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Stem cells are currently under large waves of self-righteous, moral criticism for nothing, when they could be saving lives. These precursor cells have proven their ability to cure or replace a large number of organs, including hearts, lungs, livers, skin, and so on. Just recently, it was shown that stem cells derived... |
27 November 2009
19:01 GMT |
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According to some researchers, experts looking for the origins of multiple sclerosis (MS) may have been looking in the wrong place all along. They argue that the terrible disease may be caused by blockages along blood vessels, which physically prevent blood from reaching the brain, thus producing all the effects that... |
27 November 2009
18:01 GMT |
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One of the most commonly known traits of snowflakes is the fact that they are hexagonal. Even pre-school children can tell you this, and their properties as such have been exhaustively investigated over the years. But, commonly, scientists discover that the frozen water falling from the sky is actually shaped like a ... |
27 November 2009
17:11 GMT |
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HTC HD2, the high-end mobile phone the Taiwanese handset maker HTC Corporation has just launched on the market with Microsoft's Windows Mobile 6.5 on board, is now available for purchase from T-Mobile Germany. The handset has been already launched in the UK via Vodafone, O2 and T-Mobile, and now mobile-phone use... |
27 November 2009
16:31 GMT |
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Paula Abdul, whom many consider as essential to American Idol as, say, Simon Cowell himself, has left the show following an alleged dispute over money issues. That was back in August this year. Since then, the star has kept a rather low profile, only to emerge at this year’s American Music Awards in a body-hugg... |
27 November 2009
16:21 GMT |
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Undoubtedly, a key aspect of the evolution from Windows Vista to Windows 7 is the new graphical user interface of the operating system. At least equally important, if not even more so, is the way in which, with Windows 7 Microsoft is bringing natural user interfaces to the mainstream. And the Redmond company will co... |
27 November 2009
16:01 GMT |
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Renewable energy comes in all shapes and sizes, from the radiation of the Sun to the air flows that winds generate and the heat emanating from deep within our planet's core. But researchers thinking outside the box also discovered that harnessing pressure differences could also produce energy. This is the main o... |
27 November 2009
16:01 GMT |
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The number of mobile-phone users in Italy that access video content through their handsets is expected to rise up to 5.1 million by 2015, at least this is what a recently published report from technology and media specialist Coda Research Consultancy shows. Moreover, the firm also forecasts that the revenues in the s... |
27 November 2009
15:41 GMT |
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Victoria Beckham has professed her love for high heels on so many occasions that she had become like the poster child for a certain type of shoes, the woman who wouldn’t be caught dead in flats or ballerina pumps. It turns out her longtime commitment to stilettos has finally taken a toll on her feet, with frien... |
27 November 2009
15:41 GMT |
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We’ve long come to the conclusion that our lives are far too busy and hectic, so that it’s only with great effort that we can find the time to see to our health as well. This would probably explain why those of us that mostly need exercise don’t even have a gym subscription. All is not lost, though,... |
27 November 2009
15:41 GMT |
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Scientists at IBM, the Purdue University, and the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) announce the creation of a new generation of ultrasmall transistors and advanced computer processors, which rely solely on the massive improvements made possible by semiconducting nanowires. These small-scale structures a... |
27 November 2009
15:01 GMT |
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Rogers Communications Inc. announced on Thursday that it had inked agreements for the purchase of 3,200,000 subordinate voting shares of Cogeco Cable Inc., as well as for the acquisition of 1,623,500 subordinate voting shares of Cogeco Inc. According to the company, the shares are “pursuant to private agreement... |
27 November 2009
14:51 GMT |
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It seems like Black Friday offers are gradually increasing with online deals, despite the fact the latter have their own discount day, Cyber Monday. The point is that online discounts are already available and if you keep your eyes opened, you might run into some serious discounts, even as much as 70%.
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27 November 2009
14:31 GMT |
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Until just months ago, having a healthy, glowing tan (whether natural or fake it did not matter, although many opted for the latter on health considerations) was the thing to do in terms of keeping up with beauty / makeup trends. Now, after the second film in the “Twilight” franchise has arrived, the hott... |
27 November 2009
14:21 GMT |
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With the latest development milestone of Firefox 3.6 available for download and served to all currently Beta program participants, Mozilla should now be on track to graduate the browser to the next testing Build, namely Release Candidate. Hitting RC would mean that Firefox 3.6 is in near final form, and in fact only ... |
27 November 2009
14:11 GMT |
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Language is one of the things that constantly change, and not over the years, but several times in the course of an average life span. The engines behind these changes are the people, a researcher proposes, saying that the process through which language changes to reflect daily routines and actions is very similar to... |
27 November 2009
14:01 GMT |
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Each year, the holiday season means reconnecting with our loved ones, finding peace in the bosom of our family, giving and receiving presents, enjoying home-cooked, traditional food and, whether we like it or not, packing on a few extra pounds. This Thanksgiving will probably be no exception, but FitSugar has a bette... |
27 November 2009
13:31 GMT |
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With my “senpai” out on shore leave, I find myself with both the Player1 and Player2 controllers all to myself. It won't make for much of a co-op experience, but it does open some very interesting, new possibilities. Like a coup d'etat. Anyway, I'm almost fed up with Dragon Age: Origins. I... |
27 November 2009
13:31 GMT |
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Leading telecommunication-solution provider ZTE Corporation announced on Thursday that it had partnered with the renowned Javeriana University of Colombia for the building of a new telecoms laboratory. The company also announced that it had made investments of $4 million for the construction of the new lab. Accordi... |
27 November 2009
13:21 GMT |
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Although word of DirectX 11 has been around for over a year, with Microsoft sharing actual details with developers and partners, Windows 7’s graphics technology will only from now come into play. With the latest iteration of the Windows client available for purchase for a little over a month, customers worldwi... |
27 November 2009
13:01 GMT |
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“A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away...” Sounds familiar? It should, because for more than 30 ears the Star Wars phenomenon has been spreading around the world, creating a huge community of fans keen on bringing to life the fictional characters from the trilogies. The innovative costumes and the ca... |
27 November 2009
12:11 GMT |
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The holiday shopping spree has, more or less, officially started in the US with Black Friday's huge discounts, or just shrewd advertising depending on your point of view, that most retailers are offering today. While people are hitting the stores today, most have already done their homework online well ahead of... |
27 November 2009
12:01 GMT |
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Not all Microsoft customers are equal and not all treated in such a manner either. The difference lies in the license that accompanies software from the Redmond company. While end users have to deal with retail software or OEM images, corporate customers access Microsoft software through volume licenses. And there&rs... |
27 November 2009
11:41 GMT |
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Although most companies have been going out of their way to provide newer and more interesting products for the holidays, whether they were new desktops or laptops, or even stand alone components like graphics cards, CPUs or motherboards, Spire decided to keep it simple and just go with what works in any all situatio... |
27 November 2009
11:23 GMT |
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The latest scientific estimates on the strain that diabetes, as a disease, will place on the US healthcare system over the medium-term have revealed that costs will more than triple within 25 years, while the number of patients will reach double its current value, Reuters reports. The viability of Medicare, as well a... |
27 November 2009
11:09 GMT |
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This year brought to the market a wide range of high-end smartphones, each of them with its own appealing features and capabilities, something that sometimes makes it rather difficult for users when it comes to choosing a device over another. However, since some people fancy the idea of making close comparisons betwe... |
27 November 2009
11:08 GMT |
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“The Twilight Saga: New Moon” opened the other weekend in most territories and, unsurprisingly, it proved to be a hit in terms of sales, becoming the third biggest opener ever. Critically speaking, though, the story was entirely different, with many critics not even bothering to see it in its entirety bef... |
27 November 2009
11:01 GMT |
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The usage of mobile services in China seems to grow rapidly lately, with the number of mobile phone owners to have accessed the Internet via their devices being said to have reached 181 million at end of August 2009. According to China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), a survey it has conducted in the Aug... |
27 November 2009
10:46 GMT |
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Lady Gaga continues to plug her latest album, “The Fame Monster,” which came out just recently, to the maximum. During an appearance on Ellen DeGeneres, the eccentric artist not only performed two of her latest songs, “Bad Romance” and “Speechless,” but also offered some insight as... |
27 November 2009
10:40 GMT |
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There is a great need for TV content online. The sheer amount of illegal ways of getting to it is evidence enough, but in recent years, companies are starting to realize that rather than just spend millions on trying to prevent piracy it would be much easier and more profitable to meet the needs of the consumer. In ... |
27 November 2009
10:31 GMT |
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A Japanese man who works for Toshiba was arrested for commercializing software which disables the “Dubbing 10” copy limitation technology embedded into DVD recorders. The program enabled people to create unlimited copies of digital broadcast TV programs.Under Japan's copyright legislation, it is ille... |
27 November 2009
10:30 GMT |
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G.Skill's PI, Trident, Ripjaws, ECO and NQ product lineups received new members when the company released its latest memory modules, amounting to no less than 13 distinct models. The company did not hold back in its development of high-performance memory and produced this large range of new memory kits, which wi... |
27 November 2009
10:24 GMT |
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Taiwan-based mobile phone maker HTC announced today that its high-end Windows Mobile-powered mobile phone HTC HD2 has been launched in Hong Kong. According to the company, the new device arrives on the Hong Kong market exclusively via CSL Limited. The HD2 is the first Windows phone from the company to include its pr... |
27 November 2009
10:10 GMT |
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Under picture-perfect weather, the space shuttle Atlantis landed on the Kennedy Space Center's (KSC) Runway 33 at 09:44 am EST (1444 GMT), wrapping up the successful STS-129 assembly flight to the International Space Station (ISS). After 10 days and 19 hours into space and more than 4.4 million miles traveled ar... |
27 November 2009
10:04 GMT |
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It's true that there are many a computer casings scouting the market for prospective purchasers, whether from the simple, mini ATX-type to the several “god-class” computer chassis out there, which claim to offer the ultimate in heat management, whether through gravitationally conscious liquid cooling... |
27 November 2009
09:51 GMT |
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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is now in the process of getting a divorce from his wife of many years, former actress Veronica Lario. The procedures were initiated by Lario, who blamed Berlusconi entirely for the failure of the marriage. Not only that, but she is so determined to have him pay for the humili... |
27 November 2009
09:51 GMT |
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Canadian mobile phone carrier Rogers has just lowered the price tag for one of the latest additions to its offering, the BlackBerry Bold 9700 (Bold 2). The wireless operator launched the new handset from Research In Motion a few weeks ago, when it had it priced at $299.99 upon the signing of a three-year contract ag... |
27 November 2009
09:47 GMT |
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For a long time, it seemed like the hammerhead sharks only existed to confuse scientists. Renowned around the world for the peculiar shape of their heads, these creatures have spawned heated controversies in international scientific circles, as evolutionary biologists and other experts tried to reach a conclusion on ... |
27 November 2009
09:42 GMT |
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Earlier this year, following intense pressure on Britain’s Got Talent, Susan Boyle, the Scottish singer that conquered the entire world even before she had a single, let alone an album, out in music stores, was admitted to London’s The Priory mental clinic, suffering from exhaustion. Since then, Miss Boyl... |
27 November 2009
09:25 GMT |
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Lenovo group divested Lenovo Mobile Communication Technology Ltd. back in 2008, when the Group chose to refocus on the Personal Computer business segment. Now, however, after mobile computing solutions saw a massive popularity surge (including everything from notebooks and netbooks to smartphones and tablet PCs), Len... |
27 November 2009
09:24 GMT |
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Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia has recently announced via its Nokia Beta Labs Blog that a new flavor of Ovi Contacts is now available for the owners of S60 5th Ed and 3rd Ed FP2 devices. According to the development team, the new updates made to the Ovi Contacts client are mainly based on users' feedback, and... |
27 November 2009
09:22 GMT |
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The battle against “illegal file-sharing” is heating up, especially in Europe where it looks like the media lobbyists are well worth their fees. Several countries are planning or debating whether to introduce a 'three-strikes' system for file sharers, and recently, the UK has been the hotbed of... |
27 November 2009
09:21 GMT |
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Leading developer and publisher of downloadable video games Gameloft has recently announced that it plans on offering titles for the mobile phones that come to the market with Google's Android 2.0 operating system on board. According to the company, it will deliver High Definition games for the next generation ... |
27 November 2009
09:08 GMT |
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ABC canceled Adam Lambert’s appearance on Good Morning America, saying he was too unpredictable a performer for live television and adding that there was, after all, such a thing as too much controversy. Shortly afterwards, it emerged that, while a more flamboyant singer was not suitable for the morning show, A... |
27 November 2009
08:53 GMT |
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While some go out of their way to disprove solid scientific data, others are really trying to mitigate the effects of climate change and global warming. One such person is University College London (UCL) Bartlett School of Architecture professor Dr Rachel Armstrong, who is proposing that next-generation buildings be ... |
27 November 2009
08:52 GMT |
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Everyone knows that Twitter has been reluctant in seeking revenue streams too aggressively and has just recently moved in this direction, signing deals with partners like Microsoft and Google and announcing some sort for Twitter ads come next year. What most people don't know is that the Japanese version of the... |
27 November 2009
08:41 GMT |
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Malaysia-based mobile broadband and networking-solution provider Green Packet Berhad announced on Thursday that it had managed to ink three different deals with WiMAX operators in Eurasia. According to Green Packet, these three companies are Maximali of Georgia, iCON Communications of Armenia and Intellecom from Ukra... |
27 November 2009
08:36 GMT |
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MSI has redesigned the original Radeon HD 5770 graphics card into a new version, which, although it has the same product number as the initial model (that it will probably replace altogether) sports a design that looks simpler and easy to manufacture, as well as a new, custom cooler to keep the Core temperatures unde... |
27 November 2009
08:28 GMT |
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A former IT specialist, who hacked into the computer network of a Miami-based charity where he used to work, has been sentenced to 18 months imprisonment. The hacker deleted numerous important files from the systems and disabled the voice mail service.
Back in August, we reported that a computer technician, named ... |
27 November 2009
08:19 GMT |
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Facebook is taking a harder stance on what third-party app developers can do to make money, more specifically, what ad-networks they can and can't use, with emphasis on the latter. In light of all the recent scandals and controversy over some practices developers employed to monetize their apps, especially the ... |
27 November 2009
07:51 GMT |
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Microsoft has released an update for its first commercial example of surface computing products, designed to resolve issues associated with user input. Specifically, the company explains that some Microsoft Surface units can no longer respond to input from users. According to the software giant, such problems are onl... |
27 November 2009
07:48 GMT |
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Microsoft has wrapped up and made available for download a solution designed to allow website owners and administrators to optimize content for search engines. Set up to work in conjunction with Internet information Services, the Search Engine Optimization Toolkit is available as a free download from the Redmond comp... |
27 November 2009
07:33 GMT |
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With manufacturers going out of their way to announce and release products over products, hoping to catch as much of the holiday shopping mania as possible, Japanese company EIZO joined the fray by revealing its plans to launch a new Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) monitor in the first half of January 2010, specifically... |
27 November 2009
07:23 GMT |
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Mandriva announced yesterday in a press release that a new version of its portable USB Mandriva Flash Drive was available for purchase. The new edition is based on the recently released Mandriva Linux 2010.0 operating system, with the KDE4 flavour. Mandriva Flash 2010 is available on an 8 GB USB flash drive. Think o... |
27 November 2009
07:10 GMT |
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Redmond-based software giant Microsoft has launched about a half a year ago a new version of its search engine, which comes under the name of Bing. The solution is also available for those who browse over the Internet from their mobile phones, and, as many of you might have heard already, is set to power the phones ... |
27 November 2009
07:04 GMT |
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The latest beta version of Mozilla's extremely popular browser Firefox 3.6 Beta 4 was recently pushed to testers and eager users worldwide. It's mostly a bug fixing release, unsurprising at this stage in the development process when the focus is on rounding out the rough edges. Still, there are a couple of... |
27 November 2009
07:01 GMT |
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In an accomplishment that is bound to make others in the community jealous, scientists at the Towson University, in Baltimore, Maryland, managed to develop a method of trapping rainbows. In addition to looking absolutely astounding, the new system may also usher in a new era of developments in the fields of communica... |
27 November 2009
07:01 GMT |
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After its first attempt at making an impact on the ultra-thin mobile PC market ended with the Yukon platform being largely forgotten, Advanced Micro Devices has now devised the 'Congo' platform for laptops. To herald what some see as AMD's second attempt at grabbing a share of this market segment, MSI ... |
27 November 2009
06:48 GMT |
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While Sony thinks that the physical distribution of software, like DVDs and Blu-rays or boxed games, isn't going anywhere in the near future, Square Enix sees not just the opposite, but the very apocalypse of things with shape and form. Yoichi Wada, the chief of Square Enix, predicts that not only will physical ... |
27 November 2009
06:34 GMT |
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LimeWire X is a free P2P file-sharing program that uses the Java platform to locate and share all kinds of files over the Internet. It is one of the few solutions of its kind for the Mac, and it is compatible with all major platforms. The program’s open source code was developed (in part) by a devoted programme... |
27 November 2009
06:29 GMT |
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Microsoft is allowing early adopters of Office 2010 to enhance the first public development milestone of the release with filter packs. Office 2010 (Beta) Filter Packs are currently up for grabs via the Microsoft Download Center at no charge, and they will enhance the way that end users can access information related... |
27 November 2009
06:29 GMT |
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Robert Shingledecker, founder of the Tiny Core Linux project, announced last evening (November 26th) the immediate availability of the Tiny Core Linux 2.6 distribution, a version that brings updated applications and scripts, various improvements and, of course, a couple of bug fixes. But let's take a closer look... |
27 November 2009
06:21 GMT |
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More often than not, the right domain name can make or break a business. Having the best domain won't help a horrible service too much and a good one will do alright even with a less-than-inspired domain but, on the whole, it can be a great boon to a websites success. This is why domain names sometimes fetch hu... |
27 November 2009
06:11 GMT |
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China, somewhat of a new player on the international space scene, apparently wants to make up for the time it lost in front of the United States, Europe, and Russia. Having successfully launched its first unmanned lunar probe in 2007, the country is currently aiming at a 2010 deadline for the launch of its second sci... |
27 November 2009
06:04 GMT |
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Although most high-performance cards are large and can only fit into medium to large-sized casings, Sparkle managed to put together an NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250-based graphics adapter, which, although small and able to fit even into Home Theater Personal Computers, still delivers a high-end performance capable of handli... |
27 November 2009
06:02 GMT |
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The guys over at Mozilla have been working hard for a long period of time now for the release of a mobile version of Firefox into the wild, codenamed Fennec. The development of the mobile software solutions has advanced to the extent that now we already have a Beta 5 flavor of the browser available on for Maemo-base... |
27 November 2009
06:01 GMT |
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Rondo of Swords is a strategy role-playing video game that will allow one to partake in different quests and adventures of all types. The battle system brings interesting innovations through the "Route Maneuver System." This will have gamers set a specific route, after which they'll have to deal with the events ... |
27 November 2009
05:58 GMT |
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Almost two months after announcing plans to open up its iTunes LP file format to all developers and labels, Apple has updated its web site with specifications and resources. Accompanying the downloads is the TuneKit framework, thrown in by Apple for a superior multimedia experience.
“Here’s everything ... |
27 November 2009
05:58 GMT |
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Jump Superstars is a 2D fighting game that brings together over 150 characters from various Japanese anime and manga series. The title implies a bit more than just defeating your opponents, as, in some missions, you'll also have other objectives. The characters are controlled via the regular buttons, and you... |
27 November 2009
05:54 GMT |
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Steam punks and tech-wise aliens have come together to improve the gaming experience. Not the off-world intervention you might expect it to be, Valve Software and Alienware decided that it would be a great idea to supply the high-end computers with build-in Steam support. The announcement was made Wednesday and it lo... |
27 November 2009
05:49 GMT |
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With its latest version of Windows, Microsoft supports multiple activation scenarios, each tailored to a specific Windows 7 license. In this regard, volume customers of Windows 7 have the option to perform volume activation for the operating system. Companies with a large number of clients can centralize the managem... |
27 November 2009
05:37 GMT |
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Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia has reportedly pushed back the in-store release of its high-end Maemo 5-powered Nokia N900 in the UK, a handset that was originally expected to arrive on the market at the end of October. It seems that the company has registered very strong pre-order demand for the device, so strong ... |
27 November 2009
05:27 GMT |
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During the Gstar 2009 video game trade show in Busan, Korea, XPEC Entertainment was approached by Gamasutra and eventually told it that it planned to release a new scfi-fi MMO. Bounty Hounds Online is inspired by the previous installment of the series, the single-player version, Bounty Hounds for the PlayStation Port... |
27 November 2009
05:22 GMT |
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In May this year, shortly after Katie Price and Peter Andre announced they were filing the necessary papers for a legal separation and then divorce, speculation started to make the rounds that they had actually set the entire thing up in a bid to get more publicity for their future business endeavors. As if to confir... |
27 November 2009
05:12 GMT |
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Google is hardly a typical media company despite making the vast majority of its revenue from advertising. In the past, it's had a rather tense relationship with old media companies and traditional advertising outlets. The strategy seems to have paid off, judging by its success so far, but in recent years Googl... |
27 November 2009
05:11 GMT |
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After separating from the International Space Station (ISS) early Wednesday, and spending Thanksgiving in space on Thursday, astronauts aboard the space shuttle Atlantis are currently getting ready to return home. They are scheduled to touch down on Runway 33 at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), in Cape Canaveral, Flor... |
27 November 2009
05:04 GMT |
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Microsoft’s latest iteration of Internet Explorer comes with enhanced security features compared to its predecessor, helping users stay secure while browsing. In both Windows Vista and Windows 7, Internet Explorer 8 is designed to run by default with low privileges, in the context in which User Account Control... |
27 November 2009
04:58 GMT |
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First Else is a new mobile phone that has just been officially unveiled at a London event this week, and which is set to come to the market as an option for the currently available handsets and mobile operating systems. The handset is powered by the Else Intuition OS, which is based on the Access Linux Platform v3.0... |
27 November 2009
04:56 GMT |
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Black Friday is here and, although this discount day is generally associated with price-cuts in brick-and-mortar stores, online retailers have also jumped on the opportunity to bump up the sales. Sunbelt offers its latest antivirus and anti-spyware solution at a special price, today only. Regularly priced at $29.95,... |
27 November 2009
04:53 GMT |
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Eager to provide its customers with high-performance motherboards with support for Intel's future processors, ASRock detailed its H55 motherboard lineup which consists of two micro-ATX and a “normal” ATX motherboard. These three products will support Intel's upcoming Core i3 and Core i5 “C... |
27 November 2009
04:52 GMT |
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Three years after meeting on a blind date and only a couple of weeks after announcing on a television show his intention of settling down, Robbie Williams and girlfriend Ayda Field are now engaged. The singer proposed to Ayda during a live radio show when, seemingly out of the blue, he popped the big question and got... |
27 November 2009
04:47 GMT |
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With the PlayStation 3 beta testing for Battlefield: Bad Company 2 out there in the field, PC gamers were eagerly anticipating their own little sneak peak at the game. After all, the one thing DICE has pushed so much about the game is that, unlike Infinity Ward, it plans to fully support the PG gaming community and t... |
27 November 2009
04:38 GMT |
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As expected, Apple’s online store is back up featuring Black Friday discounts. The Mac maker not only slashed prices for its computers, iPods, and Apple TV, but also for creative tools, cases and bags, software, speakers, iPhone accessories, headphones, chargers, and more.As soon as Apple’s store was back... |
27 November 2009
04:34 GMT |
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The NASA-operated Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has taken a deeper look into a very peculiar binary system, known as Cyngus X-3. It has discovered, in premiere, unambiguous evidence that high-energy gamma-rays are being produced by the structure, something that no other observatory was able to say for certain until... |
27 November 2009
04:21 GMT |
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Not just yesterday, we saw Andrew House, the boss of Sony Computer Entertainment, reassure everyone that the company's favorite games and its colorful box art weren't going anywhere. The way he sees things, digital distribution is indeed catching up as far us numbers go, but it's not going to replace t... |
27 November 2009
04:16 GMT |
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While the next iteration of Silverlight is not planned for availability until 2010, there is absolutely nothing stopping customers from getting in the technology early, at this point in time. At the Professional Developer Conference 2009 in Los Angeles last week, Microsoft released the first beta development mileston... |
27 November 2009
03:56 GMT |
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As the first Harvest Moon title to come to the DS, the game will have players manage the well-being of a farm. They'll have to tend to the livestock and grow all manners of crops. Their farm can be upgraded to handle new tasks, like holding additional livestock or a more elaborate kitchen to cook their food. The... |
27 November 2009
03:54 GMT |
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Jump! Ultimate Stars is an uptake on the previous release, Jump Super Stars. It features a similar Super Smash Bros.-style fighting gameplay with a huge array of licensed manga characters. In total, 300 characters from 41 different mangas are available and will enable players to go wild and have some real fun. Player... |
27 November 2009
03:50 GMT |
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More and more people are quick to seal the fate of Wikipedia and a couple of studies in the past year are being used as clear evidence that the site is headed for disaster if not in the short term future. Recently, a study by Spanish researcher Felipe Ortega, which found that 49,000 volunteer editors left the site i... |
27 November 2009
03:47 GMT |
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Fifty-one-year-old Peter Lane is one of the first people in the world to benefit from the obvious advantages of the new bionic eye technology. The therapy relies on implanted electronics in the retina, which allow for the conversion of images collected from an external camera into electrical impulses, to be sent dire... |
27 November 2009
03:46 GMT |
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Razorfish, a company already known for the touch experiences it is capable of building, has just showcased a new concept, aimed at helping those in search for a mobile phone to enjoy an interactive multi-touch experience: Razorfone. Developed by their Emerging Experiences team, the new conceptual approach towards th... |
27 November 2009
03:46 GMT |
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The HD 4870 X2, a graphics adapter introduced by ATI back in 2008, had a special feature compared with previous ATI products, namely the Sideport technology, which was supposedly able to boost the performance of the multi-GPU setup of the X2 (the HD 4870 X2 used two Radeon HD 4870 GPUs). The technology was supposed t... |
27 November 2009
03:44 GMT |
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Steam has really begun to cash in on the digital distribution market, and, with its soaring profits, new companies are eager to get in on the action. As such, a new digital download service has been born and it's called Get Games. The British distributor is a joint venture of Rupert Loman, the managing director ... |
27 November 2009
03:40 GMT |
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Today, Rihanna stands in a league of her own, what with her eccentric sense of style, always funky hairdos and accessories, and, most importantly, her music that is so hard to define in one single word. It wasn’t always like that, though, the singer says in a recent interview with the New York Times, recalling ... |
27 November 2009
03:39 GMT |
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Along with announcing the official launch of its Cloud platform at the Professional Developer Conference 2009 in Los Angeles, Microsoft also released an update to the collection of technical content it has built around Windows Azure. In this regard, the November 2009 update of the Windows Azure Platform Training Kit ... |
27 November 2009
03:32 GMT |
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When it first emerged that Beyonce and Lady Gaga, two of the most hyped pop artists of the moment, while also among the most appreciated by fans and critics alike, had teamed up to record a track together, for which they would also shoot a video, the media immediately went abuzz with anticipation. The video for &ldqu... |
27 November 2009
03:18 GMT |
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NVIDIA's two 'new' graphics adapters seem to be the GPU manufacturer's way of addressing the issue of low-end users who would still like their old systems to have at least a minimum of graphics capabilities. Ironically, the GeForce 310 is not, as one would expect (and wish), any debut of a new ada... |
27 November 2009
03:09 GMT |
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Electronic Arts isn't the only huge game company to feel the sting of the financial slope. Square Enix is also experiencing some troubles, and, just like EA did with its smaller studios, Enix has begun to cut down on its ties. The company feels like it would be a little bit too much to start chopping away at the... |
27 November 2009
03:06 GMT |
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Windows 7 RTM has been leveraged for anything from a kitchen utensil to a Christmas accessory, but it appears that the latest iteration of the Windows client is also the perfect tool for world domination. Feast your eyes on the videos embedded at the bottom of this article and you’re bound to understand the rol... |
27 November 2009
02:58 GMT |
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Ever since Charles Darwin evolution model managed to impose itself through logic and reason as the main approach to explaining our origins and history, experts have been trying to figure out what the root of life is. In other words, they are trying to understand how the primeval cell, the first life form, may have lo... |
27 November 2009
02:51 GMT |
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Motorola MILESTONE, the European version of the high-end Motorola DROID, has been recently spotted as available for pre-order in the UK via a retailer, and now we learn users can place orders in advance via Expansys UK too. The handset is expected to arrive in stock as soon a December 7 is here, the same day as the ... |
27 November 2009
02:45 GMT |
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In what is simple routine at Apple, the company’s web store has been taken down for maintenance to be updated with Black Friday sales. Although no price cuts have been confirmed by the Mac maker, Apple has historically offered discounts on its products between the 23rd and the 29th of November, when Black Frida... |
27 November 2009
02:43 GMT |
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Scientists at the Interuniversity Microelectronics Center (IMEC) have recently showcased their latest innovation, a small microchip that is able to mediate communications between electrical and biological cells. The find could be of tremendous use for the field of physiology, as well as for the development of new gen... |
27 November 2009
02:26 GMT |
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Our cells' ability to move ions through their membranes and to only allow for a certain type of ions either in or out is arguably one of the most important set of traits it has. In charge of letting various chemicals through are structures inside the membrane known as ion channels, which display a property calle... |
27 November 2009
01:51 GMT |
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