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Well-known Scythe cooling company has just announced a new version of its powerful Kabuto processor cooling solution. The new cooler comes with the new GlideStream cooling fans that we presented here. The official name of the new product is Scythe Kabuto 2 and it comes with six heatpipes with a 6-millimeter diameter... |
21 September 2012
23:21 GMT |
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Today, mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless has started the delivery of the latest flavor of Google's Android operating system to the owners of a Galaxy Nexus smartphone on its network.
The new Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean upgrade brings along a host of new features when compared to what the Ice Cream Sandwich pla... |
21 September 2012
23:11 GMT |
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HP has just launched an impressively slim and good-looking monitor that we reported about here. Now the company is offering you a powerful and cool-looking system to go with it. The official branding of the new model is HP ENVY Phoenix H9 desktop computer system and buyers will only have Intel CPUs to choose from. ... |
21 September 2012
21:51 GMT |
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Sony has confirmed that it’s going to release a new update as well as three new downloadable cars next week for its Gran Turismo 5 racing game.
Grand Turismo 5 came out back in 2010 and delighted racing game fans with high quality simulator gameplay as well as with a wide variety of cars, ranging from high spe... |
21 September 2012
20:31 GMT |
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We know that Nvidia has been working on project Denver for quite some time now. Denver is supposed to be a GPU that also has an ARM CPU fused on the same die, thus making the final chip able to run an operating system directly on the GPU with no need for an AMD or Intel processor. The first implementation of the Den... |
21 September 2012
20:21 GMT |
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South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung is quite happy with the success its Galaxy S III smartphone has had on the market, but it seems that it is looking for more.
The company appears to be getting ready for the launch of a Tizen-based flavor of the Galaxy S III, at least this is what a listing on the WiFi Allianc... |
21 September 2012
20:11 GMT |
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Verizon customers who rushed to their carrier's stores today to purchase the new iPhone 5 handset from Apple were in for a treat.The smartphone was discovered to be unlocked out-of-the-box for use on GSM networks, meaning that it would work with nano-SIM cards from AT&T and T-Mobile as well. Some users have alre... |
21 September 2012
20:02 GMT |
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Samsung’s largest Android smartphone to date, the recently unveiled Galaxy Note II, is now rumored to be en-route to the market in Europe as soon as next week.
The 5.5-inch phone is expected to arrive on shelves in Germany on September 27, while being set to hit the market in Italy starting with September 28.... |
21 September 2012
20:01 GMT |
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After confirming an array of new characters for its upcoming PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale, Sony has now posted a new gameplay video with its fighting game, showing off the hectic action that’s possible in the impressive title.
PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale may have started off as Sony’s answ... |
21 September 2012
19:21 GMT |
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The popular WhatsApp Messenger application for Google’s Android operating system has been upgraded to version 2.8.4771 with a nice range of enhancements packed inside.
Starting with the new flavor of the software, the group chat limit has been raised to 30 people, while the video recording and playback featur... |
21 September 2012
18:51 GMT |
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The United States presidential election in 2012 pits Democrat Barrack Obama, the incumbent, and his vice-president, Joe Biden, against Republican hopefuls Mitt Romney and his vice candidate pick, Paul Ryan.
I have played with both pairs in The Political Machine 2012, the election and campaign simulation from Stardoc... |
21 September 2012
18:41 GMT |
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The team working on the upcoming ZombiU for the Wii U home console says that, despite the shooter structure, the game is not aiming to compete in the zombie-killing genre with the likes of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2.
Jean-Phillipe Caro, the creative director working on ZombiU, tells the Official Nintendo Magazine tha... |
21 September 2012
18:31 GMT |
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Facebook is now the most popular in Asia as it has now become the continent with most users on the site. That said, the competition is strong, Asia just managed to overtake Europe, by a slim margin, and is only slightly ahead of North America.
In fact, the more surprising thing is how close the three continents are... |
21 September 2012
18:21 GMT |
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The upcoming Trine 2: Director’s Cut for the Nintendo Wii U works perfectly with the console’s special GamePad, according to developer Frozenbyte, but the studio has admitted that it might not have time to implement support for the Wii U Pro Controller before the game’s release.
Trine 2 came out fo... |
21 September 2012
18:11 GMT |
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Andrei Dumitrescu: Autumn is upon us already, which means that high-profile video games like Borderlands 2 and Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 are launching left and right and a gamer’s time is at a premium.But I plan to use my weekend to play as much FTL as I can and try and record every one of the game sessions som... |
21 September 2012
17:41 GMT |
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Windows Phone 8, Microsoft’s next-generation mobile operating system, will arrive on the market with Nokia’s Maps service included in the equation, a feature that should make a lot of users happy. Offering wide coverage around the world, the mapping service has been widely recognized to be one of the be... |
21 September 2012
17:11 GMT |
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You may think that Ashampoo UnInstaller is just a simple tool designed to eliminate the traces of the programs you want to remove from the system. But the bundle also integrates modules for getting your computer into ship shape and keeping it that way. The price is $39.99 / €39.99, but you are offered a grace p... |
21 September 2012
17:11 GMT |
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It’s a well-known fact that most Windows users who needed to set up special computer limitations had to install third-party parental tools to handle the task.
Fortunately, the new Windows 8 comes with some built-in options in this regard, making it much easier for all parents out there who want to protect thei... |
21 September 2012
17:01 GMT |
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Wireless carrier Cellcom has unveiled its first smartphone capable of providing users with access to 4G LTE services, namely the HTC Desire 4G LTE.
The mobile phone is available for purchase at all Cellcom retail locations starting today, Friday, September 21st.
Courtesy of the support for LTE connectivity, the s... |
21 September 2012
17:01 GMT |
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On at least three occasions, Ralph Lauren was criticized for endorsing the stick-thin stereotype in fashion. At least once, it fired a model who was not a size 0 telling her she was “fat.” It’s now turning the leaf. Ralph Lauren has just hired its first plus-size model ever, to front a major campai... |
21 September 2012
16:51 GMT |
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A study commissioned by Coverity Inc - "The Software Security Risk Report” - reveals the details of application security incidents experienced by North American and European web app development companies in the last 18 months.
The figures from the report show that 51% of the respondents had at least one incide... |
21 September 2012
16:51 GMT |
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The change of tone that the upcoming Lost Planet 3 offers when compared to the previous installment in the series might be jarring to some gamers, but one of the leading developers working on the game believes that fans need to give the new title a chance and see what it has to offer.Andrew Szymanski, a producer work... |
21 September 2012
16:51 GMT |
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While releasing a pair of gaming laptops and a multimedia notebook, Micro-Star International updated its collection of all-in-one computer systems as well, its business line to be precise.
The two systems go by the names of Wind Top AE2081 and AE2081G. Mostly, they have the same hardware, down to military Class II ... |
21 September 2012
16:41 GMT |
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Aspyr Media, a renowned publisher of Mac video games, has announced the release date of Call of Duty: Black Ops for Mac. The warfare FPS will be making its way onto Steam and other digital distribution venues on September 27, 2012. The Mac App Store debut will follow shortly thereafter. Aspyr’s straightforward... |
21 September 2012
16:31 GMT |
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Two different Alfred Hitchcock biopics are coming out this year and, as it happens, we’re quite excited for both. We’ve seen the trailer for HBO’s “The Girl,” and now we’re being treated to the first poster for “Hitchcock.”
Directed by Sacha Gervasi, “Hitchcock&r... |
21 September 2012
16:01 GMT |
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The Redmond-based software giant today rolled out an updated version of Microsoft SQL Server Feature Pack 2012 that comprises the latest builds of tools, components and add-on providers for Microsoft SQL Server 2012.
The updated pack can work on Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 a... |
21 September 2012
16:01 GMT |
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Capcom has finally confirmed that PlayStation 3 owners will be able to download Okami HD, the long awaited remake of the classic game that first appeared on the PS2, at the end of October and has also posted a new video with the remastered experience.
Okami, after delighting lots of PS2 owners many years ago with it... |
21 September 2012
15:41 GMT |
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After confirming back at Gamescom 2012 that PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale is coming to the PlayStation Vita handheld platform, Sony and developer Bluepoint Games have revealed the first details about the performance of the fighting game on the portable console.
Sony and SuperBot Entertainment announced PlaySta... |
21 September 2012
15:41 GMT |
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If you thought that Lumia 610 is the cheapest Windows Phone handset that Nokia could release on the market, you were seemingly wrong.
Rumor has it that the company is gearing up for the release of even cheaper such smartphones, most probably packed with lower hardware inside.
What allegedly is Nokia’s Lumia... |
21 September 2012
15:41 GMT |
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Lady Gaga has gained weight and she’s not afraid or ashamed to admit it. After photos of her in concert looking curvier than ever emerged online, the singer has addressed reports to set the record straight.
She’s gained 25 pounds (11. 3 kg) and she’s the first to own up to it. She’s not sorr... |
21 September 2012
15:31 GMT |
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Microsoft will debut several new and updated products this fall, including the brand new Windows 8 operating system that will be unveiled on October 25.
In order to make sure that everything goes smoothly, Microsoft will train all its UK channel partners on the new product launches, including Windows 8 and Office 20... |
21 September 2012
15:31 GMT |
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At least one class-action lawsuit over privacy is going Facebook's way, well, as much as it can. A US federal court approved a $9.5 million, EUR7.31 million settlement over Beacon, an ad program Facebook debuted in 2008 and quickly shut down as it invaded users' privacy.
Still, people sued and the lawsuit ... |
21 September 2012
15:11 GMT |
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We already reported on Clover trail’s capabilities and features here and the prototype tablet was also discussed here, but there wasn’t much info on the user interaction and the general responsiveness of the tablets.
We know the performance is not really on par with what top-performing ARM Android tablet... |
21 September 2012
15:01 GMT |
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The new Mists of Pandaria expansion for the MMO World of Warcraft will limit the impact that phasing has on the game world and will allow players to have more fun with the quests that have been introduced.
David Kosak, the lead quest designer working on Mists of Pandaria, tells GameSpy that, “As I instruct my ... |
21 September 2012
15:01 GMT |
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Xcode 4.5 is now out in the Mac App Store with SDKs for OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion and iOS 6, the latest version of Apple’s mobile operating system powering iPhones and iPads across the globe.
Previously limited to registered Apple developers, Xcode 4.5 is now freely available to the general population. All you n... |
21 September 2012
14:51 GMT |
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Just hours after the first teaser for Courtney Stodden’s debut in reality television premiered, she’s making headlines again. Courtney has had a drastic makeover and actually looks closer to her age now.
Attached to this article is a photo Courtney tweeted: compare it to any other of her in the months s... |
21 September 2012
14:41 GMT |
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A new variant of an old scam is making the rounds, landing in the inboxes of unsuspecting Co-operative Bank customers. The phishing emails attempt to convince recipients that the financial institution is checking for inactive customers and incorrect email addresses.
“This e-mail was sent by Co-operative Bank t... |
21 September 2012
14:31 GMT |
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Microsoft recently changed its logo for the first time in 25 years, trying to prepare for the major product range refresh that will take place this fall.
Many people hate the new company logo and obviously dislike the one available in Windows 8 too, but only a few actually remember the first logo ever used by the Re... |
21 September 2012
14:31 GMT |
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The Redmond-based software giant has just rolled out a patch to fix the recently-discovered vulnerability in Internet Explorer.As you found out from our previous reports, the bug allows hackers to execute malicious code on a vulnerable computer whenever the user loads a specially crafted website. Internet Explorer ve... |
21 September 2012
14:23 GMT |
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Google is now making it possible to import your contacts from other email providers, including Yahoo, Hotmail or AOL, into your Google Apps account. Regular Gmail users have been able to do this for years, but the functionality has only now been added to the Google Apps Gmail.
"If you're switching to Gmail from... |
21 September 2012
14:21 GMT |
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A new flavor of the popular Facebook application is now available for download for the owners of devices running under Google’s Android operating system.
Providing users with the possibility to stay on top of what’s new on the social networking site, as well as with the option to post updates about them... |
21 September 2012
14:21 GMT |
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BioWare has started detailing the upcoming update 1.4 for Star Wars: the Old Republic, confirming some of the big new features and changes that are coming to the online role-playing game, ranging from a Group Finder Teleport system, to delayed binding for items or moods for your character.
Star Wars: The Old Republi... |
21 September 2012
14:21 GMT |
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HBO struck gold again in 2011 when it came out with “Game of Thrones,” a new original series based on the best-selling novels of George R.R. Martin. Whilst we all wait for season 3, above is a video that will remind you one of the many cool aspects of this show.
Death.
DoctorRoboto comprised this video... |
21 September 2012
14:11 GMT |
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Optimus 4X HD, one of the most powerful LG smartphones currently on the market, is expected to arrive in Canada at WIND Mobile and Videotron as soon as next month.
Initially believed to be en-route to Rogers, Bell or TELUS, the phone is now said to be an exclusive to those two carriers, MobileSyrup notes, although ... |
21 September 2012
13:41 GMT |
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Applications making their way to the iTunes App Store with the iPhone 5 listed as a compatible device will require screenshots measuring 1136 x 640 pixels, if their respective developers want these apps approved. You read that right. Apple will not review (to be read "approve") an application designed to work on the... |
21 September 2012
13:31 GMT |
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Twitter has been making a lot of controversial decisions lately. It's making life harder for developers that leverage its API and the latest Twitter redesign, of the mobile app, has its fair share of critics.
On the one hand, iPad users complain that the new app is a major step backwards, all in the name of co... |
21 September 2012
13:21 GMT |
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Though Intel and Advanced Micro Devices have been putting up the image that they dictate when and how microprocessors evolve, it turns out that this is not exactly the case.
Certainly, the two microprocessor designers come up with the technology, the manufacturing procedures and the final designs, but they aren... |
21 September 2012
13:21 GMT |
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The world has been abuzz with the impending arrival of Windows 8, Windows RT and the new tablet devices set to run them. Meanwhile, Google has been pushing the Android operating system as fast as it can. Some hope it will be enough to even the odds, so to speak, on the tablet market, where Apple's iPad continu... |
21 September 2012
13:21 GMT |
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These scammers were targeting customers in automated parking lots. They were posing as parking lot attendants legitimately collecting a fee from whoever parked in their section. The victims of the scam don’t bother asking how come large parking lots are manned by just one attendant. The fact that the scammers ... |
21 September 2012
13:11 GMT |
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Video game publisher Capcom has launched a new trailer for Ace Attorney 5 at the Tokyo Game Show, which is supposed to shed some light on the story of the new game.
The trailer is entirely in Japanese, but the movements and the style make it pretty clear that hard hitting legal arguments resolved via clever use of i... |
21 September 2012
13:01 GMT |
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Vickie Jo Mills was charged with assault, aggravated assault, and reckless endangerment after repeatedly poisoning her boyfriend with Visine eye drops, the RecordHerald reports. The 33-year-old from Ayr Township, Pennsylvania could be serving a lifetime sentence after admittedly spiking her boyfriend´s drinks ... |
21 September 2012
12:41 GMT |
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The "Innocence of Muslims" video has been a big headache for YouTube. The site found it complied with its community guidelines, so it can't and didn't remove it. But that decision sure means a lot more trouble for YouTube.
On the one hand, the White House came calling, asking YouTube to "review" the video... |
21 September 2012
12:31 GMT |
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Infinite-Social-Wall is a PHP solution for aggregating social feeds on a website. It will load a vertical infinite page that shows a person's activity on a multitude of social networks.
Yesterday in our Script of the Day series we presented you jQuery Lifestream, a jQuery plugin that does practically the same t... |
21 September 2012
12:01 GMT |
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With last night's update, Canonical published a major update to the Unity interface of the upcoming Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) operating system, due for release next month.
The improved Unity interface brings new lenses, such as a Shopping Lens for your online shopping needs and a Google Docs Scope for sea... |
21 September 2012
11:51 GMT |
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Soon after the launch of OS X 10.8.2, the second maintenance update to Mountain Lion, CrossOver customers reported issues with the performance of the application. CodeWeavers, the developers, have confirmed the issue and are advising everyone who hasn’t yet upgraded to sit still. CrossOver is a Wine-based appl... |
21 September 2012
11:51 GMT |
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The picture above shows one sheepdog in Devon which takes its job very seriously and therefore agreed to adopt a lamb once the latter became an orphan. Sources explain that the dog's owner trained the dog to show such consideration towards sheep when it was just a cub, so being a stepmother for lambs is somethin... |
21 September 2012
11:46 GMT |
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The administrators of the RevolutionTT (RevTT) private torrent tracker issued a statement to let their customers know that the site was not hacked. They revealed that the website and the tracker were taken offline as a precaution measure after operators learned of Afghanistan Hackers’ claims.
According to Rev... |
21 September 2012
11:44 GMT |
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In a very surprising move, a Chinese tablet maker has decided to fit an impressive IPS screen on an Android 4.1 Jelly Bean tablet. The new device features a rather decent Rockchip RK3066 dual-core processor and 1 GB of RAM memory.
We’re very glad to see that high resolution displays are becoming more and more ... |
21 September 2012
11:41 GMT |
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Owners of a BlackBerry Torch 9810 or a Torch 9860 on AT&T’s network in the United States can now download and install a new OS flavor on them.
Made available as OS 7.1.0.694, the new platform release comes with various fixes and enhancements for the two devices, but an official changelog for it hasn’t b... |
21 September 2012
11:31 GMT |
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Even though Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) is now in feature freeze, meaning that adding new stuff has stopped for this cycle, an exception has been made for two new webapps, Amazon and Ubuntu One Music.
Ubuntu WebApps enable developers to make web applications that run in Internet browsers. There are already a lar... |
21 September 2012
11:30 GMT |
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Experts at NASA recently released a short video clip that details how Earth's magnetosphere sounds like. The audio file was compiled from data relayed back to Mission Control by the twin Radiation Belt Storm Probe (RBSP) spacecraft.
The Electric and Magnetic Field Instrument Suite and Integrated Science (EMFIS... |
21 September 2012
11:25 GMT |
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Quite a while back, Jim and Jamie Dutcher agreed that, given their passion for nature and wildlife, the best thing they could do was to give up on their day-to-day routine, have a tent installed in Idaho's Sawtooth wilderness and spend their days living close to wolves.
It has been six years now since they mad... |
21 September 2012
11:24 GMT |
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It seems that Facebook has caved to pressure from EU data privacy officials and is now disabling the photo recognition feature on the continent. The feature made it easy for people to tag their friends in photos as Facebook uses facial recognition to automatically label them.
But this feature was deemed an invasion ... |
21 September 2012
11:21 GMT |
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A number of internauts from India have reported receiving emails that purport to come from the country’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The agency has issued an alert notifying users that they would never send such messages.
Apparently coming from addresses such as statepoliceservice@gmail.com, ... |
21 September 2012
11:14 GMT |
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Apple has begun hiring people who know about mapping to address the issues incurred by its fledging Maps application in iOS 6, following widespread criticism about graphical glitches and erroneous data.
Apple this week responded publicly to the outcry regarding its faulty Maps application, pointing out that the serv... |
21 September 2012
11:11 GMT |
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Earlier today, we reported on how PETA now wishes to convince people that becoming vegetarians is beneficial both to animals, and to their health.
More so given the fact that the US is presently facing a troubling obesity epidemic which only stands to worsen as the years go by.
In order to do this, the organizati... |
21 September 2012
11:09 GMT |
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Motorola may specialize in, mobile phones and such, but every once in a while it releases accessories too, like now.
The company has introduced the S11-FLEX HD wireless stereo headphones, which work wirelessly at a distance of 150 feet (45.72 meters).
Not only is it moisture-repelling (so no sweat will get it to sl... |
21 September 2012
11:06 GMT |
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On September 20, the space shuttle finally made its way to California, completing the second leg of its cross-country flight. The orbiter departed the NASA Kennedy Space Center aboard the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft on September 19, stopped in Texas, and then reached the Dryden Flight Research Center.
The DFRC is loca... |
21 September 2012
11:01 GMT |
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Manjaro, a Linux Distribution based on well-tested snapshots of the Arch Linux repositories and 100% compatible with Arch, is now at version 0.8.1.
Highlights of Manjaro 0.8.1:
• Linux kernel has been updated to the 3.5 series;
• MHWD got better hybrid card support and Optimus works on more card combinat... |
21 September 2012
10:59 GMT |
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As we told you a bit earlier, Microsoft is trying to establish a new world record by bringing the biggest number of developers together to create Windows 8 apps.
AppFest takes place in Bangalore and 3500 people have already attended the show, out of the 1.2 million developers in India that are said to work on the Mi... |
21 September 2012
10:58 GMT |
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A hacker collective known as DeleteSec published the details of hundreds of users, allegedly stolen from the systems of the American Chamber of Commerce in France (amchamfrance.org).
“American chamber of commerce in France does not care for their security flaws. We (deletesec) forwarded a well written message ... |
21 September 2012
10:57 GMT |
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GCC, the GNU Compiler Collection that includes frontends for C, C++, Fortran, Objective-C, Java, Ada, and Go, has just reached version 4.7.2.
Highlights of GCC 4.7.2:
· The ABI incompatibilities have been fixed for GCC version 4.7.2;
· Support for a new AVR-specific configure option –with-avrli... |
21 September 2012
10:57 GMT |
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FIFA 13, the football simulation from EA Sports, is getting closer to its launch and one of the main developers working on it has revealed how the team is getting ready to evaluate the success of the coming launch.
David Rutter, the main producer working on FIFA 13, tells MCV that, “Metacritic is a very big de... |
21 September 2012
10:49 GMT |
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The RS-EC32-CLD looks like a perfectly normal external drive case, until someone stumbles upon the entry on the manual that says it has RAID support and can act as a network-attached storage device.
Then again, the LAN port at the back is a pretty big giveaway of that.
While it needs to receive power through a 12V ... |
21 September 2012
10:47 GMT |
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A paper published in the latest issue of the medical journal Cephalagia argues that children who suffer from chronic migraines are more likely to develop psychological side-effects, including depression, anxiety, social and attention issues, as well as behavioral difficulties.
The team behind the study says that th... |
21 September 2012
10:46 GMT |
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Facebook's just updated its Messenger app for Android. Messenger is a standalone app that you can pretty much figure out what it does, it's a way of accessing your Facebook messages on your phone without having to go into the Facebook app.
It's also a simple way of chatting with your Facebook friends ... |
21 September 2012
10:42 GMT |
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Walmart has apparently just decided not to sell anymore Amazon Kindle tablets and eReaders. This is really bad news for Amazon and the modest pricing of its tablets was in perfect sync with Walmart’s “cheap and affordable” image.
Moreover, considering just how big Walmart is, Amazon is apparently l... |
21 September 2012
10:41 GMT |
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Throughout these past few weeks, an online competition was intended to help decide which non-profit organization or project should benefit from a $100,000 (€77,013) donation from Chase Community Giving. The winner: Ian Somerhalder and his green-oriented work. As sources explain, the Ian Somerhalder Foun... |
21 September 2012
10:38 GMT |
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The “Saw” franchise is officially dead, which means there are countless other horror / slasher movies willing to take its place. While this particular brand of torture film is no longer hot, a new hybrid is emerging.
It’s a combination of torture film with action movie, and it’s perhaps best... |
21 September 2012
10:38 GMT |
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If you’re reading this as you’re sitting in line to buy the iPhone 5, prepare to be a tad disappointed. According to some reports, the iPhone 5 will show signs of wear and tear pretty darn fast.
This might take the edge off, bit it’s worth noting that a couple of forums are actively discussing a po... |
21 September 2012
10:35 GMT |
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We’ve heard that the new mapping service installed on the recently-released iPhone 5 isn’t quite the best tool of its kind ever made, but we’ve never imagined that it could misplace the Golden Gate Bridge.
The saga continues today and Microsoft was also affected by the faulty iPhone software becaus... |
21 September 2012
10:33 GMT |
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Capcom has made an official statement about the PC version of Resident Evil 6, confirming that its development began only after the game’s PS3 and Xbox 360 editions had been completed, so it’s going to be a while before a release date is revealed.
Resident Evil 6 was announced for the PS3 and Xbox 360 at... |
21 September 2012
10:31 GMT |
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The TV market has been slowly drifting down, and Sharp has been seeing the worst of it, having lost enough money to force 5,000 job cuts.
The new deal with Intel won't revert that workforce reduction, but it may help stave off worse things.
Long story short, Intel is investing in Sharp in exchange for the latt... |
21 September 2012
10:26 GMT |
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Todd Foot, publisher of MobilePhoneFinder.com.au, is officially the first iPhone 5 owner in the world. Mr. Foot had camped outside the Apple store in Sydney for days before nabbing his own iPhone 5 unit earlier today.
Pictured left is the man himself. He’s the guy behind MobilePhoneFinder.com.au, a comparison ... |
21 September 2012
10:21 GMT |
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The development team at EA Sports has revealed that during its first week on sale NHL 13, the hockey simulation launched this year, has managed to set a new record for the franchise, topping the big performance of last year by about 9 percent.
The GM Connected feature allowed gamers to create 50,000 own versions of ... |
21 September 2012
10:21 GMT |
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Most people work on the assumption that the main reason for which doctors keep telling us to eat our daily portion of fruits has to do with the fact that this particular class of healthy snacks is a noteworthy source of vitamins.
Therefore, it should not really matter whether we choose to eat the fruits as such, or... |
21 September 2012
10:15 GMT |
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Now that “The Expendables 2” fared better than the original film with both critics and audiences, it’s time you braced yourself for more installments. Negotiations for the third film are already underway.
With Chuck Norris definitely out of the picture (he said so himself), producers are looking to... |
21 September 2012
10:15 GMT |
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Though it could have made a normal speaker, TDK already has a bunch of those on sale, so this new one, and we use that term loosely, is more than meets the eye, or ear as the case may be.
We say that we use “new” loosely because the product was actually present at IFA 2012.
It hasn't started shippi... |
21 September 2012
10:10 GMT |
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In June, we learned of a MySQL vulnerability - CVE-2012-2122 - which allowed an attacker to easily access servers. Now, Rapid 7 has released a free tool called ScanNow, which scans networks in search for this particular security hole.
At the time, researchers demonstrated that an attacker could bypass the authentica... |
21 September 2012
10:07 GMT |
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Apple has begun opening the doors to its retail stores across the few countries slated to receive the initial batch of iPhone 5 units, including the US, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore and the UK.The image above depicts a long lone of customers at Apple’s flagship retail store in... |
21 September 2012
10:07 GMT |
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A group of Microsoft Visual C++ developers is working on a new Windows 8 note-taking application that will be called Austin.
The app provides dedicated features to add pages to a notebook, delete or move them with a single click. Additionally, you can add photos stored on the local disks on in the SkyDrive account, ... |
21 September 2012
10:03 GMT |
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In a new study, experts at the Uppsala University, in Sweden, found that freshly-formed emotional memories can be deleted from the human brain, if caught early on. These findings have the potential of further research on memory and fear by several decades.
The discoveries could apply to a host of anxiety-related iss... |
21 September 2012
09:59 GMT |
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In case anyone was wondering, the 22nd of September 2012 (tomorrow, that is) is intended to be “World Car Free Day,” meaning that environmentalists will be busy encouraging people to let go of their vehicles for at least 24 hours.
Because some might actually listen to this plea, odds are that numerous s... |
21 September 2012
09:57 GMT |
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Japanese company Buffalo is readying a new external storage unit that will feature USB 3.0 and ThunderBolt interfaces, but this time, the storage is handled by an SSD rather than an HDD.
The official name of the new product is Buffalo HD-PATU3S and there will be two versions at first.
One will reportedly have a 128... |
21 September 2012
09:51 GMT |
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The rise of social networking made it pretty much impossible for camera makers to not integrate web connection functionality into their devices.
Adding LAN support wasn't really practical. Ethernet cables aren't exactly found everywhere, and the hardware is pretty unruly as it is, even without putting the... |
21 September 2012
09:51 GMT |
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Kickstarter has been getting a lot of attention in recent months and for good reason. Projects are getting more ambitious, budgets are getting bigger, fans more eager, creators better prepared. But as is always the case, the hype and exploding expectations are a recipe for disaster. It hasn't happened yet, but... |
21 September 2012
09:51 GMT |
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Researchers at the Harvard University Medical School (HMS) and the Dana–Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) announce the discovery of a molecule that is capable of inducing programmed cell death (apoptosis) in drug-resistant cancer cells.
The compound is called P5091, and it has proven to be very effective against ... |
21 September 2012
09:50 GMT |
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These thieves went to extreme lengths to feed their Apple addiction. The video shows them crashing in the store with their BMW, completely wrecking a wall and using it as a door.
The 2 men looting the Japanese carrier worked as a team, one collecting the iPhones and one driving the car. There is no information about... |
21 September 2012
09:43 GMT |
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Today, mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless announced the availability of the new Apple iPhone 5 on its network, informing users that they can grab the handset through its nationwide retail locations starting with 8 a.m.
This is the first flavor of Apple’s popular smartphone to hit shelves with support for th... |
21 September 2012
09:41 GMT |
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Most of the time, people living in apartment buildings have troubles growing the perfect roses or other similar types of vegetation simply because the conditions in which these plants are forced to grow and develop do not provide them with sufficient sunlight.
However, one sculptor from Belgium now says this issue ... |
21 September 2012
09:40 GMT |
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An energy firm from Canada, a military agency from Taiwan, a Philippines oil company, and various other high-profile organizations from countries such as Nigeria, Brazil, Israel and Egypt have been targeted by a campaign that relies on the remote access Trojan known as Mirage, or MirageFox.
Experts from Dell SecureW... |
21 September 2012
09:40 GMT |
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Officials at the European Space Agency (ESA) announced today that they have handed over control of the new MetOp-B weather satellites to the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), which will operate it from now on.
The spacecraft launched into space aboard a Russian-buil... |
21 September 2012
09:35 GMT |
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The Swiss Federal Railway service is accusing Apple of copying their iconic clock design originally made by Hans Hilfiker. And there’s not much to say in Apple’s defense, this time around.
While the tech media is used to report on other companies copying Apple, the scales are now tipped in the other dire... |
21 September 2012
09:33 GMT |
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Most of the time, rats are frowned upon by people, primarily because they are argued to spread diseases and destroy harvests.
However, one organization now makes use of Africa's giant rats for one very noble purpose: these animals can help people find and dismantle land mines in Mozambique.
Thus, several gia... |
21 September 2012
09:23 GMT |
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HTML5 has been around for a while. The term has also been used so often and so confusingly that few people even know what it means. In fact, even the people creating it have their different definitions. The Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group (WHATWG) who created the new version of the standard deci... |
21 September 2012
09:23 GMT |
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Alex Jones, who is the leading producer working on DmC: Devil May Cry, has made it clear that the upcoming video game will not include a playable Vergil.
Speaking to Eurogamer, he stated, “I want to be definitive. He’s not playable in the game. I don’t want to be coy about that and have people thin... |
21 September 2012
09:14 GMT |
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This amazing video was shot just this past Sunday at Dolphin Quest, a wildlife park in Hawaii whose job is to both help safeguard various animal species, and raise awareness with respect to the need for environmental protection. Apparently, this was the first time the 12-year-old mother dolphin, named Keo, had ever... |
21 September 2012
09:07 GMT |
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The NASA Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) telescope successfully completed its 100th day in Earth's orbit today, September 21, after launching into space on June 13, 2012.
The spacecraft was delivered to orbit by a Pegasus-XL rocket, at 1600 GMT. The delivery system itself did not take off from a... |
21 September 2012
09:07 GMT |
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Oracle has rolled out a new version of VirtualBox, the company’s desktop virtualization software inherited from Sun Microsystems.
A nasty bug affecting virtual machines on the latest version of Mountain Lion is being addressed in the new VirtualBox 4.2.1 from Oracle, whose engineers had pointed out the bug dur... |
21 September 2012
09:07 GMT |
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If we were skeptics, we’d say movie studios and networks are capitalizing on the attention Lindsay has been getting for her recent arrest to promote new films. A new official still for “Scary Movie 5” is out.
Click on the image above to see it in full.
Charlie Sheen and Lindsay have already shot ... |
21 September 2012
09:04 GMT |
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49-year-old Chunlai Yang, who previously worked as a senior software engineer for CME Group Inc., admitted to stealing over 10,000 files containing the source code of the Globex electronic trading platform. The FBI revealed that the man was trying to improve an electronic trading exchange in China.
Authorities claim... |
21 September 2012
09:03 GMT |
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Microsoft has already revealed that it expects Windows 8 to sell very well from the first months of availability, but the company now sees the product’s launch as a reboot for the entire industry.
Janet Gibbons, director of partner strategy and programmes at Microsoft, said in a statement that Windows 8 is the... |
21 September 2012
09:02 GMT |
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Intel doesn't really need another $5 million all that much, not when it makes billions every month, but the money isn't really what is important about a certain announcement made recently.
The relevant details of the announcement regard those involved, as well as the purpose of the sum, which is roughly e... |
21 September 2012
09:00 GMT |
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The Filipino Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 outlawed cam-girls as well as hacking, identity theft and spamming. A special unit that will supervise any activities that might fall under the Cybercrime category is being set up by the Filipino National Bureau of Investigation and the Philippine National Police. The ... |
21 September 2012
08:58 GMT |
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Chrome 24 is already on its way, it's already landed in the Chromium daily builds, but Chrome 23 still has some work to get it in shape for migration to the beta channel.
That's going to take a week or two during which time, Chrome 24 will be available as part of the Chromium builds or the Chrome Canary bu... |
21 September 2012
08:52 GMT |
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The latest issue of the journal Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry saw the publication of a new study stating that, as a result of a so-called “plastic soup,” creatures living in marine environments could very easily have their general health seriously affected.
For those unaware, “plastic sou... |
21 September 2012
08:44 GMT |
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In a surprising turn of events, word got to us that Nvidia will not use TSMC as an exclusive manufacturing partner anymore. The two companies have been collaborating for more than a decade now, but for some reason, Nvidia will work with other foundries too. This might not be so much Nvidia’s initiative as it m... |
21 September 2012
08:41 GMT |
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Researchers at the University of California in Santa Cruz (UCSC) announce in a new study that they've identified an unusual type of symbiotic relationship between a species of single-celled marine algae and highly-specialized, nitrogen-fixing bacteria living in the ocean.
According to the group, this relationsh... |
21 September 2012
08:26 GMT |
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Developer Relic Entertainment and publisher THQ have announced that their upcoming strategy game Company of Heroes 2 is now available for pre-order, detailing the rewards that are available for those players who are willing to put money down before the game is actually launched.
Those who get the game on the Steam d... |
21 September 2012
08:24 GMT |
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A security hole in Oracle Database 11g releases 1 and 2 allows remote attackers to crack user passwords. The attack is possible because of the way the authentication protocol protects session keys during the login process. According to the researcher who identified the vulnerability - Esteban Martinez Fayo of AppSec... |
21 September 2012
08:23 GMT |
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Just like Google, Microsoft developed its own street-level mapping service called Bing Streetside, allowing users to explore certain locations just like they’d be walking down the street.
In order to comply with privacy regulations, both companies developed automatic technologies that blur people’s faces... |
21 September 2012
08:22 GMT |
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Amish bishop Samuel J. Mullet Sr. and 15 of his followers were found guilty of federal hate crimes after attacking religious rivals and estranged family members and cutting their beards off. 66-year-old Mullet is the religious leader of a community of 18 families, located 100 miles from Cleveland. He orchestrated a... |
21 September 2012
08:13 GMT |
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Apple can’t seem to catch a break with the Maps fiasco, as more and more reports criticize its blunders with the flagship feature in iOS 6.
A hefty dose of humor can be had from the graphical glitches, including misplaced monuments. London Underground isn’t short for words when it comes to mocking the se... |
21 September 2012
08:12 GMT |
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Singer Fiona Apple has spent the night in jail after drugs (marijuana and hash) were discovered on her tour bus. She has been released on bail and, as per the latest report, willingly admitted the drugs were hers.
TMZ reports that Fiona’s bus tour was stopped at the border checkpoint for inspection in Sierra B... |
21 September 2012
08:11 GMT |
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Vimeo is by no means comparable to YouTube, in size, but it is often compared to YouTube since it's the only, US-based site that actually competes with YouTube and is still around. While there are many sources for online video, YouTube and Vimeo are the two big names for user-generated content.
Still, the fact ... |
21 September 2012
08:11 GMT |
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While Borderlands 1 delivered a pretty good experience by blending role-playing game mechanics with first-person shooting and a special cel-shaded visual style, Gearbox wants to improve upon the recipe with Borderlands 2.The game has finally been released and, with the promise of an actual story, not to mention more ... |
21 September 2012
08:10 GMT |
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We already spoke about lab-meat and how this sci-fi accomplishment could help safeguard the global food industry from rather aggressive campaigns organized against it by some very determined animal rights activists.
Rumor has it that one other long lasting dilemma is soon to find its answer in scientific research, ... |
21 September 2012
08:02 GMT |
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Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge, is currently fighting a French tabloid and paparazzi after they took and published topless photos of her on vacation. As it happens, says Donald Trump, she has no one to blame but herself for all that.
As we also informed you at the time, the scandal broke when Closer announced... |
21 September 2012
07:56 GMT |
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The Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT) owned by the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued an advisory to warn customers of ORing Industrial Networking devices of a serious vulnerability that exposes their organizations to cyberattacks. According to ICS-CERT, the securit... |
21 September 2012
07:54 GMT |
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Have you received any emails from Amazon lately? Did they come with subject lines such as “HD TV In Progress Now”, “Item Processed Now”, or “Your HDTV Waiting on delivery Now.” If so, you’re most likely the victim of a cybercriminal operation.
Spyware Sucks came across a ser... |
21 September 2012
07:50 GMT |
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Machines that could create three dimensional objects all on their own used to be fairy tales, things that people dreamed about during flights of fancy, but now they are accessible to everyone. Granted, ”everyone” might be a bit of a stretch, since only one 3D Printing store exists in the whole world, bu... |
21 September 2012
07:50 GMT |
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Microsoft has already confirmed that it would unveil the new Windows 8 operating system on October 25, but separate launch events will also take place in several other locations across the United States. In Houston, Texas, for example, the product unveiling conference will take place at the Microsoft Corporate Office... |
21 September 2012
07:42 GMT |
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The iOS version of iMovie has been updated by Apple with new trailer sequences, split audio edits on iPad, 1080p HD upload resolution for sharing, and more. One of the few apps that didn’t get an update just for the iOS 6 treatment (at least not in the release notes), iMovie 1.4 is a fresh version of Apple&rsq... |
21 September 2012
07:41 GMT |
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Video game developer Valve has announced that it has launched a new update for its own DOTA 2 MOBA title, which changes a number of game aspects and also introduces a new character named Meepo to the game.The core gameplay ability for Meepo will be to create clones of himself, which could lead to situations where six... |
21 September 2012
07:40 GMT |
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We all know children sometimes cry, sulk, push and kick other children as a form of expressing dislike or even content. That just makes their faces look hilarious, though. This video, uploaded by Buzzfeed, is a compilation of the angriest offenders out there. If you ignore them, these children will resort to teasin... |
21 September 2012
07:31 GMT |
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Wireless carrier Three UK has made the new Apple iPhone 5 available for purchase on its network starting today, providing users with the possibility to grab either the black or the white flavor of the smartphone. Packing a 4-inch Retina display, the new model is bigger than previous flavors, while also proposing a ... |
21 September 2012
07:31 GMT |
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Ever since Shell decided to commence drilling operations in the Arctic, environmental organization Greenpeace got busy setting up countless protests in an attempt to “Save the Arctic” from this particular oil and gas company.
Apparently, Shell has finally decided that the time has come to take legal mea... |
21 September 2012
07:29 GMT |
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Because of the many times she made headlines these past few months for allegations raging from weird behavior to DUI and hit and run, Amanda Bynes has been compared to Lindsay Lohan. It is pointless to do so because she really has no problem whatsoever.
After the more recent reports that she locked herself in a dre... |
21 September 2012
07:27 GMT |
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French authorities accused a French man from the region of Brittany of hacking into the systems of Bank of France – considered to be one of the country’s most secure financial institutions. His lawyer told the judge that it was all a mistake.
According to Le Nouvel Observateur, the incident occurred back... |
21 September 2012
07:25 GMT |
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Nvidia has just launched the GTX 650 video cards last week, but the GK107 GPU has actually been on the market for quite some time now. It has been powering the GT 640 video cards using DDR3 memory, but in the GTX 650 implementation it will use GDDR5 chips.
Most GeForce GTX 650 video cards on the market are using the... |
21 September 2012
07:21 GMT |
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SlySoft rolled out a fresh build for AnyDVD. The current release makes a much-awaited change that allows you to enable the trailer and advertisement removal at the beginning of a movie without having region code removal option enabled for Blu-ray discs.
On the same note, due to various improvements, the "Remove anno... |
21 September 2012
07:01 GMT |
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Canonical, through Jon Melamut, announced on September 20th that they will plan to implement support for Secure Boot in the upcoming Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) operating system.
Therefore, after a discussion with Free Software Foundation, Canonical decided to drop the EFILinux bootloader implementation in favor... |
21 September 2012
06:51 GMT |
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Microsoft will officially unveil the new Windows 8 operating system next month in New York and, although the company hasn’t mentioned the prices of the new product, there are several rumors out there on this topic.
As you probably know by now, a Windows 8 Pro copy is going to be sold for $39.99 / €30.85 i... |
21 September 2012
06:50 GMT |
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Calibre 0.8.70 has been released. It may look like a minor build, but it carries a lot of punch as it adds support for MTP (media transfer protocol), which allows detection of Google’s tablet and Amazon’s freshly launched Kindle Fire HD.
However, this will be possible only on Windows operating systems st... |
21 September 2012
06:31 GMT |
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Recent news informs us that, in an attempt to freshen up its working agenda, Shell has plans to move its liquefied natural gas (LNG, for short) industry at sea. More precisely, it placed an order that will eventually provide it with the world's first floating LNG plant.
Although the costs for the building of t... |
21 September 2012
06:15 GMT |
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American company Netgear has just launched yet another high performance and incredibly well-featured router. The new device is powered by a powerful 1 GHz processor and comes with an HDD bay that can handle a disk with up to 2 TB of capacity. The official denomination of the new drive is Netgear Centria WNDR4700, bu... |
21 September 2012
06:11 GMT |
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A study that began several years ago now finally demonstrated how a species of bacteria called Escherichia coli (E. coli) was able to evolve the ability to consume a type of food it previously could not digest.
The work started when investigators based at the Michigan State University (MSU) announced that some of t... |
21 September 2012
06:02 GMT |
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This video of jumps, falls, trips and kicks from the 2012 Olympics already has about 1 million views, and it was posted just 2 months ago. The original Olympics fails compilation video was released by BailBlog, just after the events.
This is the abbreviated, YouTube friendly version of the fail compilation. Some of... |
21 September 2012
05:55 GMT |
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A source close to video game developer Valve has revealed that the much-awaited Half-Life 3 will have an open-world structure and that there are no plans to launch the game during 2013.
The anonymous source has told Journaldugamer that Half-Life 3 had a very chaotic development process earlier during the decade and ... |
21 September 2012
05:53 GMT |
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Normal liquid cooling systems have components that rest outside of a desktop case, like water or other coolant reservoirs, but Enermax has introduced three models belonging to the other kind.
And by “other kind” we mean closed-loop liquid coolers, which have the radiator and pumps sealed into one cohesi... |
21 September 2012
05:50 GMT |
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Michael Bay may be known for his explosions and his work on the “Transformers” franchise but, with any luck, he’ll also be known for making quality films, such as “Pain and Gain.” It has just gotten a release date.
It will be out in theaters on April 26, 2013, and will go up against ro... |
21 September 2012
05:49 GMT |
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Solar physicists at the American space agency are currently employing all spacecraft at their disposal to analyze structures called coronal prominence cavities. These phenomena are poorly understood at this point, although they play a role in the development of coronal mass ejections (CME).
By figuring out what make... |
21 September 2012
05:45 GMT |
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YouTube is running a new experiment that could add a bit more variety and more interaction to videos. Video uploaders now have the option of adding questions to certain parts of a video and have viewers answer them as they watch.
The tool could come in handy in a number of ways, for educational videos, quizzes, surv... |
21 September 2012
05:42 GMT |
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Maxthon made available a preview build for version 3.5.1.600 of their web browser. This is not to be confused with a beta release because the revision may be less stable than that.
The new features it introduces include Speech Input support and HTML5 Date input. It also incorporates an updated WebKit core and an upg... |
21 September 2012
05:38 GMT |
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Proving nay-sayers that she’s entitled to her seat on the judges panel on X Factor USA, Britney Spears showed off her vocals on the latest episode of the show, which featured a surprise moment for L.A. Reid.
Above is the video.
It was L.A. Reid’s birthday, but he did not expect a surprise from his fel... |
21 September 2012
05:38 GMT |
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Microsoft is again trying to kill two birds with one stone. First of all, the company wants to show software developers in Bangalore, India how easy it actually is to create Windows 8 apps.
Secondly, it plans to set a new Guinness World Record for the biggest number of developers in one place at the same time. It so... |
21 September 2012
05:34 GMT |
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A large majority of advance fee schemes, or 419 scams, involve Mr. Ali Bubba of the National Bank of Nigeria, or executives and diamond mine owners from other African countries. However, more recently, the scammers have changed their game to include the nationals of more developed countries.
Back in June, we saw a s... |
21 September 2012
05:32 GMT |
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Just hours after the release of the official poster for Lifetime’s Elizabeth Taylor biopic “Liz & Dick” comes the first official teaser trailer. Check it out in full above.
Starring Lindsay Lohan as Dame Elizabeth Taylor and Grant Bowler, who plays Richard Burton, the love of her life, the biopic ... |
21 September 2012
05:31 GMT |
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Research In Motion’s BlackBerry service is currently experiencing a series of issues in Europe, Middle East and Africa. Apparently, only some of its users are seeing these issues, yet RIM hasn’t provided specific info on how many of them are affected by the BlackBerry Internet Service outage at the mome... |
21 September 2012
05:29 GMT |
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Video game publisher SEGA has announced that the upcoming Yakuza 5 will be launched on December 6 on the Japanese market, exclusively on the PlayStation 3 home console from Sony. The new game also received a new trailer from the publisher at the Tokyo Game Show, which is designed to offer fans a glimpse into how the... |
21 September 2012
05:28 GMT |
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Soccer hooligans in Iran don't mess around when it comes to supporting their team. A grenade was thrown on the field during an Asian Champions League quarterfinal match.
The footage was captured in Iran, and the teams playing are Iranian Sepahan FC and al-Ahli SC from Saudi Arabia.
According to rt.com, the ma... |
21 September 2012
05:22 GMT |
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Micr-Star International has just released the upgraded GE70 and GE60 laptops, but those are just part of the product line is has brought forth on this auspicious day.
A third mobile personal computer that received a new set of hardware is the CR61, first discovered back in July, 2012.
Measuring 15.6 inches in scr... |
21 September 2012
05:21 GMT |
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Up until now, we have argued on various occasions that the meat industry is a potential threat to environmental protection due to the fact that raising cattle and poultry in order to keep the food industry up and running in its current form places incredible strain on natural resources. However, one recent study ca... |
21 September 2012
05:20 GMT |
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DMX may know how to spit verses and work a crowd but, when it comes to a laptop, an item that many of us use on a daily basis, he is as lost as his grandmother. Check out the video below for proof.
It shows the rapper, known both for his music and his many legal problems, trying to master the “art” of us... |
21 September 2012
05:19 GMT |
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DmC Devil May Cry, the upcoming hack and slash game from Capcom and Ninja Theory, has received a brand new gameplay video as well as a few screenshots that show off the protagonist, Dante, as he takes down all sorts of monsters.
The Devil May Cry series is set to be rebooted with the new DmC title, as developer Ninj... |
21 September 2012
05:17 GMT |
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iOS 6 comes with plenty of new features, but as far as the social web aspects are concerned, the Facebook integration is the big move. It's been in the works for years now, it was supposed to happen in iOS 5, but negotiations didn't go well. Facebook is big and has a lot of sway, but so does Apple. Both co... |
21 September 2012
05:13 GMT |
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The famous repair shop iFixit has released its teardown analysis of the iPhone 5. The company’s founders flew to Australia and waited in line to buy the handset, to be among the first to touch it. “After months of rumors and leaked product-images, the iPhone 5 has finally arrived. We sent our co-founder ... |
21 September 2012
05:13 GMT |
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Ever since Galaxy Note was unveiled to the world, enthusiasts have been wondering whether it will receive a successor, just as many of Samsung’s Android smartphones did.
As it turned out, Samsung was indeed preparing a Galaxy Note II, unveiled last month as the larger and faster phablet from the company.
Th... |
21 September 2012
05:09 GMT |
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As if it weren’t enough that the Muslim world had protested against the US for the controversial “Innocence of Muslims” movie, now France is under heavy fire after a weekly magazine published an issue portraying the Prophet Mohammed in a humiliating posture. Bangladesh Grey Hat Hackers have deface... |
21 September 2012
05:09 GMT |
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The PC market’s collapse continues and retailers struggle to clear their Windows 7-based inventories, as Windows 8 is only one month away.
Market researcher IDC believes that Windows 8 won’t manage to revive the PC market anytime soon, as many customers aren’t willing to make the move to the new op... |
21 September 2012
05:06 GMT |
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Google Music's only been around for a year or so. It's not the most popular Google product, but the company is determined to have a go at it, it needs a solid set to entertainment services and products to compete with Apple and Amazon.
But there's an even older, much older in fact, and even less well-... |
21 September 2012
05:04 GMT |
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Come November, “The Twilight Saga” ends, as the final installment, “Breaking Dawn Part 2,” comes out in theaters. Whereas fans are half-dreading, half-anticipating the moment, Kristen Stewart, one of the three stars of the franchise, is actually relieved that she will finally be free after all... |
21 September 2012
05:03 GMT |
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This video shows a pig heroically jumping into a pond to the rescue of an adorable baby goat. It appears the goat was stuck underwater after its foot got caught in a rock on the bottom of the pond.
The short video was recorded by a visitor at the petting zoo that houses its protagonists.
This smart swine doesn�... |
21 September 2012
04:59 GMT |
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Researchers at NASA recently demonstrated that it is possible to use the Advanced Land Imager (ALI) instrument on the NASA Earth Observing 1 (EO-1) satellite to see through wildfires.
For this purpose, they turned their attention to the Mustang Complex fire raging through the Salmon-Challis and Bitterroot National ... |
21 September 2012
04:58 GMT |
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Not long ago, we ran upon the rumor that NVIDIA would be releasing yet another graphics adapter on October 9, one that would have superior performance capabilities to the GeForce GTX 650 released recently.
Called GeForce GTX 650 Ti, it will bear the GK106-200-A2 codename and it will be powered by the GK106 graphics... |
21 September 2012
04:49 GMT |
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A large number of wildfires is seen spreading through Washington state, on the Pacific Coast, in this September 19 orbital image collected by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument aboard the NASA Aqua satellite.
Officials at the American space agency say that the summer of 2012 will pr... |
21 September 2012
04:49 GMT |
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Developer Riot Games has announced that it is introducing a new Honor-based system for League of Legends, designed to make the entire community more helpful towards newcomers and generally nicer towards each other.
The company is trying to reward those gamers who are fair and kind to others while punishing those who... |
21 September 2012
04:46 GMT |
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Hackers from the Bangladesh Cyber Army are protesting against the Innocence of Muslims video by breaching three subdomains owned by the United States Department of Agriculture. “We are BANGLADESH CYBER ARMY, the first and largest hacking group of Bangladesh! Recently, a movie was released where the Prophet of ... |
21 September 2012
04:42 GMT |
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A few days back, we reported on how, according to a new study, about 20% of the planet’s invertebrates stand to become the victims of the new environmental conditions brought about by climate change and global warming. Apparently, one particular species of insects (i.e. the New Forest Cicada or Cicadetta Mont... |
21 September 2012
04:42 GMT |
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Well-known mainboard manufacturer, Taiwanese company MSI is also the maker of the world’s fastest gaming notebook, the famous GT70. The company has a mid-range line of gaming laptops and the GE60 and GE70 models are getting a well-deserved Kepler upgrade. The new GK107 GPU is known to our readers as the one... |
21 September 2012
04:41 GMT |
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Another dev channel update has landed for Chromebooks and the solitary Chromebox. The latest release is only a bug-fixing update, nothing major, but that's to be expected at this point in the update cycle.
There's already a whiff of Chrome 24, but only in the Chromium builds and it will be a few weeks bef... |
21 September 2012
04:41 GMT |
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While everybody’s getting ready for the big Windows 8 launch next month, Microsoft debuted a new special deal that concerns Windows 7, Xbox and Kinect, Windows Phones and other software products.
Basically, it all comes down to how much you’re ready to spend when stepping inside a Microsoft Store. Depend... |
21 September 2012
04:40 GMT |
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Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion has started to deliver new software updates for its handsets available around the world at various wireless carriers.
Telefonica’s BlackBerry Bold 9900 is one of them, and its owners can now download and install OS 7.1.0.658 on their devices.
No specific info o... |
21 September 2012
04:39 GMT |
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The new iOS 6 Maps application has become the laughing stock of the tech blogosphere. Serious glitches affect the software, such as the Statue of Liberty disappearing from its socket, and the Washington Monument showing up about a mile south from its actual position. Soon after customers upgraded to iOS 6, the Inter... |
21 September 2012
04:33 GMT |
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The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has revealed that the individuals behind the Platinum Trust Card and Express Platinum Card scam have accepted to pay over $7.5 million (6 million EUR) to settle the charges brought against them. They will also be banned from telemarketing and from selling services or products rel... |
21 September 2012
04:25 GMT |
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A new update for Google Chrome dev channel has been released. It is a minor build, available for all supported platforms (Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome Frame platforms), and it brings to the table a small set of fixes.
First on the list of changes is an updated WebKit, to version 537.11. Besides this, a number of ... |
21 September 2012
04:20 GMT |
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Odd-shaped coffins have been a tradition for the Ga people in the Accra region of Ghana, one observed for decades.
The peculiar coffin shop was set up by Seth Kane Kwei, a local carpenter, after his grandmother passed away. The woman had a passion for aircrafts, but had never gotten the opportunity to fly on one.
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21 September 2012
04:17 GMT |
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After hearing that the FIFA 13 Ultimate Team web app suffered from a huge exploit that allowed users access to top players, EA has now solved the problem and has begun issuing permanent bans to those who took advantage of the glitch. FIFA 13 is out next week but, in order to give loyal fans a head start in the game&... |
21 September 2012
04:14 GMT |
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Video game publisher Capcom has announced that Monster Hunter 4 will be launched on the Nintendo 3DS in Japan during January of 2013.
The new game is designed as a complete follow-up to Monster Hunter 3, which was first introduced on the Nintendo Wii during 2009 and has since been ported to a variety of other platfo... |
21 September 2012
04:14 GMT |
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IFTTT is one of the few really innovative services out there, it's designed to make everything else work together, save Twitter photos to Dropbox, get an SMS when it rains, and so on and so forth. The possible combinations of actions, "recipes," depend only how many services are supported. Which is where the ... |
21 September 2012
04:12 GMT |
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The Redmond-based Windows maker today announced the launch of YouthSpark, a brand new program that will allow the company “to help the youth population around the world.”
Microsoft will thus sign partnerships with governments, nonprofit organizations and businesses to help youths and provide access to ne... |
21 September 2012
04:09 GMT |
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The fact that the US is presently facing a serious threat to public health - i.e. many people are either overweight or obese - is no news. However, one recent report argues that, by the year 2030, 13 states will witness their obesity rates reaching more than 60%.
Of course, this predicted development in terms of th... |
21 September 2012
04:03 GMT |
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Some days ago we learned that US authorities were determined to issue a piece of legislation designed to protect the country’s infrastructures against cyberattacks. As it turns out, the executive order is nearing completion.
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told Senators that Presiden... |
21 September 2012
04:02 GMT |
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More than 21 years after rolling out of Rockwell International's Palmdale, California-based assembly facility, the space shuttle Endeavour has returned to the Golden State today, September 21.
At around 11:30 am PDT (18:30 GMT), the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) that moves the orbiter around will fly very low... |
21 September 2012
03:59 GMT |
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Version 0.8.70 of the e-book reader and management software Calibre was announced on September 21st, with some important new features and fixes.
Highlights of Calibre 0.8.70:
• Connecting MTP (non-disk-based) devices via USB is now supported. This category includes the Nexus 7 and the Kindle Fire HD;
• T... |
21 September 2012
03:49 GMT |
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Capcom has posted yet another video with its upcoming Resident Evil 6 during this week’s Tokyo Games Show 2012, showing off plenty of gameplay footage, as well as the top notch cinematics that will deliver intense story moments.
Resident Evil 6 promises to once again show why the franchise is so popular, with ... |
21 September 2012
03:42 GMT |
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After the world found out that the developer of the infamous BlackHole exploit kit had released the 2.0 version, most cybercriminals have probably started looking for it. However, as it turns out, not everything that’s advertised as BlackHole 2.0 is the real deal.
Experts stumbled upon a website that allegedly... |
21 September 2012
03:41 GMT |
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30-year-old Karla Jones died on July 23 in her home in Tredegar, South Wales. Police arrived at the scene at 8.17 PM, but didn't confirm the death to Karla's grieving mother until 11.38 PM. That was enough time for people to start posting the tragic event on Facebook. Her mother, 49-year-old Cheryl Jones, ... |
21 September 2012
03:38 GMT |
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Google is reportedly enjoying the bad press Apple is getting over its faulty Maps application in iOS 6. Sources say the Mountain View search giant is cooking up a new Maps app to submit to the iTunes App Store. Pundits are not convinced, though. The Guardian’s sources say that “Google is preparing a Goog... |
21 September 2012
03:35 GMT |
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Piriform released a new build for Speccy, their system inventory tool. The fresh release contains new features and some bug fixes.
Speccy 1.18 can now detect the version of the .NET installed, includes Security Options under Operating System menu and adds Network Access to Sharing and Discovery.
Also new in this re... |
21 September 2012
03:31 GMT |
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Windows 8 will go on sale next month and Microsoft already describes it as one of the most important products in the company’s history.
But what’s more important is that Windows 8 comes with a long list of security improvements that’s very likely to put an end to a widespread legend claiming that W... |
21 September 2012
03:31 GMT |
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Officials at the Hawthorne, California-based Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) announce that the company is targeting the launch of its first resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) for Sunday, October 7.
SpaceX will use its Falcon 9 medium rocket to launch the unmanned Dragon spa... |
21 September 2012
03:30 GMT |
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Earlier today, Honda Motor Co. has announced that it is to enter a partnership with Toshiba Corporation, their goal being that of testing various smart home systems and establishing what technologies help make households as energy-efficient as possible.
As Honda explains, current and predicted developments in the ... |
21 September 2012
03:27 GMT |
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Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation might begin the delivery of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean to its HTC One X and One Xl smartphones as soon as next month, the latest reports on the matter suggest.
MoDaCo’s Paul O’Brien suggests that the unlocked flavors of these two devices will get the update in Oc... |
21 September 2012
03:22 GMT |
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Scientists with the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, say that data relayed back to Earth by the Dawn spacecraft reveal new facts about Vesta, the solar system's largest asteroid. Apparently, its Equator sports a different color than the rest of the space rock.
According to available... |
21 September 2012
03:20 GMT |
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Season 2 of MTV’s hit series “Awkward” has just wrapped on a very high note: Jenna (Ashley Rickards), the witty, funny and very direct protagonist, has finally made her choice. To find out whether she chose Team Jake or Team Matty, read on. *Fans who have not seen the season 2 finale yet are enco... |
21 September 2012
03:20 GMT |
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Even if it doesn’t have the most powerful x86 computing architecture, AMD seems to be the top choice when it comes to gaming and especially game consoles. The company has just announced that its processors are now powering the new Nintendo game console. It’s no wonder that AMD’s GPU is inside the n... |
21 September 2012
03:11 GMT |
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Feedback from testers has persuaded the development team at Arkane Studios to introduce more audio and visual hints in their upcoming Dishonored in order to allow players to better understand what’s expected of them during the game’s missions.
Julien Roby, who is the executive producer working on Dishono... |
21 September 2012
03:10 GMT |
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Trine 2: Director’s Cut, the upcoming Nintendo Wii U title from Frozenbyte, features an exclusive level called Dwarven Caverns, as well as a wide variety of tweaks and enhancements over the standard edition of the game that was released for a variety of platforms last year.
Among the big Nintendo Wii U launch ... |
21 September 2012
03:08 GMT |
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Microsoft is accused in a U.S. Senate committee memo that it has avoided paying billions of dollars in taxes, using an offshore scheme for the past three years. According to the memo, the Redmond-based company used its offshore subsidiaries located in Puerto Rico, Ireland, Singapore and Bermuda to dodge at least $6.... |
21 September 2012
03:07 GMT |
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We’ve seen our share of “portable” keyboards and keyboard docks, but none of them ever came close to the level of convenience offered by a phone or small tablet.
Scott Starrett may have finally created one that truly deserved the “portable” label: Jorno.
The Jorno Foldable Keyboard connect... |
21 September 2012
03:05 GMT |
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A new flavor of the Dolphin Browser Beta is now available for download for the owners of devices running under Google’s Android operating system.
Pushed to users as version 1.0.8, the new application release comes with a series of improvements to the page loading speed, which should prove great for users espec... |
21 September 2012
02:56 GMT |
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The web is now teeming with photos depicting anxious Apple fanatics waiting in line to own the elusive iPhone 5 as early as possible. Australia will be the first country to sell the handset, and the photo above comes straight from Down Under. Aussies apparently won’t barge at Samsung’s feeble attempts to... |
21 September 2012
02:49 GMT |
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Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds were married in secret a few weeks ago, surprising the world and their fans with how quick they were to decide that they wanted to spend the rest of their life together. A pregnancy might explain this rush.
PageSix reports that “rumors are rife” on the set of Blake Lively&... |
21 September 2012
02:47 GMT |
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Today is the big day for Apple fans eagerly waiting for the new iPhone 5, as the device has already started shipping to them, and will also become generally available.
Demand for the handset has been tremendous during the pre-order period, even if Samsung tried to hurt iPhone 5’s image.
However, it appears ... |
21 September 2012
02:42 GMT |
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According to a report recently made public by the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, as many as 204 coal plants in the US are to be shut down within the next five years.
Apparently, the fact that the country's Environmental Protection Agency issued various regulations that do not really see eye to ... |
21 September 2012
02:42 GMT |
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Easton Friedel was born on august 23 in New York. From his arrival into the world, nurses noticed that he was missing parts of his skin. They immediately called a doctor to check up on the boy.
“Right when he came out, his nurses noticed he was missing skin from his knees to his ankles and his elbows down to h... |
21 September 2012
02:39 GMT |
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Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 was released in Europe just yesterday and now Konami has revealed a TV ad for the simulator, showing off a rooftop party in which soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo tries out the game on a giant screen.
Konami’s PES series may have lost some ground in front of EA’s record-breaking FI... |
21 September 2012
02:37 GMT |
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We didn't quite expect the same product store, BTL, to grace us with information so soon after exposing the prices of the Trinity APU series, but we aren't about to complain either.
What the online store has for us is the pre-order price list for the AMD FX-8350, FX8320, FX-6300 and FX-4300 central proces... |
21 September 2012
02:34 GMT |
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A modder called MattsterT has added both the Enterprise 1701-A of Star Trek fame and the Serenity ship seen in Firefly to FTL, the space-based rogue-like from SubSet Games. The two mods can be downloaded here and here and the links also include information on how to back up the initial install of FTL and on how to p... |
21 September 2012
02:33 GMT |
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Galaxy S III is undoubtedly a great smartphone, some even considering it the best mobile phone of the year, and users at Optus in Australia can take full advantage of its features on their wireless carrier’s 4G network. The carrier has just made the 4G LTE flavor of Galaxy S III available for purchase on its ... |
21 September 2012
02:27 GMT |
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The GNOME Project unleashed a few minutes ago, September 20th, the immediate availability for download and testing of the Release Candidate version of the upcoming GNOME 3.6 desktop environment.
The RC release is the final piece in the development of the GNOME 3.6 desktop environment, which brings the latest improv... |
21 September 2012
01:10 GMT |
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