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Experts in the field of robotics have had a hard time making their own inventions open doors, on account of the difficult tasks that are involved in the process, but now a team has managed to crack the problem for a real-life application. While it may seem simple for us, a great degree of coordination and intelligenc... |
25 November 2009
19:01 GMT |
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One of the biggest charges made at Fallout 3 when it made its bid for 2008 Game of the Year was that its ending was totally unsatisfying, lacking any concrete detail on the fates of the various locales you went through and leaving the player wondering whether all the trouble he went through was worth it. Dragon Age: ... |
25 November 2009
18:21 GMT |
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A new scientific study has revealed that people who are simply too scared of steep slopes should move in closer to the edge in order to make their anxiety go away. The conclusion comes from an investigation that showed slopes appeared increasingly mild as you got closer to them. Standing at their very edge makes them... |
25 November 2009
18:01 GMT |
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Espoo, Finland-based mobile-phone maker Nokia and leading semiconductor company for mobile-phone solutions Infineon Technologies AG announced today that they teamed on the development of advanced radio frequency (RF) transceiver solutions. According to the duo, the agreement between them is aimed at the compatibility... |
25 November 2009
17:11 GMT |
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In a new set of actions destined to return the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) to its full capabilities, experts at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) are planning to upload a new set of commands to the ailing Martian probe. They argue that the glitch that prompted the orbiter's computer to reboot on August 2... |
25 November 2009
17:01 GMT |
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It seems like the decision made by Electronic Arts to fire 1,500 people has even greater ramifications than just unemployment. Most of the remaining studios can't help but feel insecure after the massive layout, and, with a constant blade being pressed against their throats, they have to make some cutting of the... |
25 November 2009
16:31 GMT |
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Leading provider of software-as-a-service (SaaS) email archiving, email hosting and email continuity solutions, LiveOffice announced on Tuesday the launch of a new BlackBerry application meant to offer a seamless integration with its LiveOffice Personal Archive and LiveOffice Discovery Archive. According to the comp... |
25 November 2009
16:31 GMT |
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Microsoft has apparently filled for a patent for a hint system which will be used by videogames released on the Xbox 360 home gaming console. The aim is to allow players who have trouble getting past tough sections of the game to get hints provided by other players. It's not clear whether all the players will be... |
25 November 2009
15:31 GMT |
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Whenever we set out to lose weight, we think diet, working out, or both. Experience and many years of hearing the same story have taught us that weight loss is not only impossible without these two or a combination of both, but also ridiculous to imagine. Mental-agility expert Tim Forrester has recently managed to pr... |
25 November 2009
15:21 GMT |
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Canadian mobile-phone carrier Rogers Wireless announced recently the launch of yet another high-end handset, the Nokia N86 8MP, a dual sliding device that comes around with an 8-megapixel photo snapper. The new phone has been named the best camera phone by CTIA–The Wireless Association and also the winner of th... |
25 November 2009
15:11 GMT |
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Recent advancements in the fields of robotics mean that, soon, we could see robotic dentists meeting us inside specialized cabinets. Still, they will not totally take over the job of humans, experts believe, as there will always be someone there to tell you to open wide and relax. The years of education and hands-on ... |
25 November 2009
15:01 GMT |
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Mobile-phone carrier AT&T announced recently that it would soon add to its offering yet another interesting handset powered by Microsoft's Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system, namely the HP iPAQ Glisten. The phone, which was previously spotted into the wild as the iPAQ K3 Obsidian, will become available for purc... |
25 November 2009
14:31 GMT |
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Google is always tweaking the design of its products even, or especially, that of its search engine. The site has evolved in time but for the most part the changes have been subdued and discrete. Not anymore though, Google is planning a major revamp of its search engine, by Google standards anyway, promising to be th... |
25 November 2009
14:21 GMT |
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The market for mobile augmented-reality (AR) services is expected to see a great increase during the following few years, according to a recent report from Juniper Research. The research firm notes that the services are to reach $732 million by 2014, as the revenues will be generated by paid-for application downloads... |
25 November 2009
14:01 GMT |
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Our planet's South Pole is arguably one of the most mysterious places there are. The exploration of the area is still in its infancy, and every new study brings to light remarkable finds, such as microbes living under miles of ice, at freezing temperatures, and with almost inexistent food sources. A deeper under... |
25 November 2009
14:01 GMT |
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Sprint Nextel Corporation announced on Tuesday that it had managed to complete the acquisition of Virgin Mobile USA, Inc., a deal announced several weeks ago. According to the company, the purchase of Virgin Mobile USA is expected to offer Sprint the possibility to strengthen its position in the prepaid segment throu... |
25 November 2009
13:41 GMT |
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Self-help books are gaining ground with many segments of the market and that’s mostly because they promise a very easy solution to most problems. Whether it’s financial difficulties or divergences with our life partner, many of these books offer similar answers on all matters. The following four tips for ... |
25 November 2009
13:31 GMT |
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The biggest entertainment release of all time is not allowing itself to drop out of the top videogames chart in the United Kingdom. For the second week in a row Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, created by Infinity Ward and published by Activsion, managed to hold on to number one even as some pretty impressive titles w... |
25 November 2009
13:31 GMT |
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Health experts have often pointed out the dangers of wearing high-heel shoes, which has inevitably led many to the conclusion that ballet pumps or Uggs are two of the choices that are most beneficial from this perspective. Not quite so, podiatrists speaking with the Daily Mail warn, stressing that teenage girls are a... |
25 November 2009
13:31 GMT |
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Wireless carrier AT&T and computer maker HP announced recently the launch of the new HP iPAQ Glisten, a handset powered by Microsoft's Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system and that proves to be a feature-rich 3G world phone that sports an AMOLED screen. The new mobile phone, the first of the kind available from A... |
25 November 2009
13:01 GMT |
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The content available to personalize the latest iteration of the Windows client from Microsoft has evolved with the addition of a new theme. The Redmond company is offering a variety of free Themes and Wallpapers for Windows 7 on the Personalization Gallery hosted on Microsoft.com. The items offered as free downloads... |
25 November 2009
11:41 GMT |
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While conducting a survey of Ancient Greek temples built in the Italian island of Sicily, expert Dr. Alun Salt found that only three of them were constructed in positions that did not make them face the rising Sun. The scientist, who is an astronomy technician at the University of Leicester's Center for Interdis... |
25 November 2009
11:21 GMT |
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Michael Lohan was, until not long ago, Jon Gosselin’s business partner. As Radar Online informs, he brokered several media deals for him, deals that later turned out to stand in direct violation of Gosselin’s exclusivity contract with TLC, for which reason the network took the matter to court. How exactly... |
25 November 2009
11:20 GMT |
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Small robots have been touted for a long time as the future of healthcare and medicine, with their amazingly low dimensions allowing them to sneak deep within the human body, far beyond the reach of conventional endoscopes and other probes. But one of the main obstacles that experts met in their endeavor to create su... |
25 November 2009
11:06 GMT |
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A default diagnostics tool included in Windows 7 can incorrectly report DirectX 11 devices as DirectX 10.1, Microsoft has revealed. At fault is the DirectX Diagnostics Tool, the Redmond company explains. The Erroneous reporting of DirectX 11 devices as DirectX 10.1 devices is a problem that also affects Windows Serve... |
25 November 2009
11:03 GMT |
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Perpetually troubled British rocker Pete Doherty was rushed to the hospital last month, suffering from what was described at the time as “exhaustion.” Several gigs were canceled and, as expected, speculation of OD-ing emerged in the media. Now, Doherty himself reveals in a new interview cited by the Sun t... |
25 November 2009
11:02 GMT |
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Famous for its top-end performance computer and flash memory, among which may be mentioned the Dominator and Dominator GT products (used by many enthusiasts and overclockers), Corsair seems to have perfectly implemented the notions of superior quality engineering and product testing into its other products, gaining a... |
25 November 2009
10:54 GMT |
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The Dukes of Hazard: Return of the General Lee is a videogame developed by Ratbag Pty. Ltd. and published by Ubisoft. The game was released for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony and the original Xbox from Microsoft in September 2004. It is classed as an action adventure title featuring driving elements and is based... |
25 November 2009
10:41 GMT |
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Just the other day, Angelina Jolie was reaping praises from the media after word got out that she and partner Brad Pitt contributed with approximately $6.4 million to charity this year. Today, she’s again tabloid fodder because she secretly hates President Barack Obama for not sharing the same views as her on t... |
25 November 2009
10:41 GMT |
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Canadian mobile phone carriers are currently undergoing through a little battle over what 3G network is better than the other, something that, hopefully, will result in better services and phone offerings for users in the country. Bell and Telus have launched, at the beginning of this month, their 21Mbps HSPA n... |
25 November 2009
10:28 GMT |
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Scientists at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) have recently announced a major breakthrough in the field of nanotechnology, when they managed to get custom-built nanoparticles of precise shapes to self-assemble in a liquid crystal medium. Getting such structures to at least interact with each other ... |
25 November 2009
10:27 GMT |
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OctoMom Nadya Suleman recently told the media that giving birth to octuplets in January this year was, while a joyous moment, also the instant she realized she had made a mistake by deliberately choosing to have so many babies. Yet, that doesn’t mean she’s not open to the idea of having even more children... |
25 November 2009
10:21 GMT |
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South Korean mobile phone maker LG Electronics has just unveiled the LG GW880, a handset that should soon become available for purchase in China via the country's largest wireless carrier, China Mobile. The new device is running under China Mobile's OPhone operating system which, most of you should know al... |
25 November 2009
10:08 GMT |
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Our galaxy, the Milky Way, is of the massive spiral variety, which means that it features two arms (four by some accounts) filled with stars. Measuring the distance to these stars is something that may seem simple at first, but which is actually very complicated, mostly because of the inherent uncertainties that exis... |
25 November 2009
09:59 GMT |
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The web is shaping up more and more as an extension of our identity. Social networks, wikis, even the search engines, know a lot more about ourselves than we realize and everything is becoming more catered and more integrated. It's no surprise then that there's a battle brewing for our online identities and... |
25 November 2009
09:59 GMT |
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Opera has issued a new Alpha release of its feature-packed web browser with the same name. Available for Mac OS X, Windows and Linux, Opera now ships with a new technology platform called Opera Unite, which allows users to stream music or share files, photos and more, right from the browser.Among the changes and new ... |
25 November 2009
09:56 GMT |
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AMD technology has been used in the movie industry for quite some time. Most recently, Robert Rodriguez, studio head, director, cinematographer and special-effect supervisor of Troublemaker Studios (quoted below) used AMD products (Six-Core AMD Opteron processors and ATI FirePro graphics accelerators) in the developm... |
25 November 2009
09:55 GMT |
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Over the weekend, “The Twilight Saga: New Moon,” the second film in the highly successful franchise from Summit Entertainment, set a new record in terms of box-office grossing and became the third biggest opener in movie history. Speaking specific numbers, “New Moon” made $140 million in the o... |
25 November 2009
09:49 GMT |
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On the heels of the Opera 10.10 general availability, Opera Software has moved onward to the next chapter in the evolution of its browser. Just one day after the Opera 10.10 with Opera Unite was released to the public, the Norway-based browser maker has introduced the first development milestone for Opera 10.20. Ear... |
25 November 2009
09:35 GMT |
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Although Compal had predicted its projected on-quarter notebook shipment growth at around 10%, low notebook inventory levels prompted vendors to place in more orders for Q4 2009. With this new development, Compal expects to reach a total sales amount (for the whole year) of between 37 and 38 million units. This means... |
25 November 2009
09:32 GMT |
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Fresh from the Nokia Beta Labs comes a new version of Nokia Image Exchange for S60, which brings along a wide range of bug fixes, as well as accelerometer support for 3.2 devices. However, the new flavor of the application also brings a new feature to the table, in the form of notifications, which inform users on ac... |
25 November 2009
09:03 GMT |
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Music streaming services have been seeing a lot of interest lately but most of the focus has been on either newcomers or the failing ones. Last.fm, one of the oldest and still one of the most popular music services, has been staying quiet for the most part, but things are definitely moving forward behind the scenes. ... |
25 November 2009
09:01 GMT |
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Scientists at the La Jolla, California-based Salk Institute for Biological Studies announce that the results of a new study on unsuspecting lab mice seems to suggest that the timing of eating may be just as important as the content of the actual food. In a groundbreaking, new discovery, the scientists have found that... |
25 November 2009
09:01 GMT |
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Jump Superstars is a 2D fighting game that brings together over 150 characters from various Japanese anime and manga series. The title implies a bit more than just defeating your opponents, as, in some missions, you'll also have other objectives. The characters are controlled via the regular buttons, and you... |
25 November 2009
08:55 GMT |
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Concert promoter Live Nation has announced a new partnership with none other than Macintosh maker Apple, in an effort to launch a new initiative focused on audio and video recording of live concert events for distribution via the latter’s iTunes Store. Apple, for its part, has launched special section of the iT... |
25 November 2009
08:53 GMT |
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A little over a year since the launch of ItzaBitza, an educative game aimed to teach children how to read, a collaboration between Microsoft and Sabi is now delivering additional fruits. On November 24th, 2009, the Redmond company announced that Sabi, a Microsoft Research spin-off, introduced its second learning gam... |
25 November 2009
08:51 GMT |
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Because he’s proven that he can be completely unpredictable when it comes to live performances, which makes him potentially very controversial, a scheduled concert of Adam Lambert for Good Morning America on ABC has been canceled. While the decision might make sense for the singer himself, fans are not happy ab... |
25 November 2009
08:49 GMT |
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The U.S. Department of Justice announces that former spam kingpin Alan M. Ralsky was sentenced to 51 months in jail, on Monday, for instrumenting a stock fraud scheme. Nine of his accomplices have also received prison sentences for their role in the operation.Alan M. Ralsky, 64, of West Bloomfield, Michigan, used to ... |
25 November 2009
08:43 GMT |
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Recently, a survey was carried out in the APEJ region (Asia/Pacific excluding Japan), covering Australia, India, Korea, Malaysia, China, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam, in order to determine the end-users' preferences for new PCs, and which spot in their preference list went to notebooks and netbooks, r... |
25 November 2009
08:42 GMT |
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A new Linux-based mobile phone operating system has just arrived on the table, called Else Intuition and packed inside a handset dubbed First Else. The new device is a full touchscreen phone, which is expected to arrive on the market sometime during next year. The handset in itself is said to be a very powerful piec... |
25 November 2009
08:33 GMT |
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After the game was first announced for a Christmas 2008 release, Eidos pushed it back initially to 2009, and later it ended up as a 2010-projected title. Now, an exact date for this 2010 release has been given, and Square Enix, the one that bought Eidos this year, has announced that Just Cause 2 will arrive on the PC... |
25 November 2009
08:24 GMT |
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Upon releasing Final Cut Server 1.5.1 to the public yesterday, Apple instructed those who wanted to learn more about the update to use the application’s Help menu. There, Apple said, lie the full length release notes for the new version of the software. Later, the company decided to make those notes public as w... |
25 November 2009
08:21 GMT |
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Designed for use with mobile computers, the latest addition to Zemmo LLC's series of personal computer-related devices is a versatile product that provides full connectivity possibilities in a slim and portable frame. The DeskBook Pro docking station uses the advanced ModBays technology that not only allows hard... |
25 November 2009
08:11 GMT |
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Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson is reportedly getting ready to come to the market with a second version of its recently unveiled Sony Ericsson XPERIA Pureness handset. The device, as many of you might already know, has been announced to include a transparent screen, being the first handset of the kind in the world.... |
25 November 2009
07:25 GMT |
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A recent Techopsguys blog post implied that Xiotech might be meaning to very soon integrate solid state drives into the Emprise line. However, as a response, an unattributed Xiotech blog post emerged in order to clarify what it calls “misperceptions.” Although not signed, the post makes reference to &ld... |
25 November 2009
07:21 GMT |
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With international releases, it's really hard for games to celebrate their birthdays. Born one day on one continent, and born on another one some place else make things rather confusing when one decides to blow their candles. Killzone might have been launched for the first time on November 2, 2004 for the PlaySt... |
25 November 2009
07:07 GMT |
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According to a growing body of evidence, it may be that rearranging wind turbines in fish school-like patterns could contribute to reducing the land surface the large structures take up, while at the same time preserving, or even increasing the output. Estimates say that the surface such a setup would occupy would be... |
25 November 2009
07:07 GMT |
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Things are moving as fast as usual at Mozilla Labs and, hardly a week after the previous release, the developers have released a new beta for Mozilla's bookmark and settings sync project for Firefox and Fennec, the organization's mobile version of the web browser. Weave Sync 1.0 Beta 2 fixes several bugs w... |
25 November 2009
07:06 GMT |
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Like most of its competitors, Acer too will be adopting Intel's next-generation Pine Trail netbook platform, which includes the new Atom N450 processor and a new chipset configuration. On that note, it appears that a new netbook from Packard Bell, Acer's subsidiary, has just hit the Internet. According to a... |
25 November 2009
07:03 GMT |
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Waze, the provider of driver-generated maps and real-time road information, announced on Tuesday that it had released a new version of its popular application. According to the company, the new flavor of its free navigation app is available on the Apple App Store and at the Android Market, as well as on its website ... |
25 November 2009
06:56 GMT |
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Microsoft has new releases of the RIA Services available for developers targeting Silverlight 3 or the recently released Silverlight 4 Beta. Of course that following the Professional Developers Conference 2009 in Los Angeles last week, Microsoft’s Rich Internet Application Services have been rebranded as ... |
25 November 2009
06:47 GMT |
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Anthony Laforge, Google Chrome program manager, has updated the Google Chrome developer channel with new Mac-specific improvements. Version 4.0.249.12 of the web browser has been released for Mac platforms only and is immediately available for download right here on Softpedia.In his latest post, Laforge mentions that... |
25 November 2009
06:42 GMT |
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After more than a week tied to the International Space Station (ISS), the space shuttle Atlantis is finally heading home. The spacecraft undocked from the orbital facility at 4:53 am EST (0953 GMT), carrying seven crew members in stead of the six it took to orbit. NASA astronaut Nicole Stott is returning home, after ... |
25 November 2009
06:35 GMT |
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Semiconductor revenues seem to have had hard luck this year. The market for wireless communications was the side of the IT industry that saw the smallest overall decline, specifically 8.2% (according to iSupply) and the data-processing segment holds the second place (9.8%.). On the other hand, the market segment that... |
25 November 2009
06:34 GMT |
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Social media has grown tremendously this year pushed forward by the likes of Facebook and, to a lesser degree, Twitter. But despite having been around for years, businesses are still trying to get the hang of this new opportunity to bring in customers and, at the end of the day, make more money. One company which se... |
25 November 2009
06:33 GMT |
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Amidst talk of the inappropriateness of his performance at the 2009 American Music Awards, Adam Lambert has quietly released the video for his first single off the debut album, the title song “For Your Entertainment.” With a very goth / punk / 80s vibe to it, the video is the product of a one-day shoot wi... |
25 November 2009
06:32 GMT |
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Jump! Ultimate Stars is an uptake on the previous release, Jump Super Stars. It features a similar Super Smash Bros.-style fighting gameplay with a huge array of licensed manga characters. In total, 300 characters from 41 different mangas are available and will enable players to go wild and have some real fun. Player... |
25 November 2009
06:32 GMT |
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Tekken 6 was launched for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 about a month ago and proved to be a pretty successful addition to the fighting genre. The game saw some hiccups along its development, and even a one-year delay when Namco Bandai announced at the Tokyo Game Show in 2008 that the game would end its home-console... |
25 November 2009
06:26 GMT |
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fring, the award-winning mobile application that enables users to communicate and share experiences over their mobile phones, announced recently the release of an updated version for selected Symbian devices. According to the company, the new flavor comes as the first implementation of Skype video calls on a mobile ... |
25 November 2009
06:21 GMT |
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The people at Balmuda design have decided to address a lacking feature on Apple’s wireless keyboard, as well as for notebook keyboards, by introducing a one-of-a-kind application that turns the iPhone’s screen into a numeric pad. NumberKey is available in both free and paid form.Whether you’re runni... |
25 November 2009
06:20 GMT |
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MSI, a leading Taiwanese vendor of personal computer systems, has recently announced the debut of its new X-Slim X430 ultra-thin laptop, specifically designed to take advantage of the performance and features of AMD's second generation ultra-thin platform. The new machine has been featured with a 14-inch displa... |
25 November 2009
06:17 GMT |
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TOCA Race Driver 2 is a videogame developed and published by the Codemasters Software Company Limited. It was released for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony, the original Xbox from Microsoft, the PlayStation Portable handheld, and the PC platform on April 13, 2004. The title can be classed as a racing simulation fe... |
25 November 2009
06:12 GMT |
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Adam Lambert, Lady Gaga, and Rihanna are nothing if put up against Susan Boyle, the most unlikely superstar ever to emerge in the history of music – at least in terms of sales, as Billboard magazine reports. Miss Boyle’s debut album “I Dreamed a Dream” arrived in music stores at the beginning ... |
25 November 2009
05:56 GMT |
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Dragon Age: Origins may be a story-driven, single-player, role-playing game, but that doesn't mean that it didn't take steps towards online entertainment. The title's social network was provided by the developers to allow players to boast their achievements and share their own alternate decisions and t... |
25 November 2009
05:50 GMT |
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Compared to the 1990s, this decade has seen an accelerated rise in carbon dioxide (CO2) levels globally, a group of researchers announces. In spite of increased awareness and some efforts of mitigating their effects, greenhouse gases, which have been tied to global warming, have increased their annual rate by more th... |
25 November 2009
05:49 GMT |
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Long Term Evolution, a technology that is expected to become the standard for a wide range of next-generation 4G networks, is being embraced by more and more carriers around the world. One of the latest mobile phone operator to announce LTE tests is Telecom Italia, which has already started ”the world's f... |
25 November 2009
05:49 GMT |
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In an era where major CE manufacturers have started putting special effort into integrating Internet connectivity into their entire product lines (whether those products are TVs, radios, cameras, printers etc.), Imagination took the leading role with its newest set of intellectual property cores (IP cores). These pro... |
25 November 2009
05:47 GMT |
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There are a lot of metrics for website traffic, unique visitors, user numbers, and the likes. Measuring a website's “influence” is a harder proposition though, it's not exactly something you can count. Some people beg to differ though and ://URLFAN aims to do just this, measure a website's... |
25 November 2009
05:47 GMT |
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Verizon Wireless, the largest wireless telecommunications network in the United States, based on a total of around 89 million subscribers it accounts for, announced recently that it had made new network enhancements in the Jefferson County area. The carrier expanded its network coverage in the region through the depl... |
25 November 2009
05:42 GMT |
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According to a new scientific study, it would appear that drug users are some of the best informed people out there as to the risk they expose themselves to by continuing their habits. While this may seem a bit counter-intuitive at first, remember that most of these people are extremely unhappy about their current st... |
25 November 2009
05:34 GMT |
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Sony Ericsson Satio is one of the flagship mobile phones the Japanese-Swedish handset vendor has released on the market during the ongoing year. The device sports a high-quality photo snapper, a 12-megapixel behemoth able to make a lot of enthusiasts out there happy, yet it seems that there are some issues with the ... |
25 November 2009
05:32 GMT |
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As is the case with all major software releases, Microsoft accompanied the public Beta of Office 2010 with a range of resources. Early adopters interested in jumping on the Office 2010 wagon, while the next generation of the Office System is still in development, can access a variety of documentation designed to str... |
25 November 2009
05:32 GMT |
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Electronic Arts has announced that Pandemic, the videogame creation studio which has been recently downsized, is set to develop and release a new title in the Mercenaries series, which is at the moment in the initial stages of production. The working title is Mercs Inc. and it will probably arrive later in 2010 or ea... |
25 November 2009
05:20 GMT |
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Dynasty Tactics is a video game which was created and published by KOEI Ltd. Inc. The game was released exclusively on the PlayStation 2 home gaming console from Sony. It arrived on September 11, 2002, and is classed as being a hybrid between a role playing experience and a strategy game with elements taken from real... |
25 November 2009
05:19 GMT |
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As the first Harvest Moon title to come to the DS, the game will have players manage the well-being of a farm. They'll have to tend to the livestock and grow all manners of crops. Their farm can be upgraded to handle new tasks, like holding additional livestock or a more elaborate kitchen to cook their food. The... |
25 November 2009
05:13 GMT |
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Perhaps a little reluctantly, Google has been slowly adding more rich content to its search engine. It's still as spartan as it gets, but there's certainly an evolution and now it's making the same changes to the ads it serves on the search results page which now feature videos, images, and even maps.... |
25 November 2009
05:04 GMT |
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Announced three weeks ago, the Scientific Linux 5.4 operating system brought improved support for Atheros wireless chipsets, the iwlwifi 5150 ucode firmware, updated iwlwifi 4945, 3945, and 5000 ucode, the Lua programming language and lots of updated packages & numerous bug fixes. Last night (November 24th), Urs Beye... |
25 November 2009
05:02 GMT |
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Today and today alone, you have the chance to get Advanced System Care Pro (originally priced at $29.95 and currently lowered to $19.95) software from IObit absolutely free. The offer is part of the Thanksgiving promotion of the company and has been announced some time ago. However, the announcement contained no cle... |
25 November 2009
05:01 GMT |
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After being banned from Resistance: Fall of Man by Sony for being a repeat offender found guilty of trolling, Erik Estavillo sued the company for its unjust action. When the courtroom dismissed the case, he moved on to Microsoft and Nintendo, accusing that a broken Xbox 360 caused him undue stress and that a Wii syst... |
25 November 2009
05:01 GMT |
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Improvements to IBM BladeCenters and H and HS22 blade servers can now be implemented by combining BLADE’s BNT Virtual Fabric 10G Switch Module with the Emulex Virtual Fabric Adapter CFFh for IBM BladeCenter. Emulex's Virtual Fabric Adapter CFFh gives IBM's BladeCenters network connectivity options tha... |
25 November 2009
04:57 GMT |
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Get ready for a new development milestone of Mozilla’s next iteration open source browser ahead of the Release Candidate Build. Although it was initially planning to make available a single Beta on the way to RC, Mozilla is now preparing to offer early adopters of Firefox 3.6 the forth Beta release. In this co... |
25 November 2009
04:56 GMT |
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As PETA, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Hollywood actress Eva Mendes is the epitome of glamour and high-fashion. Whether with the help of stylist or not, every time she makes a public appearance, she manages to look her best – and, what’s more important, she now does so without wearing f... |
25 November 2009
04:53 GMT |
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Complaints are surfacing that either Apple, FedEx or someone else isn’t handling new iMac shipments properly, with the devices showing up DOA (dead on arrival) or with cracked screens. As always, frustrated customers have turned to the Apple Discussions forums to seek advice or simply to express their grief as ... |
25 November 2009
04:48 GMT |
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This Monday marked an historic event. After one year in repairs, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the largest particle accelerator in the world, has finally began colliding beams of protons together, in its quest for the elusive Higgs boson. This is the elementary particle that, if found, will finally confirm the Sta... |
25 November 2009
04:46 GMT |
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2K Sports and Take Two have announced that Evan Longoria, the Tampa Bay Rays player who is the Gold Glove for 2009 and was also awarded the Silver Slugger Award, is set to be both the face and the main spokesperson for Major League Baseball 2K10, which is set to arrive on store shelves in spring 2010. The compan... |
25 November 2009
04:42 GMT |
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Razer, one of world's leading vendors of high-end gaming peripherals, has been rather busy lately, as the company just announced its second gaming mouse this month. Following the Abyssus, introduced earlier in November, the new Imperator comes to provide PC gaming enthusiasts with a choice for a right-handed er... |
25 November 2009
04:42 GMT |
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In the first half of this month, Microsoft made available for download a new Community Technology Preview of the next iteration of its data platform. Following the release of SQL Server 2008 R2 November CTP, the Redmond company is now also offering additional resources, designed to work in tandem with the latest dev... |
25 November 2009
04:38 GMT |
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Yesterday, the U.S. Patent Office decided that Rambus' accusations against NVIDIA, according to which the latter had manufactured products that violated its patents, were groundless. Although, predictably, Rambus responded to this dismissal of accusations by stating that the patents were still “enforceable... |
25 November 2009
04:28 GMT |
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On the heels of the public testing milestone of Silverlight, Microsoft also made available for download a new release of Expression Blend, designed to allow developers to build content for the next generation of its alternative to Adobe Flash. Devs will be able to leverage Expression Blend Preview not just to create ... |
25 November 2009
04:23 GMT |
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Much has been said about how Mariah Carey always acts like a diva whose demands are at times too absurd even to consider, let alone fulfill, but each time, the singer herself took the time out to refute such reports. This doesn’t mean though that she doesn’t have ridiculous demands that she imposes on the... |
25 November 2009
04:21 GMT |
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Watching online video may seem a very different experience to watching TV but, at least with some content, the trends are very similar. Hulu, the US online video outfit centered on TV content, saw a massive jump in viewership and audience in October in tune with the new TV season and the addition of ABC shows. AdAge... |
25 November 2009
04:20 GMT |
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The Far Cry legacy started in 2004, and it was an amazing debut. The original installment in the series took place in an amazingly portrayed tropical island, with stunning graphics and beautiful lighting effects. The game put players in the boots of Jack Carver, an ex-U.S. Special Forces operative who's aloha sh... |
25 November 2009
04:11 GMT |
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For a long time, used by climate skeptics as a “clear indicator” that global warming is not men-made, East Antarctica has finally succumbed to global warming, experts announced. While, over the past few years, it has shown a cooling trend, as opposed to the Western parts of the continent, recent measureme... |
25 November 2009
04:04 GMT |
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Paradox Interactive and Nitro Games are announcing that they are planning to release an add-on for East India Company that is called Battle of Trafalgar. The new content will arrive on December 8, exclusively via digital download, for the price of 9.99 dollars. Players will have to own East India Company and have it ... |
25 November 2009
04:01 GMT |
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Earlier this month, you were able to read about a collaboration between Microsoft and Saks Fifth Avenue in order to bring Windows 7 RTM to the core of the holidays. The Redmond company and the New York City landmark of commerce have moved onward with their partnership and users will be able to see the results via th... |
25 November 2009
03:57 GMT |
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The latest graphics card from Zotac is, as the name implies, NVIDIA-based, and boasts 48 CUDA cores. The adapter has a core clock of 625MHz, a shader clock of 1360MHz, has 1GB of high-speed DDR2 memory and functions on a 129-bit memory interface. With these resources (including a memory clock of 800MHz), the device i... |
25 November 2009
03:56 GMT |
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As Microsoft is getting closer to the availability deadline for the ADO.NET Data Services, the company announced a major shift in its plans. In this context, Mike Flasko, Data Services, lead program manager, explained that the software giant decided to swap the ship vehicle for the services. The ADO.NET Data Services... |
25 November 2009
03:39 GMT |
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Rondo of Swords is a strategy role-playing video game that will allow one to partake in different quests and adventures of all types. The battle system brings interesting innovations through the "Route Maneuver System." This will have gamers set a specific route, after which they'll have to deal with the events ... |
25 November 2009
03:36 GMT |
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Experts at the University of Colorado in Boulder (UCB) propose a new model for how the earliest black holes formed. They say that their research has led them to believe that what are now the behemoths of the skies, keeping entire galaxies in their place, originally developed inside dense, star-like cocoons, which pre... |
25 November 2009
03:35 GMT |
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Yahoo doesn't really know whether it is a search company or not, but it's definitely not giving up entirely on this front. With all the focus on the interface and the way the search engine presents the answers, Yahoo has been steadily introducing new features and updates. Now the company has introduced an ... |
25 November 2009
03:35 GMT |
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Sunnyvale, California-based Advanced Micro Devices has announced today that it will be demonstrating its latest 3D graphics display technology, during the I/ITSEC event in Orlanda, Florida. According to the graphics chip maker, attendees at the aforementioned event, which will be held between November 30 and Decembe... |
25 November 2009
03:34 GMT |
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It seems that Maingear isn't the only one capable of putting together powerful gaming rigs. While the SHIFT definitely packs the ultimate performance and cooling options combined, it is only approachable by the high-end users. iBuyPower seems to want its own PC gaming product array to be more widespread, releasi... |
25 November 2009
03:30 GMT |
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Last week, Nintendo made a bold, new mode and introduced demo versions for Wii games, but, this week, it's back to its old shenanigans. Four new games have been added this week for download in the WiiWare section, and the first one is BIT.TRIP VOID. The retro rhythm title continues the trend of the previous inst... |
25 November 2009
03:30 GMT |
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Final Cut Server, Apple's server-based backend for managing Final Cut Pro files and workflow automation, has received a new update enhancing the compatibility, stability and over behavior of the software on the Mac. The update is recommended for all users of Final Cut Server 1.5, according to Apple.Final Cut Ser... |
25 November 2009
03:20 GMT |
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The series of leaked builds for Microsoft's Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system seems to be adding newer items, with the latest leak being Build 28004, reportedly part of the Windows Mobile 6.5.3 variant. Those of you who kept an eye over the leaked series of builds for the platform should know already that the... |
25 November 2009
03:20 GMT |
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The backlash against Adam Lambert for his edgy and highly controversial performance at this year’s American Music Awards has begun. ABC, the network that also aired the AMAs 2009 and which had booked Adam for an appearance on Good Morning America has backed out, saying the controversy was too much to have its a... |
25 November 2009
03:18 GMT |
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In the distinguished presence of Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond MP, MSP, the Orkney-based European Marine Energy Center (EMEC) recently saw the commissioning of the Oyster device, one of the first wave energy converting machines in the world to become fully operational. Developed by Aquamarine Power and ... |
25 November 2009
03:18 GMT |
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Come the start of 2010, Microsoft will be swapping chief financial officers. The Redmond company announced that Chris Liddell, the current CFO, will be leaving after December 31st, in order to pursue opportunities outside of Microsoft. At the same time, the software giant has already identified a replacement, namely ... |
25 November 2009
03:13 GMT |
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The Nintendo DSi LL has arrived on the Japanese market on November 22 and initial numbers suggest that the new hardware version is having an impact with customers, smaller than that of the Nintendo DSi but bigger than that of the Sony made PlayStation Portable Go. For the initial two days, the new console has moved 1... |
25 November 2009
03:11 GMT |
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According to the documentation posted online by Apple for iPhoto 8.1.1, the new update addresses issues affecting face recognition performance and accuracy. The Mac maker reveals that, in addition to these enhancements, the new release also resolves minor issues with book ordering and iPod touch support. The update i... |
25 November 2009
03:02 GMT |
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In a move that is bound to restrict people's privacy, as always, researchers have discovered a new way of implanting RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) chips into much more material and products than thought possible. Until now, only things that were made at temperatures of less than 100 degrees Celsius could... |
25 November 2009
02:59 GMT |
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When it comes down to helping customers embrace new technologies, Microsoft has made some rather laudable efforts, and the company is by no means showing any signs that it is ready to stop. Releases such as the Microsoft Application Virtualization solution are set up to streamline the adoption of new company products... |
25 November 2009
02:52 GMT |
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Although initially designed to render 3D computer-game scenes, graphics processing units have reached a stage where they are capable of high-speed computing tasks, even being able to take upon themselves part of the CPU's workload. To take advantage of this, the Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Research Or... |
25 November 2009
02:50 GMT |
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Scientists at the University of Minnesota announce the development of a new and unique computer model, designed to assist experts in reverting real streams to initial, healthier states. The program, which has been dubbed the Virtual StreamLab, demonstrates the physical of natural water flows with unprecedented realis... |
25 November 2009
02:46 GMT |
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Leading provider of mobile applications SPB Software announced on Tuesday the release of a new version of SPB Time, its best-selling Windows Mobile time toolset. According to the company, the new SPB Time 3.0 comes as a major update for the popular app and delivers a brand new, reconsidered user interface, as well a... |
25 November 2009
02:44 GMT |
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Driver: Parallel Lines is a videogame developed by Reflections Interactive Limited and published by Atari, Inc. The game was released for the PlayStation 2 home console from Sony, the original Xbox from Microsoft, the Nintendo Wii and the PC in March 2006. It is classed as a racing title played from a third person pe... |
25 November 2009
02:43 GMT |
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Google would love a world where everyone is online all the time. In fact, it's basing all of its strategies on this. We're not quite there yet, so, in the meantime, it's working on making its services available when offline. Gmail makes it possible to work offline with a Google Gears version of the ser... |
25 November 2009
02:42 GMT |
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“High School Musical” star and the idol of an entire generation of screaming female fans, Zac Efron, has had it with the goody two-shoes image he’s had onscreen so far, and is consequently setting his sights higher and, at the same time, in a different direction. For instance, his next role, if he h... |
25 November 2009
02:37 GMT |
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Until not many years ago, astronomers believed that auroras only form on our planet, from the interaction of solar winds with Earth's magnetic lines. With the advent of modern telescope technology, it became possible to construct devices that proved this to be false. It was shown that most planets which have mag... |
25 November 2009
02:32 GMT |
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Microsoft released the third major upgrade to Windows Home Server on November24th, 2009, living up to the promise of making available Power Pack 3 this week. Current users of Windows Home Server will have PP3 automatically served to them through Windows Update. Microsoft advices customers running older releases of i... |
25 November 2009
02:31 GMT |
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DRIV3R, which is also known as Driver 3, is a videogame created by Reflections Interactive and published by Atari. It was released for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony, the original Xbox from Microsoft, the Game Boy, the PC (a Game Cube version was also in production but got canceled). The game was also later port... |
25 November 2009
02:15 GMT |
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In a dramatic face-off between environmentalists and physicists, the construction of the India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) under the Nilgiri hills at Singara was not approved. Authorities determined that the endangered elephants which have set up their habitat in the area are simply too valuable to allow for the... |
25 November 2009
01:58 GMT |
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In a recently released report, the Pew Research Center shows that, in order to mitigate the effects that the poor state of the economy is having on their budgets, more and more young adults choose to return home, and live with their parents. While this may not necessarily be their primary choice, it is also the only ... |
25 November 2009
01:33 GMT |
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