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Back in 1991, scientists were in for a big surprise after the launch of NASA's Compton Gamma Ray Telescope. Instead of just providing the expected data referring to high energy-emitting supernovae, black holes or the like, it detected gamma ray bursts incoming from the Earth as well. Further tests and missions c... |
24 November 2008
18:41 GMT |
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Lunar quakes were discovered during the Apollo missions, and found to be of several types, but the actual source for each of them has eluded scientists so far, given that our natural satellite has no record of tectonic activity. And if we are ever to have a stable base on the Moon's surface, one that can take in... |
24 November 2008
16:01 GMT |
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"Green" electronic products are extremely popular nowadays, since more and more people are becoming aware of the major environmental issues of our planet and actually try to do something about it. And that's exactly the case with the EarthDrive USB flash drive from ATP, a device that really screams "green," star... |
24 November 2008
15:31 GMT |
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Microsoft is laboring to serve Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista a little over a year after the availability of Service Pack 1, beating Windows 7 to the market. The first development milestones of Windows Vista Service Pack 2 have already shipped to testers and are even available for download for users of the operatin... |
24 November 2008
14:51 GMT |
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Everyday, a new piece of software comes out, and it seems that the most prolific domain is the multimedia one. Converters, audio rippers and burners are being released, and you find yourself just looking at them and not knowing what to choose from this heterogeneous mass of applications. Well, we think it's best... |
24 November 2008
13:11 GMT |
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Deep Zoom, a feature based on technology developed by Microsoft, which allows for unprecedented zooming and panning capabilities of online images, is coming to Silverlight on Linux. Moonlight, the open source implementation of Silverlight for Linux and Unix, will support Deep Zoom starting with Build Alpha of version... |
24 November 2008
13:11 GMT |
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How can you explain a cloud operating system in just 145 seconds? Microsoft has the perfect answer to this, and you will be able to find the video embedded at the bottom of this article. Moreover, the Redmond company also managed to add comic value to its inhouse developed video explanation of Windows Azure, codename... |
24 November 2008
13:03 GMT |
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EA Sports is clearly a busy company these days, largely due to the fact that all of the employees are hard at work on the new EA Sports Active project, which promises to take fitness games to a whole new level. Dubbed a Wii Fit killer, the future title will employ new sports routines and exercises that will emphasize... |
24 November 2008
13:01 GMT |
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Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis is the sequel to the Game Boy Advance game Mario vs. Donkey Kong, itself a follow-up to the Game Boy Donkey Kong game. This title is more puzzle-oriented, now that the player controls several Mini Marios with the touch screen, instead of Mario himself. It also features the ... |
24 November 2008
12:31 GMT |
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Mario Party DS is a video game developed especially for the Nintendo DS, as its name implies. It is the eleventh title in the series, or the twelfth in Japan, which saw another game being released in the franchise. Mario Party DS was released in this country on November 8, 2007, followed by the North American release... |
24 November 2008
12:01 GMT |
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What would you say if I were to tell that the default apps on your newly bought OS X system have free alternatives out there that, sometimes, are actually better? Yes, there are developers that can do a (slightly) better job than Apple when it comes to performing certain tasks on OS X, be it watching a movie, re... |
24 November 2008
12:01 GMT |
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The most advanced rover ever to roam the Martian surface, the Mars Science Laboratory, is still undergoing final development stages at NASA. It has already surpassed the cost that the agency initially estimated for its building operations by a hefty amount, now engulfing more than $1.5 billion, with a final estimated... |
24 November 2008
11:41 GMT |
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It is quite nice to see a heap of cool "magic" items surfacing at this time of the year and seeing them retailing for affordable prices is even better; just take a good look around and you could turn your home into a truly fantastic place, filled with amazing gadgets to add a magic touch to the winter holidays. It�... |
24 November 2008
11:21 GMT |
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Western Digital, one of the worldwide leading providers of storage solutions, is reported to announce its readiness to make the first steps into the SSD market segment. According to Richard Rutledge, Western Digital's SVP for marketing, the company is waiting for the “appropriate opportunity” to make... |
24 November 2008
11:15 GMT |
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Recent scientific studies revealed that children of those who started smoking when they were very young are far more likely to start smoking than their peers, whose parents started doing so later in life or not at all. The same holds true if parents keep on smoking steadily for many years, well into adulthood. T... |
24 November 2008
11:11 GMT |
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One of the disastrous effects of modern life is the fact that the amount of time we spend thinking about what, how much and when we eat is continually diminishing. Nutrition specialists warn that even though we eat three times a day, that doesn't necessarily make us any healthier or fitter. Good nutrition should... |
24 November 2008
11:09 GMT |
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Blizzard is definitely quite a happy company these days. It has launched the second expansion to one of the biggest and most profitable online games out there, World of Warcraft, which has over 11 million paying subscribers on a monthly basis. This expansion, dubbed Wrath of the Lich King, has broke all sales records... |
24 November 2008
11:01 GMT |
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Yahoo! Finance reports that JPMorgan analyst Mark Moskowitz has lowered his sales estimates for the iPhone and the iPod, while raising MacBook forecasts and earnings estimates for the three months ending in December. Most analysts agree that Apple's stock is ripe for the picking, advising clients to do so withou... |
24 November 2008
10:54 GMT |
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Supermassive black holes, with a mass approximately a billion times that of our Sun, have been thought to reside at the very heart of the biggest galaxies, including our own. A recent computer simulation, corroborated with data obtained from the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, indicated that one of these black holes gener... |
24 November 2008
10:47 GMT |
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As seen during the past few weeks, Advanced Micro Devices is preparing an imminent launch for its 45 nanometer Deneb microprocessors. The chip has already been spotted and presents itself as a fantastic part featuring great overclocking capabilities, and AMD seems rather enthusiastic about it. The Sunnyvale company a... |
24 November 2008
10:41 GMT |
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Researchers at North Carolina State University revealed in a new study that on-line shopping can lead to an overall decrease in the prices of most products people buy more often than others. As Christmas and New Year are approaching, more and more Internet users will start to shop around for their favorite items, and... |
24 November 2008
10:31 GMT |
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While continually racing after Google in terms of online advertising and the search engine market, Microsoft has its own space where it is the ad-serving leader. When it comes down to in-game advertising, Massive, a wholly owned subsidiary of Microsoft, has been continually growing its list of partners, with THQ as t... |
24 November 2008
10:31 GMT |
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As the Opera North is preparing to enact Armando Iannucci's satirical operetta, “Skin Deep,” whose purpose is to illustrate mankind’s obsession with beauty and what are regarded as standards of beauty women must abide by, a recent survey, commissioned precisely in anticipation of the opening ni... |
24 November 2008
10:18 GMT |
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LG Rhythm brings music fans almost all the features they could ever dream of in a phone. It was designed especially for them and this cannot be denied. Moreover, it is said to be of great help and lots of fun for the whole family, mainly now that the holiday season is around the corner.It comes with a 1'' c... |
24 November 2008
10:12 GMT |
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The folks at equinux have released the smallest TubeStick DTT USB receiver that offers you live TV on a Mac. More compact than ever, TubeStick also provides everything you need to watch TV on the go. “The original TubeStick shook up the market for digital TV receivers for Macs,” says equinux. &ldquo... |
24 November 2008
10:04 GMT |
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Well, we've heard about solar-powered cars, and airplanes, and even trains, but a submarine running on solar energy? Why not, ask the scientists who started Project Goldfish, a German initiative that aims at bringing the pleasure of an underwater ride to the top of the Alps. Lake Thun will host the new project, ... |
24 November 2008
10:03 GMT |
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In case you're fed up with bulky MP3 players which have pretty much the same design and cannot stand from the crowd any more, then you should definitely take a look at Peanut, the newest player from emerging manufacturer Nextar. If nifty functionality featuring neat-sounding technology and joyful design packed i... |
24 November 2008
09:58 GMT |
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Microsoft is pointing the finger at Google, accusing the Mountain View-based Internet giant of being a parasite preying on media companies. Speaking at the UK Association of Online Publishers, Thomas C. Rubin, Microsoft chief counsel for Intellectual Property Strategy, indicated that, while publishers were struggling... |
24 November 2008
09:58 GMT |
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The acclaimed Mario Kart series has gone wireless, letting players race and battle with up to eight karts at once, regardless of whether everyone has a game card. An all-star cast that includes Mario, Luigi, Peach, Yoshi, Donkey Kong, Wario, Bowser and Toad will round out a truly all-star lineup of more than 30 cours... |
24 November 2008
09:51 GMT |
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President-elect Barack Obama founded much of his campaign on his environmental policies, and the people who voted for him, especially environmentalists and ecologists, hope to see their confidence pay off in the coming year, when the UN Conference on Climate Change is scheduled to take place in December. Copenhagen w... |
24 November 2008
09:22 GMT |
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It remains to be seen whether rechristening Live Search will deliver a positive impact in terms of gathering and keeping fresh eyeballs, if it will just be a strategy with little repercussions in terms of market share, or if it will have just the opposite effect, and drive users away from Microsoft's search engi... |
24 November 2008
09:21 GMT |
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It seems that once started, the exoplanet direct observation process is quickly becoming a regular one, given the discovery of such an object. A group of astronomers from France, led by Anne-Marie Lagrange, used images from the Very Large Telescope in order to pinpoint the location of a planet supposed to be approxim... |
24 November 2008
09:17 GMT |
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Dare to be Creative has recently updated its batch file renaming utility for Mac OS X, Renamer4Mac. The new release added Spanish localization just before the software went on sale for just $12.95 (over 50% off the retail price) over at Mupromo. Renamer4Mac supports search and replace renaming, numbering files, and c... |
24 November 2008
09:15 GMT |
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LittleBigPlanet was a hyped-up game that totally changed the way we looked at other titles. The fact that you could create your custom levels and interact with the environment in every way possible made quite a lot of players buy it, but the sales figures didn't really make it a very successful title for the Pla... |
24 November 2008
09:01 GMT |
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Here's a piece of lighting gadgetry that doesn't come in cheap at all, but which will definitely have your every friend gazing at it in awe: the Felt Lamp, from designers Matthew Radune and Susanna Hohmann. Now, there is more than one strange thing about this lamp, from shapes to its very construction; and ... |
24 November 2008
09:00 GMT |
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After taking the Xperia X1 to Europe almost two weeks ago, Sony Ericsson has now decided that India would be a favorable market for one of its most popular models. This phone brings an elegant combination of multimedia features and web browsing experience to the newly chosen receivers.Besides the pretty relevant feat... |
24 November 2008
08:40 GMT |
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Concerns about the state of the world's oceans have increased over the past few decades, as the effects of global warming became more and more obvious to those who could see them. These worries prompted several studies of global waters, including the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans. However, until recently, the ... |
24 November 2008
08:38 GMT |
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Hairstylists are telling us that curls are back to being all the rage this cold season and, while most of us are not that lucky as to have natural curly hair, those that do should pay heed to what specialists are saying, if they want to keep up with the trends. Other than the advantage of making one look younger and ... |
24 November 2008
08:32 GMT |
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Interesting findings are being reported in regard to Apple's new unibody MacBooks. Apparently, the new devices perform better while running on battery power, rather than on AC power. According to an Apple Support document, this is normal behavior, but Apple also recommends that users allow the battery to dischar... |
24 November 2008
08:30 GMT |
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Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time is the fifth game in the Mario RPG series, and it is a Nintendo DS exclusive title, released in November 2005 in North America, December 2005 in Japan, January 2006 in Europe, and February 2006 in Australia. The game was developed by AlphaDream, and published by Nintendo. Mario and L... |
24 November 2008
08:15 GMT |
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The Saemangeum dam, on the coast of the Yellow Sea in South Korea, is a 33 kilometer (20.5 miles) long sea wall that, since 2006, keeps ocean waters from entering a newly-recovered, 400 square km area of land, in the province of Jeollabuk-do. Several previous administrations supported the project, which has received ... |
24 November 2008
08:07 GMT |
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The memorable event that takes place on the Earth's poles, called aurora, is not only restricted to our planet. The Sun and the magnetic fields of other planets allow for it to occur in the different atmospheres of the latter as well, although it may look nothing like what we're accustomed to. In fact, they... |
24 November 2008
07:40 GMT |
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Nintendo is clearly a happy company for quite a while now, largely due to the fact that the Wii and DS consoles are selling like hotcakes, even if over two years have passed since their individual launches. People are still queuing up to get their hands on the very innovative Wii console and everybody wants to try ou... |
24 November 2008
07:31 GMT |
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In mid-October Microsoft made available for download the RTW (release to web) Build of Silverlight 2, and now the company is already looking forward to the next iteration of its Adobe Flash killer. Scott Guthrie, corporate vice president of the .NET Developer Platform, revealed that Silverlight 3 was planned for ava... |
24 November 2008
07:23 GMT |
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In order to improve the quality of the skin, one should only follow the three easy daily steps that most experts consider to be essential. They speak about cleansing the face (or washing it, it's pretty much the same thing), followed by the use of toner and a moisturizer. It is also recommended to exfoliate the ... |
24 November 2008
07:17 GMT |
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Information is of utmost importance especially when it comes to computers and their flawless functioning. PCs thrive on it but when data comes in too large amounts, this can spell trouble for the “muscles” behind the “brains”. If the hardware resources are clogged up, the software environment ... |
24 November 2008
07:01 GMT |
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The Biblical place of Elah Valley, where possibly the most ancient Hebrew inscription was recently discovered on a pottery shard, was again brought to the attention of archaeologists and scholars. This time, a team of experts, including archaeologist Yosef Garfinkel from the Hebrew University, has unearthed a second ... |
24 November 2008
06:58 GMT |
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The BBC has scored an interview with Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak, who offered his impressions on Apple's evolution, the company's aim to lock everything down to one solution, third-party apps for jailbroken devices, Google's Android and more. Talking about the early days of Apple, Woz revealed that ... |
24 November 2008
06:56 GMT |
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Brewing a cup of coffee is no rocket science and pretty much everybody can come up with a decent drink. Yet it looks like for some guys, having coffee brewed the traditional way is too simple a thing; and the coffee machines go in the same category also, because this could be the only reason for adding a no-nonsense ... |
24 November 2008
06:54 GMT |
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The epic story of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker continues, as Link finds himself lost and alone in unknown seas in a new adventure. Featuring intuitive touch-screen controls and innovative puzzles, The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass offers new challenges for fans of the series and an easy-to-grasp introduct... |
24 November 2008
06:44 GMT |
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Welcome to our 21st issue of Softpedia Linux Weekly!
Here’s what you can read about in this edition: Adobe decides to release a 64-bit version of its marvelous Flash Player for Linux users; Ubuntu 8.10 has a new unofficial edition, Ubuntu Muslim Edition 8.10, which brings updated software and Quarn recitations... |
24 November 2008
06:38 GMT |
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An impressive group of 64 long-finned whales was discovered stranded on Sunday, on Tasmania's northwest coast, occupying a large portion of Anthony's Beach. Wildlife experts worked around the clock throughout the day, and managed to save 12 whales, by hauling them via trailers to Godfrey's Beach, some ... |
24 November 2008
06:36 GMT |
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At the end of October 2008 Microsoft was informed of a new vulnerability affecting the core of Windows Vista, but a fix was not delivered along with the November security bulletins. Thomas Unterleitner, from phion AG, informed that the Microsoft VISTA TCP/IP stack buffer overflow security flaw affected both 32-bit an... |
24 November 2008
06:35 GMT |
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Last week, we were telling you of the Taiwanese Research Institute having developed a smartphone that had display folding capabilities, thus creating 5'' of display from less. Samsung has come up with a slightly different approach, and has created a folding display that opens up like a book to enable a much... |
24 November 2008
06:09 GMT |
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Traffic-related decisions due to weather conditions or choosing a particular route will soon be made much easier by our own smart phone. A recent collaboration of Nokia, its independent NAVTEQ subsidiary (a Chicago-based provider of Geographic Information Systems data and a leading company in providing base ele... |
24 November 2008
06:07 GMT |
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Animal Crossing: Wild World features a very minimal plot. The objective of the game is to pay off a debt to Tom Nook, who allows the player to move into a house he owns. If the mortgage is paid off, the player's house will expand until upstairs, left, right, center and back rooms are included. This is slightly d... |
24 November 2008
06:07 GMT |
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It seems that the mainstream size of enterprise-grade hard disk drives is on its move from the current 3.5 inches toward 2.5 inches due to the major power gains the smaller form factor HDDs offer. According to Paul Martin, Western Digital senior director for Worldwide Channel Marketing and Enterprise, a 10,000rpm 2.5... |
24 November 2008
06:06 GMT |
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Recent medical studies managed to prove that polyphenols, compounds that can be found in red wine, play a crucial role in stopping the development of Alzheimer's, as well as in reversing its effects, on mice models. This seems to explain why French people, who eat a lot of fatty foods, have a lower risk of devel... |
24 November 2008
06:06 GMT |
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Apple has posted a new version of the iPhone Software Development Kit, in light of the iPhone OS 2.2 release last week. Developers are encouraged to download the new version of the SDK, as it is optimized for work on devices with firmware 2.2 installed. Listed as build 9M2621, the updated SDK is almost 1.6GB big &nd... |
24 November 2008
05:43 GMT |
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The latest news on Dell, the worldwide leading computer maker, shows that the company is getting ready to unveil a fresh product, the Inspiron 1425. The computer maker has published on its site the safety sheet for the new mobile machine, which also unveils that two models will be launched, FT01 and FT02. Since the i... |
24 November 2008
05:25 GMT |
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The human mouth is, on average, home to some 600 different species of bacteria that can either be beneficial to us, as is the case with bacteria that give our foods their taste and scent, or very harmful, as is the case with Helicobacter pylori, the culprit behind stomach ulcers and gastric cancer. Recently, research... |
24 November 2008
05:24 GMT |
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Both in 2008 (or what’s left of it) and in 2009, women must forget what their classy mothers were telling them a couple of years ago. The rule of the four pieces of small-seized, paired jewelry can now go directly to the trash bin, where it belongs. What 2008 brought new in terms of jewelry trends is to hold tr... |
24 November 2008
05:12 GMT |
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Atsushi Uchida, a Japanese electrical engineer from the Saitama University, and fellow researcher Peter Davis, from the NTT Communication Science Laboratories in Kyoto, Japan, have managed to obtain actual random number sequences at speeds of up to 1.7 GB per second. Their discovery will prove to be crucial for digit... |
24 November 2008
05:11 GMT |
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The CES Innovative Awards have been “created” to reward the most original and, of course, the most innovative devices from the hottest categories on the market. This year, many would argue that the organization's judgment might have been a bit clouded and that many important manufacturers have been u... |
24 November 2008
05:09 GMT |
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Have an idea for an app but just don't have the skills to make it happen? No problem, now you have iPhone Freelancer, a new site that puts your ideas onto the developers' working desk. The two parties negotiate the pay, get the app done, and ultimately submit it to the App Store for approval. That's al... |
24 November 2008
05:05 GMT |
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SPARKLE Computer Co., Ltd., a professional VGA card manufacturer and supplier, has recently announced the latest addition to its Calibre lineup, the Calibre P980X+ graphics card. The company has featured its newest product with elaborately made Calibre Dual Fly Fan and convenient SPA Tune OC software, meant to allow ... |
24 November 2008
04:37 GMT |
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A new research linked hyperactivity and impulsiveness to a lower chance of people suffering from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) giving up smoking. The new survey followed 583 smoking adults over a period of 8 weeks, during which time the participants, 43 of which were clinically diagnosed with ADHD, ... |
24 November 2008
04:34 GMT |
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A team of scientists from the University College London in the UK, led by Giovanna Tinetti, has discovered the presence of carbon dioxide within the atmosphere of an extra solar planet some 65 light years far from the Earth. This is a major discovery as it proves that carbon dioxide may be present on other worlds as ... |
24 November 2008
04:12 GMT |
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Following an overhyped post-launch download frenzy, reality is setting in for Google Chrome. Google launched its own breed of open-source browser at the start of September 2008, and managed to cause strong reverberations across the market, only to settle in the cozy under 1% usage share segment two months later, wher... |
24 November 2008
04:10 GMT |
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ASUS has recently unveiled its latest additions to the company's MATRIX graphics cards series, based on AMD's Radeon HD 4870 and 4850 GPUs, the ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) EAH4870 MATRIX/HTDI/512MD5 and EAH4850 MATRIX/HTDI/512M boards. According to the manufacturer, these are intelligent cards equipped wi... |
24 November 2008
04:06 GMT |
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Nokia thought it would be nice and even potentially funny if it showed us some of the testing methods for its devices. Consequently, it has released several videos and photos of phones being tortured. However, many of these techniques are being used by most of us on a regular basis.Phones usually undergo about 200 te... |
24 November 2008
04:04 GMT |
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Computer security companies Intego and Trend Micro have issued a warning following reports that a new Mac “malware” or “Trojan horse” was on the loose. The malware, named “OSX.Lamzev.A,” actually requires the launch of an installer and giving it permission to install the payload. &... |
24 November 2008
04:02 GMT |
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Recent scientific studies show that people who experience new things and are also innovative display a stronger interaction between two nervous centers in their brains, namely the ventral striatum and the hippocampus. These regions are responsible for reward systems, and specific memory functions, respectively. The s... |
24 November 2008
03:52 GMT |
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Searchme Inc. has released a free application for owners of an iPhone or iPod touch that acts as an independent search engine. Users needn't use Apple's Safari to open pages after entering their query. Searchme is immediately available for download via the iTunes App Store for handsets running firmware 2.1 ... |
24 November 2008
03:35 GMT |
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Grand Theft Auto is one of the most popular sandbox shooter franchises out there, largely due to the fact that it has won over fans with its great gameplay and pretty amusing story. The latest installment, Grand Theft Auto IV has achieved massive sales, and broke quite a lot of records when it was launched in April t... |
24 November 2008
03:33 GMT |
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A mixed team of NASA experts and technicians from their contractors has recently performed a full-scale test of the launch abort system for the future Constellation program set to replace the current space shuttles by 2015. The abort operation is aimed to save the lives of the crew of Constellation's Orion capsu... |
24 November 2008
03:29 GMT |
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The latest news on the web reveals a few more details on AMD's forthcoming Dragon platform, the logo it will bear, to be more precise. The logo for the company's platform shows a dark dragon with red glowing eyes holding the AMD Fusion badge. Moreover, the news also unveils the slogan the company will use f... |
24 November 2008
03:17 GMT |
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History teaches us that epidemics can occur at any time, in any place on Earth, with no regard to the systems of government in place, or to the development levels of the areas they affect. Diseases such as the bubonic plague – which ravaged Europe during the mid-14th century – affected people from all soc... |
24 November 2008
03:17 GMT |
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Through this partnership, T-Mobile is hoping to increase the data usage regarding web navigation on its mobiles. This means that, from now on, T-Mobile will be using Yahoo!'s oneSearch, and its web services will be now known as Web2G. In addition, Yahoo! will be bringing in the sponsored search results, or will,... |
24 November 2008
03:06 GMT |
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Far Cry 2 was a very good game that offered players quite a lot of interesting features, never employed in any other titles, and which took realism to new heights in game design. From the weapons that begin to jam if you use them too much, to the fact that you need to fix your car in order to keep it running, everyth... |
24 November 2008
03:04 GMT |
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The iPhone Dev Team is at it again with new versions of their firmware jailbreakers, PwnageTool and QuickPwn. Available for both Mac and Windows users, the tools come with a warning for users who attempt to update their iPhone, iPod touch, or iPhone 3G software using iTunes. According to iPhone Buzz, Apple handset u... |
24 November 2008
02:54 GMT |
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Resistance is currently one of the best shooter series for the PlayStation 3, winning a big number of fans with the first title, Resistance: Fall of Man, which was bundled with the first PS3 consoles and which gave players a top notch experience. It took them in a parallel 1950's world where a virus called the C... |
24 November 2008
02:44 GMT |
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Here, on Earth, bad air is not that much of a problem on a small scale, since one can always open a window to let fresh air in, or move to a different location in case the city's polluted air poses any threat to one's health. Unfortunately, astronauts aboard the International Space Station or those involved... |
24 November 2008
02:40 GMT |
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Hynix Semiconductor recently announced having managed to develop GDDR5 (series five, graphics double-data-rate memory) graphics memory which provides data transfer speeds of 7Gbps. The newly-unveiled GDDR5 offers a 40 percent speed improvement compared to the existing 5Gbps GDDR5 memory. It comes as 1Gb GDDR5 memory ... |
24 November 2008
02:35 GMT |
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We all know that Ensemble Studios, one of the biggest developers of strategy games out there, is closing because Microsoft, the owner, says its games won't attract people in the long term and that the IPs that were in development there didn't have a high number of fans.The studio is currently working on its... |
24 November 2008
02:26 GMT |
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As millions of people throughout the world live underneath or close to a volcano, the necessity of finding a viable way of predicting eruptions has been an imperative to the scientific community for years now. Experts have used every technological means at their disposal the best way they could, and it would seem tha... |
24 November 2008
02:04 GMT |
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