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IT workers are best in bed

Tom Warren — Thu, 21 May 2009 18:04:37 +0100

The Sun, famous for its Page 3 models (NSFW), puns and scandalous news have published an anonymous study of 2,000 British men and women's sex lives. They have concluded that out of all jobs, computer... Read more...

Best Buy to layoff massive amount of staff Saturday

Sam Symons — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 04:31:07 +0100

It seems that we're still not through the worst of the current economy woes, folks. According to Gizmodo, retail chain Best Buy will lay off a lot of staff, beginning tomorrow. The news has come... Read more...

Top 10 best selling PC games of 2008

Brad Wardell — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:18:14 +0000

IGN has released the 10 best selling PC games of 2008. They were: Spore (Electronic Arts) Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (Funcom) Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (Electronic Arts) The Sims 2 FreeTime... Read more...

Gamasutra's Best Of 2008: Top 5 PC Games

Spencer Scott — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:32:17 +0000

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Throughout December, Gamasutra will be presenting a year-end retrospective, discussing notable games, events, developers, and industry figures of 2008, from the perspective of our position covering the art, science, and business of games. Previously, we... Read more...

The Best Gaming Mouse: Logitech vs. Razer vs. Microsoft

Julio Franco — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 09:26:27 +0100

With online gaming being as competitive as it is these days, you will no doubt want to take advantage of every opportunity available (short of cheating) to gain an edge over your online foes. Today... Read more...

Vote For The Best Windows Vista Website!

HappyAndyK — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 08:42:52 +0100

WinVistaClub, in association with 'Windows Vista - The Official Magazine', has organised a contest to recognise some of the Best Windows Vista Blogs and Websites. The following 10 websites have been being declared... Read more...

Hackers breach Best Western in data heist

Tom Warren — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:08:33 +0100

Hackers have broken into the corporate databases for best Western Hotels and may have stolen the names, addresses and credit card information of every customer who stayed with the international group since 2007. An investigation... Read more...

The best Internet Explorer add-ins

Volatile — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:36:43 +0000

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A browser by itself is a poor thing, letting you browse the Web, but little else. To get the most out of the Web, you need add-ins that give your browser plenty of extra features.... Read more...

Best Buy 3Q Profit Rises, Boosts Outlook

Slimy — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:30:49 +0000

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Best Buy Co., the nation's biggest consumer electronics retailer, said Tuesday its third-quarter profit jumped 52 percent, boosted by holiday shopping and sales of higher-ticket items such as flat-panel TVs. The results beat Wall... Read more...

NPD: Apple launch of Leopard system its best ever

Slimy — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 20:14:27 +0000

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The launch of Apple Inc's latest operating system, Leopard, was its best ever, a research group said on Monday. When comparing the first full month of sales of Apple Mac OS 10.5 "Leopard" (November 2007)... Read more...

Quero Toolbar 4: The best of IE6 and IE7

Viktor78 — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 12:27:59 +0000

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Quero Toolbar is a navigation bar replacement with an integrated ad blocker for Internet Explorer. Quero evolves the user interface of IE by combining both the benefits of IE6 (flexible toolbar layout) and IE7 (integrated... Read more...

Red Hat Rated Best Overall IT Vendor

Sagittarius — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 23:00:50 +0000

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For the fifth year, CIO Insight polled IT executives on how well their major vendors deliver business value, reliability and quality. This year's winner? The No. 1 vendor? None other than Linux distributor Red Hat.... Read more...

Opera recognized as best mobile browser on Windows Mobile

Steven Parker — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 11:59:49 +0000

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If you're looking for the best browser for your Pocket PC or Smartphone, look no further. Opera Mobile, the browser of choice for feature rich phones developed by Opera Software, has been recognized as the... Read more...

Hellgate: London tops US best selling PC games

Todd Tanner — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:24:03 +0000

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Guess all the negative reviews didn't really put a dent in sales for Hellgate: London eh? Go on Flagship Studios! Here are the Top 10 best selling PC games for the week ending November 3rd:... Read more...

Best Buy Replaces Backordered $100 Toshiba HD-A2 with HD-A3

Slimy — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 15:33:01 +0000

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Best Buy has embraced the holiday cheer a bit early. Not only did they match and beat Walmart's $100 HD DVD deal, but when they ran out of Toshiba HD-A2 HD DVD players they gave... Read more...

Home Server: The best kept secret ...

Steven Parker — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:46:58 +0100

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Windows Home Server was a secret for a long time. We had over 1,000 internal testers at Microsoft prior to announcing the product at CES 2007, some of these people used the product for over... Read more...

Best Skins of 2006

Brad Wardell — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 20:44:43 +0100

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Skinning has become increasingly popular over the years. People just seem to like to customize the way their stuff looks, particularly their computer screens. Last year was a great year for users of skins as... Read more...

Best Buy & Circuit City Report Strong Demand for Vista

Slimy — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 01:08:10 +0100

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Best Buy Company Incorporated and Circuit City Stores Incorporated have both reported high demand for Windows Vista in their retail stores. In separate earnings statements, the two retail companies said that PCs with Vista preinstalled... Read more...

Best Buy Acquires Speakeasy

Slimy — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 15:47:52 +0100

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Speakeasy, one of the largest DSL providers in the United States, has been acquired by Best Buy for $97 million, which the companies put at 20% greater than Speakeasy's 2006 revenues. Best Buy’s plan is... Read more...

Best Buy done with PS3 20GB model

Slimy — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 23:24:49 +0000

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Sony's PlayStation 3 is currently available in two flavours: the $499 USD 20GB version and the $599 USD 60GB version with 802.11b/g wireless networking and a MemoryStick/Secure Digital/CompactFlash reader. Based on a printout from Best... Read more...