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Patrick Verner announced a couple of hours ago, November 30, the immediate availability for download of the Parted Magic 2012_11_30 Linux operating system for partitioning tasks. Being powered by Linux kernel 3.6.8, Parted Magic 2012_11_30 includes the GRUB 2.00 boot loader, the recently released Mozilla Firefox 17... |
30 November 2012
22:11 GMT |
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With more than 4.5 million downloads in App Store, Chasing Yello is one of the popular games for iOS platform. Developed by dreamfab, the game has been ranked #1 in 35 countries and top 10 overall app in more than 80 countries, so it will probably reach the 5 million downloads milestone in the next few weeks. Toda... |
30 November 2012
21:31 GMT |
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Canonical announced a few hours ago, November 30, that a new Linux kernel update for its Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal), Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin), Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) and Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) operating systems is now available, fixing two important security vulnerabilities discovered in ... |
30 November 2012
19:10 GMT |
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The fifth installment in the Zenonia RPG series has just landed in Google Play store. The folks at GAMEVIL have named this one “Wheel of Destiny.”
Zenonia 5: Wheel of Destiny has been created on the success of the previous titles in the series, but with consistent improvements in the gameplay mechanics, ... |
30 November 2012
19:01 GMT |
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Chinese handset maker Huawei has just released an affordable Android phone, the T8830. The smartphone is only available via China Mobile carrier and will probably never be released outside the Mainland. According to UnwiredView, the smartphone comes with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system out of the box... |
30 November 2012
18:31 GMT |
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Ron Gilbert, one of the best-known adventure game designers in the industry, believes that the recently launched The Walking Dead series from Telltale Games shows that the genre is very relevant for today’s mainstream gamers.
VG247 is quoting the developer as saying that, “I think, with The Wal... |
30 November 2012
18:31 GMT |
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Few go to YouTube for "serious" content and few take the content on YouTube seriously, but the site is fast becoming the premier video platform of the world, for video of any kind, length and subject.
It's global reach is its big advantage and a big draw to those that want to have their message heard by as man... |
30 November 2012
18:01 GMT |
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Nokia Lumia 920T, the Windows Phone 8 model that will provide China Mobile users with the benefits of Microsoft’s latest mobile operating system version, is now officially available on pre-order in the country through Suning.
The handset is listed with a price tag of 4,499 Yuan (around $720 / €555) attached t... |
30 November 2012
18:01 GMT |
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Andrei Dumitrescu: As long as I can fight through the pain that’s emanating from my left foot, I will spend my weekend not lying in bed but sitting on a chair at my desk enjoying the newly launched Baldur’s Gate Enhanced Edition, from Overhaul Games and Atari. I loved the series since I was a child and a... |
30 November 2012
16:41 GMT |
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Rocks Cluster, an open-source Linux cluster distribution that enables end users to easily build computational clusters, grid endpoints and visualization tiled-display walls, is now at version 6.1. Highlights of Rocks Cluster 6.1:• Host-based SSH authentication is now used by default;• libqrencode.so and qre... |
30 November 2012
16:21 GMT |
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Guillermo del Toro's Insane project has apparently been picked up by a mysterious studio, according to a new report, meaning that the horror game envisioned by the popular movie director might finally be released in the future.
Insane was initially revealed by THQ and Guillermo del Toro a few years ago, promisi... |
30 November 2012
16:11 GMT |
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A Support document on Apple’s web site reveals that some Bluetooth-enabled car stereos and accessories may require a firmware update for control and playback with iDevices.Customers who are unable to control playback through Bluetooth, or don’t see song names, artist, and other information displayed on th... |
30 November 2012
15:59 GMT |
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Nintendo has released the launch trailer for New Super Mario Bros. U just as the puzzle platformer is released alongside the Wii U in Europe, Australia, and other parts of the world today, November 30.
The Wii U is Nintendo's big bet in terms of console gaming, offering a high-quality experience on par with cur... |
30 November 2012
15:41 GMT |
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For those that don't know what OpenCL is, it is an open technology standard that defines parallel programming on modern processors. AMD, Apple, ARM, Intel, Qualcomm, Nokia and dozens of other companies are part of Khronos. Together, they were able to finish a core update to the OpenCL 1.2 specification, fixing... |
30 November 2012
15:41 GMT |
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This week, Sapphire launched two products. One was the Radeon HD 7750 OC Graphics Card we covered yesterday (November 29, 2012) and the other is what we will be looking at today.
Long story short, Sapphire Technologies has introduced a new cooler compatible with central processing units from both Intel and Advanced... |
30 November 2012
15:21 GMT |
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When learning something new from a book, the Internet, or newspapers, we usually read a text and our brains make an effort to process the information. If the text is coupled with images, though, the learning process becomes easier and more explanatory. Visual representation of ideas is a key method used in almost an... |
30 November 2012
15:21 GMT |
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A few months ago, YouTube sent a spider to space. Now, the very same spider, Nefertiti is her name, has come back from space and has quite a few stories to tell.
Last year, YouTube announced that it was sending a couple of experiments to the International Space Station, so it asked kids around the world to come up ... |
30 November 2012
15:11 GMT |
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A security vulnerability that was discovered in the Linux kernel affecting the Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron) operating system was announced by Canonical.This is the kernel vulnerability found in the Linux kernel packages: CVE-2012-4565. The system could be made to crash under certain conditions.A flaw was discovered ... |
30 November 2012
14:57 GMT |
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Enlightenment E17, a lean, fast, modular and very extensible window manager for X11 that provides all the necessary packages to run a desktop, is now at version Alpha 7.Highlights of Enlightenment E17 Alpha 7:• DND operations in the filemanager now crash less often;• The Notification gadget has been removed... |
30 November 2012
14:34 GMT |
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Aperture and iPhoto users who just so happened to buy a new camera recently may want to check out this new Digital Camera RAW Compatibility Update from Apple. New Nikon, Olympus, Panasonic, and Sony cameras are now supported for RAW formats.Digital Camera RAW Compatibility Update 4.02 adds RAW image compatibility for... |
30 November 2012
14:27 GMT |
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Black Tusk studios, the developer formerly known as Microsoft Game Studios Vancouver, will be working on the company's next big franchise, as its manager, Mike Crump, explains that the new property will rival Halo in scope.
Microsoft owns not just quite a few video game franchises, but also a variety of studios... |
30 November 2012
14:21 GMT |
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Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion has made available for download a new flavor of its BlackBerry Mobile Fusion management software, namely version 6 Service Pack 2.
The new release arrives with a series of new features for the Universal Device Service, which should provide additional support for iOS an... |
30 November 2012
14:21 GMT |
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Out of all the people in the world to get the Autotune treatment, Charlie Chaplin would have probably been the last name to cross my mind. Then again, here it is, in the video above. Melody Sheep took Chaplin’s speech in “The Great Dictator” and turned it into what could be this week’s earwo... |
30 November 2012
14:21 GMT |
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The well-known billionaire Richard Branson has become the first to reach one million followers on LinkedIn. The number itself would have been impressive a few years ago, but the most popular people on Twitter or Facebook have tens of millions of fans. Still, it's a milestone for the professional social network ... |
30 November 2012
14:11 GMT |
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Electronic Arts and Visceral Games have just posted a wide array of new screenshots with their upcoming Dead Space 3, showing off not just the environments that'll be explored by players or the enemies that'll be killed by them, but also the non-playable character that will appear in the story campaign.
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30 November 2012
14:11 GMT |
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Microsoft did confirm a couple of days ago that it had sold 40 million Windows 8 copies, but we still don’t know for sure whether the new OS actually managed to meet internal sales projections or not. Sources familiar with the matter claim they didn’t, while a Sony executive hints that Windows 8 sales ar... |
30 November 2012
14:01 GMT |
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Apple Support Communities members are actively discussing a number of ill-fated changes in iTunes 11 that make it hard for users to navigate their libraries. Most complaints are related to the removal of the sidebar (as a default setting) and the list view for albums.For all the visual pleasantries it brings, iTunes ... |
30 November 2012
13:50 GMT |
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Yesterday, I wrote about Starbucks' new Costa Rica Finca Palmilera coffee, a superior yet pricy blend. At $7 (€5.5) for a “grande” cup, this is the coffee shop chain's most expensive product to date.
The Jimmy Kimmel show puts consumers to a test, serving them two cups of coffee and askin... |
30 November 2012
13:41 GMT |
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Firefox was one of the first to get a Private Browsing mode, but its implementation is also one of the poorest. The feature works well, but Private Mode can only be activated if the current session is closed, meaning that users have to switch from one mode to the other, they can't run both at the same time.
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30 November 2012
13:31 GMT |
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Besides the typical password protection, Microsoft’s new Windows 8 also comes with a different authentication method called “Picture Password” that allows users to simply log in by drawing a set of predefined gestures on a displayed photo. While this feature is pretty helpful for those owning a Win... |
30 November 2012
13:31 GMT |
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Apple has released LED Cinema Display Software Update 1.1 which addresses an issue with the 27-inch LED Cinema Display audio output.Specifically LED Cinema Display Software Update 1.1 patches a bug that “may prevent sound from playing back through the speakers on the display,” Apple says.Customers are ins... |
30 November 2012
13:01 GMT |
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After Bell, Rogers and MTS, Videotron is another Canadian carrier that adds the Sony Xperia T to its portfolio. The smartphone will be available in store shortly, though customers can order it online starting today.
Videotron offers the Xperia T for a reduced price of $90/€70 with a monthly service fee of $50/&... |
30 November 2012
13:01 GMT |
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Brandon Chicotsky has made a business out of, basically, having no hair on his skull. He rents out his bald head as a billboard, where advertisers can place their logo. Believe it or not, the 27-year-old entrepreneur charges $320 (€246) a day for this unusual service, which is enough for anyone to want to shave... |
30 November 2012
13:01 GMT |
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With an over-extended moustache and a hero-like air of confidence, this man has singlehandedly ruined Movember for all of us. Only Einstein, peeking at us in the form of his tattoo, was amused when "Burnsidious" uploaded this shot of himself celebrating the month of prostate cancer awareness. His moustache extends t... |
30 November 2012
12:41 GMT |
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Flexible displays have been said for a long time now to be on their way to the smartphone market, and it seems that 2013 will finally bring them to shelves.
There have been numerous reports on the matter already, and various companies confirmed that they were working on such technology and that they were also ready... |
30 November 2012
12:41 GMT |
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Ultrabooks running Microsoft's Windows 8 or 7 operating system are quite many now, which is why Dell figured it would stir all the fuss it needed for extra publicity if it just used a different OS. Though some do not want to realize it, Linux, regardless of build, is generally quite popular, and not just among... |
30 November 2012
12:31 GMT |
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Google is always cramming more information, beyond the classic 10 blue links, to its search results page. For good reason too, many queries can be answered directly without users having to visit another website for it.
The latest addition of this kind is an expansion of the Knowledge Graph box which now includes ba... |
30 November 2012
12:23 GMT |
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People up to no good on the internet are always looking for new ways of carrying out their "no goodness." To stay one step ahead or at least not that far behind, those looking to stop them need to think like them, which is why proof of concept attacks are important.
Researchers have now devised a method of carrying... |
30 November 2012
12:11 GMT |
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Racing fans can win a trip to the F1 Grand Prix with GT Racing and Red Bull. If you’re interested, all you have to do is download Gameloft’s GT Racing: Motor Academy Free game and enter the special Time Trial online. “Give your racer wings in this new update by trying out the special edition Red Bu... |
30 November 2012
12:11 GMT |
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Activision's recent Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 isn't selling as well as it should, at least according to Sterne Agee analyst Arvind Bhatia, who now recommends investors to cease buying stock in Activision until it begins to make a comeback.
Black Ops 2 came out a few weeks ago and, while it once again gener... |
30 November 2012
12:11 GMT |
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Apple has updated the iCloud Control Panel which keeps contacts, calendars, and bookmarks up to date automatically between iOS devices, Macs, and Windows PCs. iCloud Control Panel 2.1 for Windows includes Photo Stream, a wirelessly syncing function for photos taken with iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. The pictures go ... |
30 November 2012
12:05 GMT |
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The Linux Foundation has announced the start of the Holiday Individual Membership Drive and promotion that makes members eligible to win free Linux.com Store T-shirts, hats, mugs and more.
This drive has been initiated for the new members who sign up for individual membership between today and December 14, 2012. The... |
30 November 2012
12:03 GMT |
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Akka is an advanced Scala framework for developing scalable, concurrent and distributed JVM-based Web applications. Not for your every day Web developer, Akka is for big gun programmers which have to build applications that handle tens of millions of requests per second at enormous rates and traffic. Built as a mas... |
30 November 2012
12:01 GMT |
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An animation called The Power Of Introverts caught my eye today, because it relays a very deep and astute reading into human behavior.
The clip, uploaded by user dwlFilms and inspired by the book Quiet by Susan Cain, shows why being an introvert should not be socially condemned.
Makers first point out the differen... |
30 November 2012
11:29 GMT |
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Nicki Minaj is one of the most appreciated and best-selling female rappers of our times, putting out hit after hit, but what happens if you slow down her songs? Josh L. from Canada tried to find out – and he got a “gay version of Jay-Z.”
Check out a sample of his work below (*please note that some... |
30 November 2012
11:28 GMT |
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Mystery Manor, a mystery-style hidden objects game set in a mystic mansion, is available as a free download for iPhone and iPad. The developers claim their title offers an endless experience, in that you won’t be able to finish it.
The manor is inhabited by strange but lovely people, says Game Insight, LLC. On... |
30 November 2012
11:21 GMT |
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One of the latest devices to make an appearance over at the FCC is the Samsung Galaxy Camera, which appears set to land on shelves at Verizon Wireless in the not too distant future.
The Android-based device was spotted at the Federal Communications Commission with model number EK-GC120 attached to it and with suppo... |
30 November 2012
11:21 GMT |
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Bobbi Kristina Brown, Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown’s daughter, is currently trying to launch herself as a singer and actress. Above is a video of how she might cut it in the former profession.
The clip is lifted from the family’s critically panned Lifetime reality show, “The Houstons: On Our Ow... |
30 November 2012
11:12 GMT |
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iTunes 11 brings a lot of visual enhancements but there’s one change many users already don’t care much for - the lack of a sidebar. Luckily, there’s a fix.When you upgrade to iTunes 11, you’ll notice that quite a lot of your stuff has been relocated or downright eliminated from its interface.... |
30 November 2012
11:06 GMT |
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We've seen loads of audio products with strange design features, but Skrekkøgle might have won a special place in our hearts.
There's something intrinsically hilarious about corks. Maybe it's what the word sounds like, or what the object itself sounds like when someone is trying to stuff it dow... |
30 November 2012
11:04 GMT |
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Zynga has just announced the immediate availability of its new arcade game for Android devices, Clay Jam. The new title is now up for free download on Google Play store.
However, even though this game is available for free and can be played without spending real money, Zynga states that players can buy extra clay vi... |
30 November 2012
11:02 GMT |
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Babycenter is out with the top baby names for 2012 and while the top ten list does look promising, some parents’ choices are a bit strange, to say the least. The mommy-centric site has released its annual Baby Names Survey and the Top 100 Baby Names of 2012 based on the names of 450,000 babies born in 2012 to ... |
30 November 2012
10:59 GMT |
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The 2012 National Beard and Moustache Championships are held in Las Vegas this year, and this video presents some of the quirky facial hair styles featured in the competition.
At the beginning of the clip, Hercule Poirot appears to pop up, along with several other dashing looking gentlemen.
One user dubs his do th... |
30 November 2012
10:57 GMT |
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Owners of a Motorola DROID RAZR HD or RAZR MAXX HD smartphone on Verizon’s network might soon receive access to the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system, as the wireless carrier has already approved it for both devices.
The new software release will land on handsets as build 9.1.41, and Verizon has already... |
30 November 2012
10:55 GMT |
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Taylor Swift is said to be basically starving herself because she’s been getting death threats from One Direction fans for dating Harry Styles, while also planning to move to London to be closer to her beau. As it turns out, the romance might be over any day now.
The notoriously unlucky in love star is comple... |
30 November 2012
10:50 GMT |
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It may very well be that cycling is beneficial both to one's health, and to the environment, but that does not change the fact that it can sometimes be quite tricky and risky, especially during night time.
The Xfire Bike Lane Safety Light takes care of this issue easily: it uses laser light to provide its happ... |
30 November 2012
10:49 GMT |
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Google Chrome, a browser built on the WebKit layout engine that aims to be minimalistic and versatile at the same time, is now at version 24.0.1312.27.
This latest version of Google Chrome brings a few bug fixes, but it also introduces one very important new feature, full screen apps.
Highlights of Google Chrome 24... |
30 November 2012
10:48 GMT |
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There are approximately 20,000 apps available in the Windows Store right now, but download statistics clearly make everybody working for Microsoft smile.
According to a report released by research firm Distimo, the Windows 8 Store has three times more downloads than Apple’s very own Mac App Store.
Several pub... |
30 November 2012
10:46 GMT |
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The HMX-F90 might just have what it takes to make people sigh in disappointment over it not being available everywhere.
Currently, it can only be found on the German market, or it will be soon enough. We imagine stores haven't yet received it if the price is still unknown.
Equipped with a 5MP CMOS sensor, it h... |
30 November 2012
10:43 GMT |
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Sony’s 2012 lineup of Android smartphones appears to have been a great source of inspiration for concept designers, and a new such handset is now available for your viewing pleasure, namely the Xperia PX.
Built by Ben Ling (via concept-phones), the concept device sports a 4-inch TFT touchscreen display capabl... |
30 November 2012
10:40 GMT |
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She only gave birth to her first child in May this year, but Jessica Simpson is expecting again, says a recent unconfirmed report. What with the unplanned pregnancy and her parents’ divorce, her wedding has been pushed back again – but will definitely happen before she gives birth.
The plan was to marry... |
30 November 2012
10:36 GMT |
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This picture shows that, when it comes to making new friends, it really does not matter what species one belongs to.
Thus, a rescued cat named Kara and a bunny called Melba share a very special bond, despite the fact that they hardly have anything in common (except an inborn passion for sleeping, apparently).
Giv... |
30 November 2012
10:35 GMT |
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New evidence has appeared that hints to an upcoming downloadable expansion for Rage, the shooter/racing game hybrid that came out last year from id Software, as a list of PlayStation 3 trophies has appeared online with references to a new add-on.
Rage was released last year and was set to once again put id Software ... |
30 November 2012
10:31 GMT |
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The third company to launch a Windows Phone 8 device this year, Samsung confirmed several weeks ago that it would bring the Ativ S in Canada in November.
However, the guys over at MobileSyrup have been able to confirm with Samsung Canada that the Ativ S won’t be arriving in the country this month.
According... |
30 November 2012
10:31 GMT |
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Despite Microsoft’s 40 million Windows 8 sold units, Redmond sources point out that Microsoft’s new OS actually missed internal sales projections and company executives apparently claim the hardware industry is at fault for this. Jason Bonfig, Best Buy’s vice president of merchant computing, said i... |
30 November 2012
10:30 GMT |
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Hideo Kojima, the video game developer best known for his work on the Metal Gear franchise, believes that he has much more to offer to players and wants to be known for games other than those linked to the Solid Snake saga. The developer tells EGM that, “I’m often misinterpreted. I’ve always said t... |
30 November 2012
10:30 GMT |
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The Radeon HD 7000 series is more or less complete at this point, which means AMD is furiously working on the HD 8000 series.
We don't mean the GPUs previously found inside laptops though, since those are most likely rebrands of the 7000 series.
Instead, we are referring to the so-called Sea Islands graphics... |
30 November 2012
10:24 GMT |
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After a pretty big leak concerning Halo 4's upcoming DLC packs, Microsoft has now officially confirmed when it's going to deploy the first add-on for Halo 4, in the form of the Crimson Map Pack, which is out on December 10.
Halo 4 has already received DLC packs since its launch at the beginning of the mont... |
30 November 2012
10:19 GMT |
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Suricata, a high-performance Network IDS, IPS and Network Security Monitoring engine that is open source and owned by a community-run non-profit foundation – the Open Information Security Foundation (OISF), is now at version 1.4 RC1.
Highlights of Suricata 1.4 RC1:
• An interactive unix socket mode has been a... |
30 November 2012
10:16 GMT |
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The Parsi community in Mumbai now wishes to provide vultures with two aviaries, which are to be built smack at the center of one of their most sacred sites.
Their goal is fairly simple to comprehend.
They want these scavengers to once again feed on their dead, as most of the people who are part and parcel of this... |
30 November 2012
10:11 GMT |
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XiaoMi Phone 2 appears to be one of the fastest selling devices in China, if we’re to believe data coming from its maker.
Today, the company claims to have put up for sale 150,000 units of the device, and to have sold all of them out in about two minutes. The handset was sold similarly fast before, though few... |
30 November 2012
10:06 GMT |
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Some Phenom II CPUs have been pulled from the market, but it turns out that wasn't the start of a general CPU decline.
Assuming Fudzilla has accurate information, the Athlon II, Phenom II and Sempron CPU series will still be out and about two years from now.
That means that AMD won't kill AM3 socket CPUs ... |
30 November 2012
10:04 GMT |
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Linux Mint, a modern, elegant and comfortable operating system based on Ubuntu and Debian, has just reached version 14.1.
Linux Mint 14.1, codenamed Nadia, has just been released and features a few major performance improvements.
Users that have already installed Linux Mint 14.0, don't need to reinstall. The ... |
30 November 2012
10:02 GMT |
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Sony has just confirmed its Black Friday sales results and revealed that it sold over 525,000 PlayStation 3 consoles and more than 160,000 PlayStation Vita devices, while its special PlayStation Plus premium service has seen an increase in new subscriptions of over 259%.
Black Friday has been quite good to console m... |
30 November 2012
10:01 GMT |
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When it comes to sustainability and green living, not wasting food is a very important issue, especially since resources are getting scarcer by the day. However, not wasting food can sometimes be quite tricky, especially if one is always on the go and whatever food gets bought for the house ends up sitting in the f... |
30 November 2012
09:55 GMT |
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The Pirate Bay has been blocked in the UK for several months now. It hasn't stopped piracy, it hasn't even stopped that many people from using The Pirate Bay, in fact the entire thing only attracted more people to the site, people who may not have heard of it otherwise. Part of the reason the block hasn�... |
30 November 2012
09:53 GMT |
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Today, Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia announced the availability of a new exclusive application for its Windows Phone 8-powered smartphones, namely PhotoBeamer. The new app is meant to provide users with a new experience on their devices, through combining different capabilities that Lumia 920 and Lumia 820 were ... |
30 November 2012
09:51 GMT |
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Apple’s fragile relationship with Samsung is said to be coming to an abrupt end, as the two giants are finding it more and more difficult to co-exist in the technology industry. Because of this, the future of at least one Apple product is beginning to seem uncertain.
Every year pundits are able to predict the ... |
30 November 2012
09:46 GMT |
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Stephen Baldwin is perhaps one of the few celebrities to speak out in defense of Angus T. Jones, the star of “Two and a Half Men” recently making headlines for speaking against the show on religious grounds. Hollywood and religion simply don’t match, Baldwin says.
He’s the living proof of th... |
30 November 2012
09:45 GMT |
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Video game publisher and hardware maker Sony says that it plans to launch a new bundle linked to its PlayStation Vita handheld during the coming week, designed to celebrate the fact that the PS Plus service is now available on the device.
Officially named the PS Plus Instant Game Collection PS Vita Bundle, it will i... |
30 November 2012
09:44 GMT |
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Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia is focused on the release of Windows Phone devices as part of its partnership with Microsoft, but it seems that the company is also looking into other platforms out there. In fact, the handset vendor has already published a job listing on LinkedIn, announcing that it is looking for ... |
30 November 2012
09:43 GMT |
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On November 29, Canonical published details about Perl vulnerabilities for its Ubuntu 12.10 and Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 11.10, Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, Ubuntu 8.04 LTS operating systems.
According to Canonical, Perl programs could have been made to crash or run programs if they received specially crafted net... |
30 November 2012
09:33 GMT |
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Microsoft has finally decided to announce pricing information for the upcoming Surface Pro, the upgraded version of the Surface tablet that’s going to run Windows 8 and legacy Windows apps.
Officially called “Surface with Windows 8 Pro,” the new device is expected to hit the market in January 2013,... |
30 November 2012
09:32 GMT |
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Shortly after HTC and Verizon Wireless introduced the DROID DNA in the United States, the Taiwanese handset maker released the smartphone’s kernel source code.
Those who wish to start tweaking the phone software can grab the 102 MB file via HTCdev site. Keep in mind that DROID DNA’s bootloader can be unl... |
30 November 2012
09:31 GMT |
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90,000 visitors are expected at the White House for the 2012 holidays, but they won't see anything cuter there than Bo Obama, the first dog. This video of Bo, with images of Christmas decorations in the house inserted at just the right time, was uploaded on YouTube yesterday. At over 120,000 views, it's al... |
30 November 2012
09:30 GMT |
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Just recently, Steven Tyler, former American Idol judge, and Nicki Minaj, current American Idol judge, became engaged in a bitter war of words, with the rapper saying Tyler was a racist. The rocker has apologized.
Check out his brief but heartfelt statement in the video above.
As he also explains, it all started ... |
30 November 2012
09:28 GMT |
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Staples, known worldwide as a provider of electronics devices, furniture and other office supplies, like printer ink and copy paper, will launch the Easy 3D service in early 2013. In short, it will be a service by means of which customers will upload files to the Staples Office Center and have them printed in 3D at ... |
30 November 2012
09:25 GMT |
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Researchers working with the History Institute of the DPRK Academy of Social Sciences have just brought that academic community to a standstill after making it public news that North Korea is home to a very rare and incredibly difficult to come by unicorn lair.
“Archaeologists of the History Institute of the ... |
30 November 2012
09:23 GMT |
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On November 29, Canonical published details about Lynx vulnerabilities for its Ubuntu 12.10 and Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 11.10, and Ubuntu 10.04 LTS operating systems.
According to Canonical, two security issues were fixed in Lynx. First of all, a heap-based buffer overflow was discovered in Lynx. A re... |
30 November 2012
09:23 GMT |
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A few years ago Zynga signed an exclusive deal with Facebook, something no other developer had or could get. Given that Facebook was making hundreds of millions of dollars from Zynga alone at the time, it made sense.
The contract was for a five-year period, during which Facebook got exclusivity on some Zynga games, ... |
30 November 2012
09:17 GMT |
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One of the surprise releases of the fall was, without a doubt, Rian Johnson’s “Looper” with Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Emily Blunt. Above is HISHE’s take on its ending, together with a proposition for a better one. If you are not familiar with the “How It Should Have Ended&... |
30 November 2012
09:16 GMT |
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Apple has confirmed plans to release the iPhone 5 and the Wi-Fi versions of its iPad mini and fourth-generation iPad with Retina display in China next month. The tablets will arrive Friday, December 7, and the iPhone 5 will be available the next Friday, December 14, across the entire country. Apple says the new tab... |
30 November 2012
09:04 GMT |
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Windows 7 remains the number one operating system in the world, according to data provided by StatCounter, but what’s more important is that it’s currently installed on more than half of the world’s computers.
The latest figures reveal that Windows 7 had a 52.4 percent online usage on November 26, ... |
30 November 2012
09:03 GMT |
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Ubisoft has just released an official video with its upcoming Assassin's Creed Anthology collection, which includes all of the main games released in the long-running franchise.
The Assassin's Creed series started life back in 2007 with the first game in the franchise and it quickly spawned one of Ubisoft&... |
30 November 2012
09:01 GMT |
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Earlier this week, “Two and a Half Men” star Angus T. Jones went on a rant against the very show that made him a very rich young man, by saying it was “filth,” Satan’s work that people should never watch. At least it’s good to know he has Charlie Sheen on his side.
Check out the ... |
30 November 2012
08:56 GMT |
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Chester Duane Price was arrested yesterday, November 29, for the murder of missing girl Andrea Gail Parsons of Port Salerno, Florida.
Andrea Gail disappeared almost 20 years ago, on July 11, 1993. At around 6 p.m., she was seen from a car by a local couple, in front of a grocery store where she had candy and soda.
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30 November 2012
08:53 GMT |
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Nmap or Network Mapper, an open source tool for network exploration and security auditing, designed to rapidly scan large networks and single hosts, is now at version 6.25.
This release of Nmap integrates all of the IPv4 OS fingerprint submissions since January, more than 3,000 of them, bringing the total to 3,946. ... |
30 November 2012
08:51 GMT |
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Being "featured" in a major site like The Pirate Bay may not be most artists' biggest dream, but for plenty it's a big break, the amount of new fans these artists get far outweighs the value of the "lost sales."
As such, more and more creators have a more open view towards piracy, some even going so far a... |
30 November 2012
08:50 GMT |
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Cambridge University Eco Racing (CUER) recently introduced the general public to the vehicle they intend to use to compete in the 2013 World Solar Challenge. Needless to say, they plan on winning this competition.
The students who worked on this project explain that, to make sure their car is going to be the fastes... |
30 November 2012
08:47 GMT |
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Even though some may not have thought there would be room for a downgrade of the Raspberry Pi, the Raspberry Pi Foundation has its own opinion.
Here is the Raspberry Pi Model A, almost identical to the Model B but equipped with only 256 MB of RAM (B has 512 MB) and one USB port (B has two).
Most interesting is th... |
30 November 2012
08:46 GMT |
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If you’re looking for new customization apps to get your computer ready for Christmas, Microsoft has got you covered. The Sugar and Spice theme isn’t a Christmas theme per se, but a quick way to bring high-resolution photos with holiday cookies right on your desktop. You don’t have to be an advanc... |
30 November 2012
08:46 GMT |
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Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak will speak at the VMUG Kansas City User Conference on December 11 at the Overland Park Convention Center.
The author of Apple’s first personal computers (heck, the world’s), Steve Wozniak will open the Kansas City User Group Conference with an interactive discussion with th... |
30 November 2012
08:44 GMT |
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Dual-SIM Android smartphones are something common in emerging countries such as India and China, but in Europe, these are hardly among the popular devices available.
Acer Liquid Z110 Duo has been recently introduced in the UK to fulfill the needs of those who do not want to carry two devices while on the go.
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30 November 2012
08:41 GMT |
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A 31-year-old man from Malang, Indonesia is locally known as the “tiger nanny.”
Apparently, this is because Abdullah Sholeh is best friends with a 4-year-old Bengal tiger, and spends most of his time eating, playing and sleeping with it.
Abdullah first started looking after this cub when the latter was... |
30 November 2012
08:31 GMT |
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With all the excitement stirred by ARM processors, some may be wondering if maybe the architecture will replace the x86 technology that Intel, VIA and AMD use. The answer, AMD firmly believes, is no.
Advanced Micro Devices can really only speak for itself, but it is quite confident that there is no way x86 processo... |
30 November 2012
08:21 GMT |
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Actor Fred Savage and wife Jennifer Stone have welcomed another tiny member into their family. Jennifer gave birth sometime this week, with the actor choosing to break the happy news to fans on Twitter. He posted a photo of the baby’s tiny hand and a side of his face, with the caption “he’s here.&... |
30 November 2012
08:21 GMT |
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Microsoft is one of the large corporations that fight for users’ privacy, as its in-house Internet Explorer browser is being delivered with a Do Not Track option turned on by default. But Microsoft actually has more user-tracking technologies than many other websites, including here retail sites, Ghostery deve... |
30 November 2012
08:16 GMT |
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Security vendor AVG has released a Safe Browser for iOS customers who are concerned about privacy and identity threats online. The free app is universal, suitable for both iPhone and iPad use, including the latest generation of iDevices. AVG Safe Browser protects users from online scams and attacks, the security com... |
30 November 2012
08:08 GMT |
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As the long-awaited trial for Florida resident Dorice "DeeDee" Moore begins, opening statements shed light on the events surrounding the lottery winner Abraham Shakespeare’s death. During the jury selection process, 52 of the 100 potential jurors answered that they were familiar with the case. Eight men and fo... |
30 November 2012
08:03 GMT |
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On November 28, Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia and Canadian electro-house music DJ deadmau5 held a special light and music show in London, called “This Is Lumia.”
Held in the London Square, the show transformed the entire place in an immersive audio-visual experience, to celebrate the launch of Nokia’s new Window... |
30 November 2012
08:01 GMT |
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Satoru Iwata, the president of Nintendo, says that his company is working on fully 3D video games in the Mario and the Zelda series that will be launched on the new Wii U home console, but that no official announcements will be made at this time. Talking to IGN, the executive said, “As we develop a new hardwar... |
30 November 2012
07:55 GMT |
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By now, several studies have shown that the fracking industry must be held accountable for considerable damage done to the environment. Still, veterinarian Michelle Bamberger and professor Robert Oswald have recently decided to look into how the practice of hydraulic fracturing impacts on livestock. Thus, they ha... |
30 November 2012
07:54 GMT |
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The stable branch of Google Chrome, a browser built on the WebKit layout engine that aims to be minimalistic and versatile at the same time, is now at version 23.0.1271.95.
Unlike the previous stable version, Google Chrome 23.0.1271.95 only comes with a few changes and updates.
Highlights of Google Chrome 23.0.1271... |
30 November 2012
07:47 GMT |
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In a quick display of the law of drama, Scythe left quite a few people baffled earlier today, when it posted a certain message that implied it was backing out of the PC cooling market.
We picked up on in and reported the matter here, and indeed the message posted on the US website rather clearly said Scythe was shu... |
30 November 2012
07:46 GMT |
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Opera Mini is a very popular browser with feature phones and in places where connections are slow. Because all the data first passes through Opera's servers, where it's pre-processed and compressed, Opera Mini performs much better than a standard web browser on these devices.
It's precisely because al... |
30 November 2012
07:45 GMT |
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Opera Software’ mobile browsers are increasingly popular among end-users, with over 215 million of them taking advantage of these apps in October, the latest report from the company unveils.
More than 21 million users have had Opera Mobile installed on their smartphones last month, the software company notes,... |
30 November 2012
07:41 GMT |
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Nikon D4 DSLR camera just got a new firmware update. Version A 1.03 and B 1.02 will get your camera up-to-date and fix a previously unresolved issue.The new software version claims to fix the focus accuracy when using a lens and teleconverter with a combined maximum aperture of f/8.Nikon also mentions that the firmwa... |
30 November 2012
07:41 GMT |
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Alec Baldwin is not the kind of man who would mince his words, and he’s definitely not doing so now that the New York Post has sided with his longtime stalker Genevieve Sabourin after she was jailed for violating a protection order.
The Canadian actress was jailed the other day for violating the order barring... |
30 November 2012
07:33 GMT |
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Word has it that Apple employs a person whose sole job is to design the packaging for all its products. His latest work? The wedge-shaped shipping box carrying your shiny new iMac.
Apple has officially kicked off sales of the new all-in-one systems, and the first unboxing videos are already out. Some teardown photos... |
30 November 2012
07:31 GMT |
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Reports on Windows 8’s poor sales continue to surface, even though both Windows division boss Tami Reller and CEO Steve Ballmer confirmed that Microsoft had managed to sell 40 million copies of the new OS. What’s more, figures released by Statecounter and published by Microsoft-news.com reveal that Windo... |
30 November 2012
07:29 GMT |
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We’ve already grown accustomed to minor (x.0.1) Firefox versions emerging after the release of the major stable build of Firefox. Version 17 is no different as Mozilla plans to release Firefox 17.0.1 (for ESR edition as well) today, unthrottled. This means that, starting today, we should expect the browser to ... |
30 November 2012
07:26 GMT |
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LogicalDOC, an easy-to-use, reliable and affordable document management software, which can improve the efficiency of a company by helping users find, manage and share documents, is now at version 6.6.
Highlights of LogicalDOC 6.6:
• A customizable user dashboard with Dashlets has been added. A Dashlet is a s... |
30 November 2012
07:24 GMT |
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Google is dropping prices on its Cloud Storage service, by about 10 percent. If you're getting a sense of déjà vu, it's because Google already dropped prices earlier this week, by 20 percent at the time.
What happened in the meantime though was Amazon also dropping prices on its own S3 cloud storage servic... |
30 November 2012
07:21 GMT |
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Pictures of the now infamous 'Datsun daughter' ad are circulating online, as a used car post features a young woman posing next to it. Kim Ridley of Ridley's Rides scandalized eBay users when he put up a 1977 Datsun 280Z for sale, posting photos of the car as a model stood next to it. Racy shots show ... |
30 November 2012
07:20 GMT |
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In an attempt to better understand and improve the mechanism of building structures on the tiniest scales, Harvard scientists constructed a small DNA “LEGO bricks” spacecraft. A study describing the experiment in details was published in the November 29 issue of the journal Science. It suggests that t... |
30 November 2012
07:19 GMT |
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Owners of Far Cry 3 on the PC platform who tried to play the game today have noticed that the Uplay servers, to which the game is permanently connected, are offline and, while you can still experience the title by putting the service into offline mode, you can't access core features like the crafting one.
Far C... |
30 November 2012
07:15 GMT |
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The Museum of Modern Art in New York says that it is launching a 40-pieces strong collection of video games, which will be housed in the Philip Johnson Galleries in March 2013. Initially, 14 titles will be included, but in time the respected art institution wants to add more games in order to get to 40. The 14 vide... |
30 November 2012
07:10 GMT |
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The development team at Valve is deploying a new patch for their Multiplayer Online Battle Arena title DOTA 2 on the test client and gamers who have been exploring to see what it changes have discovered that it introduces a new look for the Broodmother. The full list of changes, as compiled by the community, can be ... |
30 November 2012
07:00 GMT |
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Ex-Laker Andrew Bynum has gotten himself into a serious pickle with his LA neighbors: after suing them this summer on the basis of gender and profession discrimination, they have sued him back to prove he’s a rockstar neighbor with little to no respect for the community.
Given Bynum’s colorful past, thi... |
30 November 2012
06:58 GMT |
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Microsoft has just released four new Windows 8 commercials, trying to bring the key features of the new OS back in the spotlight.
Of course, the company also tries to advertise the touch capabilities of the recently-released operating system, as it’s capable to run not only on the traditional desktop platform,... |
30 November 2012
06:31 GMT |
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Apple has squeezed a truckload of features into a diminutive MiniPlayer inside iTunes 11 which enables users to see which songs are playing next, album art, a search field, new store options, and more.
Cupertino says with the new MiniPlayer in iTunes 11 “you can now do a whole lot more with a lot less space.&r... |
30 November 2012
06:31 GMT |
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Kik, one of the most popular messenger applications for Android devices, has just received a major update, which brings new features and improvements. Aside from delivering a major update to their Android application, Kik Interactive has also announced that it now has more than 30 million users, which is really impr... |
30 November 2012
06:21 GMT |
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A new flavor of the Xbox SmartGlass application is now available for download for the owners of Android-based devices, with a series of fixes and new features packed inside.
One of the most important changes in the new app release is the added support for 7-inch tablet PCs, which should make it available for far mo... |
30 November 2012
06:21 GMT |
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Microsoft officially released the Surface RT last month and although the device was sold out in just a few days, it appears that sales aren’t quite impressive after all. Steve Ballmer said during the annual shareholder meeting that Surface RT is a bit too late in the tablet war, as Apple launched its first iPa... |
30 November 2012
06:11 GMT |
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Sometime this summer, when asked about the open-ended nature of “The Dark Knight Rises,” actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt said it wasn’t at all indicative of a sequel. Chris Nolan is saying the same now, in what is his first interview on the topic since the film came out in theaters.
The director shares... |
30 November 2012
06:04 GMT |
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Mozilla doesn't necessarily make it a habit of supporting Google or Google's views, but the two companies are very closely linked on several planes. And their opinions on all matters related to the web mostly coincide. Case in point is the ITU's attempt at seizing control over the internet.
Granted, ... |
30 November 2012
06:03 GMT |
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Users of the new iTunes 11 who also happen to own an iCloud account will be able to see all their stuff in the iTunes library, even if the content was never stored on the computer to begin with.
A customer’s music, movie, and TV show purchases in iCloud now appear inside the iTunes 11 library. Which means you ... |
30 November 2012
06:01 GMT |
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Apple has officially opened sales of its stunning new iMac with a super-tapered design, crisp display and raw computing power matching the roar of OS X Mountain Lion. Available through the Apple Online Store (www.apple.com), Apple’s retail stores and select Apple Authorized Resellers, the new iMacs start at $1... |
30 November 2012
05:58 GMT |
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The notebook market continues on its slow descending path, as fewer people go on buying them, due to several reasons. There isn't an easy solution to this perceived problem, but notebook makers are trying whatever they can.
Windows 8 was considered the bright new light of the mobile PC market for a short while... |
30 November 2012
05:50 GMT |
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Many residents of New York and New Jersey lost everything when hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast, and a generous secret Santa is trying to do his part in helping them get their lives back. An unidentified business man from Kansas City showers survivors with $100 (€76), and plans to give away a total of $100,00... |
30 November 2012
05:47 GMT |
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Ever since director Bryan Singer announced that Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart would return to the “X-Men” sequel “Days of Future Past,” there’s been a lot of speculation on whether Hugh Jackman too will reprise his original role.
As fans must know, Jackman shot a brief cameo for &ld... |
30 November 2012
05:47 GMT |
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Referred to as the “world's most intelligent light bulbs” by the people who developed them and are now trying to market them, iLumi are basically highly energy efficient bulbs that can be controlled by means of a smartphone.
Manufacturers promise that the people who agree to invest in such light bu... |
30 November 2012
05:42 GMT |
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With Firefox 17 for Android safely in the stable channel, Mozilla is detailing one of the new "features" support for the H.264 codec for HTML5 video. It doesn't work on all devices yet, in fact, you have to be running a very recent version of Android, but more will be added in the future. Several months ago, ... |
30 November 2012
05:40 GMT |
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Video game developer Splash Damage announces that it is working on a new multiplayer shooter called Dirty Bomb, which will use the considerable experience that the studio has in the genre.
The attached launch trailer for the game does not offer too much information on the unique mechanics that it might feature or on... |
30 November 2012
05:38 GMT |
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DocBook Doclet, a tool that is used to create DocBook XML and class diagrams from Javadoc comments, is now at version 6.0.3.
DocBook Doclet 6.0.3 can be used to convert HTML files to DocBook and transform DocBook XML into various output formats.
The application has a complete DocBook distribution containing schemas... |
30 November 2012
05:32 GMT |
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I don’t know much about cars but I do know my Batman mythology – enough to enable me to say that this should come as excellent news for very wealthy Batman fans.
The original Batmobile featured in the 1960s TV show with Adam West, the 1955 Lincoln Futura concept car, will be going on the auction block ... |
30 November 2012
05:29 GMT |
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Apple literally revamped iTunes 11 from head to toe, enhancing every existing feature while adding new ones. Playback is a breeze, and the store interface is quite a looker. But that’s not all that’s changed aesthetically.
Few people noticed this, but when iTunes 11 installs over iTunes 10, it also updat... |
30 November 2012
05:26 GMT |
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Sources familiar with the matter have already suggested that Microsoft is planning to expand the “Surface” product family with new devices, but nobody expected to see the Redmond-based technology company actually releasing a 14.6-inch tablet. According to MS_nerd, Microsoft is working on a new Surface ta... |
30 November 2012
05:24 GMT |
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The beta channel for Google Chrome has been updated to version 24.0.1312.27. The new release is available for all supported platforms (Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome Frame) and it is designed to improve the stability and functionality of the web browser.
First on the list of changes is eliminatin... |
30 November 2012
05:21 GMT |
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Sony has just confirmed that it will run a very special discount spree on the PAL PlayStation Store called the 12 Deals of Christmas, with big price cuts being made to certain PS3 or PS Vita games and content every 48 hours.
Quite a lot of sales and discounts were made last week, in honor of Black Friday, but n... |
30 November 2012
05:21 GMT |
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Pictures of Miley Cyrus and her new pooch, Penny Lane, are now causing quite a media stir, and most people agree that this particular singer is indeed committed to lending a helping hand to animals that find themselves in need. The dog was only recently adopted by this celebrity from Saving SPOT! Rescue, and Miley... |
30 November 2012
05:20 GMT |
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The latest revision for Avant Browser includes support for the new version of the rendering engine available in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 10, Trident; it features increased support for CSS3 and HTML5 standard.
Apart from this, the developer updated the Firefox and Webkit engines, to versions 17 and 23, res... |
30 November 2012
05:18 GMT |
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The debris of four 19th-century warships and supposedly the wrecks of an ancient Greek harbor were found by archaeologists off the Israeli coast.
The research team discovered the remains in 2011 in the ancient port of Akko, one of the utmost importance in the Mediterranean during the Hellenistic period.
The Hellen... |
30 November 2012
05:16 GMT |
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The London-based Environmental Investigation Agency has recently released a new report stating that, when it comes to marketing and using illegal timber, China might as well be crowned as the absolute “monarch” of this industry.
Thus, the “Appetite for Destruction: China's Trade in Illegal Ti... |
30 November 2012
05:15 GMT |
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Ronald Post, an Ohio death row inmate making headlines for his claim that an execution would be inhumane, being as he is obese, is now claiming he is innocent. Post was convicted 30 years ago for the murder of hotel clerk Helen Vantz in Elyria, Ohio. The prisoner, who weighs 400 pounds (181 kg), addressed the court ... |
30 November 2012
05:13 GMT |
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Syrians have been cut off from the world by an increasingly desperate government. With the internet gone, it's harder to convey what's happening inside to the outside world.
There have been reports that phone lines are also down, or suffering problems, but the blackout isn't as widespread as is the c... |
30 November 2012
05:11 GMT |
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Just hours after his alleged fiancée / girlfriend / “adopted sister” Bobbi Kristina Brown completely totaled her Camaro in a horrific crash, Nick Gordon was arrested for reckless driving, it has emerged. The Daily Mail obtained the police report, together with Nick’s mugshot, which you can ... |
30 November 2012
05:06 GMT |
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Hall Hood, the lead writer currently working on Star Wars: The Old Republic, reveals that his team at BioWare is already working on new narrative threads for the MMO, which will be soon launched.
Talking to Massively, the developer has offered details on the way the core universe will change via coming patch, saying... |
30 November 2012
04:59 GMT |
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RText, a powerful, cross-platform programmer's text editor written in Java designed to be easy to use, highly customizable and flexible, is now at version 2.0.5.
Highlights of RText 2.0.5:
• Code folding was added for HTML, JSP, and PHP;
• NSIS syntax highlighting and code folding were added;
• ... |
30 November 2012
04:55 GMT |
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Microsoft has launched the “Scroogled” campaign a couple of days ago, but the company seems really keen on showing everybody that Google uses an unfair practice for its shopping service.
This time, a video released by Microsoft and supposed to advertise Bing, emphasizes that “Google Shopping is not... |
30 November 2012
04:49 GMT |
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After years of study, a group of researchers led by Chris Eliasmith, a neuroscientist at the University of Waterloo, created Spaun, “the world's largest simulation of a functioning brain.” Chris Eliasmith, the author of a soon-to-be-published book describing the complex construction of the brain, in... |
30 November 2012
04:44 GMT |
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Syria remains cut off from the internet in one of the blackest blackouts of its kind in history. While it's certainly not the first country to shut down the internet during times of turmoil, the government was successful in blocking all internet communications to and from the country, on a scale never before see... |
30 November 2012
04:44 GMT |
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Nintendo has revealed just what games Wii U owners in Europe will be able to buy from the online eShop today, November 30, when the new home console goes on sale across the continent.
The Wii U came out in North America earlier this month and is going to appear today, November 30, across Europe.
Besides featuring a... |
30 November 2012
04:43 GMT |
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Mobile phone users in the UK who were looking forward to purchase the 64GB flavor of the Samsung Galaxy S III smartphone will be disappointed to learn that the handset has been canceled. Initially announced along with the 16GB and 32GB flavors, the 64GB variant of Galaxy S III is nowhere to be seen. However, UK r... |
30 November 2012
04:41 GMT |
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Video game developer Rockstar is giving fans of the Grand Theft Auto franchise a reason to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of Vice City via a new video. The new trailer is also a promotional tool for the launch of the game on mobile platforms that run iOS or Android.
GTA: Vice City was launched in 2002 and uses an... |
30 November 2012
04:37 GMT |
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Charla Nash is to be awarded a compensation after being mauled by a chimp, an attack in which she lost her eyesight and both hands, and was forced to undergo a face transplant. The claim was filed by Michael Nash, Charla's twin brother. Nash won the suit against Sandra Herold, the owner of the chimp. Since Her... |
30 November 2012
04:35 GMT |
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British specialists are now readying themselves to visit the island of South Georgia in the southern Atlantic Ocean and "bombard" it with roughly 270 tonnes of poisoned bait. These toxic “treats” are intended for the island's brown rats, whose overall population has considerably increased over the ... |
30 November 2012
04:28 GMT |
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Google has promised that it will release Android 4.2.1 factory images for all Nexus devices as soon as the update is pushed OTA (over the air).
Well, it looks like the company has just delivered what was promised and those who own a Nexus smartphone or tablet can now download their Android 4.2.1 factory image via Go... |
30 November 2012
04:25 GMT |
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iOS 5.1.1 for Apple TV not only delivers new features and enhancements but also a couple of patches for two vulnerabilities. Apple has published an advisory that describes the security content of Apple TV 5.1.1 at length.
Affecting Apple TV 2nd generation and Apple TV 3rd generation models, “Compromised applic... |
30 November 2012
04:18 GMT |
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The development team at Relic are offering the first gameplay trailer for their upcoming strategy game Company of Heroes 2, giving fans a glimpse of the experience they will get when it is launched in March 2013.
Despite this being a gameplay trailer, there’s a fair bit of epic music added to make the action m... |
30 November 2012
04:17 GMT |
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OpenELEC, an embedded operating system built specifically to run XBMC, the open source entertainment media hub, is now at version 3.0 Beta 2. Just a few days after the previous update, the OpenELEC.tv developers have come up with another version. It's still in the beta stages, but there are plenty of changes to... |
30 November 2012
04:11 GMT |
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Taylor Swift has been getting a lot of death threats from One Direction fans after word got out that she’s dating their idol Harry Styles again. All this ruckus is making her extremely stressed, to the point where she’s barely eating anymore.
This unconfirmed report comes from the latest print issue of ... |
30 November 2012
04:10 GMT |
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Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 developer Treyarch has started talking with the game's huge community about the Hardcore multiplayer playlists and revealed a few interesting facts about the mode and what actual playlists are the most popular. Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 introduces a variety of changes to its multiplayer... |
30 November 2012
04:09 GMT |
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Nokia has just updated is mapping service to support Windows Phone 8. In fact, the application now requires Windows Phone 8 or higher platforms in order to run successfully.
Nokia Maps works in most places where Bing Maps fails miserably. According to Windows Phone users the former is also much faster and easier to ... |
30 November 2012
04:09 GMT |
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The first Surface RT was officially released approximately one month ago, but rumors pointing to a second-generation tablet have already reached the web.
It appears that Microsoft is already working on the second Surface RT, currently dubbed Surface RT 2, but according to MS_nerd, the device will actually be smaller... |
30 November 2012
04:08 GMT |
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The dedicated iOS Remote app for iPhones and iPads is getting new functionality in version 3.0. A new feature in iTunes 11, “Up Next,” is now supported by the application.
Apple says “Remote is simpler and easier with new ways to browse your library and see and edit upcoming songs with Up Next.&rdq... |
30 November 2012
04:03 GMT |
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The new update comes eleven days after the previous one and it increments the version number to 3.6.0.2. It is a minor build, with only two entries on the list of changes, designed to improve not only the functionality of the application, but also its performance in certain areas.
In FileZilla Client 3.6.0.2, the pr... |
30 November 2012
03:55 GMT |
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A recent study led by researchers at the University of Michigan reveals that cellphone use has a contagious character. People have a strong impulse to use their phone when they see a nearby individual doing so. In an attempt to determine the influence of the cellphone among young people, scientists have led an obser... |
30 November 2012
03:53 GMT |
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Microsoft has been asked to help the Lake Washington School District get rid of the Goblin virus, as the infection has reportedly reached its network and affected thousands of computers.
KOMO News reports that the Goblin virus has spread to each of the district’s 50 schools, but officials are yet to determine ... |
30 November 2012
03:49 GMT |
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Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia is gearing up for the release of its Windows Phone 8-based Lumia 920 and Lumia 820 now in Indonesia, and is opening reservations for both of them in the country.
According to the latest reports, the company is set to provide users with the possibility to pre-order both handsets star... |
30 November 2012
03:48 GMT |
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WordPress 3.5 is almost here, for now, the second release candidate is available for testing. If you haven't given the upcoming WordPress 3.5 a try, this is one of your last chances.
It goes without saying that you should test your themes and plugins as soon as possible, before the release is pushed to million... |
30 November 2012
03:45 GMT |
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Following in the footsteps of Canada, Germany, the US, Southeast Asia and Latin America, the UK decided that the time had come for it to build and test its first amphibious homes.
As their name suggests, these houses are designed in such ways that they can withstand heavy rains and floods without suffering any cons... |
30 November 2012
03:43 GMT |
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Gary Dourdan’s problems are landing him in the headlines once more. The former “CSI” star filed for bankruptcy earlier this month and, just the other day, he showed up in court to answer charges of domestic abuse.
He pled no contest on one count of felony Corporal Injury to a Cohabitant of Former ... |
30 November 2012
03:43 GMT |
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Sony may be doing badly enough, financially, to start firing thousands of employees, but that hasn't prevented it from going through with what might just be the hugest product release of the past three months. Sony's ultra high-definition XBR 4K isn't the largest display in the world, physically. Sha... |
30 November 2012
03:41 GMT |
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Apple has begun shipping its Late-2012 iMac models in Australia and the US, as well as other countries around the world, kicking off sales of one of the most anticipated products of the year. Stock is very limited but that’s not stopping power users from buying the 21.5-inch model on day one. Aussie Ben Paster... |
30 November 2012
03:38 GMT |
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BioWare has just revealed Operation Detonator, the latest weekend challenge for the multiplayer mode in Mass Effect 3, tasking players with successfully detonating 20,000 points worth of Biotic Explosions.
Mass Effect 3's multiplayer became a huge success after the game was released back in March and BioWare ha... |
30 November 2012
03:38 GMT |
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NASA's Messenger spacecraft confirms long-standing suppositions: there is water ice on Mercury, the closest planet to the sun. The frozen water is located around the north pole, a region totally hidden from the sun's action and the most susceptible to contain water on Mercury, given the extreme temperature... |
30 November 2012
03:28 GMT |
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Just days after Fox News made headlines for ending an interview with author Thomas Ricks for criticizing the network, it’s again doing the same – this time thanks to Megyn Kelly.
She was the only one who wasn’t informed that the graphics department had created and would premiere a new, animated br... |
30 November 2012
03:27 GMT |
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HTC HD2, a smartphone launched three years ago with Microsoft’s Windows Mobile 6.5, has just got a taste of the new Windows Phone 8 operating system.
The info comes from the Dark Forces Team (DFT), yet no specific details on how this was achieved have been provided as of yet.
However, a series of photos tha... |
30 November 2012
03:25 GMT |
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Anonymous sources are saying that the next home console from Microsoft, which will use the Xbox brand name, will be launched before Thanksgiving 2013, giving interested players all the time they need to pick it up before Christmas.
GameInformer is quoting sources inside the entertainment division of the company who ... |
30 November 2012
03:24 GMT |
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Only recently, police officers and RSPCA inspectors in Offerton, Greater Manchester, North West England seized as many as 87 puppies from a local property.
Given the fact that most of these puppies were French Bulldogs, West Highland Terriers and Pomeranians, authorities believe that they were meant for trafficking... |
30 November 2012
03:20 GMT |
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Being one of the first three companies to promote e-readers has its perks, and it doesn't hurt that tablets have also been selling under the same brand as the other devices. Barnes & Noble is the living proof of that. B&N's Nook devices (e-book readers and tablets) have never managed to outsell Amazon... |
30 November 2012
03:14 GMT |
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Microsoft’s Surface RT comes in two different storage versions, with 32 GB and 64 GB, respectively, but due to the pre-installed software, much less space is actually available to users.
The 32 GB version, for example, has only 16 GB of free space, because of Windows RT, Office RT and Modern apps, so the compa... |
30 November 2012
03:13 GMT |
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Disney is setting records after records, with a recent auction held by Heritage Auctions going down in history as the time when one of the earliest surviving posters for “Mickey Mouse” sold for a whopping $100,000 (€76,970).
Actually, make that $101,575 (€78,152), the Examiner reports.
The p... |
30 November 2012
03:06 GMT |
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Microsoft Game Studios Vancouver has just been renamed into Black Tusk Studios and, according to its new website, it will work on Microsoft's next big AAA franchise.
Microsoft set up a brand new studio in Vancouver earlier this year and, at least at that point in time, it was supposed to start working on hardco... |
30 November 2012
03:05 GMT |
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In the beginning of this month, Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia made its new Windows Phone 8 devices available for purchase in various markets around the world, and has appeared to have a rather hard time keeping up with demand ever since.
The company’s Lumia 920 and Lumia 820 smartphones keep on running out... |
30 November 2012
03:01 GMT |
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Piriform launched a new build for Speccy, bringing to the table not only support for new hardware, but also detection of the security software installed on the system. Starting revision 1.19, Speccy will be able to determine the antivirus product protecting the computer. It also includes the ability to detect virtua... |
30 November 2012
03:01 GMT |
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Yuji Korekado, a producer working on Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, says that the game had a number of unique bosses early during the development cycle, some of them comparable to the best the series had to offer, before development duties were taken over by Platinum Games. The developer tells the Official PlayStat... |
30 November 2012
03:01 GMT |
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Owners of the puck-sized set-top box bearing the Apple logo have a new update to install today. iOS 5.1.1 for Apple TV 2G and Apple TV 3G adds support for the new “Up Next” feature in iTunes 11, and stability and performance improvements.
Apple TV iOS 5.1.1 adds support for Up Next with iTunes 11 or iTun... |
30 November 2012
02:59 GMT |
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Former CIA Director David Petraeus writes close friend and fellow army man Brig Gen Shelton about the affair with Paula Broadwell and how it has affected his marriage. As you can read in the mock-up letter above, put together by the Daily Mail, he seems to be apologetic and full of regret. Click on the image to read... |
30 November 2012
02:52 GMT |
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Comedienne Gilda Radner inspired (and continues to do so) millions with her brave ovarian cancer battle that unfortunately ended in 1989. The support organization founded after her demise, Gilda’s Club, is planning to change its name, it has emerged.
The Madison-area Gilda’s Club, for instance, will be ... |
30 November 2012
02:52 GMT |
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Research In Motion (RIM) has just updated its BlackBerry Messenger application to version 7.0.0.108. This is the second massive BBM patch released in the last week.
The previous update was launched on November 23 and included quite a lot of fixes. Today, the folks over at CrackBerry, report that RIM has releas... |
30 November 2012
02:49 GMT |
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iTunes Gift Cards can now be redeemed without entering a single character with your keyboard. Simply flash it in front of your Mac’s camera and iTunes 11, with its special card-recognition software, will do all the legwork for you.
Discovered by customers using the new iTunes, the feature is as simple as it so... |
30 November 2012
02:47 GMT |
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As far as business shutdown notices go, the one Scythe has posted on its USA website is among the shortest we've ever seen, not to mention one of the least informative ever. Sure, it makes it rather clear that the company is shutting down operations, but it does not say why or when, exactly, it will be totally... |
30 November 2012
02:45 GMT |
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A whole suite of playing cards dated 400 years ago and comprising 52 silver objects has been discovered. The exquisite game tools were first revealed to the public in 2012, when an anonymous owner put them up for auction at the Christie auction house, in New York, Live Science reports. The cards were made at around... |
30 November 2012
02:44 GMT |
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Version 0.9.8 of the Ebook reader and management software Calibre was announced on November 23, marking an important milestone for this amazing software.
If you have an e-book reader, the Calibre software is a must-have. It does so many things for the avid reader, that it would take a lot of time to just enumerate a... |
30 November 2012
02:41 GMT |
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Owners of Android-based devices can now download and install on their handsets a new flavor of the Box app, namely version 2.0.1.
The new app release arrives on devices with the same features and capabilities that Box 2.0 was released with, yet no details on the specific changes included in the new release were pro... |
30 November 2012
02:40 GMT |
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Microsoft is gearing up for the debut of the company’s second tablet in its history, the officially-called Surface with Windows 8 Pro, as the device will finally hit the shelves sometime in January. While the Redmond-based technology company has already confirmed pricing for the two models running Windows 8 Pr... |
30 November 2012
02:40 GMT |
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Pennsylvania parents David and Rebecca Detjen, are being charged with four counts of felony neglect of a dependent. 41-year-old David and 40-year-old Rebecca were arrested in Indiana, for traveling with their five kids and their cats. They motivated their decision by explaining they wanted to move to California, ... |
30 November 2012
02:38 GMT |
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A few days ago, the environmentalists working with Greenpeace pointed the finger at Zara and argued that, according to several tests they had carried out, some of the clothing items marketed by this retailer were contaminated with toxic chemicals that harmed both public health and the natural world. Given the fact ... |
30 November 2012
02:37 GMT |
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The Humble Bundle website has teamed up with publisher THQ to run a special Humble THQ Bundle deal, which includes seven great games for one low price, including Saints Row 3, Darksiders, Metro 2033, and three Company of Heroes titles.
THQ is going through quite a few financial problems nowadays, as a series of unde... |
30 November 2012
02:37 GMT |
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Joe Jackson, the father of late singer Michael Jackson, has been hospitalized in Las Vegas after suffering a stroke, whose severity has yet to be determined.
TMZ, for one, only notes that Jackson suffered a stroke and that he’s expected to bounce back in top shape once he’s out of the hospital, but oth... |
30 November 2012
02:35 GMT |
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Google rolled out a new update for the stable channel of the Chrome browser. The fresh build is a minor release that increments the version number to 23.0.1271.95. It is available for all supported platforms (Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome Frame) and it is designed to strengthen the browser&r... |
30 November 2012
02:34 GMT |
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Apple’s US store customers can now buy an official, factory-unlocked iPhone 5 from the company’s web store by simply scrolling over the three wireless operators to a drop-down menu that opens access to three choices with three different price tags.
US Apple customers can now have the iPhone 5 shipped to ... |
30 November 2012
02:26 GMT |
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Mozilla has made available for download a new flavor of the Firefox for Android Beta browser, providing users with a better experience when compared to the one available in the latest beta version of the app.
The changelog Mozilla provides for the app shows that fixes for Android 4.2 Jelly Bean were included in the... |
30 November 2012
02:25 GMT |
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Australian mobile phone carrier Telstra has officially announced plans to make the Windows Phone 8X by HTC smartphone available for purchase on its network starting with the next month. The carrier will provide users with the possibility to purchase the new device from its online store on December 4, while being ab... |
30 November 2012
02:18 GMT |
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The development team at Square Enix in charge of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn is giving players a chance to familiarize themselves with the new game world via a new trailer, which takes them back to the Black Shroud area.
Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn is designed to eliminate all the problems that have plag... |
30 November 2012
02:04 GMT |
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Back in 1992, one woman single-handedly almost derailed Bill Clinton’s presidential bid by talking to the press about a longtime affair she had with him, and even going into the most sordid details of said romance in a book. Her name is Gennifer Flowers and she’s back. In a new interview with New Orleans... |
30 November 2012
01:37 GMT |
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EcoBot III is the result of a collaboration between scientists working with Wessex Water and the Bristol Robotics Laboratory in England.
Although the idea of using biomass to generate electricity is by no means a new one, what makes this robot so very special is the fact that it takes in organic waste, uses it to g... |
30 November 2012
01:26 GMT |
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One death row inmate currently in jail for the 1983 murder by shooting of a hotel desk clerk has tried to argue once more than he’s too obese to die, and has been turned down for failing to provide sufficient evidence to back his claim.
Ronald Post is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection in January, w... |
30 November 2012
01:21 GMT |
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Halle Berry, Olivier Martinez and Gabriel Aubry ended the Thanksgiving holiday on less than a spectacular note, with the two men fighting outside the star’s home, landing in hospital afterwards and, in Aubry’s case, in police custody for assault. An agreement has been reached.
Berry and Aubry, who have ... |
30 November 2012
00:57 GMT |
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Boxer Hector “Macho” Camacho died in a supposed drug-related shootout in Puerto Rico but, as it turns out, he remains just as controversial in death: several fights broke on the second day of wake between the women in his life, ESPN reports.
Some of the fights were just verbal but at least one turned ph... |
30 November 2012
00:43 GMT |
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