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Harvard unknowingly paid just over $27 for a real "Magna Carta" from centuries ago

Sayan Sen — Mon, 19 May 2025 22:16:01 +0000

Harvard Law School has revealed how it determined that the Magna Carta, which it had paid under $28 for, was the real deal. Read more...

The RedMagic 10 Pro has a 7,050mAh battery inside

Sagar Naresh Bhavsar — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 12:30:01 +0000

The RedMagic 10 Pro gaming smartphone is all set to debut in China on November 13, and ahead of the launch, the company has spilled the battery details. Read more...

Official details confirm OnePlus 13 is going to be a beast of a phone

Sagar Naresh Bhavsar — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 06:46:01 +0000

The OnePlus 13 will pack the brand's best display ever, with a screen that can be comfortably used in cold or even rain. Read more...

The world's first triple-screen folding phone has an official reveal date for China

Sagar Naresh Bhavsar — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 15:16:01 +0000

After appearing in multiple leaks, the world's first triple-screen folding phone from Huawei now has an official announcement date in China. Read more...

Microsoft releases official guides for Windows 11 Passkeys on how to save, use, manage them

Sayan Sen — Wed, 05 Jun 2024 21:10:01 +0000

Microsoft released Passkeys on Windows 11 last year in September with version 23H2. The company today quietly published a trio of official guides on how to Save, Use, and Manage them. Read more...

Twitter CEO Elon Musk kills "Official" tag after less than 24 hours

Justin Luna — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 00:20:01 +0000

Twitter has dropped the "Official" checkmark less than a full day after its release. CEO Elon Musk also said that the company will retain the original Twitter checkmark to avoid confusion. Read more...

Twitter to launch "Official" checkmark on top of Twitter Blue checkmark

Justin Luna — Wed, 09 Nov 2022 04:10:01 +0000

It seems that Twitter is aware that giving blue ticks to everyone can become very confusing. To solve this problem, the platform is introducing an "Official" tag on top of the current blue checkmark. Read more...

HTC blunder confirms specifications and pricing of its U12 Plus before event

Paul Hill — Tue, 22 May 2018 08:28:01 +0000

HTC has made one last blunder before its event tomorrow. Engineers accidentally made a test page for the HTC U12 Plus public facing and subsequently people saw it. It included specs and pricing. Read more...

HTC officially unveils the squeezable semi-translucent U11+

Dreyer Smit — Thu, 02 Nov 2017 08:40:41 +0000

After several weeks of rumors and leaks, the HTC U11's larger sibling has officially been unveiled, and it might just be even prettier than the earlier flagship launched by the Taiwanese company. Read more...

The Nokia 2 is now official with a price tag of €99

Usama Jawad — Tue, 31 Oct 2017 15:16:01 +0000

HMD Global has officially unveiled its entry-level Nokia 2 handset. With a 4,100mAh battery, a 5-inch 720p display and a price tag of €99, the device is aimed at the budget segment. Read more...

Pillars of Eternity Complete Edition available for pre-order on Xbox One and PlayStation 4

Dreyer Smit — Tue, 25 Jul 2017 14:10:01 +0000

After a successful launch on PC, macOS, and Linux, the award-winning Pillars of Eternity is now officially available for pre-order on the Xbox One and PlayStation 4, and will launch late next month. Read more...

An official Snapchat app could finally be making its way to Windows 10 Mobile

Usama Jawad — Mon, 27 Jun 2016 00:16:01 +0000

According to the Spanish Lumia Support account on Twitter, an official Snapchat app could finally be making its way to Windows 10 Mobile soon. A timeframe for release has not been announced as of yet. Read more...

Official Comedy Central app drops support for Windows

Usama Jawad — Fri, 18 Dec 2015 08:08:01 +0000

Microsoft boasted about visits to its Store since the launch of Windows 10, but the departure of popular apps like Comedy Central shows that there's still room for improvement. Read more...

Samsung on Bendgate 2.0: 'Our smartphones are not bendable under daily usage'

Usama Jawad — Mon, 06 Apr 2015 16:20:01 +0000

A couple of days ago, a surprising video released by a firm revealed that the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge bent as easily as the iPhone 6 Plus. Samsung has now released its official statement on the matter. Read more...

China bans Symantec and Kaspersky from providing software to government

Andy Weir — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 05:27:37 +0000

China has barred Symantec and Kaspersky from providing software to its government - the latest in a series of moves indicating that the country is increasingly restricting its use of foreign software. Read more...

Microsoft officially confirms Windows Phone 8.1 will begin rolling out in June

Daniel Hull — Sat, 10 May 2014 19:07:42 +0000

The highly anticipated Windows Phone 8.1 update is within sight. Microsoft officially confirmed the release date by publishing it on their lifecycle page, where the update is set for June 24th. Read more...

Nokia reveals Euro pricing for Lumia 920 / 820 and accessories

Andy Weir — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 10:28:16 +0000

Nokia has confirmed pricing for its two new Windows Phones, the Lumia 920 and Lumia 820, in France; while the company's UK division also revealed some eyewatering prices for the devices' accessories. Read more...

Steve Jobs authorizes official biography, available 2012

Piers Hausjell — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 04:29:47 +0000

ABC News is reporting that the Apple Chief Executive, Steven Jobs, has finally agreed to partake in an official book about his life. During the weekend, CBS owned company, Simon & Schuster announced that a... Read more...

Microsoft official hints at April for Windows 7 RC release

Tom Warren — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 22:40:41 +0000

According to a posting on Microsoft's Swedish partner blog we could be seeing the Windows 7 release candidate in early April. The blog also hints at a RTM and business launch of Q3 2009. According... Read more...

Microsoft makes 360 price drop official, announces 60GB SKU

Steven Parker — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 08:58:19 +0000

Microsoft Corp. is giving consumers more gigabytes for their buck. The company today announced an Xbox 360 console with triple the storage space of the original console, but for the same price of $349 (U.S.)... Read more...

Firefox download record official

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:35:28 +0000

Mozilla has officially made history with a new Guinness world record for the largest number of software downloads in a 24-hour period. The final record breaking 8,002,530 downloads for Firefox 3.0 took place in June... Read more...

White House Official Pushes for Software as a Service

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:52:04 +0000

A top official with the U.S. White House's Office of Management and Budget (OMB) gave her strongest endorsement yet to software as a service, saying Wednesday it can help federal agencies cut development costs. A... Read more...

Google, at age 10, is the official heart of the Internet

Sat, 15 Sep 2007 04:07:07 +0000

Born 10 years ago, the Google Internet search engine has grown into the electronic center of human knowledge by indexing billions of web pages as well as images, books and videos. On September 15, 1997... Read more...

Announcing: The Official Playstation Blog

Joe Cashman — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 20:42:25 +0000

Blogs, they are everywhere, Microsoft has one, Sony Europe has an unofficial one, but until now, Sony America had nothing, and this was met with a certain amount of criticism when everyone was talking about... Read more...

Official Way to Use Vista without Activation 120 Days

Thu, 22 Feb 2007 11:08:00 +0000

Official Way to Install and Use Windows Vista without Activation for Free for 120 Days By default, Windows Vista can be installed, used and run without any license, product key or the need of activation... Read more...

External PCI-Express Cabling Spec Now Official

Sun, 11 Feb 2007 05:33:14 +0000

After many years of slow development and support for external PCI-Express device, the PCI Special Interests Group (PCI-SIG) announced this week the availability of the PCI-E external cable specification revision 1.0. Cables will be developed... Read more...

China Official vows to 'purify' Web

Wed, 24 Jan 2007 20:59:52 +0000

Chinese Communist Party chief Hu Jintao has vowed to "purify" the Internet, during a top-level meeting that discussed ways to control China's 137 million registered users (at the end of 2006). Hu believes it is... Read more...

1st Official HD-DVD drive for PCs

Thu, 07 Dec 2006 08:19:40 +0000

Buffalo will be launching the HDV-ROM2.4FB at the end of this month. Officially this HD-DVD drive (OEMed by Toshiba) will be the world's first HD-DVD drive for PCs. Some high-end PCs already shipped with HD-DVD... Read more...

nVidia Forceware 93.71 Official

Fri, 03 Nov 2006 13:35:11 +0000

nVidia has just posted a new set of official Forceware drivers to their site. The 93.71 release is WHQL certified and works with all cards >= GeForce2 MX Download: Forceware 93.71 (32-bit W2K/XP)... Read more...

Official Name for Windows Live Mail Desktop Revealed

Thu, 13 Jul 2006 11:13:47 +0000

Unsurprisingly given yesterday's announcement that the Windows Live Search client will be called Windows Live Search Center, Mail Desktop is to follow suit and become Windows Live Mail Center. Ignoring the fact that the... Read more...

Official Sony UK PS3 website lists 20GB model

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 18:49:51 +0000

Sony will indeed offer both the 20GB and 60GB versions of the PlayStation 3 in the UK, it appears. Despite earlier claims only the pricey 60GB model will be made available over here, Amazon.co.uk has... Read more...

Dell XPS M2010 Gets Official

Wed, 31 May 2006 16:21:18 +0000

Well, we never really though they'd have the guts to do it, but those kooky cats over at Dell just outted the XPS M2010 first seen at CES. It's not a laptop, it's not a... Read more...

Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars official

Todd Tanner — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 20:31:12 +0000

The epic struggle between the Global Defense Initiative (GDI) and The Brotherhood of NOD continues...and the third Tiberium War is about to begin. Welcome back, Commander. Electronic Arts today announced that Command & Conquer, the... Read more...

X-Men: The Official Movie Game Section With Screenshots

Mon, 06 Feb 2006 22:24:05 +0000

X-Men: The Official Movie Game is the contradictory working title of the newly announced third-person action game by Beenox Studios and Activision that ties in with the upcoming third X-Men motion picture. Our game section... Read more...

ATI Makes Mobility Radeon X1600 Official

Wed, 07 Dec 2005 21:51:27 +0000

ATI has officially announced its Mobility Radeon X1600, the first member of its new Radeon X1000series to be available for notebooks. Like its desktop counterpart, theMobility Radeon X1600 has an unconventional architecture with 12 pixelpipes,... Read more...

Atari Launches Official Web Site For The Matrix: Path Of Neo

Fri, 11 Nov 2005 20:07:10 +0000

Atari today announced the launch of the official web site for The Matrix: Path of Neo. Located online at www.thematrixpathofneo.com, the site provides Matrix fans and gaming enthusiasts alike with an in-depth look at the... Read more...

SharpMT 3.0 - Official Release

Fri, 28 Oct 2005 17:59:40 +0000

SharpMT is an offline Blog writer that is designed for MovableType based systems and TypePad hosted blogs. It allows a writer to write a new Blog entry on an offline computer and later upload it... Read more...

Tiger Announces Official Gizmondo US Release Date

Wed, 12 Oct 2005 16:57:28 +0000

Tiger Telematics Inc today confirmed its USA release date of October 22, 2005 for Gizmondo and announced further retailers carrying the product in the United Kingdom. Carl Freer, co-founder and Chairman, Tiger Telematics, says: "Contrary... Read more...

nVIDIA ForceWare for Windows 2000/XP 81.84 Official WHQL

Thu, 06 Oct 2005 10:42:43 +0000

The Unified Driver Architecture (UDA) Delivers rock-solid forward and backward compatibility with software drivers. Simplifies upgrading to a new nVIDIA product or driver because all nVIDIA products work with the same driver software. Includes full... Read more...

Microsoft confirms official Xbox Live 360 pricing

Sat, 10 Sep 2005 00:25:27 +0000

Details of the various pricing plans for the Xbox Live service on Xbox 360 have been officially revealed, confirming earlier reports which hinted at a variety of subscription packs with different price points and benefits.... Read more...