|
Home > News > Archive > 2nd of November 2009
|
|
News archive: 2nd of November 2009 |
|
|
|
|
108 articles found
Working together with the market-leading supplier of wind-power solutions, Vestas Wind Systems, QinetiQ has recently managed to demonstrate a new wind-turbine blade design that supposedly represents a unique radar mitigation technology for the developing industry. QinetiQ, a renowned technology provider and consultan... |
2 November 2009
20:41 GMT |
 |
|
For people serving tea on a regular basis, the teapot effect is well known. It appears when the liquid dribbles at low flow rates, causing numerous tea stains on table covers and clothes. Now, experts in France have managed to determine the root cause of this peculiar effect and also to come up with a way of addressi... |
2 November 2009
19:01 GMT |
|
|
It takes courage to work with Disney properties. The well known characters that the company has created over the years are so clearly defined and so pure in their existence that it's hard to put any creative spin on them.And that's just one of the challenges faced by the newly confirmed Nintendo Wii videoga... |
2 November 2009
16:51 GMT |
|
|
One of the newest areas of research in science today is laser-particle acceleration, a phenomenon that is believed to be of great promise for modern cancer radiotherapy methods. Various energy ranges need to be achieved, in order for the LPA to be effective against specific types of cancer. Just recently, experts at ... |
2 November 2009
16:51 GMT |
|
|
It’s often been said that it’s extremely hard to feel any kind of sympathy towards Hollywood stars, especially as regards their weight and health. For starters, we tend to believe they have it easier than the rest of us just because they have money, which is clearly not the case. Teri Hatcher, for one, th... |
2 November 2009
16:21 GMT |
|
|
It seems that Sony has great plans for the new motion tracking controller, shaped like a wand, set to be released at some point during the spring of 2010. Far from seeing it as only an add-on that can offer some players a new way of controlling their experience, the company sees the new device, which has not yet rece... |
2 November 2009
15:51 GMT |
|
|
Wireless carrier Sprint announced today the launch of its 4G services in new markets around the country, including Chicago; Dallas-Ft. Worth; the Charlotte area; Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill and Cary (the Triangle); and the Greensboro, Winston-Salem and High Point, N.C. (the Piedmont Triad region). According to the o... |
2 November 2009
15:21 GMT |
|
|
Women often find comfort in high-fat foods, especially under circumstances of constant stress. It’s not for nothing that we often see in movies women eating ice cream in the dead of night, straight out of the container, after a breakup, they say. A new study, cited by USA Today, comes to show that, indeed, when... |
2 November 2009
15:21 GMT |
|
|
The worldwide mobile phone market, as many of you might already know, has been greatly impacted by the financial downturn, and it was said on some occasions to be shrinking by about 10 percent during 2009, when compared to the previous year. The third quarter of 2009 has shown some signs of improvement for the market... |
2 November 2009
14:31 GMT |
|
|
Men and women struggling with their weight and especially those who are constantly looking for a new diet to try out in the hope that, maybe, this time, it will work out, have now new-found hope. A new study has determined that slimmers stand to lose more weight if they make the healthy-diet choice the easy choice, a... |
2 November 2009
14:21 GMT |
|
|
The Ring Nebula is perhaps one of the most “popular” attractions in the sky, having been photographed on numerous occasions with virtually all telescopes capable of resolving it. By combining optical and near-infrared data of the formation, also known under the astronomical designation M57, experts at the... |
2 November 2009
14:11 GMT |
|
|
BlackBerry Storm2 9550, the second touchscreen-enabled mobile phone delivered to the market by Canadian handset maker Research In Motion, is already available for purchase in the United States on the airwaves of Verizon Wireless. Moreover, it comes with brand new features and improvements over the previous Storm, suc... |
2 November 2009
13:41 GMT |
|
|
We’re all constantly looking for ways to turn back the hands of time, whether it’s by using better cosmetic products or by paying thousands of dollars in a lifetime to dermatologists or, depending on the case, to plastic surgeons. London-based French cosmetic doctor Daniel Sister has just the answer to he... |
2 November 2009
13:21 GMT |
|
|
The Xbox 360 division at Microsoft does not feel in any way threatened by the rise of cloud-based computers like the recently revealed OnLive and Gaikai, believing that the current distribution model, focused on disk-based releases and downloadable content, will be central for the coming years.Jerry Johnson, who is t... |
2 November 2009
13:11 GMT |
|
|
The introduction of a universal phone charger seems to be closer than previously expected, with the latest news on the matter pointing towards the second half of the next year as the timeframe when it becomes available. Currently, each handset vendor delivers its own charger for the phones it puts on sale on the mark... |
2 November 2009
13:01 GMT |
|
|
Following the general availability of Windows 7, Microsoft has started backporting bits and pieces of its latest Windows client to previous releases of the operating system. At the end of the past month, the Redmond-based company released the Platform Update for Windows Vista and the Platform Update for Windows Serve... |
2 November 2009
12:45 GMT |
|
|
Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless is set to make the second Motorola Android phone available for purchase on November 6, and it seems that its stores around the country are already receiving shipments of the device. Motorola DROID, the first Android phone Big Red announced as coming to its offering, is said to be... |
2 November 2009
12:31 GMT |
|
|
Anyone is eyeing the mobile web space these days and Google is no exception. In fact, the search giant is pushing hard on all fronts, from its dedicated search services for mobile to creating its own mobile OS, Android. After making a big splash last week with a dedicated turn-by-turn GPS app for Android, it's n... |
2 November 2009
12:13 GMT |
|
|
Google is constantly tweaking and updating its products and the homepage isn't spared. But if you thought that something as iconic as the Google homepage would be spared of any major change, especially considering that the 11 or so years it has been around haven't taken too much toll on it, you'd be wr... |
2 November 2009
11:41 GMT |
|
|
Bitstream Inc. and Visual Fan, Ltd. have announced today the signing of a licensing distribution rights agreement according to which BOLT will come preloaded on Visual Fan's handsets. The mobile browser will become available as the default solution on the newest Allview branded handhelds, the two companies revea... |
2 November 2009
11:06 GMT |
|
|
Most sane people consider being in a bad mood as, well, a bad thing, and try to get out of it, by any means at their disposal. But, according to a group of scientists from Australia, that may not be necessarily the best idea possible. In a new study they conducted, they showed the fact that people who were sad, or ge... |
2 November 2009
10:59 GMT |
|
|
Only time will tell whether Windows 7 will be capable of providing end users with more security compared with its precursor. Fact is that, out of the barrage of criticism that hit Vista almost from the get-go, complaints largely avoided the security offered by the operating system designed to succeed Windows XP. Stat... |
2 November 2009
10:58 GMT |
|
|
Sony Pictures’ docu-film made under the direction of Kenny Ortega as he handled rehearsals at Los Angeles’ Staples Center for Michael Jackson’s London series of shows took the number one at the North American box-office over the weekend, moving past faux-documentary horror “Paranormal Activity... |
2 November 2009
10:56 GMT |
|
|
Amazon and Zappos have finally closed the acquisition deal first announced in July, both companies have confirmed. The biggest online retailer in the world made a bid last summer to acquire the shoe and apparel shopping site in a mostly stock deal. When the deal was announced, Zappos was valuated at about $880 millio... |
2 November 2009
10:55 GMT |
|
|
TOCA Race Driver 2 is a videogame developed and published by the Codemasters Software Company Limited. It was released for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony, the original Xbox from Microsoft, the PlayStation Portable handheld and the PC platform on April 13, 2004. The title can be classed as a racing simulation fea... |
2 November 2009
10:41 GMT |
|
|
Samsung Moment is the second mobile phone that reaches Sprint's airwaves with Google's Android operating system on board. The handset was announced as coming to the shelves a while ago, and now Android phone fans that are also Sprint customers can enjoy the features and capabilities of this handset. What it... |
2 November 2009
10:33 GMT |
|
|
Update: this article has been modified to correct an erronneous statement saying Apple had given out the free iPods, whereas the school was behind the initiative, purchasing said iPods from Apple.Reports say that over 1,000 students at a school in Bolton (ESSA Academy) are on track to receive a free iPod “as pa... |
2 November 2009
10:31 GMT |
|
|
Maybe the Holloween spirit hasn't completely worn off or maybe Google is adding a new 'feature,' but it looks like Google Maps is now listing ghost towns that show up as real places, but that don't actually exist. UK users are reporting the town of Argleton in the L39 postcode, which shows up on G... |
2 November 2009
10:22 GMT |
|
|
Rock Band is getting a new pack from Harmonix and MTV Games. The two companies announced today a Grohl-packed pack with nothing but good songs. Most of the tracks will come from Nirvana and Foo Fighters, but it will also feature a song from Joan Jett & The Blackhearts. If the last name is less known, Nirvana easily c... |
2 November 2009
10:21 GMT |
|
|
She said in the past she was not the type of artist to make music for mainstream audiences and, judging by her actions over the weekend, Solange Knowles means business when she says so. The singer, also known as Beyonce’s younger sister, has announced that she’s leaving her record label, Interscope, to go... |
2 November 2009
10:20 GMT |
|
|
It was only this morning that we learned the Motorola DROID might arrive in Europe as the Motorola MILESTONE, and now it is already official. The high-end Android 2.0-based handset will become available on the old continent under that name, and will sport about the same features and specs as the model that will reach... |
2 November 2009
10:14 GMT |
|
|
While open-source software and applications have been providing a generous and efficient way to replace proprietary software in our day-to-day life, many Governments around the Globe have hesitated in adopting such solutions for their official platforms. Last week, the U.S. Department of Defense has released to the p... |
2 November 2009
10:13 GMT |
|
|
The volume of worm infections exploded in the first half of 2009, compared with the second half of 2008, according to Microsoft. In volume seven of the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (SIRv7), the Redmond company indicates that Conficker and Taterf have made worm infections second only to those caused by misce... |
2 November 2009
10:12 GMT |
|
|
People familiar with Apple’s plans have been talking to ifoAppleStore about the Mac maker’s latest retail initiatives, and how substantial changes to the retail employee job titles and duties will be made during the month to follow. The news comes on the heels of another ifo report revealing that staffers... |
2 November 2009
10:05 GMT |
|
|
Over the past few years, lasers have become indispensable scientific instruments, which are used for a variety of tasks, ranging from measuring the distance from the Earth to the Moon and analyzing air composition, to offering a focal point for the active optics systems in modern telescopes. But, when firing a high-p... |
2 November 2009
09:48 GMT |
|
|
The Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) has been the target of cyber-espionage. According to an official press release, government IT specialists have located a piece of malware on the network that was specifically designed to steal information and remain undetected.The Federal Department of Foreign Af... |
2 November 2009
09:45 GMT |
|
|
As much as he doesn’t like to do photospreads, magazine and television interview or, for that matter, any kind of promotional work, they say one thing is a given where Robert Pattinson is concerned: he’ll always look good in pictures. The star is now featured in a stunning spread in the December issue of ... |
2 November 2009
09:39 GMT |
|
|
Google Wave has been available to a much greater audience for about a month now and the impressions are mixed. The technology is there and it definitely has potential, but most people don't really get it and even find it useless. Add to this the relative complexity of the app and you can understand why people ar... |
2 November 2009
09:35 GMT |
|
|
All is good in Kirby land as he enjoys his delicious picnic, but all that goes terribly wrong when someone snatches his strawberry cake. It turns out that, once again, the villain behind this insidious deed is none other than his eternal foe, King Dedede. He wastes no time in pursuing him and, along the way, he meets... |
2 November 2009
09:34 GMT |
|
|
Thanks to an advertising technology partnership inked with OpenX, Microsoft has been granted access to a massive new distribution channel. According to the Redmond company, the OpenX community consists of in excess of 150,000 websites which deliver more than 300 billion advertisements per month. It will be through t... |
2 November 2009
09:17 GMT |
|
|
Welcome to the 69th issue of Softpedia Linux Weekly!
The following Linux distributions were announced last week: Endian Firewall 2.3, Toorox 10.2009, Ubuntu 9.10 and openSUSE 11.2 RC2. In other news: Nvidia releases the new 190.42 video driver for Linux users, now with support for OpenGL 3.2. For this week, we had ... |
2 November 2009
09:16 GMT |
|
|
Adam Lambert and Drake LaBry, who’ve been dating quietly for months now, have decided to put an end to their romance so that the American Idol runner-up can focus on his career. There was no fighting, no tension, and no messy breakup, and the two still remain very good friends, Radar Online has learned. Althoug... |
2 November 2009
09:10 GMT |
|
|
HTC HD2, the latest high-end mobile phone the Taiwan-based handset maker HTC is set to deliver to the market with Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating system on board, is now confirmed to come to T-Mobile UK's airwaves. Moreover, the carrier also provided a launch time frame for the handset: November. Previ... |
2 November 2009
09:08 GMT |
|
|
Developed by atPurpose Technologies, which makes both Mac and iPhone apps, atMonitor is your typical monitoring tool that can track resources, including CPU, RAM, GPU, VRAM, FPS and Disk I/O throughput. Although it is a very easy-to-use tool, atMonitor is quite advanced, and offers a huge array of options. Not only ... |
2 November 2009
09:05 GMT |
|
|
The Borderlands crusade was abruptly ended at mid-day on Saturday, when a disappointed and confused me finished the first playthrough of the game. With now a conclusion in sight, the title resembles, as the story development goes, Crysis a lot. You spend three quarters of the game mowing down your fellow men, only to... |
2 November 2009
08:52 GMT |
|
|
Not long ago, reports had it that Rihanna’s upcoming album, the one that is to drop at the end of this month and that has been in the meantime officially named “Rated R,” would bring to the table a new sound, a much edgier approach to music and, at the same time, an angrier one as well. Judging by t... |
2 November 2009
08:50 GMT |
|
|
The music business is changing and there's nothing that anyone can do, including the huge music labels, to stop that. However, while the record labels try to cling on to their dying business model, yet another study shows that those who download music illegally are also the ones who spend more on it. A lot more,... |
2 November 2009
08:48 GMT |
|
|
Who could have guessed that the culinary marriage between a Windows operating system brand and a meat monstrosity would be a commercial success? Well, Burger King and Microsoft managed to put together just such an oddball offering for customers with a taste for both Windows 7 and burgers, and the resulting marketing ... |
2 November 2009
08:45 GMT |
|
|
Apple's iPhone, the most popular handset currently available on the market, is getting ready to make an appearance on Orange's airwaves as soon as November 10 is here. The carrier has already been reported to plan launching the device on that date, one day after O2 loses exclusivity on the iPhone, and now a... |
2 November 2009
08:41 GMT |
|
|
Scientists at the Washington University in St Louis have recently developed a new type of delivery vehicle for very small molecules, in the form of an amazingly small, smart polymer nanobox. The structure, a few nanometers in size, is able to open up and release its contents when exposed to light, and also to reseal ... |
2 November 2009
08:29 GMT |
|
|
Microsoft released Windows 7 to manufacturing on July 22nd, 2009, and then the operating system to the general public on October 22nd. But this does in no way mean that work on the platform stopped. In fact, as soon as it signed off on the Windows 7 code, the Redmond company moved forward with work on the first major... |
2 November 2009
08:28 GMT |
|
|
Come November 16th, Microsoft will discontinue sales of all items on the Office Accounting product lineup. The Redmond company is giving customers little advance notice on its plans to shut down Microsoft Office Accounting, but the fact is that the move involves the distribution of the product. Existing customers wil... |
2 November 2009
08:20 GMT |
|
|
Search engine giant Google has been rumored a few times before to plan coming to the market with a handset developed by itself, yet it seems that the company has now stepped up and denied those sayings. Google is not into the phone-making business, according to Andy Rubin, head of Android development.“We'r... |
2 November 2009
08:01 GMT |
|
|
Jon Gosselin is seeking help and – to a certain extent or another – redemption for his past actions, which also include chasing after fame, bad-mouthing his now-estranged wife Kate, being emotionally blind to girlfriend Hailey Glassman’s needs, and much more. As such, under the guidance of celebrity... |
2 November 2009
08:00 GMT |
|
|
It seems that Pete Edwards was horribly misunderstood when he talked about his view on the PlayStation Home at the moment and what his plans of development were for it. Sony felt the need to clarify the general impression that was flying around after the director of the PS Home had been misquoted as saying that Home ... |
2 November 2009
07:54 GMT |
|
|
Twitter Lists were rolled out over the weekend to all users and they've proven a huge success so far. Maybe it's the fact that Twitter implements important features like this one very, very slowly, or maybe it's just the fact that the feature is proving very useful to most users. It's probably a c... |
2 November 2009
07:18 GMT |
|
|
The Nintendo Wii is not the same successful videogaming console that it was during 2008. Sales of the platform have slowed down a lot this year, falling by no less than 34% in Japan, the home territory of the company. The reasons are complex, ranging from market saturation to the impact of the economic downturn on ga... |
2 November 2009
06:54 GMT |
|
|
Anthony Aristar, a professor of linguistics at the Eastern Michigan University, and Lyle Campbell, also a professor of linguistics and the director of the Center for American Indian Languages (CAIL) at the University of Utah have recently decided to organize the world's first-ever workshop featuring a large numb... |
2 November 2009
06:53 GMT |
|
|
Espoo, Finland-based mobile phone maker Nokia is the largest handset vendor in the world, and is also the leading maker of dual-mode Wi-Fi handhelds. However, it seems that its market share in the Wi-Fi segment has shrunken when compared to the last year, according to a recent report from In-Stat. While in Q2 2008, t... |
2 November 2009
06:43 GMT |
|
|
Just like the first Manhunt, the second installment in the series was mainly based on violence and gore. The original Manhunt followed the story of a convicted and officially executed criminal that was saved from the death penalty only to partake in a violent and sinister hunt for his fellow man. Set as the prey in ... |
2 November 2009
06:42 GMT |
|
|
Evernote Corporation has released Evernote 1.5.2, an update to its cross-platform, remembering application. Evernote allows users to easily capture information in any environment, employing various platforms, and makes the information accessible and searchable at any time, anywhere. Evernote is a service + applicati... |
2 November 2009
06:35 GMT |
|
|
Bandwidth throttling has become a fact of life for many Internet users and it's one of the major issues at heart of the net-neutrality debate. Most users don't like the practice, but ISPs say they are forced to do this because of network congestion. Now, uTorrent, the most popular BitTorrent client built by... |
2 November 2009
06:30 GMT |
|
|
A confidential report from the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct of the United States House of Representatives was leaked on peer-to-peer file sharing networks. The document contained details about the investigations of thirty house members and some of their aides.The Committee on Standards of Official Condu... |
2 November 2009
06:28 GMT |
|
|
Microsoft’s data synchronization technology was just the ingredient needed for Catalyst Web Services d/b/a OfficeDesktop to spice up their online office offering with real-time syncing capabilities. Following a patent licensing agreement inked with the Redmond company, OfficeDesktop customers will be able to ta... |
2 November 2009
06:25 GMT |
|
|
Acer Liquid, the first Android device delivered to the market by computer maker Acer, was officially unveiled a few weeks ago, and is reported to come to France sometime in December with Android 1.6 on board. There are little changes Acer has made to the operating system on its Acer Liquid handset, but this might be ... |
2 November 2009
06:15 GMT |
|
|
Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King is a videogame developed by Level 5 Inc. and published by Square Enix Co. Ltd. The game was released exclusively for the PlayStation 3 from Sony. It was launched on November 27, 2004 and classed as a role playing experience played from a third person perspective with elem... |
2 November 2009
06:11 GMT |
|
|
The group of internationally known hackers going by the name of “the iPhone Dev Team” has posted an update on its blog, this time simply wishing everyone a Happy Halloween. The infamous team of hackers seldom makes posts that have nothing to do with its PwnageTool jailbreak & unlock solution, or Apple&rsq... |
2 November 2009
06:11 GMT |
|
|
Nature is the most potent source of inspiration for just about every aspect of human activity, from painting and music to nanotechnology and, apparently, underwater biomimetic probes. Two experts at the Michigan State University (MSU) have recently taken it upon themselves to create robotic fish, made out of advanced... |
2 November 2009
06:01 GMT |
|
|
With the official release date for Modern Warfare 2 nearing for all platforms on November 10, more and more information related to the title appears. Last week, Activision was forced to offer an official statement after leaked footage showing a mission allowing the player to assault an airport with terrorists and now... |
2 November 2009
05:34 GMT |
|
|
Microsoft follows Google in the world’s Top 50 most attractive employers put together by Universum. The first global index of employer attractiveness has Google as THE company to work for on both the Global Top 50 Business and the Global Top 50 Engineering. Microsoft is only third on the Global Top 50 Business... |
2 November 2009
05:30 GMT |
|
|
Members of Apple’s Developer Connection were greeted with an Xcode 3.2.1 Developer Tools Download this week, an update that delivers bug fixes in gdb, Interface Builder, Instruments, llvm-gcc and Clang optimizer, and Shark. Xcode is a suite of development tools for Mac OS X, created by Apple. The latest major v... |
2 November 2009
05:27 GMT |
|
|
As the first Harvest Moon title to come to the DS, the game will have players manage the well-being of a farm. They'll have to tend to the livestock and grow all manners of crops. Their farm can be upgraded to handle new tasks, like holding additional livestock or a more elaborate kitchen to cook their food. The... |
2 November 2009
05:27 GMT |
|
|
Lady Gaga and her unmistakable style have made so many headlines this past year or so, it’s redundant to call her a trendsetter anymore. She’s accustomed her fans and critics alike to some of the wackiest, most extravagant outfits and poses to date – but truly nothing can compete with the photosprea... |
2 November 2009
05:20 GMT |
|
|
Khalid Shaikh, co-founder and former CEO of YouSendIt, was indicted last week for allegedly attacking the company's servers repeatedly. The prosecutors claim that he used an Apache benchmarking program to launch the denial of service (DoS) attacks.YouSendIt is a popular digital content delivery service based in ... |
2 November 2009
05:15 GMT |
|
|
Driver: Parallel Lines is a videogame developed by Reflections Interactive Limited and published by Atari. Inc. The game was released for the PlayStation 2 home console from Sony, the original Xbox from Microsoft, the Nintendo Wii and the PC in March 2006. It is classed as a racing title played from a third person pe... |
2 November 2009
05:12 GMT |
|
|
There's some strange appeal when a classic work of literature is turned into a video game. Dante's Inferno is a perfect example and the title has managed to stir a lot of attention. But, when it comes to a strange adaptation of literature, few things top American McGee's Alice. His adaptation of the 18... |
2 November 2009
05:09 GMT |
|
|
The Windows Mobile 6.5-based HTC HD2 is getting closer and closer to its launch on the market, yet the official details on when that might happen seem to lack. Even if the launch date remains a mystery (though some rumors on the matter have already been spotted), we can still take a look at a series of new screenshot... |
2 November 2009
05:04 GMT |
|
|
At around 04:50 local time (0150 GMT) this morning, the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity Satellite (SMOS), part of the European Space Agency's (ESA) Living Planet Program, roared into the sky aboard a modified Russian Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) SS-19. The Rockot delivery system took off from the P... |
2 November 2009
05:02 GMT |
|
|
Just days ago, Hailey Glassman, Jon Gosselin’s steady girlfriend for many months now, was telling the media that she had reached the boiling point and simply needed to speak out on his abusive behavior towards her. Hours later, Gosselin himself addressed the claims, while, even later, reports emerged that the t... |
2 November 2009
04:55 GMT |
|
|
Wireless carrier T-Mobile is reportedly getting ready to deliver Android 2.0 updates to the handsets available on its airwaves with Google's operating system on board. It seems that the mobile phone operator and the search engine-based company have already started the work on offering the Android 2.0 OS to users... |
2 November 2009
04:43 GMT |
|
|
Spiders are best known for their ability to create intricate webs. Each species has its own weaving pattern, which it has developed over millions of years of evolution and that is perfectly adapted to its environment. For many years, materials scientists and other experts have been fascinated by the wonderful constru... |
2 November 2009
04:39 GMT |
|
|
Despite the big amount of new titles that is being released each week, the Japanese market seems fixated on getting Pokemon video games in the top spot in software charts and on making the Nintendo DSi handheld on which they are played the best sold piece of gaming hardware. The DSi, which is set to receive a new ve... |
2 November 2009
04:34 GMT |
|
|
Sometimes, charity and financial institutions do go hand in hand. Kiva is a microfinance organization that helps small businesses and entrepreneurs in developing countries by issuing out small loans for those who wouldn't have much chance of getting one from the traditional financial institutions. The funding fr... |
2 November 2009
04:34 GMT |
|
|
In some scenarios, Microsoft too is nothing more than a software vendor racing to make its products compatible with the latest Windows client and server operating systems. It is the case of the Forefront line-up of security solutions, some of which have already been tailored to Windows Server 2008 R2, and some that s... |
2 November 2009
04:30 GMT |
|
|
There are some things out there that refuse to die and you don't know whether to admire their persistence and refusal to drift away with the tide or disapprove of the old man that won't let go of his empty existence. The Nokia N-Gage is one of them and, if there is a time for the long-forgotten to come back... |
2 November 2009
04:24 GMT |
|
|
The Chairman of advertising agency TBWA and creator of Apple’s famous TV ads, Lee Clow, has confirmed his plans to continue working with the Mac maker, after being erroneously reported as relinquishing his role as the head of TBWA. 66-year-old Clow decided to step down as chief creative officer at the agency, ... |
2 November 2009
04:19 GMT |
|
|
Sir Elton John was rushed to the hospital on Friday after what his manager described as a bout of influenza with minor complications. Some shows were canceled, as fans were offered assurances that the singer would return to the stage in almost no time. As it turns out, it will be another while until that happens, as ... |
2 November 2009
04:00 GMT |
|
|
Motorola DROID, the second mobile phone Motorola is set to deliver to the market running under Google's Android operating system, is expected to come to Germany as the Motorola Milestone. Moreover, the device is also said to arrive on the airwaves of O2 Germany, as shown in a recently leaked document form the wi... |
2 November 2009
04:00 GMT |
|
|
Flower, Sun, and Rain follows Sumio Mondo, a man whose job is to find whatever it is that people lose. After he fails to defuse a bomb placed in an airport, Sumio ends up reliving the same day over and over again, continuously being forced to face his failure. The game seems to follow the classic story of “Grou... |
2 November 2009
03:55 GMT |
|
|
Fallout 3, the post apocalyptic role playing experience from Bethesda, has recently been re-released in a Game of the Year edition, which contains all the patches and expansions the title has received from the developer. Now, the videogame has another award to its name, this one coming from Future Publishing, to just... |
2 November 2009
03:50 GMT |
|
|
Over recent years, scientists have made numerous, new discoveries in the field of microbiology and bacterial research, and one of the most important finds has been the fact that the microorganisms that cause chronic lung infections “speak” with each other. This communication is devastating for the human b... |
2 November 2009
03:50 GMT |
|
|
Skype's legal troubles may finally be getting closer to an end, as Skype's founders and eBay are apparently in talks for a settlement. According to the GigaOm blog, sources close to the talks say that the two parties are going over their differences, but the discussions could still go either way and are far... |
2 November 2009
03:45 GMT |
|
|
You know a survival-horror game has some serious potential when it starts making the staff slightly insane. Threading on the edge of paranoia, one of the developers of Alan Wake discussed the possibility of cutting out the game's end for all pre-releases. Talking to G4TV, the developer shared his thoughts on the... |
2 November 2009
03:41 GMT |
|
|
In a development that could have serious implications on our planet's future, scientists announce that the multi-year ice that once adorned the North Pole is all but gone at this point. In its stead, seasonal ice, that freezes and then melts every year, seems to be the primary form of frozen water at the locatio... |
2 November 2009
03:30 GMT |
|
|
The Windows Mobile 6.5 Build 23502 was spotted a while ago around the web, being the first COM5 build of the operating system that ever made it into the wild, following already leaked COM3 and COM4 builds of the OS, and now we have the chance to see it once again in a short clip delivered to the Internet by the guys ... |
2 November 2009
03:18 GMT |
|
|
It seems that the members of the Screen Actors Guild, which represents the interests of actors when it comes to licensed work, has rejected a deal offered by the videogame industry related to how actors will be paid when providing voice work for future titles. Members of the SAG are said to have voted the contract do... |
2 November 2009
03:08 GMT |
|
|
A free Microsoft tool is available for download, designed to resolve failed installations of the second service pack for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. Labeled the System Update Readiness Tool, the utility comes in handy in various scenarios when updates can no longer be integrated on top of Vista SP1 and Win... |
2 November 2009
03:06 GMT |
|
|
Responsible for the publishing of the original Dead Space on the PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, Electronic Arts hasn't announced anything about the critically acclaimed horror game receiving another addition to the series. Even if the developer that worked on the first title, Visceral Games, has already started... |
2 November 2009
03:06 GMT |
|
|
Not long ago, as he was confirming that his current girlfriend, Russian singer Oksana Grigorieva, was pregnant, Mel Gibson joked about the media being able from then on to call him OctoDad, after the model of Nadya Suleman, the OctoMom. Now that Oksana has given birth to the couple’s first child but Mel’s... |
2 November 2009
03:00 GMT |
|
|
Reports have confirmed that, although the Mac OS X 10.6.2 update isn’t out yet for Snow Leopard, it does kill support for the Intel Atom processor. Mac OS X running on this architecture can only be what is known as a “Hackintosh” (a non-Apple computer running Mac OS X by means of hacks), as Apple ha... |
2 November 2009
02:57 GMT |
|
|
Scientists at the Duke University have recently announced the development of a new type of nanoscale drug delivery system, which shows great promise for treating cancer. According to the experts, animal models that had developed cancer had their tumors annihilated by chemotherapy drugs loaded onto the new cells after... |
2 November 2009
02:51 GMT |
|
|
Japanese-Swedish mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson is already known to plan officially announcing on November the launch of its first handset powered by Google's Android operating system, namely the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 (formerly known as X3), and the gadget's supposed user interface has just emerged in ... |
2 November 2009
02:44 GMT |
|
|
DRIV3R, also known as Driver 3, is a videogame created by Reflections Interactive and published by Atari. It was released for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony, the original Xbox from Microsoft, the Game Boy, the PC (a GameCube version was also in production but got canceled). The game was also later ported to mobi... |
2 November 2009
02:36 GMT |
|
|
Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness is the fourth game of the series on the DS. Here, players will be able to choose one of two playable characters, Mark or Chelsea, and recover from a shipwreck that has left them stranded on a deserted island. Once populated in the past, the island will now be home to their character ... |
2 November 2009
02:35 GMT |
|
|
People in central and eastern Asia will be very lucky this year, as the most wonderful sight of the renowned Leonid meteor shower will be observable form their region. Astronomers predict that as many as a few hundred balls of fire will become visible for brief periods during several hours. According to experts, the ... |
2 November 2009
02:07 GMT |
|
|
TOCA Race Driver (known in Japan as PRO Race Driver) is a videogame developed and published by the Codemasters Software Company Limited. The game was released on the PlayStation 2 console from Sony, the original Xbox from Microsoft and the PC platform in December 2002. The title can be described as a racing and drivi... |
2 November 2009
02:00 GMT |
|
|
When scientists get to work on a specific drug, they usually design it in a manner that they believe is only suitable for treating a single medical condition. However, over the years, it has become apparent that, while this may be the case for some types of medication, the limitation does not apply to all substances.... |
2 November 2009
01:48 GMT |
|
|
According to a new scientific study, it may be that air tides, or atmospheric-pressure fluctuations, are capable of causing massive landslides. The investigation that led to this conclusion was conducted on the Slumgullion landslide, a landscape feature located in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado, and ... |
2 November 2009
01:28 GMT |
|
|
|
|
