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Windows Phone 7 RTM

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Archive for July 8th, 2010

Windows 7 64-Bit Momentum

Thursday, July 8th, 2010
Windows 7 64-Bit Momentum

Microsoft posts some interesting information about the uptick in 64-bit versions of Windows 7 . As of June 2010, we see that 46 percent of all PCs worldwide running Windows 7 are running a 64-bit edition of Windows 7 . That is, nearly half of all PCs running Windows 7 are running 64-bit »

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Mystery solved! Researcher determines what women gamers want

Thursday, July 8th, 2010
Mystery solved!  Researcher determines what women gamers want

A Belgian student working on her masters thesis surveyed 983 videogames to determine just what women want in a videogame. Her findings, according to the Ghent University announcement : Women are strongly motivated to game when there is a possibility to choose their own assignments and to explore freely. Women like to hang... »

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Team Fortress 2 honors engineers with brand new doo-hickey

Thursday, July 8th, 2010
Team Fortress 2 honors engineers with brand new doo-hickey

If you're a Team Fortress 2 junky, you no doubt already know that Valve is rolling out the details for an upcoming update the revolves around the engineer class. »

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How many school shootings are inspired by violent videogames?

Thursday, July 8th, 2010
How many school shootings are inspired by violent videogames?

In discussing a book on the 1999 Columbine shootings, Gamepolitics mentioned a data point from a 2002 Secret Service study cited in the book. Only one in eight people who engaged in school-targeted violence expressed an interest in violent videogames. Only one in eight? »

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Don’t judge Dead Rising 2 by its cover

Thursday, July 8th, 2010
Don’t judge Dead Rising 2 by its cover

That's the cover Capcom is going to use for Dead Rising 2 ? Really? With Earnest Dude McSquarejaw sneering dismissively »

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Starcraft II beta is back and this time it’s got a brain

Thursday, July 8th, 2010
Starcraft II beta is back and this time it’s got a brain

Blizzard just lit the fires under the Starcraft II beta again. When you boot up the game, you're treated to a screen dominated by scowling Terran and a tantalizing "Start Campaign" button in the lower left corner. It's greyed out, of course »

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