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Carina Nebula is undoubtedly one of the most renowned space structures, having been made popular by the fact that it houses Eta Carinae, one of the most massive and wildest stars ever noticed inside the Milky Way. But the nebula also houses numerous other formations of interest, including a fairly large number of ste... |
3 December 2009
20:01 GMT |
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Though they provide beautiful views of the surrounding areas, windows are among the most fearsome enemies of energy efficiency. More than 30 percent of the energy consumed in the United States, the largest electricity provider in the world, goes to remedying the situations that windows create. The current is used to ... |
3 December 2009
19:01 GMT |
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At the beginning, our Universe wasn't a very complex place, from a chemical perspective. Hydrogen and helium, the first two elements in the periodic table, reigned supreme, as they still do today, inside stars and massive gas clouds across the Cosmos. Later on, heavier elements developed, like metals and non-met... |
3 December 2009
18:01 GMT |
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Electronic Arts, a developer that does not have a lot of good news to share lately, has said that FIFA 10, the football title released two months ago, has reached 4.5 millions sold worldwide, representing 26% more than it managed to move in the same period of last year. FIFA 10 has already been confirmed as being the... |
3 December 2009
17:41 GMT |
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Mission planners at NASA have decided on the crew that will man the next space shuttle Endeavor flight to the International Space Station (ISS). The STS-130 flight will see the addition of a new station module, Node 3, also known as Tranquility, and the installation of the Cupola, an observation outpost that will all... |
3 December 2009
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THQ already announced the latest project of Kaos Studios, Homefront, earlier this year, but now it released a few more details concerning the game's framework. The game will be set during a fictitious invasion of the United States by North Korea, and, even if it is no longer innovative with this idea due to the ... |
3 December 2009
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Olivia Wilde, known to many of her fans as Thirteen from the TV medical drama “House M.D.,” is the hottest woman of 2009, Maxim magazine was saying a while ago. Wilde is also a very stylish woman, the kind critics say will one day be entitled to the ultimate distinction of “style icon.” To beg... |
3 December 2009
16:21 GMT |
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Astronomers managing the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) have recently announced that the new camera aboard the observatory, called CanariCam, has recently seen its first light. The term is used in astronomy to indicate the first observations conducted with a new instrument, similar to a ship's maiden voyage. The... |
3 December 2009
16:01 GMT |
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Schaumburg, Illinois-based mobile phone maker Motorola has been rumored a while back to plan delivering two Android-based handsets to Verizon. While the first of them is already available, in the form of Motorola DROID, the second is still unannounced, namely the Motorola Calgary, but its name has recently been spot... |
3 December 2009
16:01 GMT |
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Earlier this year, 48-year-old star Valerie Bertinelli did a thing she hadn’t done in almost 30 years and which she thought impossible to do ever again: she appeared on the cover of a widely circulated US magazine in nothing but her swimsuit. It was all possible after losing the extra weight and settling in at ... |
3 December 2009
15:21 GMT |
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The Glory of Heracles has quite a lengthy history, and it began long before its appearance on the DS. The game has its roots in 1987, when it was first released by Data East on the Famicom. Herakuresu no Eiko, as it was its original Japanese title, had four more sequels, all focusing on the Greek mythology and on the... |
3 December 2009
15:01 GMT |
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A new statistical study has determined that young people are exposed to abnormally high numbers of ads advertising alcoholic beverages that are mostly consumed by people in this age group. The team behind the investigation has also determined that the magazines that mostly feature this type of ads also do not exhibit... |
3 December 2009
15:01 GMT |
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Turbine has posted online the patch notes for the new Siege of Mirkwood expansion for the Lord of the Rings MMO and it has done a superb job of explaining all of the changes made to the experience as it gets its biggest amount of content this year. All those interested in getting the details related to the new releas... |
3 December 2009
14:51 GMT |
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Wireless carrier Vodafone Spain has recently announced the launch of a new device for its users, namely the SHOWWX pico projector. The carrier also added that the new innovative portable projector comes from Microvision Inc., a leading ultra-miniature projection display and image capture products provider all around... |
3 December 2009
14:51 GMT |
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Countless studies so far have attempted to prove how one can tell when a person is lying, when they’re interested in something or someone else, or when they are trying only to appear so. It could very well be that all of them were looking in the wrong place, Professor Geoffrey Beattie, Head of School and Dean o... |
3 December 2009
14:21 GMT |
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One of the things that have always fascinated astronomers about Uranus, the seventh planet from the Sun, is the fact that its axis of rotation is tilted sideways, to a large extent. In fact, it nearly reaches the plane of its revolution around the star, which is something unique to the ice giant. After the planet sta... |
3 December 2009
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Mobile phone carrier Sprint announced on Wednesday the opening of its “first environmentally friendly retail store” in Houston, which is located at 1493 Parks at Boulder Creek. According to the company, the new store includes sustainable design elements, such as the energy-efficient lighting fixtures or t... |
3 December 2009
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Getting in top shape for the wedding is one of the most difficult and, because of this, admirable things a modern woman can put herself through, it has often been said. There’s dieting and plenty of working out and, most importantly, sticking by the rules no matter how hard it is. Once the big day comes and goe... |
3 December 2009
13:21 GMT |
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It seems that retail giant Wal Mart is pushing hard for a solid foothold in the videogaming space by cutting prices on a selection of big titles and by offering a special deal on the Nintendo Wii. The deals are part of its regular Christmas promotions, which also target products like holiday food, electronics and toy... |
3 December 2009
13:01 GMT |
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Microsoft considers users running pirated copies of its software as victims of the piracy phenomenon. And although in some cases, end users are themselves pirates, in others, customers indeed fall victim to counterfeiters that sell them bootlegged products masqueraded as genuine. The Redmond-based company is well awa... |
3 December 2009
12:47 GMT |
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Leading mobile music discovery provider Shazam announced recently the release of an enhanced application in the Ovi Store by Nokia. According to the company, the new software solution comes with a series of new features that should enable users of a Nokia device to enjoy a better “music journey that ever befor... |
3 December 2009
12:31 GMT |
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There's been plenty of ink spilled, so to speak, over the whole Google versus newspapers debacle yet, for the most part, the search giant has been calm and unperturbed satisfied to issue out the occasional “you can always de-index” argument. Not anymore, it seems, as Google is on an all-out offensive... |
3 December 2009
12:03 GMT |
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Not too long ago, an employee union of Hewlett-Packard, the UK Unite union, voted to go on strike because of alleged foul ways that the company had used to turn a blind eye when it came to paying certain wages or bonuses. Not even one month after, the situation seems to have gotten worse. This time, it seems that the... |
3 December 2009
11:54 GMT |
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Every holiday season is filled with rebates, but this year’s global economic recession seems to have spurred a larger number of discounts, creating a more hectic schedule for the sales department of every brick-and-mortar store.Game publishers make no exception when it comes to competing for rounder revenue and... |
3 December 2009
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Both Chris Brown and Rihanna have new albums coming out this year: hers, “Rated R,” is already in stores and faring well in terms of critical and commercial reception, while his, “Graffiti,” is due out in just a few days. Given the highly mediated February assault and the public nature of thei... |
3 December 2009
11:43 GMT |
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As a consequence of the generally poor performance of the global IT industry compared to the situation in 2008, decline very well represented by the 2009 reported developments in the semiconductor market, various levels of the total worldwide hardware market were affected in ways that were not exactly favorable to ha... |
3 December 2009
11:31 GMT |
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“Zombieland,” the horror comedy considered by many critics the biggest and most pleasant surprise the genre has offered in years, has so far proved a hit at the box-office, despite not even being released in all territories overseas. In fact, “Zombieland” has been so warmly received that Sony ... |
3 December 2009
11:23 GMT |
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A new extension designed to integrate seamlessly with both Internet Explorer and Firefox is set up to turbocharge the browser’s search capabilities according to Microsoft. The Redmond-based company has made available for download the Bing Bar, inviting users to think of the toolbar as a virtual assistant capabl... |
3 December 2009
11:21 GMT |
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Now that the technology to explore other worlds and return with samples has been finally developed, a lot of experts are turning their heads to a number of other issues that may affect future sample-return missions to Mars, or near-Earth Objects (NEO). One of the main challenges is finding the appropriate facilities ... |
3 December 2009
11:00 GMT |
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Espoo, Finland-based mobile phone maker Nokia has announced recently what it plans on delivering to its users during the upcoming year 2010, and some of you might have learned already that we'll get a re-engineered Symbian user interface. The UI surely needed a wide range of improvements, especially since more ... |
3 December 2009
10:54 GMT |
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In early 2010 Microsoft will be introducing a new visualization language labeled Vedea. There is already a webpage on Microsoft Research dedicated to the Vedea Visualization Language, but the Redmond company has published nothing more than a few general details about the new language. It will be only in 2010 that the... |
3 December 2009
10:54 GMT |
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Comcast, the greatest US cable and Internet/broadband provider, and General Electric decided to pool their resources, each contributing with their services, networks and finest technology in order to bring about the establishment of a leading media and entertainment company combining both partners' arrays of net... |
3 December 2009
10:51 GMT |
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One of the easiest ways to avoid answering unwanted calls is to simply mute them, even though this implies that you'll have to do it manually. In case you don't have the money to get yourself a more complex blacklisting application for your Symbian smartphone, Easy Mute can be quite a nice solution. Develop... |
3 December 2009
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Padma Lakshmi, internationally famous cookbook author, actress, television personality and occasional model, is due to give birth in 2010, having just recently confirmed her pregnancy. While she still won’t reveal the father’s identity, the 39-year-old star is doing all she can to use her pregnancy as a w... |
3 December 2009
10:47 GMT |
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Google loves speed, it's no mystery to anyone, and it also loves simplicity. With this in mind you'd think that its engineers can't really do that much to get things significantly faster, certainly not for its main products. Yet, Google keeps on trying sometimes with surprising results. The Google hom... |
3 December 2009
10:44 GMT |
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Apple's iPhone is the most popular mobile phone currently available on the market, and it seems that also the most wanted one. The handset is available on a wide range of markets around the world, and can be purchased in the US via wireless carrier AT&T, yet it seems that other operators might also start offeri... |
3 December 2009
10:31 GMT |
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When Chris Brown was sentenced of assault of his former girlfriend Rihanna, many believed and did not even blink before saying publicly that he as an artist was over. At just 20 years of age, to see one’s career go down the drain is a powerful incentive – and precisely the angle Brown tackles in a new pre... |
3 December 2009
10:26 GMT |
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Microsoft first released the Windows API Code Pack for Microsoft .NET Framework following the availability of Windows 7 Release Candidate Build 7100 in May 2009. Since then the application programming interface code pack for the latest iteration of Windows evolved and RTM’d along with the operating system. In m... |
3 December 2009
10:26 GMT |
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With the many central processing units, graphics cards, motherboards, hard drives and memory modules that have been sprouting up across the world or are going to be released, those wishing to create a stable but powerful configuration will soon have to start browsing for cases, fans, heatsinks and power supplies if t... |
3 December 2009
10:17 GMT |
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The developers of LimeWire X, the Mac version of the popular P2P, file-sharing client, have released a new beta version of the software, implementing open source contributor Gregorio Roper's Matching TigerTrees to SHA-1 patch to improve downloads. Besides the aforementioned addition improving downloads via the ... |
3 December 2009
10:14 GMT |
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Natalie Portman must be one of the most beloved actresses of our times, even if for the sole reason that no one can seem to find a reason to hate her, as it usually happens with celebrities. In the latest issue of Marie Claire magazine, the star talks fame and what it means to her, while also recalling a few things a... |
3 December 2009
10:03 GMT |
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Agile Web Solutions has released a new version of its password manager and form filler for Mac OS X, 1Password. Working seamlessly in modern web browsers like Apple’s Safari, as well as Firefox, Camino, and Flock, 1Password stores all of one's information into the built-in Keychain. Adding a user agent for... |
3 December 2009
10:01 GMT |
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In their quest for more usable land, authorities in the European Union have implemented a disastrous agricultural policy. At this point, virtually no important carbon sinks remain on the Old Continent, which means that there is nothing to counteract the buildup of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmo... |
3 December 2009
10:00 GMT |
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Most companies will be running some sort of campaign and promotion for the holiday season. Most companies also don't want to actually give away anything, most will be just glorified Christmas-themed advertising campaigns. The Gmail team though may actually be on to something with an interesting campaign for the... |
3 December 2009
09:56 GMT |
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Dropbox is a cross-platform service + application that allows users to back up and sync files across all their devices, including Internet-capable portables. Users install the software on any system, feed Dropbox some files, and see them synced across all their devices. Those files are instantly available to view, ed... |
3 December 2009
09:46 GMT |
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Although it may seem easy to do, measuring the thickness and evolution of glaciers is a very tricky business. Glaciologists still use wooden poles and shovels to measure the thickness of glaciers, or sometimes just shovels. These methods may be very well suited for small applications, such as assessing the yearly or ... |
3 December 2009
09:42 GMT |
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So far, to catch holiday revenue increases, most players on the IT market are struggling to release whatever new major products they have, possibly reducing production efforts for some of their other, less representative components. Enermax may have done something similar in releasing its two new, stylish keyboards, ... |
3 December 2009
09:41 GMT |
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After taking some time off to see to his beautiful family, Jennifer Lopez is preparing to return to the music scene with a brand new album, named “Love?” Until the material itself drops, fans have a couple of singles from it to pass the time with, including “Fresh Out the Oven” and “Loub... |
3 December 2009
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Electronic Arts may be seen as an evil empire, milking gamers of their money, firing people in the thousands and shutting down our favorite studios, but that doesn't mean that there aren't any brilliant people working at the top of the company. After all, evil geniuses have to start somewhere. The creator o... |
3 December 2009
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Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion has just issued a critical security advisory which is related to a flaw in its BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) software. The company says that the vulnerability, which is ranked as both a 9.2 and 5.7 on a scale of 0 to 10, could enable a hacker to execute malicious c... |
3 December 2009
09:22 GMT |
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As far as Microsoft is concerned, Windows 8 details should be kept under a tight lid, and the company is doing a near perfect job out of keeping mum on any information related to the next iteration of the Windows client and server operating systems. The successors of Windows 7 and Windows Sever 2008 R2, currently lab... |
3 December 2009
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2010 is almost here and we need to make sure the holidays don't catch us unprepared. Well, the New Year is a month away and with the amount of 'holiday cheer', otherwise known as marketing, every company, site and organization worth its salt even castaways on remote islands have no chance of missing it... |
3 December 2009
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Just days ago, Britain’s Got Talent runner-up and the biggest underdog sensation the music industry has ever witnessed, Susan Boyle, set a new record in the UK for the fastest-selling debut album from a female artist. Today, Billboard announces that she has done the same in the US as well, with 700,000 items so... |
3 December 2009
09:09 GMT |
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Security giant McAfee has released its annual “Mapping the Mal Web” report, in which it analyzes the percentage of domains found to host malicious content and organizes the results by TLD and type of threats. The riskiest TLD this year was .cm, Cameroon's country code, with over one in three domains ... |
3 December 2009
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Extreme power users, hard-core gamers, as well as multitasking and overclocking enthusiasts could all consider that their possibilities just expanded with this latest DDR3 addition from the famous memory manufacturer Corsair. Not too long after it was voted the Best PSU and Memory manufacturer, the well-to-do company... |
3 December 2009
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Verizon Wireless, the largest telecommunications network in the United States, offering services to more than 89 million subscribers, recently announced important network enhancements in the Livingston County area. According to Verizon, it has expanded the network coverage in this region by deploying a new cell site ... |
3 December 2009
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Research firm IDC not only sees the number of iPhone applications triple by the end of 2010, but also that the company headquartered in Cupertino, California will be introducing its “iPad” during the course of next year. According to a CNN Money report publishing the relevant bullet points from IDC’... |
3 December 2009
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For the first time in more than ten years, scientists in the United States will finally have access to embryonic stem cells. These cells, which are the first ones to divide inside a new organism, have the ability to differentiate into any type of other cells in the body easily, and, as such, hold great promise for tr... |
3 December 2009
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Synthetic magnetism is a very rare and exotic condition, in which neutral atoms start exhibiting magnetic behavior all of a sudden. They basically act like they are charged particles interacting with a magnetic field – but the really tricky part is that they do so without actually having an electric charge, or ... |
3 December 2009
08:40 GMT |
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Leading French telecommunications carrier SFR and NEC Corporation announced today that the first solutions from the leading femtocell technology provider have been deployed in France. Through this roll-out, SFR becomes the first wireless carrier to deliver femtocell services throughout the country, the two companies... |
3 December 2009
08:33 GMT |
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Things are as messy as ever in the music streaming business yet most people are surprisingly determined in pushing forward. MySpace is now launching its Music service in the UK after being available in the US and recently in Australia and New Zealand. The free streaming service will offer millions of songs, though n... |
3 December 2009
08:28 GMT |
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Endowing computers with artificial vision is something that robotics experts have been after for a long time. However, this is a very complex task that has left many research teams puzzled over how to defeat the numerous challenges ahead. Now, researchers at the Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of T... |
3 December 2009
08:28 GMT |
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Electronic Arts, as the publisher, and DICE, as the developer, have announced a number of changes to the pricing structure for Battlefield Heroes, the free-to-play shooter they released earlier in the year after an extended beta period, which actually reduces the price on most of the items in the game that can be pur... |
3 December 2009
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Although it won't reach the groundbreaking speed of 12x when scribing Blu-ray disks, as can Pioneer's BDR-205 or Plextor's PX-B940SA, I-O Data's upcoming BR Burner will still deliver quality Blu-ray disk read and write capabilities, all the while boasting a weight of only 330 grams. The product se... |
3 December 2009
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“Looks like sort by release date in App Store only sorts by original release date now, not update date,” a Twitter update from the developer of PCalc, a scientific calculator for iPhone and iPod touch, reads. “Say hello to page 342 of Utilities...,” his tweet adds. On the desktop side, PCalc ... |
3 December 2009
08:15 GMT |
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Scientists at the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, the NASA Langley Research Center, and the National Institute of Aerospace have recently announced the development of a new class of materials. Boron-nitride yarns are threads of interlocking fibers at the nanoscale ... |
3 December 2009
08:12 GMT |
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While being escorted to the Iga village, the Kirihime princess is kidnapped by Yoshiro Yukikusa, the commander of a demon army. Loyal ninjas to the Iga hidden village, Kage and Chihiro will do whatever is in their power to rescue her. But to do this, they'll have to confront and defeat the endless demon horde of... |
3 December 2009
08:08 GMT |
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Nokia E75 is the latest mobile phone from the Finnish handset vendor Nokia to have received an update for its firmware. The device hasn't been updated for quite a long time, it seems, yet now its owners can enjoy software version 201.12.01, which follows the previously available firmware 110.x. There are a wide... |
3 December 2009
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Fujitsu's new, ultraportable personal computer is designed to surpass the PC convenience expectations of customers. The handheld LifeBook UH900 UMPC is light, sleek, powerful, has a brightness high enough for true image clarity even when exposed to daylight and even has a built-in multi-touch support, for the to... |
3 December 2009
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Developers building add-ins for the next iteration of Office Excel now have the necessary development resources to do so from Microsoft. At the start of this month the Redmond company made available for download Excel 2010 SDK: Excel 2010 XLL Software Development Kit. The SDK, obviously a Beta just as Office 2010 Exc... |
3 December 2009
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Brain Age 2 is the sequel to the Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training – How Old Is Your Brain, more simply known as just Brain Age in North America. The title is basically a puzzle game, with several others meant to bring the brain out of its vegetative state. It also features some games and tests made to estima... |
3 December 2009
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Both Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 are examples of componentized Windows operating systems, essentially delivering a central nucleus on top of which customers can build on, adding features and capabilities and enhancing functionality. Microsoft refers to this nucleus as the server core, and undoubted... |
3 December 2009
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Dynasty Tactics 2 is a videogame created and published by KOEI Ltd. Inc. The game was released exclusively on the PlayStation 2 console from Sony on September 23, 2003. It is classed as a hybrid between a role playing experience and a strategy game with elements taken from real life history, which is being played fro... |
3 December 2009
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Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless has just made available another appealing handset for its users, namely the Samsung Omnia II, which runs under Microsoft's Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system. The device, available for purchase from Big Red since yesterday, has emerged in an unboxing and hands-on video, an... |
3 December 2009
07:03 GMT |
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Apple has started sending out emails to those subscribed to its newsfeed encouraging them to shop Apple this year, and make the perfect gift. In usual Apple manner, the company headquartered at 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, California, advertises the iPhone as a box full of surprises, making it the perfect “box&r... |
3 December 2009
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Although 3D imaging has already been implemented in certain video games, movies and animations, the IT market did not have, until now, any display products capable of rendering 3D effects in Full-HD resolution. After a long wait, all types of users will finally be able to get their hands on a display capable of rende... |
3 December 2009
06:50 GMT |
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Google is plowing ahead with Street View despite all the opposition from several concerned parties and it's a good thing too, the feature is quickly becoming a huge repository as more and more cities and countries are added to the list. The program just got a huge boost with a bunch of new locations added in on... |
3 December 2009
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When the Martian rover Spirit got stuck at its current location, a patch of loose soil called Troy, everyone at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which controls the MER mission, sighed in disappointment. The next six months were spent looking at ways of setting the robot free. When they were finally devised, engine... |
3 December 2009
06:41 GMT |
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Microsoft has continually professed that technology has become an indispensable accessory to all aspects of life, and the company is more than ready to put its money where its mouth is, so to speak. The latest example in this regard, is a $1 million sponsorship that the software giant hopes will help microfinance ins... |
3 December 2009
06:37 GMT |
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Dynasty Warriors 2 is a videogame developed by Omega Force and published by KOEI Co. Ltd. The game was only released for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony on October 25, 2000. It is classed as an action game played from a third person perspective and combines elements from real time strategy titles and draws most o... |
3 December 2009
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When the space shuttle Atlantis took off to the International Space Station (ISS) in mid-November, it carried with it, among other experiments, a living one as well. Its payload bay also included the “CSI 03 – Butterflies in Space” experiment, which is built by experts at the University of Colorado ... |
3 December 2009
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Virgin Media announced recently the launch of a brand new mobile phone for its users, namely the BlackBerry Curve 8520 smartphone. The new handset has been included in the company's pay-monthly devices offering, and comes as the first BlackBerry phone to be included in Virgin Media's offering for its UK cu... |
3 December 2009
06:22 GMT |
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The controversy of subtitles vs dubs has its roots most likely in the first media product that ever had sound and was localized. Most often met in films and animation, the argument is rather simple. Audio dubs are almost without exception horrible, as the voice actors hired to reproduce the original script fail to re... |
3 December 2009
06:22 GMT |
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Normally, when one thinks of personal computers, one's mind flies to either the widespread desktop PC made out of a big box and an auxiliary screen, or to a laptop or even an HTPC system. Still, CompuLab gives us yet another product, which, despite being palm-sized, is still a PC. The Israeli company has reveale... |
3 December 2009
06:07 GMT |
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A Romanian grey hat hacker has disclosed a serious SQL injection vulnerability on the Wall Street Journal's CEO Council website. The research outlines serious oversights and poor security practices that can lead to full web server compromise.The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) is one of the top newspapers in the Unite... |
3 December 2009
05:59 GMT |
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Aside from having released the impressive 48 IA experimental chip, the Santa Clara, California-based Intel has also announced a beta version of its Atom Developer Program Software Development Kit that is compatible with Windows and Moblin (a Linux-based OS) operating systems. The beta SDK will enable developers to c... |
3 December 2009
05:59 GMT |
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Craigslist and eBay are heading for all-out war as the two companies are preparing to fight it out in a lawsuit filed by the auctions site set to begin next Monday. The lawsuit is the culmination of a tense relationship between the two companies which has been going for more than five years now. eBay owns a minority... |
3 December 2009
05:58 GMT |
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Scientists at the Duke University believe they may have found the answer to why musical perception is associated with various moods and emotions, and vice-versa, something that music producers have known for a long time. Any musician knows that minor chords sound sad and depressing, whereas major ones sound happy and... |
3 December 2009
05:47 GMT |
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British actor Rupert Everett came out about 20 years ago and, he says, in the meantime, he’s come to learn that that was the worst decision he could have ever possibly made as it ruined his career in Hollywood. Speaking from his own experience, he’s now urging other stars in his situation to keep their or... |
3 December 2009
05:38 GMT |
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Games aren't treated as unfairly as the more popular media products as some of you might think. TIGA, the UK's game industry trade organization, plans to demolish this rebel stereotype that video games have made for themselves by pitting the number of banned video games against the one of banned movies. As ... |
3 December 2009
05:35 GMT |
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Mobile phone maker Motorola was rumored a while ago to plan launching on the market a great deal of new handsets that will run under the Google Android operating system. A leaked image of the company's roadmap suggested at that time that we're to expect for a Motorola Motus to surface, and for a Motorola Z... |
3 December 2009
05:34 GMT |
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Electronic Arts has announced that it is bringing back its long running Medal of Honor first person shooter franchise in 2010 and that it is also moving it out of the World War II time frame for the first time. The new videogame, which seems only to be named Medal of Honor, with no subtitle, will be set in modern day... |
3 December 2009
05:22 GMT |
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The new Green Data Center inaugurated by the Syracuse University, IBM and the Sate of New York was announced back in May and is an example of IBM's Smarter Planet initiative, an initiative focused on assisting clients in the use of digital intelligence, improving products and whole systems alike. The data center... |
3 December 2009
05:21 GMT |
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At just a month since the last refresh of Windows Sysinternals, Microsoft has introduced a new update designed to kick up a notch a few components of the collection of tools developed by Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell. According to Curtis Metz, program manager, Microsoft Sysinternals, the latest range of updates... |
3 December 2009
05:16 GMT |
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On January 31, 2010, the music industry will celebrate its biggest and most successful artists of this year, as the Recording Academy will name the winners of the Grammy Awards 2010. The nominations have been announced only hours ago, and favorites include Beyonce, with ten noms, Taylor Swift, with 8, the Black Eyed ... |
3 December 2009
05:13 GMT |
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If you thought that Google's homepage couldn't possibly be more stripped down, think again. Google is now making its fade-in homepage official and most users should start to see the ultra-minimalistic homepage from now on. The page features just the Google logo, the search button and the I'm feeling l... |
3 December 2009
05:10 GMT |
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Taiwan's ASUSTek, one of the world's leading vendors of computer hardware and personal computer systems, continues to expand its line of UnLimited series of laptops with the introduction of new 14-inch models in Europe. The new models have been designed to provide consumers with an alternative to some of t... |
3 December 2009
05:06 GMT |
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Google has just announced the release of a new version of its Google Maps for mobile phones running under Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating system or under Nokia's Symbian platform, namely Google Maps 3.3. One of the main features of the new version is the possibility to better synchronize the handset w... |
3 December 2009
05:06 GMT |
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If you remember Doodle Hex for the DS, then you are bound to get a "chimes" sound for the game's developer, Tragnarion. Now, the Spanish company is about to become popular with a lot more titles, as its upcoming project will work on far larger and more popular platforms like the PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. T... |
3 December 2009
05:06 GMT |
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Blue whales are renowned around the world for the beautiful songs they use to communicate with each other. This has become something of a trademark for the large sea mammals, which are currently endangered from excessive hunting. But, over the years, as the technology to trace and listen to them has become available,... |
3 December 2009
05:05 GMT |
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TOCA Race Driver 2 is a videogame developed and published by the Codemasters Software Company Limited. It was released for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony, the original Xbox from Microsoft, the PlayStation Portable handheld and the PC platform on April 13, 2004. The title can be classed as a racing simulation fea... |
3 December 2009
05:03 GMT |
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Just before the holidays, Apple is offering up Macs priced below the $900 mark, something that should attract fans of the company’s hardware and operating system. Whether you’re planning on buying a Mac for yourself, or as a gift to someone, and don’t have money to spare, Apple’s Special Deals... |
3 December 2009
04:53 GMT |
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Over the past years, policies to curve people's rights to do whatever they want with their bodies have been set in place in the United States. Anti-smoking campaigns and various smoking bans have made many Americans quit the habit, but a new research suggests that the increase the public health regulators were e... |
3 December 2009
04:51 GMT |
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Ever since Tiger Woods crashed his car into a fire hydrant and then into a tree on a neighbor’s lawn over the weekend, the media scrutiny has been extremely harsh. Talk of domestic abuse and of him having affair is still making the rounds and, from the looks of it, it’s not going to die down anytime soon.... |
3 December 2009
04:35 GMT |
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Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless has just released a new ad clip for the Motorola DROID, its first mobile phone to come with Google's Android 2.0 operating system on board. Most of you might have already encountered the clips Verizon aired for this device, and you might be already familiar with the robotic... |
3 December 2009
04:32 GMT |
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As part of a response to a query set by Digitimes, Rick Bergman, senior vice president and general manager of AMD's Graphics Products Group, said that, besides not planning to add more foundry partners, the company even aimed to eventually become the sole supplier of AMD-compatible chipsets. The query came as a ... |
3 December 2009
04:32 GMT |
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Jump! Ultimate Stars is an uptake on the previous release, Jump Super Stars. It features a similar Super Smash Bros.-style fighting gameplay with a huge array of licensed manga characters. In total, 300 characters from 41 different mangas are available and will enable players to go wild and have some real fun. Player... |
3 December 2009
04:31 GMT |
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Microsoft is allowing customers to easily get an insight into the features that mark the evolution from Windows Server 2008 to Windows Server 2008 R2. Of course, the company has documented all aspects of its Windows 7 Server, but fact of the matter is that some users might be discouraged when confronted with thousand... |
3 December 2009
04:27 GMT |
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The older games, the good ones that we fell in love with, will always have that impact on us when, for one reason or another, we are reminded of them. And when these memories come back to life, there is no greater urge than to play them again, seeking that old, familiar feeling. But there are few cases when we still ... |
3 December 2009
04:26 GMT |
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With the biggest releases of this videogaming year all out, it's time to look at the various charts that come out and try to estimate which game will be the biggest seller of 2009. The biggest hint will arrive when the NPD Group numbers for November come out towards the middle of the month but until then, a snea... |
3 December 2009
04:23 GMT |
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Google's obsession with speed is notorious and it's evident in all of its products from the homepage to Chrome. And it's not satisfied with making its own sites faster, it wants all the web to be faster. Google already has several projects focusing on this as well and is now launching a new tool for w... |
3 December 2009
04:14 GMT |
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South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung Electronics announced on Wednesday the launch of the Pocket Media software solution on the Latin American market. The release is made in partnership with Ubitus, Inc., a leading software platform provider for fixed-mobile convergence applications, and will be performed during ... |
3 December 2009
04:04 GMT |
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For a good while now, vendors of Solid State Drives have been quick to point out the benefits of their storage solutions by comparing them to those achieved by traditional hard drives. However, as technology improves some SSD vendors can compare their products with some of the early models of SSDs, as today's t... |
3 December 2009
04:03 GMT |
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None other than the father of Linux, Linus Torvalds, announced last night, on December 2nd, the immediate availability for download of Linux kernel 2.6.32, a release that brings lots of improvements to the Btrfs filesystem, support for ACPI 4.0 and the S+core architecture, 3D and KMS support for the ATI Radeon R600/R... |
3 December 2009
04:01 GMT |
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Even though it shared the source code for Chromium OS and is pushing ahead with its Google Chrome OS, the Mountain View-based search giant continues to focus on the evolution of the Chrome browser. Early adopters can now grab a new release of Google Chrome for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. Build 4.0.249.22 has been ma... |
3 December 2009
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A Softpedia freeware pick, Audacity can be used as a sidekick to record and play sounds, import and export WAV, AIFF, and MP3 files, and more. This makes things easier for the users than having to fire up a big program that does so much more, and confuses them with all the available options. Built-in effects include ... |
3 December 2009
03:52 GMT |
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Electronic Arts has had a rather tough year, with losses mounting up and with even more people being laid off by the publisher. But the company has managed to shell out about 300 million dollars in order to snap up Playfish, one of the leading players in the field of casual Facebook games.EA is saying that the acquis... |
3 December 2009
03:49 GMT |
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Over the weekend, HBO held the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame 25th Anniversary concert and, just like many other shows have done in recent months, it too included a moment dedicated to the late King of Pop Michael Jackson. Michael’s friend Stevie Wonder and John Legend sang “The Way You Make Me Feel,” wit... |
3 December 2009
03:46 GMT |
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After a long time when heavy computational tasks were exclusively handled by the Central Processing Unit, computing has begun to shift away from this traditional approach, with the latest Graphics Processing Units being capable of offloading tasks from the CPU. This method through which data is processed, in parallel... |
3 December 2009
03:45 GMT |
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A large number of people who cannot talk have ended up in their current situation on account of accidents and infections, which have affected their larynx and vocal folds. Now, researchers in South Africa are working on a new medical device, which could see many of these individuals regaining their ability to speak, ... |
3 December 2009
03:42 GMT |
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When Sony introduced its new handheld, the company presented it as a step into the future. By abandoning the UMD cartridge and relying solely on the digital distribution of the PlayStation Network, the PSP Go was made even more of a handheld platform by trimming some weight and emphasizing mobility. There were some d... |
3 December 2009
03:38 GMT |
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Anthony Laforge, Google Chrome program manager, has revealed in a blog post that the Chrome dev channel has been updated to 4.0.249.22 for Mac OS X, Linux, and Windows. Changes have been listed for all platforms, including platform-specific fixes and tweaks. The update comes as Chrome approaches its first official Be... |
3 December 2009
03:38 GMT |
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Yahoo just announced that it's getting a lot more friendly with Facebook with a new level of integration across both sites. So, what better time for Google to announce an integration deal with Twitter than now? Google Friend Connect has a new login option now featured front and center in the sign in dialog, you... |
3 December 2009
03:26 GMT |
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Intel's plans for the future of personal computing include a 48-core processor that the Santa Clara, California-based chip maker has nicknamed “single-chip cloud computer.” The solution, revealed by the world's leading chip maker, is expected to enable a new perspective on the way computers are... |
3 December 2009
03:22 GMT |
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A cocktail of Microsoft technologies is the catalyst for what the company has called the first big refresh of the technology behind Bing Maps in years. By mixing together not just the mapping, search and location platform, but also Photosynth, Silverlight and Seadragon, along with additional technologies from Live La... |
3 December 2009
03:21 GMT |
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Though the International Space Station (ISS) is at this point only 86 percent complete, and scheduled to be finished by next September, current plans are to decommission it no later than 2015. This is the initial time frame that countries involved in the project signed up for, so a new set of meetings needs to take p... |
3 December 2009
03:16 GMT |
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Apple has recently made a few changes in its retail organizations, including new positions, and the addition of new equipment. The iPod touch-based point-of-sale system (POS) is one of them and, apparently, it has caught the eye of small businesses, larger chains and system integrators. According to tipsters talking... |
3 December 2009
03:14 GMT |
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A widely distributed report from the Japanese Nikkei site is saying that two companies deeply involved in creating components for the Nintendo Wii, Mitsumi and Hosiden, have been heavily hit by the decline in sales that the home console has seen this year, with revenues declining by as much as 50%. The two are said t... |
3 December 2009
03:02 GMT |
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Jump Superstars is a 2D fighting game that brings together over 150 characters from various Japanese anime and manga series. The title implies a bit more than just defeating your opponents, as, in some missions, you'll also have other objectives. The characters are controlled via the regular buttons, and you... |
3 December 2009
03:01 GMT |
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Windows Mobile phone users can now enjoy yet another newly updated application for their handsets, in the form of the Resco Photo Manager, which has just reached version 7.0. The software solution, as many of you might already know, comes around as a photo viewing program that includes far more features than a standa... |
3 December 2009
03:00 GMT |
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The new standard set by the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) now allows network client devices and host systems to establish working connections with multiple clients by using virtual channels for handling data traffic with differing priorities. In doing so, there appears to be the possibility for multi... |
3 December 2009
02:57 GMT |
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Reports of Summit Entertainment, the movie studio behind the “Twilight” frenzy, considering of dividing Stephenie Meyer’s fourth and final book, “Breaking Down,” into two films have been around for months. It’s only now, though, that Summit has started to think more seriously about... |
3 December 2009
02:55 GMT |
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Millions of people have played Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 online, so it's no surprise that all sorts of glitches have been found. After all, the statistical chance that a player will run into a faulty code line is well in favor of the player. One of the most known ones, as well as one of the most vexing ones,... |
3 December 2009
02:54 GMT |
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Astronomers term massive stars all of the celestial bodies that have a mass several times that of our Sun. These massive spheres of fire are capable of many things when they finally reach the end of their burning cycle, such as transforming into neutron stars, or even black holes. But, almost inevitably, when they ru... |
3 December 2009
02:50 GMT |
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The Dukes of Hazard: Return of the General Lee is a videogame developed by Ratbag Pty. Ltd. and published by Ubisoft. The game was released for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony and the original Xbox from Microsoft in September 2004. It is classed as an action adventure title featuring driving elements and is based... |
3 December 2009
02:40 GMT |
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Redmond-based software giant Microsoft has announced on Wednesday the release of an updated version of its Bing app for Windows phones. The launch comes hot on the heels of the recently performed updates to the Bing search engine, as well as to the Bing Maps, which came with a series of improvements both for mobile ... |
3 December 2009
02:39 GMT |
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Just yesterday, December 2, the Adler Planetarium in Chicago saw a ceremony during which the world's largest image of the Milky Way was revealed to the public. The photo was made by combining an impressive number of individual images collected by NASA telescopes and stitched together to form the amazing panorama... |
3 December 2009
02:27 GMT |
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DRIV3R, also known as Driver 3, is a videogame created by Reflections Interactive and published by Atari. It was released for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony, the original Xbox from Microsoft, the Game Boy, the PC (a GameCube version was also in production but got canceled). The game was also later ported to mobi... |
3 December 2009
02:07 GMT |
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