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WALL-E arrives on 2-disc Blu-ray with tons of BD-Live goodies
Electricpig has just returned from Pixar’s studios in San Francisco with the inside story on the Special Edition BD set that’ll launch on November 18. WALL-E is programmed to clean up for Christmas.
Google Chrome for Mac available now*
Google may have omitted to launch a Mac version of its IE killer/not IE killer Chrome browser and instead concentrated on the other 95 percent of the market, but some canny coders have whipped up a homebrewed Mac version in the interim.
Google launches open-source Chrome web browser
UPDATE: After a bit of a delay, Google Chrome is now available to download. Get it for Windows here.
Internet Explorer just got a new challenger in the battle to become the world’s favourite browser: Google’s ultra-advanced Chrome browser, launching to the public today.
Robot paints Mona Lisa in record time
At NVIDIA’s recent NVision08 gathering they employed a couple of those chaps from the Discovery channel who present the Mythbusters to show off the power of its new gaming chipset.
Microsoft taking the shutters off Windows 7 next month
So, Vista - that didn’t pan out ever so well, did it? Still, Microsoft is not getting disheartened at the less than rapturous response to its last OS and is ploughing on with plans for the next version of Windows, of which it’s promised we’ll find out more soon.
Facial expression for robotic control
Students in San Diego have developed a computer program that can turn facial expressions into signals to fast forward and rewind video footage.
Portable Firefox takes your browsing where you like
Thought Firefox 3 was pretty special? It’s not just the browser’s Download Day that’s set a record, it’s also one of the first browsers to sit pretty on a USB stick, letting you take your browser, preferences, bookmarks and extensions to any computer you like.
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