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German company Xilence has just launched a new mini-ITX case featuring improved cooling and support for powerful video cards. The new case will perfectly fit mini-ITX mainboards and powerful processors. Xilence’s new mini-ITX computer case is called Torino and is part of the company’s SQ series. It fea... |
24 July 2012
21:31 GMT |
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Chinese computer maker Lenovo is now officially shipping its new 10.1” Transformer-like tablet. The new gadget is more affordable than ASUS’ own Transformer, while claiming longer battery life and better performance. Lenovo’s new tablet is designated IdeaTab S2110 and is built around Qualcomm&rsquo... |
24 July 2012
20:31 GMT |
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The Nintendo Wii U does not yet have a clear launch date, but a number of analysts have already predicted that the new home console will fail and will be an embarrassment to the Japanese company. Yves Guillemot, the chief executive officer at Ubisoft, does not agree and he tells Gamasutra that, “I think Ninten... |
24 July 2012
20:21 GMT |
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TMS is short for Texas Memory Systems, Inc. and this is an American company founded all the way back in 1978. Based in Huston, TSM has just launched the new RamSan-70 PCIe SSD card featuring up to 900 GB of SLC NAND. This is a very interesting PCIe storage system as TMS’ RamSan-70 PCIe SSD card can boot an ope... |
24 July 2012
19:51 GMT |
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The US Patent and Trademark office really botched it when it permitted the patenting of what icons and user interfaces look like, as shown by the recent discovery regarding the Apple-Samsung patent war. We won't even bother expressing any sentiment related to the fact that patenting visual preferences and no-b... |
24 July 2012
19:41 GMT |
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Dead or Alive 5, the next installment in the popular fighting game franchise, has a special training mode that will allow those who aren’t that accustomed to the series to try out their favorite characters and slowly learn the best tactics.
The Dead or Alive franchise, developed by Team Ninja and published by ... |
24 July 2012
19:11 GMT |
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Today, leading online work and project management solution provider Mavenlink announced the release of a cross-platform mobile HTML5 application to provide users with fast access to its workforce collaboration platform on any mobile device out there.
Through the new release, Mavenlink offers easy and fast collabora... |
24 July 2012
19:01 GMT |
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As expected, Chinese handset maker Huawei has just released the Ascend G300 and Y200 Android smartphones in India. Both devices are now available via leading retailers across the country for Rs 13,490 (240 USD or 200 EUR) and Rs 8,190 (145 USD or 120 EUR), respectively.
According to Huawei, the Ascend G300 is the fi... |
24 July 2012
19:01 GMT |
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Valhalla Game Studios, the developer of the upcoming Devil’s Third action game, has confirmed that it has partnered up with Korean studio Doobic, who’ll be in charge of the title’s PC and tablet versions.
The Devil’s Third creation process has been a rocky one, as after the financial problems... |
24 July 2012
18:21 GMT |
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Hardware maker Sony has not yet officially announced the existence of the PlayStation 3 SuperSlim, but analysts believe that the new device could be a success for the company as long as the price stays close to 200 dollars or Euro and the 16 GB flash drive is a reality.
Lewis Ward, who works for IDC Research, report... |
24 July 2012
18:01 GMT |
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The upcoming Windows Phone 8 platform could arrive on shelves loaded on devices coming from far more handset vendors than before.
Among them, WPDang says that we could see handsets manufactured by Chinese vendor Oppo, which has recently launched one of the smallest smartphones in the world, the Oppo Finder.
We al... |
24 July 2012
17:51 GMT |
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FIFA 13 needs to improve upon an already very solid predecessor and that means that the team at EA Sports working on the football simulation needs to take care to make solid changes that do not affect the player experience in any negative way.
One of the big new concepts introduced in FIFA 13 will be the first touch... |
24 July 2012
17:31 GMT |
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Second-screen experiences, like the ones delivered by the Nintendo Wii U’s GamePad or the upcoming Xbox 360 SmartGlass tech, could lead to some interesting new features for games in the FIFA franchise, at least according to FIFA 13 Producer David Rutter.
FIFA 13 is set to offer all sorts of impressive features... |
24 July 2012
17:21 GMT |
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Just one day before she filed for divorce from Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes sat down for an interview for the latest issue of C Magazine, to talk about fashion and her career. She also got a very glamorous makeover for the photospread.
As Katie's fans must know, one career she's been pursuing in recent years ... |
24 July 2012
16:41 GMT |
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Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia announced today that is has completed the purchase of all technologies and intellectual property from Scalado AB.
The company announced plans to acquire the imaging specialist on June 14th, 2012, and has now finalized the transaction. As part of this deal, Nokia also grabbed approxi... |
24 July 2012
16:41 GMT |
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Gearbox is one of the busiest independent video game developers, and despite the workload, the leader of the company is satisfied with the quality of the titles they are delivering and with the choices the team has made.
Randy Pitchford, the boss at Gearbox, admits to Gamasutra that, “As far as where Gearbox i... |
24 July 2012
16:31 GMT |
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For the coming Christmas shopping season, when most video game publishers focus on launching their biggest titles for the year, Sony is trying to focus on picking up the money that families tend to spend on entertainment experiences for their living room.
Shuhei Yodhida, the leader of the Sony Worldwide Studios, adm... |
24 July 2012
16:31 GMT |
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The development team working on Dead Space 3 at the Visceral studio is keen to create a game experience that offers alternative experiences for those gamers who are interested in exploring all areas of the game.
Steve Papoutsis, the executive producer working on Dead Space 3, tells the Official PlayStation Magazine ... |
24 July 2012
16:31 GMT |
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“Despicable Me” proved to be quite a hit both with audiences and critics. While a sequel is already in the works, a spinoff may also arrive as early as 2014, Deadline has learned. The yellow bean Minions are getting their own feature film!“The adorable yellow-colored critters that began as henchmen ... |
24 July 2012
16:01 GMT |
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Research In Motion (RIM) launched the BlackBerry Screen Reader application several months ago, but the software supported only a limited number of devices.
In fact, only three smartphones were supported until recently: Blackberry Curve 9350, Curve 9360 and Curve 9370. However, starting today, RIM added two more devi... |
24 July 2012
16:01 GMT |
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Many men have used Propecia to halt baldness but few, if any, have gone through what William McKee went through. He claims that, after 9 months of taking the generic version of the hair growth drug on a daily basis, he turned into a woman.
McKee now goes by the name Mandi and is speaking out to warn other men again... |
24 July 2012
15:41 GMT |
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Team 17, the developer behind the massively successful Worms franchise, has revealed that the next chapter in the beloved series, Worms Revolution, will be released on PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 this October.
Worms games have brought hilarious experiences over the years, allowing players to wield all sorts of crazy weapo... |
24 July 2012
15:41 GMT |
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Sony Mobile has a very busy schedule for the second half of the year. The Japanese handset maker plans to launch quite a few Android phones by the end of 2012 and the LT30p Mint is one of them.
The smartphone leaked a while ago along with some of its specs, which have just been confirmed by a few benchmarks.
The f... |
24 July 2012
15:31 GMT |
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Following the release of a preview flavor of its Office 2013 productivity suite last week, Microsoft has started to provide details on other products and services associated with the application that got updated recently.
Exchange is one of them, and a new flavor of the service is now available as a preview for Mic... |
24 July 2012
15:11 GMT |
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Microsoft has made available for download through the official Windows Phone Marketplace a new My Server application that should prove a great option for all IT professionals interested in access to their administrator accounts while on the go.
The new software resembles the Windows Phone Connector for Windows Home ... |
24 July 2012
15:11 GMT |
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Box cloud storage service is well known among Android users as the application is now present on most devices that run Google’s operating system.
The good news is that Box decided to bring its cloud storage service to Windows Phone platform as well. Starting today, those who own smartphones powered by Microsof... |
24 July 2012
15:01 GMT |
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Demi Lovato, co-host of the Teen Choice Awards 2012, which took place over the weekend, accidentally revealed a bit more than she had hoped to on the red carpet at the teen-centered event.
As the photo attached to this article will confirm, Demi looked positively stunning during the red carpet ceremony, bringing so... |
24 July 2012
14:51 GMT |
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One of the most popular virtual keyboards available on the market, SwiftKey has just received a special update that will provide users interested in sports with nifty tweaks and features. The creators of the application updated the UK English and US English language packs with important names and terms and will cert... |
24 July 2012
14:31 GMT |
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The first trailer for “Anna Karenina” came out a month ago but chances are few actually guessed it would play out almost like a theater play. This new 6-minute clip makes that pretty clear. As director Joe Wright explains in the introduction, the entire film was shot in a dilapidated theater, with all s... |
24 July 2012
14:21 GMT |
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Randy Pitchford, the president of Gearbox Software, is quite surprised that his studio’s most popular franchise, Borderlands, hasn’t been cloned or at least copied in some way by nefarious individuals. Borderlands 2 is out this September and promises to build upon its quite successful predecessor, which ... |
24 July 2012
14:21 GMT |
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On Sunday, July 22, Russian Mission Control decided to undock the Progress 47 robotic resupply capsule from the International Space Station (ISS), in order to have it dock again earlier today. The goal was to test a new automated docking system, called Kurs-NA, but the procedure apparently failed.
Expedition 32 ast... |
24 July 2012
14:01 GMT |
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One of the best Google smartphones available on the market, the Galaxy Nexus is now on sale at Verizon Wireless for only $99.99 USD (80 EUR) with a new two-year agreement and a $50 USD online discount.
Android enthusiasts who still want to purchase the Galaxy Nexus should know that this offer is only available onlin... |
24 July 2012
14:01 GMT |
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A couple of years ago, after struggling to maintain a healthy weight for years on row, Kirstie Alley came out with her own weight loss program called Organic Liaison. She's now being sued by a California woman for making false claims about the program.
The official website of Organic Liaison also comes with a ... |
24 July 2012
13:51 GMT |
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The highly-acclaimed Opera Mobile 12 browser for Android devices has just received a new update that promises to further the overall performance and stability of the application.
Version 12.0.4 comes with improved handling of meta-tag “format detection,” as well as better keyboard handling on Honeycomb a... |
24 July 2012
13:31 GMT |
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It looks like Sprint plans to offer the Samsung Epic 4G Touch smartphone on PAYG (pay as you go) via Boost Mobile. Sprint’s no-term carrier is rumored to launch the smartphone in the following weeks, though we don’t have any details on the exact release date.
The folks over at Phandroid have been tipped ... |
24 July 2012
13:01 GMT |
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Unlike common paper printing, 3D Printing has potential applications in all sorts of industrial and consumer fields, some even likely to replace current-generation manufacturing procedures altogether, and GIA believes that only great things are in store for it.
A 3D printer is, at its simplest, a box or room that c... |
24 July 2012
13:01 GMT |
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Today, Microsoft announced a collaboration with TheFind, the result of which is the release of Glimpse Catalogs, which proposes a new HTML5 online shopping experience.
For those out of the loop, we should note that TheFind is a leading vertical search engine for shopping, with millions of users already accessing its... |
24 July 2012
12:41 GMT |
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Studies conducted in the past demonstrated that old people who feel lonely are more likely to develop health conditions including cardiovascular diseases and dementia. Now, scientists show that practicing mindfulness meditation is a simple method of reducing these risks.As made obvious over the past few decades, soci... |
24 July 2012
12:02 GMT |
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Much like Ridley Scott's “Prometheus,” “The Dark Knight Rises” is proving to be a film that encourages debates. In fact, all Chris Nolan films do that, so here's an idea for how to react to whatever he might come up with next.
While waiting to see “The Dark Knight Rises,&rdquo... |
24 July 2012
12:01 GMT |
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The other day, confirmation came – if any was still needed – of the fact that Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis were romantically involved: photos of them kissing emerged online. The pics sent Demi Moore, Ashton's ex-wife, into tailspin, says a new report.
According to sources close to Demi, she's... |
24 July 2012
12:01 GMT |
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BIKE is a very lightweight tool for running queries on MySQL databases via a web-based interface and the browser. After previously reviewing and writing about MyWebSQL, Chive and SQL Buddy, we now bring you a recently released tool for working with MySQL. BIKE was not designed at all to look like the aforementioned... |
24 July 2012
12:01 GMT |
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Scientists at the California Institute of Technology (MIT), in Pasadena, say that a study conducted on mice revealed that an overactive immune system could lead to the emergence of symptoms similar to those of autism in humans.Interestingly, abnormalities in mother mice's immune system were also tied to an incre... |
24 July 2012
11:56 GMT |
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One of the studios in charge of the Silent Hill series is currently under review and might be closed down in the near future.
Kuju has confirmed that it is evaluating the performance of Vatra and will arrive at a conclusion soon.
A statement from the company reads: “The new management team at Kuju have been c... |
24 July 2012
11:51 GMT |
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Fans will undoubtedly remember how much fuss there was around Lady Gaga's “Born This Way,” especially because it seemed to resemble Madonna's “Express Yourself.” Madonna still believes it does. Because of it, Lady Gaga should probably thank her for writing that hit track for her. ... |
24 July 2012
11:40 GMT |
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Portions of Greenland's massive ice sheets have been melting faster over the past month than they have in over 30 years, announce investigators from the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasadena, California. Unfortunately, this trend is likely to continue for the foreseeable future.
The discovery should... |
24 July 2012
11:27 GMT |
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Today, Jennifer Lopez turns 43 but, by the looks of the preview for the official “Goin' In” video, she could give any 20something singer a run for her money.
Check it out below in full.
“My #GoinIn video premieres this Wednesday! Check out a sneak peek. It’s on my greatest hits album,... |
24 July 2012
11:27 GMT |
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Whether because of the frequently blamed weak economy or something else, makers of motherboards have come to believe that if mainboard sales do rise during the third quarter, it won't be by much.
As reported here, July shipments may turn out weaker than expected.
This would not have been such a large problem... |
24 July 2012
11:21 GMT |
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Packed with support for a far wider range of graphics than previous platform releases, Windows 8 will deliver great visual experiences even when loaded on low-power hardware, Microsoft promises.
The company explains that Windows 8 was designed from the ground up with support for a diversity of hardware configuratio... |
24 July 2012
11:17 GMT |
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It’s been more than four months since the attack on Gamigo’s servers, a German publisher of free-to-play online games, but the breach is still in the news as the hackers leaked online more than eight million credentials (hashed passwords).
The leak had been online as early as July 6, and in half an hour ... |
24 July 2012
11:14 GMT |
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PNY’s new professional card is an entry-level Quadro card powered by an Nvidia GPU featuring a modest, single-slot cooling system. The company claims the new graphic adapter is up to 90% faster than a Quadro FX 380LP when testing in SPEC Viewperformance 11.
Compared with a Quadro 400 card, PNY’s new adap... |
24 July 2012
11:11 GMT |
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Kim Kardashian and Kanye West have been dating – officially – for about four months, so it's no wonder people are already talking about their plans for a most fabulous wedding. As it turns out, the rapper has every intention to propose the minute her divorce from Kris Humphries is finalized.
Moreov... |
24 July 2012
11:05 GMT |
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Concrete usually goes in sidewalks and buildings, but it might soon become too flimsy for the more ambitious construction projects.
Never fear, though. Even if some new super material gets invented, concrete will still have a place in the world, as part of wrist watches.
Indeed, Timex has introduced a bunch (eight ... |
24 July 2012
10:58 GMT |
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The upcoming PlayStation 3 Super Slim edition won’t be shown at Gamescom 2012, at least according to a new report, which claims that Sony will wait a bit more until the stock of current-generation PS3 models is depleted. The PlayStation 3 has been around for quite some time and has already gone through one maj... |
24 July 2012
10:51 GMT |
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It's been a while since Kate Gosselin and her 8 adorable kids got the boot from TLC – and just as much time since she hasn't done any TV work. That may very well change very soon, as she's in talks for her own dating reality show.
Some time ago, while she was promoting what turned out to be the... |
24 July 2012
10:50 GMT |
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We are so used to gaming hardware that costs over one hundred dollars a piece that learning about such a peripheral with a tag of just $15 / 12.40 Euro can be shocking.
Nevertheless, that is what we might soon have in our hands, thanks to Sharkoon, whose product is called Tactix Gaming Keyboard.
Detailed here, it h... |
24 July 2012
10:36 GMT |
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After digital distribution service Steam ended its Summer Sale, Indie Royale has arrived with its own special promotion, in the form of the July Jubilee bundle, which brings together six great indie experiences, in the form of Puzzle Agent, Geneforce Saga, Oniken, Mutant Storm Reloaded, Swift Switch, and Unepic.
Due... |
24 July 2012
10:34 GMT |
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There’s a new Motorola RAZR handset out in the wild, expected to arrive in the coming weeks at Verizon Wireless. The so-called DROID RAZR HD (XT926) has been recently spotted at FCC (Federal Communications Commission) with support for Verizon’s radios.
Although the smartphone emerged earlier this month v... |
24 July 2012
10:31 GMT |
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October is expected to mark the launch of two new platform releases from Microsoft, one for the desktop / tablet market, namely Windows 8, and another for the smartphone segment, Windows Phone 8.
The Redmond-based company is reportedly ramping up the development on the latter platform, and it is cancelling employee... |
24 July 2012
10:31 GMT |
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Scientists believe that a new class of antioxidants may be used successfully in the fight against Parkinson's. In the near future, therapies currently in use against this condition may be augmented by these molecules, which are heralded as a way to provide a relief in symptoms severity.
The powerful molecules ... |
24 July 2012
10:31 GMT |
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UK's Technology Strategy Board recently made it public news that, in the not-too-distant future, about ₤56 million (roughly €72 billion / $87 million) is to go in improving on the ecological footprint of the country's transport industry.
More precisely, the money will be directed towards low carbon t... |
24 July 2012
10:30 GMT |
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Corning may be best known thanks to its Gorilla Glass panels, but it excels in LCD substrate research, development and manufacture as well, something that Samsung wishes to use.
The two companies have agreed to jointly build a new LCD manufacturing plant in China.
To that end, they have already signed a Memorandu... |
24 July 2012
10:16 GMT |
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Ten years ago, fabless GPU designer Nvidia was showing off their revolutionary, but ultimately disappointing GeForce FX GPU line using an impressive technology demo called “Dawn.” Now, the company is demonstrating the capabilities of the new Kepler architecture using an impressive new demo called “A... |
24 July 2012
10:13 GMT |
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Transmission 2.61, the open source, cross-platform and famous BitTorrent client used in many of today's Linux distributions, has been released last evening, July 23rd.Transmission 2.61 is the first maintenance release of Transmission 2.6, bringing assorted improvements and fixes.Highlights of Transmission 2.61:&... |
24 July 2012
09:59 GMT |
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We don't normally find power supply units all that awe-inspiring, not even the ones with massive outputs, but the EVGA NEX 1500W might change that.
We don't say it only due to the number of watts, though it is high to be sure. The reason for our, and most other people's, interest is the SuperNOVA soft... |
24 July 2012
09:56 GMT |
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Neglecting a child can adversely affect the development of their brain, researchers at Boston Children's Hospital (BCH) determined in a new study conducted on Romanian children enrolled in the Bucharest Early Intervention Project (BEIP) survey.
The correlation holds true for both psychological and physical neg... |
24 July 2012
09:55 GMT |
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Not many people know this, but quite a lot of amphibian species have gone extinct throughout the past few decades.
More precisely, studies concerning biodiversity argue that, in just 30 years, about 120 kinds of amphibians have fallen off the map, not to mention that 41% of those that made it up until nowadays are ... |
24 July 2012
09:49 GMT |
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In addition to making available the preview flavor of its Office 2013 productivity suite, Microsoft also provided a series of details on the new features included in Lync Server 2013 last week.
Also available in a preview form for the time being, Microsoft’s Lync Server 2013 comes with instant messaging (IM), ... |
24 July 2012
09:45 GMT |
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Video game publisher THQ has announced that Ron Moravek has joined the company as an executive vice president of production, in charge of assisting the team working on the new digital business side of the company.
Moravek was one of the co-founders of developer Relic, best known for the Company of Heroes strategy ti... |
24 July 2012
09:41 GMT |
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Opera released today a new snapshot for version 12.01 of the browser and announced that they’re closing in on the stable version. This will be an intermediary build until Marlin (Opera 12.50) is ready for the public.
The list of modifications for this revision is not large and integrates fixes for several quir... |
24 July 2012
09:35 GMT |
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The RocketStor 5122B and RocketStor 5212 from HighPoint Technologies are capable of pushing the USB 3.0 connection to the maximum thanks to their dual-dedicated 5Gb/s USB 3.0 engines.
As such, the drive docks, while not capable of operating at the full SATA III specification (6 Gbps is more than the maximum availabl... |
24 July 2012
09:25 GMT |
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Sony Mobile introduced the Xperia tipo and tipo dual last month and confirmed that both smartphones would be released in Q3 2012. Although we don’t have an exact launch date for either of the devices, it looks like the Xperia tipo is expected to arrive in the UK in September.
According to major retailer Carpho... |
24 July 2012
09:23 GMT |
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Avril Lavigne is single and ready to mingle and, from the latest reports, she may have also switched lanes. Photos of the singer with a gal pal on the beach have sent the rumor mill into overdrive.
Voices in the blogosphere, as well as the tabloids, are saying that Avril may be seeking for love with a woman, after ... |
24 July 2012
09:18 GMT |
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Autotroph, a company that specializes in sustainable design, recently took to transforming abandoned tobacco barns in Maryland, US, into households intended for people who wish to settle down in this region.
From an environmental standpoint, what interests us is that, while preserving the barns' architectural ... |
24 July 2012
09:17 GMT |
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Ohio State University (OSU) recently took a look at people's ability to multi-task, and discovered a series of worrying trends, as well as potential approaches to addressing them. The investigators say that certain types of multi-tasking are more harmful than others, while some can be practiced safely.
Most peo... |
24 July 2012
09:16 GMT |
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The second Release Candidate version of AntiX M12, a fast, lightweight and easy-to-install Linux Live CD distribution based on Debian Testing and MEPIS, for Intel-AMD x86 compatible systems, is now available for testings. AntiX M12 RC2 comes in three different editions: a full one featuring five-window managers, IceW... |
24 July 2012
09:09 GMT |
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We live in sad times indeed if a lawsuit can be considered a breath of fresh air, but the one started by the European Commission gets that label from us by virtue of not being a massive war waged over trivial reasons.
What we have here is an investigation by the European Commission into the activities of 13 makers ... |
24 July 2012
09:06 GMT |
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Cupertino-based Apple is expected to bring to the market two new Mac computers this September, namely the 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro and a new iMac.
Ming-Chi Kuo from KGI Securities claims that Apple is indeed set to bring to the market a smaller version of its Retina MacBook Pro, currently available for orders wit... |
24 July 2012
08:51 GMT |
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A collaboration of researchers, including Doug Rumble and Liping Qin from the Carnegie Institution for Science (CIW), has recently been able to find out more data about the history of the early solar system, by studying extremely old meteorites that formed very shortly after the Sun did. The star is believed to be ... |
24 July 2012
08:48 GMT |
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A documentary expected to air tomorrow on Link TV tackles a very delicate issue: that of illegally trading baby elephants in Thailand, all for the sake of boosting the national tourist industry.
The documentary's complete title is “Baby Elephant Smuggling Exposed: How Thailand’s Tourist Industry is... |
24 July 2012
08:47 GMT |
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Although the Olympic Games are scheduled to start in three days, the competition might begin a little earlier in Firefox, as Mozilla raked up the flags of 57 countries in a collection of personas of their own.
The move was made to give the millions of Firefox users around the globe the opportunity “to celebrat... |
24 July 2012
08:30 GMT |
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Peppermint, a Linux-based operating system that is Cloud / Web Application Centric, designed for enhanced mobility, efficiency and ease of use, is now at version Three. Peppermint Three is based on Lubuntu 12.04 and it borows some features from Linux Mint. The distribution is available for both 32-bit and 64-bit plat... |
24 July 2012
08:29 GMT |
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It just became public news that the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Canon Europe, one of the world's leaders when it comes to imaging solutions, decided that it was high time they renewed their green-oriented partnership.
More precisely: WWF is expected to continue using Canon technology in order to pin down the... |
24 July 2012
08:23 GMT |
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ASUS’ Android 4.0 10.1” tablet will soon come to the Land of the Rising Sun. The new device is called ASUS Pad TF700T and will feature a very fast Nvidia Tegra 3 ARM processor running at an impressive 1,7 GHz.
The new tablet launching in Japan is already known to our western readers as ASUS Infinity and it is ... |
24 July 2012
08:21 GMT |
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Creators of Viber for Windows Phone have just announced the upcoming availability of a new version of their application in Marketplace.
Viber 2.2 comes with some new features, improvements and bug fixes, which are meant to improve the overall performance of the application on Windows Phone devices.
One of the most ... |
24 July 2012
08:14 GMT |
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Microsoft has been long rumored to plan the release of its Office productivity suite for Apple’s iOS devices, and some more proof on the matter has just emerged.
The Redmond-based software giant has published two job advertisements on its website, both of which hint at the upcoming availability of said softwa... |
24 July 2012
08:08 GMT |
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Another day has passed, which, naturally, means that there is something new but strangely familiar to report on in regard to that bizarre and ridiculous mess that is the Samsung vs. Apple patent war. Before we go further, we ask readers to keep in mind that while “bizarre” was one of our labels, “... |
24 July 2012
08:06 GMT |
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LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes, the video game created by TT Games and publisher by Warner Bros. Interactive, has managed to spend yet another week at the top of the United Kingdom video game chart for the week that ended on July 21.
The five weeks that the game has led the chart show that a well-timed summer releas... |
24 July 2012
07:59 GMT |
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Just recently, meteorologists looking into how the next few days will present themselves as far as weather conditions are concerned issued a new warning: this week will once again bring American temperatures of up to 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37,7 degrees Celsius).
Thus, it is safe to assume that the people living in... |
24 July 2012
07:49 GMT |
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We have only just finished reporting on the new promo video for the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1, and now we get to show you some hand-on photos that the folks at The Brave Post snatched. What we are looking at is the KT variant of the Galaxy Note 10.1, which will only be up for sale in South Korea. We don't kno... |
24 July 2012
07:39 GMT |
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After the Colorado shootings, which claimed the lives of 12 and put another 50 in the hospital at a midnight screening of “The Dark Knight Rises,” Warner Bros. has decided to hold reshoots for its upcoming “Gangster Squad.”
The film, whose first trailer arrived online a short while ago, inclu... |
24 July 2012
07:39 GMT |
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Grinding Gear Games has announced that it will launch a public test for the indie action role-playing game Path of Exile, starting at 5 PM Pacific Daylight Time on July 27 and set to end at 11:59 PDT on Sunday, July 29.
Chris Wilson, who is a producer at Grinding Gear Games, stated, “The Path of Exile communit... |
24 July 2012
07:31 GMT |
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Bethesda is preparing a brand new patch for its The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim role-playing game, in the form of update 1.7, which is now available as a beta download on the PC platform via Steam.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has been a huge success, despite the fact that plenty of bugs, issues and problems appeared whe... |
24 July 2012
07:21 GMT |
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Bristol Palin's Lifetime reality show “Life's a Tripp,” has already been thrashed by critics and shunned by audiences – and the latest incident is not bound to earn her any viewers for the series.
The video below is a segment that recently aired on the show, showing Bristol's 4-year... |
24 July 2012
07:14 GMT |
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We reported about Plextor’s new M5S SSD product line here and we presented you the technology in detail here. Besides launching exclusive limited editions of its products like the one we reported here, Plextor is now giving away new M5S SSDs to let people know about its fast and quality drives. The M5S series ... |
24 July 2012
07:11 GMT |
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The following tutorial will teach Linux users how to install the Spec Ops: The Line game on their open source operating system.
Officially released at the end of June 2012, the ninth installment in the Spec Ops series, Spec Ops: The Line, is a third-person shooter video game developed by Yager Development and publi... |
24 July 2012
06:51 GMT |
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Gameloft’s highly-acclaimed Dungeon Hunter 3 title for Android devices has just received an important update in the Google Play store, formerly known as Android Market.
Starting version 1.3.4, players won’t have to be alone while facing the evil in the game. Gameloft has just added multiplayer support, w... |
24 July 2012
06:31 GMT |
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Japanese handset maker Sony Mobile has just announced that some of its products earned red dot awards for design and functionality.
According to Sony, both Xperia active and Xperia ion smartphones got “plaudits for high quality and stylish minimalism,” while the Smart Wireless Headset pro and SmartDock f... |
24 July 2012
06:21 GMT |
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Wise Disk Cleaner utility from WiseCleaner reached a new version recently. Although the current release does not incorporate new features, it brings to the table several improvements designed to increase the functionality of the application.
However, Wise Disk Cleaner 7.56 extends the number of programs it can clean... |
24 July 2012
06:07 GMT |
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Sony Mobile is preparing new smartphone models for the Chinese market, one of which should be the recently leaked Sony LT25c, rumor has it.
The new mobile phone has made an appearance on the AnTuTu benchmark website, where it showed a fast 1.5GHz dual-core application processor, though it’s not sure whether i... |
24 July 2012
06:01 GMT |
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Well-known high-quality DRAM memory manufacturer, American company Mushkin has just launched a new SSD series specifically targeted for caching. Caching drives must have increased durability when compared with regular SSDs, as much more writing and erasing occurs.
Mushkin doesn’t give out any information on th... |
24 July 2012
06:01 GMT |
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The first American woman and NASA astronaut to reach Earth's orbit, Sally Ride, died yesterday, July 23, after fighting pancreatic cancer for nearly a year and a half. According to a statement released by her company, Sally Ride Science, the former astronaut died peacefully.Ride flew to space aboard the ill-fate... |
24 July 2012
05:59 GMT |
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One of the promises that Microsoft made regarding its Windows 8 platform was that users would benefit from a great visual experience on all devices that run under the platform.
The WinRT app development environment made it possible for all developers to take advantage of hardware-accelerated graphics to deliver mor... |
24 July 2012
05:56 GMT |
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We have just said that Microsoft will offer Windows RT to more OEMs starting in January, but there are things closer to our times that we should talk about in the meantime, like one company's decision not to be part of the first wave. It wasn't really advertised, but reports say that a certain major IT pl... |
24 July 2012
05:56 GMT |
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Just yesterday, those choosing to access Greenpeace's official website must have been pleasantly surprised to see that Sir Paul McCartney also joined their 'Save the Arctic' campaign. Moreover, the celebrity agreed to write a blog speaking about how, in just 40 years or so, humanity has managed to ne... |
24 July 2012
05:46 GMT |
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A telescope built in Arizona has finally taken its first images, nearly 20 years after efforts to construct it began. The installation is located near the city of Happy Jack, and was built entirely from private funds.
The purpose of the new installation is to engage the public in astronomy, and increase its interest... |
24 July 2012
05:46 GMT |
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FIFA 13 needs to bring a lot of innovation in order to persuade gamers to part with the previous title in the series, which is widely seen as the best football simulation of the last decade, and the development team at EA Sports has offered extensive information on the new features that gamers can look forward to.
I... |
24 July 2012
05:44 GMT |
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The dev channel for Google Chrome has been updated to build 22.0.1215.0. However, the push for Windows has been cut off shortly after the new release became available for all supported platforms, because of an error with the installer.
The problem would occur when the browser checked for updates, as the procedure co... |
24 July 2012
05:41 GMT |
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Katie Holmes' decision to divorce Tom Cruise meant more than just the end of their 5-year marriage: it also meant a lot of negative attention on the Church of Scientology. Perhaps in a bid to save face, Tom is thinking of bringing Russell Brand in.
Or so say the British tabloids.
The Daily Mail claims the Ho... |
24 July 2012
05:33 GMT |
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We have just talked about the M4700 mobile workstation, the one with a 15.6-inch display, and now we're following through on our word that we'd cover the M6700 as well.
Verily, there are many things in common between these two, but the size automatically places the M6700 in a different league.
The 17.3-... |
24 July 2012
05:19 GMT |
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Green Man Gaming, the digital distribution service that offers a secondary market, has announced that it will introduce boxed game sales for both PC and home console based titles in the United Kingdom.
Paul Sulyok, the managing director at Green Man Gaming, stated, “Green Man Gaming’s rapid growth has be... |
24 July 2012
05:14 GMT |
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Most people already know that, under certain circumstances, great whites will jump out of the water in order to catch seals. Such images are fascinating to say the least, and some would go to extreme lengths to catch them on film.
However, British photographer Dan Callister got twice as lucky: not only did he manag... |
24 July 2012
05:12 GMT |
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This fall should prove a busy timeframe for Apple, as the Cupertino-based company is expected to refresh its entire lineup of devices.
According to a recent report from KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, in addition to the new iPhone model, Apple is also aiming at launching the long-rumored iPad mini this fall, a... |
24 July 2012
05:07 GMT |
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Astronomers at the University of California in Santa Cruz (UCSC) say that the extrasolar planet Gliese 581g exists after all. The team originally identified the world in 2010, but a Swiss group shed doubts on its existence a few weeks later. Now, the UCSC experts say the other researchers are wrong.
Gliese 581g is t... |
24 July 2012
05:04 GMT |
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Blizzard has confirmed that it’s begun rolling out a hotfix designed to eliminate the invulnerable wizard glitch, which made characters in the class practically unkillable. Diablo 3 has been around for quite some time and, over the last few months, plenty of exploits and issues have appeared. The latest and m... |
24 July 2012
05:00 GMT |
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Having decided that enough time had passed without some update to its business product line, Dell has launched the precision M4700 mobile workstation. The Dell Precision M4700 can be found on the official website, through this page, along with another newcomer, Precision M6700 (17.3 inches). We will handle the lat... |
24 July 2012
05:00 GMT |
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As speculated for some weeks now, Mariah Carey is one of the two new judges on American Idol, season 12. The diva herself has confirmed the news, while speculation has it she signed on the dotted line for a salary that makes her the highest paid judge on reality TV of all time. The official announcement was made at... |
24 July 2012
04:59 GMT |
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A new report investigating how climate change and global warming are impacting on US's biodiversity argues that, throughout the past few years, extreme temperature have brought the American pika, a small mountain mammal, close to extinction.
The American pika is most commonly known as the “mountain bunny... |
24 July 2012
04:46 GMT |
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Harmonix has confirmed quite a few new things about Dance Central 3, its upcoming rhythm game, including plenty of new songs that will be featured on its soundtrack, as well as a concrete release date.
The Dance Central series is one of the most popular Kinect-exclusive franchises, impressing many owners of the Xbox... |
24 July 2012
04:30 GMT |
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Fortnite is getting a lot of attention because it will offer gamers the first look at the new Unreal Engine 4 from Epic Games and the developer believes that one of the most interesting aspects of the game will be the way it allows gamers to create persistent long-term game worlds.
Tanya Jessen, who is a game produc... |
24 July 2012
04:27 GMT |
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Well-known memory and storage specialist Transcend has just launched a new SATA III SSD. The new product features a slim size and only measures 7 millimeters in thickness. Transcend’s new addition to its SSD product line uses a SandForce SF2281 controller and is designated as SSD320. The SSD320 comes in three... |
24 July 2012
04:24 GMT |
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Throughout the past 30 years, Jeff Ivanhoe spent most of his time collecting and carving your average aluminum cans, and then using the colorful bits and pieces resulting from this painstaking activity to make art.
More precisely: he used the colorful strips available on cans most people throw away with the trash ... |
24 July 2012
04:16 GMT |
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About a week ago, the massive Petermann Glacier on the coasts of Greenland released a massive iceberg into the North Atlantic Ocean. The process was observed by Earth-observation satellites. The same spacecraft now show the floating ice island in more detail.
The image above was captured using the Advanced Spacebor... |
24 July 2012
04:00 GMT |
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One of the major changes that Apple has included in the newly released iOS 6 beta 3 affected the manner in which users download applications.
Apparently, there is no longer a need to introduce the account password when downloading free applications from iTunes, recent reports on iOS 6 beta 3 unveil.
The feature w... |
24 July 2012
03:58 GMT |
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Warner Bros. has lifted the ban on the box office results for the opening weekend for “The Dark Knight Rises” and, as anticipated, it is officially the biggest 2D digital opening of all times, MovieFone reports.
We noted the other day that, in memory of those who have lost their lives in the Aurora, Col... |
24 July 2012
03:58 GMT |
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The developers and publishers at SEGA have released a number of new tutorial videos for Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown, designed to show gamers what the various characters can do in the game and prepare them for the competitive online modes.
Such in-depth videos are very important for fighting games because they a... |
24 July 2012
03:55 GMT |
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Scientists at the Brown University discovered in a new study on unsuspecting lab mice that the tiny rodents may have a specialized neural system responsible for processing their initial reaction to smells that are instinctually important.
In other words, the neural network may also play a role in the initial detecti... |
24 July 2012
03:53 GMT |
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Electronic Arts has just posted a brand new batch of screenshots with FIFA 13, showing off the game’s cover star, FC Barcelona player Lionel Messi, as well as the game’s various modes, including the Career, the Football Club, or the Skill Games.
FIFA 13 is out this September and EA has been highlighting ... |
24 July 2012
03:45 GMT |
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Apple appears to have managed to sort out any stock issues it might have had with the new 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display.
Following an initial shipping timeframe of over 4 weeks, the company has confirmed that it would be able to send new orders to customers in one to two weeks.
Both the 2.3 GHz and 2.6 ... |
24 July 2012
03:43 GMT |
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It is no news that, throughout the centuries, human society has been steadily growing and expanding, gradually taking over more and more portions of land. Professor Emeritus Al Bartlett from the University of Colorado Boulder now argues that, given what natural resources we still have at our disposal, the environme... |
24 July 2012
03:42 GMT |
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According to the conclusions of a new scientific study, it would appear that the modern polar bear appeared as the result of a complex interplay between genetic and environmental factors. In other words, the species was produced by brown bear mating patterns, coupled with ancient bouts of climate change.
The conclus... |
24 July 2012
03:37 GMT |
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When the Spice Girls showed up in their original format at the announcement of the Spice Girls musical “Viva Forever,” many noted that Posh Victoria Beckham was the least enthusiastic of the lot. This explains how come she's the one calling all the shots now.
The Daily Mail reports that the Girls h... |
24 July 2012
03:35 GMT |
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Microsoft’s Windows RT operating system, the Windows 8 flavor that runs on ARM-based devices, is expected to become available to more OEMs starting with January.
Right now, only a small number of companies have access to the platform, as Microsoft is reportedly looking into limiting variations.
At the momen... |
24 July 2012
03:29 GMT |
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Ever since the 1960s, oceanographers have proposed that the world's oceans should contain regions where vitamins are not at all present in the water. Following a new study, scientists were able to identify such locations, where B vitamins are not present even in trace amounts.
Studies such as this are important... |
24 July 2012
03:25 GMT |
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We heard of anti-smudge and fingerprint-resistant surfaces before, even screens with the alleged ability to shrug such things off for a while, but most implementations were either research projects or far from perfect.
3M claims to have created a touchscreen protector that achieves this better than anything else c... |
24 July 2012
03:24 GMT |
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Canonical announced a few hours ago, July 23rd, in a security notice, that a new Linux kernel update for its Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) operating system is now available, fixing one security vulnerability discovered in the Linux kernel packages.
The CVE-2012-2390 vulnerability is actually an error discover... |
24 July 2012
03:20 GMT |
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After months of development, Slackware 14.0 reaches Beta status on July 22nd, as announced by its developer, Patrick Volkerding.
Among lots of interesting features, the Slackware 14.0 Beta operating system comes with the ultimate Xfce 4.10 desktop environment.
It also updates the following packages: PHP 5.4.5, gvf... |
24 July 2012
03:19 GMT |
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Having Natalie Portman and Christian Bale in the same film might be every movie buff's dream come true but, to Natalie herself, it's nothing short of a nightmare. She's sick and tired of Bale and his impossible demands on the set of “Knight of Cups,” says a new unconfirmed report.
The Nati... |
24 July 2012
03:14 GMT |
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Epic Games has confirmed that the storytelling mechanics in Fortnite won’t explain everything about the game’s world and its inhabitants, as the studio wants to let players fill in the blanks and work together to uncover new things. Fortnite is the next big game from Epic, largely because it’s the ... |
24 July 2012
03:13 GMT |
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Officials at the American space agency announce that they will soon inaugurate the NASA Earth Exchange (NEX) facility, a state-of-the-art, high-performance computing and data access center that will be used to centralize and study Earth observation data.
The agency has already spent a lot of resources developing thi... |
24 July 2012
03:12 GMT |
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First Release Candidate of Frugalware 1.7, a general purpose Linux operating system designed for intermediate users (who are not afraid of text mode), is now available for testing. As usual, there are quite a few differences from the previous version, such as:· Linux kernel 3.4.4;· KDE SC 4.8.4;·... |
24 July 2012
03:08 GMT |
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The Clemson University Experiment Station recently developed a new variety of oat, the end goal being that of helping farmers grow more resilient crops and therefore boost agricultural industries worldwide.
This research is a result of a partnership between said institution and the S.C. Crop Improvement Association... |
24 July 2012
03:08 GMT |
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A class action suit that was launched against video game publisher Electronic Arts because of its exclusive licensing deal with the National Collegiate Athletic Association for its football simulation was settled by the company.
The main result is that for five years after 2014 there’s a ban on any sort of exc... |
24 July 2012
03:05 GMT |
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A new software update for Verizon Galaxy Nexus is in the works. We already reported about a month ago that Verizon was hard at work to deliver a fix for the signal drop issue.
Dubbed IMM76Q, the software update appeared for the first time several weeks ago when an XDA forum user received it on its Galaxy Nexus devic... |
24 July 2012
03:04 GMT |
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Although not a desirable situation, it is quite understandable why Toshiba has decided to cut its NAND production at this time. The prices have been going down for quite some time and the best way to force them up is to decrease supply.
The thing is that any NAND manufacturer could simply increase its prices, but if... |
24 July 2012
03:02 GMT |
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4MLinux Allinone Edition, a Linux distro focusing on the following 4M editions: Maintenance (system rescue Live CD), Multimedia (e.g., playing video DVDs), Miniserver (using the inetd daemon), and Mystery (Linux games), is now at version 3.3. The developers have finally released the complete versions of their 4MLin... |
24 July 2012
02:56 GMT |
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Patriot Memory has formally launched a new flash drive unit, one that bets on convenience, performance and physical endurance in its attempt to reel in prospective customers.
The company's press release actually makes a point of emphasizing the importance of the slide to connect design, which “provides b... |
24 July 2012
02:43 GMT |
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One of the new handsets that should land at Sprint in the not too distant future is the Samsung SPH-L300, now rumored to be en-route to the wireless carrier under the name of Goth.
The phone was spotted at the FCC only recently, and is rumored to arrive on shelves with LTE connectivity inside, as well as with a dua... |
24 July 2012
02:37 GMT |
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Diablo 3’s mandatory internet connection is causing more problems for developer Blizzard, as now a German consumer advocacy group is threatening the studio with legal action unless it modifies the game’s cover and specifically mentions that the game needs a constant online connection.
Diablo III has been... |
24 July 2012
02:35 GMT |
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The development guys at Team 17 working on the upcoming Worms Revolution have revealed via a new diary that gamers who have known the series since it was first introduced will be able to use a new Classic Mode, which will allow them to turn off all the new options that the new game brings.
Revolution is designed to ... |
24 July 2012
02:29 GMT |
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We already reported that Research In Motion (RIM) plans to release the long-awaited BlackBerry PlayBook 4G LTE tablet on July 31.
It appears that the slate will be initially launched at Bell Canada for around $550 CAD outright, but it’s likely that the PlayBook 4G LTE will go on sale through other Canadian car... |
24 July 2012
02:29 GMT |
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Samsung trademarked dozens of names earlier this year, but none of the names filed has showed up on the market yet. However, a new device using one of these names has just surfaced online.
The folks over at Droid-Life have learned that a mysterious Samsung Galaxy Stellar has been included in Verizon’s rebate f... |
24 July 2012
02:16 GMT |
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Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless is gearing up for the release of a new Android-based LG smartphone on its airwaves, none other than the successor of the LG Spectrum, it seems.
The new device, supposedly called LG Spectrum 2, will be Verizon’s version of the LG Optimus LTE II, the handset that LG made of... |
24 July 2012
02:15 GMT |
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Made official in late June, Android 4.1 Jelly Bean has already pushed to Galaxy Nexus HSPA+ and Nexus S devices. However, Google promises the upgrade will also be rolled out for the Motorola XOOM in the near future.
Today, the folks over at AndroidPolice have learned that Motorola is about to begin a soak test for M... |
24 July 2012
02:01 GMT |
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