228 articles found
Vector Unit, creators of Beach Buggy Blitz racing game for Android devices, have just announced that their title has received a massive update that brings lots of new features and improvements.
First of all, developers have announced that the latest version of the game comes with new winter-themed backgrounds to dis... |
17 December 2012
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Windows Phone 8 users will soon be able to download and install on their devices a new flavor of the Calculator Toolbox for Microsoft’s mobile operating system, namely version 2.0.
All those who are in need of a simple application on their devices to help them with their calculations should take the app for a... |
17 December 2012
21:31 GMT |
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The development team at CCP is giving fans of Dust 514 a chance to take a closer look at the weapons that the shooter MMO will use via a new developer diary, with Thomas Farrer, one of the developers, offering details on the tools of destruction that will be available on launch.
Dust 514 will see the player create a... |
17 December 2012
21:31 GMT |
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Indian-based retailer Infibeam has just announced the immediate availability of five new Lenovo smartphones powered by Google’s Android platform.
Lenovo has quite a large smartphone market share in China, and now the company plans to conquer the Indian market as well.
However, the competition on Indian market... |
17 December 2012
21:01 GMT |
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Windows Phone 8S, the second handset that Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation unveiled to the world with Microsoft’s latest mobile operating system loaded on it, is now available for purchase in India as well.
The handset was announced for the country over a month ago, but it seems that HTC was not ... |
17 December 2012
20:51 GMT |
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Jason Haber, a producer working on SimCity at Maxis, says that the upcoming city builder will allow gamers to create specialized cities in order to maximize the value of their urban landscape and build regions that benefit from a variety of bonuses.
Speaking to CVG, the developer says, “It's really u... |
17 December 2012
20:41 GMT |
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Maluuba has been tagged as a pretty competitive alternative to Apple’s Siri voice assistant. The Android application was launched on Google Play Store a few months ago and already has more than 100k downloads. Maluuba, creator of the Android voice assistant, has just release a new version of the application wh... |
17 December 2012
20:31 GMT |
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Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion has confirmed a while ago plans to officially unveil its BlackBerry 10 operating system and the first devices running under it on January 30, 2013, and the company has already sent out press invites for the event.
According to the invitation that MobileSyrup received, ... |
17 December 2012
20:01 GMT |
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500px has issued an update to its official iOS client app for iPhone and iPad customers improving network usage and scrolling in Notifications and comments, just to name a couple of enhancements.
In addition to the aforementioned tweaks, 500px 2.0.1 includes performance and stability improvements, and iOS 6 sharing ... |
17 December 2012
19:51 GMT |
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Indian company iBall has just launched a new affordable Android smartphone, the Andi 4.5H. The smartphone will soon go on sale at major retailers across the country for only Rs 12,490 off contract ($225/€175).
AndroidOS reports the Andi 4.5H ships with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system out of the ... |
17 December 2012
19:31 GMT |
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The developers working on the NBA 2K series at Visual Concepts say that the new Wii U home console from Nintendo introduces a number of features that change the basketball simulation experience for the better.
Rob Jones, a producer on NBA 2K13, tells VG247 as part of a wider interview that, “the Wii U has some... |
17 December 2012
19:31 GMT |
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Two new videos have just surfaced on the web, showing off the mechanics employed by Agni's Philosophy technical demonstration that was showcased by Square Enix at E3 2012 in order to present the power of the company's Luminous Engine.
E3 2012 brought forth a variety of impressive reveals, but by far one of... |
17 December 2012
19:11 GMT |
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Indian company Karbonn is well-known among Android enthusiasts for its affordable smartphones and tablets. Karbonn launched a wide range of devices in the past few years, which successfully compete with other major brands.
After trying their hands on 7-inch tablets, Karbonn is now releasing a 10-inch slate that is a... |
17 December 2012
19:01 GMT |
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Microsoft is working with the Air Force to develop a new Kinect-based therapy system that would allow injured soldiers to perform physical recovery at home.
Of course, that would also help the military system reduce the costs needed to maintain medical facilities, but it would also provide a more comfortable approac... |
17 December 2012
18:51 GMT |
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YouTube is making a play for the social video sharing market. That's a strange thing to say since, in essence, YouTube is the social video sharing market. But there's been a crop of apps recently that want to do for video what Instagram has done for photos.
None of them has managed to do it, which could me... |
17 December 2012
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Masashiro Sakurai, the main developer behind the Super Smash Bros series, believes that fans of the franchise will be happy to wait a little longer for a Wii U because the team working on it will deliver a quality experience that uses the unique features of the new Nintendo console.
The Official Nintendo Magazine qu... |
17 December 2012
18:41 GMT |
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The photo sharing social networking service for KakaoTalk users, KakaoStory, has just been updated with some bug fixes and improvements.
It appears that the previous update released last week brought in some connection issues. Luckily, it took developers only a few days to fix these problems.
According to developer... |
17 December 2012
18:31 GMT |
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Capcom has just posted a couple of videos and quite a few screenshots with the PC version of its upcoming DmC Devil May Cry, showing off the advanced graphics and the smoother framerate that this edition has as opposed to the PS3 or Xbox 360 versions.
DmC Devil May Cry is one of the first full-fledged games that wil... |
17 December 2012
18:11 GMT |
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Carphone Warehouse, the largest independent mobile phone retailer in the UK, has released a report titled “The Christmas Big Sellers,” touting the Apple iPad as the product topping every wish-list in the country.
The British retailer acknowledges that “every year a new device bags the award for the... |
17 December 2012
18:11 GMT |
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Sony Mobile is reportedly gearing up for the release of a new software update for its Sony Xperia GX and Xperia SX smartphones.
The new firmware has already been approved for these devices over at the PTCRB, and it remains to be seen when Sony plans to start pushing it out to end-users.
The new software release re... |
17 December 2012
18:01 GMT |
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Microsoft has released the last Patch Tuesday updates of the year just a few days ago, so checking for new fixes using the built-in Windows Update tool should do the job for most Windows users.
IT professionals and network administrators, however, may need the Security Release ISO Image for December 2012, a DVD5 ISO... |
17 December 2012
18:01 GMT |
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Facebook is making a move into local recommendations, yes another one, with the new Nearby feature built into the mobile apps. The idea, as the name suggests, is to help you find interesting places near your location. Facebook already has a huge places database and gets some 250 million location tags every month.
Cl... |
17 December 2012
17:51 GMT |
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A producer working on the rebooted SimCity says that the team is introducing crime-related, economic and natural disasters in order to make sure that players never feel like their city is evolving too fast.
Jason Haber says, “A big part of being a mayor is making sure you manage your budget well. If you have t... |
17 December 2012
17:39 GMT |
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Several months ago, the researchers at CERN announced that they had found, with significant evidence, a particle corresponding to the Higgs boson in their experiments with the Large Hadron Collider.
They didn't come out and say they discovered the Higgs boson since there was still a, very slim, chance that it w... |
17 December 2012
17:31 GMT |
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Nokia’s Windows Phone 8 devices have already proven to be highly appealing to users all around the world, and they might become even more popular next year should Nokia decide to bring to shelves new, better smartphones. Enthusiasts are already dreaming of what the company might have in store for them in the ... |
17 December 2012
17:11 GMT |
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Developer Team 17 is launching a new update for their team-based strategy title Worms Revolution, which introduces a number of new features while also fixing some bugs in order to improve the game experience.
The biggest change is that players can now have up to 8 worms in each team as long as they play local or onl... |
17 December 2012
17:07 GMT |
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Nielsen has always been the gold standard when it comes to TV ratings. But these days, strictly knowing how many people are watching a show is not enough. Most people split their time between TV and their tablets or phones. And many, many people share their reactions to live TV on Twitter.
This is the idea behind th... |
17 December 2012
17:02 GMT |
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With Windows 8 already on the market, Microsoft will officially stop providing patches and fixes for Windows XP in April, 2014, so the company is now struggling to convince users to switch to a newer OS version. Windows XP’s end will mark the D-Day of the modern IT era, Sam Kingston, a former CIO and now UK he... |
17 December 2012
17:01 GMT |
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Cross-platform messaging app LINE from NAVER has been updated to version 3.4.0 which enables users to send stickers as gift cards to friends, and lets you choose whether to receive messages from linked apps.
You can now send stickers as gifts to friends, so long as you have the necessary loot to back your purchase. ... |
17 December 2012
16:41 GMT |
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One Touch View, Alcatel’s first Windows Phone-based smartphone has just got a new video commercial for users in Russia, bringing to the front some of the main features and capabilities of the device.
The smartphone runs under Microsoft’s older Windows Phone 7.5 operating system, while featuring a 1GHz p... |
17 December 2012
16:41 GMT |
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Whenever we’re travelling, there’s a chance that we’ll somehow lose our phones, laptops or tablets, along with the valuable information that’s stored on them. Ever since news broke out about the hackable hotel room locks, the chances have increased even more. So what can we do to protect our ... |
17 December 2012
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After hundreds of Humboldt squid washed ashore on Californian beaches within a rather limited time frame, marine biologists and conservationists wished to know exactly what caused these animals to die. Although nobody can yet point their fingers at the main “culprit” behind this squid mass beaching, pre... |
17 December 2012
16:21 GMT |
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Similar to other security solutions providers, Trend Micro has also released a series of interesting predictions for 2013. According to one of them, Africa will likely become a safe harbor for cybercriminals.
The old continent’s Internet infrastructure continues to improve and cybercriminals might choose ... |
17 December 2012
16:21 GMT |
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Thanks to a team of researchers working with the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, people whose heartbeats are anything but regular might soon gain access to a new form of biological therapy. Thus, specialists now claim that a gene scientifically referred to as Tbx18 can successfully turn run-off-the-mill heart cells i... |
17 December 2012
16:01 GMT |
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Since Windows 8 has already been deemed a confusing operating system, beginners and those less experienced clearly need assistance in discovering the goodies of the new Microsoft software.
The so-called “Windows 8 Hacks” book can be purchased for only $13.64 (€10.4) from Amazon and brings you more t... |
17 December 2012
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More owners of Galaxy S and Galaxy S III devices can now get a taste of the Android 4.2 Jelly Bean operating system on their devices, as nightly builds of CyanogenMod 10.1 are now available for them to download.
Based on the latest flavor of the Android platform, these builds represent custom ROMs compiled for thes... |
17 December 2012
15:41 GMT |
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After several animal rights activists did their best in drawing attention to the abuses ducks and geese suffer at the hands of workers in the down industry, the time has come for celebrity Alicia Silverstone to speak up for these birds. This video is the result of the actress's working closely with greener-ori... |
17 December 2012
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The Dark Knight Rises continues to dominate the top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, as compiled by TorrentFreak.
It's been several weeks since the last film in Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy was made available on BitTorrent, in a decent quality copy, and it's been the most downloaded mov... |
17 December 2012
15:31 GMT |
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Quite some time ago, a picture of a man who used to go swimming with his dog, in order to help ease some of the pain that the animal was experiencing as a result of arthritis, went viral.
Apparently, there are other people out there who are as committed to the animals in their care as John Unger is to Schoep.
Hen... |
17 December 2012
15:31 GMT |
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Sony says that it will be offering a single-player demo for the upcoming God of War: Ascension packed with the Blu-ray version of the remade Total Recall, which is set to arrive on December 26.
The demo will be the same one that was available during E3 2012 and allows players to control main character Kratos in a se... |
17 December 2012
15:25 GMT |
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It wasn't so long ago that we reported on yet another memory maker quitting the DRAM market because of how bad things were getting. On the other hand, we also noted that RAM and NAND Flash chips were rising in price again.
A new report is confirming that random access memory chips are experiencing a price rebo... |
17 December 2012
15:21 GMT |
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Activision Blizzard boss Bobby Kotick doesn't want his company's precious Call of Duty franchise to receive a movie adaptation, as he believes such a project to have low chances of success and would only end up damaging the brand. Call of Duty games result in huge profits for Activision Blizzard and have a... |
17 December 2012
15:21 GMT |
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Microsoft and telecommunications firm Telenor have announced the signing of a new agreement over a long-term collaboration on cloud services.
Telenor will be allowed to sell licenses for Office 365 and other products, including a telephony service created with the help of Microsoft’s very own Lync Online.
The... |
17 December 2012
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Serious Sam 3: BFE is a very serious first-person shooter, as the name suggests. It’s developed by Croteam and it’s one of the launch titles for Steam on Linux.
The game has been around for some time, but the Linux users are just starting to enjoy this particular title. The Croteam studio has been hard a... |
17 December 2012
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Cycling enthusiasts know that, when the time comes to “park” one's bicycle and go about their business, findings a proper place to store one's helmet is a rather tricky thing to do. However, the foldable bike helmet now available for sale on Ulule was designed and manufactured specifically to ... |
17 December 2012
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Developer Phenomic and publisher Nordic Games announce that their entire Spellforce series is now available with a 75 percent price cut via the Steam digital distribution service, which means that until tomorrow, gamers can get it for 9.99 dollars or Euro.
The Spellforce Complete package includes: the Platinum Editi... |
17 December 2012
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Mac iPhone Data Recovery, by Macgo International Limited, is now available at a discount (from $69.95 / €53 to $59.95 / €45) as a special offer for this holiday season, the developer has announced. This deal will last until January 6, 2013, and applies to the newly updated iPhone Data Recovery v1.1.0, whic... |
17 December 2012
14:21 GMT |
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Research In Motion’s BlackBerry 10 operating system will be officially launched in less than a month and a half, and some more info on what it will be able to provide users with is now available online.
We already had the chance to admire RIM’s first BB10 smartphone in a series of leaked photos last wee... |
17 December 2012
14:21 GMT |
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The twin Grail spacecraft, Ebb and Flow, that have spent the past year studying the moon's gravity are set for a dignified but explosive end by crashing into our natural satellite. The two probes have outlived their utility and with fuel running out they would crash by themselves eventually. Which is why NASA i... |
17 December 2012
14:11 GMT |
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With Windows 8 holding a market share of only 1.49 percent, the general belief is that the new OS has turned into a rather disappointing product and most consumers prefer to stick to Windows 7.
But a Microsoft official claims that Windows 8 hasn’t missed internal sales projections, as some analysts have hinted... |
17 December 2012
14:01 GMT |
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St. Matthew's church in Auckland, New Zealand published this series of ads introducing gay Jesus to the public. Apparently, the church, also known as St. Matthew-in-the-City, believes that Jesus never got the chance to show his true orientation to the world.
“It’s Christmas. Time for Jesus to come ... |
17 December 2012
13:51 GMT |
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A new Huawei smartphone has made an appearance over at the FCC this week, namely the Ascend G510, which is expected to become official in the not too distant future.
The handset will land on shelves with support for W-CDMA/GSM connectivity, as well as for Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11 b / g / n and Bluetooth capabilities.
Th... |
17 December 2012
13:51 GMT |
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Data integrator LiveData has announced an iPad app for PeriOp Manager, its perioperative workflow system coordinating patient flow, patient care and related resources from preoperative assessment.
Creating an optimal care environment for staff and patients alike, the iPad solution automates manual processes and sync... |
17 December 2012
13:51 GMT |
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Capcom has just confirmed that the PC version of Resident Evil 6 is going to be released via the Steam digital distribution service on March 22, 2013, and also posted a series of special features not to mention the minimum and recommended system specifications required by the game.
Resident Evil 6 came out for the P... |
17 December 2012
13:48 GMT |
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Google is slowly rolling out its Easter Egg bonanza for the holiday season. It started out with the Festivus decorations, with the Hanukkah Easter Egg landing a bit later. Now, Google is doing the same for Christmas and Kwanzaa, completing the list.
These aren't Easter Eggs per say since they're not all t... |
17 December 2012
13:31 GMT |
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Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation won’t bring to the market a Windows Phone 8 device featuring a large screen anytime soon, it seems. The company unveiled earlier this quarter an Android-based 5-inch smartphone, the HTC J Butterfly (aka DROID DNA), but will not launch such a device running under Mi... |
17 December 2012
13:31 GMT |
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Solid-state drives come in several forms, just like their potential applications can be very different in nature, which is why there are such things as cache solid-state storage devices. People unfamiliar with Intel's Smart Response Technology, and the concept of SSD caching that spawned it, may have trouble u... |
17 December 2012
13:31 GMT |
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I stumbled upon this funny video of an unlikely passenger on the S-Bahn train, in Berlin. As you can see from the video above, a pony traveled on the train last week. Out of the blue, travelers were accompanied by the Shetland pony, probably not knowing how it got on the train and what it was doing there. The Mirro... |
17 December 2012
13:21 GMT |
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The winter holidays are close and, as you've probably guessed, it's again the time for Softpedia's season promotions. Starting today, we'll host exclusive discounts and giveaways for popular software throughout the Christmas and the New Year period and they will continue in 2013. Today's excl... |
17 December 2012
13:01 GMT |
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We reported last week on Fido’s plans to offer the Samsung Galaxy III, but we did not have any details on pricing options.
Luckily, the folks over at MobileSyrup have managed to get their hands on a Fido internal document, which suggests the Galaxy S III will be available for purchase for no less than $550/&eu... |
17 December 2012
13:01 GMT |
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Today, wireless carrier Sprint has confirmed plans to purchase the entire ownership of Clearwire as part of a deal worth $2.2 billion.
Sprint has already entered a definitive agreement for the acquisition of the around 50 percent stake in Clearwire that it doesn’t hold, and will pay $2.97 per share.
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17 December 2012
12:51 GMT |
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Loren Lentz, a farmer from eastern Washington, wanted to propose to his girlfriend with a grand gesture. As he plowed the future bride's name on his 200 acre (0.8 square kilometers) field, he actually managed to misspell it. “I kinda wanted to do something big, not necessarily in the public eye, but I wa... |
17 December 2012
12:41 GMT |
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Since PC cases can only get extra attention by being more aesthetically pleasing than others of their kind, there is a serious amount of focus, on the PC case industry segment, on design variety.
There are only so many ways that a plastic and metal box can be built though, especially when one has to stick to common... |
17 December 2012
12:41 GMT |
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Rygel, a home media solution (UPnP AV MediaServer) that allows users to easily share audio, video, and pictures to other devices, is now at version 0.17.5.1.
With Rygel, users will be able to browse the media collection from the TV or PS3 on a PC running GNOME, and they will have the possibility to play any of said ... |
17 December 2012
12:31 GMT |
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Steam for Linux is almost upon us and an open beta client will be released soon, so it's not a surprise that some Linux developers have started to take some liberties with Valve's software.
A developer called Thomaz de Oliveira dos Reis has made a script that will allow Ubuntu users to choose Steam for Lin... |
17 December 2012
12:17 GMT |
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Sony has revealed the 2012 edition of its traditional Play Days promotion, which brings major price cuts to a variety of accessories for the PlayStation 3 home console, as well as for PlayStation Move bundles and other such things.
The winter holidays are nearly upon us and, after taking advantage of some major deal... |
17 December 2012
12:11 GMT |
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Rob Jones, one of the producers working on NBA 2K13, says that the lack of competition in the basketball simulation space is actually good for the series because it forces the developers to try and perform better than other sports sims.
He tells VG247 that, “believe it or not, we are now competing cross-sport.... |
17 December 2012
12:01 GMT |
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Microsoft and Toyota Racing Development (TRD) have just announced a new application developed to improve car performance and help Toyota’s motorsport division win races.
The so-called TRD Trackside app is running on Windows 8-powered tablets and represents an innovative way to establish a real-time communicati... |
17 December 2012
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Skeleton is not a UI framework, but a collection of CSS files for deploying a basic page structure that will render consistently and accordingly to the device it’s being used from.
Adopting the now famous 'responsive design' principle, Skeleton is basically a wireframe for creating websites that shift and ... |
17 December 2012
12:01 GMT |
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Automake, a tool for automatically generating Makefile.in files compliance with the GNU Coding Standards, is now at version 1.12.6.
Highlights of Automake 1.12.6:
• The default installation location for python modules has been improved for Python 3 on Debian and Ubuntu systems;
• The maintainer rebuild ru... |
17 December 2012
11:55 GMT |
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Two-time Grammy-winning Colbie Caillat is soon to be presented with the Humane Advocate Award by the Humane Society of the United States.
Apparently, she was supposed to be honored in this way quite a while ago, yet Hurricane Sandy forced the HSUS to postpone the event.
The singer is to receive this award followi... |
17 December 2012
11:41 GMT |
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Today, Japanese mobile phone maker Sony Mobile unveiled to the world some more info on its plans on the update to the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system. The company has decided to start the roll-out with its Xperia T, Xperia TX and Xperia V smartphones in the first quarter of the next year. However, the avai... |
17 December 2012
11:37 GMT |
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On December 17, Canonical published in a security notice details about a Aptdaemon vulnerability for its Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) and Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) operating systems.
According to Canonical, Aptdaemon could have been tricked into installing arbitrary PPA GPG keys.
It was discovered that A... |
17 December 2012
11:35 GMT |
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With only a week left until Christmas, Samsung Galaxy S III’s price has been cut to just $0.01 with a new two-year agreement.
The 16GB version of Samsung Galaxy S III is now available from Amazon Wireless almost for free on 2-year contracts from Sprint. Check it out here.
The smartphone ships in 24 hours, so ... |
17 December 2012
11:31 GMT |
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Libvirt, a collection of software that provides a convenient way to manage virtual machines and other virtualization functionality, such as storage and network interface management, is now at version 1.0.1.
After releasing the 1.0 version a little over a month ago, the developers of Libvirt have now launched a new m... |
17 December 2012
11:31 GMT |
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The battle between the BPI, the British Phonographic Industry, a recording industry body in the UK, and the Pirate Party is escalating.
At the heart of it is the Pirate Bay proxy that the group has been running for the past few months, after the Pirate Bay was blocked in the country, at the request of the BPI.
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17 December 2012
11:21 GMT |
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Juggernaut is one of the names that emerged online a few times before in relation to Nokia’s plans for the Windows Phone 8 platform, and which has been attached to a device that can be seen in the video below at the 8:15 mark.
The device is running under Microsoft’s latest mobile operating system flavor... |
17 December 2012
11:21 GMT |
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The Defense Advance Research Projects Agency (DARPA, for short) now wishes to take recycling to a whole other level, and plans on sending robots into space with the sole purpose of collecting dead satellites.
Apparently, as many as 1,300 “retired” satellites are presently orbiting the Earth, and many of... |
17 December 2012
11:16 GMT |
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Ever since Microsoft officially announced Windows 8, company CEO Steve Ballmer continuously bragged about the new operating system, calling its launch at least as important as Windows 95’s debut. He said that Windows 8 has the power to “reinvent” the computing world and emphasized that it has all t... |
17 December 2012
11:11 GMT |
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Fines totaling over £300 000 ($486,000 / 369,000 EUR) have been given out by the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office to four local councils responsible for losing personal data.
As such, the London Borough of Lewisham must pay £70,000 ($113,000 / 86,000 EUR) for leaving social work papers ... |
17 December 2012
10:58 GMT |
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Salix Live KDE, a GNU/Linux distribution based on Slackware that is simple, fast and easy to use, is now at version 14.0 Beta 1. Salix Live KDE 14.0 Beta 1 is available for both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures. The distribution is built using SaLT (Salix Live Technology), a collection of Live tools for Slackware dis... |
17 December 2012
10:54 GMT |
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Even though the ASUS VivoBook U38DT will use an AMD A8-4555M quad-core accelerated processing unit, a discrete graphics adapter will be part of the product as well.
We've covered the Solar System series of mobile GPUs and, now, we can see one of the few processors in the series, thanks to ASUS.
The ASUS Vivo... |
17 December 2012
10:53 GMT |
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One of the movies that’s bound to create a stir once it’s out is HBO’s Liberace biopic, “Behind the Candelabra,” with Matt Damon and Michael Douglas as leads. Douglas plays Liberace, while Damon is his younger lover. Speaking with the latest issue of Playboy about the film, Matt did no... |
17 December 2012
10:51 GMT |
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A number of leaked screenshots are showing the new costumes and guns that will be added to Borderlands 2 via the new Sir Hammerlock’s Big Game Hunt downloadable content, many of which you can see in the attached image gallery.
The leak also says that there are 5 main line story quests and 12 smaller side quest... |
17 December 2012
10:45 GMT |
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Further proof that being on American Idol is insanely profitable is here: rapper Nicki Minaj will perform in Las Vegas on New Year’s Eve for a reported check of $5 million (€3.8 million), it has emerged.
Just in case you need a point of reference, you should probably know that Beyonce was paid about $1 m... |
17 December 2012
10:40 GMT |
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Seeing as how current consoles are quite old, the PC has been gaining the upper hand in terms of popularity in the last year or so. While this results in more attention to PC ports for multi-platform titles, like Far Cry 3, it also results in quite a few exclusive releases.
Among the most impressive PC exclusive gam... |
17 December 2012
10:35 GMT |
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37-year-old Mikael Patrick Sallnert from Sweden has been sentenced by a US court to 48 months in prison for his role in a criminal enterprise that earned crooks a total of $71 million (55 million EUR).
According to the US Department of Justice, Sallnert established and operated a credit card payment processing servi... |
17 December 2012
10:35 GMT |
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You can now share your thoughts on Facebook, Twitter, Email, and SMS faster than ever with KwikChat, a free app by Secret Box that lets you make posts in seconds.
KwikChat enables you to post a photo, a calendar event, a webpage or video link without the need to type. The same goes for comments. No more spelling iss... |
17 December 2012
10:28 GMT |
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Until a couple of years ago when she agreed to make her debut on Dancing With the Stars, Kelly Osbourne would constantly make headlines for her yo-yo-ing weight and her inability to stay in shape. All that is history now. Those looking for inspiration to lose weight and boost their confidence and health should look... |
17 December 2012
10:24 GMT |
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A couple in Cartagena, Colombia, decided to proclaim their support for gay rights by displaying a different kind of nativity scene.
As you can note above, their scenario features 2 Josephs, but there is no Mary in that manger. The holiday decoration sparked outrage among Christians, with the Catholic Church actually... |
17 December 2012
10:23 GMT |
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A few weeks ago, an application called “Facebook” has showed up in the Windows Store, even though the developers over at Facebook clearly said they have no intention to create an app for Windows 8 at this point.Since it was called “Facebook,” the third-party client was causing quite a lot of c... |
17 December 2012
10:22 GMT |
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EK seems to be launching a new liquid cooling product every month now, sometime more than one at a time even. One of the two newest is the EK-FC660 GTX.
This isn't the same type of cooler as the EK-FB ASUS C5F-Z, which goes on the ASUS Crosshair V Formula(-Z) motherboard.
Instead, it is more like the EK-FC79... |
17 December 2012
10:19 GMT |
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AK would have probably loved to release a cooling solution that all motherboards would be able to use, but that isn't exactly possible when each and every mainboard has a different capacitor and chip placement. EK decided to serve just one model this time, the ASUS Crosshair V Formula(-Z). The waterblock, cal... |
17 December 2012
10:15 GMT |
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Firefox is getting completely revamped developer tools, the new UI is already in the Nightly channel for you to test. It's a complete rewrite of the interface and, as such, not all features may be included or working just yet. By the time it's done, the new UI should be at least on par with the old one. T... |
17 December 2012
10:11 GMT |
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According to Conrad Longmore from Dynamoo’s Blog, a number of spam emails have been spotted over the past 48 hours promoting a rogue pharmacy site called pillscarehealthcare.com. Most of the spam emails have something to do with account updates or support tickets. Some of the subject lines read: “Pending... |
17 December 2012
10:10 GMT |
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4MLinux Multiboot Edition, a release that can be used to create network installations from other operating systems, is now at version 5.0. 4MLinux Multiboot Edition 5.0 is offered in the form of a multiboot CD. Users can create the following systems: Debian 6.0, Fedora 17, Slackware 14.0, and Ubuntu 12.04. The dist... |
17 December 2012
10:03 GMT |
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Janice Dickinson, the self-titled “world’s first supermodel” will be tying the knot. She and boyfriend Dr. Robert Gerner became engaged over the weekend, with Janice saying for Us Weekly that her wedding will put Brangelina’s nuptials to shame.
Though Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are yet to ... |
17 December 2012
10:00 GMT |
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Rob Jones, the producer working on the NBA 2K franchise at Visual Concepts, believes that the series can continue to move closer to real-life basketball, while also appealing to those who love more arcade-minded experiences.
Speaking to VG247, the developer says that a deeper simulation will only emphasize the incre... |
17 December 2012
09:58 GMT |
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After a fox from Norway stole an iPhone and dared text back the gadget's rightful owner, most people agreed that representatives of this species must indeed be regarded as having above-average wits.
However, one fox from Grays, Essex, proved this theory wrong after getting its head stuck in a Volkswagen's... |
17 December 2012
09:50 GMT |
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Normal customers should be more than satisfied with Wi-Fi networks of 750 Mbps, or even 300 Mbps (when there isn't the 5 GHz band to add 450 Mbps to the 300 of the 2.4 GHz band). The military wants more though.
DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) is more than eager to comply with the wishes of th... |
17 December 2012
09:47 GMT |
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Developer Coreplay and publisher bitComposer are offering gamers their first video look at Chaos Chronicles, a new hex-based game that will aim to bring a classic experience to those who appreciate the RPG genre. The team says that there are many elements in the video which are still being worked on, but the footage... |
17 December 2012
09:45 GMT |
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On December 17, Canonical published details about a GNU C Library regression for its Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron) operating system in a security notice.
According to Canonical, USN-1589-1 exposed a regression in the GNU C Library floating point parser.
It was discovered that one of the updates exposed a regression... |
17 December 2012
09:44 GMT |
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Bette Midler could be the latest celebrity to make a cameo on the hit television series “Glee.” Series creator Ryan Murphy has already expressed his interest in a collaboration and, as it turns out, Bette is game for it.
Murphy is believed to be working on a part specifically for Midler but, if he is, h... |
17 December 2012
09:32 GMT |
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Quite a lot of puzzle platformers have appeared in recent years as apparently the genre is witnessing the same kind of renaissance as old-school role-playing games, for example. Besides the triple-A examples of the genre, like New Super Mario Bros. U or Rayman Legends, there have also been a lot of independent puzzl... |
17 December 2012
09:31 GMT |
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Dereck Taylor Holt is facing charges of aggravated assault, ethnic intimidation and burglary after terrorizing 3 senior Mennonite women in Northern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. According to the Clarion Ledger, 22-year-old Holt conned his way into their home and shocked them with a stun gun. A self-proclaimed form... |
17 December 2012
09:31 GMT |
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Walmart is slashing the prices on all its Apple offerings this holiday season enticing potential Christmas shoppers to go all-Apple for this holiday season. The latest discount is for the iPhone 4S.
Practically giving away the handset for free, United States retailer Walmart is now selling the relatively new iPhone ... |
17 December 2012
09:30 GMT |
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Stream2ip, a GUI that can be used to set up multimedia streams to network devices, is now at version 1.0.3.
Stream2ip 1.0.3 can push content to PulseAudio RAOP-clients and can perform file streaming to UPnP-devices using uShare or miniDLNA, not to mention the fact that is can set up PulseAudio RTP/Multicast streams.... |
17 December 2012
09:26 GMT |
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Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia is reportedly preparing a new software update for its high-end Lumia 920 smartphone, in an attempt to resolve some of the issues that the device has been reportedly affected by.
The update, said to land on the smartphone as PR1.1, is expected to resolve the camera fuzziness issues t... |
17 December 2012
09:25 GMT |
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This past Sunday morning, two individuals who were out enjoying an early swim in the waters off Florida's coast came across a distressed sperm whale and, rather than alert the authorities, saw fit to catch a ride on the animal's back.
It has not been long since one woman got arrested for rising a manatee ... |
17 December 2012
09:25 GMT |
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The Bulgarian faction of the Anonymous hacktivist community has launched a protest campaign against the local government. One of their targets is the Bulgarian Ministry of Finance.
The hackers attacked the website of the ministry on Sunday and made it inaccessible to visitors. They claim they’ll continue their... |
17 December 2012
09:20 GMT |
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Had you told me the other day that Miley Cyrus could ever cover one of Billy Idol’s most iconic songs, I would have probably scoffed at you. Yet it happened – at last night’s VH1 Divas show.
Check out the video below if you don’t believe me.
Decked all in leather (except for her toned midr... |
17 December 2012
09:18 GMT |
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Microsoft’s factory-enabled Do Not Track option available in Internet Explorer 10 has stirred up quite a lot of criticism coming from advertisers, while privacy advocates have applauded the company’s efforts. Mozilla, on the other hand, offers Firefox with an optional Do Not Track feature, which means th... |
17 December 2012
09:15 GMT |
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Samsung needs no introduction, whether we're talking notebooks, ultrabooks or components for them. The 840 series of their SSD range, of 120GB, 250GB and 500GB capacities, has gotten a first firmware update.It improves the “dirty drive” write performance. More details about it are available below.Alt... |
17 December 2012
09:11 GMT |
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The stable version for Media Player Classic – Home Cinema 1.65 has been released over the weekend, carrying a few new features as well as repairs.
Among the new stuff, there is a hotkey for the subtitles downloader dialog, volume steps can be changed on the playback options page; VobSub subtitles can now be lo... |
17 December 2012
09:11 GMT |
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It looks like Sharp has just entered the Russian market with its Aquos SH930W smartphone a bit later than expected.
Initially slated for a November release, Sharp Aquos SH930W has just been released in Russia and is now available for purchase for no less than 21,900 rubles outright, which is about $710 or €540.... |
17 December 2012
09:10 GMT |
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Samsung Galaxy Note II has been available in the United States for more than a month now from multiple carriers, including T-Mobile, Sprint, AT&T and Verizon Wireless.
Most carriers are offering the smartphone for $300/€230 with new two-year agreements, but Amazon Wireless has it on sale now for half the price.... |
17 December 2012
09:01 GMT |
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As we previously reported, U.S. president Barack Obama issued a statement this weekend, mourning the victims of Newtown, Connecticut.
“And we’re going to have to come together and take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this, regardless of the politics,” he states.
Many believed his ... |
17 December 2012
09:01 GMT |
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There's a new page in the Google Account settings that's supposed to help you manage or at least get an idea of your presence on the web. It's fittingly called "Me on the web" and has three main tools. For one, you can search for your name online and see what comes up.Second, you can set up a Web Alert... |
17 December 2012
09:01 GMT |
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We’ve uncovered a graphical bug in iOS 6.0.1 that can potentially affect App Store purchases on an iPhone 5. The buy / download buttons displayed in front of iOS applications sometimes go blank, which can leave non-savvy users clueless as to what they’re accepting to do. The iOS App Store has recently un... |
17 December 2012
08:59 GMT |
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The development team at Overhaul Games is offering Baldur’s Gate Enhanced Edition players a new game update, labeled 1.0.2011, which is designed to increase stability for the game while also fixing quite a few bugs that the community has been talking about.
The new patch eliminates crashes that happened when c... |
17 December 2012
08:59 GMT |
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Ubisoft has just revealed that the online services for Far Cry 3 are down for maintenance today, December 17, meaning that players aren't able to access the competitive or cooperative multiplayer modes of the first-person shooter.UPDATE: Ubisoft has now confirmed that the multiplayer service is back online ... |
17 December 2012
08:56 GMT |
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Forecasts fail to come true as often as they prove right, which is why we won't be too quick to believe that the latest report on the USB 3.0 industry will pan out.
It does have some weight though. USB 3.0 technology has been rising in prominence, and it never hurts to have a way to connect several different de... |
17 December 2012
08:50 GMT |
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As announced at the beginning of last month, Adam Lambert was the designated host for this year’s VH1 Divas show, which was taped last night at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.
Videos of the performances have already leaked online – below, you will find three of them, of Adam’s performances.
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17 December 2012
08:45 GMT |
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We already know Research In Motion (RIM) plans to officially unveil its first BlackBerry 10 devices on January 30, 2013. The Canadian company is expected to launch two new smartphones in late January, an all-touch phone and a touch/QWERTY one. For the time being, it’s unclear whether both smartphones will be ... |
17 December 2012
08:40 GMT |
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Pi Store may not be the most creative name ever invented, but it fits well enough in the world of the Apple App Store, Google Play and AMD AppZone.
The Pi Store is very small for now, with only 23 small programs up for download, but it is noteworthy that the Raspberry Pi foundation was able to launch an app store a... |
17 December 2012
08:35 GMT |
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Google is very close to making a clean escape from an FTC investigation. The government has been looking to sue Google over antitrust issues, or more likely get a settlement, for over two years. So far though, the investigation hasn't come up with much.
The key issue was over search, i.e. whether Google was abu... |
17 December 2012
08:34 GMT |
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Ubuntu Builder, a simple tool to create a distribution and which allows users to download, extract, customize in many ways and rebuild the Ubuntu images, is now at version 2.3.2 Ubuntu Builder 2.3.2 can be used to customize both i386 and amd64 desktop ISO images, and now it even provides support for the latest Ubunt... |
17 December 2012
08:33 GMT |
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Sony has posted another great bargain on its PAL PlayStation Store as part of its 12 Deals of Christmas promotion, this time slashing the price on the recently released LittleBigPlanet Karting.
PlayStation 3 and PS Vita owners in Europe are nowadays treated with an array of great bargains and price cuts on their ver... |
17 December 2012
08:27 GMT |
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Not very long ago, a new study concerning elephant “demographics” argued that relocating animals belonging to this species ups the chances of their attacking and killing humans. However, living in their proximity proved to be equally dangerous to a group of villagers in Nepal, seeing how one “mad&... |
17 December 2012
08:25 GMT |
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Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton has made her first official public appearance since the announcement that she was pregnant with her and Prince William’s first child. Video of it is above.
Since the December 3 announcement, the Duchess has been keeping a very low profile, mostly because of the aggravated ... |
17 December 2012
08:21 GMT |
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Notepad ++ has been updated to a new build. It is a minor update that does not include any new, significant features and focuses mostly on a few modifications designed to improve overall functionality of the application. There is also a fix available, which refers to the problem with the "\r\n" bug that oc... |
17 December 2012
08:21 GMT |
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Despite there being little room to maneuver, memory and storage device makers have succeeded in miniaturizing their technologies enough that even a tiny flash drive like the Kingmax UI-06 can hold 32 GB.
32 GB isn't the highest capacity that flash drives have ever sported. That would be 256 GB, as amazing as i... |
17 December 2012
08:20 GMT |
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One of the most popular puzzle games in the iTunes App Store, Fruit Ninja is now a free download for 24 hours. Halfbrick Studios, who is behind the fruit slashing puzzler, took a virtual sword to the prices of several other apps, for a total of eight free downloads today.
iOS gamers can visit the App Store today arm... |
17 December 2012
08:13 GMT |
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The development team at From Software working on Dark Souls 2 says that the new game will be a direct sequel, continuing the story of the first title, and that launch might not take place in 2013 because the scope of the game is bigger.The team is quoted in Edge as saying that Dark Souls fans will see a clear continu... |
17 December 2012
08:13 GMT |
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Actor Mandy Patinkin, who was recently nominated for a Golden Globe for his role on “Homeland,” gave the most awesome interview ever on Good Day NY the other day. Check out the video above for confirmation.
The actor was talking about his hit show, when one of the co-anchors announced he had to leave be... |
17 December 2012
08:08 GMT |
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Microsoft’s very own Internet Explorer continues to lead the browser world, with versions 8.0 and 9.0 holding market shares of 24.49 percent and 20.80 percent, respectively.But the surprising thing is that Internet Explorer 6, a very old released of Microsoft’s in-house browser, is the fifth most popular ... |
17 December 2012
08:03 GMT |
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Police believe they might have been led to the body of missing ASU Student Jack Culolias, in the waters near Tempe Marketplace. The remains emerged on Sunday afternoon, December 16, and they were spotted by a search party that included members of the Arizona Search Track and Rescue and the Find Me group. The rescu... |
17 December 2012
08:01 GMT |
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Curiosity has been on the move for a few days now, heading towards the Yellowknife Bay region, where it will get to test its rock drill for the first time. On its way though, it stopped at a couple of interesting places and, you guessed it, snapped some more photos.
One of the more interesting places Curiosity visit... |
17 December 2012
08:01 GMT |
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Today, the first beta for foobar2000 1.2 has been released. It now uses ffmpeg for decoding multiple audio formats, which include MP3, AAC and Vorbis. The fresh build sports support for streaming to arbitrary UPnP MediaRenderer devices through the new UPnP output component; it comes as a separate download only for t... |
17 December 2012
07:51 GMT |
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A series of concept art shots for Battlefront Online have leaked out, showing how the multiplayer-oriented shooter might have looked on launch if it had not been canceled in 2010 by publisher LucasArts.
The images have been discovered by Siliconera and they show familiar characters from the Star Wars universe and a ... |
17 December 2012
07:50 GMT |
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Activision has just released a brand new update for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 on the PC platform, fixing a wide variety of issues relating to the single-player campaign, the competitive multiplayer mode, as well as the cooperative Zombies experience. Black Ops II came out a month ago across a variety of platforms, f... |
17 December 2012
07:48 GMT |
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Alienware products are every gamer’s dream. Cybercriminals are fully aware of this, which is probably why they’ve launched a scam campaign that promises users a free Alienware M18x computer.
Victims are asked to Like the malicious post, share it with their friends, and then access the alienwaregiveaway.c... |
17 December 2012
07:40 GMT |
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After promising to improve the working and living conditions of its employees, China’s Foxconn Electronics is facing a new PR debacle as undercover French reporters are seemingly revealing that nothing has changed at the company’s assembly lines. Envoyé Spécial infiltrated Foxconn’s Z... |
17 December 2012
07:38 GMT |
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The holiday season seems to be a great moment to purchase a new smartphone in the United States, especially for Sprint’s customers.
LG Optimus G, South Korean mobile phone maker’s latest flagship Android device, is now available for only $49.99 if purchased through Amazon Wireless.
The device comes wi... |
17 December 2012
07:31 GMT |
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They say love knows no age and, in the case of Silvio Berlusconi and his new fiancée, that definitely seems to be true. The 76-year-old former Italian Prime Minister has just officially confirmed he’s engaged to his 27-year-old girlfriend.
Though he’s not even divorced yet from his second wife, th... |
17 December 2012
07:27 GMT |
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Capcom has just released the free downloadable Street Fighter X Mega Man game for the PC platform, which was imagined and developed by a loyal fan in partnership with the Japanese company, in honor of the 25th anniversary of the two franchises.
Capcom celebrated 25 years since the release of the very first Street Fi... |
17 December 2012
07:24 GMT |
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As we reported earlier, Adam Lanza, the shooter at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, dealt with his father divorcing his mother and remarrying. Father Peter had divorced Nancy in 2009, citing “irreconcilable differences.” According to the Daily Mail, he moved to Stamford, Connecticut ... |
17 December 2012
07:21 GMT |
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The development team at Splash Damage is giving players a chance to watch footage for their upcoming project Dirty Bomb, which was taken during the pre-alpha stage of the game’s creation.
The video shows a battle that’s taken place around London Bridge.
Splash Damage has already revealed that Dirty Bomb... |
17 December 2012
07:20 GMT |
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The Twitter account of Shirley Lynn Phelps-Roper – a spokesperson of the controversial Westboro Baptist Church – has been hacked. The hacker claims to be part of the new UGNazi collective.
After overtaking the account, the hacker – who took the name of former UGNazi mastermind Cosmo – started... |
17 December 2012
07:20 GMT |
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Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion is moving closer to the release of its next-generation mobile operating system, the BlackBerry 10 platform, and seems set to pack it with a nice range of new, appealing applications. Among them, we should see a native Twitter client said to be based completely on the w... |
17 December 2012
07:01 GMT |
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NBC pre-empted the first quarter of Sunday’s 49ers-Patriots game to air the speech held by President Barack Obama in Newtown, Connecticut, at the vigil for the victims of this Friday’s shooting. Some football fans were quite enraged at having to miss the game like that.
It’s never a bad thing to be... |
17 December 2012
06:36 GMT |
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Nokia Lumia 920 was expected to arrive in India in mid-December, but it looks like the Finnish company delayed the launch of the smartphone until next year.
The folks over at MyNokiaBlog report that some of the best Windows Phone 8 handsets are expected to land in India in the first week of January 2013.
It appears... |
17 December 2012
06:21 GMT |
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One of the reasons some Android users willing to switch to Windows Phone 8 are still having second thoughts is the fact that Instagram has yet to arrive on Windows Phone Store. Although developers promised a Windows Phone 8 app would be available in the future, Instagram has yet to be officially released for Microso... |
17 December 2012
06:12 GMT |
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It’s no secret that Microsoft wants to move all its Windows XP users to a newer platform, but it seems like its efforts make no difference for the time being.
New figures released by Net Applications for the week of December 9 reveal that Windows XP’s decline has come to an end and, what’s more, it... |
17 December 2012
06:11 GMT |
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Iran’s Maher CERTCC has issued an alert to warn organizations about a new piece of malware that’s designed to wipe files from the computers it infects. The organization claims that antivirus solutions are not capable of detecting the threat. Symantec experts have also analyzed the malicious element and t... |
17 December 2012
06:00 GMT |
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As far as hard drive docks go, they are usually very straightforward devices with barely an odd feature on them, but that doesn't mean they can't be unusual. Vantec is proving that quite readily really.
Vantec is a worldwide supplier of computer accessories, mobile products and storage devices, which mean... |
17 December 2012
05:56 GMT |
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DbNinja, an advanced web-based application for MySQL database administration and development. It's a must-have for those who wish to access their hosted servers remotely, 3.1.0. DbNinja 3.1.0 comes with a lot of cool features, including triggers, events, views, stored routines and foreign keys, not to mention t... |
17 December 2012
05:53 GMT |
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Nokia’s Windows Phone8-based Lumia 920 smartphone looks highly appealing on the outside, but there are also many who would love to have a look at its internal circuitry, that’s for sure.
The video embedded above, available courtesy of LE55ONS, provides us with a look inside the high-end handset, while a... |
17 December 2012
05:52 GMT |
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From time to time, Google hosts authors and celebrities at its headquarters for Googlers. But these visits end up online, on YouTube for example. Normally, Marissa Mayer used to host these things but, well, she's not working there anymore. So it's up to the other sidelined top executive to take care of th... |
17 December 2012
05:51 GMT |
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The best sign that the Xbox 360 is nearing the end of its life as the main gaming console from Microsoft is the way the company has been treating exclusives for the platform, carefully making sure that a number of them are delayed to the spring of next year in order to power sales during the last few months of the co... |
17 December 2012
05:50 GMT |
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Marc Andreessen, a renowned venture capitalist and software engineer, spoke about Apple (among other things) at an event in New York City last week, dishing out a few thoughts on its former CEO, Steve Jobs, in a comparison with the current-acting boss, Tim Cook. Andreessen told the audience at the DealBook conferenc... |
17 December 2012
05:46 GMT |
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A man firing 50 shots in a mall parking lot in Southern California is currently in police custody, reports say. He was identified as 42-year-old Marcos Gurrola of Garden Grove, California.
The man scared shoppers by opening fire at the Fashion Island Mall in Newport Beach, Fox News reports.
At 4:30 p.m. the same da... |
17 December 2012
05:44 GMT |
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Russian cybercrime investigation firm and security solutions provider Group-IB has helped local authorities identify a man suspected of providing DDOS services with the aid of a botnet called “Dragon,” ZeroSecurity informs.
Group-IB has learned of the botnet master after being contacted by a company who... |
17 December 2012
05:40 GMT |
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It looks like Nokia has started dropping support for its N9 smartphone. Bad news for those who own the device and are living in China, as the Finnish company announced it would not support billing on Nokia N9 in China anymore. UnleashThePhones reports Nokia did not even alert MeeGo developers in advance that it woul... |
17 December 2012
05:32 GMT |
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After showing off an impressive new trailer for The Last of Us back at the 2012 VGAs, developer Naughty Dog has revealed the first details about Tess, a new character from the game that was once Joel's partner.
The Last of Us tells a gritty survival story that focuses on two characters: Joel – a battle-hardened... |
17 December 2012
05:30 GMT |
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Back in June 2012, a team of paleontologists going about their business in the northern hills of Las Vegas stumbled upon some fossilized bones. After unearthing these remains and carrying out various tests, specialists working with the San Bernardino County Museum in California reached the conclusion that the bones... |
17 December 2012
05:28 GMT |
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Facebook's acquisition of Instagram was much talked about. The price in particular was a head-turner, over $1 billion, €760 million in cash and stock, considering Facebook's valuation at the time. It has gone down since then since Facebook stock price is pretty low these days. Still, it was ... |
17 December 2012
05:22 GMT |
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ASUS has been called many things, and it has even been described as quick and efficient when it came to updating its tablets, but the Transformer Pad Infinity TF700T tablet is the exception to that so-called rule. By our reckoning, and that of many other people, ASUS should have already updated the tablet to the An... |
17 December 2012
05:21 GMT |
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0 A.D., a free, open-source, cross-platform real-time strategy (RTS) game of ancient warfare with historically-based war/economy, that allows players to relive or rewrite the history of Western civilizations, is now at version Alpha 12.
The latest version of 0 A.D, Alpha 12, has been dubbed Loucetios and comes with ... |
17 December 2012
05:17 GMT |
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Customers of airline company Qantas (short for Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services) are advised to be on the lookout for bogus notifications that claim to represent “seat selection” fee receipts.
“We are aware some customers have received a fake email claiming to be a Seat Selection ... |
17 December 2012
05:14 GMT |
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The most recent development snapshot for indie darling Minecraft suggests that the game will receive an update before Christmas, which will turn all the chests into red and green wrapped presents in order to introduce a measure of holiday cheer to the experience.
Fans on Reddit have spotted the change, but it’... |
17 December 2012
05:10 GMT |
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Silicon Valley venture capitalist Marc Andreessen made some predictions at an event in New York City last week, including one regarding the much hyped iTV from Apple.
“There's a pattern in our industry,” said Andreessen at the DealBook conference on Friday, adding that “Apple crystallizes the ... |
17 December 2012
05:09 GMT |
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David Jaffe, the game developer who created the God of War series, reveals that the first design for the character of Kratos used blue warpaint and was pretty similar to the Barbarian that Blizzard was creating at the same time for Diablo 2. Nobody in the Sony Santa Monica development team noticed the similarities u... |
17 December 2012
05:05 GMT |
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The Westboro Baptist Church has long made history for its hate agenda and for the way it chooses to let Americans know that God pretty much “hates” them. Perhaps it should be of little surprise that the WBC has announced plans to picket the vigil for the 20 children and 6 teachers killed in Newtown, Conne... |
17 December 2012
04:57 GMT |
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Konami has revealed that it's going to release a special demo of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles in North America and Europe sometime in January.
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is out in January for the PS3 and Xbox 360, but those interested in the game can only try it ... |
17 December 2012
04:54 GMT |
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Even though Microsoft has already confirmed that it had sold 40 million Windows 8 copies in just one month, analysts are still pointing out that the new operating system missed internal sales projections.
Rob Lux, CIO of mortgage-finance company Freddie Mac, told Wall Street Journal that “people aren’t r... |
17 December 2012
04:53 GMT |
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Von I. Meyer has been in police custody since Saturday, December 15, following threats of gunning down students and staff at an elementary school in Cedar Lake, Indiana. According to the Daily Mail, police have found a record of 47 guns in Meyer's residence, when his wife let police know about his threats. The... |
17 December 2012
04:52 GMT |
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A number of 56 individuals suspected of being part of a major credit card fraud ring have been arrested as part of a raid coordinated by Europol. This latest phase of Operation Cloning Connection brings the total number of arrests to 105. Of the 56 suspects, one has been arrested in the Netherlands, 17 in Italy and ... |
17 December 2012
04:45 GMT |
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Late last week, tragedy struck Newtown, Connecticut, after a 20-year-old man opened fire at the Sandy Hook Elementary School and killed 20 children and 6 adults, before taking his own life. Saturday Night Live paid tribute to the “little angels” killed.
Check out the video above to see it.
Instead of t... |
17 December 2012
04:36 GMT |
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This past Saturday, one of New York City's waterways, the Kill Van Kull between Staten Island and New Jersey, witnessed significant amounts of oil being spilled into it.
For the time being, employees of the US Coast Guard are still unsure about how much fuel made its way into the water as a result of this spil... |
17 December 2012
04:30 GMT |
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Social Networking app Google+ has been updated on iOS with a new feature called “Communities” which basically works like groups on Facebook.
Google+ Communities acts like a platform for people interested in the same subject, like this one.
Also new in version 4.0 is the ability to subscribe to any circl... |
17 December 2012
04:21 GMT |
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Bangladeshi Grey Hat Hackers (BGHH) have breached and defaced several Pakistani websites, including 5 that belong to government organizations and 5 managed by educational institutions.
The list of victims includes the Finance and Planning Department of the District Government of Buner, the Punjab Model for Proactiv... |
17 December 2012
04:15 GMT |
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Demonoid's latest run hasn't been particularly long, even by its standards. A bit over a month after it came back online, Demonoid seems to be gone again. Demonoid.me is down and none of the trackers at inferno.demonoid.me is responding, TorrentFreak found. Demonoid has been down for long periods before so... |
17 December 2012
04:15 GMT |
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Electronic Arts will release the long-awaited The Hunt downloadable map pack for Medal of Honor: Warfighter this week across the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 platforms, bringing two maps based on the Zero Dark Thirty movie.
Medal of Honor: Warfighter came out in October and proudly touted its realism and that it's bas... |
17 December 2012
04:12 GMT |
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Nearly 1,000 people had to be evacuated today, on Monday, December 17, following a bomb threat at a Newtown, Connecticut church.
Those mourning the victims of the Sandy Hook elementary massacre were holding a mass at the St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, located one mile away from Sandy Hook.
TVNZ writes that the ... |
17 December 2012
04:06 GMT |
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Lightworks, a professional non-linear editing solution built by EditShare LLC and used for mastering videos, will be making an appearance on Linux, in the first quarter of 2013.
Lightworks provides support for most of the currently available formats, such as MXF, Quicktime and AVI containers, with every professional... |
17 December 2012
03:58 GMT |
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South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung Electronics is expected to launch a successor for its Galaxy S III smartphone in the first quarter of the next year, yet it hasn’t confirmed it officially.
However, following a long series of rumors and leaks on the upcoming mobile phone, we can now have a look at a con... |
17 December 2012
03:58 GMT |
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Windows 7 remains the most popular operating system on the market, with a share of 45.83 percent, according to figures released by Net Applications for the week of December 9.
While Windows 7 has scored a slight increase of only 0.01 percent, Windows 8 has a market share of 1.49 percent, as compared to last week&rsq... |
17 December 2012
03:57 GMT |
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Mike Morhaime, the leader of video game developer Blizzard, says that his team has added a new Artificial Intelligence guided training mode to the upcoming Starcraft 2: Heart of the Swarm in order to prepare gamers for the challenges of the multiplayer section of the game.
The developer tells PCGamesN that, “W... |
17 December 2012
03:54 GMT |
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Australian organizations have become a tempting target for cybercriminals who rely on ransomware to make a profit. The latest victim is the Byron Bay Community School, which had its accounts and student records held for ransom.
Police are currently investigating the incident and they’ve advised the school&rsqu... |
17 December 2012
03:49 GMT |
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President Barack Obama traveled to Newtown, Connecticut over the weekend to offer whatever assistance he could to the families of the victims of the horrendous school attack. Above is his emotional speech in full.
Besides expressing his grief over the tragedy as a parent, Obama also spoke about the need to take act... |
17 December 2012
03:49 GMT |
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As expected, Samsung and Optus have just released the hotly-anticipated Android 4.1 Jelly Bean upgrade for the Galaxy S III.
We reported last week that the Australian carrier had approved the update received from Samsung and is readying for the rollout of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean upgrade.
Today, the folks over at Aus... |
17 December 2012
03:49 GMT |
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Police in Topeka, Kansas are mourning the loss of two of their own, as Cpl. David Gogian and Officer Jeff Atherly lost their lives on Sunday, December 16.
Topeka Police Chief Ronald Miller, who describes the incident as "unspeakable," explains that, immediately after the officers arrived at the scene, a man shot at ... |
17 December 2012
03:43 GMT |
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ASRock didn't make a big fuss about it, but it did introduce a new motherboard, one that is ready to support even the newest 8-core central processing units from Advanced Micro Devices.
The one big problem with the FM2 socket, if it can even be called a problem, is that it doesn't have the pin-out compati... |
17 December 2012
03:42 GMT |
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Even though Microsoft is struggling to teach people how to avoid phone scams, more consumers are actually falling victim to these malicious attempts all over the world. Danielle Shanks from Ottawa says she has received a call from someone named “Charlie” who claimed he was working for Microsoft in Seattl... |
17 December 2012
03:40 GMT |
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In addition to a nice range of high-end smartphones, Sony Mobile is also gearing up for the launch of mid- and entry-level smartphones for the next year, and Sony Xperia HuaShan is said to be quite an appealing mid-ranger. The smartphone has just made an appearance in the AnTuTu benchmark results with model number ... |
17 December 2012
03:36 GMT |
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Party of Sin, a 2D platformer built by the Crankshaft Games studio, has been launched on Steam and the developers have promised that a Linux version is incoming.
In Party of Sin, the players will be able to control the Seven Deadly Sins in a cooperative puzzle platformer for 1-4 players. It also features a solo and ... |
17 December 2012
03:35 GMT |
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Booby Kotick, the chief executive officer of publisher Activision Blizzard, stands by his own decision to fire Jason West and Vince Zampella, the leaders of developer Infinity Ward, in 2010, after a dispute linked to the terms of their contract and the future of the Call of Duty franchise.
Gamespot quotes the execut... |
17 December 2012
03:35 GMT |
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A glitch in Halo 4's online mode has resulted in temporary bans for owners of the game who got the Crimson Map Pack DLC for the first-person shooter.
Halo 4 came out back in November and quickly attracted millions of Xbox 360 owners by delivering a top-notch single-player campaign as well as some impressive onl... |
17 December 2012
03:33 GMT |
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ViruS_HimA, the Egyptian hacker who managed to breach the systems of Adobe a few weeks ago, is back. He now claims to have gained access to Yahoo! servers.
The hacker says he has managed to gain full access to one Yahoo domain and 12 of the company’s databases. He also reveals that he has found a reflected cro... |
17 December 2012
03:32 GMT |
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After months of promises, Twitter has finally unveiled a tool to enable users to export all of their tweets if they choose to. The tool is not available to all and, knowing Twitter, it's going to be a slow roll-out.
Only some users are seeing the option, but Twitter is technically keeping its promise of having... |
17 December 2012
03:31 GMT |
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The news has just broken that, all things considered, it is quite likely that US President Barack Obama will nominate Senator John Kerry to be the country's next Secretary of State.
Up until now, most people have believed that UN ambassador Susan Rice would be the one to replace Hillary Clinton, yet it seems t... |
17 December 2012
03:22 GMT |
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The Giants, Jets and the Patriots have worn decals, such as these ones, on their helmets, during Sunday games. The stickers honor the passing of the 26 victims of the Newtown shooting, on Friday. As we reported at the time, 20 children and 6 adults died as 20-year-old Adam Lanza, opened fire in Sandy Hook Elementary... |
17 December 2012
03:15 GMT |
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Apple this week will release the iPhone 5 in almost two dozen additional countries, following the record-setting Chinese launch. iPhone 5 will be available in Africa and 18 other countries this Friday, December 21. This past Friday marked a milestone for Apple whose CEO confirmed record iPhone sales in China in what... |
17 December 2012
03:15 GMT |
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Some may have been worried that the extensive coverage of 3D TVs and monitors during 2012 would leave display developers with little to show off in 2013, but Samsung is already proving that idea wrong.
There is a new asset that display developers are gushing over at the moment, even though it will take years for it... |
17 December 2012
03:12 GMT |
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Celebrity tattoo artist Kat Von D is engaged to be married. Her boyfriend of a few months, DJ Deadmau5, popped the big question on Twitter with a photo of the ring before customization – and she said yes.
Kat and Deadmau5 have only been dating for a short while and were already broken up once for reasons not m... |
17 December 2012
03:09 GMT |
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Internet Explorer 10’s factory-enabled Do Not Track option remains one of the most controversial features implemented in Microsoft’s in-house browser, but the company is asking the industry to honor this privacy tool.
Brad Smith, general counsel & executive vice president, Legal & Corporate Affairs, Micr... |
17 December 2012
03:05 GMT |
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Fans have discovered content in the most recent patch for DOTA 2, which suggests that the game might soon get a new Frostivius game mode along with a number of items and character options linked to the winter holiday period.
The fan site states that the patch also points out to the release of the new Rizzrack the Ti... |
17 December 2012
03:05 GMT |
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Freeciv, a free turn-based multiplayer strategy game, in which each player becomes the leader of a civilization, is now at version 2.3.3. Freeciv 2.3.3 is inspired by Civilization I and II from Microsoft and gamers should find this title quite familiar, since one aim is to have optional modes (called rulesets) with... |
17 December 2012
03:03 GMT |
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In what is the fastest iPhone rollout ever, Apple this weekend confirmed sales of two million iPhone 5 units in China, debunking reports that customers in the country were not crazy about the handset.
Before Apple made its announcement, reports had broken out that Chinese customers were not lining up for the launch,... |
17 December 2012
02:58 GMT |
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Capcom has confirmed that the PC version of DmC Devil May Cry will be released on that platform much earlier than anticipated, on January 25, just 10 days after the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 editions of the hack and slash game. Capcom is still upholding its PC gaming pledge and, while it can't really deliver t... |
17 December 2012
02:57 GMT |
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While most of America mourns those who were shot at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, there is one group that welcomes the massacre. Westboro Baptist Church representatives say that they will not only picket the funerals, but they’ve also praised God for the shooter.
“Praise God f... |
17 December 2012
02:53 GMT |
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52-year-old Nancy Lanza was killed by her son, Adam, before Friday's shooting in the small town of Newtown. Adam Lanza opened fire at Sandy Hook Elementary school, killing 20 children and 6 adults.
Nancy owned a colonial-style house in the community of 27,000 people, 60 miles (97 km) from New York City.
In 200... |
17 December 2012
02:46 GMT |
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Having hit Samoa only last week, where it caused major damages and killed four people, cyclone Evan is now battering the Pacific island nation of Fiji.
The first urban area this tropical cyclone hit was Fiji's second largest city, Lautoka. Being a category four cyclone, Evan brought with it destructive winds, ... |
17 December 2012
02:44 GMT |
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Nexus 4, the latest Google phone out there and the first of the kind to be produced by LG Electronics, has been out of stock in various markets around the world since day one.
Many of those trying to purchase the device have been disappointed, either due to unsuccessful attempts to order the device, or due to long ... |
17 December 2012
02:39 GMT |
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Need for Speed World, the free-to-play online racing game run by Electronic Arts, is celebrating the fact that it has 500,000 "Likes" on Facebook with a free car for everyone to enjoy – the Lancia Delta HF Integrale Evoluzione (Rally).
EA is currently running a variety of impressive free-to-play titles, from s... |
17 December 2012
02:31 GMT |
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A Dell official has recommended Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to ditch the Windows brand for its new Windows RT operating system designed for tablets because such a designation could create confusion among users and lead to poor sales. Dell’s Vice-Chairman and President of its PC business, Jeffrey Clarke, said d... |
17 December 2012
02:25 GMT |
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Players who are currently enjoying Guardians of Middle-Earth can now download two characters linked to the newly released The Hobbit movie, Bilbo Baggins himself and Bert the Troll, alongside a new Shire-themed map for the title.
The content is available on both the Xbox Live Arcade from Microsoft and on the PlaySta... |
17 December 2012
02:24 GMT |
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Chinese customers may have chosen to stay at home on iPhone 5’s launch day, but that doesn’t mean they don’t crave the handset. China has scooped up no less than two million units over the weekend, marking a record in iPhone sales for the country.
Apple can chalk up another milestone in iPhone sales afte... |
17 December 2012
02:22 GMT |
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Nokia Lumia 920 has finally arrived at Amazon Wireless once again. The smartphone was sold out quickly after it went on sale at Amazon, so the retailer put it on backorder for a long time.
With only one week until Christmas, Nokia Lumia 920 is back in stock at Amazon Wireless for only $40/€30 on 2-year contract... |
17 December 2012
02:21 GMT |
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Japanese mobile phone maker Sony Mobile has been long rumored to plan the release of a 5-inch high-end Android smartphone next year, and the device appears to have already emerged in live photos online.
A prototype of the phone, said to feature a full HD touchscreen and to prove Sony’s flagship for the next y... |
17 December 2012
02:19 GMT |
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We've known about the next-generation desktop PC graphics processing units from Advanced Micro Devices for some time, but there hasn't been as much information on the mobile series.
This has now changed, thanks to a report made by Expreview. The mobile line of next-generation entry-level and mid-range GPU... |
17 December 2012
02:17 GMT |
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A 3-mile-wide (4.8 kilometers) asteroid does not come amazingly close to Earth all that often, which is why Toutatis made headlines all across the globe.
With the help of NASA's Goldstone Solar System Radar, ordinary folks can now have a look at this asteroid's surface. Thus, on December 12 and December 1... |
17 December 2012
02:10 GMT |
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Samsung’s high-end Galaxy S III and Galaxy Note II smartphones, as well as other devices powered by the company’s Exynos 4210 and Exynos 4412 processors are said to be vulnerable to a kernel exploit.
An XDA-Developers forum member has discovered the flaw in these devices, and says that it allows for root... |
17 December 2012
02:08 GMT |
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Microsoft has already confirmed that it’s working on a patch to fix the recently-discovered security flaw that allows attackers to track mouse position, but the company has also explained that compromising users’ data is “theoretical” and “hard to imagine.”
Spider.io, the web anal... |
17 December 2012
01:32 GMT |
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It’s not a secret anymore that Microsoft really struggled to make Windows 8 work with legacy software, but here’s a video that perfectly showcases all the compatibility features of the new Windows operating system.
McAkins Online has published a video showing Windows 8 running an older game designed for ... |
17 December 2012
01:12 GMT |
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The nation continues to mourn for those who lost their lives in the recent shooting at the Newtown, Connecticut elementary school, but comedienne Victoria Jackson is using the tragedy to promote an agenda.The former Saturday Night Live has taken to social media to say that President Obama should not have wept for the... |
17 December 2012
00:18 GMT |
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Much like media mogul Rupert Murdoch, CNN talk show host Piers Morgan is also saying that the Newtown, Connecticut tragedy should be the clearest indication that gun control is a must in the US.
Check out the video below to hear what he has to say on the issue.
Morgan dedicated his show to the Newtown tragedy, as... |
17 December 2012
00:05 GMT |
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