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  Sins of a Solar Empire gets major update

A huge, free update for Sins of a Solar Empire was released today, the award-winning title from developer Ironclad Games. Additionally, fans that pre-order the expansion will be included in the upcoming beta for "Entrenchment". Fans can pre-order the expansion at impulsedriven.com.

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20-11-2008 07:51:19 | read news »


  Gmail offers new Inbox themes

Gmail owners, Google, wanted "to go beyond simple color customization" and have announced 30 new themes. There's many new themes to fit your style, a shiny theme with chrome styling, another one that turns your inbox into a retro notepad, nature themes that change scenery over time and even a weather theme that can rain on your mailbox. There's even an old school ascii theme (Terminal) to geek up your mailbox. Google have also done some work to Gmail's default look to make it "crisper and cleaner". To customise your inbox, go to the Themes tab under Settings.

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20-11-2008 07:50:03 | read news »


  Microsoft says "no" to Yahoo buy-out, only wants search deal

Microsoft told Yahoo today that it is not interested in a takeover of the company, and only interested in making a search engine deal with the company. The decision came from Steve Ballmer, the new CEO of Microsoft. The shocking announcement made Yahoo's stocks plummet to $9.14 a share, from $11.57. Steve Ballmer told Yahoo that it was only interested in a search engine only deal, and would not be interested in a takeover of the company. The original offering of $33 a share to purchase Yahoo was turned down by Jerry Yang, back in early May. The renegotiation's of Microsoft to acquire Yahoo came about after the announcement that Jerry Yang, the former CEO of Yahoo stepped down.

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20-11-2008 07:39:46 | read news »


 The change we need: four ways to fix fcc.gov

The Bush administration is coming to an end, but the FCC web site is still stuck in the Clinton administration. We've got four suggestions on how to bring fcc.gov into a Web 2.0 world.

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20-11-2008 05:14:00 | read news »


 Ars Investigates: Does Google Mobile use Private APIs?

People are calling foul on Apple and Google due to the use of private iPhone APIs in Google Mobile. Ars took a look and found that the answer to what's really going on is somewhat complex. Read on to find out what we discovered.

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20-11-2008 05:13:00 | read news »
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