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I recieved an RSS feed from Opera Development Team informing that Alpha 10 of Opera Browser is now available for download on their website.  The new Alpha boasts new features and standards including scoring a perfect score 100/100 at ACID3 test. Features so far for the Alpha 10 are as follows: Presto 2.2 Engine Performance boost 100/100 and pixel-perfect on …

Microsoft released the first beta of its Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Vista operating system both for 32 and 64 bit.  SP2 includes all the hot fixes and security updates from the time SP1 was wrapped up through October 2008. SP2 includes numerous improvements to Vista including better power management, Windows Search 4 and Blu-ray data recording. The latest beta …

A rumor is circulating across the net saying that NVIDIA will release a single dual GPU graphics card that will compete against the current fastest single dual GPU graphics card of AMD/ATI. It is rumored that NVIDIA may release an X2 card sometime January 2009.  It will be based on GTX 200, perhaps a GTX 260 Core 216 which proves …

Microsoft announced the inclusion of WARP to their upcoming operating system Windows 7 to debuted late 2009. WARP or Windows Advanced Rasterization Platform enables your system, with proper hardware support, to boot even without a graphics card sitting on your AGP or PCIe slot.  The new software tecnology also enables you to run games that require DirectX 9, 10, 10.1 …

The controversial anti-piracy measure called SecuROM has given gamers a lot of problems in the past. Most recently it has spawned several online petitions, angry gamers and a lawsuit in its implementation. We’ve recently gotten word that the Grand Theft Auto IV PC Edition will get SecuROM. GTA IV was released for the xBox360 and the PS3 only. Now that …

Eidos Interactive, developers of such games as Tomb Raider and Hitman have come to the public’s eye again. After the controversial firing of Jeff Gerstmann, a fellow editor, from Gamespot, who was fired, allegedly for giving Eidos’s Kane and Lynch game bad reviews, Eidos is at it again. Barrington Harvey, the PR firm handling Eidos has called up various games …

EA and X-Play partner to launch NBA STREET Online in the Philippines [Manila, 27 August 2008]  — Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS), the world’s leading developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software, and I-Play Online Games Incorporated (X-Play) a joint venture of online gaming publisher IP E-Game Ventures Inc. (IP E-Games), and GMA New Media Inc. (GMA-NMI), announce today that …

IP E-games posted more mirrors to download Zhu Xian Online client.  The mirror is made available over a growing demand for downloads from fans who wish to participate in the close beta testing. Zhu Xian Online is the next big MMORPG to be published by IP E-Games.  The new online game was developed by Perfect World, the same company that …

The whole AMD world is bracing itself for the release of Phenom II X4 desktop processor which is expected to ship 1st quarter next year.  Phenom II X4 processor will be manufactured in 45nm process and touted to overclock up to 4GHz on air cooling alone. Well that’s a lot of overclocking potential once you use liquid nitrogen cooling. The …

Dean Hachamovitch, the general manager overseeing IE8, posted in his blog that Internet Explorer 8 will be out on the 1st half of 2009 after they release the first Release Candidate (RC) anytime on the first 3 months of 2009. “We will release one more public update of IE8 in the first quarter of 2009, and then follow that up …