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Civ coming to Facebook

22nd Oct 2009 Sid Meier will be bringing Civ to Facebook through a new persistently online and free game. [18]

Sapphire Radeon HD 5870 Vapor-X winner announced

22nd Oct 2009 We announce the winner of our Sapphire Radeon HD 5870 Vapor-X competition. [860]

Windows 7 more popular than Harry Potter

22nd Oct 2009 Win7 is finally, officially here - and its pre-order run has been one of the most successful in Amazon's history, outselling the last Harry Potter. [33]

World at War DLC has made $70 million

22nd Oct 2009 Activision has made more than $70 million USD on map packs for World at War alone. [25]

Firefox Mobile on the way

22nd Oct 2009 Mozilla's John Lilly has confirmed that Firefox Mobile - codenamed Fennec - will be released on Nokia's Maemo, Google's Android, and Microsoft's Windows Mobile. [11]

Music games blamed for falling game sales

21st Oct 2009 The declining popularity has been blamed for falling game sales this month. [34]

IW responds to Modern Warfare 2 server snafu

21st Oct 2009 Infinity Ward has responded to fans' outcry about the lack of dedicated servers for Modern Warfare 2. [100]

Asus refines AMD core unlocking

21st Oct 2009 Asus latest BIOS' on all AMD motherboards featuring ACC now has better support for Phenom II X2 core unlocking [22]

Nvidia announces RealityServer

21st Oct 2009 Nvidia has teamed up with rendering expert Mental Images to launch the RealityServer - a cloud-based 3D rendering platform featuring thousands of processing cores. [7]

SCO terminates McBride's job

20th Oct 2009 Darl McBride's position of CEO and President at The SCO Group has been terminated, which could halt the drawn-out legal campaign against Linux. [3]

Sony demos 3D display prototype

20th Oct 2009 Sony will demo a prototype of its true 3D display at Japan's Digital Content Expo on Thursday, and it's certainly a departure from the norm. [21]

Forum Modding Update: 19th October 09

19th Oct 2009 Check out some of the latest modding content from our community! [20]

Mozilla blocks vulnerable MS plugin

19th Oct 2009 A vulnerable Firefox plugin which installs into Firefox without user interaction has been added to the central blacklist by Mozilla - but this one comes from Microsoft. [27]

Websense warns over OWA attack

19th Oct 2009 Security firm Websense has issued a warning regarding a major attack against Outlook Web Access portals, designed to install a banking Trojan into company systems. [2]

Free D&D Online boosts paid subscriptions

19th Oct 2009 Turbine has revealed that releasing D&D Online for free has boosted paid subscriptions by 40 percent. [11]

Modern Warfare 2 PC not delayed

19th Oct 2009 Infinity Ward has confirmed that Modern Warfare 2 is not delayed on PC, yet. [25]

Modern Warfare 2 has no dedicated servers

19th Oct 2009 Infinity Ward has unveiled a new matchmaking system that will fundamentally change how PC gaming works for MW2. [351]

Google to launch e-book store

16th Oct 2009 Google is looking to launch an e-book store which will see it competing with Amazon - although it plans to quell discontent with a profit-share offering for existing sellers. [11]

Left 4 Dead 2 demo on the way

16th Oct 2009 Valve has revealed that the demo of Left 4 Dead 2 will arrive a week early for those who have pre-ordered the game. [16]

"Free Facebook games make $20 per user"

16th Oct 2009 Freemium games on Facebook are making around $20 per user, say analysts. [18]

Rumour: 32nm Xeon a timed Apple exclusive

16th Oct 2009 Rumours claim that Apple has signed an agreement with Intel that will see Gulftown-based Xeons launching in Mac Pros. [38]

Mozilla launches plugin security check

15th Oct 2009 The Mozilla Foundation has launched a page which allows users to check their installed plugins to find vulnerable or outdated versions. [5]

Dragon Age flash game on the way

15th Oct 2009 Dragon Age: Origins is being spun-off into a new flash game that will offer a browser-based RPG experience. [10]

Finland to make broadband a legal right

15th Oct 2009 The Finnish government has announced plans to make 1Mb/s Internet connectivity a legal right of all citizens - and to extend that to 100Mb/s for all by 2015. [40]

Enermax Competition Winners Announced

15th Oct 2009 Well done to the lucky winners, who have bagged themselves a PSU, case or fan! [143]

OpenMoko launches WikiReader

14th Oct 2009 OpenMoko - the group behind the open-source FreeRunner smartphone - have launched an offline, pocket-sized device designed to read Wikipedia on the go. [8]

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Not a fake, this time.
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Music Games Aren't Dead, Just Waiting to Be Reborn
Wired.com
Good look at the declining sales numbers and popularity of Guitar Hero et al.
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Icrontic Flash 10.1 beta hits; brings GPU acceleration
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Alex Watson on 16th Nov, 15:09