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Scientists at the University of Haifa, in Israel, have recently determined that the hormone that has been primarily been associated with love – oxytocin – also plays an important part in bolstering negative states of mind. In other words, the chemical is able to make people feel empathy, trust, and genero... |
12 November 2009
21:11 GMT |
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Scientists at the American space agency are currently getting ready to perform a new series of radiation tests on a group of squirrel monkeys. The study will attempt to determine the possible effects that prolonged radiation exposure may have on astronauts during long-duration spaceflight to other planets, such as to... |
12 November 2009
19:01 GMT |
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Sony Ericsson Xperia ‘Pureness’ is the only handset that is not a smartphone and which the Japanese-Swedish mobile phone maker has included in its XPERIA series of devices. However, the mobile phone is special in itself, as it is the first device to come to the market with a transparent display, thus des... |
12 November 2009
18:41 GMT |
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My first battle with a Revenant in Dragon Age took no less than 2 hours. No, it was not all one long epic, drawn out as we slugged it out toe to toe, with the best man winning and the representative of Evil being taken down. It was more a succession of replays of the same sequence, with me in the role of the increas... |
12 November 2009
17:31 GMT |
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Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless announced on Wednesday that it has managed to complete the integration of its network with Alltels network in Central and Eastern Iowa areas, a move that will enable it to deliver increased wireless broadband speeds to mobile phone users in the region. The new network upgrade wi... |
12 November 2009
17:11 GMT |
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Scientists and engineers at the Imperial College London (ICL), in the United Kingdom, were recently awarded a new, £4.9-million ($8.1-million) grant to investigate the properties of metamaterials. The money, which came from The Leverhulme Trust, are destined for the creation of invisibility cloaks and perf... |
12 November 2009
17:01 GMT |
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They say a generous cleavage is better kept under wraps at the office, but all women know it’s an entirely different story when they go out. For those looking for more definition and volume, but also for the possibility of choosing between having these and not having them, Ultimo has designed the Day to Night b... |
12 November 2009
16:31 GMT |
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Comcast is reportedly testing out WiMAX femtocells, in a move aimed at enabling it to offer expanded wireless broadband services. The largest cable provider in the United States is already known to have plans for WiMAX services; therefore, the testing of femtocells that are based on this technology should not come a... |
12 November 2009
16:31 GMT |
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Modern Warfare is released worldwide on the PC, the Xbox 360 from Microsoft, and the PlayStation 3, and initial reports are showing that it could actually live up to the Activision hype of “the biggest videogames release ever.” Michael Pachter, who is an analyst of the videogame market for Wedbush Morgan,... |
12 November 2009
16:21 GMT |
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Walmart recently announced plans to offer customers more cost-saving options for the holiday purchases season. According to the retailer, users who purchase a BlackBerry device from it, during the one-week period starting with Saturday, November 14, will receive a $100 Walmart Gift Card that can be used for the purc... |
12 November 2009
15:41 GMT |
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Former model, actress, and businesswoman, Elizabeth Hurley knows, perhaps better than many other women in showbiz, that looking good is essential in her line of work. She also knows that losing weight and keeping fit doesn’t happen overnight without the least bit of effort on her part. However, she has a very g... |
12 November 2009
15:41 GMT |
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Since they first appeared, at the end of the 19th century, contact lenses have brought forth a new age in treating diseases of the eye, eliminating the need for glasses, and hiding the handicap from prying eyes. Over the past decades, the production process related to these lenses has also evolved spectacularly, and ... |
12 November 2009
15:31 GMT |
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Humans are one of the few species of animals that can sense and protest to injustice. For a long time, our self-righteousness made us believe that we were the only ones able to do this. We also considered ourselves as the only ones capable of feelings and altruistic behavior, but that too was proven false. Now, anoth... |
12 November 2009
15:31 GMT |
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Need for Speed seems poised for a second Golden Age. The series, which captured the hearts of casual racing interested players with the Porsche based title and then with the cops and robbers mechanics inserted into the Hot Pursuit title, has this year returned to its racing roots, after a couple of disappointing rele... |
12 November 2009
14:41 GMT |
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Even with the PC market bent over a wooden horse and padded with a spiked lash, everyone knew that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 was going to make more money than most countries sweat and toil for in months. Still, ideas like “big” and “huge” are never enough to make an impact. Vague concepts... |
12 November 2009
14:31 GMT |
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It’s mid-November, but stores have already hung up the Christmas lights and a variety of special offers have been made available for eager-beaver shoppers. Nevertheless, chances of anyone actually starting the Christmas preparations this month are slim to none, which is why countless websites have started poppi... |
12 November 2009
14:21 GMT |
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Boost Mobile, the Sprint division that offers mobile phones and services with no contract or activations fees, announced on Wednesday the launch of Motorola Debut i856w, a new fashionable device meant to attract a larger number of female consumers to its network. The new mobile phone comes to the market with stylish... |
12 November 2009
14:21 GMT |
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Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless announced on Wednesday that it performed more upgrades to its 3G network around the country. This time around, the regions that benefit from 3G coverage expansion are Ulster County and Franklin County, New York. According to the company, the new enhancements are meant not only t... |
12 November 2009
13:41 GMT |
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A couple of months ago, Lindsay Lohan became the official “creative advisor” for Ungaro, in what was labeled as an attempt on behalf of the fashion house to bring some well-deserved attention onto itself. The first collection bearing Lohan’s signature was trashed by fashion critics and fans alike, w... |
12 November 2009
13:31 GMT |
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The development team of Tales Studio has started working on an original RPG with a more unique cast. The upcoming Namco Bandai Games title will have as leading men, so to speak, the characters of Sgt. Frog, better known as Keroro Gunso. Based on Mine Yoshizaki's anime and manga, Keroro RPG: The Knight, The Warri... |
12 November 2009
13:01 GMT |
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Microsoft has been making a lot of marketing noise lately in relation to the coming update for the Xbox 360 home gaming console, which is set to introduce social services, like Facebook, Twitter, and Last.fm, to those who are paying for the Xbox Live Gold subscription. The company hopes that the introduction of the s... |
12 November 2009
13:01 GMT |
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Microsoft is wasting little time with the development process of Windows 7. The Redmond-based company is on the verge of giving green light to the first Beta development milestone of Office 2010, and in fact has already started sending out invitations to test-drive the Starter edition of the next iteration of the Off... |
12 November 2009
12:48 GMT |
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Microsoft offered the first taste of Windows 7 to the general public at the start of January 2009. But as early adopters that followed closely the development process of Windows Vista’s successor already know, the public release of Windows 7 Beta Build 7000 did not go as smooth as initially planned. The Redmond... |
12 November 2009
12:40 GMT |
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Best Buy Mobile, the mobile retail unit of Best Buy Co., Inc., recently announced the launch of its own portal for news, trends, and information on mobile products, the BestBuyMobile.com. According to the company, the new website is meant to offer more users the possibility to learn about the products it offers thro... |
12 November 2009
12:31 GMT |
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Microsoft has wrapped up its next iteration of data platform when it comes down to the features that will define the release. According to the Redmond-based company, the November Community Technology Preview of SQL Server 2008 R2 is “feature complete.” As of November 11, 2009, early adopters have been abl... |
12 November 2009
12:10 GMT |
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The economy is still in a dire state and companies are firing people left and right but there are signs of recovery in some areas particularly in online advertising. After years and years of sustained growth, online advertising revenue actually declined in the first half of this year. But in the third quarter, the ma... |
12 November 2009
11:46 GMT |
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Intel and AMD aren't the only ones throwing in the towel after too many years of seeing each other in the court of law. In tune with their seniors, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company and Semiconductor Manufacturing International signed an agreement of their own that seems to put a stop to all of their cu... |
12 November 2009
11:18 GMT |
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Small-sized portable or desktop computer systems continue to grow in popularity, providing users with a choice for a compact, energy-efficient computing solution for basic home applications. On that note, Round Rock, Texas-based Dell, one of the world's leading vendors of personal computer systems, has announced... |
12 November 2009
11:17 GMT |
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A judge sided with Jennifer Lopez issued a temporary injunction against former husband of less than a year Ojani Noa, who was planning the release of a tell-all movie in the guise of a parody. Although a confidentiality agreement is in place between the two for many years, Noa seemed to think he could bypass it to ge... |
12 November 2009
11:12 GMT |
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Leading chip maker Qualcomm is reportedly getting ready to deliver to the market a series of new smartphone chipsets, aimed at providing new levels of performance when it comes to the mainstream smartphone market. The new chipsets, included in the company's MSM7x30 family, are mainly focused on multimedia perfor... |
12 November 2009
11:10 GMT |
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The rivalry between the world's leading processor makers, Intel and AMD, looks to have reached a new milestone, as the two companies jointly announced today that they had reached a new agreement that would enable them to focus on the development of future technologies and products, leaving behind their legal dis... |
12 November 2009
10:43 GMT |
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More and more people are turning online to get the latest episodes of their TV shows or to watch one they might have missed. And sometimes they even do it on legal sites. There are a number of good places to watch shows online and there are a couple of great video search engines. Clicker borrows heavily from both ty... |
12 November 2009
10:43 GMT |
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Massive and comScore have put together what the two companies referred to as a breakthrough In-game advertising research methodology, designed to track the effectiveness of in-game advertising on the gamers’ online behavior. Labeled AdEffx Action Lift for Gaming, the system is set up to deliver a complex insig... |
12 November 2009
10:41 GMT |
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Angelina Jolie is reportedly among the most generous, kind and selfless celebrities in showbiz at the moment, being involved in countless charity projects, always taking the time to help others and, in short, doing everything she can to be a better person. Unfortunately, it’s nothing but a façade because... |
12 November 2009
10:38 GMT |
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The Pavilion Lake, in British Columbia, Canada, is arguably one of the most peculiar ones in the world. It features bacterium-built, coral-shape structures that are not similar to any others in the world, and that have not been subjected to attacks by snails, worms and other grazing animals. Because of these peculiar... |
12 November 2009
10:36 GMT |
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Usually, in order to enable anything from direct-to-PC photos to online videoconferencing, people have to purchase a webcam, then use some plastic setting to mount it on top of their display, configure it and rearrange it time and time again whenever they reposition it or slightly move their display.Acer has always d... |
12 November 2009
10:21 GMT |
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T-Mobile USA's users have now yet another reason to rejoice, as their wireless carrier has announced plans to upgrade its entire 3G network in the country to offer them faster HSPA 7.2Mbps data speeds. Moreover, it seems that the good news does not end here, as the operator also intends to move to HSPA+ during 2... |
12 November 2009
10:19 GMT |
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Days ago, the Internet almost went ablaze when a photo of baseball pro Sammy Sosa emerged, showing him with obviously much lighter skin tone. Speculation of him bleaching his skin to appear “whiter” immediately started to make the rounds but, strangely enough, no matter how intense the rumors go... |
12 November 2009
10:15 GMT |
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Windows 7 might not have been affected by any of the November security bulletins released by Microsoft, but this doesn’t mean that the operating system is bulletproof. In fact, a zero-day vulnerability, impacting both the latest iteration of Windows client and server operating systems, has been documented in th... |
12 November 2009
10:09 GMT |
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Reports say that Apple has added more transparency to the process of reviewing, approving and / or rejecting iPhone applications, by providing developers with a status application. Using the tool, developers will be able to track the progress of their application, see whether it’s waiting to be reviewed, or rea... |
12 November 2009
10:03 GMT |
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Yahoo has been rather quiet lately, but things are moving forward and the developers are still focusing on making good on Yahoo's latest strategy to center the experience around a few core services. The customizable My Yahoo homepage is an important component of that and Yahoo has been working on it to get load... |
12 November 2009
09:50 GMT |
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Japanese-Swedish mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson officially announced about ten days ago the existence of its first handset powered by Google's Android operating system, the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10. The rumors on this device go back about half a year, when it was known as the XPERIA X3, or Rachael, yet we shou... |
12 November 2009
09:48 GMT |
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UK's Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC) will become operational on March 10 next year, according to the government. The centre, which has the role of fending off cyber attacks against the country's computer infrastructure, will initially have a staff of nineteen.The Cyber Security Operations Centre was... |
12 November 2009
09:33 GMT |
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Kim Kardashian has often been applauded for her ability to never take herself too seriously – or so say her fans , as well as for her willingness to go that extra mile for a good laugh. Her recent “feat” involves wearing a prosthetic face until she was barely recognizable for an episode of “Se... |
12 November 2009
09:32 GMT |
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First was Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala), followed by Mandriva Linux 2010.0, and now it's time for openSUSE to take the spotlight. In other words, we are proud to announce that openSUSE 11.2 was just released a few minutes ago, and it is our pleasure to offer you a first look at the new features included in the bra... |
12 November 2009
09:31 GMT |
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Microsoft has added a total of 19 feed partners to Windows Live, the most prominent of which being Google’s YouTube. As of November 11, 2009, Windows Live users will be able to enjoy an additional 19 online hotspots to the list of existing Microsoft web activity partnerships. The Redmond company has made sure ... |
12 November 2009
09:26 GMT |
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Reports in August said that Celine Dion and husband Rene Angelil were expecting their second child, following many months of fertility treatment. The other day, it emerged that the pregnancy was only a misdiagnosis, which meant that the singer was never expecting, to begin with. However, that doesn’t mean that ... |
12 November 2009
09:16 GMT |
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Not showing too great a concern for the fact that it won't bring about any great breakthrough during the next year, AMD revealed some of the releases already planned for 2011. What AMD introduced were its two latest CPU architectures, the Bulldozer and the Bobcat, each aimed at a specific segment of the IT marke... |
12 November 2009
09:16 GMT |
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OnyX, a general-purpose utility that enables users to optimize how OS X works, as well as to manage some of the processes behind most applications, has received a new maintenance update following its 2.1 Final release earlier this month. New in this version is a divided User and System Dialog Report, according to Ti... |
12 November 2009
09:11 GMT |
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The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is undoubtedly the most ambitious science project ever undertaken by people. Its purpose is to look directly at the conditions that led to the formation of everything around us, and provide a firm confirmation for the Standard Model as well. But, other than the unfounded talk of black ... |
12 November 2009
09:11 GMT |
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T-Mobile Sidekick users were plagued a while ago with a serious service outage, which resulted for some of them in losing a great deal of personal data, including contacts, calendar entries, to do list and notes. T-Mobile and Microsoft, the company in charge with the Sidekick service through its subsidiary Danger, an... |
12 November 2009
09:07 GMT |
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Barely out the door, the latest feature Twitter decided to bless its users with, retweets, has now been disabled by the microblogging site after several issues creeped up during the wider roll-out. The feature has been M.I.A. for more than half a day and it doesn't look like it's back up at this point. The... |
12 November 2009
09:01 GMT |
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An update for the popular password manager and form filler, 1Password, is now available from Agile Web Solutions. Exclusively tailored for the Mac, 1Password sports built-in, anti-phishing and keylogger protection. Using 1Password, Mac owners can easily manage hundreds of passwords with a single, master key. “... |
12 November 2009
09:01 GMT |
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On Sunday, November 22, the 2009 American Music Awards ceremony will air live from the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles and, from what has already been announced, it will certainly be one of the most star-studded galas of recent years. Aside from Lady Gaga and Adam Lambert, Whitney Houston and Janet Jackson will also per... |
12 November 2009
08:52 GMT |
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Jumsoft has released a collection of 35 motion backgrounds for Apple Keynote, the presentation component of Apple’s iWork productivity suite. Crammed inside a downloadable package dubbed Keynote Backgrounds FX 4.0, the themes vary from futuristic imagery and lab utensils to splashes of color and light tunnels. ... |
12 November 2009
08:52 GMT |
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Microsoft has updated a free security tool it is offering Windows users in order to tackle two new rogue antivirus products masquerading as Windows security software. Following the November refresh, the Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) is now capable of detecting and cleaning members of the Win32/FakeVimes and... |
12 November 2009
08:35 GMT |
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The highly anticipated Windows Mobile 6.5-based HTC HD2 has finally been released to the market in the UK. The new mobile phone can be purchased from wireless carrier Vodafone, which has it available for its subscribers for free on monthly plans that start at £35. The handset has been expected to reach the mark... |
12 November 2009
08:23 GMT |
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Tom Kelchner writing over at the Sunbelt Blog is signaling that a new phisher is on the loose, sending out fake emails to MobileMe subscribers demanding that they update their credit card information, in what looks like a typical phishing scam. This isn’t, by far, the first (and likely not the last) time Mobile... |
12 November 2009
08:16 GMT |
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TLC is currently pursuing legal action against the man it made into a star with the “Jon & Kate Plus 8” reality show, Jon Gosselin. The network has sued for breach of contract, because Jon reportedly cashed in good money to do interviews with the written and spoken media. Just recently, Gosselin too has f... |
12 November 2009
08:15 GMT |
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Microsoft is cooking a second Community Technology Preview of Windows Embedded Standard 2011. According to the Redmond company, early adopters should be looking for the CTP2 bits of the next iteration of Windows Embedded to be offered in the coming month. Ahead of deciding on a specific brand for the future version o... |
12 November 2009
07:48 GMT |
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According to a recent report from Gartner, the total number of mobile phones sold during the third quarter of the ongoing year reached 308.9 million units, marking a 0.1 per cent increase when compared to the same time frame in 2008. At the same time, the research firm also shows that smartphone sales managed to top ... |
12 November 2009
07:29 GMT |
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All is good in Kirby land as he enjoys his delicious picnic, but all that goes terribly wrong when someone snatches his strawberry cake. It turns out that, once again, the villain behind this insidious deed is none other than his eternal foe, King Dedede. He wastes no time in pursuing him and, along the way, he meets... |
12 November 2009
07:24 GMT |
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 hasn't even been picked up from the shelves properly, and some of Infinity Ward's new ideas for the game's multiplayer have already been torn to pieces. One of the things that IW used as an argument when it removed the dedicated servers and force-pushed IWNet into the gam... |
12 November 2009
07:12 GMT |
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Microsoft has released a patch for a Critical Windows kernel vulnerability affecting both Windows Vista RTM/SP1 and SP2 and Windows XP SP2 and SP3. Therefore, customers are advised to apply the update immediately. Earlier this week, the Redmond company gave green light to the distribution process of no less than six ... |
12 November 2009
07:11 GMT |
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Computer tomography (CT) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scans have become so popular with doctors and patients since their creation, that massive volumes of data on virtually anything in the human body have been obtained. Scientists at the Iowa State University (ISU) have recently decided that the information i... |
12 November 2009
07:03 GMT |
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Google is introducing a new tool for concerned parents or teachers, which allows them to lock the SafeSearch setting in the search engine. The feature which removes results of a more adult nature from the search engine has been around for years, but now Google is making it so that you can't change it unless you... |
12 November 2009
07:01 GMT |
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"In HPC datacenters, servers are typically under-utilized due to memory bandwidth and memory capacity bottlenecks. Netlist is addressing these limitations with its new high-performing DDR3 RDIMM solution, called HyperCloud," Steve Conway, research vice president of technical computing at IDC, said. "HyperCloud is des... |
12 November 2009
06:59 GMT |
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Over the past few years, the amount of work that has gone into determining the characteristics of silicon nanowires has increased considerably, mostly because they represent the future of the electronics industry, right next to their carbon nanotube cousins. In their search for ever-smaller technologies, manufacturer... |
12 November 2009
06:43 GMT |
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It's been a while since Capcom did something with its Darkstalkers games, but that doesn't mean the demand doesn't exist. The comics based on the game's universe have been doing just as well, if not better, than the game itself. UDON Entertainment is the one that's responsible for the project... |
12 November 2009
06:24 GMT |
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DRIV3R, also known as Driver 3, is a videogame created by Reflections Interactive and published by Atari. It was released for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony, the original Xbox from Microsoft, the Game Boy, the PC (a GameCube version was also in production but got canceled). The game was also later ported to mobi... |
12 November 2009
06:18 GMT |
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With the rapid developments in processing and graphics technology, some people may choose to avoid buying laptops or notebooks as gaming platforms because of their low level of customization. Advanced central processing units are scheduled to come out during the following months and NVIDIA's Fermi and AMD Cypres... |
12 November 2009
06:18 GMT |
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YouTube can't talk money just yet, but it can talk about size and there's plenty to boast about that. The site is the biggest online avenue for video and enjoys a huge lead over any other video site. It can put forward impressive numbers like one billion views per day, but now it's sharing some stats ... |
12 November 2009
06:04 GMT |
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In May 2009, when I asked the father of Wolfram|Alpha, and the founder and CEO of Wolfram Research, Stephen Wolfram, whether search giants had shown any interest in the computational knowledge engine that was about to be launched, the answer was a positive one. On November 11, 2009, Microsoft confirmed interest in Wo... |
12 November 2009
06:01 GMT |
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Constructing a new subway line underneath a large city is already a huge challenge all by itself, but building one that bypasses a large number of historical buildings with the minimum amount of costs is even more complex. Nonetheless, this is what a team of experts from the Engineering and Architecture Schools of th... |
12 November 2009
05:58 GMT |
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Wireless carrier Vodafone and Chunghwa Telecom, the telecoms operator in Taiwan, announced today the signing of a non-equity Partner Market agreement aimed at offering high-quality communications services to their customers. In addition, the duo also unveiled enhanced roaming arrangements.The agreement between the tw... |
12 November 2009
05:48 GMT |
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Cooler Master follows through on its slogan, “Innovation, speed and customer satisfaction.” Verily, despite the widespread skepticism that defines our age, the enterprise seems to genuinely pay heed to its customers' opinions, even revising its products when necessary. Following the release of the in... |
12 November 2009
05:41 GMT |
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The discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein (GFP), a 238-amino-acid structure that is able to emit fluorescent light when blue light is applied on it, has won scientists Martin Chalfie, Osamu Shimomura, and Roger Y. Tsien the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Since then, numerous investigators have sp... |
12 November 2009
05:38 GMT |
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Modern Warfare 2 is now out and millions of gamers are estimated to play it before the end of the year, bringing in tens of millions of dollars in revenue for Activision. The publisher is estimating that the title will be one of the biggest videogame releases of all time and, to some people's surprise, it seems ... |
12 November 2009
05:32 GMT |
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BlackBerry Bold 2, also known around the web as the Bold 9700, seems set to make an appearance on T-Mobile's offering as soon as November 16 is here. There have been a lot of rumors regarding the release date for the handset, yet it seems that things have finally been settled down for that specific day. In case ... |
12 November 2009
05:28 GMT |
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As the first Harvest Moon title to come to the DS, the game will have players manage the well-being of a farm. They'll have to tend to the livestock and grow all manners of crops. Their farm can be upgraded to handle new tasks, like holding additional livestock or a more elaborate kitchen to cook their food. The... |
12 November 2009
05:28 GMT |
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In addition to detailing some of the specifications and features of its upcoming Fusion chip, the much-anticipated Llano microprocessor, the Sunnyvale, California-based Advanced Micro Devices has also released details about the 2010 and 2011 product roadmap, which includes new processors called Bulldozer and Bobcat. ... |
12 November 2009
05:27 GMT |
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The two massively multiplayer online role-playing games to have been released in 2008 were Mythic Entertainment's Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning and Funcom's Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures. Last year, the MMORPG market also saw the launch of the Wrath of the Lich King, the expansion for World of Warc... |
12 November 2009
05:23 GMT |
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The Sun is notorious for its 11-year cycle, but also for the fact that it has sunspots on its surface that allow astronomers to analyze its “health” and, more importantly, predict space weather. But in years such as this one, when the solar minimum is in full effect, and very few sunspots are available, e... |
12 November 2009
05:16 GMT |
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Seemingly unaffected by the long list of legal problems having hit it lately, the leading chipset developer Intel introduced a low-cost solid state drive meant to serve as a server boot drive or as part of low-end laptops and netbooks. Although it is part of a line of solid state storage units, the X25-V SSD isn'... |
12 November 2009
05:07 GMT |
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Football Manager 10 from SEGA was the top videogame on the United Kingdom market last week and it seemed that football-oriented titles would be dominating the chart until the November 10 release of Modern Warfare 2 from Infinity Ward and Activision. But in a somewhat surprising move, Wii Fit Plus from Nintendo has ta... |
12 November 2009
05:06 GMT |
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Microsoft released its latest versions of Windows client and server platforms to manufacturing on July 22nd, 2009, and subsequently to customers on October 22nd and in September, respectively. Both Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 have been accompanied to the market by a range of content designed to get end users... |
12 November 2009
05:05 GMT |
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Google provides direct results for a number of queries, like stock quotes, weather, even music with the brand new Music OneBox. There is also a Movie OneBox which shows locations where the movie is playing and at what times. Now Google updated the feature to provide more details on the movie, but it went one step fu... |
12 November 2009
05:03 GMT |
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Until just a few hours ago, former Miss California USA, Carrie Prejean never showed any signs of being shy and certainly not of being afraid to openly exploit and talk about all aspects of her life in order to promote herself. However, an appearance on CNN’s Larry King Live was almost cut short as Prejean flipp... |
12 November 2009
05:03 GMT |
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Mobile phone maker Motorola has just unveiled on its site a brand new rugged handset, the Motorola Quantico. The fresh device comes tot he market with support for CDMA 1700/2100MHz and 800/1900MHz CDMA EVDO frequencies, as well as with 810F compliance for resistance to environmental factors like water, heat and dust,... |
12 November 2009
04:58 GMT |
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Microsoft’s Simon Aldous has been talking through his hat, the Windows maker claims, when the company's partner group manager stated that Microsoft tried to “create a Mac look and feel in terms of graphics” for Windows 7. As reports circulating on the Internet say, Aldous appeared to admit that... |
12 November 2009
04:58 GMT |
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In a recent set of studies, investigators have finally found one of the most important genes in our bodies, the one that determines our ability to formulate and understand speech. The gene, called FOXP2, can be found in all humans, but lacks in chimpanzees, other primates and big apes. It is a transcription factor, w... |
12 November 2009
04:58 GMT |
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One of the most interesting technologies that have recently been making the headlines is the Hydra 200 Multi-GPU solution, a chip designed by Lucid that will enable desktop PC enthusiasts to boost their system's graphics performance by mixing two different GPUs, either from the same vendor or from different vend... |
12 November 2009
04:53 GMT |
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Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, in Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany, working together with investigators from Spain and the United States, have recently released the early results of a new study on the Sun. Gathered by the SUNRISE balloon-borne telescope, the new images of the star's ... |
12 November 2009
04:44 GMT |
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Kirby Super Star Ultra is a remake of the original Kirby Super Star, released on the SNES back in 1996, and it features seven different main games. In addition to the previous one, Ultra includes five new titles and three new sub-games. Some of these are detailed below.In The Arena, you'll be able to face all of... |
12 November 2009
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Adobe has already announced plans to deliver its Flash player to mobile phones, and it seems to be on track to have it available on a final flavor sometime in the first half of the next year. The company says on its website that Flash 10.1 will be here during that window, and that will apply at least to handsets runn... |
12 November 2009
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Driver: Parallel Lines is a videogame developed by Reflections Interactive Limited and published by Atari. Inc. The game was released for the PlayStation 2 home console from Sony, the original Xbox from Microsoft, the Nintendo Wii and the PC in March 2006. It is classed as a racing title played from a third person pe... |
12 November 2009
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Before the official release date of October 20, Borderlands wasn't seen as a shiny star by analysts. Maybe because it was mainly seen by them as a first-person shooter more than an RPG, and, as such, they believed that the game would find it very difficult to compete with Modern Warfare 2. But it wasn't int... |
12 November 2009
04:31 GMT |
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Google just announced the addition of a wealth of new data coming straight from the World Bank. The data covers all sorts of statistics and numbers related to geopolitical information, things like Internet users in the US over time or GDP growth of almost any country in the world. The data is presented in new OneBox... |
12 November 2009
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Mike Tyson and a celebrity photographer got into a fight at LAX the other day, which shortly turned into a physical altercation. The former champ reportedly lost his temper and struck the pap once across the face, enough to instantly send him to the ground. The two made citizen’s arrest on each other afterwards... |
12 November 2009
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In times when mankind is beginning to leave behind the age of cooling mechanisms as loud as airplane engines, cooling technology is moving closer to noiselessness in the area of CPU fans. With the central processing units themselves evolving, each new cooler must make a compromise between the need for silence and the... |
12 November 2009
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Back in 2006, when it inked a strategic interoperability and intellectual property assurance agreement with Novell, Microsoft also tapped the other top Linux vendor worldwide, Red Hat, for a similar alliance. Red Hat might have said “no” to the IP assurance marriage proposal from the Redmond company, but ... |
12 November 2009
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It seems a majority of videogame developers in the United Kingdom are worried that piracy is one of the biggest threats to their business and also believe that in the future, the problem will only get worse. The results are part of a survey commissioned by TIGA, the trade association representing the United Kingdom g... |
12 November 2009
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In a bid to show that even he can change completely, Jon Gosselin has dumped friend / associate Michael Lohan, taken out the diamond earrings, given up on hair gel and Ed Hardy clothes, and vouched to be the man he was a few months ago. As it happens, it’s not for real but for a video for Funny Or Die, in which... |
12 November 2009
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Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness is the fourth game of the series on the DS. Here, players will be able to choose one of two playable characters, Mark or Chelsea, and recover from a shipwreck that has left them stranded on a deserted island. Once populated in the past, the island will now be home to their character ... |
12 November 2009
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Perhaps the most important thing that separates us from other animals is the fact that we are able to use tools proficiently, and to a great extent. One could easily argue that the instruments are what allowed our species to evolve to the point it's at today, alongside fire and speech. These three aspects of hum... |
12 November 2009
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Microsoft first announced its Project Natal at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in June, but it was rather unspecific regarding how close the project was to its finalization. Neither a release date nor any details regarding how much it might cost have been offered as of yet. The camera-sensing motion technology was ... |
12 November 2009
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Sunnyvale, California-based Advanced Micro Devices has revealed details about one of its most anticipated products, namely the Llano microprocessor, which will combine a general-purpose x86 processor with an integrated graphics engine. Slated to debut sometime in 2011, according to the company's latest roadmap, ... |
12 November 2009
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In spite of cataloging all deep-sky objects as things that could be mistaken for comets, famed astronomer Charles Messier somehow managed to miss adding the Double Cluster on his list. As such, the structure now doesn't have an “M” number, unlike most of its neighbors. While Messier ignored the struc... |
12 November 2009
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The company headquartered in Cupertino, California has posted a series of Support documents online explaining how to set up its new-generation peripherals, including the Multi-Touch-capable Apple Wireless Mouse, and the Apple Wireless Keyboard. The company’s new Magic Mouse has received mixed reviews and it&rsq... |
12 November 2009
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Microsoft has officially announced that on November 19, it will launch the second season of the 1 vs. 100 quiz game on the Xbox Live service. The company hopes that the popular social title, coupled with the introduction of Facebook, Last.fm and Twitter to the Xbox 360 console, will attract more casual players to the... |
12 November 2009
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In less than a week, Microsoft plans to make public the latest chapter in the evolution of codename Olso, a project that was originally unveiled approximately two years ago and that has suffered numerous and consistent changes since then. Because of the modifications introduced to Oslo during the development process,... |
12 November 2009
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Mozilla's Jetpack project is starting to leave the experimental phase and become a major project for the organization. Following on the footsteps of another Mozilla Labs project Personas, Jetpack now has its very own online gallery to showcase the “Jetpacks” created so far. It was bound to happen so... |
12 November 2009
03:24 GMT |
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Just hours ago, young country singer Taylor Swift wrote music history, taking home awards in all four categories she was nominated for at the Country Music Awards, while also becoming the youngest singer to take an Entertainer of the Year award, Reuters reports. Moreover, Taylor managed to keep her speeches short, to... |
12 November 2009
03:20 GMT |
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High data density, extreme performance and solid quality are the traits of the Falcon II SATA II 2.5”. Introduced yesterday (November 11), the new Solid State Drive packs high-speed data transfer, stability, durability and affordability all in one, small frame. G.Skill is known for its long line of solid memor... |
12 November 2009
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TOCA Race Driver 2 is a videogame developed and published by the Codemasters Software Company Limited. It was released for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony, the original Xbox from Microsoft, the PlayStation Portable handheld and the PC platform on April 13, 2004. The title can be classed as a racing simulation fea... |
12 November 2009
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Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King is a videogame developed by Level 5 Inc. and published by Square Enix Co. Ltd. The game was released exclusively for the PlayStation 3 from Sony. It was launched on November 27, 2004 and classed as a role playing experience played from a third person perspective with elem... |
12 November 2009
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Redmond-based Microsoft launched about a month ago its software solutions portal for the mobile phones that run under its own operating system, the Windows Marketplace for Mobile. The launch of the storefront coincided with the release of the first handsets running under Windows Mobile 6.5, the latest flavor of the O... |
12 November 2009
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The vast distances in the Universe constitute the main obstacles in devising and sending out space missions to other stars or planetary systems. Until mankind would have a permanent base on the Moon, from where to send out space explorers, we are doomed to have to launch all probes on rockets that burn massive amount... |
12 November 2009
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Apple has released a new version of its Safari web browser for Mac and Windows, which includes improvements to the performance, stability, and security of the software. Available as a free download, Safari is the standard web browser that has been shipping with Apple’s operating system since the release of Mac ... |
12 November 2009
02:53 GMT |
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In mid-September 2009, when it introduced what was referred to as the next-generation of digital entertainment, Microsoft revealed that users of Zune HD devices would be able to enjoy 3D gaming content right on their digital media players. Still, on September 15th, 2009, when the Redmond company made Zune HD availabl... |
12 November 2009
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As its launch date approaches, more and more details regarding Star Trek Online begin to surface. The latest details its developers have released are the system requirements so that Star Trek fans will have plenty of time to upgrade their system if necessary. The minimum requirements for the game are pretty decent, t... |
12 November 2009
02:42 GMT |
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Our Sun is not by far the only star out there that is capable of hosting planetary systems around their surface. There are at least a couple of hundred stars out there that have exoplanets around them. At least 400 of them have been identified until now, and chances are that thousands more exist. But astronomers have... |
12 November 2009
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A physical tour of Bill Gates’ mansion in Medina comes with a price tag of no less than $35,000. But of course the lucky recipient gets all the money’s worth. This because Big Gates himself will act as the official guide for the tour. You didn’t really believe that the world’s top billionaire... |
12 November 2009
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Microsoft managed to pour more fuel on the fire driving the perspective that the Redmond company is no longer an innovator but just a follower, by noting that the Windows 7 graphical user interface (GUI) was borrowed from Mac OS X. The software giant was accused on various occasions that it was down-right c... |
12 November 2009
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