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Daniel Vavra, the leader of Warhorse Studios, says that the tech demo for a next-gen role-playing game engine that leaked was incomplete and was running on older PC hardware, despite the fact that it also supports home consoles and next-gen devices.
On his official blog, the developer states, “Our goal, then, ... |
12 December 2012
22:51 GMT |
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Port Royale 3 has just gotten its third DLC dubbed New Adventures. Gaming Minds and Kalypso Media have just announced the immediate availability of the expansion pack via Steam.
Those who already own the base game can now purchase Port Royale 3: New Adventures DLC for only €4.49. Check it out here.
The new DL... |
12 December 2012
22:01 GMT |
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Nordic Games and KING Art, creators of the amazingly popular adventure game The Book of Unwritten Tales, have just announced their next title, The Raven – Legacy of a Master Thief.
The game is set to arrive on PC next year and developers have already kicked off a new developer diary blog, which is meant to kee... |
12 December 2012
21:31 GMT |
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Glu Mobile has just updated its recently launched Contract Killer 2 game for Android devices. The update brings various bug fixes and other improvements to game performance among others. Contract Killer 2: Shadow Conspiracy was launched in late October and is very close to reach an impressive 5 million downloads mil... |
12 December 2012
21:31 GMT |
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Cevat Yerli, the leader of developer Crytek, believes that the coming Homefront 2 will be one of the core games for publisher THQ and that it will help turn around the fortunes of the company.
Speaking to Rock, Paper, Shotgun he says, “But we have hopes that THQ is going to turn around, and Homefront 2 is... |
12 December 2012
21:31 GMT |
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Today, Vietnamese mobile phone carrier MobiFone announced the availability of an Opera Mini Data Plan for its users, designed in partnership with Opera Software.
The new offering is aimed at all users with a new, affordable way of browsing the web, with unlimited Internet browsing included inside, and with a fast e... |
12 December 2012
20:51 GMT |
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Ken Levine, the leader of development at Irrational Games, is not actively trying to touch controversial topics with his upcoming BioShock Infinite video game but he is not afraid to talk about racist and political conflicts, as long as it makes the game world richer.
In a video for Joystiq, the developer states, &l... |
12 December 2012
20:41 GMT |
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Cevat Yerli, the leader of developer Crytek, believes that with the third game in the Crysis series his team has managed to find the perfect balance between maxing out the performance available on high-end PCs and offering an accessible game that even medium computers can run. In an interview with Rock, Paper, Shotg... |
12 December 2012
19:41 GMT |
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A new Android-based smartphone from Huawei has just received the necessary approvals for the Chinese market, namely the Huawei Ascend D2.
The smartphone packs a 5-inch 1080p Full HD touchscreen display, just as the HTC Butterfly and the Oppo Find 5 smartphone that was launched today.
The phone is expected to beco... |
12 December 2012
19:41 GMT |
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Fast for Facebook, one of the popular Android alternatives to the Facebook client, has just received a major update which brings it closer to gold.
Although the application is still in beta, it’s about to reach the 1 million downloads milestone on Google Play Store. The latest version comes with the following ... |
12 December 2012
19:31 GMT |
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It looks like HTC’s latest Android superphone, the Butterfly, has become extremely popular in some markets.
The smartphone was launched in Japan a few days ago and was met with strong demand, which has yet to be fulfilled.
According to Focus Taiwan, the HTC Butterfly shipments for Japan were nowhere near eno... |
12 December 2012
19:01 GMT |
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South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung has been rumored lately to plan the release of a Galaxy S II Plus handset, and it seems that the device has just received the necessary approvals in Asia.
The handset sports model number GT-I9105P and is expected to arrive on shelves in early 2013 with a 4.3-inch WVGA touchsc... |
12 December 2012
18:51 GMT |
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Yoichi Wada, the president of publisher Square Enix, believes that Sleeping Dogs was not actually a sales failure when it launched during the summer, because his own company overestimated the projections it made for the open-world title.
The executive is quoted by Siliconera as saying during a financial briefing, &l... |
12 December 2012
18:31 GMT |
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Google is making it official, search engines are coming to the new tab page. The only surprise is that it's not just Google, the team devised a new API which should enable any search engine to integrate with the Chrome new tab page to any degree it wants. "We’re going to begin testing variations of Chrome... |
12 December 2012
17:55 GMT |
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Mike Gamble, a producer on the Mass Effect series, reveals that the BioWare team in charge of the series initially created an ending for the third game which involved a boss fight that pitted protagonist Commander Shepard against a version of the Illusive Man, which was enhanced by reaper technology.
The developer t... |
12 December 2012
17:42 GMT |
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A new flavor of the LinkedIn for Blackberry application is now available for download through the BlackBerry App World, namely version 2.1.0.34.
No official changelog for the app was published in the software portal, but info on what was changed in the new release did emerge online.
Apparently, the new LinkedIn i... |
12 December 2012
17:41 GMT |
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Hubble may be the best known space telescope around, the only known space telescope in fact, but it's actually quite old and there are plenty of instruments in space and some even on Earth that can outperform it for some tasks or have a much broader use. But that doesn't mean the venerable telescope is obs... |
12 December 2012
17:32 GMT |
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The folks at foursquare have just updated their BlackBerry application with a few bug fixes that are meant to correct some of the issues reported by users.
Although this is not a major release, but a mere update, those who use it frequently are recommended to update to the latest version in order to benefit from the... |
12 December 2012
17:31 GMT |
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Crysis 3 developer Crytek is quite proud of its upcoming shooter and confirms that the game will max out current-gen consoles like the PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360 and that it will rival next-generation devices with its visual quality on the PC. Crytek made a name for itself by delivering gorgeous shooters like Far Cry... |
12 December 2012
17:21 GMT |
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Google has changed the way it filters "adult" image results for certain queries. Users with safe search disabled, i.e. which don't want any filtering, are now getting much cleaner results than they used to get. In fact, disabling the safe search filter doesn't do all that much anymore.
Plenty of people are... |
12 December 2012
17:21 GMT |
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The developers working on The Elder Scrolls Online at ZeniMax Online are saying that one of the aspects of Bosmer culture that will be included in the upcoming The Elder Scrolls Online is cannibalism. The team says during a Q&A session that, “For the Wood Elves, cannibalism is a matter of ritual significance, ... |
12 December 2012
17:05 GMT |
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Present at Wired 2012, F-Secure’s Chief Research Officer Mikko Hypponen held an interesting talk on cyberwar and the cyber arms race.
The expert offered some interesting insight regarding the involvement of governments in the cyber security landscape.
He highlighted the fact that if nuclear scientists lost t... |
12 December 2012
16:51 GMT |
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Anthropologist Susan Hayes has recently finished her work of recreating the face of an ancient human female who supposedly lived about 18,000 years ago.
Because of her size (it could not have weighed more than 30-35 kilograms / 66 and 77 pounds), this long-lost relative was nicknamed “the Hobbit.”
The ... |
12 December 2012
16:51 GMT |
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Cascade Investment, a company owned by Microsoft’s chairman Bill Gates, has purchased an additional 35.784 shares of Canadian National Railway.
Microsoft’s founder is now holding a combined share of 10 percent, as Cascade is the owner of 8.14 percent of the company, while the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundat... |
12 December 2012
16:51 GMT |
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A new report commissioned and released by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) states that, given its yearly worth of roughly $19 billion (€14.6528 billion), wildlife trafficking is officially the fourth largest illegal global trade. The only competitors that have managed to surpass its “achievements” are... |
12 December 2012
16:51 GMT |
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During a press conference that took place only yesterday, the Director of the Malaysian Customs, Dato’ Azis Yacub, made it public news that the country's authorities succeeded in confiscating as many as 1,500 elephant tusks.
The tusks were all hidden in wooden crates made to look like stacks of sawn timb... |
12 December 2012
16:41 GMT |
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Nexus 4, the first Google phone made by LG, is one of the most popular devices launched this year, so popular that it keeps running out of stock in Google’s official storefront although it was made available for purchase about a month ago. However, LG appears set to promote this handset’s features even ... |
12 December 2012
16:31 GMT |
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Pinterest has just released a new version of its Android application on Google Play Store. The new Pinterest comes with fresh features and enhancements based on users’ feedback.
For example, the application now allows users to edit pins and move them to different boards. In addition, they can update their prof... |
12 December 2012
16:31 GMT |
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CrossOver Linux, an application based on Wine which allows users to install popular Windows applications and PC games on a Linux computer, is now at version 12.0.
CrossOver Linux is making some great progress, at least in the last few months. It jumped from version 11.3 to version 12.0 and it comes with a fairly lar... |
12 December 2012
16:25 GMT |
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A few days ago, Greenpeace drew attention to the fact that, thanks to its supply chain, Levi's had to be held accountable for polluting several Mexican freshwater sources.
Another report concerning human society's pressing need to “Detox Fashion” focuses on the ecological impact major brands s... |
12 December 2012
16:11 GMT |
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By now, it is no secret that climate change and global warming are toying with the planet's ice coverage, causing the Arctic to melt and the permafrost to thaw.
However, one researcher working with the Harvard University is convinced that both refreezing the Arctic, and cooling down the earth in its entirety a... |
12 December 2012
16:01 GMT |
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A Linux kernel developer has asked that support for the i386 specifications be removed from the upcoming Linux kernel 3.8 and Linus Torvalds readily agreed.
The pull request is quite dry and right to the point and Ingo Molnar, the Linux kernel developer who made the proposition had no reservations in doing it.
Keep... |
12 December 2012
16:01 GMT |
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CSR has announced its newest Universal Print Interpreter Software (IPS) which adds support for the latest wireless printing protocols, including Apple’s.
The latest generation of CSR’s Universal Print Interpreter software – IPS 2012.2 – ensures that numerous devices can handle print jobs from the likes o... |
12 December 2012
15:51 GMT |
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Redmond-based software giant Microsoft has made available for download through the official Windows Phone Store portal a new flavor of its Microsoft Store application, now available as version 2.0.
For those out of the loop, we should note that the mobile software was made available for all those interested in lear... |
12 December 2012
15:51 GMT |
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PayPal has addressed a persistent input validation vulnerability that could have been leveraged by cybercriminals to remotely inject their own malicious code and even hijack user sessions. The security hole was identified back in June by Vulnerability Lab researchers.
According to the experts, the flaw affected the ... |
12 December 2012
15:51 GMT |
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WebKitGTK+, a version of the WebKit open source web engine that uses GTK+ as its user-facing front-end, is now at version 1.10.2.
WebKitGTK+ 1.10.2 is the third maintenance release in the stable 1.10 series and offers full functionality through a set of GObject-based APIs.
Highlights of WebKitGTK+ 1.10.2:
• T... |
12 December 2012
15:51 GMT |
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One of the most memorable episodes in the Samsung-Apple patent war was also the most awkward by far, and we almost believed that the conditions that allowed for it had been eliminated at long last.
Unifying the patent systems of Europe and the US would put a stop to a lot of problems, such as Apple winning against ... |
12 December 2012
15:41 GMT |
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As far as solid-state drives go, the ones that go inside PCI Express slots are the fastest by far, which is why BiTMICRO's latest product release won't go by unnoticed.
What we have here is the new maxIO PCIe SSD series, currently composed of just one drive.
Eventually, there will be a low profile SSD as ... |
12 December 2012
15:21 GMT |
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Apache Tomcat, an open source software implementation of the Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages technologies, developed under the Java Community Process, is now at version 7.0.34. Highlights of Apache Tomcat 7.0.34: • Improvements to the AccessLogValve have been implemented to better handle non-standard DST c... |
12 December 2012
15:20 GMT |
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In the span of a couple of days, both Twitter and the Flickr iPhone app have finally added the one thing that no mobile app is complete without, photo filters. Filters weren't very original when they first came about; obviously, using ready-made filters for your lame phone photos isn't anyone's idea ... |
12 December 2012
15:11 GMT |
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The next game in the Mass Effect franchise will only be launched after about two more years, according to the development team working on it at BioWare.
A representative from BioWare tells Gamer Syndrome that, “You'll hear more about the new Mass Effect game in 2013.”
Apparently, the team is aiming... |
12 December 2012
15:07 GMT |
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GParted, a partition editor for creating, reorganizing, and deleting disk partitions with the help of tools that allow managing filesystems, is now at version 0.14.1.
Gparted 0.14.1 now provides users with the ability to move, resize, check, create, and delete physical volumes under Logical Volume Management (lvm2 p... |
12 December 2012
15:02 GMT |
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People living in Singapore can from now on mourn the loss of the beloved pets by means of an obituary, courtesy of The Straits Times' taking the decision to include a “pets' corner” in their classifieds section.
Apparently, publishing a heartwarming message (for just $41 / €31.61) in lovi... |
12 December 2012
15:01 GMT |
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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas has finally been re-released for the PlayStation 3 platform via the PlayStation Network and developer Rockstar Games has celebrated this by releasing the special 20-minute introduction video for the open world title. GTA: San Andreas was one of the most successful games in the series ma... |
12 December 2012
15:01 GMT |
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Microsoft’s Windows Phone Store portal has added a new wireless operator to the list of companies offering carrier billing to users, namely Belgium’s Mobistar.
The mobile phone carrier has announced on its Facebook page that users can now purchase applications and games from the official storefront and ... |
12 December 2012
15:01 GMT |
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Revolution Software's Co-founder Charles Cecil has just announced the immediate availability of the company’s popular Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror game on Android platform. Launched on PCs back in 1997, the title has been remastered to offer an improved gaming experience to Android players. Aside ... |
12 December 2012
15:01 GMT |
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Microsoft’s first tablet in history, the Surface with Windows RT, also comes with the now-famous Touch Cover, a 3mm-thin keyboard that can also protect the tablet’s display.
The company has just released an application to tweak both the Touch and the Type covers and, even though it doesn’t feature ... |
12 December 2012
15:01 GMT |
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Developer Treyarch and publisher Activision Blizzard are announcing that the Nuketown Zombies Bonus Map is now available on the Xbox 360 home consoles from Microsoft for all those who have a Season Pass for the game.
The same content will also be launched soon on the PC and the PlayStation 3 along with an exclusive ... |
12 December 2012
14:32 GMT |
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Iron Front: Liberation 1944 is now up for sale on Steam for 66% off the original price. Moreover, the game has just gotten a new patch that brings some Christmas goodies, along with several fixes.
First of all, patch 1.05 fixes all issues with sounds for all weapons in the game. Another change included in the update... |
12 December 2012
14:31 GMT |
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3D racing game Red Speed Racer by AppCycles Ltd. is now free to play on iPhone and iPad. The game’s “awesome graphics will make you play over and over again [while] the soundtrack will make your heart pump and the adrenaline rush,” says the developer.
Not to burst anyone’s bubble but Red Spee... |
12 December 2012
14:31 GMT |
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Android users, rejoice! Rockstar Games has just announced Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is now back on Google Play Store. Although the game was launched on Android platform last week, developers were forced to pull it almost immediately due to some validation issues. According to Rockstar, all those who purchased Vic... |
12 December 2012
14:24 GMT |
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After finding security holes in the systems of numerous organizations – including ones from fields such as telecoms, security, law enforcement, banking, military and medical – the hacker known as C0mrade suddenly disappeared.
A few days ago, he re-emerged. C0mrade claims that for the time being he canno... |
12 December 2012
14:21 GMT |
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Developer Okugi Studio and Valve are announcing that Shad’O is now available for a 50 percent price cut on the Steam digital distribution service, which means that interested players can pick it up for 4.99 dollars or Euro for a 24-hour period.The official description for the game reads: “In this unique T... |
12 December 2012
14:15 GMT |
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Nintendo has confirmed that the special Nintendo Network accounts created on a Wii U console by its users can be transferred to other devices but only in case the system breaks down and is sent to Nintendo itself.
The Wii U is now available for purchase all around the world, but customers are slightly disappointed t... |
12 December 2012
14:11 GMT |
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Silicon Power has decided not to ration things for once and has just slammed the flash storage market with a collection of memory cards, one large enough to cover all the bases, and then some.
The new range of NAND Flash-based storage devices is called Silicon Power Elite UHS-1 and includes both full-size and micro... |
12 December 2012
14:11 GMT |
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FrostWire, a BitTorrent client (formerly a Gnutella client) that’s the result of a collaborative effort from hundreds of Open Source and freelance developers, is now at version 5.5.1.
Highlights of FrostWire 5.5.1:
• A new Clear Inactive button on transfers has been implemented;
• A new setting has ... |
12 December 2012
14:05 GMT |
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We reported last week on a possible update for Sony Xperia T, which received its certification from PTCRB. However, it looks like the new firmware is now available for download.
The folks over at XperiaBlog have just been tipped on the availability of this firmware version number 7.0.A.3.223 for Sony Xperia T. Keep ... |
12 December 2012
13:49 GMT |
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For those unfamiliar with the company and its activities, Eurocom is a provider of high-end, professional mobile workstations and gaming laptops, among other things. The Panther 4.0, Scorpius, Netpune and Racer are just a few examples of what the company has to offer. The newest models already have top-of-the-line... |
12 December 2012
13:41 GMT |
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A new mobile game is now available for download on devices powered by Google’s Android operating system, namely Contre Jour.
The game was announced a while back on Windows Phone, and it seems that Chillingo, the company behind it, also managed to make it available for download on Google's mobile OS.
Th... |
12 December 2012
13:41 GMT |
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Daedalic’s highly acclaimed “A New Beginning” adventure game has just been launched on Steam. The new version of the game comes with fresh features and improvements in comparison with the original title that was launched back in 2010.
To differentiate the two versions of the game and to emphasize t... |
12 December 2012
13:31 GMT |
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A compilation of funny scenes from railway stations was uploaded on YouTube yesterday, December 11, to about 51,000 views. The short clip comprises scenes of slips, trips and falls which happened either on the platform, or on the escalator. The video starts with the image of a woman just lying on the stairs, as if s... |
12 December 2012
13:21 GMT |
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Cloudmark has released DesktopOne for Mac, a new security app that enables Mac users to filter out spam from their emails. It also protects against phishing and email-borne viruses, says the company. Cloudmark DesktopOne for Mac provides filtering options that enable users to block, unblock and scan suspicious messa... |
12 December 2012
13:01 GMT |
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A UFO crash has been reported in the East China Sea, off the Coast of the Japanese Island of Okinawa. Photos allegedly leaked show the ship lying in the water, its lights still on. According to In Other Newz, citing a coverage by Nippon Television, the spaceship sank on December 5. Apparently, there were many w... |
12 December 2012
12:51 GMT |
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Facebook's privacy practices and its privacy controls have never been praised as user-friendly. But things are changing; Facebook wants people more in control of their privacy. It doesn't really matter whether it really wants to or was forced into it, the changes look good.
For one, Google is revamping the... |
12 December 2012
12:41 GMT |
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The government of the United Kingdom will only offer tax breaks to those video game projects that can pass a new test attached to relevant legislation, which asks questions about the story of the game, its contribution to the culture of the British Islands and to the exact location where the experience is created.
B... |
12 December 2012
12:31 GMT |
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Republic Wireless has just announced it has started to ship the Motorola DEFY XT to customers that have signed up for their services and have ordered the smartphone.
The device is priced at $250/€190 plus taxes and surcharges, while the start-up fee is $10/€7.5 per phone (includes shipping).
Motorola Defy... |
12 December 2012
12:31 GMT |
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We all know that Windows 8 is a “reinvented” operating system, but aside from two or three new things, most users think that it’s nothing more than Windows 7 with a slightly different look.
That’s not true though, as Windows 8 comes with a pretty impressive number of new features, most of the... |
12 December 2012
12:31 GMT |
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We reported yesterday that the Samsung Ativ S was expected to land in Canada by the end of the week, at Rogers and Bell Mobility carriers.
Today, the folks over at MobileSyrup have published a Bell internal document which has confirmed that the smartphone will hit shelves on December 14.
Samsung Ativ S is expected ... |
12 December 2012
12:31 GMT |
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BitComposer Games, the publisher of STALKER: Call of Pripyat, now owns the actual STALKER franchise, taking over the rights from defunct developer GSC Game World.
GSC was one of the most prestigious game developers from Ukraine, but the studio was forced to close its doors after financial problems at the beginning o... |
12 December 2012
12:21 GMT |
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Sony mobile has been long rumored to plan on bringing to the market a device that would help it compete against devices such as the Galaxy Note II and LG Optimus Vu 2, and some more info on the matter is now available. The handset is said to sport the codename of Togari, and to feature a very large screen, most pro... |
12 December 2012
12:21 GMT |
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Designed specifically for Windows 8, TuneUp IncrediLock makes available about 400 images to choose from as Lock Screen wallpaper in the new OS. Apart from this, the app can expand the functionality of this space beyond simply showing the time, through widgets. At the moment, only Sticky Notes (useful for reminders, ... |
12 December 2012
12:07 GMT |
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Developing advanced applications is not as easy as it sounds. But it could be, if you'd be using the right tools, and one of the recommended tools to use if you're a Java developer is the Play Framework.
Created to help trim down resource consumption, Play leverages a light and stateless architecture to he... |
12 December 2012
12:01 GMT |
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When it rains it pours, they say. Or maybe it snows this time of year. Twitter officially started the 2012 "review" season, technically Yahoo was first but no one cares about Yahoo, and soon both Google and Facebook followed with their own takes.
Google's Zeitgeist showcases the big events of the year, as seen... |
12 December 2012
11:53 GMT |
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One could argue that gangster movies made in the UK have a particular flavor that is as unmistakable as it’s totally awesome. “Welcome to the Punch” promises to be one of those movies.
A brand new trailer for it has just been released and, as usual, you can see it embedded above.
From writer / d... |
12 December 2012
11:42 GMT |
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Google is always expanding the coverage of Maps and adding more info to more countries. The latest addition is like traffic data in a couple of new countries as well as more info in some of the places already covered.
"In an effort to make our maps even more accurate and comprehensive, we’ve launched live road... |
12 December 2012
11:31 GMT |
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The Galaxy S III is already widely available in Canada at almost all the carriers in the country. Bell, Rogers, TELUS, MTS, Koodo Mobile, WIND and others have been offering the smartphone for quite some time now.
Fido is one of the few carriers, if not the only one, that has yet to add the Samsung Galaxy S III to it... |
12 December 2012
11:31 GMT |
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Just like a mother brags about her kids, Microsoft continues to praise Windows 8, trying to emphasize that it’s the most advanced operating system to date.
Oliver Niehus, Principal Application development manager and member of the Application Experience SWAT team, said in a blog post that Windows 8’s fea... |
12 December 2012
11:31 GMT |
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As we are close to the end of the year, it's only fitting to post a mash-up of the memes and viral clips that dominated 2012.
Klick Health put together this creative and incredibly complex compilation. The clip has only garnered 20,000 views so far, and I believe it's deserving of more attention from YouTu... |
12 December 2012
11:25 GMT |
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“Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters 3D” from Paramount Pictures will probably make a very small splash when it drops in theaters in January, but I’m still going to see it. Above is a new poster for it, just in case you also feel the same.
The film was initially supposed to come out this year, but was ... |
12 December 2012
11:24 GMT |
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Lucius is a horror-themed point-and-click adventure game that is mainly influenced by classic horror movies like The Shining or, much more obvious, The Omen. The game offers the chance to play as the Anti-Christ, a small six-year-old boy named Lucius that kills to gather souls for his father, the mighty Dark Lord him... |
12 December 2012
11:11 GMT |
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The idea of a rugged ultrabook might sound strange, since these laptops have a hard enough time being thin even without the extra protection, but Panasonic managed to make one anyway.
Meet the Toughbook CF-AX2, with its 11.6-inch 10-finger multitouch HD display (1366 x 768 pixels), standard ultrabook specs and a 360... |
12 December 2012
11:07 GMT |
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Enlightenment E17, a lean, fast, modular and very extensible window manager for X11 that provides all the necessary packages to run a desktop, have just reached the gamma stage. After breaking some kind of record regarding the speed of development for a desktop environment, the guys developing Enlightenment E17 have... |
12 December 2012
11:02 GMT |
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Online retailer GOG has just begun its own Winter Sale, celebrating the upcoming holidays by slashing prices on all sorts of classic titles that don't have any sort of DRM (Digital Rights Management) software.
GOG has branched out in the last year, offering much more than just good old games, as new titles can ... |
12 December 2012
11:01 GMT |
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The United States Patent and Trademark Office has granted Apple a registered trademark for their Mac startup chime originally created by Jim Reekes, a programmer who worked for Apple.
Apple's trademark was originally filed this summer under International Class 009 which, according to Patently Apple, covers comp... |
12 December 2012
11:01 GMT |
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The developers behind the Superb Mini Server (SMS) server distribution announced last evening, December 11, the immediate availability for download of the Superb Mini Server 2.0.2 operating system.
Superb Mini Server 2.0.2 brings updated packages and various improvements, as well as security patches.
"First let... |
12 December 2012
11:01 GMT |
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Marissa Mayer is off to a good start at Yahoo. She's been talking about going mobile and focusing on the products for a few months now, but she's finally starting to have something to show for it. Yahoo Mail just got a huge revamp as well as two new mobile apps and an updated Android app, all in one go. No... |
12 December 2012
10:55 GMT |
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Microsoft has patched several Internet Explorer bugs with the help of Patch Tuesday updates released yesterday, but a new critical vulnerability is already affecting the in-house browser. This new security flaw could allow hackers to track mouse movements on the screen, which is a bit worrying given the fact that at... |
12 December 2012
10:48 GMT |
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We've known about Panasonic's Lumix DMC-GH3 micro four thirds camera for months, but the company has been strangely silent about it. We've discovered the reason, or at least the folks at Photorumors have. The company, for some reason or other, won't be able to ship the product in time for Chri... |
12 December 2012
10:46 GMT |
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Earlier this month, word got out that Hugh Hefner had finally mustered the courage to take another trip down the aisle and had put a ring on it, again. Fiancée Crystal Harris is now confirming the happy news on Twitter.
They don’t say that a picture is worth a thousand words for nothing. Crystal and Th... |
12 December 2012
10:46 GMT |
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IndieDB is opening the voting process for the 2012 Indie of the Year Awards, which have seen no less than 34,000 nominations this year, with players now able to select from 100 titles in order to decide this year’s winners.
The nominees include Natural Selection 2, Chivalry, FTL, Hotline Miami, Transformice, P... |
12 December 2012
10:45 GMT |
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NVIDIA may be known mostly for its graphics chips and cards, but the past few years saw it become a prominent ARM processor maker as well. Now, it is moving on the embedded chip industry.
Though some may not know it, NVIDIA is behind some of the embedded processors used by Audi, BMW, Tesla and Lamborghini cars, as w... |
12 December 2012
10:35 GMT |
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We already know a WhatsApp Messenger application for Windows Phone 8 is in the works and that it will be 6x faster than the previous versions. However, we’re still not sure when exactly it will land in Windows Phone Store.
Well, it appears that the folks over at MyNokiaBlog have the answer to this question. Ac... |
12 December 2012
10:34 GMT |
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Krater, the real-time squad-based strategy game created by Fatshark, has just received a new patch that fixes some issues affecting the co-op mode. Many players reported that some items were inexplicably disappearing while engaging in co-op games. Well, it looks like this problem has been fixed by developers in the ... |
12 December 2012
10:34 GMT |
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As expected, Samsung and Verizon have announced the upcoming availability of the Galaxy Camera. The device has been confirmed for December 13 in two color options, Cobalt Black, exclusive to Verizon, and White.
Customers that want to grab the Samsung Galaxy Camera will have to come up with no less than $550/€42... |
12 December 2012
10:31 GMT |
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Santa Claus came early to Softpedia this year and brought us our own Nintendo Wii U, not to mention a variety of games, including ZombiU, the brand new first-person shooter from Ubisoft made specifically for the new home console. With high-definition graphics comparable to shooters on the PS3 or Xbox 360, not to men... |
12 December 2012
10:25 GMT |
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The first release candidate for Opera 12.12 has rolled out. Since it is a stability and security update recommended to all users, there aren’t any new features available.
It comes with a short changelog, but the developer announces an even shorter one for RC2, planned to emerge later this week.
Starting with ... |
12 December 2012
10:18 GMT |
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Sony Mobile has made a new application available for download for its Xperia users, aimed at enabling them to easily create .gif images straight from the handsets, namely motiongraph.
The software is available for download through the Google Play Store for devices powered by Android 2.3 and newer platform releases,... |
12 December 2012
10:17 GMT |
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SparkleShare, an Open Source (self-hosted) file synchronization and collaboration tool, available for multiple platforms, has made its debut. SparkleShare 1.0 removes the need to have multiple tools in order to upload a project to multiple hosts, such as Git, for example. The software creates a folder on the host c... |
12 December 2012
10:15 GMT |
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Back in November, software pirates found a way to activate a Windows 8 copy at no cost by simply using the Windows Media Center upgrade key provided by Microsoft for free as part of a limited time offer. Although the Redmond-based technology titan hasn’t provided too many details about it, it appears that Micr... |
12 December 2012
10:14 GMT |
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Developer Redswarm has slashed the price on its Rockets game to $0. Mac users can access the Mac App Store and download the title free of charge right now.
The aim of the game is to make sure your rockets don’t collide as you set as many as you can into orbit. The more rockets you put in, the harder the game g... |
12 December 2012
10:12 GMT |
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The multiplayer modes are one of the main features of the upcoming Aliens: Colonial Marines and the development team at Gearbox needs to create smart enemies in order to challenge the tightknit teams that experienced human players will organize.
Brian Burleson, the senior producer working on the upcoming shooter, ta... |
12 December 2012
10:10 GMT |
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Unlike some celebrities thought to be doing it on purpose, Anne Hathaway doesn’t need scandalous pictures to make headlines and get people interested in her work. This explains why she’s feeling “devastated” after a huge faux-pas at a movie premiere.
Anne is now promoting her new film, &ldquo... |
12 December 2012
10:08 GMT |
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Multiplayer is a core characteristic of practically all big games nowadays, for better or worse. Sure, there have been some very successful titles that didn't feature any sort of online mode, like Dishonored or The Walking Dead, for example, but they were largely exceptions that reinforced the rule.
While many ... |
12 December 2012
10:05 GMT |
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The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has released its second report on the privacy disclosures and practices of mobile apps dedicated to children from Google Play and Apple’s App Store. Despite the fact that they’ve been advised numerous times to make some improvements, companies are still far from where... |
12 December 2012
10:05 GMT |
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People love large displays, but they also want their electronics small and easy to carry. Needless to say, it isn't easy to combine the two preferences. Laptops and convertible tablets with a second screen instead of a keyboard were revealed in the past, as were notebooks with a second screen on the lid. None o... |
12 December 2012
10:01 GMT |
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Curiosity is on the move again and is now on its fourth day of non-stop trekking. Well, almost non-stop, Curiosity is easily distracted and it did make one stop to photograph some interesting rocks, like any kid with a new camera would.
The photos it shot of the Shaler rock formation are in the gallery below. Despi... |
12 December 2012
10:01 GMT |
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Developer Cryptic Studios and publisher Perfect World Entertainment are offering fans a new trailer for their upcoming MMO Neverwinter, designed to show off the area of the Chasm.
The newly revealed map will include terrain that has been re-shaped by the remnant energy of the Spellplague and life itself is absorbed ... |
12 December 2012
09:42 GMT |
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Speculation on whether Jenna Bush Hager, the daughter of the former US President George W. Bush and The Today Show correspondent, was pregnant has been making the rounds for a few days now. She’s just confirmed it.
Check out the video below for her special announcement, as well as a phone call from none other... |
12 December 2012
09:42 GMT |
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Los Angeles man Brandon Lincoln Woodard was executed in broad daylight in Manhattan on Tuesday, December 11. He was shot in the back of the head, Fox News writes, in what a preliminary examination rules as a professional hit. Police believe he was lured on the midtown block in NYC under false pretenses, by a hitma... |
12 December 2012
09:42 GMT |
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A security vulnerability that was discovered in the Linux kernel affecting the Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron) and Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) operating systems, was announced by Canonical. This is the kernel vulnerability found in the Linux kernel packages: CVE-2012-4444. The system's firewall could be bypasse... |
12 December 2012
09:40 GMT |
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After learning that the developers of the Citadel Trojan are planning to stop selling their creation to anyone outside their circle of trust, RSA has been continually monitoring the evolution of this topic. Now, they reveal that the Citadel masterminds are keeping their promise.
Over the past weeks, Citadel Trojan k... |
12 December 2012
09:36 GMT |
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The Secret World, the long-awaited online game from FunCom that came out earlier this year, has now effectively turned into a free-to-play experience, as it no longer requires players to pay a monthly subscription, as they only need to own a copy of the game to access it.
MMOs that rely on subscriptions are slowly d... |
12 December 2012
09:29 GMT |
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Although the private browsing feature in Firefox works just fine, it leads to a disruptive experience because of its global design. A per-window approach is a much more comfortable because you no longer give up your regular session from the get-go. It took about 19 months of work for this feature to reach a Firefox ... |
12 December 2012
09:27 GMT |
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Developer 777 Studios and publisher 1C Company announce that they are working on a sequel to their IL-2 Sturmovik flight simulation title called Battle of Stalingrad, designed to once again take player to the skies of Russia during World War II.
The game will take place between 1942 and 1943 and will allow gamers to... |
12 December 2012
09:25 GMT |
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Not all exes are enemies and not all former wives of the same man implicitly hate each other. Despite several media scandals, Denise Richards and Brooke Mueller remain good friends – so good that Denise will babysit for Brooke while she’s in rehab.
Over the weekend, Brooke was rushed to the hospital af... |
12 December 2012
09:24 GMT |
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Microsoft will stop providing support for Windows XP in April 2014, so users of the 11-year-old platform are constantly urged to make the move to a newer operating system.
The best choice, however, is Windows 8, said Pieter Uittenbogaard, marketing director in Microsoft's worldwide Windows marketing team.
In a... |
12 December 2012
09:20 GMT |
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A custom-made malware, dubbed Dexter, has been found to infect hundreds of point of sale (POS) systems in an attempt to steal credit card details.
While some cybercriminals try to harvest payment card and other financial details by infecting the computers of millions of users with pieces of malware such as ZeuS, oth... |
12 December 2012
09:15 GMT |
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If you are a Time Warner Cable video subscriber, get the free TWC TV app for your iPhone or iPad to get access to “thousands of free and subscription on-demand TV shows and movies,” says the cable company. Version 3.0 opens access to more video content than you could ever imagine and adds iPhone 5 compat... |
12 December 2012
09:13 GMT |
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The Pope has started tweeting and he's quite chatty, he's already posted three tweets. That was actually expected as all of this was planned ahead.
Still, since he started his Twitter career a few hours ago, he's gotten 100,000 new followers, he's up to 760,000 now. His first tweet also got 32,0... |
12 December 2012
09:01 GMT |
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Nvidia announced today, December 12, the immediate availability for download of the 313.09 Beta version of its graphics driver for Linux operating systems. Nvidia is making great strides for the Linux platform and is constantly improving the quality of their drivers, mostly by fixing problems spotted by the communit... |
12 December 2012
09:00 GMT |
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The question of who is behind the famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci has puzzled scientists for centuries. Italian archaeologists believe they can finally unravel the Mona Lisa mystery, as they found remains belonging to the real Mona Lisa. The model for the painting was Lisa Gherardini, a wealthy socialite of the... |
12 December 2012
08:55 GMT |
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22-year-old Daniel Stratman has been officially charged with hacking into the computer systems of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln between April 24 and May 24, back when he was still a student of the educational institution.
According to the Journal Star, Stratman is accused of accessing a protected computer witho... |
12 December 2012
08:55 GMT |
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Sony has just added two new games to the free Instant Game Collection for PlayStation Plus subscribers in North America, in the form of Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition and Rochard.
PlayStation Plus members have been treated with all sorts of impressive benefits in exchange for their subscriptions, ranging fr... |
12 December 2012
08:51 GMT |
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When Logitech released the Silver-Black Wireless Bluetooth Keyboard, the company also launched the Logitech Rechargeable Trackpad for Mac.
All laptops have trackpads, but desktops don't, since they qualify as peripherals and people usually prefer mice anyway.
Still, it sometimes helps to have a larger touch-en... |
12 December 2012
08:44 GMT |
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Apple has asked Microsoft to pay a 30 percent commission for its SkyDrive for iOS app and, because the Redmond-based technology giant has refused to do so, future updates of the software have been blocked.
But it seems like this dispute will go well beyond SkyDrive, as Apple now wants to receive a 30 percent commiss... |
12 December 2012
08:44 GMT |
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After a failed initiative in 1992, which only left pre-schoolers feeling extremely confused, upset and unloved, “Sesame Street” is ready to tackle the divorce theme again. It will do so in a new episode this week, Time informs.
The 13-minute segment is called “Big Feelings,” and is the resul... |
12 December 2012
08:41 GMT |
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The people at Yahoo! have been keeping themselves busy lately with a couple of updates on the mobile front, including one noteworthy redesign of the Flickr application for iPhones and iPads. Yahoo! has an all-new Flickr app which brings a simple sign-up and registration process, 16 unique camera filters, full Groups... |
12 December 2012
08:40 GMT |
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Adobe released new updates for Flash Player (11.5) and AIR (3.5). The fresh revision (11.5.502.135 for Windows and 11.5.502.136 for Mac) is part of the monthly updates from the company and contains security improvements as well as repairs.
The list of fixes is not large and announces that there should no longer be p... |
12 December 2012
08:38 GMT |
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Mionix, a company from Sweden founded and run by Peter Nygren, has crafted another high-end gaming mouse: the NAOS 8200. As you would expect, being a top-of-the line product, the NAOS 8200 is a well-balanced combination of ergonomics (which earned Mionix a few awards), remarkable components and feel.First of all, the... |
12 December 2012
08:34 GMT |
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Starting January 2013, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II is to no longer “adorn” the banknotes circulating in Fiji. Thus, the country's new currency, which was unveiled earlier today, is to display pictures of native plants and animals instead of members of the British royal family. In case anyone ... |
12 December 2012
08:33 GMT |
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Russian Apple reseller re:Store has confirmed (ahead of the mothership) that sales of the iPad mini would kick off in the country this Friday, December 14. The iPhone 5 is set to launch on the same day in the country.
Sales of the iPad mini will begin December 14 at 18:00 at re:Store locations across Moscow. The App... |
12 December 2012
08:30 GMT |
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One would think that the Consumer Electronics Show was already in a bad enough shape, with Microsoft's ceasing its speeches and Intel only sending its vice president instead of the CEO.
Sadly, that is not even the half of it. If what this report is saying is true, all PC makers are wary of the upcoming trade sh... |
12 December 2012
08:27 GMT |
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We have already had the chance to have a look at various videos with Research In Motion’s upcoming BlackBerry 10 operating system, while also having a glimpse at what the company’s future devices might look like, and a new such video is now available for your viewing pleasure.
Available courtesy of Viet... |
12 December 2012
08:26 GMT |
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If you’re living in Europe or North America and if you’re an Android user, the mobile malware that targets you is most likely designed to steal your money. On the other hand, if you live in Asia, you’re more likely to be bombarded with aggressive adware and annoying ads.
These are the results of a ... |
12 December 2012
08:25 GMT |
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She may be working in an industry that doesn’t value at all a figure like hers, but Jennifer Lawrence is getting recognition for her insane body where it counts: with her fans. She’s just been crowned AskMen’s most desirable woman of 2013. The yearly list from the men’s publication is compris... |
12 December 2012
08:19 GMT |
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Steam for Linux is getting closer to an official launch and Valve has now included a Linux tab into the client.
Valve is in high gear and they are working hard to make Steam for Linux a reality, probably by the end of year. One of the signs that the development is advancing quickly is the introduction of a Linux tab... |
12 December 2012
08:17 GMT |
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HDDs continue to be the primary storage solution for long-term deployments, so Toshiba has decided to offer two drives for mission-critical enterprise applications. Part of the MG series, they are called "MG03ACA400" and "MG03SCA400." For the most part, they are identical, with 4 TB capacity each, a size of 3.5 inc... |
12 December 2012
08:15 GMT |
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February 2013 is expected to provide us with the possibility to have a closer look at Sony’s next year Xperia devices, as rumors suggest that the company is actually planning on making them available for purchase in that timeframe. We’re referring here to the Xperia Yuga and Dogo smartphones, which are ... |
12 December 2012
08:11 GMT |
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Steve Ballmer announced a few months ago that all Microsoft’s employees would receive a free Surface tablet and a Windows Phone 8 soon after the public debut of these two products.
According to a tweet posted by Jeff Wilcox, senior software developer at Microsoft, the company has now started to hand out tablet... |
12 December 2012
08:09 GMT |
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The development team at ZeniMax Online is offering more information on the factions and the lore of its upcoming The Elder Scrolls Online, with the focus on the Aldmeri Dominion, which brings the Elves, the Khajit and the Bosmer together.
During an extensive Questions & Answers session, the team says that the idea o... |
12 December 2012
08:07 GMT |
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Even though it seemed as if Florence Welch of Florence + The Machine could not get any cooler, the video above comes to prove the contrary. It was shot at a recent concert, which she cut short to break up a fight.
The band was performing in Aberdeen, Scotland at the AECC arena over the weekend, when Florence notice... |
12 December 2012
07:59 GMT |
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A Honda Civic gets totally smashed in this video, uploaded to YouTube by World Viral Video News 2 days ago. The clip shows a woman from Brazil totaling the car with a hammer. It looks like this was a labor of hours, as the hammer is quite small and doesn't do a lot of damage. While she is hammering on, in broa... |
12 December 2012
07:56 GMT |
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Christmas is usually all about the birth of Christ (give or take a few presents, a Christmas tree and tons of food), yet PETA chose to also make it about the importance of spaying or neutering the cats and dogs people keep as pets.
Their latest billboard, which they plan on displaying in various parts of the US as ... |
12 December 2012
07:51 GMT |
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It happens from time to time, so it's probably not cause for concern, but The Pirate Bay is down. The team is on it and, unless it's something serious, the site should be going back up soon.
It's not an attack or anything of legal nature, most likely the cause of the outage is technical.
Users tend ... |
12 December 2012
07:51 GMT |
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QX11Grab, a system tray applet for X11 desktop environments that uses FFmpeg to recording X11 Desktops and Windows, is now at version 0.4.5.
QX11Grab is not a recording software per se, it just prepares the settings for Ffmpeg. It has support for tapping Dimensions on Single/Multi and Xinerama Desktops, metadata inp... |
12 December 2012
07:47 GMT |
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Internet giant Google has removed Nexus 4 factory images from its portal and from its servers, without offering an official explanation for this.
The handset was updated to Android 4.2.1 recently, and the stock firmware images available through Google provided users with the possibility to reset it should anything ... |
12 December 2012
07:47 GMT |
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Anne Hathaway is a convinced vegetarian, and most of her life choices stand as proof of her cruelty-free ethics. The bondage boots she chose to wear at the “Les Miserables” premiere in New York also go to show that the actress is not willing to make any compromises when it comes to abiding by her green-... |
12 December 2012
07:42 GMT |
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The fabled blue police Box from long-running series Doctor Who is just a pop culture myth, but that hasn’t stopped a certain British retailer from launching a computer that looks just like it.
In the future, perhaps there will be an actual TARDIS for sale, at least one without the time-traveling and space-expansion... |
12 December 2012
07:40 GMT |
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The development team handling support for Rocksmith at publisher Ubisoft is launching three new songs for the rock simulation, all of them created by the Canadian rock band Nickelback. Gamers can download and then play How You Remind Me, Rockstar and Bottoms Up. The developers are saying that all the tracks include... |
12 December 2012
07:40 GMT |
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Music fans using Shazam to discover new music on their iDevices will be delighted to learn that the developers are out with a brand new update that enhances everything from the user interface to the accessibility options. Shazam 5.5 gains a cool new interface featuring an updated listening screen, an updated blue Sh... |
12 December 2012
07:35 GMT |
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As “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” is about to premiere worldwide in theaters and most likely break all sorts of box office records, this Honest Trailer for the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy is bound to make you relive some of the magic – and not only.
The guys from Screen Junkies ha... |
12 December 2012
07:34 GMT |
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Asian suppliers are putting forth their existing solutions for Apple to test out and determine the feasibility of a full-fledged television set, according to people who are familiar with the Cupertino giant’s plans.
The Wall Street Journal breaks word that Apple has been hard at work with Asian component suppl... |
12 December 2012
07:31 GMT |
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A large number of Joomla websites, and some WordPress sites, have been compromised and set up to serve malware to visitors, mainly fake AVs (scareware).
Germany’s CERT-Bund researchers have investigated this cybercriminal campaign and, according to The H, they found that the attackers have injected iFrames int... |
12 December 2012
07:31 GMT |
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Police in Portland, Oregon have “tentatively” identified the gunman responsible for two deaths in a shopping mall, yesterday.
According to ABC News, they are not releasing any information on the killer. Witnesses described he wore a white hockey mask, black clothing, and a bullet proof vest, when he came... |
12 December 2012
07:20 GMT |
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The development team at Adhesive Games is launching a new cinematic trailer for their Hawken mech shooter, designed to signal the fact that the game is now entering the open beta phase.
The trailer is meant to show off the graphics quality of the game and adds some of the dubstep that seems to be a requirement for a... |
12 December 2012
07:10 GMT |
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Rockstar Games has just posted a few interesting job listings online that hint at the future plans of the company, which include the adaptation of the RAGE (Rockstar Advanced Game Engine) for next-generation platforms and its upgrade with all sorts of new features.
Rockstar impressed lots of people in the last gener... |
12 December 2012
07:09 GMT |
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Independent security researcher Rafay Baloch has been awarded $5,000 (3,900 EUR) by PayPal after identifying a remote code execution vulnerability on the company’s main domain, paypal.com. He has explained that the details of the flaw cannot be made public because PayPal hasn’t addressed the issue yet, d... |
12 December 2012
07:09 GMT |
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Actor Sir Ian McKellen, who will return to the big screen with “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” has been battling prostate cancer for six or seven years, he says in a recent interview cited by The Mirror.
A journalist for the British tab sat down with the star as part of the promo trailer for &ldquo... |
12 December 2012
07:09 GMT |
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Logitech makes peripherals for PCs all the time, but its latest keyboard is a bit more specialized than the regular ones, by virtue of being aimed at Apple devices.
Equipped with Bluetooth wireless support, it can link to not just one but three Apple products at once, be they iPhones, iPads, Mac Systems or whatever ... |
12 December 2012
07:05 GMT |
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I am not of a social gamer, which means that I tend to focus on the single-player elements of the games I enjoy, but in 2012, as well as last year, I have played one multiplayer experience almost every day: FIFA 13 from EA Sports.
There are plenty of options for those who want to compete against another human being ... |
12 December 2012
07:00 GMT |
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Google, for all of its tech chops, is quite keen on art as well, especially when it meets with technology. Many Chrome experiments can be seen as modern art and many Chrome experiments are straight up art projects. In the latter category is This Exquisite Forest.
Essentially a Chrome experiment, the project uses mod... |
12 December 2012
06:41 GMT |
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It looks like Samsung India has started to deploy the Jelly Bean update for its Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 P3100 tablet.
The slate is also known in the country as Galaxy Tab 2 310 and was initially launched with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich platform out of the box.
According to AndroidOS, the update is pushed through OTA ... |
12 December 2012
06:31 GMT |
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Chinese mobile phone maker ZTE is expected to make official a high-end smartphone at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
The company has already confirmed such plans, although it did not offer specific info on what the device might pack in terms of hardware specs and features.
However, it seems t... |
12 December 2012
06:31 GMT |
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Samsung kicked off the rollout of the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update for Galaxy Tab 8.9 earlier today.
We’ve already reported on the AT&T version that can now be updated and it looks like the upgrade is available in India as well.
The folks over at AndroidOS report that Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 P7300 owners h... |
12 December 2012
06:21 GMT |
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Windows 8 is often considered a confusing operating system and users prefer to stick to Windows 7, as it provides a much more familiar working environment.
But Microsoft claims that everything has been designed to be easier to use, including the Start Screen that everybody is criticizing these days.
Users need less... |
12 December 2012
06:11 GMT |
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Google released a new update for the stable version of Chrome browser, incrementing the build number to 23.0.1271.97. The fresh revision is available for all supported platforms (Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome Frame) and integrates repairs touching on the functionality and security of the app... |
12 December 2012
05:58 GMT |
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Larry Hagman played one of the most iconic villains ever to grace the small screen, so it’s only befitting for his J.R. Ewing to get a proper farewell on the new “Dallas” as well. TNT has just confirmed that his funeral will be included in the new season. The legendary actor reprised his J.R. role f... |
12 December 2012
05:58 GMT |
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Firefox Personas, now simply called themes, have been particularly popular. Plenty of people want to customize their browser and the simple themes provided an easy way of doing that. What's more, anyone can create Firefox themes like these and a lot of people took up the challenge.
But some of their creativity ... |
12 December 2012
05:57 GMT |
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A woman in Hartford, Connecticut is about to get rich after finding a valuable WWII rifle, worth $30,000 (€23,000). According to NECN News, the station organized a buy-back program last week, and an Army officer's daughter turned in the gun. The rifle, pictured above, is pretty much an antique. It wa... |
12 December 2012
05:54 GMT |
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The Linux Foundation has announced that Amarula Solutions, Freescale, SIM Technology Group, Superb Internet, and Symphony Teleca are joining the organization. The Linux Foundation is gathering more and more members, mostly because the Linux platform has increased its role in embedded development and cloud computing.... |
12 December 2012
05:53 GMT |
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Ever since her marriage to golfer Tiger Woods came crumbling down as one of the biggest celebrity media scandals broke, Elin Nordegren has been keeping a very low profile – too low, it would seem, according to a new report.
The stunning former model spent last weekend in Miami, but she managed to avoid the pa... |
12 December 2012
05:40 GMT |
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22Cans and Peter Molyneux have some great news to share with the Apple fan base. An innovative reinvention of Populous (the original god game) called GODUS is coming to OS X and iOS delivering “exciting global co-operation, competition, creation and destruction.”
There’s just one catch though. To g... |
12 December 2012
05:39 GMT |
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The stable channel of the Chrome web browser has been updated to 23.0.1271.97 for all major platforms. As far as the security fixes are concerned, Google has addressed a total of 6 vulnerabilities. The most important of them, catalogued as being critical, has been identified by Michal Zalewski of the Google Security... |
12 December 2012
05:38 GMT |
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Three teens are facing charges for the fatal shooting of a woman in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, December 8.
According to the Inquisitr, 14-year-old Todavia Cleckley, 14-year-old Marcus Velasquez and 13-year-old Kyle Goosby Jr. followed a couple home and shot 22-year-old Kayla Peterson.
Peterson's ... |
12 December 2012
05:37 GMT |
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Naughty Dog, the developer behind the upcoming The Last of Us survival game has emphasized that the presence of a multiplayer mode in the game didn't have an impact on the overall quality of the single-player story mode.
The Last of Us promises to deliver an intense survival experience that stars two wildly dif... |
12 December 2012
05:29 GMT |
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If you access this Global Associated News website, you’ll find a story about how the actor Jim Carrey has died today, December 12, as a result of a snowboarding accident at the Zermatt ski resort in Zermatt, Switzerland. If you access the same link tomorrow, you’ll see the same story, but it will say that... |
12 December 2012
05:25 GMT |
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The 1.6 update for the MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic is now live on the game’s servers, with players able to engage in the new Player versus Player warzone and a new set of missions included for players who are advanced enough.
The game has also received more quality starship upgrades and there are more item... |
12 December 2012
05:24 GMT |
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The Dropbox Space Race has ended. No one has left the Earth's atmosphere, but everyone involved made off with more storage space for their accounts. The Space Race pitted schools against each other in an effort to spread the Dropbox gospel far and wide.
The challenge was to convince as many students to join Dro... |
12 December 2012
05:16 GMT |
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Real estate lawyer Yasmin Nakhuda describes her relationship with the monkey lost in Ikea 2 days ago as “a fatal attraction.”
As reported earlier this week, the monkey found in Ikea is named Darwin. He caught shoppers' attention as he was wandering through isles at Ikea in Toronto, looking very dapp... |
12 December 2012
05:12 GMT |
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We don’t know about you, but we’re quickly getting tired of all these clips trying to show everyone that Windows 8 is actually a confusing operating system.
Here’s another clip published on YouTube that shows us a mother, apparently a Windows XP user, trying Windows 8 for the first time.
Of cours... |
12 December 2012
05:09 GMT |
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Google’s Android operating system is leading the smartphone market at the moment, with around 75 percent market share, and is expected to maintain momentum.
In Australia, the platform accounted for over 67 percent of the smartphone sales, and is said to be the most used OS there.
According to data coming fr... |
12 December 2012
05:07 GMT |
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Samsung teased “something new” for CES 2013 a few days ago and most fans thought the South Korean company plans to unveil its Galaxy S IV earlier than usual.
However, the folks at CNET have been able to confirm with sources close to the matter that Samsung would focus instead on a series of electronic pr... |
12 December 2012
05:05 GMT |
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It was only yesterday when the United States Air Force managed to send an Atlas V rocket flying through the air over Cape Canaveral, Florida.
The launch took place at roughly 1 p.m. EST (6 p.m. GMT), and information leaked by the US Air Force says that, 15 minutes after taking off, the rocket was performing accordi... |
12 December 2012
05:05 GMT |
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Firefox OS is almost here and Mozilla is ramping up efforts to get developers involved. Having a solid set of third-party apps is going to be key to getting Firefox OS off the ground.
The Firefox OS Simulator 1.0 has arrived, making it possible for developers to test their creations in an environment close to the r... |
12 December 2012
05:01 GMT |
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It’s not a matter of whether Apple will revolutionize the TV industry, but when, according to prominent Wall Street analysts who have long forecasted the release of such a product. A research note from Morgan Stanley’s Katy Huberty reveals that iTV represents a 13-billion opportunity for Apple. A Morgan ... |
12 December 2012
04:57 GMT |
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Micro-Star International has been working on one of those motherboards that are part of the reason why people thought Intel and AMD would stop making normal CPUs.
A rumor about the 14nm Broadwell CPU series from Intel, and subsequent speculation, made people think that Intel and AMD would stop making socketed CPUs ... |
12 December 2012
04:56 GMT |
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Antivirus Live CD, a 4MLinux fork including the ClamAV scanner that's designed for system admins who need a lightweight live CD with an antivirus scanner, is now at version 5.0-0.97.6.
Antivirus Live CD 5.0-0.97.6 is based on 4MLinux 5.0 and ClamAV 0.97.6. Ethernet (including Wi-Fi) and dial-up (including fast ... |
12 December 2012
04:47 GMT |
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At the beginning of 2012, we learned that the cybercriminals behind Kelihos managed to “resurrect” the botnet by using a new version of the Kelihos malware. In March, Kaspersky disabled over 100,000 bots, but that didn’t discourage the criminal group from updating it. According to Abuse.ch, compare... |
12 December 2012
04:47 GMT |
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Ever since One Direction got their start on X Factor UK, these 5 handsome and talented guys have literally conquered the world. They returned to the X Factor stage to perform their brand new single.
Video of their performance of “Kiss You” is above, so make sure to check it out.
The boys of One Direct... |
12 December 2012
04:44 GMT |
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Taiwanese handset maker HTC has just announced it has become the official smartphone supplier for UEFA Champions League and Europa League.
“Now, as HTC becomes the official smartphone of the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League, we’re excited about delivering the ultimate fan experience, in the s... |
12 December 2012
04:44 GMT |
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Brian Burleson, the senior producer at Gearbox working on Aliens: Colonial Marines, says that his team worked closely with Syd Mead, the man who designed the Aliens movies, and film studio Fox in order to ensure the authenticity of the video game experience.
The developer tells VG247 that, “Chronologically we ... |
12 December 2012
04:35 GMT |
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The special Halloween Skin Pack for Minecraft's Xbox 360 edition has earned a total of $770,448 (around €593,000) for different charities ever since it was released on Xbox Live back in October.
Minecraft for the Xbox 360 has been a huge success, with 4J Studios managing to completely recreate the stunning... |
12 December 2012
04:34 GMT |
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Microsoft has just released an updated version of its Camera Codec Pack that brings support for some new device formats.
As you probably know by now, Microsoft Camera Codec Pack is a software that allows users to view device-specific file formats in Windows Live Photo Gallery, Windows Explorer and other applications... |
12 December 2012
04:34 GMT |
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Several people have been injured and the asphalt surface on the highway has cracked following a massive explosion in West Virginia, on Tuesday afternoon, December 11.
A part of the highway lit up, with flames lasting for approximately an hour. The incident occurred near the town of Sissonville, 10 miles (16 km) nort... |
12 December 2012
04:32 GMT |
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Mozilla has been working for quite some time now on the building of a new mobile operating system set to arrive on the market as Firefox OS, and developers can now test their apps for the platform via desktop computers. The company has just released Firefox OS simulator 1.0 so that app builders would be able to ... |
12 December 2012
04:31 GMT |
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Russian company Yota has just announced the upcoming availability of its dual-screen Android handset YotaPhone. This is the first smartphone announced to feature a full-color LCD, along with an electronic paper display (EPD) on the other side. The two displays integrated have different purposes and functions, which... |
12 December 2012
04:24 GMT |
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A team of scientists working with The City College of New York, the Rice University and the US Army Research Laboratory now claims that the lithium-ion batteries used to power almost all gadgets, appliances and EVs might someday be successfully replaced by batteries made using a plant extract as raw material.
The g... |
12 December 2012
04:22 GMT |
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An Apple-1 computer personally crafted by Steve Wozniak over 30 years ago has sold for the whopping sum of US$ 640,000 (€491,868) on auction at Team Breker. The figure is said to be a record for technical antiques.
The original Apple-1 sold by auction house Team Breker was in pristine condition, complete with a keyb... |
12 December 2012
04:14 GMT |
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One of the appealing features that Research In Motion’s BlackBerry 10 operating system will arrive on shelves with is a PIM API that enables developers to integrate with core apps on the platform.
Inside the OS, RIM also packed a PIM service called Notebooks, which enables users to create lists and the like, ... |
12 December 2012
04:13 GMT |
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Charlie Sheen might be a warlock but that isn’t to say he doesn’t have a heart. After lending a helping hand to troubled fellow star Lindsay Lohan, he is now making headlines for a massive donation for a kid battling cancer.
Moved by the story of a police officer’s kid who was battling a severe for... |
12 December 2012
04:12 GMT |
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Iiyama is doing a good job of getting things back into routine. After uncanny and/or strange items like the Razer Fiona gamepad tablet and the USB hairbrush, a common monitor can be viewed as a welcome relief by some.
Then again, that isn't quite accurate to say. While a monitor release is a common occurrence,... |
12 December 2012
04:12 GMT |
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Right on schedule, the Pope is getting ready to make his first tweet. You might believe that something as simple and as short as a tweet doesn't really take much effort, even if he is the Pope. But this is the Vatican we're talking about.
The pope will send his first tweet today in eight languages si... |
12 December 2012
04:11 GMT |
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US authorities have arrested a number of 10 individuals believed to be involved in an international cybercriminal organization that has made a profit of over $850 million (663 million EUR) after infecting a total of 11 million computers with the Yahos malware.
The criminal ring relied on the Butterfly botnet in orde... |
12 December 2012
04:10 GMT |
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Valve has just released a brand new update for its Steam client that people use to access the digital distribution service on the PC, Mac, or Linux platforms, bringing a wide variety of bug fixes aimed at solving different issues, specifically with the new Big Picture mode.
Steam has taken the world by storm and now... |
12 December 2012
04:04 GMT |
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Although MT6589 is not the first quad-core SoC (system-on-chip) announced by Taiwanese company MediaTek, it’s the first one shipping. The newly launched MT6589 SoC is world’s first quad-core Cortex-A7 system-on-chip that makes it to the market, MediaTek claims. Even though the company is known for manuf... |
12 December 2012
03:59 GMT |
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An analysis of serial killer Israel Keyes' behavior has revealed that he only got caught when his nature got the best of him. According to Anchorage homicide Detective Monique Bell, he was captured for the murder of 18-year-old Samantha Koenig because he couldn't restrain himself. Keyes, who had been commi... |
12 December 2012
03:58 GMT |
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A new flavor of the UC Browser Mini for Android is now available for download through the Google Play Store, bringing to devices a new logo. The browser is available for download as version 8.1.0 for all smartphones powered by Android 2.1 and newer versions, and weighs in at 2.7MB. The change in looks is the only... |
12 December 2012
03:52 GMT |
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Razer has finally decided on what sort of hardware to use in its latest pet project, and while it won't be able to sell it in time for Christmas (probably), it did, at least, compile the spec sheet.
The name “Fiona” seems to be cropping up a lot lately, even though it is a fairly old and relatively... |
12 December 2012
03:50 GMT |
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Fake installers have been around for quite some time now, but so far, they’ve only targeted Windows users. Now, researchers from security firm Doctor Web have identified a variant that’s designed for Mac OS X.
Dubbed Trojan.SMSSend.3666, the malicious element disguises itself as an installer for a popula... |
12 December 2012
03:47 GMT |
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Director Zack Snyder promised that his own take on Superman, the upcoming “Man of Steel,” was a more “serious” film than previous takes on the superhero. Judging by the brand new trailer, he certainly wasn’t joking or exaggerating. Check it out above in full. Unlike the two teasers r... |
12 December 2012
03:46 GMT |
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Staples is one of the first retailers that will start selling the Surface RT, with the device expected to arrive in its stores today at prices that match those announced by Microsoft.
Microsoft has also confirmed that additional retailers to sell the Surface would be announced soon, with sources familiar with the ma... |
12 December 2012
03:45 GMT |
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Atsushi Inaba, a producer working on Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, says that the developers at Platinum Games decided to add some stealth elements back into the game because a focus on action-driven gameplay made the entire experience boring.The developer tells Shacknews that, “In the beginning, we wrapped ar... |
12 December 2012
03:45 GMT |
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Adobe has updated its free Photoshop tool for iPhone and iPad adding an “autocorrect” function, extra borders and frames, as well as performance enhancements and bug fixes.Adobe Photoshop Express lets you make simple edits using touch gestures on your iPhone or iPad. You get basic editing features like cr... |
12 December 2012
03:42 GMT |
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Google is making it easier to add files to your Google Drive and is sidestepping the desktop even more. You can now save images you find on the web and even entire web pages directly to Drive via the new Save to Drive Chrome extension. Normally, something like this would require you to save an image to your local d... |
12 December 2012
03:41 GMT |
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There's no doubt that the Raspberry Pi is an amazing little PC, but its users continue to make up new ways to show the device's might. A guy called Chivalry Timbers posted on his blog several instructions on how to make the Raspberry Pi power a Star Wars light show, for the Christmas holiday. You will nee... |
12 December 2012
03:37 GMT |
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Owners of Borderlands 2 on the PC can now get some fresh downloadable content for their first-person shooter, in the form of the Creature Slaughter Dome pack and the Collector's Edition pack.
Borderlands 2 came out back in September and Gearbox Software offered fans all sorts of extra content to get them intere... |
12 December 2012
03:37 GMT |
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Coming January 2013, Discovery Channel and NHK are to make television history, all thanks to a video showing a giant squid move about in its natural habitat.
This footage is the first of its kind, meaning that no monster squid was ever caught on camera in its natural habitat before.
Whereas NHK is to air the video... |
12 December 2012
03:32 GMT |
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Twitter’s latest update on the mobile front is giving Instagram a run for its money. Version 5.2 adds a new feature that enables users to take photos within the app and apply filters, then share with the world. The new app is now available for download.
At the time Twitter made its announcement, Apple was yet ... |
12 December 2012
03:30 GMT |
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Two people have been killed and another has been wounded as a man opened fire in a shopping mall in a suburban area in Portland. The incident occurred on Tuesday, December 11, at around 3:30 p.m. local time. The shooter arrived at the food court at Clackamas Town Center wearing a bulletproof vest and a white mask. H... |
12 December 2012
03:27 GMT |
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We all know that reality shows are, to some extent or another, not 100 percent “real” but, according to a new lawsuit, where the hit A&E series “Storage Wars” is concerned, nothing we see on screen is real.
Whether scripted or just edited in a certain way, most reality shows are dramatized t... |
12 December 2012
03:27 GMT |
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Just like it happened with all the other Windows versions when they got released, Windows 8 has quickly become an attractive target for software pirates who try to get paid Store apps at absolutely no cost. And they actually managed to do it using a technique described in detail by a Nokia engineer. But cracking Win... |
12 December 2012
03:21 GMT |
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The John McAfee story continues with more “drama.” According to a post published on his blog, the antivirus software pioneer will be released from detention after a Guatemalan judge has determined that his arrest was illegal.
Furthermore, his representatives believe that he will be allowed to return to t... |
12 December 2012
03:20 GMT |
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This past weekend, some of the beaches near Santa Cruz, California, witnessed the beaching of hundreds of Humboldt squid.
For the time being, marine biologists are still unable to provide any reasonable explanation for these incidents, yet some researchers argue that the squid most likely went searching for a new f... |
12 December 2012
03:13 GMT |
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Today, Chinese mobile phone maker Oppo officially unveiled the long expected Oppo Find 5 smartphone, which is powered by Google’s Android operating system.
The new device arrives on shelves with a large 5-inch touchscreen display, capable of delivering a full HD 1080p resolution, also its main selling point. ... |
12 December 2012
03:12 GMT |
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Metro: Last Light, the upcoming sequel for Metro 2033, will feature a variety of new gameplay mechanics that not only add more depth to the title but also reflect the protagonist’s progression, Artyom, in terms of survival skills.
Metro: Last Light is out next year and developer 4A Games is working hard on completin... |
12 December 2012
03:11 GMT |
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You must know that feeling when you just can’t fight the urge to get up and dance when your favorite song comes on. Tia Ewing, an anchor for Fox News, knows all about that, as the video above can confirm.
As producers cut to commercials during the broadcast the other day, Tia put Beyonce’s “Single... |
12 December 2012
03:05 GMT |
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Opera, an Internet browser developed by Opera Software that provides support for RSS feeds, BitTorrent, IRC chatting, contact management, and many other features, is now at version 12.12 RC.
Opera Software has released the first release candidate from the upcoming 12.12 branch of Opera and hinted that it would proba... |
12 December 2012
02:59 GMT |
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Plenty of users have complained that their Surface tablets get only limited Wi-Fi connectivity or cannot even connect to Wi-Fi networks at all due to what appears to be a software bug.
Although Microsoft remained tight-lipped on the subject, the company launched an update a few hours ago as part of its monthly Patch... |
12 December 2012
02:59 GMT |
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Believe it or not, this giant concoction was floating on the River Thames in London, England yesterday, December 11, and it even prompted operators to open the Tower Bridge gates. The duckling was created for Jackpotjoy.com's new Facebook FUNdation, Examiner writes. The gaming company then asked its clients to ... |
12 December 2012
02:57 GMT |
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20-year-old Miley Cyrus is now trying to cope with the loss of her beloved dog, Lila. Miley's “angel,” as she used to call her, passed away just two months after having been hospitalized.
What Miley liked most about 2-year-old Lila was the fact that she loved her unconditionally, and it is precisel... |
12 December 2012
02:55 GMT |
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Gangsta rapper Rick Ross recently canceled two shows after receiving serious threats from a group of real gangsters, the so-called Gangster Disciples. Even though he’s saying he didn’t cancel them because he’s afraid, police are investigating the threats received.
As I also informed you at the tim... |
12 December 2012
02:49 GMT |
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BlackBerry enthusiasts are certainly looking forward to having a better look at the first devices that Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion will bring to the market with the new BlackBerry 10 OS on board, and they just got a bit lucky, it seems.
A new set of leaked images with RIM’s L-Series full-to... |
12 December 2012
02:43 GMT |
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Intel's Xeon processor line is a strong server chip collection, and a large one too, but it isn't exactly suited for all sorts of configurations, particularly microservers. Thus, Chipzilla has launched a different set of CPUs for them.
Microservers are the sort of computer systems that act as primary hubs... |
12 December 2012
02:42 GMT |
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The new Wii U home console from Nintendo reports sales of 308,570 for the launch weekend period on the Japanese market, which is significantly less than the original Wii managed during its own release window.
Data from the magazine Famitsu and Enterbrain, reported by GamesIndustry.biz, is the source for the figure a... |
12 December 2012
02:41 GMT |
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Microsoft yesterday rolled out the last Patch Tuesday fixes of the year, issuing a total of seven different updates supposed to repair vulnerabilities in Windows 8 and Internet Explorer 10.
Security bulletin MS12-077 is specifically aimed at Internet Explorer and is designed to patch three different privately report... |
12 December 2012
02:40 GMT |
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46-year-old nurse Jacintha Saldanha left a note before taking her own life, reports say. The note is addressed to her husband, Benedict Barboza and her two children – 17-year-old Junal, and 14-year-old Lisha. An investigation into her death started on Tuesday, but it appears that no evidence of foul play has b... |
12 December 2012
02:39 GMT |
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We reported on Monday that American iPhone buyers could walk into a Best Buy and get the best price on the iPhone 5 with a two-year contract. In light of the news, several other retail stores are now mirroring the price put forth by Best Buy, selling the latest Apple iPhone for as little as $149.
The above price is ... |
12 December 2012
02:39 GMT |
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The Hidden Secrets DLC for Assassin's Creed 3 is out now on the PC platform via Steam, giving players access to new missions, skins, and multiplayer characters.
Assassin's Creed 3 came out on the PC platform last month, after Ubisoft already released it for the PS3 and Xbox 360 consoles back in October.
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12 December 2012
02:34 GMT |
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Samsung quietly kicked off the rollout of the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update for the Galaxy Tab 8.9 LTE (SGH-i957). The update brings device stability improvements, as well as new features and enhancements.
Keep in mind that applications, widgets, and wallpapers added on the homescreens are reset to default,... |
12 December 2012
02:32 GMT |
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Developer Valve is delivering a new update for the Big Picture mode for Left 4 Dead 2 via the Steam digital distribution service, which will be automatically applied once the gamer runs the program the next time.
There’s just one change included in the update for the cooperative zombie shooter:
- Updated menu... |
12 December 2012
02:26 GMT |
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Microsoft has just announced that it decided to make the Surface with Windows RT available at some new retailers starting with mid-December, in a new attempt to help increase sales of the device.In addition, the company said that it would convert the Microsoft holiday stores into permanent retail outlets, as the Redm... |
12 December 2012
01:48 GMT |
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Early Wednesday, a massive 3-mile-wide asteroid named Toutatis came within 4.3 million miles of our planet (or 18 lunar distances, if one prefers).
Information released by NASA says that, when passing by Earth, the asteroid was traveling at a speed of 39,000 kilometers per hour (24,550 miles per hour).
What makes... |
12 December 2012
01:32 GMT |
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We’ve already told you that software pirates are already cracking Windows 8 apps, but a Nokia engineer has released a detailed step-by-step guide on how to do this on any Windows 8 computer. And although that’s not good news for Microsoft, the Redmond-based technology titan told us in a statement that se... |
12 December 2012
01:10 GMT |
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Borderlands 2: Creature Slaughter Dome DLC has been part of the pre-order bonus offered by GameStop a few months ago.
However, the add-on has just been launched on Steam and is now available as separate purchase to all players that did not pre-order Borderlands 2. The game is available for only €4 here.
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12 December 2012
00:59 GMT |
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It's only been a day since we found out Sony Mobile preps a new firmware version for 2011 Xperia smartphones and now it looks like one of the company's latest devices is getting an update. XperiaBlog reports firmware version 9.0.1.D.0.10 is now pushed to Sony Xperia V handsets. The update is based on the s... |
12 December 2012
00:45 GMT |
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