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Japanese watch maker Casio has just launched a new compact mega-zoom digital photo camera that comes with various useful features to make a tourist’s life easier. The new model can also film HD movies in 720p mode and sports sensor-shift image stabilizationn. The official denomination of the new model is Casio... |
24 September 2012
22:51 GMT |
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World’s largest motherboard manufacturer, Taiwanese company ASUS has just announced its new F2A85 mainboard series that offer support for AMD’s FM2 Trinity processors. The new boards come with high quality components and a rich bundle of hardware and software technologies. The “Dual Intelligent Pro... |
24 September 2012
21:51 GMT |
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We’ve heavily criticized Intel’s NUC and some readers argued that the system demonstrated back then was not actually a production model. From what we’ve heard, this one is and it’s not much different from the one displayed in spring. Maybe the most important aspect we must emphasize is the pe... |
24 September 2012
20:21 GMT |
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Today, wireless carrier Sprint has announced the availability of its 4G LTE services in five new markets in the United States, including Wichita, KS; Topeka, KS; Lawrence, KS; Waukegan-Lake County, IL; and Barnstable-Hyannis/Mid-Cape, MA. The company has also announced that these are only some of the markets planne... |
24 September 2012
20:01 GMT |
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Borderlands 2 is already shaping up to be one of the biggest launches of the fall and the team working on the game is ready to support it in the long term and deliver all the downloadable content that the player base asks for.
Randy Pitchford, who is the leader of Gearbox, told Kotaku that, “The Borderlands 2 ... |
24 September 2012
19:41 GMT |
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Apple has updated a flurry of in-house developed applications recently, including Cards and Podcasts, to take advantage of the advancements in iOS 6, as well as to include additional features and enhancements. Cards is now a universal app with native support for iPad featuring six new letterpress holiday card design... |
24 September 2012
19:23 GMT |
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Sony’s Xperia T smartphone has arrived on shelves in the UK and Germany, and is available for purchase on contract with various wireless carriers.
In the UK, users can purchase the smartphone via the Carphone Warehouse, while being able to choose between monthly contract options with O2, Orange and Vodafone.
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24 September 2012
18:51 GMT |
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Despite the amount of love that the first Alpha Protocol received from dedicated fans, it’s highly unlikely that the development team at Obsidian will work on a sequel soon because the rights to the game universe are linked to publisher SEGA.Chris Avellone, who is the leader of Obsidian, has told VG247 that, &l... |
24 September 2012
18:31 GMT |
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Microsoft is continuing to hype up the release of its upcoming Halo 4 first-person shooter and has now posted a batch of new screenshots detailing events from the game’s single-player campaign.
Halo 4 is eagerly awaited by millions of Xbox 360 owners from all around the world and Microsoft, together with devel... |
24 September 2012
18:21 GMT |
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Google has been long rumored to plan the release of new Nexus smartphones this year to celebrate the launch of Android 5.0, and some more info on the matter has allegedly emerged.
Photos taken with what is said to be the next-generation Google phone are now available online, showing a GT-I9260 model number and an 8... |
24 September 2012
17:51 GMT |
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RepairsUniverse has released a teardown video of the iPhone 5 to promote its stock of iPhone 5 replacement parts. Die hard geeks are sure to have a lot of fun watching the 9-minute clip.
Unlike iFixit, which admittedly offers the best teardowns in the tech blogosphere, RepairsUniverse has released not only photos, b... |
24 September 2012
17:41 GMT |
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Traditional Nvidia add-in-board (AIB) video card manufacturing partner XFX is now an AMD Radeon graphics integrator as well. Now the company is trying to make itself popular with a new marketing strategy that involves AMD-based graphics cards. The whole campaign involves any kind of video card users and offers them ... |
24 September 2012
17:41 GMT |
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Ubisoft has posted a brand new video with Far Cry 3 as part of its Island Survival Guide series, this time introducing a new faction called the Privateers, which is led by a warlord named Hoyt Volker.
Far Cry 3 was revealed to the world last year and, judging by recent videos, details and screenshots, it’s sha... |
24 September 2012
17:21 GMT |
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Last week, Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation has made official its first smartphones running under Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 operating system, namely the Windows Phone 8X and 8S.
Those of you who would like to learn more on what the company has announced last week can now do so, courtesy of the v... |
24 September 2012
17:21 GMT |
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Chip maker Intel is working on new flavors of its Medfield processor for mobile devices, including LTE-capable versions of the silicone.
The company claims that it will be able to showcase the first 4G-capable chips before the end of this year, and that they will be included in products in 2013.
Intel has been lo... |
24 September 2012
16:51 GMT |
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Curves were all the rage on the red carpet at the Emmy Awards 2012. Stunner Kat Dennings was just one of the many female stars who opted for revealing, body-hugging gowns for the awards show, nearly avoiding a wardrobe malfunction.
Check out the video below to hear her tell Guliana Rancic of E! News why she’s... |
24 September 2012
16:41 GMT |
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Publisher Ubisoft has made a big move towards the free-to-play PC-based market and the company sees trust and player feedback are crucial to the development of the genre.
Stephanie Perotti, who is the worldwide director of online games at Ubisoft, told MCV that, “Initial free-to-play games had low quality or u... |
24 September 2012
16:41 GMT |
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This Windows 1.0 commercial isn’t quite new and tech-savvy users most likely know it, but it’s more important to note that Steve Ballmer has changed a lot since the debut of Windows 1.0.
Now Microsoft’s CEO, Ballmer no longer stars in TV commercials, but instead it has a more diplomatic approach wh... |
24 September 2012
16:21 GMT |
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As we reported last week, the website of Japan’s Supreme Court has been taken offline after hackers defaced it to display a Chinese flag and their protest message. On Friday, authorities restored the site and confirmed that the cyberattack did in fact originate from China, Daily Yomiuri informs.
The website ha... |
24 September 2012
16:01 GMT |
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One of the appealing features that Windows Phone has been launched with was the possibility to change the color of the Homescreen’s tiles the way you wanted.
In Windows Phone 8, this feature will be enhanced a bit, with new color accents available for users to personalize their screens with.
Combined with t... |
24 September 2012
16:01 GMT |
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She was one of the best dressed ladies at last night’s Emmy Awards 2012 but, it would seem, not everything went as smoothly for Sofia Vergara as she made it seem. In fact, she had one, very embarrassing malfunction during the ceremony.
Between the red carpet ceremony and the moment she took to the stage with ... |
24 September 2012
15:51 GMT |
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Sony is making a huge mistake by introducing the PlayStation 3 Super Slim with the same or even higher price than the current PS3 model, at least according to a few analysts that shared their thoughts on the new product.
The PlayStation 3 has kept its $250/€250 price tag for quite some time so quite a lot of pe... |
24 September 2012
15:51 GMT |
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Japanese electronics giant Panasonic may be having some problems with riots and sabotages in China as we reported here, but things are going forward for the company that has just announced a new image sensor for tablets and smartphones. The new sensor is very small in size and will also come with a reduced price. P... |
24 September 2012
15:41 GMT |
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NVIDIA holds the GPU Technology Conference every year, and it prepares for it several months in advance, which means that it has already decided when and where the next edition will take place.
Assuming reports are accurate, which they probably are, the GPU Technology Conference (GTC 2013) will go from March 18 to ... |
24 September 2012
15:31 GMT |
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The original creator of Sonic has revealed that he is pleased to have the freedom to pursue his own game ideas rather than work on more titles that use the SEGA owned character.
Yuji Naka, who is currently working on mobile phone titles, told Polygon that, “One of the reasons I left Sega was, if I stayed there... |
24 September 2012
15:21 GMT |
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Japanese tech companies surprise us every once in a while with their stupid yet fascinating devices and Nubot is clearly a proud member of this category. This thing isn’t quite new, but it’s obviously worth your attention if you’re looking to buy someone that’s far, far away a gift. Basicall... |
24 September 2012
15:01 GMT |
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Lumia 920, Nokia’s Windows Phone 8 flagship smartphone, is currently listed as available for pre-order in China at $512 (€395).
The handset can be seen on Toaboa’s website, the largest Chinese online shopping destination, which claims that the price is final, welovewp.hk reports.
Nokia hasn’... |
24 September 2012
14:51 GMT |
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“Chubby” is the last thing one would think of Salma Hayek but this is how she describes herself in a new interview with More magazine, in which she also talks about getting the perfect figure and finding happiness.
Never afraid to call a spade a spade, the stunning actress opens up about her early years ... |
24 September 2012
14:31 GMT |
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Blizzard has talked about its hugely successful StarCraft 2 real-time strategy game and has revealed that it’s been thinking about making the multiplayer mode free-to-play, although the studio is unsure how to make money off it. StarCraft 2 came out quite a few years ago and Blizzard is currently putting the f... |
24 September 2012
14:11 GMT |
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Late last week, Lady Gaga admitted that recent photos of her in concert had not been doctored, she’d really gained this much weight. A new report suggests that her record label has stepped in to “order” her to lose the extra pounds ASAP.
After a series of very unflattering pics emerged online, Gag... |
24 September 2012
13:51 GMT |
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Michael C. Hall, star of Showtime’s “Dexter,” is officially off the market, at least for the time being. Last night at the Emmy Awards 2012, the actor debuted his new girlfriend, Morgan Macgregor.
Considering that, back in February this year, there were still plenty of reports saying that Michael ... |
24 September 2012
13:31 GMT |
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As we reported on Saturday, Microsoft managed to make its way into the Guinness Book of World Records, thanks to the AppFest coding marathon held in Bangalore, India.
No less than 2,567 developers created Windows 8 apps for 18 hours in a row, which turns Microsoft into a record holder for the “Most Participant... |
24 September 2012
13:31 GMT |
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We reported here about Samsung’s launch of the new 840 SSD series and we promised we’d be back with more technical details on the new drives as the company has been quite shy about them. The new drives use TLC NAND flash cells instead of the popular MLC NAND. In fact, the 840 Pro series still uses MLC NA... |
24 September 2012
13:21 GMT |
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Seagate is one of the three remaining great providers of hard disk drives, rivaled by Western Digital and trailed, rather distantly, by Toshiba. That doesn't mean that the corporation isn't involved in other things though.
While the field of cloud storage is not the same thing as hard disk drive manufactu... |
24 September 2012
13:11 GMT |
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One of the leading executive at GREE, a social game focused video game company, believes that in the coming years, the experiences that are now linked to the PC will move towards smartphones and other mobile devices.
Yoshikazu Tanaka, who is the chief executive officer at GREE, has stated during his speech at the To... |
24 September 2012
13:01 GMT |
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Owners of BlackBerry smartphones can now download and enjoy 50 new levels in the popular Zombie Attack mobile game for their devices.
Smarter Apps, the company behind the game, has just announced the release of a Halloween Theme update for the software, bringing the total number of levels that users can play up to 2... |
24 September 2012
13:01 GMT |
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Apple’s iOS 6, launched September 19 as a free software update for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad, has been downloaded 100 million times. That’s 100 million installations in just five days. Apple today announced sales of over five million iPhone 5 handsets in just three days after its physical debut in sto... |
24 September 2012
12:41 GMT |
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Canadian wireless carrier Virgin Mobile is reportedly gearing up for the release of Samsung’s Galaxy Ace 2 smartphone on its network.
Launched as an entry-level device, the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 will hit shelves with a 3.8-inch WVGA touchscreen display, as well as with a dual-core 800MHz processor, which is co... |
24 September 2012
12:31 GMT |
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Agile Toolkit is a PHP framework for professionals, providing an advanced set of tools for developing Web apps, websites or just a project’s backend.
Unlike other PHP frameworks, Agile Toolkit comes much more integrated with UI widgets, being more in the same category as Desktop UI toolkits like Cocoa,.NET or ... |
24 September 2012
12:01 GMT |
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Viber, a popular VoIP application that can easily replace Skype or Tango when it comes to connecting with friends over data connections has reportedly arrived in the Windows Phone Store. However, only owners of Lumia handsets can benefit from its features at the moment.
According to MyNokiaBlog, the app is already ... |
24 September 2012
11:51 GMT |
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Ultracopier, just like other, more notorious third-party instruments on the market, has been developed to offer flexible management for file copying/moving jobs in Windows. Until Windows 8, all Microsoft offered in this area was a simple instrument that could only show you the progress of the task, estimate the compl... |
24 September 2012
11:51 GMT |
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The image above was collected by the NASA Cassini orbiter on June 15, 2012. It shows the gas giant Saturn, the second-largest planet in our solar system, from an angled perspective, captured using the satellite's wide-angle camera (WAC).
The bright speck in the lower left is the interesting moon Enceladus, one ... |
24 September 2012
11:18 GMT |
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The Internet Movie Database has ousted version 2.8 of its popular Movies & TV app for iDevices which is now compatible with the latest version of Apple’s mobile operating system, iOS 6.
In addition to bringing compatibility with iOS 6, IMDb Movies & version TV 2.8 delivers improved integration with Facebook, a... |
24 September 2012
11:11 GMT |
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We've been writing about a lot of Kickstarter projects lately, and of how some new rules were set in place just days ago, but now we can look at a different side of the idea hosting website: project limbo.
Limbo may be a stretch because, in some interpretations of the concept, the place can be escaped.
Alas,... |
24 September 2012
11:10 GMT |
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A brawl between employees and security guards at a Foxconn plant in central China has ended with the closing of the factory and several hospitalized workers. Recent developments have churned up confirmation that Foxconn’s plant in the northern Chinese city of Taiyuan made iPhone parts.
Soon after news broke ou... |
24 September 2012
11:09 GMT |
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The European Commission will continue its investigation on Microsoft’s failure to provide users on the Old Continent with a web browser choice screen, but it seems like the competition commissioner is ready to issue a new fine.
Although Microsoft has already apologized for the mistake, Commissioner Joaquin Alm... |
24 September 2012
10:56 GMT |
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Though she said she would be taking the year off from music to focus on her acting career, Rihanna is keeping extremely busy: fans should get ready for the release of a brand new single this week.
In an interview before the iHeartRadio Music Festival over the weekend, Rihanna confirmed the excellent news.
The sin... |
24 September 2012
10:54 GMT |
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Japan may soon be rid of its dependency on foreign lithium, which it needs to create advanced lithium-ion batteries. According to a team of experts at the Tokyo University of Science, a material called hard carbon, obtained by pyrolyzing sucrose, can make effective anodes for a new class of batteries. Sucrose is the... |
24 September 2012
10:53 GMT |
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This video shows how one particular class of scorpions relies on UV light in order to procure its next meal.
Or at least this is what scientists believe, given the fact that no other reasonable explanation has so far been provided for why it is that these scorpions have evolved to glow in the dark.
Thus, research... |
24 September 2012
10:48 GMT |
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The patent infringement lawsuit between Intellectual Ventures (IV) and two memory makers, SK Hynix and Elpida, was the standard settlement hunt: a company sued two large companies over owning the patent to a technology used in their products.
The three have reached a settlement, meaning that IV will be dropping al... |
24 September 2012
10:44 GMT |
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After serving a number of iPhone 5 units with scuffs and marks to end-users, Apple is now shipping some handsets with loose chamfers, which allow light from the LCD to leak out in the dark.
While not necessarily a serious issue, the light leakage only adds atop of a widely-reported faulty Maps application, as well a... |
24 September 2012
10:40 GMT |
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John Key, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, has ordered an investigation that targets the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) - the country’s spy agency -, which is suspected of conducting unlawful surveillance in the Megaupload case.
The Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security will have ... |
24 September 2012
10:40 GMT |
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The iPhone 5 won't be on sale in the Netherlands until Friday, so people in Amsterdam are already lining up to get a first glimpse at the new phone. An iPhone 5 was glued to the busy street of Leidseplein, in Amsterdam. Many tried to grab it, realized they couldn't, and left it there. Some got angry and ... |
24 September 2012
10:39 GMT |
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Atsushi Inab, who is a producer at Platinum Games, has revealed that Bayonetta 2 would not exist if Nintendo was not ready to offer its support to the project and make it a Wii U-exclusive title.
The developer told Polygon during the 2012 Tokyo Games Show that, “We are not viewing this as a change of platform,... |
24 September 2012
10:38 GMT |
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Netflix for Android has just gotten better, bringing a brand new experience on devices running under Google’s platform.
With millions of users already taking advantage of the Netflix application on their smartphones, it was only natural for the company to improve their experience with new features and enhance... |
24 September 2012
10:31 GMT |
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To be honest, we didn’t know that airport departures boards are connected to a Windows computer, but it’s all very clear now after seeing this picture.
Twitter user Chad Baugh posted a photo he shot in an United States airport showing what seems to be a departures board and a good-looking Windows error r... |
24 September 2012
10:29 GMT |
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In an investigation conducted on zebrafish, researchers at the University of Cambridge studied the patterns in which the retina develops, gaining new insights into the true complexity of the nervous system. The entire retina formation process was imaged in four dimensions.
This tremendous achievement was made possi... |
24 September 2012
10:29 GMT |
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Power outlets are great, they can deliver power to anything, with the right adapter in case of small gadgets, but they aren't found everywhere.
Since it's particularly annoying for the phone to die on you during a trip, Mophie has released the Juice Pack Reserve Micro, which recharges smartphones through ... |
24 September 2012
10:25 GMT |
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Just recently, one pet owner decided that, since his dog was suffering from cancer and had very little chances of making a full recovery, the best thing to do was to turn him in and allow specialized personnel to deal with this issue.
However, the way in which he chose to handle it was anything but appropriate.
T... |
24 September 2012
10:25 GMT |
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Three years ago, Gearbox Software delighted first-person shooter fans with Borderlands, a shooter that felt and acted like a massive dungeon-crawling role-playing game filled with all sorts of loot and had a distinct cooperative-focused campaign.
Now, the studio is back with Borderlands 2, an experience that promise... |
24 September 2012
10:21 GMT |
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Drew Goddard, the director of hit horror movie Cabin in the Woods, revealed that Valve’s Left 4 Dead 2 game was supposed to get a DLC inspired by the film but the financial problems of studio MGM meant that the whole collaboration had to be scrapped.
Cabin in the Woods impressed quite a lot of people earlier t... |
24 September 2012
10:21 GMT |
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After quite a lengthy wait and periods of radio silence, Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time has now received a concrete release date in North America of February 5, and a more general March launch period for Europe. Sony’s Sly Cooper series, originally developed by Sucker Punch and now under the guidance of Sanzaru G... |
24 September 2012
10:11 GMT |
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The market of desktop PCs and mobile computers is in a sort of bind, not too critical but also not the sort that can easily be escaped. By all accounts, everyone involved has been trying to do so constantly.
Their lack of success is obvious from all the financial reports and analyst surveys that have been published... |
24 September 2012
10:08 GMT |
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HTC is said to be hard at work with the development of a new Android-based smartphone, one that would sport a 5-inch screen and that would be able to compete against Samsung’s Galaxy Note range of devices.
The handset made it to the headlines a few times before, being rumored to land at Verizon in the US, but... |
24 September 2012
10:02 GMT |
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Well-known mainboard manufacturer, Taiwanese company MSI has just announced a new Intel Z77 motherboard that comes with Intel’s own Thunderbolt controller. The new device also comes with SLI and CrossFire certification from AMD and Nvidia. The new product is officially named Z77A-G45 and is THX-certified, as i... |
24 September 2012
10:01 GMT |
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Josh Holmes, who is the creative director working on Halo 4, has revealed that the upcoming Master Chief adventure would allow the player to explore wide open areas without actually setting a clear path to his objective.
Speaking to Joystiq the developer said, “There are definitely design tenets that we hold d... |
24 September 2012
10:01 GMT |
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38-year-old Romanian national Corneliu Weikum – currently living in Germany -, and 24-year-old Russian national Yulia Mishina-Heffron admitted to participating in an online car sales scheme that resulted in total losses of over $4 million (3.2 million EUR).
CNN reports that the suspects forfeited over a quarte... |
24 September 2012
09:56 GMT |
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In the aftermath of this year's drought, American farmers who are in the business of growing cattle for dairy and meat found themselves unable to properly look after the animals in their care due to the fact that much of the corn crops were lost to the extreme temperatures and harsh environmental conditions.
F... |
24 September 2012
09:55 GMT |
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The amazing galaxy seen above, called NGC 4183, is the latest to be imaged by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The cosmic structure is located relatively close by, at a distance of just 55 million light-years.
It lies in the Ursa Major Group, which is itself located in the northern constellation of Canes Venatic... |
24 September 2012
09:55 GMT |
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We've written about various robots so far, but the one that Toyota has just revealed isn't just a nice curiosity or some sort of special-purpose flying machine, or a trust detector. And we'll not even start on the maggots.
Toyota has labeled its invention the HSR (Human Support Robot), and we suspect... |
24 September 2012
09:51 GMT |
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Male models posing in women's lingerie is the latest frontier that the entertainment world is taking us to. Beauty nowadays knows no boundaries of gender.
Models like Jenna Talackova, Lea T, Stas Fedyanin, Caroline “Tula” Cossey, Stav Strashko and the well-known Andrej Pejic stand as proof of how, ... |
24 September 2012
09:51 GMT |
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Windows 8 will be released soon and while Microsoft has very high expectations, analysts emphasize that the new operating system is quite a risky product for the company.
The wide range of radical changes is the main reason why customers may stay away from the product, analyst house Gartner revealed in a press relea... |
24 September 2012
09:38 GMT |
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According to several reports released by conservationists in charge of keeping a close eye on the bat population of the US, as many as 6 million such animals have so far died in this country alone as a result of their getting affected by a so-called White Nose Fungus.
Sources explain that this disease changes the b... |
24 September 2012
09:34 GMT |
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Intel and its invested companies, global partners and IT professionals will get together between October 1 and 3, 2012, in California, the US.
There, they will brainstorm on future technologies and development, or so it is said.
Intel CEO Paul Otellini and Intel Executive Vice President and President of Intel Cap... |
24 September 2012
09:32 GMT |
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The latest iPhone from Apple is shattering all the records previously held by the iPhone 4S and the iPhones before it, having sold a whopping five million units in its first weekend.
Apple has just released the announcement, confirming that the company has sold over five million iPhone 5 handsets in just three days ... |
24 September 2012
09:29 GMT |
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Not a day goes by for most Internet users without seeing a piece of mail advertising shady-looking pharmaceutical products and online pharmacies. Currently, there are so many fake online drug stores, that it has become very difficult to tell apart legitimate ones from fakes.
Experts from the Association of Certified... |
24 September 2012
09:26 GMT |
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One man named Chris Hoffman recently decided to look into the possibility of designing and manufacturing an electric unicycle after his daughter asked him if he could do it.
Although the vehicle is not yet up for sale, sources inform us that the Ryno, as this bike is called, can reach the speed of 20 mph (32.18 kil... |
24 September 2012
09:18 GMT |
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We have written about more than a few robots over the past year and a half, but there's nothing like an all-out contest when it comes to getting an idea of where, exactly, robotics as a whole is situated.
As it happens, the Beijing College, China, recently hosted a two-day robot competition, where different ro... |
24 September 2012
09:01 GMT |
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Last week, we alerted users to be on the lookout for direct messages on Twitter that read “lol ur famous now.” Now, experts are warning of other similar messages used in the same campaign: “your in this [link] Lol” and “you even see him taping u [Link] thats awful.&rdquo... |
24 September 2012
09:00 GMT |
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An international collaboration of scientists, including Swedish experts from the Umeå University, found in a new study that eating fish can go a long way towards protecting people from heart attacks.
The group warns that people should avoid fish that is heavily polluted, especially if mercury is involved. Unfo... |
24 September 2012
08:58 GMT |
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Windows 8 will go on sale next month and Microsoft seems to pay more attention than ever to developers, trying to encourage them to develop apps for the new operating system. And the company’s efforts finally pay off.
A new study conducted by Produxs reveals that developers are very confident that Windows 8 ca... |
24 September 2012
08:55 GMT |
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Associate Professor of Biogeography Lyudmila Emeliyanova has used echo sounding devices to analyze the waters of Lake Labynkyr in Siberia, looking for proof of what the locals call “the Devil.”
The Devil is a large underwater creature allegedly spotted by locals in the lake. Also known as “Russia&r... |
24 September 2012
08:54 GMT |
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Today, Samsung started the delivery of Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean to the owners of its Galaxy S III smartphone in Eastern Europe, and also unveiled some more info on its roll-out plans for the platform.
Users in Poland, Serbia, Macedonia and Croatia have already seen the update available for their devices, and it see... |
24 September 2012
08:51 GMT |
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The newest generation of iPhones is vulnerable to hacker attacks out-of-the-box, according to the hackers who won $30,000 by compromising an iPhone 4S running iOS 6 at the Pwn2Own hacking competition last week.
iPhone 5 is susceptible to the same attack that allowed Joost Pol and Daan Keuper to steal contacts, brows... |
24 September 2012
08:49 GMT |
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News from Russia informs us that this country has recently witnessed the birth of the world's first so-called liliger, which is basically the offspring of a liger mother and a lion tiger.
In case anyone was wondering, a liger is in itself the result of having one tiger mate with a lion, so one can argue that m... |
24 September 2012
08:49 GMT |
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Figuring out the large-scale structure of the Universe, as well as the influences of the various forces acting within it, is a tremendously complex process. In order to solve this riddle, German astronomers created an advanced, artificial intelligence algorithm.
The new tool will help the experts chart and explain t... |
24 September 2012
08:48 GMT |
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The coming generation of home consoles from Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft will be the last one and gamers will then get most of their gaming content from cloud-based services, according to the leading manufacturer of graphic cards in the world.
Phil Eisler, who is the general manager of the GeForce Grid Could Gaming ... |
24 September 2012
08:44 GMT |
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Intel has just launched two new Pentium processors and we reported all about them here and here. If you were wondering about the performance of these new chips, Intel has prepared a marketing-based performance chart in its own sales kit.
The company has decided to test its new CPUs against older, Sandy Bridge-based ... |
24 September 2012
08:41 GMT |
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Rather than “normal” multimedia devices, Amazon sells its Kindle Fire tablets as platforms that put owners in contact with its large collection of items available for sale.
That includes a high number of apps from a variety of software developers.
The latest way that Amazon is assisting both owners an... |
24 September 2012
08:39 GMT |
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will soon reveal a new hash algorithm that will become SHA-3. While the new hash function will bring some improvements compared to its predecessor, SHA-2, experts believe that it’s not really needed, at least not yet.
According to security guru Bruce Sc... |
24 September 2012
08:32 GMT |
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Microsoft today informed Malaysian software developers that this is the last week when they are allowed to submit Windows 8 Apps to the Windows 8 Store, as the company is gearing up for the Windows 8 launch.
While this is mainly aimed at Malaysian developers, Microsoft will most likely send similar reminders to deve... |
24 September 2012
08:30 GMT |
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At this year’s Emmy Awards, host Jimmy Kimmel came up with a brilliant idea: instead of waiting for someone to die before honoring them at such an awards show, it’s best to do so while they’re still alive.
So, Kimmel honored himself, with some help from Josh Groban and One Direction’s &ldquo... |
24 September 2012
08:30 GMT |
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This past Sunday, people working at the US National Zoo were stricken with grief when their discovered that the baby giant panda born there just a few days back had passed away.
Apparently, what drew the zookeepers' attention at first was the fact that the cub's mother, Mei Xiang, was displaying signs of ... |
24 September 2012
08:23 GMT |
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The first Britney Spears tribute episode on “Glee” got both fans and the star singing its praise, but not the same can be said about the most recent one that aired on Fox. Check out the video below to see why is that.
As the clip shows, the episode also includes certain details from Britney’s now ... |
24 September 2012
08:14 GMT |
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There’s a petition up on Facebook calling on Apple to refresh its all-in-one desktop computer, the iMac. The petitioners mainly want USB 3.0 and a better graphics card. Arguing that the iMac has long been due for a refresh, the petition – We Want 2012 iMac – asks of Apple to deliver. Just like the ... |
24 September 2012
08:09 GMT |
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Video game developer Blizzard has revealed that it would include a new option in the upcoming 1.0.5 patch for Diablo III which will allow any player to appear offline to everyone on his friends list on Battle.net, even if he is actually logged in and playing.
The new option is designed to allow players to play title... |
24 September 2012
08:07 GMT |
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Joerg Sprave debuted his Slingshot channel on YouTube in '08, building custom slingshots like the Blunderbuss or the David, that can be used to throw knives, spears, steel darts, etc.
This man finally makes use of his slingshots in this video, in which he aims at completely destroying a car. He also uses a ham... |
24 September 2012
08:07 GMT |
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After learning just how wasteful data centers are, we'll welcome anything that can promise a lower energy draw, especially when the extra efficiency comes in tow with high performance.
To get right to the point, RunCore has formally launched the Kylin III PCI Express solid-state drive.
Available in capacities ... |
24 September 2012
08:05 GMT |
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Today, Dolphin Browser has made available a new flavor of its highly appealing Android browser, namely version 8.8.2.
The new application iteration is already available for download via the Google Play Store, however its release notes haven’t been updated yet.
The previous version of the Browser, namely 8.8.... |
24 September 2012
08:01 GMT |
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Unlike conventional light bulbs that simply burn out at the end of their life span, light-emitting diodes (LED) simply loose brightness, and start producing a dull glow. This behavior has made figuring out when they need replacing very difficult, but a new approach now addresses this shortcoming.
The method could t... |
24 September 2012
08:00 GMT |
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A few hours ago, PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) made it public news that, thanks to several complaints raised both by the members of this organization, and by animal rights activists working with other green-oriented groups, the US National Institutes of Health finally agreed to help rescue as man... |
24 September 2012
07:59 GMT |
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Even presenter Ricky Gervais was not surprised when The Daily Show With Jon Stewart won again for Best Variety, Music or Comedy Series at the Emmys 2012, so we can imagine Stewart wasn’t either. He still managed to make his acceptance speech a memorable one. First off, the video below will show, Stewart tackl... |
24 September 2012
07:59 GMT |
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While most US government organizations are prepared to invest a large part of their resources in cybersecurity, there is one agency whose chief isn’t so willing to focus all his efforts on it, at least not yet.
During a speech at an Air Force Association conference, the US Air Force’s chief of staff, Gen... |
24 September 2012
07:52 GMT |
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The AppFest coding marathon grouped together more than 2,500 developers across India, and besides the opportunity to witness a world record attempt, those who attended the show also got the chance to listen to a pretty catchy song.
It’s the official AppFest anthem and brings in the spotlight the three major th... |
24 September 2012
07:50 GMT |
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With how much fuss IT players have been raising about data center and server energy efficiency, one would think that they already have something to show for it, but this is not the case. Organizations like Seagate's Cloud Builder Alliance are rather recent really, and the servers and systems reputed to waste l... |
24 September 2012
07:43 GMT |
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Seb White lives in Bath, in the UK, with his parents and one-year-old brother, Dominic. Seb already had a flourishing career as a model, appearing in JoJo Maman Bébé campaigns, when he was picked by Marks&Spencer to be one of their in-store Christmas catalogue kids.
His mother, Caroline, 39, posted a c... |
24 September 2012
07:42 GMT |
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Over the weekend, at the iHeart Radio Music Festival, Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day had a very unusual, extremely foul-mouthed outburst onstage. He’s now apologizing for it and announcing he’s going to rehab.
Video of the entire meltdown is here, but *please note that it contains graphic language t... |
24 September 2012
07:38 GMT |
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Apple has taken the crown as the “coolest brand” in the UK for 2012/13, displacing Aston Martin from the top spot, followed by YouTube, Google, Twitter and BBC iPlayer.
The Cupertino giant has been named the “coolest brand” in the UK for the first time, just as Apple’s British designer, Sir Jonathan Ive, recen... |
24 September 2012
07:32 GMT |
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Rambus is an American IP company that has been superficially categorized by many as a patent troll, but as we reported here, the firm is hard at work developing some of the world’s most impressive technologies.
In 2000, Rambus entered a fight with most of the memory manufacturing companies in the world, claimi... |
24 September 2012
07:31 GMT |
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In the past week, a hacktivist group known as Izz ad-Din al-Qassam launched distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks against the sites of Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase. These incidents unearthed the fact that in the past year, a number of American financial institutions had suffered from cyberattacks launche... |
24 September 2012
07:28 GMT |
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A new report made public by green-oriented organization Oceana earlier today argues that, as a result of CO2 pollution, the global food industry could soon be left without one very important source of proteins and nutrients: fish and seafood. According to the researchers who looked into this issue, having CO2 emiss... |
24 September 2012
07:27 GMT |
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Microsoft recently discovered that four large Chinese companies are using unlicensed software on their workstations, so teaming up with Beijing authorities to quickly tackle the problem of software piracy was only a matter of time.
The Redmond-based software giant indeed contacted Beijing officials and requested the... |
24 September 2012
07:23 GMT |
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Cat-like body parts wouldn't be the first use that we'd think about when creating mind-technology interaction, but the Japanese are different.
After creating the Necomini Brainwave Cat Ears, Neuro Wear has brought forth the mind-controlled tail: Shippo.
Worn around the waist, the tail, still only in con... |
24 September 2012
07:22 GMT |
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Linus Torvalds announced yesterday, September 23rd, that the seventh Release Candidate of the upcoming Linux 3.6 kernel is available for download and testing.
Linux kernel 3.6 RC7 comes with updated drivers, architecture improvements, especially for x86 and s390, and various other fixes for XFS, networking, and wor... |
24 September 2012
07:11 GMT |
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The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has launched the Office of Energy Infrastructure Security (OEIS). It's main goal is to help the organization focus on the risks posed by physical and cyber threats to energy facilities.
The OEIS will provide expertise, assistance and leadership to ensure that o... |
24 September 2012
07:03 GMT |
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Square Enix has posted the full details behind the downloadable content packs that will be released this October for Sleeping Dogs, ranging from free to premium add-ons, and has revealed that the first story-driven expansion will be announced during October’s New York Comic Con.
Sleeping Dogs delighted fans of... |
24 September 2012
06:41 GMT |
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Marco Ghirlanda has announced a couple of days ago, on September 23rd, that the ArtistX 1.3 Linux distribution is available for download.
ArtistX 1.3 is based on the popular Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) operating system and is powered by Linux kernel 3.0.0.
With over 2,500 open source multimedia application... |
24 September 2012
06:41 GMT |
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The 64th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards might not be better than the Golden Globes (so says Ricky Gervais), but at least they’re lots of fun. Below are some of the best, can’t miss moments of the night.
We’ve already talked about Claire Danes’ emotional acceptance speech earlier today. To the ... |
24 September 2012
06:21 GMT |
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Cupertino giant company Apple has just launched its new top-performing smartphone, the iPhone 5. We reported here about the development history of this new chip, but now the first clear architecture details have apparently surfaced the internet.
The new SoC that’s powering the iPhone 5 has been baptized by App... |
24 September 2012
06:21 GMT |
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A new version has just been released for WinSCP. The program reached version 5.1, which is the first stable build for the 5.x branch. The new revision brings to the table a small set of modifications.
First on the list is support for Unicode/UTF8. Starting this revision the developer added the possibility to switch ... |
24 September 2012
06:04 GMT |
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Krokodil is a homemade drug, the incredible effects of which have been presented in the documentary Krokodil Tears, directed and produced by the VICE company. The drug has been named Krokodil, or alligator in Russian, because of the dreadful effects it has on the human body. Addicts watch as their skin gets sca... |
24 September 2012
06:01 GMT |
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A group of investigators from the University of Gothenburg's Sahlgrenska Academy, in Sweden, argues that a molecule called interleukin-6 (IL6), which is a part of the human immune system, may play an important role in controlling hunger and satiety.
As a chemical messenger, IL6 plays an important role in fight... |
24 September 2012
06:00 GMT |
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Some time ago, we learned that Iran planned to disconnect its government agencies from the World Wide Web. It seems that the move has already started, officials reporting that all state organizations have already been connected to a secure “national information network.”
According to The Times of India,... |
24 September 2012
05:56 GMT |
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We recently spoke about how one church in the US was to start lecturing about sustainability, and a few days later we also commented on the news that several religious leaders were to get involved in Africa's anti-poaching battle.
Therefore, we now consider it worthwhile to also mention the Vatican's vie... |
24 September 2012
05:55 GMT |
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The AppFest coding marathon ended and Microsoft is an official Guinness World Record holder, but company officials promise to focus even more on its Indian operations in the future. This includes looking for Indian talents that could be a part of Microsoft’s continuously growing workforce, said Bhaskar Pramani... |
24 September 2012
05:52 GMT |
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Early iPhone 5 adopters are reporting that their handsets’ displays exhibit a yellowish hue, a problem that has been encountered in the past with the iPhone 4S and the iPad 2.
Lengthy forum threads are actively discussing the matter, with some customers posting comparison shots on the web (displayed above) to ... |
24 September 2012
05:51 GMT |
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A new instrument to enable efficient search-and-rescue operations has been developed by experts at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), in Cambridge. It comes in the form of a wearable sensor that can create real-time, 3D maps covering the interiors of buildings.
The wearable sensor system produces digi... |
24 September 2012
05:47 GMT |
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One of the leading executives of developer Zynga has labeled the new website that the company is promoting as the Steam of social games, a platform which allows gamers to play their favorite titles while also discovering friends and engaging with them.
Rob Dyer, who is a vice president at Zynga, told GamesIndustry I... |
24 September 2012
05:40 GMT |
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Sandy Crocker is a 34-year-old dentist from British Columbia. The Canadian from Kelowna was traveling on vacation to County Clare, Ireland, in 2011, when he met the love of his life.
He was eating breakfast at a small diner in the Irish town of Ennistymon when he spotted her. She was sitting at a table next to him, ... |
24 September 2012
05:39 GMT |
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According to a recent press release made available to the general public by Great Britain's Ofgem (i.e. an organization intended to boost the country's energy efficiency by promoting a better management of existing gas and electricity supplies), British energy companies that fail to achieve energy efficienc... |
24 September 2012
05:35 GMT |
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It’s hard not to love Joseph Gordon-Levitt especially when he has such an impressive range as an actor. He hosted Saturday Night Live this weekend and, as was to be expected, literally killed it.
Below is a video of his opening skit, in which he spoofed a scene from Channing Tatum’s most recent box offi... |
24 September 2012
05:35 GMT |
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iPhone fans placing their orders through the likes of Best Buy and Walmart hoping to get an early hands-on with Apple’s latest smartphone, are receiving apologetic emails from the retailers which state that stock is constrained at the moment.
Best Buy notified one of the very first people who placed an iPhone ... |
24 September 2012
05:31 GMT |
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Here’s a story that highlights the importance of anti-theft apps on smartphones and tablets. A man who lost his iPad on a plane used an application called “Find My iPad” to locate the device. Much to his surprise, the program led him to the house of a Horizon Air flight attendant. According to The ... |
24 September 2012
05:28 GMT |
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Japanese SSD maker Green House has decided to launch four new SSDs that use the well-known SF-2281VB1 controller from SandForce. All the drives are rated at a high 550 MB/s sequential read speed, but we caution the users that this is a theoretical mark.
Such a high transfer rate can only be achieved when the drive i... |
24 September 2012
05:21 GMT |
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The biggest week for video game lovers who are also football obsessed is here, as FIFA 13, the EA Sports made football simulator, is finally launched, with a host of improvements and new focus on unpredictable matches.
MMO enthusiasts will also be able to play the new Mists of Pandaria expansion for World of Warcraf... |
24 September 2012
05:16 GMT |
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GameMaker: Studio, a suite of products dedicated to the development of games for various platforms, ranging from Android to Mac OS X, will arrive on Ubuntu in the near feature. The guys behind GameMaker said that their solutions will speed up the coding for native languages with 80%, which means a game could be ready... |
24 September 2012
05:16 GMT |
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Starting with Ubuntu 12.10, Unity Dash will also return answers from Amazon, according to the founder of Canonical, Mark Shuttleworth. In a post on his personal blog, Mark Shuttleworth has probably annoyed a lot of people with a new feature it will be available starting with Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal).In the pres... |
24 September 2012
05:10 GMT |
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Ubisoft has posted a new series of screenshots from its upcoming Assassin’s Creed 3 game, showing off the protagonist, Connor, in a variety of environments while fighting against British Imperial forces.
Assassin’s Creed III is set to introduce a new historical setting and a new hero to the popular serie... |
24 September 2012
05:06 GMT |
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Twitter is a great social platform to share your thoughts and Microsoft seems to know this very well, after the company mistakenly posted a message insulting political commentator and syndicated columnist Ann Coulter.
Liberal economist Robert Reich posted a Twitter message a few days ago, informing his followers tha... |
24 September 2012
05:06 GMT |
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Cybercriminals will often take over Twitter accounts and use them to attract as many users as possible to their malicious websites. However, spammers and phishers are well aware of the fact that nothing can ensure the success of a campaign as the hijacked account of a celebrity.
The large number of Twitter followers... |
24 September 2012
05:05 GMT |
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South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung has reportedly started to push out the Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean OS upgrade for the Galaxy S III flagship phone, with users in Poland being the first to receive it.
Users in Eastern European countries such as Croatia, Macedonia, and Serbia should also see the update available ... |
24 September 2012
05:03 GMT |
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The lottery system used by Apple to handle overwhelming demand has been reinstated this year in Hong Kong, where avid fans of the company’s smartphones can only hope to buy the latest version early.
Direct sales of the iPhone 5 are no longer available through traditional means on Apple’s HK site. The com... |
24 September 2012
05:01 GMT |
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Green-oriented organization Oceana informs us that, according to a new report made public by the US National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS, for short) as much as 156 million pounds (78,000 tons) of fish were simply discarded by the fishing industry from July 2010 to June 2011.
To make matters even worse, this repo... |
24 September 2012
05:00 GMT |
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Diver and underwater photographer Yoji Ookata discovered the mysterious circles in the semi-tropical region of Amami Oshima, off the coast of Japan.
Ookata immediately deemed the underwater sculpture a deep sea “mystery circle.”
This complex structure lies 80 ft (25 m) below sea level. It spr... |
24 September 2012
04:59 GMT |
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Since the Very Large Telescope (VLT) is undoubtedly my favorite observatory of all time, I couldn't possibly ignore (and not share) this new image released by the European Southern Observatory (ESO), showing the facility at sunset.
Located at the ESO Paranal Observatory, in Chile, the VLT works through a techn... |
24 September 2012
04:48 GMT |
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One of the most touching moments at last night’s Emmy Awards 2012, held at the Nokia Theater in LA and aired live on ABC, was totally unscripted and unplanned. See it in the video above.
Jimmy Kimmel introduced 51-year-old Michael J. Fox as presenter for the Outstanding Comedy Series category.
It wasn&rsquo... |
24 September 2012
04:48 GMT |
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Japanese electronics giant Toshiba has just revealed the first bits of information on its new external HDD series. The new line will feature both 2.5” and 3.5” hard disk drives and will also make use of the new and speedy USB 3.0 interface.
We’re glad that the Japanese manufacturer has chosen to pu... |
24 September 2012
04:41 GMT |
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A lot of interesting things have been presented at this year’s EUSecWest security conference. One of them is an Android app that relies on near-field communications (NFC) to reset the public transit access cards utilized in San Francisco (MUNI) and New Jersey (PATH).
Researchers Corey Benninger and Max Sobell ... |
24 September 2012
04:39 GMT |
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Advanced Micro Devices will soon release the desktop range of Trinity accelerated processing units and central processors (CPUs), but that doesn't mean that the time between now and then has to go to waste.
The way we see it, AMD knows this very well, and while it won't hold any world-shaking events, it d... |
24 September 2012
04:39 GMT |
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Investigators at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) have recently begun a new scientific study of the factors that influence the development of basal cell carcinoma (BCC), a common type of skin cancer.
The research was started because Queensland has the highest incidence of BCC in the country. The team ... |
24 September 2012
04:39 GMT |
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Webroot announced over the weekend an update for their SecureAnywhere product line (Antivirus, Internet Security Plus and Complete). The new build number is 8.0.2.14 and incorporates an impressive amount of changes, more than 6,000. One of the major changes refers to the user experience, which has been improved thro... |
24 September 2012
04:38 GMT |
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Apple is delivering “late” iPhone 5 pre-orders earlier than expected, a number of customers have confirmed. The Apple online store, however, is still listing a 3-4-week delivery for orders placed today.
Some early iPhone 5 buyers (who pre-ordered the handset through Apple) are beginning to receive confir... |
24 September 2012
04:36 GMT |
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The Knotts Berry Farm Wind Seeker stopped functioning at the Buena amusement park, in California, leaving 20 riders stranded for hours.
The incident happened on Wednesday, with the ride stopping at around 4 p.m. The video shows it was dark outside by the time park attendants managed to get the ride working again.
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24 September 2012
04:34 GMT |
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Windows 8 will officially be unveiled on October 25, but here are the first images showing the new operating system’s box art.
We can’t tell for sure if these are indeed the true box art photos for Windows 8, but the leaked pictures also include a so-called Windows 8 Pro Pack that represents the Media Ce... |
24 September 2012
04:32 GMT |
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This past Saturday, the people in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe were asked by authorities to pay close attention to what their clocks and watches indicated, and make sure they all flushed their toilets at the same time: 7:30 p.m. on the dot.
Apparently, the main drive behind this rather peculiar request had to do with the fa... |
24 September 2012
04:30 GMT |
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Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 will offer both depth and accessibility when it launches later during the year, making sure that gamers have new options when it comes to the multiplayer experience, but that they also find a lot of familiar features.
Mark Lamia, who leads the development team at Treyarch, has told CVG that... |
24 September 2012
04:30 GMT |
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The introduction of the new “SuperSlim” PlayStation 3 won’t result in price cuts for existing models, at least according to Sony, as the company claims that consumers want great games and content, not necessarily lower prices. The PlayStation 3 has been around for quite some time and, at least in t... |
24 September 2012
04:23 GMT |
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It doesn’t come as a surprise that Amanda Bynes is now the butt of all jokes, but perhaps Ryan Seacrest wasn’t expecting Jimmy Fallon to crack a Bynes joke on the red carpet at the Emmy Awards 2012.
Check out the video below to see what the comedian had to say about the star’s very recent troubles... |
24 September 2012
04:22 GMT |
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Renowned real estate firm RE/MAX is warning Australians to be on the lookout for suspicious emails that may appear to originate from the company. The scammy messages have been making the rounds for quite some time, but they've hit Australia only more recently.
“Please be advised of a recent phishing scam,... |
24 September 2012
04:19 GMT |
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The Redmond-based technology giant wasted millions of watts of electricity in an attempt to erase a fine it previously received for underestimating its power consumption. Microsoft owns a gigantic hydroelectric data center in Quincy, Washington, that’s marked as “green and efficient”, but it uses n... |
24 September 2012
04:07 GMT |
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Corsair will probably be loud and boisterous, insofar as a written press releases can be loud and boisterous, when it finally launches the 900D Godzilla full tower desktop chassis.
Until it gets around to that, though, we all can sit back and gaze upon all the relevant information concerning it, and a photo to boot... |
24 September 2012
04:05 GMT |
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Experts at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), in Australia, say that a large meteor that impacted our planet around 2.5 million years ago may have been responsible for the Ice Ages.
Thus far, scientists established that the collision caused a series of massive tsunamis, but the fact that it also caused a ser... |
24 September 2012
04:03 GMT |
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There was a lot of drama backstage at the Emmys 2012 last night because Jimmy Kimmel got himself into a lot of trouble 20 minutes before the show. Below is the video.
That’s actually the opening skit for the 64th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, featuring some of the biggest names in television right now –... |
24 September 2012
04:03 GMT |
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59-year-old Wayne Watson of Centennial, Colorado, was awarded $7 million (€5,4 million), as his trial against supermarket chain and popcorn manufacturer King Soopers came to an end.
Mr. Watson's claim was that eating microwave popcorn produced by King Soopers had led him to develop chronic respiratory problems,... |
24 September 2012
03:59 GMT |
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In the aftermath of several reports pinning down and highlighting the devastating effects the fracking industry can have both on the environment, and on public health, Quebec's new natural resources minister states that this particular province could soon outlaw this practice altogether.
Apparently, although s... |
24 September 2012
03:59 GMT |
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BiniSoft has just updated Windows Firewall Control to version 3.7. This is a major build and includes new features and improvements.
Windows Firewall Control 3.7 sports a new audio notification option in the configuration panel, which can sound the alarm when a new alert is available. According to the developer, thi... |
24 September 2012
03:58 GMT |
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Microsoft addressed cross-site scripting (XSS) and HTML Injection vulnerabilities on its websites after security researcher Rafay Baloch notified the company of their existence.
We have another great example of how a proper acknowledgment program encourages security researchers to practice responsible disclosure, in... |
24 September 2012
03:57 GMT |
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Video game developer Funcom has announced that it has introduced a three-day free play period for all those who are interested in their MMO, The Secret World.
Everyone who is interested in the game can create an account and then play for three days, and anyone who completes 30 quests in the game – which is hard, but... |
24 September 2012
03:56 GMT |
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Foxconn Technology Group, a subsidiary of Hon Hai Precision Industry, reportedly closed a factory in the city of Taiyuan, in central China, following a disturbance among its 79,000 workers.
The New York Times points out to photographs and videos circulating on social networking sites showing “smashed windows, ... |
24 September 2012
03:54 GMT |
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Officials at the American space agency announce that they have selected no less than 26 new development projects aimed at improving NASA's future rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS). The proposals were submitted by representatives of both academia and industry, the agency says, and cover everything from conce... |
24 September 2012
03:54 GMT |
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Microsoft and 343 Industries have just posted a brand new trailer for their upcoming Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn web series, and even confirmed its premiere date, which is October 5, 2012.
Halo 4 is out in November and, in order to give its plot a proper back story, Microsoft and 343 Industries announced Halo 4: Forwa... |
24 September 2012
03:50 GMT |
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Astronomers operating the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have recently released this amazing new image of the spiral galaxy NGC 4643, which lies around 70 million light-years away from Earth, in the constellation Coma Berenices.
The object is seen directly edge-on, revealing a slightly distorted structure. Experts ... |
24 September 2012
03:44 GMT |
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In case you ever wondered how “Breaking Bad” might have looked before cable, it’s ok, Jimmy Kimmel has you covered. Below is his spoof at last night’s Emmy Awards 2012.
Sitting between the show’s two stars, Aaron Paul and Bryan Cranston, Kimmel introduced a spoof of the hit drug series... |
24 September 2012
03:42 GMT |
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Websites owned by the world-renowned hardware manufacturer ASUS have been targeted over the last couple of days by hackers. The victims are ASUS’ Republic of Gamers site (rog.assus.com) and the “notebook” subdomain of ASUS Italy (notebook.asus.it).
The Republic of Gamers (ROG) site was defaced on S... |
24 September 2012
03:36 GMT |
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CDBurnerXP has received an update over the weekend, incrementing the build number to 4.4.2.3442. The changelog includes a new feature as well as a small number of fixes. Among the most significant modifications in this release is support for the new audio format, Opus, which is an open lossy compression format devel... |
24 September 2012
03:35 GMT |
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Mobile phone maker Motorola has recently provided some additional info on its Android upgrades roll-out plans for its handsets, unfortunately disappointing many of its users.
As it turns out, the deployment of Ice Cream Sandwich has been pushed back for some of the company’s devices, such as the XYBOARD 8.2 a... |
24 September 2012
03:28 GMT |
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Claire Danes had to face some very tough competitors in the Best Actress in a Drama Series category at the 64th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, but she won. Above is her acceptance speech in full.
Danes won for her role in Showtime’s hit series “Homeland,” so it was only natural that she thank the e... |
24 September 2012
03:28 GMT |
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A riot broke out in the Netherlands after a girl sent out too many invites to her birthday party. 3,000 people came to the party in Haren, after confirmations from over 30,000 users were received on Facebook.
16-year-old Merthe Weusthuis didn't mark the event as private, but she never expected it to gain such ... |
24 September 2012
03:27 GMT |
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Showing just how common wireless technology is becoming, LG Electronics has brought forth a headphone set that uses the Bluetooth wireless standard to link up with smartphones, tablets, media players and any other multimedia device featuring this particular wireless capability.
In many ways, the LG Tone+. Bearing t... |
24 September 2012
03:27 GMT |
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It’s no secret that Microsoft has high expectations from the new Windows Store, so the fast growth of the Windows 8 service surely pleases the Redmondians.
The Windows Store recently passed the 2,000 apps milestone, despite the fact that “some apps are removed from the store periodically,” said Wes... |
24 September 2012
03:20 GMT |
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Capcom has revealed a variety of great news for fans of its Dragon's Dogma medieval fantasy role-playing game, as the company will release two new game modes for free until the end of the year, as well as a full-fledged expansion in 2013.
Dragon's Dogma came out in Spring and, while it resembled other medi... |
24 September 2012
03:19 GMT |
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This last Friday (the 21st of September, 2012) the state of New Jersey, US, officially outlawed both the slaughter of horses, and people's using their meat for consumption. Thus, no such activities can be carried out within this state's borders.
As well as this, vehicles that are transporting horses from ... |
24 September 2012
03:07 GMT |
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Nintendo might be emphasizing the way the new GamePad controller will change the nature of gaming but according to Sony the same possibilities are open to those who are using both a PlayStation 3 home console and a PlayStation Vita handheld.
John Koller, who is the vice president in charge of marketing at Sony Compu... |
24 September 2012
03:05 GMT |
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What can only be deemed the craziest rumor to surface in recent years has been making the rounds for several days now: Charlize Theron has finally found love in the arms of “Modern Family” star Eric Stonestreet.
Below is a video of his statement to Ryan Seacrest on the red carpet at last night’s Em... |
24 September 2012
03:02 GMT |
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Hacktivists have published a video message for the authorities of the US city of Philadelphia, especially the representatives of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority, after they threatened to pursue a man that cleaned up the trash from an area he did not own.
The scandal has been going on for quite some time. Bu... |
24 September 2012
02:59 GMT |
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Microsoft released the long-awaited Internet Explorer patch on Friday and, while everybody praised the Redmond-based software giant for reacting so quickly, security experts are claiming that the company knew of this bug since July. Microsoft mentioned in the MS12-063 security bulleting that this critical security is... |
24 September 2012
02:58 GMT |
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One of the enhancements that Microsoft is expected to pack inside the upcoming Windows Phone 8 operating system flavor, but which hasn’t been officially announced as of now, is “Rooms.”
The feature has been spotted before, but little was actually known on what it was all about, and how users could... |
24 September 2012
02:57 GMT |
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Left with a faulty Maps application on his iPhone, iOS hacker and engineer Ryan Petrich decided to make life easier for himself (and everyone else wielding an iPhone) by porting the original Google Maps application from iOS 5 over to iOS 6.
Admittedly requiring a jailbreak from the user, the iOS 5.1 Maps application... |
24 September 2012
02:44 GMT |
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Even as Samsung is preparing to begin a new legal battle with Apple, the latter is moving for an increase of the money that the former is supposed to pay it, following the verdict given by the jury in the San Hose, California district court. For those that haven't heard all that has happened, Samsung already h... |
24 September 2012
02:43 GMT |
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Large North American retailer GameStop has announced that, due to overwhelming demand, it will no longer take pre-orders for the Nintendo Wii U. Instead, the store chain has revealed that a special wait list has been created for members of its PowerUp Rewards loyalty program.
The Nintendo Wii U is out in November an... |
24 September 2012
02:34 GMT |
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Today, South Korean mobile phone maker Pantech has announced the upcoming availability of its Vega R3 quad-core smartphone.
The new device will arrive on shelves with a large 5.3-inch touchscreen display, making it a worthy competitor against handsets such as Samsung Galaxy Note 2 or LG Optimus G.
The new Pantech... |
24 September 2012
02:34 GMT |
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The 64th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards opened with a brilliant monolog from host Jimmy Kimmel, in which he basically reminded everyone why they had gathered at the Nokia Theater in LA: to feel good about themselves. Check out the video above to see the opening speech in full. Not only did Kimmel get a bit politica... |
24 September 2012
02:33 GMT |
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Opera are close to release the stable build for version 12.10 of their browser, but not that close, since they have recently rolled out a new snapshot that doubles as a beta RC, the fourth.
The Norwegian developer decided to slow down a little before coming up with Opera 12.10 beta in order to do some more bug fixin... |
24 September 2012
02:32 GMT |
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A few days back, we reported on an airport's decision to “hire” some goats as professional lawn mowers, primarily because these animals can help keep unwanted grass patches well under control and at the same time do not require to either burn fuel or be paid heavy money. Recent news informs us that... |
24 September 2012
02:32 GMT |
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American “hip hop violinist” Lindsey Stirling got a glimpse of fame by becoming a quarterfinalist in America's got talent, in 2010. She now posts choreographed violin performances on her YouTube channel. Lindsey is not only a musician, but also a dancer and a performance artist. She studied therapeu... |
24 September 2012
02:31 GMT |
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Keiichiro Toyama, who is the creator of Gravity Rush, has revealed via Twitter that he is working on a sequel to the game.
The title managed to get an award at the Tokyo Games Show and the developer replied to a congratulatory message from a fan by saying, “Thank you! I’ll do my best on the sequel.&rdquo... |
24 September 2012
02:30 GMT |
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Semiconductor and electronics giant, Korean company Samsung has just announced its new SSD series that seem to be targeting mainly server and professional workstation usage type. The new drives are powered by Samsung’s new MDX controller and come with impressive IOPS ratings. There will be two model types init... |
24 September 2012
02:20 GMT |
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The Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles was the place to be last night, as the industry celebrated and honored the most popular and accomplished names in television at the 64th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, aired on ABC.
“Modern Family” and “Homeland” were the big winners of the night, though it was... |
24 September 2012
01:49 GMT |
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