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30th June

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John Carmack Interview, Talks Doom Resurrection 119
Free Windows 7 with new PCs 104

29th June

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XSR Staff Announcement 119

26th June

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Hardware round-up: 26/06/09 200
Corsair HX850W (850w) 224
System76 Bonobo Professional 175
Kingston HyperX PC2-6400 SODIMM 166
EVGA E761 X58 164
Lenovo IdeaCentre A600 215
NZXT Panzerbox 233
Xtand 191
Kingston HyperX T1 PC3-16000 3GB 164
Sapphire Radeon HD 4650 512MB 173
Seagate Barracuda LP vs. Western Digital Caviar Green 281
Spire TherMax II 230
Highpoint RocketRAID 3510 SATA II RAID 266
Apple iPhone 3GS 16GB 217
Monster Turbine Headphones 180
Kingston SSDNow V-Series 222
CyberPowerPC Gamer Xtreme Si 237
ECS X58B-A 140
Verbatim BD-R and BD-RE BluRay 184
Thrustmaster T.16000M Joystick 215
ASRock M3A780GXH/128M 252
Security Chief Has Skeletons in Closet 209
Bioshock 2 Concept Art 286
Napster Changed the Music Industry 233
Bing Runs Into Problems 218
Facebook Tech Slams AMD and Intel 260
SkullTrail Retired Already 286
Dawn of War II Map Editor 169
China Blocks Google 228

25th June

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Hardware round-up: 25/06/09 179
Vizo Orbiter Hard Drive 131
Coolermaster 212 199
Spire SwordFin 207
LeapFrog Text & Learn Review 183
WD My Book World Edition II External 2TB 188
Asus Eee PC 1005HA 196
GeIL Black Dragon DDR2 106
Speedlink Tube Stereo 109
Kingwin HTC XT-1264 i7 196
Kingston SSDnow V-Series 128GB 205
Enermax Aurora Micro 169
Home Theatre PC 186
Reso Major PC 112
Age of Conana Giant Update 128
US Military Creates Cyber Defence Division 109
US Urges China to drop Net Filter 94
Chrome Update Plugs Security Hole 101
Intel and Foxconn Team Up 99
Bioware Heads up Mythic 86
ID Software Bought by Zenimax 96
Microsoft Pulls Free Antivirus Links 106

24th June

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XSR Noctua Competition, Only Two Days Left 97
Hardware round-up: 24/06/09 62
Synology Disk Station DS-409+ NAS 154
AMD Phenom x4 955 96
Logitech Squeezebox Duet 107
Ghostbusters 81
MSI Eclipse Plus (X58) 97
Thermaltake ISGC-300 102
Apple MacBook Pro 13" Unibody 159
Kingston 4GB DataTraveler 101 102
Kingston Value PC3-10600 DDR3 100
Logitech Squeezebox Duet 94
Altec Lansing VS2421 96
AMD ATI Radeon HD 4770 512MB DDR5 106
In Win Na - Externel HDD 90
Intel Core i7 920 107
Solidata K5-64 SLC 55
ASUS Maximus II Gene 62
NZXT Cryo S 89
NZXT Panzerbox ATX 91
Spire (SP9007B) SwordFin 91
Netgear XAVB101 Powerline 86
Rosewill RKM-800RF 83
Cyberlink MediaShow Espresso 87
Telltale Considers Xbox Monkey Island Port 139
Tesla Given Giant Loan 116
Vodafone Releases Signal Booster 146
European Union Beefs up Data Protection 99
Woman Demoted for Having Child 100
Twitter hit by Mafia 140 Spam 171
Orange Box has Novint Support 131
Intel and Nokia Team Up 109

23rd June

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Sitecom USB Hub 114
Hardware round-up: 23/06/09 68
ASRock M3A780GXH/128M 204
Samsung S1 1.8'' 120GByte 102
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 111
NZXT Cryo S 98
Gigabyte GK-K6800 Multimedia 95
Understanding the 80 Plus 132
Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings 92
Noctua NF-S12B ULN 86
Turtle Beach Ear Force 99
Lenovo ThinkPad T400s 138
XtremeGear Xtreme HP-1216 94
OCZ Rally 2 97
NZXT Cryo S 88
Zowie IO 1.1 Professional 154
Cooler Master Sileo 500 103
G.Skill Trident 2000 MHz DDR3 66
Microsoft CEO says Sorry for Confusion 55
iPhone Feature Allows Crook Confrontation 71
Iranian Technology Helps both Parties 61
Blu-Ray Trumped by Downloads 53
Carbon Chips Ready for Production 61
OCZ Extends SSD Warranty 62
Survey Gives hints on CnC 4 108
Activision Calls for PS3 Price Cuts 94

22nd June

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Compro HD Player goes into UK Market 117
Hardware round-up: 22/06/09 81
Compro HD Player Press Release 101
Arctic Cooling Fusion 550RF 103
Enermax ECO80+ 350w 121
UCP900 PSU 104
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M 144
Corsair Ice T30 108
Seasonic M12D 750 W 107
ECS GeForce GTS 250 1GB 102
Thermolab Baram 94
Thermaltake V9 Black 114
Corsair HX850W 93
Thermaltake Element S 120
TweakTown's 2009 Mid Year Audio Roundup 99
Sanus Low-Profile ELM203 90
Enermax Aurora Premium & Aurora Micro 75
MIONIX Saiph 3200 61
AMD Phenom II 955 BE 76
ECS GeForce GTS 250 52
Thermalright HR-07 Trio 78
Asus Pro61 520
NZXT Panzerbox 81
AM2 Mainboards with OnBoard-Graphics 85
GlacialTech X-Wing 63
Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4P AM3 131
Evercool Transformer 4 57
I-Rocks KR-6820E Backlit 81
Mvix Nubbin MS-811N Wireless N 112
ASUS Xonar DS 172
Day of the Tentacle Could see Sequel 97
Beta of Free Microsoft Antivirus Coming Tuesday 113
Steve Jobs had Liver Transplant 101
Bolivian TV Falls for Air Crash Hoax 127
Firefox 3.5 Release Candidate is Available 121
US Splashes out on Star Wars 100
Activision may Drop Sony 103
Jury Fines Filesharer $1.92 Million 121

19th June

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Apologies to All Users 168
Roccat Apuri Coming in July 1165
Glopipe Showing off New Speedlink Mousepads 218
Hardware round-up: 19/06/09 136
All Athlon 64 143
EVGA Bigfoot Networks Killer Xeno Pro 209
Intel Core i7 975 Extreme 143
1 TB HDD 166
AMD Phenom 2 955 137
Cooler Master Gladiator 600 240
Kingwin 1220W Mach 1 144
BIOSTAR 945GC-330 157
GlacialTech UFO V51 152
MIONIX Saiph 1800 146
Patriot Torqx 128GB 127
Gigabyte MA790FXT-UD5P 148
Microsoft Wireless Mobile 6000 147
ViewSonic VX2433wm 23.6 Inch 167
Americas Army Develops Fired 249
Hard Rectangular Drive Could Replace SSD 187
Gmail asked Why Gmail not More Secure 146
TTxGP Race Finishes 130
Intel i3 and i5 Official 248
iPhone 3G S Could do 720p 164
Blood Bowl Trailer 84
Blizzard Plans 2009 Starcraft 2 Release 71

18th June

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Roccat Vire 124
Hardware round-up: 18/06/09 77
All Pentium Dual Core Models 89
OCZ Vertex EX SSD 129
Noctua NH-C12P 85
ASRock ION 330-BD 639
Topower PowerBird 900 W 114
OCZ Blade 3×2GB PC3-16000 CL7 DDR3 104
QNAP TS-119 Gigabit NAS 109
Lowepro SlingShot 100 AW 142
Enermax Phoenix Neo Aluminum ATX 101
OCZ Blade Series Triple Channel 3x2GB 127
CoolIT Domino A.L.C. 89
IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey Trailer 136
Palm may have Sold 100,000 Pre Phones 129
Mobile Towers help African Weather Tracking 113
HP Shows off Datacentre 143
Apple Pathes Security Holes 107
Xbox Live Comes Back with Issues 103
Fight Night Round 4 Legacy 118
Myspace Cuts 30% Staff 111

17th June

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Eagle Tech Consus T-Series ET-CSTESU2-BK 83
Hardware round-up: 17/06/09 76
Thermolab Baram 92
NZXT Beta 95
Eagle Tech Consus T-Series 85
Sapphire HD4890 1GB 92
Cooler Master Hyper TX3 vs. Cooler Master 212 119
Coolermaster HAF 922 90
Tuniq Ripper 1000W 91
Lilliput EB701Y 7-Inch Touchscreen 110
Patriot Torqx SSD 117
Antec P183 109
Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB SATA HDD 92
Cryostasis Sleep of Reason 81
NZXT Beta 105
Thermaltake Litepower 450W 95
High Gain USB WiFi 99
Scythe Mugen 2 80
Patriot Duplicator 16GB 64
OCZ Neutrino 55
ASUS Maximus III Formula 60
CPU-Z 58
Impulse adds Assassin's Creed and Far Cry 2 63
US and Italy Cooperate on Hacker Takedown 64
Twitter Delays Update to Allow Iranian Protests 62
Hydrogen Car Unveiled 112
Adobe Optimistic Despite Falling Profits 88
World of Warcraft gets new Battleground 99
UK Takes on PEGI Rating System 97
Western Digital Climbs Aboard SSD Bandwagon 104

16th June

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Hardware round-up: 16/06/09 101
ZaReason Ion Breeze 3770 139
Asus N90S 126
Lenovo G530 Notebook 177
Asus Eee Top ET1602 1B All-in-One 102
OCZ Vertex EX Series 120GB SLC SSD 101
Nintendo DSi 92
Hands-on with Samsung Jet SmartPhone 128
Sapphire Radeon HD 4890 Vapor-X 119
Antec CP-850 116
ASRock P45DE 732
Prototype 113
NZXT Beta Mid Tower 114
Audio-Technica ATH-AD700 157
Ghostbusters PC Doesn't have Multiplayer 149
550 Facebook Names Registered every Second 101
BBC Could Share License Fee 81
Herschel Space Scope Opens for Business 99
Global Foundries Lowers Die Size 118
Hackers Rake it in 103
Duke Nukem Forever is back in Court 99
Jammie Vs RIAA Retrial 107

15th June

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Hardware round-up: 15/06/09 118
Enermax Aeolus 179
Thermaltake Xaser S1000 117
Seagate BlackArmor NAS 440 146
Seventeam ST-380PAS 113
Cooler Master V10 Hybrid T.E.C 137
SanDisk 16GB SDHC 116
Seagate's BlackArmor NAS 440 122
Ghostbusters: The Video Game 153
NZXT Beta 121
Kingston HyperX RAM Fan 148
Sapphire Radeon HD4770 120
Imak Mouse Cushion 129
OCZ Vertex Series 120Gb SSD SATA-II 123
Glacialtech X-Wing Notebook 113
Punch-Out for Wii 102
InFamous 73
BlackBerry Storm 79
Roccat Kone 3200dpi 93
Noctua NH-C12P 74
ASUS GeForce ENGTX275 vs. ASUS Radeon EAH4890 94
80-way Thermal Interface Material 82
Sharkoon Rush FireGlider Laser 139
OCZ Blade 6GB DDR3-2000 67
LaCie D2 Safe 1TB External 104
Western Digital 300GB VelociRaptor 85
Eagle Tech Consus ET-CSTESU2-BK 83
Mophie Juice Pack Air iPhone 100
Wii Motion Plus 121
NVIDIA GeForce 200M 97
Halo 3 ODST $60 Price Tag Defended 108
EU Fines Microsoft Again 97
Microsoft Plans to Give Away Anti-Virus 104
Frozen Entity Brought back to Life 109
G Skill Launches new DDR3 111
EVGA Announces GTX 295 OC 205
Fight Night Round 4 Game Face 142
Shuttle Launch Delayed 98

12th June

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Hardware round-up: 12/06/09 162
Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P 263
GeForce GTX 275 and Radeon HD 4890 184
Zalman CNPS9900 LED 157
7" Axion AXN-8701 Portable Handheld 170
Antec P183 162
All Core 2 Models 157
OCZ Alchemy Series Illuminati 201
GIGABYTE Open Overclocking Championship 2009 125
GIGABYTE GV-R489-1GH-B Radeon HD 4890 169
ASUS EN9400GT GeForce 9400GT 291
Asus Rampage II GENE 177
CoolerMaster Hyper 212 Plus 214
Hiyatek HB-8700 Vertical 7 122
Silicon Power 64GB eSATA 149
ASUS Mars Dual GTX 285 4 GByte 211
Sapphire Vapor-X Radeon HD4890 149
Sapphire HD 4890 Toxic Vapor-X 203
Twitter Sells PCs for Dell 133
No IE With Windows 7 142
DC Online Trailer 159
Windows 7 will Raise Netbook Prices 150
Patriot Memory Bundles With Futuremark 174
Apple gets new Viruses 169
Leage of Legends Trailer 176
US Digital Switch Begins 199

11th June

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Noctua Cooling Competition 270
Broadband Marketing Guidelines 110
Hardware round-up: 11/06/09 72
Scythe Mugen 2 126
SilverStone SST-FP35B Premium 3.5" 103
Tagan Piperock II 680W PSU 149
BFG EX-1200 95
Flip UltraHD Pocket Camcorder 191
Creative EP-430 Earphones 101
Digital Designs DXB-01 100
NZXT Beta Mid-Tower 105
Noctua NH-C12P 1366 109
LUXA2 LM200 Touch HTPC 164
ASUS GeForce GTX 285 1GB 95
Cresyn CS-HP500 Folding 87
AMD Phenom II 955 Black 106
MSI Eclipse Plus 117
MSI X58 Pro-E 141
Evercool 92mm Rifling 71
Battlefield 3 Looks Good Apparently 58
Schmidt Dimisses Bing 71
US Ghostbusters Xbox 360 Game Region Free 128
Last FM Co-Founders Quit 74
Chinese Security Leaves PCs Vulnerable 104
Swiftech Shows off new Block 99
Bioschock 2 Screenshots show Geyser 142
Bing's Porn Search Annoys Some 96

10th June

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Hardware round-up: 10/06/09 75
Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P 124
AMD Phenom II X2 550 110
Sapphire HD4890 1GB Toxic PCI-e 98
Sapphire Radeon HD 4550 512MB 108
Quantum Force and DigitLife 89
Cooler Master Hyper N520 115
Sapphire HD4890 Toxic Vapor-X 103
Griffin Clarifi iPhone 111
Thermaltake Element S 116
AMD Phenom II 955 112
Palit GeForce GTX 275 896MB 152
Evercool Transformer 4 94
ArtWizz SeeJacket Crystal for iPhone 3G 128
Intel Core i7-975 106
QNAP TS-119 Turbo NAS 140
Akasa Paxpower 500 W 52
OCZ Vertex 120 SSD 98
CM Storm Scout 55
GIGABYTE GM-M8000 High-Performance 61
Alienware M17x 145
Nexus 120mm LED 78
Rock Band Unplugged 67
Intel Core i7 975 EE 106
IN WIN Ammo 2.5 inch SATA 74
Silverstone Raven RV01 66
Silverstone LC10B-E HTPC 93
Intel Core i7 920 2.66GHz 93
Americas Army 3 on the way 90
OCZ Releases Cheapest SSD 126
Free Broadband and PC Wouldn't Entice 66
Facebook to give Custom Profile URLs 105
Asus Throws down Gloves with Apple 100
WoW to get Own Drink Brand 99
Aliens vs Predator Impressions 97
NASA Budget sees Further Cuts 99

8th June

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Bypass MSN Messenger Anti Virus Check 206
Chieftec Dragon CH-07B-R 93
HIS Radeon HD 4890 Turbo 82
OCZ USB 2.0 Rally2 64GB 89
HEC Compucase 6XR9 85
Antec P193 102
Albatron ATI RADEON HD 4770 80
Zotac GeForce GTX 275 AMP 100
Pelican 64GB External SSD 82
NZXT PANZERBOX 87
MSI GeForce GTX 295 83
Tuniq Potency 650W 84
OCZ Eclipse Double 74
I-Rocks IR-4610 Four Port USB 2.0 77
OCZ Technology 6GB PC3-12800 82
DFI Lanparty T3eH6 DK X58 54
Wacom Intuos4 Tablet 64
New Zelda Concept Art 182
Microsoft Releases Windows 7 Boxart 178
E3 Draws to a Close 144
Hackers Own T-Mobile 183
Pirate Bay Enemy Harassed 184
Tetris Turns 25 185
Left 4 Dead Interview 219
FTC Closes Rogue ISP 166

5th June

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Hardware round-up: 05/06/09 243
Teufel Concept E 100 5.1 194
HornetTek Travel Lite External 193
Asus Eee PC 1008HA Seashell 211
Microsoft Wireless Laser Mouse 5000 171
Mophie Juice Pack Air 239
Cooler Master eXtreme Power Plus 500 W 184
Cooler Master Sileo 500 227
Cresyn CS-HP500 223
Ikonik Ra X10 Liquid Full 246
Thermaltake LanBox 194
Sapphire HD 4890 Toxic and Sapphire 4890 Vapor-X 337
Cooler Master HAF 922 251
NZXT Beta Classic Series 284
AMD Phenom II X4 955BE 214
Cutting off Pirates is a no go 148
Activision Sues to Stop Brutal Legend 216
Video Games Industry Remains Confident 178
Microsoft Release Patches 226
Japan to ban Rape Games 254
Russia to Probe Microsoft for Anti-Trust 239
Marvel Ultimte Alliance Trailer 145
Sony says no PS3 Price Cuts 216

4th June

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Scythe Bay Rafter 284
Hardware round-up: 04/06/09 86
International Athletics for iPhone 3g 108
Cooler Master Hyper N520 119
Cooler Master Silent Pro M 500w 123
Seventeam ST-550P-AM 128
OCZ Blade PC3-16000 6GB 150
ATI Radeon HD 4890 Roundup 175
Venom Core i7 975EE 111
Samsung ST50 Ultra Slim 191
D-Link DHA-390 Network Camera Set 104
AMD Athlon II X2 250 AM3 147
Cooler Master Storm Sniper ATX 127
Zerotherm FZ120 166
InnoDisk shows off amazing 128GB SSD 133
The power of eight SSD’s in RAID 0 121
XFX Radeon HD 4770 512MB 144
Pirates of the Caribbean Game looks Hot 125
Nintendo Unmoved by Rivals 99
HP Shows off eSkins 101
Microsoft Offers Mozilla Patch 138
Twitter hit by Spam 123
Bioshock 2 Multiplayer is Lacklustre 116
TiVo Gets $190 Million 143
Sitecom 3G Router on Way 161

3rd June

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AMA Aragon 900 148
Forum All Fixed 113
Forum Closed for Updates 134
Hardware round-up: 03/06/09 105
Cooler Master HAF 932 124
Microsoft Wireless Desktop 3000 178
AMD Athlon II X2 250 138
Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1K 194
Corsair XMS3 DDR3-1600 145
XTracPads Hybrid 145
AMD Athlon II X2 250 115
Thermaltake Toughpower XT 750W 135
Coolmax PS-224 LCD 130
Intel Launches Core i7 975 108
CoolJag Falcon II Low Profile Core i7/Core 2 196
Intel Core i7 975 3.33GHz 114
Kingston HyperX 6GB DDR3-2000 136
CyberPower Cobra Venom 141
NZXT Rogue Small Form Factor 106
OCZ Summit MLC SSD 207
ASUS Mars GTX 295 SLI with 8GB 724
Logitech G19 133
Intel Core i7-975 Extreme 112
Monkey Island is Back 112
Mobile Phone Elbow 137
Microsoft Gains Sony Exclusive Titles 157
Sony Motion Tracking Wand 163
Recession Killing off Hardware Startups 140
ATI RV870 / R800 Will Release this Year 430
New Wii Zelda Coming next year 95
Windows 7 Gets Release Date 114

2nd June

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Hardware round-up: 02/06/09 114
PC Power & Cooling Pro-Source 1500VA 130
Hornettek Viper and Hover 153
SilverStone GD01B-MXR 137
NZXT Sentry LX 136
Mionix Alioth 320 & Alioth 400 142
Chieftec Dragon 149
NZXT Beta Mid-Tower 97
AMD Athlon II and Phenom II X2 163
AMD Phenom II X2 550 BE and Athlon II X2 250 120
AMD Phenom II X2 550 and Athlon II X2 250 121
AMD Phenom II X2 550 BE 176
AZZA Solano 1000 215
AMD Athlon II X2 250 and Phenom II X2 550 142
Cooler Master Silent Pro M 500W 132
Space Ace 112
Samsung SC-HMX20C 1080p 104
OCZ Neutrino DIY 10-inch 77
Sapphire 4890 Vapor-X PCIe 127
Scientology Banned from Wikipedia Edits 131
Modern Warfare 2 Footage 112
BT Accused of Throttling Customers 117
Intel Unveils Thin Chip 123
Swedish Pirate Party to Gain Seat 127
AMD Gives Detail on Casino Chip 111
Left 4 Dead 2 Trailer 154
Microsoft Debuts Motion Controls 112

1st June

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Hardware round-up: 01/06/09 155
Sapphire Radeon HD4770 512MB 140
13 Intel Core i7 LGA 1366 185
Thrustmaster T.16000M PC 208
Plextor PX-610U USB 162
Security, CAPTCHA and D-Link Routers 161
V-MODA Vibe II 208
Kingwin XT-1264 Intel Core i7 147
AMD Phenom 9950 X4 145
AMD Phenom II X4 955 149
i-Rocks Cherry MX 165
Sparkle GTS250 176
Star Ocean The Last Hope 161
Thermaltake LuxaA2 LM300 Touch Pro 175
OCZ Behemoth 143
GM-M8000 177
BIOSTAR TPower X58A 167
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black 136
NZXT Guardian 921 107
Sapphire HD 4770 160
Wicked Lasers Photonic Disruptor 130
ASRock M3A790GXH/128M 790GX 170
Xigmatek D984 Cobra 161
Thermaltake Speedo Advance Package 148
Synology Disk Station DS-209 154
NVIDIA GPU Revolution incl. 117
Eagletech ET-CS2XMESU2-BK 2.5" 86
Qualcomm gets into Netbooks 105
Cooler Master Hyper TX3 107
Eee PC spotted running Android 104
Logitech Illuminated 134
Super Talent MasterDrive OX SATA SSD 130
Borderlands Trailer and Screenshots 94
Arctic Holds Hidden Oil 115
People Gives thumbs up to Google Wave 102
Shock Jock Attacks Home Office 135
Yahoo 360 Degrees to Close 138
Firefox Security Problem caused by Microsoft 130
Capcom Release new Dead Rising 2 Trailer 141
New PSP Debuted 145

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