164 articles found
Those who are playing Mass Effect 3 on the Xbox 360 home console from Microsoft have a chance to use the Kinect motion tracking system to control some aspects of the game, and one leading developer working on the game says the integration happened mostly by accident.
Casey Hudson, who is the leading producer working... |
2 April 2012
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Facebook is already available on Android and iOS platforms, but the BlackBerry application has yet to make its official entrance in the App World. Until the official app is released, BlackBerry users can try out the beta version, which has just received another update. Although it doesn't bring any new features... |
2 April 2012
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Mass Effect 3 delivers a sprawling story with a controversial ending, that sees the protagonist, Commander Shepard, interact with a wide array of characters, from squad mates to friends or enemies. Without a doubt the strongest relationships are the ones you forge with your comrades aboard the Normandy space ship, a... |
2 April 2012
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Rumors that Mirror’s Edge 2 is under development at DICE and Electronic Arts regularly sprout on the Internet, but even if the game becomes real at some point, the original author of the story, the daughter of Terry Pratchett, is unlikely to be working on it. Rhianna Pratchett, who is not currently known to wo... |
2 April 2012
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Samsung introduced the Galaxy Note in Canada back in February. All three major carriers, TELUS, Rogers and Bell added the smartphone to their portfolios.Just like the AT&T variant, the Canadian version comes with an enhanced processor and a slightly different design in comparison with the European model.Starting Apri... |
2 April 2012
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The next wave of home consoles, including the Xbox 720 or the PlayStation 4 (PlayStation Orbis) need to provide better and more open terms when it comes to releasing updates for games, at least according to a few developers and publishers.In order to release an update or patch for games on current consoles, including... |
2 April 2012
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Regional manufacturer HCL Infosystems has just announced the upcoming availability of two unveiled three new tablets aimed at youngsters, the ME Tab U1 and the HCL MyEdu Tab, which comes in two models.
The cheapest of the three, ME Tab U1 is powered by Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich and features a small 7-inch ca... |
2 April 2012
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A brand new video for the upcoming Transformers: Fall of Cybertron game has appeared, in which developers from High Moon Studios talk about the player’s freedom in terms of missions and gameplay.Transformers games don’t exactly represent the pinnacle of interactive entertainment, especially the tie-ins to... |
2 April 2012
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Pete Hines, who is the main conduit for official communication from developer Bethesda, has announced that during the month of April fans of both the first-person shooter RAGE and those who prefer the role-playing in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim should get ready for some interesting announcements.
Hines did not offer... |
2 April 2012
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Last month Research In Motion reported BlackBerry App World, its own application store, had more than 60,000 apps and over 2 billion app downloads.
In addition, the Canadian company confirmed its applications store had more than 174 million apps downloaded each month, with an average of 6 million apps downloaded pe... |
2 April 2012
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CD Projekt Red has just revealed a brand new video for its upcoming The Witcher 2: Enhanced Edition title, focusing on the mysterious Witchers as a whole.The role playing series made by CD Projekt Red presents the adventures of Geralt of Rivia, a Witcher. He kills monsters, solves bounties, and, like in the second ga... |
2 April 2012
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Vodafone Australia is offering the Nokia Lumia 800 for quite some time now. Customers who purchased the Windows Phone device will be happy to know that Nokia has started the roll-out of the latest 12070 update for Lumia 800.
Those who are not familiar with this update’s changelog should know that Nokia plans t... |
2 April 2012
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I just came across a very interesting study, showing that the incidence of skin cancer has drastically increased in people younger than 40, and especially in young women. I find this to be unsettling to say the least, since allegedly everyone sees the light of day for similar periods of time each day.
The study appe... |
2 April 2012
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After going under the knife for throat surgery, Adele emerged a much slimmer woman than she was before. She explained the weight loss as a direct consequence of going through recovery, but she doesn't want to stop her just yet. For weeks now, there's been a lot of talk about how Adele has decided it was n... |
2 April 2012
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Canadian carrier TELUS kicked off a special Voicemail and Caller ID promo about a month ago and confirmed the offer would end on March 31.
However, the guys over at MobileSyrup have just learned that the carrier has decided to extend the Caller ID promo for one more month. This means that TELUS new and existing cust... |
2 April 2012
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A court in the United States state of California has announced that the lawsuit that was filed by retired National Football League players against video game publisher Electronic Arts over the Madden NFL series can go ahead.
The judge has dismissed a motion from the publisher, which aimed to strike the lawsuit launc... |
2 April 2012
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Sony has completed the development of the NEX-FS700U, known in Europe as the NEX-FS700E, a large-sensor camcorder with Super Slow Motion, among other things.
The NEX-FS700U/E is probably one of the most advanced camcorders of today, and we wouldn't be surprised if we saw it used for shooting Hollywood films.
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2 April 2012
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The budget-friendly BlackBerry Curve 9350 has been available in Canada for quite some time now. More recently, the smartphone has been confirmed by Northwestel, a regional carrier that operates in North Canada.
It appears that the smartphone is now exclusively available for purchase in North Canada via Northwestel a... |
2 April 2012
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Hearing Victoria Beckham saying she stands for the average woman is confirmation that she had too much California sun and it's making her senile, Katie Price, her longtime nemesis says in her column in The Sun. Her comments come after Victoria's interview with the British version of Harper's Bazaar, in... |
2 April 2012
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More details about Assassin’s Creed III have appeared from Ubisoft, as the developer now highlights the benefits of having a new historical setting, that of the American Revolution, which allows the writers to share more information with players.The Assassin’s Creed games have delighted fans with lots of ... |
2 April 2012
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EVE Online is one of the MMO experiences that draw a dedicated gaming crowd, but for mainstream gamers the game often seems to be a boring experience, something that the developer team at CCP is actually counting on. Kristoffer Touborg, who is the lead producer working on EVE Online, said “Like hauling mineral... |
2 April 2012
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It appears that Samsung made a deal with Mobilicity, which provides the latter access to the latest products launched by the South Korean company, but only if the carrier offers its customers one or more older devices first. Even if this speculation is not entirely accurate, the fact remains that regional Canadian c... |
2 April 2012
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Lenovo isn't ready to launch its two newest Ultrabooks yet, as that will only happen this May (2012).
Still, the hardware is mostly ready, far enough along, in fact, that it was up for analysis by the Federal Communications Commission.
All the tests and results are tallied here, in the FCC's regular, vi... |
2 April 2012
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Ubisoft has unveiled a few new videos for the upcoming Ghost Recon Online free-to-play title, this time showing off the Assault and the Recon classes that will be present in the shooter.Ghost Recon Online is Ubisoft’s attempt at stealing some market share from EA’s very popular Battlefield Play4Free, offe... |
2 April 2012
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Customers looking to learn what they can do if they have an issue connecting their Apple TV to a wireless network now have a lengthy knowledge base article to review and see if they can fix the problem themselves, instead of taking the device back to Apple. The Cupertino giant indirectly acknowledges that Apple TV o... |
2 April 2012
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Unveiled back in February at the Mobile World Congress 2012 in Barcelona, Nokia 808 PureView has just been previewed in China.
The folks over at IT168 got their hands on Nokia’s new camera-phone flagship and took some sample pictures that show an impressive level of detail.
However, this shouldn’t be a ... |
2 April 2012
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This Saturday, on March 31, officials gathered in New Mexico, the United States, and witnessed the renaming ceremony for the iconic Very Large Array (VLA), the largest radio observatory in the world. The installation has now been named after the founder of radio astronomy, and is known officially as the Karl G. Jans... |
2 April 2012
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Canadian major carrier Rogers has announced that it has expanded its LTE network into two more locations, Calgary and Halifax.
With the two additions, Rogers’ LTE services are now available to almost 12 million customers. However, the carrier plans to further expand its 4G LTE network to cover nearly 60% of t... |
2 April 2012
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She may be one of the most beautiful women in the industry right now but, back when she was just getting started, she was anything but. In a new interview with Lucky, Salma Hayek recalls the hard times she had when she'd just moved from Mexico to Hollywood.Now married to one of the richest and influential men in... |
2 April 2012
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Last week, Microsoft made available for download the Customer Technology Preview of its Microsoft Endpoint Protection for Windows Azure.
The new release provides all the necessary tools to add antimalware protection in Windows Azure Web and Worker roles.
It can offer protection for each of the Windows Azure virtu... |
2 April 2012
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Wargaming.net has announced that it has launched the 7.2 update for World of Tanks, its free-to-play World War II era multiplayer title that allows tank lovers to do battle using period-specific vehicles.
The update introduces two new maps, called American Live Oaks and Italian Province, and 22 new crew skills and p... |
2 April 2012
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Nokia Lumia 710 has just received a new minor software update, which is currently being rolled out internationally.
It will update Nokia Lumia 710 firmware to version 1600.3013.8107.11502. According to Nokia, this update is only available via Zune PC software.
Among the most important changes added by this update ... |
2 April 2012
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Silicon expert Chipworks has torn down the new Apple iPad with the main purpose of analyzing each and every piece of semiconducting material in it. They’ve confirmed that the 4G / LTE version has an additional logic board that houses a lot of extra chips. The tech-savvy team at iFixit usually works hand in han... |
2 April 2012
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Video game developer Wargaming.net has announced that it is adding fantasy-themed dragons to its flight combat MMO World of Warplanes and has released a trailer showing how the winged creatures will appear in the World War II styled title.
The dragon faction in World of Warplanes will be similar to the human ones an... |
2 April 2012
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Samsung announced the Galaxy Pocket budget-friendly smartphone two months ago, but the handset has yet to make its entrance on the market.
Although the handset maker did not reveal that the smartphone might be slated for a North American release, the folks at Engadget have recently spotted the Galaxy Pocket at FCC (... |
2 April 2012
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ArtSlide is a simple content slider plugin for jQuery. It does exactly what it says, graciously sliding images/content panels with a side slide motion. If you’re looking for an image slider, you might get inundated these days with lots of options and different solutions. ArtSlide is just one of them, but inste... |
2 April 2012
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Google TV hasn't really been successful in the US, but that's not stopping Google. It is getting ready to launch a second generation of devices as well as to conquer new markets. Google TV is now said to be landing in Europe in September this year according to the French newspaper Les Échos.
Sony is... |
2 April 2012
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Only a few days after it became officially available for purchase through Verizon Wireless in the United States, Lucid by LG got a taste of its first software update. There are no new features available for users as part of the new software update, though some enhancements were included. According to Verizon'... |
2 April 2012
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YouTube is great, with billions of videos to choose from and many more added each day, it's impossible to get bored. But YouTube only works online, what if you wanted to enjoy all those hilarious cat videos or those really talented people doing Taylor Swift covers on the comfort of your couch without worrying ab... |
2 April 2012
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IBM already has a fairly big stake in the HPC and data center markets, but it is going to become even more prominent in the field by 2024, if its recent contract with ASTRON goes as planned.
IBM has been commissioned by the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON) to research and develop an exascale super... |
2 April 2012
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If you ever wanted to see Justin Bieber covered in bright green goo, now's the time to enjoy the sight. He got slimed over the weekend at the Kids' Choice Awards 2012. Video of the sliming “ceremony” is above. As you can see, Will Smith was there, lending producers a helping hand and even holdin... |
2 April 2012
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Scythe has put together a set of power supply units that aren't only accessible to rich people. The PSUs are three in number and part of the Gouriki series. Their outputs of 500W (SPGRN-500), 600W (SPGRN-600), and 700W (SPGRN-700) make sure they can cope with the majority of PC configurations. Also, all three ... |
2 April 2012
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Considering she walked out of an interview with Good Morning America when the interviewer asked her if she felt like a has-been (in more or less words), it's no surprise Paris Hilton banned reporters from an Australian TV station for doing basically the same. Edwina Bartholmew of Channel 7 got to meet with Paris... |
2 April 2012
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Global warming has only begun accelerating in the past few decades, but this does not meant that its effects were not visible long before that. This was confirmed in a new study, which showed that the world's oceans have been getting warmer for more than a century,
What this research suggests is that climate ch... |
2 April 2012
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Twitter is one of the best new additions in OS X Mountain Lion, mainly because it makes a simple task even simpler. If you’re a hardcore user of the microblogging service, you’ll love Mountain Lion when it comes out later this year. Twitter was first integrated in iOS. After seeing how quickly it gained ... |
2 April 2012
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SoundCloud, despite trying to expand its view and to welcome podcasters and anyone else needing a simple way of recording, storing and publishing audio clips, is still very much about the music.
The site caught on especially well with budding artists since it offered not only a way of hosting their tracks online but... |
2 April 2012
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Experts from Trustwave’s SpiderLabs found a new version of an exploit kit that was first launched in 2009. It’s called Nuclear Pack 2.0 and it comes with some interesting features, but initial analysis shows that it brings nothing new to the exploit kit market.
First of all, the developers of Nuclear Pac... |
2 April 2012
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Dell and Wyse have reached an agreement through which the former is completely gaining ownership of the latter's various assets.
Through this deal, Dell hopes to start once again acquiring market share in the desktop and data server markets, after losing some to Lenovo last year (2011).
Wyse already has some t... |
2 April 2012
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Although you might find the headline intriguing, you should know that things are indeed this way: Windows X gained ground in March when compared to February. The old operating system from Microsoft remains the leading platform in user’s preferences, with a 46.86 percent market share of the OS market, up from ... |
2 April 2012
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Oracle just released a minor update for their virtualization software, VirtualBox. Since it is a maintenance release, no new features are available, just fixes and improvements. The modifications available in VirtualBox 4.1.12 squash bugs affecting the Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) and touch on the audio component, ... |
2 April 2012
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FreeBSD, an operating system for x86, ARM, IA-64, PowerPC, PC-98 and UltraSPARC architectures, is now at version 8.3 RC2. The developers of FreeBSD 8.3 RC2 stated that this should be the last Release Candidate version before a the final version of FreeBSD 8.3 will be available for download. The freebsd-update utili... |
2 April 2012
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A group of investigators from the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) say that virtual environments can be used to teach people how to meditate, but also how to handle their stress levels better, contributing to improving their well-being.
Several studies have proven that meditation can improve people's state ... |
2 April 2012
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Initially launched on Motorola’s MOTOACTV Android fitness device, the MOTOACTV companion application has just received a major software update. According to Motorola, the latest version of the application introduces support for all Android devices, along with several new features. With the new iteration of MO... |
2 April 2012
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Apple’s new iPad has topped Consumer Reports’ tablet ratings after the consumer review site fully assessed the tablet’s capabilities. The firm’s Donna Tapellini said the "high-resolution screen of the new iPad establishes a new benchmark in excellence, providing the best rendering of detail a... |
2 April 2012
10:26 GMT |
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Though she promised she'd never do it again, Nadya Suleman is back on welfare, receiving $2,000 (€1,497.4) a month in food stamps from the State of California. Taxpayers are none too happy about that, it has emerged. TMZ reports that, shortly after word got out that the mother of 14 was again living off the... |
2 April 2012
10:25 GMT |
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The biggest early surprise of Mass Effect 3 is that it gives Commander Shepard, regardless of his genre and past choices, a rather complex and disturbing inner life, which is expressed via a series of dreams involving his past, his present and, of course, the state of the galaxy. The first time the dream sequence is... |
2 April 2012
10:24 GMT |
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Smartphones are taking the world by storm, but despite their popularity, none has quite figured out a way of getting powerful keyboards to work properly on the small screen or, failing that, to find an alternative solution to the classic keyboard. Thankfully, the Gmail team searched for inspiration in the past and h... |
2 April 2012
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Although released on April Fools’ Day, the update for Media Player Classic Home Cinema (MPCHC) was no joke. Version 1.61 of the application brings to the table support for new codecs as well as numerous fixes for problems signaled by users.
The new revision uses ffmpeg for RealVideo/RealAudio decoding, include... |
2 April 2012
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Apple is celebrating the International Children's Book Day with “Don’t Let the Pigeon Run This App!”, a children’s book designed for both iPhone and iPad.
On Twitter, Apple said today: “Did you know today is International Children's Book Day? Check out Don't Let the Pigeo... |
2 April 2012
10:15 GMT |
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Security experts warn that spam emails which allegedly come from an organization called Christian Liberty Financial are actually part of a clever scheme designed to spread the malicious Bredo Trojan.
According to Sophos researchers, the emails urge the recipients to download a bank check that’s contained in th... |
2 April 2012
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Galaxy Nexus is certainly a great device, especially when paired with Verizon’s fast LTE network, although its battery life might not be as long as users would like it to be.To rectify this, Samsung released an extended battery package for its first Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich-based mobile phone, and is curr... |
2 April 2012
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Intel is determined to push forward with its solid state drive business, and the prices of its upcoming models may be just the sort of leverage it needs. We aren't sure this isn't a case of mistyped numbers, but the listings have been up for a while, so someone would have probably noticed by now if that w... |
2 April 2012
10:03 GMT |
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From the same creator that brought us the video of Britney Spears through the years comes another one, this time with Lindsay Lohan. Check it out in full above. Starting with her early years to the days when she was the brightest young thing on the scene, and moving on to her career climax and subsequent downfall, t... |
2 April 2012
10:02 GMT |
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According to researchers at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA), people with a certain variation in two genes coding for the production of the neurotransmitter serotonin are at an increased risk of developing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
The discovery is very important, particularly for the ... |
2 April 2012
10:00 GMT |
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GFI researchers came across a scam that’s making the rounds on Twitter, advertising a free $150 (112 EUR) Visa gift card in return for the users’ opinion regarding Pinterest, the latest trend in social media.
“Just tell us what do you think of Pinterest, and get a Free $150 Visa Gift Card now! [LIN... |
2 April 2012
09:53 GMT |
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Redmond-based software giant Microsoft is preparing the release of a new hosting framework for Web apps that would be accessible from both Windows Azure and private cloud datacenters, the latest reports inform. It comes from Microsoft’s Azure App Platform Team, and features the codename of “Antares.&rdq... |
2 April 2012
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Microsoft and Google may be going head-to-head in plenty of areas and there's quite a bit of healthy and some unhealthy competition between the two companies. But it seems that, while the people with the loudspeakers (PR) are throwing punches, the engineers at both companies can come to terms on the practical ma... |
2 April 2012
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Apple is reportedly gearing up to release new all-in-one iMac computers with anti-reflective displays. The company’s products have been both praised and criticized for their shiny screens that sometimes impede movie watching, reading text etc., in well-lit areas.
G-Tech is reportedly ramping up its production ... |
2 April 2012
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Swords & Soldiers is a tower defense game, mixed with some strategy and lots of humor. Its genre can’t be pinpointed precisely and at the same time it’s not any of the aforementioned ones. The game has a convoluted history and I mention this because it has some bearings on why Swords & Soldiers turn out t... |
2 April 2012
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After the big success experienced with Orcs Must Die, independent developer Robot Entertainment has now announced Orcs Must Die 2, a sequel that brings all sorts of new things, including the long awaited cooperative mode that was sorely lacking from the original.Orcs Must Die impressed us here at Softpedia, becoming ... |
2 April 2012
09:44 GMT |
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Sure, April 1 wasn't a weekday this year, which means that the April Fools' awesomeness didn't really reach as far and as high as it could have.
Still, there were a few jokes that stood out for us, so we decided to show them to you even though the grand day has already passed.
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2 April 2012
09:35 GMT |
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Google Chrome is pretty fast, but it's getting faster all the time. Meanwhile, web itself is becoming faster and faster. In fact, the only thing holding it back now is not technology, but people themselves.
When trying to squeeze every inch of performance out of Google Chrome, the team came to a startling concl... |
2 April 2012
09:21 GMT |
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Ryan Cleary, the individual considered responsible for running the IRC channels used by the LulzSec group, was put back in jail for breaking his bail conditions.
Cleary was initially arrested in June 2011, being accused of hacking the websites of the Serious Organized Crime Agency (SOCA), International Federation of... |
2 April 2012
09:15 GMT |
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Japanese inventors either have too many ideas or just don't know what to do with their time. Why else would they actually come up with interactive posters, of all things?
Still, reality is reality: a research group from the Keio University has invented a technology that lets a photo of a person react when kiss... |
2 April 2012
09:15 GMT |
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Developer Taleworlds Entertainment and publisher Paradox Interactive have announced that they are preparing a new downloadable content package for Mount & Blade Warband, which will be called Napoleonic Wars and will allow gamers to enjoy the battles that the French general has fought in the final years of his career.... |
2 April 2012
09:14 GMT |
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Nokia Lumia 900, the new Windows Phone flagship from Nokia, has just become available for pre-order in more countries around the world, in addition to the United States. The device is set to launch through AT&T in the US on April 8th, and the carrier kicked off the reservations period for it last week. Today, the... |
2 April 2012
09:12 GMT |
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Having launched on November 26, 2011, the NASA Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover Curiosity is currently halfway to its destination. Current plans call for it to land on Mars on August 5, 2012. Mission controllers say that all parameters aboard the spacecraft are nominal.
Curiosity is still encapsulated in it aeros... |
2 April 2012
09:10 GMT |
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The 2012 issue of Kids' Choice Awards took place over the weekend. During the ceremony, which saw Heidi Klum and Taylor Lautner get slimed, Katy Perry performed her latest single. Video of it is below, embedded at the end of this blog post. Katy performed her latest single “Part of Me” but she ma... |
2 April 2012
09:09 GMT |
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Dear Linux gamers, the wait is over, as Frozenbyte unleashed a few days ago the Linux version for its award winning Trine 2 cross-platform game. Trine 2 is a side-scrolling puzzle adventure/action game developed by the Finnish studio Frozenbyte, will be ported to Linux and officially launched sometime during 2012. ... |
2 April 2012
09:08 GMT |
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HTC One X and One S have already been available for pre-order in the UK for several days now. The Taiwanese handset maker also confirmed it would officially introduce its One series devices in Europe starting this week. Today, Vodafone UK has come forward with a short statement that officially confirms HTC One X and... |
2 April 2012
08:49 GMT |
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Yamicsoft, the developers of Windows 7 Manager, have released a new update for the suite, incrementing the build number to 4.0.3. As usual, the change log for the new revision only informs of the new builds of the programs available in the package. As such, if you used to run into minor quirks with the previous ver... |
2 April 2012
08:47 GMT |
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We've barely heard anything about Pixel Qi lately, but that has changed and, hopefully, we'll see the displays more often down the line. Pixel Qi panels are different from common displays through their ability to operate in transflective mode. Essentially, they can absorb ambient light and, thus, don'... |
2 April 2012
08:45 GMT |
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Fuduntu 2012.2, a lighthearted and fun Linux distribution that fits somewhere in-between Fedora and Ubuntu and designed to be aesthetically pleasing, is now available for download. Users who already have the previous Fuduntu version, 2012.1, installed, can rest assured as they can easily upgrade to the 2012.2 versi... |
2 April 2012
08:41 GMT |
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Google is not the only one to make the most of April Fools, even though the company is probably the biggest fan of the day. Amazon had a bit of fun as well with a clever prank for its Web Services. Since launch, Amazon's web service has become synonymous with cloud computing, but it knows that sometimes, there&... |
2 April 2012
08:40 GMT |
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SONY probably hopes to raise interest for 4K high-definition TV sets that will likely sell in the following years. AMD promises the Japan TV maker a powerful GPU that will ensure playability at the likely standard of 30 frames per second. For SONY, making 4K resolution a standard for the PlayStation 4, will be a won... |
2 April 2012
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The rugged Motorola DEFY MINI smartphone has just been announced in Poland. The Android handset is expected to arrive at selected retail stores across the country sometime this month. According to Motorola, the DEFY MINI will be available for purchase for a suggested retail price of 799 PLN (255 USD or 190 EUR) outr... |
2 April 2012
08:31 GMT |
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Microsoft is getting ready to announce the 2012 Global Microsoft Next winners, and has just opened voting for “People’s Choice” award in this competition. Driven by the idea of bringing innovation into people’s lives, the company kicked off the Microsoft Next competition, encouraging people ... |
2 April 2012
08:26 GMT |
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Hacktivists part of Anonymous Romania breached and defaced the public website of Miercurea Ciuc (szereda.ro), the main city of Harghita, the county where 85% of the population is represented by ethnic Hungarians. The demands made by the Hungarian community living in Romania have raised a lot of controversy, especia... |
2 April 2012
08:22 GMT |
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It's been almost three months since the previous release of HD audio drivers from the Realtek labs, and people seemed to grow rather impatient. Nevertheless, here's revision 2.68 for this sought-after software we're listing today. The fresh 2.68 Realtek release brings WHQL-tagged support for the ATI H... |
2 April 2012
08:21 GMT |
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Had it been any other actress, this would have been described as a PR stunt: after all, Charlize Theron too has a movie coming out in the following weeks, the insanely mediated “Snow White and the Huntsman.” However, this isn't the case. A video with Charlize Theron has leaked online. Considering its... |
2 April 2012
08:21 GMT |
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SEGA Sammy has announced that it is preparing itself for a loss of 7.1 billion Yen, which is the equivalent of 85.3 million dollars (63.9 million Euro), which it has described as extraordinary, mostly because of its video games division’s lower-than-expected performance.
The loss will be officially reported after Ma... |
2 April 2012
08:12 GMT |
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At the end of this week, Nokia’s first Windows Phone-powered LTE-capable handset will arrive on shelves at AT&T in the United States, namely Lumia 900. The handset has already seen a lot of hype, since it is the new flagship Windows Phone from Nokia, and is expected to benefit from an impressive marketing cam... |
2 April 2012
08:11 GMT |
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A group of researchers from the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and the University of Granada say that eating fast food can make people depressed. Their investigation finally links the two together, even though researchers have suspected this was the case for quite some time now.
While eating junk food wil... |
2 April 2012
08:03 GMT |
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The United Kingdom government wants to give organizations such as MI5 and Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) the power to closely monitor all Internet traffic, including emails and website visits.
Similar to countries such as China, where every move made by Internet users is carefully monitored by the loc... |
2 April 2012
07:53 GMT |
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Last week, Foxconn and Apple finally announced a change of policy but, even though they were supposed to cause good reactions, the new measures have also led to worries.
To keep a long story short, Foxconn has announced a pay rise as well as a reduction in working schedules.
The company was found to have broken ov... |
2 April 2012
07:53 GMT |
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UK-based carrier T-Mobile has just confirmed it will increase prices on its monthly plans. Beginning May 9, the price of all pay monthly plans will be 3.7% higher than current prices.
According to T-Mobile, the price change will take effect from the bill received after May 9. However, it appears that this change wil... |
2 April 2012
07:47 GMT |
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A highly speculative Monday feature by Dubai Media Incorporated claims Apple has provided all the clues that point to a June 15th unveiling of the next iPhone.
Citing “recent developments” and “a good amount of common sense,” Emirates24|7 says we should have every reason to believe “tha... |
2 April 2012
07:41 GMT |
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City College of New York investigators, led by neuroscientists Tony Ro, are currently working on a new method of restoring sight to patients who went blind following accidents that damaged the visual cortex at the back of their brains.
In this population, the eyes and optical nerves are intact, and produce electric... |
2 April 2012
07:41 GMT |
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The development team at 343 Industries has offered fans of the Halo series a brief look at the concept art that is linked to one of the multiplayer maps that will be involved in the upcoming Halo 4.The images show a facility on a gas mining ship that is only half finished and the concept will allow the development te... |
2 April 2012
07:41 GMT |
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More and more Windows 7 users are enjoying the world wide web via Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9 browser, the latest report from Net Applications shows. In the United States, almost 50% of those who own a Windows 7-based PC are using IE9 to navigate the Internet, said data unveils. The browser gained almos... |
2 April 2012
07:39 GMT |
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Here we go, announcing one of the long-awaited Asus motherboards: the Maximus V GENE, a micro-ATX board as nifty as it gets.
The Maximus V GENE is based on Intel's new Z77 chipset, capable to run with both 2nd and 3rd generations of Core processors and comes with high-class components sworn to deliver stable an... |
2 April 2012
07:37 GMT |
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Nadya Suleman made headlines last week for baring her post-pregnancy body for a British publication and getting paid for the job but that's not to say she's in the clear financially. In fact, she's back on welfare and living on food stamps. When the controversy began after she gave birth to the octup... |
2 April 2012
07:36 GMT |
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Representatives of the Anonymous launched an operation that has nothing to do with hacking, unmasking political corruption, or money-hungry corporations. Instead, the purpose of OpBloodDonation is to convince as many people as possible to donate blood for those in need.
According to the flyer, the campaign will take... |
2 April 2012
07:18 GMT |
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As you have undoubtedly noticed, the internet went out of its way to celebrate April Fools yesterday. While the shenanigans may be over, some of the pranks are still very much work, case in point being the 8-bit version of Google Maps.
Like the ASCII YouTube of past, the 8-bit Google Maps for the Nintendo NES aims t... |
2 April 2012
07:11 GMT |
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An 8-year old from Tennessee helped bust some burglars that had stolen roughly $350,000 in goods. The tech-savvy child did all the work using Apple’s simple “Find My iPhone” application. When his family’s Apple devices got stolen, Landon didn’t wait for the cops to find the bad guys. In... |
2 April 2012
07:08 GMT |
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Anonymous hackers worldwide are known for protesting against governments by mass defacing websites to raise awareness. Now it’s the turn of hacktivists part of Anonymous China.
Cyber War News informs that the hackers defaced a number of 400 government and commercial websites to state their discontent.
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2 April 2012
07:03 GMT |
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The Xfce development team proudly announced yesterday, April 1st, that the first preview release of the upcoming Xfce 4.10 desktop environment is now available for download and testing. Xfce 4.10 is now in feature freeze and this first development release includes major modifications and improvements to the core of... |
2 April 2012
06:41 GMT |
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M2Tech has just introduced a high-performance multi-channel USB audio digital-digital converter (DDC) on its official website.
The small pen drive plugs into any USB 2.0 port, and outputs one coaxial SPDIF digital audio output. The output signal supports a maximum resolution of 24-bit, with a 192 kHz sample-rate.
T... |
2 April 2012
06:37 GMT |
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After confirming last week that instead of a retail release, the UEFA Euro 2012 experience would be launched as a downloadable expansion for FIFA 12, Electronic Arts has now shared a few more details about the peculiar move, saying that it's designed to enhance the very popular football (soccer) simulator. FIFA... |
2 April 2012
06:31 GMT |
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Pirates are as enamoured with the latest Mission: Impossible flick as they have been in recent weeks, but a few new movies have made it to the top 10 most downloaded on BitTorrent, as compiled by TorrentFreak.
The Hunger Games, the already popular movie released this weekend, based on the popular book series, debute... |
2 April 2012
06:31 GMT |
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Mobile phone carrier Sprint is expected to add the Galaxy Nexus smartphone to its offering on April 22nd. Previously, the carrier confirmed plans to make this device its first LTE-capable smartphone, but it did not offer specific info on when it would arrive on shelves. Recent reports, however, claim that it will... |
2 April 2012
06:21 GMT |
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In a paper published in the latest issue of the esteemed journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), investigators determined that the human brain matures at the exact same time when teenagers reach puberty.
The research, carried out on a sample of 67 teens, used electroencephalogram (EEG) readin... |
2 April 2012
06:03 GMT |
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Sony’s latest Xperia devices are moving closer and closer to making an official appearance on shelves in the UK. The Sony Xperia P smartphone is now up for pre-order in the country over at BuyMobilePhones, on various monthly contracts through several wireless carriers.The handset is expected to become available... |
2 April 2012
06:01 GMT |
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MyBB 1.6.7 was released not only as a maintenance and security update, but also as one that addresses a few vulnerabilities which in certain circumstances may have allowed cybercriminals to cause some serious damage to affected forums.
In this variant, 70 bugs were fixed and 5 new feature updates were made. However,... |
2 April 2012
05:52 GMT |
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Ubisoft’s decision to have a main character who is half Native American for its upcoming Assassin’s Creed III is a risky one and the company has brought in outside help to make sure that no stereotypes are used in the creation of Connor.
Alex Hutchinson, the creative director working on the game, has tol... |
2 April 2012
05:48 GMT |
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Google Chrome lost market share for the third month in a row, while Internet Explorer saw a small bump in usage, continuing the positive trend of late. Firefox though slipped even further down in March.
The latest numbers from Net Applications tell an increasingly familiar story. Google Chrome, which has been growin... |
2 April 2012
05:44 GMT |
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Scientists with the Distributed Robotics Laboratory (DRL) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) announce the development of algorithms that could enable the creation of smart sand.
The material could be used to create reconfigurable robots... |
2 April 2012
05:41 GMT |
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Quake2World, a free, standalone first person shooter video game that aims to bring the fun and excitement of straightforward old-school death-match gaming to a more contemporary platform, has entered Beta state. Quake2World is an ambitious project, bringing a lot of interesting features. The developers have ported... |
2 April 2012
05:38 GMT |
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After some debate as to who would best fit the role of Steve Jobs in a planned biopic that will offer insight into the personal life of the late Apple co-founder, the producers have finally decided on a young face that does the role justice, at least from an aesthetic point of view.
Ashton Kutcher, a 34-year old act... |
2 April 2012
05:30 GMT |
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It looks like it took less than expected for Razer to get its answer that yes, people really do want a version of the Naga mouse for the left-handed. Last week we reported on Razer's campaign to see if there were enough people interested in a left-handed version of the Naga MMO mouse. The company basically p... |
2 April 2012
05:24 GMT |
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The beginning of April does not bring too many retail releases for those looking for some new titles to buy and enjoy, which means that this might be a good time to look back into your own back catalog and see what you can quickly play and finish.
Fans of the Devil May Cry franchise will be able to enjoy the older t... |
2 April 2012
05:23 GMT |
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The official website of Security Center Ltd (security.ky), a security company from the Cayman Islands, has recently been defaced by hackers part of the MalSec collective. The hackers didn’t cause any damage to the site, instead they asked its administrators nicely to fix the vulnerabilities. According to Ars... |
2 April 2012
05:20 GMT |
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The mystery of the mini USB type-B connector has been solved: it’s likely to be a separate way that ZOTAC uses to have its overclocking software monitor the SMBUS components. This is quite peculiar of ZOTAC as the SMBUS can usually be read by the means of the driver interface, but there’s still the fact ... |
2 April 2012
05:14 GMT |
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“Ted” marks the feature film debut of “Family Guy” creator Seth MacFarlane, so it totally makes sense to have the first trailer for the comedy as a red band release. You can see it in full here, over at Funny Or Die, but *please be advised that it contains imagery and language that might off... |
2 April 2012
05:10 GMT |
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The fortunes of those caught in the crossfire between the media industry and MegaUpload are on the rise as a man represented by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has filed a brief requesting that the user data currently in limbo be returned to its rightful owners. "The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) rep... |
2 April 2012
05:10 GMT |
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Quite a few video game companies made their own April Fools announcements yesterday, but a really impressive fan-made video has stolen the proverbial cake, showcasing an Assassin’s Creed game controlled only through the Kinect on the Xbox 360.Games in the Assassin’s Creed series have allowed users to perf... |
2 April 2012
05:05 GMT |
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Back when the planet was still very young, rivers and oceans were crisscrossing its surface at a time when they shouldn't have existed, according to theory. The Sun was significantly dimmer then, meaning that Earth should have been covered in ice. Experts now discovered why that didn't happen.
Studies of t... |
2 April 2012
05:00 GMT |
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The report we're going to talk about was published yesterday, April 1, 2012, which means that it might have been an April Fools’ joke, but the folks at the source essentially promise that is not the case.
TechPowerUp published the specifications of the AMD Radeon HD 7990 dual-GPU graphics card, or what t... |
2 April 2012
04:54 GMT |
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Members of LulzSec Reborn told us in a recent interview that they were not connected to Anonymous, but it seems that there’s more to it than that. An Anonymous representative reveals that not only they’re not connected, but also, they’re totally against the newly formed collective.
“It’... |
2 April 2012
04:49 GMT |
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For many years, paleontologists believed that the carcasses of pregnant ichthyosaur females were prone to exploding after death, due to the accumulation of putrefaction gases within their bodies. Now, new data appear to indicate that this was not the case.
The idea was first proposed so that scientists could explai... |
2 April 2012
04:47 GMT |
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As promised, April Fools brought the first official trailer for this summer's sci-fi blockbuster, “Total Recall.” Let's hope its release date on April 1 is just a coincidence. Colin Farrell stars in the role made iconic by Arnold Schwarzenegger in the original film, but director Len Wiseman prom... |
2 April 2012
04:43 GMT |
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Ubisoft has unveiled a few more details about its upcoming Assassin's Creed III title, this time talking about the climbing and combat controls that have been changed, as opposed to the mechanics seen in its predecessors. The Assassin's Creed saga is an extremely popular series but, with the last few games... |
2 April 2012
04:28 GMT |
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The Kickstarter effort to fund the creation of a Wasteland sequel is going so well that mainstream developer Obsidian is thinking about getting involved in the process as long as the fans manage to pledge more than 2.1 million dollars (1.57 million Euro) before the Kickstarter drive ends. A group of developers from O... |
2 April 2012
04:25 GMT |
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Hard disk drives continue to be too expensive compared to last year, but there is some hope that things will improve, even if only slightly, by the end of this month (April, 2012).
Currently, 500 GB hard drive units sell for roughly $75 on average, or 56.23 Euro according to exchange rates.
In other words, their ... |
2 April 2012
04:23 GMT |
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A new patent filed by Apple Inc. reveals the company’s plans to equip future iDevices with 3D cameras that use a variety of light-centric technologies to achieve the desired effect. The technology could make its way into the next Apple iPhone, if Apple has all the hardware components ready.
Unearthed by a publ... |
2 April 2012
04:22 GMT |
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There was a time when not a day went by without one mention of Jon Gosselin in the press. Today, the former star of the now-defunct “Jon & Kate Plus 8” reality show, is so broke that he can't even make rent, so he's forced to live with his mother again. The April 9 print edition of The National... |
2 April 2012
04:19 GMT |
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Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia is moving closer to the release of a new version of the Symbian platform, supposedly set to arrive on devices under the name of Carla. Following a wide range of rumors on this platform release, alleged screenshots with the platform have made an appearance on the Internet. Through ... |
2 April 2012
04:07 GMT |
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The first days of April are littered with jokes, but among them there are some true informations. After a long wait of almost ten years, Reaction Beta 1.0 is now available for download. According to the developers, Reaction is a port of the classic Action Quake 2 (AQ2) mod which in turn it should have been "total ... |
2 April 2012
03:57 GMT |
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Officials at IBM announced yesterday, April 1, that the company was awarded a $42 million contract for processing the data obtained by the Square Kilometer Array (SKA). This will be the most sensitive radio observatory ever developed, and will require enormous amounts of computer processing power.
The telescope... |
2 April 2012
03:57 GMT |
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Anonymous hackers claim to have breached the website of the Public Broadcasting Service (pbs.org), leaking large amounts of sensitive information from its databases.
“PBS is just another example of mainstream media, feeding lies to the public. Therefore PBS could very well be a target of Anonymous,” the ... |
2 April 2012
03:56 GMT |
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It looks like Samsung was able to complete its LCD business spin-off plans in record time, or close enough for that choice of words to apply anyway. Samsung Electronics reached the conclusion, back in February, that it was in its best interest to separate its liquid crystal display business from the fold. Instead ... |
2 April 2012
03:52 GMT |
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Over the weekend, players of Mass Effect 3’s multiplayer mode were asked to promote their characters as part of Operation Raptor, but it seems that a new glitch has appeared that keeps the old powers of the characters that were promoted. In Mass Effect 3’s online mode, once you reach a maximum of level 2... |
2 April 2012
03:50 GMT |
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Motorola unveiled the latest member of the DEFY family, the DEFY MINI, about four months ago. Initially slated for a February release in the UK, the smartphone hit shelves this weekend.
Most leading retailers across the country are offering the Motorola DEFY MINI for around £160 ($260 or €195) off-contrac... |
2 April 2012
03:38 GMT |
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Shrouded in controversy after a negative report emerged this weekend citing privacy concerns, an application that allowed people to spot nearby girls has been pulled from the App Store. Used by Cultofmac.com’s John Brownlee as an example of just how ignorant we are when we make our Facebook profiles public, Gi... |
2 April 2012
03:36 GMT |
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Apple basically set the foundation for the tablet market and, years later, it still feels like it doesn't have much competition on this front, with only one iPad rival considered worth its attention. We're not quite sure what to say regarding a certain statement that Apple's former chie... |
2 April 2012
03:25 GMT |
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Video card company Gainward has finally announced its Phantom version of the GeForce GTX 680 on its official website. This is a dual-fan custom-cooled beauty that will make the insides of your PC look good. The card is heavily factory overclocked as its GPU base clock is rated at 1085 MHz, 7.7 percent up from the NV... |
2 April 2012
03:21 GMT |
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Casper Smart is so in love with Jennifer Lopez and, at the same time, so convinced that theirs is a romance that will stand the test of time, naysayers be damned, that he even got her name tattooed on a very delicate part of his body. At least that's what the latest print issue of InTouch Weekly claims (story ... |
2 April 2012
03:19 GMT |
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New results obtained from observations conducted with the 10-meter South Pole Telescope (SPT) appear to confirm the nature of dark energy, the fact that Albert Einstein's cosmological constant is real, and also get closer to establishing the exact masses of all types of neutrinos.
These data are all the more s... |
2 April 2012
03:14 GMT |
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Lollipop Chainsaw is coming this summer and, in order to get the hype going, Warner Bros. and Grasshopper Manufacture have posted a new video of the hack and slash game, this time focusing on its soundtrack, which has also been revealed.Lollipop Chainsaw is definitely one of the most outlandish titles that appear thi... |
2 April 2012
03:12 GMT |
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Rumors about the demise of Zipper Interactive, best known for the long-running SOCOM series on PlayStation-branded devices, have appeared during last week and Sony, the current owner of the company, has now confirmed the immediate closure of the development studio.
80 employees working at Zipper will be affected by ... |
2 April 2012
03:03 GMT |
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High-quality video card and mainboard manufacturer EVGA announced today the availability of the EVGA GeForce GTX 680 Hydro Copper on its official website. The card offers a preinstalled Hydro Copper Waterblock that reduces the GPU operating temperature by as much as 50%. The performance of a water cooler is highly i... |
2 April 2012
03:01 GMT |
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The Gentoo developers, through Robin H. Johnson, proudly announced yesterday (April 1st) the immediate availability for download of the Gentoo Linux 12.1 operating system. Gentoo Linux 12.1 is a quite a major upgrade to the popular distro, bringing bleeding-edge features like Linux kernel 3.3, XOrg Server 1.12.0, K... |
2 April 2012
02:51 GMT |
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Apple has issued an update to the Developer Advertising Services Agreement notifying programmers that the revenue share for iAds has been officially increased from 60 percent to 70. A memo titled “Developer Advertising Services Agreement Update” has been sent out to people enrolled with Apple’s iAd... |
2 April 2012
02:49 GMT |
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Global Payments Inc, the company affected recently by a massive data breach, came forward admitting that the hackers stole 1.5 million credit card numbers. On the bright side, the incident affects only credit card holders from North America, and the cybercriminals managed to gain access only to Track 2 card data, wh... |
2 April 2012
02:47 GMT |
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Galaxy S is one of the handsets that came pretty close to getting a full taste of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, but that update did not come to it through official channels. Last week, Samsung started to push out to Galaxy S users a so-called “value pack” that included a series of Android 4.0 features, ... |
2 April 2012
02:46 GMT |
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Old PC and notebook users or collectors rejoice, Transcend has just announced the new PSD320 SSD on its official website. What’s so special about this SSD? It has an IDE interface.
It comes in 2.5” format and has a traditional notebook 44-pin configuration. Transcend calls it “ultra-fast,” bu... |
2 April 2012
02:41 GMT |
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Early last week, storage multinational company Thecus has announced its new windows-based storage line on its official website. They’ve introduced three Intel-powered products with up to 16 bays for hard disk drives.
The smallest of three brothers is the W8900. It’s powered by an Intel Core i3-2120 dual-... |
2 April 2012
02:41 GMT |
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The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) in the UK and the National Science Foundation (NSF) in the USA are funding research for developing a tiny prototype robot that functions like a living creature. The little thing is called a “Cyberplasm” and will combine advanced microelectron... |
2 April 2012
02:41 GMT |
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After revealing to the world that a Mortal Kombat game is coming to the PlayStation Vita, developer NetherRealm and publisher Warner Bros. have now confirmed that the title will arrive at the beginning of May.The Mortal Kombat reboot impressed millions of fighting game fans last year on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360... |
2 April 2012
02:35 GMT |
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The development team at Paradox Interactive has announced that their historical grand strategy game Crusader Kings II will get a new piece of downloadable content on April 17, which is designed to allow players to fully customize their monarchs.
Gamers will be able to tweak the various stats, change the way the rule... |
2 April 2012
02:30 GMT |
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Panasonic and Sony both make displays of all types, more or less, but they are currently paying special attention to the market of TVs, especially large ones. Already the Full HD image quality is basically standard on TVs, just like on monitors, and brightness, contrast and energy efficiency are none too shabby eit... |
2 April 2012
02:26 GMT |
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Using the infrared and optical sensors on the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) instrument, astronomers were recently able to capture this impressive new view of the edge-on spiral galaxy NGC 2683, which is also known as the UFO Galaxy.
Two adjacent fields of view were combine... |
2 April 2012
02:20 GMT |
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As Sony Mobile is gearing up for the release of a new platform version to its Xperia devices launched last year, new firmware for these phones is receiving the necessary certification. PTCRB has just certified firmware 4.1.A.0.562 for four of Sony’s handsets set to taste the new Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich o... |
2 April 2012
02:13 GMT |
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Linus Torvalds announced this weekend, March 31st, that the first Release Candidate of the upcoming Linux 3.4 kernel is available for download. Linux kernel 3.4 RC1 brings many improvements among open-source graphics DRM drivers, improvements for the Btrfs filesystem, better performance for Intel Sandy Bridge chips... |
2 April 2012
02:05 GMT |
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