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Rock Band Music Store Updated with Fall Out Boy, Barenaked Ladies

Developer Harmonix announces that players of all Rock Band titles will get access to songs that have previously only been offered via the Blitz game, on February 19. The song list includes: Barenaked Ladies – One Week Collective Soul – Shine Fall Out Boy – A Little Less Sixteen Candles, a Little ...

17 February 2013
20:01 GMT

Hilaria Thomas: Baldwin's Wife Sued for Yoga Class Negligence

Actor Alec Baldwin’s wife Hilaria Thomas is being sued by a student in her yoga class, who alleges her negligence led to him injuring himself. According to the New York Post, 32-year-old Spencer Wolff suffered severe wounds to his left leg and foot while performing a complex pose in Thomas’ class. He cl...

17 February 2013
18:21 GMT

Dreamfall Chapters: The Longest Journey Funded, Stretch Goals Announced

The Kickstarter-based crowd-funding effort for the upcoming Dreamfall Chapters: The Longest Journey has succeeded, with the game past its original funding goal. The development team at Red Thread Games is thanking all those fans who have backed the project already and is announcing a number of stretch goals for thos...

17 February 2013
17:25 GMT

Lord of the Rings Online Maintenance Over, Store Still Unavailable

The development team at Turbine says that a longer than expected maintenance period for The Lord of the Rings Online is now over and that gamers can access the game servers even if at the moment the Store and the MyAccount page are both still offline. As compensation, the developers are offering those who have VIP o...

17 February 2013
17:03 GMT

Bungie's Destiny Officially Revealed Through Special Video

After a lengthy wait and quite a bit of teasing, Bungie, the studio that created the Halo franchise, has officially revealed its next big project - Destiny. Bungie, after creating the massively successful Halo series, decided to become an independent studio and, back in 2010, it confirmed that it was partnering with...

17 February 2013
13:42 GMT

Script of the Day: gpEasy CMS

Suitable for environments where a database connection is not accessible, gpEasy is a PHP-based Content Management System working on top of a flat-file data storage system. Extremely easy to install, mainly because there's no need to tinker around with an SQL-based database, gpEasy (or gp|Easy, as it was once kn...

17 February 2013
12:01 GMT

Pre-Orders of Windows Phone 8 Devices Shipping Earlier in Brazil

Nokia opened up pre-orders for its Nokia Lumia Windows Phone 8 devices in Brazil for quite some time now. All customers who pre-ordered the Lumia 920, Lumia 820 or Lumia 620 have been initially informed their smartphones will arrive at their door steps beginning February 21. However, the folks over at WMPoweruser ...

17 February 2013
07:23 GMT

A Gamer’s Week: February 17

The Softpedia review category this week includes: Aliens: Colonial Marines, the first-person shooter from developer Gearbox and publisher SEGA, Special Forces Team X, a multiplayer-focused comic book style third-person shooter from Zombie Studios. We also have a Quick Look for the already mentioned Aliens: Colonial M...

17 February 2013
05:31 GMT

Micromax Funbook P600 3G Tablet with Voice Calling Goes on Sale in India

Indian company Micromax has just released a new Android tablet in India, the Funbook P600. The slate is now available for purchase for only Rs 9,499 outright, which is about $175 or €130. The main selling points of the tablet are 3G connectivity and support for voice calling. Hardware-wise, Funbook P600 packs a...

17 February 2013
05:30 GMT

Some BlackBerry Users No Longer Able to Run YouTube Videos

It looks like some BlackBerry users are no longer able to access YouTube clips on their smartphones. There have been lots of reports in the last few days that highlight this annoying problems and from what we have been able to learn, it only affects BlackBerry OS 5, 6, 7 and 7.1 devices. According to CrackBerry, t...

17 February 2013
05:18 GMT

Huawei Ascend Y210D Coming to India on February 28 for $90/€70

Chinese handset maker Huawei is about to debut another budget-friendly Android smartphone in India, the Ascend Y210D. According to AndroidOS, the handset is expected to arrive at major retailers across the country, including Saholic and Flipkart, on February 28. Customers in India will be able to purchase the Huawe...

17 February 2013
04:49 GMT

Microsoft Launches Monsters Love Candy, Free Download Available

The number of apps available on Microsoft’s new Windows 8 operating system is constantly growing bigger, but the company’s very own titles continue to record a terrific success. Microsoft has just introduced the so-called “Monsters Love Candy” puzzle game for Windows 8, making it available fo...

17 February 2013
04:37 GMT

Windows Blue Confirmed, Major Interface Improvements Very Likely

Even though Microsoft remains completely tight-lipped on the first major refresh of its newly released Windows 8, more evidence points to a so-called Windows Blue update that could arrive as soon as this summer. A new software development engineer job listing confirms that Windows Blue is currently under development...

17 February 2013
04:16 GMT

Security Brief: Cybersecurity Executive Order, Anonymous

This week, US President Barack Obama has finally issued the long-awaited cybersecurity executive order. The order is not as good as proper legislation, but it’s one step forward in the United States’ attempt to secure the country’s critical infrastructures. In addition, the executive order doesn�...

17 February 2013
03:01 GMT


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