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Even if it recently delayed Rayman Legends from appearing on the Nintendo Wii U, Ubisoft has now revealed that a special demo for the game would be available via the console’s eShop on November 18, when the device is released in North America.
Rayman Legends is one of the most colorful games to hit the Wii U i... |
16 November 2012
23:43 GMT |
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Pandora.TV for Android has just been enhanced with visual changes, as well as new features and performance improvements. The most obvious change is the new main user interface which has been completely redesigned. In addition, developers added a new feature that allows users to add post report. There aren’t a... |
16 November 2012
22:31 GMT |
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A consultant named Nils Pihl believes that video game players have a natural tendency to ruin the titles that they play and says that the best example is the grenade spamming phenomenon that appeared in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare.
In an in-depth Gamasutra feature the consultant says, “Random interval reward sched... |
16 November 2012
22:11 GMT |
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Nullsoft, creators of Winamp media player, have just updated their Android application with new features and bug fixes.
Aside from bumping Winamp to version 1.4.2, the update brings SHOUTcast album art support for Album Washer users, along with hardware acceleration support. Furthermore, developers added a request m... |
16 November 2012
21:31 GMT |
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The launch trailer for the Zombi U title from publisher Ubisoft is designed specifically to show gamers how the new undead-powered action game uses the unique features of the Wii U home console from Nintendo.
The trailer shows exactly how players can use the GamePad and the console to control their characters and mo... |
16 November 2012
20:55 GMT |
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Video-on-demand service VEVO has a new iOS client app that offers support for the latest Apple gear, iOS 6 support, and integration with everyone’s favorite social network.
VEVO lets you access 50,000 music videos from more than 11,000 artists, according to the company behind the VOD (video-on-demand) service.... |
16 November 2012
20:41 GMT |
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The all-in-one cleaner for Android smartphones and tablets, 1Tap Cleaner has just been updated with some bug fixes, new localization languages and support for more devices.
The most important change is the fact that the application now supports most devices powered by Android 4.1 and 4.2 platforms. In addition, the ... |
16 November 2012
20:31 GMT |
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ABI Research has released its Ultrabook Competitive Assessment which ranks Apple as leader of the pack in the mobile computing market.
Apple’s top position is reflected in its average score for innovation and implementation, says ABI Research, which gave the Cupertino giant 84.7 out of a possible 100 points.
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16 November 2012
19:41 GMT |
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The launch of the Nintendo Wii U is getting closer and the team behind the new home console at the hardware maker understands that the world has changed since the launch of the original Wii and that they will have to enchant gamers once again to create sales.
Scott Moffitt, the vice president of sales and marketing ... |
16 November 2012
19:41 GMT |
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Developed by GO Launcher EX, creators of the popular GO Locker for Android have just updated their GO Power Master application in the Google Play store. GO Power Master allows users to save battery life following a pre-defined procedure. The application promises to decrease the power loss by better managing the phon... |
16 November 2012
19:31 GMT |
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Square Enix and United Front Games have just confirmed three new downloadable content packs that will soon be released for their recent Sleeping Dogs game, including the second story-based add-on called Zodiac Tournament. Sleeping Dogs came out back in August and delivered a pretty impressive open-world experience t... |
16 November 2012
19:21 GMT |
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The folks at MADFINGER Games have just released the Shadowgun: DeadZone multiplayer game for Android devices. The new title allows up to 12 Android gamers to battle online on various maps with 10 different playable characters in a rich environment. Although the game now features a limited number of weapons, gadget... |
16 November 2012
19:01 GMT |
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Chinese mobile phone maker Meizu is gearing up for the launch of its MX2 smartphone in a few weeks, and some more details on the device are now available.
The handset is said to be priced at only 2,599 yuan ($417 / €328) when released, which would make it one of the most affordable high-end devices out there.
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16 November 2012
18:51 GMT |
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Ahn Cheol-soo, a South Korean presidential candidate, said in a statement that he wants to end Internet Explorer’s monopoly in the country and let companies choose the security platform they wish to rely on.
An Internet security system established in South Korea forces banks, companies and government organizat... |
16 November 2012
18:41 GMT |
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Koubachi AG located in Zurich, Switzerland, has confirmed the upcoming availability of its Wi-Fi plant sensor in Apple’s European retail stores. The gadget monitors the needs of every plant, including watering, fertilizing, misting, temperature and light. The Koubachi Wi-Fi Plant Sensor measures soil moisture,... |
16 November 2012
18:41 GMT |
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Warren Spector, the leading developer behind Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two, believes that even those players who skipped the first title in the series should play the sequel because it uses two-player cooperative play to deliver an entirely new game experience.
The developer tells the official PlayStation Blog tha... |
16 November 2012
18:41 GMT |
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Nintendo has just posted a brand new video with its upcoming Wii U home console, this time taking a look at the special Miiverse social network, the actual Nintendo Network, and the web browser that’s built into the device.
The Wii U is set to deliver not just a gaming experience but also a social one, as Nint... |
16 November 2012
18:11 GMT |
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Unveiled earlier this month in Singapore, HTC Desire SV has just landed in India. The smartphone has been especially developed for emerging markets, which makes it perfectly suitable for the Indian territory.
In this regard HTC Desire SV comes with dual-SIM capability, so much praised in India and other emerging mar... |
16 November 2012
18:01 GMT |
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Today, mobile phone maker Sony officially announced the availability of its Xperia VC smartphone on shelves at wireless carrier China Telecom. The new device version arrives on shelves with the same features and capabilities as those included in the Xperia V, but with a few modifications to make it fit for this wir... |
16 November 2012
18:01 GMT |
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Dolphin Browser has just released a new version of its Dolphin Jetpack, which comes with support for the latest Android 4.2 Jelly Bean platform. In addition, developers added lots of new features which are meant to improve the browser’s performance, as well as users’ overall experience. The following ne... |
16 November 2012
17:31 GMT |
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Blizzard has just kicked-off pre-orders for the next installment in the Starcraft series, Heart of Swarm. The game has been recently confirmed for a March 12, 2013, release, but fans of the franchise can start reserving their digital copies today.As expected, the standard digital edition is available for pre-purchase... |
16 November 2012
17:21 GMT |
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The Deus Ex: Human Revolution movie project is apparently getting closer to production, as CBS Films has revealed that Scott Derrickson, who has previously worked on Sinister or The Exorcism of Emily Rose, will direct the movie.
Deus Ex: Human Revolution delivered an impressive story back in 2011 starring Adam Jense... |
16 November 2012
17:11 GMT |
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The data recovery experts at DriveSavers are offering a new set of services for Apple’s new Fusion Drive noting that, although complicated, Apple’s hybrid storage solution doesn’t present any challenges to the company. The company’s engineers reportedly tested a Fusion Drive from one of Apple... |
16 November 2012
17:11 GMT |
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Microsoft has reimagined Windows, but aside from the operating system, Redmondians are also working on several brand new technologies that are supposed to completely change the world, if we are to trust their statements. Microsoft's Chief Research and Strategy Officer, Craig Mundie, uses this video to preview f... |
16 November 2012
17:01 GMT |
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According to several estimates, Canada is quite likely to double its oil production before this decade comes to an end.
Needless to say, this means that the country will need more workforce, and several people argue that it will most likely turn towards its southern neighbors.
Raw numbers provided by the Canadian... |
16 November 2012
17:01 GMT |
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A few days ago, experts from security firm Norman ASA revealed the existence of a cybercriminal campaign that targeted government agencies from Israel and Palestine. As it turns out, similar attacks have been launched against other governments as well.
According to researchers from Trend Micro, the same Xtreme RAT h... |
16 November 2012
16:51 GMT |
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The popular ooVoo Video Chat app for iPhone and iPad has received a minor maintenance update that might just make your day, in case you’ve been trying to use the app to no avail with Bluetooth headsets and speakers.
ooVoo offers free video chat with friends on Facebook directly from your iDevice. All you need ... |
16 November 2012
16:31 GMT |
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Andrei Dumitrescu: I know the big launch of the week was Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 and that Activision would like every player in the world to play it and then become addicted to the multiplayer modes, but I have never much appreciated the series, even if I played it, and plan to eliminate it from my gaming diet this... |
16 November 2012
16:31 GMT |
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Sony has confirmed that over 70 million PlayStation 3 consoles have been sold worldwide since the device’s release back in 2006, while impressive figures have also been reached by the PlayStation Move motion control system or the online PlayStation Store.
It’s a bit hard to believe, but Sony released its... |
16 November 2012
16:21 GMT |
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Right on cue, Sony’s Xperia AX (SO-01E) smartphone has arrived on shelves at wireless carrier NTT DoCoMo in Japan. To celebrate the launch, Sony has kicked off a special promotion for users in the country, providing them with a new SmartWatch for a reduced price with the purchase of an Xperia AX unit. Relea... |
16 November 2012
16:21 GMT |
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Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion still has a lot to unveil on its upcoming BlackBerry 10 operating system, but info on it is already pouring in.
The latest details on the platform come from Claudio Roselli, regional senior product manager at RIM Spain, who showcased the BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha B devic... |
16 November 2012
16:11 GMT |
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It will not be long until a new variety of Cracker Jacks hits the shelves of supermarkets in the US.
Thus, PepsiCo's Frito-Lay has made it public news that it is to start baking and marketing so-called Power Bites, which are basically caffeinated snacks.
Needless to say, the news has caused quite a media sti... |
16 November 2012
16:11 GMT |
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Microsoft has already announced that it would discontinue Windows Live Messenger in early 2013, as it plans to move all users to Skype, but only vague information was available on the actual reason behind this decision.
Tony Bates, president for the Skype Division at Microsoft, said at the Monaco Media Forum that it... |
16 November 2012
15:51 GMT |
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Foxconn isn't going to leave China any time soon, despite suicides and riots, but it is still expanding a bit, maybe moving some operations.
Most recently, we have learned that the company, or rather its subsidiary Foxconn CMMSG Industria de Electronicos Ltda, has acquired a tract of land of 141.82 hectares (35... |
16 November 2012
15:31 GMT |
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Chances are, in this day and age, you really don’t need telling it’s not ok to set fire to your hair or to ingest super glue or other such nonsense, but Metro is making sure you really get the idea. Check out their Dumb Ways to Die campaign above. The song and video premiered just a short while ago an... |
16 November 2012
15:31 GMT |
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is now update with patch 1.8 on the Xbox 360 home console from Microsoft, with players invited to get the most recent version of the game when they boot the game up next tie, as long as they are connected to the Internet.Patch 1.8 is mainly concerned with improving the stability of the gam... |
16 November 2012
15:26 GMT |
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Suntory Holdings Limited (i.e. Pepsi's partner in Japan) is now marketing a new type of refresher, named “Pepsi Special,” which supposedly helps people gain control of their appetites and lose weight.
As they put, this might just be the world's first “healthy soda,” meaning that it... |
16 November 2012
15:21 GMT |
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ASUS made its PadFone 2 handset official last month, and it seems that users in Germany will be able to enjoy its capabilities starting with December 1. The Taiwanese vendor did say that it planned on making the device available for purchase across Europe and Asia before the end of this year, but it did not provide... |
16 November 2012
15:11 GMT |
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Nokia Lumia 920 is exclusive to Rogers in Canada. However, the carrier only sells the black color and has yet to offer details on whether or not it plans to launch the Lumia 920 in additional color options.
According to NokiaPowerUser, Rogers readies the yellow Lumia 920, though we have yet to receive any confirmati... |
16 November 2012
14:31 GMT |
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Electronic Arts is out with a new update for fans of its life-simulation game, The Sims 3 Ambitions for iOS platforms. As EA itself puts it, the new release includes “various behind-the-scenes adjustments.”
The Sims 3 Ambitions is a portable installment of the immensely popular Sims franchise which allow... |
16 November 2012
14:31 GMT |
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Italian researchers have conducted a study which shows that bonobos' reaction to the yawning of other members of their species is not invariably the same.
It has been noticed that a bonobo is by far more receptive to a friend's yawning than to that of a stranger, Science Daily reports.
The phenomenon is ... |
16 November 2012
14:21 GMT |
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With Thanksgiving and Black Friday approaching fast, spammers have started sending out all sorts of shady emails hoping they can lure unsuspecting shoppers to their websites. Symantec experts have found numerous scam emails, including ones that advertise e-cards, toys, tablets, TV sets, iPhones and counterfeit ... |
16 November 2012
14:21 GMT |
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Video game developer Stardock has launched the 1.02 patch for its strategy game Elemental: Fallen Enchantress, designed to fix some game bugs but also improve the overall balance of the game and make the Artificial Intelligence perform better.The developers are mainly concerned with increasing performance for the gam... |
16 November 2012
14:20 GMT |
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Internet Explorer 10’s “Do Not Track” feature has stirred a lot of controversy lately, especially because Microsoft isn’t even willing to consider disabling the new option.
IE 10, Microsoft’s latest in-house browser, comes with a factory-enabled DNT and although advertisers and several ... |
16 November 2012
13:51 GMT |
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The development team at Valve launches a new short movie, called The International, which is designed to show off the major events taking place during the main DOTA 2 tournament of the year.The movie, which is about 20 minutes long, focuses on the core concepts of the Multiplayer Online Battle Arena genre and then in... |
16 November 2012
13:45 GMT |
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KIPRA (Korea Intellectual Property Protection Association) has confirmed in a public announcement that Apple now owns the rights to 1,024 Rockstar Bidco patents.
According to Korea’s Yonhap News, Apple Inc. now owns a 58% stake in Rockstar Bidco, a consortium comprised of Microsoft, Sony, Research in Motion (R... |
16 November 2012
13:41 GMT |
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We reported a few days ago that Samsung Ativ S was on “Coming Soon” at Rogers. The carrier also confirmed that the smartphone would be available for purchase for as low as $150/€115 on a 3-year contract.
However, no details on the Ativ S availability were confirmed at that time, so we assumed Rogers... |
16 November 2012
13:31 GMT |
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A centenarian's story is as heartwarming as it is unbelievable. Sam Ledward from North Wales celebrated his 106th birthday last Friday, after having been declared dead 76 years ago. Following a motorcycle accident in 1936, he was taken to the hospital and declared dead. He had been driving his 500cc Triumph mot... |
16 November 2012
13:31 GMT |
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Nokia’s Lumia 810 smartphone arrived on shelves at T-Mobile only a few days ago, but it is already cheaper through the carrier’s retail partners.
Best Buy has cut $50 off the handset’s initial price tag, and is now offering it at only $99.99 with the signing of a two-year contract agreement with M... |
16 November 2012
13:21 GMT |
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Stellar Phoenix Photo Recovery has been created to help you get back all those important media files that were corrupted or deleted by mistake. It also includes support for easily imaging your Mac's disk drives so that you'll always have a disk backup at hand.
Stellar Phoenix Photo Recovery comes as a smal... |
16 November 2012
13:11 GMT |
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Verizon Wireless is yet another carrier in the United States to make the new iPad mini device available for purchase on its network, with price tags starting at $459.99 attached to it. The company added the fourth-generation iPad to its lineup as well, at $629.99 for the 16GB model, but it provides users with the p... |
16 November 2012
13:01 GMT |
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The 64GB Kobo Arc received FCC (Federal Communication Commission) approval about ten days ago and now the table is available for purchase in Canada.
Potential customers will find the Kobo Arc at all Indigo and Chapter brick and mortar stores, as well as online.
There are three versions available on the market, eac... |
16 November 2012
13:01 GMT |
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They say a picture is worth a thousand words and, in this case, the picture drawn on a man's head even has some hair attached to it.
David Hawley, 39, of Bradford, West Yorks came up with this artsy piece for Movember. Instead of wearing a moustache, I guess he feels more comfortable decorating the back of his ... |
16 November 2012
12:51 GMT |
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As promised, WIND Mobile released the powerful Huawei Ascend D1 Quad XL on its airwaves.
However, the smartphone is only available at its brick and mortar stores, so customers may want to head over to the nearest WIND Mobile location for this one.
Huawei Ascend D1 Quad XL is available for purchase for $500/€3... |
16 November 2012
12:31 GMT |
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Smartphones, tablets and TVs already use ARM processors extensively, whether they are Cortex cores or Mali graphics, but there is always room for improvement, something FXI knows well.
FXI, creator of the Cstick Any Screen Micro Computer development platform, has used the Cotton Candy USB stick-sized computing devi... |
16 November 2012
12:31 GMT |
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French astronaut Jean-Loup Chretien, the first European to effectuate a manned flight in a Franco-Soviet mission conducted 30 years ago, was celebrated yesterday by the cream of the spatial Russian society. Despite the commemoration of the immeasurable Russian contribution to the world's space industry, the cer... |
16 November 2012
12:31 GMT |
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Windows Phone users can now enjoy new features in the latest flavor of the Shazam application available for their devices, namely version 2.3.0.
Pushed to the Windows Phone Store on Thursday, the new app iteration arrives with free and unlimited tagging, so that people could take advantage of Shazam’s capabili... |
16 November 2012
12:31 GMT |
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Wizorb is an arkanoid type of game that tries to make its way into a very crowded market by combining two genres which don’t usually mix.
We all have played Arkanoid or brick breakers type games, as they are more commonly known. Both names stem from older titles that were very successful more than 20 years ag... |
16 November 2012
12:31 GMT |
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WP Migrate Gen is one of those tools you'll be kicking yourself for not knowing about until know. It's a tool for automatically generating the SQL code needed to correct WordPress databases after a migration operation.
Migrating a WordPress installation from one host to the other is way much more than just... |
16 November 2012
12:01 GMT |
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Starting today, AT&T’s customers are offered the possibility to purchase the new iPad mini from Apple, as well as the company’s fourth-generation iPad tablet.
The wireless carrier has added the new devices to its offering on a series of data plans that will provide customers with the possibility to bene... |
16 November 2012
11:41 GMT |
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Just days after fans were treated to plenty of photos of the handsome Chris Hemsworth in Thor costume on the set of “Thor: The Dark World,” comes another set of pictures, this time of the villain.
Slash Film has them all, but you can see one of them in full by clicking on the image above.
As fans know,... |
16 November 2012
11:23 GMT |
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A new flavor of the SkyDrive application is now available for download for devices running under Google’s Android operating system, namely SkyDrive 1.1.
The new application release provides users with the possibility to easily upload files to the cloud straight from the SD card inside their devices.
The upd... |
16 November 2012
11:21 GMT |
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Quentin Tarantino isn’t exactly your average director. Like him or not, the man not only has a unique style and approach, but also a work ethic like no other. He also has a very weird notion of how his career should look like.
In a new interview with Playboy to promote his upcoming “Django Unchained,&rd... |
16 November 2012
11:13 GMT |
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Since the winter holiday season is here, people are slightly more inclined towards spending money than saving it, and IT companies, in this case Zalman, are fully determined to make the best of that. Zalman went for the tried and true method of launching a new product and hoping enough people would choose to get it... |
16 November 2012
11:11 GMT |
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Showing that the economic downturn and consumer interest in PCs really is falling, Dell was forced to share some unpleasant news with the public.
The company made $13.7 billion revenue during the third quarter of 2013, an 11% drop from the previous year (10.7 billion Euro).
The real dark splotch is the 47% decrease... |
16 November 2012
11:05 GMT |
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If you own a Radeon HD7900 series graphics card, you are in luck. A new modded version of the AMD Catalyst 12.11 Beta 7 is out, and is said to have some added features.As confirmed by the release notes, the driver package version is 9.01.8-121112a-149575E-ATI, Catalyst Version 12.11, Direct3D Version 9.14.10.0942, Op... |
16 November 2012
11:04 GMT |
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Hurricane Sandy exposes a decade-old romance, as love letters dating back to World War II are washed ashore in Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey.
A young woman had 57 letters written to her fiancé in Vermont. 14-year-old Patrick Chaney found the memorabilia on the beach, and brought them to his mother.
She noted the l... |
16 November 2012
10:57 GMT |
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Security researchers have identified a couple of critical vulnerabilities in Skype. One of them allowed an attacker to reset the usernames and passwords of any Skype account, and the other one could have been leveraged to bypass session token protections. The ones responsible for finding the security hole are Vulne... |
16 November 2012
10:56 GMT |
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Some time before her wedding to husband of just 72 days Kris Humphries, there were a lot of comparisons in the US media between Kim Kardashian and Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge. Kate just snubbed Kim on her most recent trip to London, it has emerged.
Word has it that the reality star has nothing but admi... |
16 November 2012
10:49 GMT |
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When it comes to thinking about examples of alternative and environmentally-friendly energy sources, most people have a rather mainstream process of thought: it has to be either solar, wind, wave or geothermal power. Still, Caleb Charland managed to prove that a simple orange can be made to generate electrical curr... |
16 November 2012
10:46 GMT |
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As expected, major carrier AT&T released HTC’s Android flagship smartphone, the One X+. Until Verizon Wireless goes live with the DROID DNA, the HTC One X+ seems to be the best-featured device launched by the Taiwanese company.
Android fans can purchase the AT&T HTC One X+ for as low as $200/€155 with a n... |
16 November 2012
10:36 GMT |
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I haven’t played a game of basketball since I was in my first year of high school and, at the time, my lack of fitness and my inability to jump made me a rather limited player, although I could sometimes play enforcer on the court because of my size.
But I sometimes watch late night (for Europe) big matches fr... |
16 November 2012
10:35 GMT |
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Now that the red, yellow and cyan Lumia 920 smartphones are out of stock at AT&T, Windows Phone enthusiasts are probably looking for alternatives, but there aren’t too many places that you can search for Nokia’s flagship device these days.
In the United States, the Lumia 920 is exclusive to AT&T and the ... |
16 November 2012
10:31 GMT |
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It’s never a good idea to get Robert De Niro angry with you, even if your name is Jay-Z and you happen to be one of the most successful artists of the day. The rapper got schooled by the actor for not returning his calls.
Page Six reports that the whole thing went down at Leonardo DiCaprio’s birthday ju... |
16 November 2012
10:27 GMT |
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Windows 8 officially debuted on October 26 and the operating system has already adopted a growing trend when it comes to its popularity.
New data revealed by Statcounter reveals that Windows 8 has grown enough to overtake Linux and Android. Microsoft’s latest operating system has 0.88 percent of all web hits, ... |
16 November 2012
10:21 GMT |
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The mining industry is presently frowned upon by conservationists and environmentalists worldwide, primarily because the working agenda of one's run-off-the-mill mine more often than not leads to significant amounts of energy being burnt. Because of this, the mining industry is considered to be a major source ... |
16 November 2012
10:19 GMT |
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AT&T is finally accepting orders for the Samsung Galaxy Camera, the device that is as much a smartphone as it is a digital camera.
The company wants $499.99 in exchange for each one, which is less than the equivalent of the prices in Australia and Europe, or at least the UK.
The other day, Australian store Harvey... |
16 November 2012
10:15 GMT |
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Normally, just being compact would be enough to set a keyboard apart from all others, but iKey didn't stop at just reducing the size of such a peripheral.
What the company also did was design the WaterBoard SWB-86-TP, as the keyboard is called, with a rugged, sealed frame that can survive accidental spills and ... |
16 November 2012
10:01 GMT |
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Warren Spector, who is currently leading the creation of Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two at Junction Point, says that those who have never played the first game in the series have missed a chance to experience a choice-and-consequence system similar to that of Deus Ex.
He tells the official PlayStation Blog that, &l... |
16 November 2012
09:58 GMT |
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In two months, Arnold Schwarzenegger will be making his big screen debut as lead in an action movie. “The Last Stand,” his official comeback vehicle, has gotten a first theatrical poster. Check it out above in full. In “The Last Stand,” Arnie plays an aging cop who takes a job as a sheriff... |
16 November 2012
09:56 GMT |
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If we are to believe Steve Ballmer’s very own words, the Surface combines the best of two worlds, laptops and tablets. Judging by this video, however, it also borrows some very important goodies from the gaming industry.
Aaron Toulmin has managed to convert his Surface tablet into a full-featured gaming consol... |
16 November 2012
09:55 GMT |
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Ubisoft has kicked off a rather impressive deal on its Uplay online store in Europe, as customers can pre-order Assassin’s Creed 3 for the PC and receive a free copy of Assassin’s Creed 2.
Assassin’s Creed 3 came out two weeks ago on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles and quickly broke sales r... |
16 November 2012
09:53 GMT |
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Designer Regan Appleton, who used to attend the Royal College of Art in London, UK, is now helping bike enthusiasts hold on to their favorite two-wheelers long after they pass their expiration date.
His idea (i.e. bicycle taxidermy) is fairly simple: the bikes handlebars are taken off it and fitted onto a piece of ... |
16 November 2012
09:51 GMT |
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Discounts don't happen often enough, especially big sales when over a dozen products are involved, but Amazon and Transcend are making it happen. A new web page has appeared on the retailer's website, where a bunch of memory cards, flash drives and USB 3.0-connected hard drive units are being sold for up t... |
16 November 2012
09:51 GMT |
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Christina Aguilera’s new album “Lotus” is hailed as her big comeback after the lackluster reception of “Bionic,” her fans and critics say. If it’s anything like the track above, it’s no wonder they’re praising it so much.
Some time ago, Christina said that the album wo... |
16 November 2012
09:45 GMT |
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One of the features that Nokia’s Lumia 920 and Lumia 820 Windows Phone 8 devices arrive on shelves with is fast access to Microsoft’s SkyDrive cloud service, and the company has decided to offer some more info on the matter.
SkyDrive was already present on Nokia’s Lumia 900 and Lumia 800 smartphon... |
16 November 2012
09:34 GMT |
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Burglar Daniel Patchett, of Bradford, West Yorkshire, in the UK, is facing eight months in prison after being caught on tape while stealing a kitchen sink. As CCTV footage reveals, he walked out of the empty residence carrying a large kitchen sink. The thief then made a run for it, taking the sink with him. What P... |
16 November 2012
09:32 GMT |
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Canadian carrier Rogers has just updated its OS upgrades list and added the Motorola RAZR HD.
There are only 4 smartphones that are expected to receive the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update by the end of the year, and, surprisingly, the RAZR HD is among them.
According to Rogers, Android 4.1 Jelly Bean will arrive on ... |
16 November 2012
09:31 GMT |
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It looks like part of Sprint’s Black Friday deals have just leaked and Android fans will be happy to know the offer includes two more than decent smartphones, the Galaxy Nexus and Galaxy Victory. Engadget reports that, beginning November 23 through November 25, both Samsung Galaxy Nexus and Galaxy Victory will... |
16 November 2012
09:31 GMT |
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It looks like major carrier AT&T has run out of Nokia Lumia 920 units. Windows Phone fans can only order the white or black versions of the smartphone as the yellow, red and cyan variants are now out of stock.
This was to be expected given the fact that Lumia 920 is in high demand all around the world. In fact, AT&T... |
16 November 2012
09:31 GMT |
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The patent war between Samsung and Apple continues to press forward, and anyone who hoped they would settle down after their spat will find themselves disappointed.
As if the Galaxy Tab, the iPhones, iPad, iPod and a bunch of other devices weren't enough, the companies want to add more products to the existing ... |
16 November 2012
09:26 GMT |
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Recent news from Cameroon informs us that the country's high officials have decided that, in order to make sure Sudanese poachers are kept at bay, it would be best to mobilize the army and send them to defend the nation's borders.
The World Wildlife Fund says that, as far as conservation efforts in this p... |
16 November 2012
09:25 GMT |
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Hitcher of the Muslim Liberation Army has just hacked and defaced a number of 570 Israeli websites to show support for Palestine, which is currently under heavy fire.
“The hack is done in protest against Gaza attacks by Israelis. They are killing incontinent children and women,” the hacker has told me v... |
16 November 2012
09:22 GMT |
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Microsoft has just released an updated version of the SkyDrive application for Windows that comprises several stability improvements and optimizations for various Windows versions.
The app also allows users to select which files or folders to sync, which is apparently one of the most requested features for the SkyDr... |
16 November 2012
09:18 GMT |
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The next downloadable add-on for Borderlands 2, Mr. Torgue’s Campaign of Carnage, will be out on November 20 across the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 platforms.
Gearbox Software started revealing more details about Mr. Torgue’s Campaign of Carnage DLC for Borderlands 2 yesterday, after its existence had been lea... |
16 November 2012
09:15 GMT |
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With the “RoboCop” remake now heavily underway, fans have been growing upset at the direction they thought the film was taking. One of their biggest gripes was the suit, which looked too much like that of Chris Nolan’s Batman. As it turns out, that is probably just one of the suits the super cop w... |
16 November 2012
09:02 GMT |
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While the Call of Duty series was developed by Infinity Ward, some could argue that recent titles made by Treyarch have matched and sometimes even surpassed the quality of the Modern Warfare installments in the series.
After the pretty impressive Black Ops back in 2010, Treyarch is now back with Black Ops 2, a seque... |
16 November 2012
09:01 GMT |
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The Clickbooth affiliate network has agreed to settle the charges brought against it by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) by paying $2 million (1.5 million EUR). The company has been accused of relying on fake news sites to promote and sell acai berry weight-loss products. According to the FTC, the company had s... |
16 November 2012
08:59 GMT |
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Less than a day into releasing Minecraft 1.4.4 Final for Macs and Minecraft Pocket Edition 0.5.0 for iOS, Mojang has rolled out yet another (pre-release) version for gamers to test out.
Minecraft 1.4.5 Pre is a beta version of the upcoming incremental release for Mac players. Mojang says little about the purpose of ... |
16 November 2012
08:59 GMT |
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South Korean handset manufacturer LG has just released its Android flagship smartphone, the Optimus G, and the company is readying another nice surprise for fans of Google’s platform.
A mysterious LG F240K device has been recently spotted in GLBenchmark by the folks over at Techkiddy. This seems to be similar ... |
16 November 2012
08:53 GMT |
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Two pit vipers gave birth to snake babies in the wild without using a male's help for this. It is the first time such a phenomenon is encountered among female snakes. The event wouldn't be so amazing if not for the strange circumstances: perfectly suitable male mates were to be found nearby. Other cases ... |
16 November 2012
08:52 GMT |
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A Taiwanese book author is recounting an interesting story on his Facebook profile concerning a trip to Apple’s Hong Kong headquarters where he was allegedly called an “idiot” by the tech giant’s legal department and then escorted out by local police. Taiwanese writer Giddens Ko says that, fo... |
16 November 2012
08:49 GMT |
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CIA officials announced starting an “exploratory” investigation into former Director Petraeus' affair with Paula Broadwell, which might have led to disclosure of classified information. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta dubs this a way to improve ethics standards “that keep the military well led... |
16 November 2012
08:45 GMT |
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A few minutes ago, November 16, Nvidia released version 310.19 of its graphics driver for Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD operating systems. Nvidia 310.19 brings support for OpenGL 4.3, support for configuring stereo audio in nvidia-settings, support for configuring the ViewPortOut and ViewPortIn for monitors in nvidia-se... |
16 November 2012
08:45 GMT |
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foobar2000 1.1.17 needed only one beta revision to reach the stable version. The list of changes is untouched since the previous release, so there are no surprises available.
The built-in converter has regained the ability to work on non-seekable sources like Internet streams and the Ctrl+A hotkey should be usable i... |
16 November 2012
08:43 GMT |
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With just days to go until the official release of her brand new album, “Unapologetic,” Rihanna is leaking online. Above is her brand new collaboration with Chris Brown, “Nobodies Business,” included on the album.
Check it out.
When asked about the song, which might as well have been calle... |
16 November 2012
08:39 GMT |
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Activision has released the first figures for its recently launched Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 first-person shooter, confirming that the game has earned over $500 million (€392M) in its first 24 hours of availability worldwide. Black Ops 2 was eagerly awaited by millions of fans from all over the world and Activ... |
16 November 2012
08:39 GMT |
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Only yesterday, Chile witnessed the debut of the second of its kind Atacama Solar Race.
This means that, between November 15-19, 15 solar-powered vehicles (and their crews) will be showing off their skills of dealing with the driving conditions brought forth by the desert.
Sources say that these environmentally-f... |
16 November 2012
08:38 GMT |
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Harold Ryan, a studio manager at Bungie, believes that the Xbox Live service from Microsoft would not have reached its success without contribution from the multiplayer side of the first-person shooter Halo. The developer talks to GamesIndustry.biz and states, “I think Xbox Live wouldn’t have made it. I ... |
16 November 2012
08:31 GMT |
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Microsoft is considered one of the best companies to work for in the entire world, but an ex-Microsoft manager says this isn’t entirely true. A former exec who refused to provide his name for obvious reasons told us that working for Microsoft isn’t at all a dream come true, but rather a very exhausting c... |
16 November 2012
08:23 GMT |
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Telstra – the Australian telecommunications and media company – is warning users about malicious emails that purport to come from mms@telstra.com.au.
“HOAX WARNING: Email scam. Don't open email from mms@telstra.com.au this is not from Telstra & contains phishing malware,” the company&rsq... |
16 November 2012
08:20 GMT |
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Sparkle would probably have a greater sales success if it bundled its video boards with a game or two, like ASUS and many others have done, but that is not what its latest announcement is about.
We suppose there is a possibility of Sparkle adding a game voucher later on, but the product bundles only include the car... |
16 November 2012
08:19 GMT |
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Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia is not readying the Lumia 920 for an official release in India this month, the latest reports on the matter suggest.
Apparently, although the company has put India on the list of countries set to receive the device in November, it did so in error, and a specific launch date for the ... |
16 November 2012
08:11 GMT |
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It may very well be that, as far as most people are concerned, $4.5 billion is quite a lot of money, yet the environmentalists working with Greenpeace maintain that said sum is nothing but “small change” for BP, the company responsible for the Deep Horizon oil spill. As this organization puts it, BP has... |
16 November 2012
08:10 GMT |
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Following the success of the Smart Tab Android tablet, which was launched back in February, Vodafone UK announced the immediate availability of the Smart Tab II. However, keep in mind that this is a budget-friendly version of the previous Smart Tab model, so don’t expect anything impressive except, maybe, the ... |
16 November 2012
08:06 GMT |
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An ad prompted a delay in the schedule of the Rotherham-Sheffield bus in the UK, as passengers waited for 20 minutes for their driver to get over the message. The Stonewall group, who paid for the ad, certainly does not shy away from making bold public statements. “Some people are gay. Get over it!,” t... |
16 November 2012
07:53 GMT |
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A few days ago, representatives of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) revealed that a laptop containing the personal details of “some” employees was stolen from a staffer’s locked car. The device was password protected, but the data stored on it was not encrypted.
NASA represe... |
16 November 2012
07:53 GMT |
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This November 18, people who wish to get inked and lend a helping hand to those less fortunate can opt for a food-themed tattoo and hit said two birds with one stone.
Thus, November 18 will mark the so-called “Food Tattoos for Hunger” Day, meaning that numerous tattoo artists all around the world have a... |
16 November 2012
07:49 GMT |
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BioWare has revealed the next challenge that it will run in Mass Effect 3’s multiplayer, in the form of Operation Gearhead, which tasks players with completing matches as Engineers.
Mass Effect 3’s multiplayer mode has seen quite a few new challenges in recent weeks, thanks to BioWare’s more aggres... |
16 November 2012
07:46 GMT |
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Nicole Westbrook is the latest Internet star hoping to forge a career out of her 15 minutes of online fame. Much like Rebecca Black before her, Nicole too wants to be a singer and, luckily for her, there are many willing to have her on their show.
Access Hollywood is one of these media outlets, having invited the a... |
16 November 2012
07:42 GMT |
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It might not be too long before Lenovo too joins the 1080p smartphone screens party, the latest reports on the matter suggest. Apparently, the company already has a new LePhone model in the works with a screen capable of delivering a full HD (1920 x 1080 pixels) resolution, and screenshots allegedly coming from it ... |
16 November 2012
07:41 GMT |
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The US government has been struggling to pass comprehensive cyber security legislation to protect critical infrastructures from a long time, but so far, the implicated actors haven’t been able to come to an agreement.
One of the reasons might be the fact that all the legislative and regulatory conversations ar... |
16 November 2012
07:40 GMT |
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This past Wednesday, Virginia Tech's Wu-chun Feng and Kirk Cameron introduced the general public to their latest Green500 list. In case anyone was wondering, this list basically takes the world's most powerful supercomputers and orders them not according to how well their perform, but according to how gre... |
16 November 2012
07:33 GMT |
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We are sorry to announce that the Mageia 1 operating system will reach end-of-life (EOL) in approximately two weeks, on Saturday, December 1, 2012. Announced last year, on June 1, 2011, Mageia 1 was the first Mageia release and it was supported for 18 months.Starting with December 1, the Mageia foundation will stop "... |
16 November 2012
07:31 GMT |
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The eighth annual Guinness World Records Day features a lot of odd attempts, and one of the craziest is breaking the record for most girls that can fit into a Mini.
Believe it or not, all 28 girls pictured above managed to fit into one tiny BMW Mini. The demonstration occurred at Potters Field Park in London, and Gu... |
16 November 2012
07:31 GMT |
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Dishonored, the action and stealth game from Arkane Studios and publisher Bethesda, delivers a game world that mixes Victorian era and steampunk elements very well and much of the quality is linked to the inspiration sources that the development team has used.
A report from PC Gamer states that the main sources for ... |
16 November 2012
07:30 GMT |
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A few days back, we reported on how, back in 1894, an elephant derailed a train in order to protect its herd.
Apparently, two British tourists have recently gone through a rather similar experience when a bull elephant decided to attack them and their car.
Thus, the animal turned the Chevrolet Aveo these tourists... |
16 November 2012
07:18 GMT |
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Avira has already launched a Windows 8 version of its anti-virus software but, due to a compatibility issue, plenty of users were stuck to the utterly popular Blue Screen of Death.
A dedicated version of the famous Avira Anti-Virus for Windows 8, however, would be released in a few weeks, the company has promised, c... |
16 November 2012
07:15 GMT |
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Developer Ronimo Games and Valve, the creators of the Steam digital distribution service, launch a free weekend for Awesomenauts and allow all those who are interested in it to get it with a 50 percent price cut until Monday.
The official Awesomenauts game page allows all interested players to begin the download pro... |
16 November 2012
07:15 GMT |
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Valve has just updated Counter-Strike: Global Offensive on the PC and Mac platforms, adding some much needed enhancements to the multiplayer shooter, while reducing its actual size from 6GB to 4.8GB.
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive came out back in August and succeeded in delivering a multiplayer first-person shoot... |
16 November 2012
07:09 GMT |
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Anonymous hacktivists from all over the world have turned their attention to Israel, after the country started intensifying its attacks against Palestine.
Over the past few hours, close to 100 websites have been defaced, and a number of government sites have suffered temporary disruptions because of distributed den... |
16 November 2012
07:07 GMT |
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Because the best moments in life are even better if captured on camera, Michael Lohan has agreed to be on a TV show the very instant he finds out whether teen Ashley Horn is his daughter. She is.
Video of the extremely awkward moment is below, embedded at the end of the article.
For some years now, Kristy Horn has... |
16 November 2012
07:05 GMT |
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Twitter Inc. is offering up a new version of its microblogging client for iPhone and iPad customers with enhancements in the Search and Discover departments, as well as user-targeted tweets.
According to Twitter Inc., “There’s a lot more to see and enjoy when you visit Discover or search to find out what... |
16 November 2012
07:01 GMT |
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South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung Electronics is expected to showcase a 4.99-inch full HD AMOLED screen at the Consumer Electronics Show in January 2013, the latest reports on the matter suggest.
Apparently, the company is indeed ready to have the 1080p panels entering production in the first quarter of the n... |
16 November 2012
07:01 GMT |
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Zeiko Anonymous, the hacker whose main goal seems to be disrupting BitTorrent websites, has launched distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks against three other popular sites: BitSnoop, 1337x.org and RLSLOG.
The hacker started his “piracy attacks” after private BitTorrent tracker What.cd refused to ... |
16 November 2012
07:01 GMT |
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On November 15, Francesco Muriana has the pleasure of announcing the immediate availability for download of the Ubuntu Builder 2.3.1 open source application. Ubuntu Builder 2.3.1 is here to fix two annoying bugs in Ubuntu 12.10's installer form, Ubiquity, that didn't allow users to customize the slideshow.A... |
16 November 2012
06:31 GMT |
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ASTRO File Manager for Android has just got updated to version 4.1.446, providing users with features such as SkyDrive integration, in addition to the already available Google Drive & Dropbox support.
The app, designed to provide users with the possibility to easily organize and view pictures, music, video, documen... |
16 November 2012
06:31 GMT |
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Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber are no longer an item and, even though they tried once more to make their relationship work after breaking up, Selena wants out. In fact, says a new report, she’s made sure she blocked Justin out completely.
TMZ has it on good authority that Selena and her people have taken all ... |
16 November 2012
06:13 GMT |
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Sprint is offering Apple’s new-generation iPads with a range of attractive data plans that allow customers to connect to the carrier’s 4G LTE network in the United States. Smartphone customers can add either tablet to their account with a discounted rate plan.
U.S. wireless operator Sprint has confirmed ... |
16 November 2012
06:11 GMT |
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Due to payment restrictions in specific countries, WordPress has announced that they will accept Bitcoins as a form of remuneration for their upgrades.Regardless of the reason behind credit card companies blocking financial transactions from certain countries, WordPress believes that individual bloggers from anywhere... |
16 November 2012
06:01 GMT |
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The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the cause of a massive accident which occurred last night in Texas, in which a freight train crashed into a parade float.
Four participants died and 17 others suffered injuries, as a float carrying wounded veterans was squashed on its way to the ceremony.
Ac... |
16 November 2012
05:56 GMT |
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Germany's Berlin Police Department has issued a warning after numerous bank customers have reported fraudulent cash withdrawals. All the victims own Android smartphones and they all rely on mTAN (mobile transaction authentication numbers) when performing banking transactions. F-Secure experts reveal that the ma... |
16 November 2012
05:55 GMT |
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Tablets running the Microsoft Windows 8 operating system may be overpriced, but that, fortunately, does not apply to laptops, so there are still plenty of notebooks that won't butcher all bank accounts nearby.
The Terra Mobile 1529 from Wortmann AG is one such notebook. Unlike other laptop makers, who mostly f... |
16 November 2012
05:51 GMT |
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This Friday, some of the people in Philadelphia will probably come across a man dressed up as a half-plucked goose.
His sole purpose will be that of walking the city's streets and drawing attention to the fact that pillows and jackets made from down must be linked to animal cruelty.
In comes as no surprise t... |
16 November 2012
05:50 GMT |
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Kendall Jenner’s 17th birthday was one she’s unlikely to forget anytime soon, for a variety of reasons. One of them would be the rumor that emerged then, that she and 14-year-old Jaden Smith were dating.
Photos from the party Kendall got back home surfaced online and, in one of them, she was seen holdin... |
16 November 2012
05:47 GMT |
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The “Do Not Track” saga continues with a new episode, this time with advertisers again in the spotlight, as they continue to criticize Microsoft’s decision to keep this option on by default.
Internet Explorer 10 is the Windows 8 built-in browser and comes with a factory-enabled DNT feature, while i... |
16 November 2012
05:40 GMT |
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Owners of GSM flavors of Galaxy Nexus are already receiving their share of the new Android 4.2 Jelly Bean platform release, and it seems that Sprint’s users can also do that. The official Android 4.2 update might not arrive on their devices for a while now, but there is a custom ROM available out there, with ... |
16 November 2012
05:35 GMT |
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Video game developer BioWare is already working on Dragon Age 3: Inquisition and the team is now ready to show the first in-game art, giving fans of the fantasy-based franchise the first look at the style of the new game in the series. Neil Thompson, who is the art and animation director at the developer, showed the... |
16 November 2012
05:35 GMT |
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Contrary to what fans of the Kardashians’ reality show might have been reading in the press, Bruce Jenner isn’t getting ready to divorce Kris Jenner yet, says the matriarch / momager in a statement to E! News.
The other day, rumors started to pick up that Bruce had grown tired of his wife’s obsess... |
16 November 2012
05:30 GMT |
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Artists Nacho Tamez and Leo Kambayashi at the Media Bullys agency in Mexico create pop-inspired renditions of Mr. Potato Head, for the character's 60th anniversary. The catch was finding other, just as famous, 60-year-old cultural icons, to base the portraits on. The “60-year-old personalities that rep... |
16 November 2012
05:27 GMT |
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ASUS introduced its VivoTab tablet series last month, but that was a paper launch more than anything. Each product reached, or will reach, the market in its own time. Right now, the VivoTab 11.6-inch tablet is having its moment. This is a tablet based on an x86 Atom central processing unit and, thus, runs Microsoft... |
16 November 2012
05:20 GMT |
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Grand Theft Auto V’s Co-writer and Rockstar Games Co-founder, Dan Houser, believes that the three main characters and the major differences between them will make the game quite fun.
GTA V introduces a variety of new things, from a huge open world to a complex story that has not one but three main protagonists... |
16 November 2012
05:18 GMT |
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Windows 8 is often regarded as a confusing operating system, so Microsoft is doing its best to demonstrate everyone that it’s actually a very user-friendly product.
The Windows 8 Accessibility Tutorial Guide is just the living proof, as this PDF document comprises all the information you would ever need to mak... |
16 November 2012
05:17 GMT |
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After being tipped off by a victim, security researchers have investigated a shady courier company that’s being utilized in a scheme designed to trick internauts into handing over money. According to Sophos experts, the scam begins on Facebook, where victims are contacted by an attractive woman who attempts t... |
16 November 2012
05:16 GMT |
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If you’re using Facebook on your iPhone to share stories with others, the social network is letting you in on a little secret: starting with version 5.2, the iOS app lets you “share the best stories from your news feed with just one tap.”
According to the official release notes for Facebook 5.2, us... |
16 November 2012
05:15 GMT |
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Following months of speculation as to her level of sobriety, Dina Lohan is speaking out again. The mother and manager of Lindsay Lohan, now on a promo trail for her new movie “Liz & Dick,” sat down for an interview with Entertainment Tonight.
Excerpts from it are available below, embedded at the end of t... |
16 November 2012
05:15 GMT |
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Barry Kauler announced a few days ago the immediate availability for download of the Puppy "Precise" 5.4.1 Linux distribution, based on Canonical's Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS (Precise Pangolin) operating system. Puppy Precise 5.4.1 is a maintenance release for the Puppy Precise 5.4 version, fixing various bugs and flaws... |
16 November 2012
05:15 GMT |
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Video game developer Rockstar and publisher 2K Games withdraws Grand Theft Auto: Vice City from sale via PC-based digital distributors, because Sony Music Entertainment and Warner Chappell have filled a claim that Michael Jackson’s track Wanna Be Startin’ Something is used without permission. Apparently,... |
16 November 2012
05:15 GMT |
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An add-on for Firefox now offers a glimpse at Mozilla’s mobile phone operating system, Firefox OS, straight into the browser, on Windows, Mac and Linux. Firefox OS Simulator is a prototype add-on for emulating Mozilla’s upcoming operating system for mobile phones and currently it is at build 0.7. The mai... |
16 November 2012
05:00 GMT |
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The development team at Omega Force and publisher Tecmo Koei deliver another trailer for their upcoming Warriors Orochi 3 Hyper Edition, which is designed to show off the increasingly expansive cast of characters.
When the game is launched, players will be able to take control of more than 130 characters.
Warriors ... |
16 November 2012
05:00 GMT |
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9-year-old Xitclalli “Chilli” Vasquez wrote this tragic letter to the driver responsible for her losing feeling from her chest down, in 2011.
The letter was presented during Jeremy Solis' recent trial, right after he was convicted for the July 9, 2011 accident in which Chilli was injured, ABC News reports.
She... |
16 November 2012
04:58 GMT |
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The Unity 4.0 game engine has been officially released a few days ago, on November 13, bringing support for Linux distributions, such as Ubuntu. Canonical, through John Pugh, proudly informed us on November 15 that the 4.0 release of the Unity game engine will officially support publishing to the Ubuntu platform, via... |
16 November 2012
04:55 GMT |
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The Windows Store is clearly growing at a faster pace after Microsoft officially rolled out the new Windows 8, but it’s still far from Microsoft’s forecasts of 100,000 apps by February. According to WinAppUpdate, there are nearly 16,000 apps in the Windows 8 Store, with no less than 3,000 apps submitted ... |
16 November 2012
04:54 GMT |
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Japanese handset vendor Sony Mobile is confident that its future devices will get it to the top of the smartphone market, offering users viable options when compared to the Samsung Galaxy S III or the Apple iPhone.
In fact, the company has already confirmed plans to release a new flagship Xperia model next year tha... |
16 November 2012
04:52 GMT |
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Some time ago, both AMD and NVIDIA began shipping some of their graphics cards, and multi-card bundles, along with free game vouchers for certain games – in this case, Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed 3.
NVIDIA initially paired Assassin's Creed III with the GeForce GTX 650 Ti graphics card, but that didn’t ... |
16 November 2012
04:50 GMT |
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Incapsula has launched a Joomla extension that allows website administrators, owners and developers to manage the security and performance of their sites directly from the admin console. A recent study performed by Incapsula – a cloud-based website security and performance services provider – has reveale... |
16 November 2012
04:50 GMT |
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In an attempt to explain and understand how the fertilization process works when it comes to tortoises, Italian researchers found it necessary to give baby tortoises paternity tests. The measure doesn't come as ethical issue, as we would be tempted to assume. In this case, it is totally practical. Hermann�... |
16 November 2012
04:48 GMT |
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United States wireless operator Sprint is kicking off sales of the cellular-model iPad mini and 4th-generation iPad today, bundling the tablets with “a range of attractive data plans that allow customers to connect to its 4G LTE network.”
Sprint confirms that US customers will be able to buy their iPad d... |
16 November 2012
04:47 GMT |
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A new 10.1-inch tablet from Toshiba is actually no different from the so-called standard tablets that companies sell for $499-599/ 499-599 Euro / £400, but the company has managed to price it at £300 anyway.
The only hardware features that can be said to have permitted this arguably decent price (£... |
16 November 2012
04:45 GMT |
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The Humble Bundle team has supplemented the array of games that are available in their new Humble Bundle for Android #4 offer by adding five extra titles to the six that had already been included in the pack.
The Humble Bundle service offered gamers some impressive deals over the years and in more recent times, many... |
16 November 2012
04:42 GMT |
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The news just broke that BP, the British multinational oil and gas company headquartered in London, United Kingdom, is to pay a $4.5 billion (€3.52 billion) fine for massive damage done to the environment when its Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded in April 2010, causing a whopping 206 million gallons of cr... |
16 November 2012
04:34 GMT |
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Lately, we have learned of numerous situations in which US citizens have been visited by authorities after posting “terrorist” or “anti-government messages” on social media websites. However, it turns out that such incidents also occur in the United Kingdom as well. According to the figures o... |
16 November 2012
04:30 GMT |
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This clip from 2011, of a man going through a border patrol checkpoint, is gaining a lot of views since being uploaded on Reddit, on November 15.
Redditor Bodmon dubs it the “fastest way to get through a border patrol checkpoint.” Since it was posted, over 2,000 users upvoted it, 1,600 of which posting c... |
16 November 2012
04:26 GMT |
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Windows 8 dumps the traditional Start Menu and instead adopts a “confusing” Start Screen that relies on live tiles to let users launch apps from a single screen. Steven Sinofsky, the former Windows boss, is one of the main Microsoft executives who wanted to replace the Start Menu with a Start Screen, cla... |
16 November 2012
04:26 GMT |
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The Samsung Galaxy S II may not be that old for some Android enthusiasts, even though the South Korean company released the next-generation Galaxy S smartphone earlier this year. The Galaxy S II hit shelves more than a year ago with Android 2.3 Gingerbread platform out of the box. In the meantime, the smartphone rec... |
16 November 2012
04:26 GMT |
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Google is polishing up a dedicated Maps application for Apple’s iOS after seeing its mapping service ousted in the sixth major release of Apple’s mobile operating system.
A person with direct knowledge of the matter is telling the Wall Street Journal that Google has begun distributing a test build of its... |
16 November 2012
04:24 GMT |
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David Vonderhaar, the design director working on Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, says that his team has the hard game data to explore and refute the claims from various player groups that one weapon or another is overpowered on the battlefield.
The developer tells Destructoid that, “I can combine how something feel... |
16 November 2012
04:13 GMT |
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Bioware has confirmed that Star Wars: The Old Republic is now free-to-play, meaning anyone interested in the sprawling online role-playing game can experience it without paying a subscription. What’s more, the studio has also released a special update, taking it to version 1.5.
Star Wars: The Old Republic came... |
16 November 2012
04:11 GMT |
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Previous “Twilight” premiere red carpets had nothing on this year’s. As the final installment in the series, “Breaking Dawn Part 2,” opened in London, leading lady Kristen Stewart wowed fans and the press in yet another extremely revealing outfit.
Check out the images attached to this ... |
16 November 2012
04:11 GMT |
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Valve has just released a brand new update for its Dota 2 title, adding a brand new hero, in the form of Slark, and a special feature called Chatwheel, which allows players to broadcast certain pre-determined messages that will be translated for all players to understand.
Dota 2 may still be in closed beta, but it h... |
16 November 2012
04:05 GMT |
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Photos taken with the Lytro camera can already be refocused after the shot has been taken, thanks to the fact that the device captures the entire light field in front of it.
Granted, the photos get stored in a special, high-capacity format, and it takes a dedicated program to read and manipulate them.
Nevertheles... |
16 November 2012
04:03 GMT |
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Nate Thomas from the XBMC development team proudly informed us, on November 15, that the first Beta release of the upcoming XBMC 12.0 open source media center project is available for download and testing. Dubbed Frodo, the XBMC 12.0 Beta 1 release has been expected by users for many months now, especially for the ... |
16 November 2012
04:01 GMT |
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Only yesterday, Google made it public news that it was to spend as many as $75 million (€58.8 million) on a new wind farm in Rippey, fairly close to Des Moines, in the US state of Iowa.
Google says that, following their agreeing to invest in this green-oriented project, the total amount of money the company ha... |
16 November 2012
04:00 GMT |
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World-renowned SSL certificate provider GlobalSign has released a free online service – the SSL Configuration Checker – which allows organizations that rely on SSL for website security to assess their configurations. Numerous organizations utilize SSL to ensure that their customers’ information is... |
16 November 2012
03:55 GMT |
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Fisherman Andy Parker poses for a shot with a remarkably large eel he caught in British waters, off the coast of Devon.
What you see in the picture is a 96lb (43 kg) monster eel, which took about 40 minutes to catch and bring on the boat, Travel Aol writes.
The angler from Huddersfield made this record-breaking fin... |
16 November 2012
03:53 GMT |
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A new Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean build (I9300XXELK4) has leaked online for Samsung’s Galaxy S III smartphones, providing users with the possibility to have a glimpse at the latest changes that Samsung has packed the upgrade with. However, it seems that this is only a test firmware for the device, which means th... |
16 November 2012
03:50 GMT |
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The start button for Windows 8 from Stardock has been updated to a new minor version. The fresh release extends the functionality of the application and adds a slew of fixes for problems discovered in earlier releases.
Start8 (reviewed here) 1.0.3 brings to the table a new Desktop page in the configuration pane... |
16 November 2012
03:50 GMT |
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Microsoft has just unveiled a 60-day trial version for the upcoming Office Professional Plus 2013 productivity suite, letting those who want to buy the software give it a spin before making a purchase. The trial package is available via the Technet website and includes all of the popular Office apps, such as Word, P... |
16 November 2012
03:48 GMT |
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Famous playwright Aaron Sorkin is still searching for an actor to portray Apple’s late visionary genius in an upcoming biopic backed by Sony. The script, however, is coming along, according to “The West Wing” writer. In fact, he may have said a little too much already. During an interview with The ... |
16 November 2012
03:43 GMT |
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Today, Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia has released its Lumia 920 flagship Windows Phone 8 smartphone in South Africa, with 4G LTE connectivity packed inside.
The handset was launched in red, white and black, and is expected to be followed by the Nokia Lumia 820 before the end of the year.
Nokia Lumia 920 arrive... |
16 November 2012
03:40 GMT |
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Robyn Bergeron, the Fedora Project leader, proudly announced a few minutes ago, November 16, the codename for the upcoming Fedora 19 operating system, due for release next year. Without any further ado, the codename for the upcoming Fedora 19 Linux operating system will be Schrödinger's Cat, which won with ... |
16 November 2012
03:36 GMT |
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The amazingly popular Minecraft Pocket Edition has just been updated with new features and bug fixes that promise to make this title even more interesting. For those unfamiliar with Minecraft, the game is all about placing blocks in order to build things and adventure in randomly generated worlds. The Pocket Editi... |
16 November 2012
03:34 GMT |
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Skype has already fixed the critical security hole that allowed hackers to break into accounts using only the victims’ email addresses, but it seems like some accounts actually got hacked in the meantime.
That’s why the programmers over at Skype have decided to automatically suspend all hijacked accounts... |
16 November 2012
03:33 GMT |
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This clip captures a scene that seems taken right out of college student flicks. A photographer was shooting at a wedding when her hair caught on fire.
It's not just one lock either – this woman's hair looks like it spontaneously combusted, most likely after coming in contact with a wedding candle.
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16 November 2012
03:30 GMT |
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Trent Oster, the leader of Beamdog, says that video game publisher Sony tried to secure a PlayStation Network launch for the upcoming Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition, but negotiations between the two sides failed because of differences over resources allocation.
The developer has spoken about his project to Sh... |
16 November 2012
03:25 GMT |
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This year's International Educational Week held in Washington D.C. hosted a novel space experience, both challenging and inspiring for the participant science students. Thursday, over 9,500 young people of the Student Spaceflight Experiment Program participated in a live conversation with Sunita Williams, Comm... |
16 November 2012
03:22 GMT |
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A study conducted by the Ponemon Institute on behalf of Edelman reveals that organizations from all around the world are unable to address their customers’ concerns about privacy and security. Many of them lack the compliance practices and business behaviors necessary for addressing these concerns.
The Edelman... |
16 November 2012
03:20 GMT |
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HTC’s latest Android flagship smartphone, the DROID DNA has just been officially launched in the US at Verizon Wireless. The smartphone is expected to hit shelves on November 21 for $200/€155 with a new two-year agreement. The DROID DNA by HTC is Samsung Galaxy Note II’s main competitor, though the ... |
16 November 2012
03:15 GMT |
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Gigabyte has launched another AMD powered motherboard that comes packed with a lot of great stuff.The GA-F2A85XM-HD3 comes with the “Ultra Durable 4 Classic” suite, which includes improved humidity, electrostatic, power failure and high temperature protection. The new motherboard comes with triple monitor... |
16 November 2012
03:13 GMT |
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AMD used to have only one version of the Tahiti graphics processing unit (GPU for short), but the number grew to three over time and, now, it is about to grow again, to four. For the Radeon HD 7950, we have the Tahiti Pro. For the Radeon HD 7970, AMD offers the Tahiti XT. Thirdly, for the Radeon HD 7970 GH Edition... |
16 November 2012
03:06 GMT |
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Dick MacInnis proudly announced yesterday, November 15, that the Dream Studio 12.04.1 Linux operating system is availability for download. Being based on the Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS (Precise Pangolin) operating system, the brand-new Dream Studio 12.04.1 distribution has lots of new features and a beautified Unity-based ... |
16 November 2012
03:05 GMT |
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Bethesda has just unleashed a full batch of details concerning its upcoming Dragonborn expansion for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, which takes players back to the province of Morrowind, where the third game in the series took place.
The Dragonborn DLC for Skyrim impressed lots of people when its first video was revea... |
16 November 2012
03:01 GMT |
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If Internet Explorer 10 isn’t exactly your cup of tea and you wish to stick to Internet Explorer 9, you should know that Microsoft has released a security update for this particular browser version that fixes three different vulnerabilities.
The update is flagged as “critical” for those running Int... |
16 November 2012
02:59 GMT |
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The latest flavor of the HootSuite for Android came along with a nice range of enhancements packed inside, including one that is certain to make owners of a Nexus 4 happy, namely fixed compatibility with the new Android 4.2 Jelly Bean platform.
The new app flavor has also been released with Action Bar and Drawer na... |
16 November 2012
02:57 GMT |
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Just the other day, Hope Solo’s fiancé Jerramy Stevens was arrested after a massive domestic dispute that seemed, according to police documents, to have escalated into abuse. The two were married the following day as if nothing had happened. As we also reported at the time, Stevens and Solo got into a ... |
16 November 2012
02:55 GMT |
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The developers at Mojang say that they are getting ready to launch a new skin pack for the Xbox 360 version of Minecraft, linked to Halloween, which will be only available until November 26 and will also introduce some changes to the core mechanics of the game.
The pack will be open to all players and all those who ... |
16 November 2012
02:54 GMT |
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Owners of devices running under Google’s Android operating system can now enjoy a new flavor of the popular Box for Android application.
Pushed to handsets as version 2.0.0, the new app flavor now provides users with the possibility to preview documents right in the application, so that they can have a glimps... |
16 November 2012
02:43 GMT |
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Investigator Frederick W. Humphries is the FBI Agent that uncovered the Petraeus – Broadwell affair, eventually causing the CIA Director's resignation.
47-year-old Humphries' connection to the woman who lodged the initial cyberstalking complaint, Jill Kelley, has been one big, exaggerated mystery to ... |
16 November 2012
02:38 GMT |
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A new series of tests conducted by Cross Browser Handbook has revealed that Internet Explorer 10 is indeed faster than Firefox 16, Opera 12 and IE9, but not fast enough to beat Google Chrome 23.
Google’s very own browser remains the fastest app of its kind for the time being, while Internet Explorer 10 comes s... |
16 November 2012
02:35 GMT |
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Gearbox Software has released yet another patch for Borderlands 2 on the PC platform, as after the rather impressive update 1.2.0, at the beginning of the week and 1.2.1 that quickly followed, the studio has released patch 1.2.2 for the shooter.
Borderlands 2 delivered an impressive experience back in September and... |
16 November 2012
02:31 GMT |
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Only recently, a white humpback whale has been spotted near the coast of Norway by Dan Fisher, a British maritime engineer who was simply taking his boat out for a spin.
It was Dan Fisher's decision to name this rare marine mammal “Willow the Whale,” although there are some who choose to refer to i... |
16 November 2012
02:25 GMT |
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A new flavor of the Twitter for Android application is now available for download for all handsets powered by Android 2.1 or newer, namely version 3.5.0. The new app release arrives with various enhancements for Discover, with tweets showing directly on stream and displaying photo, video, and article previews. At... |
16 November 2012
02:22 GMT |
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Video-chatting fans using Skype to communicate with friends and families at a distance are being notified that a new version of the Mac client is available to address a rare bug that crashes the application in some circumstances.
Apparently, Skype for Mac doesn’t do a very good job on MacBook Pros with Retina ... |
16 November 2012
02:20 GMT |
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It’s been one month since Facebook updated the Android client of its social network application. Today, another update was pushed through to all Facebook for Android users.
The most important change is a new button option which allows Facebook addicts to share News Feed stories.
In addition, several improvem... |
16 November 2012
02:06 GMT |
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Last week, several divers who were exploring the waters near the coast of Mexico came across a whale shark which had a large rope fitted around its girth.
Given the fact that the rope was cutting into its flesh, the divers suspect that the animal got caught in it quite a while before they found it and released it. ... |
16 November 2012
02:05 GMT |
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The development team at Eugen Systems and publisher Focus Home Interactive launch a new piece of downloadable content for their strategy title Wargame: European Escalation, which is designed to add new missions to the game, while also introducing support for the Ultrabook with touch display, inspired by Intel.
The p... |
16 November 2012
01:55 GMT |
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Before Halo 4 was launched, the big advertising concept behind its promotion was that Master Chief, the original hero of the series, was finally returning to take back the franchise after other characters had taken the lead in both ODST and Reach. The first images and most of the promotional material focused on the ... |
16 November 2012
01:54 GMT |
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The Xperia V is already available in Japan and now the smartphone is about to make its debut in China. Spotted three weeks ago at China Telecom in UAProf, the Xperia V is now live on the carrier’s Weibo page.We were expecting Sony to bring the Xperia V in Europe as well, but Sony Mobile France stated several da... |
16 November 2012
00:45 GMT |
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