FIFA 2009 Demo Released
Electronic Arts is getting ready to launch the most anticipated soccer related game of the year, FIFA 2009, and they are preparing gamers for the shock by releasing a demo.
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14.9.2008 Free Game from MS! Play Carioca Rummy
In the off chance that you have mastered Solitare, are bored with Minesweeper and like me, have no idea how to play Hearts, Microsoft has a new card game for you to download and install.
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27.3.2006 Windows 7 Free Ride Over on August 15, 2009
Microsoft will bring the Windows 7 free ride to an end come August 15, 2009. Throughout the development process of new Windows clients, the Redmond-based company is traditionally offering free copies of the operating system to testers.
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24.6.2009 Rising Antivirus Free Edition 2009 v21.22.30
Rising Antivirus Free Edition protects your computers against all types of viruses, Trojans, worms, rootkits and other malicious programs.
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4.2.2009 FREE 1 Year Kaspersky Internet Security 2009 Genuine License Key for EVERYONE
Few days ago Kaspersky 2009 product was released and I was excited as hell to give out free Kaspersky Internet Security 2009 license key to my subscribers.
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11.6.2008 Wii Play launches Monday
Wii Play launches on Feb 12, 2007. Check out Nintendo's interactive Wii Play website until then.
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11.2.2007 Here Are the Drivers That Don't Play Well with Vista SP1 RTM
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 was released to manufacturing on February 4, 2008. But end users had to exercise their patience another month and a half before they could get their hands on Vista SP1 RTM.
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18.3.2008 Microsoft "Hack Day" is creative play at work
A group of 75 Microsoft developers set out Thursday to brainstorm at an internal event called "Hack Day."
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8.4.2006 Teach XP and Vista to play nice on networks
On small office and home office networks, Windows XP and Windows Vista cooperate about as well as cats and dogs. But you can teach them to get along.
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15.5.2007 Bypass Zune 3 Play Rule for Shared Music
One of the early complaints about the WiFi sharing ability on the Zune was the rule that limits playback to 3 days or 3 plays on shared tracks.
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17.12.2007 February 27, 2008: Microsoft plans a triple-play launch
Microsoft announced at its partner conference on July 10 that it will launch Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008 together in a single launch on February 27, 2008, in Los Angeles.
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10.7.2007 Microsoft Makes Vista SP1 Play Nice with the VIA 64-bit CPU
Even though the processor market is dominated by Intel, with AMD struggling to expand its elbow room, new players are able to find a little room to breathe.
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1.7.2008 Windows 7 Pre-Beta updated to Play Nice with NTFS External Drives
Microsoft is offering support to testers of Windows 7 when it comes down to issues associated with the integration of NTFS external drives with the operating system.
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28.11.2008 Windows 7 Beta Doesn't Play Nice with Windows Azure Cloud OS Tools
The promise for Windows 7 is that it will deliver an evolution when it will come down to stretching into the Cloud compared to its precursor, Windows Vista.
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16.1.2009 Microsoft Offers More Ways to Play Games for Windows and Xbox 360 at German Games Convention
LEIPZIG, Germany — Aug. 23, 2006 — Once again proving that its game platforms offer more ways for gamers to have fun, Microsoft Corp. today announced great new games and accessories for Xbox 360™ and Windows® gamers.
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24.8.2006 Microsoft: Some Free Vista (+SP1) to Go Along with the Free XP SP2 Downloads?
Free downloads of Microsoft's operating systems have been made available throughout 2007, and the Redmond company is ready to take it one step further.
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5.2.2008 Silverlight 3 in 2009
Having made available for download version 2 of its Adobe Flash killer, Microsoft is already moving onward to the next iteration.
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18.11.2008 Windows 7 - the End of 2009
As much as Microsoft is trying to make the availability date for the next iteration of the Windows client ambiguous, officially pointing to a development process scoped for 2010, Windows 7 is actually dropping at the end of 2009, were we to believe Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer.
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28.5.2008 Windows 7 Available on September 1, 2009
As Microsoft is making its way to the release to manufacturing milestone of Windows 7, the company confirmed that the gold build of the operating system would be made available to customers months ahead of October 22, 2009, the official launch deadline.
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14.7.2009 Microsoft: Vista follow-up likely in 2009
With Vista just out the door, Microsoft is now drawing up plans to deliver its follow-up client operating system by the end of 2009, according to the executive in charge of building the product's core components.
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10.2.2007 Internet Explorer 8? 2008? 2009?
Internet Explorer 8 followed by a question mark and an interrogatory tone is about all that can be said about the successor of Internet Explorer 7 at this point in time.
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1.10.2007 Norton 2009 tackles whitelisting
Symantec has adopted whitelising techniques in an effort to dramatically improve the performance of its upcoming Norton 2009 security suite, according to the company's vice president of consumer engineering, Rowan Trollope.
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12.9.2008 Windows Live Messenger 2009
Due to a request from Microsoft, this download has been removed temporarily. However, Windows Live Messenger 9 will be available for download here as soon as it is oficially published. Check back often to ensure you don't miss it!
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19.11.2008 Windows 7 RTM in October 2009
Windows 7 will be released to manufacturing in 2009, more precisely in the third quarter of this year, with information from a leaked product roadmap pointing to the first half of October 2009.
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25.2.2009 Messenger Plus! Live 2009 contest
Patchou has announced his 2009 Messenger Plus! Live contest with no less than 1,000 prize packages up for grabs.
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12.7.2009 Patch Tuesday for September 2009
Microsoft's Security Bulletin for September contains five critical bulletins for release on Tuesday to block Remote Code Execution vulnerabilities in Windows operating systems.
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5.9.2009 September 2009 Security Patches
This month MS released five critical bulletins to address vulnerabilities in Windows and protect customers from two types of threats.
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9.9.2009 Businesses delay Vista plans until 2009
Businesses remain unconvinced about the benefits of moving to Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system and most are delaying any plans to upgrade until 2009 at the earliest.
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29.11.2007 Keep Windows XP Until 2009, Analysts Tell Microsoft
Microsoft may have pushed a too-aggressive XP transition schedule because of how long it took to release Vista, an analyst suggests.
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9.2.2008 Ballmer: Office 14 will not be released in 2009
During his annual “Strategic Update” briefing with Wall Street analysts on February 24, CEO Steve Ballmer said Office 14 won’t be shipping in 2009.
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24.2.2009EA experiments further with free, ad-subsidized games
EA announced today that it will be releasing a free online version of its
Battlefield franchise, driven by advertisements and micro-transactions called
Battlefield Heroes .
The main difference between Battlefield Heroes and FIFA Online is that there is
no limit to the potential for in-game advertisements in the former. Ads in the football game are limited to only those companies who already are FIFA
sponsors. The ads, fortunately, will appear in the front-end and not interfere with the aesthetics of the game.
Speaking of
aesthetics, the graphics of the game has been reported to be simplified into a much cartoonier style, and gameplay is supposed to pare down the skill
and strategy aspects.
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22.01.2008Phishers Target Soccer Fans
Bogus claim of FIFA lottery
win tries to coax personal
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03.10.2005Fifa '07 Holds on at the Top
Despite an abysmal performance
from England at the weekend
FIFA fans weren't put off and
continued to buy FIFA 07
making it number 1 in the UK
charts this week. Sales of the
title did slump 23 per cent,
but with no notable new games
the top 10 chart has no new
entries in it.
The
Xbox 360 only title, Project
Gotham Racing 3 managed to
break its way into the charts
on the back of a bundle with
the 360 console. UK gamers
could be forgiven for holding
out these next couple of weeks
with the release of the ever
popular Pro Evolution Soccer
due before the end of the
month.
Dr
Kawashima's Brain Training
continues to hover around the
chart at eight, while Lego
Star Wars II: The Original
Trilogy fought its way back up
the charts to number two.
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10.10.2006Free Trojan Removal Tool for OS X Available Now
SecureMac has introduced a free Trojan Detection Tool for Mac OS X. The DNSChanger Removal Tool detects and removes spyware targeting Mac OS X. Called
DNSChanger Trojan and also known as OSX.RSPlug.A Trojan Horse the software attacks users attempting to play a fake video file. Upon attempting to play
the video, the victim receives the following message: "Quicktime Player is unable to play movie file. Please click here to download new version of
codec."
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10.01.2008Play.com to open MP3 store in the UK
Retailer Play.com is planning to open its own digital music store which will sell DRM-free tracks for between 65 and 70 pence...
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13.02.2008EA to pull down servers from older online game titles
Gamers still logging onto
older versions of Madden,
FIFA, Tiger Woods, and others
don't have much more time
until EA suspends all online
gaming features for dozens of
titles.
The massive online service
shut down will take place in
two phases. On September 1,
EA will scrap multiplayer
capabilities for all 2006 and
previous entries in itss FIFA,
Madden NFL, Nascar, NBA Live,
NCAA Football, NCAA March
Madness, NHL, and Tiger Woods
PGA Tour franchises.
Additionally,
Arena Football, Fight Night
Round 3 (excludes PS2 and
next-gen), Marvel Nemesis:
Rise of the Imperfects, MVP
07, and NFL Head Coach will
all be cut off from the online
world on 9/1...
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03.08.2007Free 24-hour ZoneAlarm Pro 2009 download
Need a firewall freshener? Tuesday marks Check Point Software's 15th anniversary, and to celebrate, it's offering free copies of Check Point
ZoneAlarm Pro 2009 to all comers...
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18.11.2008Corel Debuts Free WordPerfect Beta
Corel made a play for a piece
of the Web 2.0 pie on Tuesday,
releasing WordPerfect
Lightning in beta, a free,
compact version of its
standard word processing suite
that combines both online and
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27.02.2007Over half of adults play video games
According to a survey released on Sunday by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, over half of American adults play video games of some kind. The
survey shows that age is the biggest factor, with young adults most likely to play video games and that as adults get older, game play decreases. Of
adults over the age of 65 who play video games, nearly a third play video games every day. In comparison, the survey found that only 20% of young
adults play video games every day. A persons age is also a factor in whether they play on a computer, games console or other device, such as a mobile
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08.12.2008Ultimate Baseball Online to remain free to play
I figured since it is
going to be a slower newsday
than it has been lately, what
with me spamming gaming news
the past couple of weeks or
so, that I would post about
lesser known games a little
more. So with that, I'd like
to bring your attention to
Ultimate
Baseball Online. UBO is a
massively multiplayer baseball
game, MMOB? And up until this
week was free to play (and was
in beta for decades) with a
fairly small userbase. Then
all of a sudden word came
along that the developers of
UBO this week would begin
charging a fee for the game
(wow imagine that) with the
free option going bye
bye.
Well all that changed
and Netamin the developers of
UBO have decided to stay with
a free to play game, no
subscription at all now. The
game will be supported by in
game advertisements (product
billboards like in real
Baseball) and other ad revenue
now. So go forth my Baseball
minions, check out the UBO
website and go play online
with people. Just think, you
won't have to worry about
beer drinking losers and
tailgaters!
neowin.net - 22.10.2006
Free Xbox Live Arcade Game
If you're hurting for cash but dying for something new to play, you can get a free game from the Xbox Live Arcade called Yaris. Yes, Yaris is the name of a new car from Toyota. Yes, the
game is a promotional tool for the vehicle. But hello, it's free. And for that price, it's not half-bad. The game is a racing action game where you
drive your Yaris (of course) up walls, through tubes, and upside-down while shooting at obstacles & enemies. You're also collecting coins so you can
buy better weapons and upgrade your ride with better shielding and vehicle types. The game has 3 car models, 8 tracks, achievements, and you can play
online with your friends on Xbox LIVE. Not bad for a freebie.
winbeta.org - 08.11.2007
Anarchy Online Free Play Extended Until 2008 + Expansion
Sorry for not posting
this before today, I took a
couple days off from posting
news as I was getting a bit
burnt out doing near 60
stories in about a week, but
I'm back now jack!
Funcom&n
bsp;announced last Friday that
they were extending the play
all you can play promotion of
Anarchy Online all the way
through 2008 now. The
promotion was already extended
once until 2007, now you can
play free until 2008. But
that's not all! In addition
to the extension through 2008,
Funcom is also giving all free
players the PvP centered
expansion "Notum Wars" as
well!
Notum Wars which was
actually voted "Best
expansion of the Year" by
Computer Gaming World when it
came out, adds Player Versus
Player combat to the Anarchy
Online world of Rubi Ka. Notum
Wars allows you to fight other
players for control of land,
build towers to control that
land and then fight it out to
continue holding that land. It
has been done before in games
obviously, but I think Anarchy
Online was the first MMORPG to
add it through PvP content. I
could be wrong of course. To
continue, please be aware for
you new guys interested in
this offer, if you do play
Anarchy Online through the
free promotion, you will see
"dynamic in-game
advertising" which of course
means you will see ads in
game. Now I've never played
the free promotion for more
than a few minutes, so I
haven't seen any of these
ads, but I would imagine they
are not horribly
large nor do
they detract from the
overall gameplay
experience.
So
head on over to the Anarchy
Online website,
register an account if you
don't have one already,
download the game (using bit
torrent) and play some Anarchy
Online with the new Notum Wars
expansion!
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neowin.net - 31.10.2006
MS Entices Users with Free
Xbox Live
Through a sponsorship deal
with Verizon, Microsoft said
Friday it would allow free
Xbox Live access from March 31
through April 2 to any Xbox
360 owner. Called the Xbox
Live Gold Weekend, events
would include multiplayer
gaming, leaderboard
tournaments, and Play and Win
contents...
betanews.com - 10.03.2006
ArchLord Goes Free To Play (With a catch though)
Thanks to Bluesnews for the
scoop.
ArchLord,
the MMORPG from Codemasters
which almost across the board
got horrible reviews, will go
"Free To Play" starting
January 4th, 2007. But there
is a catch - you still have to
buy the game. Now normally,
like in the case of Guild Wars
that isn't such a big deal -
right? Well in ArchLords case,
I think the reviews of the
game speak for themselves
pretty well. I'm not trying
to badmouth the game, in fact
I was probably one of the only
beta testers who had some fun
playing the game. But who am I
to argue this, I mean heck it
is going to be free to play
once you buy the game now, so
kudos to Codemasters there I
suppose. Here is the
Codemasters little press blurb
on the move to Free To Play
for ArchLord:
Codemasters Online
Gaming is pleased to announce
that ArchLord will be going
Free To Play on January 4
2007.
ArchLord
will continue to be fully
supported, including the
second fantastic update
Episode II: Season of Siege.
However, players will now be
able to access all this great
content simply by buying the
box; after that it's free!
Over the next few
days all those playing
ArchLord will be receiving
emails updating them of the
changes and how they will be
affected. Visit the website at
www.archlordgame.com
/freetoplay
to find out more information
on how the changes affect you.
If you want to
discuss ArchLord going free to
play, or anything else to do
with ArchLord be sure to
visit the forums. http://community.cod
emasters.com/forum/forumdispla
y.php?f=336
That's right,
ArchLord now has no monthly
fee. Buy the game and that's
it! Get out there and buy a
box and be prepared to take
part in some mass PvP
action.
So there you
have it, ArchLord goes free in
a short few weeks here, and
hopefully they will get some
more players now. I always
hate to see an MMORPG fail,
and ArchLord is no different
in that regard. Who knows,
maybe some of you will give it
a shot!
neowin.net - 06.12.2006
EA Games are now on Steam
EA has now made several of their games available on the Steam platform: Spore, Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, Mass Effect, EA Sports FIFA Manager
2009, Need For Speed Undercover, and Spore Creepy & Cute Parts Pack.
However, the fact that they are putting these games onto Steam
isn't the most important part of this. After having Spore be the most pirated game of the year, they are not putting any 3rd-party DRM on
Spore.
Interested in Spore but hate the DRM? This is your chance to get the game without the dreaded SecuROM protection system
legally.
jcxp.net - 21.12.2008
Quake Zero will "grow the Quake universe"
Over eight years after it's release Quake III Arena is still one of the most played deathmatch games on PC (and in the CVG office), but id Software
has set it sights in expanding the online shooter's playerbase with the free-to-play Quake Zero.
"We want to see the player
base grow and that's a lot of what's behind Quake Zero," id CEO Todd Hollenshead told CVG. "We think there are a lot of people out there that
would play Quake III if it didn't cost any money to buy it."
Quake Zero is, in case you missed the announcement, is a web-based version of Quake III funded
entirely by in-game advertising.
"The Quake Zero approach is to have it readily available and anyone can play it," said
Hollenshead. "It's focussed more on the sporting element. We want to get that done, get that in to people's hands and get some feedback from them...
winbeta.org - 31.08.2007
Windows 7 Upgrade Program shifts to June 26, 2009
TechARP has come up with a new revised schedule of Microsoft's Windows 7 Upgrade Program. The Upgrade Program shifts to an early date from June
28, 2009 to June 26, 2009 now. According to the new schedule, end users who purchase PCs pre-installed with Vista between the dates June 26, 2009 to
January 31, 2010 are eligible for a free Windows 7 upgrade. According to TechARP, this slight adjustment was done at the request of many OEMs to allow
for better sales over the first weekend of the Program. It is not possible for Windows XP users to upgrade to Windows 7 unlike Windows Vista users.
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neowin.net - 25.03.2009
Students: How to get Windows 7 legally at a discount or free
Thanks to Kevin. for the news tip With many people wondering what the Windows 7 pricing will be and whether it will cost less, the same, or more than
Vista, there are some ways you can legally get Windows 7 at a discount or even for free when the final version is ready later this year. 1. Between
June 26, 2009 and January 31, 2010, any new computer purchased with Windows Vista will qualify for a free upgrade to Windows 7. So if you've been
planning on purchasing a new PC in the near future, you should hold off just a little while longer. 2.
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neowin.net - 14.04.2009
EA Is Now Officially On Steam, Spore Loses SecuROM
Today, Valve and EA revealed that this week's earlier rumors were true:
Spore (and other EA games) are coming to Steam. As of today, Spore, Spore Creepy & Cute Parts Pack, Warhammer Online, Mass Effect,
Need for Speed: Undercover, and FIFA Manager 2009 are all available for download on Steam. In the coming weeks, EA will add
Mirror's Edge, Dead Space, and Red Alert 3. On the official Steam forums, when asked whether or not Spore would
contain the dreaded SecuROM DRM that contributed to it being the most pirated
game of 2008, a moderator replied, 'It does not have third
party DRM.' EA has also finally launched a 'de-authorization tool' to free up
limited installation slots.
winbeta.org - 20.12.2008
VMware Free Service Simplifies ESXi Hypervisor Use
Because VMware only three months ago released the latest version of its bread-and-butter productvSphere 4.0, the so-called Cloud Operating Systemthe
world's largest virtualization software maker is turning to other news to talk about on the first day of VMworld 2009 here at Moscone Center.
VMware on Aug. 31 launched the beta version of something called VMware Go, a free service designed to help first-time
customersmainly in the small-to-medium-size business marketto get started with virtualization.
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