Monthly Archives: September 2005

Dead Cats = Gasoline?

BERLIN, Germany (Reuters) — A German inventor has angered animal rights activists with his answer to fighting the soaring cost of fuel — dead cats. Christian Koch, 55, from the eastern county of Saxony, told Bild newspaper that his organic diesel fuel — a homemade blend of garbage, run-over cats and other ingredients — is [...]

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XBox 360 US Launch Date is Nov. 22

TOKYO – Sept. 15, 2005 – Fueling global anticipation for the arrival of its powerful new video game and entertainment system, Microsoft Corp. today announced that Xbox 360 will arrive on store shelves Tuesday, Nov. 22 in North America, Friday, Dec. 2 in Europe, and Saturday, Dec. 10 in Japan. The announcement, made on the [...]

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Xbox 360 UI screens

Some nice shots of the new UI of the Xbox 360′s dashboard. Now if they would just release the damn thing!

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Black Trailer

From the creators of the Burnout racing series, Criterion Games, comes Black, a first person shooter title that’s all about the guns. With a simply amazing amount of detail put into how to make the guns exciting, the game focuses on recreating incredible special effects that only hollywood can only dream of, all presented on [...]

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Office 12 Screenshots

What look like early screen grabs of the new MS Office 12 interface have surfaced. Not a whole lot of change from the previous versions, however the general navigation of toolbars and menus seems to be getting overhauled. xBetas.com has the photos.

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Macromedia Flash Player 8 for OS X

The Macromedia Flash Player 8 for OS X has been released, you can get a copy right here. Flash Player allows users to view integrated Flash content in Web sites. Flash Player 8 includes a higher quality video codec, an advanced text-rendering engine, and an improved security model and privacy controls to offer better performance [...]

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A Scanner Darkly Posters

More movie news, A Scanner Darkly posters have also appeared, and look really great! Lots of photos over at GearCritech.

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Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Full Movie DVD Rip Leaked

This fan site is reporting that the much anticipated DVD release of Final Fantasy: Advent Children has leaked onto the web. This movie was originally slated for a Sept. release however was pushed back to Dec. From the site: “Dear Final Fantasy Fans of the World, the moment has arrived, Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, [...]

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DOOM Movie Poster

The movie poster for Doom has been released. They are playing up the first person shooter aspect that also appears in the movie.

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Firefox 1.5 Beta 1 (Deer Park)

Firefox 1.5 Beta 1 is now available for download. This is the first Beta release of our next generation Firefox browser, to be released later this year, and it is being made available to our developer and testing community for compatibility testing and to solicit feedback. What’s New in Firefox 1.5 Beta 1 * Automated [...]

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