcoming version of Microsoft Office 2010. While announcing the Office 2010 Technology Guarantee program, which allows buyers of Microsoft Office 2007 to receive free upgrade to Microsoft Office 2010. According to Microsoft Office 2010 Engineering blog, Office 2010, SharePoint 2010, Visio 2010 and Project 2010 are on [...]

The Game Scene Charts Issue 39 – January 2010 Edition Download

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:30:00 +0000

You favorite pirate magazine is back for another edition – Issue 39 of the The Game Scene Charts (TGSC) was pre’d on the 22nd of February 2010 (due to our own ignorance, this post again got delayed by a couple of weeks). This is the first TGSC issue for year 2010 and as the editorial says, it’s a fresh new start and a new year of rankings. If you are hearing about this magazine for the first time, TGSC is a publication that ranks and rates PC game release groups in the warez scene. Groups gain...

HP attacks Apple iPad over Flash

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:45:00 +0000

Filed under: iPad

During CES 2010, HP gave the public a slight tease of its upcoming slate device. The touchscreen device, which runs Windows 7, sports a form factor similar to Apple's iPad, as well as similar uses; it supports eBooks, music, videos, and of course, the Internet. But wait, there's more. According to a post on HP's Voodoo blog, the device will give you a "full Web browsing experience," not a "watered-down Internet" with "sacrifices." In other words, the HP slate device supports Flash and, well, the iPad doesn't.

While the blog posting didn't mention the iPad by name, it was fairly clear that the statement in question was an indirect jab at it. Accompanying the post is a short, 30 second clip. The highlight of the clip, which occurs toward the end, shows the user going to Hulu.com and watching a Flash-based video.

The reason that the clip is only 30 seconds long, and the Hulu portion is at the end of it, is that running Flash may have drained all of the device's batteries before all footage could be shot. (Just kidding! I couldn't help myself).

On a serious note, while the lack of Flash on the iPhone, and now the iPad, has its drawbacks, these drawbacks have been muted to a degree. The advent of the App Store created a non-Flash, potentially monetizable, playground for the creations of developers and content creators to play in. In addition, HTML 5 is emerging as a potential Flash development alternative.

via [AppleInsider]

TUAW HP attacks Apple iPad over Flash originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Valve on Mac piques interest from other game developers

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Filed under: Gaming, Multimedia, Rumors

Now that Valve has committed to offering full support for the Mac for both its in-house games and Steam, its digital game delivery system, other developers are expressing interest in the Mac as a gaming platform, too.

Gas Powered Games, creator of Supreme Commander 2, Kings and Castles, and Dungeon Siege, has said of the Mac: "We, as a developer, will include a Mac platform option in all of our proposals moving forward. We're in 100 percent support of it, absolutely." Chris Taylor, founder of Gas Powered Games, says that porting games over to the Mac is relatively easy since Macs and PCs now have largely identical internal architectures. Intel processors and ATI or NVIDIA graphics cards are common to both platforms, making game porting far easier than it was back in the PowerPC days. Taylor also says that recent rises in Mac sales are another contributing factor making the Mac a more attractive target for game developers.

Swedish gamemaker DICE, best known for the Battlefield series of games, may also be throwing more support behind the Mac -- one of the company's lead developers has said that "We're currently investigating the possibility of making [Battlefield: Bad Company 2] available on Mac." That's not as big or flashy a commitment as Valve or Gas Powered Games, but considering the popularity of the Battlefield series, it still goes a long way toward improving the state of gaming on the Mac.

Over the next year or so, many other developers are likely to be watching Valve's success (or lack thereof) on the Mac with a very keen eye. If Valve manages to make a healthy amount of money by selling games to Mac users, it may only be a matter of time before many more gaming outfits follow suit.

TUAW Valve on Mac piques interest from other game developers originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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