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OnLive going live in June for $15 a month انطلاق خدمة “اون لايف” في شهر يونيو مقابل 15 دولار بالشهر

Not that it matters much for the non-US gamers, but should the OnLive service pick up, it will revolutionize the video games industry as we know it, and things won’t be the same after OnLive debuts. After almost 8 years in development, June 17, during the E3 2010 show, is when the OnLive Game Service will be available to users in the 48 contiguous United States! Users will need to pay $14.95 per month, just to access to the service. On the other hand, there is still no mention for the price users have to pay extra to rent or purchase games. The first 25,000 qualified users who will register through the OnLive preorder site will have their first 3 months’ service fee waived, as per the blog post by Steve Perlman, OnLive Founder & CEO.

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Nvidia’s ION to boost netbooks’ graphics and battery life معالج الرسوميات الجديد “آيون” من شركة نفيديا سيزيد قوة إظهار الحاسوب المحمول وعمر بطارياته

NVIDIA has announced its Next-generation ION graphics processor, which will supercharge netbooks with 10 times the graphics performance of standard netbooks, and enable up to 10 hours of battery life. The new ION graphics processing unit (GPU) vastly outperforms basic netbook graphics by delivering rich HD media in games, movies, and Internet-based video.

Unlike netbooks with Intel integrated graphics, ION netbooks have the power to play amazing HD video smoothly from sites like YouTube and support popular PC games like World of Warcraft.

The new ION netbooks also feature NVIDIA’s Optimus technology, which automatically selects the best graphics processor for running any given application – seamlessly routing the workload to either an NVIDIA discrete GPU or Intel integrated graphics. The result is great battery life and superior performance when you need it.

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Windows Phone 7 announced إعلان نظام تشغيل الهواتف النقالة الجديد ويندوز فون7

Speaking in Mobile World Congress 2010 convention, currently held in Barcelona, Spain, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced the next generation of Windows Mobile OS, dubbed Windows Phone 7 Series. Hailed as a fresh approach to phone software, distinguished by smart design and truly integrated experiences that bring to the surface the content people care about from the Web and applications.

Microsoft is exclusively bringing together Xbox LIVE games and the Zune music and video experience on a mobile phone. Phones running on this new OS should arrive in retail stores by holiday 2010.

As always, any resemblances between Phone 7 and the iPhone is completely unintentional, yet it supports high resolution, capacitive, multitouch displays with gestures. No need for using a stylus. No Adobe Flash support. Partnership with AT&T and Orange.

The official press release goes on to promote the features of the OS saying:

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[Review] ATI HD5670 تقرير بطاقة الرسوميات

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5 new photos for OnLive صور جديدة لجهاز

What happens when these people team together: the ex QuickTime lead developer, the ex-CEO of Eidos, and the founder of Mozilla.org? They bring us OnLive, the revolutionary online gaming console that allows games to be played in all of their HD glory. The service is accessible through broadband internet, to connect with the OnLive Cloud; a large number of servers crunching out videogames data, and sending it back to the console.

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[CES2010] Samsung to launch 3 and 6 wrap-around display systems شركة سامسونج تطلق نظام الشاشات المتعددة الجديد

Samsung is no stranger to innovative products, and for their new must-have tech, they teamed up with AMD to put the ATI’s new multi-display technology; Eyefinity to good use.  The Syncmaster MD230 wrap-around display system was announced during this week’s CES2010. The MD230 features 50% to 70% narrower bezels, with little distances between each connected panel, allowing for smoother images displayed across multiple monitors.

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Razor steps into console gaming world with Onza and Chimaera شركة رازر تدخل عالم أجهزة اللعب

Razer has been always a reputed manufacturer of high-end precision PC gaming peripherals, specially their mice, known for being the best in their range. Razer has taken its first steps towards the world of console gaming after receiving preliminary approval from Microsoft to develop the Razer Onza Professional Gaming Controller for the Xbox 360, and still awaiting Microsoft’s blessings for the Chimaera Professional Gaming Headset for Xbox 360.

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