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Apple posted a device compatibility chart for iOS 6, unlike previous times when the Cupertino giant kept us in the dark for months regarding supported models for upcoming iOS releases that had been demoed. Apple is not supporting all iDevices in iOS 6. The company has included compatibility for more devices tha... |
14 June 2012
20:21 GMT |
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Kodak has been setting up a large sale of intellectual property, but Apple hasn't been making life very easy on it, having claimed that 10 of those patents were developed in collaboration with it.
In a very ironic turn of events, Kodak would have been barred from selling its patent portfolio if it hadn't ... |
14 June 2012
19:21 GMT |
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Motorola MOTOSMART Flip is the first smartphone that combines a compact design with a touch screen flip cover. The US-based handset maker has just announced the immediate availability of the MOTOSMART Flip in Argentina.
Customers can now purchase the smartphone through major carrier Movistar for a promotional price ... |
14 June 2012
19:01 GMT |
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After a number of reports coming out of E3 2012 suggested that the initial stages of the new Tomb Raider video game featured a near rape scene involving Lara Croft, the development team quickly sought to change the perception of gamers and clear up how the game would handle such sensitive issues. Posting on the offi... |
14 June 2012
18:21 GMT |
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The Federal Communications Commission is preparing to expand the allotment of identifier codes for companies requesting equipment authorization.
They are also trying to find ways of clarifying the administrative requirements and otherwise improving the authorization process.
The reason behind this activity is the... |
14 June 2012
18:11 GMT |
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Assassin’s Creed III might be ready to deploy on the Xbox 360, the PC and the PlayStation 3, but in many ways the Nintendo Wii U version of the game is the one that might feel most complete to some gamers.
Alex Hutchinson, who is the creative director at Ubisoft working on Assassin’s Creed III, told the ... |
14 June 2012
17:51 GMT |
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A while back Picplz announced that it would be shutting down. That's a bummer for users, but not something that is totally surprising in the fast changing online world. What's more, there probably aren't that many upset users, a big part of the reason why the site is shutting down.Still, if you used th... |
14 June 2012
17:41 GMT |
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Propellerhead Software launched version 1.5 of Reason Essentials, a utility used by music professionals and amateurs alike to record instruments, edit songs and add various effects. Described as the perfect way into music making, Reason Essentials 1.5 includes every tool you need to record, edit, apply effects, inst... |
14 June 2012
17:41 GMT |
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Bethesda and Zenimax Online Studios, after releasing all sorts of details about their upcoming The Elder Scrolls Online MMORPG, have now posted a lengthy FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) feature on the game’s website, revealing a variety of facts about the online title.
The Elder Scrolls Online was officially ... |
14 June 2012
17:31 GMT |
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The Federal Communications Commission is feeling a bit strained, but we'll get into that elsewhere. Here we'll talk about a certain something whose existence was exposed prematurely by the FCC. Long story short, it is a wireless speaker developed by Bose and named SoundLink Air. The label mentions Wi-Fi i... |
14 June 2012
16:51 GMT |
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Video game hardware developer and publisher Nintendo will not spend any money in order to secure exclusive rights to games for the upcoming Wii U home console, but the company is willing to partner up with developers in order to create ideas that cannot be created on any other kind of device.
Satoru Iwata, who is th... |
14 June 2012
16:31 GMT |
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One of the movies most ladies must be looking forward for must be “Magic Mike,” starring Channing Tatum and Joe Manganiello among others. The latest issue of Men's Health UK brings an interview with Joe, who is thrilled to proclaim the return of “The Man” into the spotlight.
The intervi... |
14 June 2012
16:21 GMT |
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On Wednesday, Nokia announced a series of enhancements brought to the Nokia Mail for Exchange client for its Asha 302 and Asha 303 handsets. The software was released in a beta flavor and is available for all devices powered by firmware 14.53 or above (which is not yet available for Nokia users in all countries). ... |
14 June 2012
16:01 GMT |
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The new tab page is one of the big new additions in Firefox 13. Not everyone likes it and plenty of people simply chose to disable it. Plenty of others have been waiting for it for a long time. So long in fact that when it finally arrived, it was a bit underwhelming. If you feel the new tab page needs a little push... |
14 June 2012
15:41 GMT |
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Being one of the busiest women in showbiz does come with some disadvantages, as Rihanna found out. The pop star and budding actress has lost a lot of weight over the months and is now a size 0, which terribly displeases her.
If she had a choice, she would have her old figure back, the one with curves, Rihanna is qu... |
14 June 2012
15:41 GMT |
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Apple rolled out this week a much-awaited iOS 6 beta to developers for testing purposes months ahead of the planned public debut this fall. Non-developers with update-itchy fingers may want to know if it’s possible to just grab the bits and load them up on a regular iPhone or iPad. Turns out it is! Apple ... |
14 June 2012
15:31 GMT |
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Sony has kicked off a series of discounts on its European PlayStation Store, slashing the prices on a variety of downloadable games for the PlayStation Vita handheld platform.
The PlayStation Vita has received quite a lot of interesting games since its release in February and, even if sales haven’t been that g... |
14 June 2012
15:31 GMT |
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NVIDIA's Geforce GTX 670 graphics adapter does not truly qualify as a short-length video board, but Zotac has taken the matter into its own hands, making a version that fits in micro-ATX cases just fine.
One trait of the GeForce GTX 670 video board, a trait not immediately distinguishable in the product photos... |
14 June 2012
15:01 GMT |
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Video game publisher and hardware developer Sony believes that its recently launched PlayStation Vita handheld is doing well, if not spectacular, when it comes to sales and it has a solid slate of upcoming releases.
Scott Rohde, who is a senior vice president in charge of product development at Sony, has told Joysti... |
14 June 2012
15:01 GMT |
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The cheapest Windows Phone device in the Lumia series is about to make its debut at Koodo Mobile. The Canadian carrier plans to offer the smartphone for about $200 CAD outright.
Although the operator has yet to make it official, the folks over at MobileSyrup published a screenshot of an internal document, whic... |
14 June 2012
15:01 GMT |
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Opera has never gotten the sort of attention and respect it deserves, at least judging by its paltry market share in most parts of the world. But the browser has always been on the cutting edge when it comes to web technologies and standards. The latest release, Opera 12, isn't as much about pushing the bounda... |
14 June 2012
14:51 GMT |
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Say what you will about “Prometheus” and how riddled with flaws it is, but one thing is certain: with it, Ridley Scott has created an amazing, palpable, convincing universe. Part of that universe is the music. The video above is a lengthy interview with the sound crew on “Prometheus,” in whi... |
14 June 2012
14:31 GMT |
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Crystal Dynamics, the studio behind the upcoming Tomb Raider reboot, has shared its thoughts on the obvious similarities between the upcoming game and Naughty Dog’s successful Uncharted series, highlighting some of the many differences that set apart the heroes of the two franchises - Lara Croft and Nathan Drak... |
14 June 2012
14:21 GMT |
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With the release of several new Macs this summer, Apple introduced a new MagSafe standard that makes it impossible to power new computers and displays with old AC adapters. That doesn’t apply for new Thunderbolt Displays, though. As spotted by MacRumors, Apple is including the minuscule MagSafe to MagSafe 2 Co... |
14 June 2012
14:11 GMT |
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Inspired by the success of her good friend Gwyneth Paltrow and based on what she's learned from her own experience, actress Cameron Diaz is out to help young impressionable girls lead a healthier lifestyle, which would also impact on weight maintenance. The actress is currently working on a book on nutrition, wh... |
14 June 2012
13:51 GMT |
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Cupertino released an update for all users of Motion 5, the application that serves film producers in customizing Final Cut Pro titles, transitions, and effects. Motion 5 Content version 1.1 includes a bunch of content enhanced for the Macbook Pro with Retina display, Apple says. This includes Motion Templates, &ldq... |
14 June 2012
13:41 GMT |
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Email may be older than the web, but it's still one of the best ways of keeping in touch with your users, readers, customers etc. But, much like everything else on the web, it tends to get abused. Spam is obvious and most email services are able to keep out most of it. More problematic are unwanted, but legitima... |
14 June 2012
13:21 GMT |
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Skype proudly announced today, June 14th, that Skype 4.0 for Linux operating systems has been released and it’s available for download. After so many years in development, Skype comes with a major stable release of its amazing software, Skype 4.0, bringing lots of new features that already existed on other supp... |
14 June 2012
13:05 GMT |
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In about a month, there will be two new 23-inch NEC monitors up for sale, both featuring almost identical specifications, save for one: support for SpectraView II technology.
SpectraView II is a color calibration technology compatible with both Windows and Apple Mac operating systems.
It provides five picture mod... |
14 June 2012
13:01 GMT |
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The British Advertising Standards Authority has made its decision concerning Electronic Arts’ marketing campaign for Mass Effect 3, saying that the company isn’t guilty of false advertising, despite the complaints of customers who were disappointed by the fact that their decisions didn’t affect the ... |
14 June 2012
12:51 GMT |
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Maren Hachmann informed Softpedia earlier today, June 14th, that version 12.3 of the m23 rock Linux distribution is now available for download, supporting the Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) operating system. m23 12.3 is here to allow users to install and administer Canonical's Ubuntu 12.04 LTS distributio... |
14 June 2012
12:17 GMT |
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There's been some fuss, after Facebook's botched IPO, that the site isn't really making that much money. In fact, part of the reason why the IPO went down as it did was because Facebook had lowered the ad income estimates due to increased mobile usage, where Facebook doesn't have ads. Facebook is... |
14 June 2012
12:11 GMT |
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Owners of Windows Phone-based devices can now download and enjoy a game that will certainly bring back memories for many: Final Fantasy. The original Final Fantasy game was released in Japan in 1987, but the Windows Phone game is not a port of that variant. Instead, it arrives as a port of the PSP remake that was ... |
14 June 2012
12:01 GMT |
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jquery.rss is a small, lightweight jQuery plugin that does all the heavy lifting and frees the developer from any hardcore coding when needing to embed an RSS feed into a web page.
Extremely easy to install and use, it allows a webmaster to point the plugin at an RSS feed and tell it where to output all the feed... |
14 June 2012
12:01 GMT |
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The developers at Maxis and publisher Electronic Arts have launched a new trailer for their upcoming SimCity, basically an extended version of the announcement that was introduced in early March, showing off some of the most interesting features of the city simulation title.
SimCity is using an all-new game engine c... |
14 June 2012
11:51 GMT |
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Michael Fassbender is not only immensely talented, handsome and charming, but also a pretty decent singer. Granted, he might not be Hugh Laurie-level of good, but he could still pull it off.
Above is a video made by a fan for true Michael Fassbender (“Fassy”) fans. It's a compilation of all the song... |
14 June 2012
11:34 GMT |
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It is a well-known fact that carbon dioxide is harmful for the environment, as many environmentalists have gone through considerable efforts to drill this into our heads. However, there seems to be some good news: that researchers from the Freiburg Materials Research Center are working on using this compound so as ... |
14 June 2012
11:28 GMT |
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On a personal note, I'm very happy to hear that the people in charge of building the world's most advanced telescope finally managed to move past all obstacles, and proceed with assembling the satellites. Now, one of its most important instrument has arrived at NASA.
Experts at the Goddard Space Flight Cen... |
14 June 2012
11:26 GMT |
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Indie Royale has just posted a brand new bundle, in the form of the June Bug pack, which includes four full games – PixelJunk Eden, Escape Goat, Noitu Love 2: Devolution, and Auditorium – as well as a bonus alpha preview version of Iconoclasts.
Quite a lot of independent game bundles have appeared in rec... |
14 June 2012
11:11 GMT |
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For the longest time, Western Digital has been a worldwide provider of hard disk drives, but the company is expanding its horizons in a direction that is, perhaps, not as easy to guess as others would be.
Western Digital has made its first announcement on the wireless home networking market. In other words, it has ... |
14 June 2012
11:11 GMT |
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Reddit's been growing like crazy in the past couple of years, replacing Digg and then some. The hive mind can spark interesting or just funny discussions, meme's flame out in a single day, and when the site aims its sights on some website, it can generate a huge amount of traffic.
No surprise then that the... |
14 June 2012
11:10 GMT |
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Later today, June 14, at about 23:10 UTC, a large and very bright near-Earth object (NEO) will fly past our planet a safe distance away. Astronomers report that there is no chance of the space rock hitting us.
Dubbed 2012 LZ1, the asteroid was discovered fairly recently. The view above was snapped by experts Nick Ho... |
14 June 2012
11:09 GMT |
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Just as we spotted the Apacer A1 mSATA SSDs, Biwin launches a set of its own, called Elite Series Mini SATA.
From the get-go, we can safely say that they are faster than Apacer's creations, at 500 MB/s read and 480 MB/s write.
We think Apacer A1 might be better off in the physical and virtual endurance depar... |
14 June 2012
11:04 GMT |
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Both Chris Brown and Drake dated Rihanna at some point and, even though neither is with her right now, they're still definitely not over her. They got into a violent fight the other night, with Chris ending up with a nasty gash on his chin.
Reports online say that the two have been hating each other for long, ... |
14 June 2012
11:04 GMT |
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The latest flavor of Skype for Windows, namely version 5.10, is meant to make it easier for users to access contacts they care about. The application comes with a series of changes to the Contacts List design, and it introduces the possibility to easily pin Favorite contacts at the top of the list. Since most use... |
14 June 2012
10:57 GMT |
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Officials at the Spanish suborbital tourism company Zero 2 Infinity have recently revealed a new balloon design that they say will be used to conduct joy rides up to a third of the distance to the edge of space. The launch procedure has already been tested, albeit unsuccessfully.
Last month, a scaled-down version of... |
14 June 2012
10:57 GMT |
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Microsoft has revealed that it has begun rolling out the traditional Xbox 360 Spring System Update, which contains several improvements to background services and prepares the console for future enhancements.
Microsoft has unveiled quite a lot of new features that are coming to the Xbox 360 later this year but, unti... |
14 June 2012
10:51 GMT |
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Georgian security researcher Ucha Gobejishvili has identified a memory corruption vulnerability in Firefox 13, the latest variant of Mozilla’s popular web browser.
To demonstrate his findings, the expert has made available a working proof-of-concept, along with a video to show how it works.
Gobejishvili told ... |
14 June 2012
10:51 GMT |
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Panasonic's Toughbook product line has included Ivy Bridge-powered models since April, but now we have a convertible tablet equipped with Intel's latest CPUs.
The product in question is called Toughbook CF-19 and gives prospective buyers the Core i5-3320 processor, with HD 4000 graphics and some low-volta... |
14 June 2012
10:48 GMT |
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Now that “House M.D.” is over, Hugh Laurie's schedule is suddenly less packed. The British actor (and singer) is now in talks to play the villain in the highly anticipated remake of “RoboCop,” it has emerged. The report isn't confirmed yet but, considering that it comes from Variet... |
14 June 2012
10:48 GMT |
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Linus Torvalds has spoken recently about the Raspberry Mini-pc, and he believes it's a great platform to get people interested in computers. In an interview for electronicsweekly.com, Linus Torvalds, had quite a few kind words about the Raspberry PI, and explained that a platform needed to run Windows would be... |
14 June 2012
10:44 GMT |
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UK's Technology Strategy Board recently made public their Future Cities Demonstrator project, whose purpose is that of offering ₤25 million ($39 million / €31 million) to whatever British city comes up with the best plan to switch towards green living.
We are basically dealing with a competition: cities t... |
14 June 2012
10:43 GMT |
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Skype for Mac has just been given a major overhaul which includes a truly compact contacts monitor, improved screen sharing for premium users, resizable contact list columns, improved SMS support and automatic reorientation of mobile video calls, a keyboard shortcut for volume control and support for the unreleased M... |
14 June 2012
10:43 GMT |
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The Japanese hardware chart has been again dominated by the Nintendo 3DS, while the new launch Tokyo Jungle managed to take over the first position in the video game chart, but the big news is that the new PlayStation Vita handheld has managed to pass the older PSP in terms of sales.
The Nintendo 3DS has sold 64,875... |
14 June 2012
10:36 GMT |
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She's been plagued by pregnancy rumors ever since she tied the knot with Lamar Odom just a few weeks after going out on a first date, but now Khloe Kardashian is really getting ready for motherhood.
TMZ claims to have it on very good authority that the reality star, who has never really made a secret of her de... |
14 June 2012
10:32 GMT |
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One of the stars of Apple's WWDC 2012 was the Retina display MacBook Pro. It wasn't a big surprise, both literally and figuratively, since the new 15" model replaces the older 17" while also being smaller than current 15" MacBook Pros and since everyone knew Apple was working on a Retina display notebook/de... |
14 June 2012
10:31 GMT |
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In a paper to be published in the June 20 issue of the esteemed Astrophysical Journal, experts detail the discovery of what could very well be the oldest, most distant galaxy in the Universe. The object, entitled SXDF-NB1006-2, is located 12.91 billion light-years away from Earth. The discovery is remarkable, astron... |
14 June 2012
10:27 GMT |
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On June 14th, Canonical announced that new vulnerabilities were found in the Linux kernel packages, this time affecting the OMAP4 edition of the Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) operating system. The following four Linux kernel vulnerabilities affect Ubuntu 12.04 LTS OMAP4: CVE-2012-2121, CVE-2012-2133, CVE-2012... |
14 June 2012
10:27 GMT |
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Besides the smart features and improvements it introduces, Opera 12, launched earlier today, also brings to the table a huge number of face-altering options. These come under the form of themes, which make for a lightweight skinning system. Even if applying themes sounds like an easy job, you’ll definite... |
14 June 2012
10:23 GMT |
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Bing has just got a brand new feature. Starting this week, users will start seeing Qwikis in Bing Search results, which will provide them with new ways of exploring. For those who don’t know what Qwikis are, we should note that they were designed as interactive presentations combining images, videos, maps and... |
14 June 2012
10:22 GMT |
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Krater, coming from developers Fatshark and Bitsquid, has just been released into the pretty crowded dungeon crawler genre, which recently saw the launch of the blockbuster Diablo 3 and is now getting ready to receive Torchlight II.Instead of tackling medieval dungeons, like the other two games, Krater throws at the ... |
14 June 2012
10:21 GMT |
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One of the scenes in “Game of Thrones” getting a lot of traction these days is from episode 10, season 1 of the show, in which several heads are shown impaled on stakes. One of these heads is of former US President George W. Bush. As the video above will confirm (check right after the 1-minute mark) one ... |
14 June 2012
10:09 GMT |
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Today, June 14th, the FreeNAS 8.0.4-p3 stable release, a free implementation of a minimal FreeBSD distribution, it is now available for download. FreeNAS 8.0.4-p3 has an important change that addresses a security vulnerability, which if exploited successfully could lead to local kernel privilege escalation, kernel d... |
14 June 2012
10:08 GMT |
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Shuhei Yoshida, who is the leader of the Sony Worldwide Studios, has admitted that his company has had problems attracting developers to the PlayStation Vita handheld because of the tough competition the platform faced from social and from mobile games.
Speaking to Giant Bomb, the executive said, “It’s u... |
14 June 2012
10:04 GMT |
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Officials at the Northrop Grumman Corporation and the United States Air Force (USAF) announce that the second X-47B drone will be moved to the East Coast, after successfully completing its airworthiness test phase in California.
The X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator aircraft was developed under t... |
14 June 2012
10:04 GMT |
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A 123-page paper that represents a draft of the Communications Data Bill, the United Kingdom’s dreaded online monitoring law, has been published.
As it turns out, every online activity will be recorded and stored by Internet service providers (ISP). That includes emails, browsing history, instant messaging ch... |
14 June 2012
10:02 GMT |
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A study focused on the root causes of daytime sleepiness – a very widespread condition, especially among the working population – has found that obesity and depression are the main culprits.
The work was carried out by scientists at the Pennsylvania State University (Penn State), who conducted three inv... |
14 June 2012
09:54 GMT |
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Windows 8 Release Preview that arrived two weeks ago with a new flavor of Internet Explorer 10 packed inside also delivered a series of enhancements to the modern JavaScript engine, Chakra, which was launched in Internet Explorer 9. Microsoft’s goals with the new platform release included the delivery of an en... |
14 June 2012
09:50 GMT |
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Throughout the course of the last month, the people living in the Indian state of Orissa were faced with a 10 degrees Celsius (50 degrees Fahrenheit) increase in temperatures.
As the communities here are rather poor and locals can't afford not to work for an entire day on account of the sun burning too brightl... |
14 June 2012
09:45 GMT |
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Currently, people who want to give blood have to wait for certain periods of time between donations. A new study will now try to assess what is the most appropriate interval between donations. Scientists hope that this will lead to better management of blood resources.
Since there appears to be a global shortage of ... |
14 June 2012
09:44 GMT |
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Acer revealed the Aspire S5 ultrabook at this year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2012), way back in January.
It is Acer's thinnest ultrabook and also the first of its kind to possess a Thunderbolt connector.
The 2310 mAh battery will be able to keep a Core i7 CPU, a 13.3-inch CineCrystal LED-backlit ... |
14 June 2012
09:30 GMT |
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ASUS is rolling out the 9.4.2.28 Firmware update package to its Transformer Prime slates to enable face unlock and to fix GPS dongle. You can wait for the OTA update, or manually download and install the package from us. The update announcement has been spotted on ASUS’s UK Facebook page, with download links b... |
14 June 2012
09:30 GMT |
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The next two Galileo satellites to launch in orbit have just completed their vacuum and temperature assessments successfully, at the test facility that main contractor Thales Alenia Space operates in Rome, Italy. Each of the vehicles spent 20 days in the test chamber.
TAS builds Galileo satellites for the European ... |
14 June 2012
09:24 GMT |
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iPhone Dev Team leader MuscleNerd has announced a tethered-only developer-restricted iOS 6 jailbreak for testing purposes. He confirms that no new exploits are being exposed with this release, and that those who don’t know the nuts and bolts of SSH and afc2 should simply ignore this announcement.As usual, Muscl... |
14 June 2012
09:22 GMT |
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Comcast has asked an Illinois District Court to quash subpoenas obtained by copyright holders that want to learn the identities of individuals who allegedly download their materials from BitTorrent websites.
In mass piracy lawsuits there has always been a clear path on how things work. The copyright holder obtains t... |
14 June 2012
09:20 GMT |
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As of yesterday, Rio de Janeiro hosts the Global Research Forum on Sustainable Production and Consumption.
This meeting of the green-minds focuses on discussing what it is that we presently know about sustainable development and how this knowledge can be put to good use in the future.
The workshop, which is expec... |
14 June 2012
09:14 GMT |
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A group of scientists from the University of Cambridge have discovered a trick employed by the pitcher plant Nepenthes gracilis for capturing insects. It only works when it's raining, and it involves the plant using its lid as a large springboard.
Usually, when it's pouring outside, insects seek refuge und... |
14 June 2012
09:11 GMT |
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Opera has been working on the latest major release, Opera 12, for quite some time, more than a year in earnest. In fact, at one point, it was taking so long that features that were complete were bundled as Opera 11.60 and pushed out the door while work continued on Opera 12.
It was all supposed to be worth it for Op... |
14 June 2012
09:10 GMT |
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Many industry watchers were waiting for hardware maker Nintendo to make an official announcement about the price and the launch date of the upcoming Wii U home console, but the company chose to once again delay the big news and instead focus on the games that will be offered on the device and the capabilities of its ... |
14 June 2012
09:09 GMT |
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With Windows 8 marching on towards the final version for the official release, it’s little wonder to see major manufacturers focusing their efforts to deliver compatible drivers for the users' delight and joy. It's the case of Nvidia, releasing the 302.80 GeForce display driver, especially for Window... |
14 June 2012
09:01 GMT |
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Apple reveals on its Back to School site that if you buy a Mac for college between June 11th and September 21st, you’ll receive a $100 Back to School Gift Card to use on apps, books, music, and movies. College students can also buy the new iPad (third-generation) and get a $50 Back to School Gift Card, while t... |
14 June 2012
08:55 GMT |
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Windows 8 is no ordinary desktop platform. In fact, it packs so many optimizations for use on mobile devices that one might easily mistake it for a mobile platform. Apparently, this is how Microsoft actually intended it to be, since the entire PC industry is moving to an increasingly mobile, more connected era. T... |
14 June 2012
08:39 GMT |
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LinkedIn has been busy in the past few days alerting 6.5 million of its customers to the fact that their passwords must be reset because of an incident. However, the notification process isn’t going as smoothly as it should.
First, Bitdefender experts reported that some of the messages were sent to email addre... |
14 June 2012
08:38 GMT |
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Apacer is getting ready to start sending out members of a certain new collection of solid state drives: mSATA A1, equipped with the newest SATA technology.
Normally, we wouldn't expect an industrial solid-state drive, or industrial product of other sort, to be marketed as an ultrabook component.
After all, u... |
14 June 2012
08:33 GMT |
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Short on the heels of her announcement of a UK tour, Cheryl Cole is in the headlines again: her collaboration with good friend and mentor will.i.am has emerged finally online. The first single off Cheryl's new album, “A Million Lights,” is “Call My Name,” so the newly emerged track, &ld... |
14 June 2012
08:33 GMT |
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The Kinect motion tracking peripheral from Microsoft might have sold millions of devices, but failed to ignite a true revolution in the world of video games but the tech still has the capability to fundamentally change other fields, like medicine.
Bill Crounse, the senior director for worldwide health at Microsoft, ... |
14 June 2012
08:27 GMT |
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The latest security updates suite from Microsoft started to arrive on Windows computers this week, in an attempt to patch various vulnerabilities that were found to affect a series of Microsoft products. Among them, one particular security bulletin came to resolve no less than 13 security issues in Internet Explore... |
14 June 2012
08:19 GMT |
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Ever since the Fukushima disasters, Japan's nuclear reactors were put out of business. However, recent developments might indicate that this country is going back to its old ways.
Thus, when asked by the central government, the mayor of Oi, a town in the western prefecture of Fukui, agreed to having two nuclea... |
14 June 2012
08:19 GMT |
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Investigators at the University of Leeds and the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) say that they have recently figured out how a two-step approach to targeting cancer cells using viruses works. The group was able to determine how the viral agents escape the actions of the immune system.
Usually, whenever a foreign ... |
14 June 2012
08:17 GMT |
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The famous Ryan Cleary, one of the hackers of the LulzSec collective, has been indicted by a Los Angeles District Court.
It’s uncertain if Cleary will be extradited to the United States or if he will remain in the United Kingdom where he is already facing hacking-related charges, The TechHerald reports.
In t... |
14 June 2012
08:10 GMT |
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One of the big Electronic Arts linked disappointments of E3 2012 was that no new content was announced for the Sims franchise. Yet, the publisher has rectified that omission by announcing that during September of this year gamers will be able to pick up the Supernatural Expansion Pack for the game. It will introd... |
14 June 2012
08:03 GMT |
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As promised yesterday, the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly brings the first photos from the upcoming “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2.” Check them out in the gallery below. The film picks up right after the events of “Breaking Dawn Part 1” and will see Bella Cullen (Kristen Stewa... |
14 June 2012
08:01 GMT |
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Although Nokia recently announced it has sold its Vertu luxury brand to a North European private equity group, the handset maker continues to announce new premium phones.
The newest luxury phone in the Constellation series is the result of Vertu’s collaboration with Smile Train, an NGO that provides free cleft... |
14 June 2012
07:53 GMT |
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Linus Torvalds has won 2012 Millennium Technology Prize from Technology Academy Finland and received his award during a ceremony at the Finnish National Opera in Helsinki.
The 2012 Millennium Technology Prize consisted on a prize of €1.2 million ($1.5 million), but it was cut in half, one part going to Linus... |
14 June 2012
07:45 GMT |
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Usher recently said that he was blessed to be this good looking and it's easy to see what he meant by that. The official video for his new single has premiered online – and the man is on fire! “Scream” is Usher's second single off “Looking 4 Myself,” his seventh studio album, w... |
14 June 2012
07:39 GMT |
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The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) has issued an advisory which reveals that a number of companies may be impacted by a vulnerability that affects some 64-bit operating systems and virtualization software that relies on Intel CPU hardware. If successfully leveraged, the security hole could... |
14 June 2012
07:38 GMT |
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According to the conclusions of a new study by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, it would appear that the area around the Azerbaijani capital city of Baku is prone to producing a significant earthquake.
The country has a rich history of drama fo... |
14 June 2012
07:36 GMT |
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THQ is still very much in love with Darksiders as a franchise and has future plans for it, despite the fact that a comment earlier during the week suggested otherwise.
On the Facebook official page for Darsiders, Jason Rubin, who is the leader of THQ, has stated, “A quote from a recent interview I did has been... |
14 June 2012
07:34 GMT |
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The prototype for the Bluebird GTL was first introduced to the general public two days ago, during the Bluebird Centenary Celebration. Having an enclosed cockpit and incredibly smooth lines, this all-electric vehicle is expected to race in the Formula E championship, which is to have its first edition in 2013. As... |
14 June 2012
07:22 GMT |
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A consortium of scientists from the United States announce that they have completed an effort to map the microbiome of healthy humans. This momentous breakthrough will enable researchers to conduct more in-depth studies of the microorganisms inside the human body, and the roles they play.
Grasping the importance of ... |
14 June 2012
07:19 GMT |
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At the heart of Twitter are the 140-character tweets. This isn't about to change and it's still what makes the site unique. However, Twitter has been working on expanding the tweets to include more information and to allow users to do more things.
One of the ways it's done is with in-line content, fo... |
14 June 2012
07:11 GMT |
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In between releasing new updates and the Real-Money Auction House, Blizzard has implemented an array of hotfixes in Diablo 3, eliminating some glitches, while removing an exploit that allowed Monk characters to infinitely stack a damage buff by using the Combination Strike ability. Diablo 3 came out last month and, ... |
14 June 2012
07:11 GMT |
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A price comparison between the old-model MacBook Pro and the new MacBook Pro with Retina display reveals that it is actually more profitable to buy the brand new model with SSD storage, crisp visuals, a thinner silhouette and non-upgradable RAM.The all-new MacBook Pro is a killer, no doubt about it. At $2,199, it&rsq... |
14 June 2012
07:06 GMT |
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In this Security app of the week article we’ll take a look at Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner, another important tool that can and should be utilized by security researchers, especially those who focus their efforts on finding flaws in websites.
In the past few months we have seen a lot of security experts ... |
14 June 2012
07:02 GMT |
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Mobile phone carrier Sprint is reportedly preparing a price cut for the Samsung Epic 4G Touch this month, as a new high-end Android handset from Samsung is making its way to its network. Starting with June 21st, Sprint users will be able to acquire the Samsung Epic 4G Touch for only $99.99 (€80) with the signi... |
14 June 2012
06:41 GMT |
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Rockstar has finally launched the highly-acclaimed Max Payne Mobile game for Android devices. The developers announced the upcoming availability of the title about six months ago, but only the iOS version made it on the market as scheduled.
The Android game has been delayed for more than two weeks due to some last m... |
14 June 2012
06:11 GMT |
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When season 8 of “Weeds” premieres on Showtime on July 1st, make sure you enjoy every second of it because it will be its last. Series creator Jenji Kohan has already confirmed the sad news for Entertainment Weekly.One of the most successful original series, “Weeds” has seen a decline in the r... |
14 June 2012
06:04 GMT |
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Opera 12 is finally here, you can grab it now and enjoy the goodness. Opera's been working on this release for about a year and it's been going slow, it had to put out the interim and unplanned Opera 11.60 just to get some of the features that were already out there while the team focused on the bigger issu... |
14 June 2012
06:01 GMT |
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After AMD's declarations regarding the elimination of the monthly releases of Catalyst drivers and their replacement with more often beta and game-specific versions, here's a heap of yet unofficial drivers for you to install and try.
These drivers come from the Benchmark3D forum and like with any other sim... |
14 June 2012
05:55 GMT |
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Today, Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia announced a series of changes to its operations, some of which will involve slashing up to 10,000 jobs by the end of 2013. The company claims that these changes are meant to help it sharpen its strategy and improve its operating model, while also returning it to growth and pr... |
14 June 2012
05:51 GMT |
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Video game publisher Electronic Arts has announced that it is launching Project HONOR, an initiative that will seek to raise awareness on the sacrifice of Special Operations warriors from the United States military forces and increase the charitable contributions that can be delivered to their families.The initiative... |
14 June 2012
05:50 GMT |
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About 1 in 10 people who suffer from inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) will go on to develop colon cancer, primarily due a specific type of DNA damage caused by inflammation. Researchers in the United States believe they may have found a way to address this issue.
In a study conducted on lab mice, scientists at the C... |
14 June 2012
05:49 GMT |
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The US Environmental Protection Agency recently determined that, in spite of the 1990 Clean Air Amendments, some national power plants still do not abide by “green” standards.
What makes matters even worse is that nowadays pollution-control technologies are widely available to those who are interested i... |
14 June 2012
05:46 GMT |
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In order to ensure that adults and their children are protected from online threats such as scams, phishing and potentially dangerous websites, AVG has released the iOS and Windows Phone versions of its Family Safety web browser.
“With people increasingly using mobile devices to access social networks and brow... |
14 June 2012
05:46 GMT |
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We've seen our share of marketing stunts, but Samsung's newest commercial campaign is one of the more amusing ones. The company took the issues of PC freezing, battery drain and never-ending data loading processes and personified them as Fiona Freeze, Battery Brutus and Loading Ball Larry. Hilariously, ... |
14 June 2012
05:37 GMT |
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Apple approved today Tomb Raider: Underworld in the Mac App Store. Mac users running Snow Leopard version 10.6.8 or Lion can download the popular action-adventure video game for $24.99 / 19.99 EUR. Although the game is far from new, as far as the Mac user base is concerned, this is just another recent addition ... |
14 June 2012
05:36 GMT |
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Apple is making it easier for shoppers to order a product and pick it up at their local store by skipping the physical checkout process altogether. The company’s Express Checkout feature is now available in the official Apple Store application for iPhone and iPad. Apple Store 2.2. includes Express Checkout, wh... |
14 June 2012
05:31 GMT |
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Shady Facebook posts that advertise all sorts of outrageous videos are not uncommon, but experts warn that they’re once again making a comeback, trying to dupe users into taking part in surveys that earn fraudsters a lot of money. The “video” that can’t be watched for more than 25 seconds, th... |
14 June 2012
05:29 GMT |
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It’s been a busy weeks for Sony Mobile. The Japanese company announced two new Xperia phones that will be launched on the market in Q3 2012, the Xperia miro and Xperia tipo (tipo dual).
However, rumor has it that Sony plans to announce more devices by the end the month, which will be released beginning August.... |
14 June 2012
05:27 GMT |
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Rovio’s popular Angry Birds game was made available for the owners of BlackBerry PlayBook devices a while ago, followed by new versions of the application as they arrived on other platforms as well. Among them, we can count Angry Birds Space, which has just received an update that brings 10 new levels to the ... |
14 June 2012
05:25 GMT |
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The development team at High Moon Studios and publisher Activision have announced that both Peter Cullen and Greg Berger, the legendary voices of Optimus Prime and Grimlock known for the core animated television series, have lent their talent to the upcoming Transformers: Fall of Cybertron.
Peter Della Penna, the st... |
14 June 2012
05:21 GMT |
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MMO mice are a strange breed, with more buttons than most people could ever know what to do with, but Logitech not only built one, but it also gave it twice the number of possible key actions. By that we mean to say that there are 20 buttons in total, programmable commands for them all and even the G-Shift function,... |
14 June 2012
05:09 GMT |
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On Wednesday, June 13, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden paid a personal visit to McGregor, Texas, where Hawthorne, California-based Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) has its Rocket Development Facility. The top official met up with the company's CEO, Elon Musk.
The latter, a co-founder of the... |
14 June 2012
04:47 GMT |
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High officials recently informed the press that, after due consideration and careful planning, more than one-third of Australian waters are to become marine parks.
As a result, animal species such as the dugong, the blue whale, the gray nurse shark and the green turtle will fall under the law's protection.
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14 June 2012
04:46 GMT |
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Activision and Infinity Ward have confirmed that they’ll release a brand new piece of content for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 next week, on June 19, but the actual details will be revealed on Monday, June 18.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has received quite a lot of post-launch downloadable content, in for... |
14 June 2012
04:46 GMT |
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The official Twitter account of MTV Asia was taken over for a short period of time on Tuesday by hackers from Team Intricate. MTV Asia has confirmed the breach on its Facebook page.
“Hi guys, our official Twitter account has been hacked. Please disregard all communications from the account until further notice... |
14 June 2012
04:43 GMT |
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It's very rare that Justin Theroux speaks of his girlfriend of over 1 year Jennifer Aniston but, when he does, he has nothing but the nicest things to say. Confirmation of that is below, in the video embedded at the end of this article. Justin's latest project is “Rock of Ages,” the star studd... |
14 June 2012
04:40 GMT |
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US-based handset maker Motorola Mobility and Spanish carrier Yoigo have just announced the availability of the RAZR MAXX smartphone. The smartphone will be shipped with Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system out of the box, though Motorola confirmed the RAZR MAXX would receive an Ice Cream Sandwich update in the f... |
14 June 2012
04:34 GMT |
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As promised, WordPress 3.4 has arrived. It took quite a while, there are several betas and several release candidates, but it's done and bloggers can already start upgrading to the latest and greatest WordPress platform if they can't wait for the automatic update process to kick in. WordPress 3.4 "Green" ... |
14 June 2012
04:33 GMT |
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A hacker collective called Black Tiger Security has published a list of over 6,700 account credentials they allegedly obtained from Motorcycle Industry Jobs (motorcycleindustryjobs.com).
At press time the website was “down for maintenance,” which may indicate that the site has been compromised.
Another... |
14 June 2012
04:24 GMT |
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BioWare has posted a brand new balancing update for Mass Effect 3’s multiplayer mode, this time decreasing the efficiency (“nerfing”) the weapons included in the recently launched Rebellion DLC, namely the Reegar Carbine and the Krysae Sniper Rifle.
Mass Effect 3’s multiplayer mode has deligh... |
14 June 2012
04:13 GMT |
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Hawken is just one of the mech-based titles to be launched in the near future and, despite its big focus on multiplayer, the company is still trying to find time to create a single-player portion that will show off the game mechanics to players.
Jason Hughes, who is the producer working on Hawken at Adhesive Games, ... |
14 June 2012
04:10 GMT |
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One of the major changes that Microsoft announced for Windows 8’s interface was the lack of the Aero Glass that users were already accustomed to in Windows 7 or Windows Vista. The Redmond-based software giant said that this change is bound to result in a nicer, cleaner look of the desktop in Windows 8, and th... |
14 June 2012
04:03 GMT |
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NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) experts announce the discovery of a fairly large, long-standing lake in the tropical regions of Saturn's largest moon, Titan. The discovery is puzzling because experts had previously thought that liquid hydrocarbons were only confined to the celestial body's poles.
For... |
14 June 2012
04:03 GMT |
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After separating from her husband of 6 years Ashton Kutcher, Demi More went to rehab for undisclosed issues rumored to be drug and alcohol addiction, as well as an eating disorder. She's still not on the right path, her family fears, as per the latest report.
Demi has been keeping a very low profile ever since ... |
14 June 2012
04:00 GMT |
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We already reported about six months ago that Nokia planned to sell its luxury phone brand Vertu to the highest bidder. Two months ago, rumors pointed to a possible acquisition of the brand by private equity firm Permira.
According to sources close to the matter, the British private equity company expressed its inte... |
14 June 2012
04:00 GMT |
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Google’s software engineers maintaining Chrome on the Mac are committed to making the web browser look as great as possible on Apple’s new MacBook Pro with Retina display. The next release of Chrome will include support for the computer’s insane pixel count. Nico Weber, software engineer and chief ... |
14 June 2012
03:52 GMT |
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On June 12, Daniel Hillel was elected the winner of 2012's World Food Prize. Later on, in October, he will be formally presented with his award: $250,000 (roughly €200,000).
Born in the US but raised in Israel, Daniel Hillel is the man behind the micro-irrigation technology, which allows communities livi... |
14 June 2012
03:48 GMT |
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Officials with the American space agency announce that their latest X-ray telescope was successfully deployed on its intended orbit yesterday, after taking off underneath the belly of a special airplane.
The Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) mission is the first observatory of its kind that can be focu... |
14 June 2012
03:47 GMT |
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The Itanium series of server processors from Intel has been at the core of the HP-Oracle hostilities, but that's not what we are going to talk about here.
For once, the situation doesn't revolve around Oracle's decision to stop supporting Itanium chips, and HP's outrage over it.
Instead, we ar... |
14 June 2012
03:44 GMT |
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Microsoft has recently released its June 2012 security update and with it the company also released an advisory to warn customers of a serious zero-day exploit that affects Internet Explorer. While there isn’t a permanent patch for this issue, the Redmond company has made available a “Fix it” soluti... |
14 June 2012
03:41 GMT |
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En Masse Entertainment, the company behind the interesting Tera massively multiplayer online role-playing game, has just released a special seven day free trial for the online title, allowing anyone to just register for an account and play the game one week without paying any subscription.
Tera has impressed quite a... |
14 June 2012
03:41 GMT |
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Today, Nokia announced plans to acquire Scalado, the imaging specialist it has been working with for the past decade or so. The company announced that it intends to purchase both the world-class imaging specialists and technologies and intellectual property from Scalado AB. Through this purchase, the company is ai... |
14 June 2012
03:35 GMT |
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With the new release Opera takes a new stance on the browser market, one that might bring it the desired slice of users. After numerous refinements that took the form of snapshots, some interim builds and several release candidates, the stable version for Opera 12 has made it to the users. But all the effort invest... |
14 June 2012
03:32 GMT |
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Most chemicals heavier than hydrogen and helium, a group including iron and silicon, were until now believed to be absolutely necessary for the formation of planets. Scientists believe that new worlds could only develop around metal-rich stars. This was recently proven not to be the case.
This is especially true for... |
14 June 2012
03:31 GMT |
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Shortly after the “Twilight” phenomenon started, fans found a more convenient and original way of referring to the two leading stars of the franchise, Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson: KStew and RPatz. If he had the chance, he would strangle whoever coined that nickname. Pattinson spoke to The Guard... |
14 June 2012
03:28 GMT |
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Apple is encouraging developers to leverage the new resources for using iCloud Storage APIs (application programming interface) in their applications for iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, as well as Macintosh. A memo on the News and Announcements section for developers entitled "New Resources for Using iCloud Storage" encou... |
14 June 2012
03:27 GMT |
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Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia has been long rumored to plan the release of Windows Phone 8 devices, yet no specific info on what these handsets will be all about has emerged so far. Today, however, images with an alleged such mobile phone from Nokia made it to the web, showing us a bit more of what to expect fro... |
14 June 2012
03:22 GMT |
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Apple released a software update for MacBook Air models shipped this week, targeting graphics stability and flash (storage) performance, as well as the systems’ graphical output when used with external monitors. MacBook Air (Mid 2012) Software Update 1.0 is to be applied on the newest MacBook Air computer... |
14 June 2012
03:13 GMT |
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Blu-ray has had a love-hate relationship with the world, so to speak, and this affair continues as the chief executive officer of a certain set-top box maker has gone on record in regard to the future of the optical media.
Roku, the company who first launched a media box capable of streaming Netflix and other onlin... |
14 June 2012
03:08 GMT |
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Despite being involved with some of the biggest franchises from French publisher Ubisoft, the Montreal studio still has the attitude of a start-up, always ready to emphasize creativity and try to get the most out of all the titles that they release. Yannis Mallat, who is the leader of the Ubisoft Montreal studio, to... |
14 June 2012
03:07 GMT |
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Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime has talked about the Wii U GamePad and revealed that multi-touch support for the controller’s screen isn’t ideal, because players will only use one hand when interacting with it. The biggest claim to fame of Nintendo’s upcoming Wii U is the unique Game... |
14 June 2012
03:05 GMT |
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Recent studies indicate that, as global temperatures continue to increase, forests throughout the world could turn into CO2 emitters, rather than help clean up the air.
Up until now, it was presumed that natural landscapes help reduce pollution and can help us in our battle against climate change, as plants typical... |
14 June 2012
02:59 GMT |
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Diablo 3 players from the Americas region were finally able to access the Real-Money Auction House yesterday and developer Blizzard has now confirmed that those in Europe will get their own version of the RMAH on Friday, June 15.
Diablo 3 has been launched for a month now and Blizzard has kept on releasing new patch... |
14 June 2012
02:35 GMT |
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Video game developer EA Sports has announced a number of retailer specific bonuses for those who are willing to pre-order NHL 13, the hockey situation from the company.
The pre-order offers include:
- for GameStop or EB Games – gamers get a 1 Gold Hockey Ultimate Team pack for each week for 16 weeks after lau... |
14 June 2012
02:30 GMT |
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ASUS could have held back until it had more fixes, tweaks and/or changes to make, but it decided not to delay the latest update to the Transformer Prime tablet.
The operating system of the tablet is Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and the firmware version now rolling out to owners is 9.4.2.28.
It mostly fixes bugs... |
14 June 2012
02:27 GMT |
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Xbox LIVE fans who are also owners of devices based on Google’s Android operating system can now take the Xbox LIVE experience with them on the go with the newly released My Xbox LIVE app. The application was previously made available for Apple’s iOS devices, and it is now up for download through the Go... |
14 June 2012
02:22 GMT |
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Some time ago we reported that Spencer Mott, the chief information security officer (CISO) at Electronic Arts (EA) had raised concerns about the risks posed by Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) and Advanced Evasion Techniques (AETs). While APTs are a well-known concept, AETs are not so common. However, that doesn&r... |
14 June 2012
02:12 GMT |
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