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Microsoft is really stressing the importance of its fall update to the Xbox 360, especially the long awaited New Xbox Experience. Essentially a revamp of the old blade system which is currently employed in the Xbox 360 navigation menu, this promises to bring a much more user friendly experience and to take pers... |
30 September 2008
20:01 GMT |
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Electronic Arts says that it understands how an illegally downloaded copy is not, in any way, a copy that was lost as a sale to the company. Mariam Sughayer, who is working for the corporate communications department of EA, says that “Stepping aside from the whole issue of DRM, people need to recognize that ev... |
30 September 2008
19:11 GMT |
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If one British institution is in an embarrassing situation, it's the Police. Recently, they tracked down a stolen truck which was used by thieves to transport the stuff they robbed from a few local stores. Nothing really important, only seven pallets of games, most of them being Ubisoft's latest PlayStatio... |
30 September 2008
19:01 GMT |
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One of the overlooked elements in Sony's presentation at the E3 trade show was MAG, an upcoming massive multiplayer game which should debut exclusively on the PlayStation 3 sometime in 2009. Now Sony seems to be passing around a questionnaire about the game suggesting that, for the first time, it might be consid... |
30 September 2008
18:31 GMT |
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Geotagging (the association of exact geographic coordinates to a photo) seems to be an increasingly popular trend nowadays, since this technology allows photographers to share with other people the exact location where they've taken a certain photo or even recreate the stages of a certain journey using Google Ea... |
30 September 2008
16:21 GMT |
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The company that recently made a good deal with T-Mobile, namely OZ Communications, Inc., will be swallowed by the giant Nokia, as the Finnish manufacturer has announced its intention to buy it.By owning OZ's software products, Nokia will be able to offer to its customers easy access to email and Instant Messagi... |
30 September 2008
16:11 GMT |
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The music game market is a very tough one, with the two main competitors, Activision Blizzard's Guitar Hero and Harmonix's Rock Band doing whatever it takes to be number one. Except the battles for songs and albums to come exclusively to their games, they also venture out in creating customized experiences... |
30 September 2008
16:01 GMT |
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Memory foam is one of the new materials that find more and more place in our everyday lives and thanks to its special properties, people design an increasing number of possible applications for such smart materials. Now it's time to introduce you to one of the most amusing audio gadgets I've encountered in ... |
30 September 2008
15:51 GMT |
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Rock’n’Roll, Tag Games' first iPhone title, is currently available on the iTunes App Store. The game combines action and puzzling elements, making it suitable for a wide market. Players jump in the boots of 'Roll', whose friend gets kidnapped. Being the good friend that he is, Roll must rec... |
30 September 2008
15:41 GMT |
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The Zeemote JS1 Controller, on which we reported several times until now, is getting more and more popular on the mobile market. The latest important company to start selling the game controller is no other than Telefonica, which will offer the accessory to its Spanish customers starting tomorrow, October 1The J... |
30 September 2008
15:21 GMT |
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Players in Europe are sure to get a demo of Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 on Thursday, October 2. Konami says the demo will hit the PC, the PS3 and the Xbox 360 at the same time. The demo will probably also become available in North America.Gamers will be able to play using the real line ups of huge clubs like Liverpool,... |
30 September 2008
15:01 GMT |
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Namco Networks has just announced the launch of Pole Position: Remix for Apple's iPhone and iPod touch. The racing game is currently available to buy on the iTunes App Store. It boasts an intuitive control scheme using both the accelerometer and touch-screen of the iPhone and iPod touch.Since iPhone racing games... |
30 September 2008
14:41 GMT |
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From the creator of The Sims, an original action-puzzle game based on the Spore Mac title is available for owners of an Apple iPod. It is called Spore Origins and is said to make great use of the new 4G nano's accelerometer.From the iTunes App Store, the official description goes,Eat-or-be-eaten! Play SPORE Orig... |
30 September 2008
14:31 GMT |
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Bioshock is a truly terrific game. With innovations and a wide opportunity of choices which affected every aspect of the game, it was a breath of fresh air for the gaming industry. The philosophical and moral issues asked by this game really tore gamers into camps, each of them militating for the choices which ... |
30 September 2008
14:21 GMT |
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A poster on the fring community page claims to have caught a glimpse of fring's “official” announcement, saying the app that does VoIP over Wi-Fi is “now available on the iPhone App Store.” If true, Apple could be in the process of approving (or denying) the application's availabilit... |
30 September 2008
13:52 GMT |
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Toshiba, one of the leading manufacturers of portable computer systems, has demonstrated a SCiB battery designed for laptops, at this year's CEATEC exhibition, taking place in Japan between September 30 and October 4. The showcased battery is said to be capable of recharging up to 90% of its capacity w... |
30 September 2008
13:29 GMT |
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Microsoft is gearing up to detail the evolution of the Windows client graphical user interface, in just one month, at the Professional Developers Conference 2008, and then at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference 2008. One of the aspects under the microscope will the taskbar, a Windows 7 desktop item on which M... |
30 September 2008
13:18 GMT |
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Running pirated software is a move synonymous with increasing the risk of system failures, as far as mid-market companies are concerned. According to a study conducted by The Harrison Group and commissioned by Microsoft, companies that opt for unlicensed software expose their business to data loss and prolonged downt... |
30 September 2008
12:26 GMT |
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Do you remember Batman's subwoofer? The one he secretly used to put to work in order to wreck the plans of the most dangerous villains? Well, that particular subwoofer from JL Audio was so expensive that only Batman and some other very rich people could actually afford it; now, with its capabilities well tested ... |
30 September 2008
12:01 GMT |
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The hard working team behind the Fedora project announced a few minutes ago the immediate availability of Fedora 10 Beta. This version brings many improvements, features and fixes over previous releases. Dubbed Cambridge, Fedora 10 Beta introduces the newly released GNOME 2.24 desktop environment, an improved Network... |
30 September 2008
11:34 GMT |
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At the end of the past week, Microsoft labeled the Wave 3 update due for Windows Live Hotmail as “coming soon.” Traditionally, the Redmond company rolls out Windows Live Hotmail upgrades gradually to all users of the service over a period of several weeks, and this is the main reason why the Wave 3 upgrad... |
30 September 2008
11:33 GMT |
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Earlier this month, we reported that the mobile version of Peggle, PopCap's blockbuster game, should become available starting this fall. Well, now, the game is ready for our (or your) handsets, as PopCap has just announced its commercial availability.Released until now only for Windows, Mac and iPod, Peggle is ... |
30 September 2008
11:21 GMT |
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WELCOME TO THE NEW SOFTPEDIA WEBSITE!
You've probably noticed already that things have recently changed "a bit" around here, at Softpedia. Beside the obvious change of look, we've also been busy with developing new features, designed and implemented especially for you, our devoted users. We�... |
30 September 2008
11:19 GMT |
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At last, one of best underwater data transfer cables is ready for service. This is only the first stage of the Trans-Pacific Express submarine cable system which will connect China with the United States, Southern Korea and Taiwan.The Asia-Pacific area will see its communication standards increase, as the new 18.000 ... |
30 September 2008
11:16 GMT |
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Once more, in the chapter of loudspeakers with completely weird designs, we must turn the page and present to you an almost disturbing item, whose name could very well be “Crying children”. Created by the British designer Alex Underwood and showcased at the recent London Design Festival, this speaker mode... |
30 September 2008
10:58 GMT |
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At this year's CEATEC, held in Japan, DoCoMo and Fujitsu displayed several, interesting to say the least, phone tech items. One of the devices was a mobile phone that could actually be broken in two parts, both of which could be used separately. So, with this phone, you get to separate the screen from the keyboa... |
30 September 2008
10:54 GMT |
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Just three months after Bill Gates retired from his day-to-day role at Microsoft, Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer is divorcing the company from the motto that helped put it on the map. Ballmer revealed during a Q&A session at The Churchill Club the past week that the Redmond giant had outgrown Bill Gates' ... |
30 September 2008
10:46 GMT |
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The theory according to which we all have an inner genius waiting to be discovered has been addressed now by a team of scientists that built a device that affects the brain activity through a series of magnetic impulses. They are hoping to tap more of the brain's potential with their newly-developed cap.So far, ... |
30 September 2008
10:44 GMT |
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According to the latest findings, though black holes attract everything to their core, including light and radiation, they have an upper limit as far as their maximum mass goes. Yale astronomy and physics professor Priyamvada Natarajan believes that the largest black hole can't be more than 10 billion times the ... |
30 September 2008
10:41 GMT |
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AOL has released its popular IM client for Mac users. Currently at its first beta version for the Macintosh platform, the instant-messaging client boasts features like Friendly Names, multi-point file sharing, tabbed IM conversations, AIM Blast groups and more.Released shortly after the iPhone version kicked off, &ld... |
30 September 2008
10:35 GMT |
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Western Digital, one of the few leading storage manufactures that haven't yet ventured on the SSD market, has announced today the introduction of its new WD ShareSpace product lineup, a high-speed network storage system that can provide a cost-effective, centralized storage for small office and home networks. Th... |
30 September 2008
10:34 GMT |
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Motorola has been somewhat out of the spotlight recently, at least in terms of high-end phones. It’s been a while that the company rolled out something truly spectacular, having seemingly remained focused on mid-end devices. As it turns out, now, it wants to make its own Android phone but, in the meanwhile, it ... |
30 September 2008
10:11 GMT |
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The vague time location of the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius, which covered the Roman city of Pompeii under a thick layer of volcanic lava, ash and dust, has been made more precise now. The rotten remains of a fish sauce dish helped scientists pinpoint the date of the event to 24 August 72 AD.Italian specia... |
30 September 2008
10:10 GMT |
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Microsoft is working to bring the next killer application and the next-generation engagement model to fruition, under the leadership of Craig Mundie, Chief Research & Strategy Officer. Following his pseudo-retirement from Microsoft, Bill Gates split his role between Ray Ozzie, now Chief Software Architect, and Mundie... |
30 September 2008
10:08 GMT |
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How about a drummer that never misses a beat and will never mess up a song during your performance? Sounds cool, right? Well, as cool as it might sound, I'm afraid that no human drummer could become that perfect as to never miss a bar in live situations. Some cannot afford a drummer (or simply won't play w... |
30 September 2008
10:04 GMT |
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It looks like the first motherboard to feature Intel's latest generation X58 chipset has officially been introduced by Taiwanese manufacturer ASUS. The company's new P6T DELUXE mobo is touted as featuring Intel's latest desktop platform, although there's no direct specification of that being the X... |
30 September 2008
09:55 GMT |
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A new type of radioactive isotopes may hold the key to tomorrow's lung cancer cures, says a team of scientists at the Allegheny General Hospital (AGH) in Pittsburgh, U.S. They have tested the new mesh of substances extensively over the past few years, and have come up with very encouraging results. While standar... |
30 September 2008
09:54 GMT |
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Nokia has recently announced, via a press release issued on its official website, that it intends to get rid of its behind-the-firewall business mobility solutions. This means that software solutions like Nokia Intellisync Wireless Email will no longer be supported and will cease to be available. Instead,... |
30 September 2008
09:48 GMT |
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Microsoft is looking to attract 3D designers to Live Search Maps and Virtual Earth. Following the acquisition of Caligari, Microsoft made available for free trueSpace 7.6, a comprehensive toolset connecting the solutions directly with its mapping, imagery and search platform. In a move intended to boost the thre... |
30 September 2008
09:18 GMT |
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Among the most puzzling monuments in the world, pyramids are also among the first large-scale landmarks, built with no help from the engineering and technology of modern times. Although the large majority thinks of Egypt when speaking of pyramids, it is not the only place where they exist(ed).Geometrically speaking, ... |
30 September 2008
09:17 GMT |
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It seems that the French company Sagem and the Germans from Porsche Design get along just fine when it comes to high-end mobile phones. After the unique and elegant P9521 mobile phone they came up with, they have decided to bring customers yet another little jewel, under the dubbing of P9522.The name might sound a bi... |
30 September 2008
09:16 GMT |
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There is no Android-powered smartphone on sale yet (although T-Mobile G1 is very close to a commercial release), but lots of software developers are already embracing Google's open source mobile platform. The company to do so lately is Location Based Technologies, a North American developer and distributor of pe... |
30 September 2008
09:10 GMT |
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The research team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has managed to isolate the proteins present in real live human noses, which are believed to be responsible for associating outside stimuli to a certain smell. According to the specialists, the nose converts smells into patterns, which then the brain analy... |
30 September 2008
09:10 GMT |
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After playing quite a lot of the first game, I really had high expectations from the second one. But most of them were shot down by my first experience with this new shooter. First of all, it develops the story of Psycho, one of your fellow squad mates from the first game, and his chase after the North Korean G... |
30 September 2008
09:04 GMT |
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The MP3 audio format is still the king of the hill: AAC and WMA have done their best (so far) to undermine this super-strong position, but with minimal success. It looks like the format developed by the Fraunhofer institute has become so popular that shaking the foundations it resides on is almost impossible; tracks ... |
30 September 2008
08:50 GMT |
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Microsoft has allied with the Washington Attorney General Office in the fight against software developers that use scare tactics in order to convince users to buy their so called security products. The Attorney General has agreed to file seven of the lawsuits brought forward by Microsoft.Scareware is a name used to d... |
30 September 2008
08:37 GMT |
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Age of Empires: The Age of Kings is a turn-based strategy game for the Nintendo DS. It was produced by Majesco and released on February 14, 2006. The game allows the player to take command of one of five different historical civilizations: the Britons, the Franks, the Mongols, the Saracens and the Japanese. The game... |
30 September 2008
08:32 GMT |
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Intel's Classmate PC appears to gain more popularity, as the government of Venezuela has recently announced that it plans to order more than one million of these low-cost portable computer systems, as part of a broader economic agreement between Venezuela and Portugal. According to said agreement, Portugal will ... |
30 September 2008
08:30 GMT |
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Norway has been chosen for the “test case” that consumer ombudsman Erik Thon has filed against Apple two years ago. France, Germany, Finland and Denmark jumped in as well, to get Apple to change its DRM-locked content system used with the iTunes Store."It's a consumer's right to transfer and pla... |
30 September 2008
08:28 GMT |
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Scientists recorded fervently as the first Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) re-entered orbit and burned in the atmosphere. Following a completely successful mission that started on March 9, the first European space craft of this class was plunged into a controlled dive over the South Pacific, where most of the debris... |
30 September 2008
08:26 GMT |
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After being more than once at the forefront of the environment-friendly side of the mobile industry, Nokia obviously continues to have green intentions, and the new PEIR concept is here to prove it. Developed by Nokia Research Center Palo Alto and UCLA (the University of California, Los Angeles), PEIR is a revolution... |
30 September 2008
08:09 GMT |
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90% of the world's population perishes, meteor storms, earthquakes and all sorts of natural calamities constantly ravage the Earth while clouds of smoke and "evergray" ash turn day into an eternal night. What could intelligent, rational human beings do in Advance Wars: Dark Conflict's opinion? Divide in fa... |
30 September 2008
08:07 GMT |
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There is an intimate connection between technology and sustainability as far as small businesses are concerned. The conclusion was presented via a KRC Research survey commissioned by Microsoft. The Redmond giant revealed that for small businesses, deploying green IT solutions is a move which would result in cutting d... |
30 September 2008
07:59 GMT |
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Needless to say, when one has children, one’s life changes dramatically – sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worse. In order to make it a bit easier for parents, and offer kids a really cool and age-appropriate phone, Firefly Mobile has designed two new models, the flyPhone and the glowPhone."At ... |
30 September 2008
07:42 GMT |
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Microsoft is starting to increasingly feel the heat emanating from the collapsing American financial sector and, in this context, the Redmond company has emerged as a supporter of the $700 billion bailout plan put together by the U.S. Government. The software giant took a hit following the rejection of the financial... |
30 September 2008
07:25 GMT |
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September 29th, the “Magnificent 7” European scientific program was presented to the public. It is the joint effort of seven bold projects to address some of the most difficult topics raised by astroparticle physics, such as dark matter, cosmic rays' origin, gravitational waves or the reasons behind ... |
30 September 2008
07:09 GMT |
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WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008 will let players take the fight into their own hands with the debut of Superstar Fighting Styles. The game features eight unique styles, each having its own strategy and exclusive attributes. A brand new Struggle Submission System will give players intuitive and natural control over their ... |
30 September 2008
06:58 GMT |
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Approximately three weeks from now, AMD's graphics subsidiary, ATI, is expected to unleash yet another Radeon graphics card to go against NVIDIA's GeForce lineup in the mainstream market segment. Unlike the Radeon HD 4350 and HD 4550, which were officially announced today, AMD's upcoming HD 4830 graphi... |
30 September 2008
06:36 GMT |
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While Sony Ericsson is busy with the release of Xperia X1, the company's fans are still trying to design phone concepts exactly the way they would want them to be. The latest emerged SE concepts are (as in most cases of fan-made concepts) two eye candies that would most likely be bound for success if ever built ... |
30 September 2008
06:30 GMT |
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If you liked KOEI's titles Dynasty Warriors or/and Samurai Warriors, then there are some really big chances that you will love this game, too, since it is a crossover of them; it also looks absolutely impressive. Not to mention that it is always nice to see hundreds of enemies invading your screen. The PSP vers... |
30 September 2008
06:30 GMT |
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Advanced Micro Devices announced today the introduction of the ATI Radeon HD 4550 and ATI Radeon HD 4350 graphics cards, the latest ATI Radeon HD 4000 series graphics line up additions. The new cards are meant for the mainstream market level, and they are able to provide considerable gaming and HD multimedia performa... |
30 September 2008
06:29 GMT |
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The PlayStation Portable is not in the best position in the world right now. Sales are going down, even in Japan, where the platform has been on top of the hardware chart this year, and Sony has acknowledged that the gaming handheld is not supported by independent developers. But it's clear that the compan... |
30 September 2008
06:28 GMT |
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On July 21, 2008 Apple's CFO Peter Oppenheimer stated, “We will be delivering state-of-the-art new products that I cannot discuss today that our competitors will not be able to match." It is believed that Apple had foreseen a potential drop in Mac sales, and implicitly its stock, thus the company might be ... |
30 September 2008
06:24 GMT |
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Researchers Jeremiah Grossman, founder of WhiteHat Security, and Robert “RSnake” Hansen, founder of SecTheory, announced that they would fully disclose their research and PoC exploits at the Hack In The Box (HITB) conference in Kuala Lumpur, 27-30 October. The researchers previously canceled the presentat... |
30 September 2008
06:22 GMT |
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The average drag could soon be no more. Scientists have been able to finish an old formula that apparently allows them to control the effects that, for instance, air has on a moving automobile, or rainwater on a flying plane. With access to this formula, fuel efficiency may be increased substantially. Countless other... |
30 September 2008
06:21 GMT |
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For all of you who have been dying to get your hands on Nokia Tube all this time, the waiting is nearly over. According to Reuters, October 2 is the date when Nokia will launch its highly expected Nokia XpressMusic 5800, also known as Nokia Tube.The much anticipated and long overdue S60 touchscreen device will be off... |
30 September 2008
06:18 GMT |
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The well-known Cyber-shot series developed by Sony Ericsson is getting more and more handsets almost each month of the year. Whether you prefer a high-end phone or a mid-level one, the above-mentioned series has it all. Sony Ericsson's portfolio of Cyber-shot mobile phones is almost huge, and sells all around th... |
30 September 2008
06:17 GMT |
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Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is the first nex-gen title to be 100% developed internally by Lucas Arts. After the saga was completed by the final movies, there were some questions about the story and specifically about the period of time between Episode III and IV. Darth Vader has just become the apprentice Da... |
30 September 2008
06:17 GMT |
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Secret Agent Clank has been developed by High Impact Games, the creators of the Ratchet and Clank franchise. It is an exclusive for the PlayStation Portable handheld console. It is a spin-off to the original series, being the sixth installment in the franchise. It was released in June this year, and features Clank in... |
30 September 2008
06:14 GMT |
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The three astronauts that have just carried out China's most important space mission returned home on Monday. They were welcomed as national heroes, as they offered their country another solid ground in order to be perceived as an ascending world power.Millions of Chinese were able to follow every step of the mi... |
30 September 2008
06:08 GMT |
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ARM, Samsung, IBM and semiconductor manufacturer Chartered have recently announced that they will begin developing a comprehensive 32nm and 28nm System-on-a-Chip design platform based on high-k metal-gate technology. According to the multi-year collaboration between the four major companies, ARM will develop and lice... |
30 September 2008
05:47 GMT |
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TransGaming Inc has announced Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords (from D3Publisher) for the iPhone and iPod touch. The game has been tailored specifically to suit the two devices' innovative features, says TransGaming.Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords is a blend of classic RPG and puzzle, targeting bo... |
30 September 2008
05:45 GMT |
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A long time ago, population movement specialists with the U.N. were arguing that the world was facing its largest migration to date. Millions were giving up their lives in their native countries only to start over somewhere else. New statistics show now that density is the main reason why people tend to leave their h... |
30 September 2008
05:39 GMT |
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Today, THQ has announced that Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is available on mobile phones around the world, not just on the iPhone and the N-Gage platform. This is great news for Star Wars fans, since the game will become available for over 850 handsets. This, in turn, means that chances are considerably high that y... |
30 September 2008
05:37 GMT |
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A recent study added another member to the list of the creatures that prove self-awareness capabilities besides humans, dolphins, apes and magpies. It's the elephant, which has been proven to be able to recognize its own face in the mirror.Only seven years ago, everybody was absolutely convinced that the self-aw... |
30 September 2008
05:24 GMT |
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As speculation builds up, new details have emerged related to Apple's (possibly) upcoming MacBook lineup. Glossy screens, black keyboards and other features akin to those of the MacBook Air accompany the latest mockups of the new device.While the device pictured to the left is just a MacBook Air that was tampere... |
30 September 2008
05:19 GMT |
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The latest news reports unveiled the fact that a crucial fiber-optic cable called the “Trans-Pacific Express” was completed on Monday. The cable should offer more Internet capacity between the United States and China. Six of the largest phone companies in the world have worked together for the deployment ... |
30 September 2008
05:09 GMT |
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The piano is one of the world's best recognized instruments and dates from many centuries ago; despite the technological evolution during the last decades, pianos have suffered minimal transformations as far as their design is concerned. No matter whether speaking about horizontal pianos or their vertically-orie... |
30 September 2008
04:53 GMT |
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Windows 7 is in no way making an exception from the traditional Windows client development process and, in this context, the evolution of the graphical user interface is among the last aspects of the product to be implemented. Early Windows 7 Builds including Milestone 1 and Milestone 3 feature a visual style e... |
30 September 2008
04:52 GMT |
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We have already seen, earlier this year, how MSI's bet on the netbook market, the Wind, can boot into an OS X operating system. Even back then, the MSI Wind wasn't the first netbook to be tested running on Apple's Mac-only OS X, as the Acer Aspire One was probably the first ever to be spotted on the In... |
30 September 2008
04:46 GMT |
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Cars tend to meet much less drag if they are going forward in so-called platoons, rather than on their own, a new survey from Jadavpur University in Kolkata, India, shows. However, this statement comes to contradict everything drivers were told while in driving school. One of the first things a future driver le... |
30 September 2008
04:46 GMT |
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Research firm Weekly Reader Research and retailer Game Crazy have partnered up to survey youngsters on what they want to get as gifts when Christmas rolls around in a few months’ time. The not so surprising answer is that most kids with ages between 8 and 17 want to receive videogames and gaming consoles for th... |
30 September 2008
04:45 GMT |
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LG has just announced what seems to be the first affordable touchscreen handset: LG KP500. Coming shortly after the 8 Megapixel KC910, the new KP500 is a cheaper copy of it, created to enable more consumers to enjoy the benefits of touchscreen technology.The exact retail price of LG KP500 has not been made public yet... |
30 September 2008
04:34 GMT |
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Scientists have built a device that, if applied to larger scales, would allow ocean waves, even those as big as a tsunami, to travel through a large structure (an offshore platform or even an island) without the waves or the respective structure being altered at all.Invisibility doesn't just refer to light and v... |
30 September 2008
04:31 GMT |
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If you're a social network fan, then this is a good news for you. If you're an iPhone user, then you should know that Facebook 2.0 has been released and, more importantly, that it is now available for download at the iTunes App Store.Let's see what this new version brings. First off, now you can get n... |
30 September 2008
04:28 GMT |
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You know one MMO has hit trouble when it announces that it plans to merge servers. Funcom, the developer and operator of Age of Conan: Hyperborian Adventures announces that it plans to merge some of its game servers in an effort to create “healthy” player populations required to make the game progress in ... |
30 September 2008
04:16 GMT |
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Advanced Micro Devices announced on Monday that its next-generation “Shanghai” microprocessor was getting ready to be rolled out. The company also said that the new chip would come with many improvements over its predecessors and without the bugs we saw in those CPUs. Shanghai is expected to replace the c... |
30 September 2008
04:13 GMT |
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Working with clients such as Pistorius, winner of three gold medals in the Paralympics in Beijing this year, the Ossur Corporation deals exclusively with designing and engineering advanced prosthetic limbs. With their eyes on the prize - a fully automated prosthesis that would draw its commands from the user's b... |
30 September 2008
04:10 GMT |
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Apple's shares fell to their lowest level in over a year, to a whopping $105.26 per share, a $22.98 decrease resulted from Mike RBC Capital and Morgan Stanley's cutting their ratings on the company's stock. The two firms are predicting a high probability that consumers no longer be eager to spend cash ... |
30 September 2008
04:06 GMT |
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Rock Band 2 is the sequel to one of the best selling music games out there, fighting a good battle against Activision Blizzard's Guitar Hero: World Tour. It was launched this September and came with the whole music library from the first game and with new songs which are available on the Xbox 360 Live Mark... |
30 September 2008
04:05 GMT |
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Partitioning your hard drive in order to accommodate all the stored files in an organized manner is definitely not a daily task for any user. The truth is that most of them generally do this operation at each acquisition of a hard drive, and then forget about it. This is normal behavior considering that the... |
30 September 2008
04:01 GMT |
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Ubisoft is conquering the East. The French publisher has just opened its second Romanian studio in Craiova. The company already operates a studio in Bucharest, which was heavily involved in the creation of Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X.The new studio is staffed by a team of 12 highly talented and professional young peopl... |
30 September 2008
04:00 GMT |
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T-Mobile, subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom and one of the world's largest mobile operators, has started offering a new Instant Messaging solution for its subscribers in Germany and the UK. The solution is provided together with OZ, a Canadian company said to cater to about 85 million users with its mobile IM clien... |
30 September 2008
03:59 GMT |
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As Solid State Drives become increasingly popular and technology advances at an accelerated pace, storage manufacturers are rushing to provide better and ever more affordable SSDs. On that note, Super Talent has just announced a pair of new SATA-II SSDs that not only deliver an impressive performance level and storag... |
30 September 2008
03:53 GMT |
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These are troubled times, the economical situation in the United States isn't very good. With stock prices falling for almost every company, some analysts said that one of the most sure investments these days are in the large companies in the gaming industry. Names such as Electronic Arts or Activision Bli... |
30 September 2008
03:41 GMT |
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Last week, we were telling you about the mysterious KC780. At that time, we didn't have too much information on the device, just rumors to go on. The good news is that, thanks to several reliable sources, we finally know it is going to be launched officially. The bad news is that, so far, most of the specs of th... |
30 September 2008
03:41 GMT |
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PopCap announces that a new game will be launched in the Bejeweled franchise. It will be called Bejeweled Twist and it is the first fresh addition to the series since 2004.Initially, PopCap will only make the game available through its own site and the full unveiling will take place in Seattle, on October 27.Since th... |
30 September 2008
03:36 GMT |
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Researchers recently observed that froghoppers use the structures similar to bows which are found between their wings and their hind legs, flexing them just like an archer, in order to perform their unbelievable jumps.The froghoppers, commonly called spittlebugs, are the most formidable jumpers of all the insects in ... |
30 September 2008
03:30 GMT |
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Solid State Drives have always been said to be more reliable, have extra durability and provide longer life than hard disk drives. The penetration of SSDs into the market has seen recent boosts due to good marketing. All manufacturers claimed that SSD technology offers more performance and reliability than any HDD. ... |
30 September 2008
03:19 GMT |
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It has come to our attention that Apple's recent changes with the App Store have actually been made to address developer misuse. Apple has rearranged the categories in its iTunes App Store, pulling aggregate categories to make room for the newest apps. This, however, doesn't include newly-updated apps.Appli... |
30 September 2008
03:16 GMT |
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Although we previously thought that prolonged exposure to direct sunlight may cause severe forms of skin cancer, apparently, we need to be in the open at least 10 to 15 minutes daily, in order for our bodies to produce a sufficient quantity of vitamin D to last us a day. According to two studies published by Harvard ... |
30 September 2008
03:15 GMT |
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Synaptics, a leading developer of human interface solutions for mobile computing, has announced today the availability of two new advanced gestures. The ChiralRotate and Two-Finger Flick come to join the company's current portfolio of gesture recognition capabilities for Synaptics touchpads used in notebooks and... |
30 September 2008
03:14 GMT |
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We recently reported that Sony wants to test the dedicated servers which its blockbuster title LittleBigPlanet would be getting on launch day and released a beta of the game. Also, as a token of appreciation for all the support the developers got during the making of this game, they released several thousand beta ke... |
30 September 2008
03:13 GMT |
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If you're the kind of people with a knack for making music at home, then this piece of news will surely make you happier. Korg have just released their newest line of micro-controllers, named the nanoSeries and comprising three different gadgets, each with its own purpose and functionality; easy to integrate in ... |
30 September 2008
03:10 GMT |
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SanDisk, the Californian maker and distributor of flash storage cards and other similar products, has announced the release of the world's first 16GB memory cards for mobile phones. The new cards are not yet commercially available, but they will be starting October. Best Buy will start to sell them next month, w... |
30 September 2008
02:58 GMT |
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By analyzing the red planet's clouds, Phoenix Mars Lander has found that there's snow falling from them. The data collected from the soil samples gathered by the craft showed that there is an obvious interaction between water in liquid form and minerals, just like on Earth.The laser device that is specially... |
30 September 2008
02:57 GMT |
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Corvette is a videogame developed by Global Star Software Inc. and published by Sony Computer Entertainment of America. The game was created for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony, for the original Xbox from Microsoft and for the PC. It was launched in March 2004. The title is classed as a driving simulation played ... |
30 September 2008
02:51 GMT |
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Cliff Bleszinski is the guy behind one of the most successful shooters developed for the Xbox 360, Gears of War. Now as the clock draws near to the launch of the sequel to that game, he decided to stress the importance it would have on the market and for the players. He also brought up the problem of piracy in ... |
30 September 2008
02:46 GMT |
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Last week, a new phone, a funny looking Samsung, surfaced on the net. Until now nobody, knew its name or its specs. Today, we can finally give you more information on this little and weird looking handheld.As seen in the photo, the phone is a candybar type, all white and with big round buttons. It features a pretty s... |
30 September 2008
02:44 GMT |
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Contra: Shattered Soldier is a video game developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo Ltd. and published by Konami Corporation. The game was created for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony and was launched in October 2002. The title is considered to be an action side scroller, played from a third person perspect... |
30 September 2008
02:38 GMT |
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Martin Ultima and his team have just announced today the immediate availability of Ultima Linux 8.4, a Slackware-based Linux distribution, optimized for x86 and AMD64 platforms. The new release includes many new and updated packages, improvements and additions. "The Ultima Linux Project is pleased to announce the imm... |
30 September 2008
02:33 GMT |
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Constantine is a video game developed by Bits Studio Ltd. and published by THQ Inc. The game was created for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony and for the original Xbox from Microsoft. It was launched in February 2005. The game is classed as an action title with horror elements and with a comics background. It was ... |
30 September 2008
02:17 GMT |
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Conflict: Desert Storm II: Back to Bagdad is a video game developed by Pivotal Games Ltd. and published by SCi Games Inc. It was created for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony, the original Xbox from Microsoft, the PC and the Game Cube; it was released in 2003. It is classed as an action title with shooter elements,... |
30 September 2008
02:14 GMT |
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It's quite a well-known fact that modern digital cameras are now capable of taking shots at very high resolutions (which, unfortunately, occupy quite a hefty amount of space), while camcorders capable of shooting in High Definition and storing the videos onto flash memory cards are already pretty mainstream. Tha... |
30 September 2008
01:43 GMT |
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