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Returning an Apple Watch Edition will be really hard

Max Slater-Robins — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 22:10:01 +0000

Apple's newest product has a high-end 'Edition' variant that costs $10,000 and up. According to a report, returning this model requires various tests and sign-off from at least two employees. Read more...

Samsung's $299 Galaxy Gear smartwatch seeing 30% return rate in U.S.

Andy Weir — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 13:11:40 +0000

The Galaxy Gear smartwatch may not be doing as well as Samsung hoped, as leaked documentation indicates that over 30% of those bought via Best Buy stores in the U.S. have since been returned. Read more...

Google's Gmail returns to normal after 4hr outage

Tom Warren — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 10:48:16 +0000

Visitors to Google's Gmail service are being greeted with server errors when trying to access their mail accounts this morning. It's not yet known what the exact issue is but Gmail officials have confirmed they... Read more...

Ultimate Steal returns to the UK

Dave Legg — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:58:01 +0000

Microsoft have re-launched the UK arm of their programme that gives massive discounts to university students and staff. Discounts are available on Office Ultimate 2007, Windows Vista Ultimate, Office Visio Professional 2007, and Office Language... Read more...

AMD Quietly Returns Athlon 64 Chips to Mobile Lineup

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 18:11:57 +0000

In a bid to boost sales of its mobile CPUs, Advanced Micro Devices has quietly returned Athlon 64-branded chips into its mobile family. AMD Athlon 64 X2 TK processors are specifically designed for notebooks, as... Read more...

Skype Says Service Returns to Normal

Steven Parker — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 07:22:29 +0000

Skype said its Internet phone service has returned to normal after a software bug left many users unable to log on for two days. The company, a division of online auction company eBay Inc., said... Read more...

Video Game Decency Act returns

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 18:04:24 +0000

The Video Game Decency Act of 2006 was one of a handful of pieces of proposed federal legislation that failed to get traction in Congress last year. The legislator behind the Video Game Decency Act... Read more...

The Firefox development team returns from Redmond

Steven Parker — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 07:35:00 +0000

Thanks to JJ_ for the heads up on this follow-up story of when Microsoft invited Firefox developers to Redmond. Back in August, Ars reported that Sam Ramji, Director of Microsoft's Open Source Software Lab, invited... Read more...

Smash Bros. Creator Returns for Revolution Version

Fri, 02 Dec 2005 20:57:20 +0000

Series founder will direct next-gen edition; Nintendo opens special Tokyo studio to bolster game's development. According to the latest issue of Japanese game bible Famitsu, Nintendo has opened an office in Tokyo... Read more...

King of Fighters Returns to 3D Arena

Fri, 26 Aug 2005 20:00:00 +0000

PS2 Maximum Impact 2 anchors company's Tokyo Game Show offerings, KoF animated project also in works. SNK Playmore has revealed its plans for next month's Tokyo Game Show, and they include the... Read more...

Dark Age of Camelot Roundtable event returns to Vegas

Mon, 15 Aug 2005 19:20:16 +0000

Mythic Entertainment, developer of the massively multiplayer role-playing game Dark Age of Camelot, will be holding its second roundtable in Las Vegas. The event will be held at the Rio Hotel and Casino on September... Read more...

Sid Meier's Pirates! "making of" movie returns

Tue, 23 Nov 2004 15:59:57 +0000

After a false start in September (story), the complete "making of" movie trailer for Sid Meier's Pirates! is now available again to commemorate the release of Firaxis' 3D role-playing action adventure hybrid. As before, the... Read more...

The Threat Returns in X2 expansion

Thu, 19 Aug 2004 18:40:12 +0000

Expansion pack for the open-ended PC space simulation due in early 2005. First screens inside. German games publisher Deep Silver has announced an expansion pack for its PC space simulation X2: The... Read more...

Toby Gard returns to Tomb Raider franchise

Fri, 06 Aug 2004 14:56:58 +0000

Lara Croft creator Toby Gard has joined US development studio Crystal Dynamics to work as a senior designer on the next Tomb Raider title - marking his return to the series after leaving Core Design... Read more...

RealNetworks Returns Fire in iPod Dispute

Fri, 30 Jul 2004 19:51:25 +0000

With the battle fully joined, RealNetworks defended its Harmony digital music software against accusations from Apple that the technology was "hacked" from the iPod's DRM (digital rights management) application. "Harmony follows in a... Read more...

MP3 creator returns with 3D sound

Fri, 23 Jul 2004 14:41:16 +0000

According to ZDNet.com Karlheinz Brandenburg is credited with much of the work leading to the MP3 format. Today he and his team have created a product which offers true "three dimensional" audio. The team... Read more...

Golden Joysticks returns for 2004

Sat, 03 Jul 2004 09:00:46 +0000

Dennis publishing announced today that this year's award would be presented at an event held in London on November 5th. The public following industry nominations in each category votes for the award, which was first,... Read more...

McAfee founder returns with 'legal p2p radio'

Mon, 07 Jun 2004 20:00:51 +0000

A former McAfee CEO appears to have found a way around the legal minefield hindering anyone attempting to enter the music sharing market: by a licence to webcast content. Mercora is a P2P... Read more...

Test Drive Returns

Marcel Klum — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 16:55:37 +0000

Atari announced a new game in the Test Drive series today, a set of racers whose history stretches all the way back to 1987. The new game goes by the name of Test Drive: Eve... Read more...

The Dark Knight Returns

Marcel Klum — Wed, 19 Mar 2003 09:43:33 +0000

Kemco has shipped Batman: Dark Tomorrow for the Xbox and GameCube to retail outlets nationwide today. Developed internally by Kemco, Batman: Dark Tomorrow is rated T (Teen) and retails for $49.99. Batman: Dark Tomorrow is... Read more...

The threat of paired memory modules returns

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 02 Jan 2003 10:43:18 +0000

WAY BACK IN THE DAYS when grass was greener, children were still beautiful, and computers ran at speeds today now reserved for PDAs, there was a little RAM technology we used called EDO that happened... Read more...

Tech veteran returns to start-up battlefield

Darren Bolton — Fri, 06 Dec 2002 11:40:57 +0000

Indian tech guru Kanwal Rekhi has whipped himself into shape, lost 70 pounds and is returning to the start-up world after an eight-year hiatus. He has joined a Sunnyvale Web-hosting company, Ensim. ... Read more...

Aliz Returns

Sat, 24 Nov 2001 09:06:44 +0000

Aliz, which affects Windows PCs, was first identified by anti-virus experts back in May but it was only this week that it began spreading rapidly. MessageLabs, a managed services firm which scans... Read more...