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Well-known Japanese watch manufacturer Casio has decided to enter the Android tablet market and apparently they want to be really different from the other players. Casio’s new tablets go against Panasonic’s mid-line of rugged similar devices, but they are not competing with the Matsushita’s “a... |
30 July 2012
22:41 GMT |
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Well-known PC multimedia, peripherals and accessories company Genius has just announced a new set of wireless speakers that are really true to the definition of the “wireless” concept. The new gadgets come with integrated rechargeable batteries that will power the speaker.
Genius’ new speakers have... |
30 July 2012
20:31 GMT |
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Far Cry 3 is specifically created with the player’s emotions in mind and will show gamers how the quest to become a hero can lead the protagonist to blur the lines between good and evil.
Mark Thompson, who is the level design director working at Ubisoft, has told Polygon that, “He’s not being a bad... |
30 July 2012
20:11 GMT |
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Well-known monitor manufacturer ViewSonic is getting ready to present the professional computer display market with a new 27” model featuring the less popular WQHD high-definition resolution. WQHD is short for “Wide Quad High Definition” and it’s a standard discussed by the ATSC back in the 90... |
30 July 2012
19:41 GMT |
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After confirming an October release date for its long awaited Worms Revolution title, Team 17 has now revealed a new video in which its lead QA officer, Daniel Martin, talks about the weapons included in the game and offers quite a few tips and tricks about the title.
Worms Revolution promises to deliver a different... |
30 July 2012
19:31 GMT |
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Android enthusiasts in India continue to be flooded with some of the most affordable devices. Since Google launched the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system, native handset makers launched a gazillion of tablets and smartphones priced under $100 USD (75 EUR).
Indian company Zync has just announced the upc... |
30 July 2012
19:01 GMT |
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Insomniac Games, the developer behind all sorts of great franchises, including Ratchet & Clank or Resistance, believes its latest project, Outernauts, brings a console experience, in terms of content, onto Facebook.
Outernauts was revealed by Insomniac earlier this year as a special Facebook social game that lets pl... |
30 July 2012
18:21 GMT |
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I managed to find a string of Ruins, one of the most important early game tasks for all Civilization V players, and one of them has given me enough Faith in order to make my first important choice linked to religion.
First, the player is asked to select a Founding belief, which can range from getting more culture fr... |
30 July 2012
18:21 GMT |
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Despite the continued existence of the retail business, the entire video game industry will move more towards the digital space in the coming years, allowing for a bigger number of games to become all-around hits.
Jason Rubin, who is an executive vice president working at THQ, told Game Informer that, “In gene... |
30 July 2012
17:41 GMT |
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Sleeping Dogs, the upcoming action game from Square Enix and United Front Games, has just received a brand new video, this time showing off the gunplay.
Sleeping Dogs is set to include a wide array of features and gameplay mechanics, from hand-to-hand combat modeled after Hong Kong martial arts movies, to top notch ... |
30 July 2012
17:31 GMT |
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It’s not every day that we learn about companies that enter the smartphone market. Thomson, manufacturer of modems and specific infrastructure, has decided to launch its first handset, the X-View 2.
This is a bold move coming from a company that has no experience in this domain whatsoever. Even though the newl... |
30 July 2012
17:11 GMT |
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Last week, Microsoft announced the availability of a brand new application for Apple iPhone devices, namely Bing Get Me There, meant to give travelers to London the possibility to easily find their way around the city.
Following that announcement, the company also unveiled a new update for the Windows Phone flavor ... |
30 July 2012
17:01 GMT |
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Adobe just released the first update for Dreamweaver CS6, which addresses some critical issues reported by customers.The problems eliminated in this release touch on Dreamweaver’s FTP function that in some cases failed to complete basic operations, such as connecting to a host.Apart from FTP-related fixes the n... |
30 July 2012
16:47 GMT |
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The development team behind The Witcher series has not yet commented on what the addition of a multiplayer focused programmer would mean for the upcoming Cyberpunk project.
Michal Platkow-Gilewski, who is the marketing leader at CD Projekt RED, told Eurogamer that, “As for the job ad: this post should be named... |
30 July 2012
16:41 GMT |
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As we also informed you earlier today, Madonna's most recent show in Paris, France, ended in riots, booing and swearing because she performed for only 45 minutes. She's issued a statement to set the record straight. Amidst claims that fans were enraged to have her on stage for such a short while (and she ... |
30 July 2012
16:31 GMT |
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The folks over at SolverLabs have just updated their popular Tiny Bird game for BlackBerry PlayBook tablets.
The latest version of the game brings full BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) integration and some bug fixes.
Although developers did not unveil any details on the list of bugs that have been addressed in this upda... |
30 July 2012
16:31 GMT |
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Fido customers are in for a treat as the Canadian carrier has just announced the upcoming availability of its first LTE services.
Although the operator does no unveil the exact release date for its LTE service, Fido mentions customers should expect LTE speeds to be available this summer.
Initially, Fido will launch... |
30 July 2012
16:01 GMT |
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A new application is now available for download for the owners of a Windows Phone-based Nokia Lumia device, namely Counters.
Released with support for Lumia 610, Lumia 710, Lumia 800, and Lumia 900, the new application was meant to provide owners with the option to easily manage their calls, messaging and data use ... |
30 July 2012
15:51 GMT |
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Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn was announced last week by Square Enix as a completely overhauled version of the original Final Fantasy XIV online game, and now the publisher has confirmed some of the things that would be eliminated from the original experience.
Final Fantasy XIV came out over a year ago on the PC... |
30 July 2012
15:51 GMT |
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The Japanese multinational electronics corporation Panasonic just made it public news that it has succeeded in developing and manufacturing an artificial photosynthesis system which can convert atmospheric carbon dioxide into organic material.
As one can easily imagine, this means that the CO2 resulting from carryi... |
30 July 2012
15:41 GMT |
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Samsung’s cross-platform messenger for mobile devices has just received an important update that brings some new features and improvements.
The smartphone version of ChatON has been updated with an Olympic buddy, which offers users Daily Schedules, Medal Tables and Breaking News from the sports event.
In addi... |
30 July 2012
15:31 GMT |
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The development team of the upcoming The War Z MMO says that survival will be the core gameplay mechanics for those players who will get the game, with no energy wasted on zombie hunts or Achievement unlocking.
Sergey Titov, who is the executive producer working on The War Z, has told PC Gamer that, “It’... |
30 July 2012
15:31 GMT |
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It is no news that 2012 brought us some extreme weather manifestations. More precisely, new records were established in terms of average temperatures worldwide, and the US experienced a long period of drought which took its toll on national crops and water sources.
The bad news is that, according to a new report ju... |
30 July 2012
15:11 GMT |
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The most powerful Windows Phone device launched by Nokia, the Lumia 900 is about to make its debut in Brazil. The smartphone is now listed at Nokia Brazil online store. Customers who wish to pre-order the Lumia 900 will have to come up with R$ 1.799, which is about $890 USD or 725 EUR outright. It is also worth me... |
30 July 2012
15:01 GMT |
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There’s a new updated version of The Weather Channel application exclusively available for Lumia smartphones. The update adds a new look to the software and brings new features for users to play with.
For example, there’s a new Weather AR feature, which allows users to see the weather in a new way. It al... |
30 July 2012
14:31 GMT |
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A white bison born just recently at a farm in Connecticut finally got its official name: Yellow Medicine Dancing Boy.
Since white bisons are as rare as one in ten million specimens, people from various Native American communities gathered around to celebrate the calf. Apparently, this very rare animal stands as a s... |
30 July 2012
14:31 GMT |
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Google+ is king at Google. That's been true for a year now and it's still as true as in the first day. It's getting "integrated" into anything else and it takes precedence over everything else.No surprise then that Google is now replacing the video chat feature in Gmail with Hangouts. Voice and video c... |
30 July 2012
14:21 GMT |
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Less-known video card company called Yeston has just launched a custom designed AMD Radeon HD 7750 video card, but there is something very strange regarding the new product. The PCB is really short, which makes us think this is built for small cases, but the cooling system is quite large and occupies two adjacent slo... |
30 July 2012
14:21 GMT |
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Another day, another report about the actual price of the upcoming Nintendo Wii U, as this time it seems that the new console might cost $299 (around €242). Nintendo showed off the final version of the Wii U at E3 2012 last month, but the Japanese company declined to pin an actual price tag or a release date on... |
30 July 2012
14:21 GMT |
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As we previously reported, an international conference that took place in Geneva just last week aimed at developing new conservation projects.
The end goal was that of putting an end to illegal hunting activities involving elephants, rhinos, tigers and several other endangered species.
The World Wildlife Fund (WW... |
30 July 2012
14:21 GMT |
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Microsoft’s Windows RT-based Surface tablet PC is expected to arrive on shelves on October 26th, the same day when the Windows 8 operating system becomes available for purchase. Of course, Microsoft has said before that the new slate is meant to hit shelves the very same day as Windows 8, but that was the onl... |
30 July 2012
14:11 GMT |
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The Federal Communications Commission has just approved a new Android-based smartphone for use in the United States, namely the Sharp Aquos SH-10D.
The handset was announced back in May to be en-route to Japanese wireless carrier NTT DoCoMo, and those who chose to purchase it will be able to bring it with them stat... |
30 July 2012
14:11 GMT |
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Greg Kroah-Hartman announced a few hours ago, July 30th, the immediate availability for download of the seventh maintenance release for the stable Linux 3.4 kernel series. Linux kernel 3.4.7 comes with a some updated drivers, a handful of filesystem improvements, ARM fixes, and various other core patches."I'... |
30 July 2012
14:10 GMT |
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Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are going through what could only be described as one of the most amicable divorces in showbiz, mostly because they're both thinking of what's best for their daughter, Suri. The Church of Scientology is clearly indifferent to that.
The Hollywood Reporter has spoken to various fo... |
30 July 2012
13:51 GMT |
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One of the handsets that Motorola was rumored a few months ago to plan on bringing to the market before the end of this year was Motorola Primus, featuring model number XT621.
No official info on the existence of this device has emerged so far, but the phone has received the necessary approvals from the Wi-Fi Allia... |
30 July 2012
13:41 GMT |
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Google is not one to miss out on any occasion for a tweet and the London Olympics are one of the most obvious. Google has always had a series of doodles during the Olympics and that's what it's doing this year, highlighting the most important event of the day.
It started out with the Opening Ceremony doodl... |
30 July 2012
13:31 GMT |
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Rogers Samsung Focus has finally received the long awaited Windows Phone Tango update. This will bring a new set of messaging features along with some bug fixes.
The folks over at MobileSyrup have been recently tipped on the availability of the update, so Rogers customers who own the Samsung Focus might want to chec... |
30 July 2012
13:31 GMT |
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In yet another effort to raise awareness with respect to the need to safeguard our planet's remaining natural habitats and endangered species, the World Wildlife Fund made public a video which shows how human society and the animal kingdom display strikingly similar behavioral patterns.
Some of the most impres... |
30 July 2012
13:31 GMT |
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In between spending time with her adorable family (which now includes cutesy daughter Willow), Pink has also been working hard on her comeback album, “The Truth About Love.” A new track for it has emerged online.
It's called “The King Is Dead but the Queen Is Alive” and it's definit... |
30 July 2012
13:01 GMT |
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Samsung Galaxy Nexus, one of the first devices to be launched with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, is now slated for a Jelly Bean upgrade. In fact, Samsung Galaxy Nexus HSPA+ devices have already received the latest version of Android operating system via software update. Unfortunately, some carrier-bounded Galaxy ... |
30 July 2012
13:01 GMT |
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THQ’s new president, Jason Rubin, has talked about the console gaming business and predicted that, in the future, it’s slowly going to transition into the current state of the PC one, where games are being sold for all sorts of prices, not just a universal $60/€60 one.
THQ has gone through some majo... |
30 July 2012
12:31 GMT |
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The Secret World is a game about the sort of worldwide conspiracy filled with secret societies and mystical threads that everyone knows about, and the contradictions inherent to the above phrase create a good view point for the entire game, which was developed by Funcom and is currently available on the PC with a sub... |
30 July 2012
12:21 GMT |
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If you were looking for an old-fashioned celebrity catfight, you've come to the wrong place. Christina Aguilera recently sat down with Extra TV to speak of the upcoming season of The Voice, and made sure she kept her kitty claws well hidden. Above is the video. Among other things, Christina was asked how she ... |
30 July 2012
12:21 GMT |
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American Reunion has retaken its title as the most downloaded movie on BitTorrent for the week, as Wild Bill dropped from the first stop as fast as it got there. That said, and hardly surprising, a copy (several actually) of the highly anticipated The Dark Knight Rises made it all the way to number two.
It's a ... |
30 July 2012
12:11 GMT |
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The second Samsung Android phone to feature a pico-projector, the Galaxy Beam is now available for free in the UK. The unlocked variant of the phone has been available in the country since early July, and now customers can pick it for free on select plans. Carphone Warehouse offers the Galaxy Beam for free from Or... |
30 July 2012
12:01 GMT |
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Canadian wireless carrier Bell is gearing up for the release of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich for the Optimus LTE smartphone on its airwaves, and the platform has already leaked online.
Recent reports suggested that the new OS version might land on this smartphone only in late August, but it appears that the carri... |
30 July 2012
12:01 GMT |
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The PlayStation Vita handheld from Sony might benefit from the announcement of a Gran Turismo 5 spin-off, but it seems that the main developer behind the racing franchise has not made a decision about a potential mobile title.
Kazunori Yamauchi, who is the leader of the Polyphony Digital development studio, has stat... |
30 July 2012
12:01 GMT |
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NicEdit is a JavaScript tool for easily formatting text inside a textarea with the help of a toolbar full of various controls and buttons, similar in design to the old Microsoft Word interface.
NicEdit allows users to style text the way they need it to be displayed, without having to learn either HTML or CSS to do s... |
30 July 2012
12:01 GMT |
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Officials at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasadena, California, announce another successful course correction maneuver for the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover Curiosity.
The 1-ton robot is scheduled to land on the surface of the Red Planet – on the slopes of Mount Sharp, inside Gale Crater... |
30 July 2012
12:00 GMT |
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A particular subset in the group of people suffering from depression exhibits symptoms so severe, that there are literally no therapies doctors can attempt to alleviate them. For these individuals, experts at the Butler Hospital say, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) could bring a ray of hope.
TMS involves the... |
30 July 2012
11:41 GMT |
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Scientists at the Michigan State University (MSU) have determined in a new study that the human brain has a tough time learning a new task after the rules have changed. The process is prone to error, and it takes a longer time for people to master these skills than it would if they learned something altogether new.
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30 July 2012
11:32 GMT |
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Canonical just announced earlier today that the next UDS (Ubuntu Developer Summit) event for the Ubuntu 13.04 operating system will take place, Copenhagen, Denmark. The Ubuntu 13.04 Developer Summit event will take place between Monday, October 29th and Thursday, November 1st, 2012.This is our first Ubuntu 13.04 arti... |
30 July 2012
11:21 GMT |
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The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope was recently used to capture a new image of the massive globular cluster called Messier 68. The spherical, gravitationally bound structure is located relatively close to Earth, at a distance of just 33,000 light-years.
The stars in this crowded region of space contain relatively l... |
30 July 2012
11:20 GMT |
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Californian fabless GPU designer, American company Nvidia is apparently talking with its manufacturing partners and warns that overclocking factory overclocked cards will void the card’s warranty. Nvidia’s Kepler GPU is a very efficient architecture and, while not as easily overclockable as AMD’s Ta... |
30 July 2012
11:11 GMT |
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This seemingly complex NASA diagram illustrates the orbits of several important objects or classes of celestial bodies around the Sun. The star is obviously in the middle, in bright yellow. The three gray rings around it represent the orbits of Mercury, Venus and Mars.
Naturally, the bright green circle shows ... |
30 July 2012
11:02 GMT |
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Weak finances can lead to fairly unusual alliances, and the ones on the motherboard market definitely fit the definition of “uncommon,” to say the least.
Like most all products, motherboard components get cheaper the more of them one buys at once, which means that first-tier companies (the ones best-know... |
30 July 2012
10:59 GMT |
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According to a new Greenpeace Australia Pacific report, local communities in Papua New Guinea have lost most of the forests they need in order to make a living to various foreign logging companies and landholders.
Provided that Greenpeace's information is accurate, this situation has been going on for as long ... |
30 July 2012
10:52 GMT |
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Kelly Clarkson has one of the most loyal fanbases out there but, as it turns out, some of those fans are also into Britney Spears. Check out their reaction to Kelly covering “Everytime” in her most recent concert.
The “original American Idol,” as Kelly is dubbed in the press, has made someth... |
30 July 2012
10:49 GMT |
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Richard Stallman, founder of the the GNU Project and of the Free Software Foundation has spoken about Valve's intention of bringing its games on the Linux platform. Steam will launch for the Linux platform this year and it will be one of the cornerstones in Linux history. Most likely, a lot of other developers w... |
30 July 2012
10:41 GMT |
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Intel really likes to name its products weird things, so we are only half-bemused by the names of the two 7-Series, socket LGA 1155 motherboards that VR-Zone unearthed.
Intel already has a number of 7-Series motherboards out. The line was launched all the way back in March after all (2012).
The ones we are lookin... |
30 July 2012
10:41 GMT |
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Bodhi, a minimalistic Linux operating system based on Ubuntu that has really small requirements, has reached version 2.0.1. According to the developers of Bodhi, the huge number of users that have downloaded the operating system also reported some important bugs that needed to be fixed.Highlights of Bodhi 2.0.1:&bul... |
30 July 2012
10:38 GMT |
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Though it only has a radius of 734.5 kilometers (456.4 miles), Iapetus is definitely one of the most interesting moons around the gas giant Saturn, and also one of the most interesting celestial bodies in the solar system. This has been made obvious recently, after experts discovered numerous landslides.
These even... |
30 July 2012
10:35 GMT |
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Chinese handset manufacturer ZTE is about to introduce a high-end Android phone in North America. Mostly known for its entry-level handsets, ZTE plans to boost its market share in mature markets, such as United States and Canada. The folks over at TalkAndroid have been tipped off on the upcoming launch of the ZTE Fl... |
30 July 2012
10:31 GMT |
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Recently, Emsisoft updated their dual-engine Anti-Malware software to build 6.6.0.4, but a full list of changes had not been compiled at the time. Today, they released the changelog in its entirety and it lists a few improvements, as well as bug fixes.
The new revision comes with a new optional password protection t... |
30 July 2012
10:28 GMT |
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When it first came about, Firefox was a knight in shining armor. IE was dominating and bent the web to its will, standards were whatever MS wanted them to be and new versions of a browser came about once every few years.
Firefox changed all that with a fast, standard-compliant browser, with tabs and plenty of other... |
30 July 2012
10:24 GMT |
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Quite a lot of characters and stages from Sony’s upcoming PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale fighting game have been leaked on the web, apparently from one of the closed beta stages, and basically reveal everything that has yet to be announced about the game.
PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale is Sony’... |
30 July 2012
10:21 GMT |
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The “Fifty Shades of Grey” movie has come to replace “Twilight” in terms of the anticipation and hype that surrounds it. While the project is still in the very early stages of pre-production, fans are literally dying to have the two leads cast already. Their latest idea, according to a recent... |
30 July 2012
10:21 GMT |
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The budget-friendly Sony Xperia tipo is about to make its debut in the UK. We have already reported that pre-registrations are now available for the smartphone, but it looks like a few UK-based carriers will also offer the device.
The folks over at UnwiredView report that Xperia tipo is now on “Coming Soon&rdq... |
30 July 2012
09:57 GMT |
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The Sandia National Laboratories were recently commissioned by the US Department of Energy to look into the possibility of improving the overall efficiency of offshore wind technology.
Thus, the latter agreed to invest $4,1 million (about €3,32 million / ₤2,6 million) in a five-year project aimed at designing ... |
30 July 2012
09:56 GMT |
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That video up there is HP's latest YouTube commercial, one that we would not have made a whole blog out of if it didn't contain more than foreshadowing.
There is always the possibility that the tablet causing the man to grin is just a mock-up that will never become a real product.
On the flip side, Window... |
30 July 2012
09:49 GMT |
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A team of experts, led by scientists at the Harvard Medical School (HMS), announce the discovery of the gene responsible for triggering a very devastating type of early-onset blindness, called Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA).
The discovery could lead to the development of new therapies and drugs aimed at addressing... |
30 July 2012
09:47 GMT |
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One of the most talked about moments at the Opening Ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games in London was the segment that saw James Bond whisk the Queen away in a helicopter, only to parachute on the stadium later.
It was possible thanks to Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle, who suggested the idea to London 2012 chief... |
30 July 2012
09:40 GMT |
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With Galaxy S III out of the way, Samsung can focus on future Android devices. In this regard, the company has already confirmed it will launch a new Galaxy device on August 15.
According to the latest hearsay, Samsung plans to announce a sequel to the highly acclaimed Galaxy Note. The new smartphone is expected to ... |
30 July 2012
09:27 GMT |
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Google Street View has covered a lot of the world by now and it's not just streets, it's museums and national parks as well. A few locations have been a bit more elusive, though, but Google is adding them as well. In theme with the spotlight on London these days, the famous Downing Street, No. 10 location h... |
30 July 2012
09:23 GMT |
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The Federal Communications Commission was kind enough to provide a photo of the Arnova GBook tablet from Archos.
Unfortunately, we don't really know anything about the device, save what can be deduced from said picture.
The display will measure 7 inches in diagonal. That means the Arnova GBook will face Amaz... |
30 July 2012
09:09 GMT |
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Officials at the North Grumman Corporation (NGC) announce that the United States Navy conducted the first-ever flight test of the X-47B Autonomous Unmanned Aircraft over the US East Coast.
The flight mission took place on July 29, at 11:36 am EDT (1536 GMT), and saw the vehicle soar into the sky above the Naval Air ... |
30 July 2012
09:03 GMT |
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Many of our previous articles have dealt with the negative aspects of using fossil fuels in order to satisfy our society's energy needs. As well as this, we have constantly tried to show that renewable power sources are the way to go.
Therefore, we should now like to present you with a video which summarizes t... |
30 July 2012
09:03 GMT |
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Today, Cupertino-based Apple officially confirmed that its latest Mac platform release, namely OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, has been downloaded for more than three million times in the first four days of availability.
The new platform version becomes the most successful OS X release, Apple notes. This is the ninth majo... |
30 July 2012
08:54 GMT |
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With more than 100k downloads in the Google Play store, Dead Space for Android has just been updated with support for Nexus 7.
Starting today, Android enthusiasts, lucky enough to get their hands on the first device to come with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system out of the box, will be able to play EA’s ... |
30 July 2012
08:40 GMT |
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Windows 8, the next-generation operating system from Microsoft, opens new doors to developers interested in building applications for it.
Unlike the previous platform releases, the new OS flavor arrives on the market with support for applications built for the Metro UI, leveraging the WinRT development environment ... |
30 July 2012
08:34 GMT |
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While environmentalists are struggling to implement conservation projects in various countries and regions where tigers and other animal species are in danger of going extinct, it seems that Nepal has done a pretty good job in taking care of its threatened species.
Thus, according to a census carried out in the Bar... |
30 July 2012
08:34 GMT |
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Marissa Mayer is ending her second week at the helm of Yahoo and, already, the changes are beginning to show. Granted, there's nothing new for the users just yet, but employees are in for a treat, quite literally. For starters, free food for everyone, well, everyone in Silicon Valley for now.
Next up, the offic... |
30 July 2012
08:31 GMT |
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It is strange that the fight between Samsung and Apple, in the US at least, qualifies as only a prelude, but that's what happens when patent wars go out of control.
Apple and Samsung have been accusing each other of patent infringement for over a year, in various different parts of the world.
This time we wi... |
30 July 2012
08:29 GMT |
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Researchers at the NorthShore University HealthSystem and the University of Chicago in Illinois say that expecting mothers who are depressed are more likely to give birth to their babies prematurely.
The investigation that arrived at this conclusion was conducted on a sample population of 14,000 pregnant women. Onc... |
30 July 2012
08:27 GMT |
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4MLinux Core, a mini Linux distro focusing on Maintenance (system rescue Live CD), Multimedia (e.g., playing video DVDs), Miniserver (using the inetd daemon), and Mystery (Linux games), is now at version 4.0. 4MLinux Core 4.0 integrates all the new features introduced in the previous version, with an additional possi... |
30 July 2012
08:18 GMT |
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The decision to kill Diana Burnwood, the handler of Agent 47, was a tough one for the team working on Hitman: Absolution, but it was necessary because it offers a clear motivation for a character who is otherwise unmoved by much of what’s happening around him.
Tore Blystad, who is the game director working on ... |
30 July 2012
08:10 GMT |
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Back in 2003, BBC aired a mock documentary on what would happen if the already faulty transport system in the UK took another hit that would send it spiraling out of control. Ridley Scott will soon be turning it into a movie.
“The Day Britain Stopped” was scripted and fictional, but it still made an im... |
30 July 2012
08:07 GMT |
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Next year, Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion is expected to unveil to the world a new, bigger flavor of its PlayBook tablet PC.
Packing a 10-inch touchscreen display, the device can be seen in the allegedly leaked photos that emerged over at Tinhte.
Overall, the upcoming 10-inch tablet PC appears to ... |
30 July 2012
08:01 GMT |
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VIA Technologies adds Windows 8 support to its high-definition audio driver package, along with XP, Vista and Windows 7, for both 32-bit and 64-bit architecture. Although it comes as WHQL-Certified, the driver does not offer the certification for all supported chipsets: “This driver supports and has WHQL for ... |
30 July 2012
07:53 GMT |
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The progress on Total Commander 8.01 continues with the release of a new interim build for the file manager. This revision aims to further refine the application by getting rid of specific glitches preventing the release of a stable version.
Release candidate 5 fixes the new 64-bit install.exe that works on Linux as... |
30 July 2012
07:53 GMT |
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Apple did not abide by China's rules regarding certain customer services, so the country felt it had no choice but to send its watchers and strap some labels upon it.
For those who don't know what led to this, the short version of the story is as follows: Apple's customer support in China, especially... |
30 July 2012
07:50 GMT |
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Google Fiber is finally here. Well, sort of, Google has gone past yet another milestone, but it is still going to be about a year before people are able to enjoy the super-fast connections. And that's just in Kansas City, a few neighborhoods at that, initially.
Still, the mouth-watering offering has now been re... |
30 July 2012
07:41 GMT |
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When she was photographed kissing her married “Snow White and the Huntsman” director Rupert Sanders, Kristen Stewart not only broke her boyfriend Robert Pattinson's heart, but she also shattered his hopes of a life by her side.
He was just “weeks away from proposing,” a new report from ... |
30 July 2012
07:31 GMT |
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Despite of the recent focus on downloadable content for all big video game releases, one developer believes that the quality of a title is more important than delivering extra content after launch.Christofer Sundberg, who is the leader of Avalanche Studios, told Eurogamer that, “DLC is not needed to keep player... |
30 July 2012
07:30 GMT |
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With Windows 8’s official release drawing near each day, it was only a matter of time before Microsoft started to announce new devices specifically designed for the platform. Today, the company made a first step on this road, with the launch of new mice and keyboards that have been specifically designed to fit... |
30 July 2012
07:22 GMT |
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The Olympics are already in full swing and, this being 2012, they're going to be the most "connected" event in history. Everyone is carrying a smartphone and everyone is using it. Which is great for those feeling the need to tweet or post a photo of what they're doing or seeing every other second, but not s... |
30 July 2012
07:21 GMT |
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We reported here about Nvidia’s possible decision to launch two versions of the GeForce GTX 660 video card and here we uncovered more detailed information about the two models. Now, we can finally see how a rather plain reference GeForce GTX 660 Ti video card will look like.
Traditional Nvidia video card manuf... |
30 July 2012
07:21 GMT |
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A new revision for Rainmeter 2.4 beta has emerged recently, the new build number being 1578. It brings to the table some changes in the installer, as well as a new file association for INC files.
Among the most significant changes in the current beta release is the removal of support for Latvian and Slovenian locali... |
30 July 2012
07:21 GMT |
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Bethesda’s Pete Hines has clarified his statements about the release of the Dawnguard expansion for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim on the PC and PlayStation 3 platforms, saying that more info will be revealed “soon”.
Skyrim came out last year and amazed plenty of gamers with complex gameplay and lengt... |
30 July 2012
07:21 GMT |
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Advanced Micro Devices has been dismissing and hiring executives and other staff members for well over half a year now, but there seems to be no end in sight for the reorganization process.
Not long ago, a report said that one or more executives would leave their post at AMD Greater China. Vice President Lee Jiamin... |
30 July 2012
07:15 GMT |
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“Cloud Atlas” must be one of the boldest projects to come out in recent years, mostly because its source material – David Mitchell's novel – is extremely difficult to transpose to the big screen. A first trailer for it has been released.
Check it out in full below.
Directed by Tom Ty... |
30 July 2012
07:15 GMT |
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Owners of a Galaxy Nexus smartphone on the network of Verizon Wireless in the United States can now download and load a brand new custom ROM on their devices.
This is a preview build of the CyanogenMod 10 release, which is based on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and which should provide users with a series of new features ... |
30 July 2012
07:01 GMT |
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NoScript reached a new major release as it has been updated to version 2.5. Although most users would expect a slew of new features, as is generally the case with major revisions, the current build of the extension follows in the same lines as before, showing improvements and fixes.
NoScript 2.5 has been through six... |
30 July 2012
07:01 GMT |
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We reported last week on the availability of Samsung Omnia M in India ahead of the official launch. At least one Indian retailer started to take orders for the smartphone since last week.
Today, Samsung India has officially announced the immediate availability of the Omnia M Windows Phone handset in the country.
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30 July 2012
06:31 GMT |
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The South Korean company Samsung has just added the 32GB variant of the Galaxy S III in India. Even though the smartphone is now listed at Samsung’s online store, it appears that both pebble blue and marble white color options are now out of stock.
Still, customers who want to be notified on the availability o... |
30 July 2012
06:21 GMT |
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Well-known high-quality professional computer display manufacturer, Japanese company Iiyama has just launched a new office display with a more affordable price and a classic TN-film LCD panel. Like we reported here, Iiyama is heavily involved into the energy efficiency trend and today’s product also uses LED ba... |
30 July 2012
06:11 GMT |
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As a new line of graphics adapters from NVIDIA approaches, the old shall have to step aside, given that the price points they cover are pretty much the same.
By now, people should well know when and where NVIDIA will release its new batch of graphics adapters based on 28nm GPUs.
Just in case some missed it though... |
30 July 2012
06:02 GMT |
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The flu and the common cold affect millions of people each year, statistics show. Now, investigators at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UWM) draw attention to a study that may highlight a way of reducing the occurrence, length and severity of these conditions.
According to a team of experts at the university, ... |
30 July 2012
06:01 GMT |
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One of the main designers behind the Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 believes that two new mechanics can redefine the way players look at this year’s installment and recapture some of the magic of past game editions.
Jon Murphy, who is the team leader working on Pro Evolution Soccer, told VG247 that, “Years an... |
30 July 2012
05:55 GMT |
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Since the plants grown in Oregon's nurseries are regarded as being highly valuable and, therefore, important for the state's economy, it is no wonder that considerable amounts of effort go into protecting them from various pests.
Up until recently, the decorative shrubs, trees and flowers taken care of in... |
30 July 2012
05:54 GMT |
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Remember that time when Gerard Butler almost died while shooting a scene for a surfer movie? The first trailer for it, a passion project of Butler's called “Chasing Mavericks,” has finally arrived online.
Check it out below in full.
The film tells the story of real-life surfer Jay Moriarity whose ... |
30 July 2012
05:42 GMT |
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We are still caught in that period of summer when big video game publishers are only thinking about the fall and not actually launching any important games, which means that the only big launch of the week is the console-bound version of Risen 2: Dark Waters. Other than that, most players will probably be content to... |
30 July 2012
05:35 GMT |
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A new study conducted by Chinese investigators suggests that young adults who are illiterate have a higher incidence of schizophrenia than the average population. The investigation was primarily focused on individuals below the age of 40.
For this age group, illiteracy was tied to a 200 percent increase in schizoph... |
30 July 2012
05:31 GMT |
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Apple has been recently rumored to plan the launch of its next-generation iPhone for September, and some more info on the matter has just emerged.
Apparently, the company is getting ready to have the device unveiled to the world on September 12, while planning commercial availability on September 21, in line with p... |
30 July 2012
05:24 GMT |
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Only days after the Aurora, Colorado shootings, when a gunman entered into a packed theater showing a screening of “The Dark Knight Rises,” shot and killed 12 and injured 50, Dane Cook is making cracks about the tragedy.
Below is a player with the audio of Cook's latest joke but *please note that i... |
30 July 2012
05:22 GMT |
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Throughout the course of this day, UK's Climate Change Minister is expected to officially open Scotland's first marine energy park.
It is expected that by harvesting tidal power in the Pentland Firth and Orkney areas, local communities will benefit from a much-needed economic boost and the country's ... |
30 July 2012
05:18 GMT |
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This time around, we aren't bringing you information about some new or upcoming chip, but of a pair of processors that escaped the public eye for a long time.
Truth be told, we aren't all that shocked that a couple of APUs with disabled GPUs managed to slip the attention of the world for so long.
After ... |
30 July 2012
05:12 GMT |
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Robert Pattinson isn't the only one who's turned his back on Kristen Stewart after word got out in the press that she cheated on him with Rupert Sanders, the married director of “Snow White.” Her co-star Charlize Theron will most certainly do the same thing.
The two may have played antagonists ... |
30 July 2012
05:04 GMT |
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According to the conclusions of a new scientific investigation, the recently discovered gamma-ray glow at the core of the Milky Way is produced by high dark matter concentrations at this location. The results of this study are very important, because proving that dark matter exists could finally certify the Big Bang... |
30 July 2012
05:03 GMT |
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Electronic Arts has just posted a brand new video of FIFA 13, this time showcasing the game’s support of the Kinect sensor on the Xbox 360 console.
FIFA 13 is set to bring quite a lot of interesting things to the long-running soccer simulator franchise, from a more error-prone artificial intelligence system, t... |
30 July 2012
04:54 GMT |
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Automatic character transfers to new game servers are coming to the Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO and the developers behind the game are saying that the process will not affect players in any significant way once it gets underway. Damion Schubert, who is the principal lead systems designer for The Old Republic sta... |
30 July 2012
04:50 GMT |
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Madonna likes to create a stir whenever she can but, this time, she might have crossed the line. Booked to perform in Paris, France to 2,700 fans, she only sang for about 30 minutes and talked for another 15, prompting boos and insults from the audience, various reports online say.
To make matters even worse, those ... |
30 July 2012
04:47 GMT |
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PNY Technologies wants to make sure that its customers never run out of means to connect their flash devices to PCs, so it developed an USB hub and a memory card reader.
Many people make do just fine with a single USB flash drive, but there are a healthy number of consumers who own several.
After a certain point,... |
30 July 2012
04:35 GMT |
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Officials at the Russian Federal Space Agency (RosCosmos) say that the Progress 47 resupply capsule successfully docked to the International Space Station (ISS) on early Sunday morning, on July 29, demonstrating the capabilities of the upgraded Kurs-NA automatic docking system.
Unlike its predecessor, called Kurs, t... |
30 July 2012
04:32 GMT |
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South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung is one of the handset vendors set to launch Windows Phone 8 devices when the new platform becomes available, and it seems that the company has at least two such smartphones ready.
As part of an ongoing lawsuit with Apple, Samsung brought as evidence said two Windows Phone 8 s... |
30 July 2012
04:31 GMT |
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Well-known SSD company OCZ has apparently been sold to HDD company Seagate. Despite of its market value of about $300 million, it seems we were right and the company has been sold for a little more than 1 billion dollars.
We reported here about the potential deal and the money exchange it would imply, and now, hardw... |
30 July 2012
04:31 GMT |
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A recent report claimed that Demi Moore's 3 daughters with ex-husband Bruce Willis had walked away from her and were even considering getting a restraining order against her to be able to maintain the distance. Bruce doesn't approve, says the latest.
The latest print issue of Star magazine (story via CB) s... |
30 July 2012
04:18 GMT |
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Crysis 3’s Producer, Mike Read, has talked about the recent surge in popularity of second-screen experiences, such as the Nintendo Wii U’s special GamePad or the Xbox SmartGlass tech, and has revealed that he believes they’re a bit of a novelty that might not last very long.
Crytek has pioneered ga... |
30 July 2012
04:17 GMT |
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Developer Cyanide and publisher Paradox Interactive have announced that they are working on a new game called Impire, a real-time strategy game that will allow players to take on the role of a demonic imp named Bjal-Abaddon and try to lead him on his quest to become a dungeon lord.
The main task of the player will b... |
30 July 2012
04:16 GMT |
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Nokia City Scene for MeeGo has just been updated with a few bug fixes meant to improve the overall experience of the users, as well as the performance of the application. Aimed at Nokia N9 and N950 owners, the application allows users to explore cities in 3D. Nokia City Scene currently features a slew of US ones, bu... |
30 July 2012
04:13 GMT |
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Just recently, biologists in Montreal, Quebec found that a butterfly species indigenous to Central and South America is now thriving in this part of the world as well.
Since the Giant swallowtail butterfly needs higher temperatures in order to carry on with its daily routine, researchers argue that its presence in ... |
30 July 2012
03:59 GMT |
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It appears that Google has quietly updated its Android application that provides access to Google Play store, formerly known as Android Market.
The new version of Google Play Store application brings some bug fixes and performance improvements, though devs have yet to issue an official changelog for this update.
Th... |
30 July 2012
03:59 GMT |
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The next iPhone model might become available for purchase as soon as next month, if the latest reports on the matter are accurate, yet we still don’t have an official confirmation on what the device might look like.
However, we can now have a look at what allegedly are photos of a fully assembled iPhone 5 mod... |
30 July 2012
03:55 GMT |
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PNY Technologies could have taken things easy and released just one or two flash drives at a time, but it decided to be bolder this once, so it launched an entire host of them.
The 32 GB USB 3.0 is the only one of the newcomers that, by our reckoning, does not belong to the same set as the others (Attache).
Desig... |
30 July 2012
03:54 GMT |
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We have 16 licenses to give away for the freshly launched new version of Music Studio from Ashampoo. The new release sports better looks and performance, as well as new features – one of them accommodating the need to extract the audio from a video file.
The rules of the giveaway are simple: come up with a witty, sm... |
30 July 2012
03:44 GMT |
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Tecmo Koei and Team Ninja have posted a brand new video with their upcoming Dead or Alive 5 fighting game, this time showcasing quite a few matches between the female participants who are only wearing the bunny-style swimsuits that are available as pre-order bonuses.
Dead or Alive 5 brings back the classic franchise... |
30 July 2012
03:43 GMT |
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Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion is gearing up for the release of its new BlackBerry 10 operating system, and some more info on what the platform will include is now available.
A new set of leaked documents from RIM provide us with a glimpse at what the BlackBerry Messenger in the upcoming OS will loo... |
30 July 2012
03:26 GMT |
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The Document Foundation has announced last evening, July 29th, that the fourth and final Release Candidate version of the upcoming LibreOffice 3.6 office suite is available for download and testing. While LibreOffice 3.6.0 RC3 was never released, the LibreOffice 3.6.0 RC4 is here to fix only two bugs on top of the th... |
30 July 2012
03:20 GMT |
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Working alongside colleagues at the King Abdullah University of Science & Technology, scientists from the University of Toronto, in Canada, announce the development of a new type of film, which could significantly improve the efficiency of future generations of solar cells.
The colloidal quantum dot (CQD) films the ... |
30 July 2012
03:18 GMT |
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Despite claims that her romantic involvement with married director Rupert Sanders was just a “momentary indiscretion,” it turns out that Kristen Stewart had actually been cheating on Robert Pattinson with him for at least 6 months when she was caught in the act by paparazzi on July 17.
Ever since photos ... |
30 July 2012
03:13 GMT |
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Popular cloud gaming company OnLive has confirmed that it's going to bring its streaming service to the Ouya console, effectively guaranteeing access for owners of the new device to hundreds of high quality PC games.
OnLive offers a special cloud service that can be used to play PC games on the company's s... |
30 July 2012
03:11 GMT |
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All those individual and mass suicides at Foxcon's Chinese plant, whether carried out or not, have painted a grim picture of what work is like on the assembly lines.
The video above, depicting a random scene in the lives of employees responsible for quality control, might lay some misgivings to rest.
Sure, i... |
30 July 2012
03:10 GMT |
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Patrick Verner announced a couple of days ago, July 28th, the immediate availability for download of the Parted Magic 2012_07_28 Linux operating system for partitioning tasks. Parted Magic 2012_07_28 comes with many updated and new packages, as well as new features and general improvements to the base system. Amon... |
30 July 2012
03:08 GMT |
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The upcoming Lord of the Rings: Guardians of Middle-Earth game will take some liberties when it comes to the core lore of the fantasy universe created by J.R.R. Tolkien, but the developers hope that the changes will not drive fans away.
Ruth Tomandl, who is a producer working at the Seattle Warner Bros. studio on th... |
30 July 2012
03:06 GMT |
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The Cupertino giant has been hit by a considerable slowdown of its iPhone 4S sales in the past weeks. Today’s rumors and pictures will not do the company any good, or help the customers in any way. Various sources started showing two pictures with what has been reported as being an iPhone 5 dummy or sales mock... |
30 July 2012
02:51 GMT |
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Two new Intel CPUs have been exposed, but they aren't the sort that most of us consumers are ever going to see or use.
Called Core i3-3120ME and i3-3217UE, they are aimed at the embedded market, making them best suited for transportation, fire safety, safety and security, medical applications and life critical ... |
30 July 2012
02:40 GMT |
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Capcom has just posted a brand new video with its upcoming Okami HD game, showing off more of the stunning graphics that have been remastered in high definition for the new version of the cult classic title.
Okami amazed millions of players on the PlayStation 2 many years ago with an original story and some of the m... |
30 July 2012
02:33 GMT |
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The modders Zbyl2, DarthStoney, Hassat Hunter, VarsityPuppet and their collaborators have announced the launch of the The Sith Lords Restored Content Mod version 1.8 for Knights of the Old Republic II, the BioWare-made title that was launched in 2004.
Ever since the action role-playing game was first launched, fans ... |
30 July 2012
02:30 GMT |
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Vine Linux, a distribution with a highly customized Japanese environment in which a lot of applications support Kanji-Strings, is now at version 6.1.
Highlights of Vine Linux 6.1:
· Linux kernel was updated to version 3.0.38;
· Mozilla Firefox was updated to version 14.0.1;
· Mozilla Thunderbi... |
30 July 2012
02:27 GMT |
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Today, Australian wireless carrier Vodafone officially announced the immediate deployment of a new software update for the owners of a Motorola XOOM handset on its airwaves.
We’re referring here to the Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich software update, which is currently being pushed over-the-air to all XOOM t... |
30 July 2012
02:24 GMT |
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