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Mirror's Edge is a game created by DICE, but it's not a shooter and guns are peripheral to the experience. It is all about moving as fast and as smooth as possible in the environment and the demo promises a really innovative and interesting game.You start by going through a tutorial which teaches you the ba... |
3 November 2008
22:31 GMT |
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Microsoft Research has unveiled something called Boku, a game/editor for the PC and the Xbox 360 and aims to allow users to create their own gaming experiences in a way not too different from the LittelBigPlanet videogame Media Molecule has created for the PlayStaton 3.The tool, which is still in development, has bee... |
3 November 2008
21:31 GMT |
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If there still are people who think that some objects cannot be modded, then reading the next piece of news is a must. A lot of guys are into modding and transforming all sorts of objects into gear with completely different functions and goals, be it simple trinkets or even technology-loaded equipment. The world of l... |
3 November 2008
17:01 GMT |
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When Guitar Hero: World Tour was launched a few days ago, a lot of players quickly began to complain that the peripherals bundled with the game, the drum kit especially, had some issues. The main inconvenience was caused by the fact that hitting different drum pads with the same force produced results that were not c... |
3 November 2008
16:51 GMT |
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Microsoft is laboring to deliver a new level of personalization, choice and control with the Windows 7 desktop, according to Senior Vice President, Windows and Windows Live Engineering Group, Steven Sinofsky. The new graphical user interface designed for the next iteration of the Windows client made its first appeara... |
3 November 2008
16:31 GMT |
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Fallout 3 is a massive game eagerly anticipated by fans all over the world. The post-apocalyptic RPG (Role Playing Game) has been absent for nearly ten years and players have been desperately looking forward to getting their hands on Bethesda's new title.With such a massive fan base, the developer can’t af... |
3 November 2008
16:01 GMT |
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Microsoft has never been shy about applauding the superiority of Windows Vista in comparison with its predecessor, or about delivering the statistics necessary to support its perspective. In this context, according to data made publicly available via the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report January through June 200... |
3 November 2008
15:51 GMT |
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Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness is a farm simulation video game published and developed by Marvelous Interactive in Japan, and released in North America by Natsume exclusively for the Nintendo DS. It is the fourth installment of the Harvest Moon series on the DS and the first one to give player the opportunity to c... |
3 November 2008
15:51 GMT |
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Nintendo has some big, big franchises going for it which have been powering its success over the years, like Zelda and Super Mario. The thing is that the driving force behind most, if not all of them, is a single man, Shigeru Miyamoto, the legendary videogame designer who has already received several life time awards... |
3 November 2008
15:01 GMT |
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Despite the fact that Windows 7 pre-beta build 6801 was showcased and subsequently released at the Professional Developers Conference at the end of the past month in Los Angeles, Microsoft still has some aces up its sleeve when it comes down to the next iteration of the Windows client. In this context, there are disc... |
3 November 2008
14:41 GMT |
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Harvest Moon DS Cute is a customized version of Harvest Moon DS, which now has content exclusively for girls. The original title is the first game in the farm simulation series developed by Marvelous Interactive and published by Nintendo exclusively for the DS handheld consoles. The game was released in Japan on the ... |
3 November 2008
14:21 GMT |
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Welcome to our 18th issue of Softpedia Linux Weekly!
Here’s what you can read about in this edition: Jeremy White loses a bet and gives CrossOver for free (for one day); Robert Shingledecker releases yet another minor bugfix version of Damn Small Linux 4.4; the most awaited Linux distribution arrives, Ubuntu 8... |
3 November 2008
14:11 GMT |
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Cocktail, Maintain's general purpose utility for Mac OS X, has reached version 4.2.0, adding the ability to search and delete corrupted preference files, improvements to the clear log files procedure, and more.Besides the above-mentioned additions, Cocktail 4.2 (Leopard Edition) also adds a searchable database o... |
3 November 2008
14:01 GMT |
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Burnout is one of the most successful arcade racing and destruction games out there, with its developer, Criterion Games, gaining critical acclaim for the innovative use of destructible environments and vehicle physics in this franchise.Such was the case with the latest addition to the series, Burnout Paradise, which... |
3 November 2008
14:01 GMT |
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Reports saying Opera Mini had been rejected by Apple for use on iPhone may not have been entirely accurate, according to further research conducted by John Gruber, MacRumors reveals. Allegedly, the Opera team hasn't even been able to submit the web browser to Apple for App Store approval, therefore rejection is ... |
3 November 2008
13:33 GMT |
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The gold version of XNA Game Studio 3.0 is now available for download. Under the slogan “a community all about games, created by you, played by everyone,” version 3.0 of XNA Game Studio will integrate with Windows Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP3, and will allow game developers to create content not only for ... |
3 November 2008
13:21 GMT |
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A newly-designed substance has been developed specifically to combat skin cancer carcinomas, the most common form this disease takes in patients. It approaches the illness from 2 directions. First of all, it is a virus that incites an increased immune system response, which then directs itself on the tumors. Secondly... |
3 November 2008
13:17 GMT |
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The Nintendo DS has always been regarded as a very innovative handheld console, partly due to the fact that it has two screens and that you can use a stylus on the touchscreen interface. This interesting control scheme has allowed game developers to create titles only for Nintendo's handheld console.Such is the ... |
3 November 2008
12:41 GMT |
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Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2 is a video game developed by Z-Axis Ltd. and published by Acclaim Entertainment Inc. It was created for the PlayStation 2 gaming consoles from Sony, for the original Xbox from Microsoft, the GameCube and the Game Boy Advance. It was launched in September 2001. The game is classed as a sport... |
3 November 2008
12:11 GMT |
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BattleForge is a pretty interesting title set out to combine real time strategy features with card based battles. The game is slated for an early 2009 release, and is under development by Electronic Arts' Phenomic Studio in Germany.The company announced that the worldwide open beta would kick off this Friday, on... |
3 November 2008
12:01 GMT |
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One of the peak points of the newly detailed Windows 7 is its low system requirements. It’s a well known fact that Windows Vista needs a lot of computing power compared to Windows XP and, since the market has been filled with a lot of netbooks, which are less powerful machines, Microsoft did a great thing with ... |
3 November 2008
11:13 GMT |
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Surely, the field of physics is far from being the first thing that presidents concern themselves with when it comes to the skills they require for the job. However, having a more solid knowledge of the way things happen around the world and in nature in general, as well as in space, might make the difference at some... |
3 November 2008
11:08 GMT |
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It has been quite a while since Dell's Alienware hasn't come out with a product refresh to its range of portable or desktop computer systems. However, for all those gaming and technology enthusiasts patiently waiting for the company to release its next best thing, Alienware has just introduced the new M17 g... |
3 November 2008
11:03 GMT |
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Grand Theft Auto is the most popular series in the whole open world sandbox genre. Ever since the first titles, the franchise received a lot of praises, and with its latest installment, GTA 4, the developer, Rockstar, gained critical acclaim for mixing the gritty realism of everyday life with the trademark humor of t... |
3 November 2008
11:01 GMT |
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It appears that Barry Kauler, the father of Puppy Linux, is still in charge of the development of Puppy, as he has just announced today the immediate availability of the first maintenance release of Puppy Linux 4.1. Puppy Linux 4.1.1 is just a minor bugfix version that also includes some small improvements. Here... |
3 November 2008
11:01 GMT |
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The symbiotic relations that form between corals, algae and fish are essential for preserving a balance of species in the oceans of the world. Any measure of imbalance and the whole ecosystem can collapse, which would send ripples throughout the maritime species, as inter-connections go a long way. The whitening of t... |
3 November 2008
10:57 GMT |
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A recent IDC market report, coming to confirm what most were already thinking, indicates that Intel's Atom processor has helped the company achieve a steady third quarter market growth despite a low global economy. The company's overall year-over-year Q3 shipments increased at 15.8%, an impressive achi... |
3 November 2008
10:23 GMT |
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Security forces from Iran have recently captured and arrested two dangerous pigeons that posed a huge threat to the Iranian national security by spying on one of the many nuclear facilities of the country. The pair of birds, which have just raised terrorist operations to an even higher level, were caught by the... |
3 November 2008
10:22 GMT |
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A new study shows that parents who are otherwise occupied are better off leaving their children in the care of their grandparents, rather than hire a babysitter. Being around members of the family instead of total strangers can definitely leave a mark on infants and young children, considering the loving atmosphere t... |
3 November 2008
10:19 GMT |
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Tapping It has released Memento 1.0, an e-card creation and sending app for iPhone and iPod Touch. Developed specifically to leverage the iPhone's abilities and interface, Memento offers a natural feel and ease-of-use when adding a photo, entering personalized text, and e-mailing the postcard.“Memento is a... |
3 November 2008
10:17 GMT |
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Boomboxes have always been an item with a special place in the urban culture, be it hip-hop or even rock; large boxes loaded with big, powerful speakers to push through the noise of the streets and spread the thumping beats out, boomboxes have lived through a period of decline during the 90s, but it certainly looks l... |
3 November 2008
10:14 GMT |
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More than one year ago, on July 23rd, 2007, NASA astronaut Clayton Anderson, a flight engineer on Expedition 15, tossed away into space a large piece of junk. During a spacewalk mission, with the help of the station's robotic arm built in Canada, he disposed of a useless tank, previously filled with ammonia cool... |
3 November 2008
10:02 GMT |
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All three tracks of classes offered at WWDC are now available for download from the iTunes Store. Interested parties can purchase session videos from the Worldwide Developers Conference 2008, to get in-depth technical information from Apple engineers on the technologies behind the iPhone OS, Mac OS X Leopard, and Leo... |
3 November 2008
10:01 GMT |
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A recent scientific study revealed that the situation of Africa will drastically worsen over the next 2 decades, especially in Tanzania, Mozambique and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The paper extrapolated the results from agricultural production levels, economic growth patterns and population dynamics curre... |
3 November 2008
09:55 GMT |
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Following the recent association of an ancient copper mine with King Solomon, another such example comes in the form of the discovery of a pottery shard containing what appears to be possibly the oldest Hebrew inscription ever found. The Israeli archaeologist who made the discovery associates the three-millennia-old ... |
3 November 2008
09:42 GMT |
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Nokia Vertu, the luxury handset line-up of the Finnish giant, added another limited edition high-priced mobile phone - Ferrari Ascent Ti. This is the second Ferrari-themed device manufactured by Vertu mobile division, after last year's Ferrari 1947, meant to celebrate the car's 60th anniversary. The ne... |
3 November 2008
09:39 GMT |
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At the end of the past week, Microsoft made available for download the Release Candidate bits for Identity Lifecycle Manager “2”. Designed to integrate seamlessly with Windows Vista SP1, Windows Server 2008 and Windows XP SP3, Identity Lifecycle Manager “2” is an integrated identity management... |
3 November 2008
09:37 GMT |
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In case anybody is asking what's with all the horror gadgets selling in almost every online store, the answer is very simple: because there are a lot of people who dig them, who are looking for modern approaches to the most basic and common things, specifically to add a touch of novelty to the everyday life and,... |
3 November 2008
09:29 GMT |
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Netflix announced last month the release of its long-awaited media player for the Macintosh. Until recently, only a select number of users have been able to test out the benefits of the service. From now on, however, Netflix is finally allowing Mac owners everywhere to access its “Watch Instantly&rdqu... |
3 November 2008
09:27 GMT |
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Ecologists and biologists, working on models aimed at predicting the effects of global warming on the northern regions of the globe, in Alaska, Canada, Scandinavia and Siberia, stumbled upon an interesting fact. They noticed that warmer mushrooms, or fungi, do not emit more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, as expect... |
3 November 2008
09:26 GMT |
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With the world waiting for the official release of Intel's next-generation desktop platform, Seagate has decided to introduce a new hard drive to its Savvio family of 2.5-inch SAS 2.0 enterprise solutions. The company's latest addition is said to deliver a high performance level, while using about 70% less ... |
3 November 2008
09:22 GMT |
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Darkwatch is a videogame developed by High Moon Studios Inc. and published by Capcom Entertainment Inc. It was created for the PlayStation 2 gaming console from Sony and for the original Xbox from Microsoft. It was launched in August 2005. The title is classed as an action game, which has some shooter and horror elem... |
3 November 2008
09:01 GMT |
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The Switzerland-based underwater explorer and scientist who still holds the world record for the deepest dive passed away on Saturday at his residence near Lake Geneva, at the age of 86, as stated in an official release of his son's company, Solar Impulse. He worked for NASA after he performed the dive in the M... |
3 November 2008
08:52 GMT |
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The Indonesian Lusi mud volcano, which erupted on May 28, is still spilling out millions of liters of mud each day. However, the theories that are trying to explain what happened range from the influence of an earthquake to the misconduct of a drilling company prospecting for natural gas in the area, Lapindo Brantas.... |
3 November 2008
08:36 GMT |
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Before most people get their chance to take advantage of the technical specifications delivered by the WiMAX technology, computer users out there are likely to switch to 802.11n-enabled devices, which is why we are seeing that most of the recently released portable computer systems come with support for the new wirel... |
3 November 2008
08:36 GMT |
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Some time ago, rumors of a 9-cell battery specifically designed to power MSI's Wind netbook surfaced on the Internet. It now appears that such a battery option is available from third-party sellers on eBay, and MSI Wind users have already started to upgrade the battery of their netbook. Moreover, it looks l... |
3 November 2008
08:31 GMT |
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The British Mail on Sunday newspaper reports that it came into possession of a USB stick containing the source code of the government's Gateway system as well as personal details of some of the service's registered members. The USB stick was lost outside a pub in Cannock, Staffordshire, by an employee of At... |
3 November 2008
08:29 GMT |
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The area of genetics covering the alternate roles that various genes play in different cells and tissues has received too little attention over the years, partially because this phenomenon seemed exotic in nature and was not believed to be a regular occurrence. But now, MIT scientists found that alternative spicing i... |
3 November 2008
08:21 GMT |
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Animal Crossing: Wild World features a very minimal plot. The objective of the game is to pay off a debt to Tom Nook, who allows the player to move into a house he owns. If the mortgage is paid off, the player's house will expand until upstairs, left, right, center and back rooms are included. This is slightly d... |
3 November 2008
08:21 GMT |
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A recent study has indicated the presence of heavy metals in more than 100 types of red and white wine from a dozen countries, including, in alphabetical order, Austria, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Jordan, Macedonia, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia and Spain. UK researchers claim that the beverag... |
3 November 2008
08:19 GMT |
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Thailand's Ministry of Information and Communications Technology (ITC) announced that it is planning to invest between $3-$15 million in order to build a firewall solution aimed at blocking websites with content deemed as offensive, especially the ones that denigrate the monarchy, at a national level. The firewa... |
3 November 2008
08:16 GMT |
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The Guitar Hero franchise has been extremely popular on all major consoles, having massive sales with all of its three official versions and standalone expansion packs which gave gamers the opportunity to play their favorite rock tracks in front of the TV. Although rumors existed about a Nintendo DS version, Activisi... |
3 November 2008
08:09 GMT |
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As an aspiring 00 agent dismissed from MI6 for reckless brutality, the player is recruited by Auric Goldfinger in a ruthless war against Dr. No for control of the Bond underworld. Players wreak havoc as they make their unrelenting rise through the ranks of villainy. On globe-spanning missions of vengeance and demolit... |
3 November 2008
08:07 GMT |
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On the one hand, those who love the concept of gaming consoles often say that the PC is a dying platform because piracy, the unauthorized copying of copyrighted material, is far too easy. On the other hand, more and more videogames which are heading to consoles are available pirated before they reach the Xbox 360 or... |
3 November 2008
08:06 GMT |
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Samsung has just announced the launch of “T*OMNIA”, the Korean version of “Samsung OMNIA”, which would be available starting with mid-November under an exclusive deal with SK Telecom, one of the largest mobile operators in Korea.Compared with the original Samsung OMNIA, “T*OMNIA” h... |
3 November 2008
08:04 GMT |
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Independent security researcher Dino Dai Zovi believes Apple's iPhone is at risk, should future versions of the device include Intel's new Moorestown chip package. According to the renowned security expert, an x86 processor makes the iPhone an attractive target for hackers.Moorestown is Intel's upcomin... |
3 November 2008
08:03 GMT |
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The global financial crisis could, at least as far as online advertising is concerned, be in Microsoft's advantage by destabilizing Google. Compared to the Mountain View-search giant, the Redmond company has little to lose in this arena. But Google, which Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer dubbed a ... |
3 November 2008
08:01 GMT |
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The Chinese official said on Thursday (October 30th) that the nation had no intention of reducing its enormous yearly carbon output anytime soon. Instead, he said that the largest developing country would push for the introduction of efficient pollution-management methods, such as carbon traps and new filtering syste... |
3 November 2008
07:53 GMT |
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A state-run Indian company has announced its intentions of using waste water byproducts, coming from the hydrogen fuel cell (HFC) production industry, to bottle and sell pure water, in an attempt to address the ever-increasing difficulties that the country faces in supplying its population with enough water.Currently... |
3 November 2008
07:52 GMT |
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According to NASA scientists, every 8 minutes – about the time it takes one to read this article – there's a peculiar and still unexplained event going on way overhead. The magnetosphere – the protective magnetic bubble that envelops the planet, Earth's equivalent of the heliosphere &ndash... |
3 November 2008
07:46 GMT |
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Intel has already unveiled the pricing for its upcoming initial quad-core Core i7 chips, which are based on the new 45 nanometer Nehalem micro-architecture. The first roll-out will include three desktop processors, code-named Bloomfield, dubbed Core i7 920, 940 and 965 Extreme. These chips feature a 263mm² die w... |
3 November 2008
07:45 GMT |
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Intelligent Application Gateway Service Pack 2 is on the agenda at the Microsoft TechEd: IT Pro conference scheduled this week in Barcelona, Spain. Uri Lichtenfeld, product manager for the Intelligent Application Gateway, failed to deliver a specific date when Microsoft plans to make available the SP2 bits for IAG, a... |
3 November 2008
07:44 GMT |
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With the official launch of Intel's next-generation, Nehalem-based Core i7 consumer processor being so close that you can almost feel it breathing down our neck, so to speak, one can’t but wonder how fast the new desktop computer systems are going to become, especially since notebooks sales have been... |
3 November 2008
07:40 GMT |
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The Japanese videogames market, which was supposed to be rebounding following the release of the new PSP-3000, with its improved hardware, is sharply down, with all consoles registering significant drops in sales. The PlayStation Portable still managed to sell a respectable 60,000 units in one week, but this ot... |
3 November 2008
07:37 GMT |
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Daniel Defoe's “Robinson Crusoe” book, or movies like Robert Zemeckis' “Cast Away” (starring Tom Hanks as a survivor of a plane crash forced to live on an island for 4 years) are not entirely fictional, as history proves. Recent digs on the island of Aguas Buenas indicate that the ta... |
3 November 2008
07:34 GMT |
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An ongoing five-day scientific gathering on themes of evolution housed by the Vatican provided a clash of titans during the close encounter of the 3rd kind which is always the result of religion and science sharing the same space. During the meeting organized by the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, Pope Benedict... |
3 November 2008
07:33 GMT |
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A new health Pakistani initiative could provide several thousand infants with a chance to survive each year. Currently, 10 percent of all children aged under 5 die in the country, due to diseases that can be controlled through vaccination. The Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) bacterium is one of the most dangerous... |
3 November 2008
07:28 GMT |
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When first released, the Aspire One from Acer was strongly believed to be the best alternative to ASUS' 8.9-inch Eee PC offering. Over the past months, not much has been said about Acer's netbook, if compared with all the headlines that have been taken by ASUS' vast lineup of ultra-portable Eee PC net... |
3 November 2008
07:25 GMT |
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An official report reveals that not only has Gameloft's Platinum Sudoku been selected by editors as Game of the Year, but that the developing company now ranks as the top iPhone / iPod game developer, based on readers' feedback.Gameloft was selected by the editors and readers of iLounge as the "iPod and iPh... |
3 November 2008
07:24 GMT |
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Apple's store is featuring new refurbished Mac computers, ranging from an affordable $849 white MacBook, to a less affordable, but conveniently priced Eight-Core Mac Pro. Refurbished 15-inch and 17-inch (old-gen) MacBooks, as well as “the world's thinnest” also are priced less than their origina... |
3 November 2008
07:21 GMT |
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Announced as early a July 2008, a new update for the Windows Update Agent will be rolled out today, Monday, November 3. At the end of October, Microsoft offered a heads up for customers to prepare for the start of this week when the standalone WUA update was scheduled to become available. The Redmond company updates ... |
3 November 2008
07:20 GMT |
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The netbook business is doing really well, and ASUS is certainly one of the companies most aware of the market potential. However, although boasting several Eee PC models and even more rumored to come along the way, ASUS is also among the leading manufacturers of fully-fledged notebook systems, with some ambitious ex... |
3 November 2008
07:17 GMT |
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UrlScan is a free security tool available for download from Microsoft designed to bulletproof websites developed and running on top of Windows server operating systems and Internet Information Services. Delivered in order to filter SQL injection attacks, UrlScan is now at version 3.1, less than three months following... |
3 November 2008
07:11 GMT |
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Since photos of missing children don't provide as many results as would be necessary, it is clear that something about them has to be changed in order to infer more info from them. With this thought in mind, Mississippi State University-Meridian researcher and assistant professor of psychology Vicki S. Gier came... |
3 November 2008
07:07 GMT |
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Paradox Interactive, as publisher, and BattleGoat Studios, as developer, announce that they are planning to release an expansion for Supreme Ruler 2020 this winter. The expansion will be called Global Crisis and aims to expand the scope of the already very deep simulation Supreme Ruler is.David Thompson, who is the c... |
3 November 2008
06:53 GMT |
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There's nothing videogame publishers like more than their titles getting some awards which can then be listed on the back of the game box. Awards, whether they are handed out by industry bodies or by fans, are a good indication that a certain game is good enough to warrant a purchase, so publishers are especiall... |
3 November 2008
06:46 GMT |
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While it is commonly accepted that life sparked from a pre-biotic state of chemical compounds that somehow mixed up in an organic form, what exactly caused this whole complex process to occur is still subject to speculation. Water and electricity (from thunders) are the two most circulated factors that appear to have... |
3 November 2008
06:43 GMT |
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The Xbox 360 is a very popular console, having enjoyed massive sales these last few months, largely due to the fact that Microsoft made use of a major price cut in order to make it an attractive holiday item. This price reduction reflected a lot in areas where the rival PlayStation 3 was popular, like Japan or Europe... |
3 November 2008
06:40 GMT |
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After releasing its ZN5 handset in Europe back in September, Motorola decided to make it available for North-Americans as well. The bar phone will be available exclusively for T-Mobile USA customers. MOTOZINE ZN5 is the high-end result of a joint-venture between the US-based company and Kodak, the well-known producer... |
3 November 2008
06:28 GMT |
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The Ubuntu 9.04 (codename Jaunty Jackalope) development will start in 4 days, on November 6th, and will conclude next year on April 23rd, with the final release. Make sure you check with our website, starting with November 20th when the first alpha will be released, as we will do a full coverage of the Ubuntu 9.04 de... |
3 November 2008
06:26 GMT |
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Samsung has recently announced the introduction of new solid state drives specifically designed for the enterprise server market. The new storage devices unveiled by Samsung use the company's single-level-cell (SLC) technology and are said to be capable of providing as twice the read/write performance of the mak... |
3 November 2008
06:25 GMT |
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers managed to create an advanced tissue scaffold design, one that is to be used for direct heart tissue transplantations in patients suffering from congenital heart defects or other similar afflictions. Organic tissue can be grown from natural heart cells through t... |
3 November 2008
06:24 GMT |
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Microsoft has reportedly placed a booth outside the Apple Store, Bullring, Birmingham, England, allowing users to record their own "I'm a PC" video to contribute to the company's ad campaign. Microsoft's goal is to counter what it believes is a stereotype of Windows Vista.The picture in question was su... |
3 November 2008
05:57 GMT |
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The causes of insomnia are diverse and span a great many medical conditions, but the underlying brain activity that keeps young and middle-aged adults awake for prolonged periods of time has yet to be determined. The latest issue of the journal Sleep may hold the answer to this dilemma, as scientists discovered that ... |
3 November 2008
05:55 GMT |
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Lately, the Internet has been filled with rumors that Harmonix, the developer of the extremely popular Rock Band series of games, would develop, in partnership with Apple, a game based on songs from the cult band, the Beatles.We reported on these rumors, which turned out to be true, after Harmonix released an officia... |
3 November 2008
05:45 GMT |
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The past week, Microsoft delivered the first consistent taste of Windows 7, offering the pre-beta bits of the operating system at the Professional Developers Conference. On October 28, developers attending the event got their hands on a 160 GB drive pre-loaded with various goodies including Windows 7 Build 6801 in bo... |
3 November 2008
05:38 GMT |
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Electronic Arts doesn't really have a good reputation amongst the gamer community, partly because it is committed to launching titles in its major franchises on a yearly basis, a strategy that makes the games very repetitive and similar to the old ones.But things are starting to change for the major company beca... |
3 November 2008
05:18 GMT |
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There is a tendency to reject vampirism by associating it to fictional movies and books, even though vampiric habits are part of everyday life. Take, for example, the case of the Christian religion, where the practice of communion translates into receiving the blood and flesh of Christ. Or, think of blood brothers, w... |
3 November 2008
05:12 GMT |
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Taiwanese manufacturer ASUS has officially detailed its anticipated Eee Top all-in-one desktop system, thus setting the stage for the emergence of yet another new market segment. The system formerly known as the Eee Monitor brings together the specifications you are most likely to find in one of all those netbook sys... |
3 November 2008
04:57 GMT |
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After the recent ban that the European Union placed on incandescent light bulbs, a statistics report, formulated by the Worldwatch Institute, shows that the electricity consumption could indeed decrease by more than 40 percent Union-wide, if conventional bulbs are eliminated altogether and carbon fluorescent light (C... |
3 November 2008
04:55 GMT |
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IT enthusiasts have yet another attractive product to look for on the market. ASUS has unveiled a new chassis to the world, one that allows users to easily fold it when they want to move it around. The VENTO TA-F Series chassis comes with a space-saving design, as well as user-friendliness and maximized airflow syste... |
3 November 2008
04:53 GMT |
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Telltale Games is one of the leading developers of episodic games, with series such as the very popular Sam and Max, or the new Strong Bad franchise, which is already gaining a lot of fans these days. The company has always stressed the importance of episodic gaming in the casual market and has gained a lot of praise... |
3 November 2008
04:39 GMT |
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While for some countries global warming is only a distant concept, for others it's a harsh reality and a major threat, as demonstrated by the fact that several Indonesian islands have already sunk, while many more are in danger of disappearing in 20 to 40 years, due to sea level rises, caused by global warming. ... |
3 November 2008
04:27 GMT |
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Dark Cloud 2 is a video game developed by Level 5 Inc. and published by Sony Computer Entertainment Incorporated. Created exclusively for the PlayStation 2 gaming console from Sony, it was released in December 2002. The title is classed as an action and role playing game, played from a third person perspective.While ... |
3 November 2008
04:24 GMT |
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Dark Cloud is a video game developed by Level 5 Inc. and published by Sony Computer Entertainment Incorporated. Created exclusively for the PlayStation 2 gaming console from Sony, it was released in December 2000. The title is classed as an action and role playing game, played from a third person perspective.Over 400... |
3 November 2008
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Although the world is facing an economic crisis, the worldwide PC processor shipments are reported to have reached record levels during the third quarter of this year, according to data released by IDC. Still, the forecast for the processor market in the fourth quarter 2008 as well as for 2009 is not as optimistic as... |
3 November 2008
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