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Little Big Planet 2 Updated Eliminates Boo Feature, Encourages Collaboration

Video game developer Media Molecule and publisher Sony have announced that they plan to launch a new update for their video game Little Big Planet 2 which is designed to encourage collaboration between players and to eliminate negativity from the gamers community. The biggest change that players of the platforming g...

17 April 2012
20:31 GMT

New Lollipop Chainsaw Video Takes a Look at Its Gameplay Mechanics

Grasshopper Manufacture has just released a special video with the upcoming Lollipop Chainsaw game, this time taking a look at its gameplay mechanics, showcasing all of the special attacks and moves that can be pulled off by the protagonist, Juliet Starling. Lollipop Chainsaw is one of the most intriguing games of t...

17 April 2012
20:21 GMT

Sleeping Dogs Gets Release Date and Pre-Order Bonuses

Square Enix and United Front Games have finally pinned a release date on their upcoming open world action adventure game Sleeping Dogs, confirming not only that it will appear in August, but also an array of pre-order bonuses that are now available from select retailers. Sleeping Dogs has recently re-appeared on the...

17 April 2012
19:11 GMT

Sprint Launches Eco-Friendly LG Optimus Elite Android Phone with NFC Support

LG Optimus Elite is the fourth eco-friendly handset launched by Sprint in the last two years. The first “green” handset released by the carrier was the LG Remarq, followed by LG Rumor Reflex and LG Viper 4G LTE. The Optimus Elite is expected to arrive in Titan Silver and White on Earth Day, April 22. It ...

17 April 2012
19:01 GMT

Chrome for Android Beta Updated with 31 Languages, Desktop View and More

Launched in Google Play, formerly known as Android Market, back in February, Chrome for Android beta has just been updated with new features and bug fixes. According to Google, the mobile browser now supports 31 more languages, as well as in all countries where Google Play is available. In addition, users can now ...

17 April 2012
19:01 GMT

A Cheap Kit for Shooting Balloon Aerial Images for Google Earth by Yourself

Satellite and aerial imagery is not enough it seems, Google Earth has expanded the number of sources it uses and has added imagery shot from balloons or kites. Essentially, the imagery provides a highly detailed view of a location while still from high enough to make the photos usable in a map context.This is just an...

17 April 2012
18:31 GMT

Mass Effect 3 Diary – The Melee-Oriented Batarian Soldier and Sentinel

Mass Effect 3’s multiplayer mode received a bunch of new content last week in the form of the Resurgence DLC, which brought forth new characters, maps, weapons and equipment. I’ve already talked about the Krogan Battlemaster Vanguard and the two Geth characters included in the DLC, the Engineer and Infil...

17 April 2012
18:31 GMT

Samsung Offers Free Sennheiser Headphones to Each Galaxy Note Buyer in India

It looks like Samsung will do anything to boost Galaxy Note sales in India. The latest bargain offered by the South Korean company includes free Sennheiser headphones for each Samsung Galaxy Note purchase. Samsung announced the promotion is available starting this week and through May 31, 2012. In addition to the Se...

17 April 2012
18:31 GMT

Quick Look – Tribes: Ascend

I start my first-ever match of Tribes: Ascend, ready to get a feel of the new multiplayer first-person shooter controls with a science fiction setting and to fire off some shots before being inevitably taken out by much more experienced enemies. I only manage to take one good look around at the playing field before ...

17 April 2012
18:21 GMT

Apple Services Provider Releases SabPub Trojan Removal Tool

Authorized Apple Service Provider Amsys has announced the release of a malware removal tool targeting the recently reported SabPub trojan. Amsys explains in a blog post that the SabPub malware isn’t exactly cause for alarm, but the malware can send personal information from a Mac to an offending server, should...

17 April 2012
18:01 GMT

Samsung GALAXY S Advance and GALAXY Pocket Officially Introduced in India

South Korean handset maker Samsung has just announced the upcoming availability of Galaxy S Advance and Galaxy Pocket phones in India. Samsung Galaxy S Advance and Galaxy Pocket will be available via major retailers across the country for a suggested retail price of Rs 26,900 (520 USD or 395 EUR) and Rs 8,150 (160 U...

17 April 2012
18:01 GMT

Jade Raymond Believes Video Games Need to Grow Up

The video game industry seems headed for a two-tier future, with high-profile, well-funded titles with little ambition facing off against smaller indie titles that rely more on feeling, but at least one veteran developer believes that this separation is bad for the players. Jade Raymond, who is the current leader of...

17 April 2012
17:31 GMT

Samsung Galaxy Note Coming to Telstra on April 24

The Galaxy Note is Samsung’s Android flagship smartphone, at least until the Galaxy S III gets launched on the market. The “phablet” is about to make its debut at Australian carrier Telstra. The guys over at AusDroid claim that Samsung Galaxy Note will be released at Telstra on April 24. The follo...

17 April 2012
17:11 GMT

Diablo III Developer Diary Videos Show Off Blizzard’s Creative Process

Blizzard has just released a couple of developer diary videos that show off the creative process at the studio and how Diablo III is taking shape. Diablo fans are eagerly awaiting the third installment in their beloved dungeon crawling RPG series so, in order to satisfy their desire for new details, Blizzard started...

17 April 2012
17:11 GMT

Google Built Its Own Hardware for Its Next Generation Network

Google is as famous for its custom hardware and software infrastructure as it is secretive about it. It's the company with the biggest number of servers in the world, though no one knows exactly how many it has, and it has one of the most extensive networking infrastructure in the world, it would be the second l...

17 April 2012
16:51 GMT

Apple Gives Producers a Sneak Peek at a Brand-New FCP X for 2012

Apple is adding a bunch of new features in the next major release of Final Cut Pro X later this year, according to producer, editor and director Larry Jordan, who had an on-the-record meeting with Apple this weekend in Las Vegas, the day before the start of the 2012 NAB Show. Apple told Jordan (and other producers a...

17 April 2012
16:51 GMT

Darksiders II Benefited from Extensive Vigil Games Playtesting on Original

Darksiders II is set to be released in less than three months and the development studio working on the game believes that the experience accumulated working on the first title in the series allows them to create a much better and streamlined game. David Adams, the general manager at Vigil Games, told Gamasutra, &ld...

17 April 2012
16:31 GMT

Bridezilla Is Desperate: Brides Turn to Feeding Tube Diet to Lose Weight

Because many men and women can't resist the promise of incredible weight loss in a very short span, the Ketogenic Enteral Nutrition diet is starting to pick up speed in the US as well. Brides, for instance, are completely won over by the idea.  Also known as the K-E Diet or, even more to the point, the fee...

17 April 2012
16:11 GMT

Nokia Lumia 710 Now on “Coming Soon” at WIND Mobile

Nokia launched the Lumia 710 in Canada several weeks ago via Rogers, but the Finnish company mentioned that the smartphone would be available from multiple carriers. It appears that WIND Mobile will be the next Canadian operator to carry the Nokia Lumia 710. The smartphone has just popped up on WIND Mobile’s &...

17 April 2012
16:01 GMT

Check Out the Final Poster for “The Amazing Spider-Man” Here

Today has been an amazing and exciting day for fans of Spider-Man: first, there was the Japanese trailer, which brought fresh footage, and now, the final artwork for the upcoming blockbuster. Click on the image above to see it in full. Just like all previous posters and teaser photos released, this one too is outs...

17 April 2012
15:51 GMT

Apple Pulls Aperture 3 and iWork 11 Free Downloads

As of late, Apple is no longer offering the freely-downloadable versions of Aperture 3 and iWork 11 for its Macintosh install base. The Cupertino, California-based computer giant has failed to specify the reasons behind its swift actions. Previously made available to professionals and regular customers alike, Apertu...

17 April 2012
15:41 GMT

Makeup Artist Transforms Herself in Angelina Jolie, Michael Jackson, Virtually Anyone

Just as painters use the canvas to express themselves, Promise Tamang Phan uses her face to transform herself in practically anyone she wishes to be, whether a celebrity or a fictitious character. Below are some of her videos. Promise is a makeup artist but, unlike others of the kind, she insists she's complet...

17 April 2012
15:41 GMT

Resistance: Burning Skies’ Multiplayer Mode Revealed

Sony and Nihilistic Software have just unveiled the multiplayer that will be included in their upcoming Resistance: Burning Skies first person shooter, which allows up to eight players to face off against one another via the PlayStation Vita’s Wi-Fi connection. Resistance: Burning Skies is scheduled to appear ...

17 April 2012
15:41 GMT

Google Debuts a New Colorful GBike

Google has many, many perks for its employees to ensure they stick around. The competition for talented engineers is hard in Silicon Valley so companies need to find ways of enticing talent and keeping it around. One way Google is doing this is with the free GBikes it offers to employees to get around campus or arou...

17 April 2012
15:21 GMT

ASUS U32U 13.3-Inch Ultraportable Up for Sale in the US

Amazon has listed the ASUS U32U ultraportable as available for order and shipment. The price is $449.99, or 342.64 Euro, according to exchange rates, although it is more likely that, should the notebook reach the old continent, the price will be closer to 400, or even the full 450 Euro. Anyway, the 13.3-inch laptop...

17 April 2012
15:11 GMT

EVGA Releases GeForce GTX 680 SC Signature Cards

As NVIDIA has ceased manufacturing GeForce GTX 580 graphics cards, the GTX 680 collection continues to grow, in no small part thanks to the company's OEMs, in this case EVGA. One would think that there are already more than sufficient versions of the GeForce GTX 680 graphics card to go around. Alas, EVGA doe...

17 April 2012
15:11 GMT

Rogers, Fido Motorola RAZR Receiving Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread Update

Motorola RAZR was launched on the market back in November with Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread on board. However, the US-based handset maker confirmed the smartphone would get an Ice Cream Sandwich update by the end of 2012. Unfortunately, after promising it would deliver the update in Q1 2012, Motorola pushed the launch ...

17 April 2012
15:01 GMT

Heidi Klum Is Proud to Say: No Plastic Surgery So Far

Former Angel for Victoria's Secret, television personality, successful businesswoman and model, Heidi Klum is definitely one to know that appearances count, especially since she makes a living off her good looks. At 38, she's been in more campaigns, magazine spreads and fashion shows than she could have e...

17 April 2012
14:51 GMT

Starhawk Will Twist Familiar Single-Player Shooter Formula

Starhawk, the third-person shooter from Sony and Lightbox Interactive, will be primarily aimed at the multiplayer gaming crowd, but the game will also include a solid single-player mode for players who want to experience a new take on the genre. Dylan Jobe, who is the president of Lightbox Interactive, has told the ...

17 April 2012
14:51 GMT

$249 "iPad mini" to Ship By the Millions in Q3, Says Chinese Report

Chinese web portal NetEase is dishing out details regarding a potential 8-inch Apple iPad launching later this year, with initial shipping estimated at 6 million units. The report may seem fairly credible, considering that NetEase also weighs in on the actual number of shipping units in the first batch of these unco...

17 April 2012
14:31 GMT

Google Chrome Adds Support for the HTML5 Date Input Type

It seems that Chrome is making progress with HTML5 input types lately. It recently added support for the "color" input, which enables users to visually pick a color rather than write a HTML color code, and has now added support for the "date" input field which, well, enables users to pick a date via a calendar rather...

17 April 2012
14:21 GMT

Understanding Galactic Mergers Made Easy by New Models

A collaboration of researchers in the United States announces the development of a new series of advanced tools for understanding how galactic mergers occur. The new computer models take into account a wide variety of factors that influence the outcome of such large-scale phenomena. The sophisticated computer simula...

17 April 2012
14:21 GMT

PlayStation 3 Needs a Price Cut to Stay Relevant, Analyst Says

Sony will make a price cut to its PlayStation 3 home console soon, in order to keep it relevant before the announcement of an actual replacement, in the form of the next generation PlayStation 4 (aka Orbis), at least according to games industry analyst Colin Sebastian.Sony hasn’t been going through the best of ...

17 April 2012
14:21 GMT

Download System Center 2012 Service Manager – Exchange Connector 3.0 RC

The release candidate of Microsoft’s System Center 2012 Service Manager – Exchange Connector 3.0 is now available as a free download. The tool was released with the option to connect System Center 2012 Service Manager to Exchange, so as to offer various capabilities, such as processing incoming emails re...

17 April 2012
14:11 GMT

Sony Xperia S Now Available in Canada for $99.99 CAD on Contract

As expected, Sony Xperia S has just gone live in Canada. The smartphone is now available from official Sony Stores for as low as $99.99 CAD with select Rogers’ voice and data plans. According to the Japanese company, there is only a limited number of Xperia S units available for purchase. Customers who do no...

17 April 2012
14:01 GMT

Angelina Jolie's Engagement Ring Is Worth over $1 Million (€762,951)

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are engaged to be married, they confirmed over the weekend. A wedding date hasn't been announced yet, but more and more details are starting to emerge about the gorgeous diamond ring first seen on Jolie's hand last week. Initial reports had it that it cost $250,000 (€190,...

17 April 2012
14:01 GMT

Grasshopper Will Look at Steam Releases After Completing Lollipop Chainsaw

Despite the increased interest in digital distribution solutions, both on the PC and on home consoles, one major Japanese developer believes that the retail market will continue to exist, although it might be forced to evolve in order to maintain its domination.Akira Yamaoka, who is the chief operation officer and co...

17 April 2012
14:01 GMT

NVIDIA Looking For Other 28nm Chip Makers

Despite repeated claims to the contrary, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company has been stated (again) to be having trouble coping with 28nm chip orders. That is to say, it cannot produce enough 28nm-based graphics processing units (GPUs) and system-on-chip devices. That means that Advanced Micro Devices (AMD...

17 April 2012
13:51 GMT

Hackers Around the World: Janne Ahlberg, White Hat from Finland

Hackers around the world, the interview series in which we try to dig deep into the minds of hackers worldwide, continues. This time we move on to the northern part of Europe, to Finland to be more precise, where we meet Janne Ahlberg, a product security professional with a passion for penetration testing. During th...

17 April 2012
13:51 GMT

Rumor Mill: Zynga Is Preparing to Announce FarmVille 2

Social game developer Zynga might be ready to announce a direct sequel to the FarmVille game that has powered much of its initial success. Superannuation has managed to find a copywriter working at Zynga with a CV that states he “contributed concepts and copy for several new business presentations, including t...

17 April 2012
13:11 GMT

Gmail Is Down for Most People, Google Is Investigating

Gmail is experiencing a service issue that seems rather widespread. Users have reported difficulties in accessing Gmail which can be easily confirmed by trying to use the site yourself.Google is acknowledging the issue, but has provided no details yet. It says it's investigating the reports."We're investiga...

17 April 2012
13:10 GMT

Microsoft to Enable Windows Phone Apps Launch Faster

For some Windows Phone users, applications loaded on their devices might seem very sluggish, making the phone itself appear slow and unappealing. If the latest technology that Microsoft Research is looking into will arrive on devices, this problem could easily be solved in users' advantage. In fact, apps and ...

17 April 2012
12:41 GMT

The Google+ Photography Prize Announces Its Finalists

Late last year, Google announced a contest for Google+ photographers, students in particular, which would have the best photos in several categories displayed at the Saatchi Gallery in London.As you'd expect, the contest generated quite a bit of interest and some 20,000 photographers submitted their works. Of th...

17 April 2012
12:31 GMT

Gran Turismo Academy 2012 Starts May 1, Gets Special GT 5 Demo

Video game publisher Sony has announced that the 2012 edition of the GT Academy will launch on May 1 and that Polyphony Digital is planning to release a special demo version of Gran Turismo 5 2.0 in order to celebrate the event. The demo will be free to download and will include a special qualification event that is...

17 April 2012
12:21 GMT

Apple Hiring 3D Expert for iOS Development

An open position for iOS Software Engineer in the Santa Clara Valley offices of Apple Inc. hints at expanded development for implementing 3D technology in the company’s portables.Apple Inc. is seeking a Computer Vision specialist to beef up its team of engineers handling multi-view stereo research for the compa...

17 April 2012
12:11 GMT

Western Digital Releases VelociRaptor 1 TB HDD

HDDs are the name of Western Digital's game, and there never passes too much time without some new storage device making its way out of its labs. What we mean to say is that a new hard drive unit has appeared, called WD VelociRaptor and featuring a capacity of 1 TB. Long story short, it is a magnetic platter-...

17 April 2012
12:11 GMT

Reminder: The Witcher 2 Retail Owners Can Redeem a Free "EE" Copy on GoG

After quite a long wait, CD Projekt Red has just released The Witcher 2: Enhanced Edition on the PC and Xbox 360 platforms. While PC owners have already enjoyed the standard The Witcher 2 experience since last year, the Polish studio has decided to reward them not just with a free update to the Enhanced Edition, but...

17 April 2012
12:11 GMT

Script of the Day: Chive

Chive is a PHP web-based GUI for managing MySQL databases. Chive is just another great solution if you got tired of phpMyAdmin, SQL Buddy, MyWebSql or trueDAT, and would like to spice up your database work. Unlike the aforementioned utilities, Chive also boasts an SQL query runner with syntax highlighting, inline ed...

17 April 2012
12:01 GMT

Updated Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) Available for Download

A new version of the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit was made available for download on Monday, for all those who want to use it for automating desktop and server deployment. The tool was designed to provide users with the possibility to easily deploy Windows 7, Office 2010 and 365, and Windows Server 2008 R2. The Mi...

17 April 2012
11:41 GMT

Download Fedora 17 Beta Now

Delayed two weeks, the Beta version of the upcoming Fedora 17 Linux operating system has been released a few minutes ago, April 17th. Dubbed Beefy Miracle and powered by Linux kernel 3.3, Fedora 17 Beta brings GNOME 3.4 and KDE SC 4.8 desktop environments. For more details you can read the official release notes. ...

17 April 2012
11:21 GMT

BIOS of the Day 04/17/2012

Well, it seems like the last few days were rather calm as far as BIOS was concerned, and that's why today's pick list is a rather short one.Nevertheless we've listed BIOS (and drivers) for two new motherboards coming from Asus and Gigabyte, along with BIOS for three notebooks, two HP ones and an Acer. ...

17 April 2012
11:14 GMT

Apple Hires United Continental CFO as VP of Sales

Apple has taken "aboard" the (former) executive VP and Chief Financial Officer for United Continental, Zane Rowe. Previously working at the holding company that owns United Airlines, Rowe is said to be taking up a high-ranking sales position at the Cupertino, California-based iPhone maker. This is not speculation, ...

17 April 2012
11:11 GMT

Sprint Rolls Out ZTE Optik Software Update

Although ZTE Optik is not among the popular Android devices offered by Sprint, the carrier has just announced the tablet’s first software update is now available for download. Even though it’s nothing really important, the update brings some new apps and fixes several bugs that have been previously repor...

17 April 2012
11:01 GMT

Discovery's Last Trip Out of Kennedy Space Center

The space shuttle Discovery has left the NASA Kennedy Space Center for the last time today, April 17. Attached to the last Shuttle Aircraft Carrier still in active duty, the orbiter is currently on its way to the Washington Dulles International Airport, in Virginia. On April 19, it will be officially turned over to ...

17 April 2012
11:01 GMT

AMD’s New Steamroller Architecture to Bring Significant Performance

AMD is reportedly concentrating on their Fusion promise they’ve made six years ago when they’ve acquired the GPU design company, ATI. Therefore, their next radically new processor architecture will first be introduced in the company’s APUs during the next year.AMD’s Bulldozer has been a huge d...

17 April 2012
11:00 GMT

Rugged Samsung Memory Card Shrugs Off 2-Ton Roller

Reviewing a piece of technology usually involves benchmarks and other software tests, but things have to change when looking at the physical side of things. In fact, when examining so-called “rugged” products, people sometimes get creative. It so happens that the folks at German site Smartphonetech we...

17 April 2012
10:59 GMT

Viral of the Day: Toddler Finds the Vacuum Very Funny

The latest power couple to take over the Internet is a mother and her infant, who simply can't stop giggling whenever the vacuum nozzle comes near him. The explanation for this is pretty simple, but the effect it has on the baby boy is simply too delicious to be put into words – you just have to see it f...

17 April 2012
10:57 GMT

Tomahawk Joins Mozilla's WebFWD to Make Music Universally Available on the Web

Tomahawk, the innovative music player that aims to make music universally available by relying on as many web sources as possible, has joined Mozilla's WebFWD program. WebFWD was created to foster open source projects that helped push the web forward. Projects that get accepted have access to resources and guid...

17 April 2012
10:55 GMT

Gigabyte GA-H77-DS3H (rev. 1.0) Downloads Are Ready

Here's another H77-based motherboard form Gigabyte, the GA-H77-DS3H (rev. 1.0). If you're planning to build a new PC system and are looking for a latest-generation board with affordable pricing, then taking a look at the GA-H77-DS3H (rev. 1.0) is definitely worth the time. Being an H77 motherboard means th...

17 April 2012
10:52 GMT

New Panorama Marks Hubble's Upcoming Anniversary

In order to mark the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope's upcoming anniversary, scientists have just released one of the largest mosaic images ever assembled from those snapped by the observatory. For the outstanding event, Hubble looks right into the heart of the Tarantula Nebula, at a stellar nursery called 30 ...

17 April 2012
10:51 GMT

Microsoft Plans Skype Web App

Skype might soon become available for even more users around the world, courtesy of a web app that is supposedly under development over at Microsoft. Skype is the most popular VoIP service out there, with millions of users both on the desktop and mobile space. However, it appears that Microsoft feels that there is...

17 April 2012
10:48 GMT

MATE 1.2 Desktop Environment Released

The development team behind the MATE desktop environment proudly announced last evening, April 16th, that the stable 1.2.0 version of the popular project is now available for download and upgrade. MATE 1.2.0 is a fork of GNOME 2, providing a traditional desktop environment for Linux operating systems and low-end ma...

17 April 2012
10:47 GMT

Intel Gives All Ivy Bridge Laptops Anti-Theft Protection

Since laptops tend to get lost or misplaced, Intel has a certain service/feature called Anti-Theft, one that will be part of all Ivy Bridge laptops and is already found on many notebooks. VR-Zone is where the news came out that all Ivy Bridge Ultrabooks would have Anti-theft. Long story short, if you've lost...

17 April 2012
10:37 GMT

Relying on Intuition Boosts Your Predictive Abilities

We all make predictions every day. They cover a variety of topics, from the weather to the stock market, and they usually have variable chances of coming to pass. A new study indicates that relying on your intuition can make for more accurate predictions, although the reason this happens is unclear. Writing in the l...

17 April 2012
10:34 GMT

WinZip 16.5 Available for Download

WinZip has been updated recently to version 16.5, which introduces features designed to massively increase the performance of the application by introducing GPU-driven processing. WinZip 16.5 brings to the table a rewritten core engine in order to improve performance and the developer touts their 64-bit zip engine ...

17 April 2012
10:32 GMT

Motorola DROID RAZR HD Shows Up in EXIF Data

It looks like Motorola plans to release yet another RAZR clone smartphone. This time the company decided to add an HD-enabled display on the RAZR’s chassis, as well as an updated mobile platform and sell it as DROID RAZR HD. According to a photo’s EXIF data, the next-generation Motorola RAZR will be laun...

17 April 2012
10:31 GMT

“Toddlers & Tiaras” Star Eden Wood Talks Back at Wendy

Those who don't miss a single episode of TLC's “Toddlers & Tiaras” must remember Eden Wood who, then aged just 6, sang “Cutie Patootie” and outraged the nation with her outfits, attitude and bad manners. Apparently, she hasn't changed much. The reality show mentioned above tak...

17 April 2012
10:29 GMT

Android 4.0 ICS for Unlocked GALAXY S II Now Available for Download in the UK

Samsung promised last month that all Galaxy S II owners would be able to upgrade their devices to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich by the end of April as long as they have purchased their smartphones from the UK. Although customers who purchase unlocked phones are usually among the first to get these major updates, it...

17 April 2012
10:20 GMT

ItsKahuna Arrested, Charged with Hacking into Police Sites

The hacker known as Kahuna, or ItsKahuna, has been arrested on March 20, 2012, in Ohio, after an FBI investigation. According to the FBI, 21-year-old John Anthony Borell III, from Toledo, Ohio, has been charged with two counts of computer intrusion, referring to the hacks that took place in January, 2012, which targ...

17 April 2012
10:17 GMT

Women More Prone to Developing Sleeping Disorders

Insomnia affects women 1.4 times more often than men, health officials said during a recent conference on the topic. This difference between genders has never been taken too seriously by researchers, the authorities added. Most investigations are focused on the overall statistics, which indicate that long work hour...

17 April 2012
10:16 GMT

RIM Releases BlackBerry PlayBook OS v2.0.1.358

Today, Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion announced the availability of BlackBerry PlayBook OS v2.0.1.358 for all owners of the tablet PC. The new software was made available for download over-the-air and is now up for grabs for free. The update brings along a series of enhancements to the tablet PC&rs...

17 April 2012
10:15 GMT

Trisquel 5.5 is Based on GNOME 3

Trisquel GNU/Linux, a 100% free operating system which comes with a complete selection of programs that can be easily extended using a graphical installer, is now at version 5.5. Codenamed Brigantia, Trisquel 5.5 STS has arrived, albeit late. According to the developers, this is the biggest effort they had to make ...

17 April 2012
09:57 GMT

Cassini Flies Through Enceladus' Organic Plumes

On Saturday, April 14, the NASA Cassini probe flew through the plumes ejected from the south pole of the Saturnine moon Enceladus. This celestial body is one of the most interesting in the solar system, and one of the most likely worlds to support microbial life ever discovered. This flyby – which took the sp...

17 April 2012
09:55 GMT

ARM Announces the Quad Core Cortex A15 Design

After the success it enjoyed with the dual core Cortex A15 designs, ARM is announcing today the Cortex-A15 quad core design on its official blog. The introduction of highly efficient CPU designs based on the Cortex A15 architecture caught everybody by surprise. The surprise wasn’t in the fact that the CPU was ...

17 April 2012
09:46 GMT

Panasonic Launches Tiny 20,000 Lumen Projector

Panasonic has finished introducing its newest projector series, one that seeks to be both small and extra bright, to be used everywhere from museums and auditoriums to stages. Three of them are available, or at least will soon become available (at some point over the next two months, May-June, 2012). Their names a...

17 April 2012
09:43 GMT

Mass Effect: Paragon Lost Gets High-Definition Teaser

The creators at Production IG and the producers at Funimation have put up a new teaser for their anime Mass Effect: Paragon Lost, giving fans of the series and of the genre a taste of what they can expect when the full movie is released. The images show both frames that will likely be in the finished product and the...

17 April 2012
09:37 GMT

Dragon Spacecraft on Track for April 30 Launch

Officials with the American space agency announced yesterday, April 16, that the planned launch of the private Dragon spacecraft is likely to proceed according to the current schedule. The success of this flight will mark the first time a space vehicle built by a private entity achieves orbital docking. The Dragon c...

17 April 2012
09:37 GMT

AIMP 3.10 Beta Available

AIMP 3.10 is already out, albeit as a public beta release. However, it features a hefty set of modifications touching on components such as the Audio Library and Playlist. As far as the Audio Library is concerned, the new version of the application features the ability to choose default player (AIMP or the built-in ...

17 April 2012
09:34 GMT

Meltwater Accelerates Greenland Ice Sheet Slip

The Greenland Ice Sheet is the second-largest body of land-based ice in the world following Antarctica, and it's destabilizing. Experts say that meltwater produced by surface, or supraglacial, lakes is accelerating the rate at which the ice sheet is normally slipping from the island into the Atlantic Ocean. The...

17 April 2012
09:22 GMT

Ashton Kutcher Is Dating Mila Kunis

Even though he's not divorced Demi Moore yet, Ashton Kutcher is definitely not spending too many nights alone, a recent report claims. After being linked to pop star Rihanna, the handsome actor is now dating the gorgeous Mila Kunis. The two once worked together on “That 70s Show” and have remained g...

17 April 2012
09:20 GMT

Mass Effect 3 Diary – Real Heroes and Stories in Multiplayer

The Reapers are upon us, led by two Geth Prime platforms that suppress anyone who dares to move out of cover to launch a power attack or take a few shots. Right behind them, the Pyros are ready to deploy their flamethrowers and quickly whittle down our shields while not getting any sighting of Geth Hunters probably ...

17 April 2012
09:18 GMT

Toshiba Exposes Details of Competition Participants, Flaw Blamed

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) reveals that because of a security flaw on its website, Toshiba exposed the personal details of 20 individuals that signed up to participate in a competition. In September 2011, the ICO was notified that the names, addresses, dates of birth and contact information o...

17 April 2012
09:17 GMT

Notebook Shipments Will Drop 10-20% This Month (April, 2012)

It looks like the so-called “slow season” is upon the laptop market. Digitimes says that most companies charged with making laptops expect April to be a particularly slow month. As Intel's Ivy Bridge launch draws near, companies are scrambling to exhaust their Sandy Bridge laptop inventories. T...

17 April 2012
09:13 GMT

New Flavor of Windows Intune Coming Soon

Redmond-based software giant Microsoft is gearing up for the release of a new version of Windows Intune, and has already published some documentation on the matter. The company did not make an official announcement on the matter, but it did make available for download a “Windows Intune April 2012 Pre-Release ...

17 April 2012
09:12 GMT

Opera Next Snapshot with Camera Support

Support for webcam is no longer locked in the experimental builds of Opera. Starting snapshot 1372 this feature has been integrated into the web browser. The development team also provides some testing ground, through demos such as Photo Booth, Polaroid, Color Picker, Explode and Speedo. The user has total control ...

17 April 2012
09:06 GMT

Watch: Preview of Britney Spears’ “Twister Dance” Game Set Ad

Recent years have seen Britney Spears come under a lot of fire for not being the same fiery dancer she once was, but all that will (hopefully) be forgotten once her new ad for “Twister Dance” comes out. Above is a preview of the ad that Britney shot last week, including a brief video with the pop star ...

17 April 2012
09:06 GMT

Japanese Trailer for “The Amazing Spider-Man” Brings New Footage

If you're a Spider-Man fan and / or can hardly wait for “The Amazing Spider-Man” to come out this summer, above is something to keep you going for another while: the Japanese trailer. While it doesn't bring a lot of fresh footage, it does include two scenes not seen in the official US and inte...

17 April 2012
08:55 GMT

Share the Most Spectacular View in Google Earth for Earth Day

Earth Day is coming this week and, to celebrate the day of the planet that gave it its name, Google Earth is asking people around the world to share the most spectacular photos of the places they love the most. The catch is that the images have to come from Google Earth itself. The Google Earth team will look over a...

17 April 2012
08:45 GMT

IKEA Announces Uppleva, Furniture Integrating a TV and a Blu-ray Player

IKEA has just announced the Uppleva, a furniture piece integrating a TV and a Blu-ray player complete with a 2.1 audio system and a wireless subwoofer, on its official website. It took us some time, around twenty years or so, but the Star Trek: TNG furniture packed with technology is finally here in mass production....

17 April 2012
08:44 GMT

PlayStation Vita Gets Updated Facebook App

Sony has launched a new Facebook application for its new PlayStation Vita handheld, allowing gamers to upload photos directly to their Wall and their News feed while also introducing the ability to quickly add tags to their images. All system languages are now supported by the Facebook app and improve the experience...

17 April 2012
08:43 GMT

Bing Maps Now with Venue Maps, 3D Buildings Outlines

Brand new features are now available for Bing Maps users, making it easier to navigate and find businesses, buildings or venue information. The new enhancements are meant to provide users with the possibility to do things faster than before, and will, at first, become available only in select markets around the wor...

17 April 2012
08:42 GMT

Germany Adopts “Button Law” to Combat Subscription Traps

After revealing some time ago that it combats websites that trick users into signing up for products that come with hidden costs, by cataloging them as being malicious, Avast now gets a helping hand from the European Union’s new “Button Law.” Germany is the first country to adopt it and hopefully, o...

17 April 2012
08:39 GMT

Blackberry Curve 9320 Coming Soon to T-Mobile UK

Rumors on BlackBerry Curve 9320 emerged more than a month ago, though no details on the phone’s release date surfaced at that time. However, UK-based carrier T-Mobile is about to shed some light on the smartphone’s upcoming release. BlackBerry Curve 9320 is now on “Coming Soon” at T-Mobile UK...

17 April 2012
08:28 GMT

Microsoft Preps New Antimalware Engine for Tomorrow

A new flavor of the Antimalware Engine is expected to become available tomorrow, Microsoft has announced. The update will arrive as part of the software company’s regular updates for the antimalware technology, and is meant to address the latest in the threat landscape. The Microsoft Malware Protection Cent...

17 April 2012
08:19 GMT

Support for SPDY/3 Enabled for 10 Percent of Chrome Users

Google is now ready to move on to the latest draft version of SPDY, the third version, and has started testing support for it in Chrome. About 10 percent of Chrome users will have SPDY/3 support enabled in their browser. Google servers have started supporting both the current SPDY/2 and the new SPDY/3 last month. Th...

17 April 2012
08:12 GMT

Crysis 3 Out in 2013, Screenshots and Details Available

After a pretty major leak last week, Electronic Arts and Crytek have officially unveiled Crysis 3, the next installment in the sci-fi shooter series, that will once again take players to New York City, which is now a tropical jungle, not just a concrete one. Crysis 2 delivered a great experience last year, building ...

17 April 2012
08:11 GMT

Siri Is BFFs with Samuel L. Jackson

A new iPhone 4S commercial aired during ESPN's SportsCenter yesterday, featuring none other than Pulp Fiction’s star, Samuel L. Jackson. Starring in the latest iPhone TV spot, Jackson tells Siri to cancel his golf appointment as he prepares dinner for two. Answering one question after another, helping Jac...

17 April 2012
08:11 GMT

Canceled “Gerolamo” Pizza Orders Serve Exploit Kit

Internet users may stumble upon an email in their inbox that notifies them about pizzas and drinks worth $86 (65 EUR) heading their way. Before rushing to click on Cancel Order Now, they should take a moment to think about it, because the innocent-looking link actually points to a malicious site. GFI experts have co...

17 April 2012
07:56 GMT

Depressed Mothers Wake Their Babies More Often Than Necessary

According to a new study conducted by investigators at the Pennsylvania State University (Penn State), it would appear that mothers who are depressed are more likely to needlessly wake up their infants at night than women who do not suffer from this condition. The correlation is especially true for women who suffer ...

17 April 2012
07:56 GMT

SONY Presents the 1.5TB Optical Disc Archive

Less than a year after renouncing the MiniDisc Walkman products and after a less than successful twenty-year long campaign for the wide adoption of the MiniDisc format, SONY reportedly announces another custom storage format. It is called the Optical Disc Archive and it is likely that it uses some sort of cassette w...

17 April 2012
07:55 GMT

Intel Ivy Bridge CPUs Get Price Cut Ahead of Launch

For some reason or other, Intel has decided to set lower prices than originally planned for its upcoming collection of central processing units, or so it is said. The folks at VR-Zone claim to have found some information regarding the price tags of the upcoming Intel Ivy Bridge CPUs. Apparently, the Santa Clara, ...

17 April 2012
07:39 GMT

Apple Prematurely Flips the Switch on Opera 11.63 for Mac OS X [Updated]

Opera Software ASA is surprising fans of its web browser with a Mac-exclusive release in the Mac App Store, that brings the application to version 11.63 and delivers a trio of changes that should otherwise target all supported platforms, including Windows and Linux. Opera makes it clear that “This latest versi...

17 April 2012
07:37 GMT

Windows Phone Tango Update for Nokia Lumia 710 Spotted in China

Nokia has almost finished deploying Windows Phone Mango CR1 (8107) and CR2 (8112) updates for its Lumia phone and is now readying a new major upgrade that will improve its smartphones even further. Windows Phone Tango CR3 (8773+) is almost ready to go live as the update has just been spotted on Nokia’s Care Su...

17 April 2012
07:32 GMT

Google Sends Notifications to 20,000 Hacked Site Owners

“Is your site doing weird redirects? We just sent a ‘your site might be hacked’ message to 20K sites,” read a tweet posted by Matt Cutts, the head of the webspam team at Google, yesterday. So, you may be wondering what Google has to do with website security and what they mean when they say we...

17 April 2012
07:28 GMT

“Looper” Teaser Trailer Explained

If you liked what you saw when the first teaser trailer for “Looper” came out, you're going to love this. Below is the trailer, complete with shot by shot explanations from none other than director Rian Johnson. Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis and Emily Blunt, “Looper” is a ...

17 April 2012
07:28 GMT

Download foobar2000 1.12 Beta 3

After spending three weeks in the making, the third beta for foobar2000 rolled out, with a fix for an MP3 decoder regression. The trouble with the MP3 decoder was that it would cause glitches when decoding files that have been split from a longer original file. There aren’t any other modifications listed for t...

17 April 2012
07:23 GMT

Download Microsoft Advertising Intelligence for Excel

Microsoft Advertising Intelligence is one of the tools that customers using Microsoft Office Excel 2007 and 2010 can take advantage of to increase revenue. The recently updated tool, formerly known as the adCenter Add-in for Excel (available in a beta flavor) provides keyword research and optimization capabilities, a...

17 April 2012
07:23 GMT

Google Starts Testing a Self-Driving Lexus Hybrid SUV

Google's augmented reality glasses have been stealing the limelight lately, but Google's original shoot-for-the-moon project is still alive and kicking. If anything, it's getting better, a new self-driving car has been spotted as Google has ditched the Toyota Prius hybrid for an SUV, a Lexus R450h, wh...

17 April 2012
07:21 GMT

BioWare Expands Star Wars: The Old Republic Legacy Free Play Time

Video game developer BioWare has announced that it is expanding the number of players who can take advantage of the Legacy Promotion for Star Wars: The Old Republic while also giving them more free playing time with the MMO. The move was made by the developer because of player feedback on the official forums. Greg ...

17 April 2012
07:03 GMT

Download Google Play Books 1.3.0 for iPhone and iPad

The universally-designed Google Play Books for iPhone and iPad has been promoted to version 1.3.0 which brings many new features in flowing text mode, Google has announced. Users of the e-reading app can now bookmark a page by tapping the top right corner, touch and hold to select some text (including with color), a...

17 April 2012
06:51 GMT

What’s New in Windows Phone’s Translator App

Microsoft has just announced the availability of a new version of its Translator app for devices running under Windows Phone. Powered by Bing, the software is meant to resolve the problem of language translation for all people who are taking advantage of devices based on Microsoft’s mobile operating system. ...

17 April 2012
06:51 GMT

Chakra GNU/Linux 2012.04 Has KDE SC 4.8.2

The Chakra Development Team, through Anke Boersma, proudly announced yesterday, April 16th, the immediate availability for download of the Chakra GNU/Linux 2012.04 operating system. Dubbed Archimedes, Chakra GNU/Linux 2012.04 is the second maintenance release for 2012 and it is powered by Linux kernel 3.2.8 and KDE...

17 April 2012
06:31 GMT

Affordable Motorola DEFY MINI Goes Official in Hungary

The affordable DEFY MINI Android phone has just been officially introduced in Hungary. Although the smartphone is not yet available on the market, Motorola confirmed it would bring the device in the country in late April. Customers who want a sturdy affordable Android smartphone will be able to purchase the DEFY MIN...

17 April 2012
06:31 GMT

Verizon Wireless Bill Payment Scams Point to Compromised Sites

Cybercrooks have compromised websites and altered them to serve visitors nasty pieces of malware. To lure users to these sites, the masterminds of the scheme are spamming internauts with bill payment emails that pretend to originate from Verizon Wireless. Commtouch Café provides a sample email that bears the ...

17 April 2012
06:29 GMT

Asteroid Impacts Benefit Subterranean Microbe Populations

While massive asteroid impacts have the potential to cause global extinction events on the surface, they are apparently good news for microorganisms living below Earth's crust, a new study has uncovered. The conclusion came after scientists at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland conducted a study of an anc...

17 April 2012
06:01 GMT

Members of TOR-Based Online Drug Market Arrested

Authorities have apprehended a number of 8 individuals from the United States, Netherlands and Argentina, suspected of operating an online drug market that relied on the online anonymity system known as TOR to hide its activity. According to Wired, the drug dealers processed more than 5,000 orders from which they ga...

17 April 2012
05:58 GMT

The Avengers Are Coming to HeroClix Online

Developers Wizkids and N.E.C.A. have announced that HeroClix Online, the digital re-imagining of the real-world collectibles game, will receive access to heroes from the very popular Avengers squad from comic book creator Marvel starting with April 18. Gamers can first get the characters by using codes that are foun...

17 April 2012
05:48 GMT

Skyfire Web Browser Updated for iPhone and iPad

The folks at Skyfire Labs have rolled out new versions of their Flash-capable web browsers for iPhone and iPad bringing “fancy new Retina icons” and bug fixes. In addition to updating the app’s resources for the new iPad’s retina display, Skyfire 4.1.1 and Skyfire 4.0.5 for iPad and iPhone (r...

17 April 2012
05:45 GMT

Nokia Lumia 900 Coming Soon to T-Mobile

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia is reportedly gearing up to make its Lumia 900 smartphone available on the networks of more wireless carriers in the United States. The company launched the Windows Phone via AT&T last week, and is now considering the phone’s release at more operators, the latest reports on th...

17 April 2012
05:39 GMT

Motorola XOOM 2 Tablets Reach Turkey

Since Toshiba launched some new tablets, Motorola wasn't about to let much time pass without some new product release of its own, so here we are. Motorola has formally launched the XOOM 2 and XOOM 2 Media Edition tablets in Turkey, which rely on an operating system some may not expect. What we mean by that is...

17 April 2012
05:38 GMT

Massive Prominence Erupts from the Sun on April 16

Using the NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), a group of solar physicists observed a massive, beautiful solar prominence emanating from the surface of the Sun. The event gave birth to an amazing coronal mass ejection (CME). The latter threw massive amounts of solar matter into space, fortunately in a direction no...

17 April 2012
05:31 GMT

MacBook Pro, the Fragrance

Who’d have imagined that perfume makers would want to waste their talent creating and showcasing a fragrance that replicates the smell of a newly-unboxed Apple computer? An artistic collaborative group, called Greatest Hits, approached the fine gents at Air Aroma to ask for help in creating a unique scent...

17 April 2012
05:26 GMT

Halo 4 Out on November 6, According to New Report

Microsoft is set to unveil the launch date for its upcoming Halo 4 shooter later today, as sources are already claiming that the game will be released on November 6. Halo 4 has been awaited for quite some time by lots of fans, but not a lot of details have actually been revealed by its publisher, Microsoft, or its d...

17 April 2012
05:23 GMT

Google Drive Coming Next Week with 5 GB for Free

Google Drive, the Dropbox competitor Google has been building, on-again, off-again, for the past few years, is now very close to launch. New sources confirm that the service and apps are to debut next week. The Next Web, which got its hands on a draft release from a Google partner, also confirms that Google Drive wi...

17 April 2012
05:14 GMT

NOAA Publishes Detailed Ocean Floor Maps Online

Maps produced by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Office of Coast Survey (OCS) have recently been made available to the general public, in an online database. The maps cover sea floors around the world. They primarily focus on continental shelves, the deep ocean, and coastal areas...

17 April 2012
05:11 GMT

Nigerian Fraudster Pleads Guilty to $79 Million (€60 Million) Fraud

A Nigerian man called James Ibori is about to be sentenced by a United Kingdom court after pleading guilty to money laundering, conspiracy to launder money, conspiracy to defraud, conspiracy to make false instrument, and other fraud-related charges. According to The Telegraph, Ibori may be 49, or 53 (judging by the ...

17 April 2012
05:09 GMT

AMD and PTC Work Together to Boost AMD FirePro Performance

Professional graphics designers now have, or will soon have, an extra reason to consider buying AMD FirePro professional graphics cards when making a workstation. Advanced Micro Devices and product development software maker PTC have announced a partnership for improving Creo performance. More precisely, they inte...

17 April 2012
04:58 GMT

Philippe Starck Not Working on Any “Revolutionary” Apple Product

French designer Philippe Starck is not working with Apple on a “revolutionary” product, as reported by the media late last week. He was only involved with Jobs’ family yacht, according to reports. Quotations from Starck’s interview with France Info gave birth to speculation that Apple was com...

17 April 2012
04:57 GMT

Christina Aguilera Does “Fighter” on The Voice

Despite the rather disappointing “Bionic” album (in terms of sales only), Christina Aguilera will always be “The Voice” for her loyal fans. Being a judge / mentor on a show called just that is quite fitting. The other night, on The Voice US, Christina showed her team and viewers at home why ...

17 April 2012
04:55 GMT

Asus Padfone, Transformer Pad Infinity and Transformer Pad 300 Get Priced in Europe

Asus Padfone has been previously launched in Taiwan and is expected to go on sale on April 20 for prices ranging between 465 EUR (610 USD) and 745 EUR (980 USD). Early this week, Asus launched its Padfone, Transformer Pad 300 and Transformer Pad Infinity 700 in Italy and put a price on all three devices, which will ...

17 April 2012
04:48 GMT

Nintendo Confirms Super Mario Bros for Wii U Unveiling for E3 2012

Video game publisher and hardware developer Nintendo has confirmed that it will be revealing a new installment in the Super Mario Bros franchise, designed from the ground up for the new Wii U home console, at the upcoming E3 2012 trade event. A statement from Nintendo says that, “In a recent interview, Mr. Miy...

17 April 2012
04:45 GMT

Jennifer Lopez Chose Casper Smart over Marc Anthony

Because many wondered what took Marc Anthony so long before he filed for divorce from Jennifer Lopez, even though they had announced their separation months ago, TMZ has the answer: he wanted to reconcile. As per the celebrity e-zine, even though they had moved on with their life, each even finding a new love intere...

17 April 2012
04:40 GMT

New Mars Orbiter's Propellant Tank Integrated

Officials at the Littleton, Colorado-based Lockheed Martin Corporation have recently announced that the propellant tank for NASA's upcoming Mars-bound orbiter has just been integrated with the rest of the spacecraft platform. The company is the main contractor on this project, which is being managed by the NAS...

17 April 2012
04:37 GMT

EA Game Owners Can Now Play Their Titles Offline with Banned Accounts

Electronic Arts has modified its infamous banning policy and will now allow those who have banned EA accounts to play the games they’ve actually purchased, albeit only offline, without support for multiplayer or other functions. EA, like many videogame companies, resort to bans and account suspensions when use...

17 April 2012
04:25 GMT

The New SabPub Trojan Also Targets Macs with Old Java Iterations

A new Trojan is targeting Macintosh computers. It has been discovered that SabPub, a backdoor that seeks to connect to remote command and control servers, comes in two variants, both of which can be easily patched with Apple’s Java updates and several antivirus apps designed specifically for the Mac. Mac secur...

17 April 2012
04:24 GMT

14nm “Broadwell” Intel SoC Coming in 2014-2015

We've spoken about 14nm-based chips before, but now we get to look at a “true” Intel system-on-chip device, one that will further integrate the platform-controller hub (PCH) with the CPU. According to ComputerBase.de, Intel is definitely approaching the time when it can launch a system-on-chip devi...

17 April 2012
04:19 GMT

Panasonic ELUGA Now Available in Germany, Next Stop the UK

Panasonic promised earlier this year that it would enter the European smartphone market with several Android devices. The first two were unveiled back in February at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the ELUGA and ELUGA Power. Both are powered by Google’s Android platform, but the ELUGA Power will be shi...

17 April 2012
04:19 GMT

Tupac Performs “Live” at Coachella 2012

Tupac Shakur was the biggest hit at the Coachella festival over the weekend, even though he's been dead for years. A special “hologram” made it possible for Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre to share the same stage again with their fallen mate. Because of the language used during the performance, we can'...

17 April 2012
04:18 GMT

Microsoft Patents Hand Gestures System for Tablet PCs

Microsoft is becoming more and more interested in what tablet PCs have to offer to users, and the latest patent applications it filed confirm that. One of these refers to a system of hand gestures that would allow users to get the most out of their devices. The Redmond-based software giant appears set to bring re...

17 April 2012
04:16 GMT

MI5 Fails to Renew SSL Certificate, Users Warned of Untrusted Site

UK’s MI5 Security Service forgot to renew its official website’s SSL digital certificate that expired on April 16. As a result, users who tried to access the site were met with a warning that flagged the site as being untrusted. SpyBlog informs that the agency’s site redirects to a HTTPS connection...

17 April 2012
04:15 GMT

Google Chrome Stable 18.0.1025.163 Available for Mac

After releasing an update for the beta channel on the generally regarded as ominous Friday the 13th, Google rolled out yesterday a new build for the stable version of the web browser. The latest build, however, is not available for all supported platforms, as it is intended only for Mac. Google Chrome 18.0.1025.163 ...

17 April 2012
04:05 GMT

iBooks Updated to Eliminate Unnecessary Apple ID Prompt

Apple has acknowledged an issue with its e-book reading application, and has therefore launched an update to address this problem, as well as to strengthen the stability and performance of the software. iBooks version 2.1.1 addresses an issue where the user got nagged with a prompt to sign-in with his / her Apple ID...

17 April 2012
04:01 GMT

Amanda Bynes Refuses to Go to Rehab, Get Help

A couple of weeks ago, actress Amanda Bynes was busted for DUI after allegedly clipping a police car, in what was believed to be just one of the many instances she got drunk behind the wheel. She has serious issues but won't admit it, says a new report. Late last week, word had it that Bynes' personal life...

17 April 2012
03:59 GMT

16 Lebanese Government Sites Defaced by “Raise Your Voice”

A group of Lebanese hackers called Raise Your Voice have breached and defaced a number of 16 websites owned by the country’s government. The list includes the sites of the Presidency, National News Agency, Ministry of Public Works and Transportation, General Directorate of State Security, Ministry of Foreign A...

17 April 2012
03:51 GMT

How Omnivore Mammals Evolved

When it comes to the foods they prefer, mammals today fall under three distinct categories – carnivores, herbivores and omnivores. In a new study, experts at the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESC) in Durham, North Carolina, shed more light on how the latter evolved. Big cats, including tigers and li...

17 April 2012
03:47 GMT

FIFA Street Again Take the Lead in United Kingdom Video Game Chart

FIFA Street, the football game from EA Sports that emphasizes tricks and innovative plays on smaller playing fields, has managed to return to the top position in the United Kingdom video game chart for the week that ended on April 15. FIFA Street is created using the same core engine as FIFA 12, which EA Sports laun...

17 April 2012
03:45 GMT

Mass Effect 3 Resurgence DLC Gets Showcased in Strategy Video

BioWare has just released a brand new video that focuses on the new things added to Mass Effect 3’s multiplayer by the recently launched Resurgence DLC, showcasing the characters, maps, and weapons. Mass Effect 3’s multiplayer has impressed lots of people who now play online with friends or strangers eve...

17 April 2012
03:43 GMT

NVIDIA Stops Making GeForce GTX 580 Graphics Cards

NVIDIA and its partners will probably have GeForce GTX 580 graphics boards up for sale for quite some time, but that's only because there is still some supply of them. According to SweClockers, the Santa Clara, California-based company has decided to stop making new models. Of course, with so many next-gener...

17 April 2012
03:40 GMT

Nokia 808 PureView Now Up for Pre-Order in the UK for £538 ($855 or €650)

Nokia 808 PureView is currently one of the most popular Symbian smartphones, though the handset has yet to make its debut on the market. Although Nokia’s camera-phone is already available for pre-order via several European online retailers, none has managed to offer an exact release date for the device. Clove...

17 April 2012
03:39 GMT

1,000-Day Infrared Survey of the Universe Completed

Scientists operating the Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) instrument aboard the American space agency's Spitzer Space Telescope announce the completion of an 1,000-day survey of the infrared Universe. The endeavor produced an amazing series of images of various unusual structures, including a young star cluster, t...

17 April 2012
03:24 GMT

Microsoft Unveils Four Windows 8 SKUs

Windows 8, the next version of Microsoft’s popular operating system, will arrive on shelves with increased flexibility to fit user’s needs, and this applies to its various editions as well. Following a long series of rumors on the number and variety of Windows 8 SKUs that Microsoft will make available l...

17 April 2012
03:21 GMT

Apple Releases New Version of Cards for iPhone, iPad

The Cards app, which lets you create and mail real greeting cards, personalized with your own text and photos right from your iDevice, has gained a few new elements, thanks to a recent update from the Cupertino, California-based Apple Inc. Cards version 1.1 brings beautiful letterpress cards for Mother's Day, n...

17 April 2012
03:18 GMT

Intel SSD 330 Series Formally Released

It looks like Intel didn't let Easter go by without a new product release, so out came the SSD 330 Series of storage devices made of MLC NAND Flash chips. Intel continues to hold that solid state drives are the best thing that can happen to anyone's personal computer, assuming the PC doesn't already ...

17 April 2012
03:11 GMT

Krater, Fatshark's Post-Apocalyptic RPG, Out in Summer for PC and Mac

Swedish developer Fatshark has just announced a release date for its Krater game, a post-apocalyptic role-playing game that will come out for the PC in June and for the Mac in July. Quite a few top down RPGs are coming in the next few months, starting with Blizzard's Diablo III, and possibly continuing with Run...

17 April 2012
03:10 GMT

Jennifer Aniston Is Happy About Brad Pitt's Engagement to Angelina Jolie

After years of speculation and rumors, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have finally decided to tie the knot. The couple confirmed their engagement over the weekend and no one is happier about it than Brad's ex-wife, a new report would have us believe. Hollywood Life claims to have it on very good authority that J...

17 April 2012
03:06 GMT

“Your Yahoo Account Has Exceeded Limit” Phishing Scam

Yahoo! customers may receive an email that purports to come from the company, informing them that their account has exceeded its limit. In reality, it’s nothing more than a scam designed to steal login credentials from unsuspecting users. The scam is not new, but according to Hoax Slayer, it’s hitting in...

17 April 2012
03:02 GMT

Moscow is Breathtaking at Night

Backdropped by the glint of sunrise in the horizon, and by the eerie glow of Aurora Borealis, the majestic splendor of the Russian capital city is revealed in this new image taken from low-Earth orbit. The photo was snapped by astronauts of the Expedition 30 crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS). One of ...

17 April 2012
02:58 GMT

Orion, Discovery To Be Exhibited Side-by-Side

Officials at NASA have recently announced plans to exhibit the space shuttle Discovery alongside a full-scale, test model of the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV), at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, in Chantilly, Virginia. The installation is located near the Washington Dulles International Airport, and belon...

17 April 2012
02:48 GMT

Nokia Pushes New Updates for Nokia N9

During the past several days, Nokia N9 reportedly got a taste of a variety of software updates, most probably, paving the way to the next major update for the mobile phone, PR 1.3. At the moment, Nokia is delivering enhancements that include a Developer Mode, along with Nokia Link PC connection and a new version of...

17 April 2012
02:44 GMT

iPad 3 Arrives in 12 New Countries This Week

Apple’s latest and greatest iPad is set to arrive in a dozen additional countries this week, including South Korea, according to a media release by the Cupertino giant.A press release issued April 16th by Apple Inc. states that “Apple today announced the new iPad, the third generation of its category defi...

17 April 2012
02:38 GMT

Monster Energy Trick Battle Mode for MUD Gets Detailed

Video game developer Milestone and publisher Black Bean Games have released new information about their upcoming motocross simulation MUD FIM Motocross World Championship, offering details on the Monster Energy Trick Battle Mode. In order to show off the new gameplay mechanics of the title, the two companies have en...

17 April 2012
02:36 GMT

The Witcher 2: Enhanced Edition Launch Trailer Now Available

CD Projekt Red is getting ready to release its eagerly awaited The Witcher 2: Enhanced Edition later today for the PC and Xbox 360, and has just revealed the launch trailer for the impressive RPG. The Witcher 2 already impressed millions of PC owners from all around the world last year, when it was launched for that...

17 April 2012
02:34 GMT

Microsoft Updates Bing Translator App for Windows Phone

On Monday, Microsoft made available for download a new flavor of the Bing Translator app for Windows Phone. Up for grabs in the Windows Phone Marketplace, the new version of the mobile software is meant to provide a better experience when it comes to translating printed text snapped with the handset’s camera....

17 April 2012
02:11 GMT

Download Linux Kernel 3.4 Release Candidate 3

Linus Torvalds announced this weekend, April 15th, that the third Release Candidate of the upcoming Linux 3.4 kernel is available for download and testing. Linux Kernel 3.4 RC3 includes quite a lot of fixes and improvements in various area, such as ALSA, Btrfs, USB, ARM, and much more. "Anyway, the shortlog is app...

17 April 2012
02:05 GMT

LPS Public 1.3.3 Available for Download

Lightweight Portable Security (LPS), a thin Linux operating system that creates a secure end node from trusted media on almost any Intel-based computer (PC or Mac), is now at version 1.3.3. As usual, LPS-Public comes with many updated packages and improvements, among which we can mention: · Mozilla Firefox ...

17 April 2012
02:02 GMT

HP Launches HPCloud Beta

HP has announced that starting May 10th, the public Beta of its first Public Cloud Services that enable developers to build web applications and change the economics of deploying modernized applications, will be officially available. According to Canonical, this announcement comes just in time for the launch of Ub...

17 April 2012
01:25 GMT

Wine 1.5.2 Brings Support for JPEG Encoding

Wine 1.5.2, a new development version of the famous framework used to run Windows applications on Linux, has been announced by Alexandre Julliard, the leader of the Wine project. Wine 1.5.2 brings some much needed updates and represents an important milestone in the development of Wine (Wine Is Not an Emulator). Th...

17 April 2012
00:25 GMT


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