203 articles found
The famous Raspberry Pi has made some serious waves this year, but it seems that a professional solution will always bring higher reliability, higher density and higher performance. Such a solution comes today from Zero Devices.
The company is launching today a new ARM micro computer that’s officially called Z... |
18 September 2012
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We’ve already detailed here that Intel’s x86 Atom has very slim chances when taking on Qualcomm’s ARM processors or any other new generation ARM mobile CPU from Samsung or Nvidia. Intel’s IDF 2012 Medfield launch is plagued by catastrophic benchmark results. Many industry insiders were wonder... |
18 September 2012
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Tomorrow should be a big day for both Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation and for Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 operating system.
The handset vendor is expected to make official its first smartphones running under Microsoft’s mobile operating system, and the long rumored HTC Accord should be amon... |
18 September 2012
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Samsung has made available for download the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean-based source code for its Galaxy S III LTE smartphone unveiled only several weeks ago at the IFA 2012 tradeshow in Berlin.
The new device, set to hit shelves as model number GT-i9305, will arrive on the market in Europe and elsewhere with LTE connect... |
18 September 2012
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LG’s Optimus True HD LTE is making an official appearance on shelves in the Middle East, starting with Saudi Arabia this week, LG has announced.
The company is looking to strengthen its position on the smartphone market in the area, and the launch of this device is meant to help it achieve this goal.
Moreov... |
18 September 2012
19:31 GMT |
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The new Project Eternity game that developer Obsidian is funding via Kickstarter is a chance for the team to create their own franchise and game world, something that the traditional publishing model of the gaming industry has failed to do.
Speaking to Kotaku, Chris Avellone, who is the leader of the team, has state... |
18 September 2012
19:21 GMT |
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The Unreal series was once the most important product for developer Epic Games but it has been overshadowed by the introduction and success of Gears of War during the last few years.
But the team is apparently thinking about how Unreal could be rebooted and one of the most unusual possibilities includes making the g... |
18 September 2012
18:21 GMT |
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South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung has announced the mass production of its 2GB low-power double-data-rate 3 (LPDDR3) RAM for mobile devices.
According to Samsung, the new RAM is capable of offering data transfer rates at up to 1600 megabits per second (Mbps) per pin, almost 50 percent faster than LPDDR2 DRAM. ... |
18 September 2012
18:21 GMT |
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Motorola’s first Intel-based smartphone is now official, and it promises great performance and an outstanding experience to all users.
The new smartphone is powered by Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and is expected to receive an upgrade to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean at an unspecified moment in the future.
Not o... |
18 September 2012
18:01 GMT |
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New photos of an upcoming L-Series handset running under Research In Motion’s BlackBerry 10 operating system have made an appearance online.
We have already had the chance to have a look at some leaked images with the handset, and new ones are now available for your viewing pleasure, courtesy of BlackBerryIta... |
18 September 2012
17:51 GMT |
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Instant messaging app Trillian has been promoted to version 2.0 adding the ability to hide phone contacts, a Favorites wizard, a preference to play sounds in active chats, and more.
One of the most popular apps of its kind, Cerulean Studios’ Trillian now hides phone contacts and brings a Favorites section for ... |
18 September 2012
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Reggie Fils-Aime, who is the president of Nintendo of America, has stated that his company plans to bring a lot of great content to the upcoming Wii U home gaming console in order to persuade players to make it their primary gaming device.
Speaking to Kotaku, the executive stated, “So as a consumer thinks abou... |
18 September 2012
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Hey there again, Linux gamers, wherever you are! There’s a new Humble Indie Bundle available for purchase right now, offering six breathtaking games for all supported platforms: Linux, Mac and Windows. Humble Indie Bundle 6 comes with the following 6 games: Torchlight, Rochard, Shatter, S.P.A.Z., Vessel and D... |
18 September 2012
17:05 GMT |
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At 19, Holly Pereira has the weight of the world on her shoulders. Unlike other girls her age, she can’t do some of the most basic things that we take for granted – and she’s using her own case to raise awareness on organ donation.
Check out the video above to see her impassionate plea for organ d... |
18 September 2012
17:01 GMT |
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It’s a rare thing for Prince to give a television interview, but it’s perhaps even rarer for him to sport a new hairdo. The iconic singer dropped by The View the other day to promote a charity, but his hair managed to get most of the attention.
Dressed in yellow flares with matching yellow high-heeled b... |
18 September 2012
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Only a few days after making the handset available for purchase on its network, wireless carrier Sprint announced a software update for its Galaxy Victory 4G LTE users.
Set to arrive on handsets as firmware version L300VPALH1, the new update is meant to bring along a series of improvements to device management func... |
18 September 2012
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The lack of an MMO project has pushed developer Valve to integrate free-to-play and microtransaction elements into Team Fortress 2 and have convinced the team to use it as a platform to experiment and teat ideas that could then be added to other projects.
Robin Walker, who is the lead designer working on Team Fortre... |
18 September 2012
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We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: the found footage technique has been getting tired for excessive use. However, every once in a while comes a film that justifies it.
“The Conspiracy” seems to be one of those, judging by the first official trailer released. Check it out above in f... |
18 September 2012
16:31 GMT |
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Windows 8 comes with so many improvements that it's almost impossible to figure out all of them if you're not willing to spend days exploring its options.
But if you do want to speed up the booting process, there's one major thing that should be considered: the lock screen.
Truth is, Windows 8 comes ... |
18 September 2012
16:31 GMT |
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A new flavor of Nokia’s popular Nokia Suite application is now available for download, bringing along support for the company’s Lumia devices.
The new app version, 3.6.11, provides the owners of a Nokia Lumia smartphone with the option to copy contacts, calendar and photos between a Windows PC and a Win... |
18 September 2012
16:31 GMT |
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There's a big battle between cloud storage providers which target regular users. Dropbox is winning, but Google and Microsoft have solid offerings as well, not to mention all the other competitors.
Yet, ultimately, this is just the first battle, once people start using the cloud to store and sync files they�... |
18 September 2012
16:21 GMT |
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In most cases, when they try to make up their own text for malware-spreading campaigns, cybercriminals fail because most of the messages they write are full of typos and words that wouldn’t be used by a legitimate company. To address these issues, spammers have started copying genuine notifications. A perfect ... |
18 September 2012
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We’re hours away from the release of Apple’s highly-anticipated iOS 6, the latest version of the company’s mobile operating system powering iPhones and iPads worldwide.
Promised as a free software update for everyone on September 19, iOS 6 installs on iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, the new iPad, ... |
18 September 2012
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For the most part, people talking about illegal markets think of drugs, various animal parts, and other similar items.
However, one recent investigation made by the BBC has revealed that several shops in East London, UK, are actively involved in a so-called illegal meat trade, meaning that they provide variou... |
18 September 2012
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Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds have emerged after their super secret, super surprising wedding one week ago. This also means that the first photos of Blake’s gorgeous engagement ring are now available online.
Blake and Ryan first met on the set of the critically panned “The Green Lantern” but are ... |
18 September 2012
15:51 GMT |
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IT companies including Microsoft, Apple and Adobe may be called before parliament due to price discrimination, as their top products are much more expensive in Australia as compared to other markets.
Labor MP Ed Husic said in an interview that issuing subpoenas for the three companies could be the only viable soluti... |
18 September 2012
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As expected, Alibaba has closed the $7.6 billion, €5.8 billion deal with Yahoo in which the Chinese company bought back its shares owned by the US one. The deal has been in the works for years, but only got moving this year.
For a long time, the goal was to somehow get around paying taxes on the huge ... |
18 September 2012
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NCsoft and ArenaNet have teamed up to announce that Mac users can now download the RPG Guild Wars 2 as a beta and play with their Windows buddies, or should we say enemies.
Anyone who buys Guild Wars 2 on a Mac will initially launch the game in beta. As the developers are working to optimize it, gamers are ensured a... |
18 September 2012
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Following her showing up in London wearing an outfit which displayed five raccoon tails detached from their former owners, some people agreed that Lady Gaga would best be called “Cruella de Vil.”
Those who missed Disney's “101 Dalmatians” or who haven't seen the movie in quite a wh... |
18 September 2012
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“Tower Block” has already been playing on the British film festival circuit and is now getting ready to hit the big screens. Below is the official trailer for it.
Much like recent hits “The Raid” and “Attack the Block,” “Tower Block” sets the scene in an abandoned bui... |
18 September 2012
15:21 GMT |
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Nokia’s upcoming Lumia 920 Windows Phone 8 smartphone will arrive on shelves in a variety of colors, the company has already confirmed.
Among these, however, no cyan flavor could be seen, nor was there any mention of this variant coming from Nokia.
At first, everybody assumed that the company was ditching t... |
18 September 2012
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This year marks the 25-year anniversary of the launch of the Mega Man franchise and, despite high expectations from the fan base, publisher Capcom says that they should not expect to see a new game announced before the end of 2012.
Christian Svensson, who is a senior vice president at Capcom, has told the fan base t... |
18 September 2012
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Just one day after on-set photos have leaked online, offering eager fans at home, in front of the computer screens, a first look at the new RoboCop suit, the first official teaser banner is out.
Click on the image above to see it in full.
Even though it doesn’t reveal much – they don’t call it a... |
18 September 2012
14:41 GMT |
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Opera Software and wireless carrier Telcel have signed a partnership to bring the Opera Mini browser to millions of mobile phone users in Mexico.
The two companies will deliver a customized version of the popular mobile browser to Telcel’s subscribers, enabling them to enjoy Internet on the go at very low cos... |
18 September 2012
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Google's Panda series algorithm updates continue with a brand new tweak rolling out over the next few days. There aren't too many details on the update, other than that it's happening. Google says the update should affect about 0.7 percent of searches in any significant manner.
"Panda refresh is rolli... |
18 September 2012
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Christina Aguilera is back in the spotlight and she’s not wasting a second of her time here. After taking some time off as an artist, she’s back doing her own thing, which is just perfect, because it means more red carpet appearances and interviews.
Before kicking off the promo tour for her upcoming alb... |
18 September 2012
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Cleverly designed fake PayPal emails inform recipients that a system error caused some changes to be made to their accounts.
Entitled “We do apologise for this mistake which was caused by erros from our system,” the emails bear the PayPal logo and even a VeriSign Identity Protection emblem to make every... |
18 September 2012
14:21 GMT |
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You may have seen this photo before, but given the recent announcement that Microsoft will gift all employees brand new Windows 8 devices, it's definitely worth looking at.
This was Microsoft's core in 1978, a team that slowly but surely pushed the company towards a remarkable evolution. The kind of evolut... |
18 September 2012
14:11 GMT |
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Oddstuffmagazine has recently published some odd and interesting facts about cats.“Ailurophilia,” for example, is the “official” term used to describe a cat lover.
“Psi-traveling” is the cat's ability to find its way home, by interpreting the angle of the sunlight. That ... |
18 September 2012
13:51 GMT |
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Cassandra Bankson never even dreamed that her YouTube makeup tutorials would transform her into a bona fide role model for girls and women from all over the world, or that they would be her launching pad in fashion.
Some time ago, Cassandra, a 19-year-old from Danville, California, who was diagnosed with cystic acn... |
18 September 2012
13:51 GMT |
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J.D. Power and Associates has released the 2012 U.S. Tablet Satisfaction Study based on experiences reported by 1,985 tablet owners. Fielded in July 2012, the survey shows that Apple tablet owners are not only the most satisfied, but also more inclined to make their next tablet purchase with Apple.
J.D. Power’... |
18 September 2012
13:41 GMT |
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Doodles are Google's trademark, but that doesn't mean others can't do the same with their websites. And since China has a much better view on "copying" than much of the rest of the world, the fact that Baidu would run a "doodle" on its already very Googly homepage is not surprising.
But, whereas Googl... |
18 September 2012
13:31 GMT |
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The new A6 system on chip (Soc) that is powering the newly released iPhone 5 may seem like the latest technology, but in fact the development started years ago and the initial design was done back in 2010. The new processor from Apple uses very fast LPDDR2 memory running at a high 1066 MHz and, just like Intel&rsquo... |
18 September 2012
13:21 GMT |
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The GeForce GTX 650 graphics card is different from most of NVIDIA's 600-series adapters in that it lacks the GPU Boost technology.
That means that it cannot overclock itself according to application requirements.
This doesn't mean that its GPU can't be overclocked straight from the factory though.... |
18 September 2012
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The development team at IO Interactive has released yet another trailer for the upcoming Hitman: Absolution, which is focused on the firearms that main character Agent 47 will be able to use in order to take out his enemies, either in silent fashion or without paying attention to whether he is detected or not.
The t... |
18 September 2012
13:01 GMT |
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Outlook 2013 will launch together with Windows 8 on October 25 and will feature a wide range of improvements, starting with a redesigned GUI and ending with a new experience based on the so-called “Touch Mode.”
Using Outlook with a mouse will definitely be easy as pie, but the most important thing is tha... |
18 September 2012
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Owners of a BlackBerry Bold 9790 and BlackBerry Curve 9360 smartphone can now download and install a new platform release on their devices, namely OS 7.1.0.714. The software has leaked online, and it does not come as an official update for the smartphones, which means that users will have to be cautious when instal... |
18 September 2012
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There's no end to Marissa Mayer's revolutionary measures at Yahoo. First came the free food, then the free iPhones. Now, she's on a mission to pull all of the "®'s" from Yahoo's logo.
The trademark, (almost) literally, of a grown up company is the "registered" symbol that was attached to... |
18 September 2012
12:31 GMT |
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Police and border patrol officials are currently searching for 132 inmates that broke out of the Piedras Negras prison state prison, in Coahuila, on Monday.
The prisoners crawled through a tunnel, 21 feet (6,4 m) long and 4 feet (1,2 m) in diameter, and made their way to freedom. The 132 men represented about a fift... |
18 September 2012
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The Alpha release of the upcoming Fedora 18 (Spherical Cow) Linux operating system has been announced earlier today, September 18th, featuring KDE 4.9. Fedora 18 Alpha KDE Edition is powered by Linux kernel 3.6 and KDE Software Compilation 4.9.Fedora 18 Alpha is distributed as Live CDs with GNOME, KDE, Xfce, LXDE and... |
18 September 2012
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German Optics company Leica has announced an upcoming limited edition camera imagined by none other than Apple’s chief of industrial design, Sir Jonathan Ive.
During Leica’s special event during which the new Leica M was announced, Dr. Andreas Kaufmann revealed plans to release a very special, limited ed... |
18 September 2012
12:11 GMT |
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Craftyslide is a little jQuery plugin for creating clean, minimal, fast and great-looking image slideshows for easily featuring content on a website or in a portfolio / gallery section. Certainly not the Jack of all trades, Craftyslide focuses on providing all the basic functionality a slider may need. It supports ... |
18 September 2012
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Announced earlier today, September 18th, the Fedora 18 Alpha (Spherical Cow) Linux operating system has been officially released for testing. Being powered by Linux kernel 3.6, the GNOME Edition of the Fedora 18 Alpha Live CD comes with the GNOME 3.5.5 desktop environment. Fedora 18 Alpha is distributed as Live CD... |
18 September 2012
11:51 GMT |
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From China with love comes a set of purported iPad mini spy-shots giving us a clear picture of what the next iPad from Apple will look like. By now, the tablet's design is all but confirmed.
Not that we didn’t know what the iPad mini looked like already, but it seems Bolopad.com has obtained some high-qua... |
18 September 2012
11:45 GMT |
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As reported countless times in the glossies and the tabloids, Jennifer Aniston is pregnant. She’s hiding it from the world, though, just as she’s hiding the fact that her hair is just a “Rachel” wig and that she already has two kids.One of them seems to resemble Jimmy Kimmel but, trust us, tha... |
18 September 2012
11:38 GMT |
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Starting with September 21st, wireless carrier Sprint will focus on selling Apple’s latest iPhone models, namely iPhone 5 and iPhone 4S, and less on the marketing of the older iPhone 4.
With iPhone 5 set to become available at $199 on contract and with iPhone 4S expected to be sold at $99, the older model wil... |
18 September 2012
11:31 GMT |
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Twitter's got a brand new look, well an updated header and a new header image to go along with the new mobile apps, but the updates also come with a few changes. And, as Twitter has made it a habit lately, they're not for the good. The new mobile apps, at least the iOS, no longer allow users to choose th... |
18 September 2012
11:21 GMT |
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Given the fact that PETA firmly believes that we all should embrace vegetarianism not just because we wish to find ourselves in better health, but also because eating both meat and dairy need be linked to animal cruelty, it comes as no surprise that it also wants us to quit eating fish.
Thus, as part of a so-called... |
18 September 2012
11:20 GMT |
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Originally a Kickstarter project, the PressurePen has become a real product, one that is already available for pre-order.
Shipments will begin in November, at which point all owners of touch-enabled iOS or Android devices (smartphones and tablets) will be able to more easily interact with their device (and leave fe... |
18 September 2012
11:16 GMT |
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The GNOME developers behind the Nautilus project (now known as Files) announced earlier today, 18th September, that the RC release of the upcoming Nautilus 3.6 is now available for download and testing.
Nautilus 3.6 RC is a development release, which brings many interesting and noteworthy features and improvements,... |
18 September 2012
11:11 GMT |
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Clutter, a GObject-based library for creating fast, visually rich, graphical user interfaces, which works by manipulating a scene-graph of 2D surfaces, or 'actors', inside a 3D space, is now at version 1.11.16.
Highlights of Clutter 1.11.16:
· Fixes for gesture-based actions have been implemented;... |
18 September 2012
11:05 GMT |
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The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover Curiosity snapped an incredible picture from the surface of the Red Planet on Thursday, September 13, when it saw the diminutive moon Phobos partially eclipsing the Sun. The momentous event takes place just five weeks after touching down at Bradbury Landing.
The robot is curre... |
18 September 2012
10:59 GMT |
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You’ve just got to love the way Samsung is handling its own anti-Apple campaign. They’re actually helping raise more awareness about the iPhone 5 with their latest Facebook wall asking people, “If you could only take one electronic device on a deserted island, what would it be?” Not surprisin... |
18 September 2012
10:58 GMT |
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With the job market being what it is, it comes as no surprise that most of those looking to become “employees of the month” eventually settle for whatever they can get and do not make a big fuss about it.
Still, one cannot help but turn a little green with envy when hearing that a bunch of goats are to... |
18 September 2012
10:54 GMT |
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As the late October / early November release date for the latest James Bond film, “Skyfall” is drawing near, more promo materials are coming out by the day. Above is a brand new official poster.
Whereas the previous one hinted at how action packed this installment will be, by having James Bond (Daniel C... |
18 September 2012
10:54 GMT |
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We thought that Sony's A99 and the 24.3-Megapixel Compact Camera were expensive, but we may have been speaking too soon. Back then, Hasselblad hadn't launched the Lunar mirrorless interchangeable camera.
There is no question that this is an “ultimate luxury” product. If the design and specs ar... |
18 September 2012
10:53 GMT |
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David Vonderhaar, who is a game design director working on Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, has revealed that players will not lose any weapon levels when they reach a new Prestige class.
The developer took to Twitter to answer questions from fans and said, “Just got this bug from QA. ‘Weapon levels are given ... |
18 September 2012
10:51 GMT |
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Today, Twitter made available for download a new version of its Android application, so as to mirror some changes that have been made to the service itself.
Owners of devices running under Google’s mobile operating system can now download and install Twitter for Android 3.4 to benefit from the new enhancement... |
18 September 2012
10:44 GMT |
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The chairman of UK’s Cyber Security Protection Alliance (ICSPA) David Blunkett warns that terrorists and rogue states could seriously cripple the country by launching large-scale cyberattacks against its infrastructures. The former Home Secretary highlights the dangers posed by the underground network known as... |
18 September 2012
10:43 GMT |
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The image above shows the space shuttle Endeavour attached to the roof of its Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), as both of them are taxied on a runway at the NASA Kennedy Space Center, in Florida.
Occupying the background is the reason why the SCA is not airborne. Severe weather conditions throughout Florida have alr... |
18 September 2012
10:43 GMT |
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A team of researchers working with the University of Cambridge recently decided to investigate what would happen environmentally-wise should UK's population suddenly decide to cut down on its current red and processed meat intake.
Health benefits aside, the scientists discovered that the country's ecologi... |
18 September 2012
10:36 GMT |
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The Fedora Project proudly announced a few minutes ago, September 18th, the immediate availability for download and testing of the Alpha version of the upcoming Fedora 18 operating system, due for release at the end of November. Dubbed Spherical Cow, Fedora 18 Alpha is powered by a development release of the upcomi... |
18 September 2012
10:35 GMT |
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In a paper to appear in a future issue of the journal Clinical Psychological Science, scientists at the University of East Anglia and the Medical Research Council say that memory recall training can contribute to reducing the symptoms of depression in a wide array of patients.
By using Memory Specificity Training (... |
18 September 2012
10:29 GMT |
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Like Google and Apple, Vuzix is active in the field of augmented reality (AR). One might even say that it is even more proactive than those two. While Google is still preparing its Project Glass, and Apple only filed for a high-resolution video glasses display patent, Vuzix is long past its first model.
The company... |
18 September 2012
10:27 GMT |
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Windows 8 will go live next month and Microsoft promises that the new operating system is a much more secure working environment thanks to a wide range of improvements.
Security software maker Symantec, however, isn't quite convinced that Windows 8 will manage to face all challenges when it comes to malicious a... |
18 September 2012
10:27 GMT |
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Google is playing catch up in the media entertainment field to Amazon and Apple, but it's striking more and more deals to expand its content coverage. It's especially hard for Google since a lot of the negotiations are focused on "piracy" issues by content owners rather than the matter at hand. Still, it... |
18 September 2012
10:24 GMT |
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Cheese, a Photobooth-inspired GNOME application for taking pictures and videos from a webcam which also includes graphical effects based on the gstreamer-backend, is now at version 3.6 RC. Cheese 3.6 RC marks the last development version before the final release, and it's packed with nice changes and translation... |
18 September 2012
10:22 GMT |
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Emails apparently coming from support@o2.co.uk warn recipients that their O2 email accounts are unsecured. Entitled “YOUR O2 EMAIL ACCOUNT IS UNSECURED,” the notifications attempt to convince users to visit a replica of the O2 email login page and enter their credentials. “To ensure your O2 online... |
18 September 2012
10:22 GMT |
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Would-be mothers who binge drink during pregnancy expose their fetuses to an increased risk of suffering from a series of neural development problems after birth. The conclusion belongs to a new study by experts at the University of New South Wales.
The investigators focused their efforts on analyzing information p... |
18 September 2012
10:20 GMT |
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Experts from Scambook report that a new type of smishing scam has hit Australia in the past few months. Shady text messages – apparently coming from a hitman - notify recipients that they will be killed unless they pay $5,000 (4,000 EUR).
Potential victims are asked to send an email to a Yahoo! email address f... |
18 September 2012
10:12 GMT |
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A treasure emerged on the dried bed of the Polish Vistula River, after apparently having stayed hidden on its bottom since the Swedish invasion of Poland in 1655. Ornate stonework and rare marble carvings have been found, all taken from palaces, residential homes and, believe it or not, cemeteries. The Telegraph rep... |
18 September 2012
10:07 GMT |
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Fedora 18 is almost upon us and it seems they need the help of the community once more in putting together the release notes for the new version.
According to the developers of Fedora, each version of the operating system comes with new features and retires older ones. The Fedora Documentation Project needs to refl... |
18 September 2012
10:06 GMT |
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The journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences recently saw the publication of a new study stating that, given current trends in terms of urban expansion, global biodiversity is to soon suffer major losses. Thus, a team of specialists from the Yale, Texas A&M and Boston University predict that, s... |
18 September 2012
10:03 GMT |
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We have one more piece of good news for the gaming enthusiasts who have chosen the AMD path: the new Catalyst Application Profiles pack is ready and tagged 12.8 CAP 3. Like all the CAPs of late, this version comes in a separate .exe file for total flexibility and freedom of choice. The 12.8 CAP 3 brings a new CrossF... |
18 September 2012
09:59 GMT |
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Windows 8 will be released on October 25 and all buyers will obviously need a security product capable of providing comprehensive protection in front of all online threats out there.
McAfee proudly announced today that all its consumer and enterprise products have been updated with support for Windows 8 and Windows ... |
18 September 2012
09:59 GMT |
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Developer ArenaNet has revealed that it is already working on the first full expansion for its MMO Guild Wars 2 while also offering information on how the team plans to deliver smaller, free content updates to the game in the meantime.
Speaking on the official forums of Guild Wars 2, Collin Johanson, who is the game... |
18 September 2012
09:59 GMT |
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When Lian Li showed off the moving locomotive case months ago, we didn't dare hope that the company would actually release it to consumers, but here it is.
Called PC-CK101, it comes in two variants: one that only looks like a train and is there just for aesthetic value, and another that does, in fact, travel a... |
18 September 2012
09:58 GMT |
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FBI reports show that cybercriminals have started focusing their efforts more and more on targeting the networks of financial institutions. According to the agency, they’re relying on spam, keyloggers, Remote Access Trojans (RATs), phishing, and other malicious elements to steal employee login credentials.
The... |
18 September 2012
09:52 GMT |
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Chinese mobile phone maker ZTE appears to be nearing the official unveiling of its Windows Phone 8 smartphones.
The company was already expected to bring to the market phones powered by Microsoft’s new operating system, yet no specific info on when they might have been planned for launch has been provided as ... |
18 September 2012
09:51 GMT |
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The claims made by a group of scientists doubting that a meteor impacted North America around 12,900 years ago, putting an end to the native Clovis Culture, were proven to be wrong in a new study.
Experts from seven research groups in the United States demonstrated that disregarding three types of scientific protoco... |
18 September 2012
09:46 GMT |
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Twitter is rolling out a batch of changes and new features. There are new mobile apps for the iPad, the iPhone and Android. One of the new features available in the new apps but also on the site is a header photo, a new way of customizing your Twitter profile.
The header photo shows up on top of your tweets on your ... |
18 September 2012
09:44 GMT |
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Twitter Inc. has ousted a new iPad client with new profiles with header photos, photo streams on profiles and events, as well as “other improvements, polish, and fixes.”
“We’ve rebuilt the app from the ground up to make it fast, beautiful and easy to use. Twitter for iPad brings you closer to... |
18 September 2012
09:42 GMT |
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Video game publisher Capcom has announced that the demo version for the upcoming Resident Evil 6 is now available on the Xbox Live service from Microsoft and on the PlayStation Network from Sony.
The demo allows players to experience gameplay from all the three core campaigns that the game will offer.
Gamers can se... |
18 September 2012
09:40 GMT |
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It has not been very long since we reported on one man's developing a bladeless wind turbine which both protects the avian population residing in its proximity, and generates significant amounts of electricity.
Recent news on the topic of wind power and efficient ways of harvesting it informs us that researche... |
18 September 2012
09:22 GMT |
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In a sign of getting with the times, thankfully, Canon, the camera maker, is launching Project 1709 – a new photo collection management site. More than Picasa though, the new site not only enables you to upload and store all of your photos, it also pulls them from other places on the web, Facebook for example.
The i... |
18 September 2012
09:21 GMT |
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Microsoft Surface ads can be seen in several locations across the United States, but New York is one lucky city: not only will it host the official debut of Windows 8, but it also got the biggest tablet ad ever seen so far.
Although it's not quite a sign that Microsoft also plans to introduce the Surface tablet... |
18 September 2012
09:17 GMT |
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On September 15, CloudFlare experienced an outage caused by issues with an upstream bandwidth provider and by a massive 65 Gbps distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack that most likely relied on DNS reflection to amplify its strength. According to the company’s CEO Matthew Prince, it’s not easy for ... |
18 September 2012
09:16 GMT |
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Stas Fedyanin is a Russian print and catwalk model that has caught the eye of all the “it” European designers. This show-stopper is 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall and weighs only 45 kg (99 pounds). When most people see Stas' pictures, they immediately assume they are looking at a beautiful woman. According to ... |
18 September 2012
09:14 GMT |
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Amanda Bynes’ recent odd behavior and many brush-offs with the law can be explained by an alcohol abuse problem. She is drinking heavily and is in desperate need of professional help, her own uncle admits in a new interview. Even though both Amanda and her father have denied she has any kind of abuse problem,... |
18 September 2012
09:10 GMT |
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Using a mineral called hydroxyapatite, a team of Japanese investigators was recently able to develop an extremely thin medical film, which can be applied to teeth to make them appear whiter, and also to prevent tooth decay.
The mineral is one of the main components of natural tooth enamel, and using it for this typ... |
18 September 2012
09:03 GMT |
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The 1987 Montreal Protocol is a piece of legislation that not many are familiar with, but one that will have far-reaching implications for our well-being, and for the health of the planet. Above is an image showing how the hole in the ozone layer above Antarctica evolved over the years.
What the 1987 agreement did ... |
18 September 2012
08:54 GMT |
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Amazon's Cloud Player, which offers to store your music in the cloud and make it accessible everywhere, is now expanding outside of the US and into the UK, France and Germany. The move makes sense as Amazon is increasing its digital offerings in Europe, those countries in particular. Amazon's Cloud Playe... |
18 September 2012
08:54 GMT |
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During this year’s IDF event in San Francisco, California, Intel was pretty silent about x86 computing performance and quite happy to show its new iGPU, but the company also has emphasized on other related technologies such as wireless connectivity and mobility.The new Haswell architecture is not really impress... |
18 September 2012
08:42 GMT |
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Human-driven CO2 emissions might be responsible for ongoing phenomena such as global warming and climate change, but rumor has it that this generally despised chemical compound could soon be regarded as a precious resource. This is because several newly emerging industrial processes, together with others that have ... |
18 September 2012
08:39 GMT |
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We knew that AMD's Trinity series of desktop processors would arrive next month (October 2012), but we did not know for sure the day. Useful information can sometimes be found in unlikely places though. In this case, the exact date (October 1) was disclosed (confirmed really, if we are to take into account a p... |
18 September 2012
08:37 GMT |
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Today, Motorola and Intel announced the first smartphone from the handset vendor to hit shelves with an Atom processor inside.
Dubbed Motorola RAZR i, the smartphone will be released in the UK in early October. The phone will go for £342 with VAT (around $555) SIM-free.
The info comes from online retailer Cl... |
18 September 2012
08:29 GMT |
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In what could very well be the well-written scrip of a science-fiction blockbuster, an asteroid that impacted our planet more than 35 million years ago created trillions of carats of diamonds inside its crater, the existence of which has been classified until now.
Back in the 1970, Soviet Union geologists performin... |
18 September 2012
08:25 GMT |
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After the massive media coverage that Ke$ha got for her first releases, it was almost a surprise to notice that she’s slipped off the radar completely for a while. She wasn’t idling away, though.
In fact, as announced at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards, Ke$ha has been working on new music.
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18 September 2012
08:20 GMT |
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With the iPhone 5 on its way to you, ZAGG believes you need some accessories that match. The company is well known for its military-grade protective films and cases, so it’s probably a good time to see what they’ve got lined up this time around. ZAGG is one of the first accessory suppliers to introduce n... |
18 September 2012
08:18 GMT |
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A leak from the beta stage of the upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 has revealed the list of multiplayer maps that gamers will be able to enjoy when the game is officially launched.Publisher Activision and developer Treyarch have refused to comment on the leak.The list of names and descriptions from the beta stage a... |
18 September 2012
08:17 GMT |
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Besides Windows 8, Microsoft will debut several other products this fall, including the Office 2013 suite. This will include Office 365 Small Business Premium and Office 365 Home Premium, both of which will be available with a subscription-based service.
Since Office 2010 will soon reach the end of its lifetime, Mic... |
18 September 2012
08:14 GMT |
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Clint Eastwood spoke in support of Mitt Romney at the Republican National Convention earlier this month but his speech became the subject of countless jokes after he chose to yell at an empty chair. If you found that hilarious, Eastwood doesn’t care.
In a new interview with Good Morning America, the Hollywood... |
18 September 2012
08:12 GMT |
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There are two new graphics cards up for sale, or there will soon be, straight from Club3D's labs. They are based on AMD's Radeon HD 7750 adapter and have 4 GB of DDR3 VRAM and 1 GB DDR3, respectively.
Club3D is doing what PowerColor did the other day, namely release the Radeon HD 7750 graphics adapter in ... |
18 September 2012
08:10 GMT |
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Trying to prove that President Barack Obama failed the people of the US on most of the promises he made before the elections, and that Mitt Romney might do a better job if he’s elected President, Fox & Friends became the victim of a very hilarious and very awkward prank.
Above is the video.
A fake Mitt Romn... |
18 September 2012
08:00 GMT |
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Traditional Nvidia video card manufacturing partner Zotac has an interesting GeForce GTX 660 Ti implementation with a custom PCB design and probably the test cooling system ever to be mounted on a GTX 660 Ti video card.
The official name of the product is Zotac GeForce GTX 660 Ti Extreme and the huge PCB is the same... |
18 September 2012
07:46 GMT |
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China continues to offer plenty of business opportunities to global corporations such as Microsoft, so the company is very keen to expand its operations in the country.
Microsoft announced last week that another 1,000 workers would be added to its Chinese workforce in order to continue its development in the mobile ... |
18 September 2012
07:44 GMT |
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Less than a week has passed since its last product announcement, but that didn't prevent Cooler Master from launching something new already.
This time we aren't looking at a laptop cooling stand, but something that more people will find a use for.
Called Recon, it is a mouse from the CM Storm gaming ser... |
18 September 2012
07:43 GMT |
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A massive island of ice that came loose from a large iceberg earlier this year is now almost through the Nares Strait, heading towards the northern Atlantic Ocean. Since it poses a significant risk to navigation, experts are keeping an eye on it.
The island calved off the Petermann Glacier, in northwestern Greenlan... |
18 September 2012
07:43 GMT |
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Because of her behavior these past few months, Amanda Bynes is now being compared to Lindsay Lohan, who also went through a series of very public legal mishaps. Suffice it to say, Lindsay isn’t too happy about the comparisons. As we also noted on several past occasions, Amanda has been getting into a lot of t... |
18 September 2012
07:41 GMT |
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Touchbyte GmbH has released a new version of its wireless photo-transfer app, PhotoSync, for iOS devices. PhotoSync 1.7 includes SkyDrive support, as well as compatibility with the upcoming iOS 6.
With less than a day to go before iOS 6 makes its big debut, the folks at Touchbyte decided to test their popular PhotoS... |
18 September 2012
07:41 GMT |
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Borderlands 2 is now out in North America and there are two more days to wait until Friday, when Europeans also get access to it, and the development team at Gearbox is celebrating the occasion by putting out a new launch trailer for the game.
The trailer is clearly intended to attract more players to the franchise ... |
18 September 2012
07:35 GMT |
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Back in 2004, the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, together with the Washington State and others, decided to file a lawsuit against Teck Resources, a Canadian-based company specializing in metals and mining. More precisely, they argued that said company needed to be held responsible for having pollu... |
18 September 2012
07:33 GMT |
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We’ve told you on numerous occasions to be on the lookout for too-good-to-be-true job offers since in many cases they represent a front for some shady activity. Now, we bring you another example of such an offer.
This time, potential victims are convinced to take a job as an assistant by a 51-year-old pharmaci... |
18 September 2012
07:32 GMT |
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HTC is expected to bring to the market its own 5-inch Android smartphone in the not too distant future, and enthusiasts are eagerly waiting for it to arrive.
One of them even came up with a concept design for the handset, published it on Flickr and called it HTC One X 5.
Some people believed that it might be a pre... |
18 September 2012
07:31 GMT |
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OAuth 2.0 has been the authentication protocol of choice at Google for a while now. It's also the preferred choice by most other big websites. Google made a commitment to switch to OAuth 2.0 for all of its APIs more than a year ago and has since made good on its promise.
Now, it's moving to the next step, ... |
18 September 2012
07:31 GMT |
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Microsoft admitted last week that Bing has only minor chances to become a verb, just like it happened with the term “Google,” but it emphasized once again that Bing's search results are better than Google's.
Well, now we're only a few weeks away from the official debut of the new Windows o... |
18 September 2012
07:23 GMT |
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Corey Podell is an actress, writer and improviser from Los Angeles, that produces a story telling show called Taboo Tales.
Corey recently recorded this funny set of interviews titled "Kidstructive Criticism," asking 9-year-olds about their thoughts on the perfect date and the perfect partner.
Asking a little girl w... |
18 September 2012
07:16 GMT |
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Grum, the world’s third largest spam botnet, has been taken down in July by Spamhaus, FireEye and CERT-GIB. However, last week, the botnet’s masters instated a couple of new command and control (C&C) servers in Turkey.
Both servers were taken offline and while they were active, researchers didn’t n... |
18 September 2012
07:15 GMT |
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Mozilla's Persona identity and authentication technology is taking shape. The first beta release is coming this month and Mozilla is already talking about the stable version of the APIs included in Personas.
A stable set of APIs is crucial for an authentication technology, but security is also a big issue, so ... |
18 September 2012
07:11 GMT |
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A few days ago, independent security researcher Bogdan Alecu claimed to have identified a serious issue that affected avast! Mobile Security. Apparently, the app sent out SMSs without the users’ knowledge, inflating their phone bills. The researcher identified the issue while testing the application. He found ... |
18 September 2012
06:47 GMT |
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23-year-old Asiel Rodriquez and 19-year-old Viviana Gonzalez were arrested on suspicion of using counterfeit credit cards to purchase various items from a number of 15 Publix supermarkets from Lee and Collier counties.
Here, we have another incident that shows how easy it is to abuse payment systems.
The suspects... |
18 September 2012
06:33 GMT |
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Free WiFi is fast turning from a perk to a default feature in more and more places. In-flight WiFi in particular is a heaven-sent, but it's been rather expensive in the few cases where it's actually available.
Some airlines offer free WiFi, sometimes part of a promotion as is the case with Virgin Airlines ... |
18 September 2012
06:31 GMT |
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Dropbox 1.5.5 is out for iOS devices with new tweaks and enhancements, including new language support, the ability to share files easier, and support for Apple’s wireless printing feature, AirPrint.
The Dropbox iOS client, a universal app for both iPhone and iPad, now offers support for Korean and makes file s... |
18 September 2012
06:31 GMT |
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In this September 18 image of Typhoon Sanba, the eye of the massive storm can be seen passing over the Japanese island of Okinawa, on its way towards the Korean Peninsula. As clearly visible above, the cloud fronts generated by the typhoon already loom over South Korea.
NASA used the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spe... |
18 September 2012
06:05 GMT |
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Waseem Daker was convicted in 1996 in the state of Georgia for stalking Spencer Blatz, and has already served 10 years in prison. The man now faces charges for the murder of Spencer Blatz’s housemate, Karmen Smith, and the attempted murder of her son Nicholas. Ms. Smith was strangled in October 1996, the Daily... |
18 September 2012
06:00 GMT |
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Advanced Micro Devices is not the only one losing a high-ranking staff member. OCZ is going through something similar, although the rank of the one leaving is much higher.
The one who is departing the NAND Flash storage company is none other than Ryan Petersen, president, CEO and director.
He was one of the organiz... |
18 September 2012
05:57 GMT |
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Due to an unfavorable weather forecast along its designated flight path, space shuttle Endeavour's final trip has been postponed from Tuesday to Wednesday, September 19. The new schedule implies that the orbiter will make its flyover of northern California on September 21.
The spacecraft is attached to the Shu... |
18 September 2012
05:57 GMT |
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Video game developer Capcom has revealed that the upcoming Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate for the Wii U will use Nintendo-provided servers for its online play and that the company has plans to close down the servers for Monster Hunter Tri, the game that runs on the older Wii console.
Christian Svensson, who is a senior v... |
18 September 2012
05:54 GMT |
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The Internet Archive has been working for a while now to warehouse all sorts of information, the web in particular. It's the only ongoing effort to keep a record of the internet as it was at any given point in time.
Since its creation, the Internet Archive's goals stretched beyond the web to any form of d... |
18 September 2012
05:53 GMT |
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A group of investigators at the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) announces the development of an acoustic levitator, a device that uses sound waves to levitate individual droplets of liquid.
The instrument holds great promise for improving drug development procedures, although ... |
18 September 2012
05:46 GMT |
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We've seen and heard many people talking about how good Windows 8 will be for tablets, but the operating system is still, in the end, a PC software turned mobile, not the other way around.
By that logic, seeing Gigabyte introduce its first ever all-in-one personal computer loaded with the OS was a long time co... |
18 September 2012
05:41 GMT |
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Today, mobile phone maker Motorola Mobility went official with its first smartphone that packs an Intel processor inside, the Motorola RAZR i.
The new device will come to the market with a 2GHz Atom processor built using the 32nm process technology, as well as with a large 4.3-inch Super AMOLED, edge-to-edge displa... |
18 September 2012
05:38 GMT |
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Reports from two securities firms in Taiwan reveal that Pegatron is now the main supplier of iPad minis for Apple. While the product itself remains to be confirmed, Pegatron is said to have scored a whopping 50-60 percent order from the Cupertino giant.
The numbers indicate that Apple is reducing its reliance on lon... |
18 September 2012
05:37 GMT |
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Christina Aguilera is looking to get back into the spotlight with her own music. With a new album, “Lotus,” out this November, she’s getting ready for the release of the official video for the leading single.
But, first, some teasing.
Above is a 30-second preview for the official video for &ldqu... |
18 September 2012
05:35 GMT |
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A few days back, we reported on how the EU Commission might be rethinking its plans for the future of the biofuel industry, on account of the latter's interfering with food production. More precisely, several specialists made it public news that, due to recent developments in the field of agriculture, the food... |
18 September 2012
05:33 GMT |
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Microsoft rolled out a brand new campaign aimed at students across the United States, offering a total of six products at special prices for a limited period of time.
Eligible students can purchase Office University 2010 for only $99.99 / €76.50, while a Windows 7 Professional Upgrade is available at a special ... |
18 September 2012
05:27 GMT |
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A Reddit contributor called willypiggy has mashed up two of the currently most beloved fantasy properties on the market, creating a shield set for Dark Souls that’s based on the sigils of the noble Houses in the Game of Thrones universe. There are 16 different skins on offer and players can choose which one ... |
18 September 2012
05:26 GMT |
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False posts in which Tom Kenny, the voice of the infamous SpongeBob SquarePants, is declared dead are doing the rounds on social media websites such as Facebook and Twitter.
“RIP Tom Kenny, the voice of SpongeBob. Thanks for making our childhood happier,” reads the fake post on Facebook.
“R.I.P To... |
18 September 2012
05:22 GMT |
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Christina Aguilera and Cee Lo Green are out of The Voice, season 4, as a statement from NBC released just hours ago confirms. Christina had already hinted at the move before, saying she would like more time to focus on her own music. She would be taking a break from the NBC hit music show to promote her upcoming albu... |
18 September 2012
05:19 GMT |
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The CompactFlash association has announced a new type of memory card, so SanDisk decided to quickly provide products based on it, even it is hasn't reached the point where it feels confident enough to mass-produce them.
The new memory card specification is called CFast2.0 and features a theoretical maximum tra... |
18 September 2012
05:14 GMT |
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A few hours ago, researchers from Rapid 7 confirmed that an exploit code for a zero-day that affected Internet Explorer 9 and older versions on Windows XP, Vista and 7 had been added to Metasploit. In the meantime, security companies have started spotting attacks that leverage the vulnerability.
Identified by E... |
18 September 2012
05:05 GMT |
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The American space agency plans to conduct a series of high-altitude flights over the coming weeks, using one of its aircraft to test instruments that could eventually make their way to next-generation satellites. Using an airplane minimizes the development costs associated with these instruments.
One of NASA's... |
18 September 2012
05:04 GMT |
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The long-running lawsuit surrounding Google Books in the US has been put on hold for now. A US Appeals Court suspended the original lawsuit until an appeal filed by Google can be processed.
Earlier this year Google appealed the decision to give the author and publisher groups class action status, which would mean t... |
18 September 2012
05:04 GMT |
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Apple has been working with its sea of developers to update the App Store interface in iOS 6, a major up and coming version of the company’s mobile operating system.
The latest addition discovered by iOS 6 GM (Golden Master) testers is a “Download Free” button that provides one-tap installation of ... |
18 September 2012
04:59 GMT |
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Due to the setting in of the Arctic winter, and the harsh environmental conditions brought about by this new season, oil and gas company Shell had no choice but to declare defeat and quit this year's plans to drill in the Arctic.
Several environmentalists now emphasize that Shell's being unable to carry o... |
18 September 2012
04:58 GMT |
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French sculptor Soasig Chamaillard sees himself as a religious kitsch artist. He takes old statuettes of the Virgin and refurbishes them, adding his own little twist. All the sculptures are adapted to modern pop culture – from their clothes, to their hair, to the accessories they wear. Some of Chamaillard'... |
18 September 2012
04:49 GMT |
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The Intel central processing unit (CPU) we will talk about here has already shown up in the technical specifications of two notebooks, one from Dell and one from Lenovo.
The laptops in question are called Lenovo IdeaPad S300 and Dell Inspiron 13z. They are the types that aim to serve customers not interested in pla... |
18 September 2012
04:48 GMT |
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Trillian for Windows is no longer in beta stage of development. The stable build for version 5.2 is now available, carrying new features such as native spellcheck, better Windows 7 support as well as Twitter upgrades.
The fresh stable release comes with built-in spellchecking abilities in order to eliminate as many ... |
18 September 2012
04:45 GMT |
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A team of US investigators including experts from the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) announces the development of a new system for monitoring thousands of living cells in real-time.
One of the most impressive features of the new technique is that it can capture the precise motion paths of thousands... |
18 September 2012
04:45 GMT |
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Soon after the rumors on a possible launch of a Galaxy S III successor at the Mobile World Congress next year started to emerge on the web, Samsung took its time to debunk them. The South Korean mobile phone maker took it to Twitter to say that these rumors are not true, without offering further details on the matt... |
18 September 2012
04:39 GMT |
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Windows 8 will get the chance to make a name for itself on October 25 as part of a conference held in New York City and, because we're getting closer to the official debut, interesting bits about the new OS are now reaching our ears (and eyes).
An article published by FasCoDesign.com reveals that the first Wind... |
18 September 2012
04:38 GMT |
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Yesterday, Fox announced the new judges lineup for the upcoming season of American Idol, which premieres in January, with the stars on the panel having started work for the auditions stage. Trouble has already reared its ugly head, says a new report.
Back in August, when Mariah Carey was the only judge officially a... |
18 September 2012
04:34 GMT |
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The media is up in arms over Apple’s blunders regarding Internet services – most recently, iMessage. Numerous customers have come to realize that the default SMS setting between iPhones often doesn’t work. So people are beginning to ask “why does Apple keep trying?”
iCloud, the iTunes Store, ... |
18 September 2012
04:33 GMT |
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Wikipedia is now making it possible to create ebooks on your favorite topics or anything that interests you and have all the pages put together in one file, in the EPUB format.
You can then copy the material and use it on the many devices that can read EPUB ebooks, which is pretty much everything except Kindles.
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18 September 2012
04:33 GMT |
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Sleeping Dogs, the open-world brawler and action game from developer United Front Games and publisher Square Enix, has managed to once again lead the United Kingdom video game chart.
The game is number one for a second successive week for the period that ended on September 16, after being dethroned for a seven-day p... |
18 September 2012
04:31 GMT |
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After the Cybersecurity Act of 2012 was blocked by senators back in July, rumors started surfacing regarding an executive order whose main purpose would be to protect the United States’ critical infrastructures against attacks from cyberspace. In a letter sent to Senator Jay Rockefeller, the chairman of t... |
18 September 2012
04:29 GMT |
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Up until now, scientists kept going on and on about how chimpanzees are at the top of the list when it comes to animals using tools to make their life easier.
However, the cat in this video stands as proof that, should felines ever decide to start using kitchen utensils, they would do it just to add a pinch of styl... |
18 September 2012
04:21 GMT |
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This amazing picture of 75-year-old Ernestine Shepherd stunned Reddit users. The woman looks fitter than most 30-year-olds.
Ernestine was the Guinness record title holder for “oldest competitive female bodybuilder in the world" in 2010 and 2011.
Her day starts at 3 a.m, with a meditation session. She then goe... |
18 September 2012
04:19 GMT |
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Personal identification numbers (PINs) are just as important as passwords and many security experts have highlighted throughout the years the safest ways to set such a secret passcode. The folks from Data Genetics have analyzed PINs and they have come up with some interesting results. Although professionals often ad... |
18 September 2012
04:09 GMT |
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You know you’re a huge star when you get parodies made after your reality show. Alana Thompson, aka Honey Boo Boo Child, might be very young but she’s already getting attention from both media and fellow TV stars.
Just check out the video above to see what we’re talking about.
Fortune Feimster... |
18 September 2012
04:09 GMT |
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We really don't know what to make of this latest report regarding tablets, but we figure it is more encouraging than the one about ASUS Vivo Tab, Vivo Tab RT and Taichi. For those who don't know yet, a leak has exposed the price plan that ASUS has drawn up for its Windows 8 tablets, and it is none too pro... |
18 September 2012
04:08 GMT |
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After revealing the launch date of Windows 8, Microsoft also announced the pricing for the new Office 2013 packages that will be initially available in two different flavors called Office 365 Home Premium and Office 365 Small Business Premium.
One of the main differences as compared to the previous Office versions i... |
18 September 2012
04:05 GMT |
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As Apple prepares to start shipping the iPhone 5, the company’s stock has surged to a whopping $700 / €534 a share in after-hours trading.
As reported by All Things D, Apple’s stock was valued at $699.80 when the market closed yesterday, just 20 cents shy of the $700 mark. The Mac maker’s shar... |
18 September 2012
03:59 GMT |
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Google’s Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system is now available for download for the owners of an Xperia ray smartphone at Vodafone in Australia.
The wireless carrier has just announced the immediate availability of the platform upgrade, while noting that a nice range of enhancements are included ... |
18 September 2012
03:58 GMT |
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When it comes to leading an environmentally-friendly lifestyle, most people know that making sure no water gets wasted while carrying on with one's daily routine need be at the top of the list.
Thanks to four Turkish students, those wishing to cut their water consumption down to a minimum could soon shower and... |
18 September 2012
03:55 GMT |
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After undergoing a long period of preparation and testing, the European Space Agency's (ESA) MetOp-B weather satellite was launched into space on Monday, September 17, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan.
The spacecraft was carried to orbit aboard a Soyuz-Fregat delivery system, which was provided unde... |
18 September 2012
03:52 GMT |
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The adorable baby elephant lives at the Schönbrunn Zoo in Vienna, a UNESCO World Heritage Site where he is treated like a king. In this photo he trips and lands on his trunk, after getting acquainted with a slightly large log. This zoo in Austria just announced that another baby elephant would be born at the ... |
18 September 2012
03:51 GMT |
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Last week, Dr. Phil teased the upcoming episode of his show with a video that soon became the talk of all town: showing a giggling, mumbling and overly emotional Dina Lohan, it made it seem as if she was drunk or on drugs. That impression was confirmed last night. On Monday night, the full interview aired and, cont... |
18 September 2012
03:46 GMT |
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After two test builds, the first release candidate for Blender 2.64 has been released. It encompasses the major improvements in the previous builds and polishes up some rough edges. The highlights for this official revision include better motion tracking thanks to the implementation of planar tracking. Less signific... |
18 September 2012
03:41 GMT |
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One previous video released by green-oriented organization PETA showed how the meat industry needed to be held responsible for countless acts of animal cruelty. Now, this group teamed up with actor Cassey Affleck in an attempt to prove that eating dairy products is almost as bad as eating meat, seeing how hundreds ... |
18 September 2012
03:39 GMT |
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Romanian nationals, Iulian Dolan, 28, and Cezar Butu, aged 27, admitted to having participated in a multimillion dollar scheme that targeted hundreds of merchants from the United States, including Subway restaurants. Dolan agreed to one count of conspiracy to commit computer fraud and two counts of conspiracy to com... |
18 September 2012
03:34 GMT |
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Officials at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, announce that the Juno spacecraft has recently completed its second course-correction maneuver. The probe is currently flying on its established path, heading for Jupiter.
The second Deep Space Maneuver (DSM-2) was carried out on Friday,... |
18 September 2012
03:33 GMT |
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After a whole year of rumors and promises that tablets will become cheaper, ASUS is getting ready to drop a bombshell that will leave prospective customers rather shell-shocked.
ASUS has three Windows 8 tablets prepared to ship for the winter holidays, all of which were previewed during IFA 2012.
Granted, the ASU... |
18 September 2012
03:31 GMT |
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27-year-old Mike Lovell was killed on Sunday during a speedboat championship in Weymouth Bay, Dorset. His boat capsized during the last race of the P1 Superstock class. The driver was accompanied by his navigator, Dan Whapples. Whapples also suffered severe injuries, but he is now recovering in hospital, and althoug... |
18 September 2012
03:29 GMT |
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Microsoft confirmed this morning that Windows 8 would go live in New York on October 25, so users considering an upgrade to the latest operating system are now waiting for pricing information.
In the meantime however, “System Builder” versions of Windows 7 come with a discount price in the United States ... |
18 September 2012
03:28 GMT |
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As mind-boggling as it may sound, one man recently got rescued after having spent 15 weeks drifting aimlessly in the Pacific Ocean.
Back in May, the Toakai Teitoi and his brother-in-law, Lelu Falaile, wished to sail from Kiribati to Maiana, yet somehow fell victim to the strong ocean currents and soon discovered th... |
18 September 2012
03:17 GMT |
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While everybody waits for an Internet Explorer 10 patch to fix the recently discovered Flash glitch, Microsoft today rolled out a new security advisory aimed at IE 9 users.
The company hasn't yet released a downloadable patch, but instead it provided three essential steps for all Internet Explorer 9 users who m... |
18 September 2012
03:08 GMT |
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Apple has patched a security flaw in its Remote Desktop software noting that connections to a third-party VNC server with the "Encrypt all network data" setting on may lead to information disclosure.
A stub over at Apple’s security section on support.apple.com notes that Apple Remote Desktop 3.5.3 addresses a ... |
18 September 2012
03:07 GMT |
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Some years back, Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton were almost inseparable, Best Friends Forever (BFFs). They had a falling out and, to this day, still refuse to speak to each other, which makes whatever possible encounter between the two potentially explosive or, at best, awkward.
This seems to have been the case at L... |
18 September 2012
03:06 GMT |
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Developer BioWare and publisher Electronic Arts have confirmed that they are working on a new Dragon Age video game, the third one in the series, and that it will bear the name Inquisition. The two companies have also refused to offer more information about the game and it seems that the team wants to make sure that... |
18 September 2012
03:05 GMT |
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The past three weeks have been mercifully free of further developments in the drama that is known as the Apple-Samsung patent war. Or at least there weren't any events major enough to warrant coverage more than the IFA 2012 and IDF.
Now, though, the judge overseeing the proceedings in the San Jose, California ... |
18 September 2012
03:02 GMT |
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HTC One X, the flagship Android-based smartphone powered by Nvidia’s Tegra 3 application processor, can now get a taste of CyanogenMod 10 nightly builds (based on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean).
The team behind the custom Android ROMs has also provided the owners of this handset with CM9 nightlies about two weeks ago... |
18 September 2012
03:00 GMT |
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In an age where information security should be at the top of the priority list for all companies that handle sensitive information, passwords are a key element to protecting data and digital assets. However, according to an expert, Virgin Mobile fails at this chapter, leaving its millions of customers exposed.
Devel... |
18 September 2012
02:53 GMT |
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The desktop management solution for networked Macs, Apple Remote Desktop Admin has been promoted to version 3.5.3, an update that enhances the app’s overall stability and reliability.
Apple Remote Desktop lets you automate software distribution and IT workflows, configure and control systems remotely, create d... |
18 September 2012
02:52 GMT |
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What most people know about chameleons is that they change color in order to better blend in with their surroundings.
However, this video provides us with some very interesting insights into this species' routines. Thus, it seems that chameleon mothers simply lay their eggs in the underground and leave them th... |
18 September 2012
02:43 GMT |
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Now that Microsoft has officially confirmed that Windows 8 would see the daylight on October 25, an avalanche of rumors concerning the final price of the operating system emerged on the web. Back in June, the software giant revealed that all those who purchase a Windows 7 license between June 2012 and January 2013 w... |
18 September 2012
02:41 GMT |
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The developers behind the Superb Mini Server (SMS) Linux server operating system proudly announced earlier today, September 18th, the immediate availability for download of the Superb Mini Server 2.0.0 release.
Based on Slackware 14, Superb Mini Server 2.0.0 is now powered by Linux kernel 3.2.29 and features import... |
18 September 2012
02:40 GMT |
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The U.S., like every other country, has its share of strange legal hiccups. As for their enforcement, I guess it depends on how zealous police officers are.
According to oddstuffmagazine.com, in Maine, it is illegal to step out of a plane while it's still in mid-air. In Baltimore, New England, you will be break... |
18 September 2012
02:38 GMT |
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Today, South Korean mobile phone maker LG Electronics announced the upcoming availability of its LG Optimus G smartphone with a new User Experience (UX) and appealing hardware packed inside. The new handset provides a great combination of hardware and software, LG notes, adding that it will enable its users to &ldqu... |
18 September 2012
02:37 GMT |
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A listing on Amazon suggests the upcoming first-person shooter Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 might include a new zombie-powered game mode which has a story driven structure. The information on the official page of the game developed by Treyarch and published by Activision states that Black Ops 2 has “zombies in ga... |
18 September 2012
02:31 GMT |
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Sunnyvale, California-based microprocessor and graphics product maker Advanced Micro Devices has begun searching for someone to replace the current senior vice president and chief financial officer.
This time around, the executive officer is leaving by his own initiative, not because of some decision on the part of... |
18 September 2012
02:29 GMT |
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Although it was initially rumored that Microsoft would launch the new Windows 8 on October 26, the Redmond-based software giant will actually debut the new operating system one day earlier, on October 25. The company started sending invites (pictured above) to journalists across the United States for an event that w... |
18 September 2012
02:02 GMT |
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The development team at Arkane Studios and the marketing department at publisher Bethesda have announced that gamers are now able to download the Drunken Whaler theme song for Dishonored for free and can also take part in a contest that focuses on remixes.
The song, which impressed those who have seen the E3 trailer... |
18 September 2012
01:57 GMT |
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