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Further Nintendo DS developers have gone on record today, commenting on the forthcoming ‘Nintendo DS 2′ featuring an in-built digital camera and music playback facilities.
Firebrand is considered a leading UK handheld developer for Nintendo, having recently put together a number of successful, critically-acclaimed DS titles including Race Driver Create& Race and Race Driver GRID for [...]
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When Windows Live OneCare first emerged, it was somewhat misunderstood.
Microsoft’s goal was to create a one-stop maintenance application that applied software updates, performed drive checking, and offered firewall and malware protection.
The aim was good, the execution less so, with some common infections falling through the net. Now that it’s reached version 2.0 has [...]
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Does your phone run out of juice too quickly between charges? Do your battery bars drop like a credit-crunched housing market? You may sometimes curse your mobile for its lack of staying power, but a few simple changes in how you use it could boost battery performance and cut down on your charging…
СЕКРЕТАРША. Close unnecessary [...]
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A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, when I was just ten years old, a movie came along that shaped my future.
It was Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and for the first time ever, like everyone else in that cinema, I was mesmerised by cartoon characters interacting with humans on film.
But [...]
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Mac OS X, as it ships or gets installed from an Apple DVD, is a mighty impressive operating system, but different people use it in different ways.
While many people will never even think about modifying the behaviour of their systems, there are many more who will want to do exactly that. If this is [...]
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Given the number of Linux distros out there, how did we pick just 14? Some were obvious; the likes of Slackware and Debian have been around since Linus was in short trousers. SUSE, Fedora, Mandriva and Ubuntu are similarly too significant to ignore. What about the others?
To survive, a distro must have something to [...]
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While you’re cursing the slow boot times of your modern PC or wondering why you can’t have 50 applications open at once without the system taking a hit, cast your mind back to the operating systems of old.
Here are five operating systems we fondly remember. Actually, that’s a lie. One of them had us pointing [...]
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The HDC-DX1 represents Panasonic’s first tentative step into the world of disc-based High Definition Video (HDV) camcorders, though its track record with cassette and hard-drive HDV camcorders suggest that this shouldn’t be anything less than an impressive debut.
Recording onto DVDs – 8cm DVD-R discs to be precise – the DX1 is able to store [...]
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MacFormat magazine has reached its 200th issue and to celebrate, they’ve published 200 unmissable Mac tips. Here are 20 that caught our eye. For the full 200, pick up a copy of MacFormat in your local newsagent’s – on sale now.
СЕКРЕТУТКА. Disk Utility
Disk Utility, located in the Applications > Utilities folder, is more versatile [...]
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We weren’t quite sure what to expect for this year’s major European Mac show. In the weeks leading up to the event, when we asked industry insiders whether they would be attending, the response was usually along the lines of “nah, not bothering this year”. It’s not hard, at least on the surface, to see [...]