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Dropbox cloud storage service has just updated its official application Android devices with new features, improvements and lots of tweaks.With the latest version of Dropbox, Android users will be able to share several photos simultaneously and organize their favorite photos into albums. In addition, users can now de... |
11 January 2013
22:31 GMT |
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Melesta Games has just released a major update for its popular Toy Defense game for Android devices. The update is dubbed “Hard Winter” and brings 24 new levels and new maps, as well as “truly severe winter.”
The defense tower now provides players with 60 levels that offer epic battles agains... |
11 January 2013
22:01 GMT |
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The most downloaded note-taking application for Android devices, Evernote has just received a minor update that improves several features added in previous versions.
Aside from bumping the application to version 4.5.0, developers have confirmed that they have streamlined the new user registration feature and have im... |
11 January 2013
21:31 GMT |
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Jay Rockefeller, the United States senator from West Virginia, says that he plans to re-introduce the violent video games research bill that he initiated after the fatal Sandy Hook shooting.
Initially, the proposed legislation died after the session of Congress was declared closed in early January, but now that new ... |
11 January 2013
21:31 GMT |
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One of the latest budget 5-inch smartphones launched in India is the Lava Iris N501, which arrives on the market with Google’s Android 4.0 platform, priced at Rs. 9,999 ($182 / €137).
The new mobile phone was made official with a 1GHz dual-core processor inside, as well as with a screen resolution of only 480 ... |
11 January 2013
21:11 GMT |
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No less than four US-based carriers have recently confirmed they will support BlackBerry 10 OS this year: Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T and Sprint.
However, neither offered additional details on availability and pricing options. Luckily, the folks at TmoNews have just been tipped on the upcoming release of one of the firs... |
11 January 2013
21:01 GMT |
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Clash of Clans, the combat strategy game where you build your village, train your troops and battle with others online, has received a massive update making the game worthy of everybody’s while. Version 3.3 introduces Heroes: The Barbarian King and The Archer Queen. According to developer Supercell, Heroes are... |
11 January 2013
20:41 GMT |
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Lenovo IdeaTab A2107 was unveiled several months ago, back in September, at IFA 2012 trade fair in Berlin. The slate was launched in India a few months ago and is now available for purchase in the United States.One of the few Lenovo branded devices available in North America, the IdeaTab A2107 is an affordable low-en... |
11 January 2013
20:31 GMT |
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King’s Bounty fans rejoice as Nival has just published the popular strategy turn-based game on Google Play Store.
Those who enjoyed hours of entertainment on their PCs will now be able to play King’s Bounty on the go, if they own an Android device. The game features unique 3D graphics and allows users to... |
11 January 2013
20:31 GMT |
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Chinese company unveiled the Lenovo K900 a few days ago at Consumer Electronics Show 2013 (CES), in Las Vegas, but the handset maker did not disclose any details on the phone’s pricing options.
We do know that the K900 will be launched in China sometime in April, but we suspect that the smartphone will be rele... |
11 January 2013
20:01 GMT |
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Mobile phone users in India can now consider the purchase of a new Android-based phablet in their country, as Zync has announced the launch of Cloud Z5 in the local market, priced at Rs 11,990 (around $219 / €165). The smartphone sports a large 5-inch touchscreen display that can deliver only a WVGA resolution,... |
11 January 2013
19:41 GMT |
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Indian handset manufacturer Karbonn has just released a new budget-friendly Android smartphone, the Smart A2. This is a Gingerbread-powered smartphone that offers dual-SIM capability among others.
AndroidOS reports that Karbonn Smart A2 is now available for purchase via Flipkart for only Rs 4,990 outright, which is ... |
11 January 2013
19:31 GMT |
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Apple is very well positioned to become the de-facto enterprise software company from which all new emerging tech companies will draw their inspiration, according to NetSuite’s CEO, Zach Nelson.
Forbes reached out to NetSuite’s CEO, Zach Nelson asking the man to share his thoughts on the cloud and the tr... |
11 January 2013
19:21 GMT |
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David Cage believes that publisher-mandated sequels are one of the biggest problems of the video game industry and that the public should understand that they will never create innovation. The Quantic Dream leader tells The Official PlayStation Magazine in the United Kingdom that, “If you’re interested i... |
11 January 2013
19:21 GMT |
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Unveiled several days ago at Consumer Electronics Show 2013 (CES), Sony Xperia Z is expected to make its debut on the market next month.Several European carriers already announced the upcoming availability of the Xperia Z, but no details on the phone's exact release date are available for the moment.Along with t... |
11 January 2013
18:39 GMT |
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Windows 8’s launch was one of the most important moments for the IT world in 2012, as the new operating system was expected to help the PC market slow down its collapse and support increasing sales in early 2013. But according to Canalys analyst Tom Evans that’s not going to happen, as Windows 8 will con... |
11 January 2013
18:31 GMT |
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Astronomy app Redshift now fully supports the four-inch display of the iPhone 5, which means you’ll no longer see those annoying dark stripes on the edges of your screen in version 1.6, available today from iTunes.
Released as a free update to all existing users, Redshift 1.6 adds iPhone 5 support, the ability... |
11 January 2013
18:21 GMT |
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Customers of Westpac Bank are advised to be on the lookout these days for emails informing them that their credit cards have been suspended after an error was detected in their account information.
The emails, spotted by Hoax Slayer, are entitled “Westpac Update Account Information” and they read somethi... |
11 January 2013
18:21 GMT |
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There are less than three weeks sinceResearch In Motion's BlackBerry 10 announcement and details on the upcoming devices have started to emerge.We have already got a fair share of press photo, live images and even demos of the first BlackBerry 10 smartphones to be unveiled on January 30. However, RIM is still mu... |
11 January 2013
18:16 GMT |
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Twitter is yet to release an official client for Windows 8, but in the meantime, plenty of developers have released third-party apps designed to allow early adopters of Microsoft’s new OS to enjoy the features of the popular social platform. fantweestic! is one of these third-party clients and, as far as we&rs... |
11 January 2013
18:11 GMT |
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ZeptoLab has just released a new update for its highly acclaimed Cut the Rope title for Android devices. It brings new content, new abilities and several improvements over previous versions of the game. The most obvious change is the addition of a new Steam Box, which contains 25 new levels, featuring a new way to g... |
11 January 2013
17:31 GMT |
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Microsoft has often been criticized for its efforts in the hardware industry, especially after it had officially announced the Surface RT tablet, mostly because such an expansion could turn the company into a powerful rival for the existing hardware manufacturers already on the market.
The Surface RT is now on sale,... |
11 January 2013
17:31 GMT |
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EA Sports says that it will add a ladies tournament game mode in the upcoming Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14, designed to allow players to select from a line-up of pros and then engage in a number of events that are similar to those in the core Career mode.
The Ladies PGA will have different layouts for courses, according ... |
11 January 2013
17:31 GMT |
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Mozillux, a Linux distribution based on the popular Ubuntu and Debian GNU/Linux operating system, is now at version 13.1.1.
Mozillux 13.1.1 aims to promote Mozilla embedded in a desktop software suite that can be used by beginners and intermediate users.
The distribution is based on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS with LXDE deskt... |
11 January 2013
17:31 GMT |
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Nine classic items from the Team Fortress 2 store will be taken out of the game forever once a two-week grace period expires and advises all those who would like to use or wear them to get them as fast as they can although they will still be available via trades.
The complete list of items includes: Batter’s H... |
11 January 2013
17:04 GMT |
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On Monday, January 7, Japanese mobile phone maker Sony Mobile officially unveiled its new flagship Android-based smartphone, the Xperia Z, set to arrive on shelves globally starting with the first quarter of the year.
The handset packs a large 5-inch full HD screen, along with a quad-core processor inside, and a 13... |
11 January 2013
17:01 GMT |
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Gnome Cupertino, a theme designed for Gnome 3.6.x that tries to capture the feel and look of the Mac OS, has just reached version 2.1.1.
The Gnome Cupertino theme has been quickly promoted to version 2.1.1. It’s capable of running under the Gnome 3.6.x branch and, more importantly, it doesn't use the adwa... |
11 January 2013
17:01 GMT |
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Malicious Google Chrome updates have been spotted on several websites over the past couple of months.
Earlier today, we learned that Chrome 24 was released by Google. Since the new variant comes with a number of important security fixes, users are advised to update their installations as soon as possible.
However, ... |
11 January 2013
16:51 GMT |
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Andrei Dumitrescu: This might be a new year for gaming, but so far, I remain linked to my gaming past because there’s no big launch yet powerful enough to separate me from my habits.
My go-to title at the moment is once again Football Manager 2013, the simulation from Sports Interactive and SEGA, which receive... |
11 January 2013
16:41 GMT |
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The official Windows RT jailbreak application is now available for download, so software developers behind this project can focus on recompiling applications to run on Microsoft’s tablet-oriented operating system.
The number of desktop apps available on jailbroken Windows RT devices is pretty small right now, ... |
11 January 2013
16:41 GMT |
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ConfigServer Firewall, an SPI iptables firewall that is straight-forward, easy and flexible to configure and secure with extra checks to ensure smooth operation, is now at version 5.72.
Highlights of ConfigServer Firewall 5.72:
• Missing DD setting in DA and generic installations for ST_DISKW have been added;
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11 January 2013
16:31 GMT |
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Rumor has it that there might come a time when crystal meth doubles as a cure for the flu. Granted, this piece of news first hit the scientific community quite a while ago (back in November 2012, to be more precise), yet it took some time for it to be given due consideration. Now that the US has been hardly hit b... |
11 January 2013
16:11 GMT |
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Now that the holidays are over, cybercriminals have resumed their malicious operations. Experts advise users to be on the lookout for fake emails apparently coming from HP, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) or Federal Reserve Bank. Trend Micro researchers say that they didn’t detect any BlackHole Exploit Kit sp... |
11 January 2013
16:01 GMT |
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Square Enix and Microsoft have revealed a special customized Tomb Raider Xbox 360 Limited Edition wireless controller that not only features laser-etched effects but that also comes with a code to download an exclusive character for the game's multiplayer mode. The Tomb Raider reboot is out at the beginning of ... |
11 January 2013
15:51 GMT |
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Microsoft’s Windows Phone mobile operating system is being adopted by a wider range of users all around the world, including the UK, where it has reportedly seen an increase in adoption of 400 percent last year. Apparently, more and more users in the country are interested in the purchase of Windows Phone 8 d... |
11 January 2013
15:51 GMT |
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The latest issue of the scientific journal Ancient Civilizations from Scynthia to Siberia witnessed the publication of a new study discussing how, while exploring an ancient Black Sea fortress in the Crimea, in Ukraine, a team of archaeologists stumbled upon a 2000-year-old treasure.
More precisely, they discovered... |
11 January 2013
15:51 GMT |
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Developer and publisher Ubisoft is launching the 1.03 patch for its first-person shooter Far Cry 3 on the PlayStation 3, with the Xbox 360 version still in certification at Microsoft.
Gamers who have Far Cry 3 will get it in the near future, which might mean everything from tomorrow to a few days.
The patch is quit... |
11 January 2013
15:35 GMT |
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Rygel, a home media solution (UPnP AV MediaServer) that allows users to easily share audio, video, and pictures to other devices, is now at version 0.17.6. With Rygel, users will be able to browse the media collection from the TV or PS3 on a PC running GNOME, and they will have the possibility to play any of said me... |
11 January 2013
15:23 GMT |
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SOFA or Statistics Open For All, a user-friendly open-source statistics analysis and reporting tool, is now at version 1.3.1.
Highlights of SOFA 1.3.1:
• Sum has been added as an option for charting e.g. a line chart showing total income per month by product;
• Matplotlib scatterplots now have an optimal ... |
11 January 2013
15:11 GMT |
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A new report released by research firm IFI reveals that IBM remains the top patent winner in the United States, followed by Samsung and Canon.
IBM was granted a total of 6,478 patents last year, while Samsung won 5,081. Microsoft is the sixth company in the list with 2,613 patents, ahead of rivals Google (1,151 pate... |
11 January 2013
15:01 GMT |
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Nokia‘s SPY mouse game is now available for download for the owners of its Windows Phone 8 devices too, after having been made available for Windows Phone 7 handsets a while ago. The mobile game promises 70+ challenging levels for all Windows Phone 8 users, along with 6 unique worlds, each of them full of adv... |
11 January 2013
15:01 GMT |
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Facebook likes have long been the gold standard for "social metrics" simply because they're so easy to understand, the more likes, the more fans, or so the idea goes. But when dealing with the scale of Facebook, just looking at the number of likes a page, brand, celebrity or app has doesn't mean much.
Case... |
11 January 2013
14:41 GMT |
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Sony has just posted a few lists with the bestselling content available on its PlayStation Store, confirming that in the month of December three games managed to impress PS3 owners, in the form of Journey, Mass Effect 1, and Far Cry 3.
The PlayStation Store has begun playing a huge role in Sony's strategy, as t... |
11 January 2013
14:41 GMT |
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One of the appealing features that Research In Motion will include in its upcoming BlackBerry 10 operating system will be support for BBM Video calling, the latest reports on the matter suggest.
This is not the first time that the feature is rumored for the new platform release, though it is the first time that we ... |
11 January 2013
14:31 GMT |
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Unconventional energy sources are something environmentalists hold very close at heart. Therefore, there will probably be a lot of greenheads who will be pleased to hear that butter can also be used to satisfy energy demands.
Mainline Media News reports that this 1000-pound (45.35 kilograms) butter sculpture was fi... |
11 January 2013
14:11 GMT |
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Back in September, Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer said in an interview that Windows 8 was designed to be the most important project for the Redmond-based technology giant since Windows 95, an operating system that definitely changed the IT world.
Now, Tami Reller, one of the two executives in charge with the Wi... |
11 January 2013
14:11 GMT |
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The keyboard and mouse are the most used peripherals on any computer. Users need both of them to access different areas of the screen, type text as well as open or use applications. What if you could perform these actions using only your keyboard?
Shortcat is a Mac OS X application that allows you to access all UI... |
11 January 2013
14:01 GMT |
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CherryTree, a hierarchical note taking application which features rich text and syntax highlighting, and storing data in a single xml or sqlite file, is now at version 0.29.
Highlights of CherryTree 0.29:
• When running cherrytree from command line, it is now possible to indicate a node name to focus as argum... |
11 January 2013
13:51 GMT |
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29-year-old Matthew Clark pretended to win a fishing contest by catching a monster 13lb (6 kg) bass fish. The angler got the fish from an aquarium, the last day of the competition, and won £800 ($1,290 / €970),the Mirror writes. He sneaked away from the competition by cliff-climbing, using a rope ladder.... |
11 January 2013
13:11 GMT |
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For whatever reason, worldwide shipments of personal computers, be they desktops, notebooks or all-in-one systems, are falling much more quickly than anyone expected.
The International Data Corporation (IDC) estimates that 89.8 million PCs were shipped during the fourth quarter of 2012.
The number is 6.4% lower tha... |
11 January 2013
13:01 GMT |
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Skype 6.1 for Windows comes with a long list of improvements, including Outlook integration and a visual update to the toolbar. Outlook now displays the online status of each contact in your list, information and mood message within the contact card. What’s more, users are now allowed to call someone on their... |
11 January 2013
12:51 GMT |
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Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia is looking to broaden its portfolio of handsets available for purchase in the United States through wireless carriers this year.
At the moment, the company’s Windows Phone 8-based Lumia 920 and Lumia 820 smartphones are available in the country through AT&T, T-Mobile and Veriz... |
11 January 2013
12:41 GMT |
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Bell is among the first carriers that have confirmed to launch BlackBerry 10 devices in early February, along with Rogers and TELUS. Today, the operator has inexplicably released the entry-level BlackBerry Curve 9320 smartphone.
We fail to see the reasons behind Bell’s decision to launch an old device just a ... |
11 January 2013
12:31 GMT |
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Download the latest Cut the Rope update for a new Steam Box with 25 new levels, featuring a new way to get candy into Om Nom’s mouth.
If you’re a fan of Chillingo’s awesome iOS puzzler, you’ll love this new update that they’re offering today.
Available for free to all existing players,... |
11 January 2013
12:11 GMT |
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Developer Frozenbyte says that it invested a lot of work into the Magic Mayhem mode that would exploit the unique capabilities of the Wii U console from Nintendo but that, at the moment, its launch no longer represents a priority.
The development team tells GamingBolt that, “The idea was to have small mini-gam... |
11 January 2013
12:11 GMT |
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Preparing media files to run on various mobile devices or simply converting them to a different format is not a particularly difficult endeavor. Such a task has been very much simplified and can now be carried out in just a few clicks provided that you’ve chosen the appropriate application.
Despite a glut of m... |
11 January 2013
12:01 GMT |
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Speed addicts will love CleanerPress, a WordPress plugin that helps webmasters tweak their WP installations, optimizing code output for faster page load times.
Google has been promoting page speed as one of the most important metrics in search results classification for a long time now, and rightfully so, since some... |
11 January 2013
12:01 GMT |
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BlackBerry 10, Research In Motion’s next-generation mobile operating system, is set to become official on January 30, but it seems that users are already interested in the purchase of devices powered by it. In fact, Canadian wireless carrier Rogers confirms that a great deal of users have already registered t... |
11 January 2013
11:41 GMT |
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SaskTel is the fifth Canadian carrier that confirms support for BlackBerry 10 operating system, after TELUS, Bell, Virgin Mobile and Rogers opened up pre-registrations for RIM’s upcoming devices. Although SaskTel does not offer customers the option to pre-register for the latest updates on BlackBerry 10 device... |
11 January 2013
11:31 GMT |
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BitTorrent released a new torrent client, but, unlike what you’re already used to from the company (hint: uTorrent), this is integrated straight into the web browser, Google Chrome, that is.
It is a simple extension, currently in alpha, called BitTorrent Surf, which is already available for download from Chrom... |
11 January 2013
11:16 GMT |
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Germans have the misfortune of living in a country where YouTube (basically) has no music. Maybe that's actually a good thing, on some level, making it possible for everything else on YouTube to thrive. In any case, there's no chance of that changing anytime soon as talks between Google, which owns YouTube... |
11 January 2013
11:13 GMT |
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A few days after the launch of the stable version of Mozilla Firefox, a new Beta version of the popular Internet browser has been made available to the public.
Mozilla Firefox 19.0 Beta 1 has been chosen for the implementation of a very important feature, more precisely a built-in PDF viewer.
Up until now, this par... |
11 January 2013
11:08 GMT |
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Today just keeps getting better for Destiny’s Child fans: after the announcement that they will be releasing a brand new song with the new hits album, comes word that the band will make a surprise appearance at the Super Bowl.
According to Us Weekly, Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams will be joining Beyonce... |
11 January 2013
11:08 GMT |
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Analyst Brian White with Topeka Capital Markets has heard that Apple will introduce its fifth-generation iPad as well as a new version of the iPad mini in March.
White was reportedly told by industry sources at this week's CES event in Las Vegas that the new “iPad 5” would be lighter and thinner tha... |
11 January 2013
11:04 GMT |
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They said she was only after his money but a new report claims differently: glamor girl Crystal Harris, 26, did not marry Hugh Hefner, 86, for his money, but out of love. She signed an “ironclad” prenup before the wedding.
The two were engaged once before but it ended very badly when Crystal decided to ... |
11 January 2013
10:59 GMT |
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The main advantage of the mSATA solid-state drive form factor is the significantly smaller form factor. Basically, the size difference between it and 2.5-inch is colossal.
As the subtitle says, mSATA SSDs are one-eighth the size of standard 2.5-inch drives, and since Ultrabooks are all about compactness, Plextor sta... |
11 January 2013
10:53 GMT |
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Lady Gaga and her seriously frowned upon habit of wearing fur are back in the spotlight, courtesy of an open letter written and uploaded on Facebook by Sharon Osbourne.
Granted, Sharon's goal was that of sticking up for her daughter, yet this does not change the fact that her observation's concerning Lady... |
11 January 2013
10:52 GMT |
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Fast Startup is one of the new features integrated into Microsoft’s Windows 8 operating system that basically allows Windows to boost faster on a dual-boot configuration. The problem is that the tool puts locally stored data at risk when the user loads the second operating system, in most cases a Linux distrib... |
11 January 2013
10:46 GMT |
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Video game developer High Moon Studios and publisher Activision are announcing fans of the upcoming Deadpool video game that the experience will also include appearances from Cable and Death.
The reveal was made on Marvel Collectors and is linked to the Official Xbox Magazine, so it all seems very plausible.
The de... |
11 January 2013
10:41 GMT |
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She gets a lot of hate online but she also has many supporters, the same ones who also make her TLC reality show a smashing hit. Honey Boo Boo now has an official (only not) song to her name, courtesy of Brad Paisley.
The country crooner was on Jimmy Kimmel the other night, where he announced that he’d writte... |
11 January 2013
10:41 GMT |
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BenQ has already mostly filled its monitor quota, and it even has some unusual new ones out and about, but it makes other types of products as well, like projectors.
In fact, the company launched two projectors at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2013).
Both of them can create 2D and 3D images in a resolution of ... |
11 January 2013
10:40 GMT |
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Blizzard has confirmed that World of Warcraft players have managed to raise over $2.3 million (€1.73 million) for Hurricane Sandy relief efforts by buying the special Cinder Kitter pet in the game.
Superstorm Sandy hit New York City hard last year and left a lot of people in dire needs. As such, Blizzard reveal... |
11 January 2013
10:37 GMT |
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A federal appeals court met yesterday, Thursday January 10, to rule on whether or not Bin Laden's burial photos should remain classified.
Robert Loeb of the DOJ's Civil Division spoke for the release of the pictures, as it could not possibly reveal anything that would endanger national security. The govern... |
11 January 2013
10:34 GMT |
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A cat named Alphie from Parson Cross, Sheffield recently ended up needing medical assistance after having swallowed the television aerial found on its owner's TV set.
Vanessa Waite explains that one night, as she was sleeping, she was woken up by some peculiar noises yet suspected these had merely been caused ... |
11 January 2013
10:32 GMT |
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After a bit of teasing and a short reveal, the multiplayer mode in the upcoming Tomb Raider game has just been showcased by developers Crystal Dynamics and Eidos Montreal in a special Final Hours gameplay video.
The upcoming Tomb Raider game promises to reboot the series in terms of story, character, and gameplay bu... |
11 January 2013
10:31 GMT |
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Minion Master might be weirdly familiar to those who have played a card game before and have at least some interest in the idea of mixing its core concepts with tactical battles, but the game has enough style and variety when it comes to units and spells to keep players engaged for quite a lot of hours. The game is ... |
11 January 2013
10:31 GMT |
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The Document Foundation has announced that the first Release Candidate version for LibreOffice 4.0.0 is now available for the Linux platform, bringing a lot of bugfixes and improvements.
Highlights of LibreOffice 4.0.0 RC1:
• The DOCX import of last empty header/footer para char props has been fixed;
• Ch... |
11 January 2013
10:29 GMT |
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After learning a few more things about the upcoming The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct game, Activision has now posted a new video with the title and confirmed that it's going to come out in North America on March 26 and in Europe on March 29.
Telltale Games' The Walking Dead title proved the appetite of ... |
11 January 2013
10:24 GMT |
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A man in Castro Valley reportedly had his pet, pictured above, guarding a large amount of marijuana. The large reptile went by the name of Mr. Teeth. "Mr. Teeth" was a 5-foot (1.7-m) long caiman, who acted as the guardian for a 34-pound (15.5-kg) stash of Assif Mayar, 32. Police found it during a raid, in the man&... |
11 January 2013
10:22 GMT |
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Since Quentin Tarantino’s latest movie came out, “Django Unchained,” there’s been a lot of debate on whether he should take responsibility for making such violent movies, which might engender violence in real life and thus lead to tragedies like Sandy Hook.
British journalist Krishnan Guru-M... |
11 January 2013
10:22 GMT |
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That solid-state drives usually come in the 2.5-inch form factor has to do more with cost than anything else, but Other World Computing is not letting that stop it from making a 3.5-inch model.
The 2.5-inch form factor for SSDs is a curious thing. There is no technical limitation that could prevent 3.5-inch drives ... |
11 January 2013
10:16 GMT |
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The lack of a Start button and the other UI changes in Windows 8 are considered some of the main reasons why Microsoft’s operating system is yet to excite, but an analyst has just found another possible explanation. Marie-Christine Pygott, senior analyst at Context, says that some UK businesses don’t fee... |
11 January 2013
10:13 GMT |
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Wikimedia Foundation, the organization behind Wikipedia, hasn't ventured that far out from its core product, Wikipedia of course. There's the Wikimedia Commons and the Wiktionary, but Wikipedia still takes the center stage.
That's probably not going to change any time soon, but the group is looking a... |
11 January 2013
10:11 GMT |
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Today, Best Buy announced that it was taking pre-orders for Research In Motion’s yet unannounced BlackBerry 10 smartphones, and another retailer in the country has unveiled a similar move now, namely Future Shop.
The same as Best Buy, this retailer is accepting reservations for said devices through its stores... |
11 January 2013
10:10 GMT |
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Mobile gaming, both on dedicated handhelds and on smartphones, is one of the developing segments of an industry that seems to be focused on decline and publisher Electronic Arts wants to see more core games taking advantage of its opportunities.
Nick Earl, the leader of the All Play division at EA, tells GamesIndust... |
11 January 2013
09:59 GMT |
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Henry Cavill, aka Superman from the upcoming Zack Snyder film “Man of Steel,” is officially off the market again. Shortly after rumors started making the rounds that he was dating Gina Carano, the pair made the first official appearance as a couple on the red carpet. It happened at the Critics’ Ch... |
11 January 2013
09:58 GMT |
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In a press conference held earlier this week, US Sen. Charles Schumer revealed that a phone hacking ring that targeted New York companies had been identified. Even worse, the criminal organization – which has caused damages of hundreds of thousands of dollars – appears to be linked to Al Qaeda. “A ... |
11 January 2013
09:58 GMT |
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If you think your kids are too spoiled, we'll introduce you to a toy for the super-spoiled: the iPotty – a potty that can have an iPad attached to it. This invention was premiered at this CES 2013 by CTA Digital, a manufacturer of iPad and Kindle accessories. Makers explain the potty gadget is an educa... |
11 January 2013
09:54 GMT |
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Xerox made it official today that its executive vice president and chief financial officer was leaving the company to start work at Apple Inc. Luca Maestri will take up his job as “corporate controller” with the Cupertino giant in February. Ursula Burns, Xerox chairman and chief executive officer, said t... |
11 January 2013
09:54 GMT |
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It was yesterday, January 10, 2013, that we brought you the Dell Latitude 10 Essentials Windows 8 tablet, and today we have some new information about it, or rather the kind of effect it might have.
While countries like India, South Korea and others from EMEA have embraced the idea of integrating tablets into their ... |
11 January 2013
09:52 GMT |
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Horde Groupware Webmail Edition, a free, enterprise-ready, browser-based communication suite, is now at version 5.0.3.
Horde Groupware Webmail Edition 5.0.3 can be used to send and organize email messages, to manage and share calendars, contacts, tasks and notes with the standards compliant components from the Horde... |
11 January 2013
09:44 GMT |
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Taylor Swift never says whom her songs are about but, if you think about it, neither does she need to because everybody else is willing to do that for her. Her most recent tweet seems to indicate she’s already using her latest breakup for inspiration. “Back in the studio. Uh oh…” the countr... |
11 January 2013
09:40 GMT |
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Straight after the largest spiral galaxy in the universe comes the largest anything in the universe, a formation stretching four billion light years. The structure is larger than anything ever seen and larger than what astronomers thought possible. In fact, its discovery puts into question our understanding of the ... |
11 January 2013
09:32 GMT |
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As expected, US-based carrier T-Mobile outed the Samsung Galaxy S III in Titanium Grey. The new color option replaces the Pebble Blue Galaxy S III, which will not be available at T-Mobile anymore.
Customers can grab the 16GB Galaxy S III in Titanium Grey for around $280/€210 with a new two-year agreement and af... |
11 January 2013
09:31 GMT |
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Three Kurdish women have been shot in Paris, leaving activists to cry out that they were executed.
One of the victims is believed to have been the founder and vocal member of a militant separatist group opposing Turkey.
Turkey's peace talks with the PKK, the Kurdistan Workers Party, were going on in Paris whe... |
11 January 2013
09:27 GMT |
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IBM's Watson is probably the best-known supercomputer in the world, from having won Jeopardy against the top human contestant, but that wasn't enough for the IBM researchers who created him.
Having felt that Jeopardy participation built a solid enough base for understanding and interpreting sounds, voices... |
11 January 2013
09:27 GMT |
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The Osbournes are going after Lady Gaga for preaching one thing and doing another. After Kelly complained in an interview that Gaga’s Little Monsters were the worst because they were bullies, the singer addressed the issue in an open letter, which now makes the subject of another open letter, this time from Sha... |
11 January 2013
09:26 GMT |
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Sony has confirmed that a web-based version of the PlayStation Store will be released for North American users later this month.
The PlayStation Store plays a big role in the online strategy of Sony as through it PlayStation 3 and PS Vita owners can enjoy all sorts of content for their devices.
Now, after the recen... |
11 January 2013
09:21 GMT |
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KDE-Services, a program that extends the features of the right mouse click on the Dolphin File Manager for KDE-4 graphical environment and specially designed for OSes based on Red Hat, is now at version 1.7-4.
KDE-Service 1.7-4 can be used to convert several video formats to MPEG-1, MPEG-4, AVI, VCD, SVCD, DVD, 3GP,... |
11 January 2013
09:20 GMT |
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During CES 2013, Nvidia announced that it was working on a home console called Shield, while Valve also confirmed the existence of its own Steam hardware project. However, the already established players in the market believe that both ideas need more resources before they can challenge the Xbox, the PlayStation or t... |
11 January 2013
09:20 GMT |
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Looking after wild animals is not an easy thing to do, especially if the animal is not a run-off-the-mill deer or gazelle, but a 21-foot-long (about 6.5 meters) python.
More so if the time comes for said ginormous snake to have its annual weigh-in.
Sources report that, in order to check whether or not Atomic Bett... |
11 January 2013
09:13 GMT |
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The stable version for foobar2000 1.2.1 has just been released. It does not bring to the table too many modifications compared to the preceding beta, but it does improve overall functionality and stability of the player.
The latest version adds the bug fix from the beta that eliminated the problem with menu commands... |
11 January 2013
09:10 GMT |
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The 11.6 inch E130 netbook from the ThinkPad Edge Series is getting full support for upgrading to Microsoft Windows 8. All the components in the device can be upgraded if the user wants that.Audio, Bluetooth, Camera, Card Reader, MEI, Chipset, Graphics, Keyboard, Touchpad, LAN, WLAN, WWAN or Storage categories have e... |
11 January 2013
09:07 GMT |
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A brand new survey has just been published in the U.S. that offers some interesting data concerning parents of the nation and how they think about violence not just in video games but also in the general media.
Common Sense Media and the Center for American Progress have posted a new survey in which 1,050 parents fr... |
11 January 2013
09:05 GMT |
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ASRock has released a series of beta BIOSes meant to help users improve memory compatibility. The motherboards targeted by this update are 990FX Extreme4, 970 Extreme4, Fatal1ty Z68 Professional Gen3 and Z68 Extreme4. The boards mentioned above boast a handful of awards for reliability and overclocking performance. ... |
11 January 2013
08:58 GMT |
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Industry sources cited by DigiTimes say LG is at fault for the delayed shipments of 27-inch iMacs. The lamination process of the screens is proving difficult to cope with in high numbers, according to these people.
The trade publication with ties to Apple’s supply chain reports that the 27-inch iMac is experie... |
11 January 2013
08:56 GMT |
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The time has now come for Xiao Liwu, a baby panda born and raised at San Diego Zoo, to make its public debut. Up until now, people had to settle for only watching videos of this baby panda.
However, they can now see it “in person,” as the staff at the San Diego Zoo has finally agreed to put it on displa... |
11 January 2013
08:51 GMT |
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We already have a few confirmations that the Windows Phone 7.8 update rollout is about to begin, so those with older smartphones should start asking themselves what new things their devices will get.
There have been lots of leaks pointing to some of the most important changes included in this major update and Nokia ... |
11 January 2013
08:46 GMT |
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Zabbix, an enterprise-class open source distributed monitoring solution, released under the GPL (free of charge for both commercial and non-commercial use), is now at version 1.8.16 RC2.
Highlights of Zabbix 1.8.16 RC2:
• IPMI remote commands and scripts have been fixed;
• The handling of PerfCounter erro... |
11 January 2013
08:44 GMT |
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Google+ Hangouts has been the killer feature of Google's social network since day one and it still is. The ability to do group chat with full video and audio, on the web or in the mobile apps, for free is unmatched.
But, while group chat is great, sometime you don't want to have more than one source in th... |
11 January 2013
08:41 GMT |
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We've only just finished writing about how AMD won't be paying Android any mind, and now we can actually take a look at the first ever tablet reference design based on the Temash accelerated processing unit. People keeping up with CES should have already read everything there is to know and expect regardi... |
11 January 2013
08:39 GMT |
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Developer Cryptic Studio is giving fans of the upcoming Neverwinter MMO a chance to look at one of the classes that will be featured in the game, the Great Weapon Fighter.
The detailed video shows the character in action and also features a developer talking about its abilities.
The official description states, &ld... |
11 January 2013
08:39 GMT |
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New details are emerging in the case of the California shooting at Taft high-school, which we covered earlier today. A 16-year-old student showed up at school with a 12-gauge shotgun at 9:30 in the morning, shooting a fellow student. He had called out to the victim before going through with it, reports say. He also ... |
11 January 2013
08:38 GMT |
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Iranian officials have come forward to deny the accusations made by the US, according to which, the country is behind the recent cyberattacks against financial institutions.
According to the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), Iran categorically denies the accusations, which it calls unfounded.
Officials highligh... |
11 January 2013
08:36 GMT |
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Windows 8 was initially regarded as a potential breath of fresh air for the PC industry, especially because computer manufacturers expected to see increased sales as users prepared to migrate to the new OS.
But a report released by research firm IDC reveals that Windows 8 has in fact contributed to the continuous co... |
11 January 2013
08:35 GMT |
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AppArmor, a Mandatory Access Control (MAC) system which is a kernel (LSM) enhancement to confine programs to a limited set of resources, is now at version 2.8.1.
AppArmor 2.8.1 protects the operating system and applications from external or internal threats and all form of attacks by preventing unknown application f... |
11 January 2013
08:31 GMT |
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Microsoft's corporate vice president in charge of the Interactive Entertainment Business (aka the Xbox division), Phil Harrison, has confirmed that the future of the Xbox brand focuses mainly on the cloud, as games should be accessible from multiple devices.
The Xbox 360 is still quite popular, but many rumors ... |
11 January 2013
08:27 GMT |
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It looks like the elusive Nexus 4 is now delivered with a newer Android version. Although the smartphone is only available for purchase in a few countries, Google is making an effort to bring more features to its smartphone. Brazilian blog Adrenaline reports the Nexus 4 is now shipping with Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean ... |
11 January 2013
08:23 GMT |
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According to the findings of an undercover investigation carried out by members of PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), the staff at a bear park in North Carolina are guilty of both several misdemeanors and a series of felonies. Said organization claims that, while looking into these people's tr... |
11 January 2013
08:22 GMT |
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Along with the release of a new mobile operating system flavor, namely the next-generation BlackBerry 10 OS, Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion is gearing up for the replacement of the BlackBerry Desktop Manager with a new desktop application.
Called BlackBerry Link, the app will provide users with the ... |
11 January 2013
08:21 GMT |
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Ryan Gosling is considered one of the most handsome and talented actors of his generation, an opinion to which I can’t but subscribe. Turns out he’s also an amazing interview – check out his appearance on Jimmy Kimmel last night.
As some of you may know, Ryan can now be seen on the big screen in &... |
11 January 2013
08:20 GMT |
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Canadian mobile phone users have now the possibility to pre-order BlackBerry 10 devices in their country, although the OS and the smartphones running under it haven’t been yet officially launched.
Best Buy Canada announced today that it had already kicked off the pre-order period for the new platform, and tha... |
11 January 2013
08:16 GMT |
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We've only just reported on Samsung's poor opinion of Microsoft's Windows RT operating system, and how that opinion has caused it to decide against launching tablets loaded with it in the US. The main complaint Samsung has is that the cost of educating the consumer in the use of Windows RT tablets is... |
11 January 2013
08:11 GMT |
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UC Browser, a professional mobile browser which supports both WAP and WEB page browsing, has received a few enhancements that are worthy of your attention, if you’re wielding a jailbroken iPhone or iPad.
Previously released as a beta, UC Browser 8.9 is now a stable release for jailbroken iOS users.
The new ve... |
11 January 2013
08:09 GMT |
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54-year old Robert Hall of New Smyrna Beach, Florida, is recovering after being dragged by a truck for half a mile. Hall's wife, 61-year old Jeanette Morris, tied him to the bumper of her truck and drove off with him, carrying him on a dirt road. WFTV writes that Hall let her tie him up because she was threat... |
11 January 2013
08:08 GMT |
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Researcher Andrea Micalizzi has identified a serious vulnerability in Foxit Reader, the PDF reader app that’s preferred by many users to Adobe’s products. According to Micalizzi, the flaw in Foxit Reader – advertised as the most secure reader – can be exploited to inject malicious code. &ldq... |
11 January 2013
07:59 GMT |
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With just a few weeks left until the big BlackBerry 10 announcement, Research In Motion’s (RIM) servers are experiencing issues once again. For the time being, it appears that the problem only affects Vodafone customers in the UK, but if you live in another country and experience BlackBerry services issues dro... |
11 January 2013
07:54 GMT |
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Chinese mobile phone maker Huawei appears set to make a splash on the mobile market this year, with plans for an 8-core processor set for the second half of this year.
For the time being, the company hasn’t provided specific info on the octa-core Cortex-A15 chip, but Engadget suggests that it might be either ... |
11 January 2013
07:51 GMT |
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For a time, people actually thought that Advanced Micro Devices would follow a two-pronged approach regarding the tablet market, but AMD itself has just shot down that long-standing hypothesis. To put it bluntly, the Sunnyvale, California-based company will do nothing to encourage Android tablet makers to use its F... |
11 January 2013
07:51 GMT |
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It’s a universal truth that you can’t possibly please everybody but, each year, the Academy proves it doesn’t even have the intention of trying to do so – while maintaining objectivity, of course. The nominations for the Oscars 2013 bring a fresh wave of complaints online for some of the most ... |
11 January 2013
07:45 GMT |
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Famed hacker Cyril Cattiaux, also known as pod2g on Twitter, has announced his first iOS application, PodDJ. The DJ application is said to transform your iPad into a real mixing engine with a brilliant touch to sound reactivity. For those wondering why there’s no iOS 6 jailbreak in sight, you might have your a... |
11 January 2013
07:44 GMT |
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The news broke that, following a devastating heat wave that caused various regions of the country to become engulfed with flames, Australia got hit by a red dust storm.
The storm made landfall this past Wednesday evening, and people living on the country's west coast were both shaken up and taken aback by this... |
11 January 2013
07:41 GMT |
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The recently discovered Java 7 zero-day exploit has been utilized to spread variants of the Reveton ransomware, according to experts from security firm Trend Micro.
This doesn't come as a surprise, considering that the exploit is said to be contained in the new Cool Exploit Kit, which is mainly utilized to spre... |
11 January 2013
07:30 GMT |
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Chinese handset maker Huawei is about to release its Ascend G600 mid-range Android smartphone in India. The handset will be available at various retailers across the country in the coming weeks. AndroidOS reports that major retailer Flipkart is now taking pre-orders for Huawei Ascend G600. Customers who wish to grab... |
11 January 2013
07:27 GMT |
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“The Hunger Games” is getting a sequel in November this year, called “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.” The first official movie stills to promote it are now out.
Check out the gallery below to see them.
Besides offering fans a first glimpse at Philip Seymour Hoffman in character as Plutar... |
11 January 2013
07:22 GMT |
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Xperia Z, Sony’s new flagship Android-based smartphone, is set to arrive on shelves before the end of this quarter with a nice range of high-end capabilities packed inside.
The device was made official at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show with a 5-inch full HD screen, a quad-core CPU and 2GB of RAM, and a 13... |
11 January 2013
07:21 GMT |
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This year, the people of the Czech Republic are voting directly for a president for the very first time. One candidate immediately jumps out when you consider the 9 that entered the presidential race – tattooed artist Vladimir Franz. Franz is running on a very small campaign budget, and, as I noted before, he ... |
11 January 2013
07:20 GMT |
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With the holidays over, it seems that browser makers are getting back into the groove with Google and Mozilla deciding to release new versions of Chrome and Firefox on the same day. While the new Chrome beta is Android only, the Firefox beta is for everyone.
Firefox 19 beta comes with plenty of additions and improv... |
11 January 2013
07:11 GMT |
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The development team at Mojang is offering fans a chance to look into the future of the indie game via the most recent snapshot, labeled 13w02a, which includes deadlier skeletons for players to face and a number of new items for gamers to use. Full details are offered on the official Mojang site. Quartz blocks and ... |
11 January 2013
07:11 GMT |
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Over the past period, security researcher Gaurang Pandya has been studying the way Nokia handles data traffic and he has identified some interesting things. The expert has found that when the Nokia browser is used, all the traffic is redirected to Nokia/Ovi proxy servers. Moreover, after further analysis, Pandya det... |
11 January 2013
07:10 GMT |
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CD Projekt Red revealed the first teaser trailer for its upcoming Cyberpunk 2077 RPG yesterday and fans have already uncovered a special secret message that points to the reveal of a new game from the developer, possibly The Witcher 3, on February 5.
CD Projekt Red is mostly known for its impressive The Witcher game... |
11 January 2013
07:09 GMT |
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Japanese mobile phone maker Sony Mobile has confirmed on Twitter that it would bring its new Xperia Z flagship handset to shelves in Canada, in addition to the Xperia ZL.
Just after both handsets were made official on January 7 during the company’s press event at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vega... |
11 January 2013
06:51 GMT |
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If you’ve ever wondered why Minecraft was so popular but never came around to actually purchasing the game, you can try out an alternative for free. Heck, you might even like this one more than Minecraft. Developed by Majic Jungle Software, The Blockheads is a game that’s heavily inspired from Mojang&rsq... |
11 January 2013
06:45 GMT |
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Yahoo! has released an updated version of its Mail application with a bunch of fixes and a new feature that enables users to easily clear out unwanted messages from select folders.
Yahoo! Mail iOS version 1.0.3 fixes an issue with the app crashing on launch. This issue was reported by several users and Yahoo! quickl... |
11 January 2013
06:41 GMT |
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The official Dropbox for Windows 8 application was officially released a few days ago, and the first update for the program is now available in the Windows Store.
Surprisingly, there are no details on this new version of the app, but the update shows up in the Store on both the desktop version of Windows 8 and the S... |
11 January 2013
06:31 GMT |
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Officially unveiled at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, ZTE’s new flagship Android-based handset Grand S will arrive on shelves in the United States before the end of the year. The Chinese mobile phone maker has officially confirmed this, although no specific info on the availability has been ... |
11 January 2013
06:31 GMT |
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Chrome 25 Beta for Android is great news for users, who hadn't seen something new since early 2012, but it's great news, perhaps even more so, for developers as well. Since Chrome 18, the version in the Android stable channel, came out, Google has been hard at work adding new features.
Those features have... |
11 January 2013
06:21 GMT |
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Windows RT seems to have the same fate as Windows 8, Microsoft’s new operating system that has often been deemed a confusing software due to the lack of a Start button and several UI changes. This time Samsung, one of the companies that planned to release several Windows RT tablets in the US, says it won&rsquo... |
11 January 2013
06:11 GMT |
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Stardock advanced the development for their take of the start button for Windows 8, Start8, to the stage of release candidate.
Start8 1.1 RC brings to the table an extended list of button images and the possibility to disable hot corners in a multi-monitor environment. On the same note, users can now right-click the... |
11 January 2013
05:48 GMT |
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Sky TV has just revealed a pretty impressive offer for Xbox 360 owners in the UK, as they can now sign up for the Now TV service that's available on the console for a free one-month trial and get 800 MS Points. If they opt to continue their subscription, they'll also get a bonus 1600 MS Points for free.
Th... |
11 January 2013
05:48 GMT |
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“Radeon” is the brand that Advanced Micro Devices uses to sell its consumer-oriented graphics cards, and the same one applied to the GPUs integrated in accelerated processing units, which is why it might come across as a shock to learn that Club 3D is misusing the name.
Then again, “misuse” ... |
11 January 2013
05:47 GMT |
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The NPD Group announces that the Microsoft-made Xbox 360 home console has managed to be the best selling piece of video game hardware on the United States market for the month of December, with sales of 1.4 million units.
It’s been two full years since the Xbox 360 climbed to number one and since then, it has ... |
11 January 2013
05:47 GMT |
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A high-school student has been shot at Taft Union High School, near Bakersfield, California, by a classmate.
A 16-year-old boy fired a 12-gauge shotgun at school, mentioning the injured student by name before. His victim, of the same age, suffered serious injuries, but is recovering in hospital care. He underwent a ... |
11 January 2013
05:45 GMT |
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It’s the end of an era: Meredith Vieira has been host of “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” for 11 seasons but, as they say, all good things must come to an end. She will be out of her contract in May.
A spokesperson for Disney / ABC Television Group confirms for Reuters that Vieira’s contract ... |
11 January 2013
05:44 GMT |
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Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters continue to launch attacks as part of the fifth week of their campaign dubbed Operation Ababil 2. The latest targets are the websites of SunTrust, HSBC US, Fifth Third Bank, and PNC Financial Group. While all of these organizations have been targeted before, this week the hackti... |
11 January 2013
05:41 GMT |
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The new Chrome 25 Beta for Android is a very welcomed update to anyone waiting for something new for almost a year since the last major Chrome update. Along with all the new features and all the bugs, there's one addition that Google hasn't said anything about but is actually very important, Do Not Track. ... |
11 January 2013
05:33 GMT |
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There’s a new dose of Jimi Hendrix awesomeness coming our way, once the album “People, Hell & Angels,” containing previously unreleased studio recordings, arrives in music stores. Above is a never before heard single.
It’s called “Somewhere” and it’s already getting plenty ... |
11 January 2013
05:32 GMT |
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Over the past few years, sandbanks have been creeping out of the North Sea near Germany's coast, and it now seems that this country can take pride in its being the “owner” of a newly formed island. Information made available to the public thus far says that the island is located roughly 15 miles of... |
11 January 2013
05:31 GMT |
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Emails and social media posts which claim that Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has made some comments against the country’s Islamic population are making the rounds. In reality, the official is once again the target of a hoax.
“IMMIGRANTS, NOT AUSTRALIANS, MUST ADAPT. Take It Or Leave It. I am ti... |
11 January 2013
05:26 GMT |
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GamingUnity has released a horror game for Mac OS X based on the frightening game Slender originally released as a free title. Slenderman's Shadow 1.0 is out now for Mac gamers with a $6.99/€5.2 price tag.
Slenderman's Shadow comes with 9 maps created with the Unity engine, including Sanatorium, Hospi... |
11 January 2013
05:21 GMT |
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It’s not long ago that Justin Timberlake was saying that, for the time being, he was done with music because he really wanted to focus on his acting career. By the looks of the video above, he’s had a change of heart.
Justin Timberlake is making a music comeback, and he’s opted to break the news t... |
11 January 2013
05:19 GMT |
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Mozilla launched the first beta for Firefox 19. The new build adds two new important features as well as increased HTML5 support.
At the top of the list is the introduction of a native PDF viewer, which had been in the works for some time and skipped a couple of versions. By making it available, the need for third-p... |
11 January 2013
05:18 GMT |
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Owners of Windows Phone devices can no longer take advantage of the Birdsong Twitter client on their phones, the team over at Red Badger has announced on Thursday. According to the company, although their application has been the leading paid Twitter client on Windows Phone devices for a long time, they can no long... |
11 January 2013
05:15 GMT |
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The Journey Down: Chapter One, a point-and-click adventure published and developed by SkyGoblin, has made its way onto Steam for Linux.
The Linux platform has a shortage of good adventures, but things have started to move in the right direction. The Journey Down: Chapter One is poised to be one of the most original ... |
11 January 2013
05:15 GMT |
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What we know:
Fuse is the upcoming shooter from developer Insomniac Games, which is set to be published by Electronic Arts on the PlayStation 3 and, for the first time in the studio’s history, on the Xbox 360.
Fuse was originally announced under another name, Overstrike, after the name of the team the four protagon... |
11 January 2013
05:13 GMT |
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Developer Riot Games says that the third full season for the League of Legends Championship Series will start on February 7 and will be split into two halves, both taking part during 2013.
The first section of the Championship Series will end on April 20 and the second one will take place between June 1 and August 3... |
11 January 2013
05:13 GMT |
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So far, the extent of our coverage of In Win's CES 2013 booth consists of the two mid-tower cases we have written about here.
The company has more things to show though, like the H-Frame Mini case.
Sadly, very little is known about this particular enclosure, and the few things that can be discerned are owed ... |
11 January 2013
05:08 GMT |
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Every once in a while, reports start making the rounds that Justin Bieber in real life is more like an obnoxious, ill-behaved diva than the sweet boy he appears to be, and the latest lawsuit against him would seem to confirm that, assuming the claims are founded.
One of his former bodyguards, a former army man, Mos... |
11 January 2013
05:07 GMT |
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Combining data from several observatories, astronomers have now labeled NGC 6872 as the largest known spiral galaxy. The barred spiral galaxy was known to be huge, but new data indicates that it's the largest we've ever seen, some 522,000 light-years across, five times larger than our Milky Way. Its centra... |
11 January 2013
05:06 GMT |
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The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has revealed that Service Stream Solutions, the company responsible for operating the country’s Do Not Call Register, has been fined with AU $110,000 (87,000 EUR) for making telemarketing calls to numbers listed in the Do Not Call Register.
“The AC... |
11 January 2013
05:03 GMT |
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Confirming our own suspicions regarding the widespread “cheap iPhone” rumors, Apple SVP of Worldwide Product Marketing Phil Schiller refuted speculation surrounding a low-end Apple smartphone during an interview with a major Chinese newspaper this week. In an interview with the Shanghai Evening News, Sch... |
11 January 2013
05:00 GMT |
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This year's flu season took its toll on people living in the United States, and several individuals ended up needing medical attention as a result of their beginning to display symptoms associated with this sickness.
As was to be expected, the ones who one way or another managed to dodge the flu bullet did not... |
11 January 2013
04:58 GMT |
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Chilean artist Jorge Selaron became famous after redoing a 215-step staircase in Rio's Lapa area. The man who revamped the neighborhood has been found dead on the famous flight of stairs, in front of his house.
The artist's home is located right next to Escadaria Selaron, the staircase that turned him into... |
11 January 2013
04:50 GMT |
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Borderlands 2 players have noticed that some bugs are currently affecting certain types of weapons in the game and the president of developer Gearbox Software, Randy Pitchford, has confirmed that they'll be fixed in the near future.
Borderlands 2 is a sprawling game with a huge open world and randomly generated... |
11 January 2013
04:44 GMT |
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Google updated the Dev channel to Chrome browser, bringing the build number to 25.0.1364.29. The new revision integrates a set of stability improvements and it is currently available for all supported platforms (Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome Frame).
Among the issues fixed, there was a locking problem between the m... |
11 January 2013
04:44 GMT |
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Google is proud to announce the release of Chrome 24 stable. Besides the speed and stability improvements, the latest version of the web browser also comes with a number of security fixes.
Of the total of 24 security holes, 11 are considered to be of high-severity, 8 are medium-severity and, 5 of them are low-severi... |
11 January 2013
04:39 GMT |
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Flickr has long been one of the most neglected Yahoo acquisitions and, while it's not the phenomenon it used to be several years ago, it still has a loyal following. Everyone's waiting to see what Marissa Mayer plans for Flickr, if anything; but, in the meantime, it's getting at least some attention ... |
11 January 2013
04:35 GMT |
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PCI Express solid-state drives aren't affordable when viewing them together with all other types of SSDs, but if one were to look only at them, it would be possible to argue that some are actually affordable compared to the rest.
OCZ has introduced a solid-state drive add-in board that meets the short descript... |
11 January 2013
04:28 GMT |
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Alexis Wineman is the first beauty queen to make it to the Miss America stage of the prestigious competition, while fighting autism.
The contestant from Cut Bank, Montana has already been crowned Miss Montana in June, at just 18 years old. She is also this year's youngest competitor at Miss America.
We wrote a... |
11 January 2013
04:25 GMT |
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Version 0.9.14 of the Ebook reader and management software Calibre was announced on January 4, marking an important milestone for this amazing software. If you have an e-book reader, the Calibre software is a must-have. It does so many things for the avid reader, that it would take a lot of time to just enumerate al... |
11 January 2013
04:22 GMT |
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Archos, has just announced its new Titanium lineup of Android tablets at Consumer Electronics Show 2013 (CES).
Although Archos is known for its cheap tablets, the new Titanium tablets have very good specs and sport extremely competitive price tags.
There are four tablets in the Titanium series, each with different... |
11 January 2013
04:22 GMT |
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The development team at CD Projekt is ready to offer more details on the game universe for its upcoming Cyberpunk 2077, after gamers got a chance to take a look at the first trailer for the title.
The setting of the game is the metropolis of Night City, filled with sin and filth, dominated by drugs, violence, povert... |
11 January 2013
04:21 GMT |
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In 2012, “Twilight” ended, with “Breaking Dawn Part 2” hitting screens all across the world in November. As fans mourned, the other half of the globe’s population breathed a sigh of relief. The video above is for those in the latter category.
Twi-hards aren’t exactly known for th... |
11 January 2013
04:13 GMT |
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Yesterday, we learned that a new zero-day exploit affecting Java 7 update 10 was identified. According to experts, the zero-day code could not have worked if Oracle had properly addressed an old vulnerability. Adam Gowdiak, the CEO of Security Explorations – the company that’s responsible for identifying... |
11 January 2013
04:13 GMT |
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Microsoft started sending out emails to Windows Live Messenger users to inform them that Windows Live Messenger would be retired on March 15, as part of its plans to merge the Messenger service with the Skype platform. While WLM will be officially discontinued approximately two months from now, the Messenger service... |
11 January 2013
04:07 GMT |
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Volunteers are searching the Herriman, Utah area for a 13-year-old girl who went missing 2 days ago, from her family's home.
Brooklyn Gittins is described by KUTV as blonde-haired, 5-feet (154-cm) tall, weighing 110 pounds (50 kg). She has blue eyes and wears glasses.
Local police have intensified the search f... |
11 January 2013
03:59 GMT |
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The franchise development director of Halo 4 developer 343 Industries, Frank O'Connor, has thanked the community of Halo fans for their loyalty and stressed just how important they were in the creation of Halo 4 and what part they'll play in the future installments in the series.
Halo 4 was made by rookie ... |
11 January 2013
03:58 GMT |
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The 2013 Oscars won’t take place until the second half of February, but the Academy is already making sure you get hyped up about the awards show, which will be hosted by Seth MacFarlane this year. Here are the brand new promos just released.
Yesterday, the nominees were announced by Seth and Emma Stone: you... |
11 January 2013
03:57 GMT |
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Only yesterday, the news that a group of killer whales were in dire need of help after having become trapped in ice in Canada's Hudson Bay caused quite a stir.
The animals were struggling to breathe through a small opening in the ice and displayed clear signs of distress, the Inuit people who first stumbled up... |
11 January 2013
03:52 GMT |
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A new software update has been provided to the owners of BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha devices, namely version 10.0.09.2320. The new operating system flavor is available for download on devices both over-the-air and via Research In Motion’s update page for those who want to grab it via their PCs. Before proceedin... |
11 January 2013
03:51 GMT |
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Halo 4 might be one of the biggest video game releases of 2012, but the team that created it at 343 Industries knows that it can do better on its next effort and promises to continue offering long-term support for the current experience.
Frank O’Connor states in an official blog post that, “We have a lot... |
11 January 2013
03:49 GMT |
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The RL2455HM is the newest monitor to leave BenQ's development labs, and it is one that, the company claims, is aimed at professional gamers and equipped with all the features necessary to suit their needs.
BenQ is using the term “professional gamer” a bit loosely here, since the latest RL Series p... |
11 January 2013
03:46 GMT |
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The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) has announced the winners of the 64th Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards that took place Thursday, January 10, 2013.
Marking the seventh consecutive year that the Technology and Engineering Emmy Awards have been presented during CES, the event took ... |
11 January 2013
03:43 GMT |
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The hacker known as Sepo has breached the website of Israeli diamond trader BBY Diamonds (bbyloosediamonds.com) and the one of Bulgaria’s First Investment Bank (fibank.bg). He hacker told me that he breached the site of BBY Diamonds “for the lulz.” “They have a lot of money but don't w... |
11 January 2013
03:34 GMT |
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Google has a history of launching things in beta. Gmail stayed in beta for years. Chrome launched as a beta on Windows and the first stable version came months later. Now, it's taking that tradition to Android with the launch of the beta channel with Chrome 25 inside. Chrome pioneered the three tiered approach... |
11 January 2013
03:34 GMT |
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Jon and Kate Gosselin were once one of the most powerful and popular couples in reality television but all went south for him when they divorced in 2009. Jon slipped off the grid after falling into disgrace and, according to a new report, also into debt.
The tax man is coming after the former reality star.
TMZ re... |
11 January 2013
03:33 GMT |
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Valve boss Gabe Newell has once again talked about the upcoming Steam Box mini PC, saying that he's quite confident in the device, even if consoles like the PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360 are currently dominating gamers’ living rooms.
Valve is pushing its Steam service into the living room as new features, like the ... |
11 January 2013
03:31 GMT |
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This past Thursday, a group of people who wished to travel from Cairns, Australia to Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea were shocked to discover that a snake had hitched a ride on one of their plane's wings. The snake was first spotted by a woman, who did not delay informing both the cabin crew and the other passe... |
11 January 2013
03:31 GMT |
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Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, the first-person shooter developed by Treyarch and published by Activision Blizzard, has managed to take the number one position in the United States chart for the month of December.
Second place has gone to Just Dance 4, the motion-based game from Ubisoft, and Halo 4, the Master Chief exp... |
11 January 2013
03:27 GMT |
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Members of the Jember Hacker Team have managed to deface the official website of Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (presidensby.info).
Representatives of Indonesia’s Ministry of Communication and IT told Detik that the hackers didn’t actually breach the website. Instead, they redirected the ... |
11 January 2013
03:13 GMT |
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Dutch politician Bert Wassink now wishes to convince the people living in Aa en Hunze, a municipality in the northeastern Netherlands, that their relieving themselves in the shower is a most inspired decision as far as environmental protection is concerned. Apparently, this peculiar recommendation is part and parc... |
11 January 2013
03:09 GMT |
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The divorce has been granted in the case of the 70-year-old man from Saudi Arabia and his much younger bride. At only 15, the girl's marriage to him was arranged by her parents.
Authorities were alerted on the situation by the husband himself, who called them in when he felt he was being played for a fool.
The... |
11 January 2013
03:05 GMT |
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People think that CES 2013 is all about phones, tablets, new processors and similar technologies, but the truth is that a lot of other products are exhibited, and that includes a Linux-powered sniper rifle.
It's not really surprising that someone has managed to make use of a Linux operating system in a more uno... |
11 January 2013
03:04 GMT |
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In tandem with the release of “HP Printer Drivers v.2.13 for OS X,” Apple today rolled out an additional driver package for Mac users. Labeled “Brother Printer Drivers 2.10 for OS X,” the package installs extra printing and scanning software on your computer.
According to the company headquar... |
11 January 2013
03:03 GMT |
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A one-click jailbreak software solution for Windows RT reached the web a few hours ago, so developers are now working hard on recompiling applications to run on Microsoft’s tablet-oriented operating system.
Irish software creator Steve Troughton-Smith has managed to boot Apple’s extremely old Rhapsody OS... |
11 January 2013
03:00 GMT |
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Valve has just posted a brand new update for Dota 2 on its Steam service, this time adding a brand new hero, in the form of Medusa, while implementing a variety of tweaks in regards to gameplay, the user interface, as well as improvements for the bots. Dota 2 isn't even officially released, as it's still i... |
11 January 2013
03:00 GMT |
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DDR4 is the next level in the development of dynamic random access memory, one that the remaining memory chip makers hope will restore some of their lost glory. Crucial has proven to be one of the fastest moving company in this matter.
In fact, Crucial is so eager to see DDR4 memory modules in stores that it might ... |
11 January 2013
02:57 GMT |
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Since they split, speculation on the possibility of Destiny’s Child getting back together again never stopped making the rounds, even though Beyonce’s successful solo career made it seem unlikely.
Fans will be rewarded for their patience at the end of this month, when a new album from Destiny’s Ch... |
11 January 2013
02:47 GMT |
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On the Support/Downloads section of its website Apple is listing availability for a new set of printer drivers targeting owners of HP hardware. The driver package is a hefty one, measuring 439.55 MB in size. Apple says, “This download includes the latest HP printing and scanning software for OS X Mountain Lion... |
11 January 2013
02:46 GMT |
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Windows Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Financial Officer Tami Reller announced at the 11th Annual J.P. Morgan Tech Forum at CES 2013 that Microsoft had sold a total of 60 million Windows 8 copies so far, thus trying to emphasize that the new OS was actually selling pretty well.
But Reller has also talked about Wi... |
11 January 2013
02:45 GMT |
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After a winter holiday hiatus, BioWare has resumed the weekly tradition of multiplayer challenges for the online mode in Mass Effect 3 and has just revealed Operation Genesis, which starts later today, January 11.
Mass Effect 3's multiplayer mode is still going strong even after almost a year since its release,... |
11 January 2013
02:38 GMT |
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Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, the shooter that continues the long-running franchise from Treyarch and Activision Blizzard, has been named the bestselling video game of 2012, coming out ahead of Madden NFL 13, the American football simulation from EA Sports.
The rest of the 2012 top ten for the United States market, as ... |
11 January 2013
02:38 GMT |
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Google Chrome, a browser built on the WebKit layout engine that aims to be minimalistic and versatile at the same time, is now at version 25.0.1364.29.
The dev version of Google Chrome is now out for Linux users, and even if it's not a major release, it brings quite a few fixes.
Highlights of Google Chrome 25.... |
11 January 2013
02:37 GMT |
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Skype 6.1 is no longer a mystery for Mac users as the developers have finally been able to produce a set of release notes documenting the few changes for OS X clients in particular. The new Skype has a ton of goodies for Windows users, but also a handful of additions for the Mac. For instance, users can now dial num... |
11 January 2013
02:35 GMT |
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Sony’s new Xperia Z flagship Android smartphone is expected to arrive on shelves in various markets around the world in the first quarter of the year, and some more retailers are adding it to their offering. The latest of them is Mobicity in Australia, currently listing the phone as available for pre-order in... |
11 January 2013
02:32 GMT |
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This past Thursday, the US Food and Drug Administration went public and stated that, from their standpoint, doctors who were in the habit of prescribing sleeping pills had to reconsider the dosages they recommended to their patients. The drugs targeted by this warning issued by the FDA are as follows: Ambien, Ambie... |
11 January 2013
02:32 GMT |
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Richard Wayne Landers Jr., who went missing from Indiana in 1994, when he was 5 years old, has been found alive, sources say. 19 years later, Landers is living in Long Prairie, Minnesota, and the 24-year-old is not only healthy, he is married and plans to start a family of his own. As a young boy, he disappeared fr... |
11 January 2013
02:27 GMT |
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Wilko Johnson, Dr Feelgood guitarist and songwriter, and star of HBO’s hit series “Game of Thrones,” has been diagnosed with terminal cancer, his manager announces on the star’s Facebook page. He will not undergo treatment. The post has shocked fans but, at the same time, inspired an incredi... |
11 January 2013
02:21 GMT |
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Nokia launched the Lumia 920 in the UK a few months ago, but the smartphone was exclusive to EE (Everything Everywhere) carrier.
Last month UK-based operators Vodafone and Three announced they would be carrying the Nokia Lumia 920 as well. However, neither offered more details the phone’s availability and pric... |
11 January 2013
02:11 GMT |
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Research In Motion’s BlackBerry 10 operating system and devices are expected to become official as soon as January 30, but marketing materials for them have already started to emerge online.
The latest of them, available courtesy of Rapid Berry, provide us with a better look at the BlackBerry Z10 smartphone, ... |
11 January 2013
02:08 GMT |
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A source close to the matter told us approximately two weeks ago that Microsoft planned to launch the Surface with Windows 8 Pro on January 29, but the company has remained tight-lipped on the subject. The Redmond-based technology company has now started sending out invitations for a Brazilian event on January 29 th... |
11 January 2013
01:56 GMT |
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Google has just announced the availability of the new Chrome Beta channel for devices powered by Android 4.0 and up. The new Beta channel joins Google beta versions of Chrome for Windows, Mac and Linux OS. This channel is meant to test new features and improvements for Chrome for Android, which will then be included... |
11 January 2013
01:40 GMT |
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VideoLAN is currently working on a new project to port its famous VLC Media Player to Windows 8, with the first release scheduled to go live by March 2013.
While everyone’s waiting for the official app, a so-called VLC Media Player 8 has been approved for Windows Store, so it may trick people into believing th... |
11 January 2013
01:36 GMT |
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Following the release of the Firefox 18 for Android in the stable channel, Mozilla announced the availability of Firefox 19 Beta for devices powered by Google’s mobile operating system.
Just as promised earlier this week, the browser is getting additional personalization features, while also being available f... |
11 January 2013
01:25 GMT |
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South Korean handset maker LG launched one of its top-notch smartphones, the Optimus G, a few months ago.
Sadly, the handset was released with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system out of the box, though LG promised that a Jelly Bean upgrade would be available at some point.
Well, it looks like the time h... |
11 January 2013
01:20 GMT |
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As we reported to you a few days ago, a group of software creators managed to bypass Windows RT’s restrictions and run unsigned desktop applications on the operating system, basically opening the door to a whole new world of jailbreaking tools. Even though the whole process of jailbreaking Windows RT was prett... |
11 January 2013
01:17 GMT |
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