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Structural biology is a fast-growing field of research, in which the only tool scientists have that allows them to peak at the 3D structure of a molecule is something called Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. The technique is especially suitable for this kind of operations, but, considering that it is cur... |
30 November 2009
20:01 GMT |
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Scientists at the Helmholtz Zentrum fur Infektionsforschung (HZI), in Germany, have recently shed new light on an old mystery, related to the pathway used by the Listeria organism to invade the human body, causing listeriosis. The disease is a threat for people with compromised immune systems, as well as for the elde... |
30 November 2009
19:01 GMT |
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Scientists have known for a long time that fingerprints, the tiny ridges that form at the tip of our fingers, serve the purpose of increasing friction between the fingers and the objects we are holding, therefore improving grip. Now, experts propose a new use for the structures, saying that their ridges may be acting... |
30 November 2009
18:01 GMT |
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Scientists at the University of Manchester, in the United Kingdom, argue that transporting nervous drivers into virtual reality could help them a lot in surpassing their driving-related phobias. The conclusion was drawn from a new set of experiments, which saw numerous volunteers being recruited and tested in the gro... |
30 November 2009
17:01 GMT |
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The Hayward, California-based Porifera company is currently working on a new method of using carbon nanotubes for capturing and storing carbon dioxide produced at an industrial scale by smokestacks. This is a goal towards which many research groups around the world are working. Developing a cheap carbon-capture and -... |
30 November 2009
16:01 GMT |
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It may have been utterly outshone by Dragon Age: Origins, but that doesn't really insult Divinity II: Ego Draconis in any way. After all, the competition was something beyond normal opponents. Still, Larian Studios managed to create a very interesting, role-playing game. Ego Draconis is part of the Divinity seri... |
30 November 2009
15:01 GMT |
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Scientists have determined in a new investigation that high levels of physical activity may be some of the triggers for the unforgiving disease that is arthritis. The condition manifests itself by deforming the joints inside the body, and causing excruciating pain in the sufferers. At this point, there is very little... |
30 November 2009
15:01 GMT |
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In addition to the now ubiquitously Blue Screen of Death error, generally associated with a severe system crash, Windows operating systems, including Windows Vista and Windows 7, can also be affected by Black Screens of Death. While, despite the actual color characteristics, both errors are the result of severe probl... |
30 November 2009
14:21 GMT |
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Some young mothers often accuse their partner of pretending to be asleep when, in the dead of night, the baby starts crying and needs immediate attention. A new study cited by the Daily Mail comes now to show that this is actually true, since men are able to sleep through the noise made by a crying baby, while women ... |
30 November 2009
14:21 GMT |
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Scientists at the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) have recently observed for the first time the hypothesized confinement of spinons inside condensed matter. The structures are nothing more than particle-like magnetic excitations, which, apparently, can be confined in very muc... |
30 November 2009
14:01 GMT |
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Mobile phone carrier Sprint is reportedly preparing to discontinue the QChat-based Direct Connect phones that it currently offers to its users. It seems that the wireless operator already stopped replenishing the stock of such devices, and models are starting to be sold out. Moreover, some handsets got discontinued,... |
30 November 2009
13:41 GMT |
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Thanksgiving is over but, without a doubt, many of us will continue feeling the effects of the holiday (and of the traditional meal in particular) for many days to come. One way to cut down on calories these days without actually feeling like it is by replacing diet with flavored water that we can prepare ourselves, ... |
30 November 2009
13:31 GMT |
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Scientists at the University of Saskatchewan in Canada, led by William Patterson, have demonstrated that the script behind the movie “The Day after Tomorrow” may have not been so far-fetched when showing a deep freeze taking over the world in just a few weeks. They argue that the latest Ice Age to have sw... |
30 November 2009
13:01 GMT |
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European officials and lawmakers don't really like big US companies, though most often than not their actions are justified. eBay has now been ordered to pay a €1.7 million fine for allegedly failing to prevent its users from selling products from the luxury goods manufacturer Moët Hennessy Louis Vui... |
30 November 2009
12:08 GMT |
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Google has started to roll out its upgraded search engine index Caffeine which is now live at one data center. Google announced that it would gradually introduce Caffeine to the main search engine after it closed down the sandbox which it set up for the project. There were no announcements at the time as when to exp... |
30 November 2009
11:10 GMT |
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According to a new scientific research, published in the latest issue of the respected scientific journal Pediatrics, it may be that hyperactive children tend to sleep less every night, on account of their condition. This, in turn, makes their activity levels even higher, which contributes to the ensuing vicious circ... |
30 November 2009
11:06 GMT |
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About a couple of years ago or so, Pamela Bach and former “Baywatch” star David Hasselhoff were in the midst of one of the most bitter and most publicly so divorce battle showbiz had ever witnessed. Today, Bach’s name makes the headlines again, this time for being arrested for driving under the infl... |
30 November 2009
11:04 GMT |
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MSI isn't the only one that released its own custom-cooled version of the Radeon HD 5770. Sporting a cooler with similar shape but different imprint, Sapphire's Radeon HD 5770 only has as new feature the different cooling mechanism. Still, this development warrants a reminder of the general features of this... |
30 November 2009
11:02 GMT |
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Just recently, during a live performance, Beyonce told fans gathered to see her sing that they should prepare for a new album in 2010. This, in turn, prompted speculation that she’s already hard at work on it (granted it doesn’t come out in late 2010). At the same time, an interview in the Guardian indica... |
30 November 2009
10:50 GMT |
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Worldwide leading provider of digital maps and dynamic content for navigation and location-based solutions Tele Atlas announced today that its maps would be used by GeoLife Limited, a satellite navigation software and location-based services provider. Moreover, the company also said that the agreement between it and... |
30 November 2009
10:48 GMT |
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Many pet owners do not look at their animals as simple distractions, but consider them indispensable members of the family. They are irreplaceable companions and many people cannot imagine having their little ball of fur, or scales in some cases, being taken away from them. And a growing body of research is also show... |
30 November 2009
10:48 GMT |
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On the heels of Google releasing its browser centric open source operating system, a team from computer manufacturer Dell adapted the source code to produce an OS tailored to Dell Mini 10v machines. Earlier this month, the Mountain View search giant offered the source code for Google Chrome OS, and open source pseudo... |
30 November 2009
10:37 GMT |
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Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia is reportedly getting ready to launch to the market during the next year only one device that will run under the Maemo operating system. One thing that is certain here is that this is not in line with some of the latest rumors regarding Nokia's plans to use Maemo on a far wider ... |
30 November 2009
10:30 GMT |
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After it released the USB 3.0 addon card, which answered end-users' prayers for a way to use their new USB 3.0 flash drives at full power, Sharkoon has kept the universal serial bus spirit alive by releasing a new computing accessory, the USB LANport, a device that allows for the connection of hard drives, print... |
30 November 2009
10:29 GMT |
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Scientists have determined that children who bully their schoolmates also tend to abuse their siblings at home. The conclusion belongs to a new study, which sought to investigate the links that appeared between bullying in school and at home. The investigation also aimed at discovering causal links that binded the tw... |
30 November 2009
10:29 GMT |
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In what has been described the end of an era, Oprah Winfrey announced that her long lasting and extremely popular talk show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, would breathe its last breath in 2011, once the 25th season comes to an end. For those wondering what will fill in the time, rapper Snoop Dogg has just the answer: his r... |
30 November 2009
10:27 GMT |
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Most of the controversy surrounding Google Books has been quieting down lately, but it's not all smooth sailing now that a revised settlement has been agreed upon. While the copyright issues regarding orphan books have been addressed, European countries are still very much against the idea that the task of pres... |
30 November 2009
10:25 GMT |
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Last week, Sun Microsystems announced a new beta release of its open source virtualization program, VirtualBox. Bringing Teleportation, a feature that allows for the live migration of a VM session from one machine to another, VirtualBox 3.1.0 can also restore VM states from arbitrary snapshots instead of just the las... |
30 November 2009
10:22 GMT |
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“New Moon,” the second film in “The Twilight Saga,” may have been trashed by critics upon release (and even by some fans later on), but it continues to make a lot of money, remaining atop of the North American box-office for the second consecutive week. As MTV informs, the film made an additio... |
30 November 2009
10:06 GMT |
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With Windows 7 out of the way for over a month now, Microsoft is starting to shift all of its focus and resources onto the next iteration of Windows, which, as far as unofficial clues from the company reveal, is in planning stage under the codename Windows 8. Asked “What's next for you at Microsoft?”... |
30 November 2009
09:59 GMT |
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Wireless carrier Sprint announced today that it had put in place a series of new deals for its users, offering them five popular handsets for free upon the signing of a two-year contract agreement. The offer will last only for a limited period of time, the operator added, also stating that it is only available onlin... |
30 November 2009
09:59 GMT |
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Developed with the special interest of providing realistic audio and immersion when playing first-person 3D games, the Roccat Kave 5.1 Surround Sound headset delivers realistic sound source placement through its ingenuous design and high-quality audio output capabilities provided by the 40nm speakers. Until not lon... |
30 November 2009
09:56 GMT |
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A scientist at the Orebro University in Sweden has recently developed a new method of allowing severely hearing-impaired people to regain at least a part of their former sense. The expert, engineering researcher Parivash Ranjbar, has developed a machine that is capable of transposing sounds into vibrations that, when... |
30 November 2009
09:46 GMT |
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Lady Gaga is a well accomplished and versatile performer, which is why fans have been patiently waiting for the Monster Ball, in support of her latest album, “The Fame Monster,” to kick off. On Saturday night, Gaga and her dancers, together with countless stage outfits one wilder than the other, reached T... |
30 November 2009
09:45 GMT |
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Looking for a little help when it comes down to Windows 7 deployments? Then look no further than a resource recently made available by Microsoft, designed for IT professionals that need Windows 7 deployment related guidance. Deploying Windows 7 Essential Guidance from the Windows 7 Resource Kit and TechNet Magazine i... |
30 November 2009
09:19 GMT |
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Girls go crazy for Taylor Lautner, the young actor playing Jacob Black in “The Twilight Saga” and who underwent a remarkable physical transformation for the part in the second film. Still, it’s not just teenage girls who mob the star, as he reveals in a recent interview cited by People magazine.
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30 November 2009
09:19 GMT |
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Renesas Technology America, Inc., announced today that it started the sampling of SH-Mobile Application Engine 4 (SH73720), a new application processor based on ARM Cortex A8, aimed at high-end handsets, which can deliver speeds of up to 1GHz. According to the company, the new solution comes with various processing ... |
30 November 2009
09:18 GMT |
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With the holiday shopping spree getting on its way, everyone even marginally involved in retail is going into overtime. This year more than ever, people are going online to avoid the crowds and long lines, but it doesn't always mean they'll have less of a hassle. Google is trying to make it worth their whi... |
30 November 2009
09:06 GMT |
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When Intel first developed its Mobile Internet Devices, sales were estimated to reach a figure somewhere between 150,000 and 200,000 shipments, an expectation that was demolished when the total sales amounted to a mere 30,000. MID manufacturers such as Compal, Quanta and ASUS became skeptical about these products as ... |
30 November 2009
09:06 GMT |
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The media and the Internet have been ablaze since Friday night, when golfer Tiger Woods got into a one-vehicle accident on the lawn of one of his neighbors. Speculation that the accident might have been caused by wife Elin Nordegren, with whom he reportedly got into a fight just minutes before getting behind the whee... |
30 November 2009
09:00 GMT |
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OKI Networks Co. Ltd., a subsidiary company of OKI Electric Industry Co. Ltd., specialized in designing and manufacturing telecommunication products, has announced the launch of a brand-new product for micro and small enterprises. This product, dubbed IPstage 1000, is a Telephony Box equipped with a broadband and a k... |
30 November 2009
08:52 GMT |
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Things are moving fast online and having an online presence doesn't just mean building a website like in the olden days and calling it quits. Not so long ago, MySpace was a must for any artist trying to 'connect' with his/her fans. Now though, Facebook is where it's at and having a Facebook Page ... |
30 November 2009
08:31 GMT |
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As noted a bit earlier today, Apple is looking to hire a “proactive” and “hardworking” software engineer to join its iPhone and iPod touch Maps team. The opening is for a full-time iPhone Software Engineer in Santa Clara Valley, Cupertino, California. The Job description has been published in ... |
30 November 2009
08:31 GMT |
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Experts have known for a long time that at the heart of very large galaxies lie supermassive black holes, with a mass several millions of times that of our own Sun. Since they learned this, astronomers have been trying to establish causal relationships between the two, as in which of the structures triggers the forma... |
30 November 2009
08:28 GMT |
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After the total sales of semiconductor products amounted to $20.6 billion in September, WSTS (World Semiconductor Trade Statistics) predicted October semiconductor sales to reach about $21 billion. Now, however, it seems that the marketing performance of chips exceeded the general expectations, amounting to no less t... |
30 November 2009
08:18 GMT |
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Motorola DROID, the second Android-based handset launched by Motorola, and the first one launched on Verizon, comes to the market with a feature that many other touchscreen-enabled devices do not have: multi-touch. However, a part of the phone didn't come around with support for the technology, the browser, but... |
30 November 2009
08:15 GMT |
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We've already seen Modern Warfare 2 earn all sort of achievements, with sales numbers being just one of them. The title has managed to become the biggest one ever launched, with the most sold copies during the launch week, but also one of the most controverted games as well. The game's famous airport massac... |
30 November 2009
08:06 GMT |
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The death of Michael Jackson has put the former King of Pop on top of music charts worldwide, and has stirred crowds of fans to the cinemas to see footage shot in his last days alive, but has also made the star the number 1 trending topic for the past year on Microsoft’s search/decision engine. Jackson, who die... |
30 November 2009
07:50 GMT |
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The new cooler from Cooler Master merges an ingenious combination of strong and balanced airflow with versatility and a high-quality design. Not only does the fan itself deliver excellent cooling but it is also reliable and has a longer lifespan compared with mainstream cooling mechanisms, mainly due to the Barometri... |
30 November 2009
07:34 GMT |
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Jump! Ultimate Stars is an uptake on the previous release, Jump Super Stars. It features a similar Super Smash Bros.-style fighting gameplay with a huge array of licensed manga characters. In total, 300 characters from 41 different mangas are available and will enable players to go wild and have some real fun. Player... |
30 November 2009
07:16 GMT |
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While AMD is working with its chip manufacturing partner, TSMC, to improve the availability of its line of Radeon HD 5xxx-series of 40nm-based graphics cards, the company's board partners continue to release new cards, based on existing GPUs. Such is the case with HIS, one of AMD's leading graphics card pa... |
30 November 2009
07:07 GMT |
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Massachusetts General Hospital experts led by Tayyaba Hasan, who is also a Harvard Medical School professor of dermatology, announce the development of a new method to fight pancreatic-cancer cells. This type of cancer is still considered to be one of the most devastating and difficult to treat ones, therefore any im... |
30 November 2009
07:02 GMT |
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It was only a matter of time before the colonies and the mainland got in another conflict. Not as trivial as tea, this time it's the Xbox Live Gold subscription that has the UK and the States arguing. Another service to be provided to consoles is BBC's iPlayer that's available on the PlayStation 3 and ... |
30 November 2009
07:01 GMT |
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Microsoft is right on track to deliver the next iteration of the Office System in June 2010. It appears that the Redmond company has scheduled the general availability deadline of Office 2010 in mid-2010, although this piece of information is unconfirmed at the time of this article. Microsoft has yet to offer any co... |
30 November 2009
06:56 GMT |
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The ODIN Plus series of power supplies from Gigabyte will come as an addition to the already large line of ODIN products, a line that includes the ODIN GT series and ODIN Pro PSUs. The upcoming releases will feature reliable, environmentally friendly and certified 80Plus Bronze power supplies, three in number, namely... |
30 November 2009
06:54 GMT |
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Location is one of the major trends online and, in a few years time, most services will include some sort of functionality based on location information. Ever the trend setter, Twitter has jumped on the bandwagon and has implemented a geolocation API for third-party services, meaning that users can choose to send th... |
30 November 2009
06:44 GMT |
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Cupertino-based Apple has just got its highly popular iPhone device launched on the Korean market. In the already known launch style, the iPhone has seen a very warm welcome in Korea, with a large number of people lining up to purchase the handset from KT, the carrier that has exclusivity on the Apple device for the... |
30 November 2009
06:42 GMT |
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Among the resources that accompanied the first Beta release of Silverlight 4 is documentation aimed specifically at developers looking to get a head start on the next generation of Microsoft’s alternative to Adobe Flash. After all, Silverlight 4 Beta is a development milestone designed for devs to start buildin... |
30 November 2009
06:30 GMT |
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Earlier this month, Softpedia picked up a story saying Apple Magic Mouse owners were whining about the peripheral’s poor performance, and even its strange shape. At the time, we had a look at Apple’s Discussions board as it was getting filled with negative Magic Mouse-related posts, many of which appeared... |
30 November 2009
06:21 GMT |
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Android mobile phone users can now enjoy a new application available on the Android Market for their devices, in the form of BeamReader PDF Viewer from SLG Mobile, Inc. According to the company, the new solution will offer Android users the possibility to view PDF e-mail attachments and documents on their handsets, ... |
30 November 2009
06:14 GMT |
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Jump Superstars is a 2D fighting game that brings together over 150 characters from various Japanese anime and manga series. The title implies a bit more than just defeating your opponents, as, in some missions, you'll also have other objectives. The characters are controlled via the regular buttons, and you... |
30 November 2009
06:12 GMT |
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Researchers have known for a long time that the human body is equipped to detect and fight precursor cancer cells, but finding the cells responsible for this mechanism has proven to be a somewhat elusive goal for many years. What makes this goal nearly impossible is the fact that precursor cancer cells are usually de... |
30 November 2009
06:05 GMT |
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Although netbooks are supposed to be low-end ultra-portable laptops through their small size (with screens of under ten inches) and with virtually no graphics capabilities to speak of, 2010 may yield an increase in netbook prices because of the manufacturers' intention to make such devices larger and give them a... |
30 November 2009
06:04 GMT |
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The RTS genre became what it is today sometime around the early 1990's, with Dune II in 1992, Warcraft: Orcs & Humans in 1994 and the 1995 Command & Conquer, as the fathers of the genre. The games have evolved a lot since the beginning of their franchise, and at least one of them plans to make a radical change t... |
30 November 2009
06:03 GMT |
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Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless has been rumored for quite some time now to plan launching on the market a brand new HTC mobile phone that would run under Android and would include a 1GHz processor, yet nothing official emerged until now. However, the said device, dubbed HTC Dragon / Passion, seems to be getti... |
30 November 2009
05:50 GMT |
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Microsoft is allowing early adopters that have jumped at the chance to test drive the upcoming version of Office 2010 to run the suite in their native language. In this regard, the Redmond company has made available for download the Office 2010 Beta Language Pack alongside the Office 2010 Beta Build 14.0.4536.1000 bi... |
30 November 2009
05:50 GMT |
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As cloud computing evolves, the need for larger data centers also grows, consequently raising the issue for more efficient cooling solutions. A city power firm in Finland is reportedly looking to unveil what it thinks will be the greenest data center on the planet, as the company plans to use the excess heat from hu... |
30 November 2009
05:47 GMT |
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A little over a month ago, Victoria’s Secret model and television personality Heidi Klum gave birth to a baby girl, her fourth child, whom she and husband Seal named Lou Sulola. In true celebrity fashion, the mommy has already made her return into the spotlight with the most recent Victoria’s Secret line ... |
30 November 2009
05:47 GMT |
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Welcome to the 73rd issue of Softpedia Linux Weekly!
The following Linux-based operating systems were announced last week: Scientific Linux 5.4 Live CD/DVD Edition, Tiny Core Linux 2.6 and Linux Mint 8. In other news: the KOffice development team proudly presented the improved KOffice 2.1.0 office suite; Canonical... |
30 November 2009
05:42 GMT |
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As AOL nears its spin off from Time Warner, which will be in a little over a week now, it's talking more and more about the future. So far, most plans haven't really been all that groundbreaking and the company has been saying for a while now that it wants to become a content powerhouse reaching into any n... |
30 November 2009
05:40 GMT |
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A little over half a year ago, not many knew the name of Susan Boyle, let alone have her as their idol and, in many respects, a role model. Things have changed completely, though, since she first auditioned for Britain’s Got Talent and stunned the judges with her amazing, crystal clear voice. Her debut album, &... |
30 November 2009
05:29 GMT |
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Power Support has teamed up with Sanrio to create Hello Kitty-themed protective cases for female owners of an Apple iPhone 3G, or 3GS. Featuring adorable images of Hello Kitty, the cases have their graphics printed directly on them. Power Support's Hello Kitty Air Jackets also ship with protective screen films, ... |
30 November 2009
05:22 GMT |
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Scientists at the University of California in Santa Cruz (UCSC) have recently determined that new connections appear in the brain of an animal as soon as the creature begins to learn a new task. The finding hints at the massive ability that the brain has of adapting itself to new stimuli and challenges, so as to offe... |
30 November 2009
05:22 GMT |
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With Embedded Computing becoming a practically indispensable part of human life, American Industrial Systems Inc. put together a variety of pre-engineered embedded computing solutions aimed at fields such as medicine, the military, the marine, HVAC control (Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning), Control Automatio... |
30 November 2009
05:18 GMT |
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Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia is said to be considering some radical changes when it comes to its future. Among the possible moves that the company is thinking of, one might include the selling of its handset division. This is not something that one should expect to happen in short term, it seems, but it does sou... |
30 November 2009
05:16 GMT |
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The next e-sports event involving the Cyberathlete Professional League and Sweden's DreamHack is just next week, but their gathering planned for next year is the more anticipated one. The two organizations will get together at the Shanghai World Expo 2010, and, this time around, it looks like they have more than... |
30 November 2009
05:16 GMT |
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While more recent releases of Windows operating systems come with the Windows Imaging Component included by default, older platform releases from Microsoft can have WIC integrated. The Redmond company has made available two standalone downloads of the Windows Imaging Component, tailored to 32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x6... |
30 November 2009
05:08 GMT |
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When Rihanna first released “Russian Roulette” as single off the “Rated R” album, many fans were not exactly at ease with the message she seemed to be sending, albeit it stood for something else, less violent in character but equally painful: the breaking of a heart. The emotion that went into... |
30 November 2009
05:02 GMT |
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It looks like Twitter may not be getting any paid accounts after all, at least not in the way we've been initially expecting, despite the detailed reports from last week. Digital Garage, the company which runs Twitter in Japan, has issued a statement which boils down to 'it's a misunderstanding, there... |
30 November 2009
04:49 GMT |
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By announcing the “Green my Apple" campaign earlier this year, Apple responded to accusations brought by Greenpeace that the company still wasn’t meeting standards imposed by the organization. As an answer, the Mac maker not only introduced its new initiative, but also launched greener products, including... |
30 November 2009
04:46 GMT |
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HTC Hero, one of the nicest mobile phones that came to the market this year, running under Google's Android operating system, has been just photographed with the Android 2.1 flavor on board. There are no exact details available on the new platform version, nor on how the Hero got the operating system packed ins... |
30 November 2009
04:39 GMT |
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According to representatives at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has officially become the most powerful particle accelerator in the world. The gigantic machine, which is arguably the largest and most complicated physics project ever undertaken, has exceeded the p... |
30 November 2009
04:37 GMT |
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Rondo of Swords is a strategy role-playing video game that will allow one to partake in different quests and adventures of all types. The battle system brings interesting innovations through the "Route Maneuver System." This will have gamers set a specific route, after which they'll have to deal with the events ... |
30 November 2009
04:36 GMT |
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Eurocom, the company that designed the world's first laptop to be featured with an Intel Core i7 processor, has recently announced an update to its D900F Panther desktop replacement that will provide consumers with an impressive 2.5TB of storage space. The unit can be configured with some of the latest hardware... |
30 November 2009
04:35 GMT |
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At the Professional Developers Conference 2009, in Los Angeles, earlier this month, Microsoft announced the official launch of Windows Azure. The Redmond company’s Cloud platform is composed of the Windows Azure operating system delivered as a service and SQL Azure, as Microsoft describes it a fully relational ... |
30 November 2009
04:30 GMT |
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Sony's grip on Japan's hardware sales chart has finally been broken, and it's time for Nintendo to shine once again. In the 15-22 week of November, the DSi LL managed to top the PlayStation 3 in sales and set itself on top of the hill. Not just that, but while all other consoles had the entire week to ... |
30 November 2009
04:28 GMT |
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As the first Harvest Moon title to come to the DS, the game will have players manage the well-being of a farm. They'll have to tend to the livestock and grow all manners of crops. Their farm can be upgraded to handle new tasks, like holding additional livestock or a more elaborate kitchen to cook their food. The... |
30 November 2009
04:25 GMT |
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In trying to market their products, hardware developers and manufacturers have been going out of their way to make USB flash drives that are smaller, lighter, more stylish or more storage-capable than those released by their competitors. As a new marketing strategy, Active Media Products seems to have gone outside of... |
30 November 2009
04:21 GMT |
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A tech-based Polish website has published a test of the Intel Xeon Gulftown CPU a bit too early, according to Hardmac, which cites its own sources as saying that the 6-core, 32 nm processor is to be employed by future Mac Pros. The Polish website PCLab released a test of the Intel Xeon Gulftown, a future CPU sporti... |
30 November 2009
04:20 GMT |
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South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung Electronics announced that it managed to sell its 50 millionth touchscreen-enabled handset during November. According to the company, this year alone it sold around 40 million touch-capable phones, a great increase compared to the 10 million such devices that it had sold durin... |
30 November 2009
04:15 GMT |
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A little over a month ago, former “Baywatch” star David Hasselhoff was making quite a ruckus while in London on business, getting alcohol poisoning and becoming violent towards hotel staff and a doctor was sent in to check up on him. Over the weekend, the actor seemed to have had another relapse, as he wa... |
30 November 2009
04:07 GMT |
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Windows Server 2008 R2 was released to manufacturing concomitantly with Windows 7. However, the latest iteration of the Windows Server platform was shipped to customers ahead of its client counterpart. In addition to providing the actual RTM bits for purchase, Microsoft is offering additional resources designed to be... |
30 November 2009
04:07 GMT |
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Some countries are giving out free Internet, others are making it a legal right. But Turkey has its sights set on even higher goals, providing all of its 70 million citizens with an email address and creating its very own search engine to replace the untrustworthy Googles and Bings of the world. The head of Turkey&r... |
30 November 2009
04:02 GMT |
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ASUS, the inventor of the Eee PC and a pioneer in the netbook market, is reportedly looking to update its family of low-power, ultraportable Eee PC systems with the introduction of a new model, the Eee PC 1201T. Unlike any of the other Eee PC systems the outfit has debuted so far, the Eee PC 1201T model will be base... |
30 November 2009
03:51 GMT |
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Netbooks have seen a spectacular popularity surge this past year and developers and manufacturers seem to want to keep consumer interest in such products high by outfitting their devices with more and more features, some of which were hard to implement even in desktops not too long ago. The latest ability gained by n... |
30 November 2009
03:42 GMT |
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A new scientific study has determined that using mannequins to guide would-be doctors when they learn how to use ultrasound imaging is highly effective, without risking the quality of healthcare provided to patients. The method should be used in a lot more settings than it's currently employed in, as it ensures ... |
30 November 2009
03:40 GMT |
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BioWare is known not just for releasing great games, but also for being one of the few developers that promote PC gaming in what seems to be its darkest hour. The consoles are starting to become a main focus for developers and publishers, as they seem to be bringing in more money. But now, after having one of its fir... |
30 November 2009
03:25 GMT |
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Golfer Tiger Woods was involved in a serious one-vehicle crash over the weekend, when he drove his SUV onto a neighbor’s lawn, smashed into a fire hydrant and then into a tree. He was taken to hospital with multiple lacerations on his face, lacerations that he supposedly sustained in the crash – but the p... |
30 November 2009
03:23 GMT |
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The Google Chrome web browser appears to be on track for its December release on the Mac as GoogleBeta, with just eight bugs remaining to be ironed out in the latest development build. Only one code error is “Priority 1” out of the lot, placing the release of Chrome for Mac OS X a couple of weeks, or even... |
30 November 2009
03:19 GMT |
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Last week was a pretty busy week on the mobile phones area, with a series of brand new handsets being announced officially, with some rumors on new devices or on already known ones and, not to forget, with a wide range of appealing deals on the Black Friday. At the same time, we've also seen a series of new app... |
30 November 2009
03:16 GMT |
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Humans are known to be one of the few species in the world today that can appreciate art, artificial constructs that play on our capacity to idealize and understand abstract things. Music is at the forefront of this ability. While there are those of us who cannot comprehend the art behind a certain painting, music ge... |
30 November 2009
03:01 GMT |
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Just as it was the case for Windows Vista, Microsoft’s latest iteration of the Windows client can also be uninstalled, although “uninstall” does not specifically describe the process that end users will need to take in order to revert to a previously existing copy of a Windows OS. At the same time, ... |
30 November 2009
02:55 GMT |
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Microsoft is really going all out when it comes to Project Natal and what the concept promises to do. The motion-sensing controller has already been described as having to do with more areas than just video games, but now the company has announced one of the exact secondary areas in which Natal will operate. During t... |
30 November 2009
02:51 GMT |
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The creator of an iPhone navigation app has been tipped off on the existence of Apple’s fourth iPhone model. Pandav tells MacRumors that it has spotted usage records for the next-generation iPhone thanks to PinchMedia records. PinchMedia is an analytics firm that provides just that for Pandav and its iBart appl... |
30 November 2009
02:50 GMT |
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Scientists at the Jagiellonian University Hospital, in Krakow, Poland, have just recently finished conducting a new study on how men and women respond to both positive and negative stimuli. Their research has revealed that the brain lights up in different patterns for the two genders. The work was conducted using fun... |
30 November 2009
02:45 GMT |
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Astronomical investigations of Saturn's moon Titan have revealed over the past few years that the celestial body has numerous methane and ethane lakes adorning its surface. As more and more data sets on the lakes were made available through observations by the Cassini spacecraft and other instruments, researcher... |
30 November 2009
02:31 GMT |
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Scientists at the Oregon Health and Science University, in Portland, were recently able to identify the structure of one of the most complex and important proteins in the human body. The full structure of the brain protein may one day provide researchers with the necessary knowledge to begin work on and the developme... |
30 November 2009
01:53 GMT |
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The Japanese space agency JAXA launched on Saturday another advanced military satellite into the low-Earth orbit. The instrument was carried aboard an H-2A delivery system, which is of the same type used for the new H-2 Transfer Vehicles (HTV), which are capable of reaching the ISS. The new satellite is aimed at boos... |
30 November 2009
01:33 GMT |
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Experts at Mission Control in Houston said recently that the International Space Station (ISS) was not forced to deviate from its orbit on Saturday, as initially feared. Scientists tracking pieces of space debris around the station, as well as their chances of impacting the football field-sized laboratory, had determ... |
30 November 2009
01:13 GMT |
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