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A recently released picture of the F Ring around Saturn shows it being obliterated on a certain portion by the passing of the tiny moon Prometheus through it. The image was snapped by the NASA/ESA Cassini spacecraft on August 21. The probe, which has been orbiting the gas giant for many years, took advantage of its d... |
26 November 2009
21:01 GMT |
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It would appear that our genetic legacy also features some very intriguing left-overs, which are not necessarily of use to us today. One such feature is the fact that the human brain triggers a primordial type of fear when exposed to increased amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2), which makes us fear suffocation in the mo... |
26 November 2009
20:01 GMT |
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In a gesture of good will towards the international community, China published just a few days ago its emission-cut goals, just a couple of weeks ahead of the UN Summit on Climate Change, to be held in Copenhagen, Denmark. The country is one of the few large polluters around the world that have become actively engage... |
26 November 2009
19:01 GMT |
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The ten-year-old QuikSCAT (Quick Scatterometer) NASA mission is considered by many at the American space agency and elsewhere as one of the most valuable national resources in orbit today. The satellite, whose goal was to provide up-to-date data on the direction and speed of winds over the planet's oceans, was o... |
26 November 2009
18:31 GMT |
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Arguably the most dangerous stage of a space flight is the reentry into the Earth's atmosphere. The process is so harsh that space agencies involved in the International Space Station (ISS) use it to destroy the resupply capsules completely. They are steered into the incorrect angle, and they burn up and disinte... |
26 November 2009
18:01 GMT |
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Wireless carrier AT&T is predicted to lose the exclusivity deal on the Apple iPhone in mid-2010, according to analyst Brian Marshall. This is not the first time the carrier has been forecast to lose the right to exclusively distribute the Apple iPhone device in the United States during the next year, and even AT&T i... |
26 November 2009
17:21 GMT |
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According to a new scientific study on the eating habits that citizens in the United States exhibit, nearly 40 percent of the food supply in the country goes to the trash can after purchase, rather than being consumed. This waste only seem to be getting worse as the years go by, experts say and argue that measures sh... |
26 November 2009
17:01 GMT |
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They usually say that a kitchen is a woman’s domain and, in many respects, this has continued to be so to this day. The only thing that proves that the saying is not necessarily accurate is with regard to the time spent there by men and women, with the former actually to be found in the kitchen for more hours d... |
26 November 2009
16:41 GMT |
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Two new devices, created by German scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, and Japan-based ADTEC Plasma Technology Ltd., show tremendous promise in fighting methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA), as well as other resilient bacteria. The two instruments are low-temperature pla... |
26 November 2009
16:01 GMT |
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Sony is making more and more of a push into the world of online distribution. Its PSP Go completely lost the UMD cartridge and the company supports more and more the PlayStation Network and the PlayStation Store by making most of its content available through these two online services. As such, Sony feels the need to... |
26 November 2009
16:01 GMT |
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The shipments of mobile-phone displays are said to have returned to growth during the second quarter of the ongoing year, after seeing a significant drop in the first quarter. According to a recently published report from DisplaySearch, the handset displays have registered shipments of around 360 million units in Q2 ... |
26 November 2009
15:41 GMT |
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Fans know Kristin Davis from the popular HBO show ‘SATC’ that was later turned into a very successful film, also starring Sarah Jessica Parker and Kim Cattrall. The 44-year-old actress plays the always-merry Charlotte York, who strikes the viewer as one of the most down-to-earth and, because of this, almo... |
26 November 2009
15:31 GMT |
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Wireless carrier Telefonica announced recently that it had selected Nokia Siemens Networks as a partner for an LTE (Long Term Evolution) trial it planned on making in the Czech Republic. According to the company, during the six-month trial, which is part of its series of LTE trials conducted in Europe and Latin Ameri... |
26 November 2009
15:01 GMT |
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Scientists know that the human brain is far from being decoded, and as such remains one of the most mysterious constructs in nature today. But they had no idea that it also processed impulses from the skin, when transforming electrical signals from the ears into the auditory sensation. Though that might seem improbab... |
26 November 2009
15:01 GMT |
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They often say that, when the going gets tough, women will always undoubtedly turn to cosmetic products and lingerie items to get a boost of confidence and bring themselves into a better mood. Numbers seem to show that the latter more than applies, with several UK luxury retailers telling the Daily Mail that sales ar... |
26 November 2009
14:21 GMT |
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Users of a Palm handset who were in the position of synchronizing their backed up data to another webOS device or to one that has been reseted have recently discovered that a lot of personal information stored on their online Palm Profile went missing. The password-protected Web page enabled them to back up contacts,... |
26 November 2009
14:21 GMT |
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For the development process of Windows 7, Microsoft has worked closely with hardware manufacturers in order to ensure seamless compatibility and support for the latest iteration of the Windows client. This strategy has put Windows 7 light years away from Windows Vista in terms of incompatibility issues, but still, th... |
26 November 2009
14:01 GMT |
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During the last set of drive commands uploaded to the Martian rover Spirit, engineers have encountered a problem in one of the rover's wheels, which jammed when the time came to spin. The entire drive attempt was therefore stopped by the robot's onboard computer, so as not to make its situation even worse t... |
26 November 2009
14:01 GMT |
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Mobile-phone users that own a BlackBerry or a Windows Mobile-based handset can now enjoy an upgraded syncing solution available for their devices, Syncables 360 v6. According to Syncables, a leading developer and provider of content mobility and syncing software, the new version of the app comes as a significant upgr... |
26 November 2009
13:51 GMT |
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A few months back, Kim Kardashian, former socialite and Paris Hilton hanger-on turned successful fashion and accessory designer, reality star and businesswoman, found herself in the middle of a controversy on the amount of retouching her magazine photos needed to look this good. Because of it, the star decided to los... |
26 November 2009
13:41 GMT |
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Sprint Nextel Corp. announced on Wednesday that it had received all of the required regulatory approvals to complete the already-announced purchase of regulatory iPCS, Inc. According to the company, the Federal Communications Commission approved on November 24 the “transfer of the spectrum license held by a sub... |
26 November 2009
13:11 GMT |
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2K Boston has been suspected of developing a new X-Com since 2007, when it launched BioShock. In March, further evidence was brought in the form of additional rumors when Ken Levine, the studio's creative chief, said that he was “probably the world's biggest X-Com [fan].” In more recent developm... |
26 November 2009
13:01 GMT |
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Microsoft managed to fall in line with the rest of the retail world gearing up for Black Friday and the holiday shopping season, and introduced a range of discounts. In this regard, customers will be able to enjoy a steep discount of $70 and buy Office Home & Student for as low as $79.99. The Redmond company has als... |
26 November 2009
12:51 GMT |
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Best Buy Mobile, the mobile specialty retail unit of Best Buy, announced on Wednesday that it planned on offering great deals for its customers during the holiday season. According to the company, users will have the possibility to enjoy new deals on some of the most popular smartphones on the market, as well as on t... |
26 November 2009
12:41 GMT |
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Mobile-phone carrier AT&T announced on Wednesday that it planned on coming up with a series of appealing offers to its users on the Black Friday. According to the company, its users will be able to enjoy reward cards, devices for a penny, some of the most popular smartphones, and free Quick Messaging Devices, with ne... |
26 November 2009
12:01 GMT |
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As plenty of users know, among the applications included in Nero multimedia suite, there is also an image viewer that doubles as an image editor as well. PhotoSnap Viewer is the tool that loads up the images for viewing purposes. Modifying an image can be easily be done by quickly snapping to editing mode of the appl... |
26 November 2009
12:01 GMT |
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Music-streaming services aren't exactly anything new, but it's taken a few years to get to the point where they could really change the game. Despite not making too much money and even some services shutting down, there seems to be an endless stream of new products to take their places. One that has been ge... |
26 November 2009
11:44 GMT |
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Come December 7, Lady Gaga will get to meet and perform for the Queen of England at the annual Royal Variety Performance, it has recently emerged. While it has not yet been established whether the Queen is a fan of Gaga’s music or not, the main concerns about the show have to do with the singer’s out-of-t... |
26 November 2009
11:24 GMT |
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The website of the Shaolin Temple, probably the most famous Buddhist monastery in the world, has been hacked several times recently. On November 11, the website was defaced and, instead of its usual content, a fake letter allegedly signed by the temple's abbot was displayed.The Shaolin Temple, also known as the ... |
26 November 2009
11:03 GMT |
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Virtual currency is moving serious amounts of money these days and some of the most lucrative businesses, social gaming companies, have taken advantage of the huge potential audience social networks provide and the number of possible ways to promote their products to gain huge user numbers. Facebook, the preferred p... |
26 November 2009
10:53 GMT |
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After installing 50 enterprise servers for a major mobile carrier in Brazil, which operates a mobile network with more than 45 million subscribers (the greatest network in the southern hemisphere), Fujitsu's services were enlisted by another such company, Portugal Telecom, for a similar endeavor. Fujitsu proceed... |
26 November 2009
10:50 GMT |
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The adventure began in 2001, when audiences were first introduced to the stinky, shameless, obnoxious yet entirely lovable in the end, ogre Shrek in the film with the same name. Come May 2010, the fairytale ends with “Shrek Forever After,” which sees the anti-hero hit midlife crisis, as USA Today informs.... |
26 November 2009
10:49 GMT |
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Two days ago, on November 24th, Canonical announced through Steve Kowalik that the LPIA architecture would no longer be supported, starting with the upcoming Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) operating system. At the moment, support for the LPIA architecture is still available on the Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) release. Becau... |
26 November 2009
10:42 GMT |
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There’s little doubt that Windows 7 is getting more than its fair share of love out there, with Microsoft citing double the number of sold licenses compared to that of Windows Vista in the first month on the market. In the UK, the software giant has tapped local girlband the Sugababes for a special promotion bu... |
26 November 2009
10:36 GMT |
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While its twin Spirit is currently struggling to get out of Troy, the sandy trap that has been keeping it hostage since late April, Opportunity is having a field day studying a rock known as Marquette Island. On Sol 2070 (Nov. 19), the explorations robot used its rock abrasion tool's wire brush to investigate th... |
26 November 2009
10:36 GMT |
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Mobile phone maker Motorola has been rumored a few times before to plan launching on the market a new Android mobile phone that would sport a landscape QWERTY keyboard that should hinge in reverse, and it seems that the day when the phone will be officially unveiled is nearing. To be more precise, the company is sai... |
26 November 2009
10:33 GMT |
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Hollywood actress Demi Moore is featured in the latest issue of fashion and beauty bible W Magazine. The cover seems to show the star in a gorgeous Balmain creation that emphasizes her tiny waist and thin legs, even if part of her hip seems to be missing. Not quite so, a report on Oh No They Didn’t argues, stat... |
26 November 2009
10:30 GMT |
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A new version of Sun Microsystems’ VirtualBox is available today, bringing Teleportation, a feature that allows for the live migration of a VM session from one machine to another. Additionally, VM states can now be restored from arbitrary snapshots instead of only the last one. New snapshots can also be taken f... |
26 November 2009
10:12 GMT |
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For a few brief moments after the 2009 American Music Awards aired on ABC, it certainly did look as if Adam Lambert was in for a very rough ride, especially as his debut album, “For Your Entertainment,” was about to be released the next day. The backlash for the performance he put on did not fail to appea... |
26 November 2009
10:06 GMT |
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Not so many decades ago, overclocking was a tedious and dangerous procedure that involved physical modifications to the motherboard, whether it meant changing the placement of jumpers that regulated the voltage or wattage received by the processor, to pumping surplus power into the CPU via the BIOS. Such overclocking... |
26 November 2009
10:02 GMT |
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The largest BitTorrent indexer in the world, Mininova, decided to remove all torrents from the sites, except for those uploaded through its Content Distribution platform. The decision comes after a court decision which forced the site to remove all infringing torrents. In the face of legal consequences and with no p... |
26 November 2009
09:53 GMT |
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Everyone knows that space is big. The thing about calling the Universe massive and what not is that no one can get a clear image of precisely what type of distances we're talking about. The closest star to our location would take the equivalent of 50 million Earth-Moon journeys to get too, or roughly 4.2 light-y... |
26 November 2009
09:43 GMT |
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Cupertino-based company Apple has recently enabled a wider range of carriers in the UK to deliver to the market its highly popular iPhone device, and Orange UK is among them. Moreover, the carrier has made the iPhone available for its users the very next day after the exclusivity deal Apple and O2 have had on the iP... |
26 November 2009
09:42 GMT |
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Following reports that Fox was doing its best to keep “Glee” star Chris Colfer in the closet under the pretense that it was for the sake of his career, the network is again grabbing headlines, also for a rather poor judgment call. As it is preparing for the return of American Idol, the network has chosen ... |
26 November 2009
09:38 GMT |
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Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia announced today that its recently unveiled flaghip device, Nokia X6, is now available for purchase in select markets around the world. The new handset comes to the market with the company's Comes With Music service on board, offering users the possibility to enjoy unlimited song... |
26 November 2009
09:24 GMT |
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Until not long ago, speaking of Jon and Kate Gosselin and failure to make a profit at the same time was close to imaginable, what with the two being clearly the biggest phenomenon of recent times. Now, just a couple of days after their reality show came to a hurried closure, all signs indicate that the Gosselin-mania... |
26 November 2009
09:18 GMT |
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Microsoft and NComputing have partnered over building solutions on top of the multiuser computing concept, which defines a model in which the resources of a single server machine are used to power experiences for multiple computer users concomitantly. Per the agreement inked by the two companies, NComputing will embr... |
26 November 2009
09:17 GMT |
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Online video has had a great month in October in the US. Viewers are up across the board, but there aren't any surprises at the top, and Facebook is sitting at a more modest ninth spot rather than the third place other reports had put it at. YouTube once again played in a league of its own, with 12 times more vi... |
26 November 2009
09:11 GMT |
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Although not yet perfected, MIT researchers used polysilicon-made waveguides and the same manufacturing facilities as semiconductor manufacturer Texas Instruments (TI) in order to create a chip that incorporated a large number of functional optical components. The MIT researchers' view is that, if they somehow m... |
26 November 2009
09:01 GMT |
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Several weeks after being compared to none other than Adolf Hitler by main “Transformers” female star Megan Fox, director Michael Bay is ready to cut her some slack. The media and fans have been extremely harsh with her for the comments she made in recent months, but they don’t necessarily show that... |
26 November 2009
09:01 GMT |
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Earlier this week, the company developing Mac OS X filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Media Solutions Holdings, a firm that allegedly copied the design of one of Apple’s products, and is now selling MacBook Power Adapters based on that design. Apple’s Power Adapter for MacBooks, also known as the... |
26 November 2009
09:00 GMT |
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TD-SCDMA is one of the wireless technologies that should see a great increase in subscribers in the near future. According to Sun Yuwang, president of Leadcore Technology, a provider of TD-SCDMA solutions in China, the number of TD-SCDMA handset subscribers should increase over 20 million during the next year. China... |
26 November 2009
08:58 GMT |
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Earlier this month, Qualcomm, one of the world's leading providers of next-generation mobile technologies, announced the very first smartbook to be manufactured on the company's Snapdragon platform. Manufactured by Lenovo and scheduled to arrive in the retail channel through network carrier AT&T, the new s... |
26 November 2009
08:55 GMT |
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Given the fact that the effects of global warming are becoming increasingly obvious and devastating, the government of the United Kingdom is among a select few in the world today that is actually doing something about it. A huge part of its future plans is to construct an entirely new generation of nuclear power plan... |
26 November 2009
08:54 GMT |
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Mobile voice services and Short Messaging Services (SMSs) seem to be on an ascending trend nowadays, as SMSs are expected to reach a number of 1.9 trillion this year in Asia/Pacific and Japan. According to a recent report from Gartner Inc., there has been a 15.5-percent increase in SMSs since 2008 and the volume of m... |
26 November 2009
08:49 GMT |
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Today, astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) and the space shuttle Atlantis, both currently in space, will pause for a moment from their daily activities, to celebrate Thanksgiving in microgravity. Twelve crew members are in space at this time, seven on the shuttle, and five on the orbital laboratory, S... |
26 November 2009
08:39 GMT |
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Emails look awfully outdated today when things like Twitter, Google Wave, and Facebook grab the headlines. Still, email-killers have come and gone and the communications service is alive and kicking with no signs of slowing down. WordPress decided to acknowledge this, albeit a tad late, with a new feature it's l... |
26 November 2009
08:11 GMT |
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Aware of the rapidly coming holidays and the ever-present desire of PC enthusiasts to make a good Christmas purchase, the Japanese company iiyama released two new ProLite monitors whose versatility will most likely turn them into potential holiday gifts. Very well suited for gaming or playback of high-definition medi... |
26 November 2009
08:09 GMT |
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Microsoft has made available an update designed to resolve a data corruption problem affecting secure Digital (SD) cards used in conjunction with a machine running the company’s latest iteration of the Windows client. The refresh offered to customers is available for all editions of the Windows7 client and is ... |
26 November 2009
08:00 GMT |
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Jump! Ultimate Stars is an uptake on the previous release, Jump Super Stars. It features a similar Super Smash Bros.-style fighting gameplay with a huge array of licensed manga characters. In total, 300 characters from 41 different mangas are available and will enable players to go wild and have some real fun. Player... |
26 November 2009
07:45 GMT |
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Wireless carrier Orange UK announced today the launch of new ‘Connected Laptops’ and new dongles for its consumer and SME business customers. All of the new devices are available for purchase with one of the company's broadband plans, which haven't been changed as a result of the new launches, a... |
26 November 2009
07:31 GMT |
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Internet Explorer 8 is an excellent tool for online shoppers to stay on top of the best offerings from eBay this holiday season. Via a partnership between Microsoft and eBay, online shoppers can leverage the latest version of the Internet Explorer browser in order to make sure that they are updated constantly on the ... |
26 November 2009
07:20 GMT |
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In a new image made available by scientists at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasadena, California, traces of active processes inside Martian craters can be clearly seen. The variety and complexity of these past events puzzle astronomers, which are not forced to revise existing knowledge of how the past... |
26 November 2009
07:08 GMT |
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Sunnyvale, California-based NVIDIA, one of the world's leading vendors of high-performance graphics solutions, has just released its new GeForce/ION drivers, version 195.62. The new drivers, which are WHQL-certified, deliver support for the company's latest products, while also providing a couple of extra f... |
26 November 2009
07:06 GMT |
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John Mayer is such a loud mouth and makes such an obvious point of always speaking his mind that it’s almost understandable if someone less in contact with his music would forget that he’s also a very accomplished musician. In the latest issue of Details magazine, Mayer, the “unsualist” as he ... |
26 November 2009
07:01 GMT |
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The motherboards introduced by ASUS for the micro ATX line are the M4A78L-M LE, M4A78L-M and M4A78LT-M LE. These products' different features make each of them especially suited for certain arrays of tasks, although all three have common features that give them a certain level of versatility in any domain. All u... |
26 November 2009
06:51 GMT |
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The Black Friday and the holiday shopping season are both upon us and there are quite many users already considering the purchase of a new mobile phone during this period, mainly due to the price cuts most carriers and retailers operate. Those living in the US will surely be able to enjoy a wide range of s... |
26 November 2009
06:46 GMT |
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Mozilla has released a new version of its popular, cross-platform web browser, Mozilla Firefox. The fourth beta of Firefox 3.6 for Mac OS X includes changes to how the developer allows third party software to integrate with Firefox in order to prevent crashes, and more. Read on for the full scoop.“This is a bet... |
26 November 2009
06:44 GMT |
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We already know that this year's Spike Video Game Awards will do more than just praise those that have been already launched and that some premiers will be present. The first official look at Halo: Reach will be hosted by the show and now another title with a powerful franchise behind it has been teased. Kotaku ... |
26 November 2009
06:43 GMT |
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One of the most important things to do when discovering a new species of animals or of ancient hominids, in the fossil record is to depict it as accurately as possible. For many years, paleoartists, which specialize in creating drawings or sculptures of creatures that lived millions of years ago, have accompanied arc... |
26 November 2009
06:38 GMT |
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Lawsuits aren't anything new for Google, but one in Italy could mean jail time for several Google employees if they're found guilty. The four men are charged with several privacy violations and libel over a user-uploaded video, hosted on Google Video in 2006. The prosecutors are now asking for one year in ... |
26 November 2009
06:31 GMT |
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Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system has been widely appreciated by both media and consumers, thanks to its more user-friendly interface, ease of use, and other features that enable it to run smoother than the software giant's previous OS, the infamous Windows Vista. In now appears that some PC vendors, A... |
26 November 2009
06:30 GMT |
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A new iPhone worm, based on Ikee, has been detected in the wild, but unlike its predecessor, it is malicious in nature. The new malware intercepts and steals online banking information from mobile consumers and connects to a master control server in order to receive instructions.At the beginning of this month, the wo... |
26 November 2009
06:18 GMT |
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The Windows operating system is, by no means, an indispensable kitchen utensil for the time being, but just give Microsoft a little while and the company will make it happen. With computers becoming ubiquitous throughout all rooms in the home and with Natural User Interfaces evolving at a fast pace, Windows-powered m... |
26 November 2009
06:18 GMT |
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Sophos’ Graham Cluley has updated his blog with news that the author of the Ikee worm, emerged earlier this month, has gotten himself places, thanks to his malicious feat. Cluley doesn’t care much for the hacker and would rather see him pay for his actions, rather than get rewarded.“The author of th... |
26 November 2009
06:15 GMT |
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Scientists at the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) are currently investigating deep retrofitting schemes which, they say, could help boost the energy efficiency of selected homes by 30 to 50 percent. They caution that the results of their studies would not necessarily mean tha... |
26 November 2009
06:05 GMT |
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Mobile phone users that own an iPhone, Palm WebOS, or Android-powered device now have yet another new feature to enjoy when it comes to Google Search: movie results. All that one needs to do to benefit from the new feature is to go to google.com on the phone's browser, to search for movies, and then to hit the ... |
26 November 2009
06:02 GMT |
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In tune with the miniaturization “trend” so to speak that has been prompting manufacturers to release smaller and smaller products while still keeping the top performance intact, Lan Gear decided to announce its own product in the line of diminutive hardware ones. The product is not some ultra-small and h... |
26 November 2009
05:58 GMT |
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Rondo of Swords is a strategy role-playing video game that will allow one to partake in different quests and adventures of all types. The battle system brings interesting innovations through the "Route Maneuver System." This will have gamers set a specific route, after which they'll have to deal with the events ... |
26 November 2009
05:57 GMT |
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The Sun Oracle deal is dragging on with no end in sight. Oracle is sticking to its guns, while the EU is not letting go of its objections. The software giant has now asked EU regulators for a hearing set for December 10 to argue its case for buying Sun, according to Reuters citing people close to the matter. This co... |
26 November 2009
05:51 GMT |
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Joining the long line of delayed games is Rockstar San Diego's Red Dead Redemption that was initially pegged for launched this fall. With just a few days short of winter, the title can no longer make that deadline, so it will be pushed into 2010. Take-Two, the publisher, said that the game would join some of its... |
26 November 2009
05:49 GMT |
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One year after it first announced that it was evolving its Software plus Services with the development of a Cloud-based platform, Microsoft officially announced the launch of Windows Azure at this year’s Professional Developer Conference. From all perspectives, Windows Azure is extremely young and yet the Commu... |
26 November 2009
05:48 GMT |
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Even before Advanced Micro Devices launched its much-anticipated family of Radeon HD 5xxx series, there were reports that the Sunnyvale, California-based chip maker was dealing with production issues on the TSMC's 40nm manufacturing process. The company never really confirmed these reports, ultimately claiming ... |
26 November 2009
05:26 GMT |
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The people at Agile Web Solutions have announced that 1Password Pro for iPhone and iPod touch is now free, as a way to thank all their “wonderful users” out there and to celebrate the release of 1Password 3 for Mac. As fans of the password manager should know, the desktop version is fresh out of its lates... |
26 November 2009
05:19 GMT |
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“New Moon,” the second film in the “Twilight” saga, opened this weekend in most theaters around the world and even managed to top expectations, becoming the third biggest opener ever in the history of film. The latest issue of Rolling Stone magazine brings Taylor Lautner on the cover, together... |
26 November 2009
05:10 GMT |
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When Intel said that it would be postponing the mass production of USB 3.0-compatible hardware, many among both corporations and end-users were quite unhappy with the delay. The general discontent was somewhat alleviated, however, when ASUS released its USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gb/s Motherboards, at which point hardware man... |
26 November 2009
05:08 GMT |
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Jump Superstars is a 2D fighting game that brings together over 150 characters from various Japanese anime and manga series. The title implies a bit more than just defeating your opponents, as, in some missions, you'll also have other objectives. The characters are controlled via the regular buttons, and you... |
26 November 2009
05:06 GMT |
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Scientists at the Harvard University were recently able to develop a new fingernail-sized implant that they say can treat cancer tumors inside mice models, in the lab. The cancer vaccine is loaded unto this substrate, which then carries it inside the body, the team details. Their achievement is the first such device ... |
26 November 2009
04:58 GMT |
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Left 4 Dead 2 might not have gotten away with its blood and violence in Australia, but Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 managed to prove that it was short enough to ride the kiddy train. The game successfully earned an MA15+ rating from the Australian Rating Board, known to be one of the strictest in the world. But that... |
26 November 2009
04:54 GMT |
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The first beta development milestone of ASP.NET MVC 2 was released by Microsoft at the Professional Developers Conference 2009, in Los Angeles (PDC 2009) last week. At the time of this article, the bits for ASP.NET MVC 2 Beta are up for grabs via the Microsoft download center. A release aimed at ASP.NET developers, A... |
26 November 2009
04:49 GMT |
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The heart is the only organ inside the human body that can never be allowed to stop. Lungs do so from time to time, either on their own, or because we want them to, the brain disconnects itself occasionally too, especially during sleep, but the heart keeps soldering on without a moment's rest. Over the course of... |
26 November 2009
04:46 GMT |
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Developers are abuzz over the latest thing to come to Google Chrome. It's not a new feature in the browser itself, it's the Extensions Gallery which is about to launch bringing add-on goodness to Chrome. The browser has had some support for extensions for several months, but now that Google thinks it'... |
26 November 2009
04:44 GMT |
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Opera Mini seems set to become the most popular mobile browser around the world. According to its maker, Opera Software, the application has seen an 11 percent increase in usage during the last month when compared to the previous one. The company announced that Opera Mini reached a number of 40 million users all aro... |
26 November 2009
04:34 GMT |
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The other day, of two major networks, only one came out as a winner for taking the “risk” of having Adam Lambert over for an interview and a mini-concert early in the morning, despite his performance at the American Music Awards 2009. That network was CBS that, in extending the invite to Lambert, showed A... |
26 November 2009
04:31 GMT |
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With the last meeting of the United Nations on the issues of global warming scheduled to start on December 6 in Copenhagen, policymakers are looking in every possible place for studies to inform them and their decisions. This is a very active time, right before the summit, as demonstrated by the scandal that is curre... |
26 November 2009
04:29 GMT |
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The holiday shopping fever is only bound to increase and spread, as Christmas approaches, to the levels when it is capable of catalyzing frantic behavior for customer. One sure way to avoid a customer frenzy is to do shopping online, and in this respect Microsoft along with various online e-commerce outlets, have mad... |
26 November 2009
04:24 GMT |
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OKI Data Corporation subsidiary OKI Digital Imaging used the company's Epi Film Bonding Technology to create a 1.1-inch Quarter Video Graphics Array (QVGA) LED display, which, by implementing the world's first 65-micrometer pitch between LED chips, delivers high-definition images while reducing the power co... |
26 November 2009
04:12 GMT |
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BioWare is one of those few game developers that keeps hammering its fans with nothing but brilliant releases. Maybe it's because it sticks to one genre and has learned what the fans like or maybe because it's using some Jedi mind trick. The outcome is the same, and the fact that every RPG that was released... |
26 November 2009
04:08 GMT |
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Mobile phone maker Motorola unveiled to the world, not too long ago, its second handset powered by Google's Android operating system, the Motorola DROID, and also announced that the handset is set to become available for purchase in Europe as the Motorola MILESTONE. While the DROID is already available for purc... |
26 November 2009
03:55 GMT |
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As the first Harvest Moon title to come to the DS, the game will have players manage the well-being of a farm. They'll have to tend to the livestock and grow all manners of crops. Their farm can be upgraded to handle new tasks, like holding additional livestock or a more elaborate kitchen to cook their food. The... |
26 November 2009
03:49 GMT |
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Although the public consensus seems to be that no one really likes Katie Price, formerly known as Jordan, from things like making of her divorce and personal life a “product” she sells to the tabloids to being a talentless example of a “celebrity,” it’s clear that, at least, people love ... |
26 November 2009
03:49 GMT |
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The developer of one of the best known iPhone applications to ever hit the App Store (iFart) and other seemingly useless apps has created yet another simple iPhone application, called Kaching. Unfortunately for Joel Comm, his app has been rejected for boasting little to no user functionality, according to Apple.... |
26 November 2009
03:47 GMT |
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The demand for better and faster memory has been on the rise along with the popularity growth of digital equipment (digital TV, cameras and others). This propelled memory developers to always improve the speeds and capacities of memory modules in general. Still, among those in need of better RAM are also end-users wh... |
26 November 2009
03:41 GMT |
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A new scientific paper shows that, soon, silicon-based chips could no longer need electrical current to operate. The work details the advancements that were made in controlling electrons' spin, as opposed to their charge. At this point, microchips must absolutely have electrical current in order to handle data, ... |
26 November 2009
03:40 GMT |
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Rock Band Network Network is one of the most ambitions projects that MTV Games and Harmonix have been working on. As far as the concept goes, it's not that completely new, since it basically relies on user-generated content, but to let anyone create selling songs might make people look at Rock Band in a complete... |
26 November 2009
03:38 GMT |
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A new release of Microsoft Commerce Server 2009 code name "R2" is currently available for testing via the Microsoft Download Center. Microsoft has released the November 2009 Community Technology Preview of Commerce Server 2009 R2 to early adopters. Companies already testing older releases of the next iteration ... |
26 November 2009
03:34 GMT |
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Google has been a big backer of OpenID, though that's not exactly a surprise when you have the login standard's creator, Brad Fitzpatrick, working for you. Fitzpatrick has announced that Google Profiles can now be used as OpenID logins. He has also added that WebFinger for Gmail now supports Google Profile... |
26 November 2009
03:29 GMT |
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On November 24th, 2009, Microsoft made available for download the third major upgrade for its home server operating system and, as is the general case with Microsoft, the company accompanied the release with the documentation designed to assist customers with their deployments. Windows Home Server users can, in this ... |
26 November 2009
03:21 GMT |
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Windows Mobile 6.5 is to have a successor before the next-generation Windows Mobile 7 will arrive on the market, this is no secret to anyone. However, there is a wide range of details about the so called WM 6.5.x version, unknown at the moment, including those regarding its arrival on handsets, as well as its a... |
26 November 2009
03:18 GMT |
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Kanguru Solutions, a division of Interactive Media Corporation, has recently announced the introduction of a new full featured, entry level, hard drive duplicator. Simply dubbed Kanguru HD Duplicator Mini Clone, the new product has been designed as an ultra compact, stand alone solution, being able to provide users ... |
26 November 2009
03:16 GMT |
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Fans were quick to say “Shame on you, ABC” when the network announced that, in light of Adam Lambert’s too controversial performance at this year’s American Music Awards of the weekend, it had to cancel a scheduled concert with him on Good Morning America. CBS was quick to jump at the unexpect... |
26 November 2009
03:10 GMT |
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Cellulose has for a long time been touted as a material that is capable to provide the foundation for a new type of batteries, that could power up small applications. For instance, they could be used in gift wraps, that could light up and say “Merry Christmas” or “Happy Birthday.” But what phy... |
26 November 2009
03:09 GMT |
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Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 already proved that it was not only a successful title, but also an incredibly well-selling one. The game had already generated $550 million for its publisher, Activision, and this was the last time it finished counting the money, last week. Since then, the title most likely sold a whole... |
26 November 2009
03:06 GMT |
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For many years, scientists have observed elusive formations on the surface of the Sun, but have attributed them to being mere optical illusions, caused by the constant motion of the star's atmosphere. Just recently, the twin STEREO spacecraft managed to demonstrate that this was, in fact, not the case, and that ... |
26 November 2009
03:01 GMT |
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Since early this year, hardware experts and the enthusiasts among end-users have been anxious to see the USB 3.0 out in the open, eager to test its capabilities and see whether the alleged 10 times faster data transfer was for real. Although motherboards with this technology are still quite hard to come by, other pro... |
26 November 2009
02:54 GMT |
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There was a time in astronomy when, if investigators wanted to catch a closer glimpse of a certain phenomenon, they simply had to wait for it again. These days are long gone, they say now, with the advent of modern physics and of the ability to create simulations of these occurrences by using lasers. This was done re... |
26 November 2009
02:37 GMT |
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HTC Hero, one of the most appealing Android-based mobile phone the Taiwanese handset maker HTC Corporation delivered to the market this year, has been expected to make an appearance on T-Mobile USA's airwaves, but in vain. The wireless carrier already announced that it does not plan on launching the high-e... |
26 November 2009
02:27 GMT |
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The forth Beta development milestone for the next iteration of Mozilla’s open source browser is currently available for download. Firefox 3.6 Beta 4 was already offered to heavyweight testers as a nightly, preview build via the browser maker’s FTP servers, and was followed shortly by the fully-fledged Bet... |
26 November 2009
02:23 GMT |
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Astronomers believe that, many years ago, when our galaxy was still in its infancy, it collided with a dwarf cousin, giving birth to a host of processes, including the development of a stellar cluster. As the Milky Way went on to grow to the impressive sizes it has today, the “fossilized” stellar cluster ... |
26 November 2009
02:21 GMT |
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Facilitated communication is the name given to a procedure in which a comatose patient, or someone who is otherwise significantly impaired, guides their hand over a touchscreen keyboard to type a message, while their hand is being held by someone else. This method came under increased criticism lately, when the case ... |
26 November 2009
02:01 GMT |
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