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Well-known electronics giant, Japanese company NEC has developed a new tablet for NTT DoCoMo mobile operator. The new device has a 7” display and it is the lightest 7” tablet in the world. The official denomination of the new tablet is Medias Tab UL N08-D and the SoC powering it is Qualcomm’s famou... |
22 September 2012
19:11 GMT |
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I don’t really like Mitt Romney or his political positions, but I like a challenge when it comes to video games and I even sometimes appreciate playing against my own predispositions so I have tried to win the Office of President of the United States for the Republicans.
I ran a Long game in The Political Mach... |
22 September 2012
18:51 GMT |
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ProtectYourBubble.com, a gadget insurance company, recently conducted a poll of over 150 Apple fans waiting in line for the new iPhone 5 in New York City. The study revealed some interesting facts (to say the least) about the Apple fanbase.To kick things off, ProtectYourBubble.com outlines that 74 percent of the subj... |
22 September 2012
17:31 GMT |
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On September 21st, Canonical has publish in a security notice details about a new Linux kernel update for its Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) operating system. These are the six kernel vulnerabilities found in the kernel packages for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: CVE-2012-3412 and CVE-2012-3430.As usual, you can click on eac... |
22 September 2012
15:51 GMT |
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Uplink is a synonym to history. The fact that a game is included in a Humble Bundle doesn't make it a new title. In fact, Uplink is probably the oldest game to be included in the Humble Bundle package, ever. Uplink was launched 11 years ago, by Introversion, for Linux and Windows, a move that was really bold a... |
22 September 2012
15:34 GMT |
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For over a year, Apple’s ability to churn up really clever ads seemed to have diminished − a change some believe is linked to the passing of its iconic co-founder, the visionary genius, Steve Jobs. With the latest iPhone ads, however, Apple seems to be back on track. Featuring actor, musician, and playwr... |
22 September 2012
15:31 GMT |
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When Microsoft developed the new Windows 8, it tried to address all user categories, be they home users, small or large businesses. That’s why the new operating system comes with plenty of improvements that enhance not only the GUI, but also the overall stability and performance. Until now, regardless i... |
22 September 2012
15:31 GMT |
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Borderlands 2 came out this week and it forced me to remember the good times I had with its predecessor and how much fun it was to explore the gritty planet of Pandora alongside my friends.
But while Borderlands 1 was quite a lot of fun, it had some downsides, from the lackluster feeling of the environment, to the n... |
22 September 2012
15:11 GMT |
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The president of Take Two stated, as part of an interview, that the gaming industry needed to move towards photorealism in order to be able to deliver more emotion to players and open up new game genres to a mass audience.
The executive did not say exactly how the industry would be able to exploit photorealism, if i... |
22 September 2012
14:01 GMT |
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Unveiled back in May, Sony Xperia acro S has finally made it to the US. The unlocked version of the smartphone is now available for purchase at all official Sony brick and mortar stores across the country, as well as online.
However, Android fans will have to come up with no less than $650 USD (500 EUR) upfront in o... |
22 September 2012
13:01 GMT |
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It’s not a secret anymore that Bing’s search suggestions aren’t quite the best on Earth, but Steve Ballmer has absolutely no reason to be happy.
Especially when typing his name on Microsoft’s search engine page, that is. Bing continues to provide some pretty awkward suggestions, regardless of... |
22 September 2012
12:51 GMT |
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In releasing OS X 10.8.2 Mountain Lion and OS X 10.7.5 Lion to the general population, Apple indirectly broke off compatibility with the Wine-based application CrossOver. The developers have since rolled out a patch to address the problemReleased as a compatibility update for OS X 10.7.5 and 10.8.2, CrossOver Mac 11.... |
22 September 2012
12:41 GMT |
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Verizon already promised “multiple” Windows Phone 8 devices for this year, but no one actually expected it to add to its offering all of the already unveiled high-end smartphones running under this platform.
However, it appears that the carrier will indeed make such a move, and that we'll soon see ... |
22 September 2012
12:31 GMT |
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Samsung's Galaxy Note 10.1 may have arguably lost its greatest advantage due to the PressurePen stylus, but that doesn't mean people will suddenly drop all interest in it. Samsung can't really afford not to sell it well either, what with the ban on the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the US and whatnot. ... |
22 September 2012
12:02 GMT |
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The Bug Genie is a top-notch ticketing and issues tracking system for managing client problems, bugs and feature requests. It comes with support for PHP 5.3+ and MySQL or PostgreSQL as its data storage unit.
Benefiting from years of development and lots of already established open-source technologies, The Bug Genie ... |
22 September 2012
12:01 GMT |
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PSY's Gangnam style is already the summer's most viral video and the fastest growing of all time. The reasons why this happened are no doubt being discussed and elaborated on by vast numbers of "viral" video experts. But why it happened isn't that important, what's important is that the video keep... |
22 September 2012
11:51 GMT |
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Based on her own experiences with bad skin and products that don’t work, Salma Hayek has developed her own skincare line, which is now sold in just one store in the US. She stands by it, saying it’s just the thing to help fight wrinkles and other signs of aging, but she insists the smartest thing in skinc... |
22 September 2012
11:01 GMT |
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Some factory sealed iPhone 5 units are making their way to customers with scratches and other types of marks that could indicate improper manipulation of the handset during manufacturing.After reports broke out that Apple’s new iPhone was prone to rapid wear and tear, some actual iPhone 5 owners reported that t... |
22 September 2012
10:36 GMT |
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Electronic Arts has confirmed that it's going to organize a multiplayer beta stage for its upcoming Medal of Honor: Warfighter shooter exclusively on the Xbox 360 this October. Medal of Honor: Warfighter is out next month and, as you can imagine, EA is doing everything it can in order to promote the new first-p... |
22 September 2012
09:51 GMT |
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Samsung has made official a new color flavor of its flagship Galaxy S III smartphone for the South Korean market, namely Pink. The quad-core smartphone was made available originally in only two color shades, but four others have been unveiled since. The new Lily Pink flavor brings the total number of color option... |
22 September 2012
09:51 GMT |
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Android Authority got their hands on the device they love to hate - the Apple iPhone 5 - and carried out a series of drop tests from different heights. They did the same with the Samsung Galaxy S III to see which one fares better.The video embedded above shows three individual, real-life drop tests conducted on the l... |
22 September 2012
09:37 GMT |
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Apple launched the new iPhone 5 and iOS 6 a few days ago, with the latter bringing an important change when it comes to the applications it features.
The new operating system installed on iPhones doesn’t feature Google Maps anymore, but instead Apple decided to install its very own mapping service called &ldqu... |
22 September 2012
09:31 GMT |
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After the November release of “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2,” there will be a huge gap left in supernatural romantic releases. “Beautiful Creatures” might be just the thing to fill that gap.
Above is the first official trailer for it.
Though the roles are reversed now (he is huma... |
22 September 2012
09:21 GMT |
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Mozilla has announced plans to start building some stat reporting features into Firefox. The Firefox Health Report will keep track of browser installs and retrieve info such as browser version, hardware configuration, add-ons installed and so on.
The idea is to enable Mozilla to get a much better idea of how Firefox... |
22 September 2012
09:11 GMT |
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Dr. Phil called Dina Lohan, mother of former child star turned troubled young woman Lindsay Lohan, the “worst mother possible” for pushing her daughter into showbiz at 11. In a new interview, Dina goes on the defensive.
Speaking with the NY Daily News, Dina tries to explain that, having come from a fami... |
22 September 2012
09:11 GMT |
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Verizon Wireless' customers can now purchase a new highly appealing smartphone on their wireless carrier's network, namely the developer edition of Galaxy S III.
The phone was promised since July, and was also listed on Samsung's website as up for pre-order, but it seems that the first units are alrea... |
22 September 2012
08:41 GMT |
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Facebook is not the only one giving users a bit more control over their data. Twitter is now working on making it possible to export all of your tweets in one go, if you're interested. Twitter CEO Dick Costolo is trying to deflect some of the criticism it's been getting lately and has said during a confer... |
22 September 2012
08:11 GMT |
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Microsoft will debut Windows 8 and Windows RT-compatible versions of the Lync app in late October, most likely just after the introduction of the company’s new operating system.
Lync, which is a communication suite aimed at enterprises, will come with a wide range of improvements, including Skype integration, ... |
22 September 2012
08:11 GMT |
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American Dakota Rose lives in Orange county and goes by the name Kotakoti. This girl is famous on Asian and Arbaic websites and she is just 17 years old.Venus Angelic is a 16-year-old blonde Barbie from London that posts make up videos on YouTube. She speaks five languages and has stayed in Japan for about two months... |
22 September 2012
07:58 GMT |
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Grand Theft Auto V, the next installment in the hugely successful open-world series made by Rockstar Games, might appear after March, 2013, at least according to analyst Colin Sebastian.
Even if GTA V has been awaited for quite some time, developer Rockstar has kept the project under a shroud of secrecy, as it'... |
22 September 2012
07:51 GMT |
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iOS hacker Grant Paul, also known as @chpwn in Twitter circles, has released images of the first jailbroken iPhone 5, complete with a couple of screenshots showing Cydia (the jailbreak alternative to Apple’s App Store) running on the device.Greeting his 80K+ followers with an intriguing tweet on September 21, c... |
22 September 2012
07:50 GMT |
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A monitor with a diagonal of 15.6 inches isn't exactly what we'd call a portable display, but Mobile Monitor Technologies (MMT) chose to advertize the Monitor2Go in that manner regardless.The reason is easy enough to understand at least. Rather than PCs and/or notebooks, the Monitor2Go is built to interface... |
22 September 2012
07:45 GMT |
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According to the latest report on the process of greening-up the working agenda of Hilton Worldwide, this particular company has managed to cut down its waste output by 20%, and is well on track as far as its goal to better manage water and electricity resources is concerned.
Moreover, it seems that Hilton Worldwid... |
22 September 2012
07:30 GMT |
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The Mac version of Google Chrome will no longer support OS X 10.5 aka Leopard starting with version 21, according to an official announcement released by the Mountain View-based search giant.
On the Chrome support page, the development team makes it official, stating that “Google Chrome on Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopa... |
22 September 2012
07:28 GMT |
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Nik Software, which was acquired by Google recently, is known to a lot of people for its mobile photo editing apps. But the company has a 17-year history with digital photo editing and makes plenty of other software very much appreciated by more professional photographers, things like Photoshop plugins but also stand... |
22 September 2012
07:21 GMT |
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Ever since the media started to promote the fun projects hosted by Kickstarter website, the number of applications has increased and, from what we can gather, this has caused some problems. Long story short, Kickstarter is implementing a new rule system. The site posted them on its blog, entitled “Kickstarter ... |
22 September 2012
07:17 GMT |
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Microsoft announced a few days ago that former CBS executive Nancy Tellem would be appointed entertainment and digital media president, and now more information emerges on her future role within the Redmond-based software giant. Tellem will help Microsoft deliver the next iteration of television, as she said in an i... |
22 September 2012
07:11 GMT |
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The first quarter of the next year is expected to bring us the first official BlackBerry 10 smartphones, yet Research In Motion is keeping mum on what the handsets will have to offer.
However, courtesy of a series of leaked photos and specs on the first such phone, said to be a full-touchscreen device, we were alre... |
22 September 2012
07:11 GMT |
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As if hype for “Les Miserable” wasn’t impressive enough, here’s one more video to get you excited for this star-studded, large-scale production. Check out the brand new featurette above.
It explains the difference between lip-synching and live performing and how opting for the former would ha... |
22 September 2012
07:07 GMT |
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Tests carried out on Apple’s dual-core A6 chip with triple-core graphics have determined that the iPhone 5 is the leader of the pack in smartphone performance today.
After conducting thorough benchmarks like Sunspider, Browsermark, Guimark 3 Bitmap, and GLBenchmark 2.5, PCMag.com determined that the iPhone 5 i... |
22 September 2012
06:54 GMT |
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David Villalobos, a 25-year-old man from Mahopac, New York, reportedly jumped into a tiger’s enclosure at the New York zoo, on Friday, and was immediately attacked by a 400-pound tiger. Witnesses described that Villalobos jumped from a monorail circling the Bronx zoo, directly landing in one of the tiger enclo... |
22 September 2012
06:51 GMT |
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Sad news for LMFAO fans: at least for a while, there will be no more music from the terrible duo because they’re taking a break to focus on other personal and professional projects.
In a statement released to Rolling Stone, Redfoo and Sky Blu announce their intention of taking some time off each other.
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22 September 2012
06:45 GMT |
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Ubisoft has confirmed that it has no plans to bring Far Cry 3 onto the Nintendo Wii U, despite the fact that it's bringing quite a lot of other big games onto the platform.The Nintendo Wii U is getting ready to debut in November around the world and one of its key backers is Ubisoft, which is bringing top notch ... |
22 September 2012
06:41 GMT |
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Here we have a real-world example of why ransomware is so dangerous. The owner of Australian firm TDC Refrigeration, found that all his work files were encrypted after company computers became infected with a nasty piece of malware.
Judging by the description the man gave to ABC, this was most likely one of those pi... |
22 September 2012
06:36 GMT |
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Not long ago, we reported on how one church in the US was to begin organizing regular meetings whose goal was to emphasize the fact that sustainable development and faith are two issues that need to go hand in hand.
Recent news informs us that several religious leaders in Africa agreed to take part in a rather simi... |
22 September 2012
06:24 GMT |
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Even though Daniel Craig said that making James Bond drink Heineken instead of the traditional Martinis he used to sip on until now was a very “unfortunate” thing, here he is the first Heineken ad.
Check it out above in full.
Part of the campaign “Crack the Case,” the ad stars Craig in the ... |
22 September 2012
06:22 GMT |
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Since NEC was kind enough to cater to the needs of professional graphics designers, Dell released a group of monitors for consumers.
Called S2740L (27-inch diagonal), S2440L (24-inch), S2340L (23-inch), S2240L (21.5-inch) and S2240M (21.5-inch), they are found up for order here at prices of $199.99 to $399.99. That&... |
22 September 2012
06:11 GMT |
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Klein Michael Thaxton – allegedly a former member of the US military – started posting on Facebook while keeping a man hostage in downtown Pittsburgh on the 16th floor of Three Gateway Center.
“This life im livin rite now I dnt want anymore ive lost everything and I aint gettn it back instead of wa... |
22 September 2012
06:07 GMT |
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Transcripts from microphones planted by British and American intelligence during the Second World War dismiss Nazi soldiers’ claims of performing atrocious acts only because they were ordered to. The book Soldaten: On Fighting, Killing and Dying: The Secret Second World War Tapes of German POWs reveals that t... |
22 September 2012
06:05 GMT |
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Red Hat has announced the availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9 Beta for all the customers and partners. The developer of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9 Beta consider this Linux distribution to be a minor release, but it includes a broad set of updates to the existing features and new features in various areas... |
22 September 2012
06:03 GMT |
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The other day, Paris Hilton found herself in very troubled waters after she was secretly recorded saying some very offensive things about gay men. She is now apologizing in a letter sent to GLAAD. The socialite / businesswoman and a friend were having a conversation in the back of a cab, about a social networking w... |
22 September 2012
05:51 GMT |
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Facebook's always pushing for more sharing, for good reasons, it makes its product better and it can also earn it more money. But it's been coming up with a few new, simpler ways of controlling your privacy on the site.
The Activity Log is a good example, introduced last year, it enables users to see thei... |
22 September 2012
05:44 GMT |
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NEC is not numbered among the display vendors that cater to the needs of consumers. Though it has released "common" monitors from time to time, the company is specialized in business and professional-grade panels. True to form, NEC has launched a pair of monitors intended for designers, creative professionals, preci... |
22 September 2012
05:38 GMT |
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Quite a while ago, the lower Florida Keys were home to a rabbit species known to science as Sylvilagus palustris hefteri. More commonly: the real Playboy bunny. Named after Hugh Hefner, these bunnies are now facing great threats as a result of rising sea levels modifying the coastline and therefore destroying their... |
22 September 2012
05:35 GMT |
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Hackers haven’t given up on the protests they started in support of Julian Assange, the founder of the whistleblower site WikiLeaks.
The latest targets of Operation Free Assange (OpFreeAssange) are the site of the Attorney General for Australia (attorneygeneral.gov.au) and the one of the Attorney General&rsqu... |
22 September 2012
05:31 GMT |
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Some couples do everything in twos and the same seems to apply to media-magnet couple Kim Kardashian and Kanye West. A new report suggests there’s footage of a very intimate nature of the rapper being shopped around.
Radar Online vouches the homemade video is legit, having already seen it.
Moreover, it repor... |
22 September 2012
05:29 GMT |
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NetBSD, a free, fast, secure, and highly portable UNIX-like open source OS available for a wide range of platforms, from large-scale servers and desktop systems to handheld and embedded devices, is now at version 6.0 RC2.
Highlights of NetBSD 6.0 RC2:
• The vax port shared library issue has been fixed, making... |
22 September 2012
05:25 GMT |
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A new documentary about the life of presumed killer Mayra Rosales is set to clear her name. TLC's Half-Ton Killer tells the truth about the trial of the then 31-year-old obese woman from Texas who confessed to causing the death of her two-year-old nephew, Eliseo Jr. The 1,100 lb (498 kg) woman claimed she was ... |
22 September 2012
05:23 GMT |
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Yesterday, Research In Motion's BlackBerry Service suffered a major outage in Europe, Middle East and Africa, and the Canadian company has offered an official statement on the matter.
The issues affected some of the company's users for several hours, yet it seems that the problem was not widespread.
In ... |
22 September 2012
05:11 GMT |
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Consumer electronics are gaining the ability to sustain communication with several other devices at once, but this isn't a common trait yet, even among smartphones and tablets.
That doesn't mean other items can't provide that sort of functionality though. In fact, Silicon Power has just introduced a s... |
22 September 2012
05:09 GMT |
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Microsoft’s Windows 8 App Festival in India helped the Redmond-based software giant make its way into the Guinness Book of World Records, as no less than 2,567 developers from all over the world worked at the same time on Windows 8 apps.
The event took place in Bangalore, India and was specifically organized b... |
22 September 2012
05:01 GMT |
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Twitter's been getting a lot of attention lately, not necessarily for the best of reasons, but it is working on improving that. It's now launched a tool to make it easier to get help in case of emergencies, it's called Twitter Lifeline and it's only available in Japan.
"It’s a new feature ... |
22 September 2012
04:55 GMT |
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Shortly after Demi Moore announced she was separated from Ashton Kutcher, when it became clear that she had not yet filed for divorce, rumors started to circulate that they were probably never legally married in the first place.
According to the latest report, Mila Kunis, who is now dating Ashton, is thinking the s... |
22 September 2012
04:32 GMT |
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iOS 6 is packed to the rafters with new features and enhancements, but Apple somehow didn’t find any room for new wallpapers. Not to worry. The web is chock full of interesting choices, such as these 15 breathtaking images tailored precisely to the new iPhone’s display.Via interfacelift.com come thes... |
22 September 2012
04:22 GMT |
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For the first time in the rather short history of Diablo 3, Blizzard has set up a public test realm for the game's upcoming patches, currently allowing players to try out the upcoming update 1.0.5 for the role-playing dungeon crawler.Since Diablo 3's launch in May, Blizzard has released many updates that so... |
22 September 2012
04:21 GMT |
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Microsoft will most likely be called in front of the EU antitrust commission once again to discuss the company’s failure of offering users a browser choice screen across the Old Continent. EU competition commissioner Joaquin Almunia talked at the Fordham University in New York City, confirming that Microsoft h... |
22 September 2012
04:21 GMT |
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Strauss Zelnick, who is the chief executive officer at Take Two, has revealed that the financial problems that his company has had in the past year were linked to delays which meant that high-profile video games could not be launched on time.
Speaking to a group of investors, the executive stated, “This was pr... |
22 September 2012
03:40 GMT |
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In addition to the Internet Explorer 9 patch released a few hours ago, Microsoft also rolled out a separate fix that’s aimed at Internet Explorer 10 users. This one fixes the recently-discovered Flash Player bug that could allow attackers to execute malicious codes on the vulnerable computers. It was initially ... |
22 September 2012
03:21 GMT |
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The development team working on Planetside 2, the MMO from Sony Online Entertainment, has revealed how it will reward those players who are willing to pay a monthly subscription for the game.
Paying members of the game will get access to a faster rate of growth for certification points, 50 percent higher than for th... |
22 September 2012
02:48 GMT |
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Electronic Arts’ Chief Operating Officer, Peter Moore, has revealed that he’s thrilled with competition for the company’s FIFA series from Konami’s PES franchise, as it benefits both gamers as well as the two publishers.The soccer (football) simulator genre has been ruled in recent years by EA... |
22 September 2012
02:41 GMT |
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Publisher Square Enix has launched a trailer for the upcoming downloadable content packages that the game is set to get during October.The trailer is filled with explosions and with street racing but it’s not clear how the story will slot into the narrative of the core Sleeping Dogs game.Square Enix has already... |
22 September 2012
02:24 GMT |
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Motorola Mobility has just announced the immediate availability of four new Android phones in Argentina, MOTOSMART Plus, MOTOSMART Mix, MOTOSMART Me and MOTOSMART Flip.
All smartphones can now be purchased via different carriers in the country for various prices, which have yet to be revealed by Motorola, so custome... |
22 September 2012
02:16 GMT |
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Computer maker ASUS is reportedly gearing up for the release of a successor for its PadFone smartphone-tablet hybrid device. Dubbed PadFone 2, the handset is expected to become official as soon as next month, as ASUS has already sent out invites to a press event supposedly marking the device's official debut. In... |
22 September 2012
01:41 GMT |
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The development team at Bluepoint working on PlayStation All-Stars: Battle Royale says that there will be no significant difference between the game they are creating and the version which will be offered on the PlayStation 3.Daryl Allison, who is a senior producer working on the Vita version of the PlayStation All-S... |
22 September 2012
01:41 GMT |
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The development team at Capcom has offered fans of the series a solid look at the upcoming Monster Hunter 4, allowing anyone interested in the game to see 20 minutes of game action streamed from the Tokyo Game Show.Players will be able to see how the core elements of the series, exploration and big monster battles, a... |
22 September 2012
01:19 GMT |
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Starhawk, the rather impressive third-person shooter from Lightbox and Sony, will be released as a digital download on the PlayStation Network next week not just as a full game but also in two different flavors, a multiplayer-only version that's cheaper and a single-player only edition that’s free to PlayS... |
22 September 2012
01:07 GMT |
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