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They’ve been on bump watch ever since they tied the knot, but Kate Middleton and Prince William still found a way to outsmart the press and keep the secret until they felt comfortable with sharing it: they are expecting their first child, the Palace confirms.
See the video below for a complete ABC report.
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3 December 2012
23:46 GMT |
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The amazingly-popular WhatsApp Messenger application for Windows Phone devices has just been updated with more stability enhancements and new features.According to MyNokiaBlog, the application received the ability to mail chat history, though the option to transfer chat history or sync online has yet to be included i... |
3 December 2012
23:01 GMT |
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With more than 10 million downloads on Google Play store, the free version of AVG AntiVirus application for Android has just been updated with more features and improvements.
The most obvious change is the new user interface, which is sleeker and easier to use. The new UI offers faster and more efficient access to f... |
3 December 2012
22:31 GMT |
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The folks at GO Launcher EX have just released a new version of GO Power Master for Android devices, which is said to bring new features, improvements and bug fixes.
GO Power Master has been bumped to version 3.0 and now supports controlling toggles in status bar. In addition, a Switch mode bug has been fixed as wel... |
3 December 2012
22:01 GMT |
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DROID DNA by HTC is one of the most appealing handsets that Verizon Wireless has added to its offering lately, with a wide range of features and capabilities available for users to enjoy.
While some of these might have been locked in the beginning, it seems that any owner of the device interested in taking advantag... |
3 December 2012
21:51 GMT |
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Those who still cling on foursquare to get in touch with their friends will be happy to know that the BlackBerry application has been recently updated.
According to CrackBerry, the latest version of Foursquare for BlackBerry has been improved with various UI changes, as well as GPS fixes.
Other general bug fixes h... |
3 December 2012
21:31 GMT |
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David Braben, the game creator behind the new Elite: Dangerous, is offering gamers more information about the galaxy that they will be able to explore in the new space simulation title and on how it will continue to evolve as the game progresses. Based on the state of the galaxy, players will get new dynamic mission... |
3 December 2012
21:31 GMT |
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Pocket application for Android platform, formerly known as Read It Later, has just been updated with new bugs fixes and improvements.
Firstly, developers claim they have fixed home screen icon for large resolution devices, such as Nexus 10 tablet.
Keep in mind that if the application’s icon has disappeared, ... |
3 December 2012
20:31 GMT |
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Patrick Wildenborg, the modder who created the infamous Hot Coffee mod for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, recalls how he found the files that enabled the sex mini-game in the Rockstar open-world title and how the decided to make them available to the public. Speaking to Eurogamer, the modder explains that his intere... |
3 December 2012
20:31 GMT |
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Google’s Android operating system is highly popular among smartphone users in China, a recent report unveils.
The platform is said have been loaded on nine out of ten smartphones sold in the country during the third quarter of the year.
There were over 49.17 million smartphones sold in the country in the ti... |
3 December 2012
20:01 GMT |
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Chris Avellone, one of the leading designers and writers working at Obsidian Entertainment, says that the team working on Project Eternity is not actually worried about sales for the classic role-playing game experience because it already has a clear audience linked to Kickstarter crowd funding.
The game maker tells... |
3 December 2012
19:41 GMT |
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Research In Motion’s BlackBerry 10 smartphones won’t arrive on shelves alone, but they will be accompanied by various accessories as well.
A leaked slideshow that emerged over at BerryBlog.hu shows that RIM is already preparing various cases for these devices, along with replacement batteries and more. ... |
3 December 2012
19:31 GMT |
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Developed by tagsoft, tTorrent Lite is just another torrent client for Android devices. Although the application has more than 1 million downloads on Google Play store, it doesn’t come with anything new in terms of features.
However, those who want to give it a try should know that the latest version comes wit... |
3 December 2012
19:31 GMT |
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Japanese mobile phone maker Sony has been long rumored to plan the release of a nice range of high-end smartphones next year, but it seems that the company will focus on the low end of the market as well. In addition to flagship handsets such as Odin, Yuga and Dogo, Sony is also said to plan the release of a quad-c... |
3 December 2012
19:11 GMT |
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China Unicom and HTC have just announced the immediate availability of Windows Phone 8X and 8S smartphones in the Mainland.
GSMInsider reports that HTC 8X can be purchased for 4,000 yuan outright, which is about $640/€490. The 8S is much cheaper and can be had for only 2,400 yuan off contract ($385/€295).
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3 December 2012
19:01 GMT |
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Gemini Wars is the first mainstream game from Camel 101 and they have really tried to do something different with a space-based strategy game where patience and solid plans are more important than huge fleet build-ups or quick reflexes.
The presentation of the game and some of the mechanics are similar to those seen... |
3 December 2012
18:41 GMT |
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Windows 8 is alive and kicking, with third-party statistics proving that Microsoft’s latest operating system is quickly increasing its market share.
But with so many rumors swirling around and claiming that Windows 8 actually missed internal sales projections because of the hardware industry, OEMs have no othe... |
3 December 2012
18:31 GMT |
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The illusive Nexus 7 tablet has launched in various regions, though the 3G version has yet to arrive in some countries.
AusDroid reports that the Wi-Fi model has just gone on sale at JB HiFi for only $300/€240. Keep in mind that this is the 32GB variant and is available both online and at the retailer’s b... |
3 December 2012
18:31 GMT |
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Owners of Android-based devices can now download a new flavor of a popular file manager for them, namely Total Commander.
The application was released late last week as version 2.01, and brings along a variety of enhancements, including support for drag and drop.
Furthermore, the mobile application packs a Stream... |
3 December 2012
18:01 GMT |
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The much bigger version of the Samsung Galaxy Note is about to hit Australian shores via Telstra.
The Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 4G has been recently spotted in Telstra’s internal inventory system, which suggests that the slate’s launch is closer than we originally thought.
The folks over at AusDroid hav... |
3 December 2012
18:01 GMT |
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Apple is selling second-generation iPads at considerable discounts via its Special Deals section in the U.S., a site usually reserved for sales of refurbished products, including tablet computers.
An iPad 2 with cellular wireless capabilities and the maximum amount of storage that you can order (64GB) can be yours t... |
3 December 2012
18:01 GMT |
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Chris Avellone, the creative director at Obsidian Entertainment, says that despite its success, Planetscape: Torment does not represent the right way to handle story telling in video games and the more recent Fallout: New Vegas is a better experience because it includes emergent experiences.
He tells Gamasutra that,... |
3 December 2012
17:57 GMT |
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Listening to Pandora Internet Radio on Windows 8 is as easy as on any other Windows platform out there, because you simply have to launch your browser and go over to the official page of the service.
But in case you wish to make the most of the Modern interface of the new Windows 8, there’s only one option. It... |
3 December 2012
17:41 GMT |
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Amateur and professional photographers who’ve turned their Android devices into cameras will be happy to learn that one of the most popular applications for image processing, Photo Studio, has just been updated with lots of new features and improvements.
Previous bugs reported by owners of Samsung devices powered by... |
3 December 2012
17:31 GMT |
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Winter's officially here, in the Northern hemisphere at least, but snow is a little elusive in most places. With global warming becoming more and more "popular," chances are it's going to stay that way for a while.
There's not much to do about it, except stop using your car so much, lower your carbon ... |
3 December 2012
17:11 GMT |
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Nintendo has revealed that the Wii U can certainly overtake the original Wii in terms of sales, as not only does it have great games released for it or scheduled to appear on the device, but it also offers a new type of experience. The Wii U was released in North America last month and came out in Europe and other p... |
3 December 2012
17:11 GMT |
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Developer Terminal Reality and publisher Activision Blizzard have announced that Norman Reedus and Michael Rooker, two of the actors of the Walking Dead television series, will lend their voices to the upcoming Survival Instinct title.
The two actors will continue their roles as Daryl and Merle Dixon and will be the... |
3 December 2012
17:05 GMT |
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The environmentalists working with Greenpeace now have their minds set on forcing Amazon Web Services to embrace a more green-oriented working agenda, and decided that the best way to so this would be to crash the re:Invent conference in Las Vegas. Thus, they created a hoax website and tried to trick conference goe... |
3 December 2012
16:51 GMT |
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Microsoft previously said that the number of apps available in the Windows Store is not at all relevant because it’s the quality of these apps that’s the most important in the end.
The overall quality of the Windows Store, however, seems to lose some precious points as plenty of duplicates are actually s... |
3 December 2012
16:51 GMT |
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GO Weather EX, the free weather application for Android devices has just received a small update that brings support for live wallpapers. The new feature can be enabled from the Setting menu within the application. Aside from this new feature, the latest update fixes a few bugs and improves the 2M resources. Accor... |
3 December 2012
16:31 GMT |
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It's December, so we can pretty much wrap 2012 up . That's the thinking behind all the charts and roundups that have already started showing up, with more to come soon enough. Yahoo takes the lead in the search engine department, publishing the top 10 searches of the year.
There's nothing really surp... |
3 December 2012
16:11 GMT |
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Two years ago when I used to use Snow Leopard on my office Mac I'd generally put on a smug smile every time people asked me about the benefits of using a Mac. Two years and just as many OS upgrades later, I’m not so sure anymore. We’ve already discussed the strange Save As… axing and Apple&rs... |
3 December 2012
16:01 GMT |
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Thanks to a relatively large number of TV shows introducing the general public to the idea of a do-it-yourself home makeover, UK's rivers and other similar water sources are now experiencing an increase in their pollution levels.
The specialists who looked into this issue explain the problem as follows: whenev... |
3 December 2012
16:01 GMT |
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Internet Explorer 10 is the latest version of Microsoft’s in-house browser and it’s currently installed by default on all Windows 8 devices. What’s more, the company has recently released a preview version for Windows 7 users too, with the final build expected to be released in a few weeks.
Althoug... |
3 December 2012
16:01 GMT |
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Following the release of Galaxy Note and Galaxy Note II phablets, South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung might be considering the launch of a third smartphone in the series, and enthusiasts have already started to dream of what the phone could be all about.
Supposedly dubbed Samsung Galaxy Note 3, the device is ex... |
3 December 2012
16:01 GMT |
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Users interested in learning a few more details on what the upcoming BlackBerry 10 operating system will have to offer to them can now have a look at a video demo of the platform’s camera, embedded above.
Research In Motion’s Arun Kumar, senior product manager, Multimedia at BlackBerry, is the one to of... |
3 December 2012
15:41 GMT |
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Trine 2: Director's Cut, one of the most anticipated downloadable games for the Nintendo Wii U, hasn't been released in Australia, as developer Frozenbyte was apparently late in submitting the game to the Australian Classification Board.
The Wii U came out last week in Europe, as well as in Australia or Ne... |
3 December 2012
15:31 GMT |
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It's December, which means we're halfway through the holiday season already. Santa is almost here and, just like in every year for several decades now, there's no hiding for him. That's because NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command) is on it.
Once Santa's off the ground, his trip a... |
3 December 2012
15:11 GMT |
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Users who want to offer their children a memorable Christmas experience by having a company send them personalized responses from Santa Claus are advised to be on the lookout for shady emails that advertise such services. The emails are entitled something like “Personal Letter From Santa For Your Child,”... |
3 December 2012
15:11 GMT |
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Canonical announced a few hours ago, December 3, in a security notice, that they updated the default web browser in all their supported Ubuntu operating systems to Mozilla Firefox 17.0.1.
Mozilla Firefox 17.0.1 is now available for all supported Ubuntu platforms, including Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal), Ubuntu 12.... |
3 December 2012
15:08 GMT |
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It may very well be that baby pandas and tiger cubs are perfectly worthy of being the poster children of conservation projects, but this does not change the fact that there are also some other animals out there which, though not as cute and as cuddly, are in dire need of attention and protection.
Without further ad... |
3 December 2012
15:01 GMT |
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Until Sony decides to offer more details on the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update for 2012 Xperia smartphones, a new firmware update makes its way onto some of these devices.According to Sony Mobile, the new Ice Cream Sandwich software update for Xperia P, Xperia U, Xperia go and Xperia sola brings lots of improvements t... |
3 December 2012
14:59 GMT |
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South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung has managed to climb at the top of the smartphone market with its Android-based Galaxy models, and it seems that new devices that will help the company remain there will land on shelves soon.
Among them, there will be a new smartphone in the popular Galaxy S lineup, one that ... |
3 December 2012
14:51 GMT |
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As expected, Motorola and Verizon Wireless have just started the rollout of the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update for DROID RAZR HD and DROID RAZR MAXX HD.The US-based handset maker has just confirmed the update is now live OTA (over the air), so owners of DROID RAZR HD and MAXX HD devices can manually check for the upgr... |
3 December 2012
14:44 GMT |
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Publisher Electronic Arts reveals that players who pre-order the upcoming Dead Space 3 from Amazon will be able to get access to the unique Enervator weapon while those who get the game before launch from GameStop get access to the EG-900 SMG.The official description for the first weapon reads, according to CVG: &ldq... |
3 December 2012
14:40 GMT |
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While most people opt for either cutting down a tree, or simply buying a fake one, General Motor's British subsidiary saw fit to celebrate both the winter holidays and green-oriented behavior by means of a Christmas tree made from parts taken from a Chevrolet Volt.
In order to make sure the tree ended up looki... |
3 December 2012
14:31 GMT |
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If you’re looking into ways to watch your favorite TV shows on a Windows 8 device for free, you may want to have a look at the newly-released TVCatchup app.
With support for 32-bit, 64-bit and ARM Windows 8 devices, the app provides access to a wide array of British TV channels, including movies, sports, news,... |
3 December 2012
14:31 GMT |
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One of the hottest Android smartphone recently announced, the Nexus 4 will soon be available for purchase via Google Play store.The folks over at Phandroid have just learned the handset will go on sale at 12:00 noon PST (Canada only). The 8GB model of Nexus 4 will be available for purchase for $310/€240, while t... |
3 December 2012
14:27 GMT |
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Last week, during the BlackBerry Jam Asia conference, Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion unveiled to the world a few more details on its upcoming BlackBerry 10 operating system, and also demoed some of the platform’s new features and capabilities.
We have already had the chance to take a look at t... |
3 December 2012
14:21 GMT |
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Developer Valve is updating Steam in order to give the new Big Picture mode a wide release, but there are other changes for those who are using the digital distribution service.
One of the main additions allows gamers to use alternate installation locations, which means that titles can be installed outside the Steam... |
3 December 2012
14:14 GMT |
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Since electronics devices are becoming a common part of the learning experience, Acer has decided to create a laptop that schools of all levels can appreciate to some extent or another.
The new notebook from Acer America is called TravelMate B113 and gets the usual mix of hardware, designed around an Intel CPU.
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3 December 2012
14:11 GMT |
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This past Saturday, a Royal Bengal tiger living at a zoo in Delhi passed away as a result of multiple organ failure.
Those in charge of looking after it are deeply saddened, especially given the fact that, during its heydays, Naresh was considered to be the zoo's alpha male. This was both because of its impres... |
3 December 2012
14:01 GMT |
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Just around the time The Pirate Bay launched The Promo Bay, BitTorrent, the company behind the controversial technology, starts to highlight bigger and bigger success stories of people who used platforms like BitTorrent and free content to get a lot of attention, a lot of goodwill, a lot of fans and a lot of money.
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3 December 2012
13:51 GMT |
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Developer haolin zhang has decided to make the world a better place by releasing his SlideGirl iOS app free of charge. The title used to sell for $1.99 / €1,79 but you can now download the game for free on your iPhone or iPad.
An image-sliding puzzler featuring some lovely Asians, SlideGirl has players putting ... |
3 December 2012
13:51 GMT |
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Bethesda has just confirmed that the new Dragonborn DLC for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim will appear on the PC and PlayStation 3 platforms in early 2013.
Skyrim captured the hearts and minds of millions of gamers from all over the world last year and, since then, developer Bethesda has released lots of patches across... |
3 December 2012
13:42 GMT |
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Flash mobs tend to be very energetic, involving bystanders in complex dance moves. This time, a serene sing-along is going viral.
A Christmas Song Flash Mob can even endear Grinches, as a crowd bursts out into caroling in a mall. This video, posted on November 28, received almost 60,000 views so far, and it definite... |
3 December 2012
13:31 GMT |
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Canadian carrier Bell Mobility has just added the Samsung Galaxy S III to the list of supported devices for its PTT application for Android.
Launched earlier this year, Bell’s Push-to-Talk service requires customers to sign up for a special $15/month add-on (Unlimited Canada-wide Push-to-Talk).
Bell’s P... |
3 December 2012
13:31 GMT |
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Android 4.2 Jelly Bean might be the latest flavor of Google’s mobile operating system at the moment, but it won’t remain so for too long.
The Internet giant is said to be already working on the next platform release, although no specific info on what it might pack inside has been provided as of yet.
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3 December 2012
13:31 GMT |
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Valve has confirmed that the Big Picture mode for its Steam digital distribution service is now available to all of its 50+ million users. What's more, in order to celebrate this great moment, a variety of big price cuts has been made to controller-friendly games in the store.
Steam is by far one of the most po... |
3 December 2012
13:24 GMT |
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The Tattooed Youth Librarians in Massachusetts aims to change people's perception about the occupants of their position by putting out a calendar. Yes, you read it right, this organization exists and it wants to sell you a calendar.
16 librarians posed for the first issue, in an effort to fight stereotypes and... |
3 December 2012
13:11 GMT |
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Microsoft has already sold a total of 40 million Windows 8 copies in the first month of availability, but this doesn’t seem to be enough for the Redmond-based devices and services firm.
Microsoft will thus continue its Windows 8 advertising efforts with a special event scheduled to take place on Thursday, Dece... |
3 December 2012
12:51 GMT |
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Facebook for Firefox becomes official, with an announcement from Mozilla and a more detailed explanation of the tech behind it from Facebook. The first Firefox Social API app became available weeks ago and is supported in Firefox 17, the latest stable release.
Until now though, the app was still labeled as a beta. N... |
3 December 2012
12:43 GMT |
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Samsung’s Galaxy Note series of phablets is already highly popular among end users, although released right from the start with a focus on a niche market.
Following the release of the 5.3-inch Galaxy Note last year, Samsung pushed to shelves a successor this fall, with an even larger screen on the front, name... |
3 December 2012
12:41 GMT |
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Plasma and LCD/LED displays are the norm today, but it wasn't long ago that display makers also sold rear-projection models. Mitsubishi has finally driven the TV type out of the market though.
Rear-projection television is a type of large-screen television display technology used in most low to mid-range TVs un... |
3 December 2012
12:41 GMT |
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Exactly one year after its official launch in Canada, BlackBerry Bold 970 arrives at Mobilicity. The Canadian carrier has just announced the immediate availability of the smartphone for no less than $300/€230 off contract.
The handset comes with BlackBerry 7.1 operating system out of the box and packs a 1 GHz s... |
3 December 2012
12:31 GMT |
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The handcuffs of the future might look this, and have the added bonus of tasering the detainee wearing them.
According to Patent Bolt, they would have a built-in accelerometer, a potentiometer, an inclinometer, biometric sensors, and camera sensors.
Pictured above is a prototype of the product, which looks similar... |
3 December 2012
12:21 GMT |
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Developer Florentin Dana has slashed the price on Elite Horses iOS to FREE. The app boasts a huge collection of the most beautiful horses, complete with photos and breed description. Users can zoom in on images, mark them as favorites, compare and share with friends, and even play a trivia game to test their knowled... |
3 December 2012
12:21 GMT |
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Video game developer Valve has announced the short movies that have received a Saxxy Award for each of the four core categories, but the overall winner will only be revealed during the coming Spike Video Game Awards show that takes place on December 7.
The winners include:
- Best Action: Meet the Dumpster Diver
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3 December 2012
12:11 GMT |
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Tumblr seems to be suffering from a viral hack at the moment, as several blogs appeared to have been compromised and are now displaying a message from the notorious troll organization GNAA.
The problem seems to be with Tumblr, which has acknowledged it, so account credentials probably haven't been compromised.... |
3 December 2012
12:11 GMT |
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Although Windows 8 was designed to be user-friendly and intuitive, we’ve heard that plenty of users are actually struggling to find a quick way to shut down or reboot their Windows 8 device. While the Alt + F4 hotkey does the job on desktop computers, not the same thing can be said about tablets running Window... |
3 December 2012
12:01 GMT |
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elasticize.js is a very small but useful jQuery plugin to make textareas grow in size so the content typed inside them always fits. We are all obsessed with technology. So when you spend between 100 and 200 dollars or euros on a wide screen 23+” PC monitor and you access a site and there's a contact form ... |
3 December 2012
12:01 GMT |
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Fotoxx, a free open source Linux program for photo editing and collection management that’s easy to use and install, has just reached version 12.12.
Fotoxx provides a hassle-free solution to simple photo edition and library management. The latest version, 12.12, has quite a few changes, as it can be seen from ... |
3 December 2012
11:55 GMT |
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Scientists have revealed that the “Pinocchio Effect” is not just a childhood myth meant to frighten little liars; it actually has a scientific explanation, only that it involves the temperature of the nose, not its size.
Based on thermography techniques, a study led by a group of researchers at the Unive... |
3 December 2012
11:45 GMT |
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Rayman Legends, the impressively looking puzzle platformer for the Nintendo Wii U is going to be released on February 26, according to a new report on the web.
The Nintendo Wii U has just been released all over the world alongside all sorts of great games. Sadly, one of its main exclusives, Rayman Legends, didn'... |
3 December 2012
11:41 GMT |
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Galaxy Note II, one of the most appealing Android-based devices that wireless carrier Verizon has made available for its users, has been up for purchase on its website since November 29 at $299.99 with the signing of a two-year contract agreement. Starting with December 1, the Samsung smartphone will be even more a... |
3 December 2012
11:41 GMT |
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Installing a driver on Linux used to be quite difficult, but in the past few years the process has become quite common. Here is a short tutorial on how to install the latest certified drivers from Nvidia, 310.19. After the launch of Steam for Linux, Nvidia has released two major driver versions, featuring a huge num... |
3 December 2012
11:39 GMT |
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PrankvsPrank uploaded this video chronicling the effects of extremely hot pepper sauce on the human body, during a “harmless” prank.
Couple Jesse and Jeanna have gathered a lot of followers by uploading clips of themselves pranking each other, but this time Jeanna looks like she is going to faint.
This... |
3 December 2012
11:34 GMT |
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Samsung Ativ S is expected to arrive in Canada in mid-December, though the smartphone was originally slated for a November release.
The device will be available at multiple Canadian carriers, including Rogers Bell, SaskTel and TELUS for prices ranging from $130/€100 to $150/€115 on 3-year agreements.
We a... |
3 December 2012
11:31 GMT |
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There seems to be some confusion regarding the RAM upgradability of the new iMac (Late 2012) models from Apple Inc. Apparently, some people believe the memory chips are downright soldered to the logic board making it physically impossible to swap the modules. It was previously thought that only the 27-inch iMac (Lat... |
3 December 2012
11:21 GMT |
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Today, Panda Cloud Antivirus has been updated to version 2.1, which adds a new component, anti-exploit protection.
The new technology is designed to detect and neutralize malware exploiting zero-day vulnerabilities in popular applications installed on the system. It is part of the behavioral protection mechanism, so... |
3 December 2012
11:14 GMT |
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The home NAS device launched by Gigabyte, and its inability to support HDDs of over 3 TB, shows that 4 TB models have yet to become a full part of the storage industry.
This is why it might come as a surprise to learn that drives with 5 TB capacities are already being prepared.
Western Digital itself has revealed... |
3 December 2012
11:06 GMT |
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Nicole Scherzinger didn’t have as much luck as a solo artist as she might have counted on, but that’s not to say she didn’t have enough to keep on trying. She’s currently preparing for the release of a brand new single. Called “Boomerang,” it will precede a yet untitled album. ... |
3 December 2012
10:58 GMT |
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With the winter gloomy days just about to come, the Swedish energy company Umea Energy came up with light therapy panels to turn the dullness brighter.
Light panels were installed in 30 bus stops in a town in Northern Sweden, where during wintertime the locals can enjoy not more than five hours of sunlight a day, GO... |
3 December 2012
10:57 GMT |
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Cairo, a 2D graphics library with support for multiple output devices, that produces consistent output on all output media while taking advantage of display hardware acceleration when available, is now at version 3.1.2. Unlike the previous version, Cairo 3.1.2 is only a maintenance release, which means that only fix... |
3 December 2012
10:57 GMT |
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Headphones don't usually break, not before the circuits inside are so worn down that the sound gets buzzy and scratchy.
Nevertheless, SOL Republic decided it was time someone released some truly tough headphones.
The result is a series of headsets equipped with FlexTech technology and priced between £79.... |
3 December 2012
10:51 GMT |
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UK supermarkets and stores have recently decided that perhaps it might not be such a bad idea to lower their standards a tad, at least when it comes to how “sassy” the vegetables they purchase from local farmers need to be.
This is because, as a result of the poor growing conditions (i.e. the bad weathe... |
3 December 2012
10:49 GMT |
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Several hundreds of apps are submitted to the Windows Store every day, according to some unofficial sources, so it’s no surprise that Windows 8’s new feature continues its growth.
According to the newly-released MetroStore Scanner, there are more than 25,000 apps available in the Store right now, althoug... |
3 December 2012
10:48 GMT |
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One of the designers that created Planescape: Torment recently stated that he was interested in creating a sequel that would focus on the core philosophical concepts of the series, without necessarily using the Dungeons & Dragons game system.
Now, RPGCodex is reporting that Brian Fargo, the leader of inXile, obtaine... |
3 December 2012
10:47 GMT |
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“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” is the first major motion picture to have been shot and released in a 48 fps format. According to reports, some fans found that and the 3D a bit too much to take, and left the theater feeling dizzy.
As the Daily Mail explains, most movies are shot in a 24 fps (frames ... |
3 December 2012
10:45 GMT |
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2013 may or may not be a year of good storage device sales, but whatever happens, there will be a clear difference in one area, compared to 2012. USB 3.0 flash drives will sell much better than this year, both because USB 2.0 has become old fashioned and because it is easier to cram more storage capacity in small pa... |
3 December 2012
10:40 GMT |
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News Corp.’s digital newspaper for the iPad, The Daily, is officially shutting down. After receiving mixed reviews and failing to generate any profits, the app has been officially yanked from Apple’s iTunes Store after almost two years of availability.
In a press release issued today, News Corp. said it ... |
3 December 2012
10:39 GMT |
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There’s no doubt that Samsung’s Galaxy S III is one of the most popular smartphones of all time, but what about Apple’s iPhone 5?
According to TrustedReviews, citing uSwitch’s survey, Samsung sold more Galaxy S III units in the UK than Apple’s iPhone 5.
These figures are based on &ldq... |
3 December 2012
10:39 GMT |
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Just last week, I reported on the heartwarming act of a police officer, who stopped and bought a homeless man boots while on duty, to help him get through the harsh New York winter. Unfortunately, it wasn't long until the man was spotted barefoot again. Reporters at the New York Times caught him on ca... |
3 December 2012
10:36 GMT |
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IndieCity, a digital distribution platform for indie games in which the developers can create an online presence, build an audience, and distribute games, wants to expand into the Linux market. Steam is acting like a vacuum cleaner for the Indie games developers, especially after Valve announced that their digital d... |
3 December 2012
10:34 GMT |
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The pricier Nintendo Wii U Premium and ZombiU bundles sold more than the lower-priced Basic one in the UK, at least according to a report from Chart Track, which claims that over 90% of launch sales consisted of the more expensive packs.
Nintendo released the Wii U in the UK and the rest of Europe last week and it s... |
3 December 2012
10:31 GMT |
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Nokia Lumia 920, the best-selling Windows Phone 8 handset, is partially sold out at AT&T, as customers can only order the white and black color versions.
The red, cyan and yellow-themed Lumia 920 are expected to arrive back in stock at AT&T in about a week or so, sources in the market claim.
Anyway, Windows Phone f... |
3 December 2012
10:31 GMT |
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High officials and local authorities in New Jersey are now busy trying to figure out what caused a train carrying hazardous materials to derail while crossing this American state.
The incident occurred this past Friday morning, and several concerns are now raised with respect to how it will impact on both the envir... |
3 December 2012
10:29 GMT |
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The first European drone named Neuron and powered by a Rolls-Royce Turbomeca “Adour” engine, performed its first flight on Saturday, December 1, from Dassault Aviation's test base in France.
“Today, the nEUROn, Europe’s unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) stealth technology demonstrator, ... |
3 December 2012
10:25 GMT |
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The development team at Crytek is giving players a chance to evaluate their PCs before the launch of Crysis 3 and see how well they will be able to run the coming first-person shooter.
Minimum requirements for Crysis 3 include:
Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8
Dual core CPU
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3 December 2012
10:25 GMT |
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It has begun! With yet another 3 good months to go until the industry’s biggest ceremony and a little over a month until the nominations are announced, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the 10 movies vying for the Best Special Effects category.
As USA Today points out, it includes ... |
3 December 2012
10:24 GMT |
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Light bulbs have been with us for decades upon decades, but 2013 might be the year when they finally leave our lives for good.
The official name of the new light bulbs is FIPEL, for field-induced polymer electroluminescent bulbs.
They can replace fluorescent lighting and provide light similar to natural sunlight in... |
3 December 2012
10:22 GMT |
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Ubisoft has confirmed that its Uplay app for the Nintendo Wii U is now live in North America, allowing users to manage their Uplay account and spend their points on various in-game rewards.
Uplay is Ubisoft's special online service that connects all of the games made by the company across all sorts of platforms... |
3 December 2012
10:21 GMT |
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A tipster has forwarded Tech Crunch an email according to which Apple will be inviting a small group of people to an iTunes event in Moscow’s GUM, a shopping center located on the capital city’s Red Square. Scheduled for the evening of December 4, the event will be held by Apple’s iTunes team in fr... |
3 December 2012
10:21 GMT |
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One of our favorite sayings these days goes, “pictures or it didn’t happen.” Those doubting that Taylor Swift was dating One Direction singer Harry Styles have just been proved wrong, as the first photos of the two as a couple have emerged online.
Rumors about the two have been making the rounds fo... |
3 December 2012
10:20 GMT |
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Video game developer Crystal Dynamics and publisher Square Enix are announcing that Jason Graves is the composer who is now in charge of the original score for the upcoming reboot of Tomb Raider, which will be launched during 2013.
The video stars Zachary Levi as he escorts Graves around London and talks to him abou... |
3 December 2012
10:20 GMT |
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The fifth episode for Halo 4's Spartan Ops mode has just been released by Microsoft via Xbox Live, alongside a special video that shows the intense scenes that will take place in the game.
Besides its impressive single-player campaign and the addictive multiplayer one, Halo 4 also keeps players hooked on its ex... |
3 December 2012
10:18 GMT |
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The Far Cry series has distanced itself from other first-person shooters with gorgeous visuals and by approaching special themes like genetic engineering, in the first game, or the general idea of being a mercenary, in the second one. Now, Far Cry 3 has arrived with the same stunning graphics as well as with a speci... |
3 December 2012
10:11 GMT |
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A hacker called xPerf3cti0n – apparently part of Anonymous Pakistan – has defaced a total of 319 websites from various parts of the world, including Spain, China, Thailand, Taiwan, Mexico, India and Italy. The attacker claims there are “various reasons” why the sites were hacked. “Dea... |
3 December 2012
10:09 GMT |
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Nokia has already sent Symbian to the graveyard, yet the mobile platform is still alive and kicking in the memory of those who had the chance to use it when nothing else was available on the smartphone market. When compared to Android, iOS or the new Windows Phone 8 platforms, Symbian is clearly lacking a lot of fea... |
3 December 2012
10:05 GMT |
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The fight for the internet, as it's being framed, is on as representatives from 200 countries and various groups meet in Dubai to discuss the future of the global network. The debate has been heated leading up to the event and it's going to get even hotter.
On the one hand, pretty much the entire western w... |
3 December 2012
10:01 GMT |
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Tablet accessories usually take the form of pouches, cases, maybe special headphones and the like, but the one that Sanwa made isn't an accessory as much as something to which the tablet itself can become an accessory. Called “100-MR066,” the product is essentially a display stand for any monitor or... |
3 December 2012
09:52 GMT |
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Eric Eucker, a crew member of the Cleveland Browns, committed suicide on Saturday, at the team's practice facility, located in a suburban area.
Eucker worked as an assistant grounds keeper for the Cleveland Browns. According to the Inquisitr, he hung himself in the equipment shed. He was in charge of mowing the... |
3 December 2012
09:49 GMT |
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Canonical announced that a couple of vulnerabilities had been found in the Linux kernel packages, this time affecting the OMAP4 kernel of the Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) operating system.
The CVE-2012-0957 and CVE-2012-4565 Linux kernel vulnerabilities affected Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) OMAP4.
According to... |
3 December 2012
09:45 GMT |
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Mario Lopez, the handsome and ripped X Factor co-host, is officially off the market. Mario and his longtime girlfriend and baby mama Courtney Mazza were married in a very low key ceremony over the weekend.
Us Weekly has confirmation of the happy news, together with more details but, for the time being, no pictures ... |
3 December 2012
09:41 GMT |
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Last week, Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia made its Lumia 920 Windows Phone 8-based flagship device available for pre-order in the Netherlands, and it appears to have enjoyed high demand for it right from the start.
The handset, currently officially available for purchase in a wide range of markets around the worl... |
3 December 2012
09:40 GMT |
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According to a study performed by Opinion Matters on behalf of security platforms provider Crossbeam Systems, 75% of smartphone users from the United Kingdom would move to another company if their mobile network providers suffered a security breach.
The figures show that 79% of women and 70% of the men who participa... |
3 December 2012
09:34 GMT |
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Slacko Puppy, a distribution built from Slackware 14.0 binary TXZ packages, featuring binary compatibility with Slackware and access to the Slackware, Salix and Slacky package repositories, is now at version 5.4.
Highlights of Slacko Puppy 5.4:
• A new SFS Manager has been integrated;
• A new Updates Mana... |
3 December 2012
09:33 GMT |
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Google is acquiring companies at a fast pace again, after slowing down for a while. The latest on the shopping list is BufferBox, a company that provides rentable lockers for deliveries. It's a peculiar choice for Google, but not a very surprising one at the same time. The company is backed by Google Ventures, ... |
3 December 2012
09:30 GMT |
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Over the past four days, as many as 67 sea turtles suffering with hypothermia ended up stranded on beaches in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
As marine zoologists explain, being forced to swim in cold waters numbs the turtles and makes it impossible for them to carry on with their journey. Thus, they are left with no choi... |
3 December 2012
09:20 GMT |
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A study conducted by scientists at Bournemouth University in England suggests a novel perspective over the ancient Stonehenge's origins. Unlike previous assessments, the paper published in the Antiquity journal, suggests that in the prehistoric monuments' creating process the big sandstones were placed fi... |
3 December 2012
09:19 GMT |
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When he’s not working on his new show “Anger Management,” or offering his former “Two and a Half Men” co-star Angus T. Jones a role on it, Sheen has also found time to shoot a movie. The first trailer for it is now out.
Check it out in full above.
“A Glimpse Inside the Mind of ... |
3 December 2012
09:18 GMT |
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Sony Online Entertainment says that it already has a number of ideas about the new content that will be added to Planteside 2 in the short term, including player-owned bases, more continents for players to explore and NPC armies that will join the fight in the MMO.
John Smedley, the leader of the development team wo... |
3 December 2012
09:17 GMT |
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Return To Castle Wolfenstein, a first-person shooter released back in 2001, with Activision as publisher, now has a cooperative mode that was just updated by its developers. The patches for Return To Castle Wolfenstein Coop are coming at brisk pace and more and more features are getting integrated. This time, Retu... |
3 December 2012
09:11 GMT |
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Network-attached storage devices are fine pieces of work, even if most consumers never need their services and, thus, don't come to appreciate how useful they can be. The multitude of businesses and small offices that do use them, however, more than compensate for the regular people's disinterest. The ne... |
3 December 2012
09:10 GMT |
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Blocking The Pirate Bay certainly raised a few eyebrows in the UK, but it wasn't hard to defend the move, "because pirates." People who know about history know that there's no such thing as a little or as good censorship. Once you're down that road there's no turning back.
A great example is the... |
3 December 2012
09:10 GMT |
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Internet Explorer 10’s factory-enabled Do Not Track option has been praised by many privacy advocates and end users out there, but it seems that not all consumers actually agree with it.
A research conducted by Mediasyndicator and YouGov has revealed that one in three British users would dump Internet Explorer... |
3 December 2012
09:04 GMT |
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Lindsay Lohan is in trouble again: just days after being arrested (unjustly so, she says) for assault on a female patron in a NYC club, the IRS just seized all her bank accounts to cover her outstanding debts, it has emerged. Lindsay’s financial situation has been sketchy for years, mostly because she’s... |
3 December 2012
08:56 GMT |
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John Smedley, the leader of SOE, has showed the community the first concept image for the Fleet Carriers that will soon be integrated into Planetside 2.
The image was offered via the official Twitter account of the developer and it seems that the new vehicle will probably be added at some point during 2013.
In the ... |
3 December 2012
08:53 GMT |
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This past Saturday, fashion designer Pamela Skaist-Levy (i.e. co-founder of Juicy Couture) received an unexpected and not at all pleasant home visit from a mob of angry anti-fur activists.
The reasons for their choosing to gather around and protest in front on this designer's residence in Beverly Hills are qui... |
3 December 2012
08:51 GMT |
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A press release from Cupertino just hit the wires confirming that South Korea and 50 other countries across the globe are set to receive shipments of the latest iPhone model. The rollout is scheduled for the entire month of December, Apple says.
Apple confirms today that its iPhone 5 will be available in South Korea... |
3 December 2012
08:51 GMT |
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The Pope's official Twitter account is live, despite having been around for only a few hours and not having tweeted anything. In fact, there's not one but eight official accounts in several languages.
The Vatican announced that it would be launching an official account for the Pope several weeks ago.... |
3 December 2012
08:50 GMT |
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Nokia’s new Lumia 920 smartphone, the company’s flagship Windows Phone 8 device, has a lot to offer to its users, that’s for sure.
In fact, both Nokia and its partners appear set to make sure that users are aware of that, and the new video promo that RadioShack has published with the device shows ... |
3 December 2012
08:48 GMT |
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WinSCP has been updated over the weekend to version 5.1.2. The new revision focuses on squashing bugs and does not introduce any new features. One of the nagging problems solved by the developer is the one with the progress window that would pop up when the application was minimized. On the same note, WinSCP should ... |
3 December 2012
08:41 GMT |
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Researchers from security firm F-Secure have identified a new Mac malware planted on a website dedicated to Dalai Lama (gyalwarinpoche.com).
The malicious element, Dockster, uses a Java-based exploit which leverages the same vulnerability as the notorious Flashback.
Once it finds itself on a computer, Dockster dro... |
3 December 2012
08:37 GMT |
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She’s a judge and mentor on X Factor UK but, where her own music career is concerned, the truth is that Tulisa has seen better days than she does now that she’s a solo act. With performances like the one above, it might be another while until she’s taken seriously as such.
Tulisa performed her bra... |
3 December 2012
08:34 GMT |
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Colin McComb, one of the developers who worked on the original Planescape: Torment, says that he is interested in revisiting the classic role-playing game now that he has completed the work he needed to do on Wasteland 2 at inXile.
On his blog he states that, “Of all the games I’ve written, the one that ... |
3 December 2012
08:27 GMT |
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The new SilverStone Redline PC case may be a fairly unremarkable PC case, but it is regal compared to the GZ-F2 and GZ-F5 series entry-level ATX mid-tower cases from Gigabyte. These two are clearly only meant to hold the hardware together and nothing else. They are large enough for most common motherboards and vide... |
3 December 2012
08:27 GMT |
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While it’s impossible to count the number of downloads recorded by the apps available in the Windows Store, Microsoft’s executives previously hinted that some specific programs had already registered more than 1 million downloads.
According to an analysis conducted by WinAppUpdate on the apps with the mo... |
3 December 2012
08:26 GMT |
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Cinematic-MRI, a new technique that provides high-clarity images, was used to capture this video of twins battling it out in their mother's womb.
According to Huffington Post, the images will be used by Dr. Marisa Taylor-Clarke of Imperial College's Robert Steiner MR Unit in London. She is studying Twin T... |
3 December 2012
08:23 GMT |
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BatteryCare received a new update over the weekend, which brings to the table a couple of improvements as well as a small set of fixes. According to the developer, the new version should start up to four times faster. Additional improvements touch on the algorithm behind time estimation, which should be more accurat... |
3 December 2012
08:23 GMT |
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Microsoft confirmed the Halo 4: Crimson Map Pack DLC for its recently released first-person shooter last week and now a video and quite a few screenshots have surfaced on the web, showing off the three new maps that are coming for the game.
Halo 4 has been a huge success for Microsoft, with the company selling many ... |
3 December 2012
08:19 GMT |
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X Factor is a great platform to promote new work, and all the stars asked to perform on the show certainly know this by now. Pink made her X Factor debut over the weekend with “Try.”
Check out the video above to see how she did.
Though featuring none of the breathtaking choreography showcased in the or... |
3 December 2012
08:18 GMT |
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Squid, a caching proxy for the Web supporting HTTP, HTTPS, FTP that helps reducing bandwidth and improves response times by caching and reusing frequently-requested web pages, is now at version 3.2.4. Squid 3.2.4 is mainly a maintenance release, with just a few bug fixes and improvements. Users should upgrade noneth... |
3 December 2012
08:16 GMT |
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Need for Speed: Most Wanted is a game about rewards and freedom, a racing experience where the cars are the only rivals on the road and the only companion in cutscenes, but that does not mean that humans are entirely absent from the Criterion-made title. Autolog originated as a feature in the Need for Speed series ... |
3 December 2012
08:16 GMT |
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Hackers from all over the world have turned their attention to Syria. One of the targeted websites is the one of the Syrian Industrial Bank (industrialbank.gov.sy), defaced by a hacker calling himself AnonHeart404.
“Sorry admin but your page was taked by us. Because from Latin America, we are sad seeing destro... |
3 December 2012
08:15 GMT |
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I know we've already had one “picture of the day,” but there are few who can blame me for wanting to share this image of a baby harp seal as well. In all fairness, it is Monday and I can only assume that everybody needs such a display of cuteness to start the week with a smile. Some say that this... |
3 December 2012
08:12 GMT |
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A free app on the iTunes App Store encourages iPhone owners to take a photo of their boss and use it to create a cameo and beat the life out of him / her using stones, knives, and traditional slapping across the face. Rated 12+, Kill The Boss in 5 Minutes encourages frustrated office workers to blow off steam by sti... |
3 December 2012
08:11 GMT |
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Two border collies born out of Gary Rintel's extreme affection for his dog are spreading fear among Central Park's visitors, getting wild in the area.
Despite people's expressed discontent, Rintel defends his dogs claiming that their behavior is absolutely normal and that they didn't harm anyone,... |
3 December 2012
08:08 GMT |
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A fresh build has been released for uTorrent 3.4 alpha. The release focuses on repairing various issues and does not integrate any new features. The list of changes is just three entries long.The first entry in the list announces that metadata download timeout has been decreased to 15 seconds (from two minutes), in ... |
3 December 2012
08:00 GMT |
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Justin Bieber performed in Toronto the other night and, as if that wasn’t treat enough for his fans, also included a special appearance by none other than Drake himself. Check out the video above to see their joint performance.
As Justin was singing “Right Here,” a track on his “Believe&rdqu... |
3 December 2012
07:59 GMT |
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Customers of National Australia Bank (NAB) are advised to be on the lookout for fake emails that inform them of unauthorized activity on their accounts.
“Due to your recent account activity, you need to confirm that the last transactions were made by you or another authorized user of the account. You can do th... |
3 December 2012
07:56 GMT |
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Jalen Saunders and Cortez Johnson of the Oklahoma Sooners are facing charges on possession of a controlled substance, reports say.
According to The Oklahoman, wide receiver Saunders and cornerback Johnson were caught at a traffic stop, in Saunders's vehicle. Johnson was driving the car at 2 a.m., in Lindsey and... |
3 December 2012
07:55 GMT |
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Those who engaged in Halo 4's multiplayer mode before November 20 and are from North America now have access to six new specializations, which were initially exclusive only to those who got the Limited Edition of the game.
Halo 4's Limited Edition came with a variety of special goodies, including six class... |
3 December 2012
07:51 GMT |
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Christmas is coming, which means some people will be buying new PCs which, by extension, means new cases. SilverStone, like any other desktop enclosure developer, wants to bank on that.
The case in the photos above and below is part of the Redline series and bears the name of RL04.
Measuring 220 (W) x 480 (H) x 52... |
3 December 2012
07:50 GMT |
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Video game developer Blizzard has moved to register a website domain for Project Blackstone, which was previously owned by a Texas resident who has allowed his own registration to expire during 2011.
Projectblackstone.com does not yet direct those who access it to an actual page, so it’s unclear how Blizzard i... |
3 December 2012
07:47 GMT |
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In case you were holding on the hope that Matt Lauer will soon be fired from The Today Show over poor ratings and the debacle around Ann Curry’s departure, don’t anymore: he won’t be fired, he’s not going anywhere.
The denial comes straight from the Today boss Alexandra Wallace, who insists ... |
3 December 2012
07:47 GMT |
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On December 1, John McAfee’s spokesperson revealed that they received an “unconfirmed report” that the founder of the world-renowned antivirus company had been arrested at the border between Mexico and Belize. Although they haven’t been able to confirm it, today, Brian Fitzgerald – an o... |
3 December 2012
07:45 GMT |
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SeaMonkey 2.14.1, a web browser, advanced e-mail, newsgroup client, IRC chat client, and HTML editing suite, has been released.
SeaMonkey 2.14.1 is just a maintenance release, featuring a few necessary fixes and no new features.
Highlights of SeaMonkey 2.14.1:
• The Select Addresses dialog no longer comes up... |
3 December 2012
07:41 GMT |
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Since acceptable display quality isn't varied enough to differentiate between monitors, display makers have to use other means of attracting customers. Philips has a very unusual one in mind. Philips has officially introduced the Gioco 278G4 3D display, whose specifications are, overall, regular, but whose spe... |
3 December 2012
07:40 GMT |
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David Jaffe, the video game developer best known for creating Twisted Metal and working on the first two God of War titles, says that he is currently working on a new secret project with Jenova Chen, the leader of thatgamecompany, although no clear details have been offered.
The veteran game maker states via Twitter... |
3 December 2012
07:35 GMT |
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Nokia Lumia 920 and Lumia 820 were officially launched in Hong Kong several days ago. However, both smartphones sold out in a matter of hours leaving lots of Windows Phone 8 with a bitter taste.
According to the latest reports, the Lumia 920 sold out in less than 7 hours since it had gone on sale, but there have be... |
3 December 2012
07:31 GMT |
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A woman from Milwaukee is now the proud owner of this original Alexander Calder lithograph, which she bought at a Goodwill location. The buyer reportedly acquired the piece because it was titled “Red Nose,” The Spreadit writes. She had imagined the artist was recreating a reindeer, and she is likely to f... |
3 December 2012
07:25 GMT |
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Popular blogging platform WordPress has received an update for iOS devices adding audio feedback when performing touch gestures, support for self-signed certificates and more.
Recent buyers of the new iPad mini who also maintain a WordPress blog will be glad to learn that version 3.3 adds full support for the diminu... |
3 December 2012
07:24 GMT |
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FireFall is a futuristic MMO shooter that takes place on Earth, literally. Developers claim that the game will have the largest world ever created into a co-op MMO shooter. In fact, the map of the world is a 1/10th replica of Earth. Created by Red 5 Studios, the team of devs comprises people who have worked for vani... |
3 December 2012
07:24 GMT |
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In releasing iTunes 11 to the public last week Apple made more than a few changes under the hood. One update that slipped unnoticed in the sea of enhancements is the new OS requirement on Macintosh computers.
While iTunes 11 still has pretty much the same requirements on Windows PCs, Mac users are now required to ru... |
3 December 2012
07:21 GMT |
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The Nintendo Wii U has just been released all over the world in the last few weeks and the Japanese company has now detailed its marketing strategy, which currently focuses on hardcore fans and will soon target more casual gamers who don't know a lot of things about the new device.
The Wii U is now available fo... |
3 December 2012
07:21 GMT |
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New observations coming from an orbiting satellite suggest that active volcanoes might be spewing sulphur dioxide into the atmosphere of Venus. Although a large number of volcanoes have long been discovered on Venus, sufficient proof to assess their activity or inactivity today hasn't been found yet, Daily Mail... |
3 December 2012
07:20 GMT |
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Barack Obama, President of the United States, seems to have committed a huge PR faux pas after agreeing to pose for an official photo for the Rosa Parks anniversary on the Rosa Parks bus, thus once more bringing attention to himself.
The photo (above) sees the President on the same bus Parks refused to leave in 195... |
3 December 2012
07:17 GMT |
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Google’s Nexus 4 smartphone keeps on running out of stock in the official Google Play portal, and it seems that there’s little that the Internet giant can do about it. LG has already confirmed that there’s tremendous demand for the smartphone all around the world, and that it has postponed its rel... |
3 December 2012
07:11 GMT |
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Back in September, we learned that a flaw in WhatsApp, the popular cross-platform mobile messaging app, allowed cybercriminals to hijack user accounts. According to experts, these types of attacks are still possible, despite the fact that the company has recently made some changes.
Initially, the problem stemmed fro... |
3 December 2012
07:10 GMT |
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Microsoft has just won another battle in the war against Chinese companies that sell counterfeited software, as Shanghai-based retailer Ruichuang Network Technology agreed to pay a total of 36 million yuan ($5.7 million / €4.3 million) in compensation for distributing unlicensed products.
The Register reports t... |
3 December 2012
07:07 GMT |
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Google Chrome continues to dominate the browser market share, according to StatCounter numbers, the Google browser gained one percentage point in just one month, going from 34.77 percent in October to 35.72 percent in the last. This further distances it from Internet Explorer, the runner up.
IE ended the month with ... |
3 December 2012
07:01 GMT |
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The big launches of the fall are over and, as gaming enters the month of December, the rhythm of game releases slows down and players have a chance to buy the games they might have missed and take them out for a spin. Xbox 360 Guardians of Middle-Earth - Warner Bros. - 4/12/2012 Mass Effect Trilogy - Electronic Art... |
3 December 2012
06:57 GMT |
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Each year so far, Heidi Klum and, until not long ago, her ex-husband Seal, delivered the thrills on Halloween in terms of costume. Though they’re no longer together and even if she celebrated Halloween late this year, Heidi did not disappoint. As fans must know, Heidi canceled all plans for her yearly Halloween... |
3 December 2012
06:56 GMT |
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The first quarter of the next year will provide the owners of Windows Phone 7.5 devices with the possibility to enjoy a nice range of enhancements on their smartphones, as Microsoft will deliver to them the 7.8 flavor of the mobile operating system.
The company has already provided some info on what the new softwar... |
3 December 2012
06:41 GMT |
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Intel is bringing to the public a new release: version 3.1.2 of the well-known Intel SSD Toolbox software. However, it is meant to work only for the Intel SSD 335 Series devices.The new update fixes the incorrect reporting of the E9h media wear indicator value. This means that you can be sure that, if your SSD Toolbo... |
3 December 2012
06:35 GMT |
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Unsurprisingly, The Dark Knight Rises continues to lead the top 10 most pirated movies on BitTorrent chart. It landed a couple of weeks ago in the top spot and has stayed there since. It's very likely it's going to stay there for a while longer.
That said, there are several new entries in this week's ... |
3 December 2012
06:31 GMT |
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We already reported that LG introduced the Optimus L9 last week, though the smartphone did not make it to shelves until recently. Well, it looks like starting today, Android enthusiasts in India will be able to purchase the LG Optimus L9 for a suggested retail price of Rs 23,000 outright, which is about $420/ €... |
3 December 2012
06:21 GMT |
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The official NASCAR app is now available to download for all Windows 8 users, as the app offers support not only for 32- and 64-bit versions of the new OS, but also for Windows RT.
The application offers all the information a NASCAR fan would ever need, including news, videos, driver standings and race schedules. Ju... |
3 December 2012
06:11 GMT |
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Stepan Piryanyk, a Ukrainian entrepreneur, has invented the “coffin therapy,” a novel kind of psychotherapy to help people relax. What might appear to us as a totally strange recreation is nothing uncommon for the Ukrainian inventor, since the coffin was a normal accessory in the house ever since his chi... |
3 December 2012
05:57 GMT |
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If you’re a fan of HBO’s “Game of Thrones,” you can’t possibly miss out on the goodies delivered by the video above. It’s a clip showing how the production on the new season is progressing.
Clearly, everyone involved on the show knows that the game has been upped considerably wit... |
3 December 2012
05:57 GMT |
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Yahoo is trying to drive down costs and get rid of products and features it doesn't need or which don't make financial sense anymore. The latest on the chopping block is Yahoo Messenger. Messenger itself is safe, but several of its features aren't. The Yahoo Messenger Pingbox is one of them. The feat... |
3 December 2012
05:52 GMT |
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Mouse Computer has revealed a new LuvMachine Mini (Lm) personal computer, one that might just be the best cheap alternative to acquiring an all-in-one personal computer.
All-in-one PCs have a solid market share, but they are still expensive compared to desktop + monitor setups with the same capabilities, and even s... |
3 December 2012
05:49 GMT |
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Qt, a cross-platform application and UI framework with APIs for C++ programming, is now at version 4.8.4.
Qt 4.8.4 comes with some very important changes and hundreds of updates and new features. A lot of them are platform-specific, but some are Linux-only.
Highlights of Qt 4.8.4:
• Outline and fill inconsist... |
3 December 2012
05:48 GMT |
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Sophos Labs Principal Researcher Gabor Szappanos has released an interesting technical paper that details the notorious BlackHole exploit kit.
BlackHole has been around for quite some time now and judging by the fact that we keep seeing new versions, it’s unlikely that cybercriminals will stop using it to dist... |
3 December 2012
05:45 GMT |
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Confessed serial killer Israel Keyes took his own life in his prison cell in Alaska, on Sunday, December 2. Before committing suicide, Keyes revealed that he was responsible for the deaths of at least seven other people, as well as two bank robberies. As we wrote earlier today, he was facing murder charges in Ancho... |
3 December 2012
05:44 GMT |
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Recent news on the topic of green energy sources and harvesting them informs us that the sovereign Arab state of Qatar is planning to significantly cut down on its greenhouse gas emissions with the help of solar power.
Thus, Qatar officials have explained that the state is to invest a whopping $20 billion (roughly ... |
3 December 2012
05:40 GMT |
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It has been revealed that the chief of iNVASIVECODE, Geppy Parziale, had been helping Apple out with a nifty little feature in iTunes 11 that enables gift card holders to redeem the value simply by holding the code up to the computer’s webcam.
Geppy Parziale reportedly worked closely on the new code redeemer i... |
3 December 2012
05:36 GMT |
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British scientists have succeeded to generate stem cells out of endothelial cells in the patient's blood vessels, an achievement that is hoped to have a big contribution in the heart dysfunctions treatment. The study, led by scientists at the University of Cambridge and published in the journal Stem Cells: Tra... |
3 December 2012
05:24 GMT |
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Japanese handset maker Sony Mobile has just confirmed that it will unveil more details on the Jelly Bean update for Sony Xperia S in mid-December.
In addition, the company has stated that more info on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean upgrades for 2012 Sony Xperia smartphone will be available in about two weeks as well.
The i... |
3 December 2012
05:24 GMT |
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John Smedley, the leader of Sony Online Entertainment, says that his team has long-term plans for the recently launched MMO Planetside 2 and that the next 3 years of content launches are already laid out and will be revealed to the fan base at some point in the near future.
Writing on his own blog, the developer sa... |
3 December 2012
05:23 GMT |
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Sony has confirmed that it will take down its PlayStation Network online service today, December 3, in North America, for scheduled maintenance and other such things.
Sony has taken great pride in its PlayStation Network online service, adding lots of great features while upgrading existing ones, like the PlayStatio... |
3 December 2012
05:22 GMT |
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Advanced Micro Devices isn't as hasty as it used to be, which means that it doesn't intend to push its processor generations out the door too quickly, and that goes for consumer chips as much as for enterprise products.
The current generation of AMD Opteron server and enterprise processors is codenamed Ab... |
3 December 2012
05:20 GMT |
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Puddle is a puzzle game developed by Neko Entertainment and published on Steam. A Linux version is also in the works, according to the CDR database.
In Puddle, players will have to tilt the environment in order to make the liquid reach its goal. The entire level is affected by friction, gravity and temperature, not... |
3 December 2012
05:17 GMT |
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It may be another while until fans get to see the first footage / trailer for J.J. Abrams’ “Star Trek Into Darkness” but at least we now have the first official teaser poster. Check it out in full above, click the image to enlarge. It shows a man (could it be Benedict Cumberbatch’s mysteriou... |
3 December 2012
05:16 GMT |
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Dropbox is making its first international expansion and has announced that it is opening offices in Dublin, Ireland, to serve the European market. The city of choice is no coincidence, that's where most tech firms host their EU offices, due to the low taxes and increasingly specialized work force. "Little known... |
3 December 2012
05:12 GMT |
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A Turkish hacker called Maxney has managed to breach and deface a number of six subdomains owned by Acer India.
The affected sites are: acn.acer.co.in, adn.acer.co.in, aln.acer.co.in, asn.acer.co.in, humanet.acer.co.in and select.acer.co.in.
The file containing the leaked user credentials has been removed from Ra... |
3 December 2012
05:10 GMT |
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A murder-suicide in Kansas City is sparking debates about gun control, as star linebacker Jovan Belcher was involved in the incident. According to NY Daily News, 22-year-old Kasandra Perkins was shot to death on early Saturday, December 1, by her boyfriend, Belcher. He became enraged after she returned late from a c... |
3 December 2012
05:08 GMT |
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While US customers still have to wait about a week for the new iPhone 5 order to materialize, Australians can get theirs in as little as two days; four days tops, if the shipping takes longer than expected.
Apple has updated the iPhone 5 shipping quota in Australia where customers can now order a factory-unlocked iP... |
3 December 2012
05:03 GMT |
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Google TV is expanding into Europe, as devices are becoming available over the Atlantic now. With a device like this though, just having the physical thing doesn't amount to much, it has to be supported with content and services for it to make any sense.
Thankfully, Google is doing some things for the European ... |
3 December 2012
04:55 GMT |
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Developers Arrowhead Game Studios and publisher Paradox Interactive have announced that their Magicka action-adventure video game has received a new patch that’s designed specifically to allow gamers to use the new Big Picture mode on Steam.
The full patch notes read:
- Magicka now gets full controller suppor... |
3 December 2012
04:54 GMT |
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With less than two months left until Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion makes the BlackBerry 10 platform and the first smartphones powered by it official, users can already have a closer look at what these devices will have to offer.
A new video demo of a BlackBerry 10 L-Series smartphone is now availab... |
3 December 2012
04:53 GMT |
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As most people know, the SPCA's working agenda mainly revolves around saving abandoned and abused animals, and finding new homes for them.
Now that the organization plans on teaching some of the dogs in their care to drive, it is quite likely that these pooches will get new owners in no time.
Truth be told, ... |
3 December 2012
04:52 GMT |
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Gary Busey has a long and colorful track record but, according to a new report, his legal problems are far from over even though the bankruptcy case he opened in February this year just closed: he still is in massive debt.
Busey filed for bankruptcy earlier this year, with reported liabilities between $500,000 (&eu... |
3 December 2012
04:49 GMT |
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Splice, a unique and very interesting puzzle game created by Cipher Prime Studios, will be arriving on Linux in the near future. Players will enter the microbial world and start splicing the genome. Every level or strand consists of a number of cells that users will need to rearrange into a target structure, in seve... |
3 December 2012
04:48 GMT |
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Shortly after they had stopped their attacks against the Israeli government, Anonymous hackers turned their attention back to Syria. The cyberattacks were intensified after the all Internet communications were blocked.
“Anonymous will NOT allow this massive violation of the human rights of the free Syrian peop... |
3 December 2012
04:47 GMT |
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Bob Costas speaks of gun control on Sunday Night Football, during the show's halftime segment. During his anti-gun speech, he discusses this weekend's incident in which Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher took his own life, after ending that of his girlfriend's. 22-year-old Kasandra Perkins wa... |
3 December 2012
04:46 GMT |
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The first release candidate for version 2.65 of Blender has been launched. It is not quite as stable as many users would wish but it integrates a batch of new features and also does away with plenty of issues affecting various modules. New in this build is the fire simulation that has been added to the Smoke Simulat... |
3 December 2012
04:45 GMT |
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A new form of malware is trying to exploit a four-year-old Windows AutoRun bug on unpatched Windows workstations, including Windows 7 and the new Windows 8 operating system.
Security companies warn that more and more computer users are getting infected with this malware, even though the latest Windows iterations com... |
3 December 2012
04:45 GMT |
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Splinter Cell: Blacklist has received a brand new gameplay video, showing off a variety of non-lethal takedowns that can be performed by the hero, Sam Fisher.
Splinter Cell games have put an emphasis on stealth and going through levels undetected but recent titles, like Conviction, have also featured plenty of mecha... |
3 December 2012
04:43 GMT |
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Massive Dynamics Inc., an acquirer and developer of communications technology, has announced the TeliPad, an add-on for tablet computers that can turn any iPad into a smartphone.
Although few people are likely to relinquish their iPhone in favor of the TeliPad, the opportunity to have two extra communication channel... |
3 December 2012
04:43 GMT |
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WebRTC is taking shape, with Mozilla and Google pushing to make the technology a reality in a couple months' time. Both Chrome and Firefox support the main components of WebRTC, a complex new technology and upcoming standard that will enable real-time audio and video chat in the browser. Mozilla is a bit ahead,... |
3 December 2012
04:35 GMT |
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Rygel, a home media solution (UPnP AV MediaServer) that allows users to easily share audio, video, and pictures to other devices, is now at version 0.17.3.
With Rygel, users will be able to browse from the TV or PS3 the media collection on a PC running GNOME, and they will have the possibility to play any of said me... |
3 December 2012
04:30 GMT |
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It is no news that the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010 was the largest accident of this type in the entire history of the petroleum industry. Hence BP's having to pay a $4.5 billion (€3.52 billion) fine for damages caused to the environment.
However, a recent report made public by scientists working w... |
3 December 2012
04:30 GMT |
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Developer Kerberos Productions and publisher Paradox Interactive have launched a new patch for their space-based strategy game Sword of the Stars II, which is designed to fix a number of crashes associated with various game situations while also improving the overall game experiences.
The full patch notes can be fou... |
3 December 2012
04:30 GMT |
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Norwegian scientists conceived a new, sophisticated camera that allows the Earth's Auroras to be seen in a light they have never been seen before.
The NORUSCA II hyperspectral camera has the capacity of capturing a large range of shapes and colors in a very quick rhythm. It comprises 41 distinct optical tapes w... |
3 December 2012
04:24 GMT |
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Fugees rapper Pras Michel is taking a film director to court after he refused to hand over to him footage shot for a piracy documentary. The film was supposed to be called “Paper Dreams,” it has emerged.
An older passion project of Pras’, the documentary was also supposed to show an incident in which the... |
3 December 2012
04:23 GMT |
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The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued numerous alerts to warn Internet users about pieces of ransomware that rely on the names of law enforcement agencies to convince victims to pay up. The latest version uses the name of the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3).
The pieces of malware ... |
3 December 2012
04:15 GMT |
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GNOME Control Center, GNOME's main interface for the configuration of various aspects of your desktop, is now at version 3.4.3.
Highlights of GNOME Control Center 3.4.3:
• The Ctrl+Alt+W key combination is now handled differently than Ctrl+W;
• Users can now escape the wallpaper filename before displ... |
3 December 2012
04:12 GMT |
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A cloud music player project for SkyDrive was started approximately one and a half years ago, but Microsoft seems to make some real progress with its new web-based player.
The editors over at LiveSide have found out some secret code hidden in the SkyDrive.com page which actually demonstrates that Microsoft is curren... |
3 December 2012
04:11 GMT |
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Nintendo has once again emphasized the fact that the Wii U won't get a price cut anytime soon, as the new home console offers a variety of features in two different versions that will attract a lot of consumers, according to the company. Nintendo released the Wii U in North America last month and in Europe last... |
3 December 2012
04:11 GMT |
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It looks like Samsung plans to launch a sequel to the budget-friendly Galaxy Pocket smartphone. The ‘Plus’ version has been recently spotted via a leaked ROM built for Belgium.
Although the South Korean company also released a dual-SIM variant of the Galaxy Pocket, it appears that Android enthusiasts wil... |
3 December 2012
04:10 GMT |
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Carmen Tarleton was disfigured when her then-husband threw industrial-strength lye on her, in 2007. 44-year-old Tarleton, from Vermont, is writing a book documenting the domestic abuse and how the experience has helped her get a fresh start in life. Her book, titled “Overcome: Burned, Blinded and Blessed,&rdqu... |
3 December 2012
04:09 GMT |
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Also known as Samsung Galaxy S II Lite, the Galaxy S Advance was launched on the market back in April with Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread operating system out of the box.
According to Samsung, the smartphone will eventually receive a Jelly Bean update at some point, though the South Korean company did not offer any detai... |
3 December 2012
04:05 GMT |
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The news just broke that, thanks to scientific and technological developments, the dolphins and the sea lions presently employed by the US Navy are soon to enter an early and forced retirement.
For those unaware, the dolphins and the sea lions working with said military forces are trained to detect underwater mines... |
3 December 2012
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Back in 2010, a laptop and a hard drive containing unreleased music from rapper and producer Ryan Leslie were stolen. Truly desperate, he promised a reward of $1 million (€766,930) to whoever might bring them back, which he’s now refusing to pay. Both his laptop and the hard drive have been returned to L... |
3 December 2012
04:03 GMT |
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Yahoo's doing better than it has been for the past few years, it's flush with cash, it's got a hot new CEO, things are looking up. A Mexican court though has ordered it to pay $2.7 billion, €2.07 billion in damages to a couple of companies, something that could prove a huge burden for th... |
3 December 2012
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On November 21, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) discovered a piece of spyware on a computer belonging to the organization. The agency’s representatives believe that the malware might have stolen information on Epsilon, their solid-fueled rocket.
According to Voice of Russia, the infected device w... |
3 December 2012
04:00 GMT |
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James Shively, who has previously worked as corporate strategy manager at Microsoft, is planning to make the most of the recently-approved marijuana bill in Washington to launch a premium pot business in the state. According to an interview with KiroTV.com, Shively has already worked out the plan for his future busin... |
3 December 2012
03:52 GMT |
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Facebook has been the most popular photo sharing service in the world for a few years now without even trying. Now that it is trying, few will have a chance of competing.
Facebook has been working on a feature which would enable users to have all of their photos automatically uploaded to the site.
It's been ... |
3 December 2012
03:51 GMT |
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Given the extreme food waste registered by the United States' population, American scientists have invented a microwave-like mechanism which makes the bread last for 60 days.
The mechanism was conceived by MicroZap, a bio-tech private company from Texas Tech University and it works as a reducer of the mold grow... |
3 December 2012
03:47 GMT |
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A leak from inside Bethesda gives fans of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim a chance to pressure the Achievements that the development team plans to include in the new Dragonborn downloadable content pack, while also offering more details on the narrative thread of the new adventure.
The Achievements that Bethesda linked ... |
3 December 2012
03:43 GMT |
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Grilo, a framework focused on making media discovery and browsing easy for application developers, is now at version 0.2.4.
Grilo 0.2.4 can provide an API that abstracts the differences among various media content providers, allowing application developers to integrate content from various services and sources.
Hig... |
3 December 2012
03:41 GMT |
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Sony has begun its 12 deals of Christmas sale on the PAL PlayStation Store and already revealed two very impressive bargains, in the form of discounts for a 90-day PlayStation Plus subscription and one for the downloadable version of Battlefield 3.
November brought some great deals for gamers, what with Thanksgiving... |
3 December 2012
03:37 GMT |
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Even if there wasn't some sort of prompting on the part of the world's leadership, or the executive bodies of each country, the industry would be looking into better portable energy solutions.
That doesn't mean the latest investment on the US Government's part is a waste though, or at least not e... |
3 December 2012
03:36 GMT |
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The latest revision for Stardock’s application launcher for Windows 8 has entered a new beta stage of development, adding new features that extend its functionality, as well as repairs to increase usability. Freshly added to Start8 (reviewed here) 1.09 beta is the possibility to view items in the folders pinne... |
3 December 2012
03:33 GMT |
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Chris Brown is back on Twitter. Last week, the singer got into a very nasty verbal spat with comedienne Jenny Johnson, after which he simply deleted his account without saying a word.
Also without a word, he’s back. Brown’s Twitter page is active again but he is yet to tweet anything, which could mean r... |
3 December 2012
03:33 GMT |
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A strange label on the latest-generation iMac torn down by iFixit seemingly indicates that Apple is assembling at least some units in the United States. The company was previously thought to have shut down all its US assembly plants.
In partnering with Foxconn years ago, Apple was able to reduce a lot of the costs a... |
3 December 2012
03:31 GMT |
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Microsoft has just expanded the availability of its Windows Phone Store in 42 new markets. In addition, the Redmond-based company has just announced new ratings requirements available for games published in Taiwan and Russia.
Developers who have yet to choose worldwide distribution for their apps can now return to D... |
3 December 2012
03:25 GMT |
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NORAD has just launched a dedicated Windows 8 application for its online Santa tracking service, allowing adopters of Microsoft’s latest OS to place a countdown to Christmas on their Start Screens.
The application is available for free in the Windows Store and offers support for 32- and 64-bit versions of the ... |
3 December 2012
03:23 GMT |
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Android 4.2 Jelly Bean, the latest flavor of Google’s mobile operating system, might not be as close as wanted to being released on various high-end smartphones out there, yet unofficial releases will arrive sooner rather than later, it seems.
Based on Android 4.2.1, CyanogenMod 10.1, the latest version of th... |
3 December 2012
03:20 GMT |
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A snapshot reveals one of the largest traffic jams in history, on the M10 in Russia, this weekend. It looks like it was an epic jam for motorists in the Tver region. You can see as the trail gets lost in the horizon, on a snowy day. The photo was taken on the M10 highway, somewhere between Moscow and St. Petersburg... |
3 December 2012
03:14 GMT |
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A study led by scientists at the University of Edinburgh reveals for the first time the moment in history when human beings gained the ability to think, learn and analyze different conditions. It has been determined that human genes' evolution to a level where thinking was enabled dates to over 500 million year... |
3 December 2012
03:11 GMT |
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aptosid, an operating system based on the Debian GNU/Linux unstable branch, or sid, has now reached version 2012-01. The developers of aptosid want to be on the forefront regarding the definition of a rolling distribution. Users will get access to more than 30,000 free and open source packages for private, business ... |
3 December 2012
03:09 GMT |
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BioShock Infinite received its official cover over the weekend and people who were looking forward to the release of the game immediately started criticizing the fact that it was way too generic and barely reflected the actual action that will take place in the game. BioShock Infinite is the spiritual successor to t... |
3 December 2012
03:09 GMT |
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There was probably no grand plan to start a whole string of new releases regarding the 3D Printing market, but we dare say that this may just be coming to pass, as even Brave Robotics is trying its hand at it.
In 2013, a 3D Printing service accessible to the public will finally be launched. Until then, however, peo... |
3 December 2012
03:05 GMT |
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Steve Ellis, one of the co-founders of Free Radical, says that the development process for Star Wars: Battlefront III was almost complete when the project was canceled and the company went into administration.
NowGamer quotes the game maker as saying, “We were making a game with very high ambition. You could s... |
3 December 2012
03:02 GMT |
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Microsoft’s newly-released Windows Store is growing up at a fairly slow pace right now, as there are around 20,000 apps available worldwide, but it’s only available for Windows 8 users exclusively.
While there’s also a browser-based version of the Store that allows you to view the description and t... |
3 December 2012
03:00 GMT |
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Nexus 4, the latest Google phone out there and the first in the series to be built by LG, has seen impressive demand all around the world, the South Korean handset vendor claims. In fact, the company also announced that, due to this overwhelming demand for the smartphone, users in Australia wouldn’t be able t... |
3 December 2012
02:56 GMT |
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Given the fact that lions are presently listed as a vulnerable species, one would suspect that a lion cub would be more than overjoyed to be touched by His Holiness and thus gain some much needed extra points in terms of being watched over by a greater power.
Still, the baby lion in this picture is anything but hap... |
3 December 2012
02:56 GMT |
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Shortly after introducing the Nokia Asha 205 and Nokia 206 feature phones, the Finnish company silently launched another entry-level handset, the Nokia 114.
Just like the previous models, Nokia 114 is a cheap feature phone aimed at emerging markets.
For the time being, the phone is only listed on Nokia India offic... |
3 December 2012
02:46 GMT |
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This past Friday, a 61-year-old man named Tom Kennedy got bitten by a shark while he was snorkeling with a friend in the waters off the Hawaiian island of Maui.
Despite the fact that the man cannot say for sure what species the shark that bit him belonged to, local authorities suspect that it was a tiger shark.
T... |
3 December 2012
02:45 GMT |
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If you’re planning to put the cool wedge-shaped iMac box under the Christmas tree this year, you’d better visit the Apple online store fast. Supplies for the U.S. are dwindling down as you are reading these lines. Apple had long confirmed that its new-generation iMacs would be constrained upon launch, an... |
3 December 2012
02:38 GMT |
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South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung is working on a new processor for the smartphone market, and info on it has already emerged on Samsung’s Kernel Git page.
The upcoming SoC sports the name of Exynos 5440, and is identified as SSDK5440. Based on ARM’s Cortex-A15, it seems the new processor will be ... |
3 December 2012
02:35 GMT |
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Law enforcement officials are investigating the death of serial killer Israel Keyes, found dead in his jail cell on Sunday, December 2. Keyes had been imprisoned in Alaska since confessing to the murder of 18-year-old Samantha Koenig in Anchorage, in February this year. He was scheduled to face trial on murder char... |
3 December 2012
02:35 GMT |
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Developer Wargaming is giving interested players a chance to take a first look at the units and the landscapes that will be featured in the upcoming multiplayer-oriented World of Warships, which allows players to take control of a variety of naval units and engage in World War II battles.
The team says that all the ... |
3 December 2012
02:35 GMT |
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A brand new trailer for ZombiU has just been released on the web, this time showing off the basic premise of the game, which is to survive in a zombie-infested London, as well as the unique features of the title thanks to the Wii U's GamePad.
ZombiU is one of the few hardcore games exclusive for the Nintendo Wi... |
3 December 2012
02:34 GMT |
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Windows XP, one of the most popular Windows versions ever but also Microsoft’s biggest headache right now, has dropped below 40 percent market share, as the Redmond-based technology company is still struggling to convince users to upgrade. With Windows 8 already on the market, Microsoft’s real challenge ... |
3 December 2012
02:21 GMT |
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Following the release of Windows Phone 8X and 8S smartphones, Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC might plan the release of a third smartphone powered by Microsoft’s latest mobile OS flavor, namely the Titan III. The handset has just emerged in Xbox Live, and rumor has it that it could be the very same codenamed... |
3 December 2012
02:19 GMT |
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Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia is not working on a smartphone running under Android – at least this is what Doug Dawson, Media Relations head for Nokia, said on Twitter yesterday.
His statement comes shortly after various rumors regarding such plans coming from the handset vendor made it to the web, fueled by a j... |
3 December 2012
02:08 GMT |
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Only last week, a dolphin residing at Sea World in Florida bit an 8-year-old named Jillian Thomas. Some would say that the dolphin decided to do this because the kid was being a tad stressful, but it seems that all the 8-year-old tried to do was feed it some fish. The girl's father caught the entire incident on ... |
3 December 2012
01:50 GMT |
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After leading police on a crazy three-wheeled chase on the streets of Sacramento on Sunday, comedian Katt Williams went into Target and slapped an employee hard across the face for no apparent reason. Videos of the incident have emerged online.
The one below is of the actual slap, captured on surveillance cameras. ... |
3 December 2012
01:44 GMT |
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SeaWorld is being harshly criticized by a family whose 8-year-old girl was bitten by a dolphin at the park, whilst she was feeding him. Video of the accident has been posted online (see it above), with the family saying SeaWorld protocols could stand much improvement.
The Thomas family is saying that the girl was bi... |
3 December 2012
01:18 GMT |
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She may have dumped her future husband almost literally at the altar (5 days before the wedding), but 26-year-old Crystal Harris has finally realized she was ready for marriage – to Hugh Hefner, 86, no less.
A new report suggests that the two, reconciled since this summer, have decided it was about time they t... |
3 December 2012
01:02 GMT |
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Samsung Canada recently announced the Ativ S would be delayed for mid-December, though it did not offer any additional details on the reasons behind this decision.
We still don't have an exact release date for the smartphone but the folks over at MobileSyrup report Bell Mobility has just started to receive Sams... |
3 December 2012
01:00 GMT |
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Brad Pitt’s latest collaboration with director Andrew Dominik, the much hyped “Killing Them Softly,” has failed to make a solid first impression at the US box office on its first day of release. In fact, it’s his worst movie debut ever.
The film, which tells the story of a gangster with a ra... |
3 December 2012
00:46 GMT |
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Although last week Samsung Canada promised it would start deploying the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean upgrade for Galaxy S III on December 3, it looks like the update is now live and ready to be downloaded and installed.
According to MobileSyrup, some Galaxy S III owners who purchased their devices via Rogers, Bell, TELUS ... |
3 December 2012
00:46 GMT |
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With the Galaxy Note II just launched on the market, Samsung now prepares new Android smartphones. There have been lots of unannounced devices that leaked in the past couple of weeks, but the handset maker is still mum on their launch date. The folks over at Techkiddy have just uncovered an unheard of Samsung SCH-... |
3 December 2012
00:34 GMT |
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The 64-bit version of Windows 7 continues to be the number one choice for Steam users, according to new statistics released by Valve’s gaming platform.This particular operating system recorded a 0.74 percent decline in November, but 58.58 percent of all Steam users are still running it, while the 32-bit version... |
3 December 2012
00:23 GMT |
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Microsoft’s Windows Store is growing up quickly, as more and more big apps are finally arriving on the brand new Windows 8 platform.
The latest app that gets a dedicated version for the new Windows OS is RealPlayer Express, a freeware solution that allows Windows 8 users to watch online videos with just one cl... |
3 December 2012
00:12 GMT |
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