137 articles found
You’d think that the shares of a company that has its factories under water would be dropping in value. Well, usually you’d be right, but when that company holds half of the world’s HDD supply in its pocket, the share price is only going up. You really need to check out the first and the second par... |
27 July 2012
21:21 GMT |
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Young power supply company LEPA has launches three new powerful power supply units (PSU), on its official website. The three novelties might not be the most powerful PSUs in the company’s lineup, but they over good product quality and energy efficiency.The new additions are called SA-B650, B700-MAS and MAS-B800... |
27 July 2012
20:51 GMT |
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Britt Yazel posted a couple of days ago on the unity-design team mailing list an interesting link to a YouTube video showing a mockup of Unity in Ubuntu 12.10. The video was originally posted on February, but it is a very good example of how Unity should be. The 4 minute long video posted above will show you some ver... |
27 July 2012
20:51 GMT |
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After the failure that was the first release of Final Fantasy XIV, the long-awaited massively multiplayer online role-playing game from Square Enix, the Japanese company has announced a redesigned version of the title called Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn.
Final Fantasy XIV was initially set to appear on the PC a... |
27 July 2012
19:51 GMT |
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The Newcastle United football club and the FIFA development team at EA Sports have announced that they are extending a partnership for another two years, which will deliver benefits for fans of the football simulation series. For the upcoming FIFA 13, Newcastle United supporters will be able to download a special v... |
27 July 2012
19:31 GMT |
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ViewSonic continues the “GO LED. GO GREEN” initiative it started some time ago and that we reported here, once the VX2703mh was launched. The company is launching two monitors and touts high value for the money and a low total cost of ownership (TCO).
The two new additions are VA1912m-LED and VA2212m-LED... |
27 July 2012
19:11 GMT |
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The old BlackBerry Bold 9900 hit shelves back in August and it’s still one of the most powerful smartphones launched by Research In Motion (RIM). The smartphone is already available in China through major carriers, and now the phone will be available via RIM authorized retailers. We don’t have any d... |
27 July 2012
19:01 GMT |
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Going in, I knew that this year Tour de France was ill-suited to the abilities of my Radioshack Nissan Trek, mainly because of the 100 kilometers of time trial which favored riders like Cadel Evans and Bradley Wiggins.
I also had bad luck, with one early injury taking away Fabian Cancellara, my main time trial rider... |
27 July 2012
18:41 GMT |
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QuakeCon 2012 is set to kick off in Dallas, Texas, next week and now its organizer, prestigious developer id Software, has presented the actual program of the convention.
QuakeCon started out as a celebration of the games made by id Software, but it quickly turned into a full-fledged convention where many titles are... |
27 July 2012
18:21 GMT |
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Canonical published yesterday, July 26th, the third and last Alpha release of the upcoming Lubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) operating system. Lubuntu 12.10 Alpha 3 comes with a new version of the session manager, a new version of PCManFM, xfce4-notifyd replaced notification-daemon for default notification system, adde... |
27 July 2012
17:31 GMT |
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Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 has been delayed once more, as developer City Interactive now wants to release the game on January 15, 2013.
The original Sniper: Ghost Warrior didn’t exactly break sales records, so City Interactive wants to deliver an improved experience with the upcoming sequel.
Fans already admired... |
27 July 2012
17:21 GMT |
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GameStop, the biggest specialist video game and hardware retailer in the world, has acknowledged that it might be ready to introduce a used game market for digitally distributed titles that it sells to its customers, following a decision from the European Court of Justice.
Paul Rainer, who is the chief executive off... |
27 July 2012
16:41 GMT |
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Tokyo headquartered, Japanese company Scythe has just announced the new “Kabuto 2” processor cooling system. The company’s new cooling solution features 6 heatpipes and weighs in at 695 grams.At 24.5 pounds, the new Scythe Kabuto processor cooler is reportedly 5 percent lighter than the previous ver... |
27 July 2012
16:31 GMT |
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Kim Kardashian is head over heels in love with Kanye West and they're already talking about getting married and starting a family ASAP. In the meantime, Kim is looking for a surrogate mother for her child because she wants to maintain her curvalicious figure, it has emerged.
The latest on Kim and Kanye comes fr... |
27 July 2012
16:31 GMT |
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Research In Motion has just released the latest BlackBerry 7.1 OS update for BlackBerry Bold 9930 and Torch 9850 from Sprint.
Both updates have been recently uploaded to RIM’s support servers. However, Bold 9930 and Torch 9850 owners will need to download and install the latest version of BlackBerry Desktop So... |
27 July 2012
16:31 GMT |
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Andrei Dumitrescu: The golden period for cycling in 2012 is now over and that means I can direct my attention to other gaming experiences that I might have neglected and spend my gaming time doing something else than simply watching athletes turn wheels at high speed.
I am still going to play a little Pro Cycling Ma... |
27 July 2012
16:31 GMT |
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Vigil Games, the developer behind the Darksiders series, has revealed that its original plans for the first game was to make it a four-player cooperative experience, instead of the single-player title people eventually got to experience. Darksiders II is getting ready to appear next month, so Vigil Games has started... |
27 July 2012
16:21 GMT |
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Made official more than a year ago, HTC Flyer was launched on the market in May 2011 with Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread platform onboard. However, the Taiwanese handset maker promised its first (and only) tablet would receive a major operating system upgrade in the following months. Unfortunately, it’s been more ... |
27 July 2012
16:01 GMT |
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Arkane Studios, the developer of the upcoming Dishonored first-person action game, has just posted a brand new video with the title, showing off some of the unique supernatural abilities of its protagonist, Corvo, and how he uses them to escape guards after an assassination. Dishonored sees players take control of C... |
27 July 2012
15:41 GMT |
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On July 26th, Canonical unleashed for testing the third and last Alpha version of the upcoming Xubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) operating system. Xubuntu 12.10 Alpha 3 is powered by Linux kernel 3.5 and is built on top of the Xfce 4.10 desktop environment. While the ISO images for Alpha 3 are oversized, the Xubuntu te... |
27 July 2012
15:11 GMT |
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Recent news from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) informs us that Duane O'Malley, previously charged with Clean Air Act violations, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison and ordered to pay a $15,000 fine (approximately €12,300).
Moreover, the culprit is expected to return EPA the money spe... |
27 July 2012
15:01 GMT |
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TELUS LG Optimus LTE has been recently spotted running Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system, but it looks like customers will have to wait a bit longer until the update arrives on the carrier’s airwaves.
Unfortunately, the operator previously scheduled the rollout of the Android 4.0.4 ICS update f... |
27 July 2012
15:01 GMT |
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Video game developer and publisher Stardock has announced that the recent release of Sins of a Solar Empire – Rebellion has been so successful that the company has decided to skip retail launches for its coming big titles and to evaluate whether it will create any new boxed packages in the future.
An official stat... |
27 July 2012
15:01 GMT |
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If you are a fan of Kardashian products / fashion and an aspiring model as well, here is your chance to make it big: the Kardashian sisters are looking for a curvy model for their Kardashian Kurves line of jeans.
One of the many ventures of the three sisters Kim, Kourtney and Khloe, is a line of jeans for curvy gir... |
27 July 2012
14:51 GMT |
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US' Department of Energy and Department of Agriculture just made it public news that they are to enter a partnership aimed at improving on the country's biofuel production. To be more precise: $41 million (about €33,5 million) are to be invested in as much as 13 biofuel and feedstock projects, the en... |
27 July 2012
14:51 GMT |
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US-based carrier MetroPCS plans to launch a new mid-budget Android phone, the Samsung Galaxy S Lightray 4G. Hardware-wise, the device is a combination between the Galaxy S and Galaxy S II.
We’re not sure if this will be launched with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich out of the box or it will be powered by an ear... |
27 July 2012
14:31 GMT |
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Orcs Must Die 1 came out of nowhere last year and managed to introduce a fun blend of action and strategy, tasking players with defending Rifts against the rampaging Orcs by setting up traps and using different weapons against them. With Orcs Must Die 2, developer Robot Entertainment has overhauled the whole experie... |
27 July 2012
14:31 GMT |
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The Truro Crown Court in the UK decided just yesterday that a Spanish fishing company is to pay ₤1,62 million (approximately €2 million/$2,5 million) for having violated the current legislation regarding fishing activities. Thus, between 2009 and 2010, two of the company's vessels, the Coyo Tercero and t... |
27 July 2012
14:31 GMT |
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It's already been established that Kate Beckinsale has a wicked sense of humor, one that, as per her own words, occasionally leads her into trouble. Check out the video above to find out how that can happen. The stunning actress (seriously, she can't possibly be any prettier) was on Conan O'Brien the... |
27 July 2012
14:21 GMT |
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South Korean handset manufacturer LG is slowly rolling out Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich updates for some of its most powerful smartphones. The company has confirmed today that LG Optimus LTE will be the only device in Canada to get the long- awaited update, while Optimus Black and Optimus 2X have been left out. F... |
27 July 2012
14:01 GMT |
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If you're into the “Step Up” franchise, brace yourself for another installment. This one too, called “Revolution,” comes in 3D as its predecessor, and below we have a new clip from it, just to whet your appetite.
It's a flash mob scene in which the Mob, which militates for Miami... |
27 July 2012
14:01 GMT |
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Only a few days ago, about 30 elephants were tracked down and killed by poachers in the southwestern regions of Chad, Central Africa. Conservationists claim that the animals were chased by armed horsemen.
According to SOS Elephants, an organization which works together with farmers and local authorities in order to... |
27 July 2012
14:01 GMT |
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Ashton Kutcher may be a lot of things (many of them negative, if we're to believe reports) but he has never been known as a rude guy. This has changed since he started working on the upcoming Steve Jobs biopic “jOBS: Get Inspired.”
Given the popularity of all Apple products and of Steve Jobs himself... |
27 July 2012
13:41 GMT |
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Virgin Mobile USA customers rejoice as the carrier has just announced the immediate availability of the affordable PCD Chaser Android phone.
The good news is that the smartphone is available for purchase for only $79.99 USD (65 EUR). The bad news is that it’s now out of stock, so customers will have to wait a ... |
27 July 2012
13:31 GMT |
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The waiting for Pink's comeback is finally over: after the debut of her first single off “The Truth About Love” album, “Blow Me (One Last Kiss),” here is the accompanying music video.
Check it out in full above.
It's always refreshing to see how Pink, inarguably one of the feisti... |
27 July 2012
13:21 GMT |
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On Thursday, Microsoft announced that Vasilis Pappas was designated as the winner in its BlueHat Prize contest, which was aimed at awarding the development of new, innovative computer security defense technologies.
Pappas, who is at the moment a Ph.D. student at Columbia University in New York, received a $200,000 p... |
27 July 2012
13:01 GMT |
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Corning has come a long way over the past couple of years, earning recognition for its LCD glass substrates and, one of our personal favorites, the Gorilla Glass / Gorilla Glass 2 panels. The company didn't actually grow financially during the second quarter of 2012, having actually slid 1% sequentially in ter... |
27 July 2012
13:01 GMT |
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Trion Worlds and developer Crytek have announced that they are working together in order to launch the online free-to-play first-person shooter Warface in North America, Europe, Turkey, Australia and New Zealand.
Cevat Yerli, the chief executive officer and founder at Crytek, stated, “Trion is the company spea... |
27 July 2012
13:01 GMT |
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Sprint is not the only one that plans to release a QWERTY slider in the following weeks. Major carrier Verizon Wireless is about to add a new Pantech smartphone to its portfolio. The folks over at Android and Me have been tipped off on the upcoming launch of the Pantech Star Q, the rightful successor of the Pantech ... |
27 July 2012
13:01 GMT |
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For the video for her second single off her brand new album, “A Million Lights,” Cheryl Cole is switching it up a bit. Check out the visual companion of “Under the Sun” above in full.
After the dance-y “Call My Name,” Cheryl goes for vintage glamor in this brand new clip, which s... |
27 July 2012
12:31 GMT |
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DICE and Electronic Arts have posted the first details about the upcoming Aftermath expansion for Battlefield 3, which is set to appear after next month’s Armored Kill add-on.
Battlefield 3 was launched late last year and, despite its age, it is still quite popular, thanks to its addictive multiplayer mode, wh... |
27 July 2012
12:31 GMT |
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Many of our readers are probably wondering where AMD’s dual-GPU answer to Nvidia’s GTX 690 and Tesla K10 is. The answer is that the card was, in fact, ready some time ago, but then AMD decided to redesign it for some reason.
We’ve seen many video card prototypes featuring two of AMD’s Tahiti ... |
27 July 2012
12:11 GMT |
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A statistical report compiled by experts at the University of Chicago Medicine and the University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC) shows that the incidence of infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has more than doubled in just five years.
According to the researchers, academic medical... |
27 July 2012
12:09 GMT |
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As all the photos of Kristen Stewart's romantic rendezvous with married film director Rupert Sanders have leaked online, more voices are accusing her of being a “homewrecker.” That's not entirely accurate, says a new report, because she never slept with the man.
The scandal broke earlier this ... |
27 July 2012
12:01 GMT |
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Info-Box.js is a jQuery plugin for creating custom tooltips, popups, popovers, info boxes, notifications, warning messages and whatever you might want to call them. The tooltips landscape is pretty crowded in the jQuery world, but Info-Box.js is for sure a top product, even if recently launched. It comes packed wit... |
27 July 2012
12:01 GMT |
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Reaction Engines Ltd., the Abingdon, England-based aerospace company that is developing the ambitious Skylon space plane, announces that it will soon move on with a new stage in the development of its rocket/spacecraft hybrid. In a recent interview for Space, the company revealed that it is currently gathering the n... |
27 July 2012
11:59 GMT |
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When the Russian Federal Space Agency's (RosCosmos) Soyuz TMA-06M spacecraft takes off to deliver three new astronauts to the International Space Station this autumn, the humans will not be the only living things traveling to space. They will be accompanied by 32 small fish.
Part of an experiment to be conducte... |
27 July 2012
11:49 GMT |
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Robert Rodriguez is currently shooting “Machete Kills,” the sequel to his well-received 2010 “Machete” film, which, in turn, was inspired by a faux-trailer he included in “Grindhouse.” He has a new addition to the cast he's just dying to show off. And that is Lady Gaga herse... |
27 July 2012
11:38 GMT |
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Windows 8 is set to become commercially available on October 26, but Microsoft’s plans on the development of the platform won’t stop there.
In fact, the company has just announced plans to hold this year’s Build conference, the second of its kind, in late October.
Build 2.0 will be held in Redmo... |
27 July 2012
11:36 GMT |
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An announcement made by the director of the NASA Ames Research Center, in Moffett Field, California, Pete Worden, took everyone by surprise. The official said that inmates at the San Quentin State Prison are currently working on components for upcoming satellite missions.
The inmates build the so-called Poly Picosa... |
27 July 2012
11:35 GMT |
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Jeremy Renner has started doing interviews to promote his latest action movie, in which he takes over from Matt Damon in the Jason Bourne movies, “The Bourne Legacy.” Here is his interview with Jimmy Kimmel.
Renner talks about what must have been the most awkward (and painful too) flight he ever had to ... |
27 July 2012
11:31 GMT |
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Usually, when satellites are retired from active duty, not all components are damaged or at the end of their life spans. However, when critical systems go, so does the entire spacecraft. The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has a plan to take advantage of the situation.
The organization plans to... |
27 July 2012
11:29 GMT |
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Well-known motherboard and notebook manufacturer MSI has just launched a new all-in-one (AIO) computer system powered by Intel’s 3rd-generation Core processors and featuring Nvidia’s Optimus technology.
The name of the new product is Wind Top AE2281G, and the unit features high-quality components or, as ... |
27 July 2012
11:11 GMT |
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It turns out that Apple went through a whole bunch of iPad prototypes before it finally settled for the last and lawsuit-causing one.
The Verge published some really interesting product prototype photos, some of which we've already been through (the iPhones).
The ones we enclosed in the gallery below are of ... |
27 July 2012
11:09 GMT |
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Microsoft has always been focused on ensuring great education opportunities for people, and it has just announced a new step in this direction.
Seton Hall University’s freshmen will be able to take advantage of Windows 8 starting with the class of 2016, to better prepare to enter the workforce after graduatio... |
27 July 2012
11:08 GMT |
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Strawberry poison-dart frogs are quite an amazing species, primarily due to their behavior when it comes to breeding and taking care of the resulting youngsters.
Thus, whereas the females are in charge of laying the eggs and providing the tadpoles with the nutrients they need once they step out to greet the world, ... |
27 July 2012
11:00 GMT |
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After spending six days chasing the International Space Station (ISS) in low-Earth orbit, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV-3) was finally grappled via the outpost's robotic arm, earlier today.
The unmanned cargo spacecraft does not feature an automated docking system. Th... |
27 July 2012
10:57 GMT |
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If you ever wanted a free mini-PC capable to run a Linux distribution, then the Summer of Hardware event organized by Fedora might be just for you. The Summer of Hardware sweepstakes made possible by Fedora puts up for grabs 200 mini-PCs, consisting of 150 Raspberry PIs, 50 OLPCs 1.75, and 20 Arduino + Shield mini PC... |
27 July 2012
10:47 GMT |
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We've heard and read some really unusual things ever since this patent war between Apple and Samsung started, but this recent report is just so strange that we can't decide between laughing and weeping. One might say we are being overly dramatic, but we would have to disagree. The things Samsung's do... |
27 July 2012
10:41 GMT |
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An ashtray outside the golf clubhouse in Wales now serves as a home for several chicks belonging to the blue tit species. Apparently, this was the best place their mother could find to lay its eggs.
What is particularly funny is that, up until they realized a bird nested in said ashtray, golfers and club employees ... |
27 July 2012
10:40 GMT |
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We'll preface this by stating the obvious: Chris Nolan's Batman franchise is, without a doubt, one of the biggest, most daring and talked about superhero franchises in history. It's also one of the most interesting to analyze and over-analyze. This said, *please bear in mind that this piece contains... |
27 July 2012
10:39 GMT |
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Rumored a long time ago, Motorola PHOTON Q 4G LTE has just been officially unveiled by the US-based handset maker. As expected, the smartphone will be available for purchase from Sprint in the following weeks.
Unfortunately, Sprint and Motorola Mobility did not unveil any details on the PHOTON Q 4GLTE’s launch... |
27 July 2012
10:31 GMT |
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University of Cambridge investigators say they can now produce a synthetic version of the material coating the insides of certain mollusks. The iridescent coating, which is renowned worldwide for its toughness and beauty, is commonly known as mother-of-pearl.
Scientifically known as nacre, the material has been hig... |
27 July 2012
10:31 GMT |
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There really seems to be no stopping financial/shipment estimates, so we aren't really shocked to notice yet another forecast. Then again, this is July, and what IT players lack in product releases they make up for in reports about what and how they sold during the previous quarter (2Q12). Fortunately, what we... |
27 July 2012
10:18 GMT |
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Once a cheater, always a cheater, they say. While neither Johnny Depp nor Vanessa Paradis said anything about the reasons for their split, it is widely assumed his indiscretions with Amber Heard were at the core of it. Now, he's cheated on her too.
Vanessa and Johnny recently announced their decision to separa... |
27 July 2012
10:16 GMT |
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We reported a few days ago that Motorola planned to begin an Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean soak test for Motorola XOOM Wi-Fi units in the US.
However, it appears that the test was successfully completed in less than a day, so Google has now started the rollout of the update to all Motorola XOOM Wi-Fi tablets in the US.
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27 July 2012
10:01 GMT |
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American researchers announce the completion of a laser that is able to deliver a peak power of one quadrillion watts (one petawatt) every second. This is a world record in laser performances, and marks an important achievement for a new accelerator facility.
The instrument in question is the drive laser system of ... |
27 July 2012
09:59 GMT |
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This week, reports on various modifications brought to Skype’s architecture to facilitate monitoring of users’ conversations have emerged, and the company stepped up to clear things up on the matter.
According to Skype, all allegations on it allowing law enforcements to access users’ conversations, call logs,... |
27 July 2012
09:57 GMT |
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The LCD price-fixing lawsuit isn't even over, but a new one has been started by the European Commission, one that suspects 13 companies of having conspired to illegally adjust prices of optical disk drives.
The first company to give a statement in response to the investigation is Lite-On IT, based in Taiwan. T... |
27 July 2012
09:56 GMT |
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In the past, seeing a colored lobster would have been regarded as quite an event, as very few of them ever got caught in fishing nets.
However, it seems that fishermen are now coming across these marine animals ever more often.
Zoologists explain that these fun-to-look-at specimens are actually genetic anomalies,... |
27 July 2012
09:46 GMT |
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Mobile games designed for smartphones and tablets running Android or iOS are getting better and better, both in terms of mechanics, as developers need to creatively cope with only allowing players to interact through the touchscreen, but also in terms of visuals, as devices are getting more and more powerful.
Dead T... |
27 July 2012
09:41 GMT |
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Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia has been rumored lately to plan the release of handsets running under Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 platform as soon as September, but it appears that the company might have a surprise for us that month.
At the Nokia World conference in Helsinki, Finland, the handset vendor shou... |
27 July 2012
09:23 GMT |
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The Tennessee Aquarium, US recently succeeded in hatching as many as 18 baby turtles belonging to various endangered species.
These recent events go to show that breeding programs for these animals are quite successful, and bring new hope for the survival of these aquatic creatures.
Zoo employees informed the gen... |
27 July 2012
09:21 GMT |
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The development team at 343 Industries has revealed that it has tried dozens of versions for the Halo 4 branded Special Edition of the Xbox 360, as it tried to capture the essence of the new game.
343 Industries said in a blog post on the official site that, “There were dozens of iterations with hundreds of ch... |
27 July 2012
09:20 GMT |
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Experts at the University of Western Ontario reveal in a new study that pits formed at the bottom of certain Martian craters were produced by subsurface volatile materials, such as water or ice. These landscape features were thought to be rare, but the new analysis showed that was not the case.
The research was con... |
27 July 2012
09:20 GMT |
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We've built up a sort of liking for robots ever since we started writing about them, and we couldn't just overlook the one invented by researchers from School of Chemical Engineering and Technology.
We'd put up a video if we had one, but the folks behind the existence of this insect-like critter didn&... |
27 July 2012
09:01 GMT |
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PETA (People for Ethical Treatment of Animals) recently drew attention to a most unfortunate situation: a young elephant held in captivity in an Indian temple suffered extreme abuses at the hands of its handler.
Hearing the news, Paul McCartney decided to get involved and sent a letter to the Indian Forest Minister... |
27 July 2012
09:00 GMT |
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Atmospheric scientists in the United States have determined in a new study that massive storm clouds trigger the same atmospheric processes that have given rise to the hole in the ozone layer, above Antarctica. The phenomenon is localized in the region exactly above them. The polar ozone layer hole was caused by ex... |
27 July 2012
08:36 GMT |
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For a long time, Apple's operating systems had been considered very safe, the safest even, but that was only because hackers and other ill-meaning people focused on Windows. Apparently, Apple has been given enough reason to get serious in terms of security. It was just the other day that we wrote about the Win... |
27 July 2012
08:35 GMT |
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Video game developer Bigpoint announced that it is planning a Battlestar Galactica Online-powered Festival of Kobol, which will take place starting today until August 12, allowing gamers to take part in a variety of competitions based upon the universe of the television series.
The top 20 gamers for each of the comp... |
27 July 2012
08:32 GMT |
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Apple has been working on its iPhone device since the early 2000s, although the first device was launched only years later.
The device changed over years, and documents that made it online only recently offer a series of details on the transformations it suffered.
Photos of iPhone prototype devices dating back t... |
27 July 2012
08:32 GMT |
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As promised, Jennifer Lopez is back with a new video, for the single “Goin In,” which is also included on the official score of “Step Up: Revolution.” Check it out above.
The singer released a preview / teaser for it the other day but, to speak frankly, it barely managed to convey an idea of... |
27 July 2012
08:29 GMT |
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UK-based carrier Three has just confirmed the immediate availability of the affordable Nokia Asha 300 feature phone. The handset is available for free on select plans or for 80 GBP (125 USD or 100 EUR) on PAYG (pay as you go).
It looks like Three UK only offers the graphite color option to customers who wish to purc... |
27 July 2012
08:07 GMT |
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According to the conclusions of a new study by experts at the Weizmann Institute, it would appear that sulfur plays a much more important role in regulating the amounts of available atmospheric oxygen than researchers first established.
The investigations team was led by Itay Halevy, who is based at the WI Faculty ... |
27 July 2012
08:04 GMT |
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The famous ASUS Transformer Infinity Android tablet has just arrived in Germany, but it comes with a hefty price tag. Most readers probably know already that this is a 10.1” Android 4.0 tablet that features a FullHD 1920 by 1200 pixel resolution.
ASUS’ Transformer Infinity is powered by Nvidia’s Te... |
27 July 2012
08:01 GMT |
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We suppose it was only a matter of time before Apple finally did something of the sort, so we aren't really all that shocked about the newest patent filing.
What we are looking at here is a dual-analog controller not really different from the ones used by Xbox 360 or Sony PS2.
It actually resembles Sony'... |
27 July 2012
07:51 GMT |
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It's probably the end of an “era” for Twi-hards, the diehard fans of the “Twilight” franchise: Kristen Stewart cheated on her boyfriend and co-star Robert Pattinson with a married man. She already apologized to Rob and reports say she's now planning to do the same with Rupert Sanders... |
27 July 2012
07:50 GMT |
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The development team at Overhaul Games announced that it plans to launch the Enhanced Edition for Baldur’s Gate on September 18 for the PC, the Mac and iOS-powered devices, with a date still to be set for the Android version of the game. The Enhanced Edition of the game will include a new character called Neer... |
27 July 2012
07:37 GMT |
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Earlier today, we wrote of LG’s plans to leave the Canadian version of its Optimus 2X smartphone with the Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system loaded on it, without upgrading it to the newer Ice Cream Sandwich platform.
Apparently, the same applies to the company’s Optimus Black smartphone as well, ... |
27 July 2012
07:23 GMT |
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Tom Cruise agreed to settle all matters pertaining to his divorce from Katie Holmes in almost record time, even prompting some speculation that he had literally handed daughter Suri over to Katie because he chose Scientology. Even so, he's still not giving up the fight, says a new report. Katie was the one who ... |
27 July 2012
07:18 GMT |
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Yesterday, mobile phone maker Motorola went official with a new Android-based LTE smartphone, the Photon Q 4G LTE, which is set to make an official appearance on shelves at Sprint in the near future.
The new device, a high-end, appealing smartphone, brings along a change in the manner in which the company looks at ... |
27 July 2012
07:11 GMT |
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The developers at Rockstar announced that they are launching a triple XP multiplayer event for the PlayStation 3 home console version of Red Dead Redemption and its Undead Nightmare expansion, starting with 4 PM Eastern Daylight Time.
The event will only last for three hours and it’s designed as a way of getti... |
27 July 2012
07:05 GMT |
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The Chrome OS developers announced today, July 27th, the immediate availability for download of the Chrome OS 2.1.1145 Live CD Linux operating system, which brings a lot of fresh software. Chrome OS 2.1.1145 is now powered by Linux kernel 3.4.2, and features the new Cinnamon desktop environment, a fork of GNOME 3. ... |
27 July 2012
06:51 GMT |
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Remember how, back in 2010, there was a rumor saying “The Dark Knight Rises” would feature a cameo of Heath Ledger as The Joker, made possible thanks to unused footage from the second installment?
That didn't happen – but it doesn't keep fans from wondering where The Joker, the biggest an... |
27 July 2012
06:41 GMT |
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Motorola Mobility and Nextel have just announced the upcoming availability of the Motorola i867 Ferrari in Brazil. The smartphone will be available for purchase via Nextel official sales channels for 740 USD (605 EUR) outright.
Furthermore, customers who cannot afford to pay such a high amount upfront can grab the s... |
27 July 2012
06:21 GMT |
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Well-known motherboard and notebook manufacturer, Taiwanese company ASUS has just refreshed its new top gaming display. The new model features a 27” diagonal size and a popular TN display panel. What makes ASUS’ VG278HE gaming monitor different is its support for 3D images and video with Nvidia’s 3... |
27 July 2012
06:11 GMT |
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Enrique Salem worked at Symantec for 19 years, three of which had him as the chief executive officer, but the board of directors decided it was time for him to leave. Symantec is famous worldwide for the Norton Internet Security software suite, as well as other programs and features meant to provide data and Intern... |
27 July 2012
06:00 GMT |
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Renowned architect and artist Maya Lin recently decided to begin work on a memorial dedicated to the natural world. Her goal was that of raising awareness with respect to how many species have been lost over the years, and how countless others are presently endangered.
Her project, suggestively entitled “What... |
27 July 2012
05:57 GMT |
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The improvements linked in FIFA 13 do not stop at the gameplay level and one leading executive working on the franchise believes that gamers will be impressed by the way the User Interface has been streamlined for the new release.
David Rutter, who is the leader of FIFA development at EA Sports, has told the Officia... |
27 July 2012
05:55 GMT |
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A new study by geographers at the University of Leicester, in the United Kingdom, suggests that extreme weather events can promote the release of significant amounts of greenhouse gases from peatlands. This gives rise to a new vicious circle leading to climate change.
For this research, scientists defined extreme we... |
27 July 2012
05:50 GMT |
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Redmond-based software giant Microsoft announced about a month ago plans to purchase Yammer, a social networking startup.
The company was interested in Yammer's social features for enterprises, which will be integrated into its own offer in the area, Office 365.
These services are currently offered for free f... |
27 July 2012
05:45 GMT |
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Not very long ago, Captain Paul Watson from green organization Sea Shepherd was arrested in Germany, presumably for having breached the existing legislation on ships' traffic. Apparently, Japanese officials asked that the environmentalist was extradited to their country.
For those unaware, Captain Paul Watson ... |
27 July 2012
05:38 GMT |
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Lately, there has been a rumor running rampant in the hardware community that Apple’s next iPhone smartphone might face delays due to the current semiconductor shortage. Some reports apparently link the current 28nm capacity constraints to Apple’s timing in the iPhone 5 launch. The main problem the Cuper... |
27 July 2012
05:35 GMT |
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Video game publisher SEGA announced that it has launched a new piece of downloadable content for its Total War: Shogun 2 strategy title, called Saints and Heroes, which introduces a number of new Elite units for gamers to use on the battlefield.
There are nine units that have legendary status in Japan, including: Ta... |
27 July 2012
05:29 GMT |
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Investigators at the University of Michigan (U-M) say they may have found an innovative approach for organizing nanoscale particles into ordered structures. Rather than using electric or magnetic fields, their method relies solely on a natural phenomenon called entropy.
Many define entropy as disorder or chaos intri... |
27 July 2012
05:13 GMT |
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Activision has confirmed that it’s going to release the remastered version of the Terminal map from Modern Warfare 2 for Modern Warfare 3 on the PlayStation 3 this August, completely free.
Terminal delighted many players in Modern Warfare 2, so Infinity Ward, the developer of the Call of Duty series, decided t... |
27 July 2012
05:12 GMT |
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Having already covered the high-end segment, Micro-Star International is sending out a mid-range laptop that, nevertheless, has its own share of benefits, not the least of which is suitability for outdoor use.
MSI describes the CR41, as the notebook is called, with the words “perfect mobile companion when you... |
27 July 2012
04:56 GMT |
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Yesterday, info on a leaked Windows Phone 8 SDK made it online ahead of an official announcement, providing enthusiasts with the possibility to learn some info on what the upcoming platform would have to offer.
Microsoft has already unveiled some details on its plans for the Windows Phone 8 OS, but it also said tha... |
27 July 2012
04:52 GMT |
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A new report made public by Cambium LLP, a company which specializes in offering business consultancy to organizations wishing to improve on their ecological footprint, states that the UK government needs to make major investments in the IT field if it is to meet its carbon reduction standards.
Thus, if this countr... |
27 July 2012
04:51 GMT |
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Version 0.8.62 of the e-book reader and management software Calibre was announced on July 27th, with some important new features and fixes.Calibre 0.8.62 comes with a lot of minor fixes and improvements, and more drivers for Android devices.Highlights of Calibre 0.8.62:• Right clicking on a format to delete it i... |
27 July 2012
04:34 GMT |
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Bodhi, a minimalistic Linux operating system based on Ubuntu that has really small requirements, has reached version 2.0.0.After quite a few development versions, Bodhi Linux has finally reached version 2.0.0. This stable version comes with Linux kernel 3.2, PCManFM file manager, and the latest version of the Midori ... |
27 July 2012
04:28 GMT |
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Several independent developers, including Runic Games, of Torchlight fame, or Supergiant Games, the studio behind Bastion, have defended the aggressive discount strategies employed by the likes of Valve on its Steam digital distribution service, saying that they end up benefitting their games and profit figures.
The... |
27 July 2012
04:27 GMT |
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Earlier this week, Mariah Carey was named the newest judge on American Idol, coming to replace Jennifer Lopez, who opted out of another season. Whilst producers are negotiating for a Steven Tyler replacement as well, the first official pic with Mariah has been released.
You can see it attached to this article.
Mar... |
27 July 2012
04:27 GMT |
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Microsoft Flight has been canceled at its Vancounver studio, alongside another project, but Microsoft has denied that it is closing down its Vancouver studio, only admitting that it is letting a number of developers go.
Microsoft has issued an official statement saying that, “Microsoft Studios has decided to e... |
27 July 2012
04:26 GMT |
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Experts from the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) announce the development of a new technology that enables the transformation of virtually any type of semiconductor into solar cells.
An important aspect of this approach is that it has a low implementation co... |
27 July 2012
04:24 GMT |
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The Samsung vs. Apple patent war may be the legal spat featuring most prominently in the news these days, but we haven't forgotten about Rambus and its own actions.
Rambus is the perfect example of a patent troll: a company that doesn't make products but which patents technologies and then lives off lawsu... |
27 July 2012
04:22 GMT |
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With so many influential people backing up Greenpeace's 'Save the Arctic' campaign, it comes as no surprise that other celebrities are now turning their attention towards other pressing issues involving biodiversity conservation.
Thus, just a couple of days ago, Ian Somerhalder – accomplished a... |
27 July 2012
04:05 GMT |
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Canadian mobile phone users who currently own an LG Optimus 2X smartphone will not be able to enjoy the benefits of Ice Cream Sandwich, LG Canada has confirmed.
The handset, currently available in the country via Fido, WIND and Videotron, will remain stuck with the Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system on board,... |
27 July 2012
04:04 GMT |
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Stoic Studio, the team behind the crowd funding powered The Banner Saga, have released the first screenshot taken directly from the game, after teasing their fans with images of the characters and the game’s landscapes.
The image is still a work in progress and Stoic plans to add an extra layer of effects to bring t... |
27 July 2012
03:55 GMT |
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Gearbox Software has just confirmed that its next big game, Borderlands 2, is now available for pre-order at various digital distribution services from all over the world, not just at retail stores.
Borderlands 2 is set to appear this September on the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 platforms.
In order to drum up the hype fo... |
27 July 2012
03:51 GMT |
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GhostBSD, a FreeBSD-based operating system based on GNOME desktop environments, is now at version 3.0 Beta 1. GhostBSD 3.0 Beta 1 is based on GNOME 2, but the developers have promised that a GNOME 3 version will be available later.Highlights of GhostBSD 3.0 Beta 1:• FreeBSD 9.0 r3 has been updated to FreeBSD 9.1... |
27 July 2012
03:50 GMT |
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Scientists have recently conducted a new survey of O-type stars, and determined that these objects, which are some of the heaviest and brightest in the Universe, are always accompanied. Very few such stars were detected that did not have a partner. Astronomers were amazed to find this weird trend.
What sets O-type s... |
27 July 2012
03:47 GMT |
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Google has had a rough time keeping up with demand for the Nexus 7 tablet PC, at least when the 16GB flavor of the device was involved.
However, it appears that the company might have finally managed to resolve the issue, and that the slate is now back in stock on Google Play, at least for Canadian users.
The Jel... |
27 July 2012
03:42 GMT |
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Samsung has reported its financial results for the second quarter of the year (2012) and, in spite of what some may have expected, the company actually had great accomplishments to boast about.
We have actually seen this coming. Even though the whole fight with Apple is a truckload of bad publicity and little else,... |
27 July 2012
03:39 GMT |
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For confirmation that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are as in love as they were years ago, when they first started dating, just ask one of her closest collaborators, jeweler Robert Procop, who also designed her gorgeous engagement ring.
On occasion of the launch of his new collection, Procop spoke to Us Weekly about... |
27 July 2012
03:27 GMT |
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Taking inspiration from a common household object, the Scotch tape, a researcher at the American space agency devised a new way of capturing hard X-rays. The approach uses an innovative, highly-specialized X-ray mirror, which was proposed by scientist Maxim Markevitch.
Working with X-ray optics experts at the NASA G... |
27 July 2012
03:21 GMT |
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Vigil Games, the studio behind the Darksiders franchise, which is set to launch its second game next month, has revealed that a Darksiders 3 is a possibility, as it depends only on the sales of the upcoming game. Darksiders 1 delivered a pretty intense hack and slash experience and its sequel, despite the financial ... |
27 July 2012
03:14 GMT |
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The former development leader on the Assassin’s Creed series believes that controller-free experience is the way of the future, but hardware companies need to better refine the technology before it becomes accessible to everyone.
Jade Raymond, who is currently leading the studio that Ubisoft has established in... |
27 July 2012
03:06 GMT |
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Kristen Stewart was caught making out with a man who wasn't her boyfriend of 3 years Robert Pattinson, later admitting to an “indiscretion” with him, film director Rupert Sanders. Heartbroken and angry, Pattinson has moved out of the house he shared with Kristen until the scandal. Even though both ... |
27 July 2012
03:04 GMT |
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Despite the fact that Nintendo is getting ready to launch the Wii U in the coming months, and Sony and Microsoft are also ready for the announcement of their next devices, one leading industry developer would love to see more original intellectual properties created for the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3.Randy Pitchf... |
27 July 2012
03:01 GMT |
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Marine Mammal Science just released a new report stating that, as opposed to what marine biologists believed up until recently, the fin whales seen in the Strait of Gibraltar and the Alboran Sea do not actually live there, but merely visit these regions every once in a while.
This means that past estimations of th... |
27 July 2012
03:01 GMT |
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This week, South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung started to deliver a software update for the owners of Galaxy S III handsets around the world, providing them with a series of stability improvements. Unfortunately, as soon as the update landed, users found out that they were no longer able to take advantage of th... |
27 July 2012
02:54 GMT |
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Technologies for wirelessly streaming music and video from a device to an HDTV, or other sort of display, aren't many, but at least one more will appear in the coming months.
We admit that we haven't actually been keeping up with the Miracast technology, which the Wi-Fi Alliance should launch this quarter... |
27 July 2012
02:50 GMT |
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The studio behind great franchises like Quake, Doom, or Wolfenstein – id Software – is currently hiring for an “unannounced game for future-generation consoles,” which might be part of one of the aforementioned franchises. Even if it hasn’t been releasing games like in the good old tim... |
27 July 2012
02:41 GMT |
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The development team at Sony Online Entertainment has released a cinematic trailer for Planetside 2, which offers fans who are following the game more than three minutes of non-stop action. The MMO shooter is set to soon go into beta phase and all those who are interested in taking part can sign up for it on the off... |
27 July 2012
02:31 GMT |
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Today’s mobile phones have a lot to offer in terms of gaming capabilities, even if the experience is not the same as on the large screen of a PC or on the console.
However, users of Android, BlackBerry, iOS, and Windows Phone devices, among other, can enjoy a nice range of highly appealing, optimized games to... |
27 July 2012
02:25 GMT |
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Californian fabless GPU designer Nvidia seems like it wants to conquer the mid-end GPU market all for itself and it will apparently launch a very powerful GTX 660 Ti design. Later information we stumbled upon points towards a mid-August launch using a GK104 GPU. Usually, chip designers use salvaged chips in their mi... |
27 July 2012
02:23 GMT |
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