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Moving the offensive to the $200 to $300 price range, Nvidia has just launched the GeForce GTX 660 video card that’s powered by the GK106 GPU. This is also a Kepler-based chip, but it has a smaller die than the huge 3.5-billion transistor GK104 that’s inside all 600 series GeForce cards starting with GTX6... |
25 September 2012
19:51 GMT |
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I won almost all the campaigns I conducted in The Political Machine 2012 and, being a Political Science major, I was fascinated by the way the simulated experience created by Stardock comes very close to the real world one of electing a President of the United States.
Let’s look at some of the similarities:
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25 September 2012
19:41 GMT |
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Electronic Arts has posted a brand new video promoting its upcoming Medal of Honor: Warfighter shooter, this time focusing on the demolitions and comparing real-life operations with the virtual ones from the game.
EA and its Danger Close studio are hyping up Medal of Honor: Warfighter ahead of its release next month... |
25 September 2012
18:31 GMT |
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Ultima Forever: Quest for the Avatar was one of the most surprising game announcements of 2012, and the team at BioWare working on the game is eager to talk about the way it will use the long running game universe and how it will update its mechanics to appeal to the modern gamer. Jeff Skalski, who is a franchise pr... |
25 September 2012
18:21 GMT |
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A new flavor of Nimbuzz for Android is now available for download, with included Chatrooms functionality packed inside, along with various other enhancements.
The app also brings along a Nimbuzz shortcut that can be placed on the homescreen for fast access, while offering a Search Nimbuzz directory feature to find ... |
25 September 2012
18:01 GMT |
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With the launch of Mists of Pandaria Blizzard is aiming to give World of Warcraft a shot in the arm, and one of the main ways of doing it is by adding more gameplay features for veteran players while also trying to attract new players.
One of the more controversial new ideas is the pet battle system, which is clearl... |
25 September 2012
17:31 GMT |
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Ubisoft is getting ready to debut Assassin’s Creed 3 next month and, while the game is set to end the storyline focused on Desmond, its Lead Writer, Corey May, is confident that it leaves plenty of room for sequels, if the publisher decides to continue the series.
Assassin’s Creed titles have delivered s... |
25 September 2012
17:21 GMT |
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We reported here that AMD had pushed back its Trinity APU launch, but the company has promptly replied that it had not previously announced any date for the launch, so nobody could claim any delay.
Our take on this is that the exact date was indeed not officially announced by the company, but several reports had sla... |
25 September 2012
17:01 GMT |
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The next episode of “Katie,” Katie Couric’s new show, tackles eating disorders. Former Disney star and newest X Factor judge Demi Lovato is the celebrity guest but, according to a new report, Katie too will be making one startling revelation.
In her twenties, Couric too struggled with bulimia, she... |
25 September 2012
17:01 GMT |
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If you’re the proud owner of an iPhone 5, or have just installed iOS 6, you might want to visit the iBookstore from the phone itself and download Apple’s free “iPhone User Guide For iOS 6.”
Promising to offer “everything you need to know about iPhone,” the handy eBook allows you t... |
25 September 2012
16:51 GMT |
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Block LinkBucks is a web browser extension that’s designed to bypass the pesky LinkBucks redirects present on a large number of blogs and forums. The app is available for browsers such as Firefox, Chrome, Safari and Opera.
LinkBucks is a legitimate advertisement network that displays ads in webpages ... |
25 September 2012
16:41 GMT |
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Developer Obsidian currently has no plans to make Project Eternity, the old-school role-playing game that it is currently funding on Kickstarter, available on platforms like home consoles and mobile tablets.
Feargus Urquhart, who is the chief executive officer at Obsidian, told GamesIndustry.biz that, “It&rsqu... |
25 September 2012
16:41 GMT |
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A new Android 4.1 Jelly Bean-based release is now available from the Android Open Kang Project team, namely build 3, which comes only one week after the second build was made available.
The new custom ROM flavor comes with a nice range of features packed inside, including improvements for those with SMS QuickReply, ... |
25 September 2012
16:01 GMT |
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When you’re part of the E! Fashion Police squad and you’re reporting from the red carpet at the most prestigious awards show in television, you can’t but look impeccable. So, Kelly Osbourne got the priciest manicure available right now.
Not long ago, we were telling you that Jeweler Azature had un... |
25 September 2012
15:51 GMT |
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If Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s “Magic Mike” routine on Saturday Night Live didn’t convince you to give his latest movie “Looper” a try, here’s something that will certainly do the trick: plenty of behind the scenes B-roll footage.
Check it out below, courtesy of TrailerAddict.
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25 September 2012
15:51 GMT |
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Taylor Swift is being a very busy little bee these days: shortly after the release of the official video for “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,” she’s already putting out a new single. Check it out above.
Called “Begin Again,” this is the second release of “Red,” Tay... |
25 September 2012
15:41 GMT |
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Treyarch has confirmed that its upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 shooter will allow PlayStation 3 owners the possibility of installing the game’s textures onto the hard drive of their console, although this won’t give them a performance advantage.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 is one of the biggest games s... |
25 September 2012
15:41 GMT |
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Audio recorders can go on and on and remember what people have been saying, or whatever other noise was in the area at the time, for as long as the storage space lasts.
OMG Life followed a similar concept when it made the Autographer photo camera, although rather than using video recording technology, it implemente... |
25 September 2012
15:21 GMT |
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A new application approved by Apple in its iTunes Store aims to fill a void left by the iOS 6 software update and Apple’s decision to break ties with Google over the YouTube license in iOS.
iPhone customers running iOS 6 can instantly put YouTube back on their phones by downloading and installing the new dedic... |
25 September 2012
15:11 GMT |
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Viber, the Windows Phone application that was launched last week with support for HD calling, has been pulled off the Windows Phone Store.
Apparently, although the software promised a lot of great features, including HD VoIP calls, free messages to Viber contacts, group chats, and the like, it also packed technical... |
25 September 2012
15:01 GMT |
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Shin Unozawa, who is an executive vice president at publisher Namco Bandai, has revealed that Mobile Suit Gundam: Battle Operation, a free-to-play title that the company launched on the PlayStation 3, has managed to perform better than expected and might show how the future will look for the Japanese game industry.
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25 September 2012
15:01 GMT |
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Michael Buble is almost half the man he was last year and, this time, we mean that literally. The Canadian crooner, who had been packing on the weight, has revealed a much slimmer figure in Italy.
Buble never really had a weight problem but there’s no denying he had gained a few pounds in recent months.
Cel... |
25 September 2012
14:51 GMT |
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Just as it’s releasing the new World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria expansion all over the world, Blizzard has talked about the future of the online game and has pledged that the title, together with all Blizzard experiences, will support Windows 8, the controversial new operating system from Microsoft.
World ... |
25 September 2012
14:21 GMT |
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In addition to Nokia Asha 308, Finnish handset vendor Nokia also unveiled the Asha 309, a single SIM member of the expanding Asha Touch family of devices.
Measuring 109.9 x 54 x 13.2 mm and weighing 102 grams, the new device comes with the same 3-inch capacitive touchscreen display as Asha 308, and boasts the same ... |
25 September 2012
14:11 GMT |
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Miley Cyrus has taped a cameo in one of the upcoming episodes of the hit sitcom “Two and a Half Men.” Click on the image above to see one of the photos just released by CBS and Warner Bros. More photos are available here, over at JustJared. Miley plays the daughter of a friend of Walter’s (Kutch... |
25 September 2012
14:11 GMT |
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Search giant Google is rolling out what is likely the last incremental release of Chrome 21 for Leopard users, squashing any remaining bugs before moving onto releases that target newer versions of OS X. The iOS version of the browser has been updated as well.
Last week, Google issued a memo to Mac users of its Chro... |
25 September 2012
13:51 GMT |
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After some teasing, Ke$ha has finally unveiled the first single off her upcoming album, “Die Young.” As usual, we got you covered: check it out in full above.
Ke$ha’s been flying under the radar for some months now but she was never really “away” in the sense of not working on music.
In fa... |
25 September 2012
13:31 GMT |
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Whether it was planned or not, Sony has stolen the spotlight that Mophie managed to secure yesterday (September 24, 2012). The IT company has brought forth a range of portable external batteries.
Smartphones and tablets have long battery lifespans nowadays, and the latter can go particularly long without a recharg... |
25 September 2012
13:01 GMT |
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One of the developers working on Project X Zone has revealed that he has asked publisher Namco Bandai to offer localization options for the game, but it’s not clear whether the game will ever be released on Western markets.
Katsuhiro Harada, who is a producer working on the game, has stated via Twitter that, &... |
25 September 2012
13:01 GMT |
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Apple is meeting up with the Swiss Federal Railway (SBB) in a few weeks from now to discuss the matter involving a clock design used by the iPad that looks almost identical to the one created in 1944 by former SBB employee Hans Hilfiker.
After accusing Samsung of blatantly copying its designs, hardware- and software... |
25 September 2012
12:41 GMT |
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After lots of waiting and speculation, Sony has revealed that Grand Theft Auto III, the cult classic open-world game that first appeared on the PlayStation 2, will be re-released today on the North American PlayStation Store, as part of the PS2 Classics lineup.
Grand Theft Auto fans are currently expecting the relea... |
25 September 2012
12:31 GMT |
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Today, Google announced a new flavor of its Google Play Books application for devices powered by its Android operating system.
The Google Play Books application provides users with the possibility to access over 4 million books on the go, though it is available only in select markets, such as the U.S., Canada, Aust... |
25 September 2012
12:31 GMT |
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Juice UI combines the power of jQuery UI with normal WebForms components enriching the life of ASP.NET developers with one of the most used, famous and well-respected user-interface libraries for Web design and development.
Juice UI is actually a collection of commonly used WebForms, but powered and styled via jQuer... |
25 September 2012
12:01 GMT |
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Wireless services provider T-Mobile has officially confirmed the upcoming release of HTC’s Windows Phone 8X smartphone on its network.
The company hasn’t provided a specific release date for the new mobile phone, but chances are that it will add it to its offering as soon as November, when the handset r... |
25 September 2012
11:51 GMT |
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A lot of people expressed security concerns about the integration of an Amazon lens into the Home lens in Ubuntu 12.10, but Canonical is making sure that users’ privacy will be respected.
Mark Shuttleworh, founder of Canonical, tried to address some of the problems that were mentioned by users, but the backlash of t... |
25 September 2012
11:40 GMT |
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Users tend to intensify their efforts to cosmeticize the looks of the operating system every time Microsoft is about to release a new Windows. And with Windows 8 soon to be launched both demand and offer to emulate the new looks come in high numbers.
WinLockPro has been created as a simple way to emulate the lock sc... |
25 September 2012
11:21 GMT |
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Password protection is great, and there are even biometric security systems all in laptops nowadays, but there is something comforting, for some people anyway, in knowing that no one but them can lift the lid.
PNY has introduced a trio of locking systems that ensures precisely that: ThinkSafe Portable Laptop Locking... |
25 September 2012
11:09 GMT |
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According to the conclusions of a new study, it would appear that, more often than not, people make moral decisions based not on logic, but on intuition. The discovery was made by experts at Stanford University, led by Matthew Feinberg, PhD. Details of the new investigation are published in the latest issue of the j... |
25 September 2012
11:06 GMT |
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Mountain View-based giant Google appears set to prove to the world that its Google Maps for Android service is better than what competition has to offer, and has announced a new enhancement to it.
Android users relying on Google Maps to find their way around can now benefit from expanded indoor coverage in France, ... |
25 September 2012
11:05 GMT |
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Early iPhone 5 adopters are becoming concerned about the "scuffability" of the iPhone 5, following widespread reports that the aluminum chassis housing the phone’s electronics is prone to getting easily scratched.
So one customer decided to take matters up with the black suits at Apple.
Alex decided he’... |
25 September 2012
11:01 GMT |
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Version 3.0.4 of the firmware toolbox for Intel solid-state drives is now live and can be downloaded as of now.
Intel does not specify any functional improvements for the Toolbox itself, but outs a list of new SSDs which will be supported starting with the current application version. The firmware upgrade list is a ... |
25 September 2012
10:57 GMT |
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Only recently, Tesla Motors revealed the exact location of six of the many state-of-the-art charging stations it plans on installing both in the US, and in several parts of Europe and Asia. According to the map on Tesla Motors official website, these six locations are as follows: Barstow, Los Angeles, Tejon Ranch, ... |
25 September 2012
10:51 GMT |
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In a paper published in the journal Basic and Applied Social Psychology, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UWM) argue that pacifiers may in fact impair the emotional development of infant boys, primarily through preventing them from trying on various facial expressions.
The findings apply to child... |
25 September 2012
10:50 GMT |
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GNOME Shell, a user interface that provides functions for the GNOME 3 desktop environment, has just received a new update and it's now at version 3.6.0.GNOME Shell 3.6.0 has been officially released and, as usual, a lot of fixes were implemented in this new stable version.Highlights of GNOME Shell 3.6.0:·... |
25 September 2012
10:44 GMT |
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Network security solutions provider Stonesoft will host its first annual Cyber Security Summit in New York City on October 24, 2012. Among the topics that will be presented we find distributed denial-of-service attacks, vulnerability management, next-generation networking security, and IT infrastructure testing... |
25 September 2012
10:44 GMT |
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After unveiling some fresh images with its upcoming Assassin’s Creed 3 title, Ubisoft has now posted another batch of images from the new action adventure game, this time showing off the protagonist, Connor, as well as his allies, which include various Native Americans. Assassin’s Creed 3 introduces plen... |
25 September 2012
10:41 GMT |
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At the European Planetary Science Congress, held in Madrid today, September 25, researchers at the University of Arizona and Arizona State University presented a series of 3D images of the lunar surface, put together from data relayed to Earth by a NASA spacecraft.
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) used severa... |
25 September 2012
10:40 GMT |
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Users of Microsoft’s Hotmail service in various countries might experience certain difficulties when it comes to accessing their accounts today, September 25th. Many are reporting issues with the Hotmail login process, noting that they are continuously redirected to the sign-in page, even if they have entered ... |
25 September 2012
10:36 GMT |
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Much like the ToughBook 31 got an Ivy Bridge central processing unit a week ago, Panasonic has updated, or should we say upgraded, the Toughbook 53 as well.
The Intel Core i5-3320M CPU is one of the changes, with its 3 MB of cache memory and up to 3.3 GHz clock speed (Intel Turbo Boost).
The second change is the HD... |
25 September 2012
10:34 GMT |
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A former member of the Public Relations staff working at Sony Computer Entertainment of America has revealed that the PlayStation brand is not achieving its full potential because of other divisions inside the company and that Sony is acting against its own interest by sending some products out with limited support.
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25 September 2012
10:29 GMT |
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Kerry De’ath, of Southend, Essex, ran out on three fiancés before finally tying the knot to her best friend and maid of honor. When she met her first almost-groom, Craig Smith, she thought he was the one. The couple dated for 11 years, lived together and even had two children. After giving birth to Ell... |
25 September 2012
10:28 GMT |
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Corrosively acidic rivers such as the Spanish Rio Tinto, salt pans such as those in Tunisia and Bolivia, and the cold harshness of Antarctica are all locations analogous to what future space exploration missions could be faced with on other planets. Studying them could yield clues on alien life.
This is especially ... |
25 September 2012
10:28 GMT |
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phpMyAdmin is warning customers that a kit hosted on the SourceForge.net mirror system has been found to contain a backdoor that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code.
The developers have been notified by the Tencent Security Response Center that the distribution contains a malicious file.
The affe... |
25 September 2012
10:25 GMT |
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If you're the owner of an Intel motherboard, you could take a look at its codename (in case you don't know it already), because there might be new drivers in line for you. If your board reads DH61HO, DH61KVCH or DH61KCH, then you're lucky. Since internet connectivity is one of the most precious things... |
25 September 2012
10:21 GMT |
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For those unaware, Saudi Arabia has big plans concerning its future energy industry, meaning that high officials believe that it is well within reach to install enough photovoltaic systems so as to up solar power generation capacity to 41 GW by the year 2032.
Recent news on this topic informs us that the city of Me... |
25 September 2012
10:19 GMT |
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GTK+, a multi-platform toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces that provide a complete set of widgets, suitable for projects ranging from small one-off tools to complete application suites, is now at version 3.6.0. According to the developers, GTK+ 3.6.0 incorporates new features and quite a few updates: &mi... |
25 September 2012
10:17 GMT |
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Officials with the United States Air Force announce that the third flight of the X-37 robotic space plane is about to begin. While they did not go into any details about the purpose of the mission, the representatives did say that the launch would take place in October.
They have also added that the vehicle may lan... |
25 September 2012
10:10 GMT |
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Internet Explorer 10, the browser that will come as default in Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 8 platform, has been greatly enhanced for touchscreen devices, and the company is trying to ensure that users will enjoy a great experience when accessing websites with it.
Thus, the software giant went to W3C with sub... |
25 September 2012
10:05 GMT |
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Emilia Clarke, the gorgeous actress playing Daenerys Targaryen in HBO’s hit series “Game of Thrones,” is off the market. She and “Family Guy” creator Seth MacFarlane went public at the Emmy Awards 2012 over the weekend.
As various reports online indicate, “Dexter” star Mich... |
25 September 2012
10:04 GMT |
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TP-Link has chosen to advertise its newest product, N300 TL-WN823N, as a direct competitor to an item from Netgear, one that is more expensive while not noticeably superior to it.
The device that TP-Link aims to steal customers from is the Netgear N300 WNA3100M, priced at $36.99 / 29-36.99 Euro.
Basically, both N... |
25 September 2012
10:01 GMT |
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Fake Microsoft emails inform recipients that their “installation records are out of date.” The messages attempt to trick users into handing over their Windows Live, Yahoo!, Gmail, AOL or other credentials. Why settle for less, when you can have more (or “the best” as Lil Wayne puts it)? That&... |
25 September 2012
09:58 GMT |
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Earth definitely has a special appearance, considering the rest of the inner rocky planets in the solar system, but it's definitely not the only world to boast a different type of surface. While Mars and Venus share numerous similarities between themselves, Mercury does not, a new study shows.
The investigatio... |
25 September 2012
09:56 GMT |
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Data protection is an important aspect of today’s IT industry, and Microsoft is one of the companies continuously trying to find new ways in which to offer increased protection to its customers.
This week, at the Microsoft Exchange Conference (MEC), the company will offer some info on the features and capabil... |
25 September 2012
09:48 GMT |
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French officials have drafted a controversial law in which the words “Mother” and “Father” are to be banned from public records, and replaced with the term “parents.”
This initiative by the French government comes at a time in which the country is trying to legalize gay marriage ceremonies. T... |
25 September 2012
09:46 GMT |
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During a meeting of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) held last month, experts in the field decided to attach a clear, constant value to an astronomical unit (AU), a measure of the distance between the Earth and the Sun.
Previously, the length of an AU was determined by a large number of ever-changing fact... |
25 September 2012
09:38 GMT |
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Officials of the City of Tulsa - the second largest city in the state of Oklahoma, United States – have started sending out notifications to citizens, alerting them that their personal details may have been compromised by hackers.
According to KJHR, names, addresses, social security numbers and driver’s ... |
25 September 2012
09:34 GMT |
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Speaking at a tech conference in Australia recently, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak expressed his own opinion about the faulty Maps application in iOS 6, saying he didn’t believe it was “that severe.”
“I don't know if [the reported issues] are that severe,” he told reporters, pointing out to t... |
25 September 2012
09:29 GMT |
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As we have previously pointed out, recycling specialty metals in general, and rare earth metals in particular, is an ever more pressing issue, and scientists working with the University of Yale have recently decided to also get involved in this matter.
Thus, the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies has... |
25 September 2012
09:26 GMT |
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Windows Server 2008 will remain a bit longer in Microsoft’s support roadmap, as the company has just added two more years to its support lifetime.
The Redmond-based company planned to have Windows Server 2008 entering the extended, paid support in January 2013, but it has made a change to this timeframe, pushi... |
25 September 2012
09:24 GMT |
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GStreamer, a development framework for creating applications such as media players, video editors, and so on, has finally reached version 1.0 after years of development. The GStreamer project has announced that the new API and ABI-stable 1.x series, which makes up the GStreamer multimedia framework, has been releas... |
25 September 2012
09:21 GMT |
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For a jury's verdict after a trial to be rendered invalid doesn't usually happen, but it isn't actually unheard of either, which no doubt had a bearing on Samsung's latest move.
The short version of the story is that Samsung has chosen to try and have the jury's decision canceled in its pat... |
25 September 2012
09:21 GMT |
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A number of Internet users have reported landing on shady-looking websites when searching for “Sophos Technical Support” on Google. The security firm and Google are currently investigating the incidents.
Some of the fake Sophos websites offer contact information. When users call up the listed numbers, th... |
25 September 2012
09:14 GMT |
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Beyonce and Jay-Z became first-time parents almost 8 months ago but they’re getting ready to add another little member to their family. The diva is now pregnant with her and Jay’s second child, reports online suggest.
The report seems to have originated on MediaTakeOut, which claims to have actual &ldqu... |
25 September 2012
09:07 GMT |
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This incredibly skilled hula hoop dancer claims she had no idea she was being filmed while doing this entertaining number. Some good dancing moves, a bit of talent and good looks made this girl very popular, getting more than 200,000 views in less than 2 days. Katie Sunshine, aka Katie Keck-Wilson, has been featur... |
25 September 2012
09:02 GMT |
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Lithium is commonly used to address a series of psychiatric conditions, including bipolar disorders (BPD). However, a new investigation suggests that patients' genetic makeup plays an important role in determining whether or not the chemical will be effective in treating these health issues.
According to Dr. R... |
25 September 2012
09:01 GMT |
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Video game developer Funcom has announced that Joel Bylos is the new game director working on The Secret World MMO and that he would work with Ragnar Tornquist, the leader of the company, in order to create new content for the game.
Joel Bylos, the game director of The Secret World, stated, “Being given the op... |
25 September 2012
08:59 GMT |
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Speaking at V3’s Security Summit, security expert and cryptographer Bruce Schneier highlighted the fact that security firms weren’t doing everything in their power to stop spam before it landed in the inboxes of regular users.
Spam has become a major issue for most consumers and companies because many cy... |
25 September 2012
08:57 GMT |
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Since South Korea is Samsung's home market, the company often begins shipping its products there, before finally extending availability to the rest of the world. The EX2F camera was no different in this regard.
Fortunately, it didn't take too much more than a month for the corporation to send the EX2F to ... |
25 September 2012
08:55 GMT |
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Not all of us have the chance to travel to the Arctic Circle and see a polar bear up close, but we can surely put some wallpapers with these animals on our desktop’s background.
Those who are using Windows 7, or Windows 8, for that matter, can now download a new theme for their computers and enjoy more than j... |
25 September 2012
08:53 GMT |
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According to a report recently made public by the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, several federal agencies have made significant progress in using information and communications technologies in order to green up their working agenda.
Thus, they succeeded both in cutting energy consumption and in keeping a ... |
25 September 2012
08:52 GMT |
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A Foxconn factory making iPhones and, more recently, headlines, is now operational again, following an employee uprising reportedly caused by a conflict between workers and security guards.
Foxconn’s plant in the northern Chinese city of Taiyuan, which makes iPhone parts, has been the topic of widespread discu... |
25 September 2012
08:51 GMT |
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Borderlands 2 came out last week and delivered, without a doubt, an impressive experience both in terms of gameplay or story, but also in terms of visuals, as the team at Gearbox has revisited the gorgeous cel-shaded style used by the original title and refined it in a variety of ways.
While the game looks good on c... |
25 September 2012
08:47 GMT |
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The Lytro camera, reputed for being capable of capturing the entire field of light and, thus, allowing a photo to be focused after it has been taken, is making the headlines again.
We don't have any new tech breakthrough to talk about this time. Instead, we are here to inform you that, if you live in the US, th... |
25 September 2012
08:44 GMT |
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This mock advert is titled A Taller Change, poking fun at recent Apple campaigns that seem to revert around the elongated display of the iPhone 5.
The parody clip outlines the taller screen as the single most notable feature upgrade on the iPhone 5, much like the original ads do. The commercial announces the l... |
25 September 2012
08:43 GMT |
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A series of drugs commonly used to treat cancer show great promise in reversing memory loss in animal models of Alzheimer's disease. The same holds true for a number of synthetic compounds that have not been tested thus far.
The conclusion belongs to a new study by investigators at the Cold Spring Harbor Labor... |
25 September 2012
08:38 GMT |
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The Pentium B980 central processing unit from Intel was added to the product database a few days back, but only now has it been labeled as “launched.”
We find this particularly strange, as Intel's product database says it was launched in the second quarter of 2012, not the third.
The roadmap, for o... |
25 September 2012
08:31 GMT |
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Second Life customers are advised to be on the lookout for a shady website that promises 2,500L$ (Linden Dollars) in return for their credit card details.
Second Life is a virtual world developed by Linden Lab, where each user interacts with others via avatars. “Residents” can trade virtual property and... |
25 September 2012
08:30 GMT |
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Gentrieve 2, a first person action platformer game based on the Metroidvania genre, is now available for the Linux platform. Gentrieve 2 has yet to reach a stable version, but the developers from Phr00t’s Software present potential customers with the opportunity to buy the development version at a discount. ... |
25 September 2012
08:25 GMT |
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Executive Chairman of Google Eric Schmidt has confirmed to the media that Apple is not stocking any Maps binaries from the Mountain View search giant. There’s no app waiting for review, and Apple is currently focused on improving its own Maps app.
During a visit in Tokio, Japan, Schmidt told reporters that Goo... |
25 September 2012
08:22 GMT |
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A few fans have decided to adapt the famous song Gangnam Style by PSY and turn it into an ode to the Ubuntu operating system. What happens when you put together a few guys with way too much free time, Gangnam Style by PSY, and the Ubuntu operating system? The answer is simple: Ubuntu Gangnam Style (Short Version) ... |
25 September 2012
08:19 GMT |
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The discovery of the Lesula (Cercopithecus lomamiensis), the first new monkey species uncovered in the last 28 years, was confirmed in 2012, oddee.com informs.
The Lesula was found in the Lomami Basin of Congo, and was well known by local hunters in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
A new species of spider was... |
25 September 2012
08:16 GMT |
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Present at the 8th edition of the ekoparty Security Conference, Ravi Borgaonkar – researcher at the Technical University of Berlin – revealed in a presentation entitled “Dirty use of USSD Codes in Cellular Network” how the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) codes could be utilized ... |
25 September 2012
08:16 GMT |
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Ang Lee returns to the big screen this November, with what promises to be one of the best looking, most awe-inducing films of the year: “Life of Pi.” A new international trailer for it has just been released.
Check it out in full above.
If the clip released in July this year offered a good look at the... |
25 September 2012
08:16 GMT |
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Researchers at the Syracuse University (SU) reveal in a new paper that single-layer crystals are capable of healing themselves when an extra particle is inserted into their lattices, provided that the layer itself is curved.
In order to demonstrate this process, the team only had to insert an extra particle into t... |
25 September 2012
08:00 GMT |
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Developer Blizzard says that the upcoming Mists of Pandaria expansion will not have the same overly difficult dungeons that were a hallmark at the launch of the previous expansion for World of Warcraft, Cataclysm.
Hazzikostas, who is the lead encounter designer working on the MMO, has told AusGamer that, “Well... |
25 September 2012
07:59 GMT |
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We dare say the picture above is proof enough that climate change and global warming are real phenomena presently re-shaping environmental conditions worldwide, and not just scientific mumble-jumble made up by a handful of scientists looking to make a few bucks by publishing some studies. Thus, other than increasin... |
25 September 2012
07:53 GMT |
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Reliable, amazing, brilliant, perfect, outstanding and flawless are the attributes touted by Nero for their freshly launched multimedia suite. The main bundles are Nero 12 ($99.99/€79.99) and Nero 12 Platinum ($129.99/€99.99). Both of them are already available with a discount for a period of time, but you... |
25 September 2012
07:42 GMT |
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Apple has released version 3.6.1 of its Remote Desktop application for both Client and Admin users. The 3.6.1 update is recommended for all Apple Remote Desktop users, as it improves overall reliability and performance, the company says. According to the computer company at 1 Infinite Loop, “this update improv... |
25 September 2012
07:41 GMT |
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Samsung’s largest Android-based smartphone to date, the Galaxy Note II, is set to arrive on shelves in the UK as soon as next week.
Today, Samsung Mobile UK has announced that the handset would reach the UK market on October 1st, and that it would be available both through its own Samsung Brand Store at Westf... |
25 September 2012
07:40 GMT |
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Confirming a report of yesterday, Rihanna has unveiled the official artwork for her upcoming single, called “Diamonds.” Click on the image above to see it in full. “Diamonds” is produced by Norwegian hitmakers Stargate (“Rude Boy,” “Only Girl (In the World),” “W... |
25 September 2012
07:38 GMT |
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The upcoming Angry Birds trilogy will include an Achievement which is set to take players about 300 hours to complete, according to those who created the game.
Kalle Kaivola, who is a producer working on the Angry Birds series, told Digital Spy that players would have to get through all the 700 stages the game inclu... |
25 September 2012
07:36 GMT |
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A restless, yet adorable squirrel survives an alarming fall, in this video about how wild animals make rowdy and misbehaved pets.
The squirrel rampages a man's kitchen, as he lies filming it running around. Red squirrels are usually found in coniferous and temperate broadleaf forests, according to Wikipedia. Th... |
25 September 2012
07:35 GMT |
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Only recently, conservationists in charge of keeping a close eye on the marine wildlife presently inhabiting the waters close to Cape Cod were given the satisfaction of releasing a giant leatherback turtle into its natural habitat.
Sources inform us that leatherback turtles are particularly famous amongst biologis... |
25 September 2012
07:34 GMT |
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One would think that a memory module capable of working well in excess of 2,000 MHz would cost more than average, but Kingston has shown that there are exceptions even to that rule. The company didn't actually make any announcement about it, but that didn't stop some people from having the epiphany by acc... |
25 September 2012
07:33 GMT |
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Just when you think Jimmy Kimmel couldn’t get any funnier, he goes and surprises you by (scriptedly) booting his parents from the Emmy Awards 2012. Above is the video.
During this year’s Emmys, which took place over the weekend at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles, Kimmel, the host of the show, came to th... |
25 September 2012
07:24 GMT |
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Borderlands 2 came out last week on the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 and, while it’s pretty much a great game, quite a few issues have begun plaguing gamers across all three platforms. These include problems with the golden keys they got for pre-ordering, the tokens they received for completing challenges and, on the ... |
25 September 2012
07:17 GMT |
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Researchers from Security Explorations are experts when it comes to finding critical vulnerabilities in Java. They claim to have identified another flaw that affects all Oracle Java SE versions and the nearly one billion desktop computers on which the software is currently installed. This bug, codenamed issue ... |
25 September 2012
07:06 GMT |
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Humble Indie Bundle 6 is probably the best collection of games to be released under the Humble Bundle initiative, but now it just got even better, with another great four games added. Even though there is no official announcement yet, the Humble Indie Bundle 6 will be complemented with four additional games: Gratui... |
25 September 2012
06:51 GMT |
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F-Secure researchers have come across a new variant of the Imuler Mac OS X malware that's designed to open backdoors and steal data from the computers of unsuspecting users. Backdoor:OSX/Imuler.B is similar to Imuler.A, but there are some noteworthy changes to it.
The threat contains a function which dictates i... |
25 September 2012
06:36 GMT |
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Japanese watch maker Tokyoflash has just launched its new “smart” watch called Kisai Logo. The new gadget will display the time in a “coded” manner that is less handy to read for those that don’t know what they are looking at. Therefore, if you want to look smart in front of your collea... |
25 September 2012
06:21 GMT |
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Savanna Logan and brother Preston, from South Carolina, found a two-headed snake 3 weeks ago, during a home renovation, the Daily Mail reports.
Ever since the beast was unearthed, it has been the talk of the small town. Teachers in the biology department at the Ware Shoals High School identified it as a Virginia str... |
25 September 2012
06:07 GMT |
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iPhone Configuration Utility 3.6 is now out for Windows customers, enabling them to create, maintain, encrypt, and install configuration profiles on iPhones in organizations, educational environments, and small businesses. iPhone Configuration Utility is also used to track and install provisioning profiles and autho... |
25 September 2012
05:55 GMT |
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One of the leading developers working on Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 has revealed that the team is ready to nerf perks after the game is out, in order to make sure that the game experience remains balanced in the long run.
David Vondehaar, who is the leader of multiplayer development at Treyarch, told CVG that, &ldquo... |
25 September 2012
05:54 GMT |
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Throughout the course of this day, several members of green-oriented organization PETA are expected to strut the streets of Rapid City, South Dakota, wearing nothing except body paint and hiding behind a banner that reads “All Animals Have the Same Parts – Go Vegan.”
In case anyone was wondering, ... |
25 September 2012
05:53 GMT |
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A female version of the box office hit “The Expendables” is currently in the works and, judging by the latest development, there’s a lot of pressure to get it out there as soon as possible. Gina Carano has just been attached to the project.
According to producer Adi Shankar, the casting choice was... |
25 September 2012
05:51 GMT |
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Research In Motion is still tight-lipped on what its upcoming BlackBerry 10 operating system will have to offer to users, yet info on the matter is slowly emerging online, via various leaks.
New screenshots with the platform are now available for your viewing pleasure, confirming that there will be a Maps applicati... |
25 September 2012
05:49 GMT |
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At the European Planetary Science Congress, held in Madrid, Spain, on September 25, researchers from the University of Nantes and the Charles University, in Prague, argued in front of colleagues that liquid water under the surface of the Jovian moon Europa only endures for short periods of time.
They say that the s... |
25 September 2012
05:48 GMT |
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Apple has begun notifying MobileMe-to-iCloud transitioners that the complementary 20GB upgrade storage offered last year would be retracted at the end of this month.
When Apple released iCloud to the masses last year, it offered a complementary 20GB of storage (on top of the free 5GB standard storage) to all MobileM... |
25 September 2012
05:41 GMT |
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A shipment sent by Boulder, Colorado-based Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corporation to the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), in Greenbelt, Maryland, containing two of the 18 main mirror segments to be installed on the James Webb Space Telescope, has finally reached its destination.
Engineers at the company p... |
25 September 2012
05:39 GMT |
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This 230 feet (70 m) mural in Busan, South Korea was painted by German artist Hendrik Beikirch. The mural of a 60-year-old fisherman is meant to remind inhabitants of the busy city of Busan about their roots.
Busan, once a small fishing town, is now lined with skyscrapers, and its financial district is a place where... |
25 September 2012
05:33 GMT |
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Nintendo has apparently confirmed that games for the Wii U console will be region-locked, meaning people need to buy the console and its games from the same region.
The Nintendo Wii U is getting ready to be released in November and, what with pre-orders reaching impressive numbers, it seems that the new home console... |
25 September 2012
05:30 GMT |
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With Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart yet to be seen in public together since their alleged reconciliation, rumors on the actual terms of said reconciliation abound. Robert only agreed to take Kristen back after she promised to marry him, claims the latest report.
Perhaps because of the complicated story of the... |
25 September 2012
05:30 GMT |
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NoPassword is a clever Ruby on Rails authentication system – developed by Alex Smolen - which eliminates the need for passwords.
Passwords are an important element when it comes to protecting our online accounts. However, they’re highly problematic since they can be forgotten and they can be compromised ... |
25 September 2012
05:28 GMT |
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About three days ago, the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover Curiosity performed its first contact analysis of a rock on the surface of the Red Planet. The science target, called Jake Matijevic, was probed by instruments on the robotic arm on September 22.
The rock Jake Matijevic is named after MSL's late oper... |
25 September 2012
05:27 GMT |
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Not long ago, we spoke about how people working for environmentally-friendly companies tend to be significantly more efficient at the office and much more committed to their work. This is because they feel they are actually making a difference simply by doing what they are paid to do. Still, one company in R... |
25 September 2012
05:27 GMT |
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A German consumer advocacy group is interested in launching legal action against Valve Software over the new changes made to the end user license agreement of digital distribution service Steam. The Federation of German Consumer Organizations says that, when the Steam license agreement was updated during August in o... |
25 September 2012
05:26 GMT |
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The GNOME developers behind the Nautilus project (now known as Files) have announced that the final version, 3.6.0, is now available for download. Nautilus may have changed its name to Files, but it will take a long time for users to get used to it. In any case, Files 3.6.0 is finally here and it comes with just a f... |
25 September 2012
05:23 GMT |
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Japanese company Green House has officially introduced the GH-CFS-NSA, GH-CFS-XSA and GH-CFS-XSA flash cards, powered by Jmicron controllers.
The first two CompactFLash cards are made of SLC (single-level cell) NAND Flash chips and come in 2 to 32 GB capacity, while the third uses MLC (multi-level cell) memory and o... |
25 September 2012
05:11 GMT |
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Only yesterday, we reported on how the morale of the staff at the National Zoo in Washington had been pretty much devastated following the death of a week-old baby giant panda.
At that time, the cub's caretakers were unable to provide a reasonable explanation for the cub’s death, given the fact that no externa... |
25 September 2012
05:09 GMT |
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It’s been too long a wait for Wolverine fans, but the sequel to the rather disappointing “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” is finally happening. Above is the first official photo from the film.
A spinoff from “X-Men,” Wolverine was a difficult project from the start. After the lukewarm recept... |
25 September 2012
05:07 GMT |
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83-year-old Jerry Hoffman from Downey, Southern California, goes by the “street name” Kwayzar. He claims to be the oldest rapper to grace YouTube pages with his clever rhymes. His debut single “I Can Still Do It” was posted in March this year, but it just went viral after causing a stir on Re... |
25 September 2012
05:03 GMT |
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We just got word that AMD is pushing back its Trinity APU launch date. Don’t worry, this only refers to desktop CPUs that fit in the FM2 socket and the delay in question is only a single day, as the new date has been set for the 2nd of October, 2012. We don’t exactly know what prompted AMD not to launch ... |
25 September 2012
05:01 GMT |
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Nvidia announced yesterday, September 24th, the immediate availability for download of the 304.51 version of its graphics driver for Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD operating systems. Nvidia continues to significantly improve their Linux, FreeBSD and Solaris drivers by releasing massive updates. This latest version made ... |
25 September 2012
04:49 GMT |
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Adobe has released new builds for Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements. They both have reached version 11 and sport refreshed, lighter looks, with large icons, impossible to miss.Geo-tagging has been introduced in Photoshop Elements 11 to allow you to organize images by location; this uses Google Maps service. Ad... |
25 September 2012
04:47 GMT |
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THQ and Volition have confirmed that they’ll release a special version of last year’s Saints Row 3, in the form of Saints Row: The Third – The Full Package, which includes all of the downloadable content that’s been released for it over the last 12 months.
Saints Row 3 impressed millions of g... |
25 September 2012
04:47 GMT |
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Having already sent young women to shower in public or lie on the pavement whilst dressed as mermaids, PETA has now decided that it could not hurt to also have some scarcely dressed girls pretend to “rest” in giant shoeboxes.
In case anyone was wondering, this time the organization wants to send a messa... |
25 September 2012
04:47 GMT |
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Last week, singer Fiona Apple was arrested in Texas for possession of marijuana and hash, after a routine check on her tour bus at a border checkpoint. Today, she and the Sheriff Department are locked in a bitter war of words.
The other day, Fiona made the first public statement since the highly mediated arrest, as... |
25 September 2012
04:45 GMT |
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Borderlands 2, the shooter from developer Gearbox and publisher 2K Games, has managed to capture the number one position in the United Kingdom for the week that ended on September 23, which is quite the performance considering that, at that time, the game had only been available in the country for three days.
Border... |
25 September 2012
04:41 GMT |
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This video features Dave, the clairvoyant who warms up to people using personal info they had posted on social networking sites.
After getting the victims to believe he is legit, he can then move on to getting sensitive financial information from them.
The video was produced by Febelfin (The Belgian Financial Sect... |
25 September 2012
04:37 GMT |
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This past week, people living in Berlin and those simply visiting this city were given the opportunity to witness a tree make music simply by allowing the chestnuts growing in it to fall on the ground. Thus, the Federal Environment and Nature Conservation, together with BBDO Proximity Berlin, had a state-of-the-art... |
25 September 2012
04:27 GMT |
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Users are advised to be wary when opening files attached to emails that purport to come from KLM Dutch Royal Airline. Experts have found some well-designed fake notifications that carry pieces of malware.
The spam campaign is designed to target not only KLM customers, but also other users who are led to believe that... |
25 September 2012
04:23 GMT |
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According to a paper presented at the 2012 European Planetary Science Congress today, September 25, there is a high probability (under certain scenarios and conditions) that the seeds of life were brought to Earth aboard meteorites, or other pieces of debris originating on other worlds.
Over the past few years, im... |
25 September 2012
04:23 GMT |
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Dina Lohan made a complete fool of herself with her recently aired interview with Dr. Phil but she maintains she is nothing like how she seemed in that video. Moreover, she wants a do-over.
As we also reported some days ago, Dina sat down with Dr. Phil for an interview that would not only open the conversation on d... |
25 September 2012
04:22 GMT |
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Another day, another lawsuit. This is how things seem to be going on the IT market these days, although we at least have something other than a patent war to report on this time.
Olympus is the one caught in the middle of a fraud scandal, or at least three of its former executives are: former chairman Tsuyoshi Kiku... |
25 September 2012
04:19 GMT |
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DisplayMate has released the lab measurements of the iPhone 5’s display, noting that the only LCD screen on the market that beats it today is the Retina display in the iPad 3.
Dr. Raymond M. Soneira wrote a detailed analysis comparing Apple’s handset to Samsung’s Galaxy S III (a direct competitor),... |
25 September 2012
04:18 GMT |
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Empathy, a messaging program that supports text, voice, and video chat and file transfers over many different protocols, is now at version 3.6.0. Empathy 3.6.0 is the new stable release after the 3.4 branch, and it brings just a few changes in regard to the previous beta versions. Highlights of Empathy 3.6.0: &bul... |
25 September 2012
04:18 GMT |
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The development team at Firaxis and publisher 2K Games have launched a PC demo for their upcoming XCOM: Enemy Unknown via the Steam digital distribution service from Valve, allowing gamers to play through the first two missions of the single-player campaign.
The missions are intended as a tutorial and will allow pl... |
25 September 2012
04:15 GMT |
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Up until now, we kept going on and on about how we should protect the planet and its oceans because of the countless plants and animal species that inhabit them.
However, as this video shows, oceans should also be protected for two very simple reasons: they are darn cool and also quite capable of entertaining us wh... |
25 September 2012
04:04 GMT |
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The quarterly reports issued by security firms show that the number of malicious emails keeps increasing from one period to the other. Numbers aren’t the only problem, since spam campaigns have also been improved to be able to bypass security systems.
FireEye experts have analyzed the trends and they determine... |
25 September 2012
04:01 GMT |
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The first time Renato Grbic saved a life was 14 years ago. At the time, he was fishing with his brother, near the Pancevo bridge in Belgrade, capital city of Serbia.
He saw a large object falling from the bridge and naturally assumed that, as it had happened many other times before, someone was throwing something a... |
25 September 2012
03:59 GMT |
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Avid fans of Apple’s iPhone who are looking to upgrade to the new iPhone 5 can now reserve a unit online using the Personal Pickup service on Apple.com or via the Apple Store application on their current iDevice.
Apple retail is informing customers that Personal Pickup is now available for the iPhone 5. All yo... |
25 September 2012
03:56 GMT |
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World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria is out today and, in order to convince late-minute shoppers, Blizzard has released a 6-minute video that shows off the different features and the content that’s included in the new expansion for the popular MMORPG.
World of Warcraft’s user base may have decreased in t... |
25 September 2012
03:54 GMT |
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The original Aakash was both loved and hated, and we guess that the same may happen to the Aakash 2, though perhaps with a higher share of the former compared to the latter.
Aakash is the name that the Indian Government gave to the ARM-powered Ubislate, developed by DataWind and loaded with Android.
Intended as a... |
25 September 2012
03:52 GMT |
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A team of researchers working with the University of Nottingham now claim that they have succeeded in developing a highly innovative, low-cost material which supposedly can absorb significant amounts of the greenhouse gases presently out and about in the atmosphere.
Thus, should various industries begin using it on... |
25 September 2012
03:49 GMT |
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Today, Nokia unveiled a new dual-SIM member of its popular Asha family of devices, namely the Nokia Asha 308, a touch-enabled handset said to be nothing short of a smartphone.
The new device was unveiled with a 3-inch, scratch-resistant, capacitive touchscreen that can deliver a 400 x 240 pixels resolution, as well... |
25 September 2012
03:40 GMT |
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Project Eternity is an isometric role-playing game developed by the famous Obsidian Entertainment studio, which will be launched on Linux, along with all the other platforms. The developers from Obsidian Entertainment reached out to the community through the Kickstarter project and asked people to fund a game that ... |
25 September 2012
03:37 GMT |
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Computer servers owned by JPMorgan Chase Bank have been breached. The financial institution alerted high-end jewelry company Tiffany & Co because the affected machines contained the personal details of some employees.
“We recently were informed by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (“Chase”) that there was... |
25 September 2012
03:31 GMT |
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Vanessa Paradis is no longer pining for Johnny Depp, whom she dated for 14 years and broke up with earlier this year. She’s moved on, dating musician Benjamin Biolay now, according to a recent report in the British media.
Biolay was once linked to Carla Bruni. He was introduced to Vanessa by none other than C... |
25 September 2012
03:20 GMT |
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This year's World Shale Oil & Gas Summit witnessed one researcher being declared the best technology innovator of 2012 following his designing and manufacturing the most environmentally-friendly sponge the world has seen so far.
Thus, the “Smart Sponge” Glenn Rink came up with can be used to clean ... |
25 September 2012
03:19 GMT |
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Seven months before the incident on Thursday, in which 15-year-old schoolgirl Megan Stammers ran away with her 30-year-old math teacher, other students had reported their relationship to members of the school board. Friends of Stammers’ claim to have spoken to their teachers about the inappropriate relationshi... |
25 September 2012
03:18 GMT |
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Sony will continue to support the PlayStation 3 with a variety of great games, according to its Marketing Vice President, John Koller, who promises that the company will follow the same strategy as with the PlayStation 2.
In the midst of speculation about next-generation consoles, Sony has just revealed a redesigned... |
25 September 2012
03:14 GMT |
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The timeline for Firefox releases around the end of the year has been modified and versions scheduled for that period will roll out with a delay of one week. The reason for this is not technical or development issues, but the winter holidays.
With the amount of feedback dropping significantly in that time of the yea... |
25 September 2012
03:11 GMT |
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One leading Japanese developer working on a title for the Nintendo Wii U has revealed that the CPU of the new home console is less powerful than that of the current generation from Sony and Microsoft, but it is still able to deliver better graphics.
Akihiro Suzuki, who is a producer working on Dynasty Warriors, has ... |
25 September 2012
03:05 GMT |
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While there are certain ultrabooks selling for $699 / 699 Euro (Samsung Series 5 comes to mind), most don't, and it won't be until next year, when Haswell arrives, that $699 will become a standard.
5mm hard disk drives from Western Digital and SSHDs (solid-state hybrid drives) from Seagate will help in th... |
25 September 2012
03:02 GMT |
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A new version of the Apple TV software is available to owners of Apple’s black box, which brings stuff like Shared Photo Streams, AirPlay enhancements, new screensavers, and iTunes account switching, just to name a few. In Apple TV Software 5.1, users can accept invitations for Shared Photo Streams, as well as... |
25 September 2012
03:00 GMT |
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Research In Motion has unveiled a while ago plans to release a new major OS upgrade for its PlayBook tablet PC, but has been mum on when the software would actually arrive on devices.
As it turns out, that day might be getting closer and closer, as leaked documentation on the platform has started to emerge online. ... |
25 September 2012
02:59 GMT |
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The name and reputation of the Better Business Bureau have been utilized in spam campaigns for quite some time now, but every once in a while security researchers feel obligated to write about them because they’re constantly being improved and become more and more dangerous.
Carrying subject lines such as &ldq... |
25 September 2012
02:58 GMT |
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Researchers at the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have announced recently that they plan to lead an international collaboration of scientists in developing the world's first space-time crystal.
Also known as a 4D crystal, such a device displays a period... |
25 September 2012
02:54 GMT |
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The coming third installment of the Lost Planet franchise will use more story elements inserted in the gameplay in order to give players a long-term reason to get through the game and will also include more of an emphasis on weather effects and patterns.Andrew Szymanski, who is the producer working on Lost Planet 3 a... |
25 September 2012
02:51 GMT |
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South Korean mobile phone maker LG has been long rumored to plan the release of a successor for its last year Optimus Vu handset, and that device appears to be nearing its official launch date.
Supposedly dubbed Optimus Vu II, the handset should prove a worthy competitor for Samsung’s new Galaxy Note II, in t... |
25 September 2012
02:49 GMT |
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Earlier this month, Lindsay Lohan missed rehearsals for her cameo with Charlie Sheen on “Scary Movie 5,” telling friends that she had a bad case of “walking pneumonia.” It turns out she was telling the truth.
TMZ reports that the actress has been hospitalized in New York after a health scare... |
25 September 2012
02:48 GMT |
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Japanese electronics giant Toshiba has just introduced two new hybrid hard drives (HHD) that feature SLC NAND memory and come in a modest 2.5” format. The new drives feature disappointing technical specifications and likely won’t offer impressive performance.
Toshiba’s new drives feature only a 8 G... |
25 September 2012
02:48 GMT |
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Robert Shingledecker has announced earlier today, September 25th, the immediate availability for download of the Tiny Core and Tiny Core Plus Linux operating systems. Tiny Core Linux 4.6.2 comes with an updated scm-load, which looses tcz to check for dependencies, an updated help screen for both tce-load and scm-load... |
25 September 2012
02:41 GMT |
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Throughout these past few weeks, we spoke on various occasions about how, in order to avoid a potential seafood crisis, fisheries worldwide must push for sustainability.
Recent news on the topic of fish and seafood informs us that, besides making sure fish stocks and fish quotas are well balanced, people who are in... |
25 September 2012
02:39 GMT |
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A couple of days ago, Mark Shuttleworth defended Canonical's decision of implementing an Amazon lens in Unity's Dash starting with Ubuntu 12.10, but he also shared an interesting view of the market.
The backlash from the Amazon lens announcement has been considerable, especially because the lens is directl... |
25 September 2012
02:38 GMT |
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In the past period, Bank of America (BoA) made a lot of headlines because of the attacks launched against its systems by Muslim hackers. However, this time, the problem isn’t about what hackers are doing, but about a serious glitch in the financial institution’s website.
While logging in to BoA’s s... |
25 September 2012
02:38 GMT |
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Aurelien Hayman studies English literature at the Durham University in the UK. He may seem like a regular 20-year-old, but this remarkable young man can recall every moment of every day of his life.
Aurelien is one of just 20 people in the world displaying superior autobiographical memory, or hyperthymesia. He is a... |
25 September 2012
02:38 GMT |
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Klei Entertainment has confirmed that Mark of the Ninja, its recently launched stealth game, will transition from the Xbox 360 to the PC platform, via Steam, on October 16.
Mark of the Ninja impressed right with its announcement, promising to deliver a stealth-based experience with the trademark Klei style consistin... |
25 September 2012
02:36 GMT |
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In a new study that could easily solve the missing baryon problem for the entire Milky Way, researchers have found that our galaxy is in fact embedded in a very large cloud of hot gas, which extends for hundreds of thousands of light-years in all directions. To get a sense of scale, the galaxy itself is only around ... |
25 September 2012
02:33 GMT |
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FIFA 13, the football simulation title from EA Sports, is launching in North America today and the development team working on the franchise has released a new trailer for the game, designed to show players the improvements that the series received in the commentary category.
The core change is that there’s mo... |
25 September 2012
02:30 GMT |
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No one can say that there aren't programs capable of running properly on heterogeneous computers, but the number is still quite small, this being the primary reason why Intel's x86-based Xeon Phi has been doing fine until now: it supports most programs already in existence, many of which don't work on ... |
25 September 2012
02:28 GMT |
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Now that we're all waiting for the final version of the Ubuntu 12.10 (Qantal Quetzal) operating system, due for release on October 18th, we can take a look at the release schedule for the next major iteration of the OS, Ubuntu 13.04.
Yes, there's no codename for the Ubuntu 13.04 release yet, but we can t... |
25 September 2012
02:23 GMT |
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Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia is reportedly considering filing a lawsuit against Taiwanese maker HTC, seeking a ban on its newly unveiled Windows Phone 8X smartphone.
The handset, unveiled to the world last week, features the same polycarbonate body that Nokia has been using for about one year for its Windows Ph... |
25 September 2012
02:20 GMT |
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