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Insomniac Games, the company best known for creating the Ratchet & Clank series and the Resistance franchise, has surprised its fans by announcing that its next project was a social game called Outernauts, which will be delivered exclusively on Facebook.But the developers say that the move was planned for quite a lon... |
11 May 2012
21:01 GMT |
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The limited version of Adobe’s Photoshop application for iPad users has received a major update this week, adding support for higher-resolution images that support the new iPad’s Retina display, auto-sync with the Creative Cloud, and more. “Transform images with core Adobe Photoshop features in an ... |
11 May 2012
20:31 GMT |
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Back when Intel’s Thunderbolt was announced we had enough insider knowledge to know it was Intel’s attempt to practically expand a system’s add-on capabilities using PCI-Express. The Thunderbolt technology was not a connectivity endeavor. It was a system extension. With USB or FireWire you get a l... |
11 May 2012
20:08 GMT |
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BlackBerry Bold 9900 owners living in Philippines rejoice as RIM has just announced the immediate availability of the 7.1 OS update. This is the first BlackBerry smartphone launched in Philippines that gets the long-awaited update. Those who wish to upgrade their Bold 9900 devices can do so via BlackBerry Desktop so... |
11 May 2012
20:01 GMT |
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South Korean carrier KT has just announced the upcoming availability of three LTE-enabled smartphones. Among them, KT mentioned a certain Samsung SHV-E170K handset, which we never heard before.
According to the folks over at SammyHub, the SHV-E170K is an Android top-tier smartphone that runs the latest Ice Cream San... |
11 May 2012
19:01 GMT |
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The head of iPhone Dev Team has announced the release of a new Redsn0w version which supports downgrades to older versions of iOS firmwares from its interface. Users are still required to have their SHSH blobs saved. MuscleNerd writes on the Dev Team blog that “Jailbreakers with devices that pre-date the iPad2... |
11 May 2012
18:41 GMT |
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Any player worth his salt when it comes to turn-based strategy titles will take one solid look at the recently launched Warlock – Master of the Arcane from publisher Paradox Interactive and developer Ino-Co Plus and will ask himself: are the similarities to Civilization V only skin deep or do they extend to the... |
11 May 2012
18:11 GMT |
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The first live pictures of the Xperia ST21i Tapioca leaked last month, along with some of the smartphone’s specs.
Although there are no details on the handset’s availability or pricing options, we suspect that Sony Mobile plans to go official with the Xperia ST21i Tapioca within the next few weeks.
Rus... |
11 May 2012
18:01 GMT |
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WIND Mobile and Huawei have teamed up once again to offer customers another affordable Android smartphone, the U8651.
Huawei U8651 is an entry-level smartphone that runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system and packs 3.2-megapixel camera with video recorder.
Although Huawei mentions the handset is available in ... |
11 May 2012
17:11 GMT |
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NVIDIA has been weaving a nice spell over the past few months, releasing the GeForce GTX 680 and, more recently, the GTX 670, so it is with great bemusement that we report on the company's newest action.
To its credit, the company knew it would leave people confused, if not baffled, when it sent out the newest... |
11 May 2012
17:01 GMT |
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Firefox is getting better all the time, thanks to a new version being released every six weeks. But, even so, the most exciting developments are always happening in the Nightly channel. Currently, Firefox 15 resides there and it's just gotten a very cool new feature, albeit one that still needs a lot of work, in... |
11 May 2012
16:41 GMT |
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Seeing a company buy another is a common occurrence on the worldwide IT industry, like on every other layer of the economy really.
Samsung is the one that made this kind of move, having scored a deal through which it will fully acquire mSpot Inc., a company from San Francisco.
All of the latter's technological... |
11 May 2012
16:31 GMT |
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Andrei Dumitrescu: My colleague Andrei Dobra is on vacation so you will have to endure my ramblings about why I tend to nominate the same video games when it comes to the titles that I tend to spend my free time with during the weekend.
I am obsessed with the Football Manager series, which I have played since I was ... |
11 May 2012
16:31 GMT |
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For the past few years, Angelina Jolie's weight has been tabloid fodder, with many “experts” claiming she was severely malnourished and unhealthy-looking. A new report is now saying that Brad Pitt might be responsible for her declining weight. It's not that he's been telling Jolie she nee... |
11 May 2012
16:21 GMT |
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Samsung Canada and Virgin Mobile recently confirmed the Galaxy S III will arrive on the carrier’s airwaves at some point this summer.
Even though Samsung mentioned that the Galaxy S III will be available in the United States in the following month, the handset maker has yet to confirm the phone’s release... |
11 May 2012
16:01 GMT |
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Miley Cyrus has never looked better: she's healthier, more fit and slimmer, thanks to a combination of an intense workout routine and healthy eating. A new report though claims she might be taking it too far. The former Disney star, who was once (rather maliciously) labeled “chubby” by several medi... |
11 May 2012
15:51 GMT |
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Canonical announced at UDS (Ubuntu Developer Summit) that they plan to create a truly embedded rootfs builder, in order to make an absolute minimal filesystem to make Ubuntu run on hardware with extremely limited diskspace. “While Ubuntu runs fine on low spec hardware, the minimal system requirements are still... |
11 May 2012
15:31 GMT |
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The hacker known as Freedom helped Apple address a couple of cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities that affected one of the company’s public-facing websites. This is another interview that’s meant to demonstrate that companies can work well with hackers when it comes to securing their systems again... |
11 May 2012
15:21 GMT |
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Google, and every other big website out there, has to contend with the fact that people are going to take advantage of their brand to trick others, be it for something like offer scams, annoying ads, or more serious stuff like phishing or malware.And Google, much like everyone else has to keep an eye out on domains t... |
11 May 2012
15:21 GMT |
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Mobilicity has quietly launched the Galaxy Q, a mid-budget Android smartphone. Customers can purchase the device for only $199.99 CAD outright.
Samsung Galaxy Q combines the advantages of a messaging phone and the new features offered by Google’s Android operating system.
Unveiled last summer, Samsung Galaxy... |
11 May 2012
15:01 GMT |
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We've seen mSATA SSDs before, but even TDK's most recent launch didn't go beyond the SATA II interface, so Transcend definitely has an advantage in the MSA720. That's right, the solid state drive, or solid state drive line, supports the SATA III interface standard, otherwise known as SATA 6.0 Gb... |
11 May 2012
15:01 GMT |
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Motorola Mobility has already confirmed the MOTOLUXE will be available for purchase in Canada, but did not unveil any details on availability and pricing.
According to the latest hearsay, Motorola MOTOLUXE will be released in Canada through Bell and Virgin Mobile, but other carriers might pick it as well.
Today, Vi... |
11 May 2012
14:31 GMT |
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A new Firefox is coming out every six weeks. Each new version is better than the last one, but a lot of times, there are only a couple of new features worth talking about and rarely really important ones. That comes with the territory when you decide to launch a new major version every month and a half.
There's... |
11 May 2012
14:21 GMT |
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The Pirate Bay lawsuit, the one that did nothing to stop The Pirate Bay, has pretty much run its course. There will be no more appeals, sentencing is done and even the places where the four accused will spend their sentences have been picked. But, as they say, it ain't over till the fat lady sings.Peter Sunde, t... |
11 May 2012
14:21 GMT |
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Sony Xperia S was launched in Canada last month, but the Japanese company did not follow the traditional retail channels. The phone wasn’t picked by any Canadian carriers, but customers who purchase the Xperia S are required to activate it on Rogers’ network. Moreover, the handset was only available for ... |
11 May 2012
14:01 GMT |
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For the fiscal year that ended on March 31, Sony has reported that the newly introduced PlayStation Vita has sold 1.8 million devices all over the world, with 1.2 million of them moved before March 1 in the United States, Asia and Europe.
Kauzo Hirai, who is the current president and chief executive officer of Sony,... |
11 May 2012
13:31 GMT |
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The eco-friendly LG Optimus Elite is already available for purchase in the US via Sprint’s online store for only $29.99 USD with a new two-year agreement.
Furthermore, Sprint mentioned that the Optimus Elite would be available through additional retail channels beginning May 18, though no other details have be... |
11 May 2012
13:01 GMT |
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It was only a few days ago that we reported on who was left to bid for Elpida and, now, we finally have confirmation: Micron will acquire the company entirely.
From being one of the prime suppliers of semiconductors, Elpida has somehow fallen to the level of bankruptcy very quickly over the past year and a half.
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11 May 2012
13:01 GMT |
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Google is not the only search engine going social, Bing is taking the big plunge after dipping in toe in it last year. Microsoft has just announced a massive social overhaul, one that adds a lot more social features but, thankfully, also pushes them to the side, literally, away from the regular search results. The r... |
11 May 2012
12:21 GMT |
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Even as digital revenue becomes more important to video game publishers, physical retailers will continue to play an important role in getting titles in the hands of players, according to one of Electronic Arts’ leaders.
Peter Moore, who is the current chief operations officer at EA, has told the Bank of America Mer... |
11 May 2012
12:11 GMT |
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With the Galaxy S III announcement, we thought that Samsung will stop releasing top tier phones for a short while. However, it appears that the South Korean company is about to launch a brand new Tizen smartphone.
The so-called Samsung GT-I9500 smartphone is the first of its kind to run Tizen OS. The device was offe... |
11 May 2012
12:01 GMT |
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f4Player is one of those super easy to set up Flash video players that you can download and deploy almost immediately.
Even if some developers might proclaim Flash as already dead, many more still use it as their prime technology when it comes to online video presentation.
f4Player has been around for some years no... |
11 May 2012
12:01 GMT |
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MP3 is a format that is using a lossy data compression method, but it is also very popular and has the advantage of being supported by almost any device. mp3TrueEdit is trying to provide the necessary tools to edit such files, without damaging the audio quality in the process. Working with MP3s is now a common task,... |
11 May 2012
12:01 GMT |
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Windows Server 2012 is set to arrive with a variety of enhancements brought to the Remote Desktop Services (RDS), based on the feedback received from customers. Through RDS in Windows Server, users can connect to virtual desktops, session-based desktops and RemoteApp programs. One of the main features of RDS is the p... |
11 May 2012
11:11 GMT |
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Cornell University apparel design undergraduate student Matilda Ceesay and Department of Fiber Science & Apparel Design postdoctoral researcher Frederick Ochanda created a bodysuit against mosquitoes, designed specifically for Africa.
The colored clothes can be worn throughout the day, and provide insecticide-based... |
11 May 2012
11:04 GMT |
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There are some people around the world who own big and strong desktop PCs practically loaded with as many fans as they can possibly cram inside.
The CPU has one or more fans, the graphics card is in the same situation and then there are all the spinners stuck to the sides of the case itself.
Having them all on at o... |
11 May 2012
11:01 GMT |
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Foxconn Chief Executive Officer, Terry Gou, has been quoted as saying at a news conference in Shanghai that his factories are preparing to assemble the long-rumored Apple iTV [Update: see below]. Apple has been selling three generations of set-top boxes branded as “Apple TV” for the past few years, but m... |
11 May 2012
11:01 GMT |
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The 2012 Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge Canada (SBCC), which concluded on May 8, was won by a 16-year-old girl from Ontario, Canada, who developed a super-antioxidant compound. The chemical is able to neutralize vast amounts of free radicals. These are either atoms, molecules or ions that have one or more unpaired elec... |
11 May 2012
10:53 GMT |
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ConnMan, a project that provides a daemon for managing Internet connections within embedded devices running the Linux operating system and which is designed to be slim and use as few resources as possible, is finally at version 1.0. ConnMan has been forever in development and it's nice to finally arrive at a s... |
11 May 2012
10:53 GMT |
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For those who would like to buy a very small computer, one that is totally silent and capable of running on little power, the J&W M001 might be just the thing.
Capable of standing upright or sitting on the side, it uses a nano-ITX platform and an Intel Cedar Trail Atom CPU. We don't have the price or availabili... |
11 May 2012
10:44 GMT |
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A group of German researchers have managed for the first time ever to develop a pentamode metamaterial. This is a material in which shear parameters are equal to zero, and compression is the only value that is not zero. The state of water is the ideal state of such a metamaterial as well.
Experts with the research ... |
11 May 2012
10:41 GMT |
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This fall, fans of Robert Pattinson will have to say farewell to his Edward Cullen character on “The Twilight Saga” and, at the same time, embrace a new one: that of a decadent, terrible businessman in “Cosmopolis.” Directed by David Cronenberg, the film is one of the most hyped of 2012 &ndas... |
11 May 2012
10:35 GMT |
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When Kickstarter agreed to try and turn the Pebble smartwatch into more than a fleeting invention, we doubt anyone expected things to go so well.
The initial supply of Pebble watches was 85,000 units and was only intended to get the public to warm up to the idea of an electronic watch with extra capabilities.
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11 May 2012
10:24 GMT |
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Video game developer Rocksteady and publisher Warner Bros. have launched the first teaser trailer for the upcoming Harley Quinn’s Revenge downloadable content, which will launch at the end of May for Batman: Arkham City.
The new content will allow players to once again step into the combat suit of Bruce Wayne ... |
11 May 2012
10:20 GMT |
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We have been expecting news about Nokia’s first full touch S40 mobile phone for a few days. The first details on the unannounced device emerged last week via a Nokia invitation, which was sent to some Pakistani bloggers.
A certain Nokia 306 full-touch S40 mobile phone also leaked a month ago, but details on th... |
11 May 2012
10:17 GMT |
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Emmabuntüs, a distribution created for reconditioning old computers which relies on the robustness of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, is now at version 1.02. According to the developers, the Emmabuntüs 1.02 distribution aims to be as simpler and fair as possible. It includes all the necessary tool so that users can qui... |
11 May 2012
10:16 GMT |
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The only airborne observatory in the world has just finished testing its new science instrument, a device that will enable it to conduct studies in terahertz wavelengths. Details of the investigations it conducted are published in a special, May 10 issue of the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics.
The Stratospheric Obs... |
11 May 2012
10:15 GMT |
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People are continuously looking for new means to stay connected to those who matter the most for them, and Family Ribbon was designed to offer a helping hand. Released as an easy-to-use application for the Apple iPad, the software comes with an intuitive interface that makes it accessible to people regardless of thei... |
11 May 2012
10:05 GMT |
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Thanks to the acquisition of three companies specializing in mapping technologies, Apple can finally unleash its proprietary Maps application in iOS 6, trusted sources have revealed. Speaking to the people at 9to5mac, a reliable source in and of itself, these sources said the application design is fairly similar to ... |
11 May 2012
09:59 GMT |
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NoScript extension for Firefox keeps improving by adding security against new exploitation methods. Besides fixing up two issues, build 2.4.1 also integrates protection against two new XSS vulnerabilities.
It can now keep you safe against exploitation of classic MS ASP's coalescing of same-name query parameters... |
11 May 2012
09:58 GMT |
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We've seen our share of disposable technological inventions, but the one presented most recently by a team of researchers may take the cake as far as usability is concerned.
Paper has been an essential part of our society for centuries, especially after the invention of the printing press in 1440-1450.
Now, w... |
11 May 2012
09:56 GMT |
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While conducting a detailed analysis of the dwarf galaxy NGC 2366, a team of astronomers operating the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has discovered that the formation is home to a bright, relatively large stellar nursery. The object is so close that experts can make out its individual components.
A stellar nursery... |
11 May 2012
09:53 GMT |
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The NPD Group has released its sales figures for the month of April in the United States, showing yet another big drop when compared to last year, when it comes to both hardware and software sales.
The company says that the video game industry has seen a drop to a low of 630.4 million dollars (488.1 million Euro) fo... |
11 May 2012
09:50 GMT |
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If you’ve ever wished for an easy way to remove viruses and other pieces of malware from a computer, that wish may have come true. We present, FixMeStick, a USB stick powered by Sophos, Kaspersky and GFI’s VIPRE solutions that can help you get rid of pesky infections without two much hassle.
“We&rs... |
11 May 2012
09:48 GMT |
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On May 15th, 2012, Microsoft will release a new Antimalware Engine to address security threats out there. The new release is part of the regular antimalware technology updates that Microsoft is pushing out each month. According to the Redmond-based software giant, the upcoming Antimalware Engine iteration will affe... |
11 May 2012
09:45 GMT |
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Aaron J. Seigo, one of the main KDE developers, has said that Vivaldi, the first tablet to come with KDE installed by default, has changed its configuration, for the better of course. The Vivaldi tablet will now ship with 1 GB of RAM and the internal storage has been increased to 8 GB. The prices haven't been... |
11 May 2012
09:42 GMT |
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It's probably a good thing that Bing is getting a redesign as Microsoft's search engine is hardly flying high. It did gain a bit of market share in April, too little for it to mean anything, and is up year-over-year as well.
That's more than you can say about Yahoo though, there's nowhere to go b... |
11 May 2012
09:40 GMT |
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Jennifer Lopez isn't known for doing things in halves and this also applies to her love life. Now dating her backup dancer Casper Smart, the diva is 110% in love and is pressing him to have kids and start a family, say the latest reports. Talk of how Jennifer had already decided Casper was “the one”... |
11 May 2012
09:31 GMT |
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Microsoft has been long touting the great possibilities that its Kinect sensor could provide, especially when combined with the Kinect for Windows SDK and a great idea. Two recent projects have come to light to demonstrate that things are indeed so. The two projects, a Microsoft MirageTable and the Augmented Realit... |
11 May 2012
09:27 GMT |
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The second release candidate for Total Commander 8.0 has just rolled out. As expected for this stage of development, there are only fixes available. The list of repairs is not too long, which would generally be a clear sign that the final version is around the corner. However, considering that work on Total Commande... |
11 May 2012
09:24 GMT |
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University of North Carolina - Charlotte representatives issued a statement in which they reveal that around 350,000 Social Security Numbers (SSN) were exposed as a result of a “system misconfiguration and incorrect access settings.” The incident was initially made public in February 2012, but at the tim... |
11 May 2012
09:16 GMT |
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Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition, the home console video game created by Mojang and ported by 4J Studios, has managed to break the digital sales record on the Xbox Live Arcade service from Microsoft, with Markus Persson, aka Notch, saying that the port has become profitable one hour after it was officially released.
The ... |
11 May 2012
09:15 GMT |
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What would you do if someday, while doing your job or while sitting around with friends, you saw that some of the people around you are turning into zombies? Would you run, scared, trying to get somewhere safe and protected? Would you try to band with others to fight back? Would you simply become one of the victims, ... |
11 May 2012
09:11 GMT |
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Acer was one of the, if not the only, notebook brand vendors to achieve shipment growth in the first quarter of the year (2012), but the second quarter isn't shaping up to be as promising.
In fact, it is reported that, during April 2012 (last month), revenues fell by 20.42% on month and 11% on year. The sum of... |
11 May 2012
09:10 GMT |
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Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux have been dating for over a year but, according to a fresh report, their romance is about to come to an abrupt end because she's yearning for her ex, John Mayer, and she is thinking of getting back with him. Though they dated several years ago and their romance didn't ex... |
11 May 2012
09:04 GMT |
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Mini IT component manufacturer SHENZHEN JIEHE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD. or just JEHE, better known as Giada, has just launched the Mini PC Giada A51 micro system, on its official website. The Mini PC Giada A51 is using AMD’s Brazos family member E450. This is a low power dual core CPU using two Bobcat c... |
11 May 2012
09:00 GMT |
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Using funds provided by the US National Institutes of Health, investigators at the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) have discovered that mild cognitive decline and memory loss can be addressed using a new type of therapy. The two conditions usually come shortly before the onset of various forms of cognitive decline, ... |
11 May 2012
08:59 GMT |
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Seeing that social networking isn't really paying the bills, Facebook has gotten into file sharing. Well, not really, but it is making file sharing a core feature of groups. The latest incarnation of Groups enables people to create a community around a common interest. They can share stuff inside the group and d... |
11 May 2012
08:50 GMT |
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Scientists at the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have managed to use computational simulations developed in-house to create a new type of sponge that is perfect for removing oil residues from water.
The material is based on carbon nanotubes (CNT), extremely small wires tha... |
11 May 2012
08:45 GMT |
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Bad news for LG Optimus 2X owners as the South Korean company has just confirmed Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update has been pushed back to Q3 2012.
Even though LG was among the first handset vendors to announce a release roadmap for the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update, the company seems to be unable to sti... |
11 May 2012
08:32 GMT |
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Security experts from Websense noticed that between May 8 and 9 their systems detected a malware infection on the site of Amnesty International UK. During this timeframe, visitors may have been served a version of the infamous Remote Administration Tool Gh0st RAT.
According to the researchers, this is not the first ... |
11 May 2012
08:30 GMT |
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NVIDIA has just published the financial results for the first quarter of its latest Fiscal Year, which happens to be FY 2013. Anyone expecting record figures will be disappointed.
Due to the slowdown following last year's winter holiday season, as well as the decrease in entry-level and even mainstream graphic... |
11 May 2012
08:26 GMT |
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Reality star Snooki, she of MTV's “Jersey Shore” fame, is now pregnant with her first child. Though she's not exactly what one might consider “mother material,” Snooki is determined to prove everybody wrong, as she says in her new interview with V Magazine, now out on newsstands. Si... |
11 May 2012
08:17 GMT |
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Constant pushes from the Mississippi River ensured that the bulk of the oil slick produced in the Gulf of Mexico by the BP/Deepwater Horizon oil spill did not reach more coastlines than it did. In other words, the river limited the extent of the devastation that may have occurred.
Scientists were expecting the coas... |
11 May 2012
08:15 GMT |
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Famous Taiwanese motherboard manufacturer Asustek has reportedly started rolling out the update to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich for the Asus Eee Pad Slider tablets that are sold in the US today. The update will simply arrive over-the-air, and as so, you’ll be able to install it directly on your original tabl... |
11 May 2012
08:14 GMT |
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It was about time Zemana released an update for their privacy protecting software, AntiLogger, considering that malware never rests. The new build introduces a new warning system and more flexible rule management.
The new warning system is called IntelliGuard. It is cloud-based, which means dimmer chances for false ... |
11 May 2012
08:08 GMT |
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There already are so-called anti-smudge display panels, but no one said it was impossible to come up with different or better ones, so Motorola has done just that.
Having a patent, for one, means that you can use an idea without worrying that it will be stolen before you get a product benefiting from it out the doo... |
11 May 2012
07:54 GMT |
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Redmond-based software giant Microsoft is preparing the launch of Windows 8 Release Preview in early June, when it might also debut the Windows 8 upgrade program, recent reports on the matter suggest. When launched, the program will provide purchasers of Windows 7 computers with the possibility to upgrade to Window... |
11 May 2012
07:50 GMT |
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The official pricing of Asustek’s highly-anticipated ZenBook UX32VD has reportedly been revealed to be 799 USD. The price is a little bit higher than the desired 599 to 699 USD mark, but the ZenBook tried to compensate with a high quality build and innovative features, such as a 24 GB SSD. The 24 GB SSD is ver... |
11 May 2012
07:46 GMT |
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While snooping around on a Russian IRC channel, we came across something interesting. Users were saying that last night, at around 3 AM UTC +4, Saint Petersburg police arrested a 28-year-old man.
Some of the participants in the conversation claimed that the individual detained by Russian authorities was actually Ph... |
11 May 2012
07:37 GMT |
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Unveiled last month at WIMA NFC in Monaco, Nokia Lumia 610 with NFC (Near Field Communication) will be exclusively launched at Orange.
Although the phone has yet to be listed at Orange UK, the folks over at SoMobile claim the carrier plans to release the Nokia Lumia 610 NFC soon. It’s likely that the smartphon... |
11 May 2012
07:31 GMT |
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The other day, on Ellen DeGeneres' show, Nicki Minaj offered fans a double treat by taking to the stage to perform a medley of two tracks off her latest album, the chart-topping “Roman Reloaded.” Video of her appearance is below. The rapper sang “Right by My Side” and “Starships&... |
11 May 2012
07:30 GMT |
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The Raspberry Pi credit-card-sized Linux-loaded ARM computer has been shipping for a little while, and it was enough for developers to see just how frustrating it can be to have to constantly reinstall the firmware. Since the small device is primarily meant for teaching and experimenting with programming, mishaps c... |
11 May 2012
07:18 GMT |
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Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia has already released a handful of Windows Phone devices, but some more of them should make it to the shelves in the not too distant future. Among them, we might see one that closely resembles the Nokia Lumia 850 handsets in the photos attached to this post. It is only a concept ha... |
11 May 2012
07:12 GMT |
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The copyright-dependent industries have been enjoying their government-backed monopolies for decades. As with any monopolistic business, the music labels, the Hollywood studios and so on, have become complacent. They don't want things to change, because no change will ever guarantee them the easy income they�... |
11 May 2012
07:11 GMT |
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The Auction houses, which allow interested players to get Diablo III items for real world money, have been implemented in the game because without them players would still have used other means to acquire them.
Jay Wilson, who is the leading designer working on Diablo III at Blizzard, told MCV that, “I can&rsq... |
11 May 2012
07:02 GMT |
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Sony has just started to push out the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system to its Tablet S devices on the market in Canada. The owners of such a device will receive the necessary files as soon as they connect to WiFi and will be able to upgrade their devices in a few minutes, MobileSyrup notes. There a... |
11 May 2012
07:01 GMT |
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The R.A.T.3 gaming mouse isn't exactly a new invention on Mad Catz' part, but the product did get something new: an optical sensor.
The Avago 3090 now lies within, capable of tracking movements at one of four DPI settings.
The maximum is 3,500 DPI and it is possible to change the sensitivity, assign co... |
11 May 2012
07:01 GMT |
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Canonical announced at the Ubuntu Developer Summit for Ubuntu 12.10, that they plan to stay with the good ol' EXT4 filesystem for the upcoming Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) distribution. According to Michael Larabel from Phoronix, who attended the "Btrfs requirements for Quantal" session on Wednesday at UDS, ... |
11 May 2012
07:01 GMT |
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Hackers part of the UGNazi collective have gone silent for a while, but now they acquired another target on which they’ve launched a distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack. The break seems to have been caused by the fact that a number of the group’s members have been arrested. “We were quest... |
11 May 2012
06:42 GMT |
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For some reason or other, Intel chose to use common thermal grease between the Ivy Bridge CPUs and their integrated heatspreader (IHS). What people didn't realize was that said grease was of a fairly low quality too. We should first mention that the temperature Ivy Bridge works at isn't really a hazard, b... |
11 May 2012
06:30 GMT |
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The launch of the new ViewPhone 3 in India does not come as a surprise, especially given the fact that it offers dual-SIM capability, which so praised among Indian consumers.
Unveiled back in January at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, ViewPhone 3 is manufactured by ViewSonic, a company focu... |
11 May 2012
06:21 GMT |
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Facebook is going the Twitter route and is testing an ad unit that allows users to "highlight" some of the posts, for money. It works in a very similar way to Promoted Tweets, highlighted posts will be seen by more of your friends, fans or followers, by keeping it in the news feed for longer, placing it higher and ge... |
11 May 2012
06:11 GMT |
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Twenty-four-year-old Taipei-based company Palit has just announced the GeForce GTX 670 JetStream custom video card, on its official website. Just like many other GTX 670 cards launched this week, the GeForce GTX 670 JetStream custom video card comes with original cooling system and higher working frequencies. Palit&... |
11 May 2012
06:02 GMT |
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The conclusions of a new scientific investigation would appear to suggest that the brains of infants are very plastic in their response to music. Exposure to interactive music classes at the age of 1 was found to have beneficial effects on the young one's mental abilities.
Babies who participated in these clas... |
11 May 2012
06:01 GMT |
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Justin Bieber has always been close to his mother, who accompanies him everywhere, even when he's on tour. This Mother's Day, he gave her the most touching and beautiful present ever. You can hear it above: it's a new track called “Turn to You (Mother's Day Dedication).” The track i... |
11 May 2012
05:57 GMT |
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Gamers have until know only received information about the upcoming Assassin’s Creed III via interviews from the development team and through screenshots.
But video game publisher Ubisoft has now delivered the first gameplay trailer for the game, showing the main character moving around the game world, engag... |
11 May 2012
05:56 GMT |
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A source talking to an Apple-centric blog claims to have learned that Apple is pushing forward with plans to release a smaller version of the iPad to go on a rampage, just as it did with the iPod media players. Despite having vocally expressed discontent towards the 7-inch tablet form factor, Apple Inc. now seems ke... |
11 May 2012
05:55 GMT |
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Microsoft’s Bing is changing. The New Bing is meant to provide users with the possibility to spend “less time searching and more time doing,” and details on how it does that are now available. The redesigned search engine arrives with a new information architecture that sports a three-column desig... |
11 May 2012
05:52 GMT |
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Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), in Pasadena, announce the creation of a computer model covering a fault line segment that is still geologically active, and producing earthquakes. This is the first time such a complex model is created.
The dataset represents a single physical framewo... |
11 May 2012
05:50 GMT |
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If Kanye West can do it, then so can Chris Brow: he's just remixed the much talked about “Theraflu” track, adding what is being interpreted as a diss to his ex-girlfriend Rihanna. Because of the nature of the lyrics, we can't embed the song here, but you can hear it on YouTube – just *pl... |
11 May 2012
05:46 GMT |
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Although some important handset manufacturers have already decided to drop Windows Phone platform due to low sales, it appears that Samsung continue to back Microsoft’s mobile operating system. LG announced last week it had no plans for another Windows Phone device, and other companies may follow in its footst... |
11 May 2012
05:45 GMT |
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The team of Iron Lore veterans working on the action role-playing game Grim Dawn has announced that it is looking to attract extra money via Kickstarter from the fan base by announcing a number of extra content that will be added to the game as long as certain goals are reached during the last week of the crowd fundi... |
11 May 2012
05:42 GMT |
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Yesterday, on May 10, Google Chrome users who wanted to access PhysOrg (phys.org), the popular science, research and tech news service, were met with a warning that informed them on the presence of malware. “phys.org contains malware. Your computer might catch a virus if you visit this site. Google has found t... |
11 May 2012
05:37 GMT |
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Apple customers looking to book training sessions via the company’s One to One program are in for a treat soon, as the company is set to flip the switch on a redesigned version of the web site. As reported earlier this month, Apple not only plans to revamp the training sessions offered throughout its retail st... |
11 May 2012
05:31 GMT |
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For cancer patients, chemotherapy is oftentimes the only possible course of treatment. Doctors discovered long ago that administering more than one drug to patients significantly improves chances of survival. Now, a study shows that the order and timing of drug administration is very important.
Scientists from the C... |
11 May 2012
05:30 GMT |
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The other night, Jennifer Lopez and her backup dancer turned loverboy Casper Smart set the stage of American Idol alight with their passionate dance on “Dance Again,” her latest single. You can see performance in its entirety below. For those who are familiar with the official video for the single, it... |
11 May 2012
05:28 GMT |
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Indeed, new builds are out for the stable and beta releases of uTorrent. As expected, the set of changes is modest in both cases, the former showing a single entry and the latter sporting twice as many.
The stable release eliminates a bug that had been around the past three builds, and prevented uTorrent from starti... |
11 May 2012
05:22 GMT |
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Google's Summer of Code is a global competition, students from all over the world are asked to contribute to the open source projects they love. Naturally, students in some places may find it easier to join the program, if only because it will be more likely for them to hear about. Still, the official per count... |
11 May 2012
05:20 GMT |
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Following in the footsteps of French mathematician Urbain Le Verrier, who predicted the existence of Neptune by analyzing small deviations in Uranus' orbit around 150 years ago, a team of astronomers has recently been able to infer the existence of a second exoplanet in a system where only one was visible.
Inv... |
11 May 2012
05:17 GMT |
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As Mother’s Day approaches for millions of people worldwide, spammers focus their attention on users who want to celebrate this special day by offering gifts.
Many people want to express their love for their mothers by purchasing watches, gift cards, flowers, and even antiques. Fraudsters are well aware of thi... |
11 May 2012
05:11 GMT |
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Today, Nokia announced the immediate availability of a new application for its Windows Phone-based Lumia devices, namely Nokia Reading. The application is backed by a service meant to serve “the written word” to Lumia owners, making reading on-the-go both convenient and visually attractive. The launch o... |
11 May 2012
05:07 GMT |
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Many Samsung fans were disappointed by the company’s decision to choose a PenTile display for its third-generation Galaxy smartphone, instead of the rumored AMOLED screen. Although Galaxy S and Galaxy S II, both come with AMOLED display, Samsung claims that these degrade much faster over time, but this is not ... |
11 May 2012
05:02 GMT |
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Despite the growing popularity of the free-to-play and microtransaction-based business model for MMOs, at least one analyst believes that the upcoming The Elder Scrolls Online, from ZeniMax Online and Bethesda, will use a subscription model when it is released during 2013 and will then make a move to a free experienc... |
11 May 2012
04:57 GMT |
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Well-known Taiwanese motherboard manufacturer Gigabyte has just announced the GeForce GTX 670 WindForce 3X custom video card on its official website. We’ve already seen and talked about the design here. It’s called GV-N670OC-2GD and comes with the company’s quality UltraDurable VGA+ PCB. The PCB ha... |
11 May 2012
04:55 GMT |
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The owners of devices that run an Android operating system are advised to be on the lookout for a shady website that offers a fake Adobe Flash Player app. Security researchers found that the application hides a piece of malware called AndroidOS_Boxer.A.
Trend Micro experts identified the malicious element on a Russi... |
11 May 2012
04:43 GMT |
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Nokia’s 41-megapixel behemoth 808 PureView was initially announced to become available in most markets around the world, except for the United States. However, it appears that the Finnish mobile phone maker might have changed its mind, and that it is currently considering ways to launch the device in the coun... |
11 May 2012
04:41 GMT |
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Windows 8, the next-generation operating system from Microsoft, will be the first to arrive with support for ARM architectures as well, in addition to the x86 architecture that it already runs on. Dubbed Windows RT, Windows on ARM will pack most of the features that the rest of Windows 8 flavors will include, but i... |
11 May 2012
04:37 GMT |
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On August 5, 2011, at 16:25 UTC, NASA launched a New Frontiers mission called Juno, from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS). Destined to analyze Jupiter, the spacecraft is currently far away from Earth. Scientists have recently conducted a series of tests using its video camera.
The purpose of these asses... |
11 May 2012
04:34 GMT |
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In order to celebrate the successful launch of the Perpetual Testing Initiative for Portal 2, Valve has launched a Weekend Workshop Sale on Steam, allowing gamers to pick up Portal 2 for 66 percent off and to get The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim with a price cut of 33%. There are also half-price items available for Team ... |
11 May 2012
04:32 GMT |
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New evidence has emerged in OS X 10.7.4 pointing to Retina display Macs in the near future. This is not the first time such evidence emerges, but it’s certainly worth discussing, given the widespread rumors of a major display upgrade on full-fledged Macintosh computers. Currently, the only devices using a Reti... |
11 May 2012
04:31 GMT |
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For many months now, there has been a lot of talk about how Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis ended their romance of over a decade after falling out for unknown reasons. For the first time, the actor himself is rubbishing these reports. Vanessa Paradis has already spoken out about the ongoing rumors on the state of h... |
11 May 2012
04:27 GMT |
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Korean semiconductor and electronics giant Samsung has recently announced the Chronos Series 7 Laptop with 17” screen. Today we found out the prices and availability for the US on Samsung's own official website. The Chronos 7 Series is powered by Intel’s Ivy Bridge based Core i7-3615QM processor wit... |
11 May 2012
04:17 GMT |
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In a paper published in the May 10 online issue of the esteemed journal Science Express, astronomers reveal that the Sun has no bow shock. The discovery was made using the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX), a probe developed by NASA specifically to investigate such a potential structure.
Our understanding of bas... |
11 May 2012
04:16 GMT |
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Last week, South Korean mobile phone maker LG Electronics unveiled to the world a new smartphone powered by Android, the LG Optimus LTE2, the first in the world to pack 2GB of RAM inside. The handset was made official only for the South Korean market, and LG did not unveil plans to have it available on other market... |
11 May 2012
04:11 GMT |
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Telstra users waiting for the HTC One XL to arrive on shelves at the wireless carrier might have to wait a bit longer before being able to grab the smartphone. Rumor has it that it has been pushed back by several weeks, and that it won’t make an appearance on Telstra’s network before mid-June. No spec... |
11 May 2012
04:05 GMT |
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As we write about all sorts of devices, it takes really unusual things to impress us, and we dare say that the NEC LaVie Z ultrabook has some of that unique flare.
We probably won't be so eager to gush over it once the company finally says how much money the Ultrabook is supposed to cost.
For now, though, we&... |
11 May 2012
04:02 GMT |
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Last we talked about Jennifer Aniston and her beau of over a year Justin Theroux, they were planning a secret wedding in Greece. Now, a fresh report suggests the fire has nearly gone out and that he's thinking of breaking up with her to go back to his ex. Celebrity gossips might remember that, back when the fi... |
11 May 2012
03:59 GMT |
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A few days ago, the host of The Church of Mabus, Jeffrey Pritchett, condemned some Anonymous hackers for making a mockery out of a video in which other hacktivists announced their plans to unveil proof of alien life. Now, he calls out to the representatives of the 99%, urging them to use their hacking skills to show ... |
11 May 2012
03:48 GMT |
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The announcement that BioShock Infinite is to be delayed to February 2013 has coincided with a new position opening up at developer Irrational Games, which suggests that the company has big plans for the multiplayer side of the game and needs more time and more talent to implement them.
The job ad says, “The B... |
11 May 2012
03:39 GMT |
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Google has quietly updated its application store, though there are few details on the changes included for the moment. Formerly known as Android Market, Play Store now features almost half a million apps and games, perhaps even more.
The new build version 3.5.19 is now available for download OTA (over the air) to a... |
11 May 2012
03:39 GMT |
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The other day, President Barack Obama became the first sitting President of the United States to go on the record with his support of gay marriage. As Hollywood continues to applaud Obama's decision, Bristol Palin is anything but happy with it. In a blog post on Patheos, Bristol, the daughter of Sarah Palin, t... |
11 May 2012
03:27 GMT |
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Infamous hacker Pod2g is teasing his 290K Twitter followers with a message regarding his latest jailbreak in which he claims to have no intentions to release a beta, and that his finalized jailbreak tool is weeks away from launch. Pod2g has recently posted a video demonstration of his latest achievements with iOS 5.... |
11 May 2012
03:22 GMT |
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IT companies don't seem to talk about netbooks all that much nowadays, the product type having become somewhat of a has-been, but that doesn't mean no such small PCs are being made anymore.
In fact, Panasonic has just introduced a netbook, although one could argue that the device doesn't really quali... |
11 May 2012
03:19 GMT |
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Version 0.8.51 of the e-book reader and management software Calibre has been announced today, May 11th, with some important new features and fixes. Calibre 0.8.51 has quite a few improved functionalities for various tools, and even brings a couple of new drivers. Highlights of Calibre 0.8.51: • Motorola XT87... |
11 May 2012
03:13 GMT |
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Apple has released a new version of the Apple TV software for 2nd and 3rd generation set-top box owners. Applying to both of Apple’s black boxes, including the new one with 1080p capabilities, Apple TV 5.0.1 build 9B206f delivers enhancements to iTunes previews, AirPlay, Home Sharing, Netflix, as well as stab... |
11 May 2012
03:11 GMT |
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Ever since the phone bomb attack TeaMp0isoN launched on the UK’s MI6 counter-terrorism organization, law enforcement representatives became determined to apprehend the culprits. Reports reveal that authorities have managed to arrest another member of the crew, MLT.
On April 12, they arrested the group’s ... |
11 May 2012
03:07 GMT |
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At a conference held on Thursday, May 10, at the NASA Headquarters James E. Webb Auditorium, in Washington DC, experts presented the latest results obtained by the Dawn spacecraft. The mission is currently orbiting Vesta, the largest asteroid in our solar system.
At the meeting, scientists from numerous institutions... |
11 May 2012
03:07 GMT |
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Wafers are thin slices of highly processed silicon that are used to make integrated circuits. When global wafer shipments grew, so did the whole semiconductor industry. SEMI has reportedly concluded that the total wafer area shipments has grown 1 percent compared to last quarter. That can be called good news only ... |
11 May 2012
03:05 GMT |
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Platinum Games and Konami have released a new teaser for the upcoming Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance which suggests that politics will play a big part in the story of the game and that the narrative will bear all the hallmarks of previous titles in the franchise.
The name of the promotion is called War on Our Shores... |
11 May 2012
03:05 GMT |
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Chronic Dev Team leader Pod2g has released a video confirming his success in jailbreaking the latest iOS firmware on the latest Apple chip, untethered. Since the hacker was able to compromise iOS 5.1.1 on a third-generation iPad based on the A5X spec, all previous iDevices and firmwares are jailbreakable. Fans are b... |
11 May 2012
02:52 GMT |
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Intel's third-generation of central processing units hasn't even been fully launched yet, but already there is information on the next generation of processors and accompanying chipsets. For those who haven't guessed it yet, by “next-generation” CPUs we mean the Haswell series, the ones t... |
11 May 2012
02:37 GMT |
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Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth will be the next video game experience to star the superhero team from Marvel and will be created by Ubisoft Quebec, to be launched on the Xbox 360 home console using the Kinect motion tracking tech and on the upcoming Wii U from Nintendo.
The game will allow players to control abou... |
11 May 2012
02:29 GMT |
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Samsung’s latest flagship Android smartphone, the Galaxy S III, is now up for pre-order in the UK via three of the country’s largest wireless carriers, namely O2, Three and Vodafone. The Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich-powered handset can now be seen available for pre-order at O2 UK for free specific Pay... |
11 May 2012
01:25 GMT |
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