137 articles found
The owners of technology licensing company SimpleAir must be rubbing their palms together after announcing a license agreement with Apple, by which the latter will supposedly continue to use certain technologies without fear of litigation. A scenario most common to numerous technology companies, the licensing deal a... |
24 May 2012
20:31 GMT |
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Motorola RAZR MAXX has just been introduced in the UAE. The smartphone is one of RAZR’s sequels, but with a much better battery. The handset can be purchased via major retailers in the UAE for a suggested retail price of 2,299 AED (625 USD or 500 EUR).
Powered by Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread platform at launch, ... |
24 May 2012
20:01 GMT |
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Darksiders II might first be launching on the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360, but those who plan to get the new Wii U home console from Nintendo can expect to see the same quality of graphics in their own version of the action game. Jay Fitzloff, who is an associate producer working on Darksiders II, has told Euroga... |
24 May 2012
19:41 GMT |
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We’re down here in Amsterdam for the 2012 edition of the Hack in the Box and we’ve had the honor of interviewing a few of the members of the Apple jailbreak Dream Team. More precisely, we’ve had a talk with Joshua Hill, also known by his Twitter handle as @p0sixninja, Cyril, aka @pod2g, and Nikias B... |
24 May 2012
19:21 GMT |
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There have been a lot of interesting developments here at Hack in the Box in Amsterdam, and one of them is the first ever union of the jailbreak Dream Team. Today, Softpedia has had the chance to interview the members of the Chronic Dev Team and learn some things that many were probably curious about.
One of the top... |
24 May 2012
19:21 GMT |
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We’re in Amsterdam attending the 2012 edition of the Hack in the Box security conference. It’s a great atmosphere down here, so we have decided to make a video overview of the event to show everyone what’s happening at the Okura hotel. The day started with Andy Ellis, Akamai’s chief security... |
24 May 2012
19:09 GMT |
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Once a well-known developer and vendor of computers and related products and services, Compaq has finally reached the point where its name is about to become history.
And by “become history” we don't mean to say that it will make some grand achievement, but that it will finally become a thing of the... |
24 May 2012
19:01 GMT |
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The Philippines are still among RIM’s most profitable markets. This is why the Canadian company has decided to bring two of its newest additions to the BlackBerry 7 lineup in the country.
Starting this week, BlackBerry fans living in Philippines will be able to purchase the Curve 9220 and Curve 9320 smartphone... |
24 May 2012
19:01 GMT |
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Research and advisory firm Yankee Group has released the results of a study based on the effect of Apple’s iPhone on mobile carriers in the United States. The device is said to “immensely” improve customers’ overall impression of the operator brand. Yankee Group says the operators who agreed ... |
24 May 2012
18:41 GMT |
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One of the resources that I came upon early in Warlock – Master of the Arcane, before I knew exactly what the game was about, were the donkeys.
I took one look at the resource and wondered what kind of bonus they might add, maybe something linked to trade or to worker efficiency, only to discover that they wer... |
24 May 2012
18:11 GMT |
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Sony Mobile has finally announced the availability of its entire Xperia NXT series in India. Xperia P, U and sola will soon land at select retailers across the country.
Keep in mind that Sony Xperia U and Xperia sola can be purchased starting today, while the Xperia P will be available on the market beginning next w... |
24 May 2012
18:01 GMT |
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The leader of Epic Games, one of the best known video game developers of the moment, believes that the factory system is not suited to video game creation but that there’s a fundamental need for structure that can generate innovation.
Mike Capps, the president of developer Epic Games, has told Gamasutra that, ... |
24 May 2012
16:41 GMT |
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The Pirate Bay may be getting some support from ISPs in some places, but other BitTorrent sites are not so lucky. With The Pirate Bay already blocked in the country, Italy has now turned its eye on a popular alternative, KickAssTorrents. Unlike in some places, say the UK or the Netherlands, but very much like in... |
24 May 2012
15:41 GMT |
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Shortly after launching a new update for its Facebook app, Research In Motion (RIM) released a new version of Twitter in the BlackBerry Beta Zone.The latest build includes support for Finnish, Arabic and Hebrew languages, as well as ‘right to left’ language support.With Twitter 3.1.0.8, users will be able... |
24 May 2012
15:31 GMT |
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The immensely popular Infinity Blade II has been updated to version 1.2, which brings a truckload of new content in the new Vault of Tears episode. It delves further into the mysterious past of Siris, as new areas are unlocked and major secrets are revealed. Infinity Blade II: Vault of Tears plunges players into bat... |
24 May 2012
15:31 GMT |
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Corsair is known for making memory and peripheral products, but it is not what experts call a “public” company.
Alas, the hardware maker seems to have hit a point where it needs to make some cash fast.
Thus, it is getting ready to go public. That is, it will soon put up for sale some of its shares, whic... |
24 May 2012
15:31 GMT |
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Despite the fact that the development team at 22 Cans is still young, its leader, Peter Molyneux, believes that it will be able to launch its first title, called 22 Experiments, in about six weeks, which probably means that gamers will get access to it at some point during July.
Molyneux, best known for leading the ... |
24 May 2012
15:21 GMT |
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UGG Australia, the maker of the (in)famous boot that everybody seems to love to hate, is coming out with a new line of Uggs that aim to bring comfort where none has been before: bridal Uggs. The line is called the I Do! Capsule Collection and includes 3 different styles, priced as the regular boot but adding a plus... |
24 May 2012
15:11 GMT |
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In early May, Samsung unveiled to the world its latest flagship Android-based device, the Galaxy S III, with a quad-core application processor packs inside, and with a large 4.8-inch touchscreen display on the front.
The handset builds on the success of last year’s Galaxy S II, which was also used as base for... |
24 May 2012
15:01 GMT |
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It has been known for months that LG would start selling an OLED TV this year, but only now has the name of the panel, as well as the price, made its way to the Internet.
OLED (organic light-emitting diodes) is a display technology usually employed in phones and other small gadgets.
Its power draw is low enough t... |
24 May 2012
15:01 GMT |
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In recent months it finally seemed like things were going against The Pirate Bay. The site has always been under attack, in several countries, but its enemies are now starting to make some progress. One of the biggest recent victories was getting the site blocked in the UK and in the Netherlands. But copyright lobby... |
24 May 2012
14:31 GMT |
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Ascend P1 is the second Huawei smartphone that gets FCC’s (Federal Communication Commission) approval this month. Huawei Ascend D1 got its certifications last week and is expected to arrive in the US as well. According to the documents filed at FCC, the Ascend P1 has been approved with penta-band HSPA+ / UMTS,... |
24 May 2012
13:31 GMT |
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Google has become the go-to target for everything that's "bad" about the internet. The problem is that, for many people, Google "is" the internet. Those are the people that type "facebook.com" into Google Search to get to the social network. Unfortunately, more often than anyone would like, these are the same p... |
24 May 2012
13:21 GMT |
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Ukrainian software vendor MacPaw has released CleanMyDrive, a new cleaning utility for Mac enthusiasts who don’t want the hassle of a big, all-in-one utility like CleanMyMac. Although CleanMyMac will do a better job at keeping your computer clean and healthy, CleanMyDrive has been released for the sole purpose... |
24 May 2012
13:21 GMT |
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ADATA has added some new memory cards to its lineup, all of which can be safely used in cameras with both performance and endurance requirements.
ADATA's new Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC) and Secure Digital Extended Capacity (SDXC) memory cards bear the Premier Pro name.
That name alone might not be eno... |
24 May 2012
13:01 GMT |
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Shigeru Miyamoto, who is the main video game developer working at Nintendo, has received a Prince of Asturias Award in the Communication and Humanities category, which has previously recognized personalities and organizations like Umberto Eco, CNN and Google.
The panel that decides the awards said Shigeru Miyamoto w... |
24 May 2012
13:01 GMT |
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Maya a.k.a. Linux Mint 13 was finally published on May 23rd, by its developer, Clement Lefebvre. The brand-new Linux Mint 13 operating system is dubbed Maya, it is based on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) and it is powered by Linux kernel 3.2.Maya is the first release of the Linux Mint operating system to be dis... |
24 May 2012
12:31 GMT |
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The final and stable release of Linux Mint 13 was announced last night, May 23rd, by its developer, Clement Lefebvre. Being based on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin), the Linux Mint 13 operating system is dubbed Maya and it is powered by Linux kernel 3.2. Linux Mint 13 (Maya) is the first release of Linux Mint ... |
24 May 2012
12:30 GMT |
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Google's Eric Schmidt has been relegated mostly to public relations stuff, but that doesn't mean he's not doing some interesting things for the company. For one, it's getting the UK government to reconsider computer science education and science education in general.
Not only that, Google is lea... |
24 May 2012
12:21 GMT |
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At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this year, Nokia unveiled to the world its first smartphone packing a 41-megapixel photo snapper, namely the Nokia 808 PureView. The handset is impressive, especially due to its camera capabilities, but the facts that it is quite bulky when compared to today’s slim hi... |
24 May 2012
12:01 GMT |
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NHP Theme Options is just what the name says: an options framework for creating advanced WordPress themes. What is an options framework? An options framework is a little piece of code that, when you integrate it with a WordPress theme, allows the user to customize various theme facets and settings via a nice & frien... |
24 May 2012
12:01 GMT |
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Bad news for Xperia PLAY owners as Sony Mobile changed its mind and will not deploy an Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade, as previously promised.Although the Japanese company confirmed earlier this year that most of 2011 Xperia smartphones would be upgraded to Android 4.0, it appears that Xperia PLAY has been pu... |
24 May 2012
11:45 GMT |
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It’s a very good thing that mobile computers are starting to ship with integrated SSD drives next to the traditional HDDs or just SSDs altogether. We’d rather each notebook came with two 2.5” bays, so that the user can choose whatever configuration he desires. On very small systems like Apple... |
24 May 2012
11:41 GMT |
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The Fedora ARM team, through Paul Whalen, announced earlier today, May 24th, that the Beta release of the upcoming Fedora ARM 17 edition is now available for download. "We invite you to take part in making Fedora 17 for ARM a solid release by downloading, testing, and providing your valuable feedback. Please join u... |
24 May 2012
11:31 GMT |
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Justin Bieber was on Ellen DeGeneres the other day to perform the song he wrote specifically for her – or so she chooses to believe, jokingly of course. Above is a video of his performance.
After the 2012 Billboard Awards, where Justin's number was received with less than enthusiastic reviews because of ... |
24 May 2012
11:23 GMT |
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Google has gotten around to updating the Google+ Android app, the iPhone version was updated first, a couple of weeks ago. But Google said to hang tight, the Android version is coming and it's going to be even better.
The most obvious update is the redesign, the app looks a lot better and it puts a much greate... |
24 May 2012
11:21 GMT |
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Facebook is not among the popular applications for Windows Phone devices, but Microsoft continues to bring improvements and new features through updates.
Today, a new version of Facebook for Windows Phone devices has been uploaded in Marketplace, which promises to add some of the most frequently requested features.
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24 May 2012
11:12 GMT |
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Britney Spears and Demi Lovato are the two additions Simon Cowell made to the judges panel on X Factor for its second season, but the job is already proving too much for the former, it has emerged.
Right after Cowell & Co. made the official announcement of the new lineup at the Fox television upfronts a short while... |
24 May 2012
11:10 GMT |
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The past few years haven't been good to real estate agents, as not many people were in the market for a new home.
Now, though, it seems that the housing market is regaining some semblance of balance.
Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) has also found that builders are incorporating home technology in their ... |
24 May 2012
11:06 GMT |
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The Pacific Ocean is not expected to produce massive hurricanes this season, according to models compiled by climatologists. While it is possible that several large tropical storms will develop, the overall intensity of the hurricane season is expected to be below the average set over the past years.
The predictions... |
24 May 2012
11:04 GMT |
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University of Cambridge investigators have determined in a new study that early tetrapods (four-legged animals) did not use all their limbs for moving around. While the front feet were used for pulling their bodies forward, the hind limbs were used to maintain balance.
Scientists now believe that these early ancesto... |
24 May 2012
10:55 GMT |
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Kanotix, a rock-solid Linux distro based on Debian, which contains the newest packages and recognizes more modern hardware than any other operating system in use today, is now at version 2012-05. Kanotix actually comes in two flavors, one called HellFire and the other one is Dragonfire. The main difference between ... |
24 May 2012
10:54 GMT |
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With just weeks before its official release, “G.I. Joe: Retaliation” has taken a major kick to the groin, with Paramount deciding to push the release back nine months, from June 29 to March 29, 2013. The decision to delay the film even though fans were already getting psyched about it has a lot to do wi... |
24 May 2012
10:52 GMT |
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The International Telecommunication Union, or ITU for short, is the agency of the United Nations tasked with developing newer and better telecommunications and information networks.
Its most recent gathering came about as a consequence of the evolution of display technologies.
We have seen various quad-HD, 4K and 8... |
24 May 2012
10:45 GMT |
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Opera just rushed out yet another development build for the upcoming version 12 of the browser. This one touches mostly on performance, the built-in e-mail client and HTML5 drag and drop. According to the developer, the current snapshot shows significant performance improvements as far as software rendering is conce... |
24 May 2012
10:45 GMT |
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Universal is doing a pretty neat job with promoting the upcoming “Snow White and the Huntsman,” this year's second Snow White movie, starring Charlize Theron, Kristen Stewart and Chris Hemsworth. A new trailer is out and, unlike all previously released materials, this one is interactive. Check it o... |
24 May 2012
10:41 GMT |
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In less than two weeks, Venus will transit the Sun for the last time in our lives. Literally. The planet moves in between Earth and the Sun twice every few years, but these periods are spaced more than a century apart. The next Venusian transit will occur in December 2117.
The upcoming transit will take place betwe... |
24 May 2012
10:36 GMT |
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Game of Thrones is a television series produced by HBO, based upon a series of novels called A Song of Ice and Fire from R.R. Martin, and the success of both has been great enough to generate interest from the gaming world.So far Cyanide has created a strategy game called Game of Thrones: Genesis, which arrived in 20... |
24 May 2012
10:34 GMT |
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Yahoo Axis may be an interesting, though not revolutionary app, but the launch casts a bit of a shadow on Yahoo's prowess as a tech company.
The Chrome version of the app was found to have a rather serious security flaw so it's been pulled down until further notice.
It's not a huge issue, but it�... |
24 May 2012
10:31 GMT |
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Two weeks ago a certain LG LS970 (Eclipse 4G LTE) leaked online, but no details on the smartphone’s availability or pricing were unveiled at that time. Today, we have another device that is likely to make its way onto Sprint’s stores.
The folks over at BriefMobile have been tipped on the possible upcomin... |
24 May 2012
10:31 GMT |
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Google+ for Android has just become a brighter and better application thanks to the latest update delivered by Google. According to the developers, the update brings a slew of requested features, including the ability to start a hangout while on the move, as well as the option to edit posts. In addition, the applic... |
24 May 2012
10:30 GMT |
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Microsoft has decided to pull the plug on its Streetside service in Germany, after receiving numerous complaints on the matter from the local population. The company launched the street imagery feature on Bing Maps in Europe last year, but it met resistance from people in Germany over privacy concerns. Microsoft ... |
24 May 2012
10:25 GMT |
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Vince Vaughn dropped by Conan O'Brien the other day – unannounced, apparently – and presented his fans with a surprise: a new trailer for this summer's comedy “The Watch,” in which he plays one of the leads. You can see it in full above – the trailer doesn't start until ... |
24 May 2012
10:25 GMT |
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Ubuntu One is not the most popular service from Canonical, but now it seems that access to its services has become a lot easier with the adoption of PayPal. Not too many people know what Ubuntu One is all about and most users think it's just some cloud storage service. The fact of the matter is that Ubuntu O... |
24 May 2012
10:16 GMT |
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Everyone knows that calcium is good for your bones, so supplements containing the element are widely available and consumed by many. Now, the conclusions of a research show that these supplements significantly increase users' chances of suffering from a heart attack.
In past studies, experts determined that con... |
24 May 2012
10:07 GMT |
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People might not know it, but broadband in the US, especially in university campuses, works at an average 5 Mbps.
In order to make broadband run faster, Gigabit Squared, a broadband development startup, and university coalition Gig. U have set up a plan.
Called Gigabit Neighborhood Gateway Program, it involves a $2... |
24 May 2012
10:06 GMT |
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Facebook's IPO will go down in history, but as one of the messiest ever. It's not the disaster that many are portraying it to be, but there are several things that could have gone a lot better. The most obvious one is the fact that share price fell considerably from the opening price and has only now stabil... |
24 May 2012
10:00 GMT |
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A paper published in the latest online issue of the esteemed medical journal Archives of Disease in Childhood suggests that babies delivered via Caesarean section are twice more likely to become obese during childhood than peers born naturally.
The findings are very worrying, since 33 percent of children born in th... |
24 May 2012
09:50 GMT |
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Today, Microsoft announced the signing of an agreement with the Catholic International Education Office (OIEC) to provide Office 365 for the latter’s community of Catholic schools around the world. The adoption of Microsoft’s cloud service is part of a new Social Network for Catholic Education, and it w... |
24 May 2012
09:44 GMT |
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A new beta build is currently available for uTorrent 3.2. The release of this revision is accompanied by a hefty list of changes, mostly fixes, compared to previous updates. The repairs address problems such as the frequency of the video slider steps, which would account for finer control. Still video-related, poppe... |
24 May 2012
09:44 GMT |
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When thinking of a remote control, one usually assumes the product will relay commands to a TV or VCR, or some other such thing.
The new remote control from Satechi is a bit better though, in that it controls iPads, iPhones, Macs, Android devices and even PCs.
Smart TVs should support it too, if their OS has what i... |
24 May 2012
09:40 GMT |
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IC and GPU chip designer Nvidia has just announced, on its official website, that the company’s new Icera software modem was certified to work on AT&T LTE networks. The Icera chip has a multimode radio transceiver that can offer 4G LTE at category 2 transfer data rates of up to 50 Mb/s. This is a very fast da... |
24 May 2012
09:40 GMT |
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The recent problems that have hit 38 Studios, the creator of Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, could be solved by selling the intellectual property that the developer has put together, which is evaluated at 20 million dollars (15.9 million Euro).
Michael Pachter, who watches the video game industry for Wedbush Securiti... |
24 May 2012
09:30 GMT |
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Although HTC One X has been plagued by quite a few critical issues since its launch earlier this month, the Taiwanese company has managed to address most of these issues in the latest software updates.
However, there are still some bugs that need to be fixed and HTC promised to resolve as many as possible in a futur... |
24 May 2012
09:30 GMT |
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Spanish investigators at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB) say that learning how to cope with unfavorable situations is key towards living a happy, satisfactory life. The findings do not apply to the well-off, but to the vast majority of the population.
Life is full of ups and downs for most of us, so lea... |
24 May 2012
09:25 GMT |
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The Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 tablet is a fine piece of work, but there is one perk we may have not mentioned back when we reported on its availability.
Long story short, people who decide to buy the Galaxy Tab 2 will be granted a one-year Dropbox account.
Said account will let them store up to 50 GB of data in the cl... |
24 May 2012
09:24 GMT |
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Kim Kardashian might slap on a smile for the cameras whenever she's around them but she's hiding a terrible secret. She's addicted to pills, says a new report cited by Radar Online. Though she has a reputation for staying clear of alcohol and drugs, Kim is reportedly an addict to pills. Her sister Kh... |
24 May 2012
09:23 GMT |
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It took a while but the stable version for Total Commander 8.0 is now available for download. After two release candidates and no less than 25 public betas, the developer managed to tie all the loose ends and deliver a stable build for the file manager.
As many already know, starting this version Total Commander is ... |
24 May 2012
09:11 GMT |
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Samsung has just launched the Galaxy Ace 2 on the market with Android 2.3 Gingerbread on-board, though it did not say anything about a possible Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade.
Today, the folks over at SammyHub have just been tipped on an official demo video, which confirms Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 is ICS upgradable. Moreove... |
24 May 2012
09:09 GMT |
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Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) researchers say that they have managed to obtain a wealth of data on unconscious visual valence perception, in a new study. This process goes on unconsciously in the brain, and is responsible for a range of human behaviors when it comes to making a selection or a choice. It kicks in... |
24 May 2012
09:03 GMT |
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One of the most appealing features that Samsung’s new Galaxy S III handset arrives on shelves with is the new TouchWiz UI that the handset vendor loaded on top of Google’s Android operating system. It brings along a more appealing visual appearance, icons structured on four or five columns, smoother tra... |
24 May 2012
09:01 GMT |
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Windows 8’s Metro-style Internet Explorer 10 was designed without support for plugins, Microsoft announced a few months back, but it seems that things are not entirely so. According to the latest rumors on the matter, the Redmond-based software company is currently working on packing support for Adobe’s... |
24 May 2012
08:57 GMT |
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If horror movies are your thing, here's one you might find interesting or at least consider. “The Apparition” stars the handsome Tom Felton and Ashley Greene, and it just got a brand new trailer. The film isn't out until August 24, but its trailer seems promising enough, even though it might s... |
24 May 2012
08:56 GMT |
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Taiwanese mainboard manufacturer MSI, also known for its powerful notebooks and video cards, has recently announced the R7770 Power Edition 1GD5/OC video card, on its official website. This is a unique model with special cooling and overclocking features. MSI’s new Radeon HD 7770 video card comes with a very s... |
24 May 2012
08:51 GMT |
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The Hack in the Box conference schedule indicates that Pod2g’s Absinthe 2.0 jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1 might be released this Friday, around 7:00 AM EST. Analyzing the schedule for various jailbreak showcase events, iDownloadBlog estimates that the highly-anticipated iOS 5.1.1 untethered jailbreak will be release... |
24 May 2012
08:43 GMT |
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Bad news for Europeans expecting the Panasonic ELUGA Power to go live towards the end of April as the smartphone has just been delayed. UK-based retailer Clove reports they have just been informed that they can now expect the ELUGA Power to arrive in late June or early July. No explanation has been given, though t... |
24 May 2012
08:42 GMT |
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Jennifer Lopez wasn't the only artist to premiere a new single on the American Idol finale last night: Rihanna was there too, and she made sure she put on a performance fans won't forget too soon. Sporting her brand new dreadlocks and rocking some fierce fashion, Rihanna took to the stage to perform &ldqu... |
24 May 2012
08:40 GMT |
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Cooperation and collaboration in space exploration are absolutely necessary if new, ambitious projects are to be set in motion, the leaders of multiple space agencies agree. Budgets are currently very low, compared to historic levels, while mission costs are skyrocketing.
Implementing new technologies on advanced s... |
24 May 2012
08:34 GMT |
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Two of the various useful tools included in Microsoft’s Sysinternals Suite (created by Mark Russinovich) have been recently updated with fixes for issues previously spotted in them. One of the updated tools is Autoruns, now up for download as version 11.31, with a fix for a bug that caused it not to automatic... |
24 May 2012
08:27 GMT |
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Oracle has taken another blow in its lawsuit against Google over Android, an even bigger one than before. The jury found that Google did not infringe on Oracle's patents with Android.
This, combined with the fact that the jury only found that Google infringed on Oracle's copyright in a very small way, mak... |
24 May 2012
08:20 GMT |
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Megan Fox and husband David Austin Green are expecting their first child together. While one report says the beauty will be having a girl, the first photos of a very pregnant-looking Megan have emerged online. Star claims in its latest print issue that Megan and David are thrilled they will be having a girl, but th... |
24 May 2012
08:19 GMT |
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Sony Mobile continues the global rollout of its Xperia P, Xperia U and Xperia sola, and prepares for new launch announcements. We already have a glimpse of what’s to come in the following months from Sony, but here is more news on the Japanese company’s Android roadmap.
Sony ST21i Tapioca leaked quite a ... |
24 May 2012
08:06 GMT |
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The Nintendo 3DS handheld has once again topped the hardware chart on the Japanese internal market, a situation that will probably continue until the end of the year release of the Wii U home console from the same company.
At the same time, My Little Sister Can’t Be This Cute Can’t Be Continuing, a game... |
24 May 2012
08:03 GMT |
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Today, May 24, saw the first-ever, privately built spacecraft flying past the International Space Station. The point of closest approach between the two vehicles was reached at 7:25 am EDT (1125 GMT).
The unmanned Dragon space capsule first fired its engines to complete this maneuver at 4:43 am EDT (0843 GMT). Once ... |
24 May 2012
07:59 GMT |
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As they say, some things get better with time. The same seems to apply to Jennifer Lopez, who put many singers half her age to shame with her American Idol performance last night, in terms of energy and stage presence. The singer used the AI platform to debut her new single, “Going In,” which will be fe... |
24 May 2012
07:59 GMT |
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Sony has started to push its latest Android devices to more markets around the world, and it has them now on shelves in various countries in Asia and Europe. We’re referring here to the Xperia P, Xperia U and Xperia sola handsets, all of which can now be acquired in France, Germany, Italy, India, Singapore an... |
24 May 2012
07:50 GMT |
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Yahoo's caused quite a fuss with its new "browser" Yahoo Axis, particularly over the fact that Yahoo launched a browser. But that's not really true, especially on the desktop. All that Yahoo did was launch an HTML5 search app that can be installed as an extension in Chrome and Firefox but that works with ot... |
24 May 2012
07:50 GMT |
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John Travolta is now at the center of a media storm, as various male masseurs have stepped forward to claim they were harassed by him on various occasions. The National Enquirer is adding fuel to the fire by running photos of the star in drag. You can see the latest cover of the tabloid in the image attached. The c... |
24 May 2012
07:39 GMT |
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Well-known cooling expert, Korean company Zalman is reportedly getting ready to launch the new “SLC Series” USB flash drives. These are fast USB 3.0 sticks with very fast single-level cell NAND flash memory inside. Technically, SLC NAND is faster and also more expensive than the usual MLC NAND used in mo... |
24 May 2012
07:25 GMT |
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Administrative law judge David Shaw has recommended that the 4 GB and the 250 GB version of the Xbox 360 Slim console should be banned from sale in the United States.
The judge will meet with the commission in charge of the case in August and will make a final decision.
Motorola Mobility has sued Microsoft over bre... |
24 May 2012
07:24 GMT |
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Made official back in February at the Mobile World Congress 2012 in Barcelona, the international version of Nokia Lumia 900 is about to make its debut in Finland.
It appears that the smartphone has already arrived in select stores across the country and sales are likely to begin tomorrow, May 25.
Esphoneblog.com re... |
24 May 2012
07:21 GMT |
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After making available new releases for the Dev and Beta builds of Chrome, Google rolled out a new revision for the Stable channel, incrementing the version number to 19.0.1084.52. It is available for all supported platforms (Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome Frame) and the highlights are security-related fixes.
As suc... |
24 May 2012
07:14 GMT |
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South Korean handset vendor Samsung has just announced the upcoming availability of Galaxy Ace DUOS Android phone. At first glance, this seems to be the GSM variant of the CDMA-enabled Galaxy Ace DUOS, which was launched back in February.
The previously launched Galaxy Ace DUOS is dual-SIM and supports both CDMA and... |
24 May 2012
07:08 GMT |
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Assuming, for the sake of argument, that all iPhone 5 screen rumors are true, Apple pundit John Gruber asks: “How might Apple get developers on the right track to support a new aspect ratio at WWDC next month while maintaining their standard radio silence regarding as-yet-unannounced products?” Apple is ... |
24 May 2012
07:07 GMT |
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Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless has a nice range of handsets featuring LTE connectivity available for its users, but it appears that it is also preparing to release some new, more appealing ones. Among them, we can count an LG smartphone that popped up at the Global Certification Forum with model number VS930... |
24 May 2012
06:41 GMT |
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There may soon be a new tablet up for sale at your local retailer, as well as through online stores, one made by Toshiba and equipped with the latest, though not unexpected, set of hardware and software features.
We'd just love to be able to tell you that the Android 4.0-loaded Toshiba AT300 will be every bit ... |
24 May 2012
06:04 GMT |
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Researchers have determined that seniors who display healthier nerve connections than their peers tend to be smarter and mentally sharper later on in life. The discovery was made by experts at the Age UK charity.
Maintaining the quality of synapses is therefore shaping up to be one of the most important objectives ... |
24 May 2012
06:01 GMT |
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It looks like Google has been working hard to deliver its first 7-inch tablet. Although there have been some speculations that the slate has been delayed due to the fact that it wasn’t competitive enough, new information has emerged that confirms Google is ready to announce the tablet in June.
However, the inf... |
24 May 2012
06:01 GMT |
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The E3 2012 trade show might start on June 5, but the developers at CD Projekt RED will host an event earlier, on May 30 at 5:00 PM Greenwich Mean Time in order to make a major announcement and talk about other plans linked to the future of the company and the GOG digital distribution service.
Marcin Iwinksi, who is... |
24 May 2012
05:56 GMT |
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Before “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” wrapped and went into post-production, shooting was marred by a terrible accident that nearly cost an extra her life. A judge has now awarded her with $18.5 million (€14.7 million) in damages. The accident took place on the Indiana set of the movie, with then... |
24 May 2012
05:53 GMT |
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Exploring the Red Planet using standard robots is a fairly tricky task, primarily because of terrain limitations. By definition, rovers are very sensitive pieces of high-tech equipment, and they need to be looked after all the time. But what if a new machine would actually thrive in harsh terrain?
This is a scenario... |
24 May 2012
05:48 GMT |
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Windows Phone 8, the next-generation mobile platform version from Microsoft, is expected to make its way to devices currently available on the market, the latest reports on the matter suggest. Microsoft is preparing new versions of its Windows platform to arrive on shelves later this year, and it is set to target v... |
24 May 2012
05:38 GMT |
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In an effort to redefine what it means to search and browse the web on your iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad, Yahoo! unleashed Axis this week, a new type of web browser for iOS platforms. As Yahoo! themselves explain, Axis allows you to “enter your search, see and interact with the results, and find what you need ... |
24 May 2012
05:28 GMT |
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Very soon you won't be able to find Sony and Samsung-branded TVs for the same low prices you might have seen a few weeks or months before today.
The two companies are taking an unfortunate page out of Apple's book: minimum price enforcement for consumer electronics products.
More precisely, Sony and Sams... |
24 May 2012
05:27 GMT |
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As MTV is getting ready to shoot a new season of its hit reality show “Jersey Shore,” it's also dealing with two major problems: The Situation's recent rehab stint and Snooki's pregnancy. The former sat down with MTV to talk about his addiction. Because of the nature of the show, it's... |
24 May 2012
05:22 GMT |
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Japanese company Logitec has just launched the new LHD-EG40THEU3F external HDD unit, on its official website. This is a 7200 RMP, 4 TB HDD packed inside a USB 3.0 enclosure that also comes with eSATA connectivity. Readers should not confuse Logitec with Swiss company Logitech. The new 4 TB external HDD we’re pr... |
24 May 2012
05:19 GMT |
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Microsoft and its partner phone makers are gearing up for the release of Windows Phone 8 and of new devices running under it, one of which might be the Nokia Phi that was just spotted in WP Bench. The Windows Phone benchmarking application shows this handset as being the latest to have been added to its database, w... |
24 May 2012
05:14 GMT |
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The core story path for the upcoming Darksiders II will ask the player to spend about 25 hours of his time to complete it and the game will also offer side quest content that expands the scope of the experience, according to the leader of the development team working on the action title. Jeremy Greiner, who is the c... |
24 May 2012
05:12 GMT |
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Scientists have determined in a new study that people who have dual-role jobs tend to exhibit shifts in their moral integrity, without even realizing this is happening. Their moral compass is largely dictated by the actions they are undertaking at any given time.
The investigation was focused on determining how ind... |
24 May 2012
05:05 GMT |
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You would think that earnings of $1.6 Billion (1.27 billion Euro) would be a cause for joy, but that definitely doesn't apply to HP, whose reaction was to start enacting a restructuring plan. Although some may gawk at the notion, the $1.6 billion accumulated during the latest three-month period is a low number... |
24 May 2012
04:59 GMT |
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Oslo, Norway-based Opera Software has announced the release of Opera Mini 7.0.2, an updated version of its popular web browser on mobile platforms, which now features Retina-display visuals on supported tablet computers. Ceremoniously introduced this March, Apple’s third-generation iPad boasts a high-resolutio... |
24 May 2012
04:49 GMT |
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Reports are linking Josh Trank as being the director working on the upcoming Shadow of the Colossus movie that Sony Pictures is developing, with a number of writers currently being interviewed before work on the actual script is set to start.
Chronicle is a movie that uses the found footage style to tell a simple bu... |
24 May 2012
04:42 GMT |
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It’s only been a week since Research In Motion updated Facebook for BlackBerry, and the Canadian company has just delivered a new version in the Beta Zone.
Facebook 3.1.0.11 is the latest version delivered by RIM and can now be downloaded for BlackBerry users who own a Beta Zone account.
The folks over at Cra... |
24 May 2012
04:33 GMT |
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Last year, Nokia unveiled to the world its first handsets running under Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system, and it promised the availability of exclusive apps for them, to differentiate in a crowded market. No other Windows Phone handset would have these apps, nor would they be available on rival plat... |
24 May 2012
04:30 GMT |
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Hacker Pod2g has confirmed new progress in his development of an untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1 on Apple devices built around the A5 chip. In a message released to his 326K followers yesterday, the leader of the Chronic Dev Team said: “OK just added iPad3,3 support to Absinthe thanks to @flawlessfox. Only... |
24 May 2012
04:30 GMT |
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According to the conclusions of a new study published in the latest issue of the esteemed journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), it would appear that the exposure to fungicides causes autism, obesity, anxiety and stress in lab rats.
These negative effects can be observed in the rodents'... |
24 May 2012
04:22 GMT |
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So-called “hybrid” devices have been cropping up on the IT market for as long as the industry has been around, so we aren't at all shocked to see tablets and ultrabooks combine. Chinese company CZC Tech has formally introduced something called U116T, which behaves like a tablet but has ultrabook ha... |
24 May 2012
04:20 GMT |
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The Release Candidate of Snowlinux MATE 2, a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) and powered by the MATE desktop environment, is now available for download and testing.
Snowlinux 2 RC "Cream" is based on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS so it will benefit from all the security updates that Canonica... |
24 May 2012
04:11 GMT |
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Sarah Burge is mostly known as the “Human Barbie,” a 51-year-old woman from the UK whose purpose in life has been to transform herself into a real-life Barbie doll, and she's now doing the same to her daughters. Anderson Cooper just kicked her off his show. Cooper has had other out of the ordinary ... |
24 May 2012
04:09 GMT |
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Famous motherboard manufacturer, Taiwanese company ASUS, who is also well known for its mobile computers, is now reportedly preparing to launch three ZenBooks next month. We already talked about ASUS’ new UltraBook projects and we published the first pictures here. The ones is question were the ... |
24 May 2012
04:01 GMT |
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The development team at BioWare has announced the details for the next multiplayer based event for Mass Effect 3, which will be called Operation Shieldwall and will see gamers try to promote as many characters as possible in a single weekend.
The overall goal for all those engaged with the multiplayer side of Mass E... |
24 May 2012
03:55 GMT |
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Eons ago, Mars underwent a period in which asteroid strikes were commonplace. Astronomers now propose that the large number of collisions may have been one of the primary factors that drove temperatures on the planet through the roof, eventually leading to a runaway global warming effect.
Understanding what happened... |
24 May 2012
03:54 GMT |
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You'd think that any great claim would be backed by some hard evidence, but Gigabyte deliberately neglected to provide it when it revealed the X11 notebook.
Of course, “revealed” is a bit too much of a stretch because the company only specified its name and that it is supposed to be “the ligh... |
24 May 2012
03:48 GMT |
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Over the weekend, video emerged showing actor Will Smith at the Moscow premiere of “Men in Black 3,” shoving and then lightly slapping a reporter who seemed to have tried to kiss him on the lips. Below are their statements in the aftermath of the incident. As we also noted at the time, the incident was ... |
24 May 2012
03:34 GMT |
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The latest Apple commercials promoting Siri on the iPhone 4S are now airing. Featuring John Malkovich, the ads put into light the personal, humorous side of Siri. Titled “Joke,” one TV spot shows Malkovich sitting in an armchair sipping tea, asking Siri about the weather, his agenda for the evening, and ... |
24 May 2012
03:32 GMT |
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Microsoft is reportedly gearing up to make available new versions of its Office productivity suite, one set to arrive on Apple’s iPad, while the other is expected to hit Google’s Android tablets. A few months ago, the company was rumored to plan the release of an iPad-specific flavor of Office, but it d... |
24 May 2012
03:28 GMT |
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The Gemini North Telescope, located in Hawaii, was recently trained on the planetary nebula Sharpless 2-71, a complex structure located in the constellation Aquila, around 3,260 light-years from Earth.
The relatively distant nebula reveals a massive swirl of gas at its core, a structure that has intrigued astronome... |
24 May 2012
03:26 GMT |
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Video game hardware developer and game publisher Sony has announced that its PlayStation Network service will go down for maintenance starting with 10:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time and 4:00 PM British Summer Time and that the features will be unavailable until 2:00 AM EDT and 8:00 AM on Friday, May 25.
The PlayStation... |
24 May 2012
03:23 GMT |
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Following the popular rule “more is better,” well-known video card manufacturer Power Color is reportedly working on a new Vortex cooling solution. The novelty is called Vortex III and comes with three fans. By looking at the picture, we can tell you that the fans feature a smaller diameter than the usual... |
24 May 2012
03:20 GMT |
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ZevenOS-Neptune, a Linux operating system with software optimized for slower computers and with elements of BeOS, has just reached version 2.5 Beta. ZevenOS-Neptune 2.5 Beta, codenamed “Fluid,” ships as two different editions: Minimal Edition (with LXDE) and Full Edition (with KDE SC). Both of them come... |
24 May 2012
03:18 GMT |
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The Bulldozer AMD FX series of central processing units ended up disappointing most people, even though the chip did exactly what AMD said it would. That said, we'll be more cautious in our assumptions regarding the FX-series central processing units that will replace them. Speaking of which, we now know whe... |
24 May 2012
03:09 GMT |
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People using the official Google Search app on their iPhone will see a completely redesigned interface starting with version 2.0, Google has announced. The software serves up faster results and offers full-screen image search, as well as a simple way to access all your Google apps. “When you’re on the go... |
24 May 2012
03:03 GMT |
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Developer Robomondo and publisher Activision have announced the full soundtrack for their upcoming Tony Hawk Pro Skater HD, the skating simulation that it set to be launched on the Xbox Live Arcade service from Microsoft and the PlayStation Network from Sony.The two companies say that they were very careful when maki... |
24 May 2012
03:01 GMT |
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For a company supposed to be in trouble with shortages, Seagate did remarkably well during the last quarter of 2011 and the first quarter of this year, 2012.
One would think that the alleged undersupply would give the HDD giant trouble meeting what orders it already has.
This does not seem to be the case, at leas... |
24 May 2012
02:30 GMT |
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The development team at developer Infinity Ward and publisher Activision have announced that those who are playing the multiplayer game modes for their first-person shooter Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will get double experience points until May 29.The extra experience can be earned regardless of the whether gamers... |
24 May 2012
02:29 GMT |
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Google has been recently rumored to plan making some changes to its approach to the release of new Nexus handsets, through having more such phones launched at once from multiple vendors. Nothing has been officially confirmed on the matter for the time being, but additional details on this have emerged. Apparently... |
24 May 2012
02:13 GMT |
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Verizon’s Galaxy Nexus handsets have had the chance to get a taste of the Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich platform version at the beginning of this month, and they can do the same now. For unknown reasons, Verizon and Google decided at the time that they should remove the update from their servers, yet it se... |
24 May 2012
01:49 GMT |
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