Vice City Stories Gets Site Overhaul, New Trailer
The long awaited follow up to the PSP's Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories has today received what Rockstar are calling a "giant official site update" as well as a third trailer - "In so Deep". The new site is heavily stylised and lovingly dipped in Vice City chic, constructed... Read on »
Neowin Asks: Who Downloaded Firefox 2.0?
Yesterday all hell broke loose when we discovered and publicised the uploading of Firefox 2.0 to Mozilla's public FTP and subsequent mirrors. Today we've stumbled accross many blog entries, articles and bitterness over the whole web's decision to "leak" this information to Mozilla's fans. Guys - let's be straight here:... Read on »
Mozilla Firefox 2.0 Download Available
The Mozilla Corporation have today uploaded the follow-up to their hugely popular web browser, Firefox. Despite not being featured on the Firefox homepage the files have all been uploaded to the Mozilla FTP site. The Windows installer weighs in at 5568KB, and was uploaded at 0819GMT today. As well... Read on »
The Ten Biggest Computer Flops of All Time
Thanks to slimy for the heads-up on this one in Back Page News. From the blog of software engineer Miguel Carrasco comes... Read on »
Do Video Games Have a Role in School?
Research comissioned by games giant EA has suggested that both students and teachers believe that games can have a positive role in... Read on »
The Online High School
The BBC News website has published an article about the first ever online school, where pupils attend virtual classes by simply logging on. The school is aimed at children who have had problems with attending a regular school, such as those bullied, suffering from certain conditions or those used to... Read on »
Skype Adds Mac Video Support
The world's largest internet telephony provider has announced a beta version of Skype for Mac 2.0 which contains long-awaited support for video calls over the Mac platform. At long last, Mac and Windows users can see each other clearly over Skype. The Mac beta supports one-on-one video calling with a... Read on »
Vista vs. Freeware Security Apps
The BBC's resident technology feature, Click, has released another (somewhat dumbed down yet informative) piece regarding Vista and how it will differ from the XP of today. Much of it has been said before, much of it will be said again but the interesting point raised by the article relates... Read on »
IBM Begins Shipping Wii CPUs
Gamespot is reporting that Nintendo have already received their first shipment of "Broadway" CPUs for their up and coming much anticipated console the Wii. Genyo Takeda, senior managing director and general manager of Nintendo's integrated research and development division, said: "The first chips are in our possession. Today’s milestone marks... Read on »
The Decline of the Online Tablature Sites
Where have all the tab sites gone? Anyone with a battered six-string and a PC can now satiate their need for material to play simply by viewing tablatures, songs "tabbed" in an easy-to-read format for playback on a guitar, on many popular websites. But recently many of the web's more... Read on »
Berlin Prepares World's Largest Consumer Electronics Show
The world's largest consumer electronics trade fair, the IFA, will open tomorrow in Berlin with over 1,202 exhibitors from 40 countries spilling out over a massive 160,000 sqm floorspace. It will run from the 1st to the 6th of September. Despite catering for all types of electronics and gadgets, high-definition... Read on »
Will We Ever See Duke Nukem Forever?
Shacknews recently published an article claiming that "up to ten major team members have left [3D Realms]" - does this mean that Duke Nuken Forever's development team are now into single figures? The staff who have apparently left filled positions such as rendering, animation and physics and names confirmed to... Read on »
UK Government Announces Violent Porn Crackdown
After an appeal from the mother of a murder victim who's killer was obsessed with so-called "violent internet pornography" the UK government has announced a crackdown on those possesing the material. Anyone found with such content will be punishable with up to three years in prison. Liz Longhurst, who's 31... Read on »
Time's 50 Coolest Websites of 2006
Time Magazine have today announced their 50 coolest websites for 2006, with some big name dot coms featuring on this year's list. The dangerously addictive video website YouTube and insanely popular networking site MySpace both feature, as each has made a massive impact on the internet over the last year.... Read on »
Neowin's Shift Linux Speeds Ahead
Neowin's own Linux distribution, Shift, is just about to hit version 0.3 and those of you who are that way inclined will be able to grab the ISO download in the next few days. The distro, lead by our forum moderator barneyt is a highly ambitious step forward for Neowin... Read on »
Mission: Impossible 3 Launches Cross-Plaform
This year's latest installment in the M:I franchise will see Tom Cruise star in his action-thriller on 3 major formats: DVD, HD-DVD and Blu-Ray. When the title launches on October 30 it will make history as the first feature to launch via each format, with more releases expected until either... Read on »
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