The latest news on the Web unveiled two new great-looking Nokia touchscreen phones that have leaked into the wild. The two devices have been spotted in a video on the Nokia N97 design concept, and although they make only a brief appearance in the video, some rumors regarding them already started to float around. Considering the exterior design of the new handsets, they are expected to be added to the Finnish mobile phone maker's portfolio of touchscreen featured devices. In addition, a smartphone roadmap t...
[read more >>] On Tuesday, two satellites collided in orbit over Siberia, at an altitude of approximately 490 miles (790 kilometers), spilling debris all around the impact site. The Russian spacecraft involved in the crash was out of commission for a long time, while the American satellite was still operational. However, Iridium Satellite LLC, the company managing the craft, said that the incident only minimally affected its range of services, and that it would continue to provide high-quality services with its remaining infras...
[read more >>] In order to keep the $999 price tag on the white (polycarbonate) 13-inch MacBook, last month, Apple secretly introduced an upgraded model of the device, boasting “a durable polycarbonate shell, advanced NVIDIA graphics, and 2GB of memory standard.” While some wouldn't exactly call that shell “durable,” cheaper models are now available with the former-standard 1GB memory, a 2.1GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, and Intel GMA X3100 graphics for just (wait for it) $849.00!Although a refurb,...
[read more >>] It seems that the moment that quite a lot of racing fans out there have been waiting for has finally arrived as Electronic Arts has released the much awaited patch for its latest iteration in the hugely successful Need For Speed racing video game franchise. PC users can download the patch right here from Softpedia while PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360 players will be prompted to download it when they start the game. As the team who worked on it promised, it will get rid of a lot of problems reported by users, among th...
[read more >>] Santa Clara, California-based NVIDIA has just released a brand new set of beta graphics drivers, in the form of the GeForce 182.05. The new Beta release follows NVIDIA's recently introduced GeForce 181.22 drivers that were designed to provide users with support for the latest and most anticipated game released by EA, namely Mirror's Edge. The latest Beta drivers have also been designed to provide a performance boost for yet another hot gaming title, namely F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin, which has just been...
[read more >>] Round Rock, Texas-based PC vendor Dell, is expected to unveil a new portable computer system that will complete the company's line of Latitude XT tablet PCs. According to details in the market, the Latitude XT2 tablet has apparently just been released in Korea, providing us with a full list of technical specifications. However, the PC vendor is yet to officially announce the product, so we might see a change in the specification list, when the product is officially released. According to a web page on...
[read more >>] Windows 7 Beta Build 7000 continues to be available for download via Microsoft's official channels until the discontinuation deadline on February 10, 2009, but the next iteration of the Windows client has already evolved past the Beta stage. In parallel with the legitimate downloads of Windows 7 Beta Build 7000, superseding builds of the operating system are also up for grabs, albeit not from Microsoft. In this regard, Windows 7 Build 7022 has been leaked to torrent websites with the bits now accessible to a...
[read more >>] Welcome to the 32nd issue of Softpedia Linux Weekly!
Starting this week we've introduced another new section in our weekly, called "Other Linux News," right after the distribution announcements, where you can read about various Linux news that were most important in the last seven days. This week's editorial wants your opinion about the brand new EXT4 file system. In the Linux distribution announcement section you will find the following releases: Slamd64 12.2, StartCom Enterprise Linux 5.0.3, PapugLi...
[read more >>] Sunnyvale, California-based Advanced Micro Devices has just announced the introduction of its new, next-generation Phenom II processors, coming to expand the company's line of 45nm consumer CPUs. With the new models, AMD will be able to provide its customers with a choice between a triple core and a quad-core performance, with support for the current DDR2 or DDR3 memory technologies. These new products are meant to allow PC users the freedom of upgrading to higher-performance solutions, without requiring the...
[read more >>] The first 8 Megapixel camera handset manufactured by LG, KC910 Renoir is one of the few of its kind that can be found on the market. Competing directly with Samsung's M8800 Pixon, which also features an 8 Megapixel camera and touchscreen interface, LG's Renoir closely follows in Viewty's footsteps, one of the best LG camera phones. While there are many similarities between the two camera phones, LG Renoir received lots of improvements regarding the Flash UI, specific to latest LG mobile phones with...
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