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Traditional AMD video card manufacturing partner Sapphire has just announced a new video card powered by AMD’s Radeon HD 7750 GPU. The new card features a single-slot cooling system and a low-profile PCB that is perfectly suited for cramped cases.
The new device completely adheres to AMD’s reference spec... |
31 July 2012
22:21 GMT |
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California-headquartered traditional RAID controller maker HighPoint has just launched a new, dedicated SAS RAID controller card using Marvell’s Sheeva RAID-on-Chip onboard processor, on its official website.
The new card uses a Marvell 88RC9580 RAID-on-Chip processor that has a 513 MB of DDR3 dedicated memory... |
31 July 2012
21:11 GMT |
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Google’s popular smartphone and tablet operating system has been long awaited by the owners of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 P7500. Now, the Korean giant seems to be ready to start the updating process.
There are reports that say Italy is getting the ICS rollout today, while other markets will soon follow.
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31 July 2012
20:01 GMT |
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There was a rumor that enthusiastic overclockers that push their new Kepler card too far might have a chance to see their warranty refused by the AIB. The report was based on various sources that said Nvidia was in talks with AIBs about revoking warranties where burnt GPUs were clocked beyond 1.1 Ghz. Whether Nvidia... |
31 July 2012
19:11 GMT |
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Samsung’s Galaxy S line of devices is already the most popular smartphone series in the world, and the latest addition to the lineup is doing a great job at attracting even more users to it.
However, although Galaxy S III is here and is said to be the best smartphone of the year, enthusiasts already dream of ... |
31 July 2012
19:01 GMT |
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Asus Australia announced last month that the Padfone device would go on sale in the country sometime in July. However, it appears that the company had some trouble in keeping its word and has recently confirmed that Asus Padfone won’t hit shelves until next month.
According to PC World, Asus Padfone is expecte... |
31 July 2012
19:01 GMT |
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Unveiled back in May, BlackBerry Curve 9320 is one of the cheapest smartphones launched by Research In Motion (RIM). The smartphone has already been launched in Australia, but it’s not yet available on prepaid.
According to CrackBerry, major carrier Telstra plans to offer the BlackBerry Curve 9320 on prepaid p... |
31 July 2012
18:31 GMT |
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With the real-world Olympics taking place in London well underway, video game developers seem inspired to sprinkle some Olympic spirit on their own development efforts, with Hideo Kojima, the father of the well-known Metal Gear Solid franchise, comparing the sporting event with the development of his own franchise.
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31 July 2012
18:21 GMT |
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Despite being much praised by its employees and by gamers alike, it seems that Valve, the company behind such franchises as Half-Life and Portal, has grown too big for at least one former employee who is now working at Arkane Studios.
Viktor Antonov, who is best known for the level design he has done on City 17 for ... |
31 July 2012
17:21 GMT |
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Google’s series of Nexus smartphones has already proved highly popular around the world, and it might continue to do so if great devices are added to it.
In fact, previous rumors have already suggested that some great new devices are en-route to the market with the Nexus mark on them, some even this year.
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31 July 2012
16:51 GMT |
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The high-definition re-imagining of the Tony Hawk Pro Skater series of games has managed to see solid sales on the Xbox Live service from Microsoft since it was launched on July 18, moving more than 120,000 units. The developer behind the game sees this as a vindication of the choices his team has made.
John Tsui, w... |
31 July 2012
16:31 GMT |
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If losing weight and keeping it off were that easy, countless women would be as fit as the ballerinas or catwalk models. However, one new weight loss product aims to make the journey to a fitter, healthier body a true piece of cake: the world's first weight loss perfume. It's called Prends-Moi and comes f... |
31 July 2012
16:21 GMT |
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Xperia GX, the Android-based mobile phone from Sony set to become available for purchase in Japan as soon as next week, has been long rumored to be en-route to the international market, and it should not be too long before that happens, it seems.
New photos with the device are now available online, coming from ePri... |
31 July 2012
16:11 GMT |
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There was a time when not a day went by without Colin Farrell making the headlines for yet another one of his scandalous adventures. Obviously, those days are gone, and the handsome actor credits his two sons for the change – and for saving his life.
As fans must already know, Colin will be seen next in &ldqu... |
31 July 2012
15:51 GMT |
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Windows Phone application developers will have some difficulties submitting new software for approval in the official Marketplace in the next few days, Microsoft announced. The App Hub will be down on Monday, August 6, a move planned all the way back in April. This means that developers should hurry and submit apps... |
31 July 2012
15:51 GMT |
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Canadian carrier TELUS has just announced the immediate availability of the “My Account” application for BlackBerry devices.
“My Account” app allows TELUS’ customers to monitor their data, text and voice usage, as well as check their account balance. The software also provides users wit... |
31 July 2012
15:31 GMT |
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Video game publisher Activision and EON Productions announced the talented cast that would lend their voices and their likenesses to the upcoming 007 Legends title, which will be out on October 16 of this year on the PC, the Xbox 360 from Microsoft and the PlayStation 3 from Sony. The cast includes: Daniel Craig, th... |
31 July 2012
15:21 GMT |
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Without a doubt, Chris Nolan has gone out of his way to make “The Dark Knight Rises,” his third and last Batman film, bigger, better, and more impressive than the previous two. Were this in real life, being Batman would have cost Bruce Wayne a fortune large enough to buy a country.
MoneySupermarket has c... |
31 July 2012
15:01 GMT |
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Chinese company Huawei has just entered the high-end Android smartphone market, but the handset maker doesn’t want to neglect the mid-range category.
With Ascend G300 and Y200 already available on the market, Huawei is now focusing on bringing its powerful Ascend D quad smartphones on shelves.
However, until... |
31 July 2012
15:01 GMT |
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Not very long ago, we talked about how global warming is bound to make drought periods last longer. As well as this, we reported on how heavy rainfalls and floods might also soon be a thing of the day.
It is not difficult to imagine that such extreme weather manifestations will take their toll on our society's... |
31 July 2012
14:41 GMT |
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Captain Paul Watson, the leader of Sea Shepherd, recently sent a rather lengthy message to his supporters, wishing to explain the exact circumstances which forced him to leave Germany and move to an undisclosed location. As well as this, the conservationist comments on why Japan decided to go after him so fiercely. ... |
31 July 2012
14:31 GMT |
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Despite Chrome's seemingly unstoppable march, it appears that Internet Explorer is making a comeback and may regain the number one browser title. At least that's what the latest data from StatCounter shows. The analytics company found that Chrome overtook IE in early May to become the most popular web brows... |
31 July 2012
14:21 GMT |
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Markus Persson, aka Notch, has stated that the Minecraft world that he created lacks any notion of gender in order to deflect criticism from the fan base about the lack of official female player avatars. Notch stated, “I’m not saying this is a good way to deal with gender in all games, as the better your... |
31 July 2012
14:21 GMT |
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Fans probably know all about Aerosmith's Global Warming Tour, which began in May and is expected to end this August.
However, here's one interesting piece of news: just recently, Sea Shepherd representatives also joined the band, the end goal being that of raising even more environmental awareness.
Thus... |
31 July 2012
14:21 GMT |
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One can imagine it's hard to keep up with veteran actor Patrick Stewart, but relative newcomer (at that time) Tom Hardy more than succeeded at that in “Star Trek: Nemesis,” as the above video will confirm.
Before he brought Gotham to its knees as Bane in “The Dark Knight Rises,” Hardy wa... |
31 July 2012
14:01 GMT |
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Earlier this month, South Korean company LG confirmed plans to bring more high-end devices in North America, in an attempt to boost its sales in developed markets.
The mobile handset maker has also confirmed it will expand its LTE-enabled smartphone market to 10 additional countries by the end of the year, though LG... |
31 July 2012
14:01 GMT |
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The Entertainment Software Association in the United States has announced that it has entered into a new agreement with the city of Los Angeles to host the E3 trade event at the L.A. Convention Center for the next three years, until 2015.
The partnership has been active for sixteen years and in 2013 the biggest vide... |
31 July 2012
13:51 GMT |
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Apple TV has never been much of a success, at least judging by Apple standards. Most people don't even know it exists. One of the problems, as with any media device, has been lack of content. But that problem is getting smaller now that Hulu Plus is finally being made available for Apple TV.Hulu Plus is the prem... |
31 July 2012
13:41 GMT |
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Despite the fact that all signs pointed out to “Paranormal Activity 3” being the final installment in the horror franchise, a fourth film will be out in theaters this October. Above is a first look at it.
This isn't exactly a teaser trailer but more of a trailer for a trailer. As with all other &ld... |
31 July 2012
13:41 GMT |
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Samsung Galaxy S II has already received the long-awaited Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade in most regions of the world.
However, US-based carrier Sprint seems to be among the last to offer its customers this update. Known as Samsung Epic 4G Touch, Sprint’s version of Galaxy S II is now eligible for Ice... |
31 July 2012
13:31 GMT |
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Sony is reportedly getting ready for the release of new smartphones on the US market, and is currently working on receiving the necessary approvals for that.
The Federal Communication Commission has just approved one such phone for use in the country, namely the Sony Xperia advance ST27a.
This handset is said to ... |
31 July 2012
13:31 GMT |
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Not about to let Micro-Star International get all the attention for its 4 GB NVIDIA video card, Leadtek has released a device that follows a similar concept, but only so far.
Truth be told, the only things that Leadtek's product and NVIDIA's own 4 GB GTX 680 have in common is the amount of memory and, in ... |
31 July 2012
13:21 GMT |
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Directions are one of the biggest features in Google Maps and for good reason. Even better than the plain directions that show you the way from A to B are directions that tell you what to use to get there. Public transport routes and schedules are a great way of helping users plan even a small trip across town.
But ... |
31 July 2012
13:11 GMT |
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A new research conducted by specialists working with the Michigan State University argues that, when it comes to environmental protection and conservation projects, income fails to matter.
More precisely, the case is made that, although wealthy people can indeed make more significant contributions to fund raising c... |
31 July 2012
13:11 GMT |
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It looks like AT&T won’t be the only US-based carrier to launch a Pantech handset this week, as Verizon Wireless has just announced the upcoming availability of the Pantech Marauder. Just like AT&T’s Pantech Renue, Verizon’s Marauder is powered by Google’s Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich opera... |
31 July 2012
13:01 GMT |
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As the Westboro Baptist Church is intensifying its efforts to show the world that American soldiers' deaths abroad are God's way of saying America is too tolerant of the gay lifestyle, more counter-protesters are willing to stand up against the “hate church.”
WBC announced plans to picket a DuP... |
31 July 2012
12:51 GMT |
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A pre-order page for the upcoming Need for Speed: Most Wanted reboot developed by Criterion shows that the racing game will offer support for the Kinect motion tracking peripheral from Microsoft. The pre-order image shows the covers for the three versions of the game, on the PC, the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360, a... |
31 July 2012
12:31 GMT |
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Verizon’s Casio G’zOne weird smartphone has just received a new software update that promises to fix some of the bugs that have been plaguing this handset for quite a while.
Casio G’zOne was launched in the US more than a year ago with Android 2.2 Froyo operating system out of the box.
It’s... |
31 July 2012
12:01 GMT |
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RefineSlide is yet another jQuery image slideshow plugin. Unlike many of its counterparts, RefineSlide also integrates CSS 3 technologies and provides support for 3D transitions for an unique look and feel, usually found only in Flash-based solutions.
While developers might think this extended support for CSS transi... |
31 July 2012
12:01 GMT |
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A new international trailer for Liam Neeson's fast-paced action movie “Taken 2” has been released. Check it out in full above.
After “Taken” proved a surprise hit with both critics and audiences, virtually establishing Liam Neeson as the new Chuck Norris of action movies, a sequel was g... |
31 July 2012
11:41 GMT |
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Nvidia is doing quite a good job at salvaging the partially dysfunctional Kepler GPUs, but for the mid- to low-end markets such a chip is not quite fitting. Therefore, the company is preparing to launch the rumored GK107 GPU that will power the more affordable graphics adapters. The GeForce GTX 650 reference design ... |
31 July 2012
11:31 GMT |
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A drug that was previously tested for its effects against Alzheimer’s disease – and yielded inconclusive results – is apparently very effective at stopping the brain pathology and memory degeneration usually associated with this form of neurodegenerative dementia.
The discovery was made by investig... |
31 July 2012
11:24 GMT |
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The Russian Federal Space Agency (RosCosmos) undocked the Progress 47 robotic resupply capsule from the International Space Station (ISS) earlier yesterday, July 30. The vehicle is now set on an orbital course that will see it burn high above Earth's surface.
The maneuver was conducted on Monday, at 5:19 pm ED... |
31 July 2012
11:18 GMT |
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Malware never sleeps and malware developers will take advantage of any occasion to push malicious code onto users’ computers. And the Olympic Games this year are the perfect opportunity.
Bitdefender alerts that spam campaigns guised as flight ticket reservations in order to trick the user into installing a gen... |
31 July 2012
11:17 GMT |
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While Dell is almost ready to ship its Inspiron 14z ultrabook, HP is having some trouble making deliveries of the Envy Spectre XT.
HP has been accepting orders for the Spectre XT Ultrabooks for some time now.
If you are among those who ordered and have yet to receive your laptop, brace yourself, because you might h... |
31 July 2012
11:12 GMT |
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A team of experts at the University of Florida, led by expert Jie Zou, announces the development of the first device that can measure the strength of the Casimir force with precision. The instrument can be installed on a chip, which is another global first.
The Casimir force is the main reason why microelectromechan... |
31 July 2012
11:08 GMT |
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A new tool is now available for download for those interested in the discovery and assessment of risk, complexity and materiality of Excel workbooks and Access databases, namely Microsoft Office 2013 Discovery and Risk Assessment Preview.
The tool has been released with powerful software engine inside, designed to s... |
31 July 2012
11:06 GMT |
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Spotify for Android has just been updated with new features and improvements aimed to make the application even more popular among Android users.
Last month, the developers added a new radio feature to the iOS version of Spotify, which allowed users to create their own custom stations based on certain aspects.
Tod... |
31 July 2012
11:01 GMT |
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Leading climate scientists believe that the incidence of adverse weather events such as the massive drought currently spreading through the United States will increase in the future, as the effects of global warming become more and more pervasive.
Over significant portions of the US Midwest, the drought is already c... |
31 July 2012
10:57 GMT |
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Blogger users have been noticing this for a while now, Google+ is slowly being built into the blogging platform, one small step at a time. But Google went all out in the latest update and added a Google+ page to the dashboard. From there, users will be able to control all manner of Google+ settings.
"Blogger lets yo... |
31 July 2012
10:54 GMT |
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In the end, although third-generation Intel Core CPUs (Ivy Bridge) were swapped for second-generation (Sandy Bridge), ultrabooks finally reached that $700 / 570 price.
Dell's Inspiron 14z is finally up for pre-order at Amazon, right here.
Measuring 14 inches in diagonal (hence the name), it has an HD screen (1... |
31 July 2012
10:50 GMT |
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Now that she's signed on the dotted line for a job as judge on American Idol, Mariah Carey can focus exclusively again on her music comeback. The diva has just released the artwork for her upcoming single.
Click on the image above to see it in full.
The track is called “Triumphant” and will be out... |
31 July 2012
10:46 GMT |
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After numerous US and European celebrities agreed to offer their support to Greenpeace's “Save the Arctic” campaign, it seems both note- and praise-worthy that famous people from the other side of the globe also decided to lend a helping hand to this organization and its commitment to the environment... |
31 July 2012
10:40 GMT |
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Google has updated the Dev channel for its browser to build 22.0.1221.0 recently. It is not an unexpected release, as it has been marked in the Chrome progress calendar. However, at the moment, it is available for Windows and Mac platforms only.
The new revision is a small one and does not feature too many significa... |
31 July 2012
10:37 GMT |
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Last week, the NASA Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) telescope passed a critical post-launch review, allowing experts to move ahead with the spacecraft's science mission. The observatory reached its position in Earth's orbit on June 14.
The spacecraft was launched aboard a Pegasus XL deliver... |
31 July 2012
10:35 GMT |
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Major carrier AT&T has just announced the immediate availability of the Pantech Renue messaging phone. Starting today, the slider is available for purchase for only $69.99 USD (55 EUR) with a two-year agreement and after a $50 USD (40 EUR) mail-in rebate.
Pantech Renue adds to AT&T’s Quick Messaging Phone line... |
31 July 2012
10:31 GMT |
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London 2012: The Official Video Game from developer and publisher SEGA managed to take the number one position in the United Kingdom chart for the week that ended on July 28, ending the reign of LEGO Batman 2 just as the real-world competition was set to get its impressive opening ceremony.
London 2012: The Official... |
31 July 2012
10:31 GMT |
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Electronics giant, Japanese company Sony has eventually decided not to miss on the huge opportunity that the tablet market offers. As the initial Tablet S became obsolete and did not achieve great sales, the company is now preparing for Tablet S’ successor.
The new Android-based tablet from Sony will be called... |
31 July 2012
10:21 GMT |
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Just recently, a lioness held in captivity in Stukenbrock, Germany, gave birth to a rare white lion cub. Because the cub got sick soon after it came into the world, caretakers had to separate it from the mother.
Unfortunately, later on, when they tried to reunite them, the lioness rejected its cub and, therefore, an... |
31 July 2012
10:19 GMT |
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Another day, another leak, and this time Intel is the one whose secrets have been exposed, or some of them. As it happens, the folks at VR-Zone somehow got a hold of a roadmap slide, of sorts, which shows the SSD 335 and SSD 525 lines, both of which will ship in 2013. The former, aimed at the mid-range segment, w... |
31 July 2012
10:12 GMT |
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Sprint launched the HTC EVO 3D back in June 2011 with Android 2.3 Gingerbread out of the box. However, the Taiwanese company promised it would deliver an upgrade to Ice Cream Sandwich as soon as possible.
Unfortunately, it took Sprint and HTC quite a while to keep their promise. The smartphone has already been launc... |
31 July 2012
10:09 GMT |
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Speaking on television on the first day that the PEGI system was introduced in the United Kingdom, Ian Livingstone, the president of Eidos, stated that, “These are simply a guideline as most of the content you see today is also online.”
He added, “You should take responsibility as a parent, and as ... |
31 July 2012
10:06 GMT |
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Smiling is apparently our best option of reducing the negative effects that a stressful situation has on our minds and bodies. A team of experts recently demonstrated that the expression “just grin and bear it” is based on scientific facts.
University of Kansas doctoral student Tara Kraft, and expert Sar... |
31 July 2012
10:03 GMT |
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Yahoo released Axis, its take on what an iOS browser should be like, at least one focused on searching, a couple of months ago. The app was quite interesting, if only because it tried something new. Now, Axis 1.1 is here with several new features for mobile searchers.
For one, you can open links in new tabs. This se... |
31 July 2012
09:55 GMT |
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For those who have been looking forward to a nice and big Android 4.0 tablet that sold cheap, Archos might have just the thing.
The 97 Carbon, which we mentioned as being ready to ship at the start of the month (July 2012), has indeed begun selling.
In fact, the shipping costs are precisely zero, which leaves prosp... |
31 July 2012
09:54 GMT |
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The 3DS line of devices received a new member with the introduction of the XL version this month, and Nintendo talked about the new abilities of the device and about the way his company has improved its handheld gaming offer.
Ben Taylor, who is the marketing manager at the United Kingdom division of Nintendo, told V... |
31 July 2012
09:48 GMT |
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The conclusions of a new survey indicate that parents do not approve of doctors using words such as obese or overweight to describe children who are obese or overweight. Rather, the “adults” would prefer doctors to use terms such as large or “gaining too much weight.” The same category of no-... |
31 July 2012
09:47 GMT |
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A study published just yesterday in the journal Endangered Species Research argues that quite a lot of humpback whales linger in the waters around the Western Antarctic Peninsula well after the arrival of autumn, supposedly in order to feed on the abundant krill they have at their disposal in this part of the world. ... |
31 July 2012
09:45 GMT |
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Codecademy has been one of the most popular learning sites of late, when it comes to programming of course, and millions of people have taken its courses, to varying degrees of success. The site started out, one year ago, with a selection of web-focused languages, JavaScript, HTML, CSS and the jQuery JavaScript libra... |
31 July 2012
09:32 GMT |
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Two weeks after releasing the v4 mSATA solid-state drive series, Crucial, one of Micron's global SSD brands, has formally introduced the 2.5-inch v4 line.
We'll say it upfront that the 32 GB, 64 GB, 128 GB and 256 GB SSDs aren't high-end products. They don't even possess the SATA III 6.0 Gbps in... |
31 July 2012
09:29 GMT |
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As promised earlier today, a new “Skyfall” trailer is out. Not only does it offer a bit more details on the plot, but it also shows a glimpse of the insane action in store. Check it out in full above.
Daniel Craig reprises his role as the swift and always impeccable 007 agent James Bond, but this time, h... |
31 July 2012
09:25 GMT |
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A leaked gameplay video that has been taken down by Activision offered some images and information on the content which will be added to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 during the month of September via downloadable content. Parish is the best known of the three maps which are set to be introduced this fall and it se... |
31 July 2012
09:25 GMT |
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Scientists studying the origins of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) say that slight delays in the normal development of the brain may be responsible for the condition. Previously, experts thought that a total alternation of the usual development patterns was to blame.
What the new investigation sugges... |
31 July 2012
09:24 GMT |
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A couple of months ago, Yahoo made quite a stir with a brand new "browser." The browser is nothing more than a browser add-on on the desktop and a search app with browsing functionality on mobile devices, but once you get past that, the app is quite interesting, at least as interesting as anything Yahoo put out latel... |
31 July 2012
09:21 GMT |
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BitComet has been updated to a new version, which sports a few user interface improvements and several bug fixes.
The new release brings to the table an updated comment info section in torrent list when torrent comment page loaded and it can now remember the export folder when selecting multiple tasks to save torren... |
31 July 2012
09:20 GMT |
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One of the best camera-phones available on the market, Nokia 808 PureView has yet to make its debut in the UK.
The smartphone was delayed a few times, but now it seems the Finnish company sorted it all out and we will be seeing this one landing on August 6.
The smartphone will be exclusively available for purchase... |
31 July 2012
09:18 GMT |
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Gigabyte, like other motherboard and graphics card makers, has a technique that grants its platforms a higher endurance and stability. It so happens that the latest incarnation of that technique has arrived.
Dubbed Ultra Durable 5, the motherboard design has been demonstrated on video for the benefit of prospective ... |
31 July 2012
09:01 GMT |
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The stable version for uTorrent has been updated to a new build. It is a minor revision, so the list of modifications is quite short, but it incorporates a new feature and a repair.
The latest version of the application, 3.2 build 27636, brings to the table a new default tracker and repairs the problems with disk ca... |
31 July 2012
09:01 GMT |
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Last week Sony inadvertently revealed that it had no intentions of upgrading any of the 2011 smartphones to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system.
More precisely, John Cooper, UK product manager for Sony Mobile, confirmed to a Sony fan that Xperia arc S would not receive an official Jelly Bean update in the future... |
31 July 2012
09:01 GMT |
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Microsoft has made a lot of changes to Bing lately, in an attempt to make the search service a bit more social than before, and a new feature was just added to complete the transition.
Following the addition of a social sidebar to Bing’s search results last month, so as to enable users to interact with their ... |
31 July 2012
08:59 GMT |
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For his latest CNN interview, Piers Morgan has managed to nab one of the hottest US athletes out there, Michael Phelps. Below is a preview of the full interview, which also sees the swimmer talk about his plans for the future.
The Olympic Games 2012 opened in London on Friday night, with Phelps' performance b... |
31 July 2012
08:49 GMT |
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Unlike certain other companies on the IT market, Panasonic weathered the second quarter of 2012 with little trouble, even succeeding in making some profit.
The reason for this is that Panasonic has been reducing fixed costs and restructuring each business segment.
With this to compensate for the increasingly seri... |
31 July 2012
08:42 GMT |
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Engineers at the China National Space Administration (CNSA) announce the successful testing of a new rocket engine, which will be used on the Asian nation's new delivery system, the Long March 5.
The test firing of the new thruster took place this Sunday, on July 29, in the city of Xi'an, of northwest Chin... |
31 July 2012
08:42 GMT |
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When it made the C117 flash drive, Team Group focused on aesthetics and easy portability more than it did on storage capacity and speed.
Granted, 32 GB is still significant as an upper limit, but the USB 2.0 connection won't win any speed medals.
Fortunately, USB 3.0 performance isn't all that vital for l... |
31 July 2012
08:21 GMT |
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Snoop Dogg may be one of the most instantly recognized names and voices in showbiz, but all that is about to change soon: the rapper has decided to change his name to Snoop Lion and to quit rap because it's no longer as challenging as it used to be.
Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr. (the rapper's real name) re... |
31 July 2012
08:16 GMT |
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It is a well-known fact that poaching activities throughout the years have led to a considerable decline in the worldwide tiger population.
However, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) now wishes to make it clear that hunting these animals' typical prey can also negatively impact on this species, even if in an indir... |
31 July 2012
08:13 GMT |
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Windows 8 did not offer too many customization options for the Metro-style Start Screen in the pre-release versions that we had the chance to try out until now, but that should change in the final flavor of the platform, rumor has it.
In fact, it appears that the Windows 8 RTM flavor that is expected to become avai... |
31 July 2012
08:07 GMT |
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We already reported yesterday that Sony Xperia tipo is about to make its debut in the UK via Orange and O2 carriers. Today, the smartphone has just gone live and is available for pre-order.
Major retailer Carphone Warehouse is now offering the Xperia tipo for free on plans from 10.50 GBP per month. The smartphone ca... |
31 July 2012
08:06 GMT |
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After acknowledging that the PC is the fastest growing market for video games at the moment, publisher Electronic Arts has gone one step further in order to recognize that the freemium business model will power most of the gaming experience of the future.
Nick Earl, who is the senior vice president in charge of the ... |
31 July 2012
08:05 GMT |
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We saw the Wikipad last month, but the new wave of details shows that the product has undergone a significant physical transformation: it measures 10.1 inches in diagonal instead of 7.
The Wikipad is a sort of hybrid tablet that hasn't been done before. While most so-called crossbreeds try to combine the idea ... |
31 July 2012
08:02 GMT |
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Samsung Omnia was launched in India a few days ago for 335 USD (275 EUR) off contract. Today, the smartphone hit shelves in the UK, but it has been priced a bit higher.
UK-based retailer Phones 4u will be among the first to offer the Samsung Omnia M with Windows Phone 7.5 onboard. Beginning August 1, the device will... |
31 July 2012
07:51 GMT |
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Seagate Technology has just announced its financial performance for the last quarter of fiscal year 2012 and the overall fiscal results for the whole fiscal year 2012. Despite the global economic downturn and the specific issues in the hard drive market, Seagate made over $3 billion in net income from June 2011 until... |
31 July 2012
07:41 GMT |
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Braid is a platformer game, but we’ve seen a lot of these in the past years. So why is it regarded as some sort of game demigod when people whisper its name in dark corners?
Nowadays, every game must have some sort of game mechanics that make it different from everybody else’s. This is true, no matter what gen... |
31 July 2012
07:32 GMT |
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Facebook is once again revamping the look of the photos section. This time around, it's the albums that get the update, instead of small thumbnails and a list of albums you'll now see a wall of photos from all of your albums or from other places on the site.
"Today we’re announcing improvements to th... |
31 July 2012
07:31 GMT |
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After a general outcry from the gaming world, publisher Ubisoft has released a patch which fixes the plug-in based browser vulnerability that its Uplay service was creating. But some players still believe that the browser plug-in is unnecessary or that other vulnerabilities might appear later, and for them the safes... |
31 July 2012
07:26 GMT |
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As is the case with every other hyped release, the upcoming James Bond film “Skyfall” is also getting a trailer for the official trailer which, mind you, is not the same as the official teaser. Check it out above in full.
The actual trailer drops online this week.
While there isn't much in it sav... |
31 July 2012
07:09 GMT |
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The Pentoo Team has announced last evening, July 30th, the public Beta release of the Pentoo 2012 operating system based on Gentoo Linux. Pentoo 2012 Beta comes after three years of hard work to bring you all the latest and greatest tools for your daily penetration testing tasks."Yesterday at Defcon I was able to fin... |
31 July 2012
07:05 GMT |
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The US Environmental Protection Agency just made it public news that it has successfully identified as much as 30 possible substitutes for decaBDE (decabromodiphenyl ether), a chemical compound known to affect physical development and sometimes even accumulate in people and animals.
Thus, their end goal was to dimi... |
31 July 2012
06:56 GMT |
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Good news for HTC Incredible S owners living in India as the Taiwanese mobile phone manufacturer has decided to start the rollout of the long-awaited Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.
Those who were afraid that HTC Incredible S may have the same faith as the Desire HD, which has recently been denied the same update, c... |
31 July 2012
06:21 GMT |
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We have been waiting for news about Gigabyte’s SOC Edition of the AMD Radeon HD 7970 for a long time. The card has been finally tested and it is likely the fastest single-GPU video card in the world.
The card is officially called Gigabyte HD 7970 Super Overclock, but the naming scheme might be change once it i... |
31 July 2012
06:11 GMT |
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Wil Wheaton, best known to audiences from the series Star Trek: The Next Generation, and William Shatner, of the Captain James T. Kirk fame, narrate two new videos released to the public by NASA.
Both “Grand Entrance” clips center on the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover Curiosity, a mission managed f... |
31 July 2012
06:04 GMT |
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A certain tablet that ASUS revealed during Computex 2012 has made its way to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
We are referring to the Tablet 810. While the Tablet 600 passed through the FCC a couple of days ago, 810 has only now received its stamp.
The filing only confirms the Wi-Fi-only wireless supp... |
31 July 2012
06:01 GMT |
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Working on the assumption that most EV customers are young people who pretty much know their way around a computer, BMW recently decided that no harm can come out of deciding to sell electric cars online.
True, this option will only be available for some models, but odds are that the company will be quite successfu... |
31 July 2012
05:49 GMT |
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A collaboration of American researchers provides the first experimental proof that atmospheric particles can experience a type of phase change that leads to the separation of organic compounds in their composition from the inorganic ones.
The findings could be used to generate more accurate models to predict climat... |
31 July 2012
05:47 GMT |
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As reports are pouring in that Robert Pattinson has moved out and continues to refuse to take any of Kristen Stewart's calls in the aftermath of the cheating scandal, Rupert Sanders, the other person involved in the scandal, is getting back with his wife, Liberty Ross.
Both Kristen and Rupert said that they we... |
31 July 2012
05:47 GMT |
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Hideaki Itsuno, the creator of the series, has revealed that his team inside publisher Capcom is now officially working on Dragon’s Dogma 2 and has revealed a few bits of information about the coming action and role-playing mix. During an interview with Japanese magazine Famitsu, the game creator has revealed ... |
31 July 2012
05:40 GMT |
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Now that the jury has been selected, Samsung and Apple are finally duking it out in court, after a year of pre-trial filings, injunctions, appeals and hostile advertising. If Apple and Samsung ever settle down and stop fighting over rights to the shape of a tablet, it will make our day, without a doubt. As it is,... |
31 July 2012
05:38 GMT |
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A smaller device means a smaller battery and this may negatively impact the marketing numbers that you’re going to advertise about your new device. It’s only a matter of time until Apple launches the smaller iPad, but there are many design and configuration issues that the company will have to deal with.
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31 July 2012
05:37 GMT |
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An image captured on July 15 by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument, on the NASA Aqua satellite, shows a massive phytoplankton bloom (in brilliant cyan colors) on the surface of the Black Sea.
Most of the microorganisms in this bloom are most likely Coccolithophores, a species of ph... |
31 July 2012
05:28 GMT |
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When you're Jay-Z and Beyonce, inarguably the highest paid couple in showbiz, you can afford basically everything your heart desires – even if that's a huge estate you want to rent for a single month to the tune of $400,000 (€325,971.8).
According to PageSix, that's exactly what the power ... |
31 July 2012
05:28 GMT |
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Just recently, Kieron-Scott Woodhouse, a student from the Middlesex University, decided to look into the possibility of developing a new phone using materials not often used in this industry.
The main idea was to find the perfect balance between gadget efficiency and proper resources management.
After inspectin... |
31 July 2012
05:27 GMT |
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Cupertino-based Apple is reportedly gearing up for the unveiling of its next-generation iPhone on September 12, followed by initial availability in a handful of countries on September 21.
No official announcement on the matter has been made as of now, but more reports on this have started to emerge, coming from dif... |
31 July 2012
05:17 GMT |
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A collaboration of scientists in the United States announces the development of a new approach for improving dental health among patients who need bone implants. According to the experts, soaking sponges in stem cells, and then applying them to the mouth, promote bone growth effectively.
The approach was tested on p... |
31 July 2012
05:17 GMT |
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The upcoming Enhanced Edition for Baldur’s Gate will offer players complete cross-platform play support, allowing all versions to connect to each other for multiplayer sessions.
Trent Oster, who is the leader of Beamdog, stated, “iPad can play with Android, Mac and PC. One happy gaming family.”
Th... |
31 July 2012
05:03 GMT |
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Warner Bros. has already done its part to help the victims' families and the survivors of the Aurora, Colorado shootings – and now it's composer Hans Zimmer's turn to do the same. Above is his tribute song. Called “Aurora,” the track has been composed with the aim of helping raise fu... |
31 July 2012
04:58 GMT |
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Bristol Palin's new reality show might be a flop, but at least she still has a shot at making it big (and big bucks as well) in television: she and other 11 celebrities will be back for the first all-star edition of Dancing With the Stars on ABC.
Asked about the reason she agreed to come back on the show, espe... |
31 July 2012
04:45 GMT |
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Intel has updated its central processing unit price list, so we'll detail the new models here in case people don't feel like skimming through that long PDF document.
Intel has launched four new chips, although it didn't go out of its way to shout the matter from the rooftops.
Still, even without a ... |
31 July 2012
04:37 GMT |
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Over the next month or so, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) ship, the Fairweather, will conduct an extensive survey of Arctic coastlines. The area covered spans most of Alaska, the agency says.
The mapping effort, which began this week, will map a corridor about 1,500 nautical mi... |
31 July 2012
04:37 GMT |
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Google and Asus have teamed up to offer Android enthusiasts one of the cheapest Jelly Bean tablets available on the market, the Nexus 7.
Made official one month ago, the latest version of Google’s Android platform, Jelly Bean, has already been pushed to a few Nexus devices, such as Galaxy Nexus HSPA+ and Nexus... |
31 July 2012
04:23 GMT |
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Officials at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), in Greenbelt, Maryland, announce that the Sun released a new, medium-intensity solar flare on Saturday, July 28. The event does not pose a significant threat to the planet, but some effects could become visible.
The NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) was ... |
31 July 2012
04:17 GMT |
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The developers behind the Stella Linux operating system have announced last evening, July 30th, that version 6.3 of the Stella distribution is now available for download. Stella 6.3 follows the release of CentOS 6.3, an open source clone of Red Hat's Enterprise Linux operating system, and includes all the cool... |
31 July 2012
04:15 GMT |
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Apple, the world’s largest and richest company, made a habit of suing competitors and asking for them to be thrown out of the market. The company always has diverse claims on generalist patents that were strangely awarded to it despite being obvious and quite popular concepts. Usually, most of the research in ... |
31 July 2012
04:11 GMT |
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Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion is struggling to regain its foothold on the smartphone market, but it seems that it still faces great challenges.
According to the latest rumors on the matter, the company is about to send home 3,000 more employees in the next two weeks.
To be more precise, Cantech L... |
31 July 2012
03:53 GMT |
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Astronomers report the discovery of a new object inside the interesting supernova remnant SN 1957D. Using the NASA Chandra X-ray Observatory, a team gathered data suggesting that a very young pulsar – perhaps the youngest known to date – resides within the stellar remnant.
Supernova remnants are cosmic s... |
31 July 2012
03:51 GMT |
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Just recently, animal rights supporters working with PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) were glad to hear that the Cole Bros. Circus was fined $15,000 (€12,220) for animal cruelty.
More precisely, said circus was accused of abusing two elephants it used for its shows. According to PETA represen... |
31 July 2012
03:47 GMT |
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Like all new technologies, OLED has been turning heads over the past couple of years, but some may be disappointed to learn that the display isn't the type to quickly oust existing product lines. If what ABI Research says is true, OLED TVs will not sell in high quantities this year (2012). In fact, they won�... |
31 July 2012
03:47 GMT |
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Late last year, Warner Bros. screened a 6-minute prologue from its upcoming “The Dark Knight Rises,” causing quite a storm online among fans who could not understand what its villain, Bane, was saying. Chris Nolan fixed that for the final film.
Though audiences still complained they could not make out a... |
31 July 2012
03:46 GMT |
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Pat Riehecky announced last evening, July 30th, that the first Release Candidate version of the upcoming Scientific Linux 6.3 operating system is now available for download and testing. Scientific Linux 6.3 RC1 comes with the LibreOffice office suite, which replaced the depricated OpenOffice.org application. Moreove... |
31 July 2012
03:35 GMT |
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Video game developer Cyanide and publisher Paradox Interactive offered more information on their upcoming new title Impire, the strategy game that will use the world of Majesty in order to allow gamers to live out their evil overlord fantasies.
The core mechanic of Impire is linked to dungeon creation, as players cr... |
31 July 2012
03:33 GMT |
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Well-known motherboard and notebook manufacturer, Taiwanese company MSI has just introduced two new GTX 680 video cards on its official website. The new models feature Nvidia’s Kepler GPU and double the usual memory quantity.
Therefore, MSI’s new graphics adapters will be able to run high-quality games i... |
31 July 2012
03:24 GMT |
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WhatsApp is definitely among the most popular cross-platform messaging applications for mobile devices. The software is currently available for Android, iPhone, BlackBerry, Windows Phone and Nokia phones.
The application is taking advantage of the phone’s mobile data or Wi-Fi connectivity to send messages.
O... |
31 July 2012
03:20 GMT |
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The Debian Release Team, through Adam D. Barratt, announced a few days ago on their mailing list that the next major release of the Debian operating system will be named Jessie. Yes, we're talking about Debian 8.0 Linux distribution, which should be released sometime in 2015, whose codename is Jessie, another ch... |
31 July 2012
03:18 GMT |
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Now that Kristen Stewart has admitted to cheating on her boyfriend of 3 or 4 years Robert Pattinson with the married director of “Snow White and the Huntsman,” people are discussing the reasons that might have pushed her into his arms. It was self-sabotage, one relationship expert says. Kristen Stewart a... |
31 July 2012
03:11 GMT |
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The patent war between Samsung and Apple has begun to reveal things neither party wants, such as future products. In this instance, Samsung is the one whose secrets are being exposed for all to see.
According to one of the documents that the court forced Samsung to reveal, the company will release a high-resolution... |
31 July 2012
03:10 GMT |
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A report recently published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology shows that, as a result of relatively intense mining activities in the area, about 25% of Southern West Virginia's streams now contain significant traces of sulfates and other pollutants in their waters.
The study was conducted by... |
31 July 2012
03:04 GMT |
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Two new Android-based smartphones from Sony are on their way to Japanese wireless carrier NTT DoCoMo, namely the Xperia GX and Xperia SX. Both of them were announced in early summer, and they have been just confirmed for launch next week. However, no info on the price tags they might feature has been provided. The... |
31 July 2012
03:01 GMT |
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We'd have expected Seagate to wait until the latest acquisition was completed before appointing a leader of its solid-state drive business, but that has not turned out to be the case.
Seagate Technologies has decided who will be managing its solid-state drive division: Gary Gentry, previously of Micron.
The ... |
31 July 2012
02:35 GMT |
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Video game publisher Ubisoft has acknowledged and patched a problem with its Uplay PC service which would have allowed an attacker to use a browser plug-in in order to gain access to the user’s computer.
The problem was discovered yesterday and it is one of the most significant breaches linked to PC gaming in the la... |
31 July 2012
02:17 GMT |
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Wireless carrier T-Mobile appears set to make the newly announced Galaxy Note smartphone available for purchase on its network as soon as August 8. The new device should become available on that day with a price tag of $199.99 attached to it with the signing of a two-year contract agreement on one of the carrier&rs... |
31 July 2012
02:12 GMT |
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