World of Warcraft WoW Edition Free Download
Addicted to Peggle Extreme that available for free on Steam? PopCap Games
, the developer of Peggle series of casual action video game, has teamed up with Blizzard Entertainment, the developer of World of Warcraft (WoW), to release a special Peggle: World of Warcraft Edition, available for free download at no cost.
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19.7.2009
Opera 10 Beta Version 10.00b1 download
The well-known web browser, Opera has released its new Opera Browser 10 beta version, which features faster speeds, new enhanced tabs and automatic update. The new Opera Brower 10 beta comes with Opera Turbo for fast browsing on slow connections.
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26.6.2009
Download Mac OS X 10.5.6 Now
Not surprisingly, Apple has released Mac OS X Update version 10.5.6 for both Client and Server users of the Mac OS. Weighing in at around 370MB and 470MB respectively, the two updates are immediately available to download and install on Leopard-running Macs.
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15.12.2008
World of Warcraft Patch 3.10 Released and Available for Download
Blizzard is really working hard to keep all those 11 million of subscribers to World of Warcraft happy and busy.
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15.4.2009
Download Mac OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard
Mac OS X 10.6.2 has finally arrived and it brings tons of new bug fixes for existing OS X Snow Leopard users
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10.11.2009
Download Opera 10 pre-Beta Build 1535
Opera 10 has evolved all the way to Build 1535, a development milestone that is labeled as Beta, despite not being quite a Beta in fact. Still, one thing is clear.
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29.5.2009
WoW for Free!
Are you tired of paying $14.99 a month for a game you already bought? If so check out this great site for a list of the best FREE World of Warcraft servers and their current statuses.
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Wow! Windows Vista!
I finally got my hands on the finished product. Experiencing Windows Vista Home Premium and Windows Vista Ultimate, I was so excited I had to call in my family to show them the cool new features available right from the desktop.
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19.1.2007
The Vista wow becomes a whisper
I wasn’t a big fan of the “Wow” campaign around Windows Vista. But its newest incarnation — “100 Reasons Why Everyone’s So Speechless” — might be even worse.
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22.10.2007
Can There Be Wow in Vista Marketing?
Yesterday's Microsoft marketing bravado is just too funny. So now, 17 months after general availability, Microsoft will promote Windows Vista? Get a life.
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10.7.2008
Vista and Office: The WOW Starts Now!
It's official! The consumer release of Windows Vista and Office 2007 will be celebrated in New York on January 29 at a launch event the software giant has dubbed "The WOW starts now."
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4.1.2007
Microsoft on the Windows Vista Wow: Were Sorry! And the Autopsy
Back on November 30, 2006, Microsoft's Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer launched Windows Vista to businesses at the NASDAQ headquarters in New York.
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7.10.2007
The eXPerience XP SP3... The Wow Vista SP1... and the Seventh Windows 7
Windows XP (Service Pack 3 imminent), Windows Vista (Service Pack 1 just around the corner) and Windows 7, still on the distant horizon, but at the same time becoming increasingly palpable...
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26.1.2008
Wow Starts January 29: Microsoft Sets Vista Consumer Launch
Microsoft will officially launch Windows Vista and Office 2007 for consumers at a special event in Times Square in New York City on January 29 called "Wow Starts Now."
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25.12.2006
Mac OS X and Linux Left Scrambling for Wow Crumbs in the Windows Vista Dust
Microsoft is celebrating a veritable Windows Vista feast, while Mac OS X and Linux are left scrambling for Wow crumbs.
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2.11.2007
Forget about DirectX 10 - Introducing DirectX 10.1 Preview for Windows Vista SP1
Forget about Windows Vista's DirectX 10, Microsoft is delivering a preview of DirectX 10.1 associated with the first service pack for the operating system. The Direct3D 10.1 Tech Preview is an integer part of the August 2007, DirectX Software Development Kit, and is designed to provide the evolution of the current Direct3D 10.0.
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30.7.2007
Vista SP1 to Cure the Vista RTM Wow Hangover
When Windows Vista was unleashed in January 31, 2008, Microsoft was promising performance, security, innovation, all wrapped up under an umbrella of a Wow user experience.
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11.4.2008
Windows Vista Wow! Forget about Vista SP1, XP SP3 and Windows 7!
That's it, forget about Windows XP Service Pack 3, about Windows 7, the next iteration of Windows and even about Windows Vista Service Pack 1.
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1.2.2008
First Microsoft Genuine Office Validation Download on Download Center
Microsoft has posted the first Office download which has Genuine Office Validation (not required yet). It is sounds.exe the download enables sound in Office 2000,XP and 2003.
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28.4.2006
Windows SideShow on 10
Laura and Tina over at the 10 Show take a look at Windows SideShow.
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9.5.2006
10 reasons not to get Vista
It's all too easy to get caught up in the million dollar marketing engine as we approach the consumer release of Windows Vista, so lets not forget that it isn't the second coming, and by all counts is an upgrade you can do without.
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22.1.2007
10 reasons you should get Vista
My colleague Ashton Mills published
the top 10 reasons you shouldn't get Vista few days ago. I see his point on some fronts -- admittedly, Microsoft's official publicity material hasn't done a great job of explaining the basic benefits of Vista.
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24.1.2007
The Wait Is Over: Ubuntu 7.10 Is Here
As promised, Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) was released a few minutes ago, and it's my deepest pleasure to introduce you guys to the new features to be found in this version of Ubuntu (which is based on the GNOME desktop environment) and also to the features from Kubuntu (same as Ubuntu, but based on the popular KDE desktop environment).
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18.10.2007
Ubuntu 8.10 Released
After six alphas, a beta and a release candidate, Ubuntu 8.10 is here, today (October 30th), available on mirrors worldwide (see below for download links), and it's my greatest pleasure to introduce you guys to the highlights of this new release dubbed Intrepid Ibex.
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30.10.2008
10 things you should look for in a netbook
Who saw this coming? In the day and age of quad-core CPUs, 17-inch laptop displays, and terabyte hard disks, who’d have thought small laptops with slow CPUs and little storage would set the world afire. But that’s just what’s happened.
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19.4.2009
Opera 10 released
Ah, September 1. Not a particularly eventful day... aside from a few obscure public holidays (it's Knowledge Day in Russia!) and other events of the sort, it's hard to say that there's much going on (well, there might be something else happening).
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1.9.2009
Windows 7 10-Second Boot
Over a year ago, Microsoft revealed that it considered 15 seconds the ideal startup time for Windows 7 under laboratory conditions.
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7.10.2009
The 10 Things to Do First for Windows 7
When you run your thumb down the list of new features and improvements in Windows 7 you're bound to wonder how you're going to get your arms around all that new technology so that you can deliver it to your users without too much disruption.
Following are 10 steps that can help you accomplish that goal.
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18.10.2009
10 Ways to Optimize Firefox
Everybody who's experienced the fun of customizing Firefox to his or her liking has a favorite extension. Whether it's the improved navigation and session-saving friendliness of TabMixPlus or the convenience of All-in-One Sidebar, I can't imagine living without some of them.
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4.4.2006
DirectX 10 & the Future of Gaming
How is DirectX 10 and its Unified Architecture going to benefit gamers? What is the gamer going to need to take and advantage of it? We recently sat down with ATI and talked about DirectX 10 and how their next generation desktop GPU will benefit.
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2.5.2006Can There Be 'Wow' in Vista Marketing?
Yesterday's Microsoft marketing bravado is just too funny. So now, 17 months after general availability, Microsoft will promote Windows Vista? Get
a life. The big talk and promises came from Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference, in Houston, where Brad Brooks fessed up about Vista
marketing mistakes and promised there would be response to Apple's "Get a Mac" ads. They say that confession is good for the corporate soul. I
say that it's not good enough.
Microsoft should never have abandoned the original "Wow" Windows Vista marketing campaign. It brought
new meaning to the term "marketing blitz." The campaign flashed by before anybody could blink and say, "Wow." Even if Microsoft executives loathed
the ads, better to keep them than have nothing. I remain convinced that the Vista marketing campaign could have been very effective. The TV
commercials were aspirational, potentially creating positive feelings about the then-mysterious Windows Vista.
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10.07.2008Windows 7 marketing initiative outlined
There’s great marketing campaigns, like
5.5 million views of a blender blending things on YouTube,
and then there was “
the wow starts now“. A job posting published
today looking for a marketing manager to be responsible for the Windows 7 marketing campaign gives us some insights into how Microsoft plans to pitch
the new kid of the block...
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22.01.2009The Vista wow becomes a whisper
I wasn’t
a big fan of the “Wow” campaign around Windows Vista. But its
newest incarnation
“100
Reasons Why Everyone’s So Speechless” might be even worse.
The new site lists 100 reasons users should take a
closer look at Windows Vista. No. 1 is “It makes using your PC a breeze.” No. 100 is “Because your network is the backbone of your
business (Network Diagnostics and Troubleshooting).”
Seeing Windows Vista for the first time may leave you searching for words.
Many people just say ‘Wow.’ Here are 100 reasons why,” the site says.
When Microsoft launched Windows Vista in
January, execs knew they needed a succinct way to explain why users should upgrade to the new OS. Not a list of 50 reasons. But something that would
roll off the tongue of salesclerks and PC makers in a 30-second pitch.
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22.10.2007Vista and Office: The WOW Starts Now!
It's official! The consumer
release of Windows Vista and
Office 2007 will be celebrated
in New York on January 29 at a
launch event the software
giant has dubbed "The WOW
starts now." The invitation
to "The "WOW starts now"
event includes a note signed
by Microsoft chairman Bill
Gates, in which he says that,
"on January 29th, Microsoft
will celebrate the launch of
two amazing products that
represent the culmination of a
tremendous team effort."
Attendees will be
treated to a celebratory lunch
at Manhattan's famous
Cipriani restaurant, followed
by the actual launch event at
the Nokia Theatre in Times
Square later in the day.
Gates goes on to say
that millions of
people--Microsoft employees,
developers, customers,
bloggers, families, media, the
entire industry--"have come
together like never before and
added their own individual
imprints to help make Windows
Vista and 2007 Microsoft
Office system the most tested
products in Microsoft
history."
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04.01.2007Wow! Windows Vista!
Columnist Joli Ballew shares
her excitement over the new
interface, graphics,
applications, and features in
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19.01.2007WOW Upgrade Sets US, EU Sales Records
World of Warcraft fans turned
out in full force last week to
purchase The Burning
Crusade , Blizzard
Entertainment said Tuesday. In
the first 24 hours of
availability, nearly 2.4
million copies were sold...
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24.01.2007Ububtu 8.10 officially launches Thursday
Canonical today announced that the 8.10 version of its popular Linux distribution Ubuntu will be available for free download on Thursday, October
30.
Both the desktop and server editions of Ubuntu 8.10 will be available for download on
the official Web Site, and on
FileForum.
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28.10.2008Wow, The Smartphone Market Is Surprising
Take a look at this chart from Symbian showing the worldwide
smartphone market:
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10.09.2007A real-world security keychain to protect WoW characters' identity
Blizzard introduces a physical security token to help give gamers added peace of mind when playing World of Warcraft online...
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02.07.2008Sony Aims for 'Wow' Factor
Flat-panel TVs, a music player with robotics technology and planned networking services for the PlayStation 3 video game console are a key part of
Sony's growth following a nearly three-year restructuring effort, Chief Executive Howard Stringer said Tuesday. Such products "bring back some of
the wow factor" and show the electronics and entertainment company has recovered from its past financial problems, Stringer told reporters at
Sony's Tokyo headquarters. " The next cycle is actual innovation, " he said.
Sony's network service, now used to pipe video
games to the PlayStation 3, will be expanded to offer other kinds of content. He did not give details or a timetable. Besides its core electronics
business, Sony owns the Hollywood movie studio that made the "Spider-Man" series. Sony also has a joint venture in music with Bertelsmann AG that
has Bruce Springsteen, Justin Timberlake and Beyonce Knowles under its labels. Such entertainment content will likely be offered as downloads for the
PlayStation 3 in Sony's effort to catch up with U.S. companies like Apple Inc. and Microsoft Corp.
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12.12.2007Ubuntu 8.10 officially launches Thursday
Canonical today announced that the 8.10 version of its popular Linux distribution Ubuntu will be available for free download on Thursday, October 30...
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28.10.2008Stardock's Sins of a Solar Empire leads PC game sales
Gamasutra's list of best selling games this week sees Sins of a Solar Empire in the number one slot, beating out Call of Duty 4: Modern
Warfare , and WoW: The Burning Crusade ...
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05.03.2008BioShock Frame Rates: DirectX 9 Vs. DirectX 10
Want a serious performance boost in BioShock? Play it on DirectX 9. Sad, but true. As DirectX 9/10 hybrid games have trickled to market, we've been
testing them to see whether the newer, Vista-only API library is worth its salt. We've done it with Company of Heroes, Lost Planet, and more. In
every case, DirectX 9 performance was far better than that of DirectX 10.
Add another game to the pile. Using FRAPS to measure
frame rates, we've discovered that BioShock plays much more smoothly on DirectX 9. We ran the informal test on a Vista machine with an AMD ATI Radeon
HD 2900 XT graphics card, an Intel QX6700 CPU overclocked to 3.19 GHz, and 4GB of memory.
Playing through five very similar
minutes of the game with FRAPS and timing the frames per second, we shot up a batch of splicers in DX10 and then in DX9, with all other settings being
equal (high quality defaults at 1680x1050). In DirectX 10, FRAPS showed an average of 61.658 fps; in DirectX 9, the average was 80.300 fps.
The game looks pretty much the same in either mode. You certainly don't notice a difference in graphical splendor when you're running
breakneck through the Rapture, dodging grenades thrown by splicers while looking for the telekinesis upgrade.
While we continue
to wait for a game built upon DirectX 10 from the ground up to wow us with its performance, evidence mounts that DirectX 10 just isn't all it's
cracked up to be compared with its predecessor.
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23.08.2007Blizzard parent to acquire Activision, build new gaming empire
In a transaction that can best be described with the word "WOW," the remaining portion of the Vivendi media empire left over from the sale of
Universal to NBC will acquire a 68% stake in Activision...
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03.12.2007Reminder: Windows 7 beta download ends this week
Just a reminder to everyone that as we reported earlier, the general availability of Windows 7 Beta program is ending this week. Starting from Feb
10th (12am Pacific Time), there wont be any new downloads of Windows 7 beta available, and from Feb 12th (9am Pacific Time), no downloads of Windows 7
beta will be available. If you are already downloading your beta, better complete the download before Feb 12th! So, if you haven't yet started
your download or yet registered for Windows 7 Beta, then this is the right time. Download your beta here before it ends!
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10.02.2009Mac OS X 10.5.6 Released
Apple finally pushed out its 10.5.6 update for customers running Leopard today.
The update includes the usual system stability, security
and performance enhancements, as well as supposed graphics enhancements for a better gaming experience.
As always, users on various Mac
enthusiast communities are reporting that the update has made their systems feel a little "snappier", but truth be told, the same thing is said for
almost all software updates at first (
almost all ), so we'll leave the judging up to you.
For the full release notes and download links, skip on
over the links right below.
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16.12.2008Download the first 100 issues of Computer Gaming World free!
As some of you may or may
not know, Computer Gaming
World is dead. November's
issue of CGW is the last issue
ever for the magazine, at
least with that name. In
December's issue, the
magazine relaunches with the
new super cool name of
Games for Windows: The
Official Magazine. I
posted about this story awhile
back, but I saw this and
thought, wow now that is way
cool. Seems some of the
editors decided to take the
first 100 issues of CGW and
put them in PDF format for
everyone to download and
enjoy. Now you can download
the first 100 issues and read
them all you want, but they
also have every single
magazine cover as well, though
after issue 100 obviously
there is no content besides
the cover. I do not know if
they plan on converting the
rest of the issues and
uploading them, but I assume
eventually it will
happen.
For those that have never
heard of CGW, or aren't up to
snuff with PC gaming
magazines, Computer Gaming
World was first launched back
in November 1981. Since then
they have published 268
issues, and they have seen
every change that has ever
happened in the PC gaming
industry first hand. From the
Atari to the Apple II all the
way to current super high end
rigs, they've seen it all,
and covered it all. So if you
are a fan of CGW, or if you
are just interested in the
wonderful history of PC
gaming, check the issues out.
Just be warned, if you want to
download all 100 issues, be
prepared for a rather long
read.
neowin.net - 21.10.2006
Blizzard Bans 30,000 from WoW
Video game manufacturer
Blizzard said Friday that it
had banned over 30,000 users
of World of Warcraft during
the month of May in a
crackdown on cheating. The
online role-playing game has
over 6.5 million subscribers
and nearly a 50 percent share
of the market, according to
recent estimates...
betanews.com - 13.06.2006
Year in Review: Apple
Continues to Wow
Apple continued to build on
its dominance of the digital
music industry in 2005, and
saw the successes slowly bleed
into its personal computer
business as industry analysts
began to gauge the iPod's
"halo effect." The
folks at Cupertino would also
do the once unthinkable and
embrace Intel chips...
betanews.com - 31.12.2005
Sky Songs to take on iTunes
Satellite broadcaster Sky is to take on Apple's iTunes in the digital music marketplace, when it launches its new subscription-based music store
later this month. While users of the service will be limited to one album download a month, music streaming will be ad-free and unlimited. According
to the Press Association, the new service, called Sky Songs, will enable customers to download up to 1 album, or 10 songs, for a £6.49 a month
subscription fee. Although additional songs will cost 65p a track, the service will also allow ad-free streaming of music without any limitations.
The new service will also allow users to download songs for use on any MP3 player - something which iTunes does not allow.
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neowin.net - 12.10.2009