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Steam for Mac is Here

Check this out! Valve just launched the Steam for Mac Platform. All your glorious Valve and Steam games are now available for your Macbook, iMac or other Mac Hardware. Not all games are currently playable on the Mac platform, in fact, the only one I can play is Portal. But this is good enough for […]

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HTC Desire “Runs” Quake 3 Arena

Okay, there is actually a little joke in my title ;-). Yes, it is true. You can install and start Quake 3 Arena on your 1GHz powered Android mobile phone. Everything is there, all the settings, all your beloved characters. You can even start a single player level (haven’t tested multiplayer yet) BUT you can […]

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Apple Announces iPad Prices for Switzerland

Fresh of the ticker, these are the prices for the iPad in Switzerland. Pre-order starts on May 10th, delivering by end of May 2010. iPad with Wifi iPad with 3G 16 GB 649.- 799.- 32 GB 779.- 929.- 64 GB 899.- 1049.- (Table 1: iPad prices in Switzerland, in Swiss Francs) Prices are roughly 30% […]

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Flash 10.1 with Google Chrome 5 Sucks!

Warning, this is a personal rant, without any technical background and contains pure personal opinions! Google recently distributed their browser Chrome with built-in Flash support. And ever since this has happened, not a single online web video on YouTube, Vimeo or any other website has worked correctly. Often after a few seconds the video stops […]

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Red Bull Cola, Natürliches Süss-Getränk

[Trigami-Review] Red Bull kennt jeder. Der Energydrink mit Taurin. Seit Jahren hilft es, langweilige Vorlesungen oder Nachtarbeit zu überstehen. Doch jetzt gibt es etwas neues von Red Bull: Red Bull Cola, ein natürliches Cola, ohne künstliche Farbstoffe, Aromen oder Konservierungsstoffe. Probiert habe ich das Getränk an einem normalen Tag an der Hochschule. Lustigerweise wollten sofort […]

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