Piracy seems to evade the clutches of Microsoft. The Office 2010 Technical Preview has been leaked on the Internet. It was widely expected that a public beta built of Office 2010 will be available this week.
Much to the joy to the happy pirates around the world, someone leaked the software online and posted on the torrent site. To install it, one requires a product key, but that is not a fool proof plan to counter piracy. But, those downloading the software illegally can simply copy the seria...
Google has been attacked again and this time it’s a botnet called Koobface. An internet security firm, Trend Micro Security Advisory, headquartered in Tokyo discovered the attack on Thursday morning. It spammed thousands of reader addresses.
Koobface is a botnet, a network of computer systems that have been compromised without the owner’s knowledge. It is a kind of malware that exploits the social networking aspects of websites. Spread through social networks, it is known as revolutionary bot...
Fans lined up hours in advance of the release of Activision Blizzard Inc’s “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2”, before it went on sale on Tuesday.
With what Activision called a record level of preorders, there was little doubt about the great demand for the game. ‘MW2’ is set to be one of the biggest and fastest-selling games in history challenging records set by the blockbuster releases from the ‘Grand Theft Auto’ series.
According to analysts, sales estimates for the $60 game are expected t...
According to Net Applications, use of Windows 7 continues to increase over the past weekend.
Net Applications noted that Windows 7 use had topped 3%, a week ago. The new operating system tends to do better on weekends. In a report, Web-monitoring firm said it took Windows Vista seven months to reach that level.
Windows 7 went on sale on 22nd Oct, though it has already topping 2% market share in Net Applications’ daily tracking statistics before its official debut.
‘We remain just please...
"Modern Warfare 2" strikes tomorrow, worldwide. United States videogame retail chain Game Shop is planning to have thousands of its shops open at midnight Monday to begin “MW2” sales with Tuesday’s arrival.
Activision blizzard, the videogame publisher believes that the sixth installment in the “Call of Duty” franchise could be the most powerful entertainment industry launch of the year. It has predicted that “Modern Warfare 2” will be a big hit outshining even Hollywood blockbusters.
Analy...
The first worm for Apple’s iPhone has been unleashed and is infecting phones.
Security experts say the worm, Ikee, is only a thread to users who have jailbroken their phones to let them run unauthorized software.
Ikee doesn’t do anything particularly bad but it could be modified to do something more dangerous such as stealing sensitive information from the iPhone.
The worm affects those IPhone with jailbroken that are running a UNIX utility called SSH (secure shell) with the iPhone’s de...
Approximately, 50,000 pirated DVDs of Microsoft Windows 7 are estimated to have been sold since the official launched on 22nd October. It generated unaccounted business of approximately, around Rs50 lakh (nearly $100,000).
The reason for the attraction of the pirated versions is that it cost only Rs 40 to Rs 250 in Naza Market in Hazratganj in Lucknow. A shopkeeper in Hazratgunj said, “this is the biggest market in the region’. He claims that at least 50,000 DVDs of the pirated Windows 7 have...
Fallout 3 has been named the Best Game of the Year at ‘Golden Joysticks’.
Action game series ‘Call of Duty’ bagged three awards including Multiplayer Game of the Year. ‘World at War’ was given Nintendo Game of the Year. ‘Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2’ was given ‘One to Watch’ Award. Musical game ‘Guitar Hero: World Tour’ was given Best Soundtrack of the Year.
Only games released between May 2008 and May2009 was listed for the awards. The results were based on the voting.
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