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NASA's Swift space telescope was designed to detect gamma-ray bursts, one of the most energetic phenomena in the Universe. But that doesn't mean it isn't suitable for other tasks, scientist learn to make the most out of expensive instruments like Swift and can't really afford not to use any opport... |
28 December 2012
23:01 GMT |
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For the past 3 years or so, former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been duking it out in court with his second wife, Veronica Lario, who apparently got tired of his womanizing ways. The divorce has just been settled – and suffice it to say that Mrs. Lario won’t have to work a single day in he... |
28 December 2012
21:47 GMT |
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With the clock ticking on 2012 and us getting ready for a brand new year, perhaps the thought crossed your mind as to what you should expect from 2013. Will there be flying cars? Will we be contacted by alien life and see UFOs on a daily basis? What do experts and regular people say?This is by no means a blog meant t... |
28 December 2012
21:20 GMT |
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Instagram has released the list with the most photographed locations in 2012 and some of the places may surprise you. Instagram is apparently a huge hit in Thailand, as the first two locations are from Bangkok.
The Suvarnabhumi Airport is the year's most photographed location on Instagram. The Siam Paragon sho... |
28 December 2012
21:11 GMT |
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One of the most useful Android applications that allow users to free more internal phone storage space, App 2 SD has just been updated with several tweaks and bug fixes.
The current version has received some improvements in the application manager, which provides users with the option to keep selected apps after the... |
28 December 2012
21:01 GMT |
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The Tube Pro application for Windows Phone devices has been updated to version 2.8, with fixes and enhancements for the viewing and downloading of videos.
The application offers the option to play YouTube videos in HQ and HD over 3G and Wi-Fi networks, while also providing users with the possibility to download vid... |
28 December 2012
20:41 GMT |
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Sony Mobile is reportedly gearing up for the launch of new flagship Android devices, one of which will be the Xperia Z, previously spotted online as Yuga.
The handset is expected to make an official appearance at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, while said to be en-route to China soon after.
The l... |
28 December 2012
19:51 GMT |
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Edmund McMillen, the designer of The Binding of Isaac and one half of Team Meat, believes that indie game makers can only succeed as long as they try to create the best experience they can rather than simply focus on delivering hits. Speaking to Gamasutra, the game maker says, “If you start worrying too much a... |
28 December 2012
19:41 GMT |
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Developers who make independent games need to take into account all sorts of things, but they shouldn't forget to properly market their game, at least according to Dean Dodrill, the creator of Dust: An Elysian Tail, which was recently released for the Xbox 360.
Gamers have been treated to a variety of independe... |
28 December 2012
19:31 GMT |
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One of the popular video players for Android devices, Kascend has just received a new update that optimizes some of the application’s functions for better management and image.
First of all, developers claim that the Kascend’s buffering speed has been optimized for M1905 and PPTV movies. In addition, the... |
28 December 2012
19:31 GMT |
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As you may have noticed, unless the sky is really clouded, there was a full moon last night and it's going to be one tonight as well.
It's the 13th full moon of the year, something that happens rather infrequently, when the first full moon is very early in the year and the last full moon is very late in th... |
28 December 2012
19:21 GMT |
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Recently launched in India, the Nokia Asha 205 has made an appearance in China as well. However, given the fact that Facebook is restricted in the Mainland, the Finnish company has replaced the dedicated key with a QQ button.
QQ is one of the most popular instant messaging services available in China, which is why N... |
28 December 2012
19:01 GMT |
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A new set of photos reportedly depicting the upcoming Huawei Ascend Mate smartphone has made it online, along with a teaser from the company, meant to raise awareness on the upcoming device.
The handset is said to arrive on shelves with a 6.1-inch full HD touchscreen display, a 1.8GHz K3V2 quad-core processor, 2GB ... |
28 December 2012
18:51 GMT |
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One of the most interesting features of the upcoming Wasteland 2 is the collaboration between developers inXile and the scientists at Thawacke, designed to ensure that the entire experience is as close to scientific principles as possible.
Sebastian Alvarado, one of the members, has talked to Gamasutra about the inv... |
28 December 2012
18:41 GMT |
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While the top 10 list of the most downloaded movies of the year may be a bit surprising, the top 10 most downloaded TV shows of the year is anything but.
Game of Thrones is the most pirated TV show in the world, with an average 4.28 million people grabbing just one episode.
It came in second place last year, behin... |
28 December 2012
18:41 GMT |
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The folks at Geek Software Technology have just released a new version of File Expert for Android devices with even more customization options and new features.
Apparently, the classic Black theme is back, while other themes have been updated. More of these can be downloaded in My Tools/Get New Plugins.
Furthermore... |
28 December 2012
18:31 GMT |
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Sony has just posted a brand new video with its upcoming Soul Sacrifice game for the PlayStation Vita handheld console, this time taking a look at the music recording process and how the company used the famous Skywalker Sound group of LucasFilm to make the game's soundtrack.
The PS Vita has received quite a fe... |
28 December 2012
18:21 GMT |
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Lumia 920, Nokia’s flagship Windows Phone 8 device, has been launched in China via wireless carrier China Mobile for free with the signing of contract agreements, and it seems that other carriers in the country will be selling it subsidized as well.
China Unicom, which will bring the international Lumia 920 t... |
28 December 2012
17:51 GMT |
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The latest version of Fandango Movies for Android devices bring two new important features that will make finding movie and theater listings much easier.
For those unfamiliar with Fandango Movies, this application allows users to quickly find movies playing within the hour in their area, view trailers and movie phot... |
28 December 2012
17:31 GMT |
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Square Enix has posted some more details about its long-awaited Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn online game, confirming that the first beta stage will be held on the PC platform in the middle of February, and will soon make its way onto the PlayStation 3 console.
Final Fantasy XIV was supposed to delight MMORPG fa... |
28 December 2012
17:21 GMT |
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It's been a couple of slow news days for the past few days, as you can imagine, so stuff that would normally fly under the radar or would get very little coverage, gets blown out of proportion. Case in point is Instagram supposedly losing users after the privacy policy kerfuffle. Based on AppData info, which is ... |
28 December 2012
17:21 GMT |
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Microsoft Download News is a freeware application available in the Windows Store that allows you to stay up to date with the latest downloads released by the Redmond-based technology company.
While the idea behind this project is pretty useful, there still are a bunch of features to be improved, starting with the ba... |
28 December 2012
17:01 GMT |
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The Windows 8 sales saga doesn’t seem to come to an end with no official figures released by Microsoft, so yet another company executive has recently revealed that the new operating system isn’t selling like it should right now. Fujitsu President Masami Yamamoto told reporters in Tokyo that Windows 8 sal... |
28 December 2012
17:01 GMT |
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Andrei Dumitrescu: We have a five-day free period coming up that I plan to dedicate to gaming as much as possible, with some time devoted to partying just on December 31 and on January 1. Just before Christmas, GOG.com updated their version of Alpha Centauri with the Alien Crossfire expansion and I plan to give my v... |
28 December 2012
16:41 GMT |
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Survarium, the upcoming free-to-play online first-person shooter that's currently in development at Vostok Games, has just received some impressive screenshots, showing off a special area in the game called Vostok Radar Station. Vostok Games was formed by many developers that left after the closure of GSC Game ... |
28 December 2012
16:41 GMT |
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With Wikipedia securing its funding for the next year in just nine days, you can rest assured that it will continue to help the people of the world find out all there is to know about Facebook, One Direction or Fifty Shades of Grey. While Wikipedia may aim to be the sum of all human knowledge, most humans are inter... |
28 December 2012
16:31 GMT |
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Lumia 920, Nokia’s flagship Windows Phone 8 device, came to the market with a PureView camera on the back, capable of providing users with great imaging capabilities while on the go. Before that, the Finnish handset vendor made available a Symbian-based handset featuring a 41MP camera on the back, the 808 Pur... |
28 December 2012
16:21 GMT |
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Conservationists will be pleased to hear that the state of California agreed to re-route the ships coming in and going out of the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles just to make sure that the local whale population is kept out of harm's way.
The three species they wish to protect first and foremost are the bl... |
28 December 2012
16:21 GMT |
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GitLab, a fast, secure and stable solution based on Ruby on Rails & Gitolite and distributed under the MIT License, is now at version 4.0.GitLab doesn't shy away from the fact that it is inspired by GitHub and the project it's even hosted there. According to one of the developers, Valeriy Sizov, GitLab is m... |
28 December 2012
16:01 GMT |
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Mobile malware has become a serious problem these days and experts believe that the upwards trend will continue in 2013 as well. So how can we tell if our phones have been infected with malware that allows cybercriminals to do all sorts of nasty things?
According to Lookout experts, it’s not a difficult task. ... |
28 December 2012
16:01 GMT |
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LG Electronics is expected to make official full HD smartphones in the beginning of the next year, and one such device has already received the necessary approvals from the Bluetooth SIG.
The handset has received certification as model LG-F240S (for SK Telecom), but it is said to land on shelves as LG-F240L at LG U... |
28 December 2012
16:01 GMT |
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Windows 8 has already been attacked by hackers who wanted to activate the operating system at no cost, but there’s no doubt it’s one of the most secure Windows iterations released so far.
And Microsoft uses this argument to promote Windows 8 with every single occasion, while security companies across the... |
28 December 2012
15:51 GMT |
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Up until recently, it was believed that the volcano-climate relationship only went one way. Thus, most people agree that, once a volcano erupts and releases significant amounts of sulfur dioxide into the air, the weather is bound to cool down to a certain extent.
This phenomenon happens because of a very simple rea... |
28 December 2012
15:51 GMT |
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Back in August, a bobcat cub was rescued from a wildfire that took place northwest of Lake Tahoe. At that time, Chips, as this bobcat is now called, was only 3-4 weeks old.
Because nobody managed to find its mother, the bobcat cub was taken in by the greenheads working with the Sierra Wildlife Center in Placerville... |
28 December 2012
15:31 GMT |
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South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung Electronics has been long rumored to plan the launch of a successor of its Galaxy S III smartphone next year, and some more info on the device has emerged.
Referred to as Galaxy S IV, the handset is now rumored to be launched with features that will allow it to fit both into ... |
28 December 2012
15:11 GMT |
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Integrated cybercrime prevention solutions provider ThreatMetrix has released a list of top cybersecurity trends that they believe will impact businesses and consumers in 2013.
The company highlights the fact that, in 2012, a number of US federal and state agencies have been targeted by cybercriminals – both ... |
28 December 2012
15:11 GMT |
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Making Booker DeWitt talk was a hard yet fun thing to do, at least according to the game's writer and creator, Ken Levine, who said that he and his team at Irrational Games worked a lot on the protagonist of the upcoming BioShock Infinite. Many gamers from all around the world anticipate BioShock Infinite as it... |
28 December 2012
14:51 GMT |
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Since 2006, Intel and Microsoft have been doing their best to gain the loyalty of customers and service providers on the home entertainment market.
They haven't quite succeeded, but the Windows Media Center Edition (MCE) did accumulate a following, and Intel's IPTV set-top boxes (STB), at least, didn'... |
28 December 2012
14:51 GMT |
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Samsung’s cross-platform communications solution ChatON has reached version 2.0 on iOS allowing iPhone and iPad users to log into the app using their Samsung account.
ChatOn 2.0 now lets you connect up to 5 devices with your Samsung Account and offers privacy settings, including one option to toggle your profi... |
28 December 2012
14:41 GMT |
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Windows 8 is an operating system aimed at all users categories, as it boasts a wide array of features and plenty of improvements as compared to Windows 7. Or at least, that’s what Microsoft claims every time when talking about its new OS. This new commercial released by the Redmond-based technology company thi... |
28 December 2012
14:41 GMT |
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A new flavor of the Windows Phone 8 client for the popular cross-platform streaming service Rdio is now available for download, namely version 3.14.
The new application release was pushed out with Windows Phone 8 compatibility inside, as well as with better online streaming/playback, and with a series of enhancemen... |
28 December 2012
14:41 GMT |
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gPodder, an application that downloads and manages free audio and video content (podcasts), allowing users to listen directly on a computer or on a mobile device, is now at version 3.4.0. gPodder 3.4.0 has been dubbed Quiet Earth and it features quite a few new features and updates.Highlights of gPodder 3.4.0:• ... |
28 December 2012
14:21 GMT |
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Back in September, Tesla unveiled its first supercharger stations on the US West Coast and promised that, by the year 2015, a total of 110 will be made available to Model S drivers across the country. Apparently, the company is quite eager to stick to this promise, hence its rolling out an additional two 480-volt c... |
28 December 2012
14:11 GMT |
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Qtractor, an audio/MIDI multi-track sequencer application written in C++ with the Qt4 framework, is now at version 0.5.7. The target platform for this software is Linux, where the Jack Audio Connection Kit (JACK) for audio and the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) for MIDI are the main infrastructures to evolv... |
28 December 2012
13:56 GMT |
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Hashcat has released an interesting tool called oclGaussCrack whose main goal is to crack the verification hash of the encrypted payload of the notorious Gauss malware.
Discovered back in August, Gauss is a highly sophisticated state-sponsored Trojan. Many of its inner workings have remained a mystery for researcher... |
28 December 2012
13:51 GMT |
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The popular CorelCAD software which offers precision 2D drafting tools and 3D design tools for advanced modeling, has been updated with native DWG file support and a more attractive price tag for those who plan to take the plunge early.
Corel Corporation has just announced a sale on the 2013 version of its CorelCAD ... |
28 December 2012
13:41 GMT |
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Aria2, a utility for downloading files that supports multiple protocols such as HTTP(S), FTP, BitTorrent, and Metalink, is now at version 1.16.1.Aria2 1.16.1 features a command-line interface, segmented downloading, client certificate authentication in HTTPS, custom HTTP Header support, and more.Highlights of Aria2 1... |
28 December 2012
13:38 GMT |
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Developer Keeple is proud to announce a new update to his cool Flickr Studio app for iPhone and iPad users which packs several bug fixes, including one for the annoying disappearing resize options.
Keeple thanks everyone who took their time to report bugs and proceeds to enumerate the fixes he’s been able to i... |
28 December 2012
13:31 GMT |
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Galaxy Note II, the largest Android-based smartphone that Samsung has made available for purchase, comes with one feature that can provide users with the ability to do more on their devices at the same time.
Called Multi-View, the functionality enables people to run two apps simultaneously on the phone’s large... |
28 December 2012
13:21 GMT |
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Valve has kicked off day nine of the Steam Winter Holiday Sale of 2012 with price cuts for all sorts of great games, including Just Cause 2, Limbo, or Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion, as well as for franchises like Assassin's Creed, Left 4 Dead, or Prototype.Steam has treated its users to all sorts of great ba... |
28 December 2012
13:13 GMT |
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Dave Phillips cannot wait for New Year's, when he plans to get a shave. The 27-year-old former member of the Territorial Army decided to raise money for charity by growing a beard.
He set out a year ago to raise funds for Help for Heroes, inspired by the Movember initiative. "I did Movember last year and it wa... |
28 December 2012
13:11 GMT |
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Today, we're offering a 56% discount for Dexster, the one stop shop of audio tools. You can use it to edit / record audio files and even extract audio from CDs and videos. Dexster provides basic editing features, but it also allows you to apply different effects and filters to your audio file.
First of all, Dex... |
28 December 2012
13:01 GMT |
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Kraft, an application for people who operate a small business and which helps users to manage communication documents such as quotes and invoices, is now at version 0.50.Kraft 0.50 covers the practical issues of a small business and helps through ease of use, yet powerful features, to deal with most of the office job... |
28 December 2012
12:58 GMT |
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If we’d judge Windows 8 by users’ comments and analysts’ opinions, Microsoft’s newest operating system is a disappointing, confusing and difficult to use product that has no chance to be as successful as its predecessor.
But Acer President Jim Wong said in an interview with DigiTimes that it&... |
28 December 2012
12:51 GMT |
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The Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis is offering "Tweet Seats" during its showing of The Servant of Two Masters. According to their website, a few balcony seats in the McGuire Proscenium, featured above, will hold those who want to live-tweet the event. External Relations Director Trish Santini explains that the show... |
28 December 2012
12:41 GMT |
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Research In Motion’s BlackBerry 10 operating system, set to be officially launched on January 30, 2013, is expected to feature a nice range of highly appealing applications right from the start, including a Netflix mobile client.
Nothing has been officially confirmed on the matter for the time being, but some... |
28 December 2012
12:31 GMT |
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The organization that created the ModDB website says that Black Mesa, the recreation of the original Half-Life video game using the power of the Source engine, is the winner of the Player’s Choice Mod of the Year.
More than 132,000 votes have been cast in order to decide which is the best mod of 2012 and the o... |
28 December 2012
12:31 GMT |
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National Geographic Society has announced an important update for readers of National Geographic Traveler Magazine on iPad. Version 1.6 delivers print subscriber integration, background downloading, and minor bug fixes.
Announced this week by the National Geographic Society, subscriptions to the National Geographic ... |
28 December 2012
12:21 GMT |
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company is one of the few semiconductor manufacturers that still seeks to expand its production capacity, but its new building plans aren't exactly being welcomed with open arms.
While TSMC's idea for a plant in the US is going forward well, its home plans aren't en... |
28 December 2012
12:11 GMT |
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You rarely see a campaign on Softpedia that doesn't promote spyware blockers and this year's campaign is no different. Today, we're offering you the chance to win a license for one of the most popular adware / spyware / keylogger / rootkit blockers on the market: DefenseWall.
DefenseWall Personal Fire... |
28 December 2012
12:01 GMT |
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Whenever a project dictates the usage of a color selection UI widget, CSS3 ColorPicker is a jQuery plugin to be taken into account from now on.
Not all developers are Photoshop experts, but at one point or another, all programmers would have ended up opening Adobe's photo editing masterpiece either to tweak a U... |
28 December 2012
12:01 GMT |
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Doxygen, a documentation system for C++, C, Java, Objective-C, Python, IDL (Corba and Microsoft flavors), Fortran, VHDL, PHP, C#, and to some extent D, is now at version 1.8.3.
Highlights of Doxygen 1.8.3:
• Expanding the tree in an index page of the HTML output, will now expand only one level instead of the w... |
28 December 2012
11:51 GMT |
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The VP8 codec hasn't made the splash Google and many others had hoped it would, but Google is already well on its way to building its successor, VP9. In fact, recent Chrome builds now come with experimental VP9 support.
VP9 is the next-generation video codec and a relatively recent addition, so much so that th... |
28 December 2012
11:34 GMT |
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Digiarty Software has released Space Settlers, the first online Sci-Fi game for iOS platforms. The free multiplayer game features mecha combat, legion war, real-time strategy, and fortress attack gameplay. The story is said to be rooted in the contributions of Doctor Hawking (a clear reference to cosmologist Stephen... |
28 December 2012
11:31 GMT |
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LibrePlan, a collaborative tool to plan, monitor and control projects that has a rich web interface which provides a desktop-like user experience, is now at version 1.3.3.
Highlights of LibrePlan 1.3.3:
• Performance improvements on the project listing window have been implemented (especially when working with... |
28 December 2012
11:23 GMT |
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Tera, the action-focused online role-playing game that came out back in 2011 in Asia and earlier this year everywhere else, will go free-to-play in South Korea and Japan, while players from other parts of the world, like Europe or North America, will continue to pay a monthly subscription for the game. Tera promised... |
28 December 2012
11:11 GMT |
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The child in the video above is amused, delighted and surprised by his Christmas presents, and he experiences all these emotions at the same time. He is really overwhelmed and is moved to tears by the present he got. At one point he even prays for a specific Lego product, which he unfortunately doesn't receive.... |
28 December 2012
11:04 GMT |
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When we brought attention to the Haswell Y series of central processing units, we didn't go into too much detail about each chip.
We figure at least one of them deserves to be detailed in full though: the Core i7-3689Y.
This isn't one of the super-low-power 7W chips, but its TDP of 13W is still very low, ... |
28 December 2012
11:03 GMT |
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Kim Dotcom is known for many things, but being subtle isn't one of them. So there was no doubt that the launch of his upcoming storage service, Mega, won't be low key. In fact, Dotcom is promising just that, a launch event like no other, at the Dotcom mansion no less.
"Members of the media who like to be... |
28 December 2012
11:03 GMT |
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For a little over a month, there’s been a lot of speculation on whether Shia LaBeouf and his co-star Mia Goth were more than just friends, and a new batch of paparazzi shots should put all that to rest: they’re dating.
The actor was photographed with Mia on a date in Los Angeles the other day, as the ph... |
28 December 2012
11:01 GMT |
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Having trouble with your Radio.com app as of late? CBS Interactive Music Group has some good news for you. They’ve released Radio.com 2.2.1 for iPhone and iPad with fixes for most of the reported bugs.
Radio.com streams numerous radio stations anywhere across the United States, including 300 live broadcast, HD... |
28 December 2012
10:56 GMT |
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The journal Nature Neuroscience has recently witnessed the publication of a new study stating that, contrary to common held beliefs, itchiness is not just a form of pain.
Quite the contrary: certain nerve cells found within our bodies specialize in pinning down itchy sensations alone, and do not react when faced wi... |
28 December 2012
10:52 GMT |
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Jason Scott, the director of the DEFCON documentary, has released a 20-minute preview of the much-awaited film.
Hacker conferences are a great way for experts and enthusiasts to meet and exchange opinions. The film made by Scott tries to capture the atmosphere of DEFCON, the conference that has been a major success... |
28 December 2012
10:46 GMT |
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Reddit brings us yet another hilarious photobomb shot, this time with the added bonus of an unintentional optical illusion.
This photo was uploaded on Christmas Eve by Redditor sammyjay55, along with a rather cheeky comment.
“The longer you look at the man riding that woman, the funnier it gets...,” th... |
28 December 2012
10:45 GMT |
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Every once in a while, Madonna gets significant amounts of media attention not because of her peculiar and sometimes even shocking behavior on and off stage, but because of her commitment to help those less fortunate.
The news that the celebrity has recently finished building and has inaugurated ten primary schools... |
28 December 2012
10:41 GMT |
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Charlie Sheen’s ex wives and the kids he has with them may be one big happy family, but not the same goes for his former mother in law, Moira Fiore, who is dragging him to court over an older real estate transaction.
Fiore is Brooke’s mom and, in court papers obtained by TMZ, she claims the actor promis... |
28 December 2012
10:39 GMT |
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Google, Amazon, Samsung, Acer, Asus, these are just a few companies that sell tablets under their own brands. There are several others.
Their number may seem great, but it really isn't, compared to the multitude of manufacturers that actually put such devices together.
Speaking of which, many white-box tablet ... |
28 December 2012
10:36 GMT |
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Video game developer Arcen Games announces that the latest beta version for its upcoming A Valley Without Wind 2 is available on Steam for both the PC and the Mac. The beta release can be accessed by all those who have bought A Valley Without Wind 2 and they will also get a free copy of the first title in the series... |
28 December 2012
10:27 GMT |
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Lots of great shooters have appeared this year across all sorts of platforms. From first-person ones, like Borderlands 2, to third-person titles, like Mass Effect 3, if you wanted to shoot at things in a virtual manner, you had more than enough games from which to choose.
Among them, however, one game truly shined, ... |
28 December 2012
10:26 GMT |
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Google has already announced its ambitious goal to steal 90 percent of Microsoft Office’s users, so the company has started hiring engineers to help improve Google Apps.
But according to some job ads published by the Mountain View-based search giant, you can’t become a Google employee if you don’t ... |
28 December 2012
10:22 GMT |
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One Directioners, try to see the fun side in this. The awesome guys at Bad Lip Reading have just picked on the world’s most famous boyband of the moment, One Direction, and thus delivered another of their hilarious videos.
Check it out above.
It’s a faux trailer for a faux indie movie called “Sh... |
28 December 2012
10:18 GMT |
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Elitegroup Computer System hasn't exactly finished tallying its motherboard shipments, but it has enough data for a rough estimate of what the year 2012 brought it.
Per this report, the company did ship 12 million to others that had contracted its services (ODM shipments), but its own-brand models only reached ... |
28 December 2012
10:12 GMT |
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Qt Creator, a cross-platform IDE (integrated development environment) tailored to the needs of Qt developers and part of the Qt Project, is now at version 2.6.1.
Qt Creator 2.6.1 comes with a ton of new features and changes, including C++, QML/JS, and GLSL improved support.
Highlights of Qt Creator 2.6.1:
• O... |
28 December 2012
10:11 GMT |
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It's hardly surprising that music videos are very popular on YouTube. It's a given fact, made even more obvious by Gangnam Style, which went on to become the most popular video on YouTube in four months and the first video to get one billion views, in five.
Still, you've probably always wondered, who ... |
28 December 2012
10:11 GMT |
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The entire Super Mario Bros. World 1-1 world can now be played in the Xbox 360 version of Minecraft and the team at Achievement Hunter that created it has released a video that shows a playthrough using both the side view and the first-person look.
The team behind Achievement Hunter says that it needed four hours to... |
28 December 2012
09:59 GMT |
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While Microsoft struggles to boost Surface RT sales through all kinds of market strategies, the device is still far from becoming the huge sales hit the Redmond-based technology giant has expected.
Data released by Chitika Insights and concerning “tens of millions” of tablet impressions from its own ad n... |
28 December 2012
09:56 GMT |
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Comedian Katt Williams has been a lot in the news lately and, according to a new report, things aren’t likely to change anytime soon. The IRS has just slapped him with a huge tax lien over unpaid taxes.
After several run-ins with the law and unsuspecting Target employees, after announcing his retirement and t... |
28 December 2012
09:55 GMT |
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January 1, 2013, marks not just the first day in the New Year but also the release date for the Recaro Car Pack DLC that will come out for Forza Horizon via Xbox Live.
Forza Horizon came out in October and delivered a great racing experience exclusively on the Xbox 360 platforms with not only a great open world, bas... |
28 December 2012
09:52 GMT |
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A foster child found a gun inside a wrapped Teddy bear she received for Christmas. Her caretaker, Sheeba Anderson of Harlem, New York, picked up the gift from a SoHo church.
Anderson received the Teddy, along with several other gifts, from St. Anthony's Church. They explained it came as an anonymous donation, f... |
28 December 2012
09:52 GMT |
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Hackers, presumably from China, have managed to gain unauthorized access to a server owned by the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) – an American independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher. Considering that a total of 4,700 officials, former officials, journalists and other im... |
28 December 2012
09:51 GMT |
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Nootka, an open-source application that can be used to learn and teach classical score notation, is now at version 0.8.5. Nootka is mostly used by guitarists, but it can also be used for ear training. It has numerous features to personalize the user's needs and capabilities, natural sounds of classical guitar, ... |
28 December 2012
09:45 GMT |
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The news just broke that eight US soldiers decided to file a lawsuit against both the Japanese government, and Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco, for short).
Their main complaint is that neither of these organizations bothered to provide them with accurate information concerning the risks they were facing while trying... |
28 December 2012
09:44 GMT |
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Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis were friends before they became lovers but, according to a new report, an unbreakable rule in his dating book says the woman shouldn’t gain weight (even if it’s for work) or consistently not wear makeup.
Consequently, because Mila broke it, he wants to dump her, says Star Ma... |
28 December 2012
09:40 GMT |
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Like after the establishment of every other product type, surveys and studies are being done to see how Smart TVs are settling in as a part of the consumer electronics market. The results aren't exactly promising.
That isn't to say that Smart TV's haven't been selling well. While normal monitors... |
28 December 2012
09:32 GMT |
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Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia has made available for download a new flavor of its Weather Channel app for Windows Phone devices, namely version 2.6.
The new app release comes with a series of UI changes packed inside, as well as with the option to create secondary live tiles for the weather for specific cities a... |
28 December 2012
09:31 GMT |
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App analytics company Distimo has released a list of the top 10 iOS applications that have scored the most downloads on Christmas, worldwide.
The company’s AppIQ data showed that the 2012 daily download figures in Apple’s App Stores increased by a whopping 87% on Christmas Day compared to the December 20... |
28 December 2012
09:26 GMT |
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Malware developers are often abusing digital signatures in order to ensure that their creations have a better chance of slipping by unnoticed. In one attack analyzed by experts from FireEye, cybercriminals have been using a couple of files apparently signed with valid digital certificates.
When the main dropper is ... |
28 December 2012
09:23 GMT |
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December 21 didn't mark the end of the world, as many expected, but it did cause a stir around ancient Mayan sites.
Tourists gathered in Guatemala for the end of the world. The celebration ended up causing damage to the temple at Tikal. Travelers apparently climbed up the stone temple, in large numbers.
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28 December 2012
09:21 GMT |
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The stable version for foobar2000 1.2 has just been released. It brings to the table support for new options and expanded functionality.
The fresh revision integrates support for streaming to arbitrary UPnP MediaRenderer devices through the new UPnP output component. It now uses FFmpeg for decoding MP3, AAC and Vorb... |
28 December 2012
09:20 GMT |
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Demi Lovato is putting her money where her mouth is: in what can’t but be described as an admirable effort on her part, she has released a new single whose proceeds will go to charity to help the families of the Newtown, Connecticut victims.
Above is the song and the official video.
“We can never ima... |
28 December 2012
09:16 GMT |
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Kamerka, a Qt4 app that uses KDE4 libraries and Video4Linux in order to get images from the webcam and to save still images, is now at version 0.8.5.
The Kamerka tool has already been integrated in a lot of distributions. This latest version comes with some pretty interesting changes and new features.
Highlights o... |
28 December 2012
09:05 GMT |
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New Year's Eve and 2013 are just around the corner, and there are plenty of people out there who are seriously looking into the possibility of giving up smoking. Starting January 1, of course.
UK's Department of Health is well aware of this situation, and has decided to launch a new anti-smoking campaign... |
28 December 2012
09:04 GMT |
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It looks like US-based handset maker Motorola is planning to launch a new DROID RAZR smartphone soon. Dubbed Motorola DROID RAZR M HD, the upcoming device is a slight improvement in comparison with other smartphones in the series.
According to Phonearena, the high-end handset will boast a 4.5-inch HD capacitive touc... |
28 December 2012
09:03 GMT |
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Katie Holmes’ new Broadway play, “Dead Accounts,” which opened in late November to rather poor reviews, will close earlier than expected because of underwhelming ticket sales. The final show is on January 6, Broadway World confirms.
“Just announced is word that Dead Accounts, led by Norbert ... |
28 December 2012
08:59 GMT |
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A recent study performed by The Washington Post has found that health care is the sector that's most vulnerable to cyberattacks.
Over the past years, the health care industry has started relying more and more or Internet-enabled devices to improve the services it offers. However, when the new technology was im... |
28 December 2012
08:56 GMT |
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Only yesterday, the news broke that a fin whale had beached in Breezy Point, Queens, NY.
Despite efforts to save it and return it to the wild, the marine mammal sadly passed away.
Those who tried to help it explain that the animal was simply too sick and too malnourished to survive in the wild, even if they someh... |
28 December 2012
08:51 GMT |
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16-year-old security researcher Thamatam Deepak has identified a number of three cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities and a cookie handling flaw on the website of world-renowned smartphone manufacturer HTC.
The expert told The Hacker News that the vulnerabilities – which affected pages such as product se... |
28 December 2012
08:46 GMT |
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The “Make Me Asian” app is something that actually exists in the Google Play store. This free app will let you resemble one of the characters featured in the thumbnail – a stereotypical Asian person.
The description of the app is just as funny as the concept itself:
“You can for a few secon... |
28 December 2012
08:41 GMT |
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Grammy award nominations are recognitions that few composers ever get and Austin Wintory, the man who is up for the Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media for his work on Journey, believes that getting on the short list is a sign that video games are equivalent to any other entertainment medium. Austin Wintory tells... |
28 December 2012
08:41 GMT |
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Google has updated the Native Client SDK with several additions that should be of interest particularly to developers looking to port existing C/C++ applications. The new features, part of the Pepper 25 update, make it possible to run more code as is, without alterations or additions.
The other big addition is suppo... |
28 December 2012
08:41 GMT |
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Above is a video that has gone viral, of Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade kicking Charlotte Bobcats guard Ramon Sessions in the groin. The NBA has announced that Dwayne is suspended because of the incident, which wasn’t whistled by referees.
After the announcement, Wade took to his Twitter to defend his action by... |
28 December 2012
08:27 GMT |
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Xbox 360 owners who got retail copies of The Walking Dead are reporting a variety of issues with the game, including freezes and stuttering that make the game, which relies on a variety of quick time events, almost unplayable.
The Walking Dead came out as a downloadable game across a variety of platforms, from the P... |
28 December 2012
08:26 GMT |
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Of all the possible descriptions of a research & development center, a place meant to enhance “interaction among staff, foster connections with the community and provide a space to attract employment” is not the kind we would expect.
Nevertheless, these are the words that Samsung used when speaking of an... |
28 December 2012
08:25 GMT |
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Malwarebytes released the stable version for Anti-Malware 1.70, which brings to the table new features and a handful of improvements. Users of the Pro version now benefit from the freshly implemented detection for zero-day exploits. Both editions show Windows 8 Start Screen notifications and all the threats detected... |
28 December 2012
08:20 GMT |
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Linus Torvalds is one of the most influential people in the Linux world and among the most active figures that promote open source as a real alternative.
Linus Torvalds is a software engineer and he's responsible for the Linux kernel. Strangely enough, the name of his project wasn't chosen by him. In any c... |
28 December 2012
08:17 GMT |
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The optical drive market lost ground ever since flash drives and portable HDDs/SSDs appeared, but it is still going to be around for a while. That doesn't mean the opposite cannot happen though.
Market watchers expect a big change to happen on the optical disk market, due to a reshuffle of resources and manufac... |
28 December 2012
08:14 GMT |
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One of the big missing features when Google+ came out was lack of support for pages or businesses. This was rectified soon enough and Google has continued to expand the support for businesses and all manner of organizations on its social network.
The latest addition is the ability for pages to interact with content ... |
28 December 2012
08:11 GMT |
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David Letterman sat down for an interview with the Queen of Television herself for The Next Chapter. The episode doesn’t air until January 6, but one particular quote is already getting lots of traction online.
Not that this should surprise anyone, but Letterman also talked a bit about his longtime rival and ... |
28 December 2012
08:09 GMT |
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Hackers are making progress in jailbreaking Apple’s iOS 6 (the current version on iDevices worldwide), with famous jailbreaker Pod2g stating, “I’m very confident about the next 6 months.” But fellow security guru @i0n1c (Stefan Esser) says an untethered jailbreak for iOS 6.1 may be out of reac... |
28 December 2012
08:07 GMT |
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With Microsoft investing heavily in some other industry sectors beside software, Bill Gates’ kids aren’t allowed to use Apple gadgets, Melinda Gates, the wife of the famous Microsoft founder, said.
According to the Telegraph, Mrs. Gates revealed during a Radio 4 show that her two daughters and son must u... |
28 December 2012
08:04 GMT |
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Bechmark3D has released a modded version of the FirePro Unified Driver 9.003.3 we mentioned yesterday. This “illegitimate sibling” helps professional 3D design software users to benefit from the performance improvements of the 9.003.3 made by AMD for workstations.According to the driver's description... |
28 December 2012
07:59 GMT |
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The picture above shows some very rare “fire rainbows” that have recently formed over Douglas, in Arizona.
Scientists explain that these unique rainbows come as a result of the sunlight's hitting a multitude of rather large ice crystals that are simply floating about in the air.
More precisely, t... |
28 December 2012
07:54 GMT |
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With over half a million applications available for download through the Google Play Store, it might become rather difficult sometimes to find software for your Android devices.
However, you can always turn to suggestions that Google is offering to users through the app portal, to learn what apps are most popular a... |
28 December 2012
07:51 GMT |
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Robert Shingledecker announced the immediate availability for download of the Tiny Core 4.7.2 Linux operating system.
Tiny Core is a distribution that is highly modular and made use of with community build extensions. Its ultimate goal is to create an operating system that is both easy to use and very small.
Highli... |
28 December 2012
07:48 GMT |
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Derek Yu, the developer behind Spelunky, believes that indie developers are seeing more funding and distribution options that make it easier for them to create video games and get them to the public, using Steam and other PC-based channels.
The game creator tells Gamasutra that, “What's maybe more difficu... |
28 December 2012
07:48 GMT |
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The Pebble wrist watch was supposed to start selling back in September 2012, which was four months ago, but it didn't, due to various setbacks.
One of them was the lack of FCC certification. The Federal Communications Commission has to test all devices capable of wireless connectivity, and since Pebble has Blu... |
28 December 2012
07:45 GMT |
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The popular WordPress performance plugin W3 Total Cache – which is currently used by tens of thousands of websites from all over the world – has been found to expose sensitive information if it’s not configured correctly. The researcher who has identified this issue, Jason Donenfeld, explains that ... |
28 December 2012
07:44 GMT |
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During this year's Olympics in London, Michael Phelps made a rather shocking statement and said that several professional swimmers, him included, sometimes relieved themselves in the pool.
At that point, he argued that there was absolutely nothing wrong with doing so and that teaching children to get out of a ... |
28 December 2012
07:36 GMT |
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China has never been lax about internet control. It regularly monitors everything that goes online, censors many search terms and outright blocks plenty of websites, particularly foreign ones.
But if you thought that the changing landscape or the new leadership will bring a more enlightened view, think again, China... |
28 December 2012
07:31 GMT |
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Owners of the puck-sized Apple TV set-top box (mostly in the UK) are reporting missing video sections. One customer writing on Apple Support Communities says Apple is aware of the issue.
As customers continue to discuss the problem – which seems to have expanded to many parts of the world – one user who claims to ha... |
28 December 2012
07:31 GMT |
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The climax of the John McAfee saga appears to be over, but the antivirus guru still has a lot to say about his Belizean adventures. In his last blog post, he described how he and his girlfriend Sam managed to escape from Belize after authorities started pursuing him for the murder of his neighbor. McAfee claims that... |
28 December 2012
07:27 GMT |
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Windows 8 has always been deemed confusing, but judging by the official commercials rolled out by the Redmond-based technology giant, the new operating system can provide quite a great experience.
Microsoft claims that Windows 8 is actually the kind of software that’s aimed at all user categories and the wide ... |
28 December 2012
07:26 GMT |
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A decorated Marine and Iraq veteran has been charged with the murder of his wife, Wauwatosa Police Officer Jennifer L. Sebena.
Sebena was shot multiple times on Christmas Eve, the Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel notes. Benjamin Sebena was brought in police custody on Thursday, December 27.
The couple, both 30 ... |
28 December 2012
07:21 GMT |
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In the wake of the Newtown, Connecticut tragedy, Electronic Arts has just removed the links it had on the official Medal of Honor: Warfighter website to various shops that sold military-grade guns and weapons in the U.S. The massacre that happened at the Sandy Hook school in Newtown, Connecticut, has once again draw... |
28 December 2012
07:18 GMT |
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Curiosity is all the way on Mars, doing science even during the holidays, so it may be a bit hard to check in at its location. But you can still get a coveted Curiosity badge in Foursquare by visiting several science-related locations.
NASA has teamed up with Foursquare to make it possible for users to earn the dis... |
28 December 2012
07:11 GMT |
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Analysts have predicted that Windows 8 would only take off in 2013, together with the PC industry, and the latest data released by market researchers in the United States confirms that Windows 8 adoption remains fairly low for the time being. Ad network Chitika said that Windows 8 has climbed to a market share of 2.... |
28 December 2012
07:11 GMT |
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Samsung and LG have always been a bit wary of each other, like all rivals, but their differences haven't been solved. In fact, the two have gone from competing to fighting over rights to sell products.
The situation is eerily reminiscent of the way the fight originally started between Samsung and Apple, which ... |
28 December 2012
07:01 GMT |
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Last week, Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia announced the signing of a patent agreement deal with Canadian handset vendor Research In Motion that resulted in a one-time payment from RIM and ongoing royalty payments for Nokia’s patents.
While specific info on the transaction was not disclosed, a recent filing ... |
28 December 2012
06:51 GMT |
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SHAPE updated its IM+ messaging application for Android and iOS platforms a few weeks ago and added support for a new service, as well as some performance enhancements. Todays, creators of the popular messaging client announce a new version of IM+ is available for Windows Phone devices owners. The latest update for... |
28 December 2012
06:31 GMT |
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All companies come up with ultra-sweet deals around the holidays, but Agnitum ups the ante and offers a lifetime license for their premium security product, Outpost Security Suite Pro; and it is valid for a total of three PCs. This actually means that you no longer have to shell out money for upgrading to the next v... |
28 December 2012
06:31 GMT |
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BLU Products is definitely not among the well-known smartphone manufacturers, even though the company claims its VIVO 4.3 is already very popular. The VIVO 4.3 Android smartphone was launched on the market earlier this year and BLU Products has just announced that a new handset powered by Google’s mobile platf... |
28 December 2012
06:21 GMT |
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Microsoft’s efforts to attract developers to its new Windows 8 platform are finally paying off, as new unofficial reports indicate that 415 apps are submitted to the Windows Store every day. According to TNW, Windows 8 was adding 365 applications per day in November, which is a clear sign that more developers ... |
28 December 2012
06:11 GMT |
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Owners of a Galaxy Note II handset on the network of wireless carrier AT&T in the United States should start receiving notifications on the availability of a new software update for their devices.
This is the Multi-View update that was announced not too long ago, and which has already started to be rolled out to us... |
28 December 2012
06:01 GMT |
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Shortly after receiving the long awaited Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean upgrade, the HTC One X has been hit with a new software update. The folks at UnleashThePhones report that One X is now receiving a minor upgrade that promises to improve the way the camera acts, as well as the battery life. The update is only 3.42MB ... |
28 December 2012
05:58 GMT |
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OpenTTD, an open source simulation game based upon the popular Microprose game "Transport Tycoon Deluxe" written by Chris Sawyer, is now at version 1.3.0 Beta 1.
Transport Tycoon Deluxe was a major simulation, back in the day. OpenTTD tries to mimic the original game as closely as possible, but at the same time it ... |
28 December 2012
05:52 GMT |
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This is the second time that XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the strategy game from developer Firaxis and publisher 2K Games, appears in Softpedia’s Game of the Year series. It has taken me a lot of time to choose between this game and the runner-up in the strategy category, Sins of a Solar Empire – Rebellion. Fina... |
28 December 2012
05:52 GMT |
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A station in Queens, New York, served as a location for yet another tragic death, in which a man was pushed in front of a train. The victim has not been identified as of yet, NBC New York reports. He was pushed from the platform and killed as a 7 train ran over him. The crime occurred on Thursday, December 27, in th... |
28 December 2012
05:46 GMT |
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After showing off what players of the upcoming DmC Devil May Cry game need to do in order to unlock the "SSSensational" rating in a video yesterday, publisher Capcom and developer Ninja Theory have just posted a new trailer, this time showing off gameplay with Vergil, the brother of the main protagonist, Dante.
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28 December 2012
05:44 GMT |
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Invision Power Services (IPS) has released a new update for versions 3.4, 3.3, 3.2, and 3.1 after a security evaluation revealed the existence of a critical security issue. Users are advised to apply the updates as soon as possible. Despite the fact that the 3.1 variant is no longer supported, a patch has been made... |
28 December 2012
05:44 GMT |
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A new book listing has cropped up on Amazon.ca with a CDN $35.54 / USD $35.71 price tag titled “Apple Aperture X - under NDA: A Workflow Guide for Digital Photographers.” Of course, this doesn’t mean Apple is launching Aperture X. For all we know, authors Ken McMahon and Nik Rawlinson are looking ... |
28 December 2012
05:40 GMT |
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3D may not have become a standard feature of TVs, but it did get a lot of attention last year (2011) and during 2012. 2013 and 2014 should see something similar happening with the 4K resolution.
Westinghouse will be part of the first group of companies that will promote the new display standard, also known as UHDTV ... |
28 December 2012
05:38 GMT |
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One of the most hyped rom-coms of 2013 is actually a zombie movie. Dubbed a zom-rom-com, “Warm Bodies” is the love story between a zombie with a conscience and a mortal girl. Kind of like “Twilight,” only without vampires.
Above is a brand new, extended preview for the film: the first 4 minu... |
28 December 2012
05:37 GMT |
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The Asha series is without a doubt the most successful lineup of the feature phones available on the market. Manufactured by Nokia, the Asha series is aimed at emerging markets mostly, which is why it comprises some of the cheapest handsets. India is an important market for Nokia as the Finnish company launched its ... |
28 December 2012
05:31 GMT |
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Security researchers from Russian firm Doctor Web have come across a new Android Trojan they call Android.DDoS.1.origin. The piece of malware can be used for various malicious tasks, including to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks and to send SMS messages. For the time being, it’s uncertain ho... |
28 December 2012
05:30 GMT |
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Calculate Linux, an optimized distribution designed for rapid deployment in corporate environment that's based on the Gentoo project and includes numerous pre-configured functions, is now at version 13.
Calculate Linux is actually a collection of distributions with very specific functions, different flavors, an... |
28 December 2012
05:24 GMT |
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On December 28, at 5:21 a.m. EST, the world is to gaze upon this year's last full moon, also referred to as the oak moon, seeing how it occurs in mid-winter.
Specialists explain that the full moon comes as a result of the sun's, the Earth's and the moon's lining up in precisely this order.
Thi... |
28 December 2012
05:23 GMT |
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The war between Google and Microsoft goes on after the Mountain View-based search giant said that it is planning to steal 90 percent of Office software users, this time with a statement from the Windows maker.
A Microsoft official says Google isn’t “truly serious” about the enterprise Office busine... |
28 December 2012
05:22 GMT |
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Sergey Titov, the executive producer of the eagerly awaited yet highly controversial The War Z online game, has posted an open letter on the title's forums, apologizing for his arrogant attitude and promising that improvements will be made not just to the game but also to the team managing its community. The Wa... |
28 December 2012
05:20 GMT |
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A new report from trade publication DigiTimes reveals that Apple has been talking to its suppliers in Taiwan to prepare for a refresh of the MacBook Pro and MacBook Air lines in June 2013.
Citing the usual unnamed sources in the supply channel, the hit-and-miss Taiwanese newspaper reports, “The sources pointed... |
28 December 2012
05:16 GMT |
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Video game developer Wargaming announces that World of Tanks, the free-to-play MMO, is now available on the South Korean market, complete with the new Update 8.2.
The game now includes new American and British tanks and South Korean testers who played the game between December 3 and December 20 offered positive feed... |
28 December 2012
05:07 GMT |
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Danny Hafley of Kentucky is the proud owner of this life-size statue of American president Obama, who appears to be eating a watermelon.
Some are dubbing his display racist, as it embodies a known stereotype about black people. A neighbor complained about the statue being moved closer to the street, after the reelec... |
28 December 2012
05:06 GMT |
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The website of Indian musical instruments manufacturer and exporter Raj Musicals has been hacked by someone going by the name of JokerCracker, CWN informs.
The hacker has leaked a file containing the details of more than 12,000 customers of Raj Musicals, including names, email addresses, telephone numbers and encryp... |
28 December 2012
05:03 GMT |
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Owners of Windows Phone 8-based devices can now take advantage of a new flavor of the HDR Photo Camera on their phones, namely version 2.0.0.15. The new app release arrives on handsets with a series of performance enhancements, as well as with various bug fixes packed inside, and is meant to resolve some stability ... |
28 December 2012
05:01 GMT |
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If you liked the Macintosh and the Apple II designs, be prepared to get blown away by these images from Hartmut Esslinger's new book "Design Forward."
As a designer personally hired by Steve Jobs to streamline the look and feel of Apple’s products back in the ‘80s, Esslinger made many prototypes. ... |
28 December 2012
04:59 GMT |
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Shakira and her FC Barcelona beau and baby daddy may be one of the most private couples in showbiz but, thanks to social media – Twitter in particular – their fans can always count on direct updates. Like the one that the singer has given birth. “Ya ha nacido nuestro hijo! Estamos muy felices! Gra... |
28 December 2012
04:59 GMT |
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A botanical garden in Melbourne is now being visited by hundreds of people whose sole purpose is that of catching a glimpse (and a sniff) of the world's largest and smelliest flower. As its nickname (i.e. the Corpse Flower) suggests, this flower smells like a rotting piece of meat, which supposedly helps attra... |
28 December 2012
04:59 GMT |
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Microsoft has managed to make its products a bit more secure in 2012, as the company had fewer bugs to patch this year as compared to the previous 12 months. Paul Henry, security and forensic analyst at Lumension, told eSecurityPlanet that the Redmond-based technology giant released a total of 83 security updates th... |
28 December 2012
04:58 GMT |
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A 39-year-old Korean that goes by the name of Shin, arrested last year by Philippines authorities in the Batangas province, has been repatriated to Korea on December 14. He is accused of illegally accessing the servers of Hyundai Capital between February and April 2011. In 2010, Shin was working as a hacker with ill... |
28 December 2012
04:48 GMT |
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Yesterday, I reported on the LA gun buyback program, which I believe is a great initiative of the city officials.
It ensures owners that they are not being stripped of their gun ownership rights, while benefiting the community as weapons are being taken off the streets.
At the time of my previous report, about 1,50... |
28 December 2012
04:46 GMT |
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Budget tablets are really hard to come by in the United States and most European countries, but Asian regions seem more partial to low-cost devices, even if it means a lower performance. Videocon has launched its first Android tablet, the VT10, which is up for sale in India for the sum of 11,200 Indian Rupees (INR)... |
28 December 2012
04:41 GMT |
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Humble Indie Bundle 7 was released a little over a week ago, featuring some pretty good games, but now a few other games were included in the collection, for free. Humble Indie Bundle 7 is cross-platform and all of the titles will work on Linux. To receive the new games, you will have to pay above the average price ... |
28 December 2012
04:38 GMT |
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Wikipedia, one of the largest and most visited sites on the web, relies exclusively on donations to survive. It does more than survive though, it actually does really well for a non-profit site. Each year, sometime in late fall, Wikipedia runs a campaign to round up donations.
This year's campaign was the most... |
28 December 2012
04:35 GMT |
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This past week, 22-year-old Nathan Weaver from the Clemson University carried out some experiments in order to figure out a way to protect turtles from reckless drivers.
However, he soon discovered that his study's core assumption was a flawed one: the main problem wasn't that drivers somehow failed to no... |
28 December 2012
04:34 GMT |
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fring developers have just announced that their Android application has been updated with new features and improvements, which are meant to enhance users’ overall experience.
The most obvious changes are related to the interface, which has been improved. It appears that devs included some interface design fixes alon... |
28 December 2012
04:33 GMT |
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After breaking an upsetting news story about harsh labor conditions at Foxconn in January this year, The New York Times has taken a second look at the practices employed by Apple’s biggest manufacturing partner.
The newspaper confirms in a lengthy piece published this week that Foxconn is indeed undergoing cha... |
28 December 2012
04:25 GMT |
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The old PlayStation 2 console will cease shipping in Japan, effectively marking the beginning of the end for the classic device.
While the PlayStation 3 came out in 2007 and is now quite popular, its ancestor, the PlayStation 2, which was released in 2000, is still selling well in a variety of territories.
Now, it ... |
28 December 2012
04:23 GMT |
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Singer Brandy may have had the best Christmas vacation ever. On holiday with her beau Ryan Press, a music executive, she is believed to have become engaged, according to reports online.
The rumors go back to a cryptic message Brandy posted on her Instagram account, together with a photo of a heart-shaped rose petal... |
28 December 2012
04:22 GMT |
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The latest data released by Net Application reveals that Windows 7 remained the number one operating system for the week of December 16, with a market share of 45.57 percent. Windows 8, Microsoft’s latest platform that got to see daylight in October, has increased its market share to 1.56 percent, getting clos... |
28 December 2012
04:16 GMT |
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One of the most interesting aspects of Dead Space 3 is its integration of the Kinect motion tracking from Microsoft and it seems that the team has managed to find actual gameplay uses for the technology.
Steve Papoutsis, the executive producer working on Dead Space 3, tells CVG that, “Getting a chance to use K... |
28 December 2012
04:14 GMT |
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Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth are engaged and, if one is to believe what she told Ellen DeGeneres, not really in a hurry to tie the knot. That could be because they’re already married, word online has it. Miley and Liam spent Christmas together, as was to be expected and, naturally, posted photos from the fa... |
28 December 2012
04:01 GMT |
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A number of 327 websites from all over the world have been defaced by the Anonymous-affiliated AnonGhost collective.
The targeted sites – owned by companies from Turkey, Colombia, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Israel, Portugal and the United States – have been altered to host a protest message ag... |
28 December 2012
03:58 GMT |
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This Christmas Eve, a vehicle wound up on the front lawn of Alcoholics Anonymous co-founder Bill Wilson's house.
It turned out that the motorist, Donald Blood III of Marlboro, Massachusetts, had been driving under the influence of alcohol.
Blood was asked by the police about what determined him to park his ca... |
28 December 2012
03:57 GMT |
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The Thwacke collective of scientists who are currently helping inXile with the development of Wasteland 2 single out Deus Ex: Human Revolution as one of the video games that portrayed science and the near future in a positive way.
Speaking to Gamasutra, Sebastian Alvarado says, “Deus Ex did a great job of unde... |
28 December 2012
03:56 GMT |
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Several scientists now claim that 2013 is likely to go down in history as the year when the first “alien Earth” was found. More precisely, they claim that it is only a matter of months until our planet becomes acquainted with its outer space twin, and that this will force humanity to take a step back an... |
28 December 2012
03:52 GMT |
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After offering the first episode in The Walking Dead series for free since last week, Microsoft has now slashed the prices on the other four episodes on the Xbox Live Marketplace for the Xbox 360.
The Walking Dead showcased that video game adaptations of other properties, like comic books in this example, can work g... |
28 December 2012
03:50 GMT |
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The United States Department of Justice has become involved in the dispute between HP and Autonomy, after the former accused the latter of accounting fraud last month (November 2012). Unlike most other lawsuits making the news, this is not a patent war or anything else of the sort. Rather, it has to do with finance... |
28 December 2012
03:50 GMT |
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Apple has filed two new patents with the USPTO revealing its plans to deploy a new type of wind turbine that eventually converts heat into electricity, as well as a new type of mouse that works similarly with the Nintendo Wii Remote. The patent filing describing the electricity generator reveals a method involving a... |
28 December 2012
03:43 GMT |
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Microsoft is reportedly planning to launch a new Windows version as soon as next summer, with sources familiar with matter hinting that the Redmond-based company will baptize the new operating system “Blue.”
Even though the company is yet to publicly comment on these rumors, it appears that it is ponderi... |
28 December 2012
03:41 GMT |
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Almost a year after the tragic and sudden death of Whitney Houston, one private investigator has come forward to say there is actual evidence that there was nothing accidental about her demise: it was “homicide, with a big red capital H.”
Paul Huebl says he’s been hired to look into Whitney’s... |
28 December 2012
03:38 GMT |
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XYSEC Labs security researchers Subho Halder and Aditya Gupta have identified a Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Facebook. To demonstrate how an attacker could exploit this security hole, the experts made a proof-of-concept video. They showed that a cybercriminal could record a video of the targete... |
28 December 2012
03:35 GMT |
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BBM Video won’t be the only new feature that BlackBerry 10 users will enjoy in BlackBerry Messenger, it seems.
They will also have screen sharing options available at their disposal during video calls, recently leaked screenshots unveiled.
Apparently, users will be able to share presentations and spreadshee... |
28 December 2012
03:27 GMT |
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Windows 8 is considered one of the most secure operating systems to date, but security company McAfee predicts that Microsoft’s new platform will have to face a new wave of attacks next year.
Cybercriminals, however, will continue to target users directly, so the security improvements made available into Windo... |
28 December 2012
03:16 GMT |
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Independent game developers need to stand out from the rest of the industry by making risky games with big ideas, if they want to succeed, at least according to Dan Pinchbeck of thechineseroom, which made the impressive Dear Esther title.
Dear Esther delivered a bold new interactive experience that barely classified... |
28 December 2012
03:14 GMT |
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Although we were expecting Windows Phone 7.8 update to arrive in early 2013, it looks like those who own Windows Phone 7.5 handsets have already found a way to upgrade their smartphones. Either directly from Nokia’s Navifirm servers or via Nokia Care Center, Windows Phone enthusiasts can now update their older... |
28 December 2012
03:12 GMT |
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As I also informed you the other day, Peter Parker is no more. In the 700th issue of The Amazing Spider-Man, Marvel has killed off the beloved guy who would double as Spider-Man, in order to have the superhero rebooted.
Below is the tribute Peter Parker / Spider-Man got from MTV Geek. It’s truly touching, bel... |
28 December 2012
03:09 GMT |
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In a copyright dispute involving several Chinese writers Apple has been ordered to cough up over a million Yuan, or roughly $165,000 in settlement fees.
The suit had been ongoing for a while but it seems a Beijing court has ordered the Mac maker to compensate eight writers and two publishing companies for having vio... |
28 December 2012
03:08 GMT |
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We've seen a good number of flying drones news, and information on other types of robots, but practical applications have been rather scarce in comparison. Japanese company Secom means to change this though.
Secom will be one of several security firms from Japan that will provide things besides human manpower ... |
28 December 2012
03:08 GMT |
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115-year-old Jiroemon Kimura is breaking all kinds of records these days. The Japan native was born in 1897, on April 19.
Kimura is now the oldest person in the world, following the demise of Dina Manfredini of Johnston, Iowa, on December 17. Manfredini herself had only held the title for 2 weeks, reports say.
He i... |
28 December 2012
03:02 GMT |
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The websites of a couple of United States financial institutions have fallen victim to the distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks launched by Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters. The hacktivists’ latest targets appear to be CitiBank and Bank of America – the sites of both companies experiencing temp... |
28 December 2012
03:00 GMT |
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Tom Cruise is so famous that even his videotaped testimony in an ongoing wiretapping lawsuit gets its very own bodyguard and extra security measures, Radar Online has learned. The deposition was part of a lawsuit in which the actor is accused of hiring a private detective to tap magazine editor Michael Davis Sapir&... |
28 December 2012
02:51 GMT |
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Chivalry: Medieval Warfare is the Player’s Choice Indie of the Year, according to the votes cast in the annual competition organized by IndieDB.
The melee-focused combat game managed to get the most votes from the more than 78,000 gamers who took part and signaled which of the 6,000 indie games that competed t... |
28 December 2012
02:50 GMT |
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The BlueStacks Android App Player is now in beta supporting every single title in Google Play, the search giant’s equivalent of the iTunes App Store for iOS platforms. The beta is free to download and use on any Intel-based Mac with OS X 10.6 installed.
Touting the new beta on the official BlueStacks website, ... |
28 December 2012
02:46 GMT |
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Version 0.9.12 of the Ebook reader and management software Calibre was announced on December 28, marking an important milestone for this amazing software.
If you own an e-book reader, the Calibre software is a must-have. It does so many things for the avid reader that it would take a lot of time to just enumerate al... |
28 December 2012
02:39 GMT |
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The Humble Indie Bundle 7, the newest bargain from the popular website, has just received three new bonus games, in the form of Cave Story+, The Basement Collection, and Offspring Fling.
The Humble Bundle team has treated its fans with plenty of great deals recently, ranging from the excellent Humble THQ Bundle, to ... |
28 December 2012
02:39 GMT |
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Nouel Alba, of Bronx, New York, could be facing prison time for impersonating the aunt of a Newtown victim and asking for donations in the family's name, as well as lying about it to the FBI.
We wrote about Mrs. Alba before, when she came to the attention of 6-year-old Noah Pozner's relatives. She was reac... |
28 December 2012
02:39 GMT |
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Toshiba may not be ready to launch its wireless memory cards yet, but its research and development team is far enough along that some prototypes can be put on display.
That said, the company intends to use the 2013 edition of the Consumer Electronics Show as a stage of sorts.
The SDHC reference card will use a tran... |
28 December 2012
02:37 GMT |
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Microsoft’s Windows Store currently provides access to more than 35,000 applications, most of them available with a freeware license, according to new unofficial figures.
While the Redmond-based technology giant remains tight-lipped on the subject and refuses to provide accurate figures when it comes to the nu... |
28 December 2012
02:33 GMT |
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Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system has well over 100,000 applications available for download for its users, yet it lacks software coming from Google themselves.
In some people’s opinion, this has to change, and an online petition to determine Google to bring its popular mobile applications to Mi... |
28 December 2012
02:32 GMT |
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Despite the fact that the virtual cities of Rapture and Columbia are polar opposites, the team creating the characters at the heart of both BioShock stories has worked using a number of similar themes. Speaking to CVG, Ken Levine says, “They believe there are religious truths beyond what they've read in t... |
28 December 2012
02:30 GMT |
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Chinese mobile phone maker ZTE is set to unveil to the world a new 5-inch Android-based smartphone at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next month, and some more info on it has emerged.
Dubbed ZTE Grand S, the device has already been confirmed to make an official appearance at the event, yet no detail... |
28 December 2012
02:12 GMT |
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Tim Tebow is upset and disappointed about some of the things people have been saying these past few days, after word got out that he had informed coach Rex Ryan that he wanted out of the New York Jets’ Wildcat package.
He never said those things, he told reporters at his locker after the Jets’ practice... |
28 December 2012
00:32 GMT |
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One young man in Tunisia was positive he would win the bet that he could ingest 28 raw eggs in one sitting. He was right – but he did not stop to think about the possible health implications of such an act.
The man, News.com reports, is dead, presumably because he got food poisoning from Salmonella, a type of... |
28 December 2012
00:13 GMT |
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