Picasa’s Technical Info

Title:                                 Picasa 3.0 Build 57.22 Beta
File name:                      picasa3-setup.exe
File size:                          7.45MB (7,812,672 bytes)
Requirements:              Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/XP64/Vista64
License:                           Freeware
Author:                            Google
Home page:                    www.google.com

Some Features of Skype:

* Skype calling
* Video calling
* Add Skype and SkypeOut contacts
* Organising groups
* Chats and emoticons
* Group chats
* Profile settings
* Conference calling
* Import contacts
* view Outlook contacts
* Quickfinder and Speed dial

Skype’s technical Info

Title:                      Skype 4.0.0.161 Beta
File name:             SkypeSetup-Beta.exe
File size:                23.90MB (25,060,648 bytes)
Requirements:     Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/XP64/Vista64, Linux, Mac.
License:                 Freeware
Author:                 Skype Technologies
Home page           www.skype.com

The lawmakers have been sweating the fact that not a whole lot of Americans are truly informed about the quickly approaching 2009 digital TV cutover, and now it seems the effort to spread the word will be led by someone new. John Kneuer, the current head, will be stepping down this month “to pursue new opportunities,” leaving the role of administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. An agency spokesman did note that the resignation was Kneuer’s “own decision” and that his departure “would have no impact on the preparations for the transition. As it stands, Meredith Baker, deputy assistant secretary, will be stepping in to cover his duties, but the White House should be nominating an official replacement soon enough.

Flagship Studio’s Hellgate: London has now gone gold, and in commemoration of this event, a single-player demo has been released today.

It has a design remincsent of the Diablo series, which in turn was based on earlier games utilizing a random dungeon-creation engine. You can play the game as one of six classes,a Templar Blademaster or Guardian which is a primarily melee character, a Cabalist Evoker or Summoner, or a Hunter Marksman or Engineer .Word in certain forums across the Internet say that the open-beta of the game is quite fun, but is somewhat buggy considering how close it is to release.

While the demo is single player only, the game has a large online component. In the full release there should be PvP and other MMO-ish type elements, however, this content may be limited to subscribers yes, that’s right, subscribers. This has been another point of contention on Internet forums while you can play the game online without subscribing, for those that choose to take the optional 10$ monthly fee, more content is unlocked, such as hardcore game mode, the aforementioned PvP arenas, and great deal of other content, including a rumored 3 new classes at launch.

Xbox 360 offers a treat for Indian consumers with its “Super Stylish Super Saver offer” – bring home with you a Xbox 360 Core console, and two popular games - Viva Piñata & Forza Motorsport 2 with Panasonic LE7 & LX 70 32″ LCD TVs. The offer is available at Ezone and Big Bazaar Stores and rolls out from 20th October 2007.

This offer will set you back by around 50,000 and you’ll save over Rs 24,000 on the entire deal!

Next up are your run of the mill bundles that go something like this:

Buy an Xbox 360 Core console and get 2 blockbuster games worth Rs 4,405 absolutely free [Viva Piñata & Forza Motorsport 2]

Buy an Xbox 360 Pro console and get 4 blockbuster games worth Rs 8,614 absolutely free [Viva Piñata, Forza Motorsport 2, PGR 3 & Yuvraj Singh International cricket 2007].
These two mega offers roll out on 25th October 2007.

Although some of the offers are fairly appreciable,but games offered and bundled could have been much better.

Graphically the game is the same as the preview and demos.The engine claims it can render an insane amount of polygons per frame and also boasts that no two levels share the same textures.Textures on the walls and surrounding objects give off a spooky and gothic look, which adds to the mood the game sets.There is much voice acting in this game besides the beginning.7 Multiplayer modes available played over 7 maps. Next-generation graphics.The game uses the proprietary 3D PAIN Engine capable of pumping out an unbelievably high polygon count, while adding increased texture quality and the latest lighting and shadowing techniques.

Features:
- ESRB Rating: Mature
- Genre: Action/Adventure
- Platform: Windows 98/Me/2000/XP
- Combo weapons - All weapons come in pairs, with a primary and secondary fire.
- Morphing - Your unholy pact gives you the power to morph into a powerful possessed creature with every 66 souls collected.
- Lasting replay value - Painkiller features a standard single player campaign, with additional modes to encourage replay.

Josh Resnick, President and Co-founder of Pandemic Studios:
“Pandemic Studios remains focused on attracting the best talent and creating blockbuster action games. As a worldwide publishing leader, EA represents the ideal partner to bring our titles to market as global entertainment events.”
Ray Muzyka, Co-founder and CEO of BioWare Corp:
“We are truly excited by John Riccitiello’s new vision for EA. This vision is consistent with BioWare’s focus on crafting the highest quality story-driven games in the world. It will enable us to further the careers of the passionate, creative and hard working teams at BioWare Edmonton and BioWare Austin.”

EA brought in the two studios by offering $620 million along with $155 million in equity to VG Holdings Corp. Let’s hope that both BioWare and Pandemic continue to give us great titles under their new owners.

Activision is letting you find out a couple of weeks early with the PC demo of the game. This  mission for Modern Warfare is called “The Bog” and it can be found right here. As always, be sure to check the reasonable specs to see if your gaming rig is up for Infinity Ward’s latest.

This single-mission, single-player demo won’t last you quite that long, but it’s worth checking out for the variety of weapons, tank destruction, tank protection, night vision and all of the intense action and firefights you’ve come to expect from a CoD game.The first next-generation, first non-WWII Call of Duty begins on the PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 will be released on November 6th.

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TimeShift will feature more than 30 combat missions, each showcasing time control elements and challenges that players must complete using both their extraordinary capabilities and combat expertise. An array of devastating and unique weaponry from the world’s alternate timeline will be at the player’s disposal, including bizarre incarnations of traditional sniper guns, machine guns, pistols and more, as well as never-before-imagined armaments from an era humanity has never seen.

TimeShift Features:-
* Time control elements never before seen in any game - players can slow, stop and reverse the flow of time, affecting the world and enemies around them while moving freely through frozen worlds

*Time shifting obstacles will challenge the players to think in four dimensions in order to overcome difficult scenarios and defeat challenging enemiess

*Next-generation graphics technology in the Saber3D engine, including normal mapping for amazing high-detailed textures and characters as well as parallax lighting, which allows the environment to come alive with detail.
*Online multiplayer options that allow up to 16 players to use time based weaponry against other human adversaries.

TimeShift will be available in stores on March 21, 2006.

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Compared to the present show of WWF the game counterpart has achieved more fame and success..
Developed by Midway, WWF Wrestlemania: The Arcade Game was more a fast-paced two-player brawl than a real wrestling game. Grapple maneuvers were limited to basic throws, so you’d spend most of your time just punching your enemy to a pulp. In spite of this, the game managed to draw the beat ‘em up crowd because of its arcadish special moves and gorgeous visuals.

Although there were only eight playable characters, each one had rather unrealistic special moves - the toothpick-flinging Razor Ramon for instance, could turn his hand into a razor’s edge and whack his opponent with it (close shave, chico!), and his other move allowed him to pick his opponent up by the feet and flail him around like an old carpet.Although the game ran in 2D, this was one of the first wrestling games to use character sprites made of real images of the wrestlers they represented.