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Researchers in Japan are known for their affinity in the field of creating enhancement devices for the human body, allowing regular people to perform feats that they would otherwise be incapable of. This is also the case with scientists at the Tsukuba University, who recently developed a new type of accessory, in the... |
22 December 2009
18:01 GMT |
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Mobile phone carrier Verizon has reportedly made a few changes when it comes to the web browsers of its Blackberry users. As of last week, it seems that they can only enjoy Microsoft's Bing search / decision engine as the option for making searches over the Internet, at least when it comes to the choices they h... |
22 December 2009
17:51 GMT |
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The action adventure genre got quite a few good entries in 2009. Consider the high marks and good reception Uncharted 2: Among Thieves from Naughty Dog and Sony got, and the way A Crack in Time managed to revitalize the Ratchet & Clank series. But the action adventure title that laid claim to most of my gaming time h... |
22 December 2009
17:51 GMT |
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According to a recently published report from In-Stat, even if the worldwide economical climate has been a harsh one lately, the market of base stations has been on the rise due to an increase in demand for smartphones, regular phones, and wireless broadband services. According to the research firm, the total number... |
22 December 2009
17:01 GMT |
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Sony is saying that 10 million users are now registered to use its Home social space, which is opened for free to all those who have a PlayStation 3 home gaming console. The significant milestone will be marked by the company through the release of no less than three new gaming spaces that users can enjoy.The first o... |
22 December 2009
16:21 GMT |
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Farmers around the world have been struggling for a full year to produce the most deliciously flavored foods and products, and also the best smelling ones. The smell of a tomato or a cucumber has been determined to be one of the most important factors people consider when buying their groceries, so there is a lot of ... |
22 December 2009
16:21 GMT |
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Leading innovator in the navigation market NAVIGON AG announced today the release of a Mexico version of its highly popular on-board navigation software available via the iPhone App Store. According to the company, the MobileNavigator is meant to turn any iPhone into a complete navigation device, as long as the devi... |
22 December 2009
15:41 GMT |
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A hacker has discovered an SQL injection flaw in a website owned by Intel. According to the attacker, the vulnerability can be exploited to access sensitive information, including credit card details, stored in the underlying database.The proof of concept attack was demoed by a prominent self-confessed white hat hack... |
22 December 2009
15:01 GMT |
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Demon's Souls turned out to be the Devil May Cry 3 of this year, but only with a different setup. Of course, the only thing that makes the comparison viable is the game's difficulty and the amount of punishment it applies to players. While it's true that, with titles becoming a casual trend, a difficul... |
22 December 2009
15:01 GMT |
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The market of mobile devices is expected to experience an impressive growth over the following few years. During the ongoing year, ABI Research expects for a number of 1.2 billion mobile devices to be shipped, while the number is said to almost double by 2014, reaching a total of 2.25 billion. However, it should be ... |
22 December 2009
14:51 GMT |
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Konami has announced that it has put out both an update, designated 1.03, and a free piece of downloadable content for its football simulator, Pro Evolution Soccer 2010. They are both available on the PlayStation 3 from Sony, the Xbox 360 from Microsoft and the PC. The 1.03 update for Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 is set... |
22 December 2009
14:11 GMT |
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Swedish researcher Stefan Wagnsson announced during the dissertation speech he gave at the Karlstad University that sports, regardless of whether they were individual or team-based, did not contribute to the formation of character and personality of small children as much as first thought. The researcher said that th... |
22 December 2009
14:01 GMT |
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Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless announced on Monday that it updated the specifications it had previously released on “wireless devices that will run on the nationwide 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) network” the company is deploying on the Upper 700 MHz C-Block spectrum. At the same time, the operator... |
22 December 2009
13:51 GMT |
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Tyra Banks has long ceased to be “just another” talk show host that has guests over, gets them talking about different stuff and then moves on to the next guest. Her mission, as she put it herself on more than one occasion, is to get people, women in particular, understand that beauty truly is in the eyes... |
22 December 2009
13:41 GMT |
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Microsoft started preparing for the next releases of the Windows client as the latest iteration of the operating system was still in development. The Redmond-based company already debuted work to ensure the servicing readiness for Windows 7 Service Pack 1 and started planning for Windows 8, the successor of Windows 7... |
22 December 2009
13:06 GMT |
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For users already familiar with Windows 7 and its predecessor, Windows4all will look similar to both, albeit more to Windows Vista. However, the project is unlike the latest iterations of the Windows client, as it’s not anchored on the desktop, but rather available in the Cloud. An interesting experiment, Windo... |
22 December 2009
12:41 GMT |
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Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC has recently delivered new improvements for some of its devices, including the Windows Mobile-based HTC Tilt2 and HTC Pure, both of which are available for purchase in the US via wireless carrier AT&T. The new enhancements come in the form of hotfixes that are aimed to resolve issues... |
22 December 2009
12:31 GMT |
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Battlefield Bad Company 2 will be out in March, and, while the beta testing session for it is currently running on the PlayStation 3, the PCs will have to wait for a while longer. And to make the wait even more excruciating, DICE has revealed another one of the title's modes. Squad Deathmatch takes the Team Deat... |
22 December 2009
12:01 GMT |
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Every year for the past few, Google has rewarded its AdSense and AdWords customers with all sorts of gifts ranging from memory cards to coffee mugs. In the early days, the company would get pretty generous with its gifts but this year, it remained quiet for a while, leading many to ask whether the economy hadn't... |
22 December 2009
11:46 GMT |
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Director James Cameron started thinking of making his boldest project to date about 15 years ago. Of these 15, 12 he spent actually working on it: that project is called “Avatar” and it is, as of now, considered the front-runner in the race for Best Picture at the Academy Awards, a source says for the Los... |
22 December 2009
11:16 GMT |
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The fast-moving world we live in often compels us to find the most practical and quick solutions to our needs in order to save time and do more with less. However, this is not the way to always solve problems because haste and diminished focus cause flaws to appear where one wouldn't expect them. Instead, you sh... |
22 December 2009
11:11 GMT |
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When there are 50 HTC Touch phones that are needed no more and a great deal of imagination and work, the result is an impressive one: an installation that can deliver a Christmas experience. The six-meter circumference interactive sculpture, called “Mobile Mobile,” has James Theophane as its Creative Dire... |
22 December 2009
11:11 GMT |
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Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) announced yesterday that they managed to create a special gel to promote blood vessel growth. The substance is very rich in enzymes and growth agents, and encourages new circulatory systems to form around an affected area, its creators say. The work, wh... |
22 December 2009
11:05 GMT |
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The new TravelMate Timeline business laptop series from Acer is aimed at providing a secure but strong computing platform for those employees or business holders who frequently travel and need to carry their data and, perhaps, trade secrets along with them. As such, the new laptops are ultra-thin devices that pack up... |
22 December 2009
11:00 GMT |
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The Australian government announced on Sunday that it discovered the location where one of the country's hospital ships had been torpedoed and sunken by the Japanese military, during World War II. The ship was known to have been lost at sea, but its exact location remained a mystery until recently. It was lost w... |
22 December 2009
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Fans will remember that what is now the Monster Ball Tour, headlined by Lady Gaga alone, was initially called the Fame Kills Tour, which was also supposed to have Kanye West on board. Following the 2009 VMA incident with Taylor Swift, Kanye decided to take a break from music, which eventually turned out for the best,... |
22 December 2009
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TOCA Race Driver 2 is a videogame developed and published by the Codemasters Software Company Limited. It was released for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony, the original Xbox from Microsoft, the PlayStation Portable handheld and the PC platform on April 13, 2004. The title can be classed as a racing simulation fea... |
22 December 2009
10:41 GMT |
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Online identity is one of the biggest themes on the web today and a number of providers, most notably Facebook and Google, are battling it out to become the most powerful player in the field. On the other hand, there is a great tendency towards integration and interoperability between various web services. One incre... |
22 December 2009
10:41 GMT |
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Come April 2010, Jennifer Lopez will officially be making her comeback on the music scene after almost three years in between materials. “Love?” is the name of the upcoming album and, as Rap-Up informs, it will stick to the same formula that the singer has employed in the past with so much success. That i... |
22 December 2009
10:31 GMT |
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Lance Thomas Atkinson, the mastermind behind the notorious Herbal King spam operation, has been fined by an Australian court for AU$210,000 (almost $185,000). The judge also banned him from sending unsolicited commercial email in the country for seven years.The case against Atkinson was brought by the Australian Comm... |
22 December 2009
10:25 GMT |
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Just a short while after they were officially introduced, Intel's Pine Trail platforms were benchmarked and evaluated by testers over at HotHardware and PCMag. The Pine Trail and Pineview were highly anticipated products, especially considering the high rise in popularity of mobile computers over the past year. ... |
22 December 2009
10:17 GMT |
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Britney Spears has had a fabulous year, that much is for sure: despite reports stating the contrary, the singer has launched and carried through an international tour, got her personal life back on track and is even reported to be working on a new album already. However, reports about both her personal life and her m... |
22 December 2009
10:17 GMT |
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What originally sounded like a crazy proposition is now beginning to make more and more sense as each day passes. Experts at the American space agency, NASA, are currently drawing up plans for a future mission on Titan, Saturn's largest moon, which will use a boat, rather than a lander, for the first time. The a... |
22 December 2009
10:17 GMT |
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Especially developed for businesspersons that need to stay in touch with their financial portfolio 24/7, My Portfolio can bring this feature to any mobile phone that accepts .jar files. Developed by SymbianGuru, the application requires a Google Finance account, so you can get real-time finance pieces of information ... |
22 December 2009
10:16 GMT |
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The high-end Windows Mobile 6.5-based HTC HD2 might be closer than expected to making an appearance on T-Mobile USA's airwaves. Following the recent rumors on the handset's arrival stateside, and the emergence of a leaked ROM that supposedly shows the phone is set to arrive at T-Mobile USA, now one can enj... |
22 December 2009
10:15 GMT |
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While the worldwide economy is showing signs of recovery from the financial crisis of the past years, fact is that cost is a key fact to consider when it comes down to the adoption of new technology. Windows 7 makes no exception to this rule, with the operating system bound to have businesses that are upgrading pay ... |
22 December 2009
10:08 GMT |
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The live video streaming space is pretty crowded at the moment, but it's still seeing some very healthy growth. Despite revenue numbers being smaller than they'd like, live streaming services are competing at an increasing pace constantly trying to out do each other. The chat component for these sites has ... |
22 December 2009
09:57 GMT |
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Cypress Semiconductor Corp. announced today that its TrueTouch touchscreen solution had been used for the implementation of the display featured by KDDI's new handsets made by Sharp. The new SH003 phone will deliver support for user-friendly, multi-touch gestures due to the TrueTouch solution, as well as a 12.1-... |
22 December 2009
09:53 GMT |
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Undoubtedly, this year’s biggest commercial hit was the “Twilight” sequel, “New Moon,” starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner. The latest promo for the 2010 Critics’ Choice Awards also capitalizes on the success of “New Moon,” with host Kristin Ch... |
22 December 2009
09:53 GMT |
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Because the changes implemented by Microsoft to the way that the most recent Windows operating systems deal with user privileges, elevation has become a mundane task for customers running Windows Vista or Windows 7. Whether it be an executable or a script, the source of system changes needs to be run with administrat... |
22 December 2009
09:50 GMT |
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“Kick it old school with games for the original Nintendo Entertainment System,” the description of Nescaline, an old-school NES game emulator for iPhone and iPod touch, reads. “Nescaline allows you to play games made for NES, including home brew games, five of which are included,” Jonathan Zdz... |
22 December 2009
09:45 GMT |
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Microsoft has made available for download a new resource designed to help web owners, website administrators, as well as IT workers involved in SEO, to get a deeper insight into the Bing search/decision engine. At the same time, the Redmond company is looking to provide answers to the most common webmaster questions ... |
22 December 2009
09:31 GMT |
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Here is yet another news article about a fresh product that a company is said to be making, using a supposedly new chip, and which will allegedly come out soon enough for consumers not to completely forget about its alleged existence. What may come as a surprise, however, is the fact that the laptop which, according ... |
22 December 2009
09:26 GMT |
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Wizzard Media, the leading podcasting network, announced today the release of a number of 22 new iPhone software solutions, all of which are now available for purchase in the Apple App Store. According to the company, the total number of apps available for the device now reached 152, and the list includes an app for... |
22 December 2009
09:18 GMT |
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The 2010 Winter Olympic Games are getting closer and the buzz is already starting to build up. Those who just can't wait to see how it unfolds have a reason to be pleased, Google has introduced the 3D models for all the venues in Google Earth, enabling people to check out the locations well before the games beg... |
22 December 2009
09:13 GMT |
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Earlier this year, Amy Winehouse and Duffy were believed to be the strongest contenders to sing the theme song for the upcoming “James Bond” film. Whether this was accurate or not, another name was added to the list, with industry insiders saying that, this time, this is a sure winner: Britain’s Got... |
22 December 2009
09:13 GMT |
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Windows 7 is nowhere near the resource hog that its predecessor, Windows Vista, was. However, there are scenarios in which simply opening up a Windows Explorer window can have the processor cycles go through the roof. According to users, one case in which users of the latest version of Windows can experience a high C... |
22 December 2009
09:01 GMT |
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Bitstream Inc. announced today that its BOLT mobile browser has been named the Best Mobile Browser in 2009 Mobile Star Awards. According to the company, the browser won the SUPERSTAR award in the Consumer App: Web Browser category, out pacing solutions like Apple's Safari for the iPgone, as well as Opera Mobile... |
22 December 2009
08:53 GMT |
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Singer Carrie Underwood and Ottawa Senator hockey player Mike Fisher are engaged to be married, her spokesperson confirms for Us Magazine. The two have been dating since last year and have kept most of their relationship out of the media, being both very private persons. A wedding date has not yet been set, but both ... |
22 December 2009
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Yet again, as end-users undoubtedly have been expecting, the Pine Trail netbook family has just found that it will be growing even larger, with Samsung having its own two models on their way. The company plans to introduce two distinct netbooks, namely the N150 and NB30, both of which have rather similar specificatio... |
22 December 2009
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2010 is set to be a year dominated by a battle between Project Natal and the Sony wand, as Microsoft and Sony will battle in motion control solutions as they try to take away one of the competitive advantages of the Nintendo Wii. And it seems that the Natal concept might still have some issues, even if final versions... |
22 December 2009
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Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight is a fighting game based on the live-action TV show that will allow you to play as any of the 13 superheroes, the Kamen Riders. You will be able to enter Mirror World and take part in the fast-paced action in the same style as your favorite Kamen Rider.Each character has its own special Con... |
22 December 2009
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Rocker Pete Doherty of the Babyshambles seems to be having a very hard time keeping out of trouble. During a recent court hearing, where he was summoned to face charges of driving under the influence and without a license, as well as one count of possession, Doherty was arrested again on suspicion of taking drugs int... |
22 December 2009
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Fantasktik 1.5 is now available from Dockland Software. The latest version of the company’s taskbar application adds compatibility with Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, as well as hotkey support to hide/show the bar and switch between windows and other enhancements. Fantasktik lives quietly in your System Preference... |
22 December 2009
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Christmas is knocking on our doors and, as Santa tries to make his way down the chimney and hand out gifts, Nintendo offers third-party support with this week's download list. There will be four new WiiWare items available for all that want to make a gift this week, so pay close attention to the list and make th... |
22 December 2009
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The Meebo toolbar you've been seeing adorning the bottom of some larger sites and blogs enabling users to chat with their friends and share content with them is now opening up to anyone. Up till now, only relatively large sites were able to implement the tool, and web masters had no way of adding the functionali... |
22 December 2009
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Dynasty Warriors 3: Extreme Legends is a videogame developed and published by KOEI Co. Ltd. The game was released exclusively for the PlayStation 2 home console from Sony in January 2003. It is described as an action title played from a third person perspective featuring some medieval influences.Dynasty Warriors 3: E... |
22 December 2009
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Google is building up to make a major play in an area where it hasn't had much of a presence before, voice communications. Google Voice was launched earlier this year and it has been picking up steam since, despite still being technically in private beta. It plans to open up the service to everyone later this y... |
22 December 2009
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At this year’s Professional Developers Conference (PDC 2009) in Los Angeles, Microsoft unveiled two components of its Windows Azure platform, namely Windows Server AppFabric and Windows Azure platform AppFabric. While embracing the Cloud, and attempting to convince corporate customers to adopt its Cloud platfor... |
22 December 2009
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Most philosophical contemplation involving the notions of racism and artificial intelligence usually takes the form of disputes on whether or not an AI turned sentient should be discriminated against just because it isn't human. Still, it appears that machines might just be the first to racially discriminate bet... |
22 December 2009
08:05 GMT |
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On the heels of releasing Forefront Unified Access Gateway 2010, Microsoft has also made a solution accelerator available for download, a resource designed to streamline the adoption and implementation of the gateway security solution. Corporate customers looking to embrace the evolution of the Intelligent Applicatio... |
22 December 2009
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At the start of December 2009, Microsoft kicked off a photo contest designed to allow professional and amateur photographers to submit their imagery for a change of being featured as the Bing background for an entire day. As the company promised, the winner, along with the winning image, was announced on December 21... |
22 December 2009
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NZXT introduced yet another huge, imposing and pseudo-lifelike mid tower personal computer chassis designed in such away as to allow for the implementation of high-end gaming, overclocking or heavy-computing office work configurations. The case, dubbed the Hades, is spacious enough to accommodate even the largest 300... |
22 December 2009
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Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania are currently working on a new approach to producing resilient transplants. The method involves mechanically stretching living nerve cells inside a special, custom-built machine. The goal of this investigation is to produce new treatments for conditions that are currently ... |
22 December 2009
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Brittany Murphy, 32, collapsed in her bathroom and went into full cardiac arrest on Sunday morning. She could not be revived and was pronounced dead upon arrival at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Speaking for the first time about his loss, husband Simon Monjack reveals that the star had been unwell, as E! Online ca... |
22 December 2009
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Parallels Desktop for Mac has been updated with tons of improvements, as well as tweaks and bug fixes. Parallels 5.0 is a paid upgrade (from versions 4.x and earlier). Existing Parallels customers can upgrade for $49.99. Version 5.0.9308 is free for Parallels 5 license holders. Generally speaking (Virtualization cha... |
22 December 2009
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The HTC HD2, the nicest Windows Mobile 6.5-based mobile phone delivered to the market during the ongoing year, seems set to make an appearance on at least one new market as soon as January 2010 is here, namely in Australia. Microsoft's website already points towards the near arrival of the high-end device in th... |
22 December 2009
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It took centuries of astronomical observations for the early scientists to figure out that the stars in the night sky actually belonged to different galaxies, and to also determine that some of these stars were actually distant galaxies themselves. The model that held that the Universe was made of galaxies separated ... |
22 December 2009
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Jump! Ultimate Stars is an uptake on the previous release, Jump Super Stars. It features a similar Super Smash Bros.-style fighting gameplay with a huge array of licensed manga characters. In total, 300 characters from 41 different mangas are available and will enable players to go wild and have some real fun. Player... |
22 December 2009
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MAG has generated a lot of attention since it was first announced, and, whether that's a good thing or not, it has done so with a single feature. The team-based, first-person shooter promised to deliver a battlefield of unrivaled proportions for its genre. The game's developer, Zipper Interactive, pegged it... |
22 December 2009
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Sony introduced the Daily Edition e-book reader back in August. The device can store up to 1,000 different books on its internal memory and can access the Internet through AT&T's mobile broadband network, thus allowing for the reading of newspapers and other publications. Even though the actual Daily Edition inv... |
22 December 2009
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Things are going great at Yahoo, so great, in fact, that everyone is off to celebrate for an entire week; regardless if they like it or not. The company has just issued a mandatory company-wide shutdown of all but "essential" operations for a week starting December 25, 2009 until January 1, 2010. It's the first... |
22 December 2009
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Although only yesterday, reports had it that Elin Nordegren was in the balance about whether to file for divorce from Tiger Woods or give their marriage another try, today brings a twist in the story. Not only does the former model plans on being legally separated from Woods, but she’s also going for half his f... |
22 December 2009
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NASA's Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor Satellite (AcrimSat) has just turned ten, experts with the space agency are proud to announce. During its long-term mission, the instrument was able to conduct very precise and complex measurements of the total amount of energy our Sun was producing, and will mo... |
22 December 2009
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The hard working people behind the KDE community project proudly baked yet another Beta release for the upcoming and highly anticipated KDE Software Compilation (KDE SC) 4.4. To be in tune with the Christmas holidays, KDE SC 4.4 Beta 2 is dubbed Claus, and it brings a couple of stability improvements over the previou... |
22 December 2009
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Elpida follows in Hynix's footsteps and reveals a development in no direct way related to the launch of Intel's Pineview processors. Even more coincidentally, this piece of news is, like that from Hynix, also about the developments concerning a certain memory product. Elpida has announced the entrance of it... |
22 December 2009
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As 2009 draws to an end, tradition says we must have charts and lists of what was hot and what not this year. A while ago, PopEater started an online poll to determine fans’ favorite male and female celebrities – and Taylor Swift and Johnny Depp came out winning with an overwhelming majority.
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22 December 2009
05:56 GMT |
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One piece over at the VideoLAN.org site claims that rumors of VLC for Mac being close to its end are greatly exaggerated. “VLC for Mac is being maintained,” the post explains. “However the old Cocoa graphical interface of VLC is not being maintained at this time.” That’s pretty much what... |
22 December 2009
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No one is mistaking Google for anything else than a giant corporation these days; yet, it somehow managed to keep some of its clout from the early startup days when the "Don't be Evil" motto first popped up. There is a rising amount of criticism for the company, but Google is maintaining that its ways are good f... |
22 December 2009
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The effects of global warming are beginning to make themselves felt more and more at locations around the world, and the continental United States are no exception. Recent satellite measurements have determined that the surface temperature of lakes in California and Nevada is spiraling out of control, mostly due to h... |
22 December 2009
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Right from the beginning, Dante's Inferno announced itself as a game that wouldn't shy away from graphics or explicit content. After all, the studio behind the title is Visceral Games, and its name reflects very well its mentality, as we've already seen in Dead Space. Across several developers' di... |
22 December 2009
05:44 GMT |
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The highly rumored / commented upon Nexus One by HTC has just received the well deserved unboxing treatment. We already had the chance to take a look at a series of photos with the device, and we've also seen a series of short videos with it available, yet now a little more action has arrived, and the phone can... |
22 December 2009
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Mass Effect 2 is set to be launched on the PC and on the Xbox 360 from Microsoft in late January, the first big videogame release of 2010, but it seems that the people at BioWare who are in charge of the series are already thinking about what they will be doing with the third installment, which will probably be arriv... |
22 December 2009
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Recent advancements in nanotechnology and the field of robotics could mean that small-scale nanobots could soon make their way into operating theaters, experts predict. There are already a few research groups conducting investigations in this field, and some of them have made considerable headway. This is also the ca... |
22 December 2009
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Netbooks have already evolved from low-performance devices, barely usable for Internet browsing and document processing, to machines that, although still not in the same league with notebooks, have started to integrate more and more graphics and media rendering capabilities. Broadcom promises even better netbook capa... |
22 December 2009
05:12 GMT |
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Dynasty Warriors 3 is a videogame developed by Omega Force and published by KOEI Co. Ltd. The game was released for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony and the Xbox from Microsoft in September 2001. It is classed as an action and strategy title played from a third person perspective and is largely based on a historic... |
22 December 2009
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While it was initially said that Brittany Murphy had died of natural causes and that there was no foul play suspected, the cause of death has been deterred after the autopsy was completed. The actress died after going into cardiac arrest on Sunday morning and toxicology results should shed some light into whether dru... |
22 December 2009
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Rallen and Jeena's routine patrol mission is interrupted when they pick up a distress call. Upon arriving at the source of the message, they find an ancient escape pod and its passenger in cryogenic sleep. Waking him up, the two officers find out about a horrible threat to the universe – the Krawls are abo... |
22 December 2009
05:01 GMT |
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According to recent statistics, the United States alone consume more than seven million barrels of gasoline each day, in order for people to power up their cars. Transportation systems around the world are currently being placed under increased strain, and it seems that there is no solution available to replace fossi... |
22 December 2009
04:56 GMT |
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T'is the season for number crunching. As the year draws to a close, everyone is releasing all sorts of stats, tops and trends. Facebook, with 350 million users and an unseemly amount of data flowing through its pipes, couldn't pass out on this opportunity so it's introducing what will become a yearly ... |
22 December 2009
04:51 GMT |
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Late last week, rumor emerged that singer Katy Perry, now in a serious relationship with British comedian Russell Brand, went out on a date with “Twilight” heartthrob Robert Pattinson. Not only that, but the two even spent the night together, reports said at the time, a claim Perry is now refuting, saying... |
22 December 2009
04:48 GMT |
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Just like every other hardware maker has done some time over the past 24 hours, Fujitsu proudly introduced its own product based on Intel's Pine Trail platform and, of course, using the Pineview chips. Unlike Dell, HP and MSI, however, Fujitsu didn't exactly introduce another netbook. The new device form th... |
22 December 2009
04:41 GMT |
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Take Two is seen by a lot of people as being a one-trick pony, a company that can only make a profit when a main game in the Grand Theft Auto series is released. This year, it is saying that other titles, chiefly amongst them Borderlands (which has shipped 2 million worldwide), have also brought in a lot of revenue, ... |
22 December 2009
04:39 GMT |
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Codemasters has announced that Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising, the military simulator it released earlier in the year, has received a new downloadable content pack, called Overwatch, which is set to deliver new Fire Team missions and two new game modes for the multiplayer section.At the moment, players who own t... |
22 December 2009
04:36 GMT |
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Finnish mobile phone giant Nokia has announced not to long ago that it will not be present at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next year, yet it seems that it still has something planned for Barcelona during the time frame. The company intends to hold a Connecting people event in February, a private manifestat... |
22 December 2009
04:28 GMT |
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Valve is known for taking on side projects, its very own quirky science projects that it decided to work on even if they might turn out to me something only it really appreciates. Its unique ideas reach farther than just that, as we've seen in the developer commentary that it released for some of its games, ever... |
22 December 2009
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Quantum physics is undoubtedly one of the most interesting and well-developed areas of research at this point. The two main abilities that quantum systems exhibit – superposition and entanglement – are currently being investigated by a large number of scientists around the world. However, the experts find... |
22 December 2009
04:23 GMT |
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Achievements are the really big things for titles and, according to some qualified opinions, they're game features that even improve sales. So, it's no wonder then that not only do all the new games have them, but also that they're properly advertised and used as advertisements for the titles themselve... |
22 December 2009
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URL shorteners were thought to have lived their heyday earlier this year when every other startup was in the link shortening business. After a while though, it became clear that there was simply no space for all of them and with Bit.ly the unchallenged leader in the market things looked settled. Last week though, th... |
22 December 2009
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British singer Lily Allen is, for many, the first real artist to break into the spotlight using the industry’s backdoor instead of going the traditional route, they say. As her fans must know, she rose to fame via MySpace, a channel she continued to use long after she was signed to a label to promote her music.... |
22 December 2009
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It seems that another one of the netbooks that MSI was said to be working on has surfaced. After the U130 and U135 netbooks from the Wind series were officially introduced by the hardware maker, MSI is now confirming the Wind U160. Engadget fellows managed to score a few pictures of the rather glamorous laptop and ev... |
22 December 2009
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While some games set out to be an artistic statement or to simply generate income, though far fewer, some are developed for the sole purpose of acting as an advertisement medium. A perfect example lies within America's Army that, as time passed, proved, according to local studies, to be one of the most effective... |
22 December 2009
03:54 GMT |
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Experts reveal that using your cell phone or wireless device inside the airplane will probably not bring it down, but it will land you in a confrontation with the other passengers and the flight attendants. Since 1991, the use of cell phones was banned in commercial airliners, but scientists reveal that there is litt... |
22 December 2009
03:53 GMT |
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Opera 10.5 pre-Alpha has been released officially and is now available for download, after the build was leaked in the wild at the end of the past week. What Opera Software is offering early adopters is Opera 10.5 pre-alpha for Labs, codenamed Evenes, because it is in fact based on the Evenes branch. Early adopters w... |
22 December 2009
03:42 GMT |
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Using the iPhone Dev Center’s section for developer News and Announcements, Apple has confirmed the availability of a new feature in iTunes Connect – application search. The function lists the last ten modified apps and provides information like name, Apple ID and status. The search function also lets dev... |
22 December 2009
03:35 GMT |
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Finding out how life appeared on our planet has been one of the main goals in Science for hundreds of years, but the answer has proven elusive and difficult to find out. This knowledge could help us determine the conditions that need to be met by an exoplanet or exomoon, for example, so that they can be considered vi... |
22 December 2009
03:35 GMT |
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It seems that Intel's sudden release of the Atom N450, D410 and D510 Pineview processors was only sudden for consumers, as hardware makers appear to have been forewarned of the chip maker's plans. This is likely, considering the immediacy with which hardware makers introduced their own Pine Trail products i... |
22 December 2009
03:23 GMT |
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On Sunday morning, 32-year-old actress Brittany Murphy was found collapsed in the bathroom of her house in the Hollywood Hills and was rushed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. She was pronounced dead on arrival and was unresponsive even before paramedics arrived on the scene, as her mother and husband desperately tried... |
22 December 2009
03:18 GMT |
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Microsoft continues to keep mum on the next iteration Windows Live, but silence should be in no way mistaken for inactivity. The most recent Windows Live Wave 4 leaks come to confirm the fact that the Redmond company is hard at work building the successors of the current versions of Windows Live clients and services,... |
22 December 2009
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Direct2Drive, the digital distribution service owned by IGN, and Fallen Earth, the company that handled development and publishing duties for the game of the same name, have announced that they have entered into a partnership that will see the title get an exclusive Survival Kit accessible to all those who buy it fro... |
22 December 2009
02:58 GMT |
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Apple has issued a firmware update for 27-inch iMac models reported to have screen issues. In some cases, users reported black lines appearing on their display. Others reported flickering and other kinds of bad behavior. While it is obvious the new iMacs have some issues, Apple has failed to acknowledge them in a for... |
22 December 2009
02:55 GMT |
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Oslo, Norway-based software company Opera Software announced on Monday that it made new improvements to its Opera Mobile 10 browser available for handsets running under Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating system or under the Symbian S60 platform. The new enhancements come in the form of an upgrade for the late... |
22 December 2009
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According to amounting body of pieces of evidence, it may be that dinosaurs that lived in the late Cretaceous period were venomous, packing the dangerous chemicals inside their fangs. This is especially true for the saber-toothed relatives of velociraptors, which are considered to be among the ancestors of modern bir... |
22 December 2009
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While being escorted to the Iga village, the Kirihime princess is kidnapped by Yoshiro Yukikusa, the commander of a demon army. Loyal ninjas to the Iga hidden village, Kage and Chihiro will do whatever is in their power to rescue her. But to do this, they'll have to confront and defeat the endless demon horde of... |
22 December 2009
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Dynasty Warriors 2 is a videogame developed by Omega Force and published by KOEI Co. Ltd. The game was only released for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony on October 25, 2000. It is classed as an action game played from a third person perspective and combines elements from real time strategy titles and draws most o... |
22 December 2009
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DRIV3R, also known as Driver 3, is a videogame created by Reflections Interactive and published by Atari. It was released for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony, the original Xbox from Microsoft, the Game Boy, the PC (a GameCube version was also in production but got canceled). The game was also later ported to mobi... |
22 December 2009
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