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Ken Levine, the leading developer working on BioShock Infinite, says that people tend to read more into his games that he originally intends and always give him credit for much more than he intended.But the game maker accepts that once a game is out the entire experience is out of his own hands and belongs to the fan... |
15 December 2012
21:01 GMT |
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Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia is getting ready to bring its Lumia 510 smartphone to the market in India, and will have it available with the Windows Phone 7.8 platform on it right from the start.
According to BGRIndia, the device can deliver an updated experience when compared to what owners of older Lumia devic... |
15 December 2012
18:11 GMT |
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2012 was a good year for gamers as quite a lot of high quality titles have appeared over the months, from blockbuster sequels, like Mass Effect 3 or Far Cry 3, to all-new intellectual properties, like Dishonored or Sleeping Dogs.
While most games impressed through different mechanics or through their stories, by far... |
15 December 2012
16:51 GMT |
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Research and Markets has published the “iPad and Smartphone Use in the Pharma Industry” report which analyzes the overall market for iPads, iPhones, and other platforms in the pharmaceutical market. The report also looks at the opportunities presented by iOS devices in the life sciences sector.
Citing an unspecified... |
15 December 2012
16:31 GMT |
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Fenrir, creators of Sleipnir Mobile browser for Android devices, have just released a new version, which adds more gestures and bug fixes. Version 2.6 comes with a new gesture that allows users to thumb through tabs (swipe left or right from edge of screen). In addition, the developers included a new customize... |
15 December 2012
16:31 GMT |
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[YOUTUBE=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fp3Bns-bCv4]Movember was a rather successful anti-cancer campaign, meaning that roughly 1.2 million men agreed to grow a mustache in support of male cancer patients worldwide. Therefore, it is quite likely that Decembeaver (i.e. Movember for women) will soon become equal... |
15 December 2012
16:31 GMT |
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Multiplayer, particularly the online variety, is practically a must-have feature for any type of game nowadays, as lots of players want to experience their favorite games with others, either cooperatively, like in Mass Effect 3, or competitively, like in FIFA 13.
There are quite a few games that didn't feature ... |
15 December 2012
15:31 GMT |
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Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia appears set to provide owners of Windows Phone 8-based Lumia devices with the best mobile experience out there, and has released a new set of updated apps in this regard.
A few days ago, we learned that Nokia Drive+ beta was updated for the latest Lumia devices out there, but it see... |
15 December 2012
15:21 GMT |
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According to an international team of researchers, air pollution is now a major global health risk, meaning that it can be held accountable for roughly 3.2 million premature deaths yearly.
To be more precise, measurements and investigations carried out in East Asia revealed that, in this part of the world, air poll... |
15 December 2012
15:11 GMT |
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Oil Rush, one of the best looking games build so far on the Unigine engine and one of the most pleasant Linux surprises, can be bought now with a 75% discount.Oil Rush is a mix of strategy and tower defence, combined in such a way that it practically has no rival. It’s built on the famous Unigine engine, the sa... |
15 December 2012
14:21 GMT |
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I played Halo 4 earlier during the year and quite enjoyed the first person shooter action although I was worried about the direction that the franchise is going and the universe’s ability to sustain another two big games linked to the current narrative.Only after a week or two did I get around to watching Forwa... |
15 December 2012
14:01 GMT |
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Cybercriminals have often used ransomware to lock up the computer screens of their victims and force them to pay a “fine” if they wanted them unlocked. They’ve also often relied on surveys, spread via Facebook, to make money via affiliate programs.
However, until now, they’ve never combined t... |
15 December 2012
14:01 GMT |
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From the performance viewpoint, Microsoft did a great job with Windows 8 as the operating system maintains the same system requirements as its predecessor but manages to work better. However, there is always room for improvement and both third-party developers and users know this. EnhanceMy8 is among the latest suit... |
15 December 2012
14:01 GMT |
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The folks at SHAPE have just updated their IM+ Pro application for Android with some bug fixes and new features. According to the devs, Beep mobile-to-mobile messenger is now available as in-app purchase in versions distributed via Google Play Store. In addition, SHAPE updated “No Ads” and “Skype&... |
15 December 2012
13:31 GMT |
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One of the appealing applications that the Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia has made available for download for the owners of Windows Phone 8-based Lumia devices was PhotoBeamer, now available for older devices as well.
The application can be found in the official Windows Phone Store with support for Windows Phone ... |
15 December 2012
13:21 GMT |
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Microsoft has released plenty of themes in the last couple of months, but this new one is probably the best choice if you wish to get your PC ready for Christmas.
The so-called MSN Wallpaper and Screensaver Pack: 2012 Holidays brings a brand new look to your desktop bundled into a simple installer that does the whol... |
15 December 2012
13:01 GMT |
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Some OS X Server users attempting to upgrade to version 2.2 released last week are encountering difficulties in installing the new version whose flagship addition is a “caching” feature that speeds up downloads released by Apple through Mac App Store.
Apple acknowledges in a Support document released thi... |
15 December 2012
12:11 GMT |
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Wayland, a protocol for a compositor to talk to its clients, as well as a C library implementation of that protocol, which can be used as a standalone display server running on Linux kernel modesetting and evdev input devices, an X application, or a Wayland client itself, has reached version 1.0.3.Wayland 1.0.3 is a ... |
15 December 2012
12:01 GMT |
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Web 2.0 Directory is a script to manage a classified ads system, for taking and listing advertisements using a secure, controllable user interface.
Created for entrepreneurs, Web 2.0 Directory will allow webmasters to run an ads listing system, for free or a monthly fee.
Heavily integrated with payment gateways, We... |
15 December 2012
12:01 GMT |
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Demonstrating something that is or at least should be obvious to most people, a Dutch teenager, Damien Reijnaers who's 16, managed to get 20,000 Twitter accounts to post what he wanted. There was no hacking, not even a scam, rather he simply asked for permission.
Well, an app he created asked for permission to ... |
15 December 2012
11:41 GMT |
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With more than 10 million downloads on Google Play Store, ASTRO File Manager is one of the most popular file managers for Android devices.
Unfortunately, a previous update intended to improve users' overall experience actually made matters worse. Many users have already downrated the application due to the new ... |
15 December 2012
11:31 GMT |
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We’ve already told you that Microsoft’s Windows Store is growing up at a pretty fast pace, so it’s no surprise that more long-awaited apps are finally arriving on this platform.
The latest in this series is the official Sports Illustrated app that allows you to get the latest scores, news and photo... |
15 December 2012
11:01 GMT |
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Google has its fair share of “celebrity” employees, people like Vint Cerf, one of the inventors of the TCP/IP stack that powers the internet.
Now, it adds another employee to the list – renowned inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil is joining the company to work on machine learning and language processing methods.
H... |
15 December 2012
10:41 GMT |
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Popular cloud service Dropbox is introducing version 2.0 of its iOS client which delivers a fresh new look, an enhanced file uploading experience, and special photo-centric additions that make it a pleasure to use on your iPhone or iPad. The first thing that strikes you in Dropbox 2.0 is the brand new Photos tab tha... |
15 December 2012
10:41 GMT |
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Chris Roberts, the game creator behind Star Citizen, believes that his space simulation revival title has the potential to go head-to-head with any other AAA quality title when it launches, during 2014.
He tells GamesIndustry.biz that, “I’m confident now that we’ll be able to compete with any AAA g... |
15 December 2012
10:31 GMT |
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Cliff Bleszinski, long known as the face of the Gears of War franchise, says that the new intellectual property he is currently working on is called Bluestreak/Silverstreak, after the first Transformer toy that he has ever owned.
He tells StickSkills that, “I don’t want the chainsaw gun to be my legacy. ... |
15 December 2012
09:41 GMT |
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Living aboard the International Space Station sounds like fun, for a couple of hours. While floating in microgravity and looking down at the Earth sounds hugely exciting, the astronauts aboard the ISS are actually at work up there and spend months confined to a small, musty space with people they barely know. Not o... |
15 December 2012
09:31 GMT |
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Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless is reportedly offering limited edition devices to its employees, and HTC’s new DROID DNA and Windows Phone 8X are included in the offer.
The move was unveiled back in November, and now photos with these devices are available online for your viewing pleasure.
DROID DNA w... |
15 December 2012
09:31 GMT |
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Autodesk has just released a new version of its SketchBook application for Android devices. The software has been updated to version 2.0 and has received some new features and improvements.
Sketchers will be happy to know that developers included major performance enhancements in this update, along with improved hel... |
15 December 2012
09:31 GMT |
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The new Picture Password feature was officially released in October, together with the new Windows 8 operating system, and has been described as a new, innovative and a lot more secure way to protect your touchscreen device.
But Naven Jones of Uncoveror.com has found a way to quickly hack any Windows 8 computer usin... |
15 December 2012
09:21 GMT |
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ITU's World Conference on International Telecommunications is over and, perhaps unsurprisingly for bureaucrats or the UN, no one is actually sure what happened and who won, not even the ITU itself.
In the end, several countries refused to sign the final version of the document being debated, an update of the t... |
15 December 2012
08:41 GMT |
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Microsoft officially released the Patch Tuesday updates this week, but the company has also unveiled some new updates for the built-in Windows 8 Modern app.
We have already told you yesterday that the Weather Windows 8 app was updated with historical weather information and performance improvements, but it appears t... |
15 December 2012
08:41 GMT |
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The developers at The Creative Assembly reveal that the second playable faction for Total War: Rome II is Carthage, the nation born from Trojan settlers that has come close to ruling the entire Mediterranean world.The new faction is depicted as an powerful empire that relies on trading for most of its wealth and hire... |
15 December 2012
08:28 GMT |
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Forza Horizon, the recently released racing game from Turn 10 Studios, is getting ready to receive a special rally-themed expansion and, in order to get fans interested in it, a special trailer has just appeared online.
Forza Horizon impressed lots of racing game fans on the Xbox 360 platform by delivering a great o... |
15 December 2012
08:21 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, has just reached the LUCKY RUBBER DUCKY stage.
The Enlightenment E17 desktop environment went through the normal stages of development, Alpha and Beta, but then the developer... |
15 December 2012
08:12 GMT |
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Unveiled earlier this month, Nokia Lumia 620 has already been confirmed to arrive in the UK, though no release date has been given.
Luckily, UK-based retailer Unlocked-Mobiles reckons it will receive the first Lumia 620 stock in late January. Customers who wish to pre-order the smartphone can do so for just £1... |
15 December 2012
08:01 GMT |
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Google Maps is regarded as the best maps service around, the most accurate, the fastest and so on. To maintain this level of accuracy, Google uses many sources of data, from governments and private companies to the users themselves. One of the ways Google is able to offer live traffic conditions for example is to ke... |
15 December 2012
07:41 GMT |
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Because BioShock Infinite tackles subjects like racism, politics and religion a number of groups have already expressed outrage over the coming video game even though it is not even launched.Ken Levine tells PC Gamer that, “When I started working on this game, relatives of mine were very offended, because they ... |
15 December 2012
07:38 GMT |
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Rudi Dekkers is now facing federal conspiracy charges, for transporting drugs with his aircraft. He is best known for his connection to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, as his school taught two suicide pilots to fly.
9/11 leader Mohamed Atta and Marwan al-Shehhi both attended Dekkers's flight school in Venice, the ... |
15 December 2012
07:17 GMT |
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Verizon Wireless customers can now purchase a new Samsung device running under Google’s Android operating system on their carrier’s network, namely the Samsung Galaxy Camera. Announced a few days ago, the device can be seen listed on Verizon’s website with a price tag of $549.99 (€417) attach... |
15 December 2012
07:16 GMT |
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Mobile game publisher Rovio has announced a special offer for its HD titles for the Android platform, available at special prices for a limited period of time.
All Rovio HD titles for Android will be available at the discounted prices for the weekend, as part of a promotion set to end on December 17.
Whether it c... |
15 December 2012
07:00 GMT |
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Last month (November 2012), Foxconn set in motion a plan meant to eliminate its problem with employee suicides: the replacement of human workers with robot ones. Robots aren't really at the point where they can carry out very complex operations, not inexpensively anyway. That means that Foxconn will still have... |
15 December 2012
06:59 GMT |
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Justin Bieber is still very young and, yes, he did get snubbed at the Grammys this year, but interest in him has never been this great. In fact, because fans simply can’t get enough of him, ABC is reviving an older project for a sitcom based on his life.
Bieber himself and manager Scooter Braun are in talks w... |
15 December 2012
06:57 GMT |
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Ever since Homeworld, a segment of the gaming world has cried out for a solid, complex, engaging real time space-based strategy title that offers long-term replayability and, in 2012, developer Ironclad Games and publisher Stardock reminded us that it already exists, in the form of the new Rebellion package for Sins ... |
15 December 2012
06:53 GMT |
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A generous traffic control cop from The Plano, Texas will be in the books for actually giving a man money to cover his vehicle registration. The officer, who remains unidentified, pulled Hayden Carlo over on an expired registration. As he was stopped, Carlo, a father and husband, was asked why he didn't renew t... |
15 December 2012
06:50 GMT |
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Nokia’s Lumia 920 smartphone is one of the most sought for handsets of this quarter, it seems, as it keeps on running out of stock at retailers in various markets around the world. At the moment, the device is listed as out of stock in the UK at online retailer Clove, but it is expected to become available on... |
15 December 2012
06:48 GMT |
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Assuming you ever wondered how Santa Claus would look like if he were to do the stuff James Bond does in the films, the video above should provide you with an answer. It’s the trailer for “Snowfall.”
Considering the success of the latest James Bond movie “Skyfall,” it’s no wonder ... |
15 December 2012
06:45 GMT |
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Ultrabooks aren't the only consumer devices that need to get their act together and actually become affordable. Tablets, too, are trying to get cheaper.
Right now, the cheapest 7-inch tablet that also enjoys a measure of success is Amazon's Kindle Fire, with a price of $199 / €199.
It is now theorized tha... |
15 December 2012
06:41 GMT |
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Mark Long, the chief executive officer at Meteor Entertainment, believes that gamers should try out Hawken because the impressive looks of the game can be achieved even on lower quality computers.
The executive tells PCGamesN that, “Our goal was to hit as large a market possible. 70% of the games on Steam woul... |
15 December 2012
06:39 GMT |
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MyBB has released a security update for the 1.6 series. MyBB 1.6.9 addresses a high-risk SQL Injection vulnerability and a medium-risk CAPTCHA issue.
The SQL Injection vulnerability, which affected all MyBB versions, affected the post editing section. The second flaw allowed brute-force access because the CAPTCHA sy... |
15 December 2012
06:31 GMT |
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We’ve already told you a few days ago that Microsoft has released a new version of Bing Desktop, but it’s not the update that makes us raise an eyebrow when looking at the app. Among several other improvements, Bing Desktop 1.1 now comes with support for Windows XP, the 11-year old operating system that ... |
15 December 2012
06:25 GMT |
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A mysterious package containing a diary has been sent to the University of Chicago on Wednesday, December 12.
According to Los Angeles Times, when attendants finally got to it, they noticed the package was addressed to Indiana Jones. Yes, the fictional, movie character from the Indiana Jones series.
I wondered if t... |
15 December 2012
06:23 GMT |
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Back in October, we reported that a hacker hadmanaged to gain access to the records of at least 8,500 University of Georgia (UGA) employees. After investigating the incident, authorities believed that they had tracked down the hacker, but the suspect committed suicide.
26-year-old Charles Staples Stell – who a... |
15 December 2012
06:18 GMT |
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Wireless consumer electronics are getting really popular nowadays, which means that Braven's new Bluetooth speaker isn't an odd arrival.
Called Braven 570, it doesn't try overmuch to be all that aesthetically embellished. It looks every bit like an average, run-off-the-mill, rectangular plastic box.
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15 December 2012
06:14 GMT |
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A new beta has been released for Malwarebytes Anti-Malware. Several new features have been added to this build, but repairs and improvements are also available.
The developer tightened the protection for users of the Pro version by implementing heuristics for zero-day exploit detection. Starting version 1.70 Malware... |
15 December 2012
06:04 GMT |
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RSA experts learned that the developers of the notorious Carberp Trojan are selling and renting their creation for anyone who wants to make a profit through cybercriminal methods.
While some malware developers have decided to offer their creations only to select customers in order to avoid being tracked down by law ... |
15 December 2012
06:00 GMT |
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Ever since J.J. Abrams started working on the “Star Trek” sequel and Benedict Cumberbatch was attached to the villain part, speculation has been rife on who he could possibly play. Cumberbatch’s own description of the baddie is very promising.
Earlier, the movie studio announced that the villain w... |
15 December 2012
06:00 GMT |
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22 children and an elderly woman were stabbed outside an elementary school in China, reports say. The incident occurred as students were coming to school, and before classes started.
Before 8 a.m. on Friday, December 14, a man pulled a knife in front of the school in the village of Chengping, in Henan province.
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15 December 2012
05:59 GMT |
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Windows 8 is definitely not something Microsoft churned out just to compete with the iPad, according to the company’s newly-instated Windows Chief Julie Larson-Green in a new interview this week.
An extensive interview profiling the head of Windows product development at Microsoft reveals that Microsoft’... |
15 December 2012
05:57 GMT |
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It wasn't long ago that D-Link released a Wi-Fi Signal Extender, two routers and the Cloud Storage 4000 16 TB network device, and yet the company isn't slowing down one bit. The three products that D-Link is now selling, in the US at least, are called Cloud Router 2500 (DIR-836L), Cloud Router 1100 (DIR-62... |
15 December 2012
05:52 GMT |
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A new flavor of the Facebook application is now available for download for devices running under Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 operating system.
The new application release arrives on devices as version 4.1 and sports a series of performance enhancements for devices powered by the latest iteration of Microsoft&... |
15 December 2012
05:49 GMT |
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Should one go through the trouble of googling “Apocalypse past predictions,” one would most likely stumble upon Wikipedia's impressive list of failed past predictions concerning the end of the world.
From what I can tell, there have been more than 200 such predictions throughout the years (truth be... |
15 December 2012
05:43 GMT |
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As reported earlier, Newtown, Connecticut was rocked to its core yesterday when 20-year-old Adam Lanza opened fire in Sandy Hook Elementary School, killing 27 people, 20 of whom were children.
User @joearmstrong24 posted this note on Twitter, claiming it was written by a young victim, moments before her passing.
T... |
15 December 2012
05:37 GMT |
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Some time ago, Jay-Z got everybody talking when a video of him chatting up an old lady on the subway emerged online. As it turns out, he forgot something on the subway: his own sister.
Check out the video above to see what the fuss is all about.
While reporter Checkey Beckford was trying to make a live coverage a... |
15 December 2012
05:34 GMT |
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Ashley Broadway married servicewoman Lt. Col. Heather Mack in November. The couple have been together for 15 years, in which they fought a long battle against gays' discrimination in the forces.
Broadway, who joined her wife at Fort Bragg, feels very much offended after being rejected from a club for officers&r... |
15 December 2012
05:21 GMT |
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This week started with sad news for music lovers from all over the world: singer Jenni Rivera died after a small private jet she and her team were on crashed in Mexico. Footage from the crash site has emerged online, and her family is nothing short of outraged.
As word of the crash spread online, relatives and fans ... |
15 December 2012
05:19 GMT |
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Batman games are fairly popular on the Mac, as Apple’s Game of the Year Award went to LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes and now Feral Interactive has released Batman: Arkham City Game of the Year Edition. The action in Batman: Arkham City takes place a year after the events of Batman: Arkham Asylum, where Quincy ... |
15 December 2012
05:17 GMT |
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While game developer Rubicon has complained that it spent more than $16,000 (€13,300) to port a game to Windows 8 and recorded sales of only $84 (€65), another developer steps in to praise Microsoft’s new platform.
Extended Results said that its PUSHBI app for Windows 8 has been doing “great&rd... |
15 December 2012
05:16 GMT |
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After China Labor Watch first investigated it for breaches of work regulations, Samsung performed an immediate audit on basically all of its Chinese suppliers. Sadly, this doesn't seem to have been enough. The investigation that Samsung conducted on the Chinese companies that supply it with product components ... |
15 December 2012
05:10 GMT |
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Suricata, a high-performance Network IDS, IPS and Network Security Monitoring engine that is open source and owned by a community-run non-profit foundation – the Open Information Security Foundation (OISF) – is now at version 1.4.
According to the developer, the biggest features of this release are the U... |
15 December 2012
05:06 GMT |
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The Xperia E and Xperia E dual affordable smartphones were made official less than two weeks ago, but they won't hit shelves until Q1, 2013.
Sony Germany has already priced the Android phones, but the release date is still a mystery. Earlier this week we reported that Xperia E and Xperia E dual would be availab... |
15 December 2012
05:01 GMT |
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Apple has declared LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes the Game of the Year in its 2012 roundup on the Mac App Store. The title was ported to OS X by acclaimed studio Feral Interactive.
LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes features a new DC Universe story with a lot of dialog and humorous voice acting, where players have compl... |
15 December 2012
05:01 GMT |
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Google is continuing its seemingly neverending string of "cleanups" by shutting down even more features or services few people use or which are too expensive to maintain. The big thing on the list is Google Sync, which is no longer available to paying users.
Several Google Calendar features are also on the chopping ... |
15 December 2012
04:54 GMT |
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Every so often, celebrities find themselves in some of the weirdest situations, and many of them also involve diehard fans who probably don’t even think that what they’re doing is wrong. A man was arrested at Taylor Swift’s Nashville home for trespassing.
According to reports online, the man, 24-ye... |
15 December 2012
04:51 GMT |
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Giada, a free, minimal, hardcore audio tool for DJs and live performers that can load or record up to 32 samples, is now at version 0.5.5. Giada 0.5.5 features a live sampler from external sources, a live quantizer, a built-in wave editor, an action recorder, and a lot more tools. Highlights of Giada 0.5.5: •... |
15 December 2012
04:50 GMT |
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We are days away from the dreaded Mayan apocalypse date, and the Chinese, the Russians and the Americans top the charts for most panicked over the end of the world. In America, people are buying increasingly more survival shelters. The U.S. government has already advised citizens not to get too worked up, as report... |
15 December 2012
04:44 GMT |
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VLC 2.0.5 has rolled out and it is currently available for Windows, Mac and Linux. Among the most significant modifications in the fresh release are several fixes that touch on the stability of various components. In the case of audio output, the developer repaired the problem with initial synchronization with Pulse... |
15 December 2012
04:39 GMT |
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More and more retailers across the Old Continent are getting Microsoft’s first tablet in history, with FNAC stores in France to start selling it as soon as this weekend.
The Surface showed up on the FNAC website just a few hours ago, which means that French users can now purchase the device too. The starting p... |
15 December 2012
04:39 GMT |
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Qubes, an open source operating system designed to provide strong security for desktop computing and which is based on Xen, X Window System, and Linux, and can run most Linux applications and utilize most of the Linux drivers, is now at version 2 Beta 1. The first edition of Qubes was released just a few months ago... |
15 December 2012
04:32 GMT |
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Like many other male celebrities before him, Matt Damon too was once plagued by very persistent gay rumors, which continued even after he married and started a family. He’s now explaining why he never wanted to address them.
Damon is promoting two brand new films, “Promised Land” and “Beyond... |
15 December 2012
04:27 GMT |
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After as many as 167 people ended up needing medical attention as a result of food poisoning, a newly opened budget buffet and steak house in Wyoming, the Golden Corral Restaurant in Casper, voluntarily agreed to quit serving customers.
For the time being, public health officials are still unsure what caused all th... |
15 December 2012
04:26 GMT |
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After ten years of legal battles, it seems that NASA hacker Garry McKinnon is finally off the hook. UK authorities decided that they would not commence a criminal investigation against him.
In a joint statement, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) reveal that the decision co... |
15 December 2012
04:24 GMT |
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Ryan Lanza, the brother of the Newtown, Connecticut shooter, was originally pinpointed as the gunman. Since then, the news broke that 20-year-old Adam Lanza is the one that opened fire in Sandy Hook Elementary School.
It didn't take long for media outlets to collect the picture of one Lanza from Facebook and pl... |
15 December 2012
04:19 GMT |
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Given the terminology Ainol used in the press release that revealed its newest tablet, it is clear that the company is advertising the device as an alternative to Apple's iPad. There is more to the slate than that though.
We cannot say for certain how well the Android-loaded tablet (Jelly Bean) will perform sal... |
15 December 2012
04:19 GMT |
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Univention, a company which offers management solutions for internal or cloud-hosted IT infrastructures has released Univention Corporate Server 3.1 Debian-based Linux distribution.
The new operating system from Univention comes with its own App Center and includes an updated version of Samba 4 for the provision of ... |
15 December 2012
04:05 GMT |
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So-called pundits (and investors alike) misinterpreted the modest debut of the iPhone 5 in China, after observing that few customers lined up in front of the company’s retail stores to purchase the handset. There’s a good reason why this year’s launch has “failed” to attract lines.
Unli... |
15 December 2012
04:03 GMT |
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US retailer Walmart is putting forth some competitive prices trying to lure Apple fans away from other retailers, including Apple’s own shops, by selling subsidized iPhone 5s at considerable discounts.Customers walking into the retailer’s brick and mortar stores will be able to purchase the newest Apple i... |
15 December 2012
03:59 GMT |
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Security researchers Mohit Kumar and Christy Philip Mathew have found that a cookie handling vulnerability allows cybercriminals to gain access to the accounts of Hotmail and Outlook users. They’ve demonstrated that an attacker who can gain access to authentication cookies can simply import them into the brows... |
15 December 2012
03:55 GMT |
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As previously reported, Newtown, Connecticut was hit by a tragedy yesterday as 20-year-old Adam Lanza opened fire in Sandy Hook Elementary School, killing 27 people and ending his own life. Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, a Republican, says that only God would have helped prevent this tragedy, however He was... |
15 December 2012
03:39 GMT |
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The popular WhatsApp Messenger application has been finally updated on Windows Phone, so as to provide support for devices powered by the latest flavor of the mobile operating system.
Starting today, owners of Nokia, HTC and Samsung devices that are running under Windows Phone 8 should be able to head over to the o... |
15 December 2012
03:37 GMT |
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Samsung may have managed to shrug off the worst of the backlash from discovering illegal working conditions at some of its manufacturers due to the facilities not actually belonging to it. However, a new development has ignited a fire underneath it again, one that won't be so easily dodged, as it involves one ... |
15 December 2012
03:37 GMT |
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Windows 8 has always been considered a confusing operating system, but Julie Larson-Green, the new Windows boss after Steven Sinofsky’s departure, says it’s all just a matter of time until people get used to it. Green said in an interview with MIT Technology Review that adapting to Windows 8 takes at mos... |
15 December 2012
02:56 GMT |
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The amazingly popular Talking Santa application for Android devices has just been updated with new options and improvements.
First of all, those complaining that the application is full of ads will be happy to know that the developers have just introduced a new option that allows you to remove ads via in-app purchas... |
15 December 2012
01:52 GMT |
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Amanda Bynes has had a very rough year, but at least she must find some consolation in knowing it will end on a positive note: charges in two pending hit and run cases against her have been dropped, it has emerged.
The star has seen her fair share of negative media attention in recent months, after she was involved... |
15 December 2012
01:41 GMT |
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One of the most dramatic killing sprees in the U.S. took place yesterday at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut and, like most crimes, some people quickly decided to blame video games for the terrible tragedy, in this case the Mass Effect series.
Earlier in the day after news of the Newtown, Connecticut sho... |
15 December 2012
01:31 GMT |
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One 7-month-old baby girl named Mya Whittington is puzzling doctors in Kansas (but not only) after her pediatrician and parents plucked a feather from the side of her neck. Check out the video above to hear her parents explain it.
At first, they noticed a swelling on Mya’s neck, so they thought she’d be... |
15 December 2012
01:23 GMT |
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After more than a year since the release of the original Rage title, Bethesda and id Software have confirmed that an expansion is coming, in the form of the oft-rumored and long awaited Rage: The Scorchers DLC.
Rage came out at the end of last year and was supposed to herald the comeback of developer id Software by ... |
15 December 2012
01:14 GMT |
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As an entire nation mourns after the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee says the blame for it lies with all of us who have removed God from schools.
Speaking with Fox News after the shooting that ended with 27 dead, among which 20 children and the... |
15 December 2012
01:08 GMT |
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Yesterday morning, a heavily armed 20-year-old man walked into an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut and shot and killed 27 people, including 20 children and himself. The tragedy has prompted 3 more petitions to the White House for stricter gun control.
Always a hot and much debated topic in the US, the issu... |
15 December 2012
00:51 GMT |
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It's only been a few days since we spotted the Windows Phone 7.8 upgrade for Nokia Lumia 800 and 510 on Navifirm, and now another smartphone seems to be waiting for the same update, the Lumia 900. The folks over at WPCentral report that Nokia is getting ready for a global rollout of Windows Phone 7.8 and the Lu... |
15 December 2012
00:45 GMT |
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A 20-year-old man opened fire in an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, killing 20 children, 6 adults and then himself. As President Barack Obama put it in his emotional speech on the shooting, “our hearts are broken today.”
The President’s entire speech is embedded above.
Obama put politic... |
15 December 2012
00:34 GMT |
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The Nintendo Wii U was released several weeks ago and besides the traditional first-party games made by Nintendo, only one third-party retail title was exclusive to the new home console – ZombiU from Ubisoft. With the promise of delivering a tough survival experience that put players in shoes of people who nee... |
15 December 2012
00:32 GMT |
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4J Studios, the developer of the Xbox 360 edition of Minecraft, has just confirmed that a special Festive Skin Pack is coming to the game and posted a few images with its different contents.
Minecraft for the Xbox 360 has been a huge success, with millions of consoles owners from all around the world buying the down... |
15 December 2012
00:27 GMT |
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Tragedy hit the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut when one man entered the premises and opened fire on the teachers and children. The gunman has been identified: he is 20-year-old Adam Lanza and he is dead.
According to ABC News (see the video embedded below), Lanza probably chose the school for ... |
15 December 2012
00:19 GMT |
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