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Guild Wars 2 Closed Beta Goes Live on December 16th
If you’re a fan of the popular MMORPG Guild Wars, we have some pretty exciting news. On December 16th, the closed beta for Guild Wars 2 will go live. Continue reading

Please Don’t Take My Beta Chrome Away (1)
Adam Rothstein is a blogger, tech thinker, unemployed philosopher—and now, a beta tester of one of the coveted Google Chrome notebook computers. In the first of four posts about the beta experience, Adam finds that the unnanounced arrival of the device makes him feel like a combination of The Matrix‘s Neo and a Milo from The Phantom Tollbooth. Continue reading
Google in Reverse: New Site Provides Google Results Starting From the Least Relevant Results
When I do a vanity Google search for my name, or Gearfuse, or whatever, it’s very rare that I can make it to the last page of results, the end of the internet, if you will. Inframutt, a new beta project, takes users into the very bowels of the interwebz, starting the search results with the least relevant results rather than the customary search which provides you with the ultimate in relevance. You really want to know who someone is?... Continue reading
Apple to Add Email-Based FaceTime Functionality For iPods and iPads
If the newest iOS beta is any sort of indication, the rumors we’ve been hearing about front-facing cameras being key features of new models of the iPod Touch and iPad could be more than just a simple whisper on the streets of Cupertino. The new beta adds a new option for connecting through FaceTime via e-mail addresses, rather than just phone numbers. Since iPods and iPads don’t have phone capabilities, and as a result, don’t have phone numbers, adding e-mail... Continue reading
Google Chrome For Mac: It’s Here
Today introduces the launch of Google’s Chrome beta browser for Mac. I’ve used Chrome for quite a while on my Windows machine and have been eagerly waiting for it to launch for Mac devices. Chrome just feels like the fastest browser I’ve ever used. Period. And with the recent addition of extensions, Mozilla and Microsoft might have something on their backs they really need to worry about. You can download the Google Chrome for Mac Beta today. How’s it working... Continue reading
Tweetie 2 Preview: Coming Soon to an iPhone Near You
The Apple Blog has an awesome preview of the upcoming upgrade to the best damn Twitter app on the iPhone. Tweetie 2 will feature a totally redesigned UI and will include a crap load of new features including tweet language translation, threaded conversations, landscape mode and much more. Seriously looking awesome. Check out some more preview pics after the jump.
Microsoft Working On Free Anti-virus Software
This is a move that’s crucial to Microsoft staying a big player. Despite the many faults of its Windows OS, it’s still the most widely used OS in the world. With that comes many virii and up until now, third-party protection has been the only choice, usually through McAffe or Symantec. But now, Microsoft is privately beta testing a new anti-virus tool that will eventually be released free of charge to Windows users. If the tool, currently codenamed “Morro”, works... Continue reading
Apple Testing Push Notification Service
June is almost upon us, folks. There could be a new Mac or a new iPhone and the iPhone 3.0 OS is about to drop. Exciting! Even more so is that Apple is now having developers test its push-notification service. The Associated Press news app is the first to use it and if you have an ADC account, you can login and get a code that’ll let you try it out. Push news? Sounds cool and all but I’d have... Continue reading
Apple Announces Safari 4 Beta
I don’t know about you, but as a full-fledged Mac user, I get very sick of using the de facto browser, Firefox. It’s big, bloated and uses up all my resources on my iMac G5. Loading up JavaScript-heavy websites? Go get a drink, because it’s going to take a good hour for Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter and Digg to finish loading. Luckily, help has arrived in the form of Safari 4. Apple says the new Safari beta handles JavaScript 4.2x faster... Continue reading
Want A Killzone 2 Demo Code? Just Ask Sony
Apparently, a lot of people got pissed off about Sony’s little pay-to-play scheme that involved pre-ordering Killzone 2 in order to receive a code for the demo. Yes, the very same codes we gave out the other week. Sony is now trying to save face by offering up a “limited number of downloads” of the demo. The catch is, you’ll have to fire up Playstation Home (ugh) and look for a guy dressed up as a Helghast soldier. Ask him... Continue reading
