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After accusations the new Zynga Bingo has been copied from a template offered by that Buffalo Studio in its release, Bingo Blitz, the leader of the company, has stated that Zynga does not copy ideas from other developers but tries to take concepts that are already known and perfect them. Mark Pincus, the chief execu... |
1 February 2012
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AMD’s launch of the multiplier unlocked A8-3870K and A6-3670K processors have enabled overclockers to push Llano APUs to higher frequencies than ever before, such a chip just surpassing the 6GHz barrier during a recent OC competition.n. The processor in question is actually the A8-3870K APU which, with the hel... |
1 February 2012
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The Galaxy S Advance has just been unveiled by Samsung and the smartphone has already been confirmed for February releases in numerous regions. Shortly after UK-based carrier officially stated that it will offer the Galaxy S Advance, Samsung Philippines confirmed for the folks over at TechPinas that the smartpho... |
1 February 2012
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Dark Souls is one of the most punishing video game experiences launched during 2011, and one of the leading developers working on the game has confessed that the level of difficulty is linked to his own expectations rather than any sort of ill feeling towards gamers.
Speaking to gaming magazine Edge, Hidetaka Miyaza... |
1 February 2012
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Apple’s iPhone 4S has already been launched in China last month and is now available for purchase exclusively from China Unicom. However, the China Unicom’s exclusivity over the iPhone 4S is about to end, as Apple it trying to boost the sales of its latest iOS smartphone in China, one of the biggest ... |
1 February 2012
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Clove, the first retailer to start selling the Transformer Prime in the UK, has just announced that it decided to pull the Asus quad-core tablet from its offer, due to availability problems and an outstanding number of technical issues.
The retailer made its decision public in a post on its official blog:
“St... |
1 February 2012
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Team Ninja, the developer of popular series like Ninja Gaiden or Dead or Alive, has confirmed that Nintendo has been making constant changes to the Wii U prototypes it sent to the Japanese studio.
The Nintendo Wii U is getting ready for its release later this year and, seeing as how the company is declining to revea... |
1 February 2012
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Today, NTT DOCOMO, INC. and The Walt Disney Company (Japan) Ltd. announced the release of two phone models that would be marketed as part of the “Disney Mobile on docomo” brand, namely F-08D and P-05D.
The “Disney Mobile on docomo F-08D” smartphone will hit shelves at the end of February, w... |
1 February 2012
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It appears that KDDI has just resurrected its highly-acclaimed INFOBAR series of phones that managed to amaze customers through their design. Although the last INFOBAR handset that was launched on the market, the A01 had a unique “slab” design, it didn’t have the success forecasted by the manufactur... |
1 February 2012
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AMD is getting ready to update its FX-Series processor lineup based on the Bulldozer architecture with two new chips packing four and respectively six processing cores, which will also be joined by a new FX-8150 bundle.
This bundle was dubbed the FX-8150 (WOX) by the chip maker, the WOX suffix at the end of its name... |
1 February 2012
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The original King Arthur strategy game from Neocore Games was one of the surprises of year when it comes to late 2009, and the follow-up seems to be another solid game that will occupy many gaming hours for those looking for some strategy and role playing to give into during the early months of 2012. I have played a... |
1 February 2012
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It looks like WIND Mobile will be releasing the Galaxy Nexus earlier than expected. Although the latest hearsay pointed to a possible February 6 release, the carrier is preparing to launch the Android 4.0 smartphone three days earlier. The folks at MobileSyrup have just learned that WIND Mobile plans to launch t... |
1 February 2012
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Sony has confirmed that retail games for the PlayStation Vita will be released onto the PlayStation Network as digital editions with a lower price. The PlayStation Vita is getting ready for its launch at the end of the month, alongside a hefty variety of games made by Sony and other third-party developers. Now, Son... |
1 February 2012
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Shortly after introducing Australia’s first 4G smartphone, the HTC Velocity 4G, Telstra added the Samsung Omnia W handset to its lineup of Windows Phone devices.
This would be one of the first second-generation Windows Phone handsets that are launched in Australia.
With Nokia Lumia 800 arriving in... |
1 February 2012
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The Kinect motion tracking system for the Xbox 360 home console has been a success for Microsoft when it comes to sales, but one leading video games developer believes that companies are still struggling with creating tailor-made experiences for it.
Tim Schafer, who is the leader of development at Double Fine, told ... |
1 February 2012
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It has become common for carriers to get rid of old products to make room for new devices. Before reaching “end-of-life” status some of these devices are discounted to make them more attractive for customers. This is the main reason why Mobilicity decided to drop Samsung Nexus S and Galaxy Mini pri... |
1 February 2012
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Techland and Deep Silver are set to deploy a new downloadable add-on for Dead Island today, February 1, in the form of the Ryder White DLC, so the two companies have just released a trailer with gameplay footage from the expansion. Dead Island, despite its initial technical flaws, delighted millions of gamers from a... |
1 February 2012
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Google has been working on this for years now, but it has finally enabled the “Click-to-play” option for plugins by default in the very latest Chrome 18 releases. The feature allows users to block plugins, like Flash Player, from loading when a site requires them, until they explicitly allow it to b... |
1 February 2012
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As she found out back when she tried to go blonde, the slightest alteration Kim Kardashian makes on her appearance is bound to make headlines. She's just dyed her hair a lighter shade of brown. The reality star and businesswoman has a very tight relationship with her fans, which also include her over 12 million ... |
1 February 2012
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Investigators at the University of Barcelona, in Spain, say that the collision which occurred between the African and Eurasian tectonic plates – some 30 million years ago - opened up the Mediterranean Basin, but also drove a boost in the diversity of spider species living in the area.
The tectonic event prim... |
1 February 2012
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What we know:
Dirt Showdown is the latest racing game from Codemasters, the studio that brought fans the Dirt franchise, not to mention the F1 series or standalone titles, like Race Driver: GRID.
The new Dirt game takes the series in a new direction, as players are no longer tasked with completing rally stages, lik... |
1 February 2012
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Sir Paul McCartney, who is a former Beatles member and one of the most lauded musicians of the last 30 years, has announced that he is creating original music that will be featured in an upcoming unnamed video game.
Speaking to a German newspaper called Die Zeit Paul McCartney said, “I was asked whether I coul... |
1 February 2012
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Just as it promised at the end of last year, Acer has now started selling the Iconia Tab A200 in Europe, Germany being one of the first countries to get it.
The 10.1-incher was launched at the beginning of December, and Netbook News now reports that the tablet is available from Amazon.de for 369 EUR (about $486 US).... |
1 February 2012
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The Bold 9790 is one of the latest BlackBerry 7 smartphones launched by Research In Motion (RIM), but is not among the most powerful devices released by the Canadian handset maker. However, BlackBerry Bold 9790 is an important step forward for RIM, especially in comparison with other BlackBerry smartphones launc... |
1 February 2012
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Following the release of Symbian Anna and Belle last year (the latter was released as Nokia Belle), Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia has started to work on the next version of the mobile operating system. Called Carla, the new platform release is already under testing, at least this is what recent entries on the comp... |
1 February 2012
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The year is still young, but that doesn't mean we can't already shower celebrities with superlatives. However, never before have they been more deserved: Sofia Vergara has just been named AskMen's Most Desirable Woman of 2012. The Columbian actress, star of “Modern Family,” isn't just ... |
1 February 2012
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Android 4.0 has been running on the Kindle Fire for quite a while now, but lately the devs working on this port have made great progress with it.
While still under development, the port has now received a custom lock screen, which no longer has the camera option since the Kindle Fire doesn’t come with such an ... |
1 February 2012
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Graphics for high-profile video games have been steadily improving in the last few years, but at least one important designer believes that their importance might have been overstated.
Speaking to GameInformer, Sid Meier, now leading developer Firaxis and creator of the legendary Civilization franchise, has said, &l... |
1 February 2012
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Samsung announced earlier this week that it will air its first-ever commercial during this year’s Super Bowl, which is set for this Sunday. With this ad, the Korean handset maker plans to rise the excitement around its new Samsung Galaxy Note phablet. The Galaxy Note was confirmed by AT&T for February 19, ... |
1 February 2012
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The first weeks of 2012 saw the release of the fourth “Underworld” film, called “Awakening.” Arguably, the film's strongest selling point was Kate Beckinsale in that famous leather catsuit – so here's how she got it.Kate Beckinsale was never “fat” but, to get ready ... |
1 February 2012
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In order to improve security, Google has added a couple of new features to Safe Browsing in Google Chrome 17 which extend the use of the feature. Chrome 17 can detect malicious files that you may be trying to download and also warns about sites that may be dangerous.
Users had a lot of questions about the new featur... |
1 February 2012
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Good news and bad news for Prototype 2 fans today, as Activision has confirmed that the PC edition is now scheduled to arrive after the PS3 or Xbox 360 versions, while console gamers that buy the game new will see their copy of the title upgraded to the Radnet Edition. Prototype 2 has been in development at Radical ... |
1 February 2012
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When made available on mobile devices later this year, Windows 8 will have a great advantage over rival solutions, namely it will build on the success Windows benefits from. ARM CEO Warren East believes that, and he might have an idea or two of what is happening in the mobile space, since most of the smartphones and... |
1 February 2012
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Leaks really have a tendency of cropping up when and where people least expect them, as proven by Samsung's GT-P3100 and GT-P5100 tablets. These two are products that Samsung hasn't even hinted at, but that didn't stop a completely different source from spilling the beans. It was in the database of... |
1 February 2012
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Apple has announced via its Support web site that the latest Final Cut Pro update has yielded new system requirements for producers. Both Snow Leopard and Lion are supported, but there are some versions of the two operating systems that won’t work with the new FCP X, nor will they work with the recently update... |
1 February 2012
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Rogers is the first Canadian carrier to debut a Windows Phone device manufactured by Nokia. However, the operator confirmed numerous times that Nokia Lumia 710 sales would commence in the week starting on February 6.
The good news is that Rogers decided to make the Lumia 710 available several days earlier than... |
1 February 2012
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With some Hollywood moms bouncing back to their pre-pregnancy weight in as little as 3 months, Jenna Fischer, known for her role on “The Office,” says she's in no rush to get there – not if that means putting herself and her baby at risk. Fischer married screenwriter Lee Kirk in 2010 and, four ... |
1 February 2012
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Panasonic is drawing attention to a study conducted by BizTechReports, an independent research and reporting agency, that claims to have found major operational issues for tablet computers like the iPad in healthcare.
A white paper by Panasonic highlights the growing concerns of healthcare IT executives trying to me... |
1 February 2012
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Unveiled last week, Samsung Galaxy S Advance has already been confirmed in the UK by major carrier Three. However, the carrier has yet to disclose the phone’s exact release date and pricing options. Still, customers who prefer to purchase the unlocked Galaxy S Advance can pre-order the smartphone via Mobil... |
1 February 2012
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The Pirate Bay has survived for almost nine years, despite being one of the most hunted "pirate" sites out there. It's surprising in fact, when many other smaller BitTorrent sites were shut down through various means, the most notorious of which being domain name seizure.Because generic domain names, .com, .org,... |
1 February 2012
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Yesterday, Microsoft announced the Technical Preview availability of its next-generation productivity suite, codenamed Office 15.
The software is promised in a public beta flavor sometime in summer (only lucky few will get a taste of it now), and might hit the market later this year, most probably at the same time... |
1 February 2012
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Acer did say it was changing the way it approached the IT market, but its tactics vary more from country to country than some may have thought.
One of the most recent reports published by Digitimes deals with the tactics that Acer means to employ in Brazil.
As some may or may not know, the company does not exactl... |
1 February 2012
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U.S. Cellular has just announced plans to release its first 4G LTE devices in conjunction with the first wave of 4G LTE services that will be launched next month. The carrier has teamed up with King Street Wireless, a company that currently owns 700 MHz wireless spectrum in 27 states, to deliver 4G LTE service t... |
1 February 2012
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Video game publisher Sony has announced that the Media Molecule create platformer Little Big Planet has managed to attract no less than 6 million user-created levels and original video games, all of which can be downloaded from the PlayStation Network service for the PS3.
Little Big Planet was originally launched in... |
1 February 2012
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Several Casio devices from its Android roadmap for this year have already leaked online, showing that the company plans to increase its presence on the smartphone market.
Although the company’s smartphones are only available via Verizon Wireless, it won’t come as a surprise if other US-based operat... |
1 February 2012
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Capcom has confirmed quite a few new details about its upcoming Dragon’s Dogma action adventure game, including the fact that new copies of the game will have a special voucher that allows owners access to the Resident Evil 6 demo on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
Dragon’s Dogma is one of Capcom’s... |
1 February 2012
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In Final Cut Pro X 10.0.3, producers can now access advanced controls in the Keyer or Luma Keyer effect. This is how to use them, according to Apple.
When a user opens projects created with older versions of Final Cut Pro X - that is, older than 10.0.3 - the advanced controls will not appear in the Keyer or Luma Key... |
1 February 2012
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Preparing for the second Alpha release of the upcoming Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) operating system, Canonical updated last evening its default web browser and email client to Firefox 10 and Thunderbird 10, respectively. As you all probably already know, Mozilla officially unleashed later last night, January ... |
1 February 2012
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Video game hardware maker and publisher Nintendo has announced that the Pearl Pink version of the Nintendo 3DS handheld will be launched as a standalone product on the United States market on February 10.
The new hardware will cost those interested 169.99 dollars (129 Euro) and it is already offered on European mark... |
1 February 2012
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Mac users will be happy to know that Sony Ericsson plans to update its sync software for Mac OS X with updating capabilities for Xperia smartphones. The handset maker has just confirmed on its official blog site that the future release of ‘Sony Ericsson Bridge for Mac’ will introduce software update... |
1 February 2012
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All space agencies in the world managed to conduct only 5 or 6 successful sample-return missions since 1969. RosCosmos was the most active, sending 7 spacecraft, and succeeding with 3. But the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) sent only one, and succeeded. Following the success of the first Hayabusa mission, ... |
1 February 2012
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There’s some good news for those of you living in Canada and waiting to get a Transformer Prime of your own. Best Buy has just added the 64GB model of the Asus tablet to its Wesbite, and which, according to the retailer, is shipping right from stock. As always quantities are said to be limited, but this... |
1 February 2012
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AT&T launched the Samsung Infuse 4G back in May and the smartphone was pretty popular due to its 4G support. Unfortunately, the smartphone was delivered with Android 2.2 Froyo on board, though Samsung promised it would roll out a Gingerbread upgrade pretty soon. It appears that it took Samsung and AT&T more th... |
1 February 2012
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According to PhoneArena, Samsung is preparing more than the still unannounced Exynos 5250 System-on-Chip.
In fact, the company is building something called the Exynos 5450, a quad-core platform operating at 2GHz (the cores themselves are Cortex-A15).
The report also mentions the Mali-658 as the graphics processing ... |
1 February 2012
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Lifeforms need about 24 million generations to develop into something entirely different from what they once were; case in point: the rabbit-to-elephant transition. A new study found that this is the length of time needed to affect such impressive changes in a creature. The same study found that it takes about 100,... |
1 February 2012
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Snooki of MTV's “Jersey Shore,” real name Nicole Polizzi, is about to drop the biggest bomb on the world: she's pregnant. The claim comes via Radar Online, citing its sister publication Star.Granted, Star doesn't have the most squeaky clean reputation ever but, as they say, there's nev... |
1 February 2012
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Matrox has been quite busy lately, licensing M-Series Multi-Display Drive source code and getting the Mura MPX HDCP-certified, but the company isn't done yet.
What Matrox also did, as revealed by yet another press release, was secure a partnership with Wyse Technology.
Through this deal, the latter's Wy... |
1 February 2012
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Well, here we go, with the BIOS listing for the first day of February. Still no new motherboards based on Intel's new chipsets, so there is no real stir in the industry until then. Today's highlight is one of EVGA's Z68 SLI Micro motherboard. Aside from the BIOS, we're also offering all the... |
1 February 2012
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January has proven an interesting month in the browser market. IE grew in the first month of 2012, while both Firefox and Chrome lost market share, Chrome for the first time in its history. Internet Explorer, all versions combined, ended the month with 52.96 percent market share, according to Net Applications data, ... |
1 February 2012
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Trying to understand how the atmosphere, its clouds, and the oceans underneath behave without taking into account the fact that the planet is spinning is a futile exercise. In order to help students and laymen alike, experts at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) Department of Earth and Space Sciences ... |
1 February 2012
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As promised, we return with more information on the story of the famous grey hat hacker TinKode, who is apparently a 20-year old student that didn’t spend too much time in class and even failed IT Fundamentals, the only exam he attended. According to a statement of the Romanian Directorate for Investigating O... |
1 February 2012
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Streaming media is great, but it relies on special equipment, like the DVDO Air Wireless HD device.
Essentially, this is a product composed of a wireless transmitter, a wireless receiver and a receiver-mounting clip for easy positioning on a wall or the top of an HDTV.
It streams 1080p video in 2D or 3D and 7.1 cha... |
1 February 2012
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Rumors of a camera-equipped iPod nano are being reignited by a Taiwanese site flashing around photos of a new prototype. The design doesn’t seem very convincing, but the imagery doesn’t seem to be fake either.
This is not the first time Apple.pro posts images of a new-generation iPod nano bearing a camer... |
1 February 2012
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An impressive view of the NGC 3324 stellar nursery was just released by astronomers at the European Southern Observatory (ESO). If you look close enough, it may consider the bright-blue area to the left as the mouth of a man who keeps his head bowed, and his eyes closed.
Another face can be observed in the outline ... |
1 February 2012
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Canonical announced a few minutes ago, February 1st, that the Unity 5.2 interface is ready for testing on the Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) platform. Unity 5.2 brings multi-monitor support (Unity launchers appear on each monitor, and when scrolling across a monitor, you should feel some resistance in order to a... |
1 February 2012
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In a darkly amusing turn of events, Seagate was found to have actually benefited from the hard disk drive shortage and subsequent price hike.
It helped that the company didn't actually get hit directly by the Thailand floods, unlike Western Digital.
Long story short, Seagate shipped 3.1% fewer drives, but saw ... |
1 February 2012
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If you feel that using the USB 2.0 interface of your Thunderbolt-equipped MacBook for connecting a GoFlex external drive to your computer is like being stuck in the stone age, Seagate has a solution for you.This comes in the form of the GoFlex Thunderbolt adapter, which the outfit has just added to its website. Whil... |
1 February 2012
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As we promised, we're bringing you now the latest software for the Samsung Blu-ray players which are currently supported.
Even though Samsung stopped listing many of the Blu-ray players on their index (and kept only the latest generation ones), we know that there are a lot of owners out there who are looking to... |
1 February 2012
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Reason number one for why fans love Reese Witherspoon: she's one funny lady. In a new interview with MTV, the blonde bombshell mocked plans for a “Fear” remake and unknowingly made non-Beliebers' day. A short while ago, word got out online that Justin Bieber was looking to move from his heartthr... |
1 February 2012
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Facebook, the biggest social platform in the world, has introduced a new way for players to discover and engage with social games, creating a unified list for social titles in the news feed of each user.
The new mechanic combines updates from the titles that a player uses on a regular basis and avoids spamming of th... |
1 February 2012
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NASA has released a new educational app for iPhone and iPad using an air traffic control theme to challenge students to use basic math and problem-solving skills.
Sector 33 is based on Smart Skies Line Up With Math, an educational app developed under the direction of NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Director... |
1 February 2012
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Sharp may be one of the greatest makers of displays, but that also means that it will be hit particularly hard if the general interest in such products drops.
As it happens, HDTV panels haven't been selling very well lately, enough so that the company has decided to cut down production at a plant in Osaka (by h... |
1 February 2012
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Security researcher Ucha Gobejishvili, also known as longrifle0x, found cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in another series of important websites, including java.com, developers.sun.com, java.sun.com, and nero.com.
The expert’s findings were submitted to XSSed, a site that provides information on XSS ... |
1 February 2012
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Twisted Metal is the latest game in the prestigious combat racing series, this time arriving from Eat, Sleep, Play, with famous designer David Jaffe masterminding the whole experience.
As opposed to the more recent games in the series, the new title takes a gritty and violent approach to gameplay, allowing gamers to... |
1 February 2012
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If anyone was wondering, Samsung has a monitor/docking station hybrid almost ready to start shipping, not just ultrabooks and netbooks for kids.
Being involved in so many different IT industry segments, Samsung often launches things in a set instead of releasing items one by one.
In this instance, the company has... |
1 February 2012
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Together with the new S-Series and L-810 Coolpix cameras, Nikon also introduced the P310 point-and-shoot, which comes as the company’s high-end pocketable snapper thanks to its improved features and specifications.
The most important of these improvements is the inclusion of a new 16.1MP back illuminated CMOS ... |
1 February 2012
10:18 GMT |
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Mozilla has announced that users of Thunderbird 3.1 have until April 24 to migrate to a newer version of the email client, since the old one will no longer be supported. All development will be halted at said date, which means that no security or performance fixes will be provided. Truth be told, Thunderbird 3.1.x i... |
1 February 2012
10:16 GMT |
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According to the conclusions of a new scientific investigation carried out by experts at the University of Portsmouth, it would appear that a certain nutrient found in tomatoes can slow down the growth of prostate cancer cells, or even destroy the tumors entirely.
The compound only acts when the tomatoes are cooked,... |
1 February 2012
10:08 GMT |
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Today, Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia made available for purchase in the UK its second smartphone running under Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system, namely the Nokia Lumia 710.
Nokia made the announcement on Twitter, linking to the phone’s page on its website.
The new device features capabili... |
1 February 2012
10:06 GMT |
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Another miracle weight loss product is making rounds on Facebook, luring unsuspecting customers into clicking on malicious links that lead to phony websites which advertise fake HCG miracle drugs.
Sophos experts came across this latest spam campaign, but for now it’s uncertain if the fake ads spread by using a... |
1 February 2012
09:55 GMT |
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After a debunked rumor about possibly acquiring Olympus' camera business, Samsung is reported to be seeking ties with the company for its other assets.
In short, Samsung wants a partnership with Olympus, reportedly because of the latter's expertise in making medical equipment.
It is not alone in that ei... |
1 February 2012
09:51 GMT |
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In March this year, the waiting will be over: Madonna's latest studio album, the one called “M.D.N.A.,” will be out in music stores all over the world. Above is the official artwork for it. Since it's called “M.D.N.A.,” which is actually a pseudo-blend of “Madonna,” it�... |
1 February 2012
09:50 GMT |
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When it comes to browsers on Windows 7 in the United States, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9 is the established leader in terms of market share. The browser managed to take the top position from Internet Explorer 8 last month, and has enjoyed continuous growth in the meantime, now sitting at over 35 percent ... |
1 February 2012
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The Document Foundation, creators of the LibreOffice office suite, have announced in a press release that they will be moving to Berlin, in the legal form of a German Stiftung. A "Stiftung" is a German Foundation established with an endowment and supervised by state authorities, according to The Document Foundation."... |
1 February 2012
09:42 GMT |
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Blogger is making a move very similar to Twitter, allowing for the removal of content on a country-by country basis, to be able to conform to law requirements in certain places but still offer as much content as possible to as many people as possible.
The move comes too fast after Twitter's for it to have serve... |
1 February 2012
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The final version of Microsoft’s Kinect for Windows SDK 1.0 is now available for download, offering support for applications built using C++, C#, Visual Basic, and Visual Studio 2010.
Some of the main changes that the new tool iteration packs include better skeletal tracking, along with enhanced speech recog... |
1 February 2012
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Australian media giant Fairfax confirmed that two of its websites, Herald Education and Young Writer, were breached by hackers, forcing them to temporarily block users from accessing the affected domains.
In an interview with SC Magazine, the unnamed hackers revealed that they breached the sites only to show that th... |
1 February 2012
09:39 GMT |
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Many Mac users know that first-party (Apple-developed) software is exclusive to the Mac App Store nowadays, but Cupertino is making sure everyone knows how they can buy the newest versions of Final Cut Pro, Motion, and Compressor.
According to a support document published by Apple this week, “Final Cut Pro X, ... |
1 February 2012
09:37 GMT |
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Just when they thought they'd never see the day when man escaped gravity, New Yorkers got treated to the sight of three people gliding through the air.
Alas, rather than a dream come true, this was actually a marketing stunt to promote the movie “Chronicle”, which tells the story of three high schoo... |
1 February 2012
09:28 GMT |
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Today, Microsoft also announced the release of a new developer tool for developers interested in packing Amazon Web Services (AWS) with their Windows Phone applications.
The new Amazon Web Services (AWS) SDK for Windows Phone was built as an open source project from Microsoft, providing developers with a speed dia... |
1 February 2012
09:21 GMT |
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Following discussions with a "major TV component supplier" last month, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster is reiterating his take on Apple’s potential unveiling of an HD TV product. He also offers three scenarios for content distribution.
Munster reportedly had a chat with a "major TV component supplier" last ... |
1 February 2012
09:20 GMT |
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One wouldn't think that a server processor could cause such a big fuss, but the whole Itanium debacle has gotten very heated, leading to a direct clash between Oracle and HP, the latter having, apparently, gained the upper hand.
This isn't a case of patent infringement, like the quarrel between Samsung an... |
1 February 2012
09:09 GMT |
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The development for uTorrent 3.1.2 has entered release candidate stage recently, with two RCs being rushed out in the past two days.
The first release candidate, made available on January 30, took care of some issues regarding various asserts, such as adding torrents with labels or ratings and fixed a DHT issue wher... |
1 February 2012
09:03 GMT |
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The developer Piranha Byes and the publisher Deep Silver have announced that they are offering a special pre-order bonus for all those gamers who are ready to pre-order the upcoming Risen 2: Dark Waters.
Those who put down money now can download for free a special extra story questline which will see them chase the ... |
1 February 2012
09:02 GMT |
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Along with Firefox 10, Mozilla has also released Thunderbird 10, as always. Apart from the improvements to Gecko 10, which benefit both Thunderbird and Firefox, the email client comes with several specific new features. The most touted addition is the ability to search the web within Thunderbird if you so desire. Th... |
1 February 2012
09:01 GMT |
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Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia is gearing up for the release of its first Windows Phone-based smartphone in more markets around the world, and New Zealand is one of the countries to receive it soon.
The handset vendor announced via its New Zealand Twitter account that the two phones would hit shelves in the coun... |
1 February 2012
09:01 GMT |
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University of Cincinnati investigators determined that the messages and images people post on online social networking sites could cost them their prospective jobs. Employers always look over job applicants' online accounts, and what they find there could be grounds for dismissal.
What is even more interesting... |
1 February 2012
08:51 GMT |
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Adobe rolled out a new beta for Flash Player and AIR products. This is the fifth and last beta before making available the final release.
Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.197 and AIR 3.2.0.1830 do not usher new features, but instead concentrate on bug fixing and improving performance and stability as well as device compa... |
1 February 2012
08:48 GMT |
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Since everyday people aren't the only ones that need some means to store lots of data, LaCie decided it was time for yet another NAS storage device, one dubbed 5big Office Series.
Right to the point, this thing is a network-attached storage device with five drive bays, leading to a storage capacity maximum of ... |
1 February 2012
08:46 GMT |
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Adele fans, set your calendars for February 12: the singer will perform at the Grammys 2012, as speculated before. She's just confirmed the excellent news on her Twitter. In late 2011, Adele underwent throat surgery after suffering from recurrent hemorrhage. She's been on vocal rest ever since and canceled ... |
1 February 2012
08:40 GMT |
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It looks like HTC feels the need to reiterate every month that the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade will be rolled out to most of its high-end devices, in the first half of the year. Rumors on HTC’s planner for the Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade have come and gone, but the company has yet to make any o... |
1 February 2012
08:30 GMT |
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Two of the leading companies in the security industry, Zscaler and Seculert, released a joint report as a result of a thorough investigation targeting a series of attacks that attempt to stay under the radar by sending fake Microsoft Windows Update HTTP requests.
The researchers reveal that another malware, identif... |
1 February 2012
08:27 GMT |
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“Cloverfield” (2008) proved beyond any doubt that viral marketing is a much more powerful and less expensive tool to promote a movie than traditional strategies. “Chronicle” takes a page from that manual with a new video. “Chronicle” (see the official trailer below) tells the story... |
1 February 2012
08:25 GMT |
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Angry Birds for Chrome is quickly becoming a showcase of the latest and greatest web technology. It uses HTML5 and WebGL for the graphics part. Browsers that support WebGL and have the proper drivers installed get the full hardware accelerated experience. Otherwise, HTML5 Canvas is used.
Angry Birds has now introduc... |
1 February 2012
08:21 GMT |
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Fujitsu has not put much effort into entering the solid state drive market, but that is set to change as the company finds it cannot go against the flow of time. Fujitsu deals in a lot of things, but solid state drives weren't among them until recently, or at least they weren't an even remotely relevant p... |
1 February 2012
08:14 GMT |
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Today, true to a promise made on January 9th, Microsoft made available for download the final flavor of its Kinect for Windows Software Development Kit. Officially announced during the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the development tools arrive in addition to commercially available hardware. Kinect for W... |
1 February 2012
08:09 GMT |
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Dexim, creator of accessories and applications for consumer electronics, is making a splash with its cool “Visible” USB cable for iDevices that uses cool light effects to show how current passes through the cable to your Apple gadget. The Dexim Visible Green Smart Charge & Sync Cable for iPhone, iPod Tou... |
1 February 2012
08:09 GMT |
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The fact that the brain becomes lazier as people age is a secret to no one, yet scientists know very little about the root causes that lead to bodily aging. In a new investigation, experts at the University of Bristol were able to identify a novel mechanism involved in slowing down neural processing.
The latter is ... |
1 February 2012
08:08 GMT |
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Along with Firefox 10, Mozilla has made available the first ever Extended Support Release (ESR) of Firefox. This version will enjoy support, security patches mainly, for at least one year before a new version is launched.
The idea is to give enterprises and other big organizations a chance to test the browser and ad... |
1 February 2012
07:51 GMT |
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Together with releasing the stable version for Firefox 10, Mozilla also rolled out the stable build for their email client, Thunderbird.
The list of newly added features for this release is very short and not at all unexpected, taking into consideration that they’ve been advertised in the beta, as well.
As su... |
1 February 2012
07:51 GMT |
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By using induced pluripotent stem cells as a starting point, researchers in the United States say they can obtain liver-like cells that could help them crack the mystery surrounding hepatitis C. The condition is puzzling because it produces different effects on patients.
The overall effects are the same – mos... |
1 February 2012
07:47 GMT |
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iOS developer Vertical Horizon has released a clock application that isn’t quite on par with conventional time keeping devices, but it certainly looks awesome. It’s an artistic clock that you yourself can customize using several clock systems and wallpapers.
The three-dollar app (2.39 EUR) provides 7 dif... |
1 February 2012
07:43 GMT |
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Recent years have seen Liam Neeson emerge as one of the hottest, most likeable and bankable action stars of his generation, which, in itself, is a very impressive feat. Director Joe Carnahan, who worked with him in “The Grey,” knows how this came to happen. At 59, Liam can carry a movie all on his own,... |
1 February 2012
07:37 GMT |
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The release notes for the latest stable variant of Firefox were made public, and we learned that a total of eight security flaws were patched up, five of which could have allowed an attacker to run arbitrary code and install software without any interaction from the user.
Firefox 10 addresses a potential memory corr... |
1 February 2012
07:36 GMT |
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Google Chrome dev channel has been updated to a new build, available for all supported platforms (Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome Frame). It comes with an updated JavaScript engine (V8 - 3.8.9.0) and a new API for extensions, freshly moved from “experimental” status.
V8 engine has been improved through va... |
1 February 2012
07:33 GMT |
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After months of hard work, the DEFT Linux team proudly announced that the final and stable version of the DEFT Linux 7 operating system is now available for download. DEFT Linux 7 is the first Linux distribution able to perform Computer Forensics, Network Forensics, Mobile Forensics, Cyber Intelligence and Incide... |
1 February 2012
07:31 GMT |
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Last week, Google announced a series of changes brought to their privacy policy, altering the way in which users can stay in control of their information.
Those changes affected some of the most popular products coming from Google, including Search, Gmail, Google Plus, and others, and concerns started to arise.
I... |
1 February 2012
07:29 GMT |
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Night-vision cameras, mobile gamma-ray scanners, explosion-proof manhole covers and an $18 million (12.5 million EUR) regional operations center. No, we’re not talking about the latest James Bond movie, instead we’re referring to this year’s Super Bowl, considered by the organizers “the most t... |
1 February 2012
07:18 GMT |
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Video game publisher Activision Blizzard has announced that its Skylanders Spyro’s Adventure will be the star attraction at the upcoming International Toy Fair in Nuremberg, Germany, with the company set to make a number of announcements related to the future of the mix between real-world action figures and vir... |
1 February 2012
07:13 GMT |
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BioWare has just deployed a fresh patch for its latest Star Wars: The Old Republic online game, in the form of update 1.1.1, which aims at solving some of the various issues that popped up after last month’s patch 1.1 (aka Rise of the Rakghouls).
Star Wars: The Old Republic became quite popular back in Decembe... |
1 February 2012
06:52 GMT |
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Nadya Suleman is making good of her promise to do her best to provide for her 14 children without embarrassing herself like she did in the past. In a new episode of her web series, she has a few choice words for haters. After a few, much ridiculed attempts at becoming rich and famous, Suleman promised she would no ... |
1 February 2012
06:46 GMT |
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Mozilla started working on a set of built-in developer tools not long ago. Since then, it's been making considerable progress and, with Firefox 10, the tools are now pretty useful.
Firefox 10 debuts a very snazzy looking but also very useful Web Inspector which enables developers to find out more about a page b... |
1 February 2012
06:41 GMT |
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Just as initially announced, Xperia S, the new Android-based Xperia flagship from Sony, will arrive on shelves in the UK only in March.
The handset was unveiled to the world during the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January, and was said to need about two months before making it to shelves.
However, s... |
1 February 2012
06:41 GMT |
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Apple is “nullifying” the criticisms surrounding the debut of Final Cut Pro X by adding a slew of new features in the latest update, including one dearly missed ability called “multicam editing,” says an Apple Gold Level Authorized Training Center.
The Training Farm has kicked off a training ... |
1 February 2012
06:31 GMT |
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Over the weekend, Katy Perry made her first public appearance since Russell Brand filed for divorce, ending their 14-month marriage. However short-lived their romance might have been, Katy is still heartbroken over it – so it's a good thing she has plenty of friends to offer her proper support. Hollywood L... |
1 February 2012
06:07 GMT |
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Club3D, a company specialized in developing graphics card based on AMD’s as well as Nvidia’s GPUs, announced the introduction of a new solution designed around AMD’s recently unveiled Radeon HD 7950.
Club3D graphics card doesn’t seem to differ in any way from AMD’s reference design for ... |
1 February 2012
06:07 GMT |
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Samsung will not bring the successor of its highly popular Galaxy S II smartphone to the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next month.
The company said so last week, when announcing the financial results for the last quarter of 2011, and has confirmed it once again.
Moreover, the vendor also announced that it p... |
1 February 2012
06:01 GMT |
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A knowledge-base article on Apple’s Support site details the various benefits enabled by Multicam shooting - now supported in the newest version of Final Cut Pro X. Support article HT5105 takes FCP fans to the Final Cut Pro X Help document hosted at this address. Among other topics, the huge document offers ti... |
1 February 2012
06:01 GMT |
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It’s not news to anyone that Anonymous hackers condemn the practices of the Church of Scientology and now they came forward to reveal that their operation has “reborn.”
The hacktivist accuse the Church of causing the deaths of several of their members and engaging in policies of censorship across t... |
1 February 2012
05:56 GMT |
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The developers at The Creative Assembly have put out a number of new screens linked to their upcoming Fall of the Samurai standalone expansion for the strategy game Total War: Shogun 2, which will be offered exclusively on the PC on March 23.
The screens show how the expansion changes various aspects of the strategy... |
1 February 2012
05:53 GMT |
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The wreckage of the Phobos-Grunt spacecraft haven't yet even settled at the bottom of the ocean, but officials at the Russian Federal Space Agency (RosCosmos) are already revealing new plans to send a spacecraft to the diminutive Martian moon.
It's hard to say what drives the Russians in this quest, since ... |
1 February 2012
05:52 GMT |
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It appears that the memory industry may have finally gone past that stage where demand was so severely overshadowed by supply.
According to the most recent findings of DRAMeXchange, a research division of TrendForce, the prices of memory modules and kits are stabilizing.
That is to say, the supply of chips and mo... |
1 February 2012
05:50 GMT |
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Less than half a year after updating the S-series of point-and-shoot cameras, Nikon refreshed this product line yet again with some new models that offer slightly improved specs when compared to their predecessors.
Starting at the bottom end, the first new Coolpix model that we encounter is the S3300, which keeps th... |
1 February 2012
05:44 GMT |
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With Super Bowl practically around the corner, companies and movie studios are rushing to get us all pumped up about their offering with ads and teasers for ads. Marvel is also included. Above is a teaser for the ad that will run during the Super Bowl, meant to drum up publicity for the May 4 release.The short clip, ... |
1 February 2012
05:42 GMT |
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The latest version of Skype Click to Call, the add-on that recognizes phone numbers on webpages and lets you make a call, has been updated to support Firefox 10 and Google Chrome 17. The current build, 5.9.4743, is capable of seamless upgrades across all supported PC browsers, which eliminate user intervention for t... |
1 February 2012
05:41 GMT |
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We already knew that Microsoft was planning the release of a mobile version of Skype on handsets running under its Windows Phone mobile platform, but we had no clue as of when it might become available. Today, however, we learn that it might not be long before the beta flavor of the application is released. Appare... |
1 February 2012
05:38 GMT |
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The Humble Bundle team has just revealed a brand new offer, this time with indie games not just for the PC, Mac, and Linux platforms, but also for the Android mobile operating system. We’ve been treated with quite a lot of great bundles that brought together impressive independent games for a very low price in... |
1 February 2012
05:36 GMT |
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South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung is reportedly gearing up for the release of a new series of high-end smartphones running under Google’s Android operating system, and some more info on them has emerged. One such device would be Galaxy S III, which made it to the headlines a few times before, and which ... |
1 February 2012
05:35 GMT |
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The surface of the Sun is not perfectly uniform. When researchers first discovered sunspots, they saw the structure as dark, magnetic blemishes on the solar surface. Since then, explaining how the spots form has been a challenge, despite numerous attempts. A new theory is now being proposed.
One of the most widely-... |
1 February 2012
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After mobile security firm Lookout argued that Android.Counterclank is not a piece of malware as Symantec labeled it, the latter came forward with some new arguments to sustain their initial decision of informing users on the potential dangers. Symantec’s update on the matter reveals that even Google decided t... |
1 February 2012
05:19 GMT |
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Musician Neil Young believes the digital era has “degraded our music” from a quality standpoint. He made this remark in an interview with Walt Mossberg and Peter Kafka at the D: Dive into Media conference.
Young believes the music industry needs another revolution, but this time technology should be the ... |
1 February 2012
05:07 GMT |
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Introduced back in October last year, ADATA’s Premier memory series has just received the addition of a new set of 8GB memory modules, working at 1600MHz speeds, that are available in both DIMM and SO-DIMM form factors.
Compared to standard memory, these new Premier series modules are built only with DRAM chip... |
1 February 2012
05:06 GMT |
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Firefox 10 is now available for download and should be pushed via the update channel to all Firefox users over the next few days. The latest release brings a number of features, though regular users will only notice some small tweaks and changes, like the removal of the forward button, unless it's needed.
Devel... |
1 February 2012
04:57 GMT |
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The upcoming SSX snowboarding game will have an online pass system, according to its publisher, Electronic Arts. But this won’t prevent those who buy used copies of the title from accessing the multiplayer mode, as it just limits the amount of in-game rewards they’ll get from finishing races. Online pass... |
1 February 2012
04:55 GMT |
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Samsung may not yet be shipping the Series 5 ULTRA collection of mobile computers, but it will start to do so soon enough, so it went ahead and introduced the pair.
The Series 5 ULTRA could be said to have a fairly self-explanatory name, since it is composed of Ultrabooks.
There are, or there will be, both 13-inch... |
1 February 2012
04:49 GMT |
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Video game publisher SEGA has announced that it has set a worldwide launch date of March 23 for Total War: Shogun 2: Fall of the Samurai, the stand alone expansion that will push the Japan-based strategy title in the XIX century and will reveal a new host of conflicts.
The launch date comes one year after the develo... |
1 February 2012
04:48 GMT |
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Investigators at the University of Michigan say that that using liquid lasers could contribute extensively to discovering slight genetic mutations as they are just starting to cause effects in the body. This could be of tremendous use for the early detection of numerous diseases, including cancer.
In a paper publis... |
1 February 2012
04:46 GMT |
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CyberpowerPC announced earlier today that, when purchasing one of its systems, the company’s clients can opt for Intel’s Performance Tuning Protection Plan (PTPP), which provides an added layer of warranty protection in the event of CPU damage caused by overclocking.
The plan was introduced by Intel in ... |
1 February 2012
04:30 GMT |
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The Humble Bundle is one of the most popular places to grab some cheap indie games and help fund developers at the same time, as well as other noble causes. Until today, Humble Bundle only offered games compatible with Windows, Mac, and Linux, most of them redeemable on Steam. Starting this week, Android enthu... |
1 February 2012
04:28 GMT |
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The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, or ACTA as many of us know it, is highly debated and protested against these days, but few know that a lot of the anti-ACTA arguments are highly inaccurate.
Since the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) was abandoned, Internet users from all over the world turned their attention to... |
1 February 2012
04:25 GMT |
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As speculated yesterday, both Paula Abdul and Nicole Scherzinger are out of the X Factor USA, along with Steve Jones, the host. Confirmation of the changes comes straight from the horse's mouth, Simon Cowell himself. While Nicole had already hinted, back in December, at the possibility of leaving the show to ded... |
1 February 2012
04:19 GMT |
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A report from the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology in South Korea has suggested that the country might move to ban the accounts of all minor players who spend more than two consecutive hours playing online game or more than three hours during any given day. It seems that representatives from the gaming ... |
1 February 2012
04:19 GMT |
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The official release notes were not available at the moment we wrote about the availability of the Firefox 10 binaries on their servers. Now they're out. Overall, there are no surprises, but apart from introducing new features the developer also solved a set of issues.
However, some of the bugs have not been el... |
1 February 2012
04:17 GMT |
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Klei Entertainment and Electronic Arts have just released a brand new video that focuses on the cooperative Survival Mode from the upcoming Shank 2, showing off new details and plenty of gameplay footage.
Shank 2 promises to improve on its original, while the new Survival mode is designed to offer a bigger challenge... |
1 February 2012
04:17 GMT |
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For individuals who have congenital or acquired speech impairments, communicating with those around them can be very tough. Now, a team of experts believes it's on the right track towards developing a solution that will enable these people to talk to others just like before.
A new system being developed at the... |
1 February 2012
04:15 GMT |
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Yesterday, January 31, was the day when AMD's latest graphics card got launched, so today is the day the world reacts, starting with developers of gaming desktops, like Maingear.
As it did for more or less every other powerful graphics card released by NVIDIA or Advanced Micro Devices, Maingear has adopted the... |
1 February 2012
04:05 GMT |
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One year after working together, Busta Rhymes and Chris Brown are joining forces again, this time for a single off the former's album. Above is the video for “Why Stop Now.”The clip opens with a quote from Sophocles, “How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that's wise.... |
1 February 2012
03:56 GMT |
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A petition launched by SumOfUs is pressing Apple to address Chinese worker rights, having collected almost 40,000 signatures thus far. The appeal is to make the next iPhone “ethically” and it comes with a statement from the group’s executive director who blasts Tim Cook himself for not taking proper... |
1 February 2012
03:50 GMT |
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Christian Bale isn't the most talkative actor out there so, when he agrees to sit down for an interview, his fans make sure they pay attention – especially when he's talking about such a hyped project as “The Dark Knight Rises,” the third and final Batman installment from Chris Nolan. In a... |
1 February 2012
03:36 GMT |
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Nikon started refreshing its line of point-and-shoot cameras with a series of new models featuring slightly improved specs, just like the Coolpix L810 Super Zoom that we are going to take a look at in this article. As is the case with any Super Zoom, the focal point of the new L810 is its lens. In the case of the Ni... |
1 February 2012
03:34 GMT |
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2012 is bound to see the appearance of at least several display product lines with resolutions that go beyond the Full HD image quality, and Toshiba is proving to be quite fast on its feet, so to speak.
Toshiba has begun mass producing its series of 3D TVs that feature glasses-free technology and a native resolutio... |
1 February 2012
03:29 GMT |
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A new Humble Bundle is now upon us, with new games, following the same recipe for success, lots for great games for the fraction of the price. The Humble Bundle collection of games is provided by the company with the same name and it will be available for the next two weeks.The average price is around $6 (€4.5),... |
1 February 2012
03:24 GMT |
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Epic Games’ technical head, Tim Sweeney, believes that next generation consoles, like the often rumored PlayStation 4 or Xbox 720, need to provide a huge and fundamentally new experience before actually appearing on the market.
Current consoles have been around for quite some time now, with both the PlayStatio... |
1 February 2012
03:23 GMT |
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Yesterday, Mozilla made available for download its Firefox 10 browser in final flavor, and the owners of devices running under Google’s Android operating system can also get a taste of it. In the new Firefox for Android version, Mozilla included a better Sync set-up, which is complemented by a series of bug ... |
1 February 2012
03:17 GMT |
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Researchers at the American space agency say that the latest investigation of the galactic wind has revealed a chemical composition that appears to be alien. In other words, these winds are not made of the same particles as the solar system.
The discovery was made using the NASA Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX... |
1 February 2012
03:11 GMT |
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Owners of Wave I (S8500) and Wave II (S8530) handsets running under Samsung’s own bada operating system can now get a taste of the popular Angry Birds game on their devices. The mobile game was made available for bada several weeks ago, but only for the Wave 3 (S8600) smartphone. Today, however, it can be ... |
1 February 2012
03:05 GMT |
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Mortal Kombat might be a big franchise, successfully resurrected during 2011 by developer Netherrealm and by publisher Warner Bros., but the people behind it have decided that it is time to take a break and work on another intellectual property in the near future. Ed Boon, the leader of the development team at Nethe... |
1 February 2012
02:59 GMT |
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In the release notes accompanying Firefox 10 Final for Mac OS X, Mozilla has confirmed that users will (or should) no longer experience crashes when closing a tab with a Java applet installed. Growl integration, however, still needs more work to behave properly.
The changelog for Firefox 10.0 was published yesterday... |
1 February 2012
02:58 GMT |
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Just like every other AMD add-in board partner out there, HIS Digital also unveiled a Radeon HD 7950 graphics card of its own, targeting high-resolution gamers and enthusiasts alike.
Compared to most other video card makers, HIS has decided to stick with AMD’s reference design for the HIS 7950 Fan 3GB GDDR5, w... |
1 February 2012
02:54 GMT |
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It may not be known far and wide as the biggest promoter of netbooks, but Samsung does have a significant presence on that market, enough that it decided it was time for a particularly specialized entry-level PC.
Samsung has announced the NC110-Pororo, a low-end mobile personal computer that has a very specific seg... |
1 February 2012
02:49 GMT |
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One of the smartphones that Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion has been long rumored to plan to bring to the market, with the upcoming BlackBerry 10 operating system on board, was the BlackBerry London.
The smartphone has surfaced once again in a leaked document over at Crackberry, offering us a glimps... |
1 February 2012
02:42 GMT |
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BioWare has just deployed a fresh video that centers on the impressive voice cast of its upcoming Mass Effect 3 role playing shooter, highlighting some of the celebrities who lend their voices to the game’s characters, from Martin Sheen to Seth Green, Tricia Helfer or Jennifer Hale.
The Mass Effect series has ... |
1 February 2012
02:33 GMT |
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The fact that the arcade fighting scene is in decline is of no concern to those working on the upcoming Street Fighter x Tekken title as they see online play as a worthy successor for competitive minded gamers.
Speaking to GiantBomb Yoshinori Ono, the producer working on the Street Fighter series, stated, “One... |
1 February 2012
02:24 GMT |
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Scientific Linux, a recompiled Red Hat Enterprise Linux put together by various labs and universities around the world, has reached version 6.2 RC1. Scientific Linux 6.2 RC1 comes with a small number of updates and improvements: OpenAFS was updated to 1.6.0-97.z2.sl6 and support for SL 6.2 has been added in livecd-to... |
1 February 2012
02:21 GMT |
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PelicanHPC, an iso-hybrid (CD or USB) image that lets you set up a high performance computing cluster in just a few minutes is now at version 2.7. There are only a few changes in the new version, according to the developers: Octave has been updated to version 3.6.0, dynare to version 3.4.2, and pelicanhpc.pdf is no... |
1 February 2012
02:20 GMT |
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The second Release Candidate version of the upcoming Linux kernel 3.3 is available for download and testing, as Linus Torvalds announced in the last day of January 2012. Linux kernel 3.3 RC2 brings various USB improvements, Radeon drivers, as well as some ARM, Btrfs, EXT2, CIFS, and PowerPC improvements."Anyway, apar... |
1 February 2012
02:20 GMT |
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