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With more than 20 million users from 210 countries worldwide, LINE Camera for mobile devices is one of the most popular applications among photographers.
LINE camera allows users to customize their photos with hilarious designs, as well as frames and stamps. According to the devs, there are more than 100 different f... |
4 February 2013
22:31 GMT |
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Friendcaster application for Android devices is one of the most popular Facebook alternatives available on Google Play Store.
The latest version comes with support for tagging users in posts to other user walls, group walls, event walls, and page walls. In addition, devs added better support for accessibility option... |
4 February 2013
22:31 GMT |
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One of the most popular torrent applications for Android devices, BitTorrent has just been updated to offer a better overall experience and enhanced stability.
Developed by the team that created the BitTorrent protocol and BitTorrent software, the Android application allows users to download media wherever they are ... |
4 February 2013
22:01 GMT |
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Video game publisher Capcom says that Resident Evil: Revelations is a success on the Nintendo 3DS market despite the fact that the title sold fewer copies than the company had initially expected.
Masachika Kawata, a producer working on the Resident Evil franchise, tells Eurogamer that, “Given the large develop... |
4 February 2013
21:31 GMT |
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Sony Mobile announced the availability of two entry-level smartphones back in December, namely the Xperia E and Xperia Dual, and the latter is now available for purchase in the UK, featuring a price tag of £179.99 ($283 / €208).
As UnwiredView notes, the handset can be seen listed over at MobiCity today,... |
4 February 2013
21:21 GMT |
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With three months until the official premiere of the next movie in the Star Trek series, “Star Trek Into Darkness,” Paramount has released a dedicated application for Android and iOS users. The official “Star Trek Into Darkness” application is based on J.J. Abrams’ movie and promises to... |
4 February 2013
21:01 GMT |
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Vodafone Germany is one of the wireless carriers who will add the upcoming HTC M7 smartphone to its offering, a recent leak suggests.
The handset has just been spotted in the company’s inventory system in two color flavors, namely black and silver, documents that emerged over at HTCInside show.
Expected to ... |
4 February 2013
20:41 GMT |
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What we know: Defiance is an upcoming Massive Multiplayer Online title developed and published by Trion Worlds, which will take players to a future where Earth has been alien-formed and then invaded by a number of races.
The game will cast players as Ark Hunters, individuals who are willing to conduct the dangerous ... |
4 February 2013
20:41 GMT |
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Apex Launcher, the application that enables Android users to create customized home screens, has just been updated with new features and options.
Developed by Android Does, the application now features list drawer style and a widget padding option. Furthermore, the latest update improves theme support and features u... |
4 February 2013
20:31 GMT |
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Experts from GFI Labs have come across a bogus Skype website (skype.messenger-2013.com). The site offers links to applications, but their services are not free, despite the fact that some of the software they provide is freeware.
Users who want to download software from this site are required to register on Software... |
4 February 2013
20:11 GMT |
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Thumb, the neat social network that lets you ask any question and receive 50-100 responses from real people in minutes, is getting a leg up on iPhone and iPad.
Thumb is a new social networking service which allows you to get feedback, help others with your opinion, and start a conversation.
Version 3.8.4 adds a que... |
4 February 2013
20:11 GMT |
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Samsung has been rumored lately to plan the launch of a nice range of new devices, including one featuring model number GT-B9150, which should hit the market with a full HD screen.
The device appears to have got a name now, as mobilegeeks suggests that Samsung could launch it as Galaxy Q, with a dual-screen form fa... |
4 February 2013
20:01 GMT |
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Apple says if you plan to employ iWeb to create a site, you’ll be able to send a Numbers spreadsheet directly to your blog or podcast using this simple guide.
To turn the spreadsheet into an attachment that your website visitors can download, first you’ll need to make sure you have iWeb '08 or later... |
4 February 2013
19:31 GMT |
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The development team at Stoic Studios is offering more details about the upcoming The Banner Saga, talking about the way the various game mechanics will be linked in order to create the story choices that power the single-player modes of the game.
Gamers will have to choose conversation options in order to move to n... |
4 February 2013
19:31 GMT |
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Chinese company Huawei has already confirmed that it will launch a new Android smartphone later this month at Mobile World Congress 2013, in Barcelona, Spain.
Dubbed Huawei Ascend P2, the smartphone will boast a 4.7-inch full HD (1080p) display, along with 2GB of RAM and 1.8 GHz quad-core processor. However, the fol... |
4 February 2013
19:31 GMT |
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Most IT professionals have dealt with at least one situation in which an individual who was not so good with computers said something that was hilarious. In September 2012, Panda Security announced the launch of PandaIT SOS, a contest in which IT professionals shared their funny experiences. Here’s the... |
4 February 2013
19:11 GMT |
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Sony Mobile appears set to make the Android 4.1.2 Jelly bean operating system update available for more of its 2012 devices, and Xperia AX SO-01E, currently available for purchase in Japan via NTT DOCOMO, is one of the handsets set to receive it soon.
The phone has just emerged over at the Bluetooth SIG with firmwa... |
4 February 2013
18:51 GMT |
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The RIAA has cause for celebration, it managed to get 10 million pages censored on the web, in Google results at least. In less than two years, the Recording Industry Association of America got Google drop 10 million links from its results.
Granted, that number doesn't sound that impressive when you factor in t... |
4 February 2013
18:51 GMT |
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Customers working with Apple’s Keynote productivity software to make presentations can employ a project from Microsoft PowerPoint or even from the old AppleWorks to use it in Keynote. Apple says that if you already have a slide presentation that was originally created in Microsoft PowerPoint or AppleWorks, you... |
4 February 2013
18:31 GMT |
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It’s no secret that Windows 8 remains a very controversial product, even though users can find a great amount of tutorials and resources supposed to help them discover the new operating system.
A Microsoft developer, however, created this cheat sheet that does even more than that: it presents the common keyboa... |
4 February 2013
18:21 GMT |
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Bisser Dyankov, a game designer working on Omerta – City of Gangsters at Haemimont Games, believes that a successful title needs to balance depth of mechanics with accessibility in order to appeal to a large potential audience. The developer tells Gamasutra that, “As a ground rule, we do not go into the ... |
4 February 2013
18:20 GMT |
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Mojang, the studio behind the hugely successful Minecraft property, has earned a whopping $237 million (€173 million) in revenue throughout 2012, with almost half of that coming from the licensing of the property.
Minecraft is a true global phenomenon as what started out as a small independent game quickly beca... |
4 February 2013
18:11 GMT |
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Developer Team Meat says that it is suspending work on a new version of Super Meat Boy in order top focus on the creation of their new title Mew-Genics.
Edmund McMillen, the leader of the studio, says, “By week three Mew-Genics had taken the form of a monster mashup of many different game genres with an underl... |
4 February 2013
18:02 GMT |
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One of the few launchers for Android devices that offers the best iOS-style home application experience, Espier Launcher has just received a small update that comprises lots of bug fixes.
Aside from that, Espier Studio, the company behind Espier Launcher, has also adjusted the icon layout algorithm to fit the Androi... |
4 February 2013
18:01 GMT |
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Fantastical 1.0.4 is out for workaholics keeping their agendas on iOS devices. Arguably one of the best calendar/to-do apps of its kind, Fantastical has been updated with a bunch of fixes and enhancements to make you even more productive. Flexibits Inc. claims to have fixed a ton of crashing bugs in version 1.0.4, a... |
4 February 2013
17:41 GMT |
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The development team at Bohemia Interactive says that it is renaming the main island in their upcoming ArmA 3 Altis, in order to better reflect the Mediterranean environment that gamers will be fighting in.
The team also wants to make sure that players understand the difference between Altis and the real-world islan... |
4 February 2013
17:39 GMT |
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We are all made of stardust. This saying is attributed to several people and, unlike most popular sayings, it's absolutely true. We and everything around us was created deep in the bowels of stars like our sun or much larger. Incidentally, that's the name of the beautiful video you see above which depicts... |
4 February 2013
17:31 GMT |
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The highly acclaimed Nimbuzz Messenger for Android devices has just received several new features and UI improvements meant to increase its popularity among users.
First of all, users will now be able to replace SMS with unlimited free chat. Group conversations are now available for users who wish to send text messa... |
4 February 2013
17:31 GMT |
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Social media websites are becoming flooded with all sorts of malicious posts. The more popular a site is, the more likely it is that the interesting-looking posts we click on are actually part of a cybercriminal scheme.
Facebook users who want to make sure they’re protected while surfing the website can now tu... |
4 February 2013
17:31 GMT |
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WebRTC has been in the works for a while now, but if you had any doubts about progress, Google and Mozilla have now demonstrated the first video chat conversation between Chrome and Firefox. Both browsers support WebRTC at various stages, though you need the latest releases to get them to work together. "Mozilla is... |
4 February 2013
17:26 GMT |
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Microsoft has been long touting the business capabilities of its Windows Phone operating system, as well as those of devices running under the platform, and the company has launched a new portal to further raise awareness on the matter.
Called Windows Phone Business Hub, the portal can be accessed via this link, pr... |
4 February 2013
17:21 GMT |
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Brian Reynolds, the former chief game designer of Zynga, says that he might set up his own development studio in the coming months in order to test a number of game ideas. The veteran game creator tells Venturebeat that he is interested in creating an environment where he can “experiment more than m... |
4 February 2013
17:19 GMT |
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If you’re looking for an easy to use yet full-featured periodic table for your Windows 8 computer, here’s the one that is at least worth a shot.
The intuitively-called Periodic Table is now available in the Store with a freeware license, coming with a pretty great feature package for all Windows 8 adopte... |
4 February 2013
17:01 GMT |
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Computer maker ASUS is reportedly gearing up for the launch of a new 7-inch tablet PC in the near future, one that might arrive on shelves under the name of Fonepad K004.
The new slate was spotted with model number ME371MG attached to it, while featuring an Intel Atom Z2420 processor inside, along with 1GB of RAM. ... |
4 February 2013
17:01 GMT |
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Microsoft and Lotus have decided to extend their Formula 1 collaboration until at least 2016 after a successful first season. Microsoft Dynamics branding will still be featured on both the Lotus F1 Team’s 2013 car and on the uniforms used by drivers and team members, while the software solution will continue t... |
4 February 2013
16:21 GMT |
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Not much seems to be happening on the IT market right now, which is why rumors about what may or may not happen on the various market segments are getting more attention than usual. Right now though, we aren't concerned with that may happen but what has already happened: liquid crystal display integrated circui... |
4 February 2013
16:11 GMT |
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Several teens who also happen to be members of the Conifer High School Robotics class have recently gone through the trouble of building a brand new set of wheels for a paralyzed cat named Flipper.
Apparently, it was not very long ago when this feline suffered an injury to its back. As a result of its spinal cord b... |
4 February 2013
16:11 GMT |
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StumbleUpon customers are advised to be on the lookout for bogus notifications that inform them of changes being made to their email settings.
The fake emails read something like this:
“This is a quick note to let you know about some changes we've made to the email settings in your StumbleUpon account. W... |
4 February 2013
16:01 GMT |
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id Software has habit of releasing their engines as open source, but a statement made by John Carmack, on Twitter, revealed an interesting information.
People will remember that id Software was one of the few big game developers that thought about the Linux platform way before there were any hints that the open sour... |
4 February 2013
16:00 GMT |
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The popular Steam app from Valve Software is now officially supported on the iPad, optimized for 9.7-inch displays, including Retina pixel density. The 7.9-inch / 1024x768 screen of the iPad mini is also natively supported.
Steam offers a free app for the iOS user base so gamers can pitch in with their input on the ... |
4 February 2013
15:51 GMT |
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Nokia’s Lumia smartphones can take advantage of a nice range of applications to enhance the experience provided to users, regardless of whether they have been developed by Nokia or by third-party developers. Especially when it comes to Nokia’s Lumia 920, Lumia 820 or Lumia 620 smartphones, apps can easi... |
4 February 2013
15:51 GMT |
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This video was posted online only a few days ago, and it is already causing quite a stir, most likely because science and space enthusiasts worldwide are utterly fascinated by how astronauts have managed to wash their hands while in zero-gravity.
The video shows astronaut Chris Hadfield using a so-called no rinse b... |
4 February 2013
15:51 GMT |
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Line for Windows 8 has just received an update, so consumers who wish to download and install the new version have nothing more to do than to launch the Windows Store and check out the updates section. While there are no release notes for the new build, it’s very likely to bring several performance and stabili... |
4 February 2013
15:41 GMT |
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This February's issue of the Journal of Cell Science witnessed the publication of a new study stating that, should one decide to toy with the proteins that cancer cells have at their disposal while developing, their growth could successfully be halted.
The team of scientists who put together this new research ... |
4 February 2013
15:41 GMT |
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Google Chrome, a browser built on the WebKit layout engine that aims to be minimalistic and versatile at the same time, is now at version 24.0.1312.68.
A new stable version of the Google Chrome browser has been made available exclusively for the Linux platform, fixing just one pestering bug that affected Linux kerne... |
4 February 2013
15:32 GMT |
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Over the past few days, Internet users from the UK have been targeted with bogus emails apparently originating from the Deposit Protection Service (DPS).
The emails, first spotted by millersmiles.co.uk, are entitled “Important Email Notification” and they inform recipients of the following:
“Dear ... |
4 February 2013
15:31 GMT |
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While some still aren't convinced that Iran did in fact send a monkey into space and retrieved it alive, Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said he was ready to become the country's first astronaut when the time comes.
Iran's space program, while criticized by many as a cover for nuclear miss... |
4 February 2013
15:11 GMT |
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Mi3, the next flagship device from Xiaomi, is expected to arrive on shelves with appealing hardware specifications packed inside, based on the great capabilities that its successors included. However, nothing has been officially confirmed on the matter for the time being, and we’re still left wondering what t... |
4 February 2013
14:51 GMT |
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About two weeks ago, the Alaskan Brewing Company debuted a new technology that allowed it to use beer as an energy source. As the company explains, its working agenda can now be argued to revolve around making beer-powered beer.
Fear not, all ye beer enthusiasts, the company does not use said drink per se as a powe... |
4 February 2013
14:41 GMT |
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After a few technical problems, Treyarch, the developer of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, has confirmed that the full version of the new update for the Nintendo Wii U version of the game has been released for that platform.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 received a lot of new content and updates in the last few weeks, as dev... |
4 February 2013
14:31 GMT |
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The newly released Windows Store has finally passed the 40,000 apps milestone, even though Microsoft had expected to see more than 100,000 tools available by February 1.
According to MetroStore Scanner, an unofficial service that tracks the number of apps submitted to the Store, there are more than 41,000 programs a... |
4 February 2013
14:31 GMT |
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Wildlife researchers working with the University of Sheffield in South Yorkshire, England now claim that, although poaching plays a major part in lowering the global Asian elephants population, climate change must not be ignored either.
After analyzing almost a century's worth of life and deaths records belong... |
4 February 2013
14:21 GMT |
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Starting today, owners of Android-based devices can download and install a new flavor of the Dolphin Browser, namely version 9.3.
Building on the appealing improvements that were included in Dolphin Browser 9.2, which was released in mid-January, the new app flavor brings along both a series of new features, as well... |
4 February 2013
14:21 GMT |
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Sophos is warning users from the US to be on the lookout for malicious emails purporting to hold important tax-related documents.
Entitled “FW: 2010 and 2011 Tax Documents; Accountant's Letter,” the emails read:
“I forward this file to you for review. Please open and view it. Attached ar... |
4 February 2013
14:01 GMT |
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Thanks to Kepler, thousands of exoplanets may have been discovered with many more to come. The wealth of new data coming from the space telescope has shaped our understanding of star systems outside our own and has led us to believe that the solar system is quite rare in the galaxy.
We've found plenty of plane... |
4 February 2013
13:41 GMT |
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As previously reported, China is presently trying to make head and tail of a major air pollution crisis which is taking its toll on public health in several of its regions.
Recent news on this topic says that the Chinese smog is now making its way towards Japan, and that soon enough it might engulf this country as ... |
4 February 2013
13:41 GMT |
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According to a new research project whose findings were published in the scientific journal Brain and Cognition, those who chew gum on a regular basis are quite likely to be more alert than their fellow non-chewers are.
This is because the process of chewing gum is much more than an annoying habit, as some might la... |
4 February 2013
13:41 GMT |
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System Essentials, the all-in-one system information tool for Windows 8, has just received a new update, so adopters of Microsoft’s new operating system can now download a new version.
While the release notes only point to a number of unnamed bug fixes, System Essentials still comes with a pretty great feature... |
4 February 2013
13:31 GMT |
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Soon, Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia might bring to the market more durable smartphones, as it has been approved a $1.35 billion grant for the development of “the world's strongest material,” called graphene.
The handset vendor claims that this material is 300 times stronger than steel, which would make smart... |
4 February 2013
13:21 GMT |
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Made officially available for purchase in the UK on January 31, 2013, the new BlackBerry Z10 smartphone is said to have seen high demand so far, both at retailers and wireless carriers.
A recent report from Jefferies & Co. suggests that the handset has seen solid demand in the United Arab Emirates and Canada as wel... |
4 February 2013
13:11 GMT |
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The following tutorial will teach Linux users how to jailbreak their Apple iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4/4S, iPad 2/3/4 and iPod Touch 4G/5G devices that run iOS 6 or later. In this tutorial we will use the recently released evasi0n jailbreak tool, which runs on Linux, Mac OS X and Windows platforms. In no more than five min... |
4 February 2013
12:52 GMT |
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The new 3DMark has just been launched by Futuremark. The company dropped any version number from the fresh revision (it's simply called 3DMark) in order to stress the fact that it’ll be available for multiple platforms (Android, iOS and Windows RT).
Although this build is designed as cross-platform benchm... |
4 February 2013
12:51 GMT |
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The Galaxy family is the largest series of Android smartphones, but this is no reason for Samsung not to release two or more devices with the same name.
The folks over at UnwiredView have just spotted a certain Samsung Galaxy Exhibit, which is about to make its debut at T-Mobile USA.
Those unfamiliar with the Galax... |
4 February 2013
12:31 GMT |
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Microsoft will roll out the Surface Pro tablet in just a few days and, even though the company clearly needs to promote the device through its own retail network, it decided to close the pop-up store in Times Square. Even though it wasn’t a permanent store, the Times Square location played a pretty important r... |
4 February 2013
12:31 GMT |
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Only recently, over 100 pantropical spotted dolphins found themselves swimming in the shallow waters at Whales Cover, near Western Australia’s port city of Albany.
Were it not for the distress call produced by a juvenile dolphin, the group would have probably beached and most of these marine mammals would hav... |
4 February 2013
12:21 GMT |
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The evad3rs’ new jailbreak tool – evasi0n – has been officially released to the public, enabling any iDevice owner with iOS 6 installed to perform an untethered jailbreak using any computer. Compatible with Macs, Windows PCs, and Linux computers, evasi0n is the latest jailbreak effort on behalf of ... |
4 February 2013
12:15 GMT |
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Google is putting Carnival on the map, quite literally. To celebrate this year's Carnival, Google will be live streaming from several locations in Brazil, including from the famous Rio de Janeiro Carnival.
There will be multiple live streams from each of the events, but also plenty of other things to do and se... |
4 February 2013
12:13 GMT |
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Video game developer Valve says it is not worried about the legal action that a German consumer group called VZBV is launching against it based on changes made to the End User License Agreement.
Doug Lombardi, one of the leaders of Valve, tells Gamasutra that, “we understand the complaint is somehow regarding ... |
4 February 2013
12:11 GMT |
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Lumia 620, the latest Windows Phone 8 smartphone from Nokia and also the cheapest in the series, is expected to arrive on shelves in Australia in mid-February, featuring a recommended retail price of $329 AUD ($342 USD / €252). The new smartphone sports a 3.8-inch screen, a 1GHz processor, 512MB of RAM and a 5-... |
4 February 2013
12:11 GMT |
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Responsive sliders are the hottest thing in Web development right now. uSlider is such a tool, but unlike the many similar solutions out there, it doesn't rely on jQuery, but on the MooTools framework.
And just like its jQuery counterparts, uSlider boasts all the features you'd want from a slideshow tool.
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4 February 2013
12:01 GMT |
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A new flavor of the Soundtracker Radio application is now available for download for Android users, namely version 1.9.6, which was pushed to the Google Play Store yesterday. Unfortunately, no official release notes have been attached to the new app iteration, and we have no idea about the changes that were include... |
4 February 2013
11:41 GMT |
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A Russian couple has made the ultimate gesture of love, and they have done so on their first date. Rouslan Toumaniantz used his now-girlfriend's face as a canvas the very first day they met. According to the Sun, his Christian name is inscribed on her face in letters that are five inches (12.7 cm) high. Judging... |
4 February 2013
11:37 GMT |
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A convicted murderer from Indiana, 44-year-old Steven L. Robbins, was recaptured a week after being mistakenly set free by law enforcement. Robbins has been freed after appearing in court in Chicago for a different offense. When charges were dismissed, so was he, because his paperwork did not indicate he was schedul... |
4 February 2013
11:23 GMT |
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Today, the GSMA announced the nominees for this year’s Global Mobile Awards, unveiling that 158 of them had been selected in the 18th edition of the GMA.
The winners will be announced on February 26 at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, during an afternoon ceremony hosted by David Walliams, GSMA also ann... |
4 February 2013
11:21 GMT |
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The Journey Down: Chapter One is a point-and-click adventure that tries to recapture some of the magic of similar, older games, and it succeeds, for the most part. Given the swarm of indie titles in the last couple of years, a decrease in quality was bound to happen. When the first so-called indie games hit the mark... |
4 February 2013
11:21 GMT |
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The development team at Paradox Interactive is ready to offer an official trailer and some more information on the upcoming Old Gods expansion for Crusader Kings II, which will expand the timeframe of the game and give more options for pagan players.
The pagan religion focus means that players will be able to establ... |
4 February 2013
11:11 GMT |
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Office 365 was released only a few days ago, so Microsoft has started its advertising campaign for the new product with a brand new commercial. As you can see, the key feature of the new productivity suite is the subscription-based service that allows users to access the available features from up to 5 computers run... |
4 February 2013
11:00 GMT |
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February 2 marks the annual World Wetlands Day, and in order to celebrate this event, the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance has decided to go public with the news that Bolivia has designated the world's largest protected wetland.
The World Wildlife Fund informs us that this conservation... |
4 February 2013
10:59 GMT |
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Skype Communications S.a.r.l is out with a new version of Skype for iPad which includes some bug fixes, new features, and the cool ability to swipe from the left of the screen to open your recent conversations.
Skype version 4.5 automatically reconnects a dropped call when your wireless connection is poor. You can n... |
4 February 2013
10:58 GMT |
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Redditor just_leave_it brings us a hilarious post about a cake idea that has gone extremely wrong. He or she discusses the story of a friend's picture cake order.
They uploaded the photo onto the USB drive, but never expected the cake to turn out like the one you see above, on the left. Since the person taking ... |
4 February 2013
10:54 GMT |
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When hearing the word “blaster,” people probably think of those laser guns used in Star Wars, or any Sci Fi series or movie really.
FireFly has just given the word another meaning though.
The company has launched the eponymous FireFly blaster, which essentially ionizes dust to make it less eager to stic... |
4 February 2013
10:52 GMT |
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VIA has released the latest WHQL Certified USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller Interface (xHCI) driver for the VL800 and VL801 Host Controllers. It is compatible with all of Microsoft's operating systems, starting from Windows XP to the latest one.This release is based on V2.10A with a replaced UASP client driver... |
4 February 2013
10:51 GMT |
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ARMA III and the standalone mod offshoot DayZ are set to be launched on Steam for Linux, if we are to believe the CDR entries.
ARMA III is an open-world FPS developed by Bohemia Interactive and it's set to be one of the most realistic titles with this type of gameplay.
The action of the game takes place in 203... |
4 February 2013
10:50 GMT |
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Researchers Shingirayi Padya and Graeme Neilson of Aura Information Security have found a way to hack the audio one-time passwords used by many African banks to protect their customers against fraudsters. While most financial institutions rely on applications or SMSs to send their customers one-time passwords when p... |
4 February 2013
10:46 GMT |
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A few new screenshots from the single-player campaign of God of War: Ascension have just been released, showing off the protagonist, Kratos, as he interacts with his wife and daughter, while fighting monsters in all sorts of stunning locations. God of War: Ascension is out in March and Sony has already started promo... |
4 February 2013
10:42 GMT |
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A source inside Microsoft claims that despite the recent noise made by Sony about a late February reveal for the PlayStation 4, next-generation consoles should not be overvalued because the winner of the coming hardware war will be determined on sales impact, not on publicity.
A Microsoft insider is quoted by CVG as... |
4 February 2013
10:42 GMT |
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That touchscreens would sell well in 2013 is a no-brainer as far as suppositions go, but it might not be easy to guess just how many of them will sell.
It turns out that, since most notebooks, tablets and many all-in-one computers are bound to incorporate touch because of Windows 8, the final figure will be quite hi... |
4 February 2013
10:34 GMT |
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Last week, I chronicled the journey of a receipt that went viral on Reddit, cost a waitress her job and the Applebee's chain a few customers. The waitress posted the receipt of a man identifying himself as a pastor on Reddit. He refused paying the auto-tip assigned to his bill. The client complained to Appleb... |
4 February 2013
10:29 GMT |
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Microsoft continues its fight with Google over whose search engine is better, this time with an attempt to convince users to dump the Mountain View-based company on Valentine’s Day.
Microsoft claims that one in 10 people say February means the end for relationships gone bad, so this is the right time to give G... |
4 February 2013
10:29 GMT |
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Beyonce performed at the Super Bowl 2013 Halftime, singing live as she promised she would. Halfway through the show, she was joined on stage by her Destiny’s Child mates – and she says she was “honored” to be in such select company.
After the show, Beyonce posted a handwritten letter to her o... |
4 February 2013
10:29 GMT |
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US-based carrier T-Mobile plans to add a sequel to the Alcatel Sparq messaging phone to its portfolio. The device has been recently spotted at Federal Communication Commission (FCC).
Dubbed Alcatel Sparq II, the handset sports a slide-out QWERTY keyboard for easier texting. According to Phonescoop, the feature-phone... |
4 February 2013
10:23 GMT |
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Minitube, an application that aims to provide a completely different YouTube experience, has just reached version 2.0.
Minitube 2.0 will allow users to find missing parts of a multipart video, sort videos by relevance, date, view count and rating, filter videos by publication date, video duration and video quality, ... |
4 February 2013
10:19 GMT |
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One of the most popular products released by Apple last year, the iPad mini, is now available to ship in under a week, according to the quota listed on store.apple.com. Ordering an iPad mini today will see your desire to own a diminutive tablet materialize in just 1-3 business days, according to the new listings on ... |
4 February 2013
10:18 GMT |
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Gag reels are a common thing for TV shows or movies but now we get to see one for L.A. Noire, last year's impressive detective game from Rockstar and Team Bondi, showing off the mistakes of the actors while inside the game.
L.A. Noire impressed millions of gamers by delivering a pretty great detective experienc... |
4 February 2013
10:17 GMT |
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One of the most exquisite ads airing during the commercial break at the Super Bowl XLVII last night was “So God Made a Farmer” from Ram Trucks, which you can see embedded above.
Featuring the famous speech “God Made a Farmer” from radio broadcaster Paul Harvey together with incredibly beauti... |
4 February 2013
10:17 GMT |
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I still have fond memories of the Gangsters series, two games that gave me the freedom to break the law in many innovative ways and play out scenarios that until then I had only seen in period movies. I expected Omerta – City of Gangsters to offer something similar and the game initially seemed to conform to m... |
4 February 2013
10:01 GMT |
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SeaMonkey 2.15.2, a web browser, advanced e-mail, newsgroup client, IRC chat client, and HTML editing suite, has been released.
SeaMonkey 2.15.2 is a new major release in the series and comes with a couple of important new features, not to mention all the bugfixes made available.
Highlights of SeaMonkey 2.15.2:
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4 February 2013
10:00 GMT |
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Mozilla was one of the Do Not Track pioneers and the first to implement it, in Firefox. While Do Not Track doesn't seem to be going anywhere as the technology is stuck in limbo thanks to all the "political" fighting, Mozilla is still working on the feature.
In fact, the latest change to the way Firefox implemen... |
4 February 2013
10:00 GMT |
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HTC’s upcoming M7 smartphone is rumored to arrive on shelves with a new camera sensor packed inside, one that is different from what we’re accustomed with in current devices.
According to Pocket-lint, HTC plans on packing the new device with three 4.3-megapixel sensor layers that will combine into creat... |
4 February 2013
09:59 GMT |
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The developers at Ubisoft are presenting a new trailer for the upcoming Splinter Cell: Blacklist, which focuses on the action set pieces that the new Sam Fischer powered game will offer.
David Footman, the cinematic director working on Blacklist, offers commentary on the gameplay mechanics that players can see and t... |
4 February 2013
09:59 GMT |
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After revealing at the end of last week when the Dragonborn, Hearthfire, and Dawnguard expansions are going to be released for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim on the PS3 in North America, Bethesda has just posted the release dates for the expansions in Europe. Skyrim on the PlayStation 3 wasn't exactly the greatest... |
4 February 2013
09:57 GMT |
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The Raspberry Pi credit card-sized ARM computer was invented as a means for students to learn how to program hardware and software. It quickly became a very popular item though.
In fact, it became so popular that the Raspberry Pi Foundation just had to revise it, then release new versions of it, all the while having... |
4 February 2013
09:56 GMT |
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Cybercriminals are trying to trick Facebook users into installing a malicious browser plugin. To lure victims, the scammers are spreading posts according to which Psy, the Korean pop singer famous for the Gangnam Style song, has died. Experts from Bkav report that the malicious Facebook posts simply read &ldqu... |
4 February 2013
09:56 GMT |
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Because there’s nothing better than a good Illuminati conspiracy theory, here’s the latest: sometime during her electrifying Super Bowl 2013 Halftime performance, Beyonce flashed an Illuminati sign.
Now we know why the power went off in the Superdome, delaying the game for a good 34 minutes, give or tak... |
4 February 2013
09:53 GMT |
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Image sensors are quite advanced nowadays, capable of snapping still images and recording video in very high quality. There is still room for improvement though, and Panasonic has it.
The company has revealed its so-called “micro color splitters” which remove the need for conventional CMOS debayering fil... |
4 February 2013
09:52 GMT |
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Aria2, a utility for downloading files that supports multiple protocols such as HTTP(S), FTP, BitTorrent, and Metalink, is now at version 1.16.3. Aria2 1.16.3 features a command-line interface, segmented downloading, client certificate authentication in HTTPS, custom HTTP Header support, and more. Highlights of Ari... |
4 February 2013
09:45 GMT |
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Nokia and Microsoft have started pushing the Windows Phone 7.8 software update to Lumia devices since last week, and the first issues with the platform are already starting to emerge. Nokia Lumia 800 owners, for example, are currently reporting that the device exhibits incredibly low music audio volume following th... |
4 February 2013
09:43 GMT |
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A student has been suspended for using the picture of a gun as his wallpaper for a school-issued laptop. Daniel McClaine Jr. used a picture of an AK-47 with a US flag as the background, as seen in the video. School policy clarifies that displaying “harassing, threatening, or illegal” imagery is strictly ... |
4 February 2013
09:40 GMT |
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A Reddit user claims to have used Mathematica to calculate the time when evad3rs will release evasi0n, the iOS 6.1 untethered jailbreak tool that everyone is flooding Twitter with at the moment.
The team used to shave off five percent of their progress bar (or added, whichever way you prefer) each day, prior to yest... |
4 February 2013
09:38 GMT |
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One of the best ads at the Super Bowl 2013 is one that you didn’t see during the game because CBS turned it down. It has now gone viral and, as usual, you can check it out below in full.
It’s a humorous commercial for SodaStream. As for the reason it was banned, well, seeing how it pokes fun at Pepsi an... |
4 February 2013
09:37 GMT |
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Even though Windows 8 continues to increase its market share, which is an obvious sign that more users are finally making the move to the new operating system, it remains a pretty controversial product, especially because of the GUI changes that it brings to a traditional working environment.
The lack of a Start but... |
4 February 2013
09:35 GMT |
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Last week, BlackBerry announced that the Z10 smartphone would go on sale in Canada on February 5. Initially, the device will only be available in black, but the white-themed BlackBerry Z10 will also appear later this month.
Those who have already pre-ordered their BlackBerry Z10 devices from Bell will probably star... |
4 February 2013
09:31 GMT |
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Halo 4 developer 343 Industries has just detailed the new multiplayer content that’s going to be released for the game's Infinity online mode, including the Episode 8 of the cooperative Spartan Ops campaign.
Halo 4 included a great single-player story but also delivered a sprawling online experience throu... |
4 February 2013
09:27 GMT |
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Hackers of the Spanish group Team One Unite have defaced the official website of Ali Moeen Nawazish, the Pakistani student who broke a world record by passing 23 A-levels.
According to Cyber News, it’s uncertain why the hackers have targeted Nawazish’s website. It’s possible they were simply trying... |
4 February 2013
09:25 GMT |
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The developers of Unvanquished, a free, open-source first-person shooter combining real-time strategy elements with a futuristic and sci-fi setting, have just released the 12th Alpha version.
The work on the Unvanquished continues at a steady pace and it shows no signs of slowing down. If they keep this up, we might... |
4 February 2013
09:16 GMT |
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Police are continuing their standoff with a man that killed a bus driver and kidnapped a student, in Alabama. The hostage situation is already into its seventh day, reports say.
Dykes, a decorated Vietnam veteran, threatened to shoot the other children on the bus if he couldn't get his way.
“He said he... |
4 February 2013
09:15 GMT |
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Plenty of companies have taken advantage of the tools Google provides for them to request the removal of infringing content from search results. In fact, Google sees millions of these requests every week. It goes through all of these requests and doesn't approve the obviously wrong ones, but many erroneous ones ... |
4 February 2013
09:15 GMT |
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ASRock has launched a BIOS version for their FM2A55M-DGS AMD based motherboard. According to the changelog, “modified monitor flicker with some CPU” issue has been fixed and the compatibility with Samsung 1600 4G memory modules has been improved.This release comes in three versions: Windows, Instant Flash... |
4 February 2013
09:13 GMT |
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Information leaks happen all the time on the IT market, sometimes from the strangest or most unexpected of sources. Convertible tablets and laptops are the subject of the latest unlikely leak.
Most people don't really look in the direction of small hardware component makers when trying to find out things about... |
4 February 2013
09:10 GMT |
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Cissy Houston, Whitney Houston’s mother, is coming out with a book that will offer some insight into the late singer’s troubled life, including the strained relationship between the two. Whitney’s daughter, Bobbi Kristina, doesn’t approve of it.
As we also reported last week, Cissy was on O... |
4 February 2013
09:05 GMT |
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Two beta versions have been released over the weekend for foobar2000 1.2.3, a very short time apart. None of them introduces new features but they focus instead on fixing up known issues and bring to the table a few changes.
The latest version of the audio player features updated FFmpeg code to 1.1.1. In order to av... |
4 February 2013
09:03 GMT |
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BLU Products, the folks that launched the dual-SIM Dash 3.5 Android phone in the United States several months ago, have just announced the upcoming availability of their new series of smartphones powered by Nvidia Tegra 3 chipset.
According to BLU, all three handsets will be equipped with Nvidia Tegra 3 chipset, whi... |
4 February 2013
09:01 GMT |
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Realtek has released the latest drivers for its Ethernet Controllers. The Realtek PCI Express Fast Ethernet (FE) Family, PCI Gigabit Ethernet (GBE) Family, and the PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Family as well have now a driver that enhances transfer speed and stability.The versions that have been released for the abov... |
4 February 2013
08:57 GMT |
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On Saturday, we learned that Twitter was hacked. The company rushed to reset the passwords of those affected by the breach, but experts warn that the cybercriminals might use the information they have stolen for other malicious campaigns.
Sophos has published an interesting advisory to inform users on how the attack... |
4 February 2013
08:56 GMT |
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Starting Wednesday, owners of Galaxy Note II smartphones in Canada should be able to enjoy new features on their devices, as Samsung will begin the rollout of a new software update for their devices. According to the company, the new update will arrive on devices with enhancements such as Multi-View, as well as sup... |
4 February 2013
08:51 GMT |
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Since Valentine’s Day is quickly approaching, Microsoft used the occasion to create a new software category in the Windows Store in order to showcase the best apps for this event.
The new section comprises shopping, lifestyle, food & dining and entertainment apps that could help Windows 8 users get ready for V... |
4 February 2013
08:51 GMT |
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One of the main developers working on the Resident Evil franchise at publisher Capcom believes that the series needs to focus on its original horror roots in order to deliver attractive experience in the coming years.Masachika Kawata, a producer working on Resident Evil, tells VideoGamer that, “I still think th... |
4 February 2013
08:39 GMT |
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At least 8 Egyptian government websites have been taken down by hacktivists after a video showing riot police officers beating a man came to light. The distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks have been launched as part of Operation Egypt (#OpEgypt).
According to EHN, the targeted websites are the ones of the Mi... |
4 February 2013
08:36 GMT |
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The much hyped evasi0n jailbreak tool is sitting at 98% completion and will be released later today for Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux PCs. Before you do anything, read this. The requirements list on evasi0n.com says you need just five minutes to perform the jailbreak, as well as a computer running Windows XP (or late... |
4 February 2013
08:34 GMT |
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Verizon customers can now purchase the Titanium Gray flavor of the Galaxy Note II smartphone for only $149.99 (€110) with the signing of a two-year contract, provided that they make the purchase via Amazon Wireless. The online retailer has cut the price tag of this iteration of the smartphone, but lists the Mar... |
4 February 2013
08:31 GMT |
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The successes in high-performance computing seem to have eliminated the last reservations that scientists may have had in front of the idea of simulating the human brain.
Attempts at simulating brain activity were made in the past, but it was usually about individual brain processors, or small groups, not the whole... |
4 February 2013
08:31 GMT |
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The only surprise is that it took so long, there is now a tool to convert Vine videos into proper GIFs. While Vine captures some of the essential features of GIF animations and could become a replacement to GIFs in some cases, the ancient image format is still better and probably always will be in one respect, portab... |
4 February 2013
08:30 GMT |
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A 9-year-old from the Bronx has survived a fall from an apartment building roof top. The boy has suffered serious injuries and is currently on life support.
Freddy Martin took a five-store free fall from the top of the brick building, according to the Houston Chronicle. The incident occurred on Friday, February 1, a... |
4 February 2013
08:28 GMT |
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Microsoft's recently revealed Black Tusk Studios is working on not one but four different unannounced IPs, at least according to the resume of senior product manager and planner, Jonathan Browne.
Black Tusk Studios is the new name of Microsoft's Vancouver division and we already heard that the studio will ... |
4 February 2013
08:28 GMT |
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Windows Phone 8 appears to be the top option for a wide range of mobile phone users in Germany, at least this is what online retailer Expansys.de shows.
At the moment, Nokia’s Lumia 920 smartphone is listed as the top device among the retailer’s bestselling smartphones. The company took the first, secon... |
4 February 2013
08:21 GMT |
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Notepad++ received a fresh update over the weekend. Most of the changes in the new release are repairs, but the developer also includes a couple of new features.
Version 6.3 of the application includes UDL (User Defined Language) versioning; on the same note, the new revision adds new options for UDL number definiti... |
4 February 2013
08:21 GMT |
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Justin Timberlake is warming up for the Grammys 2013. He is scheduled to perform live at the awards ceremony this month so, in the meantime, he entertained guests at the DirecTV Super Bowl party last night.
Check out the video above to see him perform his brand new single “Suit & Tie,” a collaboration w... |
4 February 2013
08:21 GMT |
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As far as commercials go, “God Made a Farmer” video of motor company Dodge has turned out to be the winner of this year's Super Bowl.
The video features Paul Harvey's voice, and makes a case of how traditional farming techniques are far better than current society's heavily industrialized ... |
4 February 2013
08:15 GMT |
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Saudi cleric Sheikh Abdullah Daoud's comments on child abuse and Islam are raising eyebrows this week, with his "fatwa" issued 2 years ago surfacing. A fatwa is a legal ruling issued by a cleric, which in this case refers to having babies and children cover up. In an interview with the Islamic al-Majd TV chan... |
4 February 2013
08:11 GMT |
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A brand new report has surfaced on the web, hinting at quite a lot of big Xbox 360 titles coming to the PC platform via Steam, in the form of Halo 3 (as well as Halo 2 and Halo: Combat Evolved), but also Fez, Angry Birds Space and Angry Birds Seasons, or even the unannounced Quantum Conundrum 2.
Steam is the most po... |
4 February 2013
08:07 GMT |
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Law firm Olswang is preparing to represent over a hundred people in a class action lawsuit against Google after the search giant circumvented the security settings on Apple's Safari web browser to track online usage. Long story short, Google reportedly installed cookies secretly on computers and mobile devices ... |
4 February 2013
08:06 GMT |
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Demi Lovato has had the most eventful weekend ever: she did a photoshoot, talked to fans on Twitter, watched the Super Bowl and live tweeted, and nearly broke her leg in a home accident. Details of how badly she might have injured herself are not available right now, but the singer and X Factor judge posted a photo... |
4 February 2013
08:06 GMT |
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It's been more than a year since MegaUpload was shut down and, while Kim Dotcom & co. are now closer to making their case in a court of law, the raid has been a massive success for the media companies that ordered it. Not only was MegaUpload – one of the largest pirate havens – gone, but many other... |
4 February 2013
08:06 GMT |
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Canadian wireless carrier Bell is one of the operators set to bring the new BlackBerry Z10 smartphone to the country as soon as tomorrow, and the company has already started teasing the device in video ads. The first of them can be seen embedded above, touting the fast 4G LTE capabilities of the device, which shoul... |
4 February 2013
08:01 GMT |
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There are close to two months left until the launch of BioShock Infinite, but the full Achievement list of the first-person shooter from Irrational Games is now available online for fans to browse.
The game has launched on the PC and on home consoles. The list might include some spoilers.
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4 February 2013
07:59 GMT |
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The People’s Daily, the official newspaper of China’s Communist Party, has published a report citing Beijing government officials who denied having any involvement in the recent cyberattacks launched against major US media organizations.
According to AFP, the article highlights the fact that IP addresses... |
4 February 2013
07:58 GMT |
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The new version for KeePass includes auto-type enhancements and support for more character encodings in various areas, but it also integrates UI enhancements and minor features and improvements.
Among the highlights for KeePass 2.21, there is support for importing from LastPass 2.0.2 CSV files and the display of an ... |
4 February 2013
07:56 GMT |
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An airport truck driver has incurred injuries as the vehicle he was driving smashed into a parked cargo plane, in Salt Lake City, Utah.
The incident occurred at 6:20 p.m. on Sunday, February 3, writes The Salt Lake Tribune. The wing of the airplane was damaged, as was the truck, according to Deseret News.
There is ... |
4 February 2013
07:54 GMT |
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Sony could have gone with the flow and kept its ultrabooks at around $1,000 / 1,000 Euro or more, but it must have decided to follow the wishes of the masses instead, hence the prices of its new ultrabooks.
The new ultrathin laptops to leave Sony's labs are called Vaio T14 and T15, where T14 and T15 indicate t... |
4 February 2013
07:45 GMT |
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One of the coolest adventure puzzlers ever released on iOS, The Tiny Bang Story is now available as a free download from the iTunes App Store on iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Offering an original story, hand-drawn graphics and an atmospheric gameplay experience like no other point-and-click title, The Tiny Bang Stor... |
4 February 2013
07:42 GMT |
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The Super Bowl XLVII went off without a glitch last night, at least where wardrobe malfunctions were concerned, because there was a major power outage that delayed the game by over 30 minutes.
However, the surprise for audiences at home came at the end of the game, when Joe Flacco, the quarterback for the Baltimore... |
4 February 2013
07:38 GMT |
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Monitorix, a free, open source, lightweight system monitoring tool designed to monitor as many services and system resources as possible, is now at version 3.0.0 Beta 2.
Monitorix was created to be used under production UNIX/Linux servers, but due to its simplicity and small size, it can be used on embedded devices ... |
4 February 2013
07:37 GMT |
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Chinese company Qihoo recommended users to download and install a Microsoft security update labeled as KB360018, claiming that it comprised important patches for their Windows computers.
Instead, Qihoo used the fake update to deploy its own 360 Browser software on consumers’ systems, according to a report by T... |
4 February 2013
07:33 GMT |
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CorelCAD the high-performance CAD design solution from Corel Corporation, is now available for $349.99 / €319.99 from the Mac App Store. This is a limited time offer.
“Limited time introduction pricing - Save on CorelCAD 2013 for Mac OS X now!” says Corel Corporation.
Usually priced at $599.99 / &e... |
4 February 2013
07:30 GMT |
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Windows Phone 8 users will soon be able to take advantage of a Fitbit application for their handsets, as the company has already confirmed plans to make the software available for them in the near future. No specific info on when the application will arrive on devices has been provided as of now, but WMPoweruser ha... |
4 February 2013
07:21 GMT |
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Psy, the South Korean pop star who rose to international fame with the viral hit “Gangnam Style,” isn’t really ready to go anywhere yet. In fact, he landed a spot with Wonderful Pistachios at the Super Bowl XLVII.
Check it out above in full.
Obviously, it’s not the subtlest ad out there b... |
4 February 2013
07:21 GMT |
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This past Monday night, one of Iran's oil platforms sank to the bottom of the Persian Gulf, and those working on it were left with no choice except swim for their lives. For the time being, nobody can say for sure how it was that the 1,300-metric-ton platform ended up sinking with virtually no previous warning... |
4 February 2013
07:20 GMT |
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A brand new DmC Devil May Cry video has just been released by Capcom, showing off not just footage from the recently released hack and slash experience but also the various accolades that were scored by the game from different media outlets. DmC Devil May Cry rebooted the long-running hack-and-slash franchise from C... |
4 February 2013
07:18 GMT |
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The Microsoft team in charge of the Xbox 360 home console confirms that it is closing down development on the XNA suite and that it has other long-term plans for the indie community.
A representative of the company tells Polygon that, “XNA Game Studio remains a supported toolset for developing games for Xbox 3... |
4 February 2013
07:14 GMT |
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Valeri Aleksejev, a 32-year-old Estonian national, has pleaded guilty to his role in the cybercriminal scheme which made 4 million victims worldwide and caused damages of $14 million (10 million EUR). Aleksejev is the first of the six individuals arrested by the FBI back in November 2011 to admit his involvement in ... |
4 February 2013
07:10 GMT |
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Processors are still stuck in the 2D era, so to speak, making it truly wondrous that they can cram so many billion transistors in their small packages. Scientists may have finally figured out how to go 3D though.
Like so many other things, chips with 3D elements aren't a new idea. The concept has existed for q... |
4 February 2013
07:06 GMT |
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Facebook and Instagram users on iOS have new updates to install to improve their experience. Both services are owned by Facebook which today pushed a bug fix update to address the reliability of the iOS installments.If you’ve been having trouble with your Instagram installation on iPhone 3GS, or the older versi... |
4 February 2013
07:01 GMT |
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Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia has seen an increase in sales of its Windows Phone-based Lumia devices in the past months, and it has already announced its focus on expanding its lineup in this market segment. However, it seems that the company is also considering the launch of tablet PCs, although it hasn’t... |
4 February 2013
07:01 GMT |
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The deluge of DVD screeners hasn't stopped, this week's most pirated movie being the popular animated film Wreck It Ralph, though there are a couple of new entries in there that have arrived via the regular, illegal channels.
Overall, the number of screeners is going down, for a while all the top 10 downlo... |
4 February 2013
06:41 GMT |
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We reported about a week ago that Huawei Ascend W1 would arrive in Russia in early February, but it looks like the smartphone has been slightly delayed.
According to WMPoweruser, Huawei Russia has confirmed that the Ascend W1 will still be available for purchase in the country beginning this month.
In addition, the... |
4 February 2013
06:31 GMT |
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We’ve already told you that Internet Explorer 10, the latest version of Microsoft’s in-house browser, was increasing its market share at a very slow pace, but here’s another important thing revealed by Net Applications’ January 2013 data. Internet Explorer currently holds no more, no less tha... |
4 February 2013
06:11 GMT |
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Twitter wasn't a hit at the Super Bowl just with the advertisers, it was a hit with the people watching the game as well, which explains why the advertisers are interested. Granted, the most popular moment of the game had nothing to do with the football, it was the power outage. Incidentally, this was probably ... |
4 February 2013
06:04 GMT |
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The popular WhatsApp Messenger application for Symbian devices has been updated to version 2.9.6 recently, being set to provide users with a better experience than before.
No official changelog has been provided for the new app release, but we should expect for it to include various minor fixes and enhancements.
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4 February 2013
06:01 GMT |
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Running Windows applications on Android might be closer than you think as work on porting Wine compatibility layer to the mobile OS is being carried out.
Wine on Android has already been demoed by Alexandre Julliard, the developer behind the project, at the FOSDEM event that took place over the weekend in Brussels. ... |
4 February 2013
05:56 GMT |
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The news has just broken that the human remains dug out in September 2012 from under a parking lot in Leicester, in the East Midlands of England, do in fact belong to Richard III, a 15th century monarch whose death marked the end of the Wars of the Roses. As previously reported, many suspected that these highly con... |
4 February 2013
05:56 GMT |
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The Super Bowl XLVII kicked off on a high note but was cut short in the third quarter, when a power outage paused it for 34 full minutes. An investigation into what caused the blackout is now underway.
Officials for Entergy tell ESPN that an “abnormality” is to blame for the incident that has already be... |
4 February 2013
05:56 GMT |
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SABnzbd, an open source binary newsreader written in Python that makes Usenet as simple and streamlined as possible by automating everything, is now at version 0.7.10.
SABnzbd 0.7.10 works in the background and simplifies the downloading, verifying, and extracting of files from Usenet.
Highlights of SABnzbd 0.7.10:... |
4 February 2013
05:52 GMT |
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What we know: Activision's Call of Duty franchise will witness the release of a new installment this fall and it's quite likely that the publisher will launch Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4. Like with 2011's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, the new title might be developed by Infinity Ward in collabor... |
4 February 2013
05:49 GMT |
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The Super Bowl XLVII ended with the Baltimore Ravens as champions, defeating the San Francisco 49ers. At the end of the game, one very excited Raven wrote history by offering the world yet another awesome viral video.
Check it out above. It might be short, but it’s definitely worth the time.
Obviously, the... |
4 February 2013
05:46 GMT |
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Greg Kroah-Hartman announced the immediate availability for download of Linux kernel 3.4.29 LTS (long-term support).
Linux kernel 3.4.29 introduces a lot of various fixes, as well as driver improvements and improved Arch support.
Highlights of Linux kernel 3.4.29 LTS:
• Incorrect strncpy() has been fixed in h... |
4 February 2013
05:43 GMT |
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Cam Weber, the general manager in charge of American football development at EA Sports, confirms that this year’s installment in the long-running series will be called Madden 25. He is quoted by VG247 as saying that, “There’s no better way to celebrate and mark the culmination of 25 years of innova... |
4 February 2013
05:34 GMT |
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We’ve already discussed some of the most awesome and talked about ads that ran during the commercial break at the Super Bowl XLVII, but there were plenty more where those came from.
You will find most of them here, embedded in this blog post.
Either starring huge names (Willem Dafoe as the Devil himself, Pa... |
4 February 2013
05:31 GMT |
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The only reason the patent war between LG and Samsung hasn't become more notorious is because it has been mostly overshadowed by the ongoing fight between the latter and Apple.
It turns out that was a good thing. The IT world could definitely do with a bit less drama, and a government ministry from South Korea... |
4 February 2013
05:31 GMT |
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It was outed a week ago, but Google and HP are making it official, there's a new HP Pavilion 14 Chromebook. The new device is now selling in the US for $329.99, €242, cheaper than some Chromebooks but not as cheap as the ARM-powered Samsung one.
That said, its main touting point isn't the p... |
4 February 2013
05:26 GMT |
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Run-ins with wildlife are never pleasant, especially when one comes face to face with bears, lions and other feared predators. Still, it now seems that one hungry otter is more than enough to turn one's life topsy-turvy.
More so if said hungry otter decides to feast on prized fish worth a whopping £... |
4 February 2013
05:24 GMT |
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Qt Creator, a cross-platform IDE (integrated development environment) tailored to the needs of Qt developers and part of the Qt Project, is now at version 2.6.2.
Qt Creator 2.6.2 comes with a ton of new features and changes, including C++, QML/JS, and GLSL improved support.
Highlights of Qt Creator 2.6.2:
• T... |
4 February 2013
05:23 GMT |
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The United States Patent & Trademark Office has granted Apple a patent application for a new smartphone model with no Home button and a clear plastic enclosure. Cheap iPhone?
Patent No. 8,364,032 is accompanied by graphics which show the above mockup featuring an iPhone with no Home button and a super slim bezel aro... |
4 February 2013
05:21 GMT |
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Gears of War: Judgment is more than one month from launch, but the entire Achievement list of the Epic Games developed shooter has appeared online.
The game will only be launched on the Xbox 360 from Microsoft and will serve as a prequel for the series.
Some of the Achievements on the list might include spoilers:
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4 February 2013
05:21 GMT |
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Insulting the emir in the Arab state of Kuwait has landed a man in jail. The allegedly slanderous comments have been made on the Twitter social networking website.
According to Kuwaiti law, emir Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah is regarded as “immune and inviolable.” Therefore, anyone attempting to discr... |
4 February 2013
05:17 GMT |
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Remember Me, the next action game from French developer Dontnod Entertainment and Capcom, has just received a brand new video with the title, this time focusing mainly on the soundtrack of the game, which was recorded with the London Philharmonia Orchestra.
Remember Me is out later this year and Capcom has already e... |
4 February 2013
05:08 GMT |
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Anonymous hackers continue Operation Last Resort (OpLastResort). In the latest phase of the campaign, the hacktivists have leaked the details of more than 4,000 bank executives.
It’s interesting that the hackers haven’t used Pastebin or other similar websites to publish the data. Instead, they have hacke... |
4 February 2013
05:06 GMT |
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UK-based carrier Three has just announced the long-awaited Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update for HTC One X is now available for download.
Some carriers in the country already released the update, but Three’s customers were left out from the initial rollout of the upgrade.
Beginning today, HTC One X owners who pur... |
4 February 2013
05:06 GMT |
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A nasty bug in Apple’s latest Mac OS causes almost any app that supports text input to crash on the count of typing File: followed by three slashes. Originally posted on the Open Radar community bug reports page, the bug appears to reside in Mountain Lion’s Data Detectors feature, which ties dates, locat... |
4 February 2013
05:04 GMT |
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The Baltimore Ravens may have won the Super Bowl, but there's another big winner, Twitter. The site was mentioned by half of the ads shown during the game, no one even came close. Facebook Got four mentions, Instagram and YouTube got one each.
Not only is Twitter leading the pack, it was also included in a lot ... |
4 February 2013
05:03 GMT |
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Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson was all cute and fuzzy in the Milk Mustache Campaign’s Got Milk? Super Bowl ad, but he was anything but in the new TV spot for “Fast & Furious 6” released on the same occasion.
Check it out in the video above.
The old gang is back, but the game has just been... |
4 February 2013
05:02 GMT |
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More often than not, news concerning power plants revolve around plans to build new ones. Still, the time has now come to watch a power plant being blown to smithereens.
The planned demolition of this power plant in South Bay San Diego took place this past weekend, and rumor has it that whatever land has been obtai... |
4 February 2013
04:59 GMT |
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The second Release Candidate version of Scientific Linux 5.9, a recompiled Red Hat Enterprise Linux put together by various labs and universities around the world, is now available for download and testing.
Highlights of Scientific Linux 5.9 RC2:
• The previously bundled ndiswrapper package has been removed in... |
4 February 2013
04:50 GMT |
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One of the most talked about ads ahead of the Super Bowl XLVII was, without a doubt, the “Get Happy” spot from Volkswagen that showed a white man doing a Jamaican accent. As much as critics tried to bash it, the ad was received warmly by the millions of people watching the game at home.
Above is the ad ... |
4 February 2013
04:49 GMT |
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The new year has already entered its second month, which means that IT companies have all they need to set their goals. ASRock is the one now expressing what it hopes the year 2013 will bring.
Back in 2012, ASRock managed to ship around 7.7 million motherboards. That includes everything from mini-ITX to full ATX an... |
4 February 2013
04:48 GMT |
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Over the past days, as everyone was preparing to watch the 2013 Super Bowl, scammers launched a few malicious campaigns that leveraged the sporting event.
For instance, Sophos experts have identified a Twitter profile which automatically tweeted to users who wrote something about the Super Bowl.
Potential vi... |
4 February 2013
04:48 GMT |
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Today, mobile phone carrier Vodafone UK officially announced plans to add the latest Windows Phone 8 devices out there to its offering starting with February 6.
The carrier has spent the last couple of months testing these devices to ensure that they will provide full compatibility with its network, and it is curre... |
4 February 2013
04:42 GMT |
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This week, the gaming year kicks into high gear with the launch of Dead Space 3, the shooter from developer Visceral and publisher Electronic Arts.
The game explores the horror roots of the series and introduces human enemies for the first time in the franchise, while focusing on cooperative play.
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4 February 2013
04:42 GMT |
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The Rock (aka Dwayne Johnson) may be one of the most physically impressive guys out there in Hollywood, but he’s also among the cutest. Got Milk? has managed to make him even cuter, as impossible as that may sound.
Above is the ad for the Milk Mustache Campaign that aired during the Super Bowl XLVII. Yet, i... |
4 February 2013
04:40 GMT |
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Michael Tremer, developer for the ipfire.org team, has announced IPFire 2.13 RC1, a new development release of the popular Linux-based firewall distribution.
This latest release, IPFire 2.13 RC1 is the next big release of IPFire and comes with a huge amount of changes.
Highlights of IPFire 2.13 RC1:
• Support... |
4 February 2013
04:35 GMT |
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Microsoft will officially launch the Surface Pro on February 9, but even though the company is yet to announce a pre-order program for the new device, third-party retailers are reportedly taking care of it.
WinBeta.org writes that consumers who purchase a gift card worth $50 (€37) are also allowed to pre-order ... |
4 February 2013
04:35 GMT |
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It may very well happen that some people are not huge fans of football, yet would still very much enjoy spending their weekend watching a sports competition. Introducing the Puppy Bowl, an annual television program on Animal Planet mimicking the Super Bowl with the help of puppies. Sources report that this year... |
4 February 2013
04:34 GMT |
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Capcom has just confirmed that it's going to finally release all of the remaining DLC for Street Fighter X Tekken on the PC platform and, in an effort to make up for the big delay between the content's appearance on PS3 and Xbox 360 as opposed to the PC, it will offer it with a 75% discount for two weeks.
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4 February 2013
04:32 GMT |
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The Team Kuwait Hackers group has breached and defaced the official website of Iraq’s Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (pmo.iq). This is the second time this year when the website is hacked.
According to Reuters, the attackers have published a picture and a message that read: “You want to be like Bashar al-... |
4 February 2013
04:26 GMT |
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Disney had a lot of teasing to do during the Super Bowl 2013 commercial break and “Oz the Great and Powerful” wasn’t the only movie it pushed on the occasion. Above is the extended TV spot for “The Lone Ranger.”
Starring Jonny Depp and Armie Hammer as two unlikely allies in the fight ag... |
4 February 2013
04:23 GMT |
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Last month, we came upon information that Hewlett-Packard was preparing a Chromebook, and now we have the official confirmation: HP has issued a press release about the Pavilion 14.
Chromebooks are oddballs on the laptop market because of their incredibly low on-board storage, lower than on most tablets really.
Wh... |
4 February 2013
04:22 GMT |
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Windows 8 is a pretty controversial product and many people have criticized it for many features, but also for the lack of a Start button and the Aero interface.
Now users are asking Microsoft to bring back the Aero effects with the help of a petition that’s supposed to show the company that such a feature is ... |
4 February 2013
04:15 GMT |
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Retired General Lino Cesar Oviedo, running for president in Paraguay, has died in a helicopter crash, reports say.
Oviedo was representing the UNACE (National Union of Ethical Citizens) party, Examiner informs. He was killed on Saturday night, February 2, in the Chaco area. Oviedo was returning home after an electi... |
4 February 2013
04:09 GMT |
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Dmc Devil May Cry has just received a small patch on the PC that should fix a few balancing issues, as well as problems with different missions, controls, and the user interface. DmC Devil May Cry came out on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles at the beginning of last month, and after just 10 days, it reached t... |
4 February 2013
04:09 GMT |
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Turkey’s trademark office has granted a businessman by the name of Kamil Kürekçi the rights to the “Steve Jobs” name for commercial use.
Patently Apple has some doubts that this Turkish blogger got his facts right, but the report also comes with a rough translation of the owner’s ... |
4 February 2013
04:07 GMT |
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4MLinux, a mini Linux distro focusing on Maintenance (system rescue Live CD), Multimedia (e.g., playing video DVDs), Miniserver (using the inetd daemon) and Mystery (Linux games), is now at version 5.1.
4MLinux 5.1 integrates all the new features introduced in the previous versions and provides the latest applicatio... |
4 February 2013
03:58 GMT |
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Gunpowder for Windows 8 is now available for download in the Windows Store, offering support for all Windows 8 versions, including x86, x64 and ARM builds.
While the game comes with a price tag of $3.99 (€2.95), a trial version is also up for grabs for those who wish to experience the first 10 levels for free.
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4 February 2013
03:58 GMT |
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Trekkies rejoice. The Super Bowl 2013 may be over but we’re still left with the brand new TV spot for J.J. Abrams’ “Star Trek Into Darkness” which premiered on the occasion. Check it out above.
Though it offers no new footage, the new ad includes one more line from Benedict Cumberbatch&rsquo... |
4 February 2013
03:51 GMT |
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Arvind Bhatia, an analyst working for Sterne Agee who is watching the video game market, expects the upcoming Grand Theft Auto V to sell more than 18 million copies during the first six months after it launches.
This would mean that the Rockstar-created title will move more games to players than this year’s in... |
4 February 2013
03:50 GMT |
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The long-awaited Carbon application for Android devices has just landed in Google Play Store. The application was expected to be released several months ago, but due to various reasons developers were not able to deliver as promised.
Fortunately, Dots & Lines did not forget Android enthusiasts and worked diligently ... |
4 February 2013
03:38 GMT |
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Sony Santa Monica, the developer of the upcoming God of War: Ascension, has revealed that those who enter the Rise of the Warrior competition will get special early access into the upcoming single-player demo of the hack and slash game.
God of War: Ascension is getting close to its official release in March and, aft... |
4 February 2013
03:36 GMT |
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Mountain View-based Internet giant Google is gearing up for the release of a new flavor of its Android operating system, and it has already started to push new code to the Android Open Source Project (AOSP), it seems.
The new source code arrived in AOSP with two new tags, namely android-4.2.1_r1.1 and android-4.2.1... |
4 February 2013
03:34 GMT |
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The video above was supposed to air during this year's Super Bowl, yet for one reason or another it got banned by the CBS. The footage is basically an ad for SodaStream, a machine which pumps gas into various beverages and ends up turning them into fizzy drinks. According to the people behind the SodaStream,... |
4 February 2013
03:34 GMT |
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On Sunday, Anonymous hackers announced the start of Operation Berlusconi, a campaign whose main goal is to rid Italy of corruption. The hacktivists say that the Italian government has become corrupted because of former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi and others. “This day is now coming that Anonymous Italy ... |
4 February 2013
03:31 GMT |
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The industrious developer couple at Imangi Studios have released an updated version of their new running game Temple Run 2, improving performance on old-generation devices and adding new features, tweaks, and fixes.
Temple Run 2 version 1.0.1 arrives with “improved performance on older devices,” meaning ... |
4 February 2013
03:30 GMT |
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The full Super Bowl 2013 ad for “Oz the Great and Powerful” doesn’t include new footage, but it does promise an amazing journey, the likes of which you’ve never taken before. Check it out above.
Disney’s new film will be out in theaters this March and, with some help from esteemed dire... |
4 February 2013
03:30 GMT |
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It’s no surprise that Microsoft is attacking Google on a regular basis, but when it comes to Frank Shaw, the company’s VP of corporate communications, the Redmond-based software giant is clearly the underdog.
Shaw admitted in an interview with TechRadar that Google Search was obviously the number one sea... |
4 February 2013
03:29 GMT |
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Football Manager 2013 is one of the most addictive video games launched during 2012, but the main developer working on the football simulation says that the quality of the experience can be improved in the future even more.
Mile Jacobson, the leader of Sports Interactive, tells MCV that, “FM13 was our highest ... |
4 February 2013
03:21 GMT |
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The US and Europe aren't the only places where game makers can be found. China has its own, though it might not be who people expect: the People's Liberation Army, or PLA for short.
Glorious Mission is a multiplayer online shooter in the style of Call of Duty or America's Army. It was released by the... |
4 February 2013
03:21 GMT |
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After releasing a buggy update for Minecraft Pocket Edition players, Mojang has published a new version of the game in the iOS App Store fixing the widely reported glitches. Version 0.6.1 contains the same updates delivered in the 0.6.0 release, which include signs, armors, baby animals, fancy clouds, an improved D-... |
4 February 2013
03:18 GMT |
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Earlier today, I was telling you that a new spot for “Iron Man 3” aired during last night’s Super Bowl game. Above is the extended version of the same. Though it clocks at over 1 minute, several good seconds are just of Robert Downey Jr. staring into the camera and being his funny self. Not that... |
4 February 2013
03:18 GMT |
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Square Enix and United Front Games have confirmed that they'll release five more downloadable content packs for their recent Sleeping Dogs game, which include new suits, weapons, vehicles, and adventures for protagonist Wei Shen.
Sleeping Dogs impressed quite a lot of gamers with its unique open world of Hong K... |
4 February 2013
03:10 GMT |
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It wasn’t the surprise organizers thought it would be but the Destiny’s Child reunion at the Super Bowl 2013, during Beyonce’s Halftime performance managed to get fans extremely hyped up.
Check out Bey’s entire Halftime show above: Kelly and Michelle come in past the 7:30-minute mark and lin... |
4 February 2013
03:05 GMT |
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As we wrote yesterday, a former US Navy SEAL by the name of Chris Kyle has been killed in Texas, on the gun range. On Saturday, February 2, he was shot at Rough Creek Lodge near Stephenville in Texas.
Kyle, dubbed a war hero, authored a best-selling book chronicling his 10-year experience in the war zone.
During 1... |
4 February 2013
03:03 GMT |
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Last week, Bitdefender experts detailed a cybercriminal scheme in which the attackers leveraged a cross-site scripting vulnerability present on the Yahoo! Developer Network Blog to steal user cookies and hijack sessions. Now, Yahoo! claims to have addressed the issues.
The hackers sent out spam emails containing a l... |
4 February 2013
02:58 GMT |
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Greg Kroah-Hartman announced the immediate availability for download of yet another maintenance release for the stable Linux 3.0 kernel series.
Linux kernel 3.0.62 has just a few changes added, but most of the changes consist of improvements for the Arch architecture, new drivers and a Sandy Bridge workaround which ... |
4 February 2013
02:54 GMT |
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After several months of waiting, Microsoft and Nokia have delivered the Windows Phone 7.8 update as promised. However, it appears that all smartphones that were upgraded to WP7.8 are now affected by a critical bug that will massively take advantage of data usage, thus draining the battery. Discovered by the guys o... |
4 February 2013
02:54 GMT |
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The evasi0n jailbreak is almost ready! The evad3rs have posted 95% progress with the confirmation that the next step was the tool’s official release. Evasi0n is now undergoing “final testing and preparation,” according to the team of hackers who is responsible for the software. A jailbreak tool ta... |
4 February 2013
02:52 GMT |
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The development team at Sony Online Entertainment updates its Planetside 2 MMO via a new patch, with the stated aim of reducing the effectiveness of the camping tactics that many gamers have been using.
Those who kill a player less than ten seconds after he has spawned or before he has earned 5 XP will only get 25 p... |
4 February 2013
02:52 GMT |
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The news has just broken that Unilever, the company in charge of manufacturing and marketing deodorants such as Axe, Dove, Sunsilk and Rexona has decided to roll out smaller cans, all for the sake of the environment.
More precisely, it looks like deodorants that used to come in cans of 150 ml will from now on be so... |
4 February 2013
02:52 GMT |
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Redmond-based software giant Microsoft has made available for download a new lenses application for the Windows Phone 8 mobile operating system.
Called BLINK, the new app comes from Microsoft Research and is designed to snap photos both before and after the user has started shooting.
Basically, this feature is mea... |
4 February 2013
02:47 GMT |
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Alicia Keys sang the National Anthem at last night’s Super Bowl XLVII and, regardless of whether you liked it or not, you should probably know it was the longest rendition ever recorded.
Check it out in the video above.
While fans continue to debate whether Keys’ spin on the “Star Spangled Banne... |
4 February 2013
02:46 GMT |
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David Benjamin Schrooten, the Dutch national accused of being involved in a major hacking scheme, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.
Schrooten, aged 22, was arrested in Romania back in March 2012 and extradited shortly after to the United States. In November, he pleaded guilty to access device fraud, conspira... |
4 February 2013
02:42 GMT |
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En Masse Entertainment, the publisher of action-MMORPG Tera has confirmed that the online title will be re-released in the form of the free-to-play Tera: Rising on February 5, and also posted a special video with the upcoming experience.
Tera was released as a novel action-oriented online role-playing game last yea,... |
4 February 2013
02:37 GMT |
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Popcap is already working on porting its games to the newly released Windows 8 operating system, so it was no surprise when Bejeweled Live appeared in the Store a couple of days ago.
Since it’s such a popular game already available on a wide array of platforms such as iPhone, Android, Windows Phone and PC, Bej... |
4 February 2013
02:36 GMT |
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A crash leaves California Highway 38 closed in both directions, at the intersection with Bryant Street in Mentone, California. A Caltrans tour bus collided with a pick-up truck, leaving 8 people killed and at least 18 severely injured. According to Newsday, the crash occurred near Forest Falls, 80 miles (128 km) fr... |
4 February 2013
02:31 GMT |
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UK wireless carrier Three has announced plans to provide its users with faster data services on its 4G LTE network without asking them to pay extra fees to upgrade. The carrier is set to make its Three Ultrafast network available later this year, and will make the service accessible at all existing price plans, wit... |
4 February 2013
02:30 GMT |
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Save for a driver release hiccup, the “Never Settle” project that Advanced Micro Devices initialized back in October 2012 has been a success. Now, the Sunnyvale, California-based chip maker is introducing some more graphics card+game bundles.
AMD is going purely AAA this time around. For those not famil... |
4 February 2013
02:27 GMT |
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Back in September 2012, a team of archaeologists succeeded in unearthing some human remains that had been buried for centuries under a car park in Leicester, in the East Midlands of England. The skull that was found amongst these remains has now been revealed, and rumor has it that it belongs to Richard III.
For th... |
4 February 2013
02:25 GMT |
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Developer Fatshark and publisher Paradox Interactive have big long-term plans for their War of the Roses multiplayer medieval brawler, including the launch of a free trial edition of the game on February 6.
The new version of the game costs nothing and allows players to access all online battles, but does not includ... |
4 February 2013
02:24 GMT |
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Beyonce offered fans a genuine visual treat with her Halftime performance at the Super Bowl XLVII, but basketball legend Shaquille O’Neal had something just as awesome to offer: a viral video. Shaq filmed himself lip-syncing to Beyonce’s “Halo,” which was the last song she performed during t... |
4 February 2013
02:19 GMT |
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Canadian mobile phone maker BlackBerry has yet to make its new BlackBerry 10 operating system and devices available for users on the North American continent, yet the company has already fired up the marketing machine for it.
The video above represents the handset vendor’s video commercial for the Super Bowl,... |
4 February 2013
02:11 GMT |
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The Surface Pro will see daylight on February 9 and expectations are clearly high, mostly because this is the first Microsoft tablet that runs the full Windows 8 version and comes with support for desktop apps.
Since many people would like to trade in their Surface RT tablets for the new Surface Pro, Microsoft is re... |
4 February 2013
01:48 GMT |
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Office 2013 is offered for free on the newly released Windows RT and is now up for grabs for Windows 8 adopters too, but in both cases it uses the desktop UI to provide access to its top-notch productivity tools. But since Windows 8 and Windows RT rely so much on the Metro/Modern user interface, the Redmond-based te... |
4 February 2013
01:34 GMT |
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Greg Kroah-Hartman proudly announced on February 3 the immediate availability for download of the sixth maintenance release for the stable Linux 3.7.x kernel series. Linux kernel 3.7.6 includes various ARM and x86 improvements, many updated drivers (i915, Radeon, Wi-Fi), some filesystem changes (XFS and NFS), as we... |
4 February 2013
01:15 GMT |
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Microsoft will officially introduce the new Surface with Windows 8 Pro on February 9, but the device is already available for testing at select retailers across the United States.
Several Microsoft stores are now showcasing the tablet, allowing visitors to give it a spin before eventually buying one after launch.
T... |
4 February 2013
01:05 GMT |
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Johnny Depp is often criticized for choosing to play variations of the same character over and over again, but his latest project is bound to silence those critics: he has just signed on for “Black Mass,” the story of Boston kingpin Whitey Bulger.
Depp will be playing Bulger, while Barry Levinson will d... |
4 February 2013
00:23 GMT |
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One of the most awesome and emotional ads that aired at the Super Bowl XLVII just hours ago must be, without a doubt, the new “Brotherhood” commercial from Budweiser.
Check it out in full above but, just so you know, it’s perhaps best if you have some hankies on hand, just in case.
The ad tells ... |
4 February 2013
00:10 GMT |
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