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Microsoft made a rather unexpected announcement earlier today where it ended Android app support on Windows 11. Following that, Amazon has now started emailing customers and users about its Appstore.

Sayan Sen · Mar 6, 2024 with 19 comments

In a long and heartfelt post, Omegle's founder Lief K. Brooks has announced that the live video chatting platform is now shutting down. He shared his sentiments and reasons for the decision.

Anushe Fawaz · Nov 9, 2023 with 18 comments

The Razer BlackWidow V4 wired mechanical keyboard also includes a command dial, eight special keys for gaming macros, and RGB lighting, and it's discounted to its lowest price on Amazon.

John Callaham · May 9, 2023 with 4 comments

Video game franchises come and go all the time but some stay dear to us even after they are long gone. Is there any seemingly abandoned series that you wish would make a comeback in the future?

Usama Jawad · Oct 25, 2020 · Hot! with 106 comments

One of the better-known mobile game developers: Gameloft; has finally folded on Microsoft's more-or-less dead mobile platform. The decision came after Microsoft discontinued W10M's development.

Gurkaran Singh · Oct 26, 2017 · Hot! with 22 comments

RHEL 5 and derivatives based on this release reached end-of-life in the last few days. Systems running the operating system must be updated to version 6 or 7 to continue getting updates.

Paul Hill · Apr 4, 2017 · Hot! with 1 comment

A bug that sneaked its way to Facebook yesterday saw thousands of users - including the company's CEO Mark Zuckerberg - being erroneously pronounced dead with their profile pages being memorialized.

Usama Jawad · Nov 12, 2016 · Hot! with 4 comments

Those still on Windows 8.0 will need to upgrade to a newer version of Microsoft's OS as of today or else risk using a less secure operating system as its support period comes to a close.

Vlad Dudau · Jan 12, 2016 · Hot! with 36 comments

Microsoft is cutting off support for older versions of its Internet Explorer browsers today. The company is prompting users to upgrade to IE 11 or to Windows 10 and use the new Edge browser.

Vlad Dudau · Jan 12, 2016 · Hot! with 52 comments

Even though ARM devices with Windows RT are no longer being built, a Microsoft spokesperson reiterates that the company is still committed to support the OS with updates in the future.

Usama Jawad · Feb 5, 2015 · Hot! with 35 comments

It looks like Microsoft may be killing off the Zune player. Links on Zune.net have dissappaerd and the Microsoft store currently lists the Zune player as out of stock.

Brad Sams · Oct 3, 2011 · Hot! with 44 comments

Sony, according to CNET, has 70% of the 3.5 inch floppy market. They have announced that they are going to end all floppy sales in March of 2011. In 2002 Sony sold 47 million floppy...

Brandon Boyce · Apr 26, 2010 · Hot! with 69 comments

Those looking forward to the Left 4 Dead release date will be delighted to hear a demo has been released for both PC and Xbox 360, although pre-purchase is required to play the demo before...

Sam Alderwick · Nov 6, 2008 · Hot! with 17 comments

The week of August 7th, 2008 the amount of malicious spam a single computer user received finally overtook health and product spam. Meant to exploit holes in your operating system, get credit card information...

· Aug 13, 2008 · Hot! with 18 comments

The OpenDocument Foundation — a group whose name and charter would lead one to believe that it was backing the OpenDocument Format (ODF), but which ended up backing a different document format instead — has...

· Nov 15, 2007 · Hot! with 13 comments

Eidos Interactive, one of the world's leading publishers and developers of entertainment software, today announced "Kane & Lynch: Dead Men" has shipped to retail stores nationwide. "Kane & Lynch: Dead Men" comes from the award...

Todd Tanner · Nov 14, 2007 with 2 comments

Harvey Goldstein vows to ruin online auctioneers' lives for allowing touting of reunion tickets. And he has little sympathy for genuine fans caught in the crossfire Promoter Harvey Goldsmith has branded eBay the "biggest rip-off...

Steven Parker · Oct 8, 2007 · Hot! with 28 comments

At the latest budget meeting they "fine tuned the Vista/XP mix". This means that they are expecting to make more money off of the ostracized OS than they had first predicted. Initial expectations were of...

Steven Parker · Jul 23, 2007 · Hot! with 79 comments

A gunman opened fire in a dorm and classroom at Virginia Tech on Monday, killing a confirmed 31 people in the deadliest campus shooting in U.S. history. The gunman also was killed. "Today the university...

Michael Stanclift · Apr 16, 2007 · Hot! with 3 comments

Turtle Rock Studios are best known as the team that were in charge of developing a number of Counter-Strike products working with Valve, including Counter-Strike for the Xbox, Counter-Strike: Condition Zero and Counter-Strike: Source. Now...

Todd Tanner · Mar 23, 2007 with -1 comments

I don't have an Xbox, or an Xbox 360 (hint hint) but I do follow some games being developed for said consoles. Thus, I have been following with great anticipation - Dead Rising, the "Dawn...

Todd Tanner · Aug 4, 2006 · Hot! with -1 comments

Tecmo proudly announced today that Dead or Alive 4, the highly anticipated next installment in its hugely popular fighting series, will ship to major retailers nationwide on December 29, 2005. The highly awaited title for...

Todd Tanner · Dec 28, 2005 with -1 comments

Daniel Morris of PC Gamer fame has posted a very good article on the current state of the PC Gaming industry. While most people are putting the final nail in the coffin so to speak,...

Todd Tanner · Dec 20, 2005 · Hot! with 1 comment

Dead or Alive 4, Tecmo's anticipated Xbox 360 title, has sadly been delayed again. It was initially suppose to launch and go on sale November 22. This is the 3rd time the game's release has...

· Dec 8, 2005 with -1 comments

Kuju Entertainment has announced they are looking to replace bankrupt publisher Hip Interactive as developers of City of the dead. Kuju plans to do this with the help of the receivers, Ernst and Young Solicitors....

· Aug 8, 2005 with -1 comments

Chertsey, UK , March 7th 2005 –Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS), the world's leading interactive entertainment software company today officially announced plans to co-publish Dead to RightsTMII, the highly anticipated sequel to the 2002 award-winning smash-hit...

Todd Tanner · Mar 7, 2005 with -1 comments

Sometimes, when you buy an expensive piece of consumer electronics, something happens to take the shine off it. Dead pixels certainly come under that heading. Ostensibly a difficult-to-avoid manufacturing risk specific to LCD screens, dead...

· Nov 23, 2004 · Hot! with 1 comment

Despite media reports and industry pundits over the years relegating Netscape to Internet history books, AOL has restarted the browser's development. The company plans to bring back a refreshed Netscape browser based on the Mozilla...

· Nov 17, 2004 with -1 comments

Tecmo has announced that Dead or Alive Ultimate has been delayed by a couple weeks, being pushed back from October 7 to October 28. The company cites the need to check network integrity...

· Sep 23, 2004 with -1 comments

Tecmo will release DOAU in Japan on October 7 and will include three freebies for preorders. Dead or Alive Ultimate's release has been announced by Tecmo. The release date is on October...

· Jul 24, 2004 with -1 comments

Although Sun Microsystems Inc. discontinued sales several months ago of its customized Linux distribution, the company hasn't entirely abandoned its do-it-yourself Linux strategy: In its forthcoming bundle of desktop software, code-named Mad Hatter, the included...

· Jul 29, 2003 with -1 comments

Thanks Quick Reply. Marc Andreessen, co-creator of the pioneering Web browser Mosaic, said he laments that innovation has all but ceased on this essential piece of software that makes surfing the Net possible. "There...

· Jul 1, 2003 with 1 comment

Adam Osborne, whose successes and failures pioneering the first portable computer became one of Silicon Valley's great cautionary tales, is dead at 64 after a long illness. Osborne, a British immigrant and long-time...

· Mar 25, 2003 with -1 comments

Thanks altezza for posting this on our forum. A Hong Kong computer game enthusiast has been found slumped dead at a terminal in a game centre after playing non-stop for hours, police said...

Marcel Klum · Jan 14, 2003 with -1 comments

W decided to listen to the AMD Gang of Seven (above) to see if we could separate out the blizzard of reviews of the 2700+ and 2800+ -- future products from the chip firm –...

· Oct 2, 2002 with -1 comments

VisionTek sent nvmax.com the following email regarding [H]ard|OCP's statement that led to untrue rumours all over the net. "An Assignee / Trustee as been appointed, and will attempt to maximize the value of...

Marcel Klum · Aug 20, 2002 with -1 comments

Tecmo plans to release the fourth installment in its fighting game series next year. Yesterday, Tecmo president Junji Nakamura confirmed with Bloomberg News that it plans to release Dead or Alive 4...

Marcel Klum · Jul 11, 2002 with 1 comment

Both AMD and Intel proudly claim they can make chips cheaper than the other guy, but after going through the math and examining the two companies' divergent strategies, analysts conclude it's a dead heat. ...

· May 16, 2002 with -1 comments

Defunct Web pages and mistyped URLs generally deliver error messages that are as dull as dirt. But a growing cadre of witty Webmasters opt to make light of AWOL Web pages. Instead of displaying the...

· Mar 21, 2002 with -1 comments

Proponents of an effort to standardize the handling of computer security vulnerabilities today aborted the effort after receiving critical comments from reviewers. In a message today to members of the Internet Engineering...

· Mar 18, 2002 with -1 comments