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Apple has been heavily scrutinized for some of the technologies and the parts used to make the new MacBook Pro with Retina display. Most of this scrutiny mounted around the soldered RAM, and the customer’s inability to upgrade this particular feature.Let alone the fact that Apple’s new Retina MacBook Pro ... |
23 June 2012
19:21 GMT |
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Major carrier Movistar and Motorola have just announced the immediate availability of the ATRIX 2 Android phone in Chile. Customers can now grab the Motorola ATRIX 2 for free on Movistar select multimedia plans, but it may also be purchased for a no-term price that will be announced within the next few days.One of th... |
23 June 2012
19:01 GMT |
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Made official earlier this month, HTC Desire V should have been an affordable ICS-based smartphone. However, the dual-SIM handset has just been introduced in India and is currently priced at Rs 21,999 (385 USD or 305 EUR) outright.For an emerging market such as India, the Desire V may seem overpriced, but that's... |
23 June 2012
18:01 GMT |
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The biggest change introduced by the new Sins of a Solar Empire – Rebellion is the move from three factions based upon simple racial distinction, the TEC, Vasari and Advent, to a new system where the three races are still important, but they each get a political orientation, Loyalist or Rebel, which leads to a ... |
23 June 2012
18:01 GMT |
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Google is said to be introducing its very own cloud platform during the Google I/O developer conference to compete with similar offerings from Amazon and Microsoft.That may sound strange at first since Google already has a cloud platform, App Engine. The difference is that Google will start offering virtual servers a... |
23 June 2012
16:41 GMT |
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Since 2006, the fine gents at Google have maintained an Apple-centric blog with relevant Mac and iOS announcements for their fan base. That’s no longer the case, starting this week.Before you jump off the roof of your house, know that Google isn’t pulling the plug on any of its products for the Apple fanb... |
23 June 2012
15:41 GMT |
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Summer is here and, like many gamers will tell you, it caused not just a drought in many countries but also in the gaming industry, as only a few games are actually set to come out in the next couple of months. As such, we’re now forced to look to the future and prepare for the onslaught of games that will onc... |
23 June 2012
15:21 GMT |
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Greg Kroah-Hartman announced yesterday, June 22nd, the immediate availability for download of the fourth maintenance release for the stable Linux 3.4 kernel series. Linux kernel 3.4.4 incorporates some updated Radeon, USB and wireless drivers, a few ARM fixes, improvements for the x86 and PowerPC architectures, and... |
23 June 2012
14:31 GMT |
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Google is feeling the heat. Things haven't been going great for Google Maps lately, Apple's move to introduce its own mapping app in iOS 6 is a significant blow to Google.The fact that several big players have stopped using the Google Maps API after Google started charging last year didn't help.It seem... |
23 June 2012
13:20 GMT |
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My current job means I spend a lot of time reading about video games, playing them and writing about them at work, but it also means that I often lack the time and the energy to go and play video games in my own home during my own free time. I often need to create the conditions to play, setting up something similar... |
23 June 2012
13:11 GMT |
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Although Samsung launched the Galaxy S III in Europe earlier this month, the rollout of the smartphone has just started in North America.T-Mobile USA, AT&T and Sprint have all complained about delays and stock shortages due to unexpected demands. In this regard, Samsung announced a few weeks ago there were around 9 m... |
23 June 2012
13:01 GMT |
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Marco Arment, the brains behind the popular Instapaper service which saves web content for offline reading, claims to have heard from trusty sources that Apple will not be giving the iMac a Retina display any time soon.Confirming some of the hottest rumors around WWDC 2012, Apple this month introduced a brand new Mac... |
23 June 2012
12:51 GMT |
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US-based carrier Cricket announced about three weeks ago it will launch the iPhone 4 and 4S smartphones on June 22.True to its promise, the pre-paid carrier has just released the iPhone 4 and 4S, so customers can now purchase it for $399 USD and $499 USD, respectively.Obviously, the deals do not require customers to ... |
23 June 2012
12:31 GMT |
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VSP Stats is a game server log parser that interprets and formats gaming statistics so that players can track their history and skill evolution.
VSP Stats does not have support for all the latest online multiplayer games like UltraStats, but in comparison, it's extremely faster and has much more cleaner, well-w... |
23 June 2012
12:01 GMT |
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Canonical announced last evening, June 21st, in a secuirty notice, that the Mozilla Thunderbird 13 email client landed in some of their supported Ubuntu distributions. The actual version of Thunderbird updated yesterday is 13.0.1, and it has been uploaded in the Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, Ubuntu 11.10 and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS o... |
23 June 2012
11:11 GMT |
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The business-ready Motorola ATRIX 2 has just arrived in Panama. The smarpthone is currently available in all Movistar brick and mortar stores across the country.According to the carrier, customers can purchased the ATRIX 2 both on post-paid or pre-paid offers for prices that will be disclosed soon.Although the smartp... |
23 June 2012
11:01 GMT |
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All owners of Battlefield 3 on the PlayStation 3 console can now enjoy the Close Quarters expansion, as its timed exclusivity for those who bought the Battlefield Premium bundle expired, while PC and Xbox 360 owners can get it next week, on June 26th. Battlefield 3 delivered an intense experience last year, getting ... |
23 June 2012
11:01 GMT |
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A number of employees at a third-party firm specializing in technical support for Apple products are reporting that their employer has “imposed” a vacation between July 22 and July 29 for an "all hands on deck" in its desktop and portables sector.The event is to support an unspecified product release, Mac... |
23 June 2012
09:20 GMT |
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Samsung experienced some issues with the Galaxy S III global rollout as the South Korean company was overwhelmed by the customers demands before even the smartphone gone on sale.Still, the handset maker does not launch only smartphones on the market, which is why the GT-C3780 has just been announced in Germany.The ca... |
23 June 2012
09:18 GMT |
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Samsung’s Galaxy S III, the latest Android-based flagship phone from the South Korean handset vendor, started to arrive in users’ hands in the United States this week. The mobile phone maker partnered with major wireless carriers in the country for the release of this handset, including AT&T, Sprint and... |
23 June 2012
09:11 GMT |
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Bethesda confirmed that it's going to release the Dawnguard expansion for Skyrim on June 26 for the Xbox 360. PC and PS3 owners will have to wait about a month due to Microsoft's timed exclusivity deal with the studio. Skyrim delivered an impressive and quite lengthy experience last year. Since then, many ... |
23 June 2012
09:11 GMT |
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Although LG announced the Optimus L3 smartphone a few days before Mobile World Congress 2012 opening, the handset has jut gotten a twin brother that features dual-SIM capabilities.The LG Optimus L3 E405 has been recently launched in Ukraine, though the smartphone is likely to be released in other European countries a... |
23 June 2012
09:03 GMT |
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At the end of May we attended the Hack in the Box security conference in Amsterdam and we had the opportunity to speak to a number of experts. One of them is Georgia Weidman, the founder and CEO of Bulb Security. She shared some interesting insight on Android’s permission model and the security holes that come... |
23 June 2012
08:51 GMT |
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Last week, the Samsung Galaxy S III smartphone was pulled off Best Buy’s pre-order page, all due to overwhelming demand. On Friday, however, the retailer put the device back on its website, announcing Canadians interested in purchasing the phone that they can reserve units through its stores, before it arrive... |
23 June 2012
07:41 GMT |
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343 Industries, the developer of the upcoming Halo 4 shooter, posted a brand new video that shows off some behind the scenes footage captured at E3 2012 earlier this month. Halo 4 spearheaded Microsoft's E3 2012 presentation and once again showed off the company's focus on hardcore games. We already saw t... |
23 June 2012
07:41 GMT |
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Google, along with the rest of the tech world is celebrating the birthday of Alan Turing, the father of modern computing. His contributions to the field of computer science only became known long after his death in 1954, by cyanide poisoning. He was also a British wartime hero, being instrumental in the effort to d... |
23 June 2012
07:21 GMT |
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Until recently, most of the studies concerning Arctic melting patterns were conducted without the specialists having access to direct measurements of the ice shelves' underside. Given the fact that deep sea currents are as responsible for heating the Arctic region as external temperatures are, it is only matte... |
23 June 2012
06:54 GMT |
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Today, Microsoft made available for download a new tool to enable users to work with Rights Protected Folders, namely Rights Protected Folder Explorer. This is the first release of the application, providing features such as storing Rights Protected Folders, or the ability to send them to authorized users. Rights... |
23 June 2012
06:53 GMT |
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On his stop on Letterman to promote his latest album, “Believe,” Justin Bieber got scolded on tattoos and schooled on the Sistine Chapel but he didn’t let that keep him from performing. Above is a video of Justin doing a live rendition of “Boyfriend,” his first single off the album and... |
23 June 2012
06:47 GMT |
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Earlier this week, we pointed out the fact that many of Reckz0r’s data leaks appear to be taken from other corners of the Internet. Today, an anonymous source pointed out the fact that the hacker’s latest breaches also appear to be “false and stolen.” A few hours ago, the hacker posted a twee... |
23 June 2012
06:45 GMT |
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There can be little doubt about the kind of damage Chris Nolan’s “The Dark Knight Rises” will do at the box office, and Universal knows that too well. “The Bourne Legacy” has been pushed back. TDKR will be out on July 20th, while “Bourne” was initially supposed to come out o... |
23 June 2012
06:36 GMT |
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Those who’ve seen Ridley Scott’s “Prometheus,” whether they liked it or not, must know that one of the film’s gripes is the stupid way in which its scientists sometimes behave. Above is an explanation for how that came to be. The video is a spoof prequel for the film, in which the scien... |
23 June 2012
06:24 GMT |
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One of the great features that Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 10 browser arrived with in Windows 8 Release Preview was support for websites featuring Adobe Flash Content. Microsoft and Adobe worked closely on the inclusion of a new power-optimized, touch-friendly Adobe Flash Player in Windows 8 RP, so as to ex... |
23 June 2012
06:21 GMT |
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Video game developer Valve and entertainment outfit Adult Swim are working together to create new content for the popular free-to-play multiplayer title Team Fortress 2. At the moment, the two companies are not talking about what they are working on, but the full details will be offered at some point during next wee... |
23 June 2012
06:17 GMT |
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As the release date for Katy Perry’s 3D concert movie, “Part of Me,” is nearing, the pop star has to answer increasingly more questions about why she chose to include footage of a more personal nature in it. Below is a video of what she told Mario Lopez of Extra about the decision not to sidestep ... |
23 June 2012
06:08 GMT |
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A conservation group known as the Center for Biological Diversity is presently pressing the federal government to list the red fox under the Endangered Species Act. The main drive behind their demand is that, apparently, there are only 50 such foxes left in the wild. As one can easily guess, this makes them some of... |
23 June 2012
06:05 GMT |
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Because of its popularity, Adobe Flash Player is still an application that’s preferred by cybercriminals for campaigns that involve fake updates. A new scheme discovered by Zscaler experts begins with a shady website that displays a phony video window which urges users to install Adobe Flash Player in order to... |
23 June 2012
06:03 GMT |
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Microsoft has been long rumored to plan a revamp of its Windows Live services, so as to bring them in line with the new design philosophy in Windows 8, and more confirmation on the matter is now available. Following a long series of reports on the possible changes that Microsoft would be set to bring to the aforemen... |
23 June 2012
05:51 GMT |
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Justin Bieber has a new album, “Believe,” to promote and, as such, he’s gotten a new tattoo to celebrate the release. He was on David Letterman the other night to show it off and talk about the album, but got instead schooled in the most hilarious fashion. Video of that fragment of the interview ... |
23 June 2012
05:38 GMT |
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In order to deal with carbon gas emissions, researchers and world leaders decided to embrace the CCS method, which basically involves injecting CO2 in underground geologic reservoirs. This technique presumably keeps said chemical compound from polluting our atmosphere. However, geophysicist Mark Zoback explains t... |
23 June 2012
05:31 GMT |
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Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth are engaged and, based on ongoing reports, probably getting ready for a fall wedding. There might be more in their immediate future, suggests a new report: babies. The Enquirer writes in its latest print issue (story via CB) that Liam and Miley are going through a bit more difficult t... |
23 June 2012
05:00 GMT |
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One of the most surprising announcements to come out of the recent Nintendo Direct event has been that the upcoming Super Smash Bros. is being developed in collaboration with another high-profile company, Namco Bandai. A special statement from the publisher detailed which of its personnel are joining the Nintendo ga... |
23 June 2012
04:52 GMT |
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Had it not been for a video the teen tormentors shot on a cell phone and then uploaded online, no one would have known Karen Klein’s name – or the humiliation she suffered on a school bus in upstate New York. No wonder that she doesn’t believe a single word of the apologies they already sent out to... |
23 June 2012
04:25 GMT |
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Given the fact that a considerable amount of Botswana's national income stems from tourism, it is no wonder that both local people and high officials there are highly preoccupied with the fact that the Okavango Delta is beginning to undergo significant transformations as a result of climate change. Recent stud... |
23 June 2012
04:22 GMT |
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This week, mobile phone carrier AT&T started the delivery of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich to its Galaxy S II users, but only for a brief period of time. The carrier put the deployment on hold only a couple of days after kicking it off, citing a series of technical issues with it. Of course, this is not the firs... |
23 June 2012
04:19 GMT |
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The former leader of 38 Studios said that, after the problems that the firm faced, he is forced to deal with a tough family situation, as all the money that he earned playing baseball is now probably gone. Speaking to WEEI Sports Radio, the former star player stated that “The employees got blindsided. They hav... |
23 June 2012
04:16 GMT |
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Leonardo DiCaprio may have quite a reputation as a ladies’ man, but he might soon be ditching for a good husband one. Reports in the US glossies claim that he and Erin Heatherton are so serious they might be heading down the aisle soon. Star magazine writes in its latest print issue (story via CB) that Le... |
23 June 2012
03:59 GMT |
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A new version of Firefox for Android is expected to become official as soon as next week. In fact, Mozilla has already started to tease the revamp, stating that it is a major one and that the mobile browser is about to become faster, smarter and safer. “#Firefox for #Android. Something BIG is coming your wa... |
23 June 2012
03:51 GMT |
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Paradox Interactive announced that it has canceled development on Magna Mundi, a game evolved from a popular mod that was supposed to be launched during the fall of this year. The official statement from Mattias Lilja, who is (or was?) the executive producer working on Magna Mundi, reads, “Today Paradox I... |
23 June 2012
03:38 GMT |
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New reports from the US National Research Council bring us troubling news: over the next century, global sea levels are quite likely to rise two to three times higher than it was originally estimated. Preliminary figures indicate that sea levels will go up by about 50-140 centimeters (20-55 inches), mainly because ... |
23 June 2012
03:25 GMT |
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Crystal Dynamics, the developer best known for working on the reboot of Tomb Raider, announced that it is hiring for a new, unannounced project. The job posting on the official website of the studio talks about a developer who can help create “a cutting edge, original IP for future platforms”. The ad su... |
23 June 2012
03:14 GMT |
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Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation is reportedly getting ready to bring to the market a new quad-core smartphone running under Android, the HTC One XXL. Landing on shelves as the successor of HTC One X, the smartphone is rumored to sport a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor inside, featuring LTE-capabilities a... |
23 June 2012
03:09 GMT |
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After the more or less disastrous ratings for the first season of X Factor, which also resulted in a genuine bloodshed on the judging panel, Simon Cowell is determined to make the second season more successful, even if it means ruining Britney Spears’ life in the process. Britney and Demi Lovato are the two n... |
23 June 2012
02:54 GMT |
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BioWare has made another balance update to Mass Effect 3’s multiplayer mode, this time implementing a series of drastic improvements to the Sentry Turret and the Combat Drone powers. Mass Effect 3’s multiplayer mode has delivered an intense experience and, thanks to free downloadable content packs, as we... |
23 June 2012
02:41 GMT |
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Nintendo has just posted a brand new video for its upcoming New Super Mario Bros. 2 puzzle platformer that’s set to arrive on the 3DS this August, confirming not just an array of features but also the fact that the it will get special paid downloadable content in form of new levels. New Super Mario Bros. 2 for... |
23 June 2012
01:41 GMT |
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Calibre is one of the best eBook management software available right now, but its strength lies in the abundance of plugins available for it. This week we’ll take a look at an interesting extension called „MobiUnpack – The Plugin." According to the developer, this plugin is used to unpack and insp... |
23 June 2012
01:23 GMT |
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The Wine development team revealed, on June 23rd, that a new development version of the famous framework used to run Windows applications on Linux, has been announced by Alexandre Julliard, the leader of the Wine project. Highlights of Wine 1.5.7: • A new version of the Gecko engine based on Firefox 13; &bull... |
23 June 2012
01:10 GMT |
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Nintendo confirmed that the special Miiverse social network wouln’t have support for other such services, like Facebook or Twitter, as the company wants Wii U users to interact only with other owners of the device. Nintendo is trying to implement a much better online system into its upcoming Wii U and this inc... |
23 June 2012
00:41 GMT |
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