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Age of Empires Success Linked to Press Snowball Effect

The Age of Empires series might now be reduced to an online-only free-to-play game, but it was once one of the biggest sellers of the industry and a series that was closely watched by the media. Tony Goodman, one of the co-founders of the now-defunct Ensemble Studios, has told Gamasutra that, “Magazines like t...

24 April 2012
20:21 GMT

The “First” Nvidia GTX 690 Picture Was a Fake

Once Nvidia’s teaser appeared on the company’s Facebook page, a lot of speculation took over the internet about the new card. Trying to profit from the lack of information, or maybe in an attempt to compensate for this year’s lesser number of April Fools Day jokes, some guys decided to fake a pictu...

24 April 2012
19:11 GMT

5th Ave Frogger Uses Seinfeld as Inspiration, Real World Traffic Data

In a rare example of gaming, influenced by a television series rather than by a movie, a team of artists has created a version of the classic Frogger video game that uses real-world traffic data from 5th Avenue in order to re-create a classic Seinfeld situation. Inspired by an episode where George Constanza was tryi...

24 April 2012
19:01 GMT

Affordable BlackBerry Curve 9220 Goes on Sale in Indonesia

Launched in India last week, RIM’s BlackBerry Curve 9220 has just made its debut in Indonesia. The smartphone can be purchased for only Rp. 1,999,000 ($215 USD or 165 EUR) from authorized partners PT. Teletama Artha Mandiri, PT. Selular Media Infotama and PT. Comtech Cellular. BlackBerry Curve 9220 is one of t...

24 April 2012
19:01 GMT

Mature-Rated “The Darkness II” Now Available for Mac OS X

The horror-shooter video game The Darkness II has finally arrived on the Mac. TransGaming Inc. partnered with 2K Games to bring the first title in The Darkness franchise to the Mac gaming community.“The Darkness II (Mac) Now Available!” reads the latest update on the Gametree Mac news section. The Darknes...

24 April 2012
18:41 GMT

Pick Your iPhone 5 Carrier with This App

If you’re thinking of switching to another carrier, but you aren’t exactly sure which one, enter CarrierCompare - an iPhone app that tells you which operator has the best service for you.CarrierCompare performs a speed test on your device to determine the quality of your service. According to Gigaom, the ...

24 April 2012
18:31 GMT

Risen 2: Dark Waters Delayed on Consoles, Still Out for PC This Week

Deep Silver has just announced that its upcoming Risen 2: Dark Waters role-playing game has been delayed on consoles, and would reach the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 platforms at the end of July and beginning of August. Risen 2 is awaited by quite a lot of dedicated fans who fell in love with the original title made ...

24 April 2012
18:31 GMT

Matt Cutts Explains How Google Search Works in Just 8 Minutes

Matt Cutts has been posting interesting and helpful videos about Google Search, SEO and related topics for years. His most recent video from the Google Webmasters YouTube channel is quite interesting and quite long by his standard. Given that he tries to explain how the entire Google Search works, starting with the ...

24 April 2012
18:11 GMT

Porsche Design P’9981 Gets Launched in Hong Kong

RIM and Porsche Design have just announced the upcoming availability of Porsche Design P’9981 premium smartphone in Hong Kong. The BlackBerry handset is expected to be available in Hong Kong in late April for a price that will be disclosed closer to launch. Designed and built by Porsche Design, the smartphone...

24 April 2012
18:01 GMT

Panasonic Puts Ivy Bridge Into the ToughBook CF-53

Japanese company Matsushita Corporation, owner of the well-known Panasonic brand, has reportedly updated its famous Panasonic ToughBook model with Intel’s new Ivy bridge CPU. The notebook's specifications apparently remained the same, but the use of the new mobile processor will result in a slight increas...

24 April 2012
17:44 GMT

NPD Group: 40 Percent of Free Game Players Spend Money to Enhance Experience

A report from the NPD Group has shown that 40 percent of those gamers who have engaged with a free-to-play title have ended up making at least one in-game payment in order to enhance their experience or to extend their playtime. The Freemium Games Market report has surveyed more than 6,000 individuals, including bot...

24 April 2012
17:41 GMT

ARM Record Sales: Almost 2 Billion CPUs Sold in the Last Three Months

ARM has recently posted its quarterly earnings on the company's official website. The results continue the amazing winning streak for the British company. The results are even better than the ones ARM posted late last year, when they announced the doubling of their revenue. For the ones that need a remind...

24 April 2012
16:49 GMT

FIFA 12 Is Canadian Game of the Year, Deus Ex Gets Five Awards

The Canadian Videogame Awards were handed out in a ceremony in Vancouver and the biggest winners of the night were FIFA 12, the football simulation from Electronic Arts, which is now the official Game of the Year, Deus Ex: Human Revolution and Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery, which each taking home five awards for th...

24 April 2012
16:41 GMT

RAGE: Campaign Edition Updated for Mac

Fans of the post-apocalyptic shooter Rage: Campaign Edition have a new patch to install, courtesy of Aspyr Media. Version 1.0.1 improves texture streaming performance, as well as stability with loading of saved games, and includes latest PC patch code, according to the release notes. The PC patch code in particular...

24 April 2012
16:31 GMT

Angelina Jolie to Wear Versace on Her Wedding Day

Just recently, Brad Pitt surprised longtime partner Angelina Jolie (and the entire world as well) when he proposed to her with a diamond ring he'd been working on for an entire year. Speculation on the big day is picking up speed. As we also noted on previous occasions, the two are yet to set or announce a dat...

24 April 2012
16:01 GMT

HTC One S Coming to Virgin Mobile Canada on May 17 for $600 CAD Outright

Canadian carrier Virgin Mobile has just gone live with registration page for HTC One S smartphone, which is expected to be released in the following weeks. Moreover, the operator set up a contest opened to all Canadian customers, excluding those in Quebec, where two HTC One S devices will be given to the lucky winne...

24 April 2012
16:01 GMT

Getting Fired at Microsoft Is as Easy as Thinking Different

Apple’s arch rival, Microsoft, doesn’t like to put an emphasis on the individual. Nor does the company encourage free thinking. It’s sort of like “the McDonalds of computing,” according to a person who got fired by Microsoft after five years of nothing but meetings and strategy reviews. ...

24 April 2012
15:51 GMT

Trials Evolution Breaks Sales Records on XBLA

RedLynx and Microsoft announced that their latest Trials Evolution title has broken a sales record in the console's Xbox Live Arcade service, becoming the highest-grossing title ever in terms of day-one sales. Trials Evolution has been awaited by many people after its predecessor, Trials HD, became extremely po...

24 April 2012
15:41 GMT

Your iPhone Is Tracking Your Every Move, Says Forensic Examiner

Mark McLaughlin, a digital forensic examiner with the Los Angeles-based Computer Forensics International, has a clear message for iPhone owners: “if you're trying to hide where you've been, leave the iPhone at home.” Computer Forensics International has issued a report to inform Apple customers...

24 April 2012
15:21 GMT

Square Enix Prepares Official Re-Launch for Final Fantasy XIV

Video game publisher Square Enix has filed a new trademark for A Realm Reborn, suggesting that it is getting ready to re-launch its much-troubled MMO Final Fantasy XIV, although it is not clear how the experience will be different from that of the game that players got to see in 2010. Siliconera, which specializes i...

24 April 2012
15:11 GMT

Rugged Sonim XP5220 BOLT Exclusively Available on Bell Canada's PTT Network

Sonim, a well-known manufacturer of rugged mobile phones, and Bell Canada have just launched the XP5220 BOLD handset. Exclusively available on Bell’s newly launched PTT network, Sonim XP5220 BOLT can be purchased for only $99.95 CAD with a new three-year agreement. Customers who want to avoid being tied by a ...

24 April 2012
15:01 GMT

Review a Firefox Add-On and Win an Android Tablet

One of Firefox's key strengths has always been the strong add-on ecosystem. The advantage endures even as other players, notably Chrome, have developed a solid ecosystem of their own. But add-ons depend on contributors even more than the browser itself which is why Mozilla is asking add-on users to contribute a...

24 April 2012
14:31 GMT

Women over 30 Are Too Embarrassed to Work Out Outdoors

One of the golden rules to keeping to a regular workout routine is to take a friend with you to the gym for some extra motivation. However, as it turns out, women past a certain age are actually shy of doing exercise in public, a new study has learned. This explains why home fitness DVDs and other materials are so ...

24 April 2012
14:31 GMT

Bejeweled 3 Out Today on PSN

After getting millions of people hooked on the Bejeweled 3 experience last year, PopCap is now getting ready to debut the digital edition of the game for the PlayStation 3 via the PlayStation Network. Bejeweled 3 brought forth an array of impressive improvements over its predecessors at the end of 2010, when it appe...

24 April 2012
14:31 GMT

Namco Bandai Combines US and European Divisions

Publisher Namco Bandai has combined its operations in the United States and in Europe in order to create a structure that can be as successful as its Japanese division, which recently launched hits like One Piece: Pirate Warriors, Tales of Xillia and Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme Vs. Carlson Choi, who is a vice preside...

24 April 2012
14:11 GMT

T-Mobile USA Rolls Out Android 2.3 Gingerbread for G2x

The long-awaited Android 2.3 Gingerbread update for T-Mobile G2x has finally gone live. In fact, T-Mobile has just started the rollout of the final version of the update, after it inadvertently released earlier versions of Gingerbread a while ago.Judging by the repeated mistakes that both the carrier and the handset ...

24 April 2012
14:01 GMT

Traffic Ticket Spam Powered by Cutwail Botnet Leads to Phoenix Exploit Kit

The old “uniform traffic ticket” scams are back and experts found that their numbers increased in an attempt to drive as many users as possible towards compromised websites that host the Phoenix Exploit Kit. Researchers from Trustwave SpiderLabs determined that the links from the phony email lead to hija...

24 April 2012
14:01 GMT

AT&T Debuts LG Xpression Messaging Phone with QWERTY Keyboard

AT&T has silently launched a new messaging phone aimed at customers who crave for simplicity, the LG Xpression. The handset is now available for purchase for as low as $49.99 USD with a new two-year agreement and after a $50 USD mail-in rebate. Customers who do not wish to commit to long-term contracts can get the ...

24 April 2012
13:31 GMT

SkyDrive Has an Ace Up Its Sleeve, Remote Access to Any File on Your Computer

The SkyDrive Windows app, along with the new paid storage plans, were introduced just as Google Drive is about to hit. That's no coincidence and, with Google entering the field, the cloud sync world is getting very, very crowded and very competitive. But, there's only so much you can do to stand out, every...

24 April 2012
13:11 GMT

Sophos: One in Five Macs Carries Malware

Shocking discovery from security vendor Sophos today - according to the company headquartered in Boston, US and Oxford, UK., one in five Macintosh computers carries malware. A press release issued by the security company today cites new research that has churned up a disturbingly high level of malware on Mac compute...

24 April 2012
13:11 GMT

Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0) Now Available via Best Buy for $250 USD (190 EUR)

Samsung has just launched the affordable Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0) Android tablet in US. The slate is now available for purchase through Best Buy for only $250 USD (190 EUR). Unveiled back in February at the Mobile World Congress 2012 in Barcelona, the Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0) is powered by the latest Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandw...

24 April 2012
13:01 GMT

SSX Gets New Trailers for Mt. Eddie & Classic Characters DLC

Video game publisher Electronic Arts has launched another trailer and set of screenshots for the upcoming Mt. Eddie & Classic Characters downloadable content pack for their skateboarding simulation SSX.The new Mount Eddie area will include 9 new races and trick drops for players to test their skills, with the design ...

24 April 2012
12:51 GMT

HP, Dell, ASUS Will Release Ultrabooks Without Optical Drives

One of the tricky parts about making ultrabooks is adding an optical drive, as there simply aren't many such products that fit the very thin form factor. In fact, even the slot-in, slim versions are unsatisfying for some product makers, especially when factoring in the prices. After all, slimming down any PC ...

24 April 2012
12:21 GMT

Script of the Day: Adaptive Images

Adaptive Images is a small PHP script for implementing responsive design principles to web images. It works by sniffing the visitor's screen size and automatically resizing the image to fit the user's viewport.A smart idea indeed, since devices accessing the Web have diversified so much that there's no...

24 April 2012
12:01 GMT

Watch 10-Minute Preview of Brandy, Behind the Music on VH1

This week, VH1 airs a special on R&B star Brandy, the Behind the Music issue. Below is a 10-minute preview of it, just in case you feel like you can't wait anymore. Brandy, who is now making her comeback into the spotlight with new music but the same fierce attitude as always and, most importantly, the same unm...

24 April 2012
11:58 GMT

G.Skill Unveils TridentX DDR3 Memory Kit for New CPUs

Since Intel has finally deigned to formally launch the Ivy Bridge, 22nm central processing units, hardware meant to pair with it is appearing as well. There are quite a few third-generation CPUs on Intel's website right now, divided into Core i5, Core i7 and Core i7 Extreme series. We have written about them h...

24 April 2012
11:51 GMT

MSI's New Android Tablet Arrives at FCC

Taiwanese hardware manufacturer MSI has reportedly sent the company’s new Android tablet over at the FCC for certification. The device is called MSI MS-0N0J1 and is likely to be an affordable one, judging by the operating system used, Google’s Android 2.3 Gingerbread. It is built using a single core ARM...

24 April 2012
11:45 GMT

New Trailer for “G.I. Joe: Retaliation” Is Action Packed, Insane

The first trailers for “G.I. Joe: Retaliation,” the sequel to the 2009 release, placed a lot of emphasis on humor and how buff guys like The Rock and Bruce Willis could still deliver killer one-liners. That no longer applies to the latest trailer now out, which, as usual, you can see in full in the vide...

24 April 2012
11:44 GMT

Google Drive Launch (Semi-)Official, Leaked by French Google Blog

Google Drive is definitely debuting any second now. In fact, Google leaked the info itself by publishing the blog post announcement on its French blog. The post is gone now, but not before someone managed to get a copy.TechCrunch has a full translation of the post detailing all the information. Of course, there'...

24 April 2012
11:40 GMT

Viral of the Day: “Hot Problems” Official Single

If you thought Rebecca Black's “Friday” single and video was, for some reason, offensive (to your ears and eyes), we have something to prove you had no reason for that. The latest viral is a song called “Hot Problems” by Double Take. It recently got an official video. Were we to sum u...

24 April 2012
11:28 GMT

Download Thunderbird 12 Final for Linux

Mozilla released today, April 24th, the final and stable release of the Mozilla Thunderbird 12.0 email client for all supported platforms, including Linux. Mozilla Thunderbird 12.0 includes two new features and one bugfix. Therefore we can mention that message extracts are included in the results of the Global Sear...

24 April 2012
11:21 GMT

Jessica Simpson Is Still Pregnant

For the past couple of weeks, there's been a lot of talk about how Jessica Simpson had given birth to her first child, a baby daughter she named Maxwell. As it turns out, she didn't – yet. Late last week, InTouch came out with a “news from the future” issue in which it offered “all t...

24 April 2012
11:16 GMT

Depression Not Linked Exclusively to Serotonin

A new investigation, conducted on yeast cells, reveals more clues about how antidepressants work. The results also appear to suggest that problems with the neurotransmitter serotonin are not the sole cause of depression. This particular finding is very important, since it may open new avenues of research for treating...

24 April 2012
11:08 GMT

Development of Addiction-Like Behaviors Linked to Binge Eating

A study funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), reveals that people who tend to eat large amounts of food over very short periods of time (binge eaters) tend to exhibit more behaviors that resemble addiction. The study was conducted by experts with ...

24 April 2012
10:57 GMT

AMD Will Release Radeon HD 7990 in June

The rumor mill has been turning and turning while trying to grind out all possible details about the AMD Radeon HD 7990 dual-GPU graphics card. So far, we have a pretty clear picture of what the card with two Tahiti 28nm chips will be able to do. The video board has 6 GB of GDDR5 VRAM, 6-monitor EyeFinity, 4,096 ...

24 April 2012
10:54 GMT

BIOS of the Day 04/24/2012

With a lot of drivers for new boards surfacing these days, we've been rather busy bringing you extensive and complete collections of software. Nevertheless, we're back with a bang so-to-say: a nice and hefty BIOS listing for a heap of gear.We bring you software for both new and older boards from Gigabyte, M...

24 April 2012
10:52 GMT

Quick Look: Battleship (with Gameplay Video)

Videogame tie-ins for movies aren’t something new, but a title made after Battleship, a movie based itself on a game, albeit a board one, is certainly something out of the ordinary. As such, we now get to admire Battleship, a game made by Double Helix studios and published by Activision for the PlayStation 3 a...

24 April 2012
10:51 GMT

The 1,212 Students Admitted into the 2012 Google Summer of Code Announced

Google's Summer of Code program is progressing nicely, all that's left now is the actual coding, as the 1,212 students that have been accepted to the program have now been announced. They'll be working with 180 organizations on various projects. Google Summer of Code 2012 started a couple of months ba...

24 April 2012
10:50 GMT

Boeing Targets 2016 for Launching Astronauts to the ISS

Officials with the Boeing Company announce that they plan to start using their Commercial Space Transportation-100 (CST-100) manned space capsule to launch NASA astronauts to the International Space Station as early as 2015 or 2016. While a firm date cannot yet be set, the company is convinced that it has what it t...

24 April 2012
10:42 GMT

Silicon Power Intros Velox V60 SSD

Another SSD powered by a SandForce controller has appeared, courtesy of Silicon Power. We have no availability dates or prices to impart, but we do know everything else worth knowing. First off, there are 60 GB, 120 GB, 240 GB and 480 GB capacity options. Secondly, the performance, allowed by SATA III (SATA 6.0 Gb...

24 April 2012
10:41 GMT

Adobe and AMD Finally Make “Fusion” Bring 10x Performance Increase

Today, AMD announced on their official blog that their collaboration with Adobe to bring the first implementation of OpenCL heterogeneous compute within the Adobe Creative Suites family has brought up to ten fold performance improvement in Adobe Photoshop CS6 and Premiere Pro CS6. AMD has promised computer...

24 April 2012
10:39 GMT

MySQL Vulnerabilities Fixed in Ubuntu OSes

Canonical announced on April 24th, in a security notice, that a new MySQL update for its Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, Ubuntu 11.04, and Ubuntu 11.10 operating systems is now available, fixing multiple vulnerabilities. According to Canonical, multiple security issues were discovered in MySQL and this update i...

24 April 2012
10:37 GMT

Batman: Arkham City’s Harley Quinn DLC Gets New Details

After announcing the special Batman: Arkham City Game of the Year edition yesterday, Rocksteady now posted some more details about the game’s last piece of DLC, called Harley Quinn’s Revenge. Batman: Arkham City delivered a sprawling experience with an open world filled with all sorts of stories and char...

24 April 2012
10:31 GMT

Amped Wireless Outs Wireless-N USB Adapters

PCs and Macs don't always have the best wireless support, so Amped Wireless took it upon itself to create a pair of USB 2.0 adapters that could make up for it. Nowadays, mostly every PC has support for wireless networks and such, but the range is not all that impressive, usually. Amped Wireless tried to addre...

24 April 2012
10:31 GMT

HTC One X Now Available for Pre-Order via AT&T

AT&T confirmed it would debut the HTC One X on May 6, but until then customers who wish to be among the first to own the smartphone will be able to pre-order it. The carrier has just kicked off pre-orders for the One X. Those willing to commit to a long-term contract can pre-purchase it for only $199.99 USD (150 EUR...

24 April 2012
10:31 GMT

TreasonSMS Bug Allows Hackers to Execute Malicious Code on iPhones (Updated)

Researchers from the Vulnerability Lab have found high severity HTML Inject and File Include security holes in TreasonSMS, an iPhone application that allows users to send text messages from their desktop computers by turning the phone into a SMS webserver. According to the experts, the vulnerabilities can be ex...

24 April 2012
10:31 GMT

X-ES Adopts Intel's Ivy Bridge CPUs

Intel walked up to the stage and released more than 13 CPUs, despite what reports and rumors kept saying. Sure, there were thirteen Core i7 units, but there were also an i7 Extreme Edition and a bunch of Core i5 CPUs. Of all those, the Intel Core i7-3615QE (2.3GHz clock speed) and Intel Core i7-3612QE (2.1GHz) ar...

24 April 2012
10:28 GMT

Quick Look - Naval War: Arctic Circle

I have never had and hope to never have an actual experience of war during my lifetime but, as a male of the human species, I will always be fascinated by conflict, by its causes, by the way countries arm themselves in order to get an advantage, and by the complex way various variables interact in order to lead to an...

24 April 2012
10:27 GMT

New Snapshot for Opera Next

After releasing a snapshot introducing a brand-new, sleek icon for the upcoming version 12 of their web browser yesterday, Opera rolled out another snapshot sporting updated support for RTL (right-to-left) and BiDi (bi-directional) page content. The process is not entirely ready and is ready to receive some brushing...

24 April 2012
10:25 GMT

Ubuntu One Android App Supports Instagram

Ubuntu's foray into the mobile universe continues, as Canonical has just announced today, April 24th, that its Ubuntu One Files Android app now supports Instagram. A couple of weeks ago the iPhone users were deprived of Instagram and now everyone that wields a smartphone with Android can also use the popular se...

24 April 2012
10:19 GMT

New Asrock Motherboard Q77M vPro Has Fresh Drivers

Here we go bringing you news about a new motherboard issuing from Asrock's labs, built with the Intel Q77 chipset at the core and promising excellent computing with speed and stability. Like with most modern boards, we were expecting the 32 GB maximum memory capacity; users can throw 1600 MHz modules in the Q77...

24 April 2012
10:17 GMT

Downloads for the 2.2 Revision of Gigabyte's GA-H61M-DS2 Board

Based on Intel's H61 Express chipset, the 2.2 revision of Gigabyte's GA-H61M-DS2 motherboard might be one of the really nice options for people looking to build a powerful but small computer for entertainment or office use. The Gigabyte GA-H61M-DS2 supports the new 22nm Intel CPUs and is thus compatible wi...

24 April 2012
10:12 GMT

NVIDIA Licenses Sofics and ICsense Technology

NVIDIA wants to make sure its Icera modem processors are as good as they can be. To that end, it has licensed customized ESD from Sofics and overvoltage-tolerant I/Os form ICsense. Now it has everything it needs to create chips with stable 3.3V I/O and robust ESD protection. The Icera chips will be both better an...

24 April 2012
10:12 GMT

Phished Credentials Used in Check Fraud, Experts Find

Researchers from the security firm Trusteer have come across a scam, advertised on underground forums, that represents a perfect combination between the classic check fraud and the malicious operations performed by cybercriminals. Basically, the seller offers high-quality false bank checks on which any information c...

24 April 2012
10:11 GMT

SlimBrowser 6.01 Available for Download

SlimBrowser did not spend too much time in beta, as the developer recently released the stable build for version 6.01 of the application. As expected, work has been poured into fixing bugs and brushing up on the features of the browser. The list with the most important features, added or modified, for this build is ...

24 April 2012
10:07 GMT

DRAM Makers Stop Cutting Prices, Cause Rebound

Elpida's situation continues to be worrisome, so now we get to see something similar to what happened late last month. For those who forgot, DRAM prices went up a little bit in late March because of Elpida's bankruptcy. Now, it looks like contract prices for DRAM chips and modules have risen again. Hy...

24 April 2012
09:59 GMT

Acer Iconia Tab A100 Receiving Android 4.0.3 ICS Update Now

Acer confirmed that the rollout of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update for Iconia Tab A100 and A500 would start on April 25 in Mexico, Brazil and Latin America. Canada and United States were not supposed to get the ICS upgrade for Iconia Tab A100 until May 3 and April 27, respectively. However, it looks like the ...

24 April 2012
09:55 GMT

Iconic Hubble Turns 22 in Earth's Orbit

The Hubble Space Telescope has just turned 22 in low-Earth orbit. Launched back on April 24, 1990, at 8:35 EDT (1235 GMT), the observatory is one of the most iconic scientific instruments in the world, having captured the imagination and fascination of several generations with its images. Along with the Chandra X-r...

24 April 2012
09:53 GMT

Ubisoft Announces Deep Ocean Expansion for Anno 2070

Video game publisher Ubisoft has announced that it is working on an expansion for its recent Anno 2070 strategy game, called Deep Ocean, which will be launched towards the end of the year on the PC, offering gamers new scenarios to enjoy and new gameplay options. The Deep Ocean expansion will introduce a new Genius ...

24 April 2012
09:53 GMT

Google Now Pays $20,000, €15,194 for Critical Security Bugs

Google is getting even more generous with its rewards for security bug reports and fixes. Google has been offering money to researches pointing out vulnerabilities in Chrome and more recently in other Google products. The program has proven rather successful so much so that Google decided it should step up the game ...

24 April 2012
09:47 GMT

High Tech Building Hacked Into Playing Tetris

This past weekend, students hacked a high tech building over at MIT and used it to play Tetris with the office lighting. Remember those science-fiction movies in which a high tech building, fully automated and commanded by a computer, goes haywire and starts killing everybody inside? While there are very slim chanc...

24 April 2012
09:45 GMT

Boggle at the Size of This Nikon Lens

If you think you've seen everything, you probably haven't laid eyes on that huge lens in the photo up there. And yes, before you ask, that photo isn't photoshopped or otherwise altered. That lens really is so humongous. For those who want specifics, the 11.5 pound, 6mm f/2.8 lens has a viewing angl...

24 April 2012
09:43 GMT

"Angry Birds Space" for BlackBerry PlayBook Now Available for Download

Although RIM announced the availability of the highly-acclaimed “Angry Birds Space” title in the App World two weeks ago, the game was immediately pulled for unknown reasons. It took Rovio and RIM more than 10 days to fix any previous issues that made the latter pull the game from BlackBerry App World. A...

24 April 2012
09:40 GMT

Download Dropbox Experimental 1.3.41

Progress on Dropbox Experimental continues, with new revisions popping up with the same frequency the developer has accustomed us with. Today, another forum build, 1.3.41, has been released for the file synchronization application. It is a maintenance release that does away with a very persistent issue that caused D...

24 April 2012
09:39 GMT

Crysis 3 Gameplay Trailer Now Available

The full version of the first gameplay trailer for the upcoming Crysis 3 first person shooter has just been released by developer Crytek and publisher Electronic Arts. Crysis 3 was announced to the world last week and, since then, the two companies behind it posted a short but sweet gameplay teaser trailer that show...

24 April 2012
09:31 GMT

SeaMonkey 2.9 Officially Released

SeaMonkey 2.9, a web browser, advanced e-mail, newsgroup client, IRC chat client, and HTML editing suite, has been released. Only a few changes are present in SeaMonkey 2.9, but the developers fixed important issues and there are even a couple of new features implemented. Highlights of SeaMonkey 2.9: · The...

24 April 2012
09:31 GMT

Letter from Experts to Congress: Stop CISPA and Similar Cybersecurity Laws

Experts from a number of domains have sent an open letter to the US Congress to publicly state their disapproval of the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) and other “bad” cybersecurity laws. Among those who signed the letter we find security researcher and cryptographer Bruce Schneier,...

24 April 2012
09:29 GMT

Samsung Details Android 4.0 ICS Update for US Carriers

Although all US-based carriers promised they would deploy the Ice Cream Sandwich update for some of the devices in their portfolios, few were able to roll out the Android 4.0 upgrade. While this is not necessarily their fault, most customers are blaming their carriers for not being able to deliver the latest version...

24 April 2012
09:28 GMT

Financial Analysts Say Apple’s Bubble May Soon Burst

CMC Markets, a provider of financial spreadbetting, CFD and foreign exchange, says many traders are talking about whether AAPL stock is now in a bubble, mainly because of Apple's rally from near $350.00/share last November to well over $600.00/share earlier this month. Senior Market Analyst at CMC Markets Canad...

24 April 2012
09:18 GMT

Inno3D GTX “Ice Dragon” Cooler Has Fan Customization

After seeing the Gigabyte WindForce 5X, which has no less than five fans, we get to look at the pictures of the Inno3D “Ice Dragon” graphics card cooler. Set to be used by the GTX 680 iChill, the “Ice Dragon” cooler features the “HerculeZ” customization design. Users themselves...

24 April 2012
09:18 GMT

Lindsay Lohan Officially Lands Part in Elizabeth Taylor Biopic

Despite speculation to the contrary, Lindsay Lohan has officially landed the part in the upcoming Lifetime Elizabeth Taylor biopic. Executive producer Larry Thompson says she was always the only real contender for the part. Though Lindsay confirmed her involvement in the “Liz & Dick” film in interviews...

24 April 2012
09:13 GMT

ADATA Releases DashDrive Durable HD710 Rugged Portable HDDs

There are many portable storage devices nowadays, but there are some situations where it is just too dangerous to have a “normal” one around. And by dangerous, we mean hazardous for the item itself, not the owner's health, although the environments that threaten regular flash drives, HDDs or SSDs u...

24 April 2012
09:11 GMT

Acer Iconia Tab A510 Tablet Shipments Delayed to April 30

We have written about Acer adding the Iconia Tab A510 to its product page and, now, we have some less than great news to impart. As the Acer US store has slapped the tablet with an “out of stock” notice, another source says the item has been delayed. Again. Stopping by Future Shop will show that the e...

24 April 2012
09:02 GMT

Nokia Starts Tango Update Rollout for Lumia 710 and 800C, Brings Internet Sharing

It appears that Nokia has started to push the Windows Phone Tango update for Lumia 710 and 800C in some regions. As much as we liked both smartphones, neither allowed users to tether their 3G connection, which is why the Finnish company promised it would correct this in a future update. Windows Phone Tango, also k...

24 April 2012
08:56 GMT

Firefox 14 Drops Address Bar Favicons for Chrome-Like Globe and Padlock Icons

Firefox 12 is about to make its appearance, but the interesting things are happening further up the stream, in the nightly builds for example. One of the latest changes to Firefox 14, one that is once again inspired by Chrome, is the removal of favicons from the address bar, the AwesomeBar as it's called in Fire...

24 April 2012
08:54 GMT

Macs Running avast! Antivirus Didn’t Catch the Flashback Flu

The folks at Avast are really proud to announce in a blog post that Macintosh computers running the beta version of avast! Free Antivirus for Mac have not been infected by the Flashback Trojan.Jiri Sejtko, director of AVAST Virus Lab operations, says “We’ve confirmed our app’s detection abilities fo...

24 April 2012
08:52 GMT

First AMD Brazos 2.0 Laptop Spotted

MSI is apparently on a roll lately. The company seems to be enjoying many firsts this week. We managed to spot one of the company’s newest netbooks powered by the much-anticipated AMD Brazos 2.0 platform. We’re talking about an urealeased CPU, called AMD E2-1800, that has two cores working at 1,700 MHz. I...

24 April 2012
08:51 GMT

Might & Magic Gets Duel of Champions Free to Play Card Game

Video game publisher Ubisoft has announced that it is working on a new Might & Magic themed title, called Duel of Champions, which will be set in the card game genre and will use a free-to-play business model. The title is currently in closed beta in France and the team working on it will soon expand the testing to ...

24 April 2012
08:50 GMT

Toshiba Decides to Build New Chip Factory in Thailand

Toshiba was one of the corporations who lost a factory during the Thai floods in 2011, so it has decided to rebuild it in a different area. The facility belonged to Toshiba's sub-division Toshiba Semiconductor Thailand Co., Ltd. (TST), which was established in 1990. Once the new fab is built, TST will be able...

24 April 2012
08:44 GMT

Katy Perry Steps Out with New Man – Photos

Katy Perry's divorce from Russell Brand isn't final yet, but she's already moved on from the failed relationship. The pop star is now seeing the guitarist for Florence and the Machine, as photos snapped at Coachella 2012 clearly indicate. The pop star and Robert Ackroyd have been photographed at...

24 April 2012
08:44 GMT

Smoking Triggers Depression

A paper published in the latest issue of Journal of Psychiatric Research demonstrates that people who smoke tobacco are three times more likely to develop symptoms related to major depression disorder than those who do not smoke. The study was conducted on heavy smokers, a subgroup of the population that was demons...

24 April 2012
08:34 GMT

1,700 Websites Defaced by Bangladeshi 3xp1r3 Cyber Army

The “Bangladeshi Underground Hacking Team” known as 3xp1r3 Cyber Army have defaced more than 1,700 sites to protest against the Indian Border Security Force and their brutal ways. “Now you are talking about [expletive] and General Mass killing there!!! Why don't you just look at your self ? se...

24 April 2012
08:30 GMT

Intel’s Ivy Bridge HD4000 Overclocked by 40%

Intel could have offered us a much better iGPU in the Ivy Bridge. The die size was small enough to allow something like this and the architecture is so simple now that doubling the functional units would have resulted in literally double the performance. Intel is famous for not caring about the client's needs a...

24 April 2012
08:21 GMT

Curtiss-Wright Builds Single-Board Ivy Bridge PC

It looks like Intel's Ivy Bridge central processing units are not wasting any time showing up in new computers, even the type that aren't all that often spoken of. One of the third-generation CPUs, which we have covered here, has become the driving force behind the VPX3-1257 single-board computer (SBC). ...

24 April 2012
08:16 GMT

Download PowerISO 5.1

PowerISO is a mature application that has been on the market for almost eight years, since 2004. As such, the updates it receives do not happen too often, their frequency varying from one month to almost half a year. The latest build for PowerISO, 5.1, does not introduce new features, but it improves the existing co...

24 April 2012
08:16 GMT

Nokia Lumia 900 Coming Soon in Magenta

AT&T launched the Nokia Lumia 900 in Black and Cyan more than a week ago, while the White version has just come live recently. However, it appears that the Finnish company plans to release an additional colors scheme for the Lumia 900, magenta. The folks at Pocketnow scooped the first shot of a magenta-themed Lumia...

24 April 2012
08:16 GMT

Dragon’s Dogma Demo Out Now on Xbox 360, Soon on PS3

Capcom has just unleashed the demo for Dragon’s Dogma, its upcoming fantasy role playing game, on the Xbox 360 platform worldwide and will soon deploy it onto the PlayStation 3 platform. Dragon’s Dogma is looking rather interesting but, considering Capcom hasn’t had that much success in terms of &l...

24 April 2012
08:11 GMT

Eurocom Puts AMD Radeon HD 7970M to Work in Ivy Bridge Laptops

We've looked at the new high-end graphics processing unit from Advanced Micro Devices and, now, we can go ahead and check out what laptops it has already become part of. Eurocom is the company that formally introduced mobile systems equipped with the AMD Radeon HD 7970M discrete GPU. There are two, Intel Ivy...

24 April 2012
08:11 GMT

Cocaine Ages the Brain Twice as Fast

According to the conclusions of a new scientific investigation conducted by experts at the University of Cambridge, it would appear that chronic cocaine users experience an accelerated rate of brain aging. The scientists say that this component of the human aging process, which occurs naturally, takes place a lot f...

24 April 2012
08:06 GMT

The Google Homepage Becomes a Giant Zipper

Honoring the inventor of the modern zipper Gideon Sundbäck, Google has decided to have its homepage split in two halves. If you visit the homepage, you'll notice a huge zipper running down the middle, along with the stitched Google logo. The really interesting part is that the zipper is fully functional, w...

24 April 2012
08:06 GMT

Norton Secured Seal: Symantec Combines VeriSign Checkmark with Norton Brand

Users who want to check if websites are trusted and secure shouldn’t look for the VeriSign Trust Seal anymore. Symantec decided to combine it with their Norton brand and thus resulted the Norton Secured Seal. Ever since the security organization acquired VeriSign Authentication Services, anti-malware and secur...

24 April 2012
08:03 GMT

First Seasonal Variation Map of Arctic Sea-Ice Thickness Revealed

During a presentation held today, April 24, at the Royal Society in London, experts from the European Space Agency (ESA) presented the first seasonal variation map of Arctic sea-ice thickness, as compiled by the CryoSat spacecraft. The satellite was launched nearly one and a half years ago, and it produced its firs...

24 April 2012
07:51 GMT

CrystalDiskInfo 4.6.1 Available for Download

CrystalDiskInfo has been updated to a new revision, which does not bring to the table a slew of modifications, but fixes a problem with support for Intel RAID. This was introduced in the previous build of the application and is actually the most important entry in the change log, as far as performance and stability ...

24 April 2012
07:48 GMT

Two Mitsubishi 23-Inch Monitors Unveiled

Mitsubishi has made one of those product announcements that provides all relevant information without actually being accompanied by market availability. There are, or perhaps it would be more accurate to say that there will be, two new DiamondCrysta monitors in Mitsubishi's collection. Both of them have a dia...

24 April 2012
07:46 GMT

Giuliana Rancic Announces Pregnancy by Gestational Carrier

In October last year, after months of IFV because of fertility issues, E! News correspondent Giuliana Rancic found out that she also had breast cancer. She put all dreams of having a baby on hold for good – but she's now getting ready for motherhood. Giuliana and husband Bill made a surprise appearance o...

24 April 2012
07:45 GMT

Facebook Hits 900 Million Users, 526 Million Come Back Each Day

With its initial public offer (IPO) looming, Facebook has published more details of its operations. Apart from the financial aspects, Facebook also updated its user stats. The site now has 901 million monthly active users, people who visit the site or interact with the service in some way at least once a month. That...

24 April 2012
07:40 GMT

The Witcher 2: Enhanced Edition Beats FIFA in the United Kingdom

The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings – Enhanced Edition, the action and role playing mix created by CD Projekt RED, has managed to take the number one position on the United Kingdom market during its first week on sale, for the seven-day period that ends on April 21. The new version of the game is designed to fix...

24 April 2012
07:36 GMT

New Mac Trojan Discovered - Flashback.S

Mac security specialist Intego has discovered a new variant of the Flashback Trojan which leverages a Java vulnerability that Apple has patched.Flashback.S doesn’t require a password to install. The malware places its files in the user’s home folder, at two distinct locations and avoids detection or sampl...

24 April 2012
07:24 GMT

Another Build for uTorrent Stable Released

Bittorrent rolled out quite a number of builds for the stable version of uTorrent. Most of them would deal with only one bug at a time, according to their change log. Nevertheless, when the bug leads to crashing of the app or its various components, it needs to be addressed as fast as possible. The latest revision...

24 April 2012
07:20 GMT

Trinidad and Tobago Parliament Site Defaced

Hackers have defaced the official site of the Parliament of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. It wasn’t an attack against the country’s rulers, but a method of showing administrators that the website was full of security holes that could be exploited by cybercriminals. “Greatz to admin, Your web...

24 April 2012
07:18 GMT

New Kernel Vulnerabilities Affect Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Canonical announced a few minutes ago, April 24th, in a security notice, that a new Linux kernel update for its Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) operating system is now available, fixing four security vulnerabilities discovered in the Linux kernel packages by various developers. These are the four kernel vulnerabiliti...

24 April 2012
07:10 GMT

Tribes: Ascend Gets Raid & Pillage Update

Video game developer Hi-Rez Studio has offered a video showing off the content of the upcoming Raid & pillage update for their free-to-play first-person shooter Tribes: Ascend. The new pack will include three new weapons for the Raider class, including a new Plasma Gun that is inspired from the original Tribes, a qu...

24 April 2012
07:04 GMT

Jennifer Aniston, Justin Theroux Look for Wedding Location

Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux may have only been dating for a little over a year, but they're convinced they're meant to be. They've been looking for possible wedding locations, a new report claims. Aniston's family hails from Greece and, since she never liked that paparazzi and the media ...

24 April 2012
07:01 GMT

British and Australian Users Targeted with “My Apple ID” Phishing Scam

Apple customers from the United Kingdom and Australia are being targeted with a cleverly designed phishing scheme that tries to dupe them into handing over sensitive information as part of an Apple Discount Card purchase process. The scam is not new. We’ve seen it at the beginning of April but, at the time, re...

24 April 2012
07:00 GMT

gThumb 3.0.0 Is Available for Download

Paolo Bacchilega proudly announced last evening, April 23rd, the immediate availability for download of the gThumb 3.0.0 image viewer and browser utility for the GNOME environment. The last stable version of gThumb was 2.14.3, which is also included in the Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) operating system. gThum...

24 April 2012
06:31 GMT

New Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Details Leak, Show Off New Multiplayer Modes

While Activision is set to unveil to the world the next Call of Duty game on May 1, presumably Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, quite a lot of details are suddenly appearing on the web, with the latest batch containing plenty of info on the new multiplayer game modes from the first-person shooter. A new Call of Duty game ...

24 April 2012
06:21 GMT

The Linux Foundation Gains Five More Members

The Linux Foundation has announced that five new companies from Japan are joining the organization: Ashisuto, Aisin AW, JVC KENWOOD Corporation, NTT DATA MSE, and Turbo Systems. According to The Linux Foundation, Japan has been a leader in Linux development for some time so it's only natural that some companie...

24 April 2012
06:10 GMT

Hungry Albatrosses Use Fractal-Like Flight Patterns

When hungry and foraging for food, albatrosses tend to use flight paths whose patterns remind experts of fractals. What this suggests is that mathematics can be used to predict how these birds fly over the ocean when they are searching for food. In a paper published in the April 23 online issue of the esteemed journ...

24 April 2012
06:00 GMT

Minecraft Updated for iPhone and iPad - New Crafting UI

Mojang is pleased to announce a new version of Minecraft – Pocket Edition for iDevice owners with a new crafting interface, new animals, damageable items, and more.Minecraft – Pocket Edition version 0.3.0 is a major new update that focuses on crafting, according to Mojang. Specifically, there’s a ne...

24 April 2012
05:57 GMT

Fanless Tech Starts Shipping the NOFAN CR-95C Copper Cooler

Fanless Tech sent us an email telling us about the new copper version of its successful  CR-95C cooler design we’ve presented here earlier. Unlike the standard version that uses a combination of aluminum and copper, the NOFAN CR-95C COPPER is, obviously, a pure copper solution. The immediate advantage, b...

24 April 2012
05:48 GMT

Romance Confirmed: Kim Kardashian, Kanye West Hold Hands on Date

It's a match made in publicity heaven: rapper Kanye West and reality star Kim Kardashian are officially dating. They stepped out for a red carpet event the other night and they made sure the paparazzi saw them holding hands. Photos are available here, at the Daily Mail. “Fittingly Kanye, who recently st...

24 April 2012
05:48 GMT

Your Resistance to Stress Can Be Augmented

Investigators from the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine say that a single molecule, the cellular protein HDAC6, may be used as a target for new therapies meant to prevent the development of associated disorders in people suffering from stress. This condition is a known risk factor for depressio...

24 April 2012
05:45 GMT

Google Started Upgrading Docs Users to 5 GB, Google Drive to Launch Momentarily

Google Drive's launch is imminent, Docs users are now getting updated to the 5 GB of free storage they will get once Drive lands. Currently, Docs only offers 1 GB of free storage, but users can buy more. However, the latest rumors indicated that Google Drive would be debuting with 5 GB of free storage and the u...

24 April 2012
05:40 GMT

Anonymous Philippines Retaliate Against China, Deface Sites

Hackers that call themselves Anonymous Philippines have breached a number of Chinese websites, defacing their main pages to host protest messages. We are witnessing a cyberbattle similar to the one that takes place between India and Pakistan for the Kashmir region. In this case, Chinese and Filipino hackers have sta...

24 April 2012
05:33 GMT

New “The Dark Knight Rises” Trailer Drops on May 4

It's been a while since the first trailer for Chris Nolan's “The Dark Knight Rises” premiered but, as with all Nolan films, this one too will surely be worth the wait. A second trailer will arrive in theaters on May 4. Nothing is official yet but, as this screenshot can confirm, Warner Bros. h...

24 April 2012
05:22 GMT

28 nm SOI Manufacturing Tech Is Here to Stay, Soon Will Show 50% to 550% Improvements

French company Soitec is a manufacturer and developer of Silicon On Insulator wafers that is headquartered in Bernin, France. SOI technology is well known to the computer enthusiasts all over the world, as this is the technology AMD used to manufacture its CPUs since the 2003 K8 architecture. The initiator of SOI was...

24 April 2012
05:20 GMT

Rayman Origins 2 Mentioned in Online Survey

Ubisoft is working on a sequel for last year’s Rayman Origins title, presumably called Rayman Origins 2, at least according to a survey that was leaked by one of the publisher’s usual partners. Rayman Origins delivered an intense experience last year when it came out on PS3 and Xbox 360, and this year, w...

24 April 2012
05:16 GMT

Positive and Negative Plot Twists Planned for Half-Life 3

Valve caused a stir recently after revealing to the public its manual for new employees, but the leader of the company also provided excitement for the fan base by commenting on Ricochet 2, a game that the company never plans to actually develop. Gabe Newell talked to the Seven Day Cooldown podcast and was apparentl...

24 April 2012
05:13 GMT

Diet Scams Making the Rounds on Pinterest

Pictures of attractive young women that advertise shady diets are flooding Pinterest. While this approach is new, victims end up on the old sites that replicate news outlets to promote the schemes. Graham Cluley reveals that there are hundreds of different posts that serve the scam, but behind the scenes they all w...

24 April 2012
05:07 GMT

Pod2g’s ETA for iOS 5.1 Jailbreak: “No Clue!”

Apparently fed up with all the nagging from the iOS community, hacker Pod2g is giving his ETA for the upcoming iOS 5.1 untethered jailbreak: “no clue!”The latest tweet from the Internationally-known hacker reads: “ETA for 5.1 JB: no clue! We're going to set pieces of the puzzle together this we...

24 April 2012
04:57 GMT

Vodafone UK Confirms Samsung Galaxy S III

Although Samsung has yet to officially announce the Galaxy S III, Vodafone UK took it on its own and announced it would carry the smartphone in the coming months. The UK-based carrier put up a dedicated page for those who are interested to purchase “the next Galaxy” device, which is available here. Unfo...

24 April 2012
04:54 GMT

Advanced Thin Film Material Has Graphene-Like Properties

Experts at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), in Cambridge, announce the development of a new material that could be used to create new generations of semiconductor chips and thermoelectric devices. Institute Professor Mildred Dresselhaus and materials science and engineering PhD student Shuang Tang c...

24 April 2012
04:52 GMT

AMD Launches Radeon HD 7970M Mobile Graphics

Advanced Micro Devices has finally reached the point where its “Pitcairn” GPU architecture is ready to serve mobile personal computers. What we are looking at is the first Radeon HD 7900M series mobile discrete graphics processing unit from the Sunnyvale, California-based company. Codenamed “Tha...

24 April 2012
04:39 GMT

Microsoft SkyDrive Desktop Client Launched

It’s been a while since Microsoft launched SkyDrive file sync service, but they finally managed to roll out a desktop client to handle the transfer of the data in the cloud in an easy and comfortable fashion. SkyDrive client installs quickly and offers little configuration options to tinker with. It’s so...

24 April 2012
04:28 GMT

Obstacle to Developing Nuclear Fusion Possibly Eliminated

A group of investigators in the Unites States may have found a way to address one of the obstacles that has been preventing the development in the field of nuclear fusion research for a long time. Their approach may finally allow some progress to be made towards gaining access to clean energy. The work was carried ...

24 April 2012
04:28 GMT

Max Payne 3 Gets PC System Requirements, New Screenshots and Details

Rockstar Games has just unleashed a new series of details about the PC version of Max Payne 3, including the system requirements, pre-order bonuses and several more screenshots. Max Payne 3 is getting ready to appear on the PS3 and Xbox 360 next month and on the PC at the end of May. We’ve already seen the go...

24 April 2012
04:27 GMT

Justin Bieber Calls Out Alleged Baby Mama on Twitter

In late 2011, only one name could get millions of Justin Bieber fans in a fit of rage: Mariah Yeater, the woman who claimed to be the mother of his infant child. If you forgot about her already, Justin himself is there to remind you of her existence. The other day, TMZ reports, the pop star took to his Twitter to p...

24 April 2012
04:26 GMT

Microsoft Office Flaw Exploited in the Wild with Malicious Documents

Security researchers from McAfee warn that the CVE-2012-0158 vulnerability that exists in Microsoft Office and other products that use MSCOMCTL.OCX is currently being exploited in the wild with the aid of maliciously-crafted RTF, Word and Excel files. The security hole has been patched with the April 2012 updates, ...

24 April 2012
04:24 GMT

Download Microsoft SkyDrive for Mac OS X

Microsoft has updated the SkyDrive app on iOS devices, bringing better management features and sharing options to iPhone and iPad. The company is also releasing a new preview client for OS X Lion, letting users manage their SkyDrive right from the Finder.SkyDrive 2.0 for iOS now supports the iPad’s big screen, ...

24 April 2012
04:21 GMT

Support for AMD HD Radeon 2xxx, 3xxx and 4xxx Not Completely Halted

Having a GPU out for three years and still not delivering on the features you've promised for that product is not something a GPU company should desire. And then there is AMD. They’ve made some great CPUs over the years and ATI, later AMD, has built great GPUs also. The thing is that even AMD’s Bulld...

24 April 2012
04:21 GMT

75,000 Individuals Duped in “Stock Picking Robot” Scheme

Twenty-year-old twin brothers Thomas Edward Hunter and Alexander John Hunter, both from the United Kingdom, have been running a sophisticated fraud scheme by relying on a so-called “stick picking robot” that allegedly knew how to identify penny stocks that would suddenly grow in value. The US Securities ...

24 April 2012
04:14 GMT

ArenaNet Has Years of Updates Planned for Guild Wars 2

Developer ArenaNet already has long term plans for its upcoming MMO Guild Wars 2 and is ready to deliver more content in order to keep gamers occupied, creating a service rather than simply launching a game with medium-term support. Randall Price, the senior vice president in charge of Guild Wars 2 development at Ar...

24 April 2012
04:09 GMT

iPhone 5 Home Button Leaked

A seller of iPhone parts in China has begun offering “iPhone 5” home buttons which exhibit a distinction when compared to the hardware on current-generation Apple smartphones. TrueSupplier, another hardware vendor, is also selling the goods.TVC-Mall is selling both black and white variants of the "iPhone ...

24 April 2012
03:55 GMT

New Company Will Mine Asteroids

Google co-founder Larry Page and renowned director James Cameron are among the investors in a newly-unveiled company, called Planetary Resources Inc. The purpose of this startup is to use advanced technologies to create spacecraft capable of mining asteroids. Water and precious metals will be the main targets of th...

24 April 2012
03:51 GMT

MSI Announces the Fastest Ivy Bridge Laptop in the World [Pictures]

MSI has recently presented the much-awaited and long-anticipated GT60 and GT70 gaming laptops, on its official website. Both MSI brothers come with an Intel Ivy Bridge processor that is powering an Intel HM77 platform. Intel’s new CPU is around 10% to 15% faster than its Sandy Bridge older brothers and boosts...

24 April 2012
03:48 GMT

“The Impossible” Gets New, Chilling, Spanish-Dubbed Trailer

After the success of “The Orphanage,” director Juan Antonio Bayona is getting ready to return to the big screen with another production just as chilling. This one, though, is inspired from real life. A new trailer for “The Impossible” has been released and, for those who understand Spanish, ...

24 April 2012
03:45 GMT

HTC EVO 4G LTE Page Goes Live, Pre-Orders Still Set for May 7

Although we’re still not sure exactly when HTC EVO 4G LTE might hit shelves at Sprint, at least we know that pre-orders are set to kick off on May 7. The new pre-order page that has just gone live at Sprint confirms it once again, though we still don’t have other details on the HTC EVO 4G LTE release dat...

24 April 2012
03:44 GMT

Sony Registers PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale Website

Sony is close to revealing its oft-rumored Smash Bros. rival in the near future, as the Japanese company has just registered a special website name called PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale, hinting that this might be the name of the upcoming fighting game. Sony owns quite a lot of PlayStation-exclusive properties ...

24 April 2012
03:35 GMT

Qualcomm Moves Production to GlobalFoundries

TSMC has long been a good FAB partner for Nvidia and ATi’s GPUs. But, right now, Qualcomm is reportedly moving a considerable amount of its production over to GlobalFoundries. The diversity of designs the Taiwanese FAB leader was able to manufacture was so great that even AMD asked them to manufacture APUs for...

24 April 2012
03:25 GMT

Asteroid Impact Did Not Wipe Out the Clovis People

In a paper published in the April 23 online issue of the esteemed journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), scientists propose that supposedly-alien geological features called black mats are, in fact, of terrestrial origin. Before this study, these structures were regarded as evidence of prehi...

24 April 2012
03:25 GMT

Samsung Galaxy S III Name Spotted in Official UNPACKED Event App

We already reported yesterday on the first “next Galaxy” teaser video officially released by Samsung, which is meant to hype up the upcoming announcement of the Galaxy S III. Today, the South Korean company launched its UNPACKED application for Android devices, which offers new information regarding Sams...

24 April 2012
03:24 GMT

Dragon Launch Delayed at Least 7 Days

Officials from the Hawthorne, California-based Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) announced yesterday, April 23, that the launch of their Dragon spacecraft would most likely be delayed by at least a week. Takeoff was supposed to occur on April 30, although the private company is way overdue with it...

24 April 2012
03:12 GMT

Binary Domain Out Next Week on PC, Gets Pre-Order Bonuses

Sega has confirmed two release dates for its upcoming PC version of Binary Domain, saying that owners of the platform can enjoy it through digital services on April 27 and through retail stores on May 18. Binary Domain appeared earlier this year for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles, offering a different take ...

24 April 2012
03:07 GMT

Demi Lovato Admits to Drug Use

For years, there has been a lot of speculation about Demi Lovato's drug use, with some reports even saying that, at one point, she was doing cocaine lines “like a pro.” In a new interview with Fabulous Magazine, she finally admits to it. Since she completed a program in rehab for an eating disorder...

24 April 2012
03:06 GMT

Ubisoft Says Ghost Recon Online Is a Free-to-Play Experiment

One of the leading developers working on the upcoming Ghost Recon Online shooter at Ubisoft has admitted that his company is experimenting with the new free-to-play video game and that the approach it takes to the new business model will evolve over time. Jean-Marc Geoffrey, who is the creative director working on G...

24 April 2012
03:05 GMT

Extreme Temperatures Destroyed Hypersonic Test Aircraft

Scientists at the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have finally released their technical report, explaining why the Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2 (HTV-2) military drone failed to complete its test flight successfully in August, 2011. The ultra-fast aircraft was designed to travel at speeds of ...

24 April 2012
02:56 GMT

UGNazi Hackers Launch DDOS Attacks on CIA, DOJ Sites to Protest CISPA

When it comes to online protests, especially the ones in which distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks are involved, the sites of the Central Intelligence Agency (cia.gov), Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and the one of the Department of Justice (justice.gov) often seem to be the favorite targets. Today...

24 April 2012
02:55 GMT

Download OS X Lion 10.7.4 Build 11E52 - Developer News

Developers enrolled with Apple’s annual $99 program are getting notifications from Cupertino, California regarding a new Lion seed featuring no known issues and a list of focus areas that require attention on Graphics, iCal, Mail, Printing and the system’s backup utility - Time Machine. The OS X Lion 10....

24 April 2012
02:54 GMT

Nvidia Looking for a Source of 450mm Wafers

Nvidia appears to be a strong believer in the fact that the time for change has come.  Just like Intel started manufacturing the failed Pentium 4 processors on 300mm wafers 11 years ago, Nvidia is contemplating a move to 450 mm wafers. Back in the day, Intel was among the first FAB owners to start migrating tow...

24 April 2012
02:42 GMT

Snowballs Leave a Mark on Saturn's F Ring

The conclusions of a new study conducted using the NASA Cassini spacecraft appears to indicate that a large number of objects are making their way through the F Ring around Saturn. These snowballs are created by moons such as Prometheus, the analysis also revealed. The strange objects can be up to a half-mile in si...

24 April 2012
02:42 GMT

Intel's Official Ivy Bridge CPU Announcement Finally Live

Intel ended up taking its sweet time making its official announcement, but at least now we know for sure that the third-generation Core series central processing units are live. Then again, that isn't a totally accurate way of putting it, since sales haven't started. That will only happen on April 29. N...

24 April 2012
02:40 GMT

LittleBigPlanet 2 Gets Journey and Escape Plan DLC This Week

LittleBigPlanet 2 has gotten all sorts of DLC since its release last year and the team at Media Molecule has just unveiled a few new add-ons that will come out this week, in the form of Journey and Escape Plan. LittleBigPlanet 2 has already delivered a great experience and, thanks to its backwards compatibility with...

24 April 2012
02:38 GMT

Rumor Mill: Gaming Division Not Targeted by Sony Job Cuts

The 10,000 jobs that Sony has announced will be cut before the end of the current calendar year will not affect the video game oriented division of the company, which handles the PlayStation 3 home console, the PSP, the Vita and titles associated with them. The information comes from magazine Develop, which does not...

24 April 2012
02:32 GMT


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