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OnLive to Offer On Demand Gaming Without a Graphics Card | Posted on: 27/03/2009 @ 13:20

Imagine playing Crysis or Half-Life 3 on your computer, laptop, netbook, or TV - without having a fancy graphics card or 2GB+ of memory. This all is becoming true this winter when OnLive, unleashes its cloud gaming service. The days of high powered gaming rigs are no more, meet the new way to game and new digital distribution service. OnLive's CEO Steve Perlman presented the OnLive service at SF ...

A pinch of curiosity, a few clicks of a mouse and hoorah! Access to 3 Mobile’s database and 80,000 personal details! | Posted on: 26/03/2009 @ 17:50

A curious reader of Bitterwallet.com, known as ‘Dan’ stumbled across a 3 Mobile database containing almost 80,000 names and addresses of UK citizens. Although exact details of how Dan came across this information cannot be revealed, it was apparently very simple. Here’s a taster image below of the list of names and addresses.  Bitterwallet have checked it [...]

ECONOMIC RECESSION : Rebirth Of The Smart Computer Consumer @ Tweaknews | Posted on: 25/03/2009 @ 5:58

Consumers are no longer replacing their computer every 2-3 years seeing the one they bought in 2002 after a format and OS reinstall is still perfectly fast and they are only out the cost of paying a tech to return their computer back to factory fresh.

Rockstar Games Announces Max Payne 3 for 2009 Winter Release | Posted on: 23/03/2009 @ 19:30

Rockstar Games today announced that Max Payne 3 is currently in development and is on schedule for a winter 2009 release on the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system and PC. Developed by Rockstar Vancouver, Max Payne 3 tells the story of a retired police detective embroiled in a world of corruption, turmoil and intense ...

Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack 1 Released for Consoles | Posted on: 20/03/2009 @ 16:50

Activision today releases the Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack 1, available on Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. Players will fight through the burning streets of Berlin in "Nightfire," take position in the deadly jungles of "Knee Deep" and carefully traverse the bombed out underground of "Station." The Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack 1 will also add another heart-pounding chapter to the ...

Space Shuttle Discovery Launch Delayed Until March 15th | Posted on: 13/03/2009 @ 10:32

We reported earlier today that the Space Shuttle Discovery launch had been delayed again, and now late this afternoon we hear from NASA that the target launch date is now no earlier than March 15th. NASA managers postponed Wednesday's planned liftoff due to a leak associated with the gaseous hydrogen venting system outside the external fuel tank. The system is used to carry excess hydrogen safely ...

MIT Develops Lithium Battery That Recharges in Seconds | Posted on: 13/03/2009 @ 10:32

A newly re-engineered battery material developed by MIT engineers could soon pave the way to rapidly recharging battery powered devices in seconds instead of minutes or hours. Think about plugging your car into an electrical plug while you run into the gas station to get a drink and by the time you come out, your car is charged up and ready to go another 100 miles or more. The MIT team was led by ...

Shuttle Launch Countdown Underway for Wednesday | Posted on: 10/03/2009 @ 10:29

The countdown has begun for the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery, the first shuttle flight of the year. Now, with less than two days to go before launch seven astronauts arrived at the Kennedy's Shuttle Landing Facility in their T-38 aircraft to prepare for launch. The official countdown clock for STS-119 began counting down from the T-43 hour mark at 7 p.m Sunday evening leading to a planned ...

Obama to Overturn Stem Cell Research Restrictions | Posted on: 10/03/2009 @ 10:29

The Obama administration is expected to lift a newly 9 year ban on federal funded embryonic stem cell research today. In 2001 President Bush placed a freeze on federal funding that involved experiments using stem cells but later in the year released federal funding for research on existing stem cell lines. He stated that no additional embryos are to be destroyed for their stem cells. Back in May ...

NASA Space Shuttle Discovery Launch Slated for Next Week | Posted on: 08/03/2009 @ 18:33

NASA has scheduled the Discovery Shuttle launch, despite that some high-level NASA engineers believe the shuttle should remain grounded. However, NASA mission managers are preparing to set Wednesday at the new launch date.The launch of the shuttle was originally slated for February 12th but was later delayed due to an engine issue. Then it was delayed yet again for NASA to gather more information ...

Space Shuttle Discovery Launch Officially Set for Wednesday | Posted on: 08/03/2009 @ 18:33

It's now official, March 11th will indeed be the launch date of the Shuttle for the STS-119 mission. Commander Lee Archambault and his six crewmates are now scheduled to lift off to the International Space Station at 9:20 p.m. EDT on Wednesday next week.Discovery's launch date was announced following Friday's Flight Readiness Review. During the meeting, top NASA and contractor managers assessed ...

NASA's Kepler - Alien Hunting Mission Now Underway | Posted on: 08/03/2009 @ 18:33

The Kepler mission is now underway after a success full into space last night from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Kepler is designed to find the first Earth-size planets orbiting stars at distances where water could pool on the planet's surface."It was a stunning launch," said Kepler Project Manager James Fanson of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. "Our team ...