Softpedia Recommended Mac Apps of the Week – 10.05.2008
Windows users like to brag saying they get sooo much software on their platforms that they don't even know what to do with it anymore. Although it's quite true, Mac users can live with it because they get just the necessary amount of software they need, and, best of all, they really DO know what to do with it. In fact, I'm sure that's why you stopped for a quick glance this week, too. As usual, we've selected three apps, all of which are free to download and install o...

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Coolest Girl In School – the Mobile Game For Bad Girls
"Coolest Girl In School" is the name of a controversial mobile game developed by Champagne for the Ladies and Kukan Studio, two Australian providers of mobile entertainment. The game was first released in Australia, and it's now also available internationally, so anyone can try it out. Presented as being better than a GTA (Grand Theft Auto) for girls, Coolest Girl In School is said to be the first mobile RPG game created for female gamers. The controversial aspect of the game is...

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Magic Forms
Communication tools integrated in websites are necessary to create "virtual relations" with users. Contact forms, blog post comments forms and generally any type of elements that enable users to provide their feedback allow the enhancement of dynamic character of any website. Web forms are made from an HTML page containing the fields where the user will fill in information and a processing script that takes the form fields data and send it to an email address, to a database or writes data ...

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AMD: Going Asset-Light May not be the Best Solution
AMD's recent approach at cutting down on costs in order to turn back to profit might force the company to sell its two fabrication facilities in Germany. Hector Ruiz, the company's CEO recently hinted at the fact that AMD might sell its customer division, but other control measures could force the company to sell its chip fabs. Speculations started to emerge immediately after Hector Ruiz announced that the company would deploy its manufacturing assets more cost-effectively. Ac...

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Encrypted Ubuntu 8.04
Data encryption is one of the best methods to protect your sensitive files, especially if you own a laptop. Unfortunately, on the Ubuntu operating system, it's only available in the text mode installer. But that's why this guide is here, to help you install a fully encrypted Ubuntu OS on your computer. The whole process is completely safe and it is recommended to be used by anyone out there who wants to protect his/her sensitive data. To break it down to you: No more living in fear! Yo...

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MARVELS to Find Hundreds of Exoplanets
Only a few decades ago, astronomers weren't even sure if other solar systems aside ours exist in the universe. Since then, a couple of hundreds of solar systems have been discovered, mostly composed of gas giants. When trying to learn about other solar systems, astronomers often make analogies to our own. If our solar system is so varied, imagine how fascinating other worlds could be. A new study set to start in the fall of this year will make observations on about 11,000 near stars in a pe...

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AMD Plans to Re-organize to Become Profitable
Advanced Micro Devices held all the details regarding its "asset-smart" strategy to itself and did not present any of its concrete decisions regarding the future of the company at the annual meeting with its shareholders. The only thing that the company unveiled is that it plans to focus only on core businesses and that it intends to become profitable with current revenue stream. "The year 2007 was a difficult transition year for AMD. I could not be more disappointed with our financial result...

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Oil Peak and the Renewable Abiotic Petroleum
We are living in a civilization based on oil. It is an issue that makes us extremely vulnerable. That's because of the global "Peak Oil." The oil production follows a bell curve. Its peak is the moment when oil has been 50% depleted. After the peak, oil production decreases while its price starts to go up. Many scientists, bankers and investors consider that 2005 was the year of global Peak Oil. US domestic oil production reached its peak in the '70s. The bell of the oil production ...

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9 Critical Errors that Will Prevent the Installation of XP SP3 RTM Build 5512
Users looking to Service Pack 3 for Windows XP, as Service Pack 2's second coming and the perfect reason to avoid Windows Vista SP1, might need to reconsider their plans. The reason is rather simple, despite the fact that it has spent over two months more time in development compared to Vista SP1, while containing only a minor, standard evolution in comparison to SP2, XP SP3 has come to the table with a flood of issues, a wide variety of them impacting the deployment process. There are no l...

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Plextor Unveils Next-Gen 1TB Network Attached Storage
Plextor has just announced an update to its network-attached storage product offering. The two new additions come with a re-engineered unit and interface, and are touted as being the next-generation high performance external storage devices. The Plextor StorX PX-NAS500L comes with a storage capacity of 500GB, while the higher-end PX-NAS1000L sports 1 TB of space. Despite their large capacity size, the units are mostly pitched at entry-level users who are just making the switch to NAS storag...

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