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Just last week we were presenting the likelihood that AMD’s first high-end desktop AM3+ implementation of the new Piledriver architecture would run at a frequency as high as 4 GHz. The company’s frequency improvements are deriving from a more mature 32nm SOI process and the implementation of a new clock... |
4 July 2012
22:41 GMT |
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After impressing most SSD enthusiasts with its M3 Series SSDs, Plextor is now getting ready to launch the new M5 Series of drives. The M5 Series are powered by the same 88SS9174 Marvell controller just like the previous product line. The new series will be manufactured by Philips & LITE-ON Digital Solutions (PLDS) T... |
4 July 2012
21:51 GMT |
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Japanese company Pioneer has just announced a new portable BDXL write on its official website. Pioneer’s new product comes in beautiful red, black and white cases and can record Blu-ray, DVD and CD discs. The model is BDR-XD04 W/P/B with the last three letters denominating the case color of the disc writer. ... |
4 July 2012
20:41 GMT |
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The cheapest and less-featured Windows Phone device launched by Nokia, Lumia 610 has just landed in New Zealand. The smartphone is up for grab through Vodafone on select plans.Customers who do not want to commit to long term contract can purchase the Nokia Lumia 610 for around $449 NZD ($360 USD or 285 EUR) outright.... |
4 July 2012
20:31 GMT |
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Announced at the Mobile World Congress 2012 in Barcelona, Nokia 808 PureView has yet to make its debut in some markets. Fortunately, customers in Jordan can now purchase the monster camera-phone starting this week for $635 USD (505 EUR) outright. However, the Finnish company also throws in a free tripod in the sales... |
4 July 2012
20:31 GMT |
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The Nintendo Wii U is the first next-generation console to be launched, but according to one leader of Microsoft, the hardware of the device does not offer more power than the Xbox 360.
Phil Spencer, who is leading the Microsoft Studios division, has told Games Industry that, “I think their Pro Controller make... |
4 July 2012
20:31 GMT |
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The RAZR MAXX has finally reached South African shores. The smartphone is now available for purchase for a suggested retail price of 800 USD (640 EUR) outright.
However, Motorola also mentioned that the RAZR MAXX would be available through major carriers and retailers across the country, such as Cell C, 8ta, Autopag... |
4 July 2012
20:01 GMT |
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Sony’s acquisition of cloud gaming company Gaikai is a great move on behalf of the Japanese corporation, at least according to a couple of analysts who believe the expertise gained by the purchase will help all of Sony’s various divisions, not just the PlayStation one. Sony surprised quite a lot of peopl... |
4 July 2012
19:31 GMT |
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Sharp is one of the most important Japanese smartphone manufacturers, but the company only counts in Japan where it launches most of its products.
Today, the handset maker announced the upcoming availability of a new Android device, the Sharp AQUOS PHONE SL IS15SH.
Aside from its unusual slider form factor, the han... |
4 July 2012
19:31 GMT |
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Developer and publisher Trion Worlds has announced it will launch the first closed beta event for its upcoming MMO End of Nations on July 20 at 12:01 Eastern Standard Time and will end at July 22 at 11:59 EST. Those who received an invitation will be able to enjoy all the features of the game, from army creation to... |
4 July 2012
19:31 GMT |
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Indian tablet maker Zync has just launched first Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich tablet, the Z-999 plus. The table is now available for purchase for just Rs 11,990 (220 USD or 175 EUR) outright.
The new slate sets itself in the same price range as the recently launched mTab Rio tablet, which is powered by the same An... |
4 July 2012
19:01 GMT |
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Although MADFINGER Games promised to launch “Dead Trigger” for Android devices in late June, it appears that the developer was forced to delay the release of the game until early July.
“Dead Trigger” has just been introduced in the Google Play store and is now available for purchase for a pro... |
4 July 2012
18:31 GMT |
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Infinity Ward has confirmed that it’s going to release a new multiplayer map for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 for free, in the form of Modern Warfare 2 fan favorite Terminal.
New content for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has been rumored in the past months but developer Infinity Ward has emphasized that, u... |
4 July 2012
18:21 GMT |
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Samsung has started to announce specific info on more of its Android devices on the Asian market, including the Galaxy Ace 2 and Galaxy Beam, both of which were made official in Singapore yesterday. The two devices are meant to hit shelves in the country in July, with Galaxy Beam pegged for July 7 availability at S... |
4 July 2012
18:21 GMT |
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Apple has posted the RED Workflows White Paper, a PDF document which outlines various options for RED-based post-production workflows with the latest version of Final Cut Pro X. Dated June 2012, “RED Workflows with Final Cut Pro X” describes proven workflows with REDCODE RAW files for Apple’s post-... |
4 July 2012
18:11 GMT |
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Symbian platform may still be supported by Nokia for a few more years, but developers seem to lose their interest in creating apps for this particular operating system.
Google, the search giant, has recently announced it will discontinue Symbian Search app due to the fact that it hasn’t been updated in a long ... |
4 July 2012
17:31 GMT |
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Publisher Electronic Arts is aiming to become a company that is 100 percent focused on digital game distribution and sale, and that means that the sale information, which is offered each month by the NPD Group, is becoming less and less important to the company and no longer impacts its long-term strategy.
Frank Gib... |
4 July 2012
17:31 GMT |
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Sony has confirmed that it will finally add support for “PlayStation Classics” titles (aka PlayStation 1 games) to the PlayStation Vita handheld console this summer with the release of firmware 1.80 for the portable device.
The PlayStation Vita received quite a lot of games since its release at the begin... |
4 July 2012
17:21 GMT |
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Apacer has formally introduced a couple of memory cards advertised as ”large-capacity MLC wide-temp SSD with CF and SD interfaces.”
We are tempted to dub the new products SD and CF memory cards, for the sake of simplicity, but Apacer apparently insisted on labeling them SSDs with CF and SD interfaces, s... |
4 July 2012
17:01 GMT |
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This week, Microsoft announced the addition of a new company on the list of Windows Azure customers, namely Samsung Electronics, who will be using the platform for the management of its Smart TV infrastructure. According to Microsoft, the adoption of Windows Azure is meant to provide Samsung with the possibility to... |
4 July 2012
16:51 GMT |
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Customers looking to identify the graphics card on their newly-acquired Mac Pro might run into some trouble using Apple Hardware Test, but not if they use System Information, in what seems to be an admission on behalf of Apple that OS X has a diagnostics issue. A Support document titled “Apple Hardware Test mi... |
4 July 2012
16:41 GMT |
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The soon-to-be-launched Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance is a clear sign of the future of the entire franchise, according to the development team working on it.
Tai Yasue, the co-director working on Dream Drop Distance, told IGN that, “We’re still thinking about it. I think 3D is really a hint to the ... |
4 July 2012
16:31 GMT |
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Lindsay Lohan has officially gone back to being a redhead. The star has finished shooting for the Lifetime Elizabeth Taylor biopic “Liz & Dick,” unveiling her new 'do precisely on her 26th birthday. As her fans must know, until March this year, Lindsay was a blonde. She ditched it by going red agai... |
4 July 2012
16:11 GMT |
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South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung has just made official a new smartphone for the Taiwanese market, the Galaxy Beam handset that was introduced to the world back in February at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. After several months of complete silence, the smartphone emerged in Taiwan today, where it wi... |
4 July 2012
16:11 GMT |
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Prepaid carrier Boost Mobile is about to launch the BlackBerry Curve 9310 smartphone as well as a new plan aimed at BlackBerry users.
According to the operator, the new BBM unlimited plans will be an industry first, due to the fact that it features worldwide unlimited access to BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) and talk an... |
4 July 2012
16:01 GMT |
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Makeup artist Lauren Luke is just one of the many offering easy tips and makeup tutorials to women online. She, however, is the only one to use her skill to raise awareness on the delicate issue of domestic violence. Mrs. Luke was handpicked by the group Refuge from the UK to tape a PSA which is actually a mock tut... |
4 July 2012
15:41 GMT |
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Nintendo President Satoru Iwata has talked about the company’s upcoming Wii U and has revealed that, even when next- generation consoles like the PlayStation 4 or Xbox 720 will appear, there won’t be a noticeable different in terms of graphics between them and the Wii U.
Nintendo is finally getting ready... |
4 July 2012
15:41 GMT |
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Google has been on a killer streak lately. In the sense that it's killing products left and right. Of course, all big companies close down the things they don't need anymore. But the executions have been increasing at Google for the past year or so.
Luckily, someone figured this would be something great f... |
4 July 2012
15:31 GMT |
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Nokia has already confirmed that Lumia 900 will be available in black and cyan, but Rogers only had one color option up for grab.
Starting today, Rogers customers will be able to get the cyan Lumia 900 as well, starting from as low as $30 CAD with a new three-year agreement.
The smartphone will be shipped with the ... |
4 July 2012
15:31 GMT |
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Sharkoon continues to make peripherals and other computer parts and accessories that gamers could find interest in.
The latest product to start shipping is called Drakonia and is a gaming mouse equipped with a laser sensor (5,000 DPI resolution).
Its ergonomic design incorporates a bright green, tribal dragon logo ... |
4 July 2012
15:21 GMT |
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With Windows 8, Microsoft is proposing a new, radically different approach on what Windows means for users, through optimizing the platform for use on tablet PCs. Through that, the company has redesigned most of Windows 8 to deliver a great experience when touch input is used, though it did not forget traditional k... |
4 July 2012
15:11 GMT |
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Some women would (and do) live on crumbs to lose weight, but actress Diane Kruger is a stranger to their plight. In a new interview, the star says she has moments when she loses weight by simply forgetting to eat. Speaking to the latest print issue of Hello! Magazine (quotes via CB), Diane reveals some of her beau... |
4 July 2012
15:01 GMT |
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U.S. Cellular is not the only carrier to add the HTC One V to its portfolio as Virgin Mobile USA has just announced the immediate availability of the smartphone.
Customers who prefer to purchase their phones without having to commit to a long-term contract can now grab the HTC One V for only $199 USD outright.
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4 July 2012
15:01 GMT |
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One of the game developers who has avoided violence for most of his career says that he has been driven to create his pacifistic game experiences by the way over the top violence has been used by other companies.
Yasuhiro Wada, who is best known for having created the Harvest Moon series, has told Gamasutra that, &l... |
4 July 2012
15:01 GMT |
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RIM has just released a new version of the Twitter client for BlackBerry devices in Beta Zone. The new application brings lots of new features and improvements meant to enhance the overall user experience.
Twitter for BlackBerry 3.1.0.17 is the last version of the application getting published in the Beta Zone, so e... |
4 July 2012
14:31 GMT |
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One day after winning big at the BET Awards 2012, Chris Brown is back in the spotlight, as the video for his collaboration with David Guetta and Lil Wayne, “I Can Only Imagine,” became available online. Check it out above in full and in HD. Whilst they were still working on it, Guetta hinted that it wo... |
4 July 2012
14:31 GMT |
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Microsoft has revealed that the multiplayer mode of the upcoming Halo 4 will require an installation of around 8GB, meaning that those who own Xbox 360 models without large enough hard drivers and don’t have flash memory sticks won’t be able to experience the online action.
The Xbox 360’s reliance ... |
4 July 2012
14:21 GMT |
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Microsoft’s cloud products started to register increased adoption all around the world, and the latest company to have considered them as a great opportunity to drive cost reduction is EmpireCLS. Alan Bourassa, EmpireCLS Worldwide Chauffeured Services’ chief information officer, chose to enhance the com... |
4 July 2012
14:11 GMT |
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Canadian carrier TELUS updated its operating system upgrade schedule once again, but the new release dates are still subject to change.
Although Samsung Galaxy Note was initially expected to receive an Ice Cream Sandwich update in early July, it appears that there has been a slight delay in the submission for the s... |
4 July 2012
14:01 GMT |
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The development team at EA Sports has released a new trailer for the upcoming hockey simulation NHL 13, which is designed to show how the new skating mechanics that have been implemented in the game change the experience of players.
The True Performance skating system is designed to make the simulation come closer ... |
4 July 2012
13:41 GMT |
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Once dubbed a “fashion pariah” because she refused – and still does – to comply to certain Hollywood standards, Kristen Stewart is slowly becoming quite the fashionista. She is the face of the Balenciaga fashion house now, and her first ad in this capacity is out. The “Twilight” ... |
4 July 2012
13:41 GMT |
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This week, Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia started to deliver a new software update for its Nokia N9 users, namely PR 1.3. The company offered only a brief overview of the update, saying that it comes with various new features, but did not offer specific details on them. On the Nokia developer website, the change... |
4 July 2012
13:31 GMT |
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The modern web is great, developers have all sorts of tools to build great looking, fast and functional apps they need. What's more, newer and better tools are coming all the time. Dig deeper than the surface and you'll find that the web, the great unifier, is still heavily fragmented.
Many of the big add... |
4 July 2012
13:21 GMT |
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The new, large, high-end liquid crystal display we are going to cover here won't be up for sale any time soon, but that didn't stop Samsung from teasing the world with a preview.
The folks over at Slashgear were able to score a hands-on experience with a certain LCD panel called 75ES9000.
The company dec... |
4 July 2012
13:21 GMT |
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Rumors on the upcoming launch of a white version of HTC EVO 4G LTE at Sprint surfaced about two weeks ago, but no exact release date emerged until recently.
Once the standard gray colored EVO 4G LTE made it to the market after numerous delays, it was just a matter of time until the white version hit shelves.
In thi... |
4 July 2012
13:01 GMT |
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Android users have access to a rather interesting application for their devices now, a repair manual from iFixit. Available for free, the app is meant to deliver step-by-step repair instructions on Android devices, so that users could easily repair various things. “iFixit — the free repair manual! Tho... |
4 July 2012
12:51 GMT |
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Activision and Chinese company Tencent have confirmed that they’ll release a special Call of Duty Online massively multiplayer online shooter later this year exclusively for the Chinese market. The Call of Duty series is one of the biggest franchises in the world, earning publisher Activision huge amounts of m... |
4 July 2012
12:41 GMT |
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BlackBerry fans rejoice as Gameloft has just unleashed a new game in the App World, “The Avengers – The Mobile Game.”
Although the graphics are close to terrible, the game is only worth $0.99 USD, so if you are one of those businessmen that like to game a little while waiting for an important email... |
4 July 2012
12:31 GMT |
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A new video was just published in Microsoft’s already well-known list of clips focused on cloud computing, included in the Cloud Fundamentals Video Series. However, unlike the previous episodes that focused on various aspects that cloud computing involved, or on the manner in which customers can assess whether... |
4 July 2012
12:31 GMT |
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Keeping programs installed on your system up-to-date not only ensures that you receive the latest set of features and options provided by the developer but, in many cases, also keeps you safe from exploitable vulnerabilities – all the more when popular software is involved. Secunia PSI is designed to scan and ... |
4 July 2012
12:21 GMT |
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The cheapest smartphone from the HTC One family, the One V has just made its debut at U.S. Cellular. Customers can now purchase the phone for as low as $129.99 USD after a $100 USD mail-in rebate and with a new two-year agreement. There are no details on the no-term price, but the carrier mentions that additional te... |
4 July 2012
12:01 GMT |
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The NPD Group, which offers monthly retail numbers for the United States video game market, has announced that during the first quarter of 2012 the industry has managed to generate sales of 3.4 billion dollars (2.69 billion Euro).
According to the firm, new retail-based purchases accounted for 1.5 billion dollars (1... |
4 July 2012
12:01 GMT |
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h5ai started out as a way to skin the default Apache file/folder browsing interface. Current versions also support other servers like Lighttpd, nginx and Cherokee.
The script can basically be used to transform the bland web file browser into a feature-rich interface, styled and enhanced with extra features, details ... |
4 July 2012
12:01 GMT |
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A group of German researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research ISC, in Würzburg, announce the development of a type of glass that only lets through those wavelengths of light that benefit the human body. More precisely, their special type of glass only permits those components of light that pl... |
4 July 2012
11:54 GMT |
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Ubuntu Software Center is getting bigger and a lot of new applications and games are launched on a regular basis. Here are some of the latest games that have been made available. On the third place there is THE SCND GENESIS: LEGENDS, a hybrid of turn-based RPGs and conventional 2D Fighters, with anime effects. The... |
4 July 2012
11:43 GMT |
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A group of investigators at the Griffith University have recently reached the extreme limits of microscopy, when they were able to image the shadow cast on a background by a single atom. This is the first time such a feat is accomplished.
The breakthrough is the result of a study designed to see just how many atoms... |
4 July 2012
11:42 GMT |
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The northwestern coasts of North America are beginning to show the same levels of plastic pollution as the extremely damaged North Sea, Canadian investigators at the University of British Columbia (UBC) show in a new study. The research, conducted in Washington, Oregon, and the coasts of British Columbia, focused on ... |
4 July 2012
11:35 GMT |
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Before adding support for Ice Cream Sandwich devices, which is expected to happen in late July, BSkyB launched a new version of Sky Go for Android.Sky Go 2.0 brings several new features into the mix and improves the overall performance and stability of the application. In addition, the software now features Sky Anyti... |
4 July 2012
11:30 GMT |
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Based on the recently announced Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system, Google’s Nexus 7 tablet is about to make it entrance in the UK.
The slate is now available for pre-order via Currys for 200 GBP (310 USD or 250 EUR), but other retailers may offer better deals on the tablet.
According to the retailer, th... |
4 July 2012
11:17 GMT |
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Traditional AMD partner, American company HP has already built systems based on the CPU designer’s latest APU architecture. HP’s Pavilion systems are not really (physically) available in Walmart and BestBuy stores, but they can be ordered online with a “ship to store” option. The official mod... |
4 July 2012
11:11 GMT |
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For those relying on HWiNFO32/64 to retrieve details about the current running of the system, a new extension of the application has been launched: HWiNFOMonitor. It is a gadget designed to display the status of hardware details straight on the desktop screen.
The only requirement for this sidebar gadget to work is ... |
4 July 2012
11:04 GMT |
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The field of tissue engineering holds great promise for the creation of replacement organs that bear no risk of rejection when transplanted into a patient. In a new study, a team of experts managed to remove a long-standing limitation that stifled progress in this field.
Investigators at the A*STAR Institute of Bio... |
4 July 2012
11:02 GMT |
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Today, Microsoft has made available for download an updated flavor of its Codename Trust Services SDK and Management Tool, an application-level encryption framework that provides developers with the possibility to protect sensitive data. The latest update for the application was made available with some new features... |
4 July 2012
10:56 GMT |
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No better way to celebrate the 4th of July than with a very patriotic video from the always amazing Florence + The Machine. Check out the video above to see what we're talking about. That's the official vid for “Breaking Down,” off the band's “Ceremonials” album. As you can ... |
4 July 2012
10:53 GMT |
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Calibre is one of the best eBook management software available right now, but its strength lies in the abundance of plugins available for it. This week we’ll take a look at an interesting extension called „FanFictionDownLoader." According to the developer, this plugin brings the functionality of FanFict... |
4 July 2012
10:53 GMT |
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Most of the problems with the D4 camera were fixed by Nikon's previous firmware update, but some were left, so another had to be made.
The firmware version 1.02 can now be downloaded from the official website (follow this link). It squishes three main bugs.
One of them is where the camera freezes while forma... |
4 July 2012
10:51 GMT |
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Symantec experts have further analyzed Trojan.Milicenso, the malware that makes printers print garbage characters until they run out of paper. They've determined that the threat actually spreads via .htaccess redirection web attacks. So far, around 4,000 websites from 90 different countries have been compromise... |
4 July 2012
10:51 GMT |
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Stage 3 of the 2012 Tour de France is a pretty complex one, rolling into France via flat terrain and then immediately hitting the area that also provides the scenery for the Paris – Roubaix classic race and then offering the first Category 3 climb of the year.
Cobblestones (which carry increased risk of fallin... |
4 July 2012
10:50 GMT |
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Germany is poised to become the world's leader in particle physics research for the next 20 years, now that more than €526 million ($661.4 million) in funds have been approved for the construction of the international Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR).
The structure will be located next to th... |
4 July 2012
10:46 GMT |
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Today, Redmond-based software giant Microsoft made available for download a new update for the Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 RC. Released as a July 2012 update for the development tools, the software brings a series of improvements for a variety of tools and components. The affected products include Visual Studio ... |
4 July 2012
10:44 GMT |
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A UK judge has cleared HTC phones of infringing on Apple patents, marking “a considerable defeat for Apple in the smartphone patent wars,” according to Peter Bell, an attorney at Stevens & Bolton LLP. “Two of Apple’s prize patents have been knocked out in the U.K,” said Bell, who isn&rs... |
4 July 2012
10:43 GMT |
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The mythical YouView has become reality. The British internet TV service is live now and Brits can finally start enjoying the benefits of having the ability to watch TV content online, on-demand, pause and rewind live TV and so on.
It's been a long road to get here. The service was initially scheduled to go liv... |
4 July 2012
10:41 GMT |
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In spite of some rumors that Blizzard is banning people running Diablo III on Linux platform, emulated through Wine, it appears that this is not the case.
The whole shenanigan was started on Blizzard's official forums by some gamers complaining about being banned after playing Diablo III on Linux.
Blizzard ha... |
4 July 2012
10:36 GMT |
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It appears that Verizon will be among the last major carriers in the US to offer the Samsung Galaxy S III.
The operator announced last month that the smartphone would be available for purchase by July 7, but Verizon delayed the release of the phone a few times for unknown reasons.
We speculate that Samsung had som... |
4 July 2012
10:31 GMT |
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Porteus, a portable Linux operating system that can be installed on a USB device, CDROM, SD card or hard drive, and based on the Linux Live Scripts, has just reached version 1.2. Porteus 1.2 has been released for 32-bit and 64-bit architectures and brings a lot of changes and updates, such as: · Linux kerne... |
4 July 2012
10:30 GMT |
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Fan controllers are a PC accessory that even high-end PC owners can do without, but NZXT has created a product that is even less of a necessity.
Then again, the company wasn't trying to be practical. Instead, it decided to try and appeal to customers' sense of style.
The result of its creative efforts was... |
4 July 2012
10:29 GMT |
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Blizzard has issued a statement concerning the recent controversy around its Diablo 3 security measures, which have apparently started banning those who played the game on various Linux operating systems by using the Wine program. Diablo 3’s security has been a tricky topic for Blizzard ever since the game was... |
4 July 2012
10:21 GMT |
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A new piece of malware is making the rounds, encrypting the files on the victim’s computer, demanding ransom payments, and making threats. Sophos researchers have identified this ransomware as being Troj/Ransom-HC and they warn that it’s an element that users should certainly beware of.
Once the malware ... |
4 July 2012
10:20 GMT |
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The latest revision for Zemana AntiLogger does not feature a large list of modifications, but it does bring to the table improvements for IntelliGuard response system and logging protection.
First on the list of modifications is that recovery and error checking of IntelliGuard local database has been improved in Zem... |
4 July 2012
10:17 GMT |
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Limbo is not a nice place to be, but for some unbeknown reason it's a great place for game developers. Who would have thought that the adventures of a little boy in a place that could very well be the dreaded Limbo, will make a great game and something to be remembered. Limbo was developed by Playdead Studio a... |
4 July 2012
10:10 GMT |
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The development team at Hi-Rez Studios has announced that all those who play their MMO Tribes: Ascend starting from today until Sunday at 11:59 PM United States Eastern Standard Time will get double the experience for each match.
This means that gamers will have a better chance of getting new gear for their favorite... |
4 July 2012
10:02 GMT |
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MOG may have hit the end of the line, in one way, now that it's been acquired by HTC-owned Beats Electronics, but the other music streaming services are still ploughing forward.
Rdio is expanding ever further into Spotify territory with the addition of Sweden and Finland to the list of countries it's avai... |
4 July 2012
10:01 GMT |
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A paper published in the latest online issue of the esteemed medical journal Archives of General Psychiatry argues that autism spectrum disorders (including autism and Asperger's Syndrome, among others) are linked to both schizophrenia and bipolar disorders (BPD).
Investigations at the University of North Carol... |
4 July 2012
09:57 GMT |
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In recent years, one other thing has become a certainty besides death and taxes: whenever there’s real money on the Internet, cybercriminals will try to make a profit. A perfect example is a piece of malware that attempts to intercept Diablo 3 communications.
The fact that the Real-Money Auction House allows g... |
4 July 2012
09:53 GMT |
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After “Bionic,” which underperformed, there has been a lot of pressure on Christina Aguilera to come out with an album worthy of her reputation as The Voice. It's about to come soon, it has emerged. Christina herself is keeping mum on the topic but, so far, she's confirmed at least that she... |
4 July 2012
09:50 GMT |
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Earlier this week, an unannounced Sony Xperia SL was spotted in Indonesia with the LT26ii codename attached to it.
Although not many details were available at the time of the leak, it looks like new info on the phone’s specs has just emerged online.
The folks over at XperiaBlog, citing a trusted source close... |
4 July 2012
09:50 GMT |
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Microsoft is approaching the release of Windows 8 fast and, along with that, the availability of the final flavors of applications designed using the platform’s Metro-style philosophy. The operating system is expected to become generally available sometime in October this year, but we should see the RTM versi... |
4 July 2012
09:48 GMT |
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Apple’s decision to do away with the Kensington security slot in favor of a more streamlined design in the new MacBook Pro has led Maclocks, a leader in Apple security and display accessories, to introduce its MacBook Pro Lock (Retina lock) and Security Case bundle. Becoming the first company to develop and se... |
4 July 2012
09:48 GMT |
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A new flavor of Nokia Suite is now available for download in beta, namely version v3.5.21.0, which brings along a series of features for the owners of Nokia N9 smartphones. Among them, there’s the possibility to copy content between the smartphone and the computer, as well as the option to receive fixes and i... |
4 July 2012
09:41 GMT |
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The second big name in Google's summer cleaning announcement, besides iGoogle, is Google Video. The site has been on life support for years, Google acquired YouTube six years ago after all. People have been unable to upload videos since 2009, but the site stayed up. Not for long though, remaining videos on Augu... |
4 July 2012
09:31 GMT |
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For the most part of this year, Qualcomm has been very busy looking for foundries to manufacture its latest ARM power-efficient mobile processors. TMSC’s production facilities were simply not enough to satisfy the demand for the Snapdragon S4 family of chips, so the American fabless chip designer has additional... |
4 July 2012
09:31 GMT |
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Scammers have started using the charts and the numbers presented by the Windows Task Manager to dupe users into believing that there’s something seriously wrong with their device.
Computer support scams are not uncommon. Con artists call up individuals and convince them to install all sorts of software and pay... |
4 July 2012
09:31 GMT |
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According to investigators at the Stanford University, reading fiction books improves neural functions by putting the brain through a workout. What authors basically do is have their readers perform a type of mental gymnastics that improves rational thinking and abstract thought. Joshua Landy, an associate professo... |
4 July 2012
09:31 GMT |
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TeamViewer has been updated to a new build today, which sports a handful of improvements and fixes as well as a new features. The new version for Windows, 7.0.13852, brings to the table usability optimizations for the video functionality of the application, but it also improves the audio quality for the VoIP compone... |
4 July 2012
09:30 GMT |
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Pop rebel Pink is back with a bang! The new mommy is back in the studio working on a new album, and the first single off it is a cheeky song called “Blow Me (One Last Kiss).” As usual, you can check it out above in full but *please be advised that it contains language that might offend. Produced by Gr... |
4 July 2012
09:26 GMT |
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Last week, Tor Project identified what seemed to be a fake torproject.org digital certificate. However, further analysis uncovered the existence of a vulnerability in Cyberoam Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) devices, caused by the fact that these appliances shared the same CA (Certificate Authority) certificate.
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4 July 2012
09:25 GMT |
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X Factor US got off to a rather shaky start, but boss Simon Cowell thinks he knows what must be done to set things right again. However, this time, he's keeping mum on whatever changes he has in mind – because he's sick of having other producers steal his ideas all the time. That there is no love lo... |
4 July 2012
09:13 GMT |
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Spotted earlier this week in China, the GT-B5330 has just been officially unveiled by Samsung as Galaxy Chat.
The smartphone will be initially launched in Spain in the following days and will go on sale in Europe, Latin America, Middle East, China Southeast and Southwest Asia soon after.
No word on the pricing op... |
4 July 2012
09:07 GMT |
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Some of the big shows have come and gone, but a gathering, though admittedly smaller, is currently being held, one where Medion saw fit to make an appearance and demo a certain device that would soon be up for sale. The event we are talking about is an IFA Preview and is taking place in Hamburg, Germany. The folks ... |
4 July 2012
09:05 GMT |
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It seems that the talented engineers from Israel are getting most of Intel’s billions of investment money. Intel’s campus in Haifa is like Gaddafi ‘s palaces, as they have armed military guarding almost everything. The usual way to securely identify a person used to be the individual’s finger... |
4 July 2012
09:01 GMT |
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The third “Iron Man” movie is still a great distance away but, come Comic-Con in San Diego, more details on it are bound to emerge. In the meantime, check out the approved concept art above. Designed by Ryan Meinerding and uploaded on the official Avengers Twitter feed, the art shows Tony Stark surrounde... |
4 July 2012
09:01 GMT |
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Even though obesity and being overweight are two very important factors in determining a person's risk of suffering from a heart attack later in life, scientists have demonstrated some time ago that fatter people also appear to be more protected from the effects of such a condition. Experts now know why. Inves... |
4 July 2012
08:58 GMT |
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ACTA, the global trade agreement that threatened to create serious problems for the open internet, is dead in the EU. The European Parliament voted on the matter today though there were some concerns that the vote would be postponed.
The majority of votes were against the agreement, 478 parliamentarians. Only 39 v... |
4 July 2012
08:50 GMT |
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Crazier things have been known to happen: singer R. Kelly is saying in his new book that the reason he filed for divorce in 2009 was because he'd seen “The Notebook” and realized he did not share the same kind of connection with his wife as the protagonists. “The Notebook” (in case ther... |
4 July 2012
08:34 GMT |
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Sony never really left the e-reader market, but its activity there hasn't exactly been stirring much of a fuss either, recently anyway.
That might soon change though, assuming the item that passed through the Federal Communications Commission is up to scratch.
Called PRS-T2, it is an e-reader of (apparently) 6... |
4 July 2012
08:29 GMT |
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A collaboration of Canadian investigators has recently figured out that inhalable nitric oxide may be used as an effective and inexpensive means to fight microbial infections. Treatments based on this approach may lead to results similar to those provided by other approaches.
Scientists at the University of British ... |
4 July 2012
08:28 GMT |
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The Court of Justice of the European Union has decided that license agreement governing the use of a digitally distributed product can be resold between customers, as long as the seller makes his own copy of the program unusable.
The decision is important for all software products that are distributed without the su... |
4 July 2012
08:21 GMT |
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Today is a good day to be a Kelly Rowland fan: the R&B diva is bringing hotness back with a brand new track ironically called “Ice.” Check it out above. “Ice” is yet another collaboration with Lil Wayne, who also recorded “Motivation” with Kelly. This explains why fans are calling... |
4 July 2012
08:20 GMT |
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Panda Labs has published an advisory to help users protect themselves against cybercriminals and their schemes this summer. “In the summer, many people book flights online to get to their holiday destinations,” explained Luis Corrons, technical director of PandaLabs. “Cyber-crooks are takin... |
4 July 2012
08:12 GMT |
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Nettops might not be best-sellers, but they have a dedicated fan base, so we aren't too shocked to learn that ASUS has a few more of them up for order. At least, we suspect they are already up for order. The official website has the product pages up and running (for the most part), but it ultimately depends on... |
4 July 2012
08:11 GMT |
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Initially slated for a Q2 release, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update for Motorola RAZR and RAZR MAXX has been recently delayed for the third quarter of the year.
In fact, the availability of the upgrade in Q3 is just a guess as the company only stated that it’s unable to roll out Ice Cream Sandwich by the ... |
4 July 2012
08:11 GMT |
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Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless has already started shipping Galaxy S III units to those who pre-ordered the device, ahead of the smartphone’s official landing on its network on July 10. Some lucky Verizon customers already started receiving confirmation on the phone’s arrival at their doorsteps, ... |
4 July 2012
08:01 GMT |
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Owners of a Galaxy Note smartphone on the network of wireless carrier Rogers in Canada should get a taste of the Android 4.0.1 Ice Cream Sandwich before the end of July. Other wireless operators in the country have already confirmed plans to release the update sometime in late July, but no specific availability dat... |
4 July 2012
07:41 GMT |
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World of Tanks, the free-to-play MMO from Wargaming.net, is getting a new update, labeled 7.5, which will introduce Tier 10 medium tank and tank destroyers, alongside new support vehicles and maps.
The American side gets access to the two T110, variant E3 and E4, and the M48 Patton III tank while the Germans can pla... |
4 July 2012
07:40 GMT |
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The Netgear R6200 was one of two wireless routers formally introduced by Netgear about two months ago.
It wasn't even the star of the show back then, but it is getting some spotlight now, courtesy of the Federal Communications Commission.
The FCC didn't reveal the exact launch date (sometime in the third ... |
4 July 2012
07:40 GMT |
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Many cybercriminals don’t bother registering their own domains to host malware. Instead, they compromise unprotected websites and use them in their malicious operations.
Perfect examples are the fake emails from Ameritrade (via Spyware Sucks). The links from the notification don’t lead to randomly genera... |
4 July 2012
07:39 GMT |
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Talk-show host Charlie Rose scored an insightful interview with Microsoft founder Bill Gates who, among other things, expressed deep admiration for the late arch-rival (and friend), Steve Jobs. Commenting on remarks made by author Malcolm Gladwell with regard to the legacy of Steve Jobs, Gates piqued, “I don&r... |
4 July 2012
07:37 GMT |
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Just in time for the Olympic Games in London, Google has announced a new enhancement brought to Google Maps for devices running under Android, to provide users with indoors coverage in various areas in the country. The application can deliver such details for no less than 40 locations in the UK, including major poi... |
4 July 2012
07:33 GMT |
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The organizers of the upcoming Gamescom 2012 convention have released a special video that highlights the array of games and companies that will be present at the trade fair, which includes footage with the long-awaited Grand Theft Auto V.
Gamescom 2012 is Europe’s biggest gaming convention and, despite the fa... |
4 July 2012
07:21 GMT |
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Google is asking for your support for an open and free internet. Today being the birthday of the country with the greatest respect for freedom, of any kind, on the planet, Google believed it to be the perfect time to underline that the open and free internet that the US has generously given us, the rest of the world,... |
4 July 2012
07:11 GMT |
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Fresh off the success of “Magic Mike,” where he plays only a supporting role but really nails it, Matthew McConaughey is getting ready for another release – an NC-17 rated one, this time. “Killer Joe” tells the messed-up story of a young man who runs into massive debt with a drug lord ... |
4 July 2012
07:11 GMT |
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Every once in a while the classic American Airlines scams make a comeback. The latest of these phishing emails has been received by many users and, unlike the previous variants, this one is much better designed.
Apparently originating from an “aa.globalnotifications.com” email address, the message inform... |
4 July 2012
07:07 GMT |
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Qualcomm has apparently entered into an agreement with UMC and Samsung for the manufacturing of its highly-successful Snapdragon S4 processors. We don’t know the exact details on the Samsung deal, but UMC will make about 30% of what TSMC is delivering to Qualcomm today. This move is not in any way about TSMC&r... |
4 July 2012
07:01 GMT |
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Alexander Tratsevskiy has announced last evening, July 3rd, that the Beta release of the upcoming Calculate Linux 12 is now available for download and testing. Calculate Linux 12 Beta includes Calculate Utilities 3 to setup and install your system, support for SOAP/WSDL, implements graphical and console interfaces,... |
4 July 2012
06:51 GMT |
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Good news comes to the owners of a Nexus S 4G smartphone on Sprint’s network, straight from the Android Building group, namely that their device is now fully supported in AOSP (Android Open Source Project). In a post on that group, Jean-Baptiste Queru, technical lead, Android Open Source Project, Google, anno... |
4 July 2012
06:41 GMT |
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Ever since season 6 of Showtime's hit series “Dexter” wrapped, fans have been dying to know whether Deb (Jennifer Carpenter) would turn her half-brother Dex (Michael C. Hall) in. We now have the answer to that. Above is a brand new trailer for the upcoming season, which doesn't premiere until S... |
4 July 2012
06:41 GMT |
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One of the big products that are being put to sleep in Google's latest clean-up operation is iGoogle.
You may not be using iGoogle anymore, which why it's getting shut down in the first place, but you've probably heard of it. It was a major product when it came out.
It was also one of Google's... |
4 July 2012
06:21 GMT |
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AMD has been quite on a roll lately. Its Trinity APUs are probably the best mobile solution for notebooks in thin & light mobile systems. Trinity is also the best suited office and all-in-one (AIO) processing solution and it’s the best way to go for casual gamers. The next move is Kaveri. This APU architecture... |
4 July 2012
06:11 GMT |
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Amazon may still hold the advantage as far as low-cost 7-inch tablets go, but Skytech has definitely narrowed it, having launched the Skypad Gemini.
The last relevant bit of information regarding Amazon's Kindle Fire was that its price had dropped to $149 / 118 Euro.
Skytex is right on its heels though, with ... |
4 July 2012
06:03 GMT |
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A note to investors from Michael Pachter, an analyst watching the video game industry for Wedbush Morgan, suggests that despite Vivendi’s intentions to sell off its shares in publisher Activision Blizzard, it will be unable to do so because there’s no other company that can afford to buy them. The analys... |
4 July 2012
05:53 GMT |
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At a conference held earlier today (July 4), scientists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) announced that physicists working at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have found a new boson, which respects all the limitations and characteristics proposed for God's particle.
The discovery has a d... |
4 July 2012
05:53 GMT |
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The Google Chrome Web Store may be one of Google's most underrated and perhaps underexploited properties. Google Chrome has 310 million users. Many of those users have smartphones and already use apps on their mobile devices.
The trick is getting them to look at the Web Store and the web in general in the same... |
4 July 2012
05:51 GMT |
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Apple’s iOS is mostly made of apps, including a much-needed Phone application that lets you call your friends and family and, most recently, includes the option to decline incoming calls with a quick message, set a callback reminder, and enable a new Do Not Disturb option. When iOS 6 makes its debut this fall ... |
4 July 2012
05:50 GMT |
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There's a reason Tom Cruise remains one of the most lucrative action stars of the day despite the bad rap he's getting for his association with the Church of Scientology: he is one of the best action stars. The official trailer for his latest movie, “Jack Reacher,” is finally out, a coupl... |
4 July 2012
05:47 GMT |
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Microsoft is getting ready for the release of a new major flavor of its Office productivity suite, one that will arrive on the market as Office 2013, and which was already confirmed to land in Beta this summer. The application will bring along a variety of improvements, none of which have been specifically mentione... |
4 July 2012
05:45 GMT |
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Atmos Energy, one of the largest natural gas distributors in the United States, has issued an alert to warn users about the existence of utility bill scams.
The main goal of the fraudsters behind this campaign is to convince people to hand over personal information such as social security numbers. In return for thei... |
4 July 2012
05:42 GMT |
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Officials at the European Space Agency (ESA) announce that they are ready to support the launch of the third Meteosat Second Generation (MSG-3) spacecraft. Takeoff is currently scheduled to occur tomorrow, July 5, from the Kourou Spaceport, in French Guiana, South America.
ESA contracted the delivery services to Fr... |
4 July 2012
05:42 GMT |
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Unlike Apple’s iPad that’s glued all over, making it look like a disposable device in case some malfunction or user accident occurs, Google’s Nexus 7 is fairly easy to take apart and to repair. It seems that ASUS did a good job in designing Google’s Nexus 7. The work was a “torture&rd... |
4 July 2012
05:41 GMT |
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We've covered several price fixing scandals over the years, more than one of which had to do with the LCD market, and Toshiba seems to be right in the middle of the latest one.
Of course, the company continues to hold that it did not, in fact, participate in any conspiracy meant to increase LCD prices.
That s... |
4 July 2012
05:35 GMT |
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Only a few days ago, Paris Hilton made her debut as a DJ at a music festival in Sao Paolo, Brazil. In a new interview, the socialite / businesswoman / fashionista / singer defends her new career choice, saying it isn't just a whim, but something she's been training hard for for over a year. After Paris an... |
4 July 2012
05:34 GMT |
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Video game developer and publisher Bigpoint has announced that the upcoming free-to-play video game, based on A Song of Ice and Fire that it is working on, will be called Game of Thrones Seven Kingdoms.
The free-to-play title will allow players to create a character in the Seven Kingdoms setting and then embark on a... |
4 July 2012
05:33 GMT |
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An immense geyser of hot gas was recently imaged using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The structure belongs to a class of objects called Herbig-Haro (HH) and its name is HH 110.
As plainly visible, the cosmic formation resembles a large firework going off in space, or the swirls and eddies caused by water flow... |
4 July 2012
05:25 GMT |
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Although Samsung promised to deliver an Ice Cream Sandwich update for Galaxy Tab 7.7 in July/August, we did not expect its release so early.
According to SammyHub, an Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich update is now available for download for Galaxy Tab 7.7 GT-P6800. It appears that the update is only available via Sa... |
4 July 2012
05:14 GMT |
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Ubisoft has revealed yet another special edition of its upcoming Assassin’s Creed 3 game, this time in the form of the Assassin’s Creed III Limited Edition, which includes the game as well as a statue of the protagonist, Connor, and much more.
Assassin’s Creed 3 is out on October 30 and Ubisoft wan... |
4 July 2012
05:10 GMT |
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One year in and Google is still not done with the cleaning up, aka shutting down of unpopular or abandoned services. The big drives at Google ever since Larry Page took over as CEO have been a better focus on the things that work and getting rid of the things that don't. The latest additions to the kill list ar... |
4 July 2012
05:10 GMT |
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Smart cameras haven't come as far as Smart TVs, but they aren't doing badly either, not with Sony and, in this case, Samsung giving them a good reputation.
Admittedly, Samsung didn't start on the best of feet. Its Wi-Fi-equipped smart cameras, though not lacking in advertising, haven't been the ... |
4 July 2012
05:05 GMT |
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Enterprise key and certificate management solutions provider Venafi has performed an analysis of 450 of the companies present in the Forbes Global 2000 annual ranking. The results of the scans revealed that, on average, around 20% of these firms are susceptible to attacks that leverage malware such as Flame, Duqu or ... |
4 July 2012
04:55 GMT |
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The upcoming Baldur’s Gate Enhanced Edition remake from Beamdog will arrive with plenty of downloadable content, according to its creators, and gamers can expect to see a number of new characters, with their own storylines and backgrounds, as well as new areas to explore and new mysteries to solve.
Trent Oster... |
4 July 2012
04:51 GMT |
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The popular email client for Mac OS X, Sparrow, has received important fixes in the latest update released to users this week, including one that should result in less taxing of the CPU. Sparrow developers have worked hard to enable the software to generate PNG images instead of TIFF files when copy-pasting images i... |
4 July 2012
04:50 GMT |
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Located around 1,300 light-years away, in the constellation Orion, the celestial object known as V1647 Orionis is a star that is only now catching shape and which will not be completely formed for at least several million years. Astronomers have recently been able to observe it as it produced intense X-rays.
Scienti... |
4 July 2012
04:44 GMT |
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We've never doubted ARM's claims regarding the low power requirements of its processors but, for those who have, the company provided a treat during the Red Hat Summit.
Currently, high-power RISC and x86 processors are the main types of chips being used by supercomputers, servers, data centers and most ot... |
4 July 2012
04:38 GMT |
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Apple managed to ban Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus in the United States, and Google has already made a move in accordance with this decision: the smartphone is no longer available for purchase through the Google Play Store.
Users who head over to the official product page for Galaxy Nexus on that website will be inf... |
4 July 2012
04:31 GMT |
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Taiwanese famous notebook manufacturer Acer has presented the new All-in-One AZ3770-H14D computer system powered by Intel’s Celeron processor, on its official website. Acer’s new system boosts a FullHD resolution and very good connectivity options, such as USB 3.0. The platform is powered by Intel’... |
4 July 2012
04:31 GMT |
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Microsoft and Turn 10 Studios have just released a brand new downloadable car pack for their Forza Motorsport 4 racing game, bringing yet another batch of impressive sportscars to the experience.
Forza Motorsport 4 came out last year and, since then, the team at developer Turn 10 Studios has been working on new batc... |
4 July 2012
04:20 GMT |
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Hong Kong authorities have arrested six individuals suspected of launching distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks against various companies involved in gold and silver securities trading, including the Chinese Gold & Silver Exchange Society. The alleged cybercriminals, located in areas such as Hunan, Hube... |
4 July 2012
04:20 GMT |
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Brad Pitt can command a small fortune for a single ad (and he rarely does those), so he's not the number one man to go to for an endorsement deal. Luckily, Virgin Mobile Australia has a better idea: meet the other Pitt, Brad's brother, Doug. Doug is a regular guy, a businessman who also runs a charity, and... |
4 July 2012
04:18 GMT |
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A 33.6 percent revenue drop recorded by Wintek in June, deemed as the largest month-over-month sales drop seen since late 2008, indicates Apple has switched panel suppliers for its next-generation iPhone. Brian White, an analyst with Topeka Capital Markets, said the sudden drop could act as indication that Wintek is... |
4 July 2012
04:17 GMT |
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Developer High Moon Studios and publisher Activision are working on a new video game, based around a Marvel license and they plan to offer more information on it during the San Diego Comic Con, which is set to take place between July 12 and 15.
The Marvel video games panel talks about “an announcement from Act... |
4 July 2012
04:16 GMT |
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Raymond Bitar, the chief executive officer of world renowned online poker site Full Tilt Poker, was arrested on July 2 on John F. Kennedy International Airport, being accused of money laundering, bank fraud and gambling.
Bitar promised poker players that their funds would be secure, but instead, he used the money to... |
4 July 2012
04:16 GMT |
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That Mel Gibson has certain anger management issues must not be a secret anymore, especially given the series of leaked audio recordings of him saying the vilest things possible during a fit of rage. His stepmother claims he did the same to her, so she's seeking a restraining order. Teddy Joye Hicks Gibson mar... |
4 July 2012
04:03 GMT |
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Last week, Google announced a nice range of enhancements set to arrive on Android devices along with the new 4.1 Jelly Bean platform release, and some of these already got ported to older platform versions. Among them, we can count Google Now, the app and service that are meant to keep users productive at all times... |
4 July 2012
04:00 GMT |
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Solar physicists operating the American space agency's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) identified an M5.6-class solar flare on the surface of the Sun on Monday, July 2. The event originated in the sunspot AR1515, which experts have been monitoring for a while. The event peaked at 6:52 am EDT (1052 GMT), expert... |
4 July 2012
03:55 GMT |
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Today, Sony announced the roll-out of the Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich OS upgrade for its Xperia S users in Australia. The company started to push the update to its users roughly two weeks ago, and it is now making it available for those living down under as well. Users will receive notifications from their w... |
4 July 2012
03:46 GMT |
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After signing an agreement with the Murmansk Shipping Company, of Russia, the US National Science Foundation (NSF) now has access to a new diesel icebreaker, called Vladimir Ignatyuk. The purpose of the ship will be to create a navigable lane through McMurdo Sound, in Antarctica. With this ship, the NSF will be abl... |
4 July 2012
03:44 GMT |
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Reports are flowing in regarding a mini iPad shipping later this year from Apple, and the latest so-called confirmation comes from one of the most reliable news agencies in the world. After countless reports on the matter, including one from Fudzilla citing people with knowledge of Apple’s plans, Bloomberg chi... |
4 July 2012
03:38 GMT |
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In honor of Independence Day, Activision has slashed the prices on downloadable content packs for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Call of Duty: Black Ops by 50% on the PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 platforms.
Many companies are running all sorts of discounts nowadays in order to celebrate not just summer but als... |
4 July 2012
03:36 GMT |
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In the cinematographic and film industry, the 4K standard is the next best thing. While many cameras cost thousands of dollars, Point Grey Research Inc. is proposing a very capable True 4K video camera for just $945 USD. We always complained by the somewhat low resolution of the films rolling in movie theaters and w... |
4 July 2012
03:31 GMT |
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An engineering unit for the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover Curiosity has recently been taken out for a test drive in the hard Mojave Desert of California. Engineers at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) were interested in observing how the machine behaved under real-life conditions.
Though only a skeleton... |
4 July 2012
03:28 GMT |
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Showing that it is actively expanding its horizons, Fujitsu has put together three ultrabooks and is getting ready to launch another, higher-end one in the near future.
Ultrabooks have been steadily reaching lower and lower in terms of pricing, much like Intel and its partners promised.
Sure, the cost reductions l... |
4 July 2012
03:26 GMT |
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After the success Stephenie Meyer had with “Twilight,” it's not really that much of a surprise that anything Twilight-inspired also sells like hot cakes. E.L. James, the woman behind the “Fifty Shades” trilogy, has made a fortune off of it. The story in “Fifty Shades of Grey,&rdquo... |
4 July 2012
03:21 GMT |
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Hundreds of thousands of record sets from the databases of various sites worldwide have been published by TeamGhostShell as part of the operation they call ProjectDragonFly.
“I am proud to say that #ProjectDragonFly is still pretty much alive and ready to raise awareness once more against the Communist Party, ... |
4 July 2012
03:11 GMT |
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Rockstar wants to make sure all Max Payne 3 players will be able to master the three new maps included in the recently launched Local Justice DLC pack and has now posted an array of details as well as overhead screenshots of the new levels.
Max Payne 3’s multiplayer mode has proven to be quite popular and deve... |
4 July 2012
03:06 GMT |
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Android 4.1 Jelly Bean won’t be available for all devices very soon – it will never arrive on some of them – but users can still personalize their phones with the same look as the new OS release. The Jelly Bean live wallpaper was made available for download through the Google Play Store, and all o... |
4 July 2012
02:59 GMT |
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Publisher THQ has had a tough year, but it appears that the company has now managed to put the worst behind it and is now ready to look towards the future and to deliver a number of high-profile video games that customers will appreciate. Brian Farrell, the chief executive officer working at THQ, has told Gamasutra ... |
4 July 2012
02:57 GMT |
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Fans of Limbo, the atmospheric platformer from independent studio Playdead, can now buy an intriguing Limbo Special Edition, which includes the game’s PC and Mac versions, as well as plenty of other goodies, ranging from seven art cards to 3D glasses.
Limbo impressed many gamers with its unique visual style an... |
4 July 2012
02:37 GMT |
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Last month, Apple was granted a rather important patent by the USPTO (US Patent and Trademark Office). Now, we learn that, as suggested by previous speculation, tensions have risen due to the possible threat of Apple lawsuits against manufacturers of similar products. By all accounts, the U.S. patent D661,296 cover... |
4 July 2012
02:19 GMT |
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The Chakra Development Team, through Anke Boersma, proudly announced last evening, July 3rd, the immediate availability for download of the Chakra GNU/Linux 2012.07 operating system.
Chakra GNU/Linux 2012.07 is the last maintenance release for Archimedes series and it is powered by Linux kernel 3.4.3 and KDE Softwa... |
4 July 2012
01:10 GMT |
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Alexandre Julliard announced on July 3rd that a new development version of the Wine app is now available for download, bringing assorted bugfixes and improvements.
Wine 1.5.8 is yet another maintenance release for fixing known issues and improving the overall stability of the app.
Highlights of Wine 1.5.8:
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4 July 2012
00:51 GMT |
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