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After decades of oversupply and harsh competition in the global market, two of the world’s biggest HDD makers decided to buy all other competitors and increase prices to levels unheard of before. You really need to check out the first part of this series before reading any further. In 2011, Western Digital bo... |
26 July 2012
21:11 GMT |
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If TP-LINK's TL-WR702N isn't the smallest wireless router in the world, it comes really close, as it is very convenient to use and carry around wherever one may travel.
The full name of TP-LINK's latest invention is TL-WR702N 150Mbps Wireless Nano Pocket Router, quite informative even on its own real... |
26 July 2012
21:01 GMT |
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Following our previous articles, RuneScape Wikia Lens, German Ubuntu Forum Lens, Web History Lens, Rotten Tomatoes Scope, Clear Dark Sky Lens, DuckDuckGo Lens, News Lens, Pidgin Lens, Bliss Lens, Wikipedia Lens, Bookmarks Lens, ManPages Search Lens, Full Text Search Lens, GMusicBrowser Scope, Launchpad Lens, Dictiona... |
26 July 2012
20:41 GMT |
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Markus “Notch” Persson, the creator of hit independent game Minecraft, believes that the growing influence of Valve’s Steam service on the digital distribution segment of the market is worrying, and he hopes that other independent developers start selling their titles on their own. Steam is the mos... |
26 July 2012
19:31 GMT |
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Some may know that VMWare decided to buy Nicira, and we wouldn't normally bat an eyelash if it didn't have the potential to cause great ripples.
The sum being huge ($1.26 billion / 1.02 billion Euro) is beside the point. The important matter here is that Nicira makes technology that lets businesses use net... |
26 July 2012
19:01 GMT |
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Motorola Mobility has just announced the immediate availability of the MOTOLUXE XT685 in China. Although this is just a mid-range device, the smartphone will be shipped with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system.
Beginning this week, customers in China can purchase the Motorola MOTOLUXE XT685 from authoriz... |
26 July 2012
19:01 GMT |
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Research In Motion’s BlackBerry smartphones are highly appealing to enthusiasts, especially to those who have been using them for quite some time now. In fact, some are so attached to these handsets that would want to see them offering the same interface as before, even if RIM decided to adopt another operati... |
26 July 2012
18:51 GMT |
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Video game developer BioWare has clarified the time frame for the recently announced reboot of the Ultima series, saying that it was set to take place 21 years after the events of the Ultima IV and is not a direct remake of the classic title.
Kate Flack, who is the lead designer working on Ultima Forever: Quest for ... |
26 July 2012
18:41 GMT |
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Dragon’s Dogma, Capcom’s recent medieval fantasy role-playing game, deserves a sequel, at least according to the title’s Director, Hideaki Itsuno, who said that the current version of the game incorporated just two thirds of the ideas he had for the series.
Dragon’s Dogma delivered an intense... |
26 July 2012
18:31 GMT |
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Video game publisher has offered a new hint that another member of the extensive Monster Hunter series might be ready to travel to the Western markets, although the company has refused to offer any clear information about what game is targeted and when it might be launched.
Yuri Araujo, who is an online and communit... |
26 July 2012
17:31 GMT |
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Softpedia is the first to announce today, July 26th, that the third Alpha version of the upcoming Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) operating system is now available for download. As usual, we've grabbed a copy of it in order to keep you up-to-date with the latest changes in the Ubuntu 12.10 development. What... |
26 July 2012
16:50 GMT |
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One of the main developers of the well-known Planescape: Torment has admitted that he is considering creating a spiritual successor to the game by dropping the Dungeons & Dragons mechanics and focusing on the elements that made the game special.
Chris Avellone, who is now part of the Obsidian development team, has t... |
26 July 2012
16:41 GMT |
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Canonical released earlier today, July 26th, the third and last Alpha version of the upcoming Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) operating system. Ubuntu 12.10 Alpha 3 is powered by Linux kernel 3.5 and features Mozilla Firefox 15.0 Beta web browser, GNOME 3.5.4 desktop environment, Unity 6 desktop interface, and th... |
26 July 2012
16:40 GMT |
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Canonical released today, July 26th, the third and last Alpha version of the upcoming Kubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) operating system. Dubbed Quantal Quetzal, Kubuntu 12.10 Alpha 3 is powered by Linux kernel 3.5 and is built on top of the KDE Software Compilation 4.9 Beta desktop environment.The third Alpha of Kubun... |
26 July 2012
16:38 GMT |
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Canonical released today, July 26th, the third Alpha version of the upcoming Kubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) operating system.Kubuntu 12.10 Alpha 3 (Quantal Quetzal) packs quite a few important changes, among which we can mention:• OwnCloud was updated to the latest version;• Digikam 2.7 has been added in o... |
26 July 2012
16:23 GMT |
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Canonical has announced today the immediate availability for download and testing of Ubuntu Server 12.10 Alpha 3, along with Ubuntu 12.10 Alpha 3, Lubuntu 12.10 Alpha 3, and Kubuntu 12.10 Alpha 3. Among the features added in Ubuntu Server 12.10 Alpha 3 (Quantal Quetzal) we can mention Juju Charm Store policy implemen... |
26 July 2012
16:22 GMT |
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After the release of Ubuntu 12.10 Alpha 3 (Quantal Quetzal), Canonical announced the immediate availability of their operating system for the audio, video, and graphic enthusiast or professional, Ubuntu Studio 12.10 Alpha 3. Highlights of Ubuntu Studio 12.10 Alpha 3:• A new web page is now available and the help... |
26 July 2012
16:21 GMT |
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Lubuntu 12.10 Alpha 3 (Quantal Quetzal) has been announced earlier today, July 26th, by Canonical. Lubuntu is now at its third Alpha release and Canonical has announced that it has reached version 12.10 Alpha 3, along with its older brothers, Ubuntu 12.10 Alpha 3, Kubuntu 12.10 Alpha 3 and Ubuntu Studio 12.10 Alpha 3... |
26 July 2012
16:20 GMT |
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Sony and its Polyphony Digital team have presented a brand new version of their hit Gran Turismo 5 racing game, in the form of Gran Turismo 5: Academy Edition, which will be released this September in Europe.
Gran Turismo 5 came out back in 2010 and quickly managed to draw in millions of PlayStation 3 owners to its ... |
26 July 2012
15:41 GMT |
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The upcoming Far Cry 3 will be a game that blurs the line between good and evil during the main story, mainly because it asks the player to do some things that are typically associated with the villains of a story.
Dan Hay, who is the main producer working on Far Cry 3, has told CVG that, “When you start to lo... |
26 July 2012
15:31 GMT |
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As we also informed you the other day, out of respect for the families of the victims and the survivors of the Aurora, Colorado shootings, Warner Bros. decided to take out a key scene from the upcoming “Gangster Squad” and hold reshoots.
It was initially assumed that the film would still be out in Septe... |
26 July 2012
15:21 GMT |
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Lian Li likes to surprise the world by making strange cases, but oddities don't really sell all that well with the masses, so the company has to deal in less “radical” designs, like the PC-B12.
That doesn't mean that the company's thoughts and ideas suddenly turned dry and dull though, far... |
26 July 2012
15:21 GMT |
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Galaxy S III landed on shelves with a nice range of features packed inside, including support for NFC (Near-Field Communication), which provides users with fast sharing capabilities, among other things.
To share content, users can simply take advantage of the phone’s S Beam feature, which depends on NFC, and ... |
26 July 2012
15:01 GMT |
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Katy Perry has always said she would never diet down to a size 0 and that she's very proud of her curves, but that doesn't mean she doesn't pay a lot of attention to maintaining her killer figure. On the contrary, she says.
Speaking with People magazine on a recent press stop, the pop star revealed th... |
26 July 2012
14:31 GMT |
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Activision and High Moon Studios have posted a brand new video of the multiplayer and cooperative modes included in their upcoming Transformers: Fall of Cybertron title.
High Moon Studios wants to deliver a proper follow-up to the rather impressive War for Cybertron game and, with the upcoming Fall of Cybertron, the... |
26 July 2012
14:21 GMT |
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Just recently, CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species) was asked by representatives of the World Parrot Trust to take immediate measures and help put an end to trading activities involving African Grey Parrots.
Although one might not recognize them by this name, African Grey Parrots are ... |
26 July 2012
14:01 GMT |
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Not only did Kristen Stewart break Robert Pattinson's heart when she cheated on him with a married man twice her age, her “Snow White and the Huntsman” director, but she also treated him very badly by not even informing him she got caught by the paparazzi.
The scandal now shaking the “Twiligh... |
26 July 2012
13:31 GMT |
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Like most other IT companies, Logitech is reporting on the state of its finances and how they progressed, or regressed as the case may be, during the second quarter of the year. We should preface this by saying that Logitech did not report on the second quarter of 2012, but on the first quarter of its Fiscal Year 2... |
26 July 2012
13:31 GMT |
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Developer Cliffhanger Productions has added a new business model for its upcoming Shadowrun Online, allowing gamers to pay 25 dollars in order to use the Campaign Model, thus enabling people to pay for the game just once in order to own it and play it forever.
Jan Wagner, the co-founder of Cliffhanger Productions, s... |
26 July 2012
13:21 GMT |
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US-based retailer Let’s Talk has just added Sprint’s variant of Galaxy S III to its portfolio. The smartphone is now available for purchase for only $129.99 USD (105 EUR) with a new two year agreement. However, customers who want another discount for the Samsung Galaxy S III can use the TALKLOGIC coupon ... |
26 July 2012
13:01 GMT |
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Traditional AMD video card partner Sapphire has now decided to add two more Vapor-X Radeon HD 7970 graphics adapters to the company’s custom line of AMD “Tahiti” GHz Edition. The new cards feature more tamed characteristics when compared to Sapphire’s flagship, but they’re nonetheless im... |
26 July 2012
12:51 GMT |
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The next multiplayer challenge weekend for Mass Effect 3 players is called Operation Overwatch and tasks participants with completing as many extractions as possible no matter the difficulty, enemy, or squad composition. Mass Effect 3’s multiplayer mode has been a huge success thanks to the array of challenge ... |
26 July 2012
12:41 GMT |
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Finnish scientists at the Aalto University announce the development of a method for scanning and mapping the human brain that produces the most accurate details to date.
Their approach is to combine two already-established techniques, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and whole-head magnetoencephalography (MEG), in ... |
26 July 2012
12:16 GMT |
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Using data from the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, astronomers have recently investigated a pulsar that appears to have changed its speed. This is a very weird discovery, since these objects are known to rotate at a constant rate, not varying over time. Yet, such a shift has recently been recorded.
Granted, the di... |
26 July 2012
12:04 GMT |
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The EA Sports team working on the upcoming FIFA 13 has released a new video for the game which is designed to show off the new home kit of the Manchester City team, which took the Premier League title during the previous season. The video does not show any sort of real information about the game itself, but a quick ... |
26 July 2012
12:01 GMT |
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The Twitter Chat WordPress plugin allows a site's visitors to start chats with the administrator via their Twitter account. A small badge is added in the corner of the site which, when clicked, expands into a fully working chat window. The visitor must connect with his Twitter account and then he can enter his... |
26 July 2012
12:01 GMT |
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British researchers at the University of Manchester say they've developed a drug that significantly reduces the amount of brain damage caused in patients by stroke. Doctors have been calling for such a substance to be produced for several decades.
Called Anakinra (IL-1Ra), the drug is already in use for treati... |
26 July 2012
11:52 GMT |
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Michigan State University (MSU) researchers announce that they've completely deciphered the genetic code of a killer strain of Escherichia coli (E. coli). This deadly form of the bacteria claimed 54 lives during an epidemic in 2011.
Dubbed E. coli O104:H4, this variant of the widespread microorganism proved vi... |
26 July 2012
11:38 GMT |
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Using the NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) spacecraft, astronomers captured a new image of the Flame Nebula, which is located on the eastern hip of Orion the Hunter. The object is also known among experts under the designations NGC 2024 and Sh2-277.
The object is cataloged as an emission nebula, meani... |
26 July 2012
11:28 GMT |
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Chinese company Biwin has decided to make its SSDs slimmer than the current incarnations and, thus, has just introduced drives with just 7-millimeter thickness. This means that the new additions to Biwin’s product line are packed in a 26% slimmer profile.
Biwin’s drives are SATA3-capable and now they wil... |
26 July 2012
11:11 GMT |
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Good news for Symbian fans as Nokia will soon launch a new update for Belle operating system. Dubbed Nokia Belle Feature Pack 2, the update will probably be pushed in the following weeks.
Although it’s still a work in progress, a new video that shows off the new features and capabilities of the Nokia Belle Fea... |
26 July 2012
11:11 GMT |
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We love Jimmy Kimmel. There, we just had to say it. This out of the way, his latest segment is aimed to show all those who are in the habit of hurling abuse on Twitter that celebrities are people too.
And, just like everybody else out there, they too have a heart that can be broken.
Check out the video above to s... |
26 July 2012
11:08 GMT |
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Officials at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasadena, California, announce that the NASA Cassini space probe conducted a new flyby of Saturn's largest moon on Tuesday, July 24. The maneuver took the long-lived orbiter very close to the surface of Titan.
According to mission controllers, the purpose of... |
26 July 2012
11:06 GMT |
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Until just recently it was virtually impossible to exactly determine how much carbon was locked away in various areas of land which happened to be covered by dense vegetation.
The good news is that researchers from the Carnegie Institution for Science, together with several other Colombian scientists, seem to have ... |
26 July 2012
11:04 GMT |
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Considering Nicki Minaj's generous curves and how revealing most of her stage outfits usually are, it's almost no big surprise that one fan risked – and got – a serious beating for trying to feel her up.
Video of the incident has emerged online and you can see it above.
Unfortunately, becaus... |
26 July 2012
10:58 GMT |
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Windows 8, Microsoft’s next-generation operating system, is expected to become commercially available as soon as October 26th, 2012, while being set to hit the RTM status during the first week of August. The platform will bring along a nice range of improvements when compared to the currently available Window... |
26 July 2012
10:56 GMT |
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Rovio, creators of Angry Birds, one of most popular franchises for Android and iOS platforms, have just released a new update for Angry Birds Space.
Players who have already unlocked and completed all the available levels in Angry Birds Space will be happy to know that developers added 20 new levels that will entert... |
26 July 2012
10:46 GMT |
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Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) and mission controllers on the ground celebrated the 1-year anniversary of the orbital lab's dark matter experiment, entitled the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer-2 (AMS-2).
The complex piece of equipment, priced at $2 billion, was launched into space on the se... |
26 July 2012
10:41 GMT |
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A new trailer for Ang Lee's latest film, “Life of Pi,” has been released online. It might be 2D and of small resolution, but it's still indicative that this stands good odds of proving one of the most beautiful films of the year.
The Oscar-winning director certainly has an eye for beauty, whic... |
26 July 2012
10:41 GMT |
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Major carrier Verizon Wireless is about to launch the LG Spectrum 2 smartphone, the spiritual successor of the Spectrum (VS920), also known as LG Revolution 2.
The Spectrum 2 has been recently spotted in Verizon CelleBrite system, which means it’s now closer to launch. However, we don’t have an exact rel... |
26 July 2012
10:31 GMT |
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“Jack & Diane” has been long in the making but it looks like fans won't have to wait that much longer to see it. A first trailer has been released, you can see it above.
Juno Temple and Riley Keough play two teens who fall in love on a trip to NYC, only to be told that their romance could never be.... |
26 July 2012
10:27 GMT |
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Despite the fact that the next generation of home consoles, led by the Nintendo Wii U, is nearly upon us, the development team leading the creation of Dishonored does not yet have an opinion about the abilities of the hardware. Harvey Smith, who is one of the co-leaders of the Arkane Studios team, has told Games Ind... |
26 July 2012
10:25 GMT |
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We're having a hard time believing that, even with all the marketing and promotions on the part of notebook and mobile companies, Apple's tablet share still increased compared to 2011.
Still, that's what Strategy Analytics claims to have found after studying the shipments in the second quarter of 201... |
26 July 2012
10:24 GMT |
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Greenpeace and KFC have long been engaged in a battle revolving around rainforest destruction and the future of the critically endangered Sumatran tiger.
The main complaint raised by these environmentalists against Kentucky Fried Chicken is that, in order for their trademark packaging to be made, forests need to be... |
26 July 2012
10:23 GMT |
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Sony Mobile has recently finished the rollout of the long-awaited Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade for its 2011 Xperia smartphones.
Unfortunately, owners of 2011 Xperia handsets continue to complain that the update drops their phones’ functionality.
For example, the Android 4.0 ICS for Xperia ray and X... |
26 July 2012
10:21 GMT |
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When Apple is not the one suing everybody else and is in fact the one having to defend itself from the accusations, there are always impressive strategies we all should learn from. In this particular patent spat, Apple is reportedly not denying infringing on Samsung’s legally awarded patents. Not only did the... |
26 July 2012
10:20 GMT |
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Crytek has just posted some brand new footage of its upcoming Crysis 3 shooter, this time in the form of a special interactive video that lets fans choose the play style.
Crysis 3 is going to appear early next year and developer Crytek has promoted the game by releasing all sorts of videos and screenshots in recent ... |
26 July 2012
10:11 GMT |
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Those who watched “House M.D.” as religiously as we did will surely remember that episode in which Leighton Meester played a teen obsessed with Hugh Laurie's House. They meet again in “The Oranges,” which just got a brand new trailer.
Check it out above in full.
Laurie and Oliver Platt... |
26 July 2012
10:06 GMT |
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This week, Microsoft made available for download a Community Technology Preview of its Open XML SDK 2.5 for Microsoft Office, intended for feature evaluation purposes.
Built on top of the System.IO.Packaging API, the Open XML SDK 2.5 was designed to provide strongly typed part classes that enable manipulation of Op... |
26 July 2012
10:03 GMT |
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Motorola and Lenovo, like others, were supposed to release, or at least demo, some Medfield-based tablets around the middle of the year (2012), as in now, but that won' be happening.
Whether because of Windows 8, the popularity of Android on ARM or something else, the two companies have delayed Medifeld/Androi... |
26 July 2012
10:03 GMT |
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We already reported yesterday that Google and Motorola plan to begin an Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean soak test for the XOOM Wi-Fi devices in the United States.
Today, the folks over at AndroidCentral report that Google has just started the rollout of the update to Motorola XOOM Wi-Fi owners who previously signed up for ... |
26 July 2012
10:01 GMT |
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A team of scientists at the Northwestern University announces the creation of a drug that addresses the type of brain inflammation characteristic to traumatic brain injury, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer's disease, and multiple sclerosis, among several other conditions.
Over the past couple of years, sci... |
26 July 2012
09:59 GMT |
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Microsoft was expected to make available for download a Windows Phone 8 SDK before the end of the summer, but the developer tools have already emerged online, along with some other files and documentation from Microsoft.
Weighing 1.35 GB, the SDK reportedly requires Windows 8 Release Preview to be installed on the t... |
26 July 2012
09:48 GMT |
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There's a new R-rated comedy coming our way: “The Watch” drops in theaters on July 25 and we have a brand new teaser video for it, which is actually a red band blooper reel.
Because *it contains language that might offend, we can't embed it here, but you can see it on YouTube.
The clip, intr... |
26 July 2012
09:47 GMT |
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Video game hardware maker and publisher Nintendo has announced that it has managed to limit the losses it has suffered during the fiscal quarter from April to June of this year, going from 25.5 billion Yen ($326 million or €268.4 million) during the same period of 2011 to 17.2 billion Yen ($220.4 million to €181.5 mi... |
26 July 2012
09:43 GMT |
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If the FCC's latest filing is genuine, and it is, then Logitech is actively encouraging the market for TVs with built-in videoconferencing hardware and pre-installed software. Logitech tried to make people interested in TVs that can act like videophones, but the TV Cam and the Revue didn't make the cut in ... |
26 July 2012
09:35 GMT |
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Just last year, Manchester United was internationally acclaimed for its green-oriented energy use policies.
As well as this, the professional football club snatched a couple of environmental certifications for having lowered its carbon emissions and for proper waste management.
However, up until yesterday, the c... |
26 July 2012
09:21 GMT |
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Nintendo has just posted a brand new video with its upcoming New Super Mario Bros. 2 for the 3DS platform, showing off all sorts of gameplay, from different stages, to unique power-ups and, as always, lots of platforming adventures.
New Super Mario Bros. 2 is out soon, so Nintendo is working hard on attracting as ma... |
26 July 2012
09:01 GMT |
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Along with the release of its new Mac OS X version, namely 10.8 Mountain Lion, Apple announced the availability of a series of updated software for it, including MacBook Air SMC Update.
The new release for this app brings along Power Nap support for users running OS X v10.8 or later, along with a series of improveme... |
26 July 2012
09:00 GMT |
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Add-ons for Firefox started to extend the functionality of Mozilla’s web browser back in 2004, and since then, they’ve been downloaded more than 3 billion times. It’s quite a number, which does not include themes, only items from the Add-ons Gallery.
To better represent this accomplishment, Mozilla... |
26 July 2012
08:58 GMT |
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Intel continues the Windows 8 support series with a new release of Rapid Storage Technology driver, both RAID and AHCI packages. This driver basically offers the necessary tools to connect RAID and AHCI storage controllers. To set up a system for RAID-array, you must have a supported desktop board and Windows operat... |
26 July 2012
08:55 GMT |
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In many at-risk people, a form of cancer known as basal cell carcinoma behaves more like a chronic illness, researchers at the Brown University determined in a new study. Their analysis was primarily focused on the factors that can predict this condition.
One of the most important factors announcing the onset of ca... |
26 July 2012
08:55 GMT |
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Developer Vigil Games and publisher THQ have launched the first full gameplay trailer for their upcoming Darksiders II and they have also delivered the minimum and the recommended system specifications for those who are interesting in buying the title. The minimum system specifications include: Operating System: Wi... |
26 July 2012
08:44 GMT |
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The “Fifty Shades of Grey” movie might still be in production limbo but at least we're getting fresh reports on who might be starring in it as leads. Emma Watson and Ian Somerhalder are frontrunners. Those who have not heard of the best-selling trilogy by author E.L. James either have been living u... |
26 July 2012
08:43 GMT |
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Although presently an endangered species, cape gannets do not really receive the media attention they deserve.
What makes these birds so amazing is the fact that, when they decide that they are hungry enough to go fishing, they pretty much plunge into the open waters at speeds of up to 120 kilometers per hour (abou... |
26 July 2012
08:36 GMT |
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As soon as Apple made available for download the latest platform for its Mac users, namely OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, Microsoft announced that its Office for Mac 2011 productivity suite is compatible with the software.
Apparently, Microsoft and Apple have been working together to ensure that the suite will work great ... |
26 July 2012
08:32 GMT |
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The latest build for Process Lasso does not come with a rich set of modifications. It is a minor revision, 6.0.0.61, released to fix an annoying glitch in the program that affected the reading of the CPU usage.
Process Lasso 6.0.0.61 repairs the incorrect calculation of the total CPU% when the application is minimiz... |
26 July 2012
08:31 GMT |
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For those who need a reminder, AsRock motherboard company was founded by ASUS, as the famous mainboard manufacturer was not willing to associate its brand with mid- to low-end products and wanted the ASUS moniker to be associated only with quality and high-end devices.
Thanks to ASUS’ good channel contacts, ma... |
26 July 2012
08:29 GMT |
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Investigators at the Arizona State University (ASU), in Tempe, say that they are currently working on developing a new class of synthetic vaccines. When completed, the new substances will be significantly safer and more effective than their counterparts today.
Using approaches characteristic to a field of research ... |
26 July 2012
08:27 GMT |
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Rihanna and Chris Brown broke up after he beat her to a bloody pulp in a fit of rage three years ago, but they never once stopped being in contact. Now in Cannes both, they are talking about doing another project together.
They already did two remixes together after their public breakup and they weathered the storm... |
26 July 2012
08:18 GMT |
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A video just made public by the RSPCA stands as proof of just how far animal cruelty can sometimes go. Not that long ago, RSPCA members made a shocking discovery: two newly born puppies had been buried alive by a breeder who decided that they were of no use to him. In spite of efforts to rescue the animals, it se... |
26 July 2012
08:06 GMT |
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Mobile applications are not safe from piracy. In fact, according to one mobile software developer, some of these apps are more exposed to piracy than any other software.
The assertion comes from Matt Gemmell, who develops applications for iOS devices, and who claims that Google’s Android platform was, in fact... |
26 July 2012
08:05 GMT |
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Investigators at the University of California in San Diego's (UCSD) Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) say that one of their latest surveys indicates the presence of a rather large methane seep off the coasts of San Diego.
This is the first time such a structure has been identified at this location, the... |
26 July 2012
07:54 GMT |
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Video game hardware maker Sony has announced that it has delivered to the Japanese National Institute of Technology and Evaluation, for an assessment process, 31 cases for its PlayStation Vita console that were damaged during the charging process. Sony says that 23 examples of devices damaged during charging are fro... |
26 July 2012
07:49 GMT |
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After receiving two new updates for the experimental build yesterday, today the stable version for Dropbox showed some progress. The latest revision is currently 1.4.12 and it holds only modifications Mac users can see.
The list of changes contains only one entry that informs Mac users that the new version of Dropbo... |
26 July 2012
07:43 GMT |
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The recent shootings in Aurora, Colorado have re-opened the old debate on gun control and whether a stricter law against guns could limit the number of such tragic and violent episodes. Ice-T, for one, is against gun control, saying it's people who kill people, and not guns.
Speaking shortly after the Aurora sh... |
26 July 2012
07:40 GMT |
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Although most people now keep chinchillas as pets, there was a time when these animals were hunted down and killed for their fur, which supposedly is extremely soft and, therefore, became highly fashionable in the 19th century.
However, thanks to continuous efforts made by conservationists and green-heads worldwide... |
26 July 2012
07:36 GMT |
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Sony could make official two new smartphones for the international market as soon as August 29th, during a press event preceding the IFA 2012 show in Berlin.
While the event had already been announced for that day, Sony kept mum on what it might announce.
However, some of the latest rumors on the matter suggest t... |
26 July 2012
07:31 GMT |
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, like so many others, has published its financial results for the second quarter of 2012, the one that ended in June.
The company's revenue increased 15.9% on-year, while net income went up 16.3% compared to the same period (April-June, 2011).
What's most impor... |
26 July 2012
07:29 GMT |
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Valve boss Gabe Newell has shared his thoughts on Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 8 operating system for the PC and has called it a “catastrophe” because it’s going to close the platform, instead of letting it be free, as up until now. Valve owns Steam, one of the largest digital distribution pl... |
26 July 2012
07:20 GMT |
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Accomplished writer JK Rowling, whose “Harry Potter” series made a bestseller and delighted children around the world, has now decided that it was high time to provide her kids with something we all dreamed of having at one point in our youth: a suspended playground.
Thus, the author announced that Davi... |
26 July 2012
07:03 GMT |
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Google Chrome Beta channel has been updated to version 21.0.1180.55. The new revision integrates specific repairs for Windows and Mac, although it is available for all supported platforms.
Among the problems spotted on all supported operating systems there is the impossibility to press the Enter key in order to star... |
26 July 2012
07:01 GMT |
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One of the most popular and paradoxically media-shy couples in showbiz might be history: Kristen Stewart has admitted to cheating on Robert Pattinson with Rupert Sanders in a public statement. Robert is still in too much shock to say anything.
Both Kristen and Sanders have released public apologies to their respect... |
26 July 2012
06:45 GMT |
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Mobile phone carrier Sprint is reportedly gearing up for the release of a new software update for its Galaxy Nexus devices, delivering some small enhancements to them.
Rumor has it that the new update will change the phone’s received signal strength indicator (RSSI), while also delivering support for Sprint T... |
26 July 2012
06:41 GMT |
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A resume of an Infinity Ward software engineer has revealed that the studio is already working on a new game, presumably Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, which is going to appear for current devices like PC, PS3, and Xbox 360, but also for some TBA (To Be Announced) platforms, hinting at the oft-rumored PlayStation 4... |
26 July 2012
06:21 GMT |
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Mobile phone maker Sony is reportedly gearing up for the release of a successor for its Xperia S flagship smartphone, and that device has just got previewed, far before being officially announced.
Featuring model number Sony LT30p Mint, the handset was already spotted on the web before, courtesy of a series of leak... |
26 July 2012
06:01 GMT |
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Soon after astronomers began detecting multiple extrasolar planets around the same star, they saw that the way in which our solar system is ordered – with each planet occupying a clear position – is not the norm throughout the galaxy, but rather an exception. In a recent study, a collaboration of researc... |
26 July 2012
06:01 GMT |
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According to one analyst, the launch of the new, larger XL version of the Nintendo 3DS handheld will not influence sales in any significant way, while the future prospects of the rival PlayStation Vita from Sony remain bleak.Michael Pachter, who is an analyst watching the industry for Wedbush Morgan, has told VG247 t... |
26 July 2012
05:53 GMT |
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We can't exactly say that Fujitsu's Stylistic M532 has been completely AWOL since it was first exposed back in January (2012), but that doesn't change the fact that its launch is quite clearly overdue.
After all, it was supposed to arrive in May but, after that update in March, we only spotted it onc... |
26 July 2012
05:52 GMT |
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As soon as the new OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion platform became available for download, Apple completely removed the previous OS X Lion release from the App Store.
At first, the platform appeared to have been removed even from the users’ Purchased apps tab, but it appears that Apple did not, in fact, pull it from there.... |
26 July 2012
05:51 GMT |
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Just recently, two tiger cubs born in captivity at the Guiyang Forest Wildlife Zoo in China developed serious health issues.
To make matters even worse, 18 of their brothers and sisters have already died shortly after birth.
In an attempt to provide them with a fighting chance at survival, zoo keepers separated M... |
26 July 2012
05:48 GMT |
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Chris Nolan is known, both as director and screenwriter, for the seriousness with which he tackles each project. He's a challenger, a rebel of modern cinematography and his movies rarely leave room for giggles.
But that's not always the case, as this video (below) from Vulture can confirm.
To make the a... |
26 July 2012
05:46 GMT |
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Ever since Katie Holmes filed for divorce and “broke free” of Tom Cruise, the media has been siding with her. She's been portrayed as nothing short of a heroine who ran for her life just because she realized her daughter was in danger from the Church of Scientology.
Maybe that's not how it happ... |
26 July 2012
05:31 GMT |
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Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard University have recently surpassed one of the major obstacles blocking the path to developing advanced quantum computers.
The joint team was able to develop a method of converting a laser beam into a stream of single photons. Their approach is... |
26 July 2012
05:26 GMT |
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Galaxy Note, Samsung’s largest smartphone at the moment, is coming soon to T-Mobile in the United States, there’s no doubt about it.
In fact, Samsung themselves have confirmed it, by listing the mobile phone on their own support website with a “Coming soon” tag next to it.
As soon as the m... |
26 July 2012
05:25 GMT |
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It looks like Advanced Micro Devices won't be sacrificing every product brand this year, as the Athlon II series of CPUs will live on, even gaining socket FM2 members.
The folks at CPU World have discovered three Athlon II X4 central processing units that will be compatible with the FM2 socket.
We'd be ... |
26 July 2012
05:25 GMT |
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The development team at Firaxis and publisher 2K Games have released one single screenshot that shows players the characters they can get as part of the Elite Soldiers Pack, which is only offered to those who are ready to put down a pre-order for XCOM: Enemy Unknown.The pack includes the new Hyperion and Reaper soldi... |
26 July 2012
05:16 GMT |
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Western Digital has yet again posted record financial results for the fiscal quarter ending in June 2012. The company’s net income was 272% higher than the same period last year, and WD managed to spend a whole $1.1 billion in cash in the midst of the global economic downturn. The HDD market has long been in a... |
26 July 2012
05:11 GMT |
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Just recently, representatives of the US Department of the Interior and Department of Energy made it public news that several areas of public lands might soon be used for green purposes.
Thus, it is expected that considerable amounts of money will go into developing and implementing solar energy projects.
The Fin... |
26 July 2012
05:06 GMT |
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Micron buying Elpida was a foregone conclusion, even with all the reports and counter-reports on the matter, but, now that it has happened, some parties are concerned about what may come next. The analysts at IHS iSuppli have studied the acquisition of Elpida by Micron, and the status of both before and after the f... |
26 July 2012
04:55 GMT |
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A team of scientists at the Cambridge-based Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announces the discovery of a gene that is responsible for giving bacteria the ability to survive in extremely dangerous environments.
The finding explains why the waters in the Gulf of Mexico, heavily polluted with methane follo... |
26 July 2012
04:53 GMT |
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Sony has confirmed that it’s going to take its PlayStation Network online service offline today, July 26, in territories like Europe, Australia, or the Middle East, for planned maintenance.
After the already infamous cyber-attack of last year, Sony has been trying to keep its PlayStation Network as secure as p... |
26 July 2012
04:38 GMT |
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Kristen Stewart has owned up to her “indiscretion” to married director Rupert Sanders and, considering that photos of one of their romantic rendezvous have made their way online, she most certainly had no other choice but to issue a statement. Indeed, as announced yesterday, there are photos of Kristen ... |
26 July 2012
04:31 GMT |
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Kirby’s Dream Collection Special Edition was launched in Japan during the week that ended on July 21 and managed to top the Japanese video game chart, while at the same time pushing off sales for the Nintendo Wii home console. When it comes to the hardware chart, the leader of the pack was once again the Ninte... |
26 July 2012
04:29 GMT |
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Officials at the American space agency say that the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket passed an important review on Wednesday, July 25. This opens the way for experts to begin the preliminary design phase of the project. The SLS is scheduled to complete its maiden flight in 2017.
Developed as a means of transporting ... |
26 July 2012
04:27 GMT |
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People living in the Pakistani village of Hudiara have been using water coming from the Hudiara Drain in order to irrigate their crops for quite some time now.
Thus, they seem to be oblivious to the fact that, as pointed out by environmentalists several times before, this particular water source is bound to be cont... |
26 July 2012
04:26 GMT |
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Developer Relic has released a bunch of new screenshots of Company of Heroes 2, the World War II real-time strategy game, designed to show the effect that weather will have on the various scenarios.
The game is focused on the Eastern Front and will use the Essence Engine 3.0 and its special ColdTech in order to simu... |
26 July 2012
03:59 GMT |
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Vigil Games and THQ have finally released a trailer for Darksiders II that shows off only gameplay from the upcoming hack and slash experience.
Darksiders 2 is out next month, in August, and the two companies behind it have released all sorts of impressive videos, showing off cinematic cut scenes and live action foo... |
26 July 2012
03:58 GMT |
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Intel is in a very strange situation right now and, since it doesn't really have a solution for it, it is focusing its attention on the future, particularly on the start of 2013.
For those who don't know, Intel will release a new processor series in early 2013, called Haswell and based on the same 22nm ma... |
26 July 2012
03:57 GMT |
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The journal Biology Letters just published a new study concerning the links between global warming and some new residents of the soils surrounding an urban farm in Dublin.
To be more precise, scientists from the University College Dublin recently found that, as a result of climate change and increasing soil tempera... |
26 July 2012
03:45 GMT |
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The other day, news broke that Kristen Stewart, star of “The Twilight Saga” and “Snow White and the Huntsman,” had cheated on her boyfriend of almost 3 years Robert Pattinson with the married director of her latest movie.
One celebrity publication even claimed to have photos of a romantic re... |
26 July 2012
03:43 GMT |
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A collaboration of scientists from NASA and various universities announces that a recent study conducted on meteorite samples collected from a Canadian lake provided new insights into the reason why life on Earth appears to prefer a certain chirality. The last-named is a property of molecules dealing with their orie... |
26 July 2012
03:41 GMT |
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Internet giant Google has made available for download a new set of updated applications for the owners of handsets powered by its Android operating system.
The Nexus Q, Play Movies & TV and YouTube applications got updated, all of which can now deliver a better experience for more users out there.
The Nexus Q app... |
26 July 2012
03:29 GMT |
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The XQD memory card format has been out for less than two years, but already there is cause to develop a more advanced version of the specification, so that's what CFA is doing. The CompactFlash Association has begun development of the XQD 2.0 specification, which utilizes the PCI Express 3.0 interface standar... |
26 July 2012
03:27 GMT |
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BioWare has released its weekly balance update for the multiplayer mode in Mass Effect 3, bringing quite a few changes, including a drastic drop in performance (nerf) for the Krysae Sniper Rifle, a favorite of players who use Infiltrator characters.
Mass Effect 3’s multiplayer mode has been a huge success, as ... |
26 July 2012
03:25 GMT |
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As eSports becomes a growing market, the leader of one the top competition organizers is interested in making sure that gamers from all nations and continents have a team to cheer for during the biggest events.
Sundance DiGiovanni, who is the chief executive officer of Major League Gaming, told Gamespot that, &ldquo... |
26 July 2012
03:08 GMT |
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Researchers working with the University of Pennsylvania and several other scientists recently made it public news that national and international wildlife reserves are, in fact, still vulnerable. They argue that rather than help safeguarding our planet's biodiversity, these protected areas may lead to numerous ... |
26 July 2012
03:00 GMT |
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Some new in-game screenshots of the upcoming Crysis 3 first-person shooter have appeared on the web, courtesy of a lighting artist’s portfolio, showing off the game’s environments as well as the guards working for the evil CELL corporation.
Crysis 3 is set to appear in the first quarter of 2013, so devel... |
26 July 2012
02:39 GMT |
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AMD recently took the clock speed of the Radeon HD 7750 graphics card from 800 MHz to 900 MHz, but HIS decided to tone it back down when it made the Radeon HD 7750 iCooler low-profile.
Advanced Micro Devices recently improved the base clock speeds of many Radeon HD 7000 graphics adapters, in order to better face of... |
26 July 2012
02:38 GMT |
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A number of new job listings from Microsoft suggest that the company is hiring more people who might be linked to the design and development of the new home console from the company, which industry watchers have dubbed the Xbox 720.
The ads are looking for people to work on the new user interface for the Kinect, wh... |
26 July 2012
02:30 GMT |
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Research In Motion has already confirmed plans to launch its first BlackBerry 10 smartphones in the first quarter of the next year, but it left us in dark when it came to unveiling what these devices would look like. However, a series of concept devices already made it on the web, providing a glimpse at what enthus... |
26 July 2012
02:19 GMT |
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One of the appealing features that Research In Motion is expected to include inside the upcoming BlackBerry 10 operating system is a native Picture Editor, info on which has just emerged online.
Apparently, the application will take advantage of the Scalado technology, while resembling a lot the editing features th... |
26 July 2012
01:58 GMT |
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