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Entries for March 8th, 2010

Nokia's Christof Hellmis on Ovi Maps and location strategy

In this interview, recorded in Barcelona at MWC 2010, we talk to Christof Hellmis, Director Navigation & Routing Solutions at Nokia, about Ovi Maps and Nokia’s location strategy. It is clear that location has an enormously important role to play as a key enabler in the future of mobile - and this piece will give you an insight to Nokia’s viewpoints and attitudes. We cover the story behind the recent release of the Ovi Maps 3.3 with free navigation, potential future improvements to Ovi Maps, the Ovi Developer SDK, future directions and much more.

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MSI announces availability of Wind U160 with 15 hour battery life

MSI Computer has announced the availability of the 2010 iF Product Design Award Winning Wind U160. The U160, MSIs second netbook to feature the new Pine Trail platform, is…

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Ubisoft DRM servers go down, punishing customers but not pirates

UbiSoft's DRM Servers down for an extended period of time is upsetting gamers accross the globe. Ubisoft put in place technology that requires users to have a constant…

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BigBen strikes for S60

Always good to see a company from the now defunct UIQ world make waves in the S60 5th Edition world - CellPhoneSoft’s latest is a port of their BigBen utility, a “combined clock screensaver, key lock, and reminder utility for S60 smartphones.” Some screens and links below.

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ASUS AMD 890GX Series Motherboards Can Unlock Disabled AMD CPU Cores

ASUS continues its innovation leadership with the first AMD 890GX based motherboards featuring SATA 6Gb/s, USB 3.0, and exclusive core unlocking technology. Previous…

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Kingston 30GB SSDNow V Series Boot Drive Review

Using Solid-State Drives (SSDs) as boot drives is an economical approach to getting into the SSD hardware realm without spending a ton of money, which is one of the reasons…

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Intel to Launch Eight-core Nehalem-EX This Month

Intel will release its fastest and highly anticipated eight-core Nehalem-EX server processor later this month, a company executive said last week. The processor will be…

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AMD Open Physics Initiative Expands Ecosystem with Free DMM

AMD today announced that, along with partners Pixelux Entertainment and Bullet Physics, it has added significant support to the Open Physics ecosystem by providing game…

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BioShock 2 DLC Available March 11 Worldwide

2K Games announced today that the Sinclair Solutions Tester Pack, the first in a series of single and multiplayer downloadable content for BioShock 2, will be available on…

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Spire TherMax Eclipse II CPU Cooler Announced

Following up to the success of the original DT heat-pipe TherMax series, Spire has introduced the TherMax Eclipse II CPU Cooler. The TherMax Eclipse II has five 8mm Direct…

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