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The Bug Nebula is one of our galaxy's space structures that has been observed by scientists on several separate occasions, with the express purpose of imaging the star at its core. In spite of their best efforts, the research groups failed to do so until just recently. Using an advanced observatory, experts at t... |
10 December 2009
19:01 GMT |
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There are very few massive stars in the Universe, proportionately compared with the number of smaller ones. The former live short, troubled lives, burning up their fuel very fast – within several millions of years. When they reach the end of their burning cycle, they explode in huge blasts that are so intense, ... |
10 December 2009
18:01 GMT |
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Telecommunications solutions provider Motorola announced recently that its Home & Networks Mobility business was committed to support both WiMAX and Long Term Evolution (LTE), the two 4G technologies that are already being deployed / tested around the world. According to the company, there are distinct markets for t... |
10 December 2009
17:51 GMT |
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Blizzard has delivered the 3.3 patch for its World of Warcraft MMO and its biggest addition to the game has been the Icecrown Citadel, the place where the Lich King resides. A lot of players have been wondering what the developers are planning to do to keep the experience fresh until the next expansion, Cataclysm, ar... |
10 December 2009
17:41 GMT |
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Entropy is a concept that is usually utilized as a measure of disorder within a system. When looking into its definition more closely, it's revealed that it actually refers to the number of random ways a system can develop in, given enough time. The idea is widely used in thermodynamics and statistical mechanics... |
10 December 2009
17:01 GMT |
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iPhone users in the United States who would like to educate themselves in the U.S. health care industry ca do so in a fun and attractive way from now on, through a new game from People Operating Technology, namely Death Panel. The new title is available for free for those using either an Apple iPhone or an iPod Touc... |
10 December 2009
16:31 GMT |
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The holiday season can often be a trying period for many people who struggle throughout the year to keep their weight under control. For women, in particular, it is believed to be a very stressful event, which is why there are several things they should bear in mind at all times if they want to avoid the extra weight... |
10 December 2009
16:21 GMT |
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Hotel Dusk: Room 215 was released by Nintendo and Cing back in 2007 on the DS and, with the quality it offered, the game earned itself a sequel. The title will be ready on January 14 in Japan for ¥4,800, but there is no date set yet for an American release. The sequel, Last Window, will pick the story one year la... |
10 December 2009
16:01 GMT |
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One of the main engines of our civilization as we know it is the miniaturization of the transistor, the main gateway inside microprocessors. Over the past couple of decades, the race has been on to produce the smallest, most efficient transistors, and also to fit as many of them as possible in a small space. But, at ... |
10 December 2009
16:01 GMT |
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Many women have trouble finding the right bra that would go with, say, a strapless dress or the now trendy one-shoulder outfits. Since transparent straps never look good and strapless items only cause more trouble than offer a real solution, Diamond Boutique’s range for Tesco now includes the revolutionary Limi... |
10 December 2009
15:31 GMT |
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Stardock has announced that it plans to release a new bundle called Sins of a Solar Empire Trinity, which will allow players who have enjoyed one of the best strategy titles of 2008 to get the most out of it by packing together the original release with the two micro expansions, Entrenchment, which has been available... |
10 December 2009
15:21 GMT |
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Over The Air (OTA) updates are something most people are already familiar with, and it seems that these solutions are capable to deliver great customer satisfaction, while also boosting savings for mobile phone carriers. According to InnoPath Software, a leading in the area and the company to have delivered the firs... |
10 December 2009
15:21 GMT |
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Geologists studying how the Mediterranean Sea formed now propose that the large body of water that separates Europe from Africa must have been created when waters from the Atlantic Ocean breached the strait of Gibraltar. They hypothesize that a large basin lay just below the strait's barrier, and that it was wel... |
10 December 2009
15:01 GMT |
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Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless announced on Wednesday new 3G network expansions in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. According to the company, it has made new investments in Cambridgeside Galleria so as to boost the coverage for wireless voice and 3G data in the area. The new site deployments in New England co... |
10 December 2009
14:41 GMT |
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The question of which makes a better pet, a cat or a dog, has been on the table for years, with defenders of each camp going to great lengths to show how one pet is better than the other. Speaking strictly from a scientific point of view, it seems dogs are much better friends to man than cats are, therefore the battl... |
10 December 2009
14:31 GMT |
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Leading telecommunications solution provider Ericsson is set to cut a number of around 950 jobs in Sweden, in an effort to further reduce costs. The new job slashes will diminish the company's total workforce in the country by around 5 percent, and are determined by the closing of one of Ericsson's base st... |
10 December 2009
14:11 GMT |
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In the early 1980s, as the Voyager probe was passing by Saturn, it noticed one of the most peculiar space structures that experts had ever seen. The formation, which is roughly hexagon-shaped, is still a mystery for astronomers. Theories as to its origins abound, but none of them has managed to make itself establishe... |
10 December 2009
14:01 GMT |
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While every Ubuntu fan still discovers the powers of the Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) operating system, somewhere deep in the Ubuntu headquarters the Canonical developers are working very hard to bring us all the new stuff that happens in the Linux world today. Therefore we proudly announce that the first Alpha version... |
10 December 2009
13:51 GMT |
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Now that Google Chrome is becoming a viable option for most users with the launch of the beta version for both Mac and Linux and the new Extensions Gallery, which is quickly picking up momentum, the company is apparently more determined than ever to promote it to the public at large. And what better way to do that th... |
10 December 2009
13:31 GMT |
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Rihanna has been through a lot this year on a personal level, from being into an unhealthy relationship to becoming the victim of physical abuse and then having her entire tragedy play out in the media. The lesson she chooses to learn from all that’s been happening in recent months is that nothing is a failure ... |
10 December 2009
13:31 GMT |
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Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless has just started the rolling-out of a software update for the HTC Droid Eris, its second mobile phone that comes with Google's Android operating system on board. The new firmware version comes as a minor update for the device, and is being sent over the air. According to th... |
10 December 2009
13:31 GMT |
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Microsoft disputed claims by various third-parties indicating that they were able to break the encryption technology build into the high-end and enterprise editions of Windows 7 and Windows Vista. Paul Cooke, Microsoft director, Windows Client Enterprise Security, stresses that one tool advertised to break BitLocker ... |
10 December 2009
13:30 GMT |
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Modern Warfare 2, the first person shooter developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision, has managed to top the videogame chart in the United Kingdom for a fourth week in a row, establishing a pretty serious claim to being the biggest videogaming release of 2009 and it will probably continue to dominate the... |
10 December 2009
13:21 GMT |
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With the latest update to the Malicious Software Removal Tool, Microsoft is helping customers detect and remove infections produced by one of the most prevalent worms worldwide. According to statistics offered by the Redmond company, via the latest version of the Security Intelligence Report, Worm:Win32/Hamweq is the... |
10 December 2009
13:11 GMT |
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Normally, when two companies aren't exactly on good terms, one would expect both parties to not miss any opportunity, no matter how small, to gloat over the other's so-called failures. Verily, the relationship between Intel and NVIDIA isn't exactly the highest level of friendship, with both of them cur... |
10 December 2009
12:38 GMT |
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At approximately a year after it made available for download Windows Live Messenger 9.0 (2009) RTW, namely the Wave 3 release, Microsoft is moving onward with the development of the Wave 4 build of its instant messaging client. Although it is clear that the Redmond company is currently cooking Windows Live Messenger ... |
10 December 2009
12:32 GMT |
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Microsoft has made a free tool designed to streamline the creation of bootable Windows 7 media, including DVDs and USB Flash drives, available for download yet again, reposting the bits, but also sharing the source code. In all fairness, the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool was offered as a free download the first tim... |
10 December 2009
12:31 GMT |
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A new installment in the Etrian Odyssey has just been announced by Atlus, and fans of the series are bound to rejoice. While the game has yet to receive a date for a potential US release, Etrian Odyssey 3 will arrive in Japan on March 4 and it will be priced at ¥6,279. The dungeon RPG has retained the core staff ... |
10 December 2009
12:01 GMT |
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Even though the current hype concerning any and all technology is centered on the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show set for January 2010, hardware developers, manufacturers and suppliers have not let their mid and long-term plans slip out of their sight. AMD and MSI are two particular companies that already have... |
10 December 2009
11:56 GMT |
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AOL finally became a publicly traded, independent company earlier today when its shares became officially available on the NYSE. And, as its CEO, Tim Armstrong, rang the opening bell at the stock market, the company's homepage, Aol.com, introduced the new design revealed a couple of weeks ago. It's not much... |
10 December 2009
11:55 GMT |
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As far as Microsoft is concerned, Windows 7 did in no way stop with the October 22nd official client launch, which followed the release of Windows Server 2008 R2 (formerly codenamed Windows 7 Server). In fact, the Redmond company still has to deliver operating systems based on the Windows 7 code, and is wasting littl... |
10 December 2009
11:38 GMT |
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Ranked as the top botnet threat by InfoWorld this summer, the atrocious Zeus botnet was discovered to have infiltrated Amazons EC2's cloud computing service. This comes as the first successful (if we can say that) botnet infiltration in one of Amazon's cloud-based services, renowned for their safety and per... |
10 December 2009
11:09 GMT |
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The German government plans to launch a major botnet-cleaning operation in the country in 2010. ISPs will identify and contact the owners of infected computers and a specialized call center will be created to offer assistance with cleaning the malware. The project is a joint initiative of the German Federal Office f... |
10 December 2009
11:06 GMT |
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In addition to being men's best friends, dogs are also gifted by nature with a sense of smell that is at least a thousand times more keen than our own. This ability they have is being used in a wide array of applications, raging from detecting drugs to testing food for poison or finding victims buried under the ... |
10 December 2009
11:06 GMT |
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Canadian mobile-phone carrier Bell has just put on sale another appealing handset, the Samsung Galaxy. The new device is the first Android-based phone from the South Korean handset vendor, and comes with a wide range of capabilities towards the users in Canada. “The Samsung Galaxy features the innovative Androi... |
10 December 2009
11:04 GMT |
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Dynasty Warriors 3 is a videogame developed by Omega Force and published by KOEI Co. Ltd. The game was released for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony and the Xbox from Microsoft in September 2001. It is classed as an action and strategy title played from a third person perspective and is largely based on a historic... |
10 December 2009
11:01 GMT |
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Yet again, Apple’s fourth iPhone is said not only to be in the scope, but in production already. Eldar Murtazin writing for Mobile Review and touted as the "ultimate insider" for news in the mobile phone world used his Twitter account on Thursday to make a concise, yet intriguing announcement: "Foxconn received... |
10 December 2009
10:55 GMT |
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The unified wireless specification announced today by the Wireless Gigabit Alliance (WiGig) will allow WiFi connections to operate at speeds of 7Gbps, even while supporting backwards compatibility with existing WiFi devices. This development will enable the widespread use of the 60GHz wireless technology and will sup... |
10 December 2009
10:54 GMT |
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Google may be a leader in Internet technologies, but its success has allowed the company to redirect some of its resources to fund environmental or philanthropic projects through its non-profit arm Google.org. One of its latest projects was revealed today at the International Climate Change Conference (COP15) which ... |
10 December 2009
10:54 GMT |
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The Microsoft Amalga Unified Intelligence System (UIS) will evolve with products from Sentillion starting in 2010, the Redmond company announced. Microsoft is right on track to acquire Sentillion for an undisclosed sum in order to boost its own range of offerings aimed at the healthcare industry. Essentially, the sof... |
10 December 2009
10:49 GMT |
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A couple of weeks ago, reports emerged that former “Baywatch” star David Hasselhoff had again been rushed to the hospital after one of his daughters found him unresponsive in his home. He was then placed in a psychiatric unit under involuntary hold, it was also said. His former wife Pamela Bach is now urg... |
10 December 2009
10:49 GMT |
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Rumors around the Internet and the blogosphere have it that researchers working with the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS) collaboration may have discovered certain signs of the elusive dark matter, the proposed force that acts like gravity, keeping galaxies together. The existence of this type of matter has been h... |
10 December 2009
10:49 GMT |
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He may have kept a low profile ever since he developed a problem with illegal substances and he also started focusing more on producing than recording music but, when one draws the line, rapper Eminem remains the best selling artist of the decade, USA Today informs, citing figures recently unveiled. Surprisingly enou... |
10 December 2009
10:33 GMT |
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Members of the baking industry worldwide looking to scrap their mainframe and UNIX-based platforms and adopt new core solutions have a new offering available, resulted through a partnership between Microsoft and Temenos Group AG. Leveraging SQL Server and TEMENOS T24, the new solution is designed to drive innovation... |
10 December 2009
10:32 GMT |
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Self-touted security expert Intego has acknowledged and analyzed some of the malware recently targeting jailbroken iPhones, issuing reports that discuss the malware in great detail. Although rather late, Intego claims it has found a way to eradicate the worms from infected devices, without erasing any other content. ... |
10 December 2009
10:27 GMT |
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Using “The Return of the King” theme as the means to indirectly declare its ambition to continually innovate the memory industry, Kingmax released a series of Golden Tiger USB flash drives meant to represent courage and majesty along with good luck, according to the symbolic meaning held by the golden tig... |
10 December 2009
10:21 GMT |
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Only days ago, Disney darling Miley Cyrus was saying how her ideal female performer was Beyonce, whom she saw like the ultimate woman because she managed to shift the focus from her as a person to her as an artist altogether. Again coming to show that she’s growing and maturing as a singer, Miley is now saying ... |
10 December 2009
10:18 GMT |
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A grey hat hacker has found a critical SQL injection weakness on the official Kaspersky Lab websites in Malaysia and Singapore. Exploiting the vulnerability leads to full compromise of the underlying database, which contains customer information, product keys and other sensitive data.The attack has been documented by... |
10 December 2009
10:06 GMT |
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Come January 31, 2010, the music industry will celebrate its most accomplished and successful artists for the year 2009, but rapper 50 Cent will not partake in the Grammy Awards ceremony. Not only will he not attend, having not been nominated at this edition, but he’ll also do his best to enlighten audiences as... |
10 December 2009
10:01 GMT |
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Google is known for its 'small-updates' approach which it uses throughout its product lineup. Sometimes though, it can mean that a product gets a bunch of new features in a short amount of time which is exactly what happened with Docs, which introduced quite a few new features and updates in just a couple ... |
10 December 2009
09:54 GMT |
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In an achievement that is bound to raise the bar for other researchers in the field as well, experts at the Boston University have recently developed the first completely wireless brain-computer interface. The system is groundbreaking, as it works by converting brain waves in FM waves, which are then decoded to produ... |
10 December 2009
09:54 GMT |
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The guys over at Mozilla seem pretty busy with the development of the mobile version of their Internet browser, called Fennec. And since they work so hard on it, they might be able to deliver a release candidate for the mobile Firefox as soon as next week, while the final version of the browser might arrive within a... |
10 December 2009
09:50 GMT |
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Jennifer Garner has finally put the mom jeans and snickers aside to show her fans why she ever came to be known as a fashion icon in the first place. Gracing the cover and pages of the January issue of W Magazine, the stunning actress opens up about her gorgeous family and how she and husband Ben Afleck plan on addin... |
10 December 2009
09:42 GMT |
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VIA seems to have truly scored on the x86 chipset market with its VIA VN1000 digital media chipset. According the company's claims, this chipset consumes a total of only 12 watts of power for both north and south bridges when paired with the new VIA VT8261 south bridge, and is compatible with all VIA Nano, VIA C... |
10 December 2009
09:26 GMT |
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While spending time aboard the space shuttles or the International Space Station (ISS) can be an amazing experience, the work that needs to be done on the sides can be excruciatingly difficult. And we're not just talking about the training that would-be astronauts undergo before they fly to space, but also about... |
10 December 2009
09:09 GMT |
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The development team working on Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 has opened a survey asking fans of the series who have played this year's version of the football game to tell them how they feel about the gameplay mechanics and how they think they can be improved for next year.The questions are very detailed and will h... |
10 December 2009
09:08 GMT |
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Google doesn't like desktop software, at all. It makes desktop apps when it absolutely has to, but even then it's visible that they're more of an afterthought. One the most popular such apps, Picasa, is a great photo album manager, but it has always trailed behind the online version in most aspects, o... |
10 December 2009
09:08 GMT |
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When it comes to smartphones and their Internet connectivity capabilities, one of the main factors that can enhance the user experience is the browser that is available on the device. Windows Mobile phone users have now the possibility to enjoy an improved browsing experience through the use of the latest flavor of ... |
10 December 2009
08:51 GMT |
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Fans of the Google iPhone app should be glad to hear that the Mountain View search giant has updated the program with exciting, new stuff, including a redesigned UI, new voice-search functionality, and faster searches. The app is free to download and use on any iPhone or iPod touch model running iPhone OS 2.0 or late... |
10 December 2009
08:48 GMT |
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Normally, when hardware engineers write their own RTL code, they also have to put together a manually created testbench meant to verify it. This task is dreadfully time-consuming and, more often than not, errors manage to slip through, leading to imperfect or incomplete testbenches. The MAIA Automated Verification to... |
10 December 2009
08:34 GMT |
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Starting Monday, December 14, mobile phone users in the UK will be able to purchase the hot Apple iPhone from the UK supermarket giant Tesco. While the availability of the device via Tesco has just been announced, it was only now that the company unveiled the pricing and tariffs for the iconic device. Tesc... |
10 December 2009
08:29 GMT |
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Yesterday, at the UBS 37th Annual Global Media and Communications Conference, AT&T announced that the number of U-verse TV subscribers had reached the two-million mark. AT&T offers IPTV through its U-verse platform across 22 markets in the United States. Also, the launch of the new AT&T U-verse High Speed Internet ... |
10 December 2009
08:22 GMT |
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Taiwan-based mobile phone maker HTC Corporation made available for download today a new software update for one of its Windows Mobile-based handsets, the HTC HD2. According to the company, the new update for the phone is meant to deliver a better image quality for the photos taken with its camera, most probably elim... |
10 December 2009
08:22 GMT |
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The holiday shopping season is officially open and, this year, it seems that the entire sales apparatus races to round up the biggest revenue. And the fastest way to achieving the largest customer base and thus propelling sales is through product discounts.Software-developing companies and retailers make no exception... |
10 December 2009
08:21 GMT |
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Developers looking to take advantage of all the horsepower that modern computing architectures have to offer will need to build their software in accordance with parallelism principles. However, devs also know that leveraging parallel computing in mainstream development hasn’t exactly been a walk in the park, ... |
10 December 2009
08:01 GMT |
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All manufacturers have to keep tabs on all levels of the market, as focusing on either of the low-end, middle or high-end segments will likely jeopardize said manufacturers' position on the hardware market. EVGA decided to offer something more to the low-end/entry-level areas and expanded its lineup of LGA1156 m... |
10 December 2009
07:57 GMT |
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Jump! Ultimate Stars is an uptake on the previous release, Jump Super Stars. It features a similar Super Smash Bros.-style fighting gameplay with a huge array of licensed manga characters. In total, 300 characters from 41 different mangas are available and will enable players to go wild and have some real fun. Player... |
10 December 2009
07:36 GMT |
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While some studios have decided that it's time to focus less on releasing new Wii games and focus more on other platforms, Ubisoft doesn't mind offering some third-party software support for Nintendo's console. The developer has just unveiled the next Wii sports game, and, while it doesn't compete... |
10 December 2009
07:27 GMT |
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Microsoft is touting Xbox LIVE ads as being superior to traditional video spots in terms of the impact delivered to users. The Redmond company is citing data from the results of a study conducted by neuroscience company EmSense, for Microsoft and Microsoft and Initiative, a division of Mediabrands. The research effor... |
10 December 2009
07:16 GMT |
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While the Le Web conference in Paris was focused on startups, there were a lot of big names talking and making announcements as well. Google was represented at the highest level with VP of Search and User Experience Marissa Mayer discussing some of the new products from Google, as well as some future plans in an int... |
10 December 2009
07:11 GMT |
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Without a doubt, Apple will (sooner or later) answer the huge demand for a tablet device capable of playing high-definition content, able to browse the Internet, and offer useful applications on the go. Or so we think. If not Apple, then who, right? We figured you’d agree. That’s why we decided to skip sp... |
10 December 2009
07:00 GMT |
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Blazars, also called blazing quasi-stellar objects, are very compact quasars that are usually believed to exist in association with supermassive black holes. The structures can only be found in the active nuclei of giant elliptical galaxies, and are widely regarded as one of the most brutal and impressive phenomena i... |
10 December 2009
07:00 GMT |
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Now a division of Electronic Arts, Bioware is a well known name among role-playing game makers, likely most famous for its Infinity Engine, which powered the award-winning Baldur's Gate series of RPGs. Now, after several years, Bioware has developed yet another stunning game engine, the Eclipse, which is used in... |
10 December 2009
06:57 GMT |
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Apple's iPhone, the hottest mobile phone on the market at the moment, has recently reached two major Asian markets, China and South Korea. In China, the iPhone is being sold by China Unicom Ltd., which announced on Thursday that it managed to sell a number of 100,000 iPhones since the handset's debut on it... |
10 December 2009
06:49 GMT |
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Evolutionary biologists have recently proposed that, in the case of some species, evolution may actually be taking place in sudden “bursts,” rather than through the continuous accumulation of small differences. The latter approach was held to be the norm among all living things until recently. It was beli... |
10 December 2009
06:44 GMT |
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Microsoft has updated its Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool from version 2.0 to 2.1, in a move designed to completely replace the old iteration of the resource, but also to align it with the latest product releases from the company. According to the Redmond company, the solution accelerator can now be used in co... |
10 December 2009
06:28 GMT |
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Forget the search wars, forget real-time, forget Twitter, there is only one real battle for the web right now and it’s between Facebook and Google. What's more interesting is that Facebook seems to be winning. This battle, to be the web's identity provider, pits Facebook Connect against Google Friend... |
10 December 2009
06:25 GMT |
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Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight is a fighting game based on the live-action TV show that will allow you to play as any of the 13 superheroes, the Kamen Riders. You will be able to enter Mirror World and take part in the fast-paced action in the same style as your favorite Kamen Rider.Each character has its own special Con... |
10 December 2009
06:25 GMT |
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Returnil has joined the holiday spirit and offers an early gift to all its users: a free one-year license for its Home Lux edition of the product. The announcement has been delivered via its Facebook wall, with no other information on the expiration date of the offer.The one-year valid license number to be used for a... |
10 December 2009
06:23 GMT |
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Even though it isn't exactly the smallest personal computer ever seen, measuring 24 x 24 x 6.5cm, Dell still felt appropriate to dub its new product the world's first fully functional mini PC which has its PSU on the inside and Intel vPro technology. Dell's Optiplex 780 USFF mini desktop PC might not ... |
10 December 2009
06:21 GMT |
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Although most iPhone developers already know pretty much everything they must and mustn’t do when they decide to write an app and submit it to Apple for approval, there’s a place where they can review all aspects regarding the process, detailed by the Mac maker itself. “If your application requires... |
10 December 2009
06:19 GMT |
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After Nintendo managed to build an entire console on the motion-sensing controller concept, it didn't take long before the competition wanted to cramp its style and get in on the market. Both Microsoft and Sony got to work on their own motion controllers, and, while Microsoft seems to have gotten pretty far alon... |
10 December 2009
06:16 GMT |
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Acer, one of the world's leading vendors of portable and personal computer systems, has recently announced that it plans to launch more competitive ultra-thin notebooks in March-April, next year, as it expects this market to grow. However, according to the company's Chairman, Mr. JT Wang, its main competit... |
10 December 2009
05:58 GMT |
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Mobile phone maker Motorola has been long rumored to plan delivering to the market a great deal of handsets running under Google's Android operating system, and some of you might have learned already about devices like the Motorola Motus or the Sholes Tablet. According to the latest news around the web, the for... |
10 December 2009
05:54 GMT |
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Following the release of Office 2010 Beta Build 14.0.4536.1000 in mid-November 2009, Microsoft has updated the documentation designed to offer guidance on customs tads associated with TIFF files that components of the productivity suite can produce. The Redmond company is offering for download the Office Document: T... |
10 December 2009
05:53 GMT |
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The Tiger Woods backlash, prompted by allegations of cheating on his wife and his admission of certain unnamed “transgressions” continues, and, by all means, shows no signs of dying down soon. After advertisers have pulled all his commercials from primetime TV, US Congressman Joe Baca has announced he wil... |
10 December 2009
05:51 GMT |
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Friendster, the social network which set things off more than half a decade ago has finally been sold after several attempts in the past years. As expected, the social network was snatched up by an Asian company, MOL Global, a Malaysian e-commerce and payments company for an unreported sum which some put at about $1... |
10 December 2009
05:51 GMT |
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In a new set of experiments, scientists were able to stop the recollection of harmful memories in test participants, without the use of any mind-altering drugs. The new work, in addition to promising new therapies for people trying to get past traumatizing experiences, also challenges established scientific knowledge... |
10 December 2009
05:51 GMT |
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iPresentee has announced the Free Christmas Gift bundle. Aimed at users of Apple’s iWeb, Keynote, Pages and Mail software, the Christmas Gift package includes the iWeb Theme with flash and static background, Keynote Motion Themes, the Keynote Theme, Keynote 3D Stuff, iWeb animation and Mail Stationery. iPresen... |
10 December 2009
05:37 GMT |
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When Kanye West took to the stage earlier this year to interrupt young country singer Taylor Swift as she was about to say her acceptance speech for Best Female Video at the Video Music Awards, little did he know he was about to enter the competition for the king of FAIL for 2009. Users of the popular website FailBlo... |
10 December 2009
05:33 GMT |
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In the wake of the joint investigation carried out by the Department of Justice Antitrust Division’s San Francisco Field Office and the FBI in San Francisco, six companies have pleaded guilty so far or agreed to plead guilty when charged with participating in the LCD price-fixing conspiracy, which ran between S... |
10 December 2009
05:25 GMT |
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AOL is on the verge of a long-awaited spin-off from Time Warner and will officially begin trading as an independent company on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) later today. Shares have already begun trading, but AOL will officially be on its own in a few hours as the market opens. It's been a crazy decade for... |
10 December 2009
05:25 GMT |
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SEGA has announced that it has decided to release Yakuza 4 on March 18, 2010 on the Japanese market. The game, bearing the original title Ryu Ga Gotoku 4: Heir to the Legend, is set to retail for 7,980 Yen, which is the equivalent of 90 dollars, and it's arriving only one year and a month after the previous inst... |
10 December 2009
05:16 GMT |
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In the past two months, a whole lot of good games have graced us with their presence, and Borderlands is one that has managed to stand out from the day it was released. The halfspawn of the first-person shooter genre and the role-playing game, Borderlands has proven to be an enthralling and immensely enjoyable experi... |
10 December 2009
05:08 GMT |
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Showtime is not among the networks that carry shows and series that would get, as a rule, ratings in the multi-million viewers range, they often say. In recent months, though, Showtime has managed to do the unthinkable and take everyone by surprise with the ratings it pulled with its killer series “Dexter.&rdqu... |
10 December 2009
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Dynasty Warriors 2 is a videogame developed by Omega Force and published by KOEI Co. Ltd. The game was only released for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony on October 25, 2000. It is classed as an action game played from a third person perspective and combines elements from real time strategy titles and draws most o... |
10 December 2009
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One of the newest and also some of the most interesting mobile phones that came to the market with Google's Android operating system on board is the Acer Liquid A1. The handset has just reached the market in the UK, via retailers like Expansys and Clove, and now Android fans can enjoy a video unboxing with... |
10 December 2009
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Usually hailed for their ability to restore sight to people who are nearly blind, artificial lenses have now gone from helping people in distress to improving the vision of those who can afford to have them implanted. During the implant operation, such a lens is placed in the eye of an individual and is then fine-tun... |
10 December 2009
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In a move that has taken Apple roughly two years to get done, the Mac maker has quietly upgraded iTunes to provide music fans with the ability to preview whole albums. In the second part of our story, we discuss how Google's newly released Chrome browser was 12 percent slower than Apple's Safari in benchmar... |
10 December 2009
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Microsoft is pouring huge amounts of money into online search and it finally looked like it was paying off after it launched Bing last summer as the search engine was slowly picking up momentum though it was still far behind Google and even Yahoo. The latest numbers from Hitwise though show, once again, that there&#... |
10 December 2009
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The new, ultrathin laptop from MSI hasn't received a price tag or a launch date yet, but the official specifications have already made it on the official site. The laptop focuses, as all ultrathin laptops must, on power efficiency, but still packs quite a few performance capabilities in its slim, black frame, wh... |
10 December 2009
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While not in a hurry to remake any of the previous Zelda games, Nintendo is going all out on the next installment in the series. Not yet officially announced, the next Wii title in the series has been leaked for some time now and, forced to cope with reality, the company has to give us a little something every now an... |
10 December 2009
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Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia plans on closing down its flagship stores in New York and Chicago next year, recent news around the web show. The company will rely on distributing its handsets in the United States through carriers and retailers, it seems, and will probably also have in place the Online store that m... |
10 December 2009
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While this may come as a shock to many people, there are still countries out there in which witchcraft and black magic are not considered relics of the Dark Ages, but parts of everyday life. In these nations, most of which are located on the African continent, the mere suspicion that you may be involved in rituals an... |
10 December 2009
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Activision decided it was in the right and began to fight back against No Doubt in their ongoing lawsuit related to how the image of the band and its members was portrayed in the music simulation series. On December 3, the videogame publisher filed a counterclaim in court in which it levels a host of accusations agai... |
10 December 2009
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One can easily say – and actually be in the right – that Jessica Simpson has had a bad year in the media. First, there was the “fat-gate” we also told you about, and then she got dumped by fiancé Tony Romo on her very birthday – and that is on a personal level only, because she wa... |
10 December 2009
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High-end graphics cards from AMD and NVIDIA can stay cool now that they know just what to choose in order to shrug off that extra heat. The latest cooler from Scythe, dubbed Setsugen (Snow Field in English), is the second product with this name released by the company and adopts the fin structure of the famous Mugen ... |
10 December 2009
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Mobile phones currently allow for a wide range of customizations to be applied to them. While the current personalization options users can enjoy range from downloading applications or themes for a handset to purchasing accessories or custom cases for the device, it seems that the future might bring something even m... |
10 December 2009
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Brain Age 2 is the sequel to the Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training – How Old Is Your Brain, more simply known as just Brain Age in North America. The title is basically a puzzle game, with several others meant to bring the brain out of its vegetative state. It also features some games and tests made to estima... |
10 December 2009
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The latest round of security updates from Microsoft is currently available via Windows Update for all users, with the company stressing the urgency to plug the security holes affecting Internet Explorer ahead of anything else. Earlier this week, the Redmond company started serving no less than six security bulletins ... |
10 December 2009
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The last game released by Artificial Mind and Movement was an over-the-top, mercenary-revenge action title entitled Wet. Filled with gratuitous violence and foul language, the title didn't really manage to stand out with anything, but wasn't a disaster either. A2M, as it's better know, is now working o... |
10 December 2009
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On January 12, famed fashion designer Tom Ford will be making his debut on the silver screen with his first directorial job, the drama “A Single Man,” starring Colin Firth and Julianne Moore. Speaking to V Magazine about how it felt to crossover from high fashion to filmmaking, Ford says it was a frighten... |
10 December 2009
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If there's one videogaming market that is beating all the growth predictions, even in this worldwide depression, then that is China. A recent report from a Beijing-based firm called Analysys International is estimating that by 2012, the online gaming market in the Communist country will reach a value of 10.7 bil... |
10 December 2009
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The asterism (pattern) of seven stars that is known as the Big Dipper has recently just received another companion star. It did not receive it per se, as the red dwarf has been at the location for several million years. Astronomers were only recently able to discover it, accompanying a relatively young star known as ... |
10 December 2009
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The label-backed music video site Vevo has finally launched and it's off to a good start, in terms of traffic anyway. So much traffic in fact that the service has been rocky for several hours after launch though things should be smoother at this point. The site has been in the works for a couple of years now an... |
10 December 2009
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It was just a few days ago that we reported that Thermaltake's Level 10 chassis, initially revealed at the CeBIT show in Hanover, Germany, was made available to enthusiasts looking to build themselves a high-performance rig in a super Full Tower case. It now appears that we have additional news on the product, ... |
10 December 2009
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As it is usually the case with highly popular products, Noctua's signature cooler, the popular NH-C12P, saw itself taking on a new form known as the NH-C12P SE14, a mechanism set to become the company's next flagship product. The cooler builds upon the highly successful design of its previous incarnation, b... |
10 December 2009
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Microsoft has announced that its Forza Motorsport 3 racing title has managed to rack up more than 1 million units in sales. It was exclusively released on the Xbox 360 home gaming console from Microsoft on October 27 and already performed well in the NPD Group numbers for that month, although it was placed behind Unc... |
10 December 2009
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Although they usually like their personal life to be as private as possible, new dad Tom Brady couldn’t help himself but share his joy with reporters the other night, informing them that wife Gisele Bundchen had just given birth to a baby boy. Reps for the couple were not immediately available for comment,... |
10 December 2009
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After being delayed several times and even going through some major facelifts, it seems like Splinter Cell: Conviction will be, this time, released without further complications. To reassure us, several aspects of the game's co-op multiplayer modes have been made available by Ubisoft to the Official Xbox Magazin... |
10 December 2009
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TOCA Race Driver 2 is a videogame developed and published by the Codemasters Software Company Limited. It was released for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony, the original Xbox from Microsoft, the PlayStation Portable handheld and the PC platform on April 13, 2004. The title can be classed as a racing simulation fea... |
10 December 2009
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Yair Reiner, an analyst with Oppenheimer, claims to have gained knowledge that Apple’s plans for next year’s debut include the much-hyped tablet unit. Reiner told clients in a note on Wednesday morning that Apple was preparing to close deals that should prove very attractive to book publishers, in what wa... |
10 December 2009
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The launch of NASA's new space telescope, the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), is scheduled to take place tomorrow, but weather officials at the Vandenberg Air Force Base, in California, are still unsure whether the state of the weather will allow for the procedures to go on or not. The take-off is hi... |
10 December 2009
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While being escorted to the Iga village, the Kirihime princess is kidnapped by Yoshiro Yukikusa, the commander of a demon army. Loyal ninjas to the Iga hidden village, Kage and Chihiro will do whatever is in their power to rescue her. But to do this, they'll have to confront and defeat the endless demon horde of... |
10 December 2009
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DRIV3R, also known as Driver 3, is a videogame created by Reflections Interactive and published by Atari. It was released for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony, the original Xbox from Microsoft, the Game Boy, the PC (a GameCube version was also in production but got canceled). The game was also later ported to mobi... |
10 December 2009
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Following the first studies of our galaxy, it was determined that it belonged to the spiral-arm class, and that it had two such formations orbiting its core. Work that was done later on disproved that hypothesis, and revealed that the Milky Way in fact sported four arms. The latter remained the norm for many years, b... |
10 December 2009
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