195 articles found
Critics and fans love it just the same but, come to think of it, “Breaking Bad” is a show that’s very hard to pin down in one category or another. The illustration above will surely help you on this one.
Say you’re ever in a situation in which you want to describe “Breaking Bad” ... |
26 September 2012
23:41 GMT |
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We reported here on the strange ultra-wide (UW) monitors from Philips and it seems like the trend is gaining some impulse from DELL too as the American computer maker is getting ready to launch its own UW 29-incher. The ultra-wide monitors have a very strange format, but the display companies have found the cinema s... |
26 September 2012
21:41 GMT |
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HBO’s “Game of Thrones” is, without a doubt, one of the awesomest, most appreciated series now airing. Above is a pic to help you best describe your favorite TV show to different people.
Coming from College Humor, the photo takes into consideration various possible situations like talking to your p... |
26 September 2012
21:31 GMT |
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We reported here on AMD’s investment in a cloud gaming company and now Nvidia seems to be getting ready to dive into this interesting and less known field. The California-based fabless GPU designer might also be a bit upset that none of the next generation game consoles will integrate their chips. The assum... |
26 September 2012
20:21 GMT |
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If you thought Kelly Osbourne’s black diamond manicure at the Emmy Awards 2012 was over the top, know that it was nothing compared to the world’s most expensive dress, which costs a staggering £3.5 million ($5.6 / €4.3 million).
Never has the saying “diamonds are a girl’s best frie... |
26 September 2012
20:11 GMT |
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Two of the core developers, Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka, working on the Mario franchise at Nintendo have answered a number of questions about the series, including one about the surname of the main character.The full name of the main character is Mario Mario, based on a movie that launched in 1993, but Shiger... |
26 September 2012
19:51 GMT |
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Well-known computer memory and storage manufacturer Transcend has just launched two new flash drive series that feature impressive capacities and high transfer rates. The new thumb drives are using the new USB 3.0 connection technology and thus are able to deliver high speeds. The official names for the two series a... |
26 September 2012
19:01 GMT |
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Regie Fils-Aime, who is the president of Nintendo of America, has revealed that his company might add more titles to the launch window of the upcoming Wii U home console in order to attract more players. Speaking with IGN, the executive states that some gamers are complaining that the launch window for the Wii U is ... |
26 September 2012
18:51 GMT |
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Search engine giant Google has incremented two of its iOS offerings, bringing Voice to version 1.4.2 on the iPhone, and Catalogs to version 1.3.5 on the iPad.
The Voice app, which lets you send free text messages to US phones and make international calls at low rates, now allows users to start a new text right from ... |
26 September 2012
18:41 GMT |
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Bethesda and Arkane Studios have started releasing a three-part prequel series for their upcoming Dishonored game, showing off the history of the city of Dunwall through a distinct hand-animated style.
Dishonored is set to deliver an intense stealth experience with steampunk and supernatural elements sprinkled heavi... |
26 September 2012
18:31 GMT |
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According to reports, when the Stuxnet virus infected Iranian nuclear facilities back in 2010, part of the malware’s payload was designed to turn on computers and have them play AC/DC’s Thunderstruck.
This inspired experts from the security firm Solutionary to make a list of best musical malware payload... |
26 September 2012
18:21 GMT |
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HTC Desire X, a mid-range Android-based smartphone from the Taiwanese mobile phone maker, is expected to become available for purchase in Australia soon, on the Optus’ network.
The wireless carrier has already confirmed that, announcing an exclusivity on the device, and price tags ranging from $0 on Optus&rsq... |
26 September 2012
17:51 GMT |
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The demo for XCOM: Enemy Unknown is now out via Steam, which means any player can check out how the game works, but the development team is still eager to talk about the way the game creates emotion and tension ahead of the full launch.
Jake Solomon, who is the leading designer working on XCOM: Enemy Unknown, says t... |
26 September 2012
17:31 GMT |
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The GNOME Project proudly announced a few minutes ago, September 26th, that the highly anticipated GNOME 3.6 desktop environment has been finalised and that it is ready to be implemented in any GNOME-based Linux distribution. As expected, GNOME 3.6 is finally here, and it comes with a great number of enhancements, ... |
26 September 2012
17:15 GMT |
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If you have external storage connected to your iMac, or a Mac mini sitting on the desk next to your Thunderbolt Display, Twelvesouth would like you to check out their new HiRise accessory.
Designed with the iMac in mind, but just as suitable for Cinema / Thunderbolt Displays, the HiRise is an all-in-one accessory fo... |
26 September 2012
17:11 GMT |
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Far Cry 3 may have been delayed until the beginning of December but Ubisoft has still decided to post the minimum, recommended, and high performance system requirements for its upcoming first-person shooter.
Far Cry 3 continues the tradition of stunning visual quality set up by its predecessors, taking players back ... |
26 September 2012
17:11 GMT |
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Givenchy model Lea T, who stunned the world last year when she became one of the few pre-op models in the industry – and every designer’s dream model –, is making another step in her high fashion career, closing the Philipp Plein show in Italy.
Modeling at the Milan Fashion Week is a dream for eve... |
26 September 2012
17:01 GMT |
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Intel is getting ready with the new 335 SSD series that will enter the market after the winter holidays, but the company is also preparing the next-generation Villa Crest series, slated for a Q2 2013 launch. Moving to the 20nm manufacturing node will reportedly make Intel’s new NAND flash cells a bit denser th... |
26 September 2012
16:41 GMT |
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Ryozo Tsujimoto, a producer at Capcom, has revealed how the upcoming Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate will handle online play between the Nintendo 3DS handheld and the upcoming Wii U home console.
It seems that those playing on the mobile device will have to download a free application that will allow them to get saved dat... |
26 September 2012
16:31 GMT |
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Microsoft is still a few weeks away from officially launching the Windows Phone 8 platform, yet some more info on what it would have to offer to its users is now available, courtesy of the pre-release SDK that was provided to some developers not too long ago. A video walkthrough with the SDK and the included emulat... |
26 September 2012
16:31 GMT |
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There are many means of storing data nowadays, but few of them can claim to have almost unlimited staying power, and the ones that do aren't commercially available anyway.
What Hitachi has to show isn't commercially available either, but it is a concept that has very high odds of catching on.
After all, ... |
26 September 2012
16:11 GMT |
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A new eye-tracking study by Tobii Technology and Mediative reveals that the leaderboard banner ad remains the most visible and effective way to reach consumers online, regardless of the device used to display it. In fact, in some instances, the iPad beats desktop computers.
Titled “The Effectiveness of Display... |
26 September 2012
15:51 GMT |
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Christina Aguilera continues to tease her highly anticipated official video for “Your Body,” the leading single off “Lotus,” her brand new album. Above is a second teaser video just released.
The first short preview emerged online a week or so ago.
“Your Body” drops on September... |
26 September 2012
15:41 GMT |
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A brand new behind-the-scenes video has just been released for the upcoming Forza Horizon racing title, showing off the work done by the developers at Playground Games to recreate the famous driving roads of Colorado.
Forza Horizon takes the classic Forza Motorsport experience and adds a variety of new features, lik... |
26 September 2012
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Most internauts will generally agree that “404 error” pages are not something they want to stumble upon too often. Even more users will probably agree that these webpages are boring. So why not put them to good use?
Missing Children Europe (MCE) has teamed up with Child Focus to launch a new project call... |
26 September 2012
15:21 GMT |
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Despite the coming launch of the Wii U home console, hardware maker Nintendo is still investing in the older Wii and plans to keep it relevant for another few years, with millions more players expected to buy the device.Regie Fils-Aime, the president of Nintendo of America, states, “The broad marketing for the ... |
26 September 2012
15:01 GMT |
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“I love Mohammed” is the message written in ten languages on websites defaced by the newly formed Arab Electronic Army hacker collective. The crew was established with the purpose of defending “Allah’s prophet.”
One of the members has told Al Arabiya that the group is formed of ind... |
26 September 2012
14:51 GMT |
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This week, Bristol Palin has made her spectacular return on the dancefloor of ABC’s Dancing With the Stars, the All-Star edition, wowing judges with her improved routine and viewers at home with her amazing, new, slimmer figure.
Speaking with Us Magazine backstage, Bristol explained that she did not even make... |
26 September 2012
14:41 GMT |
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Samsung’s Galaxy smartphones have been recently said to be vulnerable to a specific exploit that could result in the entire device being wiped clean from the browser through the use of a USSD code.
However, it appears that Samsung was actually capable of patching the USSD exploit, and that most of its Galaxy ... |
26 September 2012
14:31 GMT |
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Traditional Nvidia add in board (AIB) video card manufacturing partner Club3D has just launched a new Kepler video card that belongs to the low end. The new card is powered by a modest GK107 28nm GPU, but sports an impressive 4 GB of video memory.
The company has built the card in a handy low-profile format, but unf... |
26 September 2012
14:21 GMT |
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Robot Entertainment has confirmed a brand new downloadable content pack for Orcs Must Die 2, in the form of the Family Ties one, which brings a new enemy, new levels, as well as new weapons and trinkets. Orcs Must Die 2 came out this summer and quickly impressed lots of PC gamers with its top notch action tower defe... |
26 September 2012
14:21 GMT |
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Considering that the quest to completely reset the Apple patent war can very well end in failure, Samsung is drawing up all possible contingencies.
The Korea Times has the latest update on the matter. In order to counterattack with the greatest possible force, the corporation intends to meet with Google Executive C... |
26 September 2012
14:11 GMT |
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A number of Apple customers upgrading to the new iOS 6 have found themselves in a world of hurt after discovering that they could no longer rely on the phone’s built-in mapping service as they did before.
While the percentage of users relying on iOS Maps is certainly not very high, such a key element of the op... |
26 September 2012
14:01 GMT |
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Electronic Arts and Criterion Games have posted a brand new trailer for their upcoming Need for Speed: Most Wanted racing game, this time with plenty of new gameplay that even shows off the seamless switching of cars in the middle of a police chase.
Need for Speed: Most Wanted reimagined the cult classic racing game... |
26 September 2012
13:51 GMT |
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Lady Gaga is all about empowering youths, so her latest campaign doesn’t really come as a surprise. What does though is the fact that she’s willing to reveal even more about herself, in a bid to become even more relatable for her fans.
On her official LittleMonsters page, Gaga has posted a series of pho... |
26 September 2012
13:51 GMT |
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Today, mobile phone carrier Boost Mobile has officially announced the upcoming availability of LG’s Venice on its network, with the Optimus 3.0 interface loaded on it.
The handset packs a 4.3-inch screen, along with a 1GHz application processor inside, and a 5-megapixel photo snapper on the back, capable of r... |
26 September 2012
13:41 GMT |
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Mac security expert Intego has some good news for iDevice owners concerned about malware. The company has introduced a new version of Intego VirusBarrier iOS that sports new features, a more intuitive user interface, and a new one-time price of $0.99.
VirusBarrier iOS 1.4 improves usability by allowing users to view... |
26 September 2012
13:31 GMT |
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Following the unveiling of new features and capabilities of the upcoming BlackBerry 10 platform, Canadian handset vendor Research In Motion also announced the availability of updated developer tools for those interested in building applications for the OS.
Among them, we can count the third beta flavor of the Black... |
26 September 2012
13:31 GMT |
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Cryptic, the creator of the MMO Star Trek Online, believes that reviews for MMOs are inadequate and that aggregator Metacritic should find a better way of reflecting the way titles in the genre evolve over time.
Dan Stahl, who is a producer at Cryptic, has stated, “In my opinion, the whole game rating business... |
26 September 2012
13:01 GMT |
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BioWare has promised that more downloadable content will be released for Mass Effect 3 and it seems that the first details and the actual release periods for all these add-ons have just been leaked on the web, thanks to an anonymous source.
Mass Effect 3 was launched back in March and, since then, developer BioWare ... |
26 September 2012
12:21 GMT |
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22-year-old Colby Ellis got severely injured in a tree climbing incident in the Nantahala Gorge in North Carolina.
Colby was employed as a tour guide, giving zip line tours at the Nantahala Gorge Canopy tours company. The day of the accident, Ellis was hiking in the area after work when he saw vines going up a tree ... |
26 September 2012
12:11 GMT |
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Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia is getting ready for the launch of its first Windows Phone 8 devices, and it is already hinting at the fact that the release date is near.
The company has put both of the newly unveiled Nokia Lumia 920 and Lumia 820 on coming soon pages on its websites for the United States and Indi... |
26 September 2012
12:01 GMT |
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WP Database Cleaner is one of those WordPress plugins that don’t really impress you that much when you first come across it, but after a few months or years it will become one of your all-time favorites.
As time goes on and the admin installs new plugins and themes, as editors create new content and as spam bo... |
26 September 2012
12:01 GMT |
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On September 25th, in a security notice Canonical published details about a few Ruby and RubyGems vulnerabilities for its Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) operating system. These are the three vulnerabilities found in the Ruby and RubyGems for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: CVE-2011-1005, CVE-2012-2126, and CVE-2012-3430. As... |
26 September 2012
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The campaign office in Staten Island of the Republican Congressman Michael Grimm has been vandalized, the computer hard drives were erased, and a Linux operating system was installed.
According to nbcnewyork.com, Republican Michael Grimm is currently running for reelection against Democrat Matt Murphy. Grimm think... |
26 September 2012
11:49 GMT |
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Well-known electronics manufacturer, Japanese company Pioneer has just launched two new Blu-ray writer units that have a special archiving function. The units are able to use a special type of Blu-ray disc that is guaranteed to ensure the data for over 50 years. There are serious problems with archiving data thes... |
26 September 2012
11:41 GMT |
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Memory cards can cost a lot, especially if their storage capacity is large, not to mention if the data read and write speeds are high. Kingston has decided to make a series that doesn't completely drain one's finances though.
The company didn't actually give out any prices, but it did describe the ne... |
26 September 2012
11:31 GMT |
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Over the past year or so, many have showed increased skepticism regarding the success of Microsoft’s new operating system, Windows 8, which steps away from the traditional platform releases that we’ve seen from the Redmond-based software giant before.
Windows 8 indeed represents a new approach to user e... |
26 September 2012
11:23 GMT |
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Out of all online storage services available these days, the easiest-to-use ones are also the most successful, despite the fact that alternatives may be offering a wider range of features. Jotta Online Backup is simple and provides 5GB of free storage on their servers from the get go.
The client linking you with the... |
26 September 2012
11:21 GMT |
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This amazing video shows a rather rare sight – that of a dolphin mother giving birth to her calf. The clip was filmed at Dolphin Quest Hawaii, on Monday, September 17, and was shot by Mike Peterson.
The newly born female calf is healthy, says the team that takes care of both her and her mother. It now remains ... |
26 September 2012
11:14 GMT |
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Users with low-end hardware might want to disable GTK animations on their systems in order get a performance boost, or because they just don't like them.
It's not uncommon for people to want a performance increase by disabling some features they find to be useless, in their operating system. The following... |
26 September 2012
11:12 GMT |
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Marco Arment’s popular offline reading app, Instapaper, is getting better on iOS 6 with a few bug fixes, as well as a new accessibility font that the developer himself recommends not just to the visually impaired, but to everyone.
Instapaper version 4.2.6 brings iOS 6 bug fixes, including some for email compos... |
26 September 2012
11:01 GMT |
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Apple and Foxconn representatives are said to have engaged in talks with a Japanese company specializing in carbon fiber materials to source some parts for an unknown product.
A source told Japanese blog Macotakara that Apple and Foxconn initially approached the unnamed carbon fiber maker for a sampling of materials... |
26 September 2012
10:57 GMT |
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Know as the Belgian Blue, this particular breed of cattle comes from Belgium, as their name more than thoroughly suggests.
Needless to explain, such specimens are by no means a result of natural selection and of bulls and cows being allowed to mate as they wished.
Quite the contrary: scientists have worked long a... |
26 September 2012
10:55 GMT |
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Tumors affecting the human voice box (larynx) can now be safely extracted through the mouth via robotic surgery, say researchers at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Head and neck cancer surgeons with the research team say that the transoral robotic surgery method is very effective against cance... |
26 September 2012
10:50 GMT |
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Kylie Minogue is switching it up: after the release of the playful video for the dance track “Timebomb,” she’s slowing things down a bit for her new single, “Flower.”
Above is the official video in full.
Directed by Kylie herself, the clip sees the stunning, 44-year-old Australian sin... |
26 September 2012
10:48 GMT |
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The tower defense genre has always been seen as the realm of the casual gamer, a bite-sized experience that appeals to those who are looking for simple mechanics, an almost non-existent story and colorful graphics. Shad’O, a tower defense title created by Okugi Studios and available on the PC via Valve’s... |
26 September 2012
10:41 GMT |
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AMD has just released and new Catalyst software pack. This one is called AMD Catalyst 12.9 CAP 1 and “CAP” is short for “Catalyst Application Profiles” that bring improved performance and scalability for CrossFire users.
This is not the final Catalyst 12.9 driver release as this update mainly... |
26 September 2012
10:41 GMT |
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An international team of researchers discovered in a new study that different parts of the human brain can evolve independently of each other. This conclusion could go a long way towards improving our understanding of the brain, the group explains.
Working together with colleagues in the United States, investigator... |
26 September 2012
10:36 GMT |
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Most people don't have a reason to care about data centers, the so-called “server farms” responsible for the continued availability of all the world's websites, but that shouldn't stop them from taking a look at the new cooling technology designed for them.
Cooling is one of the things th... |
26 September 2012
10:34 GMT |
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So, you've finally decided to get a new computer and went for the new AMD-based boards loaded with the Accelerated Processing Units (APU) but are somehow sad because they can't be “meddled with?” Well, the newest AMD OverDrive Utility, now version 4.2.3, supports the new processors!
Besides all... |
26 September 2012
10:33 GMT |
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Linus Torvalds is a man who speaks his mind and is not afraid to say things that could upset people. His latest target practice was Mitt Romney, Republican presidential candidate. According to latimes.com, Mitt Romney went on record, speaking at a fundraiser in California, “When you have a fire in an aircraft... |
26 September 2012
10:29 GMT |
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Just a few days ago, an 86-year-old woman had her home broken into while she was at church. The incident occurred in the village of Stoke Prior, West Midlands.
Finding herself alone at home, the woman's 8-year-old border collie, named Kiri, saw fit to take care of business and tried to stop the burglars on her... |
26 September 2012
10:29 GMT |
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Megan Stammers' friends have found her bucket list posted on her Tumblr profile, “meganneversleeps.” The teenager has posted 50 wishes and has already written some off. Falling in love, going to Hollywood and having a song written about her had been scratched off the bucket list, the Daily Mail repo... |
26 September 2012
10:18 GMT |
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Here's the latest news in the AMD-powered gaming world: new CrossFireX profiles are now ready for download in the shape of the AMD Catalyst Application Profiles 12.9 CAP 1.
The new profiles come in an .exe file so installing them is a really easy task. The new software addresses DX9 and DX11 systems and brings ... |
26 September 2012
10:14 GMT |
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Microsoft has made a nice range of improvements to its Outlook application in the new Office 2013 suite, including some that affect users’ experience with the Message List.
This is the list that displays all messages that have been received in Outlook and, the same as other aspects of the 2013 flavor of the a... |
26 September 2012
10:14 GMT |
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The team behind the Humble Indie Bundle 6 has just confirmed that four more games have been added to the already impressive deal, in the form of Bit.Trip Runner, Gratuitous Space Battles, Jamestown, and Wizorb, which join the existing six ones.
The Humble Bundle team has kept on releasing plenty of impressive deals ... |
26 September 2012
10:11 GMT |
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The OMAP range of ARM-based processors from Texas Instruments is quite widely used in tablets and smartphones, which makes it strange that the company will decide to stop relying on that business arm.
Still, even if arguably odd, TI has decided to shift focus from the OMAP mobile processor series to embedded system-... |
26 September 2012
10:10 GMT |
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During a scientific expedition that focused on submarine canyons located off the northeastern coast of the United States, experts from the Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) and the National Ocean Service (NOS) Biogeography Branch discovered new, healthy coral and sponge hot spots.
This is the first time in... |
26 September 2012
10:09 GMT |
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It’s not news that many Anonymous hacktivists are against extremists, on many occasions attacking their websites and leaking information from them. After learning that the Greek neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party established an office in New York City, the hackers almost immediately went to work.
The members of the Go... |
26 September 2012
10:08 GMT |
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During this year's Seattle Design Festival, greenheads and artists looking to prove their worth were asked to come up with a piece of urban furniture manufactured by putting together a sheet of plywood, some textile material, four pieces of common size dimensional lumber and one item found in an used building su... |
26 September 2012
10:06 GMT |
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Afraid you had to get rid of your older AMD-powered graphic cards just to get the chance to run Windows 8?
Not ready to fork out more money on modern video technology and thinking you had to change your entire computer? Well, sob no more, as Catalyst drivers for Windows 8 supporting older cards are ready once more.
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26 September 2012
10:00 GMT |
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The season finale of TLC’s new hit reality series, “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo,” a spinoff of sorts of “Toddlers and Tiaras,” will offer yet another look at the life of Alana Thompson and her colorful (for lack of a better word) family.
Below is the new video released by the network to p... |
26 September 2012
09:59 GMT |
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It appears that phishing scams weren’t the only thing Discover Bank customers were supposed to look out for in the past period. The company was found to use deceptive telemarketing sales tactics to trick cardholders into paying for various services.
The US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the C... |
26 September 2012
09:47 GMT |
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The Alpha 24 Super Stock all-in-one personal computer is described by Maingear's CEO Wallace Santos as the proof that people don't need to sacrifice anything when choosing an all-in-one over a standard desktop PC.
The so-called disadvantages that all-in-one systems have compared to desktops are multiple: ... |
26 September 2012
09:46 GMT |
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A pack of wolves presently inhabiting the forests in northern Washington is to soon be killed by authorities, following complaints that the animals got into the habit of hunting the cattle one farmer had been allowed to graze on public land.
Although gray wolves in the US have just recently escaped extinction, foll... |
26 September 2012
09:44 GMT |
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Officials at the European Space Agency (ESA) say that data from their flagship Earth-observing satellite, Envisat, are now being used to investigate landslides that occur in Switzerland. This is possible thanks to the advanced radar instrument on the spacecraft.
Scientific tools such as this one are capable of detec... |
26 September 2012
09:44 GMT |
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Jeremy Paxton chose to use a Jet Pack to travel 40 miles (65 km) along the Thames to work. The water-powered gadget propels him 30ft (9m) in the air, and can reach speeds of 25mph (40 kph). The 51-year-old man works at the Lower Mill Estate in the Cotswolds, and resides on a boathouse in Marpledurham, near Reading. ... |
26 September 2012
09:43 GMT |
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Elisabeth Hasselbeck of The View is often described as annoying, infuriating, unbearable. She can now add Conan O’Brien to the long list of people who find her such a terrible bore.
The other day, President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama stopped by on The View for a brief interview.
As Conan put... |
26 September 2012
09:42 GMT |
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Ubuntu 12.10 will face some tough criticism if the problems with Unity lenses are not resolved before launch. A developer from Canonical wants to implement a solution that should allow users to disable the lens network access. Didier Roche, developer at Canonical, has posted in his Google+ profile a possible solut... |
26 September 2012
09:37 GMT |
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One month from now, the first Windows 8-powered devices will become available for purchase, and Microsoft is working hard on making sure that there are enough applications for its users to enjoy on the platform.
Built specifically for the new platform, these apps will be available for purchase and download through ... |
26 September 2012
09:36 GMT |
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Sources close to Apple and Google commenting on the Maps issue surrounding iOS 6 have revealed that the Cupertino company had one year left in its agreement with the Mountain View company to support Google Maps in its mobile operating system.
Citing two independent sources familiar with the matter, The Verge reports... |
26 September 2012
09:31 GMT |
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Authorities in Malaysia are doing everything in their power to put an end to illegal online gambling. In the past period, they seized a total of 4,194 computers on which gambling software had been installed.
According to NewStraitsTimes, Kota Setar district police representatives say that such crimes have tripled in... |
26 September 2012
09:31 GMT |
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The leader of developer Blizzard has admitted that the launch of Diablo III, the action role-playing game that the company delivered earlier during 2012, was less smooth than he would have liked but blamed many of the problems on how well the game sold.
Mike Morhaime, the president and one of the co-founders of Bliz... |
26 September 2012
09:23 GMT |
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The Cinema Camera is fairly unusual in looks, something that Blackmagic Design is banking on when shipping it.
Unfortunately, the company will have to wait quite a while before it gets the chance to see if its hopes are rewarded.
A problem involving blemishes on the camera sensor prevented the product from shipping... |
26 September 2012
09:22 GMT |
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Thermaltake has just announced two new power supply units (PSU) that are part of its well-known Toughpower Grand series and come with impressive 93% efficiency. The new devices feature a single, massive 12V rail and have a nice white casing.
The most powerful of the two units launched today is the Thermaltake Toughp... |
26 September 2012
09:21 GMT |
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We already presented you one polar bear that wished to outshine John Travolta in his younger years by putting on quite a show.
The time has now come to emphasize that, besides being spectacular ice dancers and amazing predators, polar bears are also incredibly gifted when it comes to doing absolutely nothing.
Tru... |
26 September 2012
09:14 GMT |
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NatWest customers are advised to be cautious in case they receive an email entitled “Customer Satisfaction Survey” as it is part of a cybercriminal campaign, likely operated by Chinese cybercriminals.
“You have been selected to access the NatWest Survey and win a 100 Pounds gift certificate. Please... |
26 September 2012
09:08 GMT |
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A team of investigators from the United Kingdom recently conducted a small study on the efficiency of depression treatments, and determined that simple blood tests could potentially be very useful.
They say that certain biomarkers in the blood stream could be used as indicators on what type of medication or therapy ... |
26 September 2012
08:56 GMT |
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As promised a couple of days ago, Rihanna has been working on new music all this time we thought she was taking a year off recording. Her first single off her upcoming, untitled (as of yet) album, “Diamonds,” is now out. Check it out in full below. Described by the singer herself as “hippy and h... |
26 September 2012
08:55 GMT |
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With the release of Windows 8 drawing near, Microsoft is making the final preparations for the release of new services that will go along with the platform.
One of them has been long rumored to be Xbox Music, which is reportedly set to completely replace the Zune service from the company.
Microsoft hasn’t p... |
26 September 2012
08:54 GMT |
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We knew that Sharp was going to fire a part of its workforce, but the numbers we saw in the past, while high, do not even hold a candle to the figure revealed in a leaked memo.
The memo made its way into the hands of the people at Japanese news organization Kyodo News, and contains information about another curious... |
26 September 2012
08:54 GMT |
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Skeptics stand to argue that PETA's past attempts to rid grown-ups of the habit of eating meat have for the most part proved to be futile.
The organization is also probably well aware of this situation, hence its decision to deal with this problem while future meat-eaters are still young.
More precisely, the... |
26 September 2012
08:53 GMT |
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Google has released Chrome 22 and besides the usual feature improvements, the new variant also comes with over 40 security fixes.
The large number of vulnerabilities means that there have been large rewards given on this occasion. In fact, Google broke its previous record of $26,500 (21,000 EUR) and handed out a wh... |
26 September 2012
08:51 GMT |
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Lt. Ariana Klay is one of the alleged victims of the repeated rapes. She stated she had been ridiculed by commanding officers after complaining about the rapes, and their attackers suffered no punishment.
The incidents were reported at the Washington, D.C. Marine base. All the women filing charges claim to having be... |
26 September 2012
08:49 GMT |
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Linus Torvalds participated in an interesting panel, with Linux kernel maintainers Greg Kroah-Hartman, Sarah Sharp and Ted Ts'o, and reached some interesting conclusions. The panel gathered at LinuxCon North America 2012, under the auspices of The Linux Foundation, in a discussion moderated by James Bottomley. ... |
26 September 2012
08:42 GMT |
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Since the first installment in 2009, the “Paranormal Activity” franchise has been gaining lots of ground in terms of popularity and bankability, while losing very little of that which made it so special the first time around.
With a fourth film practically around the corner, fans are bracing themselves ... |
26 September 2012
08:38 GMT |
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You probably already know that Ke$ha just debuted a new song on the radio.
However, it might have escaped your notice that both this new tune and her new album are in fact the result of the singer's experiencing quite the number of personal revelations.
Apparently, what urged Ke$ha to make her new album soun... |
26 September 2012
08:37 GMT |
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The development team behind Just Cause 2, the open-world action game which impressed with its freedom and its complex game world, has revealed that it is aiming to become the best studio when it comes to open-world game on the next generation of home consoles. Christofer Sundberg, the leader of the Avalanche Studios... |
26 September 2012
08:30 GMT |
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The beautiful gas cloud Sharpless 2-292, informally known as the Seagull Nebula, appears in all of its splendor in this new image produced by the MPG/ESO 2.2-meter telescope's Wide Field Imager (WFI).
The instrument is located at the La Silla Observatory, which the European Southern Observatory (ESO) operates i... |
26 September 2012
08:27 GMT |
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The development team at EA Sports has revealed that their FIFA 13 football simulation has hit 1 million in pre-orders just before launch and that more than 4.6 million players have downloaded the official demo on the PC, the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360.
That’s an increase of about 42 percent over last year ... |
26 September 2012
08:26 GMT |
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Fabless CPU and GPU designer, Texas-based company AMD is getting ready to launch its new “Trinity” APUs and this will likely happen in the following week, but apparently an online store already has the new chips in stock.
The new series have reportedly been spotted in Russia and the pricing is quite low ... |
26 September 2012
08:21 GMT |
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Now that we’ve established that creativity in Hollywood has reached alarmingly low levels, we might as well admit that there are some sequels or remakes that we’re getting psyched about. “The Mummy” could be one of them.
The late ‘90s franchise with Brendan Fraser is officially dead so... |
26 September 2012
08:20 GMT |
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Research and Markets has released a white-paper featuring a lowdown of the suppliers Apple has lined up for the rumored iPad mini, as well as estimates on the number of units Apple will push by year’s end. Laura Wood, senior manager at Research and Markets, says her firm anticipates overall 7.85 iPad mini prod... |
26 September 2012
08:13 GMT |
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Justin Bieber is now promoting his upcoming live tour, in support of the “Believe” album and, as it so happens, few are the shows that can offer more exposure than Dancing With the Stars.
On the latest DWTS show, the All-Star edition, Justin performed his brand new single, “As Long As You Love Me,... |
26 September 2012
08:04 GMT |
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The Mormon Bachelor has been posted on YouTube for a while, and it's now wrapping up its fourth season. Just like the Bachelor, the show documents speed dating, with the twist of having all the participants play by Mormon relationship guidelines. Mormon men and women remain virgins until the day they marry. The... |
26 September 2012
08:02 GMT |
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It has not been long since we reported on Argentina's plans to start killing quite a lot of seagulls on a yearly basis, supposedly in order to help protect the whales that come to feed and give birth close to its coastal areas.
Back then, we explained that, although whales are notably bigger than seagulls, the... |
26 September 2012
08:01 GMT |
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Officials with the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announce that one of the most important weather satellites covering the eastern seaboard of the United States has failed.
After behaving erratically for days, and sending back scrambled data, the spacecraft was finally shut down, representa... |
26 September 2012
08:00 GMT |
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There are 675,000 applications available in the Google Play Store at the moment for the owners of Android-based devices to enjoy. Offering a wide range of functionality and features to personalize the mobile experience, these apps appear to appeal a lot to users. According to Google, its app store has managed to t... |
26 September 2012
07:53 GMT |
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Simon Cowell may be mocked for his moobs and his love of low-cut tees, but he remains a ladies’ man at heart. He’s recently charmed his way into the arms of stunner Carmen Electra, it has emerged.
The X Factor meanie and the former “Baywatch” beauty met when Cowell was looking for judges on ... |
26 September 2012
07:49 GMT |
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Telvent Canada Ltd, an organization that’s actively involved in providing software and services for the remote administration of energy industry systems, claims that a group of hackers breached its systems, planted malicious software, and stole trade secrets.
After investigating the incident, experts have conc... |
26 September 2012
07:46 GMT |
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ArtistX 1.3, a Ubuntu-based distribution that aims to enable artists and creators from a number of fields to work via a live and free environment, was released a few days ago. ArtistX 1.3 is based on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and contains most of the available free audio, 2D and 3D graphics, and video software for the GNU/Li... |
26 September 2012
07:45 GMT |
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After conducting a thorough teardown of Apple’s latest iPhone, research company IHS iSuppli concluded that it is the most complicated model yet created by the Cupertino mammoth. The most interesting part is the antenna arrangement, said IHS.
For the first time since the original iPhone was introduced, Apple no... |
26 September 2012
07:31 GMT |
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Mozilla has snatched John Bernard, marketing manager for Canonical's OEM department, and he will be responsible for the marketing aspects of the upcoming Firefox OS.
John Bernard has worked in the past three years at Canonical, and before that at Sony Ericsson and LG UK. The move seems to a be a pretty sudden o... |
26 September 2012
07:24 GMT |
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Only a few days back, a giraffe somehow managed to escape from an Italian circus that was camping in the city of Imola.
Although nobody can presently say for sure whether this incident was due to human negligence or not, the fact remains that both local authorities and some of the staff working with the Rinaldo Orf... |
26 September 2012
07:24 GMT |
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Well-known computer peripherals company LaCie has just announced the availability of a new series of external storage devices that feature two of the fastest connection technologies. The new drives come in a shock protective case and have both, ThunderBolt and USB 3.0 connectors. The company offers the rugged drives... |
26 September 2012
07:21 GMT |
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Spain’s citizens are protesting these days against the government’s austerity plans. Anonymous hackers joined the protests, their first target being the official website of the country’s National Police (policia.es).
“Anonymous sends its solidarity to our brothers and sisters in Spain who at... |
26 September 2012
07:09 GMT |
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Pamela Anderson was determined to make her stint on the 15th season of Dancing With the Stars, the All-Stars edition, as long and memorable as possible. Unfortunately, she was the first to be sent home in last night’s eliminations round.
After coming at the bottom of the judges leader score the previous night,... |
26 September 2012
07:09 GMT |
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The popular GoodReader app on iOS now makes Windows file sharing easier with SMB support, Good.iWare Ltd. has announced. The document reading solution also adds support for the iPhone 5’s big screen.
“GoodReader has earned its accolades by the way it handles huge PDF and TXT files, manuals, large books, ... |
26 September 2012
06:41 GMT |
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Update 1.05 brings an array of new features to Diablo 3 and, according to some clever fans, it also sets the stage for the long-awaited patch 1.1., which is set to bring the much-promised Player-versus-Player competitive mode to the dungeon crawling RPG.
Diablo 3 has received a variety of patches since its release i... |
26 September 2012
06:31 GMT |
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JEDEC is an international organization that encompasses many memory chip manufacturers, module manufacturers and other technology companies. The organization develops and sets the standard specification in the DRAM memory field, and now it has officially launched the DDR4 standard. This means that now DDR4 mainboa... |
26 September 2012
06:31 GMT |
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Together with the release of Chrome 22 stable, Google also updated the dev channel for the browser. The new dev revision is 23.0.1271.6 and it is available for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome Frame.
It does not introduce any new features, but it continues fixing existing bugs and brings to the table an updated V8 en... |
26 September 2012
06:21 GMT |
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As a result of the global push towards sustainable development, several new building standards have emerged over the past few years. Most of them have to do with reducing the ecological footprint of various construction projects by cutting down on electricity consumption and by allowing better management of other ... |
26 September 2012
06:21 GMT |
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CrunchBang, a Linux distribution based on Debian and powered by the lightweight Openbox window manager, designed especially for low-end machines, is now at version 11 R20120924. CrunchBang 11 R20120924 distribution, codenamed "Waldorf," is based on Wheezy sources, which is the testing branch of Debian. This means th... |
26 September 2012
06:04 GMT |
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Adam Gowdiak, the CEO of Polish firm Security Explorations, reveals that Oracle has confirmed the existence of the sandbox bypass vulnerability which affects all versions of Java SE. The flaw has been found by the company just in time for Oracle’s JavaOne 2012 conference.
Oracle assigned the issue with a trac... |
26 September 2012
06:02 GMT |
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The newest version for TightVNC Java Viewer is 2.6. There aren’t too many modifications available in this revision, but they definitely contribute to increasing the functionality of the application.
TightVNC Java Viewer 2.6 can remember the connections initiated. The new feature can save per host connection op... |
26 September 2012
06:01 GMT |
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A comet whose discovery was announced on Monday, September 24, by Russian astronomers Vitali Nevski and Artyom Novichonok, may pass very close to Earth in late 2013. The object may even be visible to the naked eye in the daytime, albeit for only a brief period. The two astronomers named the space rock they discover... |
26 September 2012
06:01 GMT |
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Those of you who haven’t had the chance to see Research In Motion’s CEO Thorsten Heins delivering his keynote at the BlackBerry Jam Americas yesterday can now do so.
The CEO took the stage at the conference to talk about RIM’s vision of the mobile market, as well as to speak about leadership and m... |
26 September 2012
05:57 GMT |
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Video game publisher and hardware maker Sony has announced a new program called PSN Day 1 Digital, which will allow gamers to get a number of AAA titles via digital download, via the PlayStation Network on the same day that they are available at retail, for the moment only in the United States.
The games that will b... |
26 September 2012
05:55 GMT |
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ViewSonic has just announced a new professional WQHD monitor that features a high-quality IPS panel. The device is highly configurable and has numerous connectivity options.
The official name of the new model is ViewSonic VP2770-LED and this one has a 27” diagonal size and sports an impressive 2560 by 1440 pix... |
26 September 2012
05:55 GMT |
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Hackers of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters collective are taking credit for the recent website disruptions experienced by Wells Fargo. The hacktivists also revealed a list of future targets.
“In the previous announcements we stated that we will not tolerate insulting exalted character of the prophet of... |
26 September 2012
05:52 GMT |
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Launching the Nook HD and Nook HD+ tablets wasn't enough of a show for Barnes & Noble. The bookstore chain has also made a move involving the Nook Simple Touch and Simple Touch GlowLight. The e-readers have been selling in the United States for some time now, but B&N is now taking them to Europe, specifically ... |
26 September 2012
05:52 GMT |
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The American space agency has a well-thought-out strategy for the unmanned exploration of Mars, which apparently culminates in sending a sample-return mission to the surface of the Red Planet.
Such a spacecraft would be capable of landing at a designated location, scoop up a significant amount of dust, rock fragmen... |
26 September 2012
05:52 GMT |
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If you love taking photos to instantly share them with your followers, you’re either a very industrious professional photographer, or a fan of Instagram. Either way, if you own the new iPhone 5, you should be glad to learn that Instagram 3.1.0 now displays full-screen on Apple’s new handset.
The new Inst... |
26 September 2012
05:48 GMT |
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This isn't something we really want to hear, since bugs in an operating system means bugs in every device that uses it, but Intel's CEO says Windows 8, and by extension dozens of tablets, will have quite the set of issues when Microsoft holds its launch event next month (October 2012). Intel CEO Paul Otell... |
26 September 2012
05:38 GMT |
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According to the conclusions of a new study, alien planets in the super-Earth class may be less capable of supporting the emergence and development of life than previously thought. The differences between Earth- and super-Earth-class planets may simply be too large, the research suggests.
A super-Earth is an extras... |
26 September 2012
05:34 GMT |
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Brazil has some strict laws when it comes to elections. A couple of YouTube videos in which a candidate for mayor for the city of Campo Grande was attacked caused a lot of controversy, but also a lot of problems for Google.
Since the search engine giant failed to remove the videos, a judge from the Mato Grosso do Su... |
26 September 2012
05:34 GMT |
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South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung has unveiled to the world its largest Android-based smartphone to date back in August at IFA 2012 in Berlin – the Galaxy Note II – and is currently launching it in various markets around the world.
Today, the company announced Galaxy Note II’s release in Sou... |
26 September 2012
05:32 GMT |
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In case one or two of the greenheads presently inhabiting the earth ever wondered what could possibility be more blame-worthy than drilling for oil in the Arctic, the answer is quite simple: drilling for oil in former Soviet nuclear dumping sites.
More precisely, it seems that Exxon Mobil and Rosneft, both of which... |
26 September 2012
05:29 GMT |
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Brasero, an application used to burn CDs and DVDs for the Gnome Desktop, designed to be as simple as possible, is now at version 3.6.0.
Brasero 3.6.0 has gathered quite a few fixes while it was in the beta stages, but now it reached a stable version.
Highlights of Brasero 3.6.0:
• The application has been por... |
26 September 2012
05:25 GMT |
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Yomico Moreno is a tattoo artist from Caracas, Venezuela, specializing in realistic tattoos that imitate bionic arms, stitching that reveals organs, genetically modified organisms etc.
According to the Daily Mail, Moreno first became interested in tattoo art when he was just 14. Like a surrealistic painter, he adds ... |
26 September 2012
05:24 GMT |
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“Pacific Rim” is believed to be next summer’s biggest movie and, considering it has Guillermo del Toro in the director’s chair, it’s not hard to understand the hype. It’s just as easy to understand the frustration of fans when confirmation came that it would get 3D post-conversion.... |
26 September 2012
05:20 GMT |
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On Tuesday, Redmond-based software giant Microsoft made available for download a new flavor of its Microsoft Security Essentials application, namely 4.1.522.0.
The app sports the same version as the pre-release iteration, but it is available as a separate, stable package and can be downloaded from Softpedia via thi... |
26 September 2012
05:13 GMT |
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Despite being a minor build, the freshly released CCleaner 3.23 packs a lot of oomph. The developer adds performance optimizations and improved support for Google Chrome and Firefox web browsers.
Overall performance in the new CCleaner should be noticeable since it brings to the table more efficient memory usage and... |
26 September 2012
05:13 GMT |
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Even though tablets still sell, on average, for $400-500, and Microsoft's Surface is rumored to aim for the $800 (€610) mark, B&N has chosen to sell its Nook HD and Nook HD+ for a pittance. In a way, B&N is doing what Amazon is doing, selling its devices for a lot less than one might expect, in the hopes ... |
26 September 2012
05:07 GMT |
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The “cyberwar” between Pakistani and Bangladeshi hackers has been ongoing for a few years now and none of the sides seems willing to put an end to it. Now, hacktivists from the Bangladesh Cyber Army claim to have “officially” declared war on Pakistan.
“As Pakistan Cyber Army hacked some... |
26 September 2012
05:06 GMT |
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The challenge with the “cinnamon challenge” is swallowing a tablespoon of cinnamon without vomiting or inhaling it.
This has been a popular meme for a while. Many have failed at it, and then posted a video about how they failed on YouTube.
The challenge started trending in 2006 and spread like wildfire, to the poi... |
26 September 2012
05:03 GMT |
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Madonna, like many other celebrities out there, is getting a bit political. In her latest stop on her international tour, the Queen of Pop urged concertgoers to vote for Obama, the “black Muslim in the White House.” Check out the video above for her speech, but *please note that discretion is recommende... |
26 September 2012
05:03 GMT |
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Though the European Space Agency's (ESA) Automated Transfer Vehicle 3 (ATV-3) space capsule was supposed to undock from the International Space Station (ISS) yesterday, September 25, the maneuver was delayed on account of a computer error.
The glitch was recorded on a laptop computer inside the station, and it... |
26 September 2012
05:03 GMT |
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XCOM: Enemy Unknown is my most awaited video game of fall 2012, and the chance to play two missions from the single-player campaign, even if they are more tutorials than true missions, was too good to pass up.XCOM is created by Firaxis and uses the same core idea of the series from the ‘90’s: an alien civ... |
26 September 2012
04:59 GMT |
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Capcom’s trailer-making department has a crush on Resident Evil 6, apparently, as the Japanese company has released yet another impressive video with the upcoming survival game.
Resident Evil 6 is awaited by quite a lot of fans and, in order to keep the hype going around the shooter, Capcom has released many n... |
26 September 2012
04:53 GMT |
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Given today's global pollution levels, ever more entrepreneurs go into the business of supplying international markets either with all-natural cosmetics, or with organically grown fruit and vegetables.
This is primarily because some people are willing to do just about anything to make sure the products th... |
26 September 2012
04:51 GMT |
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Investigators from the NASA Ames Research Center (ARC) in Moffett Field, California, this year participated in an expedition to study the Surprise Valley Fault, a fault line located in northeastern California, alongside the Warner Mountain Range.
Usually, experts use 4WD, all-terrain vehicles, and plain old hiking,... |
26 September 2012
04:45 GMT |
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Clutter, a GObject-based library for creating fast, visually rich, graphical user interfaces, which works by manipulating a scene-graph of 2D surfaces, or 'actors', inside a 3D space, is now at version 1.12.0.
Highlights of Clutter 1.12.0:
· The device tracking for core X11 pointers has been repair... |
26 September 2012
04:43 GMT |
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The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has identified a number of seven rent-to-own companies and one software developer that spied on customers by installing spyware on computers. The culprits were charged with breaking the law by secretly harvesting sensitive information and using it to make a profit.
According to ... |
26 September 2012
04:42 GMT |
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Box Inc. has released an update informing cloud users that its free offerings have been extended by 5GB, for a total of 10 gigs of online storage, completely free of charge. Everyone can get the storage today, including newcomers.
If you get Box today on your iPhone or iPad, the developers promise to give you 10GB o... |
26 September 2012
04:39 GMT |
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Seeing Kickstarter hosting a project for a foldable wireless keyboard (Jorno) would make it seem as though there aren't such things already selling, and to some extent this is true, but Buffalo may have something to say about that.
To get right to the point, Buffalo Japan has announced a series of collapsible ... |
26 September 2012
04:35 GMT |
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Video game developer and publisher Disney Interactive has revealed that it has a high profile unannounced game in development, which might suggest that a new Kingdom Hearts title will soon be announced for Western markets.
Jay Rasulo, the chief financial officer of the company, has told the audience at the Communaco... |
26 September 2012
04:30 GMT |
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Intel has just announced that it will stop manufacturing a whole lot of 32nm processors in the following months. The company is preparing its customers by announcing the final date for the final orders that can be placed for the respective models.
Therefore, Intel’s Core i5-2310, i5-2320, i5-2400S, i5-2400, i5... |
26 September 2012
04:25 GMT |
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"Butt chugging" landed one Tennessee student in the hospital, this weekend. Doctors reported that his extremely high blood-alcohol of over .4 had led to severe alcohol poisoning.
Alexander P. Broughton was brought to a hospital in Knoxville on Saturday morning, after a night of partying with his fraternity brothers ... |
26 September 2012
04:24 GMT |
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2012 is going to be an amazing year for Christina Aguilera and her millions of fans from all over the world. After the rather disappointing (but only commercially) “Bionic” album, the diva is gearing up for the release of a new material.
It’s called “Lotus” and has already been preceded... |
26 September 2012
04:20 GMT |
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Assassin’s Creed 3 boasts a much more varied combat system, according to the game’s Lead Designer, Alex Hutchinson, as the player is no longer forced to adopt the old “parry and counter” strategy seen in the previous titles.
Assassin’s Creed games have delivered some rather intense expe... |
26 September 2012
04:16 GMT |
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Using the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument on the NASA Aqua satellite, experts are currently keeping track of hurricane Miriam, as it makes its way through the eastern Pacific Ocean.
On September 22, when it formed, Miriam was nothing more than a tropical depression. Just two days l... |
26 September 2012
04:10 GMT |
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We have already written about how new environmental conditions such as prolonged droughts stand to lead to a major food crisis, yet a report recently made public by Britain's National Pig Association warns us that, due to poor harvests, a global pork shortage is pretty much “unavoidable.”
To cut a ... |
26 September 2012
04:09 GMT |
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One of the people who helped design the original Google Maps application for iPhone is lamenting over the poor performance of Apple’s new Maps offering in iOS 6, suggesting that such a blunder would have been unheard of under Steve Jobs’ lead. Fred Gilbert, a Google Maps designer who worked with Apple on... |
26 September 2012
04:08 GMT |
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Storage devices equipped with a security feature or technology usually cost a lot more than their normal counterparts, and this is true for the new Kingstom DataTraveler Locker + G2, though not to the same extent as for most.
The company advertises the product as a lower priced model than other DataTraveler Locker ... |
26 September 2012
04:07 GMT |
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Security researcher Rafay Baloch claims to have found an open redirect vulnerability in Facebook. To demonstrate his findings, he published a proof-of-concept video on his blog. Open redirect can be used by cybercriminals to trick victims into thinking that they’re about to visit a safe website, when in f... |
26 September 2012
04:01 GMT |
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Hon Hai Precision subsidiary, Foxconn Technology has released a statement according to which the Taiyuan factory in China is now operational following a brawl ignited by disputes between workers and security guards.
Foxconn, a key Apple supplier, said the facility in question resumed operations yesterday, September ... |
26 September 2012
03:56 GMT |
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Google updated the stable channel for their browser to version 22.0.1229.79. It is available for all supported platforms (Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome Frame) and it introduces Pointer Lock JavaScript API (Mouse Lock). What this means is that users have natural control of the perspective in first-person games, wit... |
26 September 2012
03:55 GMT |
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The Humble Bundle initiative has just released the 16th collection of games and there is an interesting trend regarding the average price paid for every package. First thing first, Linux users don't have a lot of games available for their platform and the Humble Bundles are the perfect opportunity to get more ... |
26 September 2012
03:52 GMT |
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A team of astronomers recently announced the completion of the deepest-ever view of the Universe. The dataset was obtained by combining 10 years' worth of information collected by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.
The investigation, called eXtreme Deep Field (XDF), is in fact a new and heavily improved vers... |
26 September 2012
03:45 GMT |
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Rapper Lil Wayne’s credits as an artist are undeniable but, when it comes to his memory, things tend to get a bit hazy. Below are fragments from a deposition Wayne gave this summer.
Wayne is suing Quincy Jones III for a documentary portraying the making of the album “Tha Carter III,” to which he i... |
26 September 2012
03:42 GMT |
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Color insertion and correction makes a lot of difference in making these black and white images look current and more expressive. The video is a collection of works from more than 10 Photoshop artists. It features photos of people that made a difference in history, such as Lincoln, Einstein, Darwin, or Armstrong. S... |
26 September 2012
03:39 GMT |
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Activision and Treyarch will formally unveil the Zombies cooperative mode for their upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 shooter later today and, in order to make the wait more bearable, they’ve just released two new screenshots showing off members of the undead horde.
Call of Duty games from Treyarch have featu... |
26 September 2012
03:37 GMT |
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HTC One XL has been available on shelves at Australian wireless carrier Telstra for a while now, though only in a grey flavor, but it will soon be released in a new color flavor, namely white.
The company managed to secure an exclusivity on this iteration of the mobile phone as well, and will add it to its offering... |
26 September 2012
03:36 GMT |
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On September 25, phpMyAdmin developers issued an advisory to notify users of a corrupted copy of phpMyAdmin, being served from a SourceForge mirror. SourceForge came forward to provide more details on the incident.
The company claims that the cdnetworks-kr-1 mirror from Korea is the only one that served the co... |
26 September 2012
03:34 GMT |
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A new report focusing on the economic impact of phenomena such as climate change and global warming states that for the time being as much as $1 tr. is lost on a yearly basis as a result of pollution and its related consequences.
According to DARA, the NGO that looked into this issue, said sum of money basically tr... |
26 September 2012
03:33 GMT |
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ViewSonic has returned to the IT market field where it is most proficient, having introduced a pair of LED-backlit liquid crystal displays featuring Full HD resolution panels.
We say that ViewSonic has returned to its normal stomping grounds because the company has recently launched a product that cannot qualify as... |
26 September 2012
03:24 GMT |
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Adam Hildreth founded English social networking site Dubit in 1999, when he was just 14 years old. The website's popularity increased in the UK, and, by 2005, it had already made him $3.7 million. Hildreth is now worth an estimated $38 million, according to Addicted2Success. Sean Belnick was also 14 when he c... |
26 September 2012
03:20 GMT |
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On September 18, Romanian researcher Radu Dragusin discovered that the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) was inadvertently sharing the usernames and clear text passwords of 100,000 users on an FTP server.
According to Dragusin, - who currently works in the Computer Science department of the Un... |
26 September 2012
03:15 GMT |
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Users have encountered an interesting problem when they used the new search feature from Ubuntu 12.10, which will also integrate with an Amazon lens. It seems certain terms can return NSFW images. The integration of an Amazon lens in the Unity Dash from Ubuntu 12.10 has proven more problematic than previously antic... |
26 September 2012
03:10 GMT |
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He managed to get through the cheating scandal that ruined his marriage to Maria Shriver without almost a word, but Arnold Schwarzenegger is re-opening that can of worms now, to promote his new book “Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story.”
Not only will the book tackle his secret affair with the... |
26 September 2012
03:10 GMT |
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RIM might have lost a lot of market share lately, but the company appears set to make a strong comeback with the forthcoming BlackBerry 10 operating system. The platform is set to hit the market only in the first quarter of the next year, and the Canadian handset vendor is currently applying the final touches to it... |
26 September 2012
03:06 GMT |
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Borderlands 2 was released last week and already Gearbox has started talking about the downloadable content that’s going to appear for the role-playing shooter, saying that, besides the add-ons that have already been confirmed via the Season Pass, more new things will be revealed. Borderlands 2 has been awaite... |
26 September 2012
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The current arc of the Assassin’s Creed series is set to be completed this fall and the leading narrative creator at Ubisoft believes that fans will be satisfied with how the story will wrap up and will not feel cheated in any way.
Corey May, who is the lead writer working on Assassin’s Creed III, stated... |
26 September 2012
03:05 GMT |
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As the day of the official Trinity launch is getting closer, AMD has partnered with MSI to announce what is likely the most powerful Trinity-based notebook to date. The new unit features a 15.6” FullHD LED backlit anti-glare screen and comes with a powerful GPU.
The A10-4600M is AMD’s top-performing Fusi... |
26 September 2012
03:04 GMT |
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Google has not submitted a new Maps application to Apple, but that doesn’t mean they’re not working on one. Word on the web is that the search giant is hard at work on this app, with plans to roll it out by year’s end.
The NY Times has some inside information regarding the development of this new M... |
26 September 2012
03:02 GMT |
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Though Samsung has been prohibited from selling the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the US and other markets, it can still make however many new slates it wants.
The SGH-T779 is one such tablet, one that Samsung hasn't even announced yet.
SGH-T779 is a model number though. The actual marketing brand will likely be Galaxy... |
26 September 2012
02:48 GMT |
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Recent reports concerning the amounts of electricity that goes into powering various businesses and industries show that, due to a boom in their number, data centers have to be held responsible for roughly 1% of the global energy requirements.
Interestingly enough, significant amounts of the electricity consumed by... |
26 September 2012
02:41 GMT |
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Research In Motion has announced a great deal of new stuff at the BlackBerry Jam Americas yesterday, including an updated flavor of its BlackBerry App World, set to be included in the upcoming BlackBerry 10 operating system. However, it appears that the company hasn’t forgot about its existing users either, a... |
26 September 2012
02:39 GMT |
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Team17 is getting ready to debut Worms Revolution next month and in order to accurately show off the array of improvements made to the classic Worms recipe, the studio has revealed a fresh video highlighting some of the changes present in the upcoming game.
Worms titles have delivered impressive experiences over the... |
26 September 2012
02:34 GMT |
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The Walking Dead series of episodic games from developer Telltale Games is set to get a full retail release on both the Xbox 360 from Microsoft and the PlayStation 3 from Sony in early December.
The package will include all the five episodes of the first season of the game, which is inspired by the comic book series... |
26 September 2012
02:31 GMT |
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We've been keeping an eye on every bit of info regarding AMD's next-generation FX Series central processing units, but one thing we were never able to pinpoint was the exact day of launch.
Thanks to certain parties, we now have this information: Advanced Micro Devices will release the Vishera processors, ... |
26 September 2012
02:23 GMT |
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While getting ready for the release of its first smartphones running under the new BlackBerry 10 operating system, Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion is providing developers with software updates so that they can successfully build applications for the platform.
The latest of these is the BlackBerry OS ... |
26 September 2012
02:21 GMT |
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On September 25th, Google has unleashed the stable and final release of the Google Chrome 22 web browser, supporting the Linux, Mac OS X, Windows and Chrome Frame platforms. Google Chrome 22 (the actual version is 22.0.1229.79) includes better support for 3D applications, so you can play your favorite games wi... |
26 September 2012
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