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There was much fuss about AMD’s new Radeon HD 7970 GHz or “Tahiti 2” video cards. The simple way to put is that the company couldn’t resist not taking advantage of Tahiti’s ability to achieve high clock frequencies. Therefore, AMD, after first gaining the performance crown with Tahiti b... |
12 July 2012
22:41 GMT |
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We concluded the previous article by talking about Intel’s Haswell UltraBook ULV parts that have a dual-die processor package including the CPU, NorthBridge, IMC and now, the PCH. This level of integration will allow Intel to provide dual-core Haswell processors with a maximum TDP of 15 watts. ULV is short for... |
12 July 2012
20:41 GMT |
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Chinese company ZTE has just confirmed plans to release new product on the smartphone market. According to the company’s officials, one ZTE gaming phone will be announced on July 18.The information was published today via ZTE’s Twitter account and does not offer any other additional details: “The co... |
12 July 2012
20:31 GMT |
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World’s biggest semiconductor and CPU manufacturer, American-Israeli company Intel, is currently hard at work on their future generation of x86 processors codenamed Haswell. The company has made no secret that Haswell would have a huge iGPU and offer the according performance, but they seem to be much more care... |
12 July 2012
19:31 GMT |
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Microsoft’s Xbox division boss, Don Mattrick, has confirmed that the upcoming Halo 4 shooter for the Xbox 360 would have some kind of support for the company’s upcoming Surface tablet. Halo 4 is set to be one the biggest games of the year, even if it’s exclusive to the Xbox 360. As you can imagine... |
12 July 2012
19:21 GMT |
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Hidden Path Entertainment, the developer of the successful Defense Grid: The Awakening, has started seeking funding for a full-fledged sequel – Defense Grid 2 – on popular website Kickstarter, offering special goodies to those who pledge their support, including DLC for the original game. Defense Grid: T... |
12 July 2012
18:21 GMT |
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Philips has just announced the upcoming availability of the W732 Android phone. This is a mid-range handset that will be released in China and Russia in the following weeks.
There are no details on the phone’s price tag or availability, but we know Philips W732 will be launched in five color options: black, p... |
12 July 2012
18:01 GMT |
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Google's not exactly lacking in Easter Eggs. Just do a search for "do a barrel roll" and see what happens. But that's not stopping it from adding some more.
The latest is a rather geeky one, how else, math geeks are going to appreciate it the most. Do a search for "conway's game of life" and you'... |
12 July 2012
17:31 GMT |
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BioWare has just implemented a brand new balance update for the multiplayer mode in Mass Effect 3, adding a whole new weapon, in the form of the Prothean Particle Rifle, while improving abilities like the Barrier, Blade Armor, or the Krogan Fortification and Rage. Developer BioWare has continuously updated Mass Effe... |
12 July 2012
17:21 GMT |
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The mid-range Motorola MOTOLUXE Android phone has just been introduced in Mexico. The device is available via Telcel resellers across the country on a Telcel 500 Plan in 18 months.
Android enthusiasts will find that Motorola Mobility decided to launch the MOTOLUXE as Motorola MOTOSMART PLUS, tough the specs are simi... |
12 July 2012
17:11 GMT |
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Channing Tatum is slowly but surely making the transition from charming leading man in B- or C-list movies, to A-list leading man. He is now working on an Evel Knievel biopic. The Hollywood Reporter says that, for the film, Channing has teamed up with some pretty heavyweight producers whose names might not ring a b... |
12 July 2012
16:41 GMT |
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Mobile phone users should be on the lookout for SMSs that tell them they’ve won a “free $1000 Target Giftcard,” GFI Labs experts report.
“Your entry in last months drawing won you a free $1000 Target Giftcard! Enter ‘area code’ at www.target.com.twty.biz to tell us where to ship i... |
12 July 2012
16:11 GMT |
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Electronic Arts and its Visceral Games studio have just posted a fresh and quite lengthy video with Dead Space 3, showing off the new cooperative mechanic that will see series protagonist Isaac Clarke team up with John Carver. Dead Space 1 left a lasting impression on gamers and its sequel built upon that by taking ... |
12 July 2012
15:41 GMT |
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Miley Cyrus loves tattoos so much it's almost impossible to keep track of them these days. Just the other day, she unveiled a new piece as she was leaving her daily Pilates class. Click on the image above to see it: placed on her forearm, it's a quote from a famous speech by President Teddy Roosevelt, Us W... |
12 July 2012
15:31 GMT |
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Samsung is expected to launch a new Android phone in the United States, the Galaxy S Blaze Q. The smartphone leaked several days ago, along with an August 15 release date attached to it.
Today, a certain Samsung T699 has just been spotted at FCC (Federal Communication Commission). This is the Galaxy S Blaze Q codena... |
12 July 2012
15:31 GMT |
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Google continued its slow but steady march towards greater dominance in the US. It managed to control 66.8 percent of the search market in June, 0.1 percentage points more than in the previous month, according to comScore. The growth is too small to mean anything for Google, but it's meaningful for its competito... |
12 July 2012
15:31 GMT |
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Motorola Mobility launched the PHOTON 4G in the United States back in August. The smartphone was released via Sprint, but U.S. Cellular also picked the smartphone as Motorola ELECTRIFY. The smartphone is still powered by Google’s Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system and packs a 1 GHz dual-core Nvidia Tegra... |
12 July 2012
15:01 GMT |
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Kendra Wilkinson is the latest celebrity to speak out in defense of Jessica Simpson, who has been dealing with a lot of scrutiny in the media since getting pregnant and giving birth to her first child, her daughter Maxwell. Simpson made no secret that, during her pregnancy, she made sure she indulged every one of he... |
12 July 2012
14:31 GMT |
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Facebook Inc. has released a major update to the Facebook SDK for iOS, making it easier for programmers to code up apps that integrate with the social network. The updated kit comes alongside a new iOS Dev Center “so you can quickly access the tools and resources you need to build great social apps for iOS.&rd... |
12 July 2012
14:21 GMT |
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Bruce Wayne has come a long way from the scared little boy who fell down the well and was frightened by bats – and nowhere is this more obvious than in the new “The Dark Knight Rises” trailer called Journey. Check it out above in full. Mere days ahead of the big release of TDKR, Warner Bros. has... |
12 July 2012
14:11 GMT |
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On Wednesday, the Windows Server 2012 Beta Essentials made an appearance on Microsoft’s download website, providing the company’s customers with the possibility to download it and give it a try. Windows Server 2012 Essentials is the new name for the Windows Small Business Server Essentials, and is desig... |
12 July 2012
14:01 GMT |
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Starting today, T-Mobile USA customers can take advantage of the carrier’s BOGO (buy one get one) deals, which includes its whole Samsung Galaxy 4G portfolio.
The US-based operator offers a slew of options for both new and existing customers that will allow them to carefully plan their budgets for the back-to-... |
12 July 2012
14:01 GMT |
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Rumors on the unannounced Samsung Galaxy Note 2 have come and gone, but the South Korean handset maker has yet to confirm the release of the smartphone.
Given the fact that the latest hearsay points to a possible Q3/Q4 2012 launch for Galaxy Note 2, we expect Samsung to come forward with an official announcement at ... |
12 July 2012
13:31 GMT |
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Parallels Desktop 7 has received a new incremental update which adds a single change that many users won’t even feel. Some, however, who are fortunate enough to own a Retina MacBook Pro, will. That’s right, Parallels Inc. has added support for the new MacBook Pro with Retina display launched to great acc... |
12 July 2012
13:31 GMT |
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Smartphones rule the world, they're selling in huge numbers and, along with tablets, they make it clear that the reign of the PC is over. That's great and true for most European countries, the US, a few parts of Asia and so on. But the vast majority of the planet does not have a smartphone. In fact, most pe... |
12 July 2012
13:21 GMT |
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Samsung promised increased battery usage for its Galaxy S III smartphone, despite the inclusion of a larger screen and a more powerful processor inside it when compared to other models. Apparently, the company also performed a series of small tricks to ensure that the phone needs less battery juice to operate, some... |
12 July 2012
13:11 GMT |
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Major carrier Sprint has finally made official the white version of the HTC EVO 4G LTE. The smartphone will be available for purchase beginning July 15 for as low as $199.99 USD with a new line of service or eligible upgrade and two-year service agreement.
The white smartphone is framed by an aluminum unibody and sp... |
12 July 2012
13:01 GMT |
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Intel's quest to make ultrabooks cheaper made it decide to promote a new type of battery, but the effects will turn out to be much more widespread than that.
Intel has been doing its best to persuade ultrabooks builders that prismatic lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are the best available for ultrabooks.
Object... |
12 July 2012
13:01 GMT |
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2012 was, without a doubt, the year of Azealia Banks – and to think that it's not even over yet! After some delay and tons of press, fans of the rapper can finally get their hands on her “Fantasea” mixtape. Just follow the link at the end of the article and, in a matter of minutes, you should b... |
12 July 2012
12:34 GMT |
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Will Stephenson, from the openSUSE Project, announced a few minutes ago, July 12th, the first Release Candidate version of the upcoming openSUSE 12.2 operating system. Highlights of openSUSE 12.2 RC1:· KDE SC 4.8.4;· GRUB 2.0;· systemd improvements; · Plymouth 0.8.5.1;· ... |
12 July 2012
12:21 GMT |
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Contrary to earlier reports, Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez are still together, but just barely. A new report claims the two have been fighting a lot in the past months, with Justin becoming more convinced by the day that he should be single, to sleep “with all the girls out there.”Sources tell the latest... |
12 July 2012
12:12 GMT |
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While studying the La Puente pit in the famous Cerrejón Coal Mine, experts in the United States and Panama discovered the fossils of a new species of a large turtle, which lived around 60 million years ago. The most prominent feature of the creature was its shell, which experts determined was round, almost p... |
12 July 2012
12:03 GMT |
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Facebook has made a small but very interesting change to the way Groups work. Now, you can check out exactly who has seen a post in the group feed. Every post has a list of people who have seen it, presumably since it showed up in their feeds, along with a counter.
It's a very simple way of gauging how many peo... |
12 July 2012
12:01 GMT |
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Tornado is the technology used to power Facebook's FriendFeed service. In a sign of good faith, the company decided to open source it a while back and allow developers access to some of it's great real-time updates technology.
The package contains a web-server and a set of tools for creating non-blocking w... |
12 July 2012
12:01 GMT |
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On Wednesday, July 11, astronomers operating the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope reported the discovery of a new moon around Pluto, the dwarf planet's fifth known natural satellite. The discovery highlights the potential perils facing the New Horizons spacecraft. Launched back in 2006, the vehicle – the f... |
12 July 2012
11:56 GMT |
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Either Jennifer Lopez is playing hard ball (and hard to get) with producers of American Idol or she's already made up her mind about returning for another season. In other words, she's not coming back. In a recent televised appearance, the diva was asked whether her busy agenda allowed her to sit as judge ... |
12 July 2012
11:55 GMT |
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University of Washington investigators believe that meditation may be an easy answer to a thorny issue, related to the methods that are best suited for increasing employee productivity. Managers have been trying to find a magic solution to this problem for centuries, to varied results. UW computer scientist and profe... |
12 July 2012
11:50 GMT |
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Investigators at the University of California in San Diego (UCSD) believe that a deeper understanding of brain abnormalities can be achieved by taking comprehensive biological measurements from patients suffering from schizophrenia and similar conditions. A class of chemicals called endophenotypes could be especiall... |
12 July 2012
11:40 GMT |
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Piriform released a new version for Speccy, their advanced system information tool for Windows. The focus in this new build is on expanded hardware detection, mostly as far as Intel chipsets and processors are concerned.
However, Speccy 1.17 comes with more than CPU detection for the latest Intel Core i7 models, as ... |
12 July 2012
11:38 GMT |
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Just recently, professor Kenji Nakahara from Japan's Hokkaido University decided to look into the possibility of using tobacco to safeguard crops against several viral threats present in the environment. His research led him to the idea that tobacco is the way to go if we are to push for ever more efficient ag... |
12 July 2012
11:18 GMT |
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If you like your star-studded dramas with a heavy dose of violence, machismo, gangsters and everything else in between, keep your eyes peeled for “Gangster Squad.” A new trailer for it is also out. Starring Sean Penn as a mafia boss who runs the town and calls all the shots, “Gangster Squad”... |
12 July 2012
11:18 GMT |
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After making the iPad 2 cheaper officially alongside the newly-introduced third-generation iPad, Apple is now selling the second-generation tablet at an even lower price through its Special Deals area where refurbished units can be purchased. Exclusively available to the US customer base, a second generation iPad wi... |
12 July 2012
11:13 GMT |
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The first device to be shipped with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system, Nexus 7, will make its way into the market tomorrow. The folks over at Coolsmartphone have just learned that customers who ordered their Asus Nexus 7 from UK-based retailer Ebuyer would be receiving their tablets beginning tomorrow. Those ... |
12 July 2012
11:13 GMT |
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Most RAM usually works with both Intel and AMD CPUs/APUs, but there are certain modules and kits made specifically for one or the other. Patriot has launched one such series of products, dubbed Extreme Masters Limited Edition DDR3. The RAM is meant for gaming machines with Intel 6 and 7 platforms. The modules are ... |
12 July 2012
11:07 GMT |
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According to scientists at Brigham and Women's Hospital, it could be that some forms of anxiety, especially those related to fear, may promote premature aging. The correlation appears to be especially strong for middle-aged women, the team adds. Apparently, this state of mind contributes somehow to shortening ... |
12 July 2012
11:00 GMT |
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Microsoft has updated the System Center Monitoring Pack for Microsoft Data Warehouse (MDW) Appliance to version 2.0.10.0, offering support for discovering, monitoring, and managing SQL Server MDW appliances. The new release comes along with features that include discover MDW Appliance, dashboard view, and the abilit... |
12 July 2012
10:57 GMT |
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Researchers from Arbor Networks have analyzed a number of campaigns that relied on the now-infamous DarkComet Remote Access Trojan (RAT). As it turns out, the tool hasn’t been utilized only in attacks against Syrian activists.
After seeing that his creation is used for all sorts of malicious purposes, DarkCome... |
12 July 2012
10:57 GMT |
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There is little doubt that Toshiba's latest business decision is primarily meant to reduce operating expenses, but there is some truth to the other claim on the company's part.
The short version of the story is that Toshiba has decided to merge together its PC, TV and tablet groups, in order to reduce the... |
12 July 2012
10:51 GMT |
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Robert Pattinson hasn't had that much success outside the “Twilight” franchise or, at the very least, not as much as was expected of him. “Cosmopolis” could possibly turn things around for the handsome Brit. Above is a brand new trailer for his latest film, “Cosmopolis.” Di... |
12 July 2012
10:44 GMT |
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Not many headsets can brag about possessing individual volume controls on each cup, even those made for gamers, but the latest in the Genius GX Gaming Series is one of the few who do.
The name of the headphone set is Lychas HS-G550 Foldable Gaming Headset, and the two volume controls let owners choose what to liste... |
12 July 2012
10:36 GMT |
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They're both young, talented, successful, handsome and British. Nevertheless, Robert Pattinson and Andrew Garfield can't stand each other and hate that they're always compared and, most importantly, competing for the same parts. Pattinson is internationally famous for his role as the brooding and gorg... |
12 July 2012
10:32 GMT |
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Rockstar Games has finally posted a new statement regarding Grand Theft Auto V but, instead of offering new gameplay details or a release date, the studio has limited itself to explaining why it’s not unveiling new info and posted a couple of screenshots from the open world title. GTA V was unveiled to the wor... |
12 July 2012
10:25 GMT |
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Just a couple of days ago, a considerable number of Canada's scientists decided that the national government gave them no further choice but to go out in the streets and protest against the latest budget cuts to environmental research.
Apparently, this nation's high officials decided that the country'... |
12 July 2012
10:24 GMT |
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Windows 8 proposes a new approach to building applications, and Microsoft is determined to explain developers that they can design great software in line with the new philosophy. We’re referring here to the Metro-style apps, those which will be distributed to users all around the world through the Windows Sto... |
12 July 2012
10:24 GMT |
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The original announcement that a billionaires-backed private company was set up with the express purpose of mining resources from near-Earth asteroids and other planets came as a shock to many a few weeks back, but also attracted a great deal of interest. This video was just released by the company.
Dubbed Planetary... |
12 July 2012
10:23 GMT |
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AT&T introduced Samsung’s new Android flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S III, last week. However, only the marble white and pebble blue color versions are now available for purchase.
Today, AT&T announced the upcoming availability of the red-themed Galaxy S III. The “Garnet Red” Samsung Galaxy S III... |
12 July 2012
10:19 GMT |
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Blekko, not content with revolutionizing the search market, is now getting ready to revolutionize the Pinterest(!?) market. The company behind the spam adverse search engine has launched ROCKzi that it characterizes as a cross between Pinterest and Flipboard.
The "like x but with y" formula is tried and tested, so p... |
12 July 2012
10:12 GMT |
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The guys over at Minute Physics just uploaded the second video in a series of three short clips meant to explain in more basic terms the nature of the Higgs boson, and why its potential discovery is a big deal.
In an already-characteristic manner, the authors of the video present clearly the origins of mass, the rol... |
12 July 2012
10:11 GMT |
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Sun Java System Communications Express customers should beware of a phishing scam that attempts to collect their email addresses, usernames, passwords and location details.
PhishTank came across a sample of this phishing page on Google Docs.
“Due to much junk/spam emails you receive daily, we are currently up... |
12 July 2012
10:05 GMT |
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AMD is not content with Trinity’s current fame and popularity and it has just announced on one of the company’s blogs that it would be attending this year’s Comic-Con event in San Diego as well. There, the Texas-based fabless CPU and GPU designer will reportedly hand out “hundreds of APUs.&rdq... |
12 July 2012
10:01 GMT |
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Today marks the conclusion of the second decade since the creation of the Peripheral Component Interface (PCI), so the Special Interest Group is understandably satisfied and excited.That doesn't mean that the PCI SIG is going to take a vacation and let the IT industry sort out its own needs for a while.In fact,... |
12 July 2012
10:00 GMT |
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The Soyuz rocket that will carry three members of Expedition 32 to the International Space Station (ISS) was rolled out of its assembly facility, towards its dedicated launch pad, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan.
Attached to the delivery system is the Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft, which will carry Soyuz Comma... |
12 July 2012
09:57 GMT |
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We are all used to videos of snakes trapping mice and eating them in one bite, but a really thirsty snake is not something one gets to witness all that often.
Recently, visitors to a rainforest exhibition organized by the California Academy of Sciences got to see how a red-tailed green rat snake performed what most... |
12 July 2012
09:51 GMT |
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Chinese online retailer Taobao is making headlines for selling the unconfirmed iPhone 5 from Apple complete with convincing mockups and a hefty price tag. Catching the attention of major media outlets, in the likes of Reuters, Taobao’s initiative undoubtedly is frowned upon in Cupertino where Tim Cook & Co. ar... |
12 July 2012
09:44 GMT |
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Gearbox Software has just posted a brand new video of its upcoming Borderlands 2 shooter, this time showing off the jungle environment that will be explored by players and featuring a musical backdrop of Wimoweh (also known as the famous Lion Sleeps Tonight). Borderlands 2 is set to appear this September and develop... |
12 July 2012
09:33 GMT |
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Hard drives, whether external or internal, are all about local storage, but Western Digital seeks to change this through the Dropbox cloud storage program, which just got updated, in a sense.
Western Digital has special software for its external hard disk units, different from the one shipped with internal units (i... |
12 July 2012
09:30 GMT |
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A new tool has been released from Microsoft’s labs, aimed at providing users with the possibility to easily convert one or more MDI files to TIFF. Dubbed MDI to TIFF File Converter, obviously, the new application weighs only 2MB and comes as a command line tool. The new tool offers support for a variety of ... |
12 July 2012
09:28 GMT |
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After analyzing numerous spam campaigns that relied on the infamous Blackhole, Trend Micro experts have put together a study highlighting the most significant changes brought by the use of the exploit kit.
The paper – Blackhole Exploit Kit: A Spam Campaign, Not a Series of Individual Spam Runs – starts by exp... |
12 July 2012
09:25 GMT |
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As expected, Rovio, creators of Angry Birds franchise, have just released “Amazing Alex” game for Android devices. This is the first game released by Rovio that has nothing to do with Angry Birds series. “Amazing Alex” is a physics puzzle game that turns out to be a real adventure due to its ... |
12 July 2012
09:19 GMT |
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Using an advanced modulation technique, the first two satellites from Europe's new Galileo satellite navigation and positioning system were able to relay data in a manner that ensures it is completely interoperable with the American-built Global Positioning System (GPS).
The European Space Agency (ESA) was task... |
12 July 2012
09:09 GMT |
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Blender 2.64 is currently available for download for Windows, Mac and Linux, although the release is just a test build, so modifications will ensue. This rough version of the application contains numerous improvements and fixes touching on, but not limited to BMesh modeling system, the game engine, sculpting, motion... |
12 July 2012
09:07 GMT |
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Valve’s Head of Business Development, Jason Holtman, talked about the aggressive discounts featured on its Steam digital distribution service and revealed that they don’t harm video games in general, as they just help draw in more people to franchises and developers. With the growing popularity of digita... |
12 July 2012
09:05 GMT |
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This week, South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung started to deliver the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich software update to more of its Galaxy S II users, including those who own a Galaxy S II Skyrocket at AT&T or an Epic 4G Touch on Sprint’s network. Following the release, Samsung also pushed out the source ... |
12 July 2012
09:01 GMT |
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Italian authorities have arrested a 49-year-old man, suspected of being the operator of file sharing websites such as ItalianShare, MusicShare, FilmShare and ItalianSexy, all hosted on servers in Las Vegas.
Known in the cyber world as Tex Willer, the man is accused of forgery, tax evasion, copyright infringement and... |
12 July 2012
09:00 GMT |
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If you've been keeping up with our articles about supercomputers, you probably know about the newest Top500 list and how both Intel and AMD earned some recognition through it.
What we are bringing you today is a different sort of supercomputer, one that does not need a huge area to exist or hundreds of CPUs an... |
12 July 2012
08:56 GMT |
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Katie Holmes made sure Tom Cruise had no idea she was about to file for divorce, by using disposable cell phones to talk to her attorneys. She used a similar device to get in touch with Tom's ex Nicole Kidman, says a new report. The latest issue of Us Weekly boasts of offering plenty of insight into the most t... |
12 July 2012
08:54 GMT |
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Throughout the past decades, Australia's mining industry has been steadily yet surely developing. This allowed this country to also export various amounts of coal to other parts of the world where this resource is scarce or perhaps even altogether absent.
Unfortunately, most of Australia's coal exports ... |
12 July 2012
08:51 GMT |
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On Tuesday, July 10, representatives from the European Space Agency (ESA) and Avanti Communications, a UK-based company, signed an agreement that stipulates the terms under which a new ESA satellite will carry a private communications payload into orbit.
The payload is developed by Avanti and will be included on on... |
12 July 2012
08:42 GMT |
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Now that “The Hunger Games” film proved it had great potential as a franchise (not that anyone doubted it), Lionsgate has decided to split the final book in Suzanne Collins' trilogy into two movies. They just got a release date as well, Deadline informs. “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1... |
12 July 2012
08:35 GMT |
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The cheapest Windows Phone device launched by Nokia, Lumia 610 is about to make its debut at O2 UK. The smartphone is now listed on the carrier’s “Coming Soon” page and is expected to arrive in July.
There are no details on the Lumia 610’s price tag, but rumor has it that O2 UK will introduce... |
12 July 2012
08:30 GMT |
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Google Chrome 20 has now landed in the stable channel for Chromebooks. Given that these devices rely solely on the browser, any major update is notable since it means the entire Chromebook just got better. But this update is bigger than any of the regular ones, it actually comes with quite a lot of new features.
Chr... |
12 July 2012
08:21 GMT |
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Although cannibalism rarely occurs in the natural world, three baby tigers kept in captivity at a wildlife park in China recently turned against one of their own, killing it and feeding on it.
Shocked by what they witnessed, tourists who were then visiting the park took pictures of the event and posted them online.... |
12 July 2012
08:19 GMT |
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Even though we prefer not to assume that it's too likely for tablets to outstrip notebooks any time soon, shipment-wise, we suppose it's still perfectly possible, if not certain, that it will happen eventually. DisplaySearch is giving its two cents on the issue. The analyst firm seems to be among those who... |
12 July 2012
08:18 GMT |
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One of the features that Windows 8 will arrive with when it comes to ensuring integrity of files for users is File History, a backup application designed to continuously protect files in Libraries, Desktop, Favorites, and Contacts folders. The app can be set to scan these files and save them to another location. It ... |
12 July 2012
08:16 GMT |
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For years, Eli Roth has been making small (but just as awesome) horror movies but he's getting ready to make his Hollywood break. He'll be doing so with some help from Russell Crowe, it has emerged. Deadline says Roth is now working on a Dracula-themed detective story called “Harker,” which see... |
12 July 2012
08:14 GMT |
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Using funds from the American space agency and the US National Science Foundation (NSF), scientists at the University of Iowa were recently able to develop a new viewing technique for satellites, which enable the spacecraft to see through Earth's cloud cover.
Currently, spacecraft can only conduct measurements... |
12 July 2012
08:12 GMT |
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Tim Cook has made a rare appearance at this year’s Allen & Co. Media Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, reportedly to entice media executives to sign partnerships for a home entertainment system. A post on the NY Times’ Dealbook blog says Mr. Popular – as some have referred to Cook because of Apple&r... |
12 July 2012
08:06 GMT |
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Just recently, an aquarium in Alaska came to take care of a baby beluga. The animal was washed ashore after a strong storm separated it from its mother.
The calf was just two days old when it was brought to the Alaska Sea Life Center, but for a relatively short period of time it seemed to be doing quite well growin... |
12 July 2012
08:01 GMT |
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Auditions for the second season of X Factor US are now over, so it's time fans started getting ready for the live shows. In the meantime, below is a brand new promo for the singing competition. Simon Cowell clearly knows that Britney Spears is his meal ticket and he has no plans of letting it go. Consequently,... |
12 July 2012
08:00 GMT |
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Several places in Europe and Australia are getting biking maps and directions, but Google Maps is getting better in other places around the world as well. In fact, Google is now debuting walking directions in many African countries.
Driving directions have been available there for a couple of years now, but walking ... |
12 July 2012
07:51 GMT |
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We'd like to say that we've discovered a new processor that will show up in retail eventually, but we cannot make that promise, much as we would like.
That is because the chip in question will more likely be sold directly to OEMs (Original Equipment manufacturers).
Still, since Biostar did us a favor by... |
12 July 2012
07:49 GMT |
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Apple seems to have spilled the beans on the existence of a new iPhone with a new form factor, possibly the upcoming iPhone 5. In a recruitment video posted online to entice talented minds to apply for a job with the Cupertino giant, Apple shows a team of hard-working people choosing between designs on a board fille... |
12 July 2012
07:45 GMT |
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Just recently, we reported on South Korea's planning to hunt down and kill whales, supposedly for the benefit of marine research.
However, as environmentalists and conservationists worldwide intervene and argue against this decision, the country agrees to give up on the idea.
Thus, finding itself under ever-... |
12 July 2012
07:43 GMT |
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After plenty of leaks, BioWare has officially confirmed that the Mass Effect 3: Earth DLC for the game’s multiplayer mode would be released next week on the PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles for free. Mass Effect 3’s multiplayer mode has been a big success and BioWare managed to keep players hooked... |
12 July 2012
07:41 GMT |
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Channing Tatum isn't even done promoting “Magic Mike” and he's already talking about a sequel. He's working on it right now, while he's still shilling for the first film, he admits. Channing and Matthew McConaughey took over Glamour UK's Twitter account for a Q&A with fans, taki... |
12 July 2012
07:41 GMT |
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Uniblue launched a new package for their PC optimization suite, Powersuite. Version 2013 is compatible with Windows 8 and aims to offer users, both novices and more seasoned ones, an easy-to-use solution for boosting up the performance of their system. Apart from receiving a fresh design, Uniblue Powersuite has turn... |
12 July 2012
07:36 GMT |
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Most computer enthusiasts were speculating that AMD’s Richland APU would feature next-generation GCN graphics, but that doesn’t seem to be the case. The company seems to be concentrating on developing the main desktop APU that will have to face Intel’s Haswell. The tablet/netbook/nettop APU line wil... |
12 July 2012
07:36 GMT |
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Redmond-based software giant Microsoft is reportedly on track to open no less than 44 retail stores before the end of June 2013. The company confirmed on July 11th that it would have the stores opened before the end of its fiscal year 2013, which means end of June next year. Also yesterday, the company announced ... |
12 July 2012
07:29 GMT |
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University of Florida (UF) scientists have established in a new investigation that alcohol is the most likely substance to lead adolescents and teenagers towards consuming heavy drugs. Previously, it was thought that this role was fulfilled by marijuana.
The research addresses a debate that has been raging on among ... |
12 July 2012
07:28 GMT |
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It’s a known fact that Facebook has acquired most of the domains that resemble “facebook.com” to avoid letting shady characters use them in their malicious plots. However, it turns out that they missed a couple of important ones: facenook.com and facevook.com.
Fraudsters are already taking advantag... |
12 July 2012
07:27 GMT |
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Google and its ilk have spoiled us. We now expect every search engine everywhere to be as useful as Google. Things like suggestions, autocomplete and as-you-type results have become the norm despite being only a few years old in some cases. It's quite annoying to find a search page that doesn't start loadi... |
12 July 2012
07:21 GMT |
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Samsung's ever-growing Series 3 laptop collection has welcomed its two newest members, the 350V and the 355V.
Only available in South Korea, they are fairly similar products, with the exception of the central processing platform.
The former features an Intel third-generation CPU, while the latter uses the AMD ... |
12 July 2012
07:20 GMT |
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When the 6-minute preview of “The Dark Knight Rises” premiered in theaters in December last year, there was a lot of talk about how Bane's voice was so muffled you could hardly understand what he was saying. There's no reason to worry about that, Chris Nolan said at a recent press call attended ... |
12 July 2012
07:20 GMT |
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Rovio, the highly-acclaimed Finnish studio behind the popular Angry Birds franchise, has released its newest physics puzzle game for iPhone and iPad, Amazing Alex. The whiz kid is said to have quite an imagination and a houseful of props “that can turn anything into an adventure.” In this $0.99 / €0... |
12 July 2012
07:07 GMT |
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Failed delivery notifications purporting to come from “USPS Mail Service” are making the rounds once again, carrying nasty pieces of malware.
MX Lab researchers have discovered a series of emails, apparently coming from mail.service@birmingham.com, which warn recipients that their parcels haven’t b... |
12 July 2012
07:02 GMT |
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With yesterday's updates, Canonical made some changes to the upcoming Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) operating system, regarding the two panel indicators. More exactly, the Fast-User Switching indicator has been removed and it is now integrated in the existing Session menu indicator. That's not all, as t... |
12 July 2012
06:41 GMT |
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Well-known mainboard manufacturer MSI is also famous as the builder of the world’s fastest Ivy Bridge notebook. The company has just posted a new picture on its facebook page, but leaves it to the fans to deduce what’s in it. MSI is actually teasing the eager enthusiasts with the comment: “It'... |
12 July 2012
06:41 GMT |
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A couple of weeks ago, Google showed off one of its most elaborate, certainly the most complex, doodles to celebrate the birthday of computer pioneer Alan Turing. The doodle was quite geeky, though it was designed to be understood by anyone.
As such, a series of increasingly complex puzzles could be seen. But the do... |
12 July 2012
06:31 GMT |
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Since this is the middle of the third quarter of 2012, companies are publishing the financial findings for the second one.
Acer is the one taking its turn right now, and the tidings it brings are quite favorable.
During June, Revenues climbed up to $1.33 billion / 1.08 billion Euro, 23.81% better than in May and 24... |
12 July 2012
05:59 GMT |
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Dropbox is not done with the good news, apparently. It recently announced that it's doubling storage space for paid accounts while keeping prices the same. While it's a nice bonus for existing users, Dropbox was forced to do it as the competition has been heating up. But Dropbox also had a nice surprise ... |
12 July 2012
05:51 GMT |
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A developer has released detailed instructions on how to root Google’s Nexus Q. Users who choose to root their devices will be able to run apps such as Netflix, YouTube HQ, Apollo Music, Angry Birds and much more.
“I was playing with it to see how capable it is with stock OS and kernel at handling 1080 ... |
12 July 2012
05:48 GMT |
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As part and parcel of all marine ecosystems, jellyfish are supposed to have been around for nearly 500 million years now. Some people say 700 million years, but the main idea is that they are some of the oldest inhabitants of this world.
Resembling a floating umbrella made of a gelatinous material, jellyfish can gr... |
12 July 2012
05:47 GMT |
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Nokia might have a hard time getting rid of current Lumia inventory as the world prepares for the landing of Windows Phone 8, reports suggest. The main issue that Nokia reportedly faces is the fact that existing devices won’t taste an upgrade to Windows Phone 8, which would significantly affect their performa... |
12 July 2012
05:46 GMT |
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More than 770 extrasolar planets have been confirmed to date, and this large number is beginning to make it clear to astronomers that their chances of finding water on some of these worlds are steadily increasing. A team of experts now proposes a new model for doing so.
Many planets have already been detected insi... |
12 July 2012
05:46 GMT |
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With each new technological advancement, a new business avenue opens, and it just so happens that ultralight laptops and tablets earned IT companies a new potential sales outlet: the education segment.
Technology has been used in schools, colleges and research institutes ever since its infancy, but only to a certai... |
12 July 2012
05:43 GMT |
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There’s no doubt Japanese handset manufacturer Sony Mobile plans to release a new Android flagship smartphone by the end of the year.
Since the first rumors on Sony’s Android roadmap for 2012 leaked online several months ago, the company managed to release most of the devices listed according to schedule... |
12 July 2012
05:39 GMT |
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CNN correspondent Anderson Cooper only came out as gay a little over a week ago but, according to a new report, his fans should already get ready to hear he's a married man. He and his boyfriend of 3 years Ben Maisani will be getting hitched this summer. The report comes from The National Enquirer via the Dail... |
12 July 2012
05:31 GMT |
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Ubisoft has just released an extended version of the first trailer for Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation, this time showing off even more gameplay from the upcoming PlayStation Vita title. Assassin’s Creed 3 is set to hit the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 platforms this October and, in order to give PS Vita owner... |
12 July 2012
05:28 GMT |
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Several members of the Japan Meteorological Agency warn us that recent weather patterns can be interpreted as the phenomena known as El Niño making a comeback. Given the fact that El Niño is worldwide known for causing heavy rainfalls and floods, followed by significant periods of drought, it is no su... |
12 July 2012
05:26 GMT |
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Mozilla's identity and authentication project, which aims to provide an alternative to Google, Facebook and so on, is moving along and has now just "moved" into its new home, login.persona.org, more fitting to its new branding.
The project started out as BrowserID, but was later renamed Persona, a better suite... |
12 July 2012
05:21 GMT |
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New York City has finally decided to follow China’s lead and start a project to implement internet WiFi wireless hotspots in old public phone booths. The public phones will still be available and in working order. Not everything is corrupt in the city that never sleeps and the authorities finally decided to al... |
12 July 2012
05:21 GMT |
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The exam results webpage hosted on the official site of a high school in Jiangsu, China, has been compromised to serve as part of an attack that exploits the recently patched vulnerability in Microsoft XML Core Services.
Trend Micro experts identified the hijacked website just before the Redmond company released the... |
12 July 2012
05:15 GMT |
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Mac users running Adobe's popular InDesign software on the newest MacBook Pros and MacBook Airs are experiencing system crashes on OS X 10.7.4, the latest version of Apple’s Lion operating system. The problem may also be caused by a specific software update.Complaints are piling up in a forum thread over a... |
12 July 2012
05:07 GMT |
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Investigators at the Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) determined in a new study that a chemical solvent commonly used in our drinking water can lead to long-term visual impairment.
The correlation holds especially true for individuals who were exposed to the substance before birth, or in their firs... |
12 July 2012
05:02 GMT |
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The future isn't bright for American Idol. With rumors saying that Jennifer Lopez might not return for another season, and speculation that the entire panel might be replaced, Charlie Sheen says he'd gladly fill one seat – on two conditions. As we also reported the other day, producers on AI are pre... |
12 July 2012
05:02 GMT |
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Google has released a new stable version of Chrome, the popular web browser. The 20.0.1132.57 variant comes with some stability bug fixes, but the main improvements have been made in the security department.
Of the three high-severity bugs addressed in this release, two were identified by miaubiz, the expert being r... |
12 July 2012
04:53 GMT |
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Google Maps didn't just launch biking directions in the UK, the feature is becoming available across Europe and Australia. Bikers in Austria, Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom will be able to f... |
12 July 2012
04:51 GMT |
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OLED has been slowly carving a place for itself on the monitor and HDTV market, even though it still can't hold a candle to the share of LCDs, so now we get to see the latest sector where the technology has entered use.
It might not be perfectly accurate to say that it has “already entered use,” si... |
12 July 2012
04:42 GMT |
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A new study focusing on how alpine vegetation responds to global changes in terms of weather patterns argues that some of the plant species presently growing in this part of the world have had their biological clocks somewhat “confused” by climate change.
More precisely: whereas up until now alpine snow... |
12 July 2012
04:42 GMT |
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BioWare has just confirmed that its Mythic branch would launch another free-to-play role-playing game in the form of Ultima Forever, a revival of the first game in the long-running series. The Ultima series started way back in the 1980s and, since then, has seen the release of all sorts of installments, ranging from... |
12 July 2012
04:42 GMT |
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Cooling company Gelid has just announced the Slim Silence A-Plus 1U CPU cooler, on its official website. The new cooling solution is targeted at systems that require a small/slim heatsink with an embedded fan. Gelid’s Slim Silence A-Plus 1U CPU cooler works best in Mini ITX, Micro ATX, ATX, HTPC, Panel PC, Car... |
12 July 2012
04:41 GMT |
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Galaxy S III, Samsung’s current flagship Android-based device, is the most anticipated smartphone of the year, and it appears that it is indeed capable of living up to its name. According to recent estimates from JPMorgan analysts, Samsung managed to sell over 6.5 million Galaxy S III units in the second quar... |
12 July 2012
04:39 GMT |
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Officials at the American space agency announce that one of its industry partners, the Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC), has recently completed nose landing gear testing on its suborbital spacecraft, the Dream Chaser. The vehicle is being developed for use by NASA as well.
The corporation is currently working on its ... |
12 July 2012
04:39 GMT |
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After an investigation of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), a federal grand jury in Buffalo has indicted a number of 32 individuals. They’re all accused of participating in an international loan fraud scheme that earned them around $2.7 million (2.1 ... |
12 July 2012
04:30 GMT |
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Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis are no longer a couple, after 14 years together. As rumor is picking up that at the core of the split was his infidelity and particularly his romancing co-star Amber Heard, a new report says Vanessa is determined to keep her out of her children's life. Reports say that Johnny an... |
12 July 2012
04:23 GMT |
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Tapbots has finally rolled out the desktop version of Tweetbot, the company’s popular Twitter client initially available on iPhone and iPad. Borrowing heavily from its iOS counterparts (especially from the iPad version), Tweetbot for Mac arrives as a public alpha. The developers ask users to note that there a... |
12 July 2012
04:21 GMT |
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For those who want sound close to their ears, SteelSeries has launched a new Siberia V2 headset, one that costs $119.99 / 98.07 Euro.
The white newcomer is called Siberia V2 Frost Blue Edition, due to the color of its 16-LED illumination (8 LEDs on each ear cup).
The headset connects to a PC via a 3-meter USB 2.0 a... |
12 July 2012
04:14 GMT |
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Canonical announced yesterday, July 11th, on the Ubuntu One blog that they will completely remove support for Facebook from the Ubuntu One cloud storage. I always thought that technologies are getting improved all the time with new features, but it looks like they are also regressing, as importing and syncing Faceb... |
12 July 2012
04:12 GMT |
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It looks like Nokia has just released a minor software update for Belle smartphones. Sadly, this is not the hotly anticipated Feature Pack 1, but a maintenance update, which brings a single new feature “Upload to SkyDrive.”
We’re not sure if the small update is now available for download to all Nok... |
12 July 2012
04:11 GMT |
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The price of SSD devices has been on a downwards spiral ever since smaller SSD players thwarted to make their presence felt on the storage market. We’re sure that, had Intel remained the top SSD player, prices would have likely gone up with the excuse that HDDs had tripled in price due to Western Digital and Se... |
12 July 2012
04:11 GMT |
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The newest project in development at Rocksteady Studios, the company behind the highly successful Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City games, is yet another Batman title, only this one will be set during the Silver Age of DC Comics and acts as a prequel, according to a new report. Batman games in the past h... |
12 July 2012
04:04 GMT |
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It did not take long for Malwarebytes to launch the stable for version 1.62. The new release contains one new feature that should reduce the bandwidth and cut down the time necessary for upgrading.
Most of the modifications are improvements, but there are also a couple of repairs, the most significant referring to a... |
12 July 2012
04:02 GMT |
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In an attempt to recover materials such as zinc, manganese and steel, four major battery companies in the US decided to team up and launch a nation-wide collection and recycling program.
Up until now, only local battery recycling campaigns have been carried out, but targeting the entire US in one go seems to be a p... |
12 July 2012
04:00 GMT |
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Spanish security researcher Sebastián Guerrero has identified a vulnerability in Instagram that could allow an attacker to add himself to anyone’s friend list and access their private information. Dubbed the “friendship vulnerability,” the bug has been addressed in a fairly short amount of ti... |
12 July 2012
03:59 GMT |
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A group of investigators at the Ohio State University (OSU), in Columbus, announces the development of a technique that enables physicists to amplify a new magnetic effect that converts heat into electricity more than 1,000 times over. This could very well be the first step towards bringing future electricity gener... |
12 July 2012
03:59 GMT |
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Wireless carrier AT&T is pushing out a security update to its Galaxy S III devices, only a few weeks after the phone started to arrive in users’ hands. In addition to resolving some issues that were found to affect the smartphone, the new update is also meant to modify some features of Google's unified s... |
12 July 2012
03:57 GMT |
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Even though Tom Cruise agreed to settle his divorce with Katie Holmes in almost record time, reportedly to discourage people to talk about the role the Church of Scientology might have played in it, it's still one of the hottest topics of discussion right now. Proof of that is the fact that a 2006 Rolling Ston... |
12 July 2012
03:55 GMT |
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A certain Acer mobile computer has turned up for sale, one that bears the name of TravelMate B113 and is not actually as appealing as some would make it out to be. The Acer TravelMate B113 is, in a sense, a sort of cheaper alternative to the Aspire V5, which we spotted during Computex 2012 and covered here. The n... |
12 July 2012
03:49 GMT |
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Two weeks ago, Google made official the latest flavor of its Android operating system, namely 4.1 Jelly Bean, which comes with a nice range of enhancements over the previously released Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. The platform was announced in conjunction with the launch of the first tablet PC in Google’s ... |
12 July 2012
03:38 GMT |
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Clement Lefebvre, father of the Linux Mint project, announced earlier today, July 12th, that the Release Candidate of the upcoming Linux Mint 13 KDE Edition operating system is available for download and testing. Being based on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) and the Maya technologies, Linux Mint 13... |
12 July 2012
03:25 GMT |
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Just yesterday, the European Commission made public news its proposal to cut down car gas emissions on this continent by a third. The time limit for this green-oriented accomplishment is 2020.
Although diminishing CO2 emissions resulting from cars in Europe was something agreed upon quite a while ago, it seems that... |
12 July 2012
03:24 GMT |
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Sony has confirmed that its PlayStation Play promotion would once again be held this summer, promoting the release of four impressive downloadable games onto the PlayStation Store, in the form of The Expendables 2: The Video Game, Sound Shapes, Papo & Yo, and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. Microsoft kicked off a ... |
12 July 2012
03:21 GMT |
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Though some may disagree, potential delays to product releases aren't usually fun, so Amazon probably isn't too enthused about the status of its Kindle e-reader. If Digitimes is on the mark, the worldwide retailer will not be able to launch the new Kindle E-reader when it was meaning to. The situation i... |
12 July 2012
03:11 GMT |
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A number of 453,492 email addresses and associated clear text passwords have been published online by a hacker group that calls itself the D33Ds Company. After analyzing the data dump, experts determined that the information likely comes from Yahoo! Voices. Even though the file published by the hackers doesn’t... |
12 July 2012
03:11 GMT |
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Canadian wireless carrier Rogers is getting ready for the release of a new Sony smartphone on its network, namely the Xperia ion that already landed in the United States at AT&T. No official word on when the handset might become available for purchase through the wireless carrier has emerged so far, yet rumor has it... |
12 July 2012
03:01 GMT |
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An updated guide on “How to upgrade to OS X Mountain Lion” over at Apple’s web site includes a list of compatible Macintosh configurations, while the latest developer seed has revealed that OS X 10.8 is incompatible with some older 64-bit Macs. According to the OS X Mountain Lion marketing page, yo... |
12 July 2012
02:52 GMT |
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Just recently, scientists working with the Michigan State University developed a new technology that allows them to maximize energy recovery from biological waste.
It is expected that their findings will help make biofuel production 20 times more efficient.
The study is published in the latest issue of the Enviro... |
12 July 2012
02:52 GMT |
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Microsoft and 343 Industries have just posted the first official photos from the set of Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn, the live action web series that will be released ahead of the Halo 4’s actual launch in November. Halo 4 is one of the biggest games to appear this year and you can bet that its publisher, Microso... |
12 July 2012
02:42 GMT |
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This year’s Tour has been criticized for having a limited number of mountain top finishes, the kind of stage that tends to attract the biggest crowds both on the road and on television, and for opting to make some stages finish in the downhill portion following a big climb.
I, for one, find them exciting becau... |
12 July 2012
02:41 GMT |
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This seems to be the month of financial updates, for the IT sector at least, and we've finally reached the point where we report on how the PC market progressed during the last quarter.
What we are looking at are analysis results from Gartner and International Data Corporation (IDC), for the April-June period.... |
12 July 2012
02:36 GMT |
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A new flavor of the BlackBerry App World is now available for download for owners of BlackBerry devices out there, namely version 3.1.4.25. The new client version was pushed to the BlackBerry Beta Zone a while ago, for testing purposes, and RIM has finally decided it was ready to land on devices. When compared to... |
12 July 2012
02:29 GMT |
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