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A new source of hydro-energy lies where not many of us expected – in the dangerous grip of the oceanic or river currents. With this in mind, Michael Bernitsas, a professor at the Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering from the University of Michigan, managed to conceive a machine that would tak... |
26 November 2008
18:01 GMT |
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Once again, it's time to enhance your Windows XP operating system exactly the way you want and without paying a cent on expensive programs that do something so simple that even a kid could handle it. This series allows you to make important changes to the look, feel and behavior of your Microsoft Windows XP with... |
26 November 2008
16:21 GMT |
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A team of chemistry specialists from the Warwick University has obtained a novel material that has an extremely high versatility and can be produced on a large scale with existing equipment. Their material is made up of tiny polymer particles covered by silica-based nanoparticle layers, and the end result can be used... |
26 November 2008
16:01 GMT |
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Being able to provide serious audio power with devices you can easily carry in your chest pocket was nothing but a dream some years ago, but these days, thanks to the constant evolution of the audio technology, one can get a party going without hauling in heavy amplifiers carried by two people at the same time. All y... |
26 November 2008
16:01 GMT |
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This last past weekend, I got on a flight to Madrid, Spain, which is where one of Europe’s biggest dance events, Sensation White, took place. For those not in the know, this is a major event that originated in the Netherlands in 2000, and which, for five years, was held exclusively for the people in Amsterdam. ... |
26 November 2008
15:50 GMT |
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Windows 7 plays nice with rendering content beyond the 8 bit limit, taking users into the visual territory of High Color, namely display capabilities involving high precision, High Dynamic Range, and support for gamuts superior to sRGB. Users of Window 7 will be able to take advantage of the new High Color capabiliti... |
26 November 2008
15:01 GMT |
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With the launch of Intel’s next generation desktop processors, codenamed Nehalem, almost every major PC maker has rushed to announce its own implementation of the Core i7 processors. However, some of the most high-end desktops have probably been developed by computer makers that are less known worldwide, as the... |
26 November 2008
14:24 GMT |
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Aiming to solve the problems inherently associated with identity in applications, Microsoft has made available for download codename Geneva. The November 25 release, available on the Microsoft Download Center, is designed to support not only Windows Vista RTM/SP1 and Windows Server 2008 RTM/SP1, but also Windows 7. A... |
26 November 2008
14:01 GMT |
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Microsoft is hammering away at the latest iteration of its online email service in an attempt to resolve the plethora of issues plaguing the most recent version rolled out to users as a part of Windows Live Wave 3. According to the Redmond company, the vast majority of Live Hotmail users are not experiencing any prob... |
26 November 2008
13:41 GMT |
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People will always write articles about which operating system is better. While making comparisons, let’s say, between Windows and OS X, will surely make you a target of fans of either the former or the latter (depending on your approach), I think that stating the obvious pros in regard to OS X will only make ... |
26 November 2008
13:11 GMT |
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Microsoft is currently hard at work building Windows 7, the successor of Windows Vista. The Redmond company has long shipped pre-Beta Build 6801 Milestone 3 and is now hammering away to produce the first fully fledged Beta of the operating system. At the same time, plans are being drawn for the successor of Windows 7... |
26 November 2008
13:09 GMT |
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An epic war has struck the Marvel universe and its outcome is in your hands! Marvel Nemesis: Rise the Imperfects delivers the most authentic and cinematic Super Hero fighting experience ever seen in a video game, while remaining faithful to Marvel's comic legacy.Pit the most legendary Marvel Super Heroes against... |
26 November 2008
13:01 GMT |
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Nintendo will be among the few companies that will surely have a merry Christmas, as sales will keep on increasing during the upcoming holiday season, as a lot of people will want to buy a Wii or a DS console. The ascending trend, that started when the two gaming devices launched, has never stopped and the company mu... |
26 November 2008
13:01 GMT |
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Mario Party DS is a video game developed especially for the Nintendo DS, as its name implies. It is the eleventh title in the series, or the twelfth in Japan, which saw another game being released in the franchise. Mario Party DS was released in this country on November 8, 2007, followed by the North American release... |
26 November 2008
12:51 GMT |
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Elpida Memory, a Japanese global supplier of Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), announced today having managed to complete the development of a 50 nanometer process DDR3 SDRAM. According to the company, the new DRAM is characterized by a very low power consumption, but can reach 2.5Gbps ultra high speed and a 1.2V ... |
26 November 2008
11:07 GMT |
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Britain's Advertising Standards Authority has banned another Apple advertisement touting the iPhone as "really fast" on the web. The report notes that 17 complaints were filed in regards to the ad, which depicted the user switching from the Times Online to Google Maps, and lastly, the iPhone's Mail applicat... |
26 November 2008
11:02 GMT |
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The acclaimed Mario Kart series has gone wireless, letting players race and battle with up to eight karts at once, regardless of whether everyone has a game card. An all-star cast that includes Mario, Luigi, Peach, Yoshi, Donkey Kong, Wario, Bowser and Toad will round out a truly all-star lineup of more than 30 cours... |
26 November 2008
11:01 GMT |
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World of Warcraft is certainly one of the biggest games out there, being the most popular MMORPG (Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) on the market, with over 11 million paying subscribers every month. The company responsible for this hit, Blizzard, is even happier, as the interest of the fans is growing by... |
26 November 2008
11:01 GMT |
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Zookeepers at Kushiro Municipal Zoo in Tokyo, Japan, had the surprise of their life, when they noticed that the bear they took care of for more than 4 years was actually a female, instead of a male, as the medical certificate said. The cream-colored animal lived with his designated pair – another female –... |
26 November 2008
11:00 GMT |
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When talking about folk boho, we're actually referring to that delicious mixture the two otherwise distinct trends successfully represent since the early ‘90s. Via the catwalks, the next season will bring it back on the streets, especially thanks to Roberto Cavalli, Gucci and Ana Sui collections. Naturally... |
26 November 2008
10:54 GMT |
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Multi-touch is becoming an increasingly present feature on portable and even desktop computer systems. Moreover, with Microsoft's next-generation operating system, Windows 7, coming with native support for multi-touch gestures, the technology clearly has a bright future ahead. This is why companies such as N-Tri... |
26 November 2008
10:47 GMT |
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On the road to delivering the Project Silk Road vision, Microsoft managed to kick its Live Search Webmaster Center to the next level. The fall 2008 refresh to the Webmaster Center comes after the major August 2008 update, and is designed to deliver additional resources to web content owners. Microsoft emphasized that... |
26 November 2008
10:22 GMT |
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An international team of astronomers has managed to detect the presence of a sugar molecule in the outer space. The chemical compound is known to be among the few primal building blocks that form life, and thus the discovery proves to be highly important in the search for Earth-like planets where life could appear an... |
26 November 2008
10:18 GMT |
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U.S. District Court Judge Kenneth Karas seems to have had his final say in the Papermaster case, ruling that Apple's new VP could indeed cause "irreparable harm" to IBM, just like the Big Blue alleged when suing its ex staffer for running off to Apple.IBM sued Papermaster in October, claiming that a non-competit... |
26 November 2008
10:14 GMT |
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One can't help but admire Sonim for always coming up with technologies no one would even think about developing, such as is the latest addition, the XP3 Enduro, which has now become even better. This is all the more an impressive achievement given the fact that such a phone did not have many areas left to develo... |
26 November 2008
10:01 GMT |
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The Canadian sandy oil reserves are the second largest in the world, after those that Saudi Arabia currently possesses. They mean less dependency on Middle Eastern oil for both the US and Canada, and they already supply refineries all around Chicago. But the bright side of these exploitations stops here. Besides this... |
26 November 2008
10:00 GMT |
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We are happy to announce the release of a new Live CD based on the popular Ubuntu operating system, called Ubuntu Privacy Remix, or UPR for short. What is UPR? It is a heavily customized Linux Live CD that tries to provide a working environment for people that deal with highly-sensitive data. It's a well-known f... |
26 November 2008
09:58 GMT |
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The major concern of the Western countries related to the Iranian nuclear intentions were further fueled by today's launch of a "Kavosh 2" rocket, as reported by the national media. This is the latest in a series of evidence associated to the degree of advancement in their nuclear technology. Although the Irania... |
26 November 2008
09:43 GMT |
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Other World Computing has introduced its new OWC Mercury SuperDrive - compatible with most MacBook models (except for the late 2008 "Unibody" SKUs). The drive is capable of burning even dual-layer 8.7GB discs, being compatible with iDVD, iTunes, DiscBurn, Apple DVD Player, and more OS X apps. According to the folks a... |
26 November 2008
09:37 GMT |
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Hugo Boss probably considered that Prada and Armani were getting too much attention these days, what with the release of their mobile phones, and figured that it should also give it a try. Samsung accepted to team up Hugo Boss as well (and why shouldn’t it) and, thus, the F480 came to our attention.In order to ... |
26 November 2008
09:12 GMT |
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The music game genre is definitely one of the most successful new types of entertainment out there. It has already surpassed the very popular sports genre and is set to become even more massive, as a lot of games are launched on this fresh market segment. From Lips to Wii Music, quite a few titles will certainly keep... |
26 November 2008
09:01 GMT |
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Details on MSI's new Wind U120 netbook, the company's second Atom-powered, low-cost portable computer system, have surfaced the Internet quite some time ago, but it is only now that we’re getting the very first unboxing video of the netbook in question. The video has been uploaded on YouTube by ... |
26 November 2008
09:00 GMT |
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Mactracker, a free utility app for Mac OS X that provides detailed information on all Apple products and their respective models has been updated recently to add new stuff to its knowledge base. The update also adds new features like the ability to export or print from the main window, as well as new information on A... |
26 November 2008
08:57 GMT |
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It is believed that hydrogen was the most frequent element found in the early universe, not long after it formed as a result of the Big Bang explosion. But a new study surprised scientists by indicating that it might yet not be so. The research focused on the observation of very distant galaxies formed during the you... |
26 November 2008
08:50 GMT |
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On Wednesday, Vietnam's first oil refinery spilled tonnes of diesel into the waters on the central coast, as an off-shore cargo hose became loose and cracked, probably due to previous damage or to fatigue. Local authorities and environmental organizations are working to contain the spill, so that it will not con... |
26 November 2008
08:49 GMT |
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Microsoft confirmed not only that malware attacks designed to take advantage of a Server Service vulnerability, affecting both Windows client and server versions of the platform, were no longer isolated and targeted cases, but also that infections with malicious code had been detected. On November 25, Bill Sisk, Micr... |
26 November 2008
08:43 GMT |
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The jeans we've been seeing lately on catwalks and in fashion magazines may be contrastingly different from what we might have been expecting, but that does not mean they’re not refreshing to look at. Those skinny jeans that flatter only the most fortunate of us (mainly the tall and slim women) are to beco... |
26 November 2008
08:42 GMT |
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The Macintosh startup sound, or the “Chime,” is the single note, or chord (depending on model type) played when a Macintosh computer is turned on. The sound we're all used to hearing when starting up our Macs has somewhat of a historical value.Jim Reekes, a programmer with Apple Computer for 12 years... |
26 November 2008
08:28 GMT |
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A recent report released by the Government Accountability Office shows that a large number of US farmers who currently benefit from federal subsidies for their crops do not meet the necessary conditions for receiving the money, as they already have incomes of over $1 million yearly. President-elect Barack Obama says ... |
26 November 2008
08:25 GMT |
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The number of scientific devices studying the red planet is continuously on the rise. This adds to the constant discovery of unusual features sported by Mars, eventually providing more insight on its formation, evolution and structure. More recent images captured by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)'s High R... |
26 November 2008
08:14 GMT |
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Ever since the problem of “vanity sizing” was first brought to the public attention, it has been considered an interesting topic as it concerns us all, as well as the way we think and feel about how we look. Discussions on the subject, much debated already, have so far led to pointing the finger at the pr... |
26 November 2008
08:06 GMT |
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Microsoft has expanded the Live Search Webmaster Center toolkit with new items designed to sniff for malware. Via the tools added to the Webmaster Center, web content owners will be able to detect malicious code present on their website, or on the pages of a website that they link to. The Redmond giant's corne... |
26 November 2008
07:34 GMT |
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Voorwerp means “object” in Dutch. This is the generic definition received by a peculiar phenomenon spotted a while ago by a Dutch school teacher, Hanny van Arkel, while she was combing through hundreds of photos as a volunteer for the Galaxy Zoo project. For more than a year now, scientists have been tryi... |
26 November 2008
07:21 GMT |
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A massive vaccination campaign is scheduled to start in Nigeria on November 30th, as the country's number of new polio cases rose again as compared to last year. Currently, the nation is one of the 4 countries in the world – next to Afghanistan, Pakistan and India – not to have eradicated the in... |
26 November 2008
07:10 GMT |
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Thanksgiving will take place tomorrow and people in North America can hardly wait to celebrate one of their country's most important holidays. Turkeys are now becoming more and more scarce as families gather to honor this very special day.Sony hasn't neglected this holiday and is really pulling out all the ... |
26 November 2008
07:01 GMT |
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Power efficiency has been for a long time now one of the trends in the IT industry and companies have put a lot of effort into developing more and more eco-friendly technologies. Bill Kosik is one person that knows a few things about building efficient datacenters, and helped HP consolidate 85 datacenters into just s... |
26 November 2008
07:00 GMT |
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Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time is the fifth game in the Mario RPG series, and it is a Nintendo DS exclusive title, released in November 2005 in North America, December 2005 in Japan, January 2006 in Europe, and February 2006 in Australia. The game was developed by AlphaDream, and published by Nintendo. Mario and L... |
26 November 2008
06:45 GMT |
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Motorola Hint is one of the most promising devices that the American manufacturer has come up with lately. Mostly due to the intuitive dashboard interface, but also because of other, just as interesting features, this phone has already created an overall positive buzz all by itself.The QA30 strikes as a text messagin... |
26 November 2008
06:44 GMT |
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Recently-published studies link type II diabetes with a higher chance of patients developing heart conditions, such as coronary artery disease (CAD), and suffering a stroke or a heart attack afterwards. The risk was also linked to the presence of a specific gene, residing on chromosome 9p21, whose mutation ups the ch... |
26 November 2008
06:43 GMT |
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Following the naming of the two members for the US president-elect Barack Obama's NASA transition team, three more persons were appointed yesterday. The new members include two former NASA officials and an adviser from Virgin Galactic. The names that were selected could be a hint to Obama's space views, wh... |
26 November 2008
06:39 GMT |
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Well, how about getting some claws like Wolverine of X-Men fame had? Sounds nice and, most likely, they'll also look nice. And since they're available, the "don't get carried away" advice looks more and more like a good one. Now, Halloween came and went away, but why not seize the moment and buy a grea... |
26 November 2008
06:29 GMT |
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Electronic Arts, the big name behind the Need for Speed racing series, has confirmed its presence in four US Apple Stores. The initiative includes a rare, behind-the-scenes discussion with EA Game Producers about development for Apple's iPhone and iPod touch. Attendees are promised insight on “the amazing ... |
26 November 2008
06:27 GMT |
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According to a recent piece on CNet, leading PC maker Hewlett-Packard has sent a complaint to GroundWork, an open-source competitor, in which the Palo Alto, California-based systems maker is asking GroundWork to cease revealing HP's “confidential pricing.” The letter doesn't claim that Grou... |
26 November 2008
06:26 GMT |
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ASUS, a worldwide leading motherboard maker, always committed to providing innovation and quality, while also focused on the environmental conservation, received the world’s first EU Flower Eco Award for computers on its N50, N80, N20, and N10 products. The award is proof of the eco-friendliness of ASUS’ ... |
26 November 2008
06:19 GMT |
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At the start of the next month Microsoft plans to debut a new music service under the MSN and (RED) umbrella brands. However, this time around the Redmond company is not gunning down for iTunes, or any rival services or products. This because (RED)WIRE is designed to save lives. In partnership with the (RED) initiati... |
26 November 2008
06:14 GMT |
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The epic story of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker continues, as Link finds himself lost and alone in unknown seas in a new adventure. Featuring intuitive touch-screen controls and innovative puzzles, The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass offers new challenges for fans of the series and an easy-to-grasp introduct... |
26 November 2008
06:09 GMT |
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Officials from the UN World Meteorological Organization concluded in their latest report that the levels of methane, nitrous oxide (NO2) and carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere reached their largest ever recorded levels, though they increased steadily over 2007. Methane levels registered their largest increase ove... |
26 November 2008
05:59 GMT |
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It has become somewhat of a trend for computer system makers to first introduce their own version of a low-power, Atom-based netbook computer system, and then to accompany it later with the release of a desktop version of that precise system. These low-power, low-cost and Atom-powered PCs have been dubbed netto... |
26 November 2008
05:55 GMT |
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Greenpeace again reacted positively to Apple's ongoing efforts of removing PVC and brominated flame retardants (BFRs) from some products, but noted that the Mac maker would have to completely phase-out such elements to score higher on the Guide to Greener Electronics. Apple is also facing some deadlines in its i... |
26 November 2008
05:51 GMT |
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ASUS, an industry-leading motherboard manufacturer, unveiled today a new program for its high-end motherboards, called Asus Premium Service (APS), meant to offer users a guarantee of its commitment and also prove their investments are worth it. The program allows consumers to ship their defective boards for free, whi... |
26 November 2008
05:40 GMT |
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Rusty Schweickart, a former U.S. Astronaut, is leading a campaign that aims to convince the United Nations to pay serious attention and dedicate proper resources to the development of an accurate plan of detecting and dealing with potentially hazardous asteroids close to the Earth. In his opinion, the measures would ... |
26 November 2008
05:39 GMT |
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The Nervi Hall in the city-state of Vatican has been outfitted with some 2,400 photovoltaic cells, which will supply the 10,000-people capacity dome and some of its surrounding buildings with approximately 300,000 kilowatts-hour (KWH) of electricity throughout the year, thus reducing the state's dependency on It... |
26 November 2008
05:36 GMT |
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Starting on November 25, Microsoft made available an update to its home server operating system. The November 2008 refresh to Windows Home Server will be served automatically to all users via Windows Update. Microsoft is describing the release designed to take Windows Home Server to version 6.0.1800.24 as a minor up... |
26 November 2008
05:27 GMT |
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Animal Crossing: Wild World features a very minimal plot. The objective of the game is to pay off a debt to Tom Nook, who allows the player to move into a house he owns. If the mortgage is paid off, the player's house will expand until upstairs, left, right, center and back rooms are included. This is slightly d... |
26 November 2008
05:21 GMT |
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We're very happy to introduce to you one of the most striking "made for iPod" sound systems we've met this year, the AktiMate Mini, the brainchild of two major names in the audio industry, the renowned British Epos and Creek, teamed with the Australian manufacturer AktiMate. The result is as loaded with top... |
26 November 2008
05:08 GMT |
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According to a video posted on Micron’s new blog, the company managed to develop a solid state drive that could reach the fastest speeds ever recorded by such a product. To be more specific, the video demonstrates a SSD that reaches data transfer rates of 800 MB/s while also being able to expand to apparently a... |
26 November 2008
05:05 GMT |
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The iPhone is under “heavy fire” as another fierce competitor has just been released, namely the Omnia i910. This particular device could represent an alternative to the BlackBerry Storm or the iPhone for those that prefer more variety in mobile choices. The i910 is a slate designed device, equi... |
26 November 2008
05:03 GMT |
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EMG Technology, a Los Angeles real estate developer, is suing Apple for patent infringement over iPhone web browsing. EMG Technology claims it was the first to invent an “apparatus and method of manipulating a region on a wireless device screen for viewing, zooming and scrolling internet content.” The su... |
26 November 2008
05:00 GMT |
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A new research performed by a team of geophysicists from the University of California in Berkeley, led by Burkhard Militzer, concluded that the rocky core of the giant gaseous planet in the middle of our solar system is at least twice bigger than previously indicated by computer simulations and studies. The main focu... |
26 November 2008
04:56 GMT |
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Modern mobile phones have numerous applications installed, as well as a bunch of other features, including photo cameras, blitzes, Bluetooth devices and others. All these accessories take up large amounts of electricity from the battery, prompting users to recharge them more often. This consumes a lot of electric ene... |
26 November 2008
04:49 GMT |
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Coming to expand its range of Fatal1ty-branded products, OCZ Technology, one of the world's leading manufacturers of high-performance memory and computer hardware products, has recently announced the introduction of the first power supply models designed to be part of the Fatal1ty series. As it was to be e... |
26 November 2008
04:35 GMT |
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The Environment Protection Agency (EPA) is forced by a Supreme Court decision to start regulating the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of all states, under the new Cleaner Air Act bill. Its proposal for the state of Texas was met with extreme hostility by Governor Rick Perry, who said yesterday that implementing the me... |
26 November 2008
04:30 GMT |
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The latest advances in the IT industry have been moving towards faster and faster chips which, at the same time, feature increasingly smaller die. The move may find itself slowed down at a certain point, as the chips will measure no more than a few atoms, yet there are some researchers that claim having found a solut... |
26 November 2008
04:09 GMT |
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ifoAppleStore, the only dedicated news source on the activities surrounding Apple's retail stores, is reporting that employees have been given the green light to match the prices of other authorized retailers. Apple has recently announced that its Online Store will be featuring a special one-day-only Christmas s... |
26 November 2008
04:08 GMT |
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As far as the next milestones in the evolution of Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 are concerned, Microsoft will only confirm officially that the second Service Pack for both the Windows client and Serve operating systems will be made available in the first half of the next year. Having joined Vista and Windows ... |
26 November 2008
04:00 GMT |
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After giving birth, the hardest part comes when, while also taking care of the little one, you also have to get yourself back on track. Now that the baby is growing, you must be wondering if you'll ever be the same as before. Nutritionists say that being slim again and fit after the pregnancy is not an impossibl... |
26 November 2008
04:00 GMT |
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The inner secrets of a pair of the most luminous stars ever discovered are finally revealed. The Hubble Space Telescope was able to take an unprecedentedly high detail picture of the stars in the Carina Nebula, lifting the veil (of gas and dust) from their faces. Much to the surprise of the team of astronomers, the b... |
26 November 2008
03:59 GMT |
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China has been, in recent months, home to a very unusual phenomenon, the appearance of on-line human flesh search engines, where people accused of various wrongdoings are listed, alongside their telephone number, national ID number and full address. The emergence of these engines was prompted by a Chinese woman, who ... |
26 November 2008
03:54 GMT |
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It's nothing new that really cool gadgets do not come in cheap; and if we're talking about cool gadgets bringing back a past era, things might be even more expensive. Such is the case with a very neat clock that revives (or at least tries to) the decorative and playful spirit of the 80s by draggin... |
26 November 2008
03:51 GMT |
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New, safe, easy to use phones for kids are to come to the market, complete with very attractive purchasing deals from Firefly, starting December 1. These deals are active only for glowPhone bundles and the flyPhones, in a limited edition.The glowPhone bundles, available only in pink and black, and including a gl... |
26 November 2008
03:48 GMT |
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Apple has released an update for users of its unibody MacBooks (including the revised Air), addressing widespread playback issues with standard definition content. The update allows SD iTunes movies to play over the new MacBooks' DisplayPort to older displays. The Apple Software Update reveals the following (on ... |
26 November 2008
03:35 GMT |
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Panasonic has been reported to have submitted a proposal to the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) concerning a Blu-ray Disc standard that would store movies in 3D. Basically, the idea involves the company's 3D full HD System which includes a Blu-ray Disc player able to distribute 1080p full HD images to left eye an... |
26 November 2008
03:30 GMT |
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The fall-winter 2008/2009 season is just kicking off, and all that we hear stylists talk about is what to wear and how. On the other hand, when we do get a reference to bad choices, it’s not only regarding items that have gone out of style/trends. Things can actually go worse than that. Wearing a fashionable fr... |
26 November 2008
03:19 GMT |
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Fallout 3 was definitely one of the most anticipated titles of this holiday season, promising gamers to give them a new post-apocalyptic adventure, intertwined with the same light-hearted humor. The game puts players in the body armor of a character that ventures into the radioactive environment of the Washington are... |
26 November 2008
03:18 GMT |
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A couple of kava kava dolls sparked the interest of marine archaeologists, which led to the discovery of an old shipwreck. The remains were found to belong to a Spanish ship that was illegally transporting 93 African slaves to Cuba, during a time when slavery was abolished in most parts of the world. The ship sunk, t... |
26 November 2008
03:07 GMT |
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), through its US-VISIT program, is currently collecting photos and digital fingerprints from all travelers entering the United States via airports, in an attempt to better protect the nation's security. But scientists say that the system has a lot of inconveniences, espec... |
26 November 2008
02:56 GMT |
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Microsoft is in a very comfortable position at this time of the year. Its Xbox 360 console is set out to be one of the most attractive consoles of the upcoming holiday season, largely due to the recent price cuts and the pretty big number of bundles that couple the console with some very attractive games.The Xbox 360... |
26 November 2008
02:55 GMT |
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The latest news on the Web points to the fact that Advanced Micro Device's upcoming Propus processor, a quad core chip, will not feature L3 cache. It seems that the Sunnyvale team plans to put some distance between its next-to-come Deneb CPUs, which will sport 4x512KB L2 and 6MB L3 cache, and will disable L3 cac... |
26 November 2008
02:54 GMT |
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The music game genre has definitely seen a massive increase in popularity, largely due to the user friendly nature and the cool factor associated with them. Titles such as Guitar Hero or Rock Band are definitely very commonly played in living rooms across the world because they give gamers the chance to see themselve... |
26 November 2008
02:37 GMT |
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The BizBee brand smartphone is the latest appearance from Samsung and it was designed for business people looking for the best technology money can buy, regarding mobiles, of course. The name, we must admit, is pretty clever and draws attention, which is exactly what Samsung wanted for this device, namely to make bus... |
26 November 2008
02:26 GMT |
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The Nintendo DS is, without a doubt, one of the most popular handheld consoles out there, having won over a huge amount of fans all over the world. Its slick two screens, which are touch sensitive, and modern design made it very popular with all age groups and the vast number of games developed for it have transforme... |
26 November 2008
02:18 GMT |
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UMC announced yesterday having managed to reach a significant milestone with its high-k/metal-gate (HK/MG) technology related to the validation of the process through 45 nanometer SRAM product yield. The company considers this achievement as a first key-step in proving technology performance and process reliability f... |
26 November 2008
02:13 GMT |
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