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Jon Stewart is continuing the discussion on gun control, a discussion that, he says, has gotten off to a terrible start thanks to the latest ad from the National Rifle Association (NRA), which was released the other day and took aim at President Obama and his kids.
Below are two segments from Stewart’s latest... |
17 January 2013
23:56 GMT |
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Just hours ago, Sharon Osbourne nearly set her entire house on fire. Firefighters responded to a call coming from the talk show host’s Beverly Hills mansion, managing to put out the fire in the nick of time, it has emerged.
TMZ reports that the intervention took place before the fire did any significant damag... |
17 January 2013
23:33 GMT |
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The Disney-published and Junction Point-developed Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two sold just 270,000 units in the United States before the end of 2012, which represents a very poor performance when compared to the 1.2 million that the original in the series managed during an equivalent period.
The Power of Two was de... |
17 January 2013
21:31 GMT |
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Indian company Micromax has just launched yet another affordable Android smartphone, the A30 Smarty 3.0. The handset is now available for purchase via major retailers across the country for only Rs 3,849 ($70/€50) outright.
According to AndroidOS, the smartphone ships with Android 2.3 Gingerbread out of the box... |
17 January 2013
20:31 GMT |
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The Mission Control lag may not be inherent to OS X Mountain Lion but rather to certain Macintosh specifications, such as iMacs with ATI graphics, or the new MacBook Pros with Retina display. Tests conducted by Softpedia on a new-generation iMac (Late 2012) pre-installed with OS X 10.8.2 (build 12C3103) have reveale... |
17 January 2013
20:31 GMT |
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A number of industry analysts believe that Nintendo needs to make a big push for digitally distributed video games on its new Wii U home console in order to sell more games and improve its financial results.
Michael Pachter, an analyst watching the video game industry for Wedbush Morgan, even believes that there&rsq... |
17 January 2013
20:31 GMT |
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The sequel to the amazingly popular Temple Run game has just made its debut on iOS platform, but Android enthusiasts will have to wait a bit longer. According to Polygon, Imangi Studio, the creator of the game, has already finished it, and it is now pending Google’s approval. The company’s co-founder, K... |
17 January 2013
20:01 GMT |
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iriver is mostly known for its high-quality MP3 players, but the company entered the smartphone market as well with some low-end handsets.
The latest addition to its lineup of Android smartphones is ULALA 1-K1, WSJ reports. The handset is priced at only $95/€70 and is now available for purchase in South Korea.
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17 January 2013
19:31 GMT |
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What we know: Baldur’s Gate 2 Enhanced Edition is a known quantity even if the team at Overhaul Games working on it has been pretty tight-lipped about the exact details.
The Enhanced Edition for the first game in the series was a low key triumph because it managed to bring the original role-playing game behemo... |
17 January 2013
19:31 GMT |
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Indian handset maker Intex has just announced the upcoming availability of two affordable Android smartphones: Aqua Flash and Aqua Trendy. Both smartphones will be available within the next few weeks via major retailers across the country. As for the price, AndroidOS reports that Aqua Flash will cost Rs 9,500 ($175/... |
17 January 2013
19:01 GMT |
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Japanese mobile phone maker Sony Mobile was recently rumored to plan switching its focus on the development of high-end smartphones, thus leaving the lower end of the market aside, and confirmation on the matter has already emerged. Apparently, the handset vendor is looking at the high end segment of the smartphone... |
17 January 2013
18:51 GMT |
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Focus Home Interactive has released Wargame: European Escalation, a new game in the RTS genre for Mac users featuring an onslaught of vehicles and units and a huge military campaign across Europe of the 80's.
The game is set around a Cold War about to turn into World War III with stunning visuals and “bat... |
17 January 2013
18:41 GMT |
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Hidetaka Suehiro, also known as Swery, is one of the main developers behind the cult hit Deadly Premonition and his colleague Yasuhiro Wada reveals that he is working on a new experience that has managed to shock the veteran developer. In an interview, the pair talked about the new video game, with Suehiro stating t... |
17 January 2013
18:41 GMT |
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LinkedIn has addressed a clickjacking vulnerability in the “remove connections” section of the website. The security hole was discovered by Jovyn Lobo (7h3_j0k3r), a security consultant at Payatu Technologies and the author of the “game | over” web app penetration testing platform.
According ... |
17 January 2013
18:01 GMT |
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Security vendors around the world are now warning that a new version of the Shylock malware is aimed at Skype users as Microsoft is struggling to move Windows Live Messenger to the VoIP platform. Threatpost writes that the new piece of malware has been spotted in the UK, Europe and the US and it comes with new featu... |
17 January 2013
18:01 GMT |
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One of the new features that Microsoft announced for its Windows Phone 8 operating system was the support for a new type of camera applications, called lenses. Through them, app developers could expand the capabilities of any smartphone, just as Nokia’s Smart Shoot, Cinemagraph and Panorama did for Lumia 920 ... |
17 January 2013
18:01 GMT |
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Dead or Alive 5 Plus, the upcoming PlayStation Vita version of the fighting game from Team Ninja and Tecmo Koei, will support Cross-play, meaning owners of the regular game on the PS3 can participate in fights against Vita owners, as well as share DLC between the two consoles.
Dead or Alive 5 came out for the PS3 an... |
17 January 2013
18:01 GMT |
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Video game developer BioWare has announced that the Mass Effect 3 operation for the coming weekend is called GERONIMO and will ask all players who are willing to take part to earn the first aid medal.
The goal can be accomplished on any game map and using all difficulty levels, and the operation will start on Friday... |
17 January 2013
17:46 GMT |
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Video game publisher Square Enix says that it will include a new character called Lumina for the upcoming Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII video game, which has the ability to either help the main cast on their quest or fight them to stop their progress.
The leak comes from a magazine quoted by Nova Crystallis ... |
17 January 2013
17:32 GMT |
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Shortly after announcing the upcoming release of a new software update for LG Lucid, Verizon Wireless published the official changelog for a minor update aimed at Galaxy Tab 7.7 tablets.
Although Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 was released at the Big Red last year, it’s been only a few months since it received Android... |
17 January 2013
17:31 GMT |
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Digisocial, a new social networking app that lets you take photos and add effects to them (wow, that’s new!), has been updated to version 1.0.1 for iPhone and iPad. Actually, it does bring something new: audio comments.
Featuring optimized image filters, improved performance, and some minor bug fixes, Digisoci... |
17 January 2013
17:31 GMT |
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Diane Franklin, a Republic representative hailing from Missouri, is proposing a new sales tax imposed on violent video games, designed to decrease interest in them in the wake of the shooting that took place in December at Sandy Hook in Newtown. The revenue obtained from the 1 percent tax would be used to finance me... |
17 January 2013
17:03 GMT |
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Slax, a modern, portable, small and fast Linux operating system with a modular approach and outstanding design, is now at version 7.0.4.
Slax 7.0.4 has been dubbed Green Horn and it arrived fairly quickly after the previous version, bringing a few needed changes.
Highlights of Slax 7.0.4:
• 'load=' ... |
17 January 2013
17:01 GMT |
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Even though an official Twitter client isn’t yet available on Windows 8 platforms, there are several third-party clients available either for free or with a shareware license.
Twitter+ is a mobile Twitter app for Windows 8 that provides you with a Modern interface to easily browse the popular social platform.
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17 January 2013
17:01 GMT |
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A new flavor of the Dolphin Browser application is now available for download for devices running under Google’s Android operating system, namely version 9.2.
The new app release arrives on devices with a nice set of new features, aimed at enhancing the sharing capabilities of the mobile browser.
In Dolphin... |
17 January 2013
16:41 GMT |
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Quite a while ago, a woman from San Donaci, Italy adopted a stray German shepherd, named it Tommy and started taking it with her everywhere she went, even if that meant “forcing” the dog to attend the Sunday mass service held at a local church. In spite of the fact that Maria Margherita Lochi passed awa... |
17 January 2013
16:41 GMT |
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Verizon Wireless has just published details on a new software update for LG Lucid. The update is not yet live, but we expect that the carrier will start the rollout within the next few days.
According to the official changelog, LG Lucid will receive Flash Player 11 for compatibility with Ice Cream Sandwich and perfo... |
17 January 2013
16:31 GMT |
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A few days ago, the US Department of Homeland Security revealed that in the last three months of 2012 malware infections were identified in the industrial control systems of two power companies from the United States. The malicious elements made their way onto computers from USB devices.
Experts highlight the fact t... |
17 January 2013
16:31 GMT |
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This Tuesday, a total of 638 elephant tusks were seized by authorities in the port city of Mombasa, Kenya's second-largest city.
Conservationists explain that, throughout the past few months, the price of ivory has considerably increased, which is why poachers are dead set on killing as many of these animals a... |
17 January 2013
16:21 GMT |
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PHP, an HTML-embedded scripting language with syntax borrowed from C, Java and Perl with a couple of unique PHP-specific features thrown in, has been updated to version 5.4.10.
PHP 5.4.11 comes with a huge list of new features, updates and bug fixes, and is a major leap in the 5.x series.
Highlights for PHP 5.4.11:... |
17 January 2013
16:11 GMT |
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Microsoft has recently announced that its investment program dubbed Bing Fund would support online matchmaking service LikeBright, but the company refused to provide any terms of the deal.
Bing Fund is Microsoft’s very own investment program created in mid-2012 in order to support start-ups with both money and... |
17 January 2013
16:11 GMT |
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A safari park in Stukenbrock, Germany is now home to six white lion cubs, which were born here not very long ago. Their keepers explain that the cubs were brought into the world by two lionesses, Kibo and Mawensi, which happen to be twins.
Because their body color does not exactly blend in with the African landscap... |
17 January 2013
15:51 GMT |
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Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia has reportedly made available for download a new flavor of its Nokia Audio application for Lumia smartphones, namely version 1.2.1.4.
According to a recent post on MyNokiaBlog, the new update for the application builds on the latest release from Nokia, which was meant to provide use... |
17 January 2013
15:51 GMT |
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A new Xbox game is now available for download for Windows Phone devices, exclusive on Nokia’s Lumia smartphones for the time being, namely Blobster, developed by Chillingo and Divine Robo. Available as a 13MB download, the game brings to center stage a living blob in a mission to save Blobtopia from the pollu... |
17 January 2013
15:41 GMT |
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The International Union for the Conservation of Nature now made it public news that environmentalists in charge of keeping a close eye on the wildlife inhabiting a Tibetan park have recently stumbled upon roughly 1000 yaks.
These animals are said to inhabit the northern regions of a plateau referred to as Hoh Xil,... |
17 January 2013
15:31 GMT |
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Right on schedule, US-based carrier Cricket announced the immediate availability of the HTC One SV Android smartphone.
Customers can now purchase the handset for only $330/€245 on no term. It can be paired with Cricket’s pre-paid LTE service starting at $50 monthly, which offers 1GB of mobile data. Check ... |
17 January 2013
15:31 GMT |
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Back in November, it has emerged that Microsoft had been sued by Surfcast for infringing one of its patents with Windows 8 products, including the operating system, the Surface tablet and Windows Phone 8.
The first trial of the lawsuit will take place on September 3, according to a report by Neowin, so the two compa... |
17 January 2013
15:31 GMT |
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No one pays too much attention to Facebook status updates or even most tweets. It makes sense; most are meaningless even to the friends of those posting them.
But maybe it's not such a great idea to dismiss status updates so easily. A new study shows that they are much more memorable than book quotes or even F... |
17 January 2013
15:21 GMT |
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QSApp has rolled out a new version of Quicksilver, a unified, extensible interface for working with all kinds of data. The new release brings some enhancements for Mountain Lion users, new localizations, and a truckload of tweaks and fixes.
Quicksilver ß71 Build 3942 includes new translations for Czech, French... |
17 January 2013
15:21 GMT |
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The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences (AIAS) has just revealed the list of nominees for its 16th annual DICE Awards and confirmed a few more details about the upcoming ceremony that will take place in Las Vegas on February 7.
The DICE Summit represents a conference open to all video game developers, ranging f... |
17 January 2013
15:21 GMT |
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Ruby, an object-oriented language for quick and easy programming, has just reached version 1.9.3-p374.
There are quite a few changes and updates since Ruby 1.9.3-p374. Users can check the complete changelog here, but there are a few fixes worth mentioning.
First of all, Ruby's license has changed from a dual l... |
17 January 2013
15:11 GMT |
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According to Deloitte's Canadian Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT) Predictions 2013 report, over 90% of all user-generated passwords, even ones considered to be strong, will become very easy to hack.
“Passwords containing at least eight characters, one number, mixed-case letters and non-a... |
17 January 2013
15:01 GMT |
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Sony Mobile’s Xperia Z managed to impress last week at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, courtesy of both its great looks and appealing hardware specifications. On Wednesday, Sony published a new video aimed at promoting the device, this time offering us a glimpse at how the handset can be asse... |
17 January 2013
14:41 GMT |
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Chinese handset maker Huawei has silently unveiled the Ascend G510 handset for the European market.
The smartphone appeared recently in Czech Republic and will soon go on sale in other countries for around €200/$265 outright.
According to Mobilenet.cz, Huawei Ascend G510 will ship with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean ... |
17 January 2013
14:31 GMT |
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With so many people calling Windows 8 a confusing operating system, it’s no surprise that apps designed to teach you how to make the most of the new software are enjoying such a terrific success.
Tutor for Windows 8 is one of the apps that really deserve a chance as it comes with a great amount of information ... |
17 January 2013
14:31 GMT |
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The scientific consensus is that Mars had surface water, in abundance, up to a couple of billion years ago. The planet dried out of course, and scientists are very curious why, but at some point the planet had lakes and even rivers flowing on it. Just like on Earth, these water bodies left marks, some more subtle tha... |
17 January 2013
14:11 GMT |
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The Omni Group is just a couple of weeks away from the launch of OmniFocus 2 for Mac. The company is trying to entice newcomers to hop aboard by handing them a serial key to activate OmniFocus and use it for free to see how it works for them. The Omni Group’s Ken Case says, “if you’re looking at pu... |
17 January 2013
14:11 GMT |
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On January 16, Canonical published in a security notice details about a QEMU vulnerability for its Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 11.10, and Ubuntu 10.04 LTS operating systems.
According to Canonical, QEMU could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic.
It was discov... |
17 January 2013
14:11 GMT |
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EK continues to launch water cooling products for PC gaming hardware. The other day, it released waterblocks for NVIDIA Quadro and Tesla Cards, now it has something for an AMD gaming adapter.
The graphics card in question is part of ASUS' Republic of Gamers series and is called MATRIX 7970.
Here, some will say... |
17 January 2013
14:11 GMT |
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Apple is out to hire a creative person to help the company “evolve and enrich Siri,” the virtual personal assistant originally introduced in iOS 5 with the iPhone 4S. The new Siri could make its way into iOS 7, or the iPhone 5S/iPhone 6.
Apple describes Siri as a witty pool of cultural knowledge, referri... |
17 January 2013
13:41 GMT |
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A picture of a woman who went under a transplant procedure is going viral. The woman, only identified as Penny, beat cancer and underwent dangerous heart surgery.
She wanted to celebrate the fact that she is still alive with an unusual photo.
“[Penny] is holding her own heart. She has survived cancer and cri... |
17 January 2013
13:31 GMT |
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The first Windows Phone 8 major update has finally reached AT&T customers who own the HTC 8X.
WinSource reports that the update is now rolled out OTA (over the air) in waves, which means that not all HTC 8X users will receive it simultaneously.
According to Microsoft, Portico adds the following new features and im... |
17 January 2013
13:31 GMT |
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There will soon be three new solid-state drives up for sale, courtesy of Apacer, and one might say they are ready for action already. Still, they won't be available until next month (February 2013).
The un-priced three new SSDs are the 2.5-inch SFD 25S-M, MO-297-compliant SFD 18S5-M and mSATA S1-M.
Since they... |
17 January 2013
13:31 GMT |
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Microsoft has just announced that it had signed a patent licensing agreement with German car manufacturer BMW that would allow the company to use exFAT technology in the infotainment systems available on its vehicles. “Cutting-edge technology is a must for today’s leading automotive brands,” said D... |
17 January 2013
13:31 GMT |
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Visceral Games and Electronic Arts have just released a brand new video for their upcoming Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel shooter, this time showing off quite a lot of gameplay footage filled to the brim with firefights and all sorts of explosions caused by the main protagonists.
Army of Two: The Devil's ... |
17 January 2013
13:21 GMT |
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Amazon has been the second biggest MP3 store in the US for years now and no matter what it's done, it hasn't been able to topple Apple or even get too close.
But, even as the world is slowly moving away from buying music, Amazon is ramping up its fight with Apple by making it personal, with the launch of ... |
17 January 2013
13:15 GMT |
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WIND Mobile is the latest wireless carrier to officially announce the availability of carrier billing for its BlackBerry users.
The wireless carrier has posted on Twitter that its users can now purchase applications and games through RIM’s official portal and have them charged on their monthly bill.
“B... |
17 January 2013
13:01 GMT |
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Genius has made its obligatory new year's product announcement, one that has the special honor of having been awarded a 2013 CES Award for precision, comfort and performance.
As the title says, Genius has formally introduced a new mouse, one that is not ordinary by far, due to its design and many features whic... |
17 January 2013
13:01 GMT |
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MoboTap Inc. has released the latest versions of Dolphin Web Browser for iPhone and iPad, bringing UI refreshes, easy content sharing features, support for Chrome/Firefox/Safari extensions, and much more. Arguably one of the best web browsers for iOS devices, Dolphin 7.0 is now out for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad (6... |
17 January 2013
12:41 GMT |
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Faster downloads can be reached not only through a larger bandwidth but also by using specialized software that can make the best out of your connection and decrease the download time. EagleGet is a fresh addition to the category of download accelerators and proposes a simple alternative, designed mostly for beginne... |
17 January 2013
12:35 GMT |
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Word is that regional carrier Koodo Mobile is about to debut its first Windows Phone 8 device. Although TELUS, Koodo’s parent company, is now offering the Samsung ATIV S, we’re not sure that the latter will launch the same device. According to MobileSyrup, employees have already started training for Wind... |
17 January 2013
12:31 GMT |
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Even though Steve Ballmer was heavily criticized for Windows 8’s poor early sales performance, he is the right man to head Microsoft, nearly half of the company’s employees believe. The latest figures released by Glassdoor and published by the Business Journal reveal that Ballmer’s employee approva... |
17 January 2013
12:31 GMT |
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With Kim Dotcom's Mega cloud storage and sharing site only a couple of days away, more details are getting out, straight from the man himself. On his popular Twitter account, Dotcom revealed that free users will get some 50 GB of storage out of the box. "#Mega will have very generous limits for free users. For... |
17 January 2013
12:31 GMT |
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The development team at the Montpellier studio of Ubisoft, who created the action title ZombiU, has revealed that since the game launched, player deaths have led to the creation of no less than 300,000 zombie characters. At the moment, they are all stored on the game servers and the team is thinking about using them... |
17 January 2013
12:11 GMT |
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Verizon and HTC launched the DROID DNA back in November and priced it at $200/€150 with new two-year agreements. However, Amazon Wireless listed the phone a few days later for only $150/€110 on 2-year terms.
Two months after it went on sale, Amazon discounts the HTD DROID DNA even more. The smartphone is n... |
17 January 2013
12:01 GMT |
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Modglob will watch all files inside the Web directory it's been placed in. It's not a fully blown security system, but will show which files were recently changed inside that folder for a period of time. Modglob is better suited for static folders where changes regularly don't happen. It's a good... |
17 January 2013
12:01 GMT |
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Google is getting more people to build Chromebooks, which can only be a good sign. Lenovo has gotten into the Chromebook game with its first device, the ThinkPad X131e. The device has a very specific target – it's aimed at schools and students.
Chromebooks are already quite popular with schools, so the target m... |
17 January 2013
12:01 GMT |
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The news just broke that Roscosmos (i.e. the Russian Federal Space Agency) is getting ready to launch a spacecraft to the Moon as early as the year 2015.
This spacecraft is set to be an unmanned one, and Russia admitted that its being launched was part and parcel of their plans to eventually set up a robotic base o... |
17 January 2013
11:49 GMT |
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OpenSUSE, a free and Linux-based operating system for PCs, laptops or servers which you can use to surf the web, manage your e-mails and photos, do office work, and play videos or music, is now at version 12.3 Beta 1. The first beta for the openSUSE 12.3 branch is now available for download, according to plan. The f... |
17 January 2013
11:43 GMT |
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South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung Electronics is reportedly gearing up for the launch of a new device in its Galaxy Note series, one that would feature an 8.0-inch touchscreen display. The handset is said to sport the model number GT-N5100, and to be set to land on shelves in two flavors, namely with and with... |
17 January 2013
11:21 GMT |
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People in Kenya protested when they found out that the 222 members of their parliament were going to award themselves large bonuses for their activity last year.
Last week, legislators tried to pass a bill that would allow them to receive $110,000 (€83,000) in awards, which would add to their $175,000 (€13... |
17 January 2013
11:14 GMT |
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Manjaro, a Linux Distribution based on the OpenBox desktop environment and the well-tested snapshots of the Arch Linux repositories (100% compatible with Arch), is now at version 0.8.3. Manjaro comes in different flavors, but this is a new release. Unlike other editions that arrived at version 0.8.3 gradually, Open... |
17 January 2013
11:12 GMT |
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Today, Nokia has officially announced that it has started the global deployment of a new software for its Lumia 920 and Lumia 820 smartphones, none other than the Windows Phone 8 Portico update.
The company started delivering the new firmware to devices in the United States and Canada not too long ago, and has fina... |
17 January 2013
11:12 GMT |
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In August last year, a red-band trailer for “The Iceman” came out, even though the movie was yet to get a US release date. Now scheduled to arrive in theaters in May, it’s gotten a brand new trailer.
Check it out in full above.
In “The Iceman,” Michael Shannon plays real-life hitman ... |
17 January 2013
11:08 GMT |
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A critical exploit, which affects all Samsung devices that include an Exynos chipset, was discovered last month and Samsung promised a software update that would fix the issue. T-Mobile Galaxy Note 2 was among the first affected devices that received the promised update a few days ago and now Sprint is offering its ... |
17 January 2013
11:01 GMT |
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A new study published in the journal Molecular Ecology maintains that, when it comes to tracking down endangered and threatened species that live in remote corners of the world, one need not necessarily go looking for them themselves.
Thus, waiting for a bloodsucking fly to locate the species one is interested in i... |
17 January 2013
10:59 GMT |
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Autonomy has caused HP a lot of grief, or perhaps it is more accurate to say HP caused itself a lot of grief not only by buying it for an absurd amount of money, but also by finding out it has reason to believe Autonomy committed accounting fraud prior to the buyout.
The Department of Justice is currently investiga... |
17 January 2013
10:59 GMT |
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Ikey Doherty has just announced that the sixth Alpha version of the upcoming SolusOS 2 Linux operating system is now available for download and testing.
SolusOS 2 Alpha 6 comes with updated software, internal improvements to the desktop interface, and lots of small bugfixes.
It also includes non-free audio/video c... |
17 January 2013
10:55 GMT |
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Back in December, Microsoft created a special software category in the Windows Store that included six different apps available for free until January 31, 2013.
Starting today, “Where’s My Water?” and “Where’s My Perry?,” two of the apps available in this software category, are no... |
17 January 2013
10:49 GMT |
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Here's another reason to hate the new, ugly header image on Twitter, it makes it trivial to fake having a verified account. Not so long ago, Twitter decided all of its apps and websites have to look the same, even if it doesn't make much sense.
In that vein, it added a new header image option on the Twitt... |
17 January 2013
10:45 GMT |
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A woman from Portland, Oregon, got stuck between the walls of a parking facility and an apartment building. She was standing on the roof of one of the buildings when she fell 2 stories down, in the narrow space between them, NY Daily News writes, and she wasn't even reaching the ground with her feet. She stayed... |
17 January 2013
10:44 GMT |
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You can either love or hate Benedict Cumberbatch for his oddly beautiful looks and talent in front of the camera, but you can’t possibly deny that he’s always an incredibly graceful interview.
Check out his short chat with MTV on the red carpet at the Golden Globes 2013.
Among other things, Benedict t... |
17 January 2013
10:44 GMT |
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The display industry hasn't been doing badly for as long as that of random access memory, but they seem to have gotten classed together anyway.
A report from Digitimes says that both market segments are likely to rebound this year.
The memory segment, having little room to go any lower, can't exactly go a... |
17 January 2013
10:43 GMT |
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Satoru Iwata, the president and the chief executive officer of Nintendo, believes that the Miiverse service should not be seen as a challenger for current social networks, but that it will become more important when it is launched on the 3DS handheld. During an interview, translated by Siliconera, the executive says... |
17 January 2013
10:39 GMT |
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Earlier this week, we learned that researchers had identified a remote root access vulnerability in Cisco’s Linksys routers. They say several firmware versions might be affected by the security hole, but Cisco has confirmed the bug for only one model, Linksys WRT54GL, the one on which the experts made their tes... |
17 January 2013
10:34 GMT |
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Shortly after it launched the Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean update for the US version of Galaxy Note 10.1, Samsung released the kernel source code for the new ROM.
Developers and Android enthusiasts who wish to tinker with the slate’s features can now download the newly released kernel source code via Samsung Open ... |
17 January 2013
10:31 GMT |
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Glom, a GUI that allows users to design table definitions and the relationships between them and which also allows users to edit and search the data in those tables, is now at version 1.23.3.
Highlights of Glom 1.23.3:
• An --enable-mysql configure option has been added. When enabled, this adds a PostgreSQL/My... |
17 January 2013
10:31 GMT |
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Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, the upcoming hack and slash game from Platinum Games and Konami, will see a demo released on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 platforms next week, on January 22. In order to get the hype going until then, the two companies also posted a brand new gameplay video, showing a boss fight agai... |
17 January 2013
10:31 GMT |
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In 2009, Elin Nordegen caught husband Tiger Woods cheating on her and, in the subsequent media scandal, filed for divorce. He never got over losing her, says a new report and, after much pleading, has finally managed to win her back.
That’s right, Tiger and Elin have reconciled and are getting ready to walk d... |
17 January 2013
10:29 GMT |
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Earlier today, Andrew D, AMD Catalyst Creator, posted on his Twitter page that WHQL drivers would be pushed out later today and should be live tomorrow. However, Catalyst 13.2 beta has already been put through the paces. The awaited release is said to be an update that helps Radeon users cut the frame times. The... |
17 January 2013
10:27 GMT |
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Classified documents from Germany’s Ministry of Interior obtained by Netzpolitik.org reveal that the country’s federal police has purchased the controversial FinFisher spyware from the Eleman/Gamma Group.
FinFisher is currently used by many governments around the world to spy on activists and to keep the... |
17 January 2013
10:26 GMT |
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Samsung’s next flagship Android-based smartphone, supposedly called Galaxy S IV, is expected to land on shelves with wireless charging capabilities packed inside, but might also have a few treats up its sleeve for adopters.
According to a recent report coming from DDaily, Samsung will pack the future device wi... |
17 January 2013
10:22 GMT |
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It's one thing to say a device can communicate via LTE, and another to actually get it to work. That is why ASUS' VivoTab LTE Windows 8 tablet had to go through the GCF before selling.
Indeed, the VivoTab Smart, as the tablet is called in Japan, has been certified for use with LTE / W-CDMA / GSM.
Corres... |
17 January 2013
10:17 GMT |
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On January 16, in a security notice Canonical published details about OpenJDK vulnerabilities for its Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) operating systems. According to Canonical, OpenJDK 7 could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted Java applet. If a user were tricked into ope... |
17 January 2013
10:17 GMT |
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A blog that focuses on Apple is running a story about the much rumored iTV citing “a very reliable source” as saying that “Apple is set to launch a full-fledged TV later this year.”
TheTechStorm’s author claims to have been working very hard to establish a relationship with a source wit... |
17 January 2013
10:01 GMT |
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75-year-old Russian mob boss Aslan Usoyan has been shot and killed in Moscow at 2:30 p.m. yesterday, reports say.
"Grandpa Hassan," as he was nicknamed, was shot by a sniper as he exited Karetny Dvor restaurant, in Moscow, Russia. The diner is located in close proximity to the Kremlin, Global Post details.
Usoyan ... |
17 January 2013
09:57 GMT |
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One of The DAWN's (Drug Abuse Warning Network) latest issues witnessed the publication of a new report stating that the United States' energy drinks industry might have caused an increase in the number of Americans who ended up in the emergency room over the past few years.
The researchers who looked into... |
17 January 2013
09:54 GMT |
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Just as a multi-port switch can divide an Internet signal between several PCs and consumer electronics devices, a USB hub allows multiple USB devices to link through the same Universal Serial Interface.
StarTech is the one launching a new hub of the latter type, featuring seven USB 3.0 connectors. Its name is ST7300... |
17 January 2013
09:50 GMT |
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There are a lot of instant messaging programs, but few are actually used very widely other than Yahoo Messenger and Skype. Cisco's Jabber is one of them, being very useful for inter-worker communication inside office buildings and the like. Knowing this, Logitech has launched a keyboard specifically designed w... |
17 January 2013
09:44 GMT |
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Since “Zero Dark Thirty,” the most recent film from Oscar winning director Kathryn Bigelow, came out in limited release, there’s been a lot of talk about “enhanced interrogation” methods and whether Bigelow’s portraying them in the film is actually a silent but not so subtle endors... |
17 January 2013
09:41 GMT |
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Hummer no longer exists and many people believe that it’s better to see the iconic brand dead than to allow Chinese manufacturers to build its models. And even if Hummers are no longer mass-produced, don’t be too surprised if you get to see a Hummer-based Warthog driven around the Redmond campus. If tha... |
17 January 2013
09:36 GMT |
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Capcom has just confirmed the release date for Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate, revealing that the game will hit the Wii U on March 19, in North America, and March 22, in Europe.
Monster Hunter games have gained a cult-like following all over the world, particularly in Capcom's native Japan, so Nintendo is quite thri... |
17 January 2013
09:33 GMT |
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BSM-Independent Cinema Center has released the first teaser for the documentary called “Red!” – a film based on the activities of the notorious RedHack hacktivist group. The RedHack collective has made many headlines over the past period. Despite the fact that they’ve been catalogued as terro... |
17 January 2013
09:33 GMT |
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AT&T and Samsung kicked off the rollout of the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update for Galaxy S III about a month ago, but the upgrade was only possible through Kies desktop software. Engadget reports that AT&T has confirmed that starting today, the Jelly Bean upgrade for Samsung Galaxy S III units will be available for d... |
17 January 2013
09:31 GMT |
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British resident Alice Pyne shocked the world when, at just 17 years old, she drew up a bucket list.
Over 2 years ago, she was diagnosed with cancer, and set up a blog, detailing all the things she wanted to do before she died.
According to HuffPost, her last blog post is dated January 1:
"Can't believe that ... |
17 January 2013
09:29 GMT |
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Sarah Jessica Parker was among the last additions to the cast of “Lovelace,” the Linda Lovelace biopic starring Amanda Seyfried as lead. Her role, that of feminist icon Gloria Steinem, has been cut out of the film altogether, it has emerged.
Producers confirm to Entertainment Weekly that Parker, who cam... |
17 January 2013
09:27 GMT |
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Developer Riot Games announces that it is moving towards a divisional system for the third full season of the Championship Series of League of Legends, giving even lower-ranked players more chances to reach the higher stages of the competition. The entire player base of the Multiplayer Online Battle Arena title will... |
17 January 2013
09:27 GMT |
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Kolab, a secure, scalable and reliable groupware server that provides standards tasks such as E-Mail, Directory and Web Service, is now at version 3.0.
Highlights of Kolab 3.0:
• This brand new version of Kolab features a new modern webclient that integrates Roundcube instead of Horde;
• It integrates a l... |
17 January 2013
09:26 GMT |
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Chrome OS, for the longest time, was simply a browser on top of the Linux kernel. It's been making strides and adding some more traditional desktop features recently, the dock it got almost a year ago was the big step forward.
Still, its desktop features are very limited, but it nailed some of the few ones tha... |
17 January 2013
09:25 GMT |
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Jennifer Lopez, a 43-year-old mother of two, thrice divorced, is now dating her 25-year-old backup dancer Casper Smart. They have been together for more than a year and, if you’re wondering what’s up with the age gap, you’re not the only one: Jennifer does too.
The star sat down for an interview w... |
17 January 2013
09:15 GMT |
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Indie Royale announces the introduction of a new Snowstorm Bundle, which includes a number of video games that use a science fiction theme, designed to get players through the long winter months.
The new bundle includes Resonance, Hinterland, RoboBlitz, StarDrone, Project Aftermath and RobotRiot.
Indie Royale has c... |
17 January 2013
09:12 GMT |
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With Apple rumored to launch a brand new lineup of iDevices this year, designer Martin Hajek is practicing his mockup skills with iPhone mini and iPad 5 renderings giving us what could be an accurate picture of Apple’s portables for 2013.
If Apple does end up launching a cheaper iPhone this year – an improbabl... |
17 January 2013
09:11 GMT |
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According to a new report made public by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Bayer and Sygenta insecticides, which also happen to be some of the most widely used by people working in the agricultural field, are negatively impacting on bee populations in the regions where they are used.
Since bees double as n... |
17 January 2013
09:08 GMT |
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This January 17 marks Betty White's 91st birthday, and the actress hopes that those who appreciate her work will agree to lend her a helping hand in raising money for the Morris Animal Foundation, whose “business” agenda revolves around providing dogs, cats, horses and several other animals with stat... |
17 January 2013
09:01 GMT |
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Nokia and Microsoft kicked off the rollout of the Windows Phone 8 Portico update a few weeks ago, but Lumia 810 owners in the US were skipped from the initial deployment.
Exclusively available in the United States via T-Mobile, Nokia Lumia 810 is the carrier’s version of Lumia 820, which is rolled out globally... |
17 January 2013
09:01 GMT |
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T-Mobile users interested in the purchase of a new Nexus device should rejoice learning that the Nexus 7 tablet PC is now available through the Google Play Store with T-Mobile SIM cards in tow.
Users will have the possibility to purchase the new device for $299, or €223 (the same as the HSPA+ model). Only the 32GB ... |
17 January 2013
08:59 GMT |
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Foxit has released Foxit Reader 5.4.5 to address the web browser plugin vulnerability which could have been exploited by cybercriminals for arbitrary code execution. “The vulnerability is caused by a boundary error in the Foxit Reader plugin for web browsers (npFoxitReaderPlugin.dll) when processing a URL and ... |
17 January 2013
08:58 GMT |
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Gearbox Software has just confirmed that its upcoming Aliens: Colonial Marines title has gone gold and is on track to appear in February for the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 platforms.
Aliens fans have been eagerly awaiting Colonial Marines for quite some time as Gearbox together with publisher Sega have tried to stay fait... |
17 January 2013
08:54 GMT |
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Lenovo might have a lot of student customers come fall, having decided to enter the Chromebook market.
The company has introduced the ThinkPad X131e Chromebook, with an 11.6-inch display (1366 x 768 pixels), an Intel processor (unspecified), two video outputs (HDMI and VGA), a webcam and a battery that lasts “... |
17 January 2013
08:49 GMT |
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The other day, Charlie Sheen told David Letterman that he was sober “now,” with emphasis on that last word. However, he’s still miles away from ditching his 40-a-day smoking habit.
Dr. Oz might help him with that, judging from the preview of his interview below.
The actor dropped by the show to ... |
17 January 2013
08:44 GMT |
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Notre Dame football player Manti Te'o often talked about the girlfriend he has lost to leukemia, a woman who inspired him to do better.
It turns out the whole story is a hoax. His alleged relationship with her had only developed online. The name she gave him was Lennay Kekua, and she introduced herself as a for... |
17 January 2013
08:41 GMT |
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Percona Server, an enhanced drop-in replacement for MySQL that will allow queries to run faster and more consistently and to consolidate servers on powerful hardware, is now at version 5.1.66-14.2. Highlights of Percona Server 5.1.66-14.2: • The server is now based on MySQL 5.1.66, including all the bug fixes ... |
17 January 2013
08:33 GMT |
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Even though sales of the Surface RT are far from impressive according to some estimates, the Surface with Windows 8 Pro is expected to revamp the growing Surface family of products. The device is scheduled to be released in just a few weeks, as production has already started, according to Panos Panay, the man in cha... |
17 January 2013
08:33 GMT |
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Anonymous hackers have released a video to announce the start of the second phase of OpAngel, the campaign initiated after members of the Westboro Baptist Church threatened to picket the funerals of Reddit founder and hacktivist Aaron Swartz.
The first phase of the operation has been a success, but now the hacktivis... |
17 January 2013
08:29 GMT |
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Cougar's latest promo video is every bit as exciting as any other ad video, which can be interpreted in any number of ways. As such, just to be on the safe side, the company also made a press release about it.
The name of the new case is Spike, even though there is barely anything pointy about it, not even scr... |
17 January 2013
08:27 GMT |
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All the necessary drivers for the 8.9" touch screen tablet from Archos with 32GB Solid State Hard Drive, WiFi, Bluetooth, HD Video and a 1.2GHz Intel Atom Z515 CPU can now be found on Softpedia. Audio, BIOS, Touchscreen, Ethernet, HID and WiFi drivers can be found here, without any further hassle.The Realtek Audio dr... |
17 January 2013
08:26 GMT |
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News of a notebook, in which "rules for living" for kids were scribbled, has circled the world. The “book of rules” was discovered by an employee at a Walmart in Citrus Heights, near Sacramento, California. It includes 157 rules ranging from “No stealing” and “No pushing” to the ... |
17 January 2013
08:22 GMT |
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Redmond-based software giant Microsoft is working on the next version of its mobile operating system, and has just announced that it is looking for a Senior Software Design Engineer for a new project. Microsoft’s Ashley Zenner announced on Twitter that the company was looking to hire for the new position, whi... |
17 January 2013
08:21 GMT |
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This video showing how a tiger is being abused by two men, who use sticks to smack the feline in the head, just made it online, thanks to someone who decided to upload it on liveleak.com.
As one can easily notice, the tiger is being hit for the sole purpose of convincing it to stay put while several tourists gather... |
17 January 2013
08:18 GMT |
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4MLinux, a mini Linux distro focusing on Maintenance (system rescue Live CD), Multimedia (e.g., playing video DVDs), Miniserver (using the inetd daemon) and Mystery (Linux games), is now at version 5.1 Beta.
4MLinux 5.1 Beta integrates all the new features introduced in the previous versions and provides the latest ... |
17 January 2013
08:16 GMT |
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GOG, the digital distribution service formerly known as Good Old Games, has just celebrated the fact that it now sells over 500 games and, in order to share this great achievement with fans, it's organizing a special giveaway of 500 games.
GOG started out life as a niche website that offered older titles withou... |
17 January 2013
08:15 GMT |
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Stardock launched today the stable build for Start8 1.1, their start menu for Windows 8. The changelog is pretty long but among the highlights for this release is support for multi-monitor environment.
Also new in this build is support for drag-and drop, which also includes re-organizing the entries in the All &ldqu... |
17 January 2013
08:13 GMT |
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If you closed your eyes and thought of the actors you could ever imagine covering a Taylor Swift song, you would probably be asleep by the time Samuel L. Jackson’s name popped into your head. Yet, it’s happened.
Check out the video above if you have trouble believing it.
During a recent radio interview... |
17 January 2013
08:12 GMT |
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Nokia Russia has just announced the upcoming availability of three limited edition Asha phones: 308, 309 and 311. Dubbed Nokia Asha Charme, the handsets are expected to arrive on the market from the end of January.
Apart from Russia, the Nokia Asha Charme 308, 309 and 311 will be available in several more countries ... |
17 January 2013
08:04 GMT |
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Amazon isn't the only one enjoying good e-book reader sales. Toronto company Kobo also has a reason to celebrate, having published a statement in which it says that twice as many units sold in 2012 than in 2011.
As curious as it sounds, Kobo doesn't actually give the exact number of e-readers that so... |
17 January 2013
08:03 GMT |
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Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion is gearing up for the launch of its new BlackBerry 10 operating system, and is providing developers with more resources for their upcoming applications for the platform. Committed to offering a rich set of mapping APIs for the OS, the company has included support for a... |
17 January 2013
08:01 GMT |
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As Director Joshua Michael Stern and Producer Mark Hulme are preparing the jOBS biopic for its January 26 debut at the Sundance Film Festival, actor Josh Gad – who stars in the movie as Steve Wozniak – says Kutcher is “the perfect fit” for the Jobs role. The indie biopic began shooting in ear... |
17 January 2013
08:01 GMT |
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Photos allegedly taken with Research In Motion’s upcoming BlackBerry Z10 smartphone have emerged online on Flickr, providing us with a glimpse at how the device’s camera will perform. The EXIF data attached to these photos specifically mentions BlackBerry Z10 as the device that was used to snap them. ... |
17 January 2013
07:59 GMT |
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Now is your best chance to walk a mile – or more, if you so desire – in Hilary Duff’s shoes. The star is the latest celebrity to join the Kick Up Your Heels campaign and donate her worn shoes for a good cause. Hilary has agreed to donate two pairs of her favorite shoes: both are now up for auction... |
17 January 2013
07:52 GMT |
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Fisherman Mike Martin went out hoping to reel in some perch when he came across a gigantic goldfish. Martin found the specimen in Lake St. Clair, Michigan, on Friday, January 11.
This goldfish is much larger than those raised at home. At a weight of 3 pounds (1.3 kg) and a length of 15 inches (38 cm), it could be a ... |
17 January 2013
07:50 GMT |
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A couple of days ago, a man from Florida died after being run over by his pet dog, a Boxer-Bulldog mix. Apparently, James Campbell and his wife, Iris Fortner, were returning home after having run some errands. As the woman, who was driving the car, was trying to back the vehicle into the driveway, James stepped out... |
17 January 2013
07:49 GMT |
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Ben Hutchings announced yesterday, January 16, the immediate availability for download of Linux kernel 3.2.37.
Linux kernel 3.2.37 brings a lot of various fixes, as well as driver improvements, network fixes, not to mention support for various devices.
Highlights of Linux kernel 3.2.37 LTS:
• A connector tabl... |
17 January 2013
07:48 GMT |
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Microsoft has just confirmed that it's going to release a special free-to-play poker game called World Series of Poker: Full House Pro that's set to appear for the Xbox 360 and Windows 8 platforms this spring.
Poker titles are still quite popular, as lots of websites are prospering from players who indulge... |
17 January 2013
07:47 GMT |
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Many students covet internships on Wall Street, but very few achieve that goal. A cover letter shows employers how the applicant sees the world.
It's a chance for them to show they can separate themselves from other candidates. Often, it's the venue for them to appear narcissistic and conceited. One young... |
17 January 2013
07:28 GMT |
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The Nintendo-made 3DS handheld is once again the bestselling piece of hardware on the Japanese market, while the late 2012 launch Animal Crossing: New Leaf, another product from the same company, is on the first place in the software top ten. The 3DS LL, which sports a bigger screen and more battery life, has manage... |
17 January 2013
07:28 GMT |
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A new update has been released for the beta channel of Chrome browser. The new build is 25.0.1364.36 and it is available for all supported platforms (Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome Frame).
It integrates stability improvements as well as repairs. The developer announces that there is one known iss... |
17 January 2013
07:25 GMT |
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Independent studio The Behemoth has just confirmed that it's now accepting entries into the closed beta stage for its upcoming BattleBlock Theater title on the Xbox 360 platform.
The Behemoth pleased lots of gamers a few years ago with its impressive Castle Crashers title and now the independent studio is worki... |
17 January 2013
07:23 GMT |
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Following the official unveiling at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the 5-inch Huawei Ascend D2 was launched in China with support for the GSM and CDMA2000 networks of China Telecom.
As can be seen in the photos embedded below, available courtesy of tu.pcpop.com, the smartphone was launched in a wh... |
17 January 2013
07:21 GMT |
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The insanely addictive Temple Run has recently spawned a second iteration with highly updated graphics, all-new organic environments, new obstacles, more achievements, special powers for each character and a bigger monkey to chase you!
Described as “The sequel to the smash hit phenomenon that took the world by... |
17 January 2013
07:13 GMT |
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GFI Software has launched ThreatTrack 2.0, an intelligent monitoring solution that provides customers with visibility into the threat landscape by collecting information from various resources, including GFI's automated malware analysis tool SandBox.
ThreatTrack 2.0 collects data streams containing over 69 mill... |
17 January 2013
07:09 GMT |
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Ryan Gosling is handsome and in excellent shape, and he knows it. Even so, he doesn’t understand women’s fascination with his ripped body, which includes the enviable six-pack he revealed in films like “Crazy Stupid Love,” he admits in a new interview.
Gosling is now promoting his latest mov... |
17 January 2013
07:07 GMT |
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Computer maker ASUS is one of the latest companies to announce an interest in Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform, after LG confirmed earlier this week that it was considering the launch of such devices before the end of the year.
However, speaking to The Wall Street Journal, Benson Lin, corporate vice preside... |
17 January 2013
06:51 GMT |
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According to a new study released by Swivel Secure, UK companies are an easy target for hackers because many owners are not concerned about threats from cyberspace.
The figures show that 51% of business owners don’t worry too much about the security of their corporate systems. Furthermore, a quarter of them ad... |
17 January 2013
06:34 GMT |
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Westinghouse must not have meant it, but when it set the price of its 100-inch UHDTV at $300,000 / €228,000-300,000, it was bound to chase people off to look for alternatives.
One of the more popular alternatives, it turns out, is LG's 84LM9600. Sure, it is smaller, but 84 inches is still a lot in any cas... |
17 January 2013
06:32 GMT |
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With less than three weeks left until the official unveil of the BlackBerry 10 operating system, more and more carriers confirm their support for the upcoming platform.
CrackBerry reports that BlackBerry fans will be able to grab the first devices powered by the new platform in Saudi Arabia via Mobily.
The carrier ... |
17 January 2013
06:31 GMT |
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Even though it may seem like a minor change, the lack of a Start button is considered to be one of the main reasons for Windows 8’s disappointing sales so far, as many consumers are still struggling to get used to the new operating system. While Microsoft has absolutely no intention to bring back the tradition... |
17 January 2013
06:31 GMT |
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The Flickr Commons is one of the things that's unique to Flickr, a place for public domain photographs on a major commercial website. With the public domain becoming largely anachronistic today, it's a miracle that things like this still happen. The Commons started exactly five years ago with 1,500 photos ... |
17 January 2013
06:11 GMT |
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A faulty Patch Tuesday update has apparently broken down Windows Update on a number of Windows RT devices, but it appears that another issue has been spotted. Plenty of users are now complaining that the Windows Store doesn’t load at all after applying the latest patches delivered by Microsoft, but it’s ... |
17 January 2013
06:11 GMT |
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Nokia has just launched a new low-end handset in India, the dual-SIM 114. Aimed at emerging markets, the feature-phone might be released in other countries as well.Indian customers will soon be able to purchase the Nokia 114 for only Rs 2,549 outright, which is about $45 or €35. According to the Finnish company,... |
17 January 2013
06:06 GMT |
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Ellen Page isn’t just an incredibly talented actress who never lets her personal life distract from her amazing work in front of the camera, she’s also a regular woman who fears for her security.
A judge has granted her protection from an online stalker who repeatedly threatened to kill her, TMZ has lea... |
17 January 2013
06:05 GMT |
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James Lopez, an associate producer working on Borderlands 2 at Gearbox, says that his fellow developers are getting ready to raise the level cap for the first-person shooter in order to allow players to get access to new skills and new abilities. The developer has not said what new cap the team is aiming for or exac... |
17 January 2013
05:59 GMT |
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A ship under US Navy command has run aground in the Sulu Sea, in the Philippines on Thursday, January 17, at about 2:25 a.m. local time.
The Avenger-Class USS Guardian (MCM 5) has been listed as a minesweeper, in a report by Fox News. The Navy's 7th Public Affairs Fleet posted a statement on their website, noti... |
17 January 2013
05:47 GMT |
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Clutter, a GObject-based library for creating fast, visually rich, graphical user interfaces, which works by manipulating a scene-graph of 2D surfaces, or 'actors', inside a 3D space, is now at version 1.13.4. Highlights of Clutter 1.13.4: • Use XFixes to show and hide the cursor on X11 backends; &bu... |
17 January 2013
05:47 GMT |
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What we know:
Splinter Cell games have delivered some great stealth-focused experiences over the years, but with the latest Conviction, Ubisoft took Sam Fisher's adventures into a more action-oriented direction.
With the upcoming Splinter Cell: Blacklist, however, Ubisoft wants to offer different experiences b... |
17 January 2013
05:46 GMT |
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The folks at UCWeb have just released a new version of their most popular mobile application, UC Browser for Java.
Keep in mind that this is a test version, so you might find it a bit unstable or buggy. According to developers, UC Browser 8.9 comes with a new feature called Incognito Browsing, which will not record ... |
17 January 2013
05:46 GMT |
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The National Rifle Association (NRA) is criticizing President Obama for his anti-gun stance in a new ad that reveals his so-called double standards when it comes to having armed guards in schools. You can see it in full below.
The ad calls Obama an “elitist hypocrite” and asks whether his kids are more ... |
17 January 2013
05:44 GMT |
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Following the Fukushima nuclear disaster and a series of protests meant to force the country's high officials' hand into phasing out this potentially dangerous energy source, Japan's government has finally agreed to invest in harvesting renewables.
Information recently made available to the public sa... |
17 January 2013
05:44 GMT |
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Wireless carrier NTT DoCoMo was rumored recently to plan the launch of a tablet PC coming from Sony Mobile, and it seems that it might have confirmed it for an official unveiling on January 22.
The new device, supposedly called Sony Xperia Tablet Z (SO-03E), is expected to be unveiled on that day along with the ent... |
17 January 2013
05:36 GMT |
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Anonymous hackers have breached and defaced the official website of Mexico’s Ministry of Defense (sedena.gob.mx). They also claim to have stolen around 60 gigabytes of information, including emails and credit card details.
“Our struggle is for life, and the bad government offers death as a future. Our fi... |
17 January 2013
05:36 GMT |
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Rockstar Games has just confirmed that the final add-on for Max Payne 3, titled Deathmatch Made in Heaven, will come out next week, on January 22.
Max Payne 3 came out in May of last year and since then developer Rockstar has delivered quite a few new add-ons that greatly enhanced the multiplayer mode of the third-p... |
17 January 2013
05:36 GMT |
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With near Earth flights left to commercial organizations, NASA has its sights set on bigger things, thankfully. The Orion spacecraft is still in the planning stages, but the first, uncrewed, mission is scheduled for 2017, which isn't that far off.
Orion's first mission will also be the first flight of the... |
17 January 2013
05:31 GMT |
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Of all the Teen Moms who got a shot at fame thanks to the MTV reality series, Jenelle Evans is perhaps the one that got the most media attention because of her hectic life. Out of rehab for only a couple of months, the 21-year-old is proud to announce that she’s bringing a new life into the world. Evans is no... |
17 January 2013
05:30 GMT |
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Square Enix is bringing back the Active Time Battle system with the release of Final Fantasy All The Bravest for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. The game sells for $3.99 / €3.59 and is available internationally.
A touch-action RPG where gamers continuously battle enemies to advance through an endless stream of st... |
17 January 2013
05:28 GMT |
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Google Chrome, a browser built on the WebKit layout engine that aims to be minimalistic and versatile at the same time, is now at version 25.0.1364.36.
The new Beta version of Google Chrome is now out for Linux users and it marks yet another milestone in development, as the browser now moves into the 25.x branch.
H... |
17 January 2013
05:25 GMT |
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Nintendo might be heading for its second year of losses in a row, mostly linked to worse than expected performance of the new Wii U, but one analyst believes that the Japanese company will never abandon hardware development.
Jesse Divnich, who watches the market for EEDAR, tells GamesIndustry that, “If the Wii... |
17 January 2013
05:19 GMT |
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Today, Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia has announced plans to make even more restructuring inside the company, a move expected to result in 300 employees being sent home. The company is looking to increase its operational efficiency and reduce operating costs, while allowing it to remain on the path it is currentl... |
17 January 2013
05:11 GMT |
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It’s January 2013, which means that we’re only days from the release of “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters 3D,” one of those films that you just know will disappoint but you will still enjoy.
Leading stars Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton have started making TV appearances to promote it and &nd... |
17 January 2013
05:10 GMT |
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John “Sonny” Franzese, an elderly man who is presumed to be a Mafia boss, is going to prison for eight years, after his appeal was thrown out.
95-year-old Franzese has been charged and convicted of extortion, for demanding money from owners of clubs in Manhattan and one pizza restaurant in Long Island.
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17 January 2013
05:06 GMT |
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Hackers from the Turkish Ajan group have managed to deface 21 websites belonging to world-renowned Japanese electronics corporation Panasonic.
The affected domains are Panasonic Electric Works and Matsushita (Panasonic was formerly known as Matsushita) websites from several European countries, including Sw... |
17 January 2013
05:04 GMT |
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Nobody is trying to argue against the idea that science is all about facts and leaves very little room for speculation and rumors.
Still, even the brainiest of people might sometimes feel the need to take a step back, relax and watch the online community being taken by storm by a video that supposedly constitutes a... |
17 January 2013
04:59 GMT |
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Video game publisher Bethesda now has a trademark for a television show which is set in a post-apocalyptic world, which probably means that it is planning to create a live action version of the Fallout series.
The United States Patent and Trademark Office registration does not offer more details on the show or on ho... |
17 January 2013
04:57 GMT |
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The Kardashians are perhaps the best example of how far you can go in the industry if you play your cards in the press well. Though they rarely speak out to deny tabloid reports (any kind of publicity is good publicity, remember), Kris Jenner and Kourtney Kardashian have had enough. With the latest issues of the we... |
17 January 2013
04:49 GMT |
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Microsoft has already announced that Windows Live Messenger would be killed and users would need to move to Skype, but it seems like the company has much more ambitious plans for its VoIP platform.
A new report published by CVG and citing sources familiar with the matter reveals that Microsoft intends to make Skype ... |
17 January 2013
04:48 GMT |
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Apple has quietly updated iAd Producer, the software application designed by the Cupertino giant to make it easy for application sellers to design and assemble rich interactive iAds.
iAd Producer 3.3 contains enhancements and bug fixes, according to the computer company headquartered at 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, C... |
17 January 2013
04:47 GMT |
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The Dark Arisen expansion for Dragon's Dogma will be released in Japan on April 25, so it's possible that the DLC might come out in the rest of the world around the same time period.
Dragon's Dogma was a big departure for Capcom from its regular genres, as the Japanese developer created a medieval fan... |
17 January 2013
04:40 GMT |
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Research In Motion (RIM) has confirmed it is currently testing its BlackBerry 10 operating system with more than 150 carriers around the globe.
Some of these carriers, as well as authorized resellers, have already announced they will support RIM’s BlackBerry 10 and will offer one or more smartphones in the com... |
17 January 2013
04:39 GMT |
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One of WordPress.com's newest strategies is to go after the niches rather than try to be everything to everyone. Of course, anyone can still create a WordPress.com blog, but it's also creating more purpose-specific tools. Its latest target is designers, graphic creators in general.
"Do you shoot photograph... |
17 January 2013
04:36 GMT |
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Hackers from the Game Over group have launched a campaign against police, called Operation Slaughter House (OpSlaughterHouse). “For too long the Police have abused their powers and so called ‘rights’ to abuse and harm civilians for no other reason then to silence the people and keep the voice... |
17 January 2013
04:34 GMT |
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Since the world likes open standards, which anyone can use and build upon without fear of reprisals or need for licensing fees, Dell decided to attend the Open Compute Summit in Santa Clara, California.
Advanced Micro Devices and Intel both tried to steal the show, with their Open 3.0 and Silicon Photonics technolo... |
17 January 2013
04:29 GMT |
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Canonical announced that a couple of vulnerabilities had been found in the Linux kernel packages, this time affecting the OMAP4 kernel of the Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) operating system.
The CVE-2012-4530 Linux kernel vulnerabilities affected Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) OMAP4.
According to Canonical, the syste... |
17 January 2013
04:26 GMT |
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The hacker D35m0nd142 has defaced the Gordon McKay & Blue Hill libraries subdomain of Harvard University’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences website (library.seas.harvard.edu). He published the following message in the announcements section of the site: “HACKED by D35m0nd142. I’ve de... |
17 January 2013
04:21 GMT |
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Early Tuesday morning, a pet grizzly bear owned by a man in Florida went missing, and local police officers are now busy trying to figure out where it might be hiding and what could be done to successfully trap it.
Granted, the grizzly bear is merely a cub and only weighs about 100 pounds (roughly 45 kilograms), ye... |
17 January 2013
04:17 GMT |
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YouTube's relationship with Vevo has always been tense, but it has always been a money maker as well. Music videos are, by far, the most popular type of videos on YouTube and the money labels make from Vevo is not insignificant, as their other revenues shrink.
So, while the labels would like nothing more than f... |
17 January 2013
04:12 GMT |
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Facebook has released its new Messenger app for iOS devices with voice messages and the ability to swipe right to archive a conversation again.
After listening to the feedback provided by customers worldwide, Facebook has re-enabled a feature in its Messenger app that allows users to swipe with their finger on the i... |
17 January 2013
04:09 GMT |
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The U.S. Interior Department's Washington headquarters is getting a lot of media attention because of renovation works that proved quite costly for taxpayers.
It seems the interior secretary's office bathroom was remodeled for a massive $220,000 (€165,700), back when George W. Bush was president.
Th... |
17 January 2013
04:08 GMT |
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Windows Phone 8 users received access to Disney’s highly popular Where’s My Water and Where’s My Perry mobile games several weeks back, and they are up for a treat today.
Both titles are available through the Windows Phone Store for free for all users, today only, as part of a special one-day prom... |
17 January 2013
04:07 GMT |
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On Wednesday, Drupal 7.19 and Drupal 6.28 were released. The security updates have been made available to address a cross-site scripting (XSS) and a couple of access bypass vulnerabilities that affect Drupal core 6.x and 7.x versions.
The reflected XSS vulnerability, which impacts both Drupal 6 and 7, affects certai... |
17 January 2013
04:07 GMT |
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A Nintendo Wii U commercial that was aired in the UK in the last few months has just been banned by the Advertising Standards Association for misleading customers, as the ad claimed that all games supported the ability to switch gameplay to the GamePad's touchscreen, even if some titles don't have such a fe... |
17 January 2013
03:59 GMT |
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Oracle has announced on January 16 that Oracle Linux Release 5 Update 9 is now available for download, for both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures.
As you would expect from the version numbering, Oracle Linux 5.9 is based on Red Hat 5.9, the latest version launched in the 5.x series.
According to Oracle, their operat... |
17 January 2013
03:56 GMT |
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Both Sony and Microsoft are set to launch the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox 720 during the fall of this year and that means we’ll soon have three new home consoles competing for the attention and the budget of players.One analyst believes that despite high expectations from hardware makers, the coming devices will... |
17 January 2013
03:54 GMT |
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Jeremy Renner has always struggled to keep all the details of his personal life off the pages of the tabloids but, this time, the cat’s really out of the bag: insiders tell Us Weekly that he’s about to become a first-time dad.
For as long as he’s been working in the industry, Renner has been plagu... |
17 January 2013
03:51 GMT |
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Some users are experiencing trouble with the order of the bookmarks under Firefox 18, after running the synchronization job from Firefox for Android.
It appears that users with a larger number of bookmarks (thousands) are more prone to be affected by the issue. However, those with fewer bookmarks (100 and less) to s... |
17 January 2013
03:49 GMT |
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Google started publishing Street View photos in Israel last year, but it's only now that it can say it's got the country covered with the release of images for hundreds of new locations. Cities, villages and history sites are all covered, making a virtual trip a lot more interesting.
"You can now virtually... |
17 January 2013
03:47 GMT |
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On Wednesday, hackers from the Bad Piggies Team breached and defaced the official website of Thailand’s Ministry of Culture (m-culture.go.th).
On the defacement page, the hackers asked for the political soap opera Nua Mek 2 to be brought back, HackRead reports.
Nua Mek 2 was canceled earlier in January withou... |
17 January 2013
03:43 GMT |
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United States President Barack Obama has mentioned video games in his speech outlining executive measures designed to curb the wave of gun-based violence that hit the country, asking for Congress to provide the Center for Disease Control with the resources it needs to research the potential effects of violent video g... |
17 January 2013
03:40 GMT |
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93-year-old Clarence Bright, from Detroit, was set to be buried on Tuesday, January 15, but his remains disappeared. His body was stolen from Gethsemane cemetery in Detroit, after a service held at Swanson's Funeral Home. The cemetery was a temporary location where the body was stored before the burial, sched... |
17 January 2013
03:38 GMT |
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Crysis 3 has just received a brand new video as part of its ongoing 7 Wonders of Crysis 3 web series, this time showing off the extremely powerful Typhoon, a weapon capable of firing 500 rounds per second.
Crysis 3 is set to appear next month and developer Crytek is doing everything it can to promote the first-perso... |
17 January 2013
03:32 GMT |
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On Wednesday, January 16, Microsoft announced the availability of a new application for mobile phones, called HelpBridge and meant to provide users with the possibility to connect with people close to them during natural disasters. Furthermore, the new mobile application was designed to enable people to easily prov... |
17 January 2013
03:31 GMT |
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Silicon photonics, where photonic subsystems use a silicon as optical medium for signal transmission, is the solution that Intel chose to implement in its next-generation server rack technology.
The world isn't quite ready for optical central processing units, though the technology should be ready for testing ... |
17 January 2013
03:30 GMT |
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Apparently, there’s more to Ming-Chi Kuo’s research note than we had previously thought. The KGI Securities analyst wrote in his analysis on Apple’s 2013 roadmap that the iPhone 5S might also boast fingerprint scanning and an improved camera, in addition to the A7 chip.
For one reason or another, a... |
17 January 2013
03:25 GMT |
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It may seem a bit strange, but Facebook has some serious hardware chops these days. It started with the open hardware server designs, but this year the company is doing one better and unveiling a new standard server design that should allow for much more modular servers and racks. First and foremost, Facebook desig... |
17 January 2013
03:23 GMT |
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Kelly Ripa has nothing bad to say against those who turn to plastic surgery to fight back time but, as far as she’s concerned, she’s already decided it’s not for her. However, she does get Botox, she admits in the latest issue of Elle magazine.
Because she happens to work in television and she can... |
17 January 2013
03:21 GMT |
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Even though Microsoft is yet to announce the official launch date of the new Office 2013, the productivity suite has just been added to the Home Use Program, which basically allows eligible customers to buy it for only $9.95 (€7.5).
This special offer includes Office Professional Plus 2013 and comes with most o... |
17 January 2013
03:20 GMT |
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South Korean officials are accusing North Korea of being behind the cyberattack against the website of the JoongAng Ilbo newspaper and the servers that handle the press rooms at the presidential transition team.
Earlier this month, we learned that South Korea was busy training hackers to protect the country against ... |
17 January 2013
03:15 GMT |
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Owners of a Galaxy Nexus device on Sprint’s network should soon be able to install a new Android platform release on their smartphones, namely 4.2.1 Jelly Bean, which has already been spotted online.
The update has already been spotted on Google’s servers as GA02 (from FH05), the guys over at XDA-Develo... |
17 January 2013
03:06 GMT |
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The news just broke that a surgeon working with a hospital in Germany will soon have to figure out a way of explaining in front of a court of law why it was that, while operating on an elderly man who simply needed a routine surgery for prostate cancer, he ended up leaving as many as 16 medical tools in his body.
D... |
17 January 2013
03:06 GMT |
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Apple has released OS X 10.8.3 build 12D54 to developers via the OS X Software Update Seed Configuration Utility listing the same focus areas as before and zero known issues. The build also includes Wi-Fi updates. Developers receiving the new build are telling 9to5mac that Apple has made some “significant chan... |
17 January 2013
03:04 GMT |
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Team Fortress 2 has just received a brand new update on the PC version via Steam, which adds new items to the Medieval mode as well as quite a few new bug fixes and other improvements.
Team Fortress 2 has been around for quite some time yet the online shooter has continued to keep people immersed in the experience b... |
17 January 2013
03:00 GMT |
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The voice chat service integrated into the Xbox Live service from Microsoft is set to be replaced by a new Skype-based option, according to an internal source from the company.
CVG reports that Microsoft has long-term plans to consolidate all its communications technology and programs into Skype, with the Messenger ... |
17 January 2013
02:59 GMT |
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If one ever needed to claim there was proof that the highly questioned US verdict against Samsung was fishy, the Dutch have provided it.
Back in December 2012, Samsung mostly scrapped its efforts to fight Apple's patent claims in Europe, to “protect consumer choice.”
The Dutch court still went fo... |
17 January 2013
02:58 GMT |
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AV-Test released a few hours ago the results of a new anti-virus test performed in December, revealing that Microsoft’s Security Essentials and two other security products had failed to receive their certification. According to these results, Security Essentials detected only 72 percent of 0-day malware, while... |
17 January 2013
02:54 GMT |
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In an attempt to attract more Android fans to its side, Nokia has just released a short video that confirms something that we already knew: Lumia 920 is a sturdy device, whereas Galaxy S III not so.
The Finnish company puts the Samsung Galaxy S III against a pitching machine and the result is dramatic for the device... |
17 January 2013
02:48 GMT |
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Hers is a story that’s bound to inspire millions: Aimee Smith of Janesville, Wis., has managed to transform herself within a single year, becoming an athlete where she once was just an unhealthy, obese, inactive woman.
Smith has participated in triathlons and marathons and, she explains for ABC News, is now ... |
17 January 2013
02:47 GMT |
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A listing on the Steam App database from Valve suggests that the turn-based strategy title Civilization V is set to get access to a new expansion, called One World.A listing has been spotted by a user on the official 2K forums and the development team has refused to either confirm or deny its existence, which is typi... |
17 January 2013
02:46 GMT |
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On January 17, Karanbir Singh has announced the immediate availability for download of CentOS 5.9, for both the 32-bit and 64-bit architecture.
CentOS 5.9 is an Enterprise-class Linux Distribution derived from sources freely provided to the public by the Upstream OS Provider, more precisely Red Hat. It's the ni... |
17 January 2013
02:45 GMT |
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Camilla McCall, of Charlotte, North Carolina, showed the world what a mother is able to do, when her child is in danger.
On Sunday, January 13, she took her 3-year-old son bike riding in the park when a man tried to kidnap the young boy. He attempted to snatch him as he was on the bike. The family was in Frazier Pa... |
17 January 2013
02:41 GMT |
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Wishing to make server deployment both simpler and faster, Advanced Micro Devices spent the past year thinking of how to make it possible to run every server application on the barest minimum of hardware. The result was the Open 3.0 platform, which emulates LEGO in the way it acts as a universal building block, of ... |
17 January 2013
02:40 GMT |
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Activision and High Moon Studios have posted a new series of screenshots with the upcoming Deadpool video game currently in development, showing off the comic book character as he slices his way through his foes and how he enjoys pizza.
Deadpool is one of the most iconic characters from Marvel comics largely becaus... |
17 January 2013
02:33 GMT |
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South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung has expanded the available color options for its Galaxy Note II smartphone, just as rumored last month, and has finally made an official announcement on the matter.
The large Android-based smartphone will arrive on shelves in the company’s homeland market in Amber Brown... |
17 January 2013
02:32 GMT |
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It looks like Samsung has big plans for its Note family of smartphones. The sequel to the already popular Galaxy Note II will be a monster when it comes with specs sheet.
The South Korean company is likely to integrate some of the best technologies created in its own R&D offices.
Word about Samsung already working... |
17 January 2013
02:27 GMT |
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Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation is reportedly gearing up for the launch of its HTC Butterfly smartphone in India before the end of this month, after it had made it available in other countries around the world since last year. The high-end Android smartphone is expected to feature a price tag of around... |
17 January 2013
02:19 GMT |
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This past Monday, a 34-year-old woman named Tanya Angus passed away as a result of catching a cold which supposedly led to her developing a tear in her heart.
This piece of news might have gone unnoticed by the media community if it were not for the fact that this woman was also suffering with a rare medical condit... |
17 January 2013
02:04 GMT |
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While all Windows 8 preview versions expired a couple of days ago, the same was expected to happen to the preview build of Microsoft Office 2013 too, at least according to the expiration date displayed in every single copy of the productivity suite.
But Microsoft says that the preview flavor of Office 2013 will sti... |
17 January 2013
01:53 GMT |
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Nokia India officially introduced the Lumia 920 and 820 a few days ago and confirmed that the smartphones would be available on the market this week.
True to its promise, the Finnish company announced today that both Windows Phone 8 devices are now up for purchase at major retail stores across the country.
As expec... |
17 January 2013
01:53 GMT |
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Microsoft’s very own Security Essentials anti-virus suite is one of the three security products that failed AV-Test’s certification test for December 2012, after scoring only 10 points out of a maximum of 18.
In order to receive the certification, the tested anti-virus products must get a score of at lea... |
17 January 2013
01:34 GMT |
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Samsung Galaxy S III owners in Australia rejoice as another Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean update is now rolled out to all unbranded devices in the country.
It will probably take a few weeks until the update is pushed to all Galaxy S III units in Australia, but Ausdroid reports that it is now available for download via Sa... |
17 January 2013
01:31 GMT |
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There’s much talk around the next major update for Windows Phone platform. Although older Nokia Lumia models have been confirmed to receive the Windows Phone 7.8 upgrade, Microsoft claims that, even though it will launch the update for all devices, it’s up to manufacturers to offer it or not. The hotly-a... |
17 January 2013
01:14 GMT |
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The Start Screen is clearly one of the most controversial features implemented into Windows 8 as it replaces the traditional Start Menu offered to users since Windows 95.
And even if Windows 8 doesn’t come with its own Start Menu, third-party developers have created such apps in order to lend a hand to users w... |
17 January 2013
01:11 GMT |
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