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ASUS Subsidiary Raided by the Police

Semiconductor design company ASMedia is now under very tight scrutiny from the Taiwan law enforcement agencies, as the company is being accused of patent infringement by well-known chipset and processor designer VIA. Word has it that several VIA engineers left the company and went to work for ASMedia and they now cl...

4 September 2012
23:01 GMT

DELL Shows Impressive XPS 10 WindowsRT ARM Tablet

Once Microsoft’s Windows 8 operating system is launched this October, ARM will have secured a serious foothold in the Windows software market. Sure the x86 Windows applications will not work on WindowsRT, but we’re certain that these will be much easier to port than going from ARM Android to x86 Windows 8...

4 September 2012
21:01 GMT

Baidu's Android Browser Tops HTML5Test, Way Ahead of Chrome or Any Desktop Browser

Baidu's new Mobile Browser looks like an interesting entry into the Android browser arena. It's quite snappy and has a few interesting options, obviously much more useful if you're in China and a Baidu user. But one thing that makes it stand out is the fact that it's boasting the best HTML5 suppor...

4 September 2012
20:41 GMT

AMD’s Steamroller to Be Faster Than Intel Haswell

Nobody can radically change a computing architecture and manage to get the first iteration to act exactly as what was initially envisioned. Just like AMD's Barcelona some time ago, many expected it to trample all over Intel’s Core 2 Duo, but in fact it didn’t. There was nothing catastrophically wron...

4 September 2012
19:51 GMT

Double Fine’s The Cave Will Also Come Out for Nintendo Wii U

The Cave, the upcoming adventure platformer from developer Double Fine and designer Ron Gilbert, will also appear onto the Nintendo Wii U home console as a digital download via its online eShop. The Cave was revealed earlier this year by Double Fine and legendary games designer Ron Gilbert and will be published at t...

4 September 2012
19:31 GMT

In-Tab Preferences May Land in Firefox 18, by the End of the Year

Earlier this year, Firefox got in-content settings, doing away with the old dialog-based options menu. You may have noticed though that the old preferences menu is still there and there are no signs that the in-content settings feature is landing any time soon. Unfortunately, that seems to be the fate of plenty of a...

4 September 2012
19:31 GMT

Five Products Apple SHOULD Keep Making

Bloomberg is certainly one of the most reputable publications out there, but when it comes to opinion pieces, well, everybody's got their own. For example, when they feature stories like “Five Products Apple Should Stop Making.” They start out with Safari, which I personally found as one of the wors...

4 September 2012
19:11 GMT

LINE Camera 2.4.0 iOS Adds Live Filter, Flower Effect

With over 10 million users worldwide, it’s hard not to notice LINE Camera, a neat photography app that makes your photos fun and attractive. The latest version adds a Live Filter function which applies a filter as you are taking the shot, while the Keep Camera function allows you to snap photos continuously (i...

4 September 2012
18:41 GMT

Guild Wars 2’s No Subscription Model Is Similar to Free-to-Play, Dev Says

ArenaNet, the developer of the recently launched Guild Wars 2 MMORPG, has talked about business models in this specific genre and has revealed that, when viewed at a distance, Guild Wars 2’s no-subscription plan is quite similar to the free-to-play one that’s currently so popular when it comes to online g...

4 September 2012
18:31 GMT

Age of Conan Gets Secrets of Dragon’s Spine Updates

Developer Funcom has announced that it is planning to deliver a number of updates and changes for its MMO Age of Conan: Unchained under the name Secrets of Dragon’s Spine, set to introduce a new area to the game while also adding new quests, monsters, dungeons and rewards.The new area is a desert set to the sou...

4 September 2012
18:21 GMT

FBI Denies It's the Source of the Anonymous iPhone Data Leak

A short while ago, an Anonymous group posted UDIDs, the unique identifier of any Apple iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad, along with some user data for one million and one devices. The data is one of the biggest recent leaks, even though it's not particularly damaging, the hackers said some data has been withheld and...

4 September 2012
18:12 GMT

Samsung GALAXY S III 4G Coming to Telstra in October

Samsung has just announced the upcoming availability of the Galaxy S III 4G in Australia. The smartphone will be available for purchase on no-term via Samsung brick and mortar stores, or on plan through Telstra and Optus. According to Telstra, the smartphone’s pricing options will be announced closer to launch...

4 September 2012
18:01 GMT

Download ArtStudio for iPad 4.2

Touted by its developers as the most comprehensive, sketching, painting and photo editing tool in the iTunes App Store, ArtStudio 4.2 arrives today with a neat Guidelines feature that assists amateurs in creating real works of art. That, and a truckload more features, some of which are detailed below. ArtStudio for ...

4 September 2012
17:41 GMT

Google Earth Used to Spot Marijuana Grows, but Not Why You'd Think

Google Maps and Google Earth made it possible for anyone to scour the Earth, quite literally albeit virtually, in search of just about anything. It didn't take long for such a tool to be used by law enforcement agencies around the world, for things like discovering people who built pools without a permit to mar...

4 September 2012
17:31 GMT

KDE SC 4.9.1 Is Now Available for Download

The KDE Project announced earlier today, September 4th, the first maintenance release for the KDE Software Compilation 4.9 environment. KDE Software Compilation 4.9.1 incorporates translation updates and many bugfixes and corrections, especially for the Kontact Suite and Dolphin applications, as well as lots of per...

4 September 2012
17:27 GMT

Fortnite Is Getting a Beta in Early 2013

Epic Games has revealed that Fortnite, its first game powered by the new Unreal Engine 4 technology, will have at least a closed beta stage in early 2013, although things haven’t been set in stone just yet. Fortnite was revealed to the world at the end of last year, but only this summer did fans learn that the...

4 September 2012
17:21 GMT

Developers Offer More Info on Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII

Publisher Square Enix has revealed more information about the upcoming Lightning Returns installment in the Final Fantasy XIII series, talking about the expanded options linked to the main character and about the more action-driven combat sequences. Lightning returns as the main character and she has access to a num...

4 September 2012
17:21 GMT

Lana Del Rey Talks Fashion and Fame with Vogue

Lana Del Rey is one of the hottest and most original presences on the scene right now, as her fans must already know. With each passing day, she reaps praises for anything from her music to her fashion style. Until not long ago, she didn’t even know she had the latter. In what can only be deemed a highlight f...

4 September 2012
16:51 GMT

Hitman: Absolution Gets No Unlock Purist Mode

After IO Interactive has announced that the upcoming Hitman: Absolution was set to have a Purist mode, designed to be harder than the first game in the series, the fan base has asked the development team to make it available from the start of the game, with no unlock mechanic. The arguments of the player base seem t...

4 September 2012
16:41 GMT

Watch: Robins Are the World's Most Vicious Predators, Argues The Onion

Although highly ironic, The Onion's “Horrifying Planet” series can in fact be regarded as also being educational, especially if one can separate fact from satire and take the things presented in these videos with a pinch of salt. This episode centers around robins, a bird species that is part and p...

4 September 2012
16:21 GMT

Organic Foods Are Overrated by Consumers, Argue Stanford Researchers

Whenever adult consumers decide to embrace a healthier life-style and pay closer attention to what is being served on their plates, the organic produce department found in most supermarkets takes center stage. This is because it is believed that the foods sold under this label are both more nutritious, and less lik...

4 September 2012
15:51 GMT

Philips Announces 27” Professional PLS WQHD Display with 2MP Camera and USB 3.0

We were hit by a wave of WQHD and IPS computer display launches during the past months and we’re glad to see that the storm is not easing up. Instead, it is getting stronger at washing away the dreaded TN flat panels with mediocre HD resolution. During this year’s IFA event in Berlin, Germany, Philips la...

4 September 2012
15:41 GMT

Watch: Beer Brewing at the White House

From all we know, sustainable development usually goes hand in hand with supporting small-scale businesses and local entrepreneurs. Therefore, it should not come as a surprise that US President Barack Obama, who seems to be very keen on green living, is also quite committed to making his own beer. Truth be told, ...

4 September 2012
15:41 GMT

Emma Watson on Body Acceptance: I’m Imperfect, Not a Doll

Emma Watson has been slowly but surely establishing herself as one of the most serious and relatable celebrities of her generation. Her latest interview will only further strengthen that impression. The former “Harry Potter” star, who will soon be seen on the silver screen in the critically well-receive...

4 September 2012
15:31 GMT

GameStop Expects Next-Gen Consoles in 2013 and 2014

Large video game retailer GameStop has shared its thoughts about the next generation of video game consoles, ranging from the upcoming Nintendo Wii U to the oft-rumored PlayStation 4 and Xbox 720, confirming that, at least based on its own sources, the next PlayStation and Xbox won’t appear at the same time in ...

4 September 2012
15:31 GMT

Couple Has Grizzly Bear as Pet

Mark and Dawn Dumas from Vancouver are some of the very few people who can take pride in having a rather unusual – and even dangerous – animal as a pet. Thus, the couple's 18-months bundle of joy is a grizzly bear named Billy. According to sources, the couple bought the bear from a private zoo when...

4 September 2012
15:21 GMT

Sean Penn Is Washed-Up Rocker Hunting Nazi in “This Must Be the Place” Trailer

Back in December last year, when the first trailer for “This Must Be the Place” came out, we remarked that it was very odd, intriguing and potentially awesome. The new trailer for it, out now, reinforces that impression. “This Must Be the Place” stars Sean Penn as a very apathetic former roc...

4 September 2012
15:21 GMT

New 32 GB MicroSDHC from Green House Is Waterproof and Quite Fast

We've seen new NAS devices and needlessly large drive enclosures, so now we may as well cover something from the other end of the storage segment, that of memory cards. Green House is the company responsible for the existence of the microSDHC card we are bringing you. Called GH-SDMRHC32GU, it comes in 32 GB ...

4 September 2012
15:21 GMT

No Hawken Support on Launch for Oculus Rift VR Headset

Despite previous statements, it seems that the developers working on the Hawken MMO will not be able to offer full support for the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset on launch and will only support it once they get hands-on time with the new hardware. Bill Wagner, the chief production officer at Adhesive Games, tel...

4 September 2012
15:01 GMT

Rachel Zoe’s Fashion Collection Dropped from Selfridges

Only a few days ago, a report pretty much claimed that Rachel Zoe’s career outside her venture as a celebrity stylist, was dead in the water. The latest on her fashion line won’t make this rumor go away. The Daily Mail claims to have it on very good authority that Zoe’s fashion collection has been...

4 September 2012
14:51 GMT

Ico HD Playable Soon on PS Vita via Remote Play

Sony has confirmed that the high definition version of Ico will soon be playable on the PlayStation Vita thanks to the system’s remote play feature. The PS Vita came out at the beginning of the year and Sony included a variety of impressive systems into the handheld console, like the ability to display gamepla...

4 September 2012
14:21 GMT

Firefox OS Marketplace Is Shaping Up Alongside Mozilla's Chrome Web Store Competitor

Mozilla has been working hard on the upcoming Firefox OS. It's still way too early to say anything about it, whether there's room for yet another mobile OS, whether its pure web approach is the right one and if it can work, but we'll definitely get to find out since Mozilla is not giving up. In fact, ...

4 September 2012
14:11 GMT

Need for Speed: Most Wanted Gets Multiplayer Focused Interview

Need for Speed: Most Wanted is the biggest racing release of the year and the latest promotional effort for the game is an interview with VG247 that featured Alex Ward, who is the creative director working at Criterion Games on the title.The interview offers details on the overall vision for the game, which is focuse...

4 September 2012
14:11 GMT

PowerColor Launches AMD Radeon PCS+ HD 7950 Boost State Edition

AMD is preparing for the Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 video card launch and, in the war for the $300 price point, the new Radeon HD 7950 Boost State Edition is the weapon of choice. Those who expect heaps of more GDDR5 memory or more shader cores active are in for a disappointment. AMD’s Radeon HD 7950 Boost State E...

4 September 2012
14:01 GMT

Ubuntu 12.10 Will Introduce Unity Previews

Today we are proud to announce a new feature that will be implemented in the upcoming Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) operating system, due for release on October 18th, 2012. It is called Previews and it will be implemented in the Unity Dash, allowing users to right click on files in order to view some detailed info...

4 September 2012
14:01 GMT

Verizon Intros the 5-Inch Intuition by LG

Today, mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless went official with Intuition by LG, a next-generation Android-based device, capable of delivering functionality present both inside smartphones and tablets. Available exclusively via Verizon Wireless, the new handset will be put on pre-order starting with September 6, wh...

4 September 2012
13:51 GMT

Clint Eastwood’s Empty Chair Goes Viral

Even though Clint Eastwood’s speech at the Republican National Convention is billed by the press a “catastrophic blunder,” he must surely find SOME consolation in knowing he’s the latest viral sensation. As was to be expected, the Hollywood icon (actor and director) has gone viral thanks to ...

4 September 2012
13:21 GMT

One Good Thing Came Out of the Olympics, Huge, Free WiFi Networks

This year's Summer Olympics have largely been a success. What's more, they may actually have been a good thing for London, the city that hosted them. At the very least, Brits now have much better and wider WiFi network covering London and the surroundings.In preparation of the upcoming games, local carriers...

4 September 2012
13:21 GMT

10-Bay SATA Tower Case Launched by Century

Century has launched a device which shows that network-attached storage devices aren't the only type of external storage arrays that users want to buy. The company has introduced the CRST1035EU3 "Sky Tower" external HDD enclosure, which can hold up to ten different hard drives. Thus, it is different from, sa...

4 September 2012
13:21 GMT

Naked Man Interrupts Elderly Couple’s Interview – Video

Stranger things than the one you’re about to see have been known to happen, but that doesn’t make this one less funny. A naked man interrupted a TV interview to strut his stuff for the cameras. CNN has video of the incident, and you too can see it below, embedded at the end of this post. An elderly co...

4 September 2012
13:11 GMT

Colonial Marines Always Had Female Characters

The development team at Gearbox has revealed that they always planned to create female characters for the upcoming Aliens: Colonial Marines, including one of the characters that can be selected for the cooperative game mode. At E3, one of the developers suggested that female characters would not be included, but it ...

4 September 2012
13:01 GMT

Easy Modes Are Ruining Games, Assassin’s Creed 3 Developers Believe

Two of the developers behind the upcoming Assassin’s Creed 3 action adventure game believe that games nowadays aren’t experienced the right way on Easy mode, as the lowered difficulty makes important mechanics, like taking cover in a shooter, unnecessary. While games have been getting easier and easier i...

4 September 2012
12:41 GMT

Minor OS Upgrade Available for Galaxy S III in Canada

Canadian mobile phone users who own a Galaxy S III smartphone can now download new software for their devices, the latest reports on the matter suggest. The over-the-air update for Samsung Galaxy S III (SGH-i747M) comes with a series of bug fixes, better battery life and improved stability, while enabling users to ...

4 September 2012
12:31 GMT

Awesome Puzzler “The Tiny Bang Story” Released on iPhone

The immersive point-and-click puzzler The Tiny Bang Story that debuted on the iPad is now available for the 3.5-inch screen of the iPhone and iPod touch. That is, until Apple rolls out its four-incher next week. The Tiny Bang Story offers a truly immersive experience where sound and color seem to be complementary to...

4 September 2012
12:21 GMT

BitTorrent Is Widely Monitored, Top Torrents Are Scanned Every Few Hours

Most pirates think they’re safe. While BitTorrent is inherently open, even more so maybe than other file-sharing networks, being that you're connected to any number of other people trying to get the same files, pirates seem to think that it's exactly this openness that makes them anonymous, the anonym...

4 September 2012
12:21 GMT

Script of the Day: Metro UI CSS

Metro UI CSS is a small HTML implementation of Microsoft's (formerly known) Metro  interface. This CSS framework will allow developers to create websites or Web dashboards that look, feel and behave just like Windows 8. It's safe to say that Windows' Metro UI (now called Modern UI) was a big hit ...

4 September 2012
12:01 GMT

Ancient Planetary Warming Boosted Biodiversity

Despite the dangers posed by the current global warming trend, experts say that things weren't always so gloom when it came to climate change. In the past, some warming events contributed to boosting biodiversity on a global scale, they reveal in a new study. Over the past 540 million years, since the Great Oxy...

4 September 2012
11:52 GMT

Avian Barometers Come from Fish

The paratympanic organ (PTO) in the middle ear of birds, commonly referred to as their natural barometer, apparently evolved from the sense organs of very ancient fish, investigators from the University of Cambridge established in a new study. The ancient sense organ was originally found in aquatic creatures such as...

4 September 2012
11:43 GMT

Cinnamon 1.6 Will Bring Cinnamon 2D

Clement Lefebvre, father of a lot of Linux technologies used in many of today's distributions, including Linux Mint, has announced earlier today, September 4th, the features of the upcoming Cinnamon 1.6 desktop environment. Cinnamon 1.6 will include features like notification applet, Expo grid view, workspace ...

4 September 2012
11:41 GMT

Meteors Boost the Intensity of Night-Shining Clouds

According to the conclusions of a new study by researchers at the Hampton University, in Virginia, it could be that dust left in the upper atmosphere by falling meteors contribute to amplifying the glow of noctilucent (night-shining) clouds. The latter are rather impressive atmospheric phenomena, where high-altitud...

4 September 2012
11:27 GMT

Download Mustangs Theme for Windows 7

It’s always refreshing to have a glimpse at wild life after a few hours of working on your computer, and the latest theme available for Windows 7 computers seems meant exactly for that. Featuring high-resolution images of wild horses, the new Mustangs theme will enable you to decorate your desktop with a piec...

4 September 2012
11:23 GMT

Amazon Gets Formerly Netflix Exclusives Like Thor and Captain America

The media companies don't like Netflix very much. Sure, they were happy to take its money when they didn't think it was a threat. But things have changed. Netflix lost a few high-profile deals with content providers. Most recently, it lost exclusivity with Epix, which provided titles from Paramount, Lions...

4 September 2012
11:21 GMT

LSI Launches Nytro MegaRAID PCI Express SSD Cards

Recently, we've been hearing more about LSI as the buyer of SandForce, not LSI the provider of high-speed NAND-flash-based storage technologies, but this has finally changed. The company has officially introduced the Nytro MegaRAID collection of PCI Express solid state drive cards, all of which use the LSI dua...

4 September 2012
11:11 GMT

Grizzly Bear Rely Heavily on Their Nose When Hunting – Video

Typically found in the forests of North America, grizzly bears are some of the most amazing predators presently inhabiting our planet. This short video presents us with an insight into these massive animals’ hunting behavior, showing how their sense of smell is what helps them locate their prey with maximum accurac...

4 September 2012
11:08 GMT

Download Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac

Parallels Inc. has now officially released its flagship virtualization solution for download. Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac brings together the two most advanced desktop OSes today, OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion and Windows 8. The eighth major release of Parallels Desktop allows fans of both Microsoft and Apple’s to u...

4 September 2012
11:01 GMT

Men and Women Literally See Things Differently

Women and men indeed see things differently, a new study finds. That is to say, their visual cortices are wired differently, and have evolved to be efficient at discerning between different types of stimuli. While the visual cortex of a man is hardwired to observe rapid-moving stimuli and very fine details, that of ...

4 September 2012
10:57 GMT

The iPhone 5’s nano-SIM Starts Shipping

Deutche Telekom is sending out nano-SIM cards to its partners one week ahead of the rumored iPhone 5 launch. The spec is said to be a perfect fit for the next-generation iPhone, which might be the first to adopt the nano-SIM standard. The operator is sending out these nano-SIMs with instructions that they’re t...

4 September 2012
10:51 GMT

Windows Server 2012 Becomes Available Today

Today, Redmond-based software giant Microsoft is set to make the Windows Server 2012 platform available for purchase and download. The company announced plans to make the move in early August, when it also announced that the OS was released to manufacturing, and has reportedly confirmed it yesterday at Tech Ed in N...

4 September 2012
10:50 GMT

ownCloud 4.5 Beta Community Edition Available for Download

ownCloud Inc, the popular open source enterprise file sync and share project, has just launched commercial offerings based on version 4.5 Beta of the community edition of ownCloud. According to the developers, ownCloud 4.5 Beta brings significantly faster uploading, downloading and syncing of files – even ver...

4 September 2012
10:41 GMT

Harman Releases Three JBL Portable Bluetooth Speakers

Many smartphone and tablet owners use headphones of some kind when traveling. They hold the phone in a pocket, or the tablet in a bag, and still listen to music or answer calls. Harman's latest three devices are not this sort of audio products. Instead of headphones, they are portable speakers. The JBL Flip i...

4 September 2012
10:38 GMT

Qubes 1.0 Officially Announced

Qubes, an open source operating system designed to provide strong security for desktop computing, based on Xen, X Window System, and Linux, is now at version 1.0. According to the developers of Qubes, the development of the distribution took almost three years to complete. They are proud to have developed one of th...

4 September 2012
10:38 GMT

Watch: The UN Releases Video for Its “I'm a City Changer Campaign”

Earlier this year, during the Rio+20 Earth Summit, UN-Habitat (i.e. an UN agency dealing with promoting sustainable urban development) launched its “I'm a City Changer” campaign. The end goal for this campaign is that of greening up cities all throughout the world, simply by convincing more citizen...

4 September 2012
10:35 GMT

Life May Exist on Exoplanets Orbiting Two Stars

Just a week ago, astronomers announced the discovery of an extrasolar planet orbiting a binary star system. It now appears that the discovery may have been more important than first thought, since some experts argue that alien worlds like it may support life. The planet orbits in the binary system's habitable z...

4 September 2012
10:32 GMT

Firefox 17 Adds In-Line HTML Editing

Firefox 17 is now in the Aurora channel, completing the latest upgrade cycle, Firefox 15 in the stable channel, Firefox 16 in beta and now Firefox 17 Aurora. The latest and greatest Firefox comes with a number of new features and improvements, but it's not exactly an impressive selection. More features may lan...

4 September 2012
10:32 GMT

Thomas Beatie Finds Love Again, Isn’t Ruling Out Pregnancy

Thomas Beatie, the world’s first “pregnant man,” separated from his wife of 9 years in April this year but he’s already found love again, in the arms of another woman. They are so in love that they’re actually rushing to see who becomes pregnant first, he says in a new interview. Speaki...

4 September 2012
10:31 GMT

BioWare Prepares 1.4 Update for Star Wars: The Old Republic

Video game developer BioWare has announced that it is getting ready to launch the 1.4 update for its MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic, which will allow gamers to access a new tier of operations and will also allow them to play through the new Terror from Beyond content. The official description reads: “Terror f...

4 September 2012
10:28 GMT

ASUS Announces Stylish Designo IPS Monitors

Besides a numerous army of notebookss and tablets, Taiwanese mainboard manufacturer ASUS is also presenting two new monitors at this year’s IFA event in Berlin, Germany. The new additions are part of the special Designo series and, therefore, come with a very special design. ASUS announced two monitors at the...

4 September 2012
10:21 GMT

Japanese Hulu Puts Anime on Your Apple TV

Tsuyoshi Fukuda, Head of Product at Hulu, Japan, has just confirmed that Apple TV owners in the Land of the Rising Sun now have access to the company’s video content through their set-top boxes. “The moment that we’ve all been waiting for is finally here,” writes Fukuda. “Hulu arrives o...

4 September 2012
10:11 GMT

Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes Will Appear on PC, PS3, and Xbox 360

Two separate reports from Sony and Konami apparently confirm that the upcoming Metal Gear Solid: Zeroes title will be released onto the PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 platforms when it eventually comes out next year. The Metal Gear Solid series is celebrating its 25th anniversary and, in order to properly mark this ...

4 September 2012
10:11 GMT

Samsung Galaxy Stellar Now Official at Verizon

Today, Verizon Wireless went official with yet another Android-powered smartphone for its 4G LTE users, namely the Samsung Galaxy Stellar. Announced as a budget-friendly smartphone, the new handset comes to the market with Google’s Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system loaded on it, and has been SAF...

4 September 2012
10:09 GMT

Sleeping Dogs Review (PC)

The rain seems to be close to disintegrating the entire city around me, but as my character pushes his scooter to the limit, I need to keep my concentration up and make sure that I avoid any obstacles and pedestrians on the way to my target. I might be on my way to a robbery that might involve more violence than a s...

4 September 2012
10:01 GMT

Nokia Music Free Streaming Service Arrives in the USA

Today, Nokia announced the availability of its free streaming service Nokia Music for Lumia users in the United States. The Music experience is available for free exclusively on the Nokia Lumia devices, enabling users to benefit from a simple and delightful way to enjoy music. The service provides users with the ...

4 September 2012
10:01 GMT

Panda Security Releases 2013 Line of Antivirus Products

The new line of products comes with refreshed, modern looks that also aim to make them easier to use than ever. However, advancement has been made on the technical side as well. All three suites (Panda Antivirus Pro 2013, Panda Internet Security 2013 and Panda Global Protection 2013) benefit from a new Scan Manager,...

4 September 2012
10:00 GMT

Effect of Gravitational Waves Finally Detected

In a paper to be published in an upcoming issue of the esteemed Astrophysical Journal Letters, a team of astronomers provides the first evidence that gravitational waves indeed exist. What's even more impressive, the motions that were caused by these waves were observed at optical wavelengths. The study that le...

4 September 2012
09:55 GMT

Beyonce Snubs Kim Kardashian Again at Made in America Festival

The Beyonce – Kim Kardashian drama is getting front cover again. Over the weekend, their respective partners, Jay-Z and Kanye West, performed at the Made in America Festival in Philadelphia, but reports indicate there was no love lost between the two beauties. Celebrity gossip lovers must already know that ta...

4 September 2012
09:55 GMT

New Advancements Are Made in Establishing the World's Largest Marine Park

Several national governments, together with independent conservation organizations and companies promoting tourism, have for some time now been looking into the possibility of establishing a new marine park. According to recent news on this topic, what is likely to become the world's largest aquatic wildlife s...

4 September 2012
09:54 GMT

AMD’s Jaguar-Based APU Runs at 2 GHz and Beats Brazos by 260%

AMD’s up and coming Jaguar architecture has been revealed at this year’s Hot Chips conference and we reported on that here and here. The new x86 core design is supposed to bring more instruction set support, better performance and much improved power efficiency. One thing we’ve noticed about all th...

4 September 2012
09:50 GMT

Baidu Goes Google, Releases Android Browser, Claims to Be the Fastest

Baidu is known for its search engine, well, known to those that keep an eye on the Chinese internet, but the company is branching out. Much like Google in its heyday, Baidu wants to become the center of your internet life and, again much like Google, it's using an array of products to do it including a brand n...

4 September 2012
09:31 GMT

Getac Releases Rugged Android Tablet with LumiBond Technology

Rugged Android tablets aren't all the common, since rugged devices are employed in industrial, medical and other such segments, where Windows is much more widespread. Getac didn't mind releasing one though. In fact, the company even went out of its way to implement its LumiBond technology. In a nutshell,...

4 September 2012
09:27 GMT

Photo Shows A6 CPU on Purported iPhone 5 Logic Board

A photo of the next-generation iPhone logic board has recently surfaced in photos, spurring speculation that Apple is, indeed, putting an all-new chip inside the chassis of its iPhone 5. Originating from Sonny Dickson (9to5mac researcher and tech enthusiast), the image is said to be “enhanced with Photoshop.&r...

4 September 2012
09:24 GMT

Paul Haggis Confirms Vanity Fair’s Tom Cruise Story

The other day, Vanity Fair released the online preview of its upcoming issue, an expose on the Church of Scientology and the auditioning process it held to find a wife for its most high profile member, Tom Cruise, before he met Katie Holmes. Oscar-winning screenwriter and director Paul Haggis is now confirming all ...

4 September 2012
09:06 GMT

Firefox OS Marketplace Screenshots Leak

Mozilla is moving closer and closer to the launch of its own mobile operating system, the Firefox OS, which is based entirely on open, web technologies. The company has already announced plans to make the new mobile platform available on devices starting with early 2013, and it is currently applying final touches t...

4 September 2012
09:01 GMT

4-Bay Synology DiskStation DS413j NAS Released

The DiskStation DS413j is a sort of older sibling to the DS213+ NAS server released last month, even though it is, chronologically, a few weeks younger than it. The name alone is enough to suggest that the hardware capabilities of the newcomer are superior to those of last month's product. Without further ad...

4 September 2012
09:01 GMT

Microsoft’s Windows 8 Companion App for Windows Phone 8 Unveiled

Microsoft has been long rumored to plan killing off the Zune software and replacing it with a new application, and some more info on the matter is now available. What appears to be the Windows 8 companion app for Windows Phone 8 devices has made an appearance online today, courtesy of The Verge. Just as expected,...

4 September 2012
08:54 GMT

AMD Taiwan General Manager Resigns

The name of AMD Taiwan's general manager was Andy Tseng until very recently. We say “was” not because of anything that happened to him, but because of something he did. A report says that Tseng resigned from his position, which would imply that the departure was different from that of multiple othe...

4 September 2012
08:47 GMT

Study Investigates How River Pollution Is Influenced by Storms

Either because changing environmental conditions are bound to bring forth an increase in the frequency and intensity of storms, or because several concerns have been raised with respect to global fish stocks, a team of researchers recently received considerable funding to look into how storms influence river pollutio...

4 September 2012
08:42 GMT

Kristen Stewart Covers Vogue UK, the October 2012 Issue

Kristen Stewart is the latest cover girl of Vogue UK, the October 2012 issue. In an interview taken before the cheating scandal that pushed her into hiding, the “Twilight” star muses on fame, dyeing her hair for the role in “On the Road” and shooting for the film. Kristen’s fans alread...

4 September 2012
08:34 GMT

Lenovo Intros IdeaCentre IPS Multi-Touch Slim AIO Systems

Lenovo is not only busy with notebooks and UltraBooks at this year’s IFA event in Berlin, Germany, but it is also announcing new all-in-one (AIO) computer systems that are part of the company’s famous IdeaCentre line of products. The most impressive device announced this year in Lenovo’s AIO line i...

4 September 2012
08:31 GMT

Apple Granted Patent to Kill Off Your iPhone’s Camera Remotely

Apple has been granted U.S. Patent No. 8,254,902, titled “Apparatus and methods for enforcement of policies upon a wireless device.” The description of the invention reveals that the company could restrict access to certain functions of our phones, such as the camera, with a flick of a switch. The patent...

4 September 2012
08:30 GMT

Samsung Is Asked by Korean Critics to Become a “First-Mover”

It says something when a company that used to be its country's pride and joy manages to create so many mixed feelings that the home public opinion is, at best, ambivalent. Unfortunately, this feat is precisely what Samsung has managed in South Korea, and we aren't talking about its products getting banned...

4 September 2012
08:29 GMT

Internet Explorer Teams with The xx to Promote the Coexist Album

Microsoft has partnered with another artist to showcase the features and capabilities of Internet Explorer, namely The xx. The partnership is centered on promoting the artist’s sophomore album release, titled Coexist, and the result includes access to the album a few weeks before the official launch. Intern...

4 September 2012
08:28 GMT

Guild Wars 2 Tops United Kingdom Chart

Guild Wars 2, the MMO created by ArenaNet, has managed to get the number one position in the United Kingdom, becoming the first PC-only game to do since 2010, an impressive feat considering the competition that the game was facing. Guild Wars 2 is unique because it only asks gamers to pay for the retail package and ...

4 September 2012
08:23 GMT

Dancing Dad Busts Some Fabulous Moves on Belgium’s Got Talent

This is for all of you who can’t resist smiling at the robot dance. Belgium’s Got Talent took a 48-year-old accountant and dad of two and turned him into an international superstar. As the video above will confirm, the guy – Gerrit Wellens by his name – has every reason to be famous for, eve...

4 September 2012
08:23 GMT

Here Is the Complete List of Windows 8 Devices

We've been reporting on devices running Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8 operating system for months, and the latest weeks have had more than a few official releases, but, for those who want a complete view of the “ecosystem”, such as it is, we have a nice chart to share. Following this link wil...

4 September 2012
08:22 GMT

Short Film "The Guilt" Wins YouTube Competition During the Venice Film Festival

For the converts, the ones making videos for the web, YouTube in particular, there's no question about it: YouTube is not the next big thing, it is already the big thing. It's just that the rest of the world hasn't realized it yet. But it's beginning to, web videos, again YouTube in particular,...

4 September 2012
08:22 GMT

Spain Now Accused of Not Properly Managing Its E-Waste

About two weeks ago, we reported on the EU's implementing new rules and regulations concerning the management of electronic waste. Back then, we argued that stricter policies for recycling discarded household appliances are needed in order to collect at least some of the rare metals they contain, and thus help...

4 September 2012
08:13 GMT

Hermione, Katniss, Lisbeth, Buffy, Michonne and Bella Do Reality Show – Video

Here’s a new web comedy series that aims to make all your dreams come true (or some of them, at least): “The BAMF Girls Club” puts Hermione, Katniss, Lisbeth, Buffy, Michonne and Bella under the same roof. Above is the first episode and, as redundant as it might be, we’re still going to say ...

4 September 2012
08:10 GMT

Nanoparticle-Based Cure Against Cancer in the Works

A team of investigators in the United States is currently working on a new method of destroying cancer cells without damaging the surrounding tissue. They say that the approach, which makes good use of both RNA manipulation and nanoparticle technologies, could also treat many viral infections. The ultimate goal of ...

4 September 2012
07:53 GMT

Today in History: Charlie Sheen Is 47

Charlie Sheen turned 47 years old on September 3 so, because we can’t get our happy wishes across to him (unless we turn stalkers), we thought it’d be great if we could honor him and wish him a Happy Birthday otherwise. We imagine nothing pleases an actor more than true, honest appreciation for his work....

4 September 2012
07:51 GMT

Eight AMD Vishera CPUs Take Over the AM3+ Platform

The refined Piledriver x86 architecture from AMD will take over the AM3+ platform very fast. The company is preparing a fast removal of the Zambezi CPUs from its product offering with an aggressive EOL plan. All the eleven Zambezi processors that are currently available in the channel will reach EOL in Q4 2012. This...

4 September 2012
07:51 GMT

Opera 12.50 Prepares for Windows 8, Adds Touch Support

Opera released a new snapshot for the upcoming version 12.50 of the browser that comes with support for Windows 8 touch devices. Development of the feature is not definitive yet, but it should also work with Windows 7-powered touch devices. At the moment support is limited to a small number of actions, such as pinch...

4 September 2012
07:50 GMT

Malicious Microsoft Services Agreement Emails Use the Recent Java Exploit

Oracle may have patched the vulnerabilities that started to be exploited in the wild last week, to great effect unfortunately, in an emergency update to the Java runtime, but most people still haven't updated and attackers are having a field day. The fact that the patch may not have actually fixed the issue co...

4 September 2012
07:50 GMT

No 1080p Support for Mass Effect 3 Wii U

The development team at Straight Right, the studio who is handling the port of Mass Effect 3 to the new Nintendo Wii U home console, has confirmed that the game will not support 1080p resolution when it is launched. Tom Crago, who is the chief executive officer at Straight Right, has told the Official Nintendo Magaz...

4 September 2012
07:47 GMT

Battlefield 3 Gets New Patch, Armored Kill Expansion on PS3 Today, September 4

DICE has finally confirmed the release dates for the Battlefield 3: Armored Kill expansion, as well as the fact that a massive patch is going live today, September 4, on the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 platforms. Battlefield 3 came out last year and, thanks to its addictive multiplayer experience, millions of players are ...

4 September 2012
07:41 GMT

Company Plans to Begin Mining in One of England's National Parks

Only yesterday, mining company Sirius Mineral made it public news that it intends to commence mining operations in the North York Moors, a national park found in North Yorkshire, England. According to company representatives, their digging for potash (i.e. salts which contain potassium in water-soluble form, and wh...

4 September 2012
07:41 GMT

Uninstall Tool 3.2.1 Improves Scanning

Uninstall Tool has been updated to version 3.2.1. This is a minor release designed to fix various issues, but it also brings to the table an improvement as far as the uninstall wizard is concerned. Starting this build the entire uninstall procedure should run a bit faster because of optimized scanning routine. Repa...

4 September 2012
07:24 GMT

Blind Orangutan Mother Sees Its Young for the First Time

Sumatran orangutans recently hit a rather rough patch, as the expansion of human society has taken its toll on their natural habitats and the resources they need in order to survive. However, on-going conservation projects are trying to keep this species from becoming extinct. As part of these conservation projec...

4 September 2012
06:56 GMT

iOS 6 Beta Now Offers Working Genius Recommendations

When Apple switched on the new tile-based App Store user interface in iOS 6 for developers, some testers noticed the addition of Genius recommendations (replacing the “Categories” tab). It wasn’t working back then, but now it is. Genius is an iTunes-inspired feature that recommends content based on...

4 September 2012
06:31 GMT

Overclockers, Beware: Intel Haswell Comes with Integrated Voltage Regulator

Intel is working on the new Haswell architecture and new pieces of information surface on the Internet on a daily basis. The news today is that the company’s new CPU will also integrate the voltage regulation part, but we don’t think this is good news overall. The first guys to have a problem with this a...

4 September 2012
06:21 GMT

Copyright Robots Gone Awire Pull Down Hugo Awards Stream During Neil Gaiman Speech

Copyright laws can't cope with the modern landscape, that much isn't up for debate. What to do to fix that is the subject of a heated debate. But what's clear is that the laws and the current tools don't work, not only in that they don't stop infringement, they don't even do what they&...

4 September 2012
06:03 GMT

iPhone 5 to Use NOR Flash Memory [DigiTimes]

Apple is reportedly using NOR flash memory chips stemming from Macronix International and Winbond Electronics in its next-generation iPhone. The iPhone 5, as the media refers to it, is expected to launch next week, on September 12. Taiwan’s well-connected but not-always-accurate DigiTimes claims to have scored...

4 September 2012
05:54 GMT

Some Power Grids Are Very Vulnerable to Space Weather

Solar physicists say that there are numerous ways in which the Sun can affect power grids here on Earth. They explain that the star can release either coronal mass ejections, solar flares or proton storms, and that each of these events can affect grids in a different pattern. Interestingly, areas not located at high...

4 September 2012
05:53 GMT

Heidi Klum Responds to Seal’s Cheating Allegation

Seal and Heidi Klum were married for over a decade and, to a stranger’s eyes, seemed the kind of couple that would go on to grow old together. It wasn’t in the cards for them, though – but it’s just now that the claws are coming out. The other day, after rumors got out online that Heidi was d...

4 September 2012
05:46 GMT

Large Filament Erupted from the Sun on August 31

Officials at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) Space Weather Center, in Greenbelt, Maryland, have just released this short video clip, showing a large solar filament that erupted from the surface of the Sun on Friday, August 31. The American space agency's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) was on stati...

4 September 2012
05:45 GMT

No Cross-Platform Play for FIFA 13

Despite the increased connectivity and social options offered by the upcoming FIFA 13, the development team at EA Sports says that gamers should not expect to see any actual cross-platform play during the rest of the current console generation. David Rutter, the executive producer working on FIFA 13, tells AusGamers...

4 September 2012
05:45 GMT

Emaciated Mare Leads Its Foal to Safety, Dies Shortly After

A mare from Dartmoor, England, recently proved that animals are as committed to their young ones as humans are, meaning that it embarked on a five-day journey and lead its foal to the safety of a farm before passing away because of illness and exhaustion. According to veterinarians, the animal died of natural cause...

4 September 2012
05:42 GMT

BBC iPlayer 2.0.0 Lets You Download TV Shows to Your iPad, iPhone

iPad and iPhone owners who subscribe to BBC are now able to download their favorite TV shows onto their iDevice at no extra charge, for offline viewing, the British Broadcast Corporation has confirmed. In releasing BBC iPlayer 2.0.0 for iPhone and iPad today, BBC has added the ability to “download TV programme...

4 September 2012
05:41 GMT

First Stage of New South Korean Rocket Completed in Russia

Officials at the Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center, in Moscow, announce that the first stage of the Korea Space Launch Vehicle #1 (KSLV-1) rocket has been completed, and is currently en route to South Korea. The component was successfully assembled and tested, and will soon be mated with the ot...

4 September 2012
05:37 GMT

Nokia Teases Augmented Reality for September 5 Event

Tomorrow, Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia is expected to take the wraps off its first Windows Phone 8 devices, supposedly the Lumia 820 and Lumia 920. Today, however, Nokia published a teaser video for the event, clearly suggesting that augmented reality would have something to do with it. A few days ago, the co...

4 September 2012
05:35 GMT

Pirate Bay Founder to Be Deported from Cambodia

Not exactly a surprise, but Pirate Bay founder Gottfrid Svartholm will be deported, Cambodian authorities decided. That's not the same as being extradited to Sweden, but that's where he'll probably end up. Swedish authorities want him back and Cambodian police confirmed that he was arrested at the re...

4 September 2012
05:31 GMT

AMD Prepares Dual-Core 28nm Richland

AMD is working hard on the successor to the successful Trinity and, apparently, it is already planning the launch schedule for next spring. In early 2013, the Richland processor is supposed to become online. This one will be built in 28nm. There were many reports saying that Richland would come with a radically diff...

4 September 2012
05:31 GMT

New Russian Module for ISS Takes Shape at Khrunichev

Russian engineers at the Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center, in Moscow, are making consistent progress in building and assembling the components of the new Multipurpose Laboratory Module, which will be attached to the International Space Station in 2014. The MLM is known at the Russian Federal Sp...

4 September 2012
05:29 GMT

Dogs Made to Wear Funky Outfits, Sent Out to Parade Them Around

Dachshunds (i.e. dogs with short legs and rather long bodies) are a breed much appreciated by dog lovers. However, it seems that the citizens of Poland love these animals more than other people do. Hence the annual Dachshund Parade: a gathering of such dogs and their owners, during which the animals are dressed up ...

4 September 2012
05:22 GMT

Rumor Mill: Microsoft Surface Phone Emerges in Benchmark App

As soon as Microsoft went official with its Windows 8-based Surface tablet, rumors on the possible release of a Microsoft Surface Phone also started to emerge, yet nothing has been officially confirmed on the matter for the time being. Today, however, we learn that the rumors might have got one step closer to becom...

4 September 2012
05:13 GMT

Apple Requests Faster Ban Hearing on Samsung Devices

It turns out that December 6, 2012 is not early enough for Apple, who wants to permanently ban eight devices that Samsung has been found to have built with technology that infringes Apple's intellectual property. By now, everyone interested in the fiery relationship between Apple and Samsung will know that the...

4 September 2012
05:10 GMT

Halo 4 Gets New Video Documentary Detailing Master Chief and Cortana

343 Industries, the developer of the upcoming Halo 4, has just posted a brand new video documentary about its future game and how the team is trying to tell a fresh story starring the franchise’s protagonist, Master Chief, and his trusty sidekick, Cortana. Halo 4 is out this November and already developer 343 ...

4 September 2012
05:07 GMT

Because Shooting a Concert with Your iPad Is Just Too Mainstream

If you’re one of those people filming gigs with your 10-inch Apple iPad, we promise not to judge. Maybe the artist was so important to you that you really felt you had to capture a few seconds of the action. Maybe you had forgotten your iPhone at home. It can happen. But there is absolutely no excuse to pull o...

4 September 2012
05:05 GMT

Bacteria Causing Tooth Decay Can Be Killed with Coconut Oil

Speaking at the Society for General Microbiology's Autumn Conference, held at the University of Warwick, experts from the Athlone Institute of Technology in Ireland have revealed that digested coconut oil contains a naturally occurring antibiotic that could have significant applications in dental healthcare. A...

4 September 2012
05:03 GMT

CrystalDiskInfo 5.0.4 Released

The makers of CrystalDiskInfo, the hard disk info tool, rolled out a new version of the application. It is a minor build that takes care of a very small bunch of details. The set of new things in CrystalDiskInfo 5.0.4 is reduced to one line, which informs that the application now comes with support for Western Digit...

4 September 2012
04:55 GMT

Android 4.0 ICS Update for HTC Desire S Now Available for Download

HTC has quietly released the long-awaited Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update for Desire S. However, the update is not available OTA (over the air) as usual, instead HTC Desire S owners will have to manually download the file and flash it on their smartphones. The update file has been recently uploaded by HTC to...

4 September 2012
04:54 GMT

The BBC iPlayer Enables Downloads and Offline Viewing on All Devices, Mobile Too

The BBC has announced that it will start enabling users to download any program available via the iPlayer and watch or listen to it offline, no matter where they're watching from, a laptop, a tablet or a smartphone. So far, downloads were only available for PC users. Mobile users could only stream content, mean...

4 September 2012
04:52 GMT

Gamblers Want Immersion, Not Payoffs

In her new book, entitled Addiction by Design, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Program in Science, Technology, and Society (STS) associate professor, Natasha Schull, explains some of the motivations that appear to drive gambling addiction. Some are not at all what you would expect. Many people are convin...

4 September 2012
04:49 GMT

Optus Expands 4G Network, Launches GALAXY S III 4G

Australian wireless carrier Optus has just announced the availability of its 4G network in new parts of the country, including Sydney, Perth and Newcastle. Following this expansion, the 4G service will be pushed to Melbourne as well, starting with 15 September, 2012, the operator added. Moreover, the company also ...

4 September 2012
04:43 GMT

Viral of the Day: Clint Eastwood and the Empty Chair, Chair Talks Back

Clint Eastwood might have done irreparable damage to his image with his empty chair talking routine at last week’s Republican National Convention but that doesn’t mean we can’t still have a healthy laugh about it. Just in case you thought Eastwood really yelled at an empty chair for 12 full minutes...

4 September 2012
04:34 GMT

Philips Launches GIOCO AmbiGlow 27” 3D Display

Philips is trying different strategies in order to reach new customers with the monitors it presented at this year’s IFA event in Berlin, Germany. We’re glad that the company is trying something new, as it’s not only announcing new models with different product names, but each model is coming with s...

4 September 2012
04:31 GMT

Valve Wants to Bring Innovation to the Hardware Market, Job Listing Says

Valve has posted a new job listing for an industrial designer that will help the company bring innovation to the hardware market, as the studio, according to the description, is frustrated by the stagnation seen in this segment of the industry. Valve is more than just a video games developer, as the studio may be re...

4 September 2012
04:26 GMT

Capcom Confirms Stolen Resident Evil 6 Copies Were Sold in Poland

Video game publisher Capcom has confirmed that a number of copies of the upcoming Resident Evil 6 were sold one full month before the actual launch date for the game. The company also made it clear that the units of the game sold in Poland were actually stolen and warned all those involved that they would be prosecu...

4 September 2012
04:22 GMT

Pirate Party May Get Parliament Seats in the Netherlands, Thanks to Pirate Bay Block

For as long as any type of civilization has been around, people have tried to get everyone else to act, think and do as they please or believe everyone should. And, for as long as any civilization has been around, those targeted opposed the "rules" or laws if they happened to have other opinions. Granted, for the mo...

4 September 2012
04:20 GMT

Emma Heming-Willis Says iTunes Is Safe from Yippee-Ki-Yay

Remember the story about Die Hard actor Bruce Willis going Yippee-Ki-Yay on Apple over his inability to legally transfer iTunes songs over to his daughters? Yeah. Fake. Yesterday we reported that two tabloids, one from the US, the other from the UK, said Bruce Willis was planning to take legal action against Apple I...

4 September 2012
04:20 GMT

Kojima Says There Is No Connection Between Ground Zeroes and Project Ogre

Hideo Kojima, the man behind the Metal Gear Solid franchise, has made it clear that the newly announced Ground Zeroes video game has no connection to Project Ogre, a game that has long been rumored but has not received any official information. Hideo Kojima has stated, via Twitter that, “While I am happy to kn...

4 September 2012
04:15 GMT

Tigers Change Their Behavioral Patterns to Avoid People, Study Argues

It is a commonly held belief that cats are not very flexible when it comes to changing their behavioral patterns so as to better work their way around human schedule. Up until recently, it was considered that big cats are no different to your ordinary pets, at least from this standpoint. However, according to a s...

4 September 2012
04:08 GMT

Slackel KDE 4.8.5 Has Firefox 15

Slackel KDE 4.8.5, a Slackware-based Linux operating system, has been announced yesterday, September 2nd, by Dimitris Tzemos. This release brings various new features and improvements. Slackel KDE 4.8.5 highlights: • Firefox 15.0 has been added; • KMail and Ktorrent are the main networking applications ...

4 September 2012
04:04 GMT

Protein Promoting DNA Repair Identified

A group of investigators at the University of Rochester, in the United Kingdom, announces the discovery of a protein that appears to play an important role in promoting DNA repair in cells. The molecule is apparently present in smaller amounts when the cells get older. A long time ago, researchers discovered that l...

4 September 2012
04:02 GMT

Michael Clarke Duncan Dies at 54

One of the most instantly recognizable stars in Hollywood has passed away: Michael Clarke Duncan, nominated for an Academy Award for his work on “The Green Mile” is dead. He was just 54 years old. In July this year, Duncan suffered a myocardial infarction: he was discovered in time by his girlfriend, who...

4 September 2012
04:02 GMT

There Is Now a Mass Producer of 4K2K Displays

4K2K HDTVs have been promoted for months, but they haven't actually been available for consumers to buy. They aren't really in mass production in fact. This will soon change, though. According to Digitimes, Taiwan-based Chimei Innolux (CMI) will start mass-producing UD panels by October (2012). 4K2K is ...

4 September 2012
03:58 GMT

Anonymous Group Holds Data on 12 Million iPhones, iPads and Their Owners, from the FBI

Hackers and hacker groups are always trying to outdo each other and always trying to grab attention, so everything they say should be taken with a grain of salt. That said, there have been so many breaches at so many places with hilariously bad security practices that there's not much that will surprise us as th...

4 September 2012
03:57 GMT

New Medal of Honor: Warfighter Video Shows Off SEAL Snipers

A brand new video with the upcoming Medal of Honor: Warfighter game has appeared on the web, this time focusing on the SEAL Snipers who make sure that their comrades on the ground won’t be ambushed during their various missions. Medal of Honor: Warfighter once again puts players in the shoes of various Tier 1 ...

4 September 2012
03:47 GMT

Unseen Photos of Steve Jobs from 1984

A set of images shot by photographer Norman Seeff for Steve Jobs' Rolling Stone feature is now available to the public for the very first time since 1984. The famous photo of the young Steve Jobs sitting in a lotus position holding a Macintosh in his lap is just one of the numerous images taken at his home and ...

4 September 2012
03:46 GMT

Mind-Controlled Prosthetic Leg in the Works

Spinal cord victims may soon regain some of their mobility, if a device currently under development continues to perform the way its creators want it to. The robotic prosthetic limb is powered entirely by brain waves, and could enter mainstream use soon. Prosthetic limb technology is an area of heavy interest for s...

4 September 2012
03:42 GMT

Native Quick Messages Included in CyanogenMod 10

The developers behind the CyanogenMod code have announced a new feature coming soon to all devices powered by their Jelly Bean-based CM 10 builds, namely Native Quick Messages. The enhanced SMS application was designed to provide users with a notification as soon as a new message arrived, and to enable them to resp...

4 September 2012
03:36 GMT

Scottish People Now Concerned About Iceland's Fishing Practices

The fact that several international debates revolve around fish stocks and sustainable fishing is no news. Therefore, it needs not come as such a big surprise that Scotland is now determined to get Iceland to cut down on the amounts of mackerel its fishing boats take out of the water, supposedly because the latter&...

4 September 2012
03:33 GMT

IFA 2012: TRENDnet AC1750 Dual-Band Wireless Router

While in Berlin, Germany, we stopped a bit at the booth that TRENDnet had set up. The product that caught our eye was the TEW-812DRU. Priced at $179.99 / 142-179.99 Euro, the AC1750 dual-band wireless router has actually been available since June. We still felt that it warranted a few pictures though. After all, no...

4 September 2012
03:32 GMT

O2 UK Says No to Android 4.0 ICS for Xperia Arc, Ray and Neo

Sony’s 2011 Xperia smartphone have already received the long-awaited Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update in most regions. However, there are still some carriers that have yet to approve the rollout of the upgrade to some of these Xperia handsets. Unfortunately, O2 UK customers won’t be among the lucky ...

4 September 2012
03:21 GMT

digiKam 2.9.0 Fixes Slideshow Feature

digiKam, a digital photo-management application for KDE and Linux, which includes an image editor for photo corrections and manipulation, is now at version 2.9.0. Highlights of digiKam 2.9.0: · The slideshow time can now be configured with the help of a toolbar button; · Local contrast plugin issues ...

4 September 2012
03:18 GMT

Battlefield 3: Armored Kill Assignments and Achievements Revealed

DICE has revealed the full list of assignments and achievements that are included in its upcoming Battlefield 3: Armored Kill expansion, confirming both the ones that are open to all players and those that can be unlocked only by owners of the Battlefield Premium bundle. Battlefield 3 came out last year and its mult...

4 September 2012
03:15 GMT

Funcom Is Committed to Long-Term Secret World Support

Despite smaller than expected sales since its July launch, The Secret World will continue to get support, in the form of more content and balance updates, during the coming months. Ragnar Tornquist, who is the leader of Funcom and the main developer behind the game, has stated, “The Secret World has a bright f...

4 September 2012
03:06 GMT

Galaxy Note 2 Features S Cloud, Dropbox Integration

Galaxy Note 2, Samsung’s second phablet out there, is expected to arrive on shelves with S Cloud packed inside, a video shot at the IFA 2012 show in Berlin unveils. Coming from BestBoyZ, the clip above shows not only that the feature will be loaded on Galaxy Note 2 at launch, but that it would also feature Dr...

4 September 2012
03:03 GMT

Desktop Firefox to Get a Reader Mode by the End of the Year

Firefox is getting a "Reader Mode" designed to make it easier to actually read the stuff we find online among all the banners, toolbars, sidebars, ads and everything else. Yes, Firefox for Android already has a Reader Mode, but the desktop browser is getting one as well. It's going to take a while, 16 weeks at ...

4 September 2012
03:03 GMT

Samsung May Have Suffered a Technology Theft Worth Hundreds of Millions of Dollars, Loses Two OLED TVs

Samsung's booth at IFA 2012 is large and literally filled with products and people checking them out, so we did not actually notice that the company was missing two OLED TVs when we were there. Alas, the exhibition is, in fact, short of two such products. Though the full collection of displays left South Korea...

4 September 2012
03:02 GMT

Miniature Quantum Chips Brought Closer to Reality

A group of investigators from the University of Bristol Center for Quantum Photonics announces the development of a new silicon chip, which they say could be used to usher in a new generation of quantum computing devices. Details of the chip will be presented between September 4-9, at the 2012 British Science Festi...

4 September 2012
02:58 GMT

Waste Oil Can Serve to Produce Bioplastics, Researchers Argue

A team of scientists working with the University of Wolverhampton, UK, now claim to have discovered a way to use waste oil in order to produce bioplastics. As they explain, their finding yields two major benefits: firstly, contamination of natural ecosystem is to be significantly diminished; secondly, medical scien...

4 September 2012
02:56 GMT

Hackers Leak 1 Million iPhone / iPad UDIDs into the Wild

Antisec, a well-known group of hackers, broke into an FBI laptop and downloaded a list of 12 million iPhones complete with UDIDs (unique device identifier), of which 1 million got leaked out. The hacker group has reportedly released a dump of 1 million unique identifiers from iOS devices late last night. The hackers...

4 September 2012
02:50 GMT

Wireless Charging Pad for Nokia Lumia 920 Leaks Online

One of the great features that Nokia is set to include inside its upcoming Windows Phone 8 devices has been recently rumored to be wireless charging. Present at least inside the high-end Nokia Lumia 920 smartphone, the feature will allow users to charge their phones by simply placing them on the wireless charging p...

4 September 2012
02:45 GMT

LittleBigPlanet for the PS Vita Goes Gold, Out This September

Sony and developers Tarsier Studios and Double Eleven have confirmed that LittleBigPlanet for the PS Vita has gone gold and is ready to be released onto the handheld platform later this month. LittleBigPlanet introduced the Play, Create, Share strategy that emphasized user-generated content and has attracted lots of...

4 September 2012
02:36 GMT

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Card Faster Than GTX 580 and AMD Radeon HD 7870, Benchmarked

New generations of graphics adapters wouldn't be worth releasing if they didn't clearly outclass their predecessors in some fashion, and NVIDIA is determined to prove that its GeForce 600 definitely is a good deal better than 500. The GeForce GTX 680 and 670 have been around for some time, but the GTX 660...

4 September 2012
02:33 GMT

Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Gets World Tekken Federation Social Service

Publisher Namco Bandai has announced the launch of the free World Tekken Federation, a premium online service linked to Tekken Tag Tournament 2, allowing players to interact with one another via a social platform and track various player information. Carlson Choi, who is the vice president of marketing at the divisi...

4 September 2012
02:31 GMT

New Photo of BlackBerry 10 L-Series (Full Touch) Emerges

For all those enthusiasts who are eagerly waiting for Research In Motion to go official with its first handsets running under the upcoming BlackBerry 10 operating system, some new goodies have emerged online. Among them, we can count a new photo of the platform’s UI, which is reportedly showing it running on ...

4 September 2012
02:22 GMT

SystemRescueCd 3.0.0 Adds UEFI Booting Support

François Dupoux proudly announced a few hours ago, September 3rd, the immediate availability for download of the SystemRescueCd 3.0.0 Linux-based operating system for rescue and recovery tasks. Highlights of SystemRescueCd 3.0.0:· Added support for loading extra SRM module files (System Rescue Modules);...

4 September 2012
00:37 GMT


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