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Last week we've announced that the Ubuntu 12.10 wallpaper contest emerged, which took place on Flickr, whcih ended on August 28th. It took only two days to decide the winner, and today, August 31st, we are proud to announce that Canonical packed and uploaded the winning photos on the daily build of the upcomin... |
31 August 2012
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We’ve already reported about the Nvidia GK106 GPU here, but it seems like we were somewhat right and, if the GPU has 1152 CUDA cores on the semiconductor die, the retail cards will not come with all the processing units enabled. There is the unlikely possibility that the GK106 really has only 960 CUDA cores in... |
31 August 2012
19:41 GMT |
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The IFA 2012 conference is now in full swing in Berlin, Germany and Nvidia got along with ASUS and put together a nice 3D demonstration on the new ASUS Vivo Tab RT tablet that we presented here. The new tablet is powered by Tegra 3 and will be launched this October. The demo is not quite as “fluid” ... |
31 August 2012
18:31 GMT |
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Finally! Canonical implemented disk encryption via the Ubuntu installer for enhanced security in the upcoming Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) operating system.
This is something that should have been added years ago! However, it was possible before via the Alternate CD, which is now gone, of Ubuntu.
As you can see ... |
31 August 2012
17:41 GMT |
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The new Vivo Tab RT 10.1” tablet from ASUS is the old Tablet 600 that the company has decided to rebrand before the highly anticipated Windows 8 and Windows RT (Win8 for ARM) launch coming this October. Therefore, we’re dealing with a 10.1” ARM tablet, but this one doesn’t come with the popul... |
31 August 2012
17:31 GMT |
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Though we're still a week away from the big Amazon event that will probably see the launch of the next-generation Kindle Fire, or Kindle Fires if Amazon comes up with two devices, as well as the next generation of the boring old e-ink Kindles, there's been no shortage of Kindle rumors. For one, there'... |
31 August 2012
17:21 GMT |
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Yet another video belonging to The Onion's “Our Horrifying Planet” series hit the public eye. Not long ago, we showed you a very similar one mockingly praising the fracking industry.
Well, we're guessing the time has now come for The Onion to pick on some people's irrational fear of catch... |
31 August 2012
16:21 GMT |
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Nvidia’s GTX 650 video cards are using the same well known Kepler GPU architecture, but unlike the GTX 660, GTX 670, GTX 680 and GTX 690 that use the a fully-fledged GK104 GPU, the GTX uses a smaller GPU called GK107.
Our readers should already know about the GK107, as this is the same GPU used on the GTS 640 ... |
31 August 2012
16:21 GMT |
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Guild Wars 2 was launched only a few days ago, but gold farmers and other nefarious individuals have already begun hacking their way into the accounts of legitimate players and making off with all their valuable items. Guild Wars 2 was released last weekend for those who pre-ordered it and became available for every... |
31 August 2012
16:21 GMT |
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If there’s one man who can play a cold-hearted serial killer / psychopath / devoted family man, that’s Michael Shannon. Above is the first trailer for his latest film, the star-studded “The Iceman.” *Please note that discretion is recommended when viewing it because it contains profane langua... |
31 August 2012
16:11 GMT |
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If you enjoyed the video about the hyperactive baby goat, you will most definitely enjoy this one about two hyperactive hamsters who are so determined to make their spinning wheel actually take their places, that they are almost sent flying through the air by the centrifugal forces.
Naturally, the people watching c... |
31 August 2012
16:01 GMT |
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Electronic Arts’ Games label boss, Frank Gibeau, has revealed that next-generation consoles will be released in “about a year’s time” and that EA is more than ready to make the transition from the current PS3 or Xbox 360 to the future PlayStation 4 or Xbox 720.
Next-generation consoles have b... |
31 August 2012
15:51 GMT |
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Earlier today, we talked about how The World Bank just announced that food prices for July have increased by as much as 10% when compared to the previous month. As explained, this was due to the fact that climate change has brought about a series of changes in environmental conditions, which in turn have affected a... |
31 August 2012
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She’s worked with some of the most famous (and gorgeous) ladies in the world, from Jennifer Lopez to Madonna and Gwyneth Paltrow, but Tracy Anderson’s recent comments did not win her any fans with regular women.
She’s mortified that moms from all over the world would see her comment on how women fi... |
31 August 2012
15:41 GMT |
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Alexandre Julliard announced a few hours ago, August 31st, development version 1.5.12 of the Wine app, which brings assorted bugfixes and improvements, among which we can mention: • Individual joysticks can now be disabled;• Improved support for D3DX9 constant tables;• Various XRandR improvements;&bull... |
31 August 2012
15:29 GMT |
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Google Chrome is the biggest browser on the planet, by Google's own admission and some independent though not unanimous reports. You'd think then that it doesn't really need any advertising.
But why mess with a good thing, Chrome ads have always been funny or at least interesting and the latest batch... |
31 August 2012
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Before she made a name for herself as a huge reality star and businesswoman, Kim Kardashian was famous mostly for two things, not including her association with Paris Hilton: her homemade tape and her ample backside. She’s trying to downsize the latter.
Just days after she posted a photo of it on Twitter, say... |
31 August 2012
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Despite confirming quite a few characters this week for the upcoming PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale, SuperBot Entertainment has just seen two new fighters leak on the web ahead of their official announcements, in the form of Nariko from Heavenly Sword and Sir Daniel Fortesque from the MediEvil series.
PlayStati... |
31 August 2012
14:21 GMT |
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When Microsoft’s Windows 8 launches this October, hundreds of new Windows 8 laptops will come with it. Most of these will be re-launches, but some of them bring something really new and desirable. This new and desirable feature is the touchscreen. Many were wondering why the touchscreen is solely reserved for... |
31 August 2012
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The star of this year’s IFA trade-fair, Samsung Galaxy Note 2 has just gotten an LTE variant. We’ve spotted the device at Vodafone Germany’s booth here in Berlin and we also found out how much this monster will cost you.Well, it looks like Samsung Galaxy Note 2 LTE will be available in Germany for n... |
31 August 2012
13:43 GMT |
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Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 introduces a new scorestreak system in its multiplayer mode but developer Treyarch is still tinkering with the actual scoring mechanic, as it wants to reward all players for their actions, not just for earning more kills. Activision is getting ready to debut Call of Duty: Black Ops II this ... |
31 August 2012
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Chinese company Huawei recently unveiled a range of Android devices at IFA 2012. Among them, the Huawei Ascend G330 promises high-end features at a low price.In this regard, the smartphone is powered by a dual core processor clocked at 1GHz, which is complemented by 512MB of RAM and 4GB of internal memory, which can ... |
31 August 2012
13:38 GMT |
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Samsung’s third generation Galaxy S smartphone has just received an LTE version in Europe. We’ve just spotted the Galaxy S III LTE at Vodafone Germany’s booth here at IFA 2012 in Berlin, Germany.The good news is that the smartphone will come with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system out of the bo... |
31 August 2012
13:34 GMT |
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“Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D” was initially supposed to be out later this year but was later pushed back to January 2013. Missing the “Massacre” from the title and perhaps Leatherface as well, this new installment promises to be the goriest yet.
At the same time, it’s also quite the mys... |
31 August 2012
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Google's got the Summer of Code, Microsoft has the Imagine Cup. What's more, Imagine Cup has been around for two years longer than GSoC. The tenth edition is soon getting underway and registrations are now open.
Students with a passion for coding are more welcomed to join and the $300,000 in prizes, doubl... |
31 August 2012
13:21 GMT |
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We landed an invitation to Huawei’s pre-IFA product launch event, so we can definitely say that there are some really nice products on the way from this up and coming brand.The MediaPad 10 FHD 10.1-inch tablet is one of the items that the company hopes to use in its attempt to become recognized as a brand.Huaw... |
31 August 2012
13:11 GMT |
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The Acer Aspire S7 is one of the nicest ultrabooks we've had the pleasure of seeing, both in the news and within arm's reach.Not only is it very thin and light, but it also offers buyers more than one size option, as well as good hardware (up to 256 SSD storage, 4 GB RAM, backlit chiclet keyboard, all the c... |
31 August 2012
13:04 GMT |
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It is easy to share your photos these days, with so many online sharing services available. But if you’re looking to impress or send a few emotions along, a multimedia experience such as slideshow could help you score big time. PhotoDVD is a simple program specially designed for the job. It can import, process... |
31 August 2012
13:01 GMT |
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Huawei announced six new Android devices at this year IFA trade fair. However, "new" does not apply for some of the products that Huawei showcased these days in Berlin, such as the Ascend P1 and MediaPad FHD 10.Still, there are some completely new device that have been announced for the first time by the Chinese comp... |
31 August 2012
12:56 GMT |
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The next device in the L-Style range of smartphone, LG Optimus L9 has just been introduced a few days ago at IFA 2012 trade fair, in Berlin, Germany.As the name suggest, the Optimus L9 is the best in the L-Style series when it comes to performance. The handset comes with a huge 4.7-inch IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen... |
31 August 2012
12:49 GMT |
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Unveiled a few days ago at IFA 2012, HTC Desire X is a powerful mid-range Android smartphone, which is expecetd to arrive on the market next month.When it comes to specs, the Desire X is almost identical with the LG Optimus L9 with a few exceptions. The most obvious is the fact that Desire X features a much smaller 4... |
31 August 2012
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The latest Android smartphone announced by Acer a few weeks ago, the Liquid Gallant has been recently showcased at IFA 2012.The smartphone does not impresses when it comes to design and has no out of the ordinary features that could increase its desirability.However, we did notice a rather peculiar design aspect that... |
31 August 2012
12:37 GMT |
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Tanning Mom Patricia Krentcil is making headlines again and, this time too, we don’t believe her family is proud of her antics. Above is a video of her completely drunk at a NYC gay club.
Tanning Mom earned this nickname after she made national and international news for allegedly taking her baby girl (5) to t... |
31 August 2012
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Chinese handset maker Huawei has just announced the upcoming availability of Ascend G600. Although it's not among the best smartphones recently launched on the market, Huawei Ascend G600 can be positioned in the high-end range.In this regard, the smartphone come with a dual-core processor clocked at 1.2 GHz, whi... |
31 August 2012
12:30 GMT |
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Piracy is an availability issue, or at least, availability plays a large role. After a decade of saying otherwise, it's hard for media companies to admit to their mistake.
But that doesn't mean they're not realizing it was a mistake and, slowly, starting to do something about it.
Yes, this is about ... |
31 August 2012
12:21 GMT |
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We brought you the great and beautiful 4K 3D TV, so now we are showing you, as promised, the photos we managed to snatch of the OLED TV lineup. LG didn't offer much in the way of specs here, but it did make a point of emphasizing that its OLED TV lineup supports three-dimensional media playback. That's no... |
31 August 2012
12:13 GMT |
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It was previously reported that resellers were experiencing shortages of Apple’s all-in-one desktop solutions, but now Apple’s own retail stores are low on iMac stock, particularly the 27-inch model.
Apple will reportedly fulfill existing orders within about a week, though base Mac configurations and man... |
31 August 2012
12:11 GMT |
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Amazon’s French division has once again leaked a pretty important game, as the online retailer listed a special Killzone Trilogy pack for the PlayStation 3 and gave it an October 24 release date.
The Killzone franchise has seen the release of a PlayStation 2 game, two PS3 titles, as well as a spinoff for the P... |
31 August 2012
12:11 GMT |
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Toshiba showed us the Satellite U920T, so Dell, naturally, could not, in good conscience, come to IFA without presenting something similar.
Below is the hands-on image gallery of the Dell XPS Duo 12. We could go into a long treatise about what makes it special and how it works, but the photos will show that well eno... |
31 August 2012
12:04 GMT |
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jQuery Tools is a UI widgets framework for jQuery. It's basically a collection of the most used user interface patterns found in modern day Web design techniques.
Some of the widgets you'll find inside the jQuery Tools package include tabbed panels, accordions, various overlay methods, modal popups, range ... |
31 August 2012
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Toshiba is installing Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8 operating system on ultrabooks, normal notebooks and tablets, but the device we are bringing you is a bit of each. The Satellite U920T should not be confused with the Satellite U925T. That isn't to say that the devices have nothing in common though. In... |
31 August 2012
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This year's IFA trade show in Berlin, Germany, is where the great brands on the consumer IT market have chosen as the stage for their 4K super-large displays.As the title says, we will talk about LG' model here, although we should probably say it up front that we'll show as much as we'll tell.The ... |
31 August 2012
11:39 GMT |
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The case against MegaUpload may not be going as smooth as the media corporations hoped, but that's assuming Hollywood actually wants Kim Dotcom and company to go to jail. Obviously, jail time would be a nice bonus, but one major goal has already been achieved, MegaUpload was nuked out of the web and it took seve... |
31 August 2012
11:34 GMT |
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The Modern UI from Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system was made for touch input, even though it works with mice just fine, so it helps to have a touch panel on your PC when running the OS. Notebooks still don't have touch panels by default, but the Acer Aspire V5 is an example of one that does, and a la... |
31 August 2012
11:29 GMT |
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A “flying wing” aircraft concept has just been awarded $100,000 in funds by the American space agency. Florida State University aerospace engineer and designer, Ge-Chen Zha, says that the new aircraft could travel at supersonic speeds in a simple manner. Since the concept is designed as a four-pointed nin... |
31 August 2012
11:23 GMT |
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We expected the Galaxy Note II at Samsung's pre-IFA launch event, and we also expected a Windows RT tablet, but not the brand that Samsung launched.In what may or may not be a move meant to distance Samsung's products from the legal mess started by the Galaxy lineup, the10.1-inch Windows RT on ARM tablet is... |
31 August 2012
11:19 GMT |
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The Kindle Fire has been a success, that much everyone agrees on. But, as Amazon is wont to, the company has never issued any hard numbers, so it's hard to know just how many it has sold.
Well, it used to be hard, but we got a helping hand thanks to the press release announcing that the Kindle Fire has been "s... |
31 August 2012
11:11 GMT |
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Working together, pilots from the Royal Dutch Airforce and the Royal Marines delivered European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut André Kuipers back to the European Space Research and Technology Center (ESTEC), following his 6-month stay on the International Space Station.
Though Kuipers, Russian cosmonaut Oleg K... |
31 August 2012
11:09 GMT |
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After all the bad publicity he’s been getting for being on his wife’s much-derided reality show, Clint Eastwood is getting even more after his speech at the Republican National Convention.
Video of the entire speech is above, check it out.
Now, we’re not political and we would never presume to b... |
31 August 2012
11:05 GMT |
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A variant of Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Kuluoz.z has been spotted running around in cleverly designed emails that claim to come from UPS.
“Unfortunately we failed to deliver the postal package you have sent on the 27th of July in time, because the recipient’s address is erroneous. Please print out the label... |
31 August 2012
11:01 GMT |
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When it comes to food, most dogs are known for not being able to control themselves, especially if we are talking about a mouthwatering slice of pizza, all covered with cheese, bacon, salami and whatnot.
However, here is a dog that seems to value pleasing its owner much more than the taste of food. As you can see, ... |
31 August 2012
10:57 GMT |
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Having or not having skills in solving math problems may be something entirely out of your control, a new study by experts at the University of Texas in Dallas indicate. They say that those who are naturally good at math tend to show a certain type of neural wiring.
Experts use this term to refer to the strength an... |
31 August 2012
10:57 GMT |
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NullCrew hackers once again show their support for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. This time, they claim to have breached data.gov.uk – a UK government project that provides citizens with non-personal data which can be freely re-used. They published a 700 megabyte archive that holds numerous .cvs files which... |
31 August 2012
10:56 GMT |
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After quite a lengthy wait, Sony has confirmed official release dates for God of War: Ascension outside North America, revealing when PS3 owners in Europe, the UK and Ireland, as well as Australia or New Zealand can try out the new hack and slash experience. God of War: Ascension acts as a prequel to the current fran... |
31 August 2012
10:51 GMT |
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The French are at it again with a new set of images that aim to give us a good picture of what the next iPhone will look like.
Nowhereelse.fr has posted images showing a comparison between the iPhone 4S, the iPhone 3GS, and the next-generation iPhone’s chassis.
Sandwiched between its older counterparts, the i... |
31 August 2012
10:51 GMT |
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For those unaware, people in the Philippines have been feasting on fetal duck eggs (i.e. fertilized duck eggs which are only a few days away from hatching) for quite some time now.
However, it seems that one brave entrepreneur plans on making this dish also available for people living in New York. Moreover, in orde... |
31 August 2012
10:48 GMT |
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iSwifter, a cloud-based web browser with Flash support for iPad, now features support for multiple tabs and delivers significantly improved performance in version 5.0 – now live in the iTunes App Store.
The iOS-powered iPad doesn’t offer support for Adobe’s Flash technology out-of-the-box. But that doesn... |
31 August 2012
10:41 GMT |
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PhonepayPlus, the organization that regulates all premium rate phone services in the UK, has ordered a Russian company – Connect Ltd – to pay a fine and refund users after researchers highlighted the fact that an application it owned was attempting to trick Android users into signing up to expensive mobil... |
31 August 2012
10:40 GMT |
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Only recently, Britain witnessed the birth of a puppy which is roughly the size of an iPhone. This tiny dog, which is a cross-over between a Yorkshire terrier and a chihuahua, is as much as three times smaller than its siblings, which is why owners fear that it might not survive. Some sources say that its size make... |
31 August 2012
10:36 GMT |
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Earlier this month, Adobe pulled the Flash Player from the Google Play Store. The company announced almost a year ago that it abandoned all mobile Flash development, so it wasn't a big surprise, especially since the plugin hadn't been tested with the latest Android version, Jelly Bean.
What is a big surpri... |
31 August 2012
10:31 GMT |
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iPhone mail client Sparrow has added the ability to open links in Google’s Chrome web browser for iOS, as well as improved avatars behavior and compatibility with the IMAP standard.Sparrow, the popular mail client for desktop and mobile users, has been promoted to version 1.3.2 on iPhone. The update brings... |
31 August 2012
10:26 GMT |
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According to the US Geological Survey, an earthquake of magnitude 7.6 occurred off the eastern coasts of the Philippines Islands earlier today, at 12:47:34 UTC. The early readings are still preliminary, but a tsunami warning has already been released.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center initially said that Japan, T... |
31 August 2012
10:26 GMT |
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There are some green-heads out there who keep arguing that fruits and vegetables are the way to go if we are to put an end to animal cruelty and achieve sustainable development. Still, there are also some who take things a bit too much to the extreme.
Thus, this individual supposedly sleeps with a winter melon in o... |
31 August 2012
10:24 GMT |
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ASUS’ Transformer tablet docking concept should most certainly be patented as it's clearly a genius idea and, when it is well implemented, it makes very productive and impressive devices. Such a device is ASUS’ new Windows 8 tablet based on the x86 vanilla version of the anticipated operating system.... |
31 August 2012
10:21 GMT |
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Steve Langasek from Canonical announced a few days ago, on August 27th, a proposal to drop the Alternate CD ISO images starting with the upcoming Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) operating system. Four days later, on August 30th, the Alternate CDs were gone from the daily builds and will not be available at the launch ... |
31 August 2012
10:16 GMT |
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Individuals with obsessive Internet tendencies display a genetic variant that it not present in control subjects who do no exhibit addiction-like behaviors, German researchers at the University of Bonn say.
In a new study, they found that the same gene change is also responsible for other forms of addiction as well,... |
31 August 2012
10:15 GMT |
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Chromebooks aren't exactly the new iPad, but they do fill an existing niche. Businesses in particular have plenty to like in a device that requires minimal administration, is easy to replace and which won't leak sensitive information.
Google knows this, which is why it's offering tools for businesses... |
31 August 2012
10:11 GMT |
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It is a well-known fact that the language used by various peoples pretty much reflects the cultural background of those nations. This is why our society's quest for sustainability and environmentally friendly life choices need also translate into new words being added to the languages we speak. We are guessi... |
31 August 2012
10:07 GMT |
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Hacktivists continue their operations against companies they believe to be responsible for using the “harmful” mineral known as coltan (columbite–tantalite). The latest victims of OpColtan and OpGreenRights are the websites of Fujitsu General Brazil (fujitsugeneral.com.br) and Siemens Switzerland (s... |
31 August 2012
09:56 GMT |
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Nimbuzz, the free voice-call and instant messaging app, has been updated to version 2.5.1 on the iPhone to add a new option to search friends within the Nimbuzz network. A cross-platform communication app, Nimbuzz lets you make free voice calls (VoIP), send unlimited chat messages, and share files across the likes o... |
31 August 2012
09:51 GMT |
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Most efforts aimed at making the furniture in our homes more environmentally-friendly typically center around promoting the use of wood coming from sustainable forests.
However, one designer came up with a rather innovative idea: using textile leftovers to make green-oriented stools, which both provide people with ... |
31 August 2012
09:49 GMT |
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“V/H/S” isn’t out yet but it’s getting such raving reviews that you’d almost be excused for believing it isn’t just another horror movie, but the mother of all horror movies ever made. The just released featurette seems to confirm that. Check it out below but *please be advised th... |
31 August 2012
09:40 GMT |
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With the second-generation Kindle Fire less than a week from being unveiled, it's understandable that leaks are starting to crop up. Actually, Amazon is looking like a sieve at the moment.
There have been several leaks about the Kindle Fire, including photos, a leak about the Kindle "paperwhite" with built-in ... |
31 August 2012
09:31 GMT |
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The recent spam wave that hit Facebook’s Help Center was apparently caused by a misconfiguration of the website’s spam protection systems. This flaw was exploited by the spammers who posted their “streaming service” advertisements all over the Community Forum.
“Our team responded quickl... |
31 August 2012
09:28 GMT |
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Quentin Tarantino will be back on the big screen with yet another totally Tarantino-esque film come December 25, “Django Unchained.” A new promotional photo for it has been released, just click on the image above to see it in full.
Starring Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz and Leonardo DiCaprio as the v... |
31 August 2012
09:21 GMT |
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Director Martin McDonagh’s new comedy, “Seven Psychopaths,” seems just the thing to bring back hope in the genre. It opens in October this year, with a new, red band trailer having just been released to promote it.
Being red band (i.e. with some violence and lots of foul talking), we can’t e... |
31 August 2012
09:17 GMT |
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The Grooveshark app surprisingly resurfaced in the Google Play Store a couple of days ago, signaling perhaps that Google had gotten over the record labels' whining and reinstated the legal until proven otherwise app.
That wasn't the case, it seems, as the Grooveshark app is now gone from the store once ag... |
31 August 2012
09:11 GMT |
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A group of physicists from the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), in California, announces the creation of a special, synchronized laser, which was used to reveal how light beams shape matter at the atomic scale.
Not many people are familiar with the exact ext... |
31 August 2012
09:09 GMT |
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Besides constantly pushing for environmental projects aimed at safeguarding natural ecosystems and helping various plant and animal species escape the threat of becoming extinct, the Greenpeace organization is also very much interested in issues concerning public health.
Thus, they just made it public news that, ac... |
31 August 2012
09:06 GMT |
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Astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) recently led an international collaboration of researchers that analyzed the light released by a massive supernova blast. What is so intriguing about this particular object is that its host galaxy is 9.5 billion light-years away.
There are many re... |
31 August 2012
08:53 GMT |
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There are almost two years until the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games start, but cybercriminals are already trying to trick unsuspecting users in participating in a lottery scheme.
It all starts with an email apparently sent by the Gordon Arthur, the Glasgow 2014 director of communications, experts from Bitdefender i... |
31 August 2012
08:50 GMT |
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Apple may face shortages of iPhone 5 units around its planned launch event because of a delay in the production of in-cell screens for the next-generation handset, according to people who are familiar with the situation. A person with knowledge on the matter told the Wall Street Journal that Japan's Sharp Corp.... |
31 August 2012
08:39 GMT |
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The first update for Adobe Photoshop CS6 is now available for download. It is a recommended update since it includes critical fixes as well as security and performance improvements.
Issues addressed in Adobe Photoshop 13.0.1 update refer to high-priority bugs with 3D, Crop, Type, Painting, Paths, and Shapes.
For co... |
31 August 2012
08:36 GMT |
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After the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) issued an alert to warn users about the existence of malicious campaigns that impersonate the agency, now the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) has released a similar advisory.
Ransomware is the type of malware that locks a computer, or takes f... |
31 August 2012
08:35 GMT |
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ArenaNet has cracked down on Guild Wars 2 players who took advantage of a recent exploit in the game, permanently banning the accounts of those who “intentionally and repeatedly” took advantage of the glitch. Fortunately, just this once, the studio is offering to turn the permanent ban into a 72-hour acco... |
31 August 2012
08:32 GMT |
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It seems that the higher-ups of both Apple and Google are giving talk a chance. And it doesn't get any higher up than Larry Page and Tim Cook who are allegedly in talks. About what it's anyone's guess, but it's an easy guess at that, most likely this is about Android and the larger talks about pat... |
31 August 2012
08:32 GMT |
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If you’re one of the proud owners of a MacBook Pro with Retina display, as well as an avid user of Mozilla’s Firefox web browser, you might have noticed that text isn’t as crisp as you’d expect it to be. There’s a workaround for that. You can squeeze out more sharpness from the text ren... |
31 August 2012
08:31 GMT |
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In a paper he recently released, Henning Klevjer – an information security student at the University of Oslo in Norway –, shows that cybercriminals may improve phishing attacks by relying on the communications standard known as the uniform resource identifier (URI). The expert explains that attackers cou... |
31 August 2012
08:21 GMT |
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Google may be the only one catching flack for integrating "social" features into search, but everyone seems to agree that it's the way forward. In fact, Bing is arguably in a better position to service the social niche thanks to its partnership with Facebook.
Evidence of that partnership is the latest "social" ... |
31 August 2012
08:05 GMT |
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Our hopes of seeing Hugh Laurie as the villain in the “RoboCop” remake have just been shattered. The “House M.D.” star is out of the race after negotiations fell through, and has been replaced with Michael Keaton, Variety confirms.
“BREAKING: Michael Keaton to replace Hugh Laurie in ROB... |
31 August 2012
08:03 GMT |
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University of Cambridge experts suggest in a new study that experiencing traumas during childhood can increase impulsivity and compulsiveness in adolescents, teens and young adults. These behavioral traits have long since been tied to an increased risk of drug addiction.
What the research argues is that people who g... |
31 August 2012
07:55 GMT |
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The news just broke that the Scottish Government has been presented with plans for the building of the world's largest wind farm, which is to comprise as many as 339 turbines and serve a whopping 1 million households.
Otherwise put: roughly 40% of all Scottish homes could soon have their electricity demands me... |
31 August 2012
07:54 GMT |
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A few years ago, when people talked about the cloud, they would usually refer to it from a meteorological standpoint. Now, the story is a whole lot different. Although many people don’t actually know what the cloud is, it has become an important part of our lives. In order to help companies and individuals bet... |
31 August 2012
07:45 GMT |
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Japanese giant electronics and entertainment company SONY apparently thinks that we should all have a home tablet next to our PC, mobile multimedia and communication tablet, mobile notebook workstation and big screen smartphone. The IT companies are trying hard to convince us we need all of these, and SONY’s n... |
31 August 2012
07:30 GMT |
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Avid users of Adobe’s powerful image editing solutions are being promised that Photoshop and Lightroom will get the Retina-display treatment this fall. Creative Cloud members will be the first to get it, says Adobe. Confirmed on the Photoshop blog, the Retina update is a joint effort by the Photoshop and Light... |
31 August 2012
07:21 GMT |
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Bruce Willis has already wrapped shooting for the upcoming “Die Hard” installment, the fifth, called “A Good Day to Die Hard.” To get hype building for it, he brought a short scene from it on David Letterman.
Only that it wasn’t what we might have expected.
Check out the video above t... |
31 August 2012
07:19 GMT |
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Anomaly Warzone Earth is a tower defense game in reverse mode! If you have no idea what that is, then you are not the first to ask the question. Anomaly is the result of an out-of-the-box thinking. The game was initially launched more than a year ago and it arrived in a saturated market full of tower defense games.... |
31 August 2012
07:15 GMT |
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Firefox 16 Beta may not be bursting with new features, but it should at least be a better platform for games. Developers though may be more interested in yet another addition to the ever expanding set of Web Developer Tools Mozilla keeps cramming into Firefox.
The new Developer Toolbar isn't the web developer&#... |
31 August 2012
07:11 GMT |
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It’s the Reuters incident all over again. Hackers have breached Amnesty International’s LiveWire blog and published fake stories, including one about the US, Qatar and Turkey funding and arming Syrian rebels.
“Amnesty researchers have for the first time since the beginning of the uprising conducted... |
31 August 2012
06:57 GMT |
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The power of Wolfram|Alpha is truly amazing. What's even greater is that it's available for free to anyone with Internet access. For those who don't know yet, Wolfram|Alpha is a pioneering project with the goal of making the world's information computable. Basically, Wolfram|Alpha uses numbers a... |
31 August 2012
06:51 GMT |
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The stable channel of Google Chrome for Windows, Mac and Linux has been updated to 21.0.1180.89. Besides some important bug fixes, the update also comes with a number of eight security improvements.
The three high-severity vulnerabilities addressed by this update have been identified by miaubiz, Nicholas Gregoire, a... |
31 August 2012
06:50 GMT |
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Google+ Hangouts has been the standout feature of Google's social network and it didn't go unnoticed. Google realizes that it's one of the strengths of Google+ and it's something no one else offers, at least not for free. Which is why Hangouts is being pushed into every other Google product wher... |
31 August 2012
06:41 GMT |
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Flexible batteries have been around for quite a while now, but the main problem is that most of them must be very thin and only flex one way. LG Chem has just demonstrated a new type of battery that looks like an ordinary cable and that can be flexed, bended and even tied in a knot. One thing our readers must know i... |
31 August 2012
06:31 GMT |
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Bethesda has released a more official statement about the porting process of the Dawnguard expansion for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim onto the PlayStation 3, saying that there are still major problems that might not be solved in a timely manner, so the add-on could even skip the console altogether. The Elder Scrolls ... |
31 August 2012
06:21 GMT |
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According to the conclusions of a new scientific study, researchers at the University of Michigan conducted on unsuspecting lab mice, it would appear that a chemical used to treat cancer also has the potential to address learning disabilities in children. The drug works by preventing the abnormal growth of brain cell... |
31 August 2012
05:59 GMT |
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Google's WebM and more recently WebRTC have been getting all the attention so it's easy to forget about its open image standard, WebP. Which is a shame because it's probably the most advanced and the most interesting.
It may not be or sound as complex as the real-time communications WebRTC is trying ... |
31 August 2012
05:51 GMT |
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) scientists watched the telemetry flowing onto their computer screens with great care yesterday, August 30, as data from the Juno spacecraft kept pouring in. The probe, currently on its way to Jupiter, carried out a critical course-correction maneuver yesterday.
Launched on August 5, ... |
31 August 2012
05:48 GMT |
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Finnish mobile developer Rovio has released a teaser video hinting at the upcoming availability of a new Angry Birds game where the pigs can finally have their say.
In speculating the “Angry Pigs” title, we’d like to point out that Rovio hasn’t confirmed the official dubbing of this new game.... |
31 August 2012
05:47 GMT |
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A few days ago, an 8-year-old schoolboy enjoying a walk on the beach stumbled upon a chunk of almost solidified sperm whale vomit.
It seems to us that Charlie Naysmith was quite inspired in picking it up and taking it home, as this “floating gold” is highly sought after by the perfume industry.
As sou... |
31 August 2012
05:32 GMT |
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Anonymous once again turns its attention to the media. This time it’s the New York Times, its reporters being accused of trying to downplay the impact of the TrapWire mass surveillance project, whose existence was recently unearthed by WikiLeaks.
After WikiLeaks published the Stratfor files and the world learn... |
31 August 2012
05:30 GMT |
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NASA officials announce that the world's only airborne infrared observatory is currently being prepared for a new mission, which will last intermittently from November 2011 to December 2012.
The asset, which represents the result of a strong collaborative effort between the American space agency and the German ... |
31 August 2012
05:24 GMT |
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At this point, it’s probably no secret anymore that TLC would do anything for ratings. “Toddlers & Tiaras” is probably one of its most controversial and popular shows ever – but it still manages to offer unpleasant surprises by the day.
The latest refers to one of the mothers (Lisa) putting ... |
31 August 2012
05:20 GMT |
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Instapaper developer Marco Arment has discovered references to two unreleased iPad models in his app’s device stats – “one iPad2,5 and one iPad2,6.” The developer believes these are two versions of Apple’s iPad mini slated for October, and he speculates that it might boast old-gen hardware.
A... |
31 August 2012
05:13 GMT |
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Those of you who have pets are well aware of how much these companions mean for most – if not all – members of the family. Some might even argue that they need to be given about the same consideration that one gives to their next of kin.
Therefore, one need not poke fun at the news that a Brazilian moth... |
31 August 2012
05:13 GMT |
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After somewhat of a break, Google is once again using its homepage to highlight important events or people. The latest doodle celebrates Maria Montessori, best known for her educational reforms and the education method that bears her name.
She was one of the first to apply scientific methods to developing educationa... |
31 August 2012
05:12 GMT |
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Although the company is being very hush about any new desktop processors, the computing architects and engineers in its R&D department are hard at work developing the technology behind the architecture code-named Steamroller. We were quite surprised to see that AMD has unveiled some of the key architectural improveme... |
31 August 2012
05:11 GMT |
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NASA scientists say that their latest study of permanently-shadowed craters near the lunar south pole has revealed a location where water-ice may exist in abundance. They say that between 5 and 10 percent of the materials making up Shackleton crater's walls could be accounted for by ice.
The findings were made... |
31 August 2012
05:08 GMT |
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Gearbox Software has confirmed that it’s going to release not one but four major expansions for its upcoming Borderlands 2 shooter, as well as a special Season Pass bundle that will sell the four DLC packs at the price of three.
Borderlands 2 is going to be released next month and excitement for the role-playi... |
31 August 2012
05:07 GMT |
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Turns out Robert Pattinson wasn’t really joking when he told Jimmy Kimmel that he was “homeless.” Though he isn’t exactly living out of a trash can in a back alley, the actor is selling the LA home he used to share with Kristen Stewart until not long ago.
Pattinson and Stewart started dating ... |
31 August 2012
04:58 GMT |
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Researchers from Polish firm Security Explorations – the ones who were the first to report the vulnerabilities which led to the now-infamous Java zero-day – have just reported another similar bug to Oracle. This means that Java users are still exposed, even if they’ve applied the patch released by t... |
31 August 2012
04:57 GMT |
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Even if there isn’t a lot of new stuff available in the freshly released Firefox for Android 16, it does not mean that great advancements have not been made.
Improved readability is one of the significant new features introduced by Mozilla in their browser for mobile devices. The browser actually offers a new ... |
31 August 2012
04:53 GMT |
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A large superbubble located near the Milky Way was recently observed by three telescopes, at X-ray, optical and infrared wavelengths. The object, a large stellar cluster, is known as NGC 1929.
The structure lies within the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a dwarf galaxy orbiting the Milky Way. Astronomer say that the ... |
31 August 2012
04:44 GMT |
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Intel is already making 20nm MLC chips and is apparently preparing new SSD products using the smaller flash cells. The main concern with the newer technology is the durability of the drives, as it is well known that this is the greatest problem with today’s SSDs.
Smaller NAND is cheaper to manufacture, it allo... |
31 August 2012
04:38 GMT |
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With Firefox 15 in the stable channel, it was only a matter of time before Firefox 16 was graduated from Aurora to the beta channel. That time is now over and beta users are getting the brand new Firefox via the silent and background updates system.
There's not much to tell about the new Firefox beta, it's... |
31 August 2012
04:36 GMT |
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The Nitro campaign has been active for quite some time now, and the fact that the cybercriminals behind it have been relying on tools such as Poison Ivy and clever social engineering tricks has apparently ensured its success. Now, the attackers have added the new Java zero-day flaw to their malicious schemes.
Expert... |
31 August 2012
04:32 GMT |
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Runic Games has just revealed an official release date for its upcoming Torchlight II role-playing dungeon crawler, confirming that the game would be launched on September 20.
Torchlight 2 has been a long time coming, with developer Runic Games delaying it multiple times in order to tweak its gameplay.
While the st... |
31 August 2012
04:31 GMT |
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Demi Moore is planning her revenge on cheating soon-to-be ex-husband Ashton Kutcher or, better yet, she’s penning her revenge on him. She’s just signed a very profitable deal to write a book on her life and her marriage to the younger star, it has emerged.
Books & Reviews writes that Demi has been meetin... |
31 August 2012
04:26 GMT |
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OS X Mountain Lion is installed on one in every ten Macs, according to research by Chitika Insights. It took OS X Lion three months to reach a similar figure, said the advertising company.
Chitika Insights reported about a month ago that Apple desktops running OS X 10.8 generated 3.2% of all Mac-based Web traffic.
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31 August 2012
04:25 GMT |
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Only yesterday, The World Bank warned that food prices in July rose by as much as 10% when compared to those from the previous month, and that this increase needs to be linked to the severe droughts which recently hit both the US, and Eastern Europe.
Naturally, concerns are now raised with respect to how the poor w... |
31 August 2012
04:23 GMT |
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Mozilla released the new beta for Firefox 16 for desktops. It is available for all supported platforms (Windows, Mac and Linux) and among the highlights is the initial support for web apps.
Another important modification in the desktop build of the browser quicker access to Developer Tools by pinning a “Develo... |
31 August 2012
04:16 GMT |
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In a blog post entitled “How to join Anonymous” the hacktivists running AnonPR teach everyone, well, how to join Anonymous.
“Wanna lose your theet, have a talking parrot, fire big ass canons and plunder a lot of booty? Then you’re in the right place lad! Here’s what you need to do in or... |
31 August 2012
03:59 GMT |
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The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover Curiosity used its Chemistry and Camera (ChemCam) instrument again on August 25 (sol 19), poking a series of holes in a patch of soil. Unlike previous tests, this one saw the robot's powerful laser poke the ground at different locations.
The holes were laid out side-by-s... |
31 August 2012
03:59 GMT |
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The code-savvy team of engineers at Skype have a new update ready for Android customers. Skype 2.9 arrives with improved Bluetooth support, as well as with the usual bag of fixes for some known issues.
Raul Liive blogging for Skype notes that Bluetooth devices connected to Android phones will exhibit improved audio ... |
31 August 2012
03:56 GMT |
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UK's Technology Strategy Board has recently announced that it has plans to invest ₤1.25 million(roughly €1.57 million / $1.97 million) in research aimed at improving the energy efficiency of the computers, mobile devices and chips we use on a daily basis. This board basically deals with encouraging econom... |
31 August 2012
03:50 GMT |
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Square Enix and IO Interactive have posted a behind the scenes video about the special Contracts multiplayer mode that will be included in Hitman: Absolution.
The new Hitman game is set to deliver a bold new chapter in the life of everybody’s favorite bald assassin – Agent 47.
Besides the single-player ... |
31 August 2012
03:46 GMT |
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Scientists at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, have just released a new video showcasing Vesta, the largest asteroid in the solar system.
The clip was created from images taken by the Dawn orbiter, which arrived at the protoplanet in mid-July, 2011.
The images used to create this ... |
31 August 2012
03:40 GMT |
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Oracle has released Java for Mac OS X Version 7 Update 7 patching a zero-day vulnerability that affects OS X, as well as other platforms. The flaw has been deemed serious, making this Java release a must-install. Installing Java on a Mac is performed on a system-wide basis, which means that users will require admini... |
31 August 2012
03:36 GMT |
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Another mysterious virus hits the Middle East. This time, the victim is RasGas – a Qatar-based company that’s considered to be the second largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) producer in the world, after Qatargas.
According to Arabian Oil and Gas, the virus disrupted the company’s offices, forcing t... |
31 August 2012
03:32 GMT |
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Mission controllers at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, say that the Dawn spacecraft is currently undergoing final preparations, before finally departing the largest asteroid in the solar system, Vesta. Its next target is the dwarf planet Ceres.
Both objects are located in the Inner ... |
31 August 2012
03:31 GMT |
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As we move closer to the launch of iOS 6 and Apple’s next-generation iPhone, the App Store layout has changed for testers running the latest beta from Apple.
Cupertino this week issued some tweaks to the user interface of the App Store application on devices running iOS 6 beta, making some changes available fo... |
31 August 2012
03:17 GMT |
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United Front Games, the studio behind the recent Sleeping Dogs title, has revealed that one of the most challenging genres in which to make a game is the open world one, as minute changes can throw off a variety of other mechanics.
Sleeping Dogs came out earlier this month and impressed a lot of people with its poli... |
31 August 2012
03:12 GMT |
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According to recent information with respect to the development of the US wind power industry, bladeless wind turbines might soon be available on the market.
Thus, is seems that Sigma Design Co., a company based in Middlesex, New Jersey which is in the business of taking “smart ideas” and transforming t... |
31 August 2012
03:10 GMT |
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Mini systems running the famous Google operating system are becoming increasingly popular these days and the main incentive is that people can do with these all the things you can do on a $300 tablet or on a $500 phone, but they only spend a quarter of that money on the device. Minix is a brand of the relatively wel... |
31 August 2012
02:54 GMT |
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Although few people expected it (many hoped), Oracle has released an out-of-band patch to address the zero-day flaw that affects Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 7. Since attacks that rely on this vulnerability have already been spotted, the company advises users to immediately apply the patch. The patch addresses a n... |
31 August 2012
02:48 GMT |
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Valve has just released the Steam Greenlight system onto its popular digital distribution service, allowing users to vote on what games they’d like to see on Steam in the future. Steam is the most popular digital distribution service in the world so you can bet that a lot of games want to be sold on the platfo... |
31 August 2012
02:38 GMT |
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Mozilla officially released the Mozilla Thunderbird 15.0 email and RSS client to the world on August 28th, 2012, bringing a few interesting new features.
Thanks to Canonical, Mozilla Thunderbird 15.0 has just arrived a few hours ago on the Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 11.10, Ubuntu 11.04 and Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.
Among th... |
31 August 2012
02:12 GMT |
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