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The rollout of the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean has just started a few days ago and the search giant came forward with a short statement confirming the availability of the update for a number of carriers.According to Google, the Jelly Bean update will be available to Nexus S on certain carriers around the world. Here is th... |
20 July 2012
23:01 GMT |
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Croteam, the Croatian-based game development studio behind the Serious Sam series, proudly posted a couple of days ago, July 18th, on their Facebook page, a screenshot of Serious Sam 3 running on Ubuntu Linux distribution. There are no other details, besides the screenshot (click it above to enlarge) posted on Facebo... |
20 July 2012
21:01 GMT |
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Despite the popular opinion most of the players engaged with DC Universe Online, 70 percent are playing the game on the PlayStation 3 home console from Sony rather than on the PC.
John Smedley, the leader of Sony Online Entertainment, tells Games Industry that, “It’s 70% of the audience. Free-to-play on ... |
20 July 2012
20:31 GMT |
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With the launch of the third-generation Galaxy S smartphone, we thought Samsung will be focusing on releasing several mid-range handsets and some tablets until the end of the year.The 2012 is a busy year for Samsung who recently took Nokia's crown as the world's most prolific handset maker. The South Korean... |
20 July 2012
20:05 GMT |
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Rumors on an Xperia S follow-up surfaced last week, along with allegedly press photo of the device. However, it appears that the image that leaked last week is fake and that the upcoming Sony Xperia SL will look a bit different.
We’re still looking for more details on the full specs sheet of the Xperia SL, but... |
20 July 2012
19:31 GMT |
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Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello has talked about his company’s efforts with regard to the PC platform and revealed that he believes it’s the fastest growing platform today, not because of retail sales but because of subscriptions, microtransactions and digital distribution. The gaming industry today... |
20 July 2012
18:51 GMT |
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South Korean company Samsung has just released a Special Olympics Edition of the Galaxy S III in Taiwan. The smartphone was initially announced back in May, and now it got released on the market.
The smartphone comes with a premium sales package that includes some customized phone holders and back covers, as well as... |
20 July 2012
18:31 GMT |
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JavaScript has been around for a long, long time. But it seems that people are only now discovering what it's capable of. Granted, it's only in recent years that browsers really started to put an emphasis on JavaScript performance, thanks to Chrome in particular, and this definitely had something to do with... |
20 July 2012
18:11 GMT |
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Microsoft is gearing up for the release of Windows Phone 8, the next major flavor of its mobile operating system, sometime in October, but users can already get a taste of it today. A new application made it to the Windows Phone Marketplace recently, nothing more than a Windows Phone 8 simulator for existing device... |
20 July 2012
18:01 GMT |
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Nokia has just announced the availability of an updated flavor of its Nokia Drive application for devices running under Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system. The application provides users with a great turn-by-turn voice guided navigation experience while on the go, though it is available only for Lumia... |
20 July 2012
17:51 GMT |
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Gearbox has made sure that Borderlands 2 is better than the first game in all areas and players who are interested in experiencing it all will need to spend close to 60 hours with the game. Steve Gibson, who is the marketing vice president at Gearbox, told Gamerzines that, “What we like to think about it is, B... |
20 July 2012
17:41 GMT |
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Vodafone Australia has just announced the upcoming availability of a small software update for Samsung Galaxy S II. The update is available for handsets sold both by Vodafone and by 3-Mobile carriers.
According to the carrier, Android 4.0.3 ICS for Galaxy S II is pushed in stages, so not all owners will receive the ... |
20 July 2012
17:31 GMT |
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Naughty Dog is trying to combine a lot of things for its upcoming The Last of Us survival game, chief among which being the story and gameplay, which will blend together in order to immerse players in the action and make them care about the protagonists, Joel and Ellie, at least according to Game Director Bruce Stral... |
20 July 2012
17:21 GMT |
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SanDisk turned out to have had a much more accurate sales forecast for the second quarter of the year (2012), but that isn't really a good thing, despite the seemingly optimistic press release. SadDisk's revenues fell by a great deal, both year-over-year and compared to the quarter prior to the one now un... |
20 July 2012
17:01 GMT |
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Blizzard co-founder Mike Morhaime has once again emphasized that his team is working on special updates for Diablo 3 that will enhance the end-game content for players who’ve already reached the maximum of level 60 and beat the Inferno difficulty. Diablo 3 came out two months ago and, while Blizzard teased tha... |
20 July 2012
16:41 GMT |
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Here's a lingerie item that redefines the idea of luxury: a bra made entirely of solid gold and dripping in diamonds. It's the creation of Birmingham Estate and Jewelry Buyers and can be yours for $1 million (€819,672). Of course, diamond bras are not that uncommon, even if they're painfully expen... |
20 July 2012
16:41 GMT |
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Andrei Dumitrescu: The 2012 edition of Le Tour de France, the most important cycling competition in the world, is drawing to an end and, risking to sound like a broken record, that means that I plan to spend my free time watching the time trial that should decide the overall classification and the Yellow Jersey and t... |
20 July 2012
16:31 GMT |
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Nokia has made available for download a new beta flavor of its Nokia Pulse application for devices running under Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system. The new Nokia Pulse Beta 0.9.5.11 comes with a handful of new features, aimed at delivering an enhanced experience to all users. Users who download and... |
20 July 2012
16:21 GMT |
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Nimbuzz Messenger has just got a Windows Phone version. Long awaited by fans of the application and operating system alike, the new application is now available for free in the Marketplace.
One of the most popular mobile messaging applications available on the market, Nimbuzz has huge database of registered users.
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20 July 2012
16:01 GMT |
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Firefox's new tab page came years after all of its competitors had a similar feature. It was also fairly basic, just a list of nine most visited websites that could be pinned down permanently. But this wasn't the biggest problem with it – quite a few people complained that the feature captured private... |
20 July 2012
15:41 GMT |
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Earlier this month, Britain's most surgically enhanced family, the Marshalls, grabbed headlines when the youngest daughter, who is just 14, spoke to the press to reveal she was being pressured into getting a breast augmentation she did not want. The Marshall women, five daughters and the mother, Chantal, have ... |
20 July 2012
15:41 GMT |
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One of the many aspects that Microsoft has improved in the upcoming Windows 8 platform when compared to older operating system releases is the Narrator. In fact, the company has taken into consideration feedback from those who installed early Windows 8 releases as well, and made sure that the latest platform flavor... |
20 July 2012
15:41 GMT |
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Ubisoft has released a new version of the first trailer for Splinter Cell: Blacklist, this time offering loads of new details in the form of pop-up messages that appear throughout the footage. Splinter Cell: Blacklist was presented by Ubisoft at E3 2012 and impressed quite a lot of people with its first trailer, whi... |
20 July 2012
15:41 GMT |
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Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion has just made available for download a new flavor of its BlackBerry 10 Beta SDK, and is gearing up for more updates in the coming months. Following this release, the company plans on pushing out an update for the Beta SDK sometime in October, so as to offer a series of... |
20 July 2012
15:31 GMT |
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Sprint has yet to release the promised Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade for the HTC EVO 4G. Although the update was initially slated for June, the carrier decided to push the rollout of Ice Cream Sandwich to August.Today, the Taiwanese company confirmed plans to deliver Android 4.1 Jelly Bean updates for t... |
20 July 2012
15:31 GMT |
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Developers Hammerpoint Games and Arktos Entertainment have announced that they are working on a new zombie survival MMO called The War Z, which will allow players to take on the role of a survivor of a zombie apocalypse who needs to get the resources and the companions required in order to survive. Sergey Titov, who... |
20 July 2012
15:21 GMT |
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It's understandable for any woman to want to look as good as possible on her big (wedding) day but, for more brides these days, that also means going under the knife. The trend is called bridalplasty and it's picking up speed, says a new report. The Daily Mail notes that 10 percent of all brides today ha... |
20 July 2012
14:41 GMT |
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Computer maker Acer is gearing up for the commercial availability of a new Android-based tablet PC, following an official unveiling of the slate at Computex last month, namely the Iconia Tab A110. The device has just emerged over on the FCC website with its 7-inch touchscreen display, which means that it is now app... |
20 July 2012
14:41 GMT |
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Twitter proudly announced more than a week ago that a major update for its Android application is available for download.
One of the most important new features introduced was push notifications for tweets. Basically, users can choose to receive notifications from all the people they follow anytime they tweet or ret... |
20 July 2012
14:31 GMT |
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Zenimax Online Studios boss Matt Firor has once again talked about his company’s big project – The Elder Scrolls Online – and emphasized that the title won’t just simply take the traditional Elder Scrolls single-player experience seen in previous games, like Skyrim, and simply add multiplayer.... |
20 July 2012
14:21 GMT |
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Director Paul Thomas Anderson is returning to the big screen with “The Master,” his first film since 2007's “There Will Be Blood.” Above is a brand new theatrical trailer. “The Master” won't mark just Anderson's comeback, but also Joaquin Phoenix's, one of the... |
20 July 2012
14:11 GMT |
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LG launched the Optimus L5 in Canada about a week ago, and today SaskTel added the smartphone to its portfolio as well.
SaskTel customers can now purchase the LG Optimus L5 for as low as $25 CAD with a new three-year agreement. Additional pricing options include $70 CAD on a two-year contract and $100 CAD on a one-y... |
20 July 2012
14:01 GMT |
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Last week, Canadian wireless carrier Bell announced the upcoming availability of a new high-end smartphone from Motorola on its network, the ATRIX HD LTE. The operator said at the time that it aimed to release the phone in early August, and some more info on the matter is now available. Apparently, August 2nd was... |
20 July 2012
14:01 GMT |
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Above is perhaps the most beautiful thing you'll see today: a video essay from movie e-zine FlavorWire meant to reassure us that good cinema still exists. 135 Shots That Will Restore Your Faith in Cinema came to be after readers were asked to vote for their pick of most beautiful movies ever made. Because th... |
20 July 2012
13:51 GMT |
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Rogers and Fido will be among the first Canadian carriers to offer the budget-friendly HTC Desire C. We already know that the former plans to release the smartphone on July 28 for about $100 CAD on no-term.
It looks like the folks over at MobileSyrup have just learned that first HTC Desire C dummy units have started... |
20 July 2012
13:31 GMT |
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“The Amazing Spider-Man” didn't exactly made a killing at the box office but it made plenty of money to warrant a sequel and even a threequel. Plus, it was well received by fans and critics alike. Even so, it looks like someone will have to take the fall for the underwhelming performance of the fil... |
20 July 2012
13:31 GMT |
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Earlier this year, Kim Dotcom, the founder of MegaUpload asked the court to grant him permission to record an album. At the time, he was still in jail and had all his accounts frozen. Surprisingly or not, a judge allowed him to visit the studio for several hours a week to record said album.
Well, all the hard work i... |
20 July 2012
13:21 GMT |
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News about TELUS cancelling the Android 4.0 ICS update for HTC Desire HD disappointed lots of users. Initially slated for a July 16 release, the Canadian carrier came forward with an official statement explaining who’s to blame for this decision.
TELUS originally stated that the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich ... |
20 July 2012
13:01 GMT |
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Buffalo has formally introduced a product that we almost mistook for the HD-PNT2.0U3-GBJ launched around this time last month. The confusion is doubly easy to make because of the fact that the names of the items are almost identical, save for one letter. It doesn't help that the product line is the same (Min... |
20 July 2012
13:01 GMT |
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Tecmo Koei and Team Ninja have just posted a brand new video with their upcoming Dead or Alive 5 fighting game, this time focusing on the special tag team combat mode, and also released special screenshots with the characters from the game: Tina and Jann Lee. Dead or Alive 5 marks a comeback for the classic fighting... |
20 July 2012
12:51 GMT |
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Sony Mobile is apparently getting ready for the release of more handsets on the US market, and another such device has just made an appearance at the FCC. Featuring model number LT29i ‘Hayabusa,’ this phone is believed to be none other than the Sony Xperia GX (SO-04D), which is set to land on shelves at... |
20 July 2012
12:31 GMT |
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Developer Jagex has announced that its MMO RuneScape has managed to attract 200 million registered users and has revealed some interesting facts about the game at this point.
The company says that all the players could be grouped to create a country that would be the fifth population in the world and that the entire... |
20 July 2012
12:21 GMT |
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DarkTip takes a unique approach compared to classical tooltips. It does not rely on data embedded in the page it runs on, but queries remote API servers for content to show. This makes DarkTip perfect for showing dynamic content inside a tooltip that does not need to be hard-coded in the page's source every day... |
20 July 2012
12:01 GMT |
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Over the last few years, social networking and microblogging have gained vast popularity. This implies that several supporting services have also evolved, one of which is URL shortening.
Microblogs are known for their short and concise posts; therefore, adding long links to a post definitely requires a URL shortener... |
20 July 2012
12:01 GMT |
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Families and healthcare professionals taking care of people suffering from Alzheimer’s disease oftentimes rush to help these individuals even in situations where their help is not needed. A new study shows that this approach does more harm than good for the patients. Alzheimer’s is a neurodegenerative f... |
20 July 2012
11:31 GMT |
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As more and more women are beginning to make their way into high-stress, high-demand, high-pay jobs, a worrying trend is beginning to emerge, investigators from Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Harvard Medical School (HMS) explain. They say that these females are more likely than their peers to suffer a str... |
20 July 2012
11:24 GMT |
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The Kardashians might have emerged relatively unscathed from the scandal and ensuing backlash caused by Kim's allegedly fake wedding to Kris Humphries, but Kim's finances did take a hit. She's just been dethroned as the highest paid woman on TV. The number one spot goes to Sofia Vergara, Forbes magaz... |
20 July 2012
11:21 GMT |
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Samsung is getting ready to bring to the market a successor to its large Galaxy Note smartphone, and the device has just made an appearance on the GLBenchmark website. According to the info available there, the phone should hit the market with a quad-core CPU inside clocked in at 1.6GHz, a bit higher than that of G... |
20 July 2012
11:18 GMT |
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Even though the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover Curiosity is heading towards the slopes of Mount Sharp, at the core of Gale Crater, scientists still know very little about the nature of this mountain. What is clear at this point is that the structure was produced by an asteroid collision. The ancient impact was ... |
20 July 2012
11:16 GMT |
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Well-known DRAM manufacturer Acer has just launched a new USB stick with the new USB 3.0 interface and a retractable connector. The new device can be worn at the chest on a shirt just like any writing pen, and Apacer claims it has an “exclusive U-Ring system.” The “U-Ring” is practically a si... |
20 July 2012
11:11 GMT |
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Micro-Star International posted a nice and long press release in which it details the CX61 and CR61 multimedia laptops. Both products have the same specs, including the screen size of 15.6 inches, with one exception: the CX61 has an advantage in terms of graphics. While CR61 has to settle for the integrated GPU in ... |
20 July 2012
11:11 GMT |
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In a paper submitted for publication in an upcoming issue of the esteemed scientific journal Physical Review Letters, researchers reveal how the most complex search effort aimed at identifying dark matter failed to produce any evidence the stuff actually exists. The XENON100 experiment, which has been running at Gr... |
20 July 2012
11:10 GMT |
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Officials at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) say that the third H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV-3) is currently ready for take-off at 11:06 am Japan time (0206 GMT), on Saturday, July 21.
The vehicle, which weighs 16.5 tons on its own, will carry 4 tons of food, water, fuel and scientific experiments for m... |
20 July 2012
11:02 GMT |
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Bang & Olufsen has a variety of high-end speakers and related audio products on sale, but not all of them have wireless support, something it aims to fix. Though some would like to convince people otherwise, adding wireless support to a consumer electronic device is fairly straightforward. All it takes is an adapte... |
20 July 2012
10:52 GMT |
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Opera just released a snapshot for version 12.01 of the web browser. There are no new features available but fixes abound, and the interesting thing is that it incorporates all the HTML5 drag and drop repairs in the latest Marling build (Opera 12.50). However, apart from this there is a high number of other fixes. S... |
20 July 2012
10:52 GMT |
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Just recently, we reported on how China and Africa were taking into consideration the possibility of aiding one-another as far as sustainable development and environmental protection are concerned.
Back then, we also explained that the World Wildlife Fund wishes that the collaboration between these two countries pr... |
20 July 2012
10:51 GMT |
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Just as AMD said it feared, its final sales results for the second quarter of the year (2012) proved less encouraging than predicted, and the consequences are already showing: AMD's shares have fallen by 2.3%. AMD actually expected a revenue rise of 3%, instead of the drop of 11% that it was forced to disclose... |
20 July 2012
10:32 GMT |
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Major carrier Verizon is about to add a new 4G LTE smartphone to its portfolio, the Samsung Jasper. The name of the phone surfaced a few weeks ago, along with some of its specs.
However, the folks over at EVLeaks got their hands on press shots of the upcoming Samsung Jasper. Although this is considered a mid-range s... |
20 July 2012
10:31 GMT |
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YouTube video makers don't get much respect, but they do get a lot of views. And they're raking in quite a bit of cash as well. To make sure that YouTube creators get some sort of recognition, YouTube itself is rewarding the best, well, the biggest, with a nice "trophy" to hang on a wall somewhere and a gif... |
20 July 2012
10:21 GMT |
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Just recently, PETA decided that shake charmers would be better of using substitutes of these reptiles during their representations, as real cobras are bound to suffer when made to perform in front of crowds.
More specifically, PETA targeted the Naag Panchami festival, which is dedicated to a Hindu serpent god and ... |
20 July 2012
10:21 GMT |
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The last stage of Le Tour is always a procession towards Paris and then down on Le Champs Elysees and the penultimate stage is a time trial that will determine the final General Classification, so that means we now have just two traditional stages to get through.
The seventeenth one is the final one in the Pyrenees ... |
20 July 2012
10:18 GMT |
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Ubisoft’s Ghost Recon series was one of the most popular shooter franchises many years ago, impressing gamers with great installments like Advanced Warfighter and its sequel. Since then, however, first-person shooters started becoming more and more successful and many people simply forgot about the French compa... |
20 July 2012
10:11 GMT |
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Yesterday, VideoLAN announced that VLC 2.0.3 for Mac was ready. Today, the same version is available for Windows users. It is a minor build that does not introduce any new features on Windows.
The list of modifications is exactly the same, with the exception of Mac-specific changes, of course. However, the new revis... |
20 July 2012
10:10 GMT |
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No differently from how a Biostar PC spec sheet revealed the AMD A4-3450 APU, Fujitsu and Toshiba have released specification information that contains data on an Intel chip. The laptops in question are Toshiba C850-B121, Satellite L850-B257 l and Fujitsu LifeBook AH531 / E752 (PDF file) / S752. The processor is... |
20 July 2012
10:06 GMT |
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Supposedly in order to encourage people to get over their reticence and invest in an electric vehicle, two cars dealers in Southern California decided that no harm will come out of lowering Nissan Leaf's price by as much as $5,000 (approximately €4,000).
Thus, in some places at least, the EV now sells che... |
20 July 2012
10:06 GMT |
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The folks at Rdio have just released a major update for their Android application with the same name.
Rdio for Android has been completely redesigned and is one of the most popular music apps available in the Google Play store.
Firstly, the application’s user interface received consistent improvements, along... |
20 July 2012
10:05 GMT |
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Zimperium, the Israeli security firm that developed zANTI, has revealed the fact that Kevin Mitnick is joining the company’s board of advisors.
“Zimperium is honored and excited to announce our newest member of the advisory board, world renowned hacker Kevin Mitnick,” Itzhak “Zuk” Avrah... |
20 July 2012
10:01 GMT |
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One of the biggest hurdles preventing the exploration of space at a large scale is the lack of a means to carry the vast amounts of supplies needed around. Now, experts suggest two technologies that could make packing for a trip to space a piece of cake. There are many scenarios when it comes to visiting other world... |
20 July 2012
10:01 GMT |
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Emails claiming to be “Wire Transfer Confirmations” hide a malevolent plot to lure internauts to a website that hosts the Blackhole exploit kit.
Malicious emails don’t necessarily have to contain all sorts of threats and explanations in order to be effective. In some instances, cybercriminals rely ... |
20 July 2012
09:52 GMT |
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Microsoft is expected to make its newly unveiled Office 2013 productivity suite available for purchase starting with February 2013, recent reports suggest. The Redmond-based software giant has made available for download a preview flavor of Office 2013 on Monday, and it is expected to announce further details on th... |
20 July 2012
09:51 GMT |
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A representative of Activision has revealed that the writing duties for the upcoming Deadpool video game will be handled by Daniel Way, the man who is currently also the regular script creator for the comic book series based on the character.
Rob Liefeld and Fabian Nicieza were the original creators of Deadpool and ... |
20 July 2012
09:51 GMT |
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Just this week, the US Navy chose the Pacific Ocean as the proper run-way for its Green Fleet to make its debut. This basically means that military exercises involving ships and aircraft powered by a rather expensive blend of biofuels were carried out in said waters. For those unaware, the idea to cut down on the N... |
20 July 2012
09:43 GMT |
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Thunderbolt has seen a decent but not remarkable level of interest and adoption on the part of IT companies, especially Apple, but this initial incarnation isn't all that close to its full potential.
Thunderbolt was envisioned as an interface that would eventually attain a transfer speed of 100 Gbps.
No one ... |
20 July 2012
09:38 GMT |
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As the London 2012 Olympics approach, cybercriminals are doing the best they can to ensure that they’ll profit from the event. In the past weeks, they've started relying on this topic to spread an interesting piece of malware.
Websense experts report that the malicious element is able to interact with soc... |
20 July 2012
09:35 GMT |
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Even before Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis announced they were no longer an item, rumors had it that he and his “Rum Diary” co-star Amber Heard had had a fling, which reportedly continued until just recently. She was the one who asked for some time off, says a new report. These past several months, Dep... |
20 July 2012
09:35 GMT |
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Today, Apple officially unveiled plans to hold a conference call on its financial results for the third quarter of its fiscal year 2012 on Tuesday, July 24, 2012, 2:00 p.m. PDT/5:00 p.m. EDT. The Cupertino-based company also announced that it would be re-broadcasting the conference call starting with Tuesday, July ... |
20 July 2012
09:34 GMT |
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The Google+ application for Android devices has just received a small update, but developers have yet to release an official changelog.
The update has just popped up in the Google Play store, but the “What’s new” area still has the old changelog. We doubt that Google will update it until the next v... |
20 July 2012
09:34 GMT |
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Twitter is still having trouble defining itself, but that hasn't been a problem so far, users have been more than willing to do it for the site. But while it figures out its role in the ever-shifting web landscape, it's also figuring out how to make a leaving.
In an effort to boost its advertising business... |
20 July 2012
09:31 GMT |
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Officials at the Russian Federal Space Agency (RosCosmos) announced recently that the new spacecraft the organization is working on will not launch aboard the Rus-M rocket. Instead, experts opted for the Angara A5 heavy-lift delivery system.
According to specifications, Rus-M was supposed to be an upgraded version o... |
20 July 2012
09:04 GMT |
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In light of the tragic events inside the Aurora Mall in Aurora, Colorado, where a man opened fire on moviegoers during a “Dark Knight Rises” screening killing 14 and injuring 50, Warner Bros. has canceled all promo appearances for the day. The film's Paris premiere will not take place today as sche... |
20 July 2012
09:02 GMT |
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Following the release of a preview flavor of Office 2013, Microsoft is also set to make available updated versions of its Office Web Apps, also in a preview mode. The same as the new flavor of the Office suite, the web apps will come with an updated user interface, as well as with a variety of performance improveme... |
20 July 2012
09:00 GMT |
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Not long ago, we talked about how the UK needed to realize that it had major heat resources at its disposal, and deciding to invest in geothermal energy was the only logical thing to do.
We then argued that this would help diminish the nation's ecological footprint, and that it would also pose significant bene... |
20 July 2012
08:53 GMT |
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Advanced Micro Devices may have managed to squeeze some profits during the second quarter, but there is no denying the fact that things went worse than feared. AMD said so itself, in the same press release where it provided its financial situation. Apparently, it isn't really anyone's fault specifically. ... |
20 July 2012
08:51 GMT |
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Clueful – an application developed by Bitdefender to help iPhone users protect their privacy – has been removed from Apple’s App Store.
When it created the app, the security firm considered that users have the right to know which of their programs try to gain access to personal information and pot... |
20 July 2012
08:48 GMT |
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LastPass users running the password manager in Google Chrome may already know that the extension has been updated. Besides adding two new features, the new release also solves a few problems.
The new revision is 2.0.8 for the non-binary version and 2.0.9 for the binary one. Regardless of the one you have installed, ... |
20 July 2012
08:46 GMT |
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Developer Volition has confirmed that it is aware of the problems that PC players are having with Saints Row: The Third and is working on eliminating them, although at the moment it lacks a clear schedule for a new patch.
Gamers have reported issues with hardware including AMD and ATI graphics cards, including the 5... |
20 July 2012
08:45 GMT |
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Google Maps with its satellite imagery, Street View, user photos and so on is a great place to travel the world and see every corner of it. There's no way to challenge Google on scale, but more is not necessarily better. Street View covers entire countries, but most of the photos snapped by the Street View cars ... |
20 July 2012
08:42 GMT |
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Even amidst rumors of nano-SIM cards for the iPhone 5 and public apologies, people still found time to skim through Apple's Maiden, N.C. design plans. The Winston-Salem Journal reports that Apple's design plans on file with Catawba County mention a 21,030-square-foot (1953-square-meter) “tactical&rd... |
20 July 2012
08:28 GMT |
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Memory company Geil has just expanded its gaming memory series with two new sets of DDR3 modules belonging to the "Evo Corsa" line. The Taiwanese company says it has colored the heatsinks of its new DIMMs in “acid green” as a reference to the famous race track “Nurburgring,” that has been call... |
20 July 2012
08:21 GMT |
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As of this morning, activists concerned about the future of the Arctic are expected to pick up the phone and give oil and gas company Shell a call.
Greenpeace members instruct that the conversation needs be as polite as possible, but that the case must be made about how this particular industry impacts on the envir... |
20 July 2012
08:20 GMT |
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Developer Cryptic Studios has announced that, in order to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, it will give away a Worf-based bonus for all those who are playing Star Trek Online.
Until 10 AM Pacific Daylight Time on July 24, all gamers can access a special mission ... |
20 July 2012
08:12 GMT |
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Disney chose Comic-Con 2012 to unveil the first poster and trailer for its upcoming “Oz the Great and Powerful,” but it's surely not wasting any time in capitalizing on the attention it got at the festival. A fresh batch of photos has been released, showing off the amazing work of production design... |
20 July 2012
08:06 GMT |
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It is no news that marine debris (human-produced garbage that ends up in our seas and oceans) is a great threat to most aquatic animals, and even some bird species that happen to live nearby coastlines.
Thus, not long ago we reported on how several members of NOAA (the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administratio... |
20 July 2012
08:03 GMT |
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A manufacturer would not begin mass production of a certain device or component if it wasn't sure it had buyers, which means that consumer electronics device vendors do want flexible items out on sale as soon as possible. It might have seemed a bit more far off last year, but flexible displays won't let t... |
20 July 2012
08:02 GMT |
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Starting with July 10, Pinterest representatives have been busy publishing Account Security notices. The decision comes after a number of accounts have been hacked and abused by cybercriminals.
The social media site begun with a post entitled “Help! Someone is accessing my account without my permission.”... |
20 July 2012
07:59 GMT |
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Officials with the US National Ignition Facility (NIF) announce that their installation recently produced the highest-power laser shot ever, as part of efforts to achieve nuclear fusion. The NIF was developed specifically for igniting a self-sustaining fusion reaction between hydrogen isotopes. During the recent te... |
20 July 2012
07:59 GMT |
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On Thursday, Redmond-based software giant Microsoft made official its financial results for the fourth quarter of its fiscal year 2012, as well as for the entire 12-month period ending June 30, 2012. The company announced quarterly revenue of $18.06 billion for the three-month timeframe, along with operating income... |
20 July 2012
07:50 GMT |
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Avant Browser 2012 moved to build 176 recently. The new release contains updates for various components as well repairs.
Among the modifications listed in the change log, there is also a mention that Chrome is now the default rendering engine in the application.
The fixes included in this revision refer to problems... |
20 July 2012
07:44 GMT |
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The upcoming Unreal Engine 4 powered Fortnite has not yet received too many details but developer Epic Games seems to be thinking of including an always-on Digital Rights Management solution in order to limit piracy and enhance the experience.
Tanya Jessen, who is the producer working on Fortnite, has told Rock, Pap... |
20 July 2012
07:40 GMT |
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The human lungs can grow back slowly, after being surgically removed, investigators showed in a new study. The effect is not immediate, the team says, as their study spanned a period of around 15 years.
Nevertheless, the work represents a groundbreaking discovery, considering that scientists used to believe such a ... |
20 July 2012
07:38 GMT |
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Just a couple of days ago, word got out online that rapper The Game was about to make his small screen debut in a reality show, which would have focused exclusively on his wedding. Both are off, it has emerged. Moments after rumor broke of the reality show, speculation started making the rounds that there would be n... |
20 July 2012
07:28 GMT |
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Inspired by the events from the movie, “The Dark Knight Rises” game has just been released in the App Store and Google Play.
Created by Gameloft in partnership with DC Comics, the long-awaited title tempts players into one of the most thrilling adventures in the DC Comics universe.
Take the role of Batm... |
20 July 2012
07:28 GMT |
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Firefox has been getting a set of very interesting tools for developers. Already, the tools available are quite useful, though not as comprehensive as the ones in Chrome, but Mozilla is not stopping. The latest Firefox 15 beta comes with plenty of improvements and some new tools as well.
The new beta introduces a br... |
20 July 2012
07:21 GMT |
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A collaboration of researchers announces the completion of a comprehensive analysis on the nature of the colon cancer genome. The work reveals a number of new potential targets for future therapies. Even more important, experts found that colon and rectal cancers are one and the same. Statistically speaking, in the... |
20 July 2012
07:17 GMT |
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Internauts are advised to be on the lookout for a fake email that purports to come from the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA). The phony notifications are part of a scheme designed to lure unsuspecting users to a hijacked website that serves a piece of malware.
Similar to other scams, the cybercriminals try to cre... |
20 July 2012
07:15 GMT |
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Gearbox Software has confirmed that it’s sent Borderlands 2 into the certification process on all three platforms – PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 – which means the studio is now free to work on downloadable content, including the eagerly awaited fifth character class: the Mechromancer. Borderlands 2 is ant... |
20 July 2012
07:09 GMT |
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Developer Wargaming has announced that it has opened up registrations for all those who are willing to take place in the International Ural Steel Championship 2012 for World of Tanks, with those interested given until July 31 in order to register.Victor Kislyi, the chief executive officer at Wargaming, stated when th... |
20 July 2012
07:05 GMT |
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Just a few hours ago, a midnight screening of “The Dark Knight Rises” ended in bloodshed in a theater in Aurora, Colorado. One suspect opened fire on patrons, killing 14 and injuring another 50 – but these are not the official figures yet. A purported video from the incident has emerged online on ... |
20 July 2012
06:45 GMT |
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With the Motorola acquisition came more than income losses and regulatory scrutiny, Google also got over 20,000 people in the bargain. That was enough to skyrocket it over the 50,000 employee mark, something that would have taken Google several more years to reach on its own. "On a worldwide basis, we employed 54,... |
20 July 2012
06:41 GMT |
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Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless is reportedly getting closer and closer to the release of an Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich software update for its LG Spectrum users. No official confirmation on when the update might land on the smartphone has been provided for the time being, but it appears that all should g... |
20 July 2012
06:41 GMT |
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Korean giant electronics company has just launched a new line of IPS monitors with Cinema design and MHL connectivity. The new “Cinema design” is, in fact, a very thin side screen bezel that has an impressive 1.2 millimeter thickness (0.04”). LG doesn’t say whether this is the thinnest bezel ... |
20 July 2012
06:21 GMT |
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As expected, LG has just announced the immediate availability of most of its L series of Android smartphones in India. Starting today, the Optimus L7, L5 and L3 are available for purchase from major retailer across the country.
The most expensive of the three is the LG Optimus L7, now available for Rs 19,900 (360 US... |
20 July 2012
06:21 GMT |
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All the advancements made in space-related miniaturization technologies over the past few years are beginning to show their worth, especially in the form of CubeSats and NanoSats. Such a small spacecraft, called Firefly, is scheduled to launch in 2013, to investigate Earth's lightnings.
No larger than a milk c... |
20 July 2012
06:05 GMT |
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After years of downward price advancements, dynamic random access memory finally stabilized in the first half of 2012, and the opposite phenomenon is about to start, if we are reading the signs right. For a long time, DRAM chips, modules and kits outstripped supply by a great margin, causing manufacturers to reduce... |
20 July 2012
06:04 GMT |
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A study published by SpectorSoft Corporation – a leader in monitoring and analysis software – should be taken into consideration by company owners and managers. It highlights the fact that almost 40% of those questioned plan on following this year’s biggest sporting event during work hours.
A numbe... |
20 July 2012
06:01 GMT |
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This week, Apple made a series of changes to its iTunes services, making them available for users in far more countries than before. Starting with yesterday, iTunes Match is available for users in two more European countries, namely Hungary and Poland. Through this service, users are able to access their entire m... |
20 July 2012
05:54 GMT |
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Just yesterday, the White House housed a conference intended to analyze the ways in which America's sports industry might help bring down this country's ecological footprint.
Since massive amounts of money revolve around football, baseball, basketball and the like in most of this country's states, it... |
20 July 2012
05:52 GMT |
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Zentyal, a Linux small business server that can be configured as a Gateway, Unified Threat Manager (UTM), Infrastructure Manager, Office Server, Unified Communications Server or a combination of them, is now at version 3.0 Beta 2. Highlights of Zentyal 3.0 Beta 2: · A brand new HTTP proxy module, with a muc... |
20 July 2012
05:51 GMT |
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Over the past 45 million years or so, a general cooling trend has been affecting the planet, turning Earth into a large refrigerator, and promoting prolonged, Ice Age-like periods. Scientists have been puzzled by this trend for a very long time, but a team may have recently cracked the mystery.
According to investig... |
20 July 2012
05:44 GMT |
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The (in)famous Sky Go application for Android devices has just received a new update that promises support for Ice Cream Sandwich. Additional devices that support Sky Go have been included as well.
Created by BSkyB, the application was launched back in February and already has between 100,000 and 500,000 downloads i... |
20 July 2012
05:42 GMT |
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The latest version for Sleipnir for Windows is 3.5.2 and it brings to the table a small set of modifications as well as some fixes.
The number of supported languages has been extended and the browser is now available in Spanish and Russian.
New buttons are currently present in the “Customize” menu of th... |
20 July 2012
05:41 GMT |
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Despite the focus on violence that has always been part of the God of War series, the team working on the next installment, Ascension, will be careful about how the theme is approached and try to avoid situations like violence against women.
David Hewitt, the design manager working at Sony Santa Monica on the new Go... |
20 July 2012
05:37 GMT |
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The Z77 chipset isn't something meant for small form factor PCs, but that isn't stopping EVGA from preparing a miniature motherboard based on it. In true preview fashion, the company decided not to actually say or write anything about the specifications when it released the photos, besides the form factor... |
20 July 2012
05:36 GMT |
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Google announced its second quarter financial details which, for the first time, include Motorola, now that the merger has been completed. Google started reporting overall revenue, i.e. adding up the Motorola figures, but you can still find out how much the rest of the business made.
Consolidated revenue was $12.21 ... |
20 July 2012
05:33 GMT |
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Yesterday, mobile phone carrier Verizon announced its financial results for the second quarter of the year, an unveiled iPhone sales of 2.7 million units for the time frame. During the conference call following the announcement, Verizon CFO Fran Shammo reportedly let slip that the next iPhone (iPhone 5, allegedly) ... |
20 July 2012
05:30 GMT |
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DICE has posted a brand new video for its upcoming Armored Kill expansion for Battlefield 3, showing off the biggest map in the history of the shooter franchise – Bandar Desert. Battlefield 3 is still quite popular nowadays, largely thanks to the different multiplayer expansions released by developer DICE, lik... |
20 July 2012
05:23 GMT |
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Just recently, the people working with the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund witnessed an amazing event, and even succeeded in taking some pictures.
We are talking about how two mountain gorillas in Rwanda worked together and succeeded in dismantling a trap set out by poachers in order to capture representatives of this spe... |
20 July 2012
05:20 GMT |
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Just the other day, reports were saying that the Church of Scientology had already picked Tom Cruise's next (and fourth) wife. Katie Holmes too has moved on from the failed 5-year marriage, finding consolation in the strong arms of her ex fiancé, Chris Klein. The latest on Holmes' love life comes f... |
20 July 2012
05:19 GMT |
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A Burger King Employee decided to have some fun by putting his feet into a couple of lettuce containers, taking a picture of the stunt, and posting it online on 4chan. He was identified in less than 15 minutes after users analyzed the GPS data from the picture.
There are so many Burger Kings in the United States tha... |
20 July 2012
05:14 GMT |
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Bodhi, a minimalistic Linux operating system based on Ubuntu that has really small requirements, has reached version 2.0.0 Build 5. According to the developers of Bodhi, this release will not introduce new features and it is used as a transition to the next major release of the operating system. It's considered ... |
20 July 2012
05:12 GMT |
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It’s been only a few weeks since Google officially announced Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system and only one handset maker confirmed it would update some of its devices to the latest version of the mobile platform.
Taiwanese handset manufacturer HTC has just confirmed an Android 4.1 Jelly Bean upgrade wil... |
20 July 2012
05:12 GMT |
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Microsoft has announced worse-than-expected financial results for the fourth quarter of the 2012 fiscal year, but one bright spot in the report has been the increased revenue linked to the Entertainment and Devices Division that also houses its Xbox 360-based operations.
The revenue has grown by more than 20 percent... |
20 July 2012
05:10 GMT |
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Solar physicists operating the NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) announce the detection of a new solar flare, which began to form at 1:13 am EDT (0513 GMT) and peaked at 1:58 am EDT (0658 GMT), on July 19, 2012.
The flare was classified as an M7.7-class event, meaning it was of medium intensity, weaker than X-c... |
20 July 2012
05:03 GMT |
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Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia is eagerly waiting for the Windows Phone 8 platform to become generally available and, along with it, its new Lumia handsets to hit the shelves. Apparently, due to its tight relationship with Microsoft, Nokia might be able to launch the first Windows Phone 8 devices before anyone el... |
20 July 2012
05:01 GMT |
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Marissa Mayer is already at the helm of Yahoo, though that may not end up being such an honor if the company turns out to be akin to the Titanic. Iceberg ahead or not, Mayer is getting paid handsomely to steer the big ship. OK, enough with the naval metaphors, Mayer will be getting a base salary of $1 million, &eur... |
20 July 2012
05:01 GMT |
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A midnight screening of Chris Nolan's “The Dark Knight Rises,” the last installment in his Batman franchise, ended in tragedy just hours ago. At least 20 people were hurt in a shooting, early reports indicate. At the moment, no one seems to know the specifics of the tragedy, save that someone opene... |
20 July 2012
04:56 GMT |
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Two years ago, the Gulf of Mexico witnessed the world's largest oil spill on open water. Now researchers argue that this unfortunate accident, coupled with several other environmental factors, caused a major decline in the dolphin population in this part of the world.
The study has just been published in the j... |
20 July 2012
04:53 GMT |
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A new stable version has been released for Maxthon, incrementing the build number to 3.4.2.2000. Since it is a stable release, there aren’t any new features available, but it fixes several problems that plagued the previous build.
As such, users should no longer have trouble with the Side Bar display and lost ... |
20 July 2012
04:51 GMT |
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Galaxy S III, the latest flagship Android-based device from Samsung, has already got a taste of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, though not through the official channels. A CyanogenMod 10 ROM is being currently developed for it, with the new platform inside, though not yet ready for daily use. However, it appears that thi... |
20 July 2012
04:47 GMT |
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Viktor Antonov, the visual designer of the upcoming Dishonored game from Arkane Studios, has shared his thoughts on the gaming industry and bemoaned the lack of variety in terms of interactive experiences, saying that most developers and publishers are just relying on sequels to get by. Dishonored is one of the most... |
20 July 2012
04:43 GMT |
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Nicholeen Viall, a solar scientist at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), in Greenbelt, Maryland, developed a new visualization technique for converting raw number data from solar observatories into graphs and images. The new datasets look like van Gogh paintings, experts say.
Turning numbers into images c... |
20 July 2012
04:40 GMT |
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Dmitry Olegovich Zubakha, a man accused of launching distributed-denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks on Amazon.com, has been arrested this week by authorities in Cyprus based on an international warrant, the Department of Justice revealed.
“The investigation culminating in the arrest of Dmitry Zubakha by authorit... |
20 July 2012
04:40 GMT |
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Firefox 15 landed in the beta channel along with some new features and plenty of improvements. Firefox 15 debuts the PDF viewer Mozilla's been working on for a year now. The tool is enabled by default, but it's still labeled as experimental.
Also new is support for SPDY/3, the latest draft version of the u... |
20 July 2012
04:30 GMT |
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The July release of Samsung USB Drivers for Mobile Phones has been made available for users to download and install. The package basically offers a workaround to connect your Samsung mobile phone without the need of Kies – the official application that allows you to manage and transfer files between the device... |
20 July 2012
04:27 GMT |
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Just recently, Croatian manufacturer Rimac Automobili announced its plans to launch 88 Concept-One EVs on the British market. The car is to make its debut in this part of the world in September.
For those unaware, Concept-One is supposed to be the world's fastest electric vehicle, not to mention the fact that ... |
20 July 2012
04:17 GMT |
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For those who felt that Samsung's 75-inch ES9000 was a massive and powerful piece of work, we have something that will totally blow it out of the water: LG's 85-inch UHDTV. UHDTV stands for the native resolution of 3840 x 2160 pixels. It is not quite 4K, but close enough that people won't know the di... |
20 July 2012
04:14 GMT |
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One of the surprise hits at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year was a documentary from Lauren Greenfield, “Queen of Versailles,” focusing on the incredibly rich Siegel family struggling to build a mansion to rival the Palace of Versailles. The Siegels are now thinking of suing the director. As ... |
20 July 2012
04:13 GMT |
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We were expecting it a bit sooner, but Firefox 15 beta is finally available for download. One of the biggest changes in this release is memory usage optimization for add-ons, but besides improvements there are new features as well.
Firefox 15 beta adds preliminary support for native PDF, which should allow this type... |
20 July 2012
04:09 GMT |
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Researchers from Stanford University have found a clever – to say the least – way in which users can utilize a password without actually being able to recite it. To achieve the goal, they designed a game that relies on a combination between cryptography and neuroscience.
There are a lot of ways in which cybercrimin... |
20 July 2012
04:05 GMT |
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Sony’s Xperia S smartphone has started to receive a new firmware version in the UK, namely 6.1.A.0.453, recent reports suggest. Apparently, the new software is being sent to generic Sony Xperia S handsets, which are currently running firmware version 6.1.A.0.452. However, it appears that there are no visibl... |
20 July 2012
04:02 GMT |
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It seems that bad news is following the IT business this year. The sales are down due to the overall economy, system prices are up because of the HDD duopoly between Seagate and WD and now it seems that Seagate will tie down the fast pace of SSD development. Going from a net income of about 0.3 ~ 0.4 billion dollars... |
20 July 2012
04:01 GMT |
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The N9 is the one device that Nokia does not want. Fortunately, the community managed to give the smartphone new life through lots of custom ROMs and tweaks that improve the N9’s functionality.
Nokia N9 owners who don’t think MeeGo operating system is a good solution for this device can now try out Googl... |
20 July 2012
03:59 GMT |
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During a study conducted on the brains of lab mice, scientists at the Duke University discovered that intrauterine exposure to compounds in diesel exhaust fumes represents a risk factor for obesity.
The team discovered that this led to inflammation in the brains of fetuses, and also to an increased level of immune ... |
20 July 2012
03:53 GMT |
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Vine Linux, a distribution with a highly customized Japanese environment in which a lot of applications supporting Kanji-Strings are included, is now at version 6.1 RC2.
Highlights of Vine Linux 6.1 RC2:
· Linux kernel was updated to version 3.0.37;
· Mozilla Firefox was updated to version 14.0.1;
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20 July 2012
03:52 GMT |
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Konami has confirmed that it’s going to release the demo for Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 (PES 2013) next week, on July 25, across platforms like the PC, PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360. Electronic Arts’ FIFA series may be dominating the soccer simulator genre but this doesn’t mean that Konami isn’t p... |
20 July 2012
03:52 GMT |
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Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation has confirmed that it would provide an update to the latest Android platform release out there for the owners of its newest smartphones. Previously, the company announced that it was looking into the matter, and that it still had to asses which devices could get a taste ... |
20 July 2012
03:41 GMT |
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Pictures taken just recently in Northwest Alaska show about 300,000 caribou getting as close as possible to each other, not because it was time for a group hug, but because they were trying to protect themselves from pests.
Apparently, the insects in this part of the world can be much more of a nuisance than our ur... |
20 July 2012
03:41 GMT |
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A couple of days ago, we wrote about how Apple had an iPad prototype as far back as the early 2000s, and today we get to show you some better, color photos of it. Apple fanboys can consider themselves particularly lucky this time. It just so happens that someone who owns an iPad 2 somehow got their hands on the ori... |
20 July 2012
03:34 GMT |
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Microsoft has just unveiled that Windows 8 will reach RTM in early August and that the operating system will be generally available starting October 26.
Although the Redmond-based company did not reveal any details regarding the upcoming release of the Windows Phone 8 (Apollo), the first rumors have just surfaced an... |
20 July 2012
03:28 GMT |
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The Japanese video game market seems to be in a holding pattern this week as the Nintendo 3DS handheld continues to be the best selling piece of hardware while the already old Pokemon Black & White 2 is the leader of the software chart.
The Nintendo 3DS has managed to sell 47,063 units during the week that ended on ... |
20 July 2012
03:24 GMT |
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Scientists working with the University of Florida recently found that most of the alligators living in this country's lakes have had their growth patterns affected by harmful chemical compounds released into the environment by various human activities.
The research was published in the journal Molecular and Ce... |
20 July 2012
03:20 GMT |
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The Kardashians, inarguably the most famous family in TV right now, is aiming for a complete takeover. Khloe Kardashian has been thinking about getting her own talk show for a while now, and her momager Kris Jenner has convinced her to make it a mother-daughter thing. Nothing is confirmed at this point but, as they ... |
20 July 2012
03:14 GMT |
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Even if it still hasn’t confirmed a concrete release date for the long awaited patch 1.1 for Diablo 3, Blizzard has once again talked about the update and revealed that it’s going to bring other features besides the Player-versus-Player mode. Diablo 3 came out back in May and, due to the tight release sc... |
20 July 2012
03:13 GMT |
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Video game publisher Electronic Arts and the Tottenham Hotspur Football Club have announced that they have entered into a partnership for the next three years, making the FIFA series the official video game partner for the Premier League club.
Matt Bilbey, the senior vice president and general manager of Football at... |
20 July 2012
03:09 GMT |
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There’s a French proverb that says, “A sin confessed is half forgiven.” This is most likely what a hacker called DoktorBass was thinking when he wrote a formal apology after hacking the website of the Women’s Land Link Africa (wllaweb.org), an organization whose purpose is to improve wome... |
20 July 2012
03:05 GMT |
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A new Earth-monitoring instrument will be delivered to the International Space Station today, July 20, when the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launches its third H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV-3). The device will enable astronauts to snap impressive photos of the surface of the planet.
Dubbed the Internation... |
20 July 2012
03:01 GMT |
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Since before Justin Bieber's latest album, “Believe,” came out, his people have been working hard to stress how much he's grown and how he is a man now, no longer a teen heartthrob. The August issue of Rolling Stone also falls in this category. The preview issue is now available online: the c... |
20 July 2012
02:43 GMT |
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For quite some time now, people from all over the world have been heading out to Guyana in search of gold.
Since digging for gold is basically a mining activity, it was to be expected that, much like in the case of coal mining, the ecological footprint of this booming industry would be an impressive one.
Thus, no... |
20 July 2012
02:42 GMT |
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Advanced Micro Devices could have done better in the April-June period, but several factors ended up throwing a metaphorical wrench in its financial plans. Like Intel, IBM and other IT players, Advanced Micro Devices has tallied its sales and expenses for the second three-month period of the year (April-June). Th... |
20 July 2012
02:37 GMT |
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Capcom is continuing the video onslaught for Resident Evil 6 and has released three more gameplay trailers that were shown at last week’s San Diego Comic-Con, each focusing on one of the three playable characters. Resident Evil 6 is set to bring a lengthy experience that delivers three unique single-player cam... |
20 July 2012
02:37 GMT |
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Developer Piranha Games and Infinite Games Publishing have announced that they are inviting all fans of the upcoming MechWarrior Online to prepare for a Community Day that is set to take place in Santa Clara, California on July 27, starting with 5 PM.
All those who want to attend need to write a short essay, up to 1... |
20 July 2012
02:32 GMT |
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Version 0.8.61 of the e-book reader and management software Calibre was announced on July 20th, with some important new features and fixes.
Calibre 0.8.61 comes with a lot of minor fixes and improvements, including for bulk metadata edit dialog.
Highlights of Calibre 0.8.61:
• A paged mode that splits up the... |
20 July 2012
02:31 GMT |
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Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean is now available as an over-the-air software update for the owners of Nexus S smartphones out there. Google reportedly started to push the new update out to users as build number JRO03E, and both i9023 and i9020T Nexus S variants are receiving it. The update weighs in at 114MB and packs ... |
20 July 2012
02:19 GMT |
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