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Ubisoft has not even launched the remade, re-imagined Prince of Persia and it's already talking about the downloadable content which the title is due to receive when it is out. Some of the company’s statements point to the fact that it might be thinking of bringing an entire prequel sequence to players dig... |
19 November 2008
20:41 GMT |
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Sony is preparing to launch Home, the social space that will bring together all players that use the PlayStation 3 and want to connect with other people. Microsoft is releasing the New Xbox Experience which is set to offer more social options with Avatars and Live Parties. Meanwhile, Nintendo, although selling a ton... |
19 November 2008
18:21 GMT |
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There's certainly not much new under the sun, as it can also be concluded after reading one of the world's most ancient joke books. The original manuscript is a collection of 1,600 years old Greek jokes, most of which seem strikingly familiar even today, although in a somewhat updated version. The book date... |
19 November 2008
18:01 GMT |
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Pencils with funny smells are no new stuff as they've been around for so many years. Yet this doesn't mean that all sorts of improvements are impossible now; in fact, any cool features are more than welcome and seeing the new Smencils was a very pleasant surprise. We introduce to you a very fun way to add f... |
19 November 2008
17:21 GMT |
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A new surveillance technique, developed by researchers at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), offered scientists studying the microorganisms that live in symbiosis with us a way to look at the changes bacteria in our gut undergo when we take antibiotics for several days. They've learned that the drugs not on... |
19 November 2008
17:01 GMT |
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Recently we've had a furor over the DRM measures implemented in Electronic Arts' Spore in an effort to deter the piracy of the title. The system the big publisher implemented was restrictive enough to cause issues for regular, paying users while the piracy on the title shot up as users also rated the game l... |
19 November 2008
15:31 GMT |
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Service Pack 3 for the Windows client was released to manufacturing on April 21, 2008, and made generally available for download on May 6. Seven months later, the Redmond company has released Service Pack 3 yet again, but this time for the embedded version of the Windows XP operating system. Windows XP Embedded SP3 i... |
19 November 2008
15:21 GMT |
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Methamphetamine (MA), or crystal meth, is a highly addictive drug, strictly-regulated by drug enforcement agencies worldwide, due to its hazardous effects. It may cause severe physical and mental damage, after prolonged use, and withdrawal symptoms are also very difficult to handle, as they involve nausea, insomnia, ... |
19 November 2008
15:01 GMT |
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Microsoft’s latest iteration of Windows for supercomputers powers a machine that has broken into the top 10 High Performance Computing systems worldwide. The Chinese-built Dawning 5000A, from the Shanghai Supercomputer Center, runs Windows HPC Server 2008, the successor of Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003, a... |
19 November 2008
15:01 GMT |
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Mario Party DS is a video game developed especially for the Nintendo DS, as its name implies. It is the eleventh title in the series, or the twelfth in Japan, which saw another game being released in the franchise. Mario Party DS was released in this country on November 8, 2007, followed by the North American release... |
19 November 2008
14:51 GMT |
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Microsoft made available Zune 3.0, to accompany the third generation of its digital media players in September 2008. Just ahead of the holidays, the Zune 3.1 update is now up for grabs. According to Microsoft, Zune users will be able to notice improvements in the firmware of devices, not only in terms of performance,... |
19 November 2008
14:11 GMT |
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The folks handling the Camino Project have updated their simple, but useful, web browser for Mac OS X, Camino. The release includes critical security and stability fixes, an updated Google feed handler icon, improved ad blocking, and more. Although still hard at work on the web browser, the Camino Project hopes more... |
19 November 2008
14:11 GMT |
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Back in 2006, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Ron Hovsepian, president and CEO of Novell, inked a five-year Windows and Linux interoperability and intellectual property assurance agreement, designed to provide increased support for customers running heterogeneous IT infrastructures. On November 18, 2008, Microsoft in... |
19 November 2008
14:01 GMT |
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Electronic Arts is a company well known for the fact that if it has a successful game, it won't hesitate to make it a franchise, and produce more similar titles, even though they bring very small changes to the original, only to make a quick profit. Yearly franchises like the Need For Speed or the sports ones li... |
19 November 2008
13:41 GMT |
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Up until quite recently, holograms seemed to be something one could really encounter solely in science fiction movies or novels, but the developments of modern technology have taken this concept a lot closer to reality. And one of the latest such innovations comes from Japan (where else?), in the form of a color holo... |
19 November 2008
13:21 GMT |
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The acclaimed Mario Kart series has gone wireless, letting players race and battle with up to eight karts at once, regardless of whether everyone has a game card. An all-star cast that includes Mario, Luigi, Peach, Yoshi, Donkey Kong, Wario, Bowser and Toad will round out a truly all-star lineup of more than 30 cours... |
19 November 2008
13:11 GMT |
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Microsoft has debuted the holiday race against Apple on the digital media player market. Albeit the Redmond giant has little chances of prevailing in the face-off against the market leader, Microsoft managed to offer a financial incentive for Zune on November 18. Several Zune 3.0 devices, as well as accessories ... |
19 November 2008
13:01 GMT |
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Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time is the fifth game in the Mario RPG series, and it is a Nintendo DS exclusive title, released in November 2005 in North America, December 2005 in Japan, January 2006 in Europe, and February 2006 in Australia. The game was developed by AlphaDream, and published by Nintendo. Mario and L... |
19 November 2008
12:41 GMT |
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Good Old Games, the digital distribution channel created and maintained by CD Projekt, the guys who developed role playing titles such as The Witcher, announce having signed an agreement with Epic Games for bringing most of the Unreal series to the service.The following titles will be included in the deal: Unreal Gol... |
19 November 2008
11:51 GMT |
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Adobe AIR is a platform that allows developers to easily create web applications and services for their Desktop. Adobe AIR was previously known as Apollo, and runs on Mac OS X, Windows and Linux (beta), enabling developers to create desktop applications using Adobe Flash, Adobe Flex, HTML and AJAX. Developing AIR-bas... |
19 November 2008
11:21 GMT |
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Santa Clara, California-based graphics manufacturer NVIDIA has just updated its GeForce drivers with the release of the 180.48 version. The new WHQL-certified driver has been designed for the company's GeForce 200-series, 9-series and 8800-series of desktop graphics processors. With the new release, NVIDIA enabl... |
19 November 2008
11:20 GMT |
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Australia was on Saturday host to numerous protests on climate change, totaling over 150,000 people who took to the streets, news agencies report. Brisbane and Sydney were among the cities with most citizens on their streets. The protesters carried placards and chanted slogans, urging the government to adopt measures... |
19 November 2008
11:07 GMT |
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The burning sun transitions into ominous moon in Lunar Knights, as players take on the role of the solar powered Aaron and his lunar-enhanced counterpart, Lucian. They lead an uprising against their vampire oppressors. Fueled by their powerful Casket Armor, the vampires have used the twisted powers of the undead to e... |
19 November 2008
11:01 GMT |
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Blizzard is a very popular company, largely due to the fact that it has always delivered great games to its loyal fans. Titles that made history, like Starcraft, Diablo or World of Warcraft offered players excellent experiences and they are still played today, because the company invested in the Battle.Net online sys... |
19 November 2008
11:01 GMT |
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The hard working team behind the UbuntuME (Ubuntu Muslim Edition) project announced today a new version of their Linux-based operating system. Ubuntu Muslim Edition 8.10 is based on Intrepid Ibex, also known as the Ubuntu 8.10 operating system. It includes only free applications, which have been changed in such a way... |
19 November 2008
10:50 GMT |
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Microsoft has already taken Silverlight to version 2, but only for Windows and Mac OS X platforms. When it comes to the Linux operating system, Silverlight compatibility is not Microsoft’s responsibility, as the project was adopted by Novell. And, while on Windows and Mac OS Silverlight is at version 2, with v3... |
19 November 2008
10:40 GMT |
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Taiwanese graphics card and motherboard maker ASUS has recently brought to market a series of graphics cards designed with a custom cooling solution, coming to provide computer enthusiasts with high levels of performance. Part of the company's high-end Matrix family, the GeForce 9600 GT, GeForce 9800 GT and Rade... |
19 November 2008
10:24 GMT |
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Facebook is finally offering details on its 1.5 version for BlackBerry, after a rather agonizing period for its fans that lasted over a year. It is true that it comes with many new features and applications, but we must admit that it took a little bit too long to launch it, and now it's up to you to decide wheth... |
19 November 2008
10:23 GMT |
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The networks of three London hospitals, the Royal London Hospital, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital (Barts), and the London Chest Hospital, were severely affected by a computer worm, on Tuesday. Because of the emergency procedures, the activity relying on computer systems has been affected, and non-essential operatio... |
19 November 2008
10:09 GMT |
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Need For Speed Undercover is shaping up to be a very high quality title, set to take Electronic Arts' racing franchise to new heights, in terms of gameplay, story and graphics. Following the relatively low sales of the NFS: ProStreet title, which was meant to take the franchise off the streets and into the profe... |
19 November 2008
10:01 GMT |
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One of the first companies to have released a product to compete with ASUS' Eee PC netbook systems was MSI, and it initially went for the 10-inch form factor. The Taiwanese netbook maker is now expected to expand its product lineup with a new system that will most likely go against ASUS' much anticipated Ee... |
19 November 2008
09:45 GMT |
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This is the third article related to the priority of the Moon over Mars and vice versa, as the next target of the space program. First, it was clear that the Moon would provide a good place to start, since it's the closest and more accessible cosmic body that we can get to, and could also give astronauts a ... |
19 November 2008
09:32 GMT |
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Surely you've all heard Vader's words before he died – "Luke, I am your... father" – but few of you know the truth about them. Recent investigations revealed enough evidence to prove that Vader's last words were mistakenly dubbed and he actually said to Luke Skywalker that his spirit would ... |
19 November 2008
09:27 GMT |
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The material surrounding and circling the black hole of the Milky Way, called Sagittarius A*, emits flares of radiation. Two Chilean telescopes have managed to spot the event simultaneously for the first time. This allows for a better understanding of the phenomena going on in that place, otherwise unobservable due t... |
19 November 2008
09:25 GMT |
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Lately, cameras have reached a whole new technological level – and this is just the beginning, for we have been promised that, in the near future, cameras will cross the two figure megapixel threshold. Said promise is nothing but nice and somewhat shocking, for not many would have expected results that impressi... |
19 November 2008
09:12 GMT |
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Guitar Hero: World Tour promised to bring a new type of music experience to the big number of fans this series has. It was the first title in the innovative franchise that let you play the vocals and the drums, much like its archrival, Rock Band, and featured a whole new song creation tool that gave you the chance to... |
19 November 2008
09:01 GMT |
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Panic struck many members of the whites-only right wing British National Party (BNP) when they found out that their personal details had been leaked out on the Internet. The membership list of the BNP, which is now posted online on multiple websites as well as p2p networks, contains personal information such as names... |
19 November 2008
08:55 GMT |
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Despite the fact that it has just released its next generation Core i7 processors, it looks as if Intel, the current number one company in the global consumer processors market, is already planning to update the high-performance processor lineup with the addition of a couple of models, set to be unveiled sometime dur... |
19 November 2008
08:53 GMT |
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If there still are people who say that in the field of headphones and MP3 players everything has been said and done, we're glad to prove them wrong by introducing one of the most innovative designs we've met this year: the flower vase personal music system. And if "audio gadgets" is on the menu, then this p... |
19 November 2008
08:40 GMT |
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The entire soundtrack album of World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King is now available to buy through the iTunes Store, Blizzard Entertainment proudly announced. Tracks like "Shadow Web Caverns," "Dragon's Rest," "Path of Tears," "The Garden of Life," and "Obsidian Sanctum" are sure to delight fans of the pop... |
19 November 2008
08:26 GMT |
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Recent predictive studies show that the rate of college enrollment in the United States is highly dependent on the mortgages and equities parents have to pay on their houses. It makes sense that a family sealed in debts will have no way of affording to send their teenagers to get a higher education. University of Mic... |
19 November 2008
08:21 GMT |
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Dead or Alive 2: Hardcore is a video game created by Team Ninja and published by Tecmo Inc. The title was produced for a variety of platforms, including arcade machines, the PlayStation 2, the Dream Cast and the original Xbox. It was launched in October 2000, and was classed as a fighting game with an anime look, pla... |
19 November 2008
08:11 GMT |
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The recent Automotive News Green Car Conference held at The Diamond Center at Rock Financial Showplace in Novi, Michigan, stressed on the fast pace of gas cost and on the decrease of vehicles' carbon footprints. Major automotive issues related to lower emissions, fuel saving, enhanced safety or higher degrees of... |
19 November 2008
07:51 GMT |
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Say you need a fast, simple, and reliable converter for your audio or SWF media files, but you don’t know which one of the lot to pick. Given that the range of possibilities is so wide, you probably don’t have enough time to look around and test every converter to see if it's good for the job or not.... |
19 November 2008
07:11 GMT |
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The device up for discussion today was created by a small Chinese company. We all know that most people are full of prejudice when it comes to such manufacturers, and pass the verdict without correctly judging the product beforehand. However, this case may represent exactly the reason why people are that prejudiced i... |
19 November 2008
07:05 GMT |
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In a climate of economic turmoil, banks are among the heaviest hit institutions, making it difficult to keep their existing customers and attracting other new ones. However, Microsoft has one strategy that could be part of the solution designed to solve the problems generated by the worldwide financial crisis. Accord... |
19 November 2008
07:04 GMT |
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Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2 is a video game developed by Z-Axis Ltd. and published by Acclaim Entertainment Inc. It was created for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony, for the original Xbox from Microsoft, the GameCube and the Game Boy Advance. Launched in September 2001, the game is classed as a sports title, based ... |
19 November 2008
06:51 GMT |
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Cancer researches are time-consuming processes that require a lot of patience, even if time is the only thing patients don't have. Identifying cancer-suppressing genes can further studies on all cancer types considerably, but methods and research are often limited to mutating a certain gene in mouse models, and ... |
19 November 2008
06:49 GMT |
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The epic story of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker continues, as Link finds himself lost and alone in unknown seas in a new adventure. Featuring intuitive touch-screen controls and innovative puzzles, The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass offers new challenges for fans of the series and an easy-to-grasp introduct... |
19 November 2008
06:35 GMT |
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As indicated in a previous article, the remains of an ancient family have recently been unearthed in Germany, close to the city of Eulau. This has also been demonstrated to be the earliest ever genetic evidence of a nuclear family discovered. The impressive batch of Stone Age graves also provided clues to the fact th... |
19 November 2008
06:34 GMT |
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The feeling of deja vu is undoubtedly known to virtually everybody. It's that sensation that people have when they find themselves in a certain place or situation, and they feel like they've been there before, or done the same thing before. Psychologists and behavior experts have attempted countless explana... |
19 November 2008
06:33 GMT |
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The Sunnyvale, California-based chip maker Advanced Micro Devices is currently planning the release of its highly anticipated Deneb processors, which will mark the company's first 45nm-based consumer desktop CPUs. The new processors are expected to significantly improve performance, as they are built on the rec... |
19 November 2008
06:31 GMT |
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It's common knowledge that large groups of people drive innovation. Large cities become think tanks over time, as the possibility of people with similar ideas and interests meeting increases with the number of inhabitants. Academies and universities become cultural centers and "create" scientists and researchers... |
19 November 2008
06:30 GMT |
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Following the announcement that Apple was shipping its new, 24-inch Cinema Display, the company quietly discontinued one of its old display models, namely the 23-inch SKU. Selling for US$899, the 24-incher is available for order from Apple's online store. Back in 2005, Apple was announcing price cuts on its fla... |
19 November 2008
06:28 GMT |
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The Santa Clara-based Transmeta Corporation and Novafora, Inc. announced inking a definitive agreement for the acquisition of Transmeta for $255.6 million in cash, subject to certain working capital and other adjustments. Novafora is based in San Jose, California, a privately held fabless semiconductor company that d... |
19 November 2008
06:24 GMT |
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Canada's only safe injection site, Vancouver's Insite, saves the government 14 million Canadian dollars each year, a recent study shows. In addition, the national health system says that, over 10 years, some 920 life-years will be saved, for people who would otherwise succumb to AIDS, hepatitis C, or other ... |
19 November 2008
06:00 GMT |
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At the Adobe Max developer conference, Andy Rubin and Kevin Lynch showed that a full HTML web browsing experience was much more appealing using the Flash technology. This collaboration between Google and Flash has been expected for some time, and can only bring benefits to all sides. Although Apple has been trying to... |
19 November 2008
06:00 GMT |
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Consumers worldwide will ultimately be the judges that get to vote “cool” or “fail” on Microsoft’s I'm a PC and Windows – Life without Walls aspects of the $300 million marketing campaign designed to reinvigorate the Windows brand and mellow out the impact of Apple's Get ... |
19 November 2008
05:59 GMT |
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Electronic Arts and Maxis have release the third patch for their evolutionary game Spore. There is not much in the way of changes made to the game, but those who get the update will also receive 24 new exoskeleton limbs as part of the package.There's a server side fix aimed at keeping achievements on the servers... |
19 November 2008
05:59 GMT |
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VIA Technologies, Inc, a worldwide leading maker of power efficient x86 processor platforms, announced yesterday a full featured, entirely fanless panel PC designed for display applications in demanding environments, the VIA VIPRO VP7710 touch screen panel PC. The new VIA VIPRO is rugged, stable and flexible, and com... |
19 November 2008
05:51 GMT |
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Crysis Wars is the multiplayer component of the highly acclaimed Crysis series made by Crytek. The company has just released a big patch for the title, changing a lot of game elements and creating a more carefully balanced game environment in which all players have a competitive chance at winning.Crytek says that mos... |
19 November 2008
05:51 GMT |
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The world's largest mobile advertising marketplace has declared iPhone as the #1device requesting ads worldwide. Apple's smartphone has displaced even the Motorola RAZR, AdMob's Metrics Report reveals. AdMob stores and analyzes handset and operator data from every ad request in its network to opt... |
19 November 2008
05:45 GMT |
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Animal Crossing: Wild World features a very minimal plot. The objective of the game is to pay off a debt to Tom Nook, who allows the player to move into a house he owns. If the mortgage is paid off, the player's house will expand until upstairs, left, right, center and back rooms are included. This is slightly d... |
19 November 2008
05:43 GMT |
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A recent behavioral study revealed that children and teenagers who are sentenced to juvenile detention or even community work are about 7 times more likely to become criminals when they grow up. To verify this, psychologists also formed a control group, made up of participants who had no record of trouble with the la... |
19 November 2008
05:37 GMT |
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NASA's independent Office of the Inspector General (OIG) issued its yearly assessment related to the agency's most difficult situations to be addressed in the future. They are all related to money at some point. The most important is, as probably expected, concerns the space shuttle retirement program ... |
19 November 2008
05:33 GMT |
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The currently leading PC vendor, Hewlett Packard, has just introduced a new portable computer system, part of the company's TouchSmart series of PCs, coming to offer users a true multi-touch experience. Simply dubbed TouchSmart tx2, the new 12-inch notebook combines AMD's processors with ATI's graphics... |
19 November 2008
05:23 GMT |
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The Environment Protection Agency is recently acting out again, seeking to modify the existing legislation, which currently prevents companies from building coal-powered plants, oil refineries, and other such heavy-polluting facilities near national parks. The EPA doesn't act like its name, but, rather, tries to... |
19 November 2008
05:13 GMT |
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Microsoft is bringing the small robot designed as a waste allocation load lifter - Earth class to its virtual telescope, made available to computers worldwide. The Redmond company has introduced a new tour of the WorldWide Telescope, featuring the popular robot from Disney-Pixar’s animated motion picture, and i... |
19 November 2008
05:11 GMT |
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A forum user delighted his fellow members with detailed pictures and specs of a prototype MacBook Air. The laptop, acquired from eBay, runs an interim build of Mac OS X 10.5 (8R4016), while the serial number on the machine indicates that it was built in May 2007, well before the original MacBook Air was introduced. ... |
19 November 2008
05:08 GMT |
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The recently unveiled Advanced Micro Devices’ roadmap showed us that the chip manufacturer plans to release a number of new platforms next year, and that one of these platforms is code-named Dragon. The Sunnyvale company has already tried to bring to the market a similar platform, called Spider, which consisted... |
19 November 2008
05:01 GMT |
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A carving made by an ancient Arabic traveler on a red limestone block more than 1,300 years ago may provide new insight on an ardent topic related to the Qur'an (or Koran, as it is better known), the sacred book of the Muslims. Namely, since the inscription contains diacritical marks, it indicates that these kin... |
19 November 2008
04:41 GMT |
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The international scientific community is in disarray again, after a scientist from Virginia – a naturalized American citizen, who was born in China – admitted to federal indictments on several accounts, including the transmission of classified military data and breaking the Foreign Corrupt Practices law.... |
19 November 2008
04:38 GMT |
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Dark Cloud 2 is a video game developed by Level 5 Inc. and published by Sony Computer Entertainment Incorporated. Created exclusively for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony, it was released in December 2002. The title is classed as an action and role-playing game, played from a third-person perspective.While Dark Cl... |
19 November 2008
04:31 GMT |
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Motorola brings with the VE66 new call and multimedia technologies, meant to outmatch any other device on the market as far as these particular features go. Also, Motorola is now offering customers faster access to the type of information they require, for it has integrated its first widget on this particular phone.&... |
19 November 2008
04:23 GMT |
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Back in the days, portable computer systems were only good at providing the very basic in computing experience, allowing users to connect to the Internet, listen to music, and do some office tasks. However, in the case of more powerful configurations, notebooks were even capable of providing some gaming support. Now... |
19 November 2008
04:22 GMT |
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This year's Large Installation System Administration Conference (LISA) saw Apple's Director of Engineering of Unix Technologies, Jordan Hubbard, speak about the evolution of Mac OS X from large servers to embedded platforms. MacRumors points out to an interesting aspect within Hubbard's presentation sl... |
19 November 2008
04:08 GMT |
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The latest news on Advanced Micro Devices unveils the fact that the chip maker plans to rename The Foundry Company sometime next year. At this point in time, it is not certain which name it will receive, but The Foundry Company will surely not go too long with the entity. As many of you already know, AMD split into t... |
19 November 2008
04:06 GMT |
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Disney has announced the full track line up for Ultimate Band, the rhythm game it is launching. The title is noticeable for not having any peripheral and it is coming to the Nintendo Wii and the Nintendo DS on November 25. It could be a direct competitor for Guitar Hero On Tour, which uses the Nintendo DS and its Gam... |
19 November 2008
04:04 GMT |
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We hope most of you agree that this question is as funny as it is common; and it somehow resembles the "if you are so smart, then why aren't you rich?" bitter remark. Well, the answer is because just few of us are designers... and it's a perfectly true statement. Unlike most of us, Jack J. Allwood is a desi... |
19 November 2008
04:00 GMT |
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The PlayStation 3 has just turned two years old, celebrating the first launch of Sony's console in Japan, which took place in the middle of November. A lot has happened these past two years, and although the Japanese company hoped that the PS3 would dominate the market, like its predecessor, the PS2, such a thin... |
19 November 2008
03:45 GMT |
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Following a spectacular launch, the shuttle Endeavour reached its target, the International Space Station, on Sunday, nearly two days after take-off. The ISS and the Endeavour crews greeted each other warmly and after the newly-arrived accommodated, they proceeded to their tasks. The main goals were to unload and ins... |
19 November 2008
03:40 GMT |
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The guys at Criterion surely never take days off. Otherwise, they could not be able to get as much downloadable content out for their flagship title, Burnout Paradise. They are now announcing that, with a pack dubbed the Toy Cars Pack, they aim to get small race cars, monster trucks and comedy cruisers into the game.... |
19 November 2008
03:32 GMT |
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The Xbox 360 is a very popular console, largely due to the fact that it was the first next-gen piece of hardware to hit the game market, but also because it is a platform very easy to develop games for, as quite a lot of videogame creators said. And its popularity is further increasing around this period, as Microsof... |
19 November 2008
03:32 GMT |
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Orcas, like most whales, have the innate ability to use high-frequency sounds in order to detect obstacles or food in the water, or for communicating among themselves over long distances. Now, researchers in Hawaii seem to believe that the large animals can also use this ability to spot their favorite types of fish i... |
19 November 2008
03:30 GMT |
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Innovation is the key to market success in the field of display solutions, and for this reason, the most important names in this market segment keep pumping out new and improved technologies, meant to perfect certain specific components of an HDTV. That's also the case with the latest announcement from Funa... |
19 November 2008
03:30 GMT |
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Microsoft is cooking a free security solution, designed to integrate seamlessly with Windows 7, as well as with Windows Vista RTM/SP1/SP2 and Windows XP SP3. Advertised as a no-cost consumer security offering, code-named “Morro” is set up to be much more than a simple antivirus, also offering protection a... |
19 November 2008
03:29 GMT |
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Upon releasing two software updates, Apple has also redesigned its Support -> Downloads page, adding application icons, and more space between the descriptions, providing a less clogged up overview of the stuff available. The page also includes all the possible shortcuts to downloads, ranging from iPhone to iPod... |
19 November 2008
03:08 GMT |
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MSI, one of the world's leading motherboard manufacturers, announced yesterday the release of its new series of products, Eclipse. The fresh Eclipse motherboard series is based on the latest chipset Intel X58 and comes with support for the next-generation Intel Core i7 processors with LGA1366-pin design, ultra-h... |
19 November 2008
03:05 GMT |
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Videogames have been blamed for a lot of things over the years, from teaching kids how to be violent, and showing them stuff they aren't supposed to see at their age, to promoting antisocial behavior. Anti-game protesters have risen, with the most famous one being Jack Thompson, who blamed the Grand Theft Auto f... |
19 November 2008
02:57 GMT |
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While most distribution companies are releasing device after device, Vodafone is showing quite early its entire mobile collection for the upcoming holidays, thus giving their potential clients plenty of time to consider all options. These mobile phones are to be available as expected on contract, or on the Pay-as-you... |
19 November 2008
02:51 GMT |
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Aside from the recent announcement coming from the Tokyo Institute of Technology, according to which NVIDIA's Tesla GPU will be powering a TSUBAME supercomputer, the Santa Clara, California-based chip maker has also just demoed a Lenovo ThinkStation equipped with the company's Tesla C1060 GPU Computing proc... |
19 November 2008
02:46 GMT |
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An international medical effort succeeded in providing a critically-ill, 30-year-old Colombian woman with a new trachea graft. The new organ was built by Italian and British scientists, while the reconstructive surgery took place in Spain. A 7-cm long portion of trachea was harvested from a deceased patient, cleansed... |
19 November 2008
02:39 GMT |
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Cryptic Studios is a pretty popular developer, with creations such as Star Trek Online and Champions Online currently in development. Although not much is known about the latter, we do know a lot of things about the much loved space-themed online project, aimed to take the best Star Trek experience and give it to pla... |
19 November 2008
02:27 GMT |
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The latest news on the web unveils the fact that Intel plans to release its next-generation server processors during the first quarter of the next year. The fresh Intel Xeon chips will be based on the company's latest micro-architecture, Nehalem. The prices for the CPUs should be rather high but, at the same tim... |
19 November 2008
02:24 GMT |
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Dark Cloud is a video game developed by Level 5 Inc. and published by Sony Computer Entertainment Incorporated. Created exclusively for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony, it was released in December 2000. The title is classed as an action and role-playing game, played from a third-person perspective.Over 400 years ... |
19 November 2008
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