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Computex 2010: Day 3, Booth Babes

These booth babes can really work up a crowd when they take the stage. Guys are attracted for obvious reasons, while other girls (yes, other girls) are lured in by the prospect of freebies being given away randomly.

When you have a crowd competing over free giveaways, it can get messy. Our photographer was in fact clocked by an accidental uppercut. The punch was delivered by a girl who desperately lunged upwards to grab a freebie, thrown into the air towards an eager crowd by a nearby booth babe.

COMPUTEX 2010: Babes in Taipei

"After sifting through our growing stash of photos from COMPUTEX 2010, we wonder if Taiwan manufactures more ICT products or pretty girls."

OnLive offers 1 free year of gaming for pre-registrants

Cloud-based gaming service to go public at E3 2010

OnLive, the cloud-based gaming service set to revolutionize the multi-billion dollar entertainment industry, announced today that it is offering to waive the $14.95 monthly access fee for a full year to anyone who enthusiastically pre-registered for the service early.

Browser Add-on Blocks Google Analytics

Google has released a Web browser add-on that will stop the browser from sending information to the Google Analytics service, which Web sites can use to collect data about their visitors.

Google said it developed the tool "to provide website visitors with more choice about how their data is collected."

Web site owners can incorporate Google's Analytics JavaScript code on their site to collect data such as when a person visited a Web site, if the person has been there before and the search terms a person used to find the Web site.

Apple Kills "Get a Mac"; Pitches

Apple claims to have better software, hardware, OS, support, and compatibility in new commercials

The award-winning "Get a Mac" series of commercials, created by TBWA\Media Arts Lab ran between 2006 and 2009. The commercials angered some Windows users, but convinced others to embrace Apple's slickly packaged hardware. They also helped turn Justin Long and John Hodgman, the leads in the U.S. version of the commercials, into stars.

Futuremark 3DMark11 DX11 Benchmark Trailer

3DMark 11 is the latest version of the world’s most popular benchmark for measuring the 3D graphics performance of gaming PCs. 3DMark 11 uses a native DirectX 11 engine designed to make extensive use of all the new features in DirectX 11, including tessellation, compute shaders and multi-threading. 3Dmark 11 is the best way to consistently and reliably test DirectX 11 under game-like loads. 3DMark is trusted by gamers and enthusiasts worldwide to cut through marketing hype and technical jargon to give accurate and unbiased guidance for PC hardware purchasing decisions. Coming Q3 2010.

How PC game modders are evolving

"While some gamers have turned away from the PC due to prohibitive pricing and loathsome DRM, a band of amateur "modders" have kept the community vibrant.

An investigation by Mark Brown

Radiator opens on a gay couple having an awkward date under the stars. It's certainly not the most conventional opener to a computer game, to say the least.

LimeWire likely doomed

A federal court judge has likely dealt a death blow to LimeWire, one of the most popular and oldest file-sharing systems, according to legal experts. On Wednesday, CNET broke the news that U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood granted summary judgment in favor of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), which filed a copyright lawsuit against LimeWire in 2006. In her decision, Wood ruled Lime Group, parent of LimeWire software maker Lime Wire, and founder Mark Gorton committed copyright infringement, induced copyright infringement, and engaged in unfair competition.

Comcast to Make Your IPad a Remote

Thanks to its small size and weight, the iPad's place is not on our desks, but at our side--a constant companion that augments and enriches our daily lives. This seems to be inspiring all sorts of innovative apps that take advantage of everything our beloved tablet has to offer in new and exciting ways.

AMD goes into movie business

AMD Vision goes to Cannes Film Festival

In addition to its success on the graphics card market, AMD has apparently decided to go into the movie business as well, in order to promote its AMD Vision technology. We must say that we are pretty excited to see what AMD has made, as the trailer looks quite good and charismatic European film star Miki Manojlovic is definitely a pleasant surprise.

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