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A few years ago, a very small number of patients visiting their physicians had questions of their own after a consult, when they asked doctors about diseases they read about online. Now, such behavior is not at all uncommon, with many people searching for diagnostics and other answers online themselves. A new researc... |
1 September 2009
20:31 GMT |
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The Walt Disney Company has announced that it has taken over comic book company Marvel Entertainment in a deal that has been valued at around 4 billion dollars. This basically means that Mickey Mouse and Wolverine are now buddies and that more than 5,000 characters from comic books might be developed by Disney.The de... |
1 September 2009
18:31 GMT |
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When the Cold War began, the United States and the Russian Federation started stocking up nuclear armament in immense quantities. After it became clear that the two superpowers would not go to war, efforts were made to limit the production of these terrible weapons, and to reduce existing stocks. But the remaining nu... |
1 September 2009
18:21 GMT |
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Sony Computer Entertainment of America has announced that it plans to re-make God of War I and II, the genre defining videogame put together by David Jaffe and Cory Balrog, taking advantage of the upgraded graphics power of the PlayStation 3. The new package will be delivered via the Blu-ray disk in time for the holi... |
1 September 2009
16:41 GMT |
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Those who don’t understand, nor are willing to give it a go, generally see golf as the most boring and perhaps age-defining sports. Surely, there can’t be anything fun about driving around in a mock car, chasing a ball, some believe. This is precisely why Eye Candy Caddies came to be, an all-female caddie... |
1 September 2009
16:31 GMT |
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In the majority of climate models, soot – the impure carbon particles that result from the incomplete combustion of a hydrocarbon, such as those in fuel – is considered to be a chemically inert substance that does not react with other compounds in the atmosphere. However, a recent investigation disproves... |
1 September 2009
16:01 GMT |
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Researchers have often asked themselves (and they are certainly not alone in doing so) what is the first thing that men look at when making contact with a woman, her face or her body. While previous studies have tried to come up with an answer to that by analyzing each aspect alone, a new research has managed to fact... |
1 September 2009
15:31 GMT |
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Relic has announced that it plans to out a new piece of downloadable content for its earlier released Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 2 videogame.This one will not consist only of maps for multiplayer and more options related to the match but of an entirely new game mode, called The Last Stand, which allows players to ... |
1 September 2009
15:01 GMT |
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In 2005, a deep-sea expedition in the Arctic Ocean unveiled a number of species far beneath the surface that were completely unknown to science. In fact, the most well-established of the species, a jelly-like creature, was totally new, and never-before investigated. Naturalists no longer stick to the old ideas about ... |
1 September 2009
14:51 GMT |
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Demi Moore turns 47 this year, in November, but even when she’s not wearing any makeup or is not lit specifically to hide any flaws she might have, she still looks better than most women half her age, it has been said. Once known as the queen of plastic surgery for the many interventions she is believed to have... |
1 September 2009
14:21 GMT |
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Dragon's Lair 3D: Return to the Lair is a videogame created by Dragonstone Software and published by Encore Inc. It was released on the last day of 2002. It was made for the GameCube, the PlayStation 2 from Sony, the PC, and the Xbox from Microsoft, and classed as an action adventure title played from a third pe... |
1 September 2009
13:41 GMT |
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Epic Games and Chair have announced that Shadow Complex, a 2D Castlevania style videogame released over Xbox Live with no boxed copy, has managed to sell more than 200,000 units in its first week since it was outed on August 19, becoming the most downloaded single player-oriented game in the history of the Microsoft ... |
1 September 2009
13:31 GMT |
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Were one to divide people by the stances they take towards body weight, we could probably note two major categories: one that speaks for acceptance and embracing the body each and every one of us lives in, and another that is completely opposed to anything beyond the limits of “normalcy,” meaning either s... |
1 September 2009
13:31 GMT |
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Music video site Vevo, the joint venture between two of the four big music labels, Universal Music and Sony Music, backed by YouTube, was first announced in April this year, with a launch date set for late 2009, but has since stayed mostly quiet. Paid Content now reports that the venture's CEO Rio Caraeff has be... |
1 September 2009
12:09 GMT |
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August was an interesting month for the browser market, with all competitors seeing significant changes in their overall share, for better or for worse. According to numbers from Net Applications, Mozilla Firefox saw a big rise of 0.8 percent in August almost matching its highest market share in history, while Intern... |
1 September 2009
11:35 GMT |
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Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia is reportedly pushing back the launch of its music service in the United States. The company promised earlier this year that it would launch Comes With Music on the US market in 2009, yet it seems that now it has decided to make the service available for mobile phone users in the coun... |
1 September 2009
11:34 GMT |
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With the next iteration of the Windows Mobile operating system, Microsoft will attempt to fuel a growth for its relevance on the mobile market. Windows Mobile 6.5, slated for release on October 6th, 2009, according to Microsoft, is regarded as a minor update to the existing mobile platform from Microsoft. In this reg... |
1 September 2009
11:10 GMT |
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Whitney Houston is back, following a years-long absence from the spotlight, when the only time she would make the headlines would be for issues related to her personal life. Armed with a new studio album of which critics say it will blow fans away, new-found confidence and her almost contagious optimism, the diva ope... |
1 September 2009
11:09 GMT |
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Micro- and nanotechnology are two of the fields of research with the largest following to date, as they hold the keys to creating the most advanced devices of the future, on principles that do not necessarily pertain to physics as we know it. From a certain level of miniaturization forward, interactions between parti... |
1 September 2009
11:03 GMT |
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EBay has announced the sale of its VoIP service Skype to a group of investment companies, confirming the previous speculation. EBay will retain 35 percent of the company, with the other 65 percent being sold for $1.9 billion in cash and a note from the buyer in the principal amount of $125 million. The transaction is... |
1 September 2009
11:02 GMT |
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BlackBerry fans in the US who have been waiting for the second version of the popular touch-capable BlackBerry Storm to make it on the market might not have to wait too much to get their hands on the handset. According to the latest news on the web, the phone will come on September 29 for business customers, and shou... |
1 September 2009
10:51 GMT |
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Rifts and feuds among celebrities are certainly one of the best ways to garner free publicity for an ongoing or upcoming project, as Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie (and their fans) probably know best. However, for “The Hills” co-stars Audrina Patridge and Heidi Montag, this is not about publicity, but rat... |
1 September 2009
10:48 GMT |
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Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster issued a note to clients this week saying that Apple was ready to introduce camera-equipped iPods, although not everyone would greet the new models with cheers. Other forecasts include an appearance on behalf of Mr. Steve Jobs (some analysts say otherwise), and an AppleTV announceme... |
1 September 2009
10:41 GMT |
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Today's home users are increasingly taking advantage of the latest digital products on the market, incorporating them into their digital home experience. This is one of the main reasons why companies continue to roll out new products that are said to provide users with improved performance, better design and, at... |
1 September 2009
10:37 GMT |
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While Windows 7 client and Windows Server 2008 R2 have been released to manufacturing for over a month now, the journey of Microsoft’s latest Windows iteration continues. Windows 7 is by no means limited to clients and servers, and an illustrative example of this is codename Quebec. On September 1st, 2009, the ... |
1 September 2009
10:30 GMT |
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Just a few hours ago, the Michael Jackson drama opened another chapter, with several so-called close sources telling the media that Blanket’s real father was actor Macaulay Culkin, Michael’s friend from the days of yore. Jackson reportedly loved Culkin so much that creating a mini-version of him was the o... |
1 September 2009
10:25 GMT |
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Just last week Facebook reminded users of the options they had for ignoring unwanted friend requests and the social network is trying to make it as painless and subtle as possible for all parties involved. Another issue that got the same treatment was removing a friend from your list, which was also a subtle action w... |
1 September 2009
10:13 GMT |
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A new Koobface variant has been detected spreading in the wild and has been analyzed by security researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). The analysis revealed that illegal money schemes used by its creators include scareware distribution and click fraud via rogue affiliate advertising programs... |
1 September 2009
10:08 GMT |
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Accuse Chris Brown of what you will, but there is one thing that he won’t stand the media says of him, and that’s him saying he doesn’t remember beating his former girlfriend Rihanna, back in February this year. The singer issued a statement to TMZ, clarifying a snippet of an interview with Larry Ki... |
1 September 2009
10:03 GMT |
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Microsoft has made it a tradition to extend the new content available to end users via Bing Maps from month to month. In this context, August makes no exception to this rule, with the month bringing with it yet another refresh for the Redmond company’s mapping, search and location platform. For August 2009, Mic... |
1 September 2009
09:59 GMT |
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We haven't heard much from Cooler Master for a while, but the company seems to have been silently preparing the release of a new product that has been specifically crafted for gaming enthusiasts. Announced since before the Computex 2009 show in Taiwan, the Cooler Master Sentinel Advance comes as the fruit of two... |
1 September 2009
09:57 GMT |
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British investigators from the UK Royal Society have determined in a new study that some of the propositions related to mitigating the effects of global warming and climate change through geoengineering are feasible, or at least technically possible. These approaches may also yield positive results, the same report a... |
1 September 2009
09:56 GMT |
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Worldwide leading infrastructure provider Nokia Siemens Networks announced today that its Board of Directors appointed Rajeev Suri as the company's Chief Executive Officer, effective October 1, 2009. The company also announced that Suri would be supported until November 1 by the current CEO, Simon Beresford-Wyli... |
1 September 2009
09:53 GMT |
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One of the easiest ways to change themes on your Symbian-compatible smartphone is to do it automatically. Thanks to the themes scheduler developed by SymbianGuru, you will be able to change themes automatically according to the phone's profiles or the time designated. The updated version 1.4 is now working with ... |
1 September 2009
09:50 GMT |
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Ever since the sudden death of singer Michael Jackson, his three children have spent their days relatively shielded from the media attention, mostly thanks to the efforts put in by their grandmother, Michael’s mother, Katherine Jackson. Just recently, though, paparazzi spotted Paris Jackson, the singer’s ... |
1 September 2009
09:44 GMT |
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The publishing label of Take-Two Interactive known as Rockstar Games has announced that Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is coming to iPhone and iPod touch this autumn. Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is currently available only for the Nintendo DS, and is also set to make an appearance on Sony’s PlayStationPo... |
1 September 2009
09:40 GMT |
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MySpace has never been particularly well received outside of the US and it has never gained nearly as much popularity or market share as in its country of origin. Twitter on the other hand has been growing fast in the US but also worldwide and is especially popular in countries like the UK. Even so, it is interesting... |
1 September 2009
09:35 GMT |
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Microsoft announced the rebranding of SQL Services as SQL Azure in the first half of July 2009, a move that was accompanied by the transition of the SQL Data Services under the Microsoft SQL Azure Database brand. It wasn’t until mid-August 2009 that SQL Azure went live, with Microsoft starting to hand out invit... |
1 September 2009
09:33 GMT |
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ASUS, one of the world's leading vendors of computer hardware and low-power netbook systems, has recently updated its product portfolio with a new, highly anticipated product that will likely compete with systems such as the Aspire Revo, thanks to the integration of NVIDIA's Ion platform. The new product is... |
1 September 2009
09:30 GMT |
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Redmond-based software giant Microsoft has finally decided to announce the launch date for the latest flavor of its mobile operating system, Windows Mobile 6.5. Starting October 6, mobile phone users around the world will be able to enjoy all the goodies that the new OS version is set to deliver to them, along with a... |
1 September 2009
09:28 GMT |
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Fans love Robert Pattinson to such an extent that he could be called a rarity in today’s Hollywood: a young actor that is yet to prove all his worth who is adored by millions, respected and, at the same time, idolized. Pattinson can do little wrong, if any at all, so it’s really no wonder that every word ... |
1 September 2009
09:28 GMT |
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TapeDeck, an audio recorder for Mac OS X Leopard, has been updated to version 1.2. Designed with a quick-capture workflow in mind, TapeDeck is a simple, but useful, audio recorder that leverages Core Animation. According to the people at SuperMegaUltraGroovy, TapeDeck 1.2 "works great in Snow Leopard." Softpedia can ... |
1 September 2009
09:10 GMT |
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Western Digital continues to stay ahead of its competitors by announcing new products that take advantage of the latest technology developments in the storage industry, with today's introduction of the new desktop 7200RPM hard drives, boasting a 2TB storage capacity. Featuring the company's 500GB-per-platte... |
1 September 2009
09:02 GMT |
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Miss California Carrie Prejean was the favorite for the title of Miss USA, but she eventually lost the crown to another girl when she gave her honest and unveiled opinion on Prop 8 and same-gender marriages. Following weeks of media scrutiny and intense debates, Prejean was eventually asked to step down as well as Mi... |
1 September 2009
08:59 GMT |
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Google Translate, while far from perfect, is becoming increasingly used and can be just the tool for the job in certain situations, like in trying to understand a website or a text without needing a professional level translation. Now Google is opening the tool to new set of users as it has introduced an additional n... |
1 September 2009
08:48 GMT |
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"Welcome to Macintosh" is an independent documentary highlighting Apple's history that can now be downloaded on the iTunes movie store, as well as on DVD through major media retailers. The documentary explains how Apple Inc. has changed the world featuring notable personalities such as Andy Hertzfeld, co-creator... |
1 September 2009
08:46 GMT |
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South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung has unveiled to the world yet another handset that is meant to impress users out there, namely the Samsung S3650 Corby. The most interesting thing about the new phone seems to be the fact that it comes with a series of Fashion Jackets (interchangeable back covers), yet we shoul... |
1 September 2009
08:44 GMT |
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Approximately a year since it delivered the previous version of Street and Trips, Microsoft has now made available for download the latest iteration of the product, at least in theory. While the Streets and Trips 2010 trial edition webpage is indeed live on the Microsoft Download Center, the actual bits are unreachab... |
1 September 2009
08:39 GMT |
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Following in the footsteps of the netbook market, the ULV segment continues to gain ground, as more system makers are rolling out their latest solutions on the market. The latest to join the increasing crowd is BenQ, which has just announced an update to its line of Joybook portable PCs, by introducing the new 13.3-i... |
1 September 2009
08:20 GMT |
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Reggie Fils-Aime, the man who heads up Nintendo of America, has announced that Wii Fit Plus is set to be released on October 4 in the United States. The game will be packaged with a Balance Board and will be retailing for a suggested 100-dollar price.The announcement came at a conference that GameStop organized in La... |
1 September 2009
08:15 GMT |
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It’s not only Robert Pattinson that can sit for the most beautiful photospreads, “Twilight” fans of what has come to be known as Team Jacob would say in light of Taylor Lautner’s latest spread for Teen Vogue. He’s still young, but this is one star that will shine brighter than ever in th... |
1 September 2009
08:15 GMT |
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ASUS is among the original equipment manufacturers that have worked closely with Microsoft on the development of the company’s next iteration of the Windows client. In this regard, Marcus Teixeira, Marketing Team at ASUS, revealed that the computer manufacturer was aiming to provide full compatibility of its ha... |
1 September 2009
07:44 GMT |
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Three suspects were arrested for robbery, access device fraud and receiving stolen property after their victim got their location using the GPS feature in his stolen iPhone. The man was able to tell the police officers exactly where the robbers had been and what they did with his credit card.A man walking along Amber... |
1 September 2009
07:26 GMT |
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The entertainment business has so far stayed away from search advertising, preferring to display ads that are better suited for the type of content it typically markets. Text ads, which have become synonymous with search advertising, don't make much of a medium for promoting a movie but Google is trying out a ne... |
1 September 2009
07:08 GMT |
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It appears that the war against those who use the term “smartbook” has reached a new milestone in the approximately 24 hours that have passed since we initially reported on the story. The 'Smartbook AG' German company that holds the copyright and trademark rights to the term has now expanded its... |
1 September 2009
07:07 GMT |
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ESRI (UK) and Bing Maps have introduced a new contest designed to let developers build Geographic Information Systems mashups that bridge Microsoft’s mapping, search and location platform with the ArcGIS Server. ESRI is ready to offer an Xbox system to the winner of the competition, but participation is limited... |
1 September 2009
07:03 GMT |
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AssistiveWare has confirmed that its software applications for Mac OS X, including KeyStrokes, Proloquo, SwitchXS, LayoutKichten and GhostReader, are now fully compatible with Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. AssistiveWare makes innovative, assistive technology and software for Mac OS X, as well as the iPhone. “Wit... |
1 September 2009
07:00 GMT |
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There is no doubt in any reasonable person's mind that the future of electronics will be entirely based on nanostructures, from wires to switches. Carbon nanotubes are one possible line of development, but their silicon-based counterparts are not far behind, as evidenced by the research conducted by IBM expert F... |
1 September 2009
06:56 GMT |
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The Nokia N900 Internet Tablet seems to be one of the greatest devices the Espoo-based Finnish mobile phone maker unveiled to the world during the ongoing year. The handset boasts a 3.5-inch WVGA resistive touchscreen and a 5-megapixel photo snapper with dual-LED flash, and packs an ARM Cortex-A8 processor, while run... |
1 September 2009
06:46 GMT |
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According to the presidential panel committee that has just recently finished looking into the activities under development at NASA, extending the lifespan of the International Space Station (ISS) beyond 2015 is key to reaching Mars. The experts, who said that they themselves were surprised by the find, highlight the... |
1 September 2009
06:41 GMT |
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While most netbook vendors are gearing up for the next wave of ultraportable netbook systems, boasting Intel's next-generation Pine Trail netbook platform, there are a couple of companies that are still taking full advantage of the performances and features of Intel's current Atom offering. Such is the case... |
1 September 2009
06:37 GMT |
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Next time that attendees of a Microsoft event will seamlessly connect their laptops to the Internet they will do so through a Xirrus Wi-Fi Array. This because Microsoft CMG Events & Studios has selected the high-performance and high-density Wi-Fi solution from Xirrus in order to ensure that thousands of participants ... |
1 September 2009
06:25 GMT |
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Snow Leopard Cache Cleaner is a one-stop maintenance solution for Mac OS X. sLCC Documents and the sLCC Engine maintain the Mac systems' health by providing full automation of common maintenance chores including virus checks, automatic repairing of permissions, and more. “sLCC makes system maintenance sim... |
1 September 2009
06:22 GMT |
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Mobile phone users in the UK now have yet another great handset that they can purchase, the Android-powered Samsung Galaxy i7500, which has just been launched on O2's airwaves. The phone has been expected to make it on the UK market via O2 for quite some time now, and we should mention that it comes with a delay... |
1 September 2009
06:17 GMT |
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Online retail is big business and the market still has a lot of potential growth in it. Brick-and-mortar retail giant Walmart knows this, of course, but so far its online foray hasn't been as successful as it hoped. In a move that is meant to allow Walmart.com to better tackle the likes of Amazon and increasingl... |
1 September 2009
06:13 GMT |
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Yesterday the LXDE community received an announcement on their blog, in which developer Mario Behling told the world about the availability of the first Lubuntu test images, based on Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala). The upcoming operating system already proves to be a serious contender to Xubuntu, the ISO weighing in at a... |
1 September 2009
06:13 GMT |
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Astronomers were puzzled to discover fog on Titan, one of Saturn's most intriguing moons. In spite of the fact that they knew it supported an active methane hydrological cycle, the team had absolutely no idea that surface-atmosphere exchanges appeared as well. The find is the first ever to reveal the fact that t... |
1 September 2009
06:05 GMT |
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Opera Software has just released the final version of Opera 10 for Mac OS X. Opera 10 is available in 43 languages on Windows, Mac and Linux, while the piece of software is free to download and use on any platform. Touted as “the world’s most innovative browser,” Opera is available for download righ... |
1 September 2009
05:58 GMT |
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Back in late July, Lake Forest, California-based Western Digital announced the introduction of the industry's first 1TB mobile hard drive, as part of the company's Scorpio Blue line. It now appears that Seagate, Western Digital's main competitor, is also gearing up to announce its first 1TB mobile driv... |
1 September 2009
05:56 GMT |
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Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King is a videogame developed by Level 5 Inc. and published by Square Enix Co. Ltd. The game was released exclusively for the PlayStation 3 from Sony. It was launched on November 27, 2004 and classed as a role playing experience played from a third person perspective with elem... |
1 September 2009
05:50 GMT |
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Experts from the University of Washington have recently managed a significant breakthrough in treating paralysis, when they have created a set of circuity that allows a monkey with a temporal disability in a wrist to move it. The circuits and wires, controlled by a central unit, bypassed a nerve that had been sedated... |
1 September 2009
05:50 GMT |
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Are you a Windows Home Server user? Then here is your chance to provide feedback directly to Microsoft. The Redmond company is welcoming all customer input related to Windows Home Server, and is pointing users to an online survey via Constat. However, it’s not just about feedback. Fact is that the survey is foc... |
1 September 2009
05:43 GMT |
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The Google Chrome dev channel has been updated with a new release of Chrome for Mac OS X. According to Jonathan Conradt, engineering program manager, “This release includes bug fixes and some improved compatibility with Snow Leopard.” The release is said to be slightly different from Chrome 4.0.203.2. In... |
1 September 2009
05:38 GMT |
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NTT America, the US subsidiary of Japan's partly state owned NTT Communications Corporation, the largest telco in Asia and the second largest in the world, has announced it is expanding its data center capacity with a new location in Santa Clara, California in response to “rapidly growing customer demand.... |
1 September 2009
05:35 GMT |
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HTC Hero is reportedly the nicest mobile phone launched on the market with Google's Android operating system running on it, and it is expected to soon become available for purchase in the US via wireless carrier Sprint. While rumors about the operator getting the Hero have been cycling around for quite some time... |
1 September 2009
05:32 GMT |
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According to a report (PDF) from email and web security company MX Logic, pharmacy and other healthcare-related junk e-mails accounted for almost 69% of all spam last month. Meanwhile, malware authors preferred the fake invoice theme to distribute their creations via email.The email and web filtering solutions vendor... |
1 September 2009
05:29 GMT |
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Members of the media have started receiving invitations to a “Rock and Roll” event scheduled for September 9, hosted at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in San Francisco. In what has remained an annual tradition at Apple, the company continues to focus on music, iPods and iTunes in fall, going ... |
1 September 2009
05:19 GMT |
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Intel's Atom processors have made their way into a number of devices since their release back in 2008, despite the fact that these low-power chips were initially designed for entry-level systems. One of the most recent devices to take advantage of the performance and specifications of said processor comes from A... |
1 September 2009
05:19 GMT |
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With most of the analysts focused on predicting the performance of The Beatles Rock Band from Harmonix and MTV Games, which is set to arrive on September 9, and of Guitar Hero 5 from Activision, which is out today, a lot of people seem to have forgotten about the long rumored LEGO Rock Band videogame that should arri... |
1 September 2009
05:14 GMT |
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Adobe, the largest web-design and web-development tool provider in the world has acquired Business Catalyst, a small company that offers a platform for web-designers to build e-commerce websites without any programming skills. Business Catalyst is also the owner of the GoodBarry platform, which was included in the t... |
1 September 2009
05:08 GMT |
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Like any of the old media avenues, TV networks are still reluctant about the Internet. They may be more open to it than the music not to mention the newspaper industries but they still have a long way to go. But whether they like it or not, progress is inevitable and they'll have to accept it at some point. And,... |
1 September 2009
04:58 GMT |
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Lil Wayne has a solid reputation for working with the most successful artists of our time, but it seems no one knew he was also planning on doing a collaboration with none other than the Princess of Pop herself, Britney Spears. A track that apparently features Spears’ vocals, Lil Wayne and others has recently s... |
1 September 2009
04:50 GMT |
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The planned Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) observatory, which will study the Sun, is part of NASA's proposed Small Explorers series, which also includes the Gravity and Extreme Magnetism SMEX (GEMS), which will observe and analyze black holes. The two instruments are the final selection NASA made f... |
1 September 2009
04:44 GMT |
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China Mobile, the largest wireless carrier in the country, and the largest in the world when it comes to the number of subscribers, has recently unveiled some of the handsets that will come to the market under its own OS, called Ophone (an Android-based platform). Among the companies that will come to the market with... |
1 September 2009
04:43 GMT |
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If you are planning on building a supercomputer using some of the hardware components that are already available today, then you should ultimately take into consideration one of the most recent products from EVGA. The company, which is one of NVIDIA's leading add-in board partners, has recently announced the int... |
1 September 2009
04:35 GMT |
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Sony has confirmed that it plans to release MotorStorm Arctic Edge on September 29. The game is only set to arrive on the PlayStation Portable handheld and there will be two versions on offer, one on the familiar UMD drive and another that can be downloaded by those who are interested in getting the PSP Go!, which is... |
1 September 2009
04:33 GMT |
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Apple has released Mac OS X Server 10.5.8 Update v.1.1 in both simple and combo form. It includes improvements to the AFP Server, AFP Client, Managed Client, Server Admin, System Image Utility, and more. The update also comprises the enhancements delivered with the Mac OS X Server version 10.5.1, 10.5.2, 10.5.3, 10.5... |
1 September 2009
04:18 GMT |
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Movie studios are doing their best to meet all the demands of today’s moviegoers, as they have been since the early days of the industry. Studies and numbers show that 3D films are the way to go, since, despite the increased production costs, they average grosses superior to those of 2D films. Actor Nicolas Cag... |
1 September 2009
04:17 GMT |
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The storage market continues to evolve as technology enables companies to roll out new products that deliver increased performance and better power consumption, all within an affordable package. On that note, Hitachi GST has announced today the launch of its fifth-generation 7200RPM mobile hard disk drive. Coming in ... |
1 September 2009
04:05 GMT |
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The global search market continues to soar, having grown 41 percent in the past year. In July 2009, Internet users all over the world conducted more than 113 billion searches, a big rise over the 80 billion in July last year. While most search engines saw some growth, Google stood out with an impressive 58 percent in... |
1 September 2009
04:03 GMT |
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Computer maker Dell announced about two weeks ago the launch of its Mini 3i smartphone on the Chinese market, the company's first handset to run under the China-centric OPhone operating system, a platform based on Google's Android OS. The new Dell device has been expected to surface on the market for quite ... |
1 September 2009
04:01 GMT |
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Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 is a videogame developed by Spike Co. Ltd. for Atari Europe. It was created for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony and also for the Nintendo Wii and released on November 9, 2007. The game is classed as an action fighting title played from a third person perspective and has been inf... |
1 September 2009
03:59 GMT |
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Black holes are relatively new additions to astronomy, having been first discovered less than half a century ago. The first one, Cygnus X-1, was found exactly 45 years ago, but it wasn't until ten years later that its true nature was finally revealed. Because they had nothing to compare it with, astronomers beli... |
1 September 2009
03:56 GMT |
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It’s been six years since the second (and last as far as fans knew) “Bad Boys” film, but, for director Michael Bay, this long time lapse means almost nothing. A third film is currently in development, with all signs pointing that Bay will reclaim the director’s chair for it, while hopes are hi... |
1 September 2009
03:51 GMT |
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Sunnyvale, California-based Advanced Micro Devices, the world's second largest chip manufacturer, is due to update its current desktop platform codenamed Dragon with an upcoming Leo platform, which is reportedly planned for release in April 2010. According to recent details that have surfaced on the Internet, th... |
1 September 2009
03:40 GMT |
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As a massive galaxy, the Milky Way is surrounded and orbited by a large number of smaller, dwarf galaxies. Ever since astronomers discovered this, they have been trying to determine what faith awaits our galaxy, and if future collisions and bombardments on the Milky Way's inner disk are possible. A new study has... |
1 September 2009
03:39 GMT |
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During the Vmworld 2009 convention, F5 Networks will be holding a demonstration on how to use VMWare products to perform a secure migration of several virtualized applications with their associated storage to and from a cloud system. According to F5's press release, this will be done with no application downtime... |
1 September 2009
03:28 GMT |
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In tandem with the release of Mac mini EFI Firmware Update 1.2, SuperDrive Firmware Update 3.0 arrives to eliminate the noise made by the optical disk drive during system startup and wake from sleep on iMac (20-inch, Mid 2009), iMac (24-inch, Early 2009), and Mac mini (Early 2009). The update actually requires Mac mi... |
1 September 2009
03:20 GMT |
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The Southern Hemisphere is known for the fact that it offers a more advantageous position for observing the Universe. Stars, galaxies, black holes, pulsars, and everything else in between can be seen more clearly from these regions. In fact, a team of experts from the United States and Australia has announced that it... |
1 September 2009
03:18 GMT |
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Rob Zombie’s sequel to the 2007 “Halloween,” the aptly named “H2: Halloween 2,” premiered in select theaters this weekend and, as some critics had already estimated, failed to perform as producers and the movie studio would have wanted. While it did well enough to warrant a sequel, ticke... |
1 September 2009
03:16 GMT |
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As promised, Sony has released the 3.00 version of its PlayStation 3 firmware and all those who own one of the gaming consoles should connect them to the Internet and should allow the device to update itself so that they can take advantage of some of the features introduced.All those planning to update should be advi... |
1 September 2009
03:14 GMT |
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Rumors of an impending Skype sale are getting more substantial after first popping up last week. The gist of the deal is that eBay will sell Skype to a group of private investors made up of venture capital funds and private equity firms. Among the likely names put forward is the newly formed Andreesen Horowitz fund, ... |
1 September 2009
03:14 GMT |
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FCC seems to be quite busy lately, not only investigating the US carriers' businesses, but also approving new mobile phones to be used in the country. Among the newest handsets that it cleared we can count three devices that come straight from the Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia, namely the Nokia 3710a, Nokia R... |
1 September 2009
03:07 GMT |
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Scotts Valley, California-based Seagate, one of the world's top vendors of hard drives and storage solutions, has just announced a new partnership with MusicSkins LLC, a leading provider of music-related, high-quality vinyl skin products, which will enable the storage vendor to add a touch of personality to its ... |
1 September 2009
02:57 GMT |
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Diabetes is one of the most widespread diseases in the world, and one that can lead to a large number of complications, including conditions of the heart, obesity, blindness, diabetic ulcers and even death. Therefore, finding a cure for it is one of the main goals of medicine today. Experts from the Harvard Universit... |
1 September 2009
02:52 GMT |
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Mac mini users have a new update to perform, according to the Cupertino-based company responsible for the Mac operating system. Mac mini EFI Firmware Update 1.2 reportedly improves compatibility with the latest Apple memory kits on Mac mini computers. Adding memory is probably the fastest and easiest way to improve y... |
1 September 2009
02:49 GMT |
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Lizards' amazing ability to orient themselves in the field has been long suspected to have something to do with a formation experts have termed their “third eye,” a patch of light-sensitive cells that they have on the side of their heads. According to a series of new experiments, the animals orient t... |
1 September 2009
02:33 GMT |
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That’s it! The waiting for the last development milestone of Opera 10.0 is now over. Opera 10.0 final has been released to web and is currently available for download. Today, September 1st, 2009, Opera Software officially launched the RTM version of Opera 10.0 for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. The browser is ava... |
1 September 2009
02:33 GMT |
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It is widely recognized that the English language is in a continuous expansion, adding new words every year to its huge repertoire. What is not known is the fact that many of these new words aren't words at all, but only mere acronyms or abbreviations of common expressions used on social networks. This year'... |
1 September 2009
02:32 GMT |
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One of the reasons for the PlayStation Portable not doing as well as it could against the Nintendo DS was the fact that piracy drove away some of the developers from creating videogames for the platform.Sony seems to be catching up with the PSP Go! and one of the steps that it has taken to reduce piracy has been to m... |
1 September 2009
02:31 GMT |
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Wireless carrier Sprint announced on Monday that it would soon launch on its network one of the hottest mobile phones on the market, which runs under Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating system and is called the HTC Touch Pro2. According to the company, the new device comes towards its subscribers with a wide ra... |
1 September 2009
02:28 GMT |
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Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3 is a videogame developed by the Dimps Corporation and published by Atari Inc. It was created exclusively for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony and released in November 2004. It is classed as a cross between an action title and a role playing game, featuring influences from fighting and mart... |
1 September 2009
01:58 GMT |
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Creating the best possible reactants and catalysts is the basic step in any chemical reaction, as long as experts know what they are trying to obtain. In recent years, chemists have noticed that nanoparticles featuring both platinum and gold make for an exquisite catalyst in a variety of chemical reactions related to... |
1 September 2009
01:53 GMT |
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