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Storage and memory company PNY seems to be on a product launch spree. Unfortunately for the everyday tech enthusiast, the products launches are focusing on design and not so much on technical specifications.The new product announced today is a stylish and quite small USB flash drive. The official denomination is PNY ... |
20 September 2012
22:31 GMT |
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During this year’s IDF event in San Francisco, California, Intel has clearly displayed the company’s new focus on mobile and low power technologies and computing solutions. Seeing just how bad its low power attempts behave in the face of ARM competition, Intel is now taking the British IP designer as an e... |
20 September 2012
21:31 GMT |
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We reported here that Intel’s 14nm Broadwell processor has already taped out at the company and is able to run Windows, but we were wondering if the rest of the semiconductor manufacturers are left behind at 28nm. Abu Dhabi company ATIC and its GlobalFoundries subsidiary don’t seem to be content with 28n... |
20 September 2012
20:31 GMT |
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In addition to Blade III, ZTE has unveiled a new Android-based smartphone that will hit shelves in the coming weeks, this time in the United States, namely the ZTE Anthem 4G.
The new device will make an appearance at MetroPCS in the not too distant future as the very first 4G LTE-enabled smartphone that ZTE launche... |
20 September 2012
20:21 GMT |
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One of the leading developers working on Borderlands 2 has revealed that the success of the series is linked to the deep understanding that the team has of the game universe and what players expect from it.Carl Shedd, who is a level designer working at Gearbox, has told Gamasutra that, “You have to play it. Tha... |
20 September 2012
20:11 GMT |
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Getting your Facebook account hacked can be embarrassing at best. Doing it yourself, to your own account is, well, counterintuitive. That's unless you're doing it to punk your friends. In which case it can be quite hilarious, especially if your friends are the gullible type. Which isn't exactly a compl... |
20 September 2012
19:41 GMT |
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Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform did manage to bring a change to the manner in which users look at mobile phones, making that step away from the crowd, but the OS might still have a lot to evolve before becoming a leader on the market. One of the main features of the platform is its consistency across devic... |
20 September 2012
19:41 GMT |
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Starhawk, the multiplayer-oriented third-person shooter from Lightbox and Sony, will receive three new game modes that are included in patch 1.04, which is set to appear later this week.
Sony and Lightbox tried to deliver an intriguing blend of shooting and base building with Starhawk when it came out earlier this y... |
20 September 2012
19:21 GMT |
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Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation will bring to the market at least two Windows Phone 8 handsets, both of which have been officially unveiled yesterday. Both the Windows Phone 8X and the 8S sport the same colorful, polycarbonate design as Nokia has packed its Lumia smartphones with, though they feature a... |
20 September 2012
19:11 GMT |
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We would have hoped that the newest looming patent fight between Samsung and Apple, over the latter's use of LTE in the iPhone 5, would be the last patent fight we heard of today.
We did not bother though, simply due to having seen the lawsuit placed by Unwired Planet at the same time when we stumbled upon Sam... |
20 September 2012
19:11 GMT |
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Today, Chinese mobile phone maker ZTE has made official the third device included in its Blade series, set to become available for purchase in the Nordic countries starting with this month.
Dubbed Blade III, the new smartphone should hit the market with a 4-inch touchscreen display on the front, while being powered... |
20 September 2012
18:41 GMT |
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Electronic Arts is going to have a hard time recovering after the departure of Greg Zeschuk and Ray Muzyka, the founders of its most prestigious internal studio, BioWare, at least according to a few games industry analysts that shared their views on the recent change in management.
BioWare founders Greg Zeschuk and ... |
20 September 2012
18:21 GMT |
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SoundCloud latest mobile update further pushes the apps towards the site's newish goal, becoming a place to share sounds of any kind, not just music. This translates into better ways to record stuff with your phone.The latest update to the SoundCloud mobile app, which is already pretty neat, comes with a big upg... |
20 September 2012
17:41 GMT |
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Feargus Urquhart, the leader of developer Obsidian, reveals that, before it has launched the Kickstarter project for Project Eternity, the company was approached by publishers who were interested in supporting the project as long as they could own the game universe and the name.
“We were actually contacted by ... |
20 September 2012
17:31 GMT |
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After the impressive Humble Indie Bundle 3 for Android, the team is back with yet another deal, in the form of the Humble Indie Bundle 6, which includes six great games in the form of Torchlight, Rochard, Shatter, Space Pirates and Zombies, Vessel, and, if you beat the average price, Dustforce.
The Humble Bundle tea... |
20 September 2012
17:11 GMT |
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Holiday is over, summer is too, but Bing wants to make you feel a bit relaxed when searching the Internet, so it just applied an aerial shot of Whitehaven Beach, Whitsunday Island off Queensland, Australia as a new background.
Of course, the search engine is 100 percent the same as before, but at least it has a new ... |
20 September 2012
17:01 GMT |
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Yesterday, HTC unveiled to the world its first two smartphones running under Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 operating system, and announced that they would be released in November. In the US, HTC’s Windows Phone 8X, the higher-spec’d of the two, is expected to arrive on the networks of AT&T, Verizon ... |
20 September 2012
17:01 GMT |
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Comedienne Lisa Lampanelli recently decided the time was right for a change. Having struggled with her weight for most of her adult life, she finally agreed to go under the knife, which is what she describes as the smartest decision she ever made.
Lampanelli shows off her much thinner, healthier body in the latest ... |
20 September 2012
16:51 GMT |
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Whether they interact with each other, with humans or inanimate objects, our pets remain a never-ending source of fun. Just check out Mudd above to see what we mean by that.
Mudd is a bulldog and he’s the latest YouTube viral star.
His skill isn’t really that impressive but, you will admit, it’s i... |
20 September 2012
16:51 GMT |
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Video game hardware maker Nintendo and tool maker Unity have revealed that they are working together in order to allow developers to export their games to the upcoming Wii U home console, which means that the new device will have access to a number of indie titles on launch.
David Helgason, the chief executive offic... |
20 September 2012
16:51 GMT |
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Google holds a lot of your data. It's hardly the only one that does and most people don't think about it. Even the ones that do are more than a little confused about what data Google has and what it does with it. Granted, the opaqueness of most web companies on these matters, Google included, only makes it ... |
20 September 2012
16:21 GMT |
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Just as her personal life seems to be going off the rails again, Lindsay Lohan is finally getting some attention for her acting as well. Lifetime has just released the final poster for the upcoming “Liz & Dick.”
Click on the image above to see it in full.
The timing of the release is so odd it might ev... |
20 September 2012
16:21 GMT |
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Nvidia has just launched its GDDR5 enhanced GK107 last week and not a whole lot of its add-in-board (AIB) partners are coming up with their own original designs. Chinese company Maxsun has just launched a new GTX 650 video card.
The new product from Maxsun is officially called MS-GTX650 and it has a very short PCB a... |
20 September 2012
16:11 GMT |
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We all know it and, to some extent, we’ve all said at least once these past few years: Hollywood is showing increasing signs of turning its back to original stories. Short of the Week has an infographic that confirms that – and shows to what extent it is applicable.
Click on the image above to see the in... |
20 September 2012
16:11 GMT |
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Growing up, Emma O’Neil was just an athletic, sporty girl who would not waste a thought on the number of calories or whether she was “fat.” All that changed in her teens, when she became “Britain’s worst anorexic.”
8 years into her recovery, Emma is now speaking out in the hope of... |
20 September 2012
16:01 GMT |
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Windows 8, Microsoft’s latest Windows version that goes live on October 25, will benefit from a huge marketing budget, as the Redmond-based software giant hopes to sell millions of copies before year’s end.
Peter Han, vice president, Microsoft U.S. OEM Division, said during his speech at Tech Data Channel Link... |
20 September 2012
16:01 GMT |
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Flexible displays are not being used in mobile devices as much as we would like them to be, but there might come a time when they will be.
In preparation for that, South Korean mobile phone maker LG Electronics filed to patent a user interface that would go along with flexible screens.
In fact, the company has ju... |
20 September 2012
15:51 GMT |
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iOS 6 is chock-full of new features and enhancements, such as the new Maps application (which has been deemed as inaccurate recently), Facebook integration, new Siri capabilities, the new Passbook app, and loads more. But there’s also a security side to the update.
In fact, iOS 6 probably includes the most sec... |
20 September 2012
15:41 GMT |
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Even if Torchlight 2 is in direct competition with Blizzard’s Diablo 3, Max Schaefer, the founder of Torchlight developer Runic Games, doesn’t believe Blizzard did anything wrong with its own product, as it merely followed another strategy.
Diablo 3 came out back in May and, while it became the fastest s... |
20 September 2012
15:41 GMT |
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Facebook always wants you to share more. The more you share the better it becomes. On the one hand, it's more useful and more fun for you and your friends since there's more to do and more to see. Facebook can also better help you find content and pages you may like. At the same time, it can also sell more ... |
20 September 2012
15:31 GMT |
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Wireless carrier T-Mobile and mobile phone maker Samsung have announced the availability of exclusive The Avengers content on the Galaxy S III smartphone available on shelves at the operator.
Galaxy S III comes to the market with appealing entertainment capabilities, and the new content will allow users to further ... |
20 September 2012
15:31 GMT |
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Microsoft today released an update for Bing Ads Editor, a downloadable application that allows users to create and manage online advertising campaigns from the comfort of their desktops. Probably the most helpful feature is the one that allows users to make their changes offline and apply them to their Bing Ads acco... |
20 September 2012
15:31 GMT |
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When we found out that AMD’s Hondo APU is still based on the same architecture as today’s Brazos, we were a bit disappointed and we wondered exactly how the company would be able to deliver satisfactory performance while reducing the power consumption to the 4.5W level. No architectural details have been... |
20 September 2012
15:21 GMT |
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The circumstances that led to the retirement of Intel China's leader can't be described as good, not entirely, but the departure from the company is definitely on good terms. Sean Maloney, Intel executive vice president and chairman of Intel China, will retire in January, after 30 years of working with th... |
20 September 2012
15:11 GMT |
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Microsoft will soon debut the new Windows 8 operating system and although official pricing details are yet to be unveiled, the company has already signed several partnerships to encourage users to make the move to this new OS.
Dell customers can purchase a Windows 8 Pro license for only $14.99 / €11.50 if they ... |
20 September 2012
15:11 GMT |
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The rebooted Tomb Raider might lead to a new long-term franchise for developer Crystal Dynamics and publisher Square Enix, but one of the main developers working on the game believes that the team should initially focus on the first game before thinking about its potential for the future.
Rhianna Pratchett, who is t... |
20 September 2012
15:01 GMT |
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Courtney Stodden and husband Doug Hutchison have had their share of media attention when they were married when she was only 16 but, as of late, it’s been radio silence from their part. Until just now.
The two have been “in hiding” as they shot episodes for the VH1 reality show “Couples Ther... |
20 September 2012
14:51 GMT |
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Surprisingly, YouTube, which has 28 times more views than the next site in line, is still the biggest video site in the US and the world. ComScore's latest data shows that, indeed, the impossible hasn't happened this month either and YouTube is still the synonym for online video. It had a little over 150 m... |
20 September 2012
14:51 GMT |
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Lady Gaga has always been very open about her diet, even though she sometimes says some of the most outrageous things ever just to cause a stir. In concert in Amsterdam the other night, Gaga unveiled a much fuller figure than before.
The Daily Mail has the photos. It also claims that the singer has put on about 30 ... |
20 September 2012
14:41 GMT |
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Sony confirmed yesterday that PlayStation Vita owners would finally be able to enjoy the impressive PlayStation Plus service on their platform, and now the company has revealed just what features are going to be offered in exchange for a premium Plus subscription. The PS Vita came out at the beginning of the year an... |
20 September 2012
14:31 GMT |
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In an interview with Business Standard, Gulshan Rai - the director general of the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) – stated that in order to properly address cybersecurity issues, the country needed around 400,000 experts.
“Currently, we have just about 32,000 skilled people. We need peopl... |
20 September 2012
14:01 GMT |
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Wireless carrier T-Mobile has made available for download a new Android-based smartphone from Samsung, namely the Galaxy S Relay 4G.
The smartphone was made available for purchase for $149.99 with the signing of a two-year contract agreement and after a $50 mail-in rebate.
Galaxy S Relay 4G arrives on shelves wit... |
20 September 2012
14:01 GMT |
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Ever since she was on Dancing With the Stars a while back, Kelly Osbourne has been transforming into a much fitter, healthier version of herself. Today, even though she’s very slender and toned, Kelly still sees her “fat” self in the mirror.
At the end of the day, she muses in a new ITV interview c... |
20 September 2012
14:01 GMT |
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Wikipedia has always been about sharing, but rather than sharing the knowledge of others with the world, it is now sharing the searches of others with the world. Well, it's sharing everyone's searches with the world.
The site has started releasing complete search data daily (i.e. every query of the previou... |
20 September 2012
13:31 GMT |
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The development team at Platinum Games and their overseer at Kojima Productions have revealed three enemies that will be part of the upcoming Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance via the Japanese magazine Famitsu.Sundowner is a quick enemy who is able to dual wield swords.Mistral is a cyborg who has many arms and will try ... |
20 September 2012
13:01 GMT |
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A new flavor of WordPress for Android is now available for download for the owners of devices running under Google’s Android operating system, namely version 2.2. The new app release comes along with a nice range of enhancements, including support for featured images, new stats, and a series of reliability an... |
20 September 2012
12:51 GMT |
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Ubisoft has posted a new episode of its Inside Assassin’s Creed 3 web series, this time taking a look at the environments and the technology from the upcoming game. Assassin’s Creed III is getting ready to be released in the following months and, in order to properly show off the array of new features im... |
20 September 2012
12:21 GMT |
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Patents are becoming a bigger and bigger problem for tech companies, large and small. The big ones get to duke it out in the courtrooms to great spectacle, but at least they have the money to do it. Smaller companies are at the mercy of patent trolls. Who have no mercy. Google is one of the companies that's bee... |
20 September 2012
12:21 GMT |
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jQuery Lifestream parses multiple social feeds, pulls an user's activity and shows it in one stream on one single page.
The project started more than a year ago and has grown to support more than 40 social networks. From social behemoths like Twitter, Facebook or Google+, to niche sites like Snipplr, Hypem or I... |
20 September 2012
12:01 GMT |
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Boost Mobile has made available for purchase on its network the ZTE Warp Sequent smartphone, a successor for last year’s ZTE Warp.
The new smartphone is available only at Boost Mobile, with a price tag of $200 attached to it, which makes it quite an appealing option for those looking for a budget-friendly smar... |
20 September 2012
11:51 GMT |
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Valerie Spruill from Doylestown, Ohio watched her biggest fear turn to reality when a postmortem DNA test revealed she had been married to her own father. Valerie had lived with her grandmother since she was just three months old. It was years until she found out the identity of her mother, Christine, the Inquisitr ... |
20 September 2012
11:41 GMT |
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The GNOME Project announced last evening, September 19th, the immediate availability for download and testing of GNOME Shell 3.6 Release Candidate.
This is the last development version of the GNOME Shell 3.6 user interface for the highly anticipated GNOME 3.6 desktop environment upgrade, which will see the li... |
20 September 2012
11:41 GMT |
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The release of iOS 6 has prompted Apple Inc. to release updates for a flurry of applications, mainly to support the new mobile OS powering iPhones and iPads worldwide.
Apple’s iWork apps, Keynote and Numbers, have both received updates to support the new iOS 6, as well as to add the ability to open their own f... |
20 September 2012
11:41 GMT |
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Just a few weeks after the first beta of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.1, Red Hat has announced that a second development version is available for testing.
Highlights of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.1 Beta 2:
• Scalability has been improved, supporting virtual machines with up to 160 virtual CPUs... |
20 September 2012
11:25 GMT |
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Lumia 920, Nokia’s flagship Windows Phone 8-powered smartphone, has just received the necessary approvals from the Federal Communication Commission.
We already knew that the smartphone would be released in the United States, but no specific info on when that should happen has emerged.
With the phone already... |
20 September 2012
11:21 GMT |
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In today’s world, media-hypnotized people will buy absolutely anything at any price. Intel’s money, marketing, market clout and monopolistic practices helped the company keep over 80% of the x86 market for 7 years, between 1999 and 2006 despite offering clearly inferior products. We’ve already got ... |
20 September 2012
11:21 GMT |
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SUSE Manager, a tool that provides comprehensive Linux server management via three modules, management, provisioning, and monitoring, is now at version 1.7.
Highlights of Suse Manager 1.7:
• Patch and update management enhancements have been implemented, allowing users to update with new Service Packs without ... |
20 September 2012
11:17 GMT |
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Six astronauts who spent nearly a week inside a largely-unexplored cave system in Sicily, Italy, returned to the surface today, September 20, marking the conclusion of the Cooperative Adventure for Valuing and Exercising human behavior and performance Skills (CAVES) 2012 expedition.
The purpose of the test was to s... |
20 September 2012
11:17 GMT |
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Violent protests generated by the infamous, insulting film about the prophet Mohammad have reached Sydney, Australia, this weekend. 6 arrests were made on Saturday, and 17 were injured during the riot.
According to the Daily Mail, an eight-year-old Muslim girl addressed her brothers at a “Muslim Rise” co... |
20 September 2012
11:13 GMT |
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It has been three years since the investigation started, but the German prosecutors have found out if HP really did bribe Russian officials in the 1990s.
As it happens, the company itself may escape repercussions, but three executives have been charged with major bribery accusations: Hilmar Lorenz, Päivi Tiipp... |
20 September 2012
11:06 GMT |
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This amazing image released by NASA shows the Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) with the space shuttle Endeavour attached on its back, as they fly over the city of Houston, Texas. By cruising at low altitudes, the space agency honors the contribution this city has made to the orbiter program.
Throughout the ... |
20 September 2012
11:02 GMT |
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While many found Jennifer Aniston’s recent Smart Water ad hilarious even though not bursting with originality, Martha Stewart sees no reason to smile about it. In fact, it’s a very wrong thing to do.
According to her, Aniston is sending a very wrong message to young people by pretending to be pregnant w... |
20 September 2012
10:59 GMT |
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When it comes to having access to females and being able to mate, most male animals have no choice but to fight each other.
These battles are meant to decide which of them is the strongest, and it is only this particular specimen that will eventually be granted the opportunity to pass on its genes.
Because elepha... |
20 September 2012
10:57 GMT |
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Experts at the US Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) announce that they've recently finished work on an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) that closely mimics the shape and behavior of a tuna.
By replicating the streamlined bodies and finely tuned muscular and ... |
20 September 2012
10:54 GMT |
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One notable takeaway from Apple’s iOS 6 security bulletin is that Pod2g’s SMS spoofing flaw is now fixed. The Cupertino giant has included an insane number of security patches in its latest iOS update, hackers note.
Confirmed by fellow jailbreaker Joshua Hill (@p0sixninja), the SMS bug originally discove... |
20 September 2012
10:53 GMT |
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Bose isn't one for cheap hardware, not when it has very specific segments of the demographic in mind, and this time is no different.
This time around, it is targeting men and women with active lifestyles, especially those who exercise a lot and want to listen to music or answer calls while jogging and such.
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20 September 2012
10:52 GMT |
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Midori, a lightweight web browser that features full integration with GTK+ and fast rendering with WebKit, is now at version 0.4.7.
Highlights of Midori 0.4.7:
• Panel and statusbar now consistently verify file integrity, show size, remaining time and speed of a file;
• An icon and expected file size are... |
20 September 2012
10:51 GMT |
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With the US elections drawing near, many Android users are most likely surfing the web in search for related applications. Experts warn voters to be highly cautious since many of these apps are highly suspicious.
The first app analyzed by Trend Micro is called “Obama vs Romney.” Researchers found that it... |
20 September 2012
10:49 GMT |
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We’re getting closer to the official Windows 8 debut and Steve Ballmer is probably working on his speech more than ever. Windows 8 is regarded as one of the most important products in Microsoft’s history, so everything has to be perfect.
You probably remember Ballmer coming on stage and screaming his lun... |
20 September 2012
10:48 GMT |
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Yorba Foundation, the developers of Shotwell, have announced on September 19th, the immediate availability for download of Shotwell 0.13.0.
Shotwell 0.13.0 is a major release that includes the following changes:
· Users can now post images directly to Tumblr;
· Thumbnails are once again visible after... |
20 September 2012
10:47 GMT |
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The fact that aquatic ecosystems worldwide stand to sooner or later be affected by a phenomena known as ocean acidification is something we already spoke about on various occasions.
Back then, we explained that the concept of ocean acidification basically refers to the fact that, due to absorbing significant amount... |
20 September 2012
10:35 GMT |
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One of the leading developers working on the Forza series of racing games has revealed that, when the series was first conceived, one of the core inspirations was the Pokemon franchise from Nintendo, emphasizing collection and use of various monsters at the right time.
Dan Greenawalt, the creative director working a... |
20 September 2012
10:33 GMT |
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Apple has released GarageBand 1.3, an update to its music-making application for iOS devices. Users can now employ the app to create their very own ringtones and alerts for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
The custom-ringtone feature is particularly awesome because you get to make your own iPhone ringtones and alerts, ... |
20 September 2012
10:31 GMT |
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Sony has unveiled a new head-mounted display and even allowed visitors to put it on and play with it for a while, at its Tokyo Game Show booth in Japan. Its main purpose is to sate the thirst of those few people who want to be completely immersed in their 3D gaming environment. We suppose that developing stronger n... |
20 September 2012
10:31 GMT |
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Just as iPhone users are getting accustomed to a life with no public transit directions, no Street View and annoying location search result, Google is continuing to improve Google Maps in places where few people can afford an iPhone.
Well, except for Saudi Arabia, everyone's got a solid gold iPhone 5 already i... |
20 September 2012
10:24 GMT |
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Scientists have been debating the merits of installing more than one cochlear implant in deaf patients for quite some time, but thus far they've failed to reach a conclusion. The results of a new study may tip the balance in favor of implanting two such electronic devices.
A group of investigators at the Tel A... |
20 September 2012
10:22 GMT |
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Britney Spears is getting another “Glee” tribute episode. After seeing Brittany (Heather Morris) perform “Hold It Against Me,” fans are now being treated to yet another sizzling performance and cover. Check out the video below to hear Rachel (Lea Michele) cover the Princess of Pop’s hit... |
20 September 2012
10:22 GMT |
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Once Intel has moved to Sandy Bridge, the overclocking options that were available to the user were suddenly dramatically diminished. Ivy Bridge only brought worse results, but now the company seems to have decided to improve the situation for the mid-range enthusiasts. We were unpleasantly surprised by Intel’s... |
20 September 2012
10:21 GMT |
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Microsoft will launch the new Windows 8 next month and it hopes that all Windows XP users will make the move to the new operating system soon after that.
Businesses will also dump Windows XP in Windows 8's favor, especially because the new OS has been specifically developed to cope with their needs.
Peter Han... |
20 September 2012
10:20 GMT |
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Apple is going to have some trouble explaining why, in the iOS 6 Maps app, the town of Hagley in the U.K. is now called Dudley, or why there’s an incorrectly-placed airfield in Dublin, or why the Flyover view sometimes shows images of another dimension. These are just a few reports from several high-profi... |
20 September 2012
10:14 GMT |
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Microsoft has already developed a fix for the recently-discovered security flaw, but the patch will be released tomorrow, as the company announced today.
Still, the world continues to poke fun at Internet Explorer, so we collected ten of the funniest jokes we came across these days in a single and easy to read blog ... |
20 September 2012
10:03 GMT |
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This time last year, Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, was one of the richest people in the world rapidly climbing through the rankings. With the IPO coming and Facebook's valuation reaching new heights, it couldn't have been a sweeter time. How much of a difference a year can make. Today, Mar... |
20 September 2012
09:52 GMT |
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A hacker collective called Team Alad33n (@Galad33n) claims to have hacked Google Talk and gained access to the site’s databases by leveraging an SQL Injection vulnerability. As a result, they leaked over 900 username and password combinations on Pastebin.
“Google has left it's data unsecured, some... |
20 September 2012
09:51 GMT |
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It may be true that lions are amazing animals and therefore must be given the help they need in order to escape extinction, but this does not mean that their wild nature should ever be overlooked by those working close to them.
Most of the times, lions start out playing and fail to understand that their playmate is... |
20 September 2012
09:51 GMT |
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In a paper published in the September 19 issue of the peer-reviewed journal PLoS ONE, experts at the San Francisco State University (SFSU) say that climate change is allowing birds infected with malaria to spread the disease at latitudes that were previously inaccessible.
The research shows that birds carrying the ... |
20 September 2012
09:45 GMT |
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Samsung may have lost the big round in the lawsuit started by Apple against the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and several smartphones, but it is eager to turn the tables, or change the tables altogether as the case may be.
Though still recovering from not having been granted a lift on the ban against Galaxy Tab 10.1, Samsung has... |
20 September 2012
09:41 GMT |
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CD Projekt RED has announced the immediate availability of Patch 1.6.1 for The Witcher: Enhanced Edition for Macs. The update addresses some known issues with the game and improves graphics. Additionally, gamers using older Macs will notice a considerable improvement in performance. Specifically designed for the Mac... |
20 September 2012
09:31 GMT |
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Reggie Fils-Aime, who is the president of Nintendo of America, has revealed that the reason why the white version of the 3DS XL is not available in all retail stores in the United States is that gamers simply don’t want to buy it.
Speaking to IGN, the executive said that, “You might see a limited-time of... |
20 September 2012
09:28 GMT |
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Seeing how more and more people are choosing to ride their bikes rather than drive their cars when going to work, and also taking into consideration the fact that London is a rather crowded city, researchers have developed an animation that helps show what areas are the ones commuters more often choose. Created by ... |
20 September 2012
09:27 GMT |
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Lana Del Rey is the face of H&M for the Autumn 2012 collection. A teaser ad was released the other day to announce the partnership, and is now being followed by the full fashion film.
Directed by Johan Renck, the fashion film is actually a music video – extended commercial hybrid that stands out for a certain... |
20 September 2012
09:27 GMT |
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A buggy update caused Sophos antivirus products to appoint harmless files as being malicious. The company rushed to instruct customers how to address the issue and released a new update to fix the problem.
On September 19, many Sophos customers started reporting that their faithful antivirus kept popping up warnings... |
20 September 2012
09:22 GMT |
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A survey conducted by global employer branding firm Universum and called “World’s Most Attractive Employers” crowns Google as the best company to work for, ahead of KPMG and Procter & Gamble. Microsoft is only the fourth favorite employer across the world, despite the company’s effort to make ... |
20 September 2012
09:19 GMT |
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Roku made a good showing with its Streaming Stick, but Netgear may give it trouble even though it doesn't have something of similar size and convenience. Such is the situation when things matter more to customers.
The three products that Netgear has released are called NeoTV, NeoTV Pro and NeoTV Max, each more... |
20 September 2012
09:18 GMT |
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Photo sharing was a huge fad for a while last year, but with Instagram getting bought and everyone else pretty much imploding, things are quieter. Still, that's not to say people are sharing fewer photos, in fact, they should and will be sharing more.
That's because it seems that the latest trend is to sto... |
20 September 2012
09:15 GMT |
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The Polish Police are investigating father Marcin Kozyra, principal at St. Dominika Savio Silesian School (Gimnazjum Salezjańskie), in Lubln, after scandalous pictures taken during an unusual initiation ceremony were published on the school website. The images show 13-year-old boys and girls willingly participating ... |
20 September 2012
09:07 GMT |
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According to neuropsychologist Robert S. Wilson, PhD, from the Rush University Medical Center, it would appear that individuals who are neglected by their parents as children are subjected to a higher risk of suffering from a stroke during adulthood.
At the same time, neglect has also been linked to the development... |
20 September 2012
09:04 GMT |
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HP has just launched a whole lot of new products today and we already reported about the Compaq Pro 6305 desktop system here. If you’re searching for an impressively good looking monitor to go with that, HP now has the slim L2401x for you.
The HP L2401x is a very slim monitor that is only 11 millimeters thick ... |
20 September 2012
09:01 GMT |
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According to several specialists, one major drawback when it comes to pushing for the large-scale use of geothermal power is the fact that, in order to access this resource, it is necessary that deep wells are drilled into the earth.
Such activities usually cost a lot of money, which is why most people consider tha... |
20 September 2012
09:01 GMT |
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Ellen DeGeneres is just joking when she’s telling Clint Eastwood, on her most recent show, that he had such a quiet summer that his name barely made headlines. Below is a video of some of the topics they tackled in that interview.
The actor and director is now promoting a new movie but, because of his recent a... |
20 September 2012
08:51 GMT |
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Scientists at NASA believe that they may be able to use the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover Curiosity to gain more insight into the interior of the Red Planet. This can be achieved indirectly, by having the robot image solar eclipses as they take place.
The new use was discovered only a couple of days ago, when... |
20 September 2012
08:49 GMT |
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“The Next Big Thing Is Already Here,” Samsung says again, this time referring to its Galaxy S III smartphone that went available for purchase in the United States a few months ago. The company used this tagline last year to promote its Galaxy S II and Galaxy Note smartphones, and has not chosen to inclu... |
20 September 2012
08:47 GMT |
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Managing the iCloud account from the comfort of your desktop isn’t such a difficult job if you’re using the right piece of software and iCloud Control Panel for Windows can really come in handy in this regard.
The Cupertino-based firm today rolled out the 2.0 version of the app, offering you enhanced fea... |
20 September 2012
08:47 GMT |
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Twitter users might stumble upon direct messages (DMs), apparently coming from their friends, that read: lol ur famous now [Link]. This is part of a scheme that’s designed to advertise a shady Facebook app which leads to a nasty piece of malware.
The link contains the word “FailVids,” most likely w... |
20 September 2012
08:41 GMT |
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It took a while until we managed to decipher the details, but the Spider 3.0 adapter from Area Powers Japan really is an HDMI to USB 3.0 adapter, not the opposite.
Since video is now supported over the Universal Serial Bus 3.0 SuperSpeed interface, monitors connected through that interface, instead of HDMI, DVI or ... |
20 September 2012
08:36 GMT |
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The FIFA 13 Ultimate Team web app, which was released by EA in anticipation of the full-fledged game, has apparently been the victim of an exploit that allowed users access to packs of the best players in the sport, like Lionel Messi, which were then traded for exorbitant sums of in-game money to others.
FIFA Ultima... |
20 September 2012
08:33 GMT |
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Astronomers using the 3.6-meter telescope at the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) La Silla Observatory, in Chile, announce the discovery of a new super-Earth-class extrasolar planet, which may be able to support life as we know it.
According to measurements produced by the High Accuracy Radial Velocity Pl... |
20 September 2012
08:31 GMT |
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“Sinister” is one of those horror movies that we simply can’t wait to see and no, it’s not just because it stars Ethan Hawke. Of the lot using the found footage technique, this seems to do it in the most convincing, goosebump-inducing manner.
Above is a brand new, red band trailer for it.
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20 September 2012
08:26 GMT |
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A Fijian soldier stationed at the British base in Helmand gave birth in Camp Bastion on Tuesday. There are about 500 British female soldiers in Afghanistan at this time, but this is the first time one of them delivered a child while on duty. The 200 that found out they were pregnant, since 2003, have all been sent ... |
20 September 2012
08:19 GMT |
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A recent report revealed some very interesting facts concerning the leader of one Malaysian state. Thus, Abdul Taib Mahmud, presently in charge of looking after the state of Sarawak, is supposedly worth as much as $15 billion (€11.49 billion), in spite of the fact that his official incomes are those of a civil s... |
20 September 2012
08:15 GMT |
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Starting with November, mobile phone users in select markets around the world will be able to put their hands on HTC’s first smartphones powered by Windows Phone 8, and some more info on their possible price tags has emerged.
The company’s first two such smartphones, namely the Windows Phone 8X and 8S, ... |
20 September 2012
08:13 GMT |
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Microsoft sent a complaint to the Chinese government in which it reveals that four state-owned firms are using pirated copies of its Office and Windows Server products. The company claims that approximately 40 percent of the Microsoft products installed on these computers aren’t genuine, BusinessWeek reports c... |
20 September 2012
08:12 GMT |
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Not everyone might agree, but Todd Bradley, HP's executive vice president responsible for personal computers and printers, is of the opinion that there is no such thing as a post-PC era, or at least it hasn't been reached yet.
We've likely all heard the words at least once. Since people are so enamor... |
20 September 2012
08:11 GMT |
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Fans of Britney Spears, we have new music from the Princess of Pop for you – newish, at least. As part of her endorsement deal for the Twister Dance game, a remix of Britney’s “Till the World Ends” has been released.
“Till the World Ends” is one of the hit singles off her latest ... |
20 September 2012
08:10 GMT |
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One of the leading executives of the gaming industry has suggested that those executives who do not play video games should not be involved with them.
John Smedley, the president of Sony Online Entertainment, admits to Edge, “I really play. I’m in a Null-sec corp, the whole bit. The games I’m playi... |
20 September 2012
08:09 GMT |
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After the German government warned citizens to stop using Internet Explorer until Microsoft addresses the zero-day vulnerability that’s currently being exploited in the wild, now it’s Sweden’s turn to do the same.
The head of the Computer Security Incident Response Team with the Swedish Civil Conti... |
20 September 2012
08:08 GMT |
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Following the launch of iOS 6 which brings Shared Photo Streams, Apple rolled out updates to its photography software on the Mac and iOS platforms, including updates to the iPhoto application on both fronts. iPhoto on the Mac, now available at version 9.4, adds support for the new Shared Photo Streams feature, but o... |
20 September 2012
07:56 GMT |
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Lindsay Lohan was arrested again the other day after allegedly clipping a pedestrian with her Porsche and then fleeing the scene of the crime. Just hours before that, Anderson Cooper was giving her the best advice possible. Check out the first video embedded below to hear it. Cooper picked on Lindsay after she to... |
20 September 2012
07:56 GMT |
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Security researchers at Italian firm ITSEC discovered that Windows 8 comes with a security flaw that could allow hackers to install malware on a vulnerable computer. It’s all possible because of the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI), an updated version of BIOS, which is available on Microsoft produc... |
20 September 2012
07:42 GMT |
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A 7-year-old girl gave the fight of her life protecting her 4-year-old cousin during an attempted kidnapping. Miami born A-nari Taylor received a commendation from the Miami Police on Tuesday for her incredible act of bravery. According to NBC Miami, the children were playing outside the window of 39-year-old David ... |
20 September 2012
07:41 GMT |
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About four years ago, the Sierra Nevada Conservancy, together with several community organizations in the region, decided to team up and set the basis for the Great Sierra Nevada River Clean-Up project.
As they explained back then, the main drive behind this environmental campaign was the fact that most of the peop... |
20 September 2012
07:40 GMT |
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It’s no surprise to anyone that the US is starting to take cyberattacks seriously. Officials say that a cyberattack that results in death, injury or significant destruction, triggers the country’s right to self-defense.
This means that if a cyberattack causes a nuclear plant meltdown, affects air-traffi... |
20 September 2012
07:35 GMT |
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The Nintendo 3DS handheld has kept its number one position in the Japanese video game hardware chart while the newly launched Tekken Tag Tournament 2 fighting game has taken over the first position in the software chart.
The 3DS LL handheld has managed to move 35,870 devices to players, which is down from the 38,913... |
20 September 2012
07:34 GMT |
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For a long time, Google's Achilles heel in advertising was display ads. It was doing great with search and text ads, but display was the domain of companies like Yahoo, Microsoft and, more recently, Facebook.
But for a few years now, Google has been doubling down on display ads and overtook dinosaurs like Yaho... |
20 September 2012
07:31 GMT |
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Microsoft will debut the new Windows 8 operating system next month in New York and the company has already confirmed that it expects the new OS to sell in huge numbers.
But what Microsoft is actually trying to do is to move all Windows XP users to the new Windows iteration, even if XP remains the second most popular... |
20 September 2012
07:30 GMT |
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Lady Gaga has recorded some new material and it’s already leaked online. A new track believed to be off the upcoming album “ARTPOP,” on which Gaga actually raps, has emerged. Because it *contains profane language that could offend, we cannot embed it here, but you can give it a go here. Called &... |
20 September 2012
07:13 GMT |
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The threat of an antitrust lawsuit has been looming over Google for a few years now. Despite all the posturing, nothing has happened yet, though there are ongoing investigations in both the US and the EU.
In fact, the US Federal Trade Commission is saying that it's going to reach an end to its investigation, a... |
20 September 2012
07:11 GMT |
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Apple’s professional photography application, Aperture now features Shared Photo Streams to allow iOS users to mirror their picture libraries between their iDevices and Mac.
Aperture 3.4 adds support for Shared Photo Streams but only on OS X Mountain Lion, the latest version of Apple’s Mac operating syst... |
20 September 2012
07:11 GMT |
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After the public-facing website of Bank of America (BoA) experienced some minor outages, now it’s JPMorgan Chase’s turn to suffer from similar problems. The same hackers who attacked BoA also took responsibility for taking down Chase.com.
On September 18, a hacker collective called Izz ad-din Al qassam t... |
20 September 2012
07:09 GMT |
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Developer and publisher Konami has revealed that it will launch a one-day patch for its upcoming Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 when it launches in Europe on Friday, correcting a number of problems with the game and updating the stats of some players.
The patch also allows players to play in the official licensed stadium... |
20 September 2012
07:03 GMT |
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Xperia T, one of the most appealing new Android smartphones that Sony Mobile has unveiled to the world, has just received approvals from the FCC with support for US-friendly bands.
The phone was seen before at the feds, but without the network support it needed to deliver a fast mobile experience in the country (it... |
20 September 2012
07:01 GMT |
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Patrick Volkerding has announced last evening, September 19th, the immediate availability for download and testing of fifth Release Candidate of the upcoming Slackware 14.0 Linux operating system.
Marked as the last development version for Slackware 14.0, this fifth Release Candidate comes with Linux kernel 3.2.29,... |
20 September 2012
06:51 GMT |
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Even after all these years, Monica Lewinsky is still sore because of how her affair with former US President Bill Clinton ended and particularly because of how she was shamed in the subsequent scandal. She’s now planning to release a tell-all book to get even, it has emerged.
Sources close to the former White ... |
20 September 2012
06:45 GMT |
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Hackers exist in most countries of the world, but as we can clearly see from their campaigns, they each have their own way of operating. Experts from Trend Micro have published a paper in which they detail the differences between hackers from Eastern Europe and ones from East Asian countries.
Entitled Peter the Grea... |
20 September 2012
06:43 GMT |
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Google is always keen to show off whatever new technology makes its way into Chrome. The best way to do this, of course, is to build an interesting and interactive demo to showcase it. With Movi.Kanti.Revo, Google's done just that. The experiment, which uses your webcam, is designed to show off WebRTC, specific... |
20 September 2012
06:31 GMT |
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AMD’s Trinity APUs are getting closer and closer to an official launch for the white box market, but they have already been available for the big system builders for quite a while now. Today HP is launching the Compaq Pro 6305 desktop system that’s powered by the new APUs.
This is a mid- to low-end busin... |
20 September 2012
06:21 GMT |
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Accessibility on the web can be particularly tough. The browsers and the technology behind the web itself weren't designed with accessibility in mind. But that doesn't mean it can't be done. Google has several efforts to improve accessibility on the web and in its apps.
Its Google Apps suite has been ... |
20 September 2012
06:11 GMT |
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This teenager's video received over 300,000 likes from more than 46 million users on YouTube, since late December 2011, after she displayed a special talent. She can move her eyebrows as if they are dancing. Sarah is from Sidney, Australia, and she owes her exotic looks to her mother's Filipino genes. She ... |
20 September 2012
06:10 GMT |
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Hackers Joost Pol and Daan Keuper found a vulnerability in Apple’s WebKit platform that allowed them to hijack an iPhone 4S and gain access to photos, videos, address book contacts, and even the user’s browsing history.Pol and Keuper said it took about three weeks to develop the hack with the purpose of d... |
20 September 2012
06:00 GMT |
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Officials with the Boulder, Colorado-based Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corporation announced yesterday, September 19, that the first batch of the mirrors that NASA ordered for the James Webb Space Telescope has been shipped to the American space agency.
The event represents a significant milestone in the observato... |
20 September 2012
05:57 GMT |
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At one point in the past, we reported on how UK's high officials had plans to kill about 100,000 badgers, mainly because these animals are responsible for spreading tuberculosis amongst the country's cattle population.
Back then, we said that several conservationists were outraged when hearing this partic... |
20 September 2012
05:56 GMT |
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The team working on FIFA 13 at EA Sports has revealed that the new gameplay options linked to the GamePad for the new Nintendo Wii U might be also used to the SmartGlass technology for the Xbox.
At the moment the developers of the game are working with the publishers at Electronic Arts to decide how they will handle... |
20 September 2012
05:53 GMT |
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Western Digital announced its thinnest ever platter spinners in the first half of the current month (September, 2012), but it has since reconsidered its roadmap for this product type.
Originally, Western Digital aimed to start mass production of the 5mm HDD in 2013, probably around CES 2012 (Consumer Electronics Sh... |
20 September 2012
05:52 GMT |
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As a first for its massively multiplayer online game, Blizzard has confirmed that the Mists of Pandaria add-on for World of Warcraft will be released in China on October 2, just one week after its launch in the rest of the world, alongside a special Ultimate Edition. World of Warcraft may not be as popular as it onc... |
20 September 2012
05:51 GMT |
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As soon as Apple announced the availability of the new iPhone 5, many people rushed to order the new gadget to make sure they would be among the first to own one. Experts warn that the anxiety caused by having to wait for a delivery notification might be leveraged by cybercriminals.
Most Apple fans will receive thei... |
20 September 2012
05:51 GMT |
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iOS 6 comes with Passbook, a new Apple-designed application that stores all your tickets and passes in one secure place on your iPhone. It doesn’t do much when you first install the new software update, but it does take you to the App Store to get you started.
Passbook launches to an info screen that tells you... |
20 September 2012
05:45 GMT |
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Cats and dogs are everyone's favorite pets, but there is a long-standing rivalry between the two species, so here are some areas where cats display genetic superiority.
Cats have better hearing than dogs. Though both species perceive ultrasounds, cats capture sounds one octave higher than dogs are able to. Acco... |
20 September 2012
05:40 GMT |
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Scientists operating the NASA Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite had the foresight to image the interior of Hurricane Isaac with the spacecraft's advanced scientific instruments, just a couple of hours before it made landfall. The data reveal the hot towers powering the storm.
TRMM is capable... |
20 September 2012
05:35 GMT |
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Just in case various she-environmentalists were wondering what could ever be more fun to look at than a man who cares about the wellbeing of the natural world and refuses to drive his car whenever circumstances allow it, here is the answer: a good-looking man who cares about the planet and chooses to go bike-riding i... |
20 September 2012
05:34 GMT |
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Mozilla has been battling to prevent third-party add-ons from installing automatically for a while now. Plenty of apps add their extensions, toolbars and so on to browsers without users even noticing it.
For a while, they could do this and users wouldn't even notice that the add-ons were installed.
Then, Fire... |
20 September 2012
05:32 GMT |
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On September 19, authorities arrested a number of 14 individuals suspected of participating in one of the largest and longest stolen identity tax refund fraud schemes the US has ever witnessed. It’s believed that the fraudsters attempted to steal around $65 million (52 million EUR).
According to the US Attorne... |
20 September 2012
05:31 GMT |
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Several months are expected to pass before Research In Motion makes its first BlackBerry 10 smartphones official, yet one of these devices has already got the teardown treatment.
This is the same BlackBerry 10 L-series smartphone that has been spotted online lately, and which is expected to arrive on shelves in the... |
20 September 2012
05:27 GMT |
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After detailing the single-player story and the multiplayer campaign for its upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 shooter, Treyarch has now started teasing the special cooperative Zombies mode from the new game.
By far one of the most fun things introduced by Treyarch into the Call of Duty franchise is the cooperative... |
20 September 2012
05:27 GMT |
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BioWare has announced that it has completed the process of moving all players of Star Wars: The Old Republic to servers that already have a high population of players.
The developer has asked players for about one month to move their characters and has decided to finally forcibly transfer those who have failed to do... |
20 September 2012
05:26 GMT |
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Daring Fireball’s John Gruber is happy to report that the iPhone 5 Apple gave him to review takes amazing photos in low-light conditions – far better than his iPhone 4S.
Check out the photo comparison above. That’s Mr. Gruber’s test to demonstrate the iPhone 5’s ability to squeeze a tremendou... |
20 September 2012
05:24 GMT |
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Underground water supplies throughout most of the United States are still severely depleted, as evidenced in new maps compiled from data relayed by NASA satellites. Most of these supplies, including aquifers, are currently heavily exploited for drinking water and farming.
The drought that struck the country through... |
20 September 2012
05:24 GMT |
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This video of a cute chameleon fascinated by a faucet was uploaded on YouTube a year ago, but recently caused a stir on Reddit.
According to Wikipedia, chameleons are a distinctive clade of lizards. They have large mobile, stereoscopic eyes, adapted for hunting. Some of them can change colors.
This particular spec... |
20 September 2012
05:05 GMT |
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A lot of fuss was made over Google's decision to unify its privacy policies earlier in the year, which would also unify the data Google holds for you. What this meant was that any Google product would be able to access data stored by other products.
This was labeled as an evil move, as is everything Google does... |
20 September 2012
05:05 GMT |
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The iPhone Dev Team has issued a warning to all iDevice owners with update-itchy fingers looking to jailbreak & unlock their devices in the near future. The infamous team of hackers advises the jailbreak community to back up their SHSH blobs, a set of files that facilitates future hacking.
In a timely post over at t... |
20 September 2012
04:59 GMT |
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Most people who still refuse to look into the possibility of purchasing either an all-electric vehicle, or a hybrid car tend to complain about the fact that battery range is more often than not a deal breaker, especially since charging stations are presently few and far in between.
Hoping to somewhat sort out this ... |
20 September 2012
04:58 GMT |
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Pinterest is becoming more and more popular and, as always, this type of fame attracts the attention of cybercriminals. Similar to other social media websites, shady applications are becoming an issue.
Experts from GFI Labs have identified an app called Pin Photo Zoom which is advertised for its capabilities to zoom... |
20 September 2012
04:51 GMT |
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Roku is a company that specializes in delivering multimedia straight to your TV, and the Streaming Stick is its latest brainchild.
Long story short, it is an HDMI-connected dongle that, without help from any other external source, or even a remote control, delivers all of Roku's services (TV programs, web media... |
20 September 2012
04:48 GMT |
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Darksiders 2 is going to receive its first bit of downloadable content in the form of the Argul’s Tomb expansion next week, on September 25, for the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 platforms.
Darksiders II came out back in August and delighted fans with many hours of high quality hack and slash action that saw the prota... |
20 September 2012
04:45 GMT |
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Project Eternity, the new video game from developer Obsidian, is expected to launch in about one year and a half after it is funded, and the team behind it says that the freedom of working on their own universe allows the process to be completed faster than usual.
Tim Cain, one of the leading developers at Obsidian,... |
20 September 2012
04:41 GMT |
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Having already entertained us by poking fun at several aspects having to do with “Our Horrifying Planet”, The Onion returns and presents us with a video discussing the ins and outs of life in the Sahara desert.
Truth be told, this footage is not so much about “life” in these environmental co... |
20 September 2012
04:40 GMT |
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Microsoft tries to make the impossible possible and turn Bing into a more popular search engine as compared to Google, doing all kinds of tricks to convince users that its service deserves all the attention in the world. Emil Protalinsky of thenextweb.com found that Microsoft created a special landing page for Safar... |
20 September 2012
04:37 GMT |
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Mere days after she’s been confirmed as Christina Aguilera’s replacement on The Voice season 4, Shakira drops the bomb on her (mostly unsuspecting) fans on her Facebook page: she’s about to become a mommy!
Like many other female celebrities out there, Shakira was never in the safe as regards pregna... |
20 September 2012
04:34 GMT |
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A new set of updates is available for MacBook Air and MacBook Pro computers, including one MacBook Pro Retina EFI Update which aims to fix an issue that caused systems to hang during heavy processor loads, and the previously-reported SMC update responsible with bringing Power Nap for 2010 MacBook Airs. MacBook ... |
20 September 2012
04:31 GMT |
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The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover Curiosity is currently about 2.5 meters (8 feet) away from a football-size rock called Jake Matijevic, which it plans to test its scientific instruments on. This is important because it will give mission controllers the chance to test the tools before arriving at Glenelg.
The ... |
20 September 2012
04:30 GMT |
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Opera Mini, one of the most popular mobile browsers in the world, with over 170 million users, has just received a series of improvements on Android devices.
The new application release brings along Opera’s Smart Page to Android handsets, so that users would be able access an overview of their activity.
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20 September 2012
04:27 GMT |
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Nile Crocodiles weigh roughly a ton, measure up to 18 feet (about 5.5 meters), and have some of the most impressive jaws in the animal kingdom.
Besides being Africa's top predators, it seems that these reptiles also have the world's strongest bite, which helps them hunt down zebras and the like.
More pr... |
20 September 2012
04:27 GMT |
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As we said when we reported on the impending arrival of a new Windows 8 tablet, HP has launched quite a few new personal computers, both desktops and laptops. Here we will check out the latter.
The company, which continues to be the greatest PC supplier (although for how long remains to be seen) has unveiled someth... |
20 September 2012
04:24 GMT |
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Every now and then, we all need a few sugar sweet reminders of what life is all about – romance.
This top 5 cannot but include the world's most famous photo of a kiss. The picture was taken in Times Square in 1945, and it's titled “V-J Day in Times Square.”
The photographer, German-bor... |
20 September 2012
04:22 GMT |
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The developers at Volition and publisher THQ have announced that they will allow any user of the Steam digital distribution service from Valve to play their open-world action game Saints Row: The Third for free during the weekend.
Those who are interested can download the game and then jump right in to explore the c... |
20 September 2012
04:15 GMT |
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Google recently celebrated the addition of the 500th creation to Chrome Experiments. But now it's introducing one experiment to outshine them all, albeit one with its own homepage. Created by Cirque du Soleil, the concept anyway, and making use of pretty much all of the latest technology a browser can leverage... |
20 September 2012
04:13 GMT |
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AMD is getting ready to launch its second generation of video cards that feature the evolved graphics core next (GCN) architecture. We reported here on the technical details of the two mainstream cards that are supposed to be powerful enough to leave Nvidia’s GTX 680 behind. AMD has been focusing on optimizing... |
20 September 2012
04:10 GMT |
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Microsoft today announced that its Office for Mac 2011 suite now supports Retina display for all built-in applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
This is obviously a great addition for many Mac OS X users out there, as many complained that the whole Office suite looks blurry on the new Retina Ma... |
20 September 2012
04:09 GMT |
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Have you received a threatening notification in which you were told about a debt to PayPal’s BillMeLater service? If you have, you should know that you are a target of a cybercriminal scheme whose main goal is to spread a nasty Trojan.
Bearing subject lines such as “Immediately pay off the debt!”, ... |
20 September 2012
04:08 GMT |
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Given the fact that, as a result of climate change, the global food and biofuels industries are set to enter a fierce competition for raw materials, provided that they both rely heavily on the use of feedstocks, efforts are being made to keep this from happening.
Therefore, in the aftermath of several individuals a... |
20 September 2012
04:06 GMT |
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Microsoft has posted a brand new video of Halo 4, this time taking a look at the different weapons wielded by the Covenant forces, including returning favorites like the regular Carbine or the Brute Hammer.
Halo 4 is set to deliver an intense first-person shooter experience through its single-player and its multipla... |
20 September 2012
04:02 GMT |
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A new trailer for the upcoming James Bond movie, “Skyfall,” has emerged online. It’s the international version and, unlike the footage we’ve seen so far, offers a much better look at the villain of this installment. Indeed, Javier Bardem might look a tad silly with that blonde ‘do, but... |
20 September 2012
03:59 GMT |
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Astronomers at NASA recently used two of the space agency's telescopes to image a galaxy that may very well be the most distant ever discovered. The team says that the Universe is 13.75 billion years old, and that this object started developing around 500 million years after the Big Bang.
A quick calculation p... |
20 September 2012
03:52 GMT |
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The Raspberry Pi credit card-sized ARM-based computer has received its latest upgrade, and it isn't one that people can easily gloss over. Verily, it may cause them to flock at it even more than before.
After all, it isn't every day that a computer, or any electronic device really, suddenly gains the abil... |
20 September 2012
03:50 GMT |
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At the Lehntiz animal sanctuary in Germany, a bulldog named Baby and a few sibling baby boars managed to bond. Baby has taken the piglets under her “wing.”
These cute little things were found abandoned in a forest near the capital city of Berlin. Apparently, this is not the first time that Baby tries to ... |
20 September 2012
03:48 GMT |
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The piece of malware known as ZeroAccess is currently present on over 1 million computers spread throughout almost 200 countries worldwide. Even worse, so far, the threat was found to be installed more than 9 million times on the devices of unsuspecting internauts.
If you think that 9 million is a scary number, you ... |
20 September 2012
03:47 GMT |
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Microsoft has just launched the so-called Sculpt Comfort Keyboard, a brand new piece of hardware specifically designed for the new Windows 8 that goes on sale next month.
Priced at $59.95 / €46.10, the keyboard features Microsoft's Contour Curve design, which relies on a six-degree bend in the keyboard lay... |
20 September 2012
03:39 GMT |
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Mac users running OS X Lion and OS X Mountain Lion are being greeted by two new software updates chock-full of new features and enhancements, as well as the usual bag of fixes. The few remaining Mac users running Apple’s older Snow Leopard operating system also a have an update to download and install. Affecti... |
20 September 2012
03:39 GMT |
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Owners of a Nexus S smartphone from Samsung who run into issues with their devices and need to wipe them clean can now do so while still having Android 4.1.1 loaded on them.
Google has made available for download new Android images for both the Nexus S and Nexus S 4G, enabling users to fix their handsets through re... |
20 September 2012
03:28 GMT |
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HP launched quite a few products today, but we are going to tell you about one that has not, in fact, been released. HP didn't even say anything more than one sentence about it actually.
At the very end of the press release speaking of its ultrathin laptops, notebooks, desktops and monitors, HP said that &ldqu... |
20 September 2012
03:25 GMT |
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Spangles, a cross-eyed, cross-dressing, slightly chubby feline, got its name by being born on the 4 of July. Lately, these cute pictures of the kitty have surfaced, turning the puss into a web sensation and making the world pay attention to cross-eyed animals. In fact, Spangles only has one cross-eye and looks a ... |
20 September 2012
03:21 GMT |
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Sprint, the mobile carrier that owns Virgin Mobile, claims to have addressed the PIN brute force attack issue discovered by Kevin Burke. However, the expert claims that more measures should be implemented.
A few days ago, Burke highlighted the fact that the use of 6-digit PINs for a password was not efficient as it ... |
20 September 2012
03:19 GMT |
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While the Japanese government is busy preparing the country's transition from nuclear power to more environmentally-friendly energy sources, high officials in South Korea are looking into the possibility of spending significant amounts of money on brand new, fully functional nuclear reactors.
Thus, it seems th... |
20 September 2012
03:14 GMT |
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BioWare, in between confirming that its two founders are retiring from the gaming industry and that more DLC is coming for its recent Mass Effect 3, has also posted a new balance update for the game's multiplayer mode.
Mass Effect 3 has been around for quite some time and, despite being launched in March, it�... |
20 September 2012
03:13 GMT |
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Bill Gates, Microsoft's co-founder, former chief executive and the current chairman, is America's richest person, according to a new top released by the Forbes magazine.
Gates tops the list with a current net worth of (it hurts to say it) $66 billion, while Warren Buffet, who's also a shareholder of C... |
20 September 2012
03:07 GMT |
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As a companion to the launch of the new PlayStation 3 Super Slim Sony has announced a new group of PE3 Essential titles that will be sold in shops for just 19.99 Euro or dollars.
Titles coming from Sony:
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
inFAMOUS
MAG
LittleBig Planet
ModNation Racers
Sports Champions
Medieval Moves
M... |
20 September 2012
03:04 GMT |
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Simon Cowell and Demi Lovato, one half of the panel of judges for season 2 of X Factor, were on Conan O’Brien the other night to promote the show. Below is a very funny segment of that interview. It’s a known fact that Simon Cowell also goes by the name of Mr. Naughty or Mr. Rude for a very good reason:... |
20 September 2012
03:02 GMT |
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According to the conclusions of a new study by investigators at the Mayo Clinic, it would appear that the enzyme BACE2 is very efficient at destroying beta-amyloid, the protein that builds up to form plaques in the brains of patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease.
These plaques emerge between neurons, and ... |
20 September 2012
02:58 GMT |
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The GeeXboX 3.0 Linux operating system has been announced on September 18th, with amazing new features and improvements to make your HTPC even more powerful.
With this 3rd iteration of the GeeXboX Linux operating system, the developers updated the XBMC Media Center to version 11 (Eden), which gives users lots and l... |
20 September 2012
02:52 GMT |
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Google has just announced a new update for the popular Google Maps application for devices running under the Android operating system.
The enhancements packed inside this software update were meant to allow users to find places that they have searched for on their desktop easier than before.
Basically, these impr... |
20 September 2012
02:46 GMT |
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A few days back, we spoke about how Airbus and China teamed up in order to promote the use of biofuel in the aviation industry.
Recent news informs us that Lufthansa (i.e. Europe's largest airline as far as the overall number of passengers is concerned), entered a partnership with an Australian-based company k... |
20 September 2012
02:44 GMT |
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Apple customers who are still running OS X version 10.7 aka Lion will be greeted by an update when they boot their Macs today, namely OS X 10.7.5, which includes Apple’s new Gatekeeper (borrowed from OS X 10.8), as well as other tweaks and fixes.
Cupertino recommends the 10.7.5 update to all OS X Lion users as... |
20 September 2012
02:40 GMT |
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Warner Bros. has revealed a brand new video with its upcoming Injustice: Gods Among Us fighting game that shows off not just more gameplay footage but also an actual release window of April, 2013.
Injustice is the next big fighting game from Mortal Kombat developer NetherRealm and will feature a variety of superhero... |
20 September 2012
02:40 GMT |
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Microsoft today released the so-called “Fix It” utility that was specifically developed to protect users from the critical Internet Explorer vulnerability discovered a few days ago. A full patch will be rolled out on Friday and will be delivered via Windows Update and the other standard distribution chan... |
20 September 2012
02:39 GMT |
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Present at the EUSecWest security conference in Amsterdam, independent security researcher Bogdan Alecu has unveiled his findings on GSM vulnerabilities in a paper entitled “Using HTTP headers pollution for mobile networks attacks.”
The attacks he has demonstrated target the Wireless Application Protocol... |
20 September 2012
02:37 GMT |
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We've known of the Sea Islands GPU family for quite some time, and that the marketing name for graphics cards based on them will be Radeon HD 8000. We didn't actually know much about the chips that would come afterwards though.
AMD decided, back in 2008-2009, to use Island names for the graphics processin... |
20 September 2012
02:30 GMT |
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Jeri Ellsworth, who is the leader of the hardware division at developer Valve, has revealed that her team might be ready to launch public beta stages for some of their devices during next year. The developer says that Valve is able to manufacture short prototype runs for the devices it is working on and that it migh... |
20 September 2012
02:29 GMT |
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Launched in tandem with iOS 6, OS X 10.8.2 is now available to the general population as the second maintenance and security update for Apple’s Mountain Lion operating system.
Cupertino says the 10.8.2 update is recommended for all Mountain Lion users, as it includes new features and fixes.
We’ve alread... |
20 September 2012
02:22 GMT |
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Lars Torben Kremer has announced last night, September 19th, the immediate availability for download of the Snowlinux 3 E17 edition Linux operating system.
Based on Debian 7 (Wheezy), the final release of the Enlightenment edition of Snowlinux 3 is here, bringing Linux kernel 3.5 for improved hardware detection (wi... |
20 September 2012
01:20 GMT |
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Feral Interactive has released Empire: Total War – Gold Edition in the Mac App Store. A combination of real-time-strategy and turn-based-strategy genres, Total War lets players “command the seas, conquer the land, [and] build an Empire.” Total War “Gold Edition” is described by Feral as... |
20 September 2012
01:01 GMT |
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