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GamesAid charity launched

A new videogames industry charity called GamesAid has been set up with the purpose of raising money predominantly to support children's charities in the UK. Founded by seven trustees, including Mastertronic's Andy Payne, Sports Interactive's... More...

Wi-fi sharing plan launched in UK

BT has backed a global wireless sharing service called Fon, touting it as the "world's largest wi-fi community" since it lets people share a "small portion" of their home broadband connection by opening up a... More...

'3D' Screen Launched

IO2 Technology has released its Heliodisplay that projects a 2-dimensional mid-air display with a maximum resolution of 1024 x 1024. It appears to be convincingly 3-dimensional though, and thanks to an optical tracking system, it... More...

Germ Free Mouse Launched

When I read things like, "the average desk harbors 400 times more bacteria than the average toilet seat" (from a University of Arizona survey), I just cringe! I hate to think what kinds of germs... More...

MP3Tunes Launched

As previously reported here, Michael Robertson of Linspire fame has launched a new music company, MP3Tunes. Users of the service can get content for 88¢ per song and $8.88 per CD, slightly cheaper than Apple's... More...

MSN Spaces Launched

MSN Spaces, Microsoft's blogging service, has opened itself to the public for beta testing. The service, previously only available in Japanese, is now available in English. Like the recently launched search beta, it does appear... More...

TotalGaming.net Launched

TotalGaming.net is a new gaming network from Stardock that enables users to purchase and download retail games. Games can be purchased both individually as well as all together as part of a single TotalGaming.net... More...

Spaceshipone launched

Spaceshipone has (according to Reuters) been launched. "SpaceShipOne lifted off early on Monday in the initial stage of the world's first attempted commercial space flight. The privately funded rocket plane was... More...

'Live Alerts' launched

It's always the way - unless you're the sort of determined soul who's permanently hooked up to the interweb then you're unlikely to be online at the same time as your Xbox Live buddies and... More...

MSN 9.1 BETA program launched

Our member, apoc_xp has reported that the BETA program for MSN 9.1 has been launched. The BETA tester should have already recieved the e-mail welcoming them to the so-called "MSN® Beta Butterfly Program" by now... More...

Mobile Skype launched for PDAs

Thanks nathanintu. The peer-to-peer phone program Skype, which lets computer users make free calls to each other anywhere in the world, is going mobile, with a version released for PDAs (personal digital assistants). ... More...

Phantom forum launched

Infinium Labs announces the launch of an official forum dedicated to its upcoming Phantom game system. Infinium Labs has today announced the launch of an official forum dedicated to its upcoming Phantom... More...

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