Archive for June, 2009

New URL Shortening Service from Stumbleupon, Su.pr

June 12th, 2009

If you have heard of twitter or use it on a regular basis than you would know about the popular URL shortening services like TinyURL or bit.ly or is.gd. Ever since twitter has gained popularity, these url shortening services have been in much demand so that tweets remain within the 140 characters limit imposed by twitter. Not only are shorter URLs used in twitter, but they are used quite frequently on sites like Facebook and Orkut. Having smaller URLs makes the presentation of things much cleaner and nicer.

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Download Google Chrome 3

June 12th, 2009

google-chrome-logoOnly recently was Google Chrome 2 released as a stable version and work on Google Chrome 3 has already begun. As is the case, you can download the new google chrome 3 browser through the dev channel. This is a very early release so if you plan to try it out then be prepared to face errors and crashes along the way. Google Chrome 3, at present, does not have a lot of new features but as it will be closer to its release we will be able to identify the full new features included in the release.The notable features so far are:

  • Themes are enabled by default in Google Chrome 3.0 for Windows, Linux and Mac
  • Support for video tags
  • Increased cookie limit up to 3000, matching Firefox 3.5
  • Fixes for issues with various Google Chrome UI elements and numerous other bugs

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The Sims 3 System Requirements

June 12th, 2009

Sims 3 is the latest installment in EA Games Sims series which was originally created by Maxis. Sims 3 incorporates lots of new features into the game and judging by the fan base of the previous Sims 2, this game will break records all over the world. According to PCWorld, Sims 3 was downloaded 180,000 times illegally in 4 days which breaks the previous record of Spore, the most pirated game ever, which was downloaded 400,000 times in three weeks. Sims 3 could well see its illegal download numbers grow into the million. The large part of this huge number is due to the fact that the game had been leaked to torrents 1-2 weeks before its official release!

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Sims 3 System Requirements

  • Processor:Pentium 4 @ 2 GHz/Athlon XP 2000+
  • Memory/RAM:1 GB (1.5 GB for Laptops and Windows Vista)
  • Video Card:128 MB (GeForce FX 5900/Radeon 9500)
  • Hard Disk Space: 6.5 GB of hard drive space with more room for additional content
  • Operating System:Windows XP (with Service Pack 2) or Windows Vista
For computers using built-in graphics chipsets, the game requires at least:
  • Intel Integrated Chipset GMA X3000 or above.
  • 2.6 GHz Pentium D CPU, or 1.8 GHz Core 2 Duo, or equivalent AMD processor
  • 0.5 GB additional RAM