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This May, the space shuttle Atlantis flew the fifth and final repair flight to the venerable Hubble Space Telescope. The changes weren't purely aesthetic. A number of instruments, including the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2, or WFPC-2, were replaced with better ones. The observatory also received new spectr... |
20 November 2009
20:41 GMT |
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Scientists working with a new mathematical model may have finally figured out how it is that mosquitoes can hear the faint sounds of a female's flapping wings, but not become deaf when hearing louder noises. The University of Bristol research team has managed to unlock some of the remarkable features, but highli... |
20 November 2009
19:01 GMT |
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As any person who has ever been on a rowboat can tell you, the most fierce opponent a crew can have is itself. Well, not exactly itself, but rather the algorithms it uses when it pulls on the paddles. At the University of Cambridge, rowing is taken very seriously, as evidenced by the fact that Professor John Barrow, ... |
20 November 2009
18:51 GMT |
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Jellyfish are a very peculiar type of marine animals, mostly because not much is really known about their past and their evolution. Their construction leaves very few fossils behind, and only a limited number of specimens are available in natural history museums around the world. The thing that always fascinated peop... |
20 November 2009
18:01 GMT |
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A lot of people have focused on the overall story of Dragon Age: Origins and have pointed out how it managed to still adhere to the tropes of the computer role playing game and the BioWare way of creating it while making a world that feels vastly different from the one of Dungeons & Dragons. But one of the aspects of... |
20 November 2009
18:01 GMT |
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Leading developer of wireless technologies, services and products, Qualcomm Incorporated, and leading provider of telematics solutions Hughes Telematics, Inc. (HTI), successfully showcased recently the needed data transmission technology for the future pan-European, in-vehicle emergency call (eCall) standard. The tw... |
20 November 2009
17:01 GMT |
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Florian Totu: Just yesterday, I finished the single-player campaign of Modern Warfare 2 and, even if I think that it was a very short game, I have to admit I liked it. The title was intense, frantic, captivating and the airport massacre was right up my alley, as I really enjoyed acting like a sociopath. A lot of peop... |
20 November 2009
16:31 GMT |
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Mammoths and mastodons were the largest land-based animals to have walked the surface of the Earth some 13,000 years ago. In spite of dominating the landscape, their ultimate faith has remained somewhat of a mystery to researchers, who still cannot find any reasons why these huge, adapted mammals might have disappear... |
20 November 2009
16:31 GMT |
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Many of us like to unwind on an evening out catching the latest movie running at a theater near us. As it’s common knowledge, nothing goes as good with a movie as some popcorn and soda (perhaps some candy too) do. What we might not know though is that these combos that movie theaters offer are actually calorie ... |
20 November 2009
16:31 GMT |
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Motorola Crush is the latest touchscreen-enabled mobile phone unveiled by Motorola. The new handset is expected to become available for purchase via US Cellular and it is said to arrive on the market before the end of this year. The new device should come to US Cellular's users as a rather affordable touchscree... |
20 November 2009
16:01 GMT |
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Scientists assessing the difficulties related to the construction of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) facility in southern France have recently revealed that it may be unfeasible to fire up the reactor as soon as 2018, as current plans have it. The multi-billion-euro nuclear fusion test rea... |
20 November 2009
15:31 GMT |
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Ever since Victoria Beckham broke off from the Spice Girls and started to make a name for herself in showbiz, talk of her having a secret eating disorder or, at the very least, eating as little as possible to keep herself so thin has never ceased to make the rounds. The star constantly denied all reports and, despite... |
20 November 2009
15:31 GMT |
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Modern Warfare 2 might have set yet another record when it came out as it determined no less than 2 million Xbox Live users to get on the service at the same time, probably in order to enter multiplayer matches as soon as the game is released.But it seems that the huge launch, probably coupled with the decision by Mi... |
20 November 2009
15:01 GMT |
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According to information available from Microsoft, the next iteration of the Windows client and server operating system is at a maximum of three years away. The Redmond-based company revealed that it expects to deliver the next major release of Windows approximately in 2012. Of course, “approximately” is ... |
20 November 2009
14:51 GMT |
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With Internet Explorer 9 early in the making, Microsoft revealed at the Professional Developers Conference 2009 in Los Angeles that it had identified a total of three pillars for IE’s evolution: standards and interoperability, hardware acceleration, and JavaScript performance.At the bottom of this article, you ... |
20 November 2009
14:41 GMT |
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According to what evidence we have collected from the fossil record, dinosaurs ruled the land over what is now the Sahara desert more than 100 million years ago. But recent investigations have also revealed some of their companions, including an entire ensemble of crocodiles that seems to have accompanied the giant l... |
20 November 2009
14:31 GMT |
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Wireless carrier Verizon announced recently new investments in the St. Lawrence County through the expansion of its 3G network in the area. According to the operator, it has deployed a new cell site in Stockholm, which should deliver better coverage and network capacity in Southville and Stockholm, and in portions o... |
20 November 2009
14:31 GMT |
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Back in the ‘90s, Kate Moss was considered representative for the emerging “heroin chic” look. Today, she comes under serious fire with health organizations and concerned groups for saying that there is no taste as good as the feeling of being skinny. The comment, once out in the press, was immediat... |
20 November 2009
14:21 GMT |
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Wireless carrier AT&T announced recently the addition of a new product in its 3G mobile broadband offering, namely the HP Mini 110 netbook. The new device is expected to start selling through the operator's channels as soon as Sunday, November 22 is here, and should offer users fast access to AT&T's 3G net... |
20 November 2009
14:01 GMT |
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At just approximately a month after the general availability deadline of Windows 7, the operating system enjoys strong support from hardware and software companies worldwide. In fact, there are approximately 9,000 products that now feature the “Compatible with Windows 7” logo, Microsoft revealed at the Pr... |
20 November 2009
14:01 GMT |
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The Mortal Kombat series is trying to bring itself back to life, and the first thing it needed was a fresh, new look on the character design. Former Midway employee, artist Vincent Proce is the one that took up pen and paper and started a design project of the new characters of MK. Unfortunately, his ideas got shot d... |
20 November 2009
13:31 GMT |
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Elizabeth Banks, although perhaps not a name that rings any bells with many, is the perfect example of gorgeous woman who is all the more lovable and popular because she doesn’t take her good looks too seriously. With her blonde hair, blue eyes, perfect features and a body to kill for, the actress knows she&rsq... |
20 November 2009
13:31 GMT |
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Wii Music, which was released last year, has not been one of the biggest hits for Nintendo. Titles like Mario Kart Wii and Wii Fit are still selling well, while the music simulator for the Wii seems to have faded into obscurity and slid out of sales charts. But its creator might not yet be prepared to let go of the i... |
20 November 2009
13:21 GMT |
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Malaria is one of the conditions that have been completely eradicated in civilized countries, mostly through governmental efforts and investments in vaccination campaigns. But the condition may be on the rise again, as globalization permits more and more people to travel around the world on a daily basis. A new study... |
20 November 2009
13:21 GMT |
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HSPA, one of the fastest mobile technologies available on the market today, which comes as an enhancement over UMTS, is said to have seen great adoption among mobile phone carriers around the world. At the moment, there are 300 networks based on the standard available around the world, while the total number of UMTS-... |
20 November 2009
13:11 GMT |
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In case of accidental deletion, there are sufficient choices on the market that can give you a hand with recovering data. The rule of thumb is to refrain from storing any sort of data on the partition you are going to recover files from. If you manage to do this, there is even free software that can be used for the j... |
20 November 2009
12:41 GMT |
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The future is looking bright for web apps with more and more players interested in the space and Google going all out with a dedicated operating system that will rely exclusively on web applications. Huge desktop software companies should start worrying or better yet start preparing for the paradigm shift like Adobe ... |
20 November 2009
12:07 GMT |
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Facebook is one of the biggest things in Silicon Valley at the moment and the social media giant is showing no signs of slowing down. It is being valued at several billion dollars, over 10, by previous transactions but since it's a private company, no one can really tell what it’s worth. However, despite t... |
20 November 2009
11:33 GMT |
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Adam Lambert, the one-time potential American Idol winner who, to the surprise of many, came only second in the finals, is gearing up for the release of his debut studio album, the aptly called “For Your Entertainment,” which drops on November 23. According to early reviews that are now coming in, those c... |
20 November 2009
11:32 GMT |
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Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion seems to be ramping up for the launch of yet another sequel on the market, in the form of BlackBerry Pearl 9100, which follows the already popular BlackBerry Pearl 81xx Series smartphones. The upcoming handset, which is still unofficial, has just emerged in a series of ... |
20 November 2009
10:59 GMT |
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The Studio 17 laptop is a certain product made by Dell that has made a name for itself through the fact that it packs true high-end performance and virtually all desirable features into its small frame. With the only missing element having been the multitouch capability, the company removed this inability through upg... |
20 November 2009
10:53 GMT |
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Scientists at the I-STEM Institute have recently announced the development of a new type of artificial skin cells, which was obtained directly from human embryonic stem cells. In a paper published in the November 21 issue of the scientific journal Lancet, the team reports that the entire epidermis was created using h... |
20 November 2009
10:49 GMT |
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Robert Downey Jr. has certainly seen his ups and downs, as all his fans and especially those who stuck with him when few industry people wanted to work with him as well, and he’s well aware of that. In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, whose cover he also graces in character as Sherlock Holmes, the ... |
20 November 2009
10:46 GMT |
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Sundar Pichai, vice president of product management at Google, announced on November 19th the immediate availability of the source code for their upcoming Chrome Operating System, under the name of Chromium OS. The actual Chrome OS, as Google said, will be released sometime at the end of 2010, one year from now, and ... |
20 November 2009
10:45 GMT |
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Samsung Omnia 2 is a mobile phone that has been long rumored to become available in the United States on the airwaves of Verizon Wireless. Expected to arrive for about two months now, the handset is finally said to be on its way to the market with the mobile phone carrier and should become available for purchase as ... |
20 November 2009
10:41 GMT |
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MacPaw, the maker of one of the best cleaning utilities out there, has updated its flagship product to version 1.7.1, fixing most of the user-reported bugs and errors, as well as some issues with popular virtualization programs. The new CleanMyMac also improves performance by reorganizing some code, according to its ... |
20 November 2009
10:41 GMT |
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Google has released a brand-new, mobile-formatted version of its Google News homepage for iPhone and iPod touch users. To access the mobile Google News site, simply point your browser to news.google.com from Safari on your device. Google News for iPhone and iPod touch is the same for Android and Palm Pre users, and ... |
20 November 2009
10:35 GMT |
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Britney Spears is a very busy woman these days. While fencing critics who say she shouldn’t be lip-synching at her concerts without first warning fans of it, the singer seems to have also found the time to get back in the studio and get things in motion for her upcoming album, her seventh to date, which will dr... |
20 November 2009
10:29 GMT |
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AT&T customers will be able to enjoy a new mobile phone on their carrier's airwaves starting with Sunday, November 22, in the form of the new Pantech Impact. The handset will arrive in AT&T's offering in two color options, bright blue and soft pink, at is expected to prove a great option for those looking ... |
20 November 2009
10:25 GMT |
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Google Chrome OS may be getting all of the attention today, but such a huge company doesn't revolve around just one product. And it's still very much a search company so it can't afford to get too distracted from its main bread winner. In fact it's anything but, Google will be launching a rather ... |
20 November 2009
10:23 GMT |
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German developer of advanced cooling solutions Blacknoise has finally presented the result of its so-called 'collaboration' with the members of the HardwareLuxx forum, who focused on discussing the product's detailed characteristics, such as the autorestart function, controllability, cable length or op... |
20 November 2009
10:14 GMT |
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Internet Explorer is not what it used to be. Firefox, but also additional rival browser such as Safari and Google Chrome, have eroded Microsoft’s dominance on the browser market. IE is left struggling even after the release of Internet Explorer 8 this year and with no end in sight to its downward trajectory. T... |
20 November 2009
10:02 GMT |
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Scientists working with the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) are undoubtedly among some of the luckiest investigators on the planet, having been given the chance to contribute to the most advanced research experiments in the history of humankind. But, even though the particle accelerator has yet to produce concrete result... |
20 November 2009
10:00 GMT |
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Espoo, Finland-based handset vendor Nokia has reportedly stated that its first notebook, the Nokia Booklet 3G, is registering strong demand among corporations and enterprise users. The device, which was announced back in August, is expected to become available for purchase in the United States via Best Buy, and a com... |
20 November 2009
09:59 GMT |
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Japanese-Swedish mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson might bring the Nexus UX platform, which is better known as the Rachael user interface present on its Android-based XPERIA X10 handset, to more devices, even if not powered by Google's operating system. The high-end device, as many of you might already know, is ... |
20 November 2009
09:42 GMT |
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Though he constantly insists things are going well for him, Jon Gosselin’s problems seem to be increasing in number with each passing day. The other day, word got out that he once signed a contract with Kate Major, with whom he had a week-long affair a short while ago. Not only does said contract put him in hot... |
20 November 2009
09:40 GMT |
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Leading Japanese global distributor of DRAM Elpida Memory has been working on its first graphics double data rate random access memory module (GDDR DRAM) ever since it acquired GDDR design rights from the German company Qimonda AG in August 2009. Scheduled to enter the mass production stage in the second half of 2010... |
20 November 2009
09:36 GMT |
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Security researchers warn that an on-going black hat search engine optimization (BHSEO) campaign is poisoning the search results for Twilight's newly released sequel called New Moon. The rogue websites have the purpose of distributing fake antivirus software, also known as scareware or rogueware.Twilight is a ro... |
20 November 2009
09:29 GMT |
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Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia has been reported a few days ago to plan making some changes when it comes to the operating systems that it will use on its future high-end devices. According to some people from the company's Maemo marketing team, Symbian will be removed from future N-Series phones by 2012, and... |
20 November 2009
09:24 GMT |
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For a non-profit organization, the Mozilla Foundation is doing pretty well financially, better than many for-profit web companies are doing these days. The organization has released some financial details for 2008, saying that revenue has reached $79 million percent in the last year, up five percent from the previou... |
20 November 2009
09:20 GMT |
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An InsanelyMac forum member has developed a replacement kernel for installation on Atom-equipped hackintosh netbooks, TUAW reports. Going by the screen name of teateam, the guy offers a download and urges fellow forum members to test his patch. Most of those running OS X Snow Leopard on hacked laptops say the patch i... |
20 November 2009
09:14 GMT |
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A couple of interesting announcements were made this week, starting off with the release of AMD's much-anticipated Radeon HD 5970 graphics card, a dual-GPU monster that can barely fit your ATX chassis and delivers the highest level of performance currently available on the market. However, in case you have misse... |
20 November 2009
09:05 GMT |
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Windows 7 has nothing short of hit the ground running in terms of sales, Microsoft has already noted on multiple occasions. Most recently, Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer speaking to participants at Microsoft’s Annual Shareholder Meeting today, underlined the strength in Windows sales following the genera... |
20 November 2009
09:00 GMT |
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Wireless carrier Sprint and Kyocera Communications Inc. announced today the launch of a new mobile phone, the SANYO Incognito SCP-6760. The device comes to the market with a large amount of multimedia and messaging capabilities, as well as with an appealing design, and a high-gloss, Titanium Black mirrored external ... |
20 November 2009
08:59 GMT |
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The D day has come and the second installment in “The Twilight Saga,” “New Moon,” also based on one of Stephenie Meyer’s novels, is about to open nationwide in most territories. As fans are eagerly booking their seats and purchasing their tickets, ready to turn this film too into a succe... |
20 November 2009
08:52 GMT |
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The USB 3.0 technology has already caused somewhat of an uproar, both through its high-speed capabilities and its continued scarcity. While Dane-Elec has already released USB 3.0-compatible products, such as its SuperSpeed series of external hard and solid-state drives, it seems that the flash-drive market won't... |
20 November 2009
08:48 GMT |
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Scientists at the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have recently managed to decipher the structure and modus operandi of a remarkable class of ring-shaped protein motors. The team used the state-of-the-art protein crystallography beamline at the Advanced Light ... |
20 November 2009
08:46 GMT |
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A well-known Mac developer has recently contacted Apple’s Steve Jobs regarding a legal matter, particularly the name of its flagship product – iPodRip. John Devor of The Little App Factory send a lengthy email to Apple’s CEO, explaining how he and his company had put hard work and tons of resources ... |
20 November 2009
08:41 GMT |
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Skype has had its most tumultuous year yet, but all the problems are finally behind it and the company can focus on growth and revenue as opposed to lawsuits. eBay has announced that it has finalized the sale it first revealed several months ago and that Skype is now a separate private company, although eBay still re... |
20 November 2009
08:40 GMT |
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Alcatel-Lucent announced recently that it managed to successfully complete the first LTE data call in the world on the 800 MHz "European Digital Dividend" (EDD) spectrum band. Moreover, the call has been made on a live network and was completed during the last month on the company's LTE end-to-end solutions cent... |
20 November 2009
08:36 GMT |
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About one year ago, a research group made an amazing discovery that turned out to be so important that an entire new field of science was dedicated to it just a few months later. The scientists, from the Rush University Medical Center, in Chicago, found that living cells placed in different cultures tended to synchro... |
20 November 2009
08:32 GMT |
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Adding extra horsepower to PHP applications running on top of the Windows operating system is now a simple task. On November 19th, Microsoft made available for download version 1.0 of the Windows Cache Extension for PHP, or WinCache. The extension was put together by the Microsoft Internet Information Services (... |
20 November 2009
08:05 GMT |
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Munich Design Center has been designing GDDR memory modules for the past few months, since it was first allowed to start operating earlier this year, in May to be exact. After months of continued work, the laboratory can finally be said to have reached full-scale operation, having been officially inaugurated. The Mun... |
20 November 2009
08:04 GMT |
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The once-tranquil Sunny Island has been thrown in disarray, as crops seem to have gotten a life of their own and they're growing completely out of control. Players will have to unravel the mystery of the wild plants and save the island before it's suffocated in food. Set in the same world as Harvest Moon: I... |
20 November 2009
08:02 GMT |
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Modern Warfare 2 does not live up to the hype that surrounded it before the release date and to the standard set by its predecessor, which was released in late 2007. It ticks all the points on the list: there are better graphics, there's a bigger “What the Hell?” moment, there are tougher characters,... |
20 November 2009
08:00 GMT |
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The third major update for Microsoft’s home server is now just days away. Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 (PP3) will be made available on November 24, 2009, and users will be able to grab it through Windows Update. From the get go, the Redmond company will make available Windows Home Server PP3 in the followi... |
20 November 2009
07:34 GMT |
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After what Modern Warfare managed to do in just five days, generate $550 million, that is, it's no wonder that Activision gathered all its people, put them in a room and told them to think of absolutely anything and then add “Modern Warfare” to its name. It seems like one of the things to expand the ... |
20 November 2009
07:24 GMT |
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Kirby Super Star Ultra is a remake of the original Kirby Super Star, released on the SNES back in 1996, and it features seven different main games. In addition to the previous one, Ultra includes five new titles and three new sub-games. Some of these are detailed below.In The Arena, you'll be able to face all of... |
20 November 2009
07:22 GMT |
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Location services are becoming increasingly popular and, with the right devices and tools to take advantage of, they're also becoming more useful. Twitter has been working on location features for a couple of months now and the microblogging service has finally enabled them, but for now, only for third-party de... |
20 November 2009
07:20 GMT |
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Microsoft continues to push forward with efforts to expand its mapping, search and location platform. While Bing Maps, formerly Virtual Earth and Live Search Maps, is essentially a Cloud based application covering the entire world, the company does focus on specific markets more than on others. Case in point: Bing Ma... |
20 November 2009
07:12 GMT |
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The actual products validated by the Santa Clara-based enterprise are the 2GB DRAM, a 4GB DDR3 SO-DIMM and a 2GB DDR3 UDIMM, both running at 1333MHz and on 1.5V. Having already started mass-producing these products, the Korean memory maker hopes to secure a larger part of the high-performance server market."The curre... |
20 November 2009
07:05 GMT |
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THQ Wireless Inc. has released Star Wars: Trench Run for iPhone and iPod touch. Priced at $4.99, the title leverages the iPhone platform to deliver simple motion controls and realistic gameplay. Developed by Infrared5 and Lucasfilm Ltd., the game is said to enable players to recreate one of their favorite scenes from... |
20 November 2009
06:56 GMT |
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Containers at the nanoscale are nothing new, as they have been demonstrated for several years, but innovative, new applications and improvements appear almost daily. In a new research, scientists at the Washington University in St. Louis (WUSL) have managed to produce a new type of nanocage that is able to open and r... |
20 November 2009
06:55 GMT |
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Vuze has been updated to version 4.3.0.2 for Mac OS X, adding support per-url config for http seeds and the max_speed setting, and other changes. Vuze is similar to uTorrent, a popular BitTorrent client mostly used by PC owners. According to the release notes for Vuze 4.3.0.2, the new features include Core - support... |
20 November 2009
06:40 GMT |
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Resident Evil 5 was one of the more innovative titles of the series, but that didn't prove to be something all that good. When the game designers decided to have the title take place during the daytime, they took a big risk and it was felt. Regardless of your enemies, their design, the sounds and the gameplay, t... |
20 November 2009
06:37 GMT |
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Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless announced on Thursday the release of a new rugged device, namely the Casio G’zOne (pronounced Jeez_wun) Rock. According to the operator, the new handset is mainly aimed at customers with active lifestyles, as it can operate in six modes, including Earth Compass, Walking Co... |
20 November 2009
06:33 GMT |
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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... |
20 November 2009
06:23 GMT |
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Because of fundamental differences in the architecture of operating systems today, multi-platform applications have to be tailored to each specific OS on their own, as they won’t work by simply compiling the source code which was developed for a certain platform on all alternatives available. Unix and Windows ... |
20 November 2009
06:21 GMT |
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In addition to supplying space agencies with invaluable data on the moons of Saturn and the gas giant itself, the Cassini spacecraft is also helping in our quest to learn more about our solar system. As we move through the local Milky Way galaxy, the space probe is taking non-stop measurements as to the nature of our... |
20 November 2009
06:17 GMT |
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"I think human beings are remarkable adaptive," Andrew Chien, vice president of research and director of future technologies research at Intel Labs, said. "If you told people 20 years ago that they would be carrying computers all the time, they would have said, 'I don't want that. I don't need that.�... |
20 November 2009
06:16 GMT |
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For over two decades, Oprah Winfrey hosted The Oprah Winfrey Show, thus becoming one of the richest and most powerful personalities on television and in the media in general. Watched by millions of viewers for each episode, the show itself represents a stepping stone in television history – but that chapter wil... |
20 November 2009
05:59 GMT |
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Microsoft is offering developers a chance to win no less than $15,000 in cash via a new contest with the Windows Embedded CE operating system at the core. The Redmond company is currently accepting participants in the embeddedSPARK 2010 Challenge, that requires developers to put together an embedded project for a cha... |
20 November 2009
05:58 GMT |
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This Saturday, November 21, the Cassini spacecraft will perform its last flyby of Saturn's moon Enceladus, before the planet enters its winter season. Once that happens, darkness will blanket the moon for several years, and its doubtful that the space probe, already in its mission-extension period, will last unt... |
20 November 2009
05:58 GMT |
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Google has just revealed its most ambitious undertaking to date, Chrome OS, a new operating system which intends to push the concept in a new direction by moving everything to the cloud. While this game-changing approach is very exciting and raises a lot of questions about the future of operating systems, the web an... |
20 November 2009
05:50 GMT |
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If you live in Australia and you feel that you're being cheated by the delayed release of games and the censorship of the Australian Board, and the consequent banning of some violent titles, you don't have the right to complain about it anymore. Also, if you live in some other part of the world and feel in ... |
20 November 2009
05:34 GMT |
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They’re so popular they can command multi-million dollar paychecks for a single movie. Their name alone, until not long ago, was enough to sell movie tickets and merchandise and turn a big-budget movie into a smashing hit that makes history. They are the most overpaid actors in Hollywood at the moment, accordin... |
20 November 2009
05:30 GMT |
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Advanced Micro Devices finally has the means to stabilize its foothold in the IT industry by reducing its debts and making certain investments meant to improve its overall budget. It seems that the CPU maker is in quite a rush to settle its most dire financial difficulties, seeing how it won't be wasting any tim... |
20 November 2009
05:27 GMT |
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Last month, a NASA spacecraft and its accompanying spent rocket stage slammed into the surface of the Moon's south pole, in the Cabeus crater. A few weeks later, as everyone was teeming with anticipation, the much-awaited announcement finally came – water existed on the Earth's satellite. Spectrograph... |
20 November 2009
05:27 GMT |
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The largest credit card recall effort in Germany's history is underway after an undisclosed payment processor in Spain was breached. Affected individuals are currently being notified and they will be reimbursed if they suffered any losses.The warning about the dangerous situation came from both Visa and Masterca... |
20 November 2009
05:13 GMT |
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Since full-sized desktop PC aren't selling that well, most PC vendors are focusing their attention on smaller form factors, such as nettops and HTPCs, which pack low-power components, but deliver the performance of entry-level to mainstream PCs. Such is the case with one of the latest product from AOpen Japan, ... |
20 November 2009
05:04 GMT |
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Singer Amy Winehouse reportedly paid a small fortune to get her deflated chest back to its previous shape with the help of cosmetic surgery. It’s only weeks that she debuted her new implants in a most blatant manner but, according to father Mitch Winehouse, as cited by the Mirror, she’s already having pro... |
20 November 2009
05:04 GMT |
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Mobile phone maker Motorola has been already rumored to plan delivering to the market a wider range of handsets running under Google's Android operating system, following the recent launch of Motorola DROID and Motorola CLIQ, and it seems that one of these phones is getting closer to becoming official. The Moto... |
20 November 2009
04:59 GMT |
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The Incredible Hulk comes to the DS with a little bit less flavor than it does on the home consoles. The game still has plenty of puzzles and destruction, but it's far less complex and a lot uglier than its larger brothers. But it's also a lot more simplified, as the DS version will never give you an un-Hul... |
20 November 2009
04:56 GMT |
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The year 2010 will see the commissioning of the world's most powerful and advanced airborne telescope, capable of watching targeted events from the most advantageous positions possible at all times. As opposed to ground-based telescopes, which are restrained to their geographical locations no matter what, the St... |
20 November 2009
04:50 GMT |
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Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li is one of the latest movie adaptions based on a Capcom title, and, even if the film barely escaped a near-death experience at the box office, the company isn't ready to give up on live-action movies just yet. The developer has announced that it will work with the movie-produ... |
20 November 2009
04:44 GMT |
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Electronic Arts and BioWare have announced that they plan to release a new piece of downloadable content for Dragon Age: Origins, which was received in early November, in time for Christmas. The fresh content will be called Return to Ostagar and will allow players to go back to the area where the climactic battle nea... |
20 November 2009
04:43 GMT |
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One of the hottest artists of the moment, the controversial and eccentric Lady Gaga, has just been booked to perform for the Queen of England during an upcoming annual event, the Telegraph informs. Given Gaga’s known penchant for anything that’s shocking, the royal aides are hoping that she will tone down... |
20 November 2009
04:43 GMT |
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It seems Intel isn't the only one being accused of unsavory practices. Hewlett-Packard, however, is implied to be using foul play against its own employees, or at least that's what the HP United Kingdom Unite union members claim. "Unite members have been angered by the company treating them with contempt o... |
20 November 2009
04:43 GMT |
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The high end HTC Touch Pro2 Windows Mobile-based smartphone is available for purchase at T-Mobile retail stores with a price tag of $349.99 upon the signing of a two year contract agreement, but people can also grab it free of contract for $539.99. However, the handset is also available for free on contract.“St... |
20 November 2009
04:36 GMT |
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One of the remaining Apple software updates not yet discussed here on Softpedia is the Boot Camp Drivers Update 2.2 for Windows, which, according to the Cupertino-based Mac maker, addresses trackpad issues, and includes support for the Apple Magic mouse and wireless keyboard. “If you have an Intel-based Mac and... |
20 November 2009
04:28 GMT |
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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... |
20 November 2009
04:22 GMT |
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Paris Hilton is, by all counts, the epitome of Hollywood superstar. She does a little bit of everything and, no matter how much she’s criticized for most of her endeavors, she always seems to land on her feet and, at the same time, make millions off it. Although often described as the “ultimate blonde,&rd... |
20 November 2009
04:17 GMT |
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Intel must really be trying to prove its supremacy in computing, because, lately, it has been starting more and more ventures bent on building unparalleled supercomputers. After the very recent announcement that it had teamed up with NEC for the same supercomputing-advancement purpose, the Santa Clara-based enterpris... |
20 November 2009
04:12 GMT |
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Alongside other important updates this week, Apple has posted a firmware update for its Late 2008 LED Cinema Display. Addressing an issue with the built-in iSight camera on the LED Cinema Display where the camera may not be recognized by some applications, the update is a meagre 654 KB in size, and needs to be applie... |
20 November 2009
04:02 GMT |
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Inevitable, the advent of a new operating system has to be branded with certain coordinates that position the platform in relation to the ubiquitous Windows OS from Microsoft. Google Chrome OS has in this manner joined the club of non-Windows operating systems, and don’t think for a minute that this does not ap... |
20 November 2009
04:00 GMT |
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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... |
20 November 2009
03:57 GMT |
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YouTube has introduced some pretty interesting technologies which enable users to add automatic text captions to the videos. The feature is only available in several channels for now, as the speech recognition technology it uses isn't exactly perfect but Google says it should improve in time. The video site had... |
20 November 2009
03:44 GMT |
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Sony has released the 6.20 firmware update for the PlayStation Portable handheld, introducing quite a few new features to a platform that has been usually beaten in sales by the Nintendo made DS and DSi and could use some unique capabilities.Users will be able to upgrade as soon as they turn on their consoles and Son... |
20 November 2009
03:41 GMT |
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Qualcomm Incorporated, the leading developer of innovative wireless technologies, products and services, and MediaTek, Inc., a leading company for wireless communications and digital multimedia solutions, announced on Thursday the entering into a broad patent arrangement. According to the two companies, the agreemen... |
20 November 2009
03:41 GMT |
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When Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 was still doing push-ups and washing latrines with its toothbrush back in boot camp, the COs of the game had some very different ideas for the first-class private. While the young soldier was beefing up to become the greatest entertainment release in history, the developers had a c... |
20 November 2009
03:37 GMT |
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Altis Semiconductor is a joint venture between IBM and Infineon, which manufactures semiconductors based solely on the less advanced 130nm process. The company currently doesn't have many clients, nor the manufacturing rights or equipment needed to produce better tech. Nevertheless, its two owners are negotiatin... |
20 November 2009
03:34 GMT |
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The company behind the Mac operating system claims that QuickTime 7.6.5 is a Windows-only release, which addresses issues with applications not reliably loading libraries required by QuickTime at startup, as well as incorrect display of QuickTime movies embedded in a webpage using custom scale attributes. QuickTime ... |
20 November 2009
03:23 GMT |
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Millions of fans around the world are just now almost dying with anticipation at the thought they will soon get to see the sequel to the 2008 hit “Twilight,” “New Moon.” The Vatican, though for one, is none too happy about the blockbuster film that details the romance between a vampire and a m... |
20 November 2009
03:17 GMT |
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The European Space Agency's (ESA) Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity Satellite (SMOS), a part of the Living Planet Program, has recently finished activating its MIRAS instrument, the primary science payload. The agency made the announcement recently, highlighting the fact that the instrument would play an essentia... |
20 November 2009
03:04 GMT |
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This week, Apple posted new updates on the Downloads section of its website, including a Server Admin Tools 10.6.2 one, an update recommended for the remote administration of Snow Leopard Server. Server Admin Tools contains remote administration tools, documentation, and utilities that you can install on a computer o... |
20 November 2009
03:04 GMT |
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Three years have already passed since the Silent Hill movie came out, and the second one is well on its way. Still in a project phase and looking for most of the crew, the movie does have some of the concept laid down. The film's producer, Don Carmody, decided his movie could do with a little more coverage, so h... |
20 November 2009
03:01 GMT |
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Following ASUS's announcement of its own H57-based motherboard, the P7H57D-V EVO, MSI revealed plans to release its own micro-ATX form-factor H57M-ED65 motherboard. The H57 Express chipset from Intel is what the board will be built upon and the product will include most legacy and new features, including variou... |
20 November 2009
02:58 GMT |
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Activision has recently announced that Modern Warfare 2 managed to bring in 550 million dollars for the company in just five days, becoming the biggest entertainment release in history, beating not just Grand Theft Auto IV but also The Dark Knight. And Booby Kotick, the Chief Executive Officer of Activision, has take... |
20 November 2009
02:55 GMT |
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Scientists at the University of California in San Diego (UCSD) have recently discovered that defects that are artificially induced in carbon nanotubes (CNTs) may have the ability to significantly boost research in the field of supercapacitors. The scientists behind the innovation explain that these devices incorporat... |
20 November 2009
02:48 GMT |
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Search engine company Google has just announced that mobile phone users owning a device powered by Apple's iPhone OS, Google's Android platform or Palm's webOS client (Palm Pre) are now able to enjoy an updated Google News offering. The new flavor of Google news for these handsets follows the previous... |
20 November 2009
02:37 GMT |
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Endoscopes are currently of tremendous use for doctors and patients alike, because they provide healthcare experts with the ability to look inside a body without having to resort to surgery, biopsies, or other types of invasive procedures. A University of Florida engineering researcher has now taken the utility of th... |
20 November 2009
02:33 GMT |
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The Dukes of Hazard: Return of the General Lee is a videogame developed by Ratbag Pty. Ltd. and published by Ubisoft. The game was released for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony and the original Xbox from Microsoft in September 2004. It is classed as an action adventure title featuring driving elements and is based... |
20 November 2009
02:30 GMT |
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As part of NASA's Centennial Challenges Competition, the American space agency is offering more than $400,000 to the team that can design the most dexterous, strongest and most durable astronaut glove, in the Astronaut Glove Challenge. This is the second edition of the competition, through which the agency is se... |
20 November 2009
02:13 GMT |
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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... |
20 November 2009
02:10 GMT |
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For the first time since the early days of the space program, in the early 1950s, the American space agency, NASA, will be conducting a series of tests on monkeys. The goal of the experiments will be to test and see whether their complex physiology, which is very similar to our own, could endure the rigors of a long-... |
20 November 2009
01:46 GMT |
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Astronomers have realized since the beginning of the global financial crisis that a lot less money will enter their pockets for conducting scientific research. Some very important projects were abandoned, even though they held great promise, so, now, the community has to turn to innovation to keep funds coming in. It... |
20 November 2009
01:31 GMT |
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Leaf-cutter ants are arguably among the most amazing living things in the entire world. They are mostly renowned for their ability to grow fungus “gardens” and also for the fact that they can carry chunks of leaves that are several times their body size and weight. Now, scientists have found yet another r... |
20 November 2009
01:17 GMT |
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Scientists have finally managed to decipher the genome of maize, one of the most important plants in the world in terms of production and importance. Details of the high-quality sequence appear as a cover story in the November 20 issue of the top journal Science. The analysis also reveals the order in which the genes... |
20 November 2009
01:02 GMT |
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