Championship Manager 2010™

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Championship Manager 2010™ to launch this September

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Beautiful Game Studios are proud to announce the next iteration of the Championship Manager series is set to kick off in September 2009, including a brand new feature never before seen in a football management game. - CM Season Live™. Take total control with Championship Manager 2010, the leading name in football management simulations is back with a brand new look and a host of new features to bring the most loved sport in the world straight to your PC.

The fully animated, 3D match engine (featuring 500 fully motion captured animations per player) propels you right into the heart of the action on match day, taking your management experience one step further. The only match engine specifically designed and created for a football management game allows you to watch the team in action as they put your carefully crafted tactics into action, view individual performances and be on hand to make changes when things go wrong.

It’s not just on the pitch Championship Manager has changed, 2010 brings players a host of never before seen features including; CM Season Live™, Scouting Networks, Drill Training, Set-piece creator and video capture. For the first time ever start the game at key moments during the new season and face real world management challenges. With a brand new interface and backed by a huge database with all the latest data, begin the journey to manage your team to success and bathe in glory.

Championship Manager 2009'smatch engine has undergone a radical overhaul with the prize a bespoke fully-animated match engine. Created entirely in-house at CM headquarters and designed specifically to bring the management experience to life, the manager now has the perfect viewpoint from which to observe their Matchday instructions taking place on the pitch.

Each player has over 500 fully motion captured animations, and with seven different camera angels from which to view the action, the new CM 3D match experience provides the user with more direct match information than ever before.

News & Media


A whole range of messaging in the game enables you to have far greater access to information and news from within the game's world of football. Broadcasting real media references, the latest CM news system delivers in a wide variety of ways. The user gets all the information and all the news that's relevant to their game.

Media Suite


Complimenting the in-game news system, CM now contains a host of media tools to allow the user to make the most of their in-game messages and media. In other words, you only get the info you want.

Dynamic Display Window

A dynamically updated display window brings a real world likeness to the user. Managers will be able to look out on the latest league tables, fixtures, top goal scorers and more from their in-game football world. Coverage from every part of the globe will appear throughout the game on every screen. It's the complete picture.

Manager Mail & Reports

By filtering mail messages managers get only the news they want. Plus, managers now also have the opportunity to select from a number of regular in-game reports that matter to their situation, whether it be other match reports or stats on players and other teams.

An exclusive feature to the CM series, ProZone continues to evolve to enable users to access highly detailed, post-match analysis on their players. With full stats on their own team and the opposition, the manager has the complete picture of personal and team performances so he can make the big decisions. Providing data on every pass, run, shot and more, ProZone is the analysis tool, putting CM in the real football world. Professional managers use ProZone on a daily basis. It doesn't get any more real than that.

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Firefox 3.5 RC3

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The browser provides virus, popup and spyware protection in a simple, easy to use tabbed interface. The Firefox project (formerly Firebird, which was formerly Phoenix) is a redesign of Mozilla's browser component, written using the XUL user interface language and designed to be cross-platform. Firefox is a small, fast and very easy to use browser that offers many advantages over other web browsers, such as the ability to block pop-up windows and the tabbed browsing.

Here are some key features of "Firefox":
• Comprehensive popup controls to keep unwanted advertising off your desktop;
• A tab browsing mode that lets you open several pages in a single window, allowing you to load links in the background without leaving the page you're on;
• Integrated search (powered by Google);
• Industry leading accessibility with Find As You Type - find links and page text by simply typing;
• Simplified privacy controls that let you cover your tracks more effectively;
• A streamlined browser window that lets you see more of the page than any other browser while at the same time being more configurable;
• A large variety of free downloadable extensions and themes that add specific functionality and visual changes to the browser.

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
• The 800,000+ users of Firefox 3.5 Beta 4 will be receiving an update to a “Firefox 3.5 Preview” release in order to assist us with further testing and feedback. This update contains many fixes for stability bugs, correctness fixes for our JavaScript engine, and improvements to our built in support for open Ogg based video and audio playback. While this release has not yet completed the testing required to be declared a release candidate, it is considered stable for daily browsing use and we appreciate your assistance in helping us test and evaluate this preview release.
• If you’re a Firefox 3.5 Beta user you should be receiving this update automatically within the next 24 hours. To get the update immediately, select “Check for Updates…” in the “Help” menu.
• If you’re not yet a Firefox 3.5 Beta user, we recommend that you wait for the upcoming Firefox 3.5 Release Candidate, which should be in the next 1-2 weeks. If you’d like to become a beta tester for Firefox.

Meet Safari 4, the world’s most innovative browser

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It renders web pages at lightning speed. It works on the iPhone, iPod touch, Mac and PC. It shows you your favorite sites at a glance. And it’s so smart; it even checks your spelling and grammar.

Elegant browser

Safari is designed to emphasize the browsing, not the browser. The browser frame is a single pixel wide. You see a scroll bar only when needed. By default, there’s no status bar. Instead, a progress gear turns as your page loads. And if you so choose, you can hide almost the entire interface, removing virtually every distraction from the browser window. A great browser should get out of your way and let you simply enjoy the web. Safari does just that. And it does it regardless of platform. The first browser to deliver the “real” internet to a mobile device, Safari renders pages on iPhone and iPod touch just as you see them on your computer. Of course, no matter how you access it, Safari is always blazing fast and easy-to-use.

Innovation

Everyone has their favorite web sites. With Top Sites, Safari keeps a running tally of the websites you visit and automatically creates a graphically rich page that displays up to 24 thumbnails of your favorites. That makes it easy to spot the site you want to visit, and to open it with a click.

The world’s fastest browser, Safari has speed to burn. In fact, every Safari update is tested to make certain it continues to deliver the fastest browsing experience on any platform.

Safari
is leading the way to a standards-based Internet. Safari was the first browser to support CSS 3 Animations, which bring a new level of interactivity to the web, and CSS Effects, which let developers add polish to websites by stylizing images and photos with eye-catching gradients, precise masks, and stunning reflections.

The browser that has your back

Yes, the web can be a scary place. But when you use Safari, you can surf worry free. To keep your browsing your business, Safari offers Private Browsing. Simply turn it on, and Safari stops recording the sites you visit and the software or docs you download. It also stops storing your Google searches, cookies, and the data in online forms you fill out.

Toshiba Mini NB205 - Released

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The notebook market is already pretty crowded, but today Toshiba enter the fray. The Toshiba NB205 will be available very soon. The NB205 is available in two different versions: the NB205-210 ($350) that only comes in black and has a full flat keyboard or the NB205-310 ($400) that comes in metallic finish with four different colors (Onyx Black, Frost White, Posh Pink, Royal Blue or Sable Brown), and has a raised “chiclet” keyboard as well as Bluetooth capabilities. In fact the differences between the two Toshiba notebooks boil down to price (the NB205-210 costs $350, $50 less than the NB205-310), key shape (the -210 has flat wide keys, as opposed to the -310's cut-out style), and wireless WAN card (the -210 doesn't have one).

Features available on the Toshiba mini NB205 include:

* 10.1-inch diagonal widescreen TruBrite™ backlit LED display (WSVGA)
* Windows® XP Home operating system
* Intel Atom N280 processor2 (1.66GHz)
* 1GB DDR2 800MHz RAM3, upgradeable to 2GB
* Spacious storage with a 160GB HDD4
* 802.11b/g wireless5 and 10/100 Ethernet
* Bluetooth V2.1 + EDR (only available in mini NB205-N310)
* TOSHIBA Hard Drive Impact Sensor
* Lightweight and very portable at only 2.9 lbs.
* Long-life 6-cell battery delivering up to 9 hours of productivity1
* One USB port with Sleep-and-Charge and two USB 2.0 ports
* Built-in Webcam, speaker and microphone
* Toshiba PC Health Monitor
* RGB port for connecting to external displays
* Memory Card Reader Slot
* Security Lock Slot
* One-year international limited warranty and award-winning Toshiba service and support


Interface
A killer keyboard and a touchpad to match are essential for a champion notebook. Toshiba making the Chiclet-size cutout keys just big enough, and by dropping down a huge touchpad. This is simply the best notebook mouse pad to date. For starters, the surface area of the strike zone is larger than that of many full-size laptops! Next, the beefy mouse buttons camp at the southern edge of the machine--easing hand strain. My physical therapist would approve.

Screen
Toshiba's NB205-310 has good color reproduction and supports a reasonably precise resolution of 1024 by 600 pixels on its glossy 10.1-inch screen so the images looked plenty sharp.

Design
Toshiba configuration is fairly standard: three USB ports, an SDHC card reader, a Webcam, one VGA-out, Ethernet, and headphone and microphone jacks with a much sleeker sense of style.

Perks/Software
Toshiba added a few extras to the NB205-310 that are sure to appeal to folks on the go. One notable perk is a pass-through USB port that enables users to charge USB-powered devices while the computer is off. The NB205-310 also provides an internal accelerometer to protect the hard drive in case of falls (much as the HP Mini 2140 does) and it offers wireless WAN support. It comes equipped with a Hard Drive Impact Sensor that guards data from the daily bumps of mobile life and a USB port with Sleep-and-Charge that enables users to charge various consumer electronics devices even when the unit is turned off.

Battery Life
The Toshiba NB205-310's added six-cell battery that can last for almost 9 hours. The mini NB200 stands apart as a showcase of Toshiba quality, reliability and innovation, backed by our award-winning service and support. It’s even ENERGY STAR-compliant and EPEAT Gold to help you go green.

Accessories Available
The company will offer several Toshiba-branded accessories for the mini NB205 series, including a Portable DVD SuperMulti Drive, a USB Mini Retractable Mouse and 12-inch Envoy Fabric or Leather Carrying Cases. A 10-inch Dual Function Hardside Case and a 10.1-inch Neoprene Sleeve.




LG GM 200 - Dolby Surround Sound Technology

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LG’s GM200 with Dolby Surround Sound Technology is loaded multimedia handset that has plenty offer. The handset is designed to be comfortable for usage. It has a 2.0-inch TFT LCD that sports a 176 x 220 pixel resolution (256k colors) and a large multi-language keypad with a five way nav-pad. The handset is also equipped with a set of obnoxiously loud stereo speakers located on either side of the handset. On one side under the speaker is a set of Volume keys and a microSD card slot. On the other is a proprietary port for the USB and charger, a dedicated key for activating the FM radio and a camera button as well.

The GM200 has a standard 3.5mm earphone socket on top and the handsfree that is equipped with the appropriate jack. A 2 megapixel camera is located at the rear of the handset. What’s also placed here is a 2.1-inch subwoofer making the GM200 capable of providing users with a 2.1 channel audio feel.

Specifications

General 2G Network : GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900

Size Dimensions : 106 x 48 x 14.4 mm

Weight : 85 g

Display Type : TFT, 256K colors

Size : 176 x 220 pixels, 2.0 inches

Sound Alert types : Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3 ringtones

Speakerphone : Yes
- Dolby Surround Sound Technology
- 3 speakers (two stereo speakers + one woofer)
- 3.5mm Audio jack

Memory Phonebook : 1000 entries , Photocall

Call records : 50 dialed, 50 received, 50 missed calls

Internal : 14 MB

Card slot : microSD (TransFlash), up to 2GB

Data GPRS : Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps

HSCSD : No

EDGE : Class 10, 236.8 kbps

3G : No

WLAN : No

Bluetooth : Yes, v2.0 with A2DP

Infrared port : No

USB : Yes, v2.0

Camera : Primary 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels

Video : Yes, QCIF@15fps

Secondary : No

Features : Messaging SMS, MMS, Email

Browser : WAP 2.0/xHTML

Radio : FM radio with RDS, built-in antenna

Games : Sudoku Puzzle, ZooZooClub

Colors : Black, Silver, Gold (GM200); Black, Red (GM205)

GPS : No

Java : Yes, MIDP 2.0
- MPEG4/H.263 player
- MP3/AAC/AAC+/AAC++/WMA/AMR/MIDI player
- Organizer
- Smart Profiling through noise sensor
- T9

Battery : Standard battery, Li-Po 1100 mAh

Stand-by : 450 h

Talk time : 8 h 24 min