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Gamma-ray bursts (GRB) are among the most peculiar phenomena in the Universe. Their sources are not very well known, although some evidence exists of possible origins. Since they were first discovered, some 50 years ago, they have sparked excitement in the scientific community, and have made astronomers believe that ... |
4 November 2009
21:51 GMT |
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Museums around the world are currently starting to introduce a new type of exhibits in their collections, and namely the 3D models of existing works. Each valuable artifact is scanned using advanced technology, and is then faithfully replicated in a three-dimensional, digital environment. This is done so that, i... |
4 November 2009
19:21 GMT |
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Zelda is one of the biggest franchises Nintendo has under its belt and it makes sense for it to use the best technology the company has to offer. So, a lot of people already believed that the next Zelda videogame for the Nintendo Wii would make use of the Motion Plus add-on for the Wiimote to offer a better gameplay ... |
4 November 2009
16:41 GMT |
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The European Space Agency (ESA), the operator of the newly-launched Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity Satellite (SMOS), has announced today that the instrument has successfully deployed its three-antenna arms, which was the most delicate process in the commissioning phase. The Living Planet Program components are curr... |
4 November 2009
16:11 GMT |
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Modern Warfare 2 is set to be released on November 10 by Activision and Infinity Ward on the PC, the Xbox 360 from Microsoft and the PlayStation 3 from Sony. One very important platform missing from the list is the Nintendo Wii, a device that received a port of the original Modern Warfare when it came out in 2007. Bu... |
4 November 2009
15:41 GMT |
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Near Field Communication, also known as NFC, is a technology that allows for very short-range wireless communication between two mobile devices, for example. The touch-based system is very simple and intuitive to use, and makes data transfers between two terminals accessible. All that users need to do is bring their ... |
4 November 2009
14:51 GMT |
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It has often been argued that a woman’s best way to cope with stress or any kind of strong and negative emotion is to hit the shops armed with nothing but a credit card and plenty of patience. It’s called the wonders of a little retail therapy and, according to many, it’s guaranteed to boost spirits... |
4 November 2009
14:51 GMT |
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Former Miss California USA and the Miss California USA beauty pageant have finally found a way to agree on something, following months of verbal and legal dispute over the former’s firing from the competition in the aftermath of the homophobe-comments scandal. According to TMZ, Prejean has dropped the discrimin... |
4 November 2009
13:31 GMT |
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Initial performance for DJ Hero, the most recent music game spin off from Activision, seems rather weak, with the title just breaking into the United Kingdom top 20 sales charts and with North American customers not flocking to pick it up, despite the fact that most reviewers praised it for the way it simulates the a... |
4 November 2009
13:21 GMT |
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Concomitantly with the worldwide general availability of Windows 7, on October 22nd, 2009, Microsoft also released a collection of new content designed to enable users of certain editions of the operating system to personalize their desktops. The Personalization Gallery on Windows.com is an online nook dedicated to o... |
4 November 2009
12:21 GMT |
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After nothing but rumors for the past couple of weeks, Microsoft has finally decided to break out the heavy guns and give a complete look at the rewards system for the Xbox Live. The program is only available as long as you've been invited, and Microsoft started handing the invitations out yesterday. The Xbox Li... |
4 November 2009
12:01 GMT |
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Facebook may be winning the social wars for now but Google is not giving up just yet. At first glance, Google may not be exactly the first that pops into your head when you think social features but that's because it’s taking a different approach than Facebook for example, a less successful one though so f... |
4 November 2009
11:40 GMT |
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Windows Mobile 7, the next iteration of Microsoft's mobile operating system, which should emerge into the wild sometime in late 2010, is expected to include a great deal of enhancements over the previous flavors of the platform. Microsoft has already been reported to plan adding to it features like Zune services... |
4 November 2009
11:24 GMT |
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Misumena vatiaspider is a species of spiders that, because of its mouthful of a name, is more widely known for its amazing trait. The females in this species are able to camouflage themselves perfectly, mimicking the color of whatever flower they happen to be lurking on, while waiting for some insect to drop by. In a... |
4 November 2009
11:12 GMT |
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Only days after the interview Robert Pattinson did with Vanity Fair came out, in which he stressed that he and co-star Kristen Stewart were just close friends, talk of their dating is again making headlines. The two “Twilight” stars have recently spent the night together at the popular celebrity hotspot C... |
4 November 2009
11:11 GMT |
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While Windows 7 technologies are, as a general rule, available exclusively with the latest iteration of the Windows client from Microsoft, there also are exceptions. Illustrative examples are DirectX 11, which will be backported to Windows Vista, a smaller part of the Platform Update for Windows Vista, which features... |
4 November 2009
10:57 GMT |
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Apple has confirmed that its iTunes App Store now holds over 100,000 iPhone and iPod touch applications, making it the largest application store in the world. A wide range of apps in 20 categories, including games, business, news, sports, health, reference and travel, is available for iPhone and iPod touch owners in ... |
4 November 2009
10:47 GMT |
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The Windows Mobile 6.5-based HTC HD2 has been announced earlier today to already be on its way to Europe, and also to come to the Asian market before the year's end, while US users will receive it officially in early 2010, and now it can be admired on T-Mobile's website. The handset was previously present o... |
4 November 2009
10:41 GMT |
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Twitter can't figure out how to make money from its service, or just doesn't want to rush into things, but others have started making some revenue on the microblogging service. Now, Amazon has come up with an interesting proposal. In an email, the company notified members of Amazon Associates that it had in... |
4 November 2009
10:37 GMT |
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Rihanna and Mariah Carey reportedly put on such diva attitudes at a Halloween bash that the latter threw over the weekend that their behavior towards each other inevitably made headlines. Rihanna, for one, didn’t want to move across the room to greet the host of the party, while Mariah herself was so upset over... |
4 November 2009
10:34 GMT |
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Scientists at the Rice University have recently announced that they finished the painstaking and laborious work of browsing through thousands of genes and proteins, in order to discover the explanation for our biological complexity. One of the main reasons why we are like this today is the fact that we have evolved i... |
4 November 2009
10:16 GMT |
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TOCA Race Driver (known in Japan as PRO Race Driver) is a videogame developed and published by the Codemasters Software Company Limited. The game was released on the PlayStation 2 console from Sony, the original Xbox from Microsoft and the PC platform in December 2002. The title can be described as a racing and drivi... |
4 November 2009
10:11 GMT |
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Wireless carrier AT&T has sued Verizon Wireless over the “There's a Map for That” commercials Big Red has been airing for quite some time now, and which are aimed at the “There's an App for That” ads Apple delivers for its iPhone. According to AT&T, that filed the lawsuit on Tuesday,... |
4 November 2009
10:02 GMT |
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Microsoft plans to release a testing development milestone of its next generation data platform by the end of this month. The Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) Community Summit acted as the stage for Microsoft’s Ted Kummert, senior vice president of the Business Platform Division, to reveal that a ... |
4 November 2009
09:58 GMT |
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Nicole Kidman is usually one of the most private celebrities in showbiz, often going to extreme lengths to keep her personal life away from the prying eye of the cameras of the paparazzi. However, she makes an exception in the latest issue of the British GQ, where she agrees to discuss topics as off-limits until now ... |
4 November 2009
09:54 GMT |
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Prevx, one of the pioneers of cloud-based antivirus solutions, has launched a new product that is able to protect online banking transactions even on already infected computers. Dubbed Prevx SafeOnline, it runs at the lower level of the OS in order to keep HTTPS browsing sessions secure.Online banking fraud is an eve... |
4 November 2009
09:51 GMT |
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The Cambridge, Massachusetts-based BIND Biosciences, a start-up, is currently working on a new method of creating nanoparticle-enclosed drugs, which have, in test trials, proven to be extremely effective at destroying cancer cells in tumors. In charge of the work is head of process development, Greg Troiano, who over... |
4 November 2009
09:49 GMT |
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Google Chrome is still behind other browsers in some aspects. Extensions are especially lacking when compared with Firefox and, judging by their popularity for the Mozilla browser, they could be a huge asset for Chrome. Right now, extension support is a little lacking, but development is moving fast and an upcoming f... |
4 November 2009
09:47 GMT |
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GameStop has managed to break one of its records with the help of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. What was previously the biggest recorded number of preorders for a single title has been shattered by Infinity Ward's first-person shooter. The game, promising to outdo the first Modern Warfare, generated a huge amo... |
4 November 2009
09:31 GMT |
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Redmond-based software giant Microsoft is already known to plan to come to the market with a new flavor of Office Mobile, and it seems that the software giant might deliver an insight into the upcoming version as soon as the TechEd Europe conference will kick off in Berlin. Office Mobile 2010 is one of the versions o... |
4 November 2009
09:30 GMT |
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Having just announced its new series of Nano 3000 processors, designed specifically to meet the performance requirements of ultraportable computer enthusiasts, VIA Technologies has informed about the debut of its AMOS-5000 chassis kit. The new product has been built to meet the physical specifications of the Em-ITX f... |
4 November 2009
09:10 GMT |
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Microsoft is moving forward with its tradition of releasing massive updates to its mapping, search and location platform. According to the Redmond company, the latest refresh to Bing Maps, formerly referred to as Virtual Earth, introduces an additional 9,460 square kilometers of imagery. Although Microsoft only offe... |
4 November 2009
09:03 GMT |
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Ed Hamrick (Hamrick Software) has released a new version of the powerful scanning application he develops, VueScan. Available immediately for download, VueScan 8.5.38 adds support for new HP scanners, as well as new language support, while fixing a couple of bugs found in previous versions of the software. Newly add... |
4 November 2009
09:01 GMT |
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The tension between the EU and Oracle may be mounting, as the Competition Commission is getting ready to release a formal statement of objection to the deal. This is usually the first step towards blocking a deal, but it serves more as a warning rather than a real threat. Oracle has refused to make any concession reg... |
4 November 2009
08:57 GMT |
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Not long ago, we were telling you that Tyra Banks had lost some weight – dropped four dresses sizes, to be more accurate – and that she was saying how she felt and looked greater than ever. Inspired by the change she made in her own life, the former model is now on a mission to help other women as well lo... |
4 November 2009
08:51 GMT |
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Scientists from the Lund University Vision Group recently discovered that birds require between 5 and 20 times as much light as the human eye does in order to perceive colors. As a direct result, their color vision decays much earlier in the day than our own, for example. More precisely, the experts determined that, ... |
4 November 2009
08:50 GMT |
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South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung Electronics announced today the launch of its Wireless Olympic Works (WOW) communications platform. The company, which is the Official Worldwide Olympic Partner in Wireless Communications Equipment, is delivering publicly a solution that has been built to offer users the possib... |
4 November 2009
08:48 GMT |
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Back in mid-September, the Palo Alto, California-based HP officially announced the debut of its new line of ENVY laptops, introducing the ENVY 13 and ENVY 15 models. Designed to provide users with a choice for two different portable computer systems, the two laptops distinguish themselves from the rest thanks to the ... |
4 November 2009
08:43 GMT |
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Over the past few years, a number of groundbreaking discoveries have been made that could easily change the ways in which we look at producing electronics. Advancements have been registered on all fronts, including in nanotechnology (smaller wires), polymers (organic electronics), and, last but not least, materials. ... |
4 November 2009
08:21 GMT |
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Just as it backported technologies specific of Windows 7 to Windows Vista, Microsoft is also making available bits and pieces of Windows Server 2008 R2 (Windows 7 Server) for customers running Windows Server 2008. Released to web at the end of October 2009, the Platform Update for Windows Vista was accompanied by the... |
4 November 2009
07:58 GMT |
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Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness is the fourth game of the series on the DS. Here, players will be able to choose one of two playable characters, Mark or Chelsea, and recover from a shipwreck that has left them stranded on a deserted island. Once populated in the past, the island will now be home to their character ... |
4 November 2009
07:55 GMT |
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Taiwan-based mobile phone maker HTC Corporation has announced today that the highly anticipated Windows Mobile 6.5-powered HTC HD2 smartphone is already shipping on the European market, and that it will arrive in Taiwan via Taiwan Mobile starting with mid-November. In addition, the company has also stated that the ne... |
4 November 2009
07:46 GMT |
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Microsoft has drastically overhauled the MSN butterfly logo and the portal that goes along with it, but not all of the website’s 600 million visitors per month will be able to enjoy the changes. The Redmond company has limited the MSN redesign, which it catalogued as the most significant MSN home page revamp i... |
4 November 2009
07:44 GMT |
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Dragon Age: Origins is officially out and on its feet and I've already managed to get about four hours of gameplay. The level of excitement I have for the game surpasses the one I had for Borderlands, mainly because I'm a lot more attracted to the “fantasy-sword-clashing” genre than to the first... |
4 November 2009
07:40 GMT |
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Motion control is coming into its own in a big way. The Nintendo Wii has had it for some time but a lot of people dismissed it as just a gimmick to bring in more casual players but now the Xbox 360 is getting Project Natal set to arrive at some point in 2010, while the PlayStation 3 is getting the motion tracking wan... |
4 November 2009
07:25 GMT |
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A bit of a Nordic rivalry is heating up between Sweden and Finland, but a type of rivalry anyone can get behind of. Just a couple of weeks after Finland announced its plans to make broadband connections a legal right, Sweden is following suit with plans of its own. Regardless of whether it's national pride or a ... |
4 November 2009
07:17 GMT |
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Although they say there is not a woman (or only very few) who wouldn’t want to be Angelina Jolie at least for a single day, Kristen Stewart says she’s not in the game for fame and recognition. In a new interview, cited by Us Magazine, the “Twilight” saga star explains how she wants to be an ac... |
4 November 2009
07:13 GMT |
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Since its debut, a netbook was seen as a small-sized, low-power and low-cost computer system that could provide the end-user with a portable, Internet-capable computing solution. However, this type of devices has grown to something quite different, incorporating new features that have ultimately made it compete with ... |
4 November 2009
07:11 GMT |
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The adoption of smartphones on the market has increased significantly during the past few quarters, and most of you might already know that these devices are expected to drive the mobile phone market upwards. In addition, the mobile phone segment of the market is also expected to increase greatly in emerging countrie... |
4 November 2009
07:03 GMT |
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There are third-party applications that offer parents the option to monitor and control child activities on the computer, but Windows 7, just as its precursor, comes with parental control capabilities by default. From the account of computer administrator, users can turn on Parental Controls and ensure that the setti... |
4 November 2009
06:57 GMT |
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TOCA Race Driver 2 is a videogame developed and published by the Codemasters Software Company Limited. It was released for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony, the original Xbox from Microsoft, the PlayStation Portable handheld and the PC platform on April 13, 2004. The title can be classed as a racing simulation fea... |
4 November 2009
06:52 GMT |
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Leading Smart Grid solutions provider Silver Spring Networks announced today that it welcomed Rick Simonson, Head of Mobile Phones for Finland-based Nokia, to the list of its Board of Directors members. According to the company, Rick Simonson, who previously served as Chief Financial Officer at Nokia, will chair the ... |
4 November 2009
06:46 GMT |
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There have been many rumors about AMD's upcoming desktop platforms, especially since the world's second largest chip maker is expected to up the performance ante with the release of its first, consumer-grade, six-core processors, codenamed Thuban. On that note, it appears that the rumor mill continues to tu... |
4 November 2009
06:46 GMT |
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Rihanna is finally upping the ante on the promotion of her upcoming album, the much-hyped “Rated R,” from which fans have already heard something, the first single, “Russian Roulette.” Shortly after it was released, “Wait Your Turn (The Wait Is Ova)” leaked on the Internet and, jus... |
4 November 2009
06:42 GMT |
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As the first Harvest Moon title to come to the DS, the game will have players manage the well-being of a farm. They'll have to tend to the livestock and grow all manners of crops. Their farm can be upgraded to handle new tasks, like holding additional livestock or a more elaborate kitchen to cook their food. The... |
4 November 2009
06:40 GMT |
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The game might not have performed well with the fans, but it seems like Japanese retailers treat it as if it's the bubonic plague. When it was first released on July 30, King Of Fighters XII was priced at ¥7,140, or $79 at today's exchange rate, but, now, the title is being thrown out of stores at ¥... |
4 November 2009
06:30 GMT |
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Although Parallels Inc. is yet to issue a formal announcement via its press room, the company has revealed the availability of Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac OS X. The new version of the virtualization program permits users to install Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7 in three easy steps, and boasts Snow Leopard o... |
4 November 2009
06:28 GMT |
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Dimitris Papadatos proudly announced on November 3rd that the fourth edition of Monomaxos Greek operating system was now also available for English users! Being based on Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope), Monomaxos 4.0 comes as a 1.7 GB Live DVD and it offers out of the box support for HD (High-Definition) video files a... |
4 November 2009
06:26 GMT |
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In a recent poll, in which 10,000 people got the chance to have their say, the X-ray machine was voted as the most important innovation of the century. More than 50,000 votes were recorded in the Science Museum of London inquiry, which saw X-rays defeat things like penicillin and steam engine. All of the ten objects ... |
4 November 2009
06:23 GMT |
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ebay is moving forward with the next phase of its payment platform, PayPal, by opening it up to developers. The new API, dubbed PayPal X, was announced last summer, but eBay is finally ready to make it available to everyone wanting to integrate some sort of payment option into their app or site. This is the first ste... |
4 November 2009
06:17 GMT |
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The global mobile industry leaders consortium, LiMo Foundation, announced today the launch of Vodafone 360 Samsung M1, the second handset powered by the LiMo Platform Release 2 (R2). The new device is set to provide users with a great deal of capabilities, including the feature-rich, highly customizable Vodafone 360 ... |
4 November 2009
06:14 GMT |
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When it first unveiled Opera Unite in mid-2009, Opera Software stressed the fact that it had positioned the plain vanilla Opera spin-off as a platform in itself, rather than as a simple browser. In this regard, the Norway-based browser maker released not just Opera Unite, but also the necessary development tools desi... |
4 November 2009
06:06 GMT |
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LaCie, one of the most recognizable brands on the market for computer storage solutions, has just announced that it has teamed up with Neil Poulton to design a new NAS server. Part of the company's growing line of consumer storage solutions, the new Network Space 2 will provide customers with a choice for up to ... |
4 November 2009
06:03 GMT |
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The smartphone market in China has seen strong growth lately, marking a rise of more than 30 percent in shipments in 2008 when compared to the previous year. According to a recent report from In-Stat, smartphones accounted for around 15.3 percent of the total shipments of mobile phones in the country last year, compa... |
4 November 2009
05:55 GMT |
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It would appear that the brains of Arabic speakers do not process Literary Arabic as a mother tongue, but rather as a second language. The conclusion was drawn by experts at the University of Haifa Department of Learning Disabilities, who were led by Dr. Raphiq Ibrahim. He is a scientist at the UH Edmond J. Safra Bra... |
4 November 2009
05:53 GMT |
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Yesterday, Electronic Arts announced that it planned to release a new downloadable-content pack for its boxing simulator, Fight Night Round 4. The pack will be ready in the early days of December for both the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3. The DLC is priced at 800 Microsoft Points on the Xbox Live, while the PlaySta... |
4 November 2009
05:43 GMT |
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Yahoo isn't giving up on search just yet and, in fact, it's looking to compete with its main rivals in the real-time search space. Both Google and Bing have announced deals with Twitter to include data from the microblogging service inside the search results. Yahoo, though, is taking another route by partne... |
4 November 2009
05:33 GMT |
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SuperMegaUltraGroovy has released a new version of TapeDeck for Mac OS X. Designed with a quick-capture workflow in mind, TapeDeck is a simple, but useful, audio recorder that leverages Core Animation. According to the people at SuperMegaUltraGroovy, high-quality recordings are now made using the Apple Lossless Audio... |
4 November 2009
05:33 GMT |
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Several forums, most of them on the shady side of the Internet where pirates congregate, are reporting that the PC and the Xbox 360 versions of Modern Warfare 2 have already been leaked or sold early by some retailers and that pirates have ripped the contents and are offering them online.The leaks are unusual, given ... |
4 November 2009
05:30 GMT |
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Canadian mobile phone carrier Rogers has just made available a new mobile phone that runs under Google's Android operating system, the LG Eve. This way, it becomes the third Android-based device Rogers offers to its users, following the previous availability of HTC Dream and HTC Magic, the first two handsets to ... |
4 November 2009
05:25 GMT |
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Singer Mariah Carey always manages to strike an impeccable pose, regardless of whether she’s on the red carpet at some A-list gala or on Halloween night, dressed as an angel whose attire might be described as the direct result of a bad case of fever. Her recent appearance on Jay Leno though was the excepti... |
4 November 2009
05:24 GMT |
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The market for ultraportable computer systems continues to expand with new designs, every day, with Intel's CULV platform powering the majority of these systems. While it may seem challenging to come out with a new design for the same hardware platform, as compared with what the competition has to offer, Gigabyt... |
4 November 2009
05:22 GMT |
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Driver: Parallel Lines is a videogame developed by Reflections Interactive Limited and published by Atari. Inc. The game was released for the PlayStation 2 home console from Sony, the original Xbox from Microsoft, the Nintendo Wii and the PC in March 2006. It is classed as a racing title played from a third person pe... |
4 November 2009
05:12 GMT |
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Time (in partnership with CNN) has compiled a list of gadgets that are most suitable for traveling, going by the magazine's standards. Although, for one reason or another, the Slingbox Pro-HD tops the list of ‘Best Travel Gadgets of 2009,’ Softpedia was happy to find Apple’s MacBook and iPod to... |
4 November 2009
05:06 GMT |
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Flower, Sun, and Rain follows Sumio Mondo, a man whose job is to find whatever it is that people lose. After he fails to defuse a bomb placed in an airport, Sumio ends up reliving the same day over and over again, continuously being forced to face his failure. The game seems to follow the classic story of “Grou... |
4 November 2009
04:59 GMT |
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Password and account management is one of the biggest hassles to people using any sort of online service. Nobody likes to keep track of dozens of passwords, but, on the other hand, using one password across several sites opens up the door to all kinds of troubles. This problem isn't exactly new, but, despite sev... |
4 November 2009
04:54 GMT |
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The project debuted by Microsoft Technical Fellow Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell continues to evolve in Redmond, with an update version of the suite now available for download. On November 3rd, 2009, the Redmond company refreshed various components of the Windows Sysinternals suite, all of which were immediatel... |
4 November 2009
04:53 GMT |
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Intel's Atom processor, namely the successful 1.6GHz Atom N270 model, has found its way into a wide range of products, including some very interesting designs. Ranging from netbooks to nettops and other similar computer systems, the Atom N270 continues to be one of the most successful Intel products. On that not... |
4 November 2009
04:52 GMT |
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In October, a Collector's Edition of Splinter Cell: Conviction made an appearance on an Australian retailer's website. The pack, meant for the PC and Xbox 306, included a bonus DVD, a comic, a Sam Fisher figurine, and a code to download the original Xbox game Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory over Xbox Live. Not ... |
4 November 2009
04:51 GMT |
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Agile Web Solutions claims 1Password 3 is the biggest upgrade in the program’s history. The new version is still in beta, but adds many new features and enhancements. Version 3.0.0.BETA-83 (build 30083) is now available for download to all existing users, as well as newcomers. “This is a beta so you shou... |
4 November 2009
04:42 GMT |
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People usually take many things for granted, including the ability to always appear in motion in a static world. The human brain is able to receive constant updates from all its sensors – eyes, ears, skin, nose and so on – and then update our position in real-time. When this happens cursively, we understa... |
4 November 2009
04:41 GMT |
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It seems that in spite of the rivalry between Guitar Hero and Rock Band, most of the players who are interested in music simulators try both of them although they might not spend money on both series.A study was conducted by GamerDNA and DFC Intelligence on a sample of 10,000 players of the Xbox 360 home gaming conso... |
4 November 2009
04:30 GMT |
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The recent focus on the PlayStation 3, with the redesign process beginning in 2008 and with the recent launch of the Slim version and the price cut, has been detrimental to the health of the PlayStation Portable as a viable gaming platform. Now, Sony is aiming to shift focus to its mobile gaming platform and challeng... |
4 November 2009
04:28 GMT |
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Developers will agree that code is never perfect as opposed to being always perfectible. This holds true for mammoth software products like the Windows platform, but also for smaller applications designed to run on top of the OS, and even for malicious code targeting the operating system. Microsoft has warned users t... |
4 November 2009
04:21 GMT |
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ScreenFlow is a professional screencasting studio for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard and, with the release of version 2.0, for Snow Leopard too. The application was crowned Best Leopard App at WWDC '08. Version 2.0 is a $29.00 paid upgrade and will require a new 2.0 serial number. Telestream’s ScreenFlow allows it... |
4 November 2009
04:12 GMT |
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Shigeru Miyamoto first started working for Nintendo in 1977 and gave birth to the first real masterpiece of gaming for the company in 1981, in the form of the original Donkey Kong. Since then, the game designer became responsible for other legends of gaming like the Super Mario franchise, The Legend of Zelda game ser... |
4 November 2009
04:11 GMT |
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Days ago, 22-year-old Hailey Glassman did a special 2-part interview in which she said the man she loved, none other than Jon Gosselin of the “Jon & Kate Plus 8” reality show fame, was emotionally abusive to her. Hours later, Jon also did a series of interviews, saying he supported Glassman in everything ... |
4 November 2009
04:11 GMT |
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Sunnyvale, California-based Advanced Micro Devices, the world's second largest manufacturer of computer processors, has just released a new revision for its high-end Phenom II X4 965 desktop processor. Specifically designed to meet the performance requirements of computer enthusiasts, the new CPU now features a ... |
4 November 2009
04:03 GMT |
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Paleontologists have recently identified a new species of dinosaur that they believe is the oldest known ancestor of the mighty Tyrannosaurus Rex, one of the most fearsome predators to have ever lived. The 170-million-years-old beast was only 10 feet (about 3 meters) in length, and featured a tiny horn on its snout. ... |
4 November 2009
03:59 GMT |
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Skype's legal troubles may finally be heading towards a resolution, as the parties involved are closer to a settlement. But, as expected, there are a couple of concessions that the company had to make in order to make things work. The agreement is between Skype's founders, the ones behind all of the lawsuit... |
4 November 2009
03:58 GMT |
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Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia announced today the launch of five new mobile phones for its Nokia Life Tools, as well as that of the service in Indonesia, starting with early December 2009. The service, as many of you might already know, is aimed at consumers in small towns and rural areas, and has just been enhanc... |
4 November 2009
03:54 GMT |
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Not many are those who like Michael Lohan, mostly because he’s made a habit out of discussing with the media issues that he should probably keep private, such as his daughter’s alleged drug and alcohol problem and her hectic personal life. However, being liked is not on Mr. Lohan’s to-do list, as he... |
4 November 2009
03:45 GMT |
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As if working the night shift wasn't difficult and demanding enough, scientists have recently determined that ingesting caffeine can also have a negative effect on people's bodies during the day. That is to say, if workers drink coffee or energy drinks as they work, they may be cutting the branch from under... |
4 November 2009
03:41 GMT |
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Microsoft has made available for download an automatic fix designed to resolve failed upgrades from Windows Vista to Windows 7 in scenarios in which the process gets stuck at 64% indefinitely. With Windows 7 having hit the shelves on October 22nd, 2009, eligible users running Vista proceeded to upgrade to their recen... |
4 November 2009
03:21 GMT |
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All is good in Kirby land as he enjoys his delicious picnic, but all that goes terribly wrong when someone snatches his strawberry cake. It turns out that, once again, the villain behind this insidious deed is none other than his eternal foe, King Dedede. He wastes no time in pursuing him and, along the way, he meets... |
4 November 2009
03:16 GMT |
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Blacksn0w, a free unlock tool for the latest iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS models, is now live. Available for download from the blackra1n.com website, or by adding the repository http://blackra1n.com in Cydia’s Manage->Sources panel, Blacksn0w is described by its creator as “a super simple jailbreak used ... |
4 November 2009
03:13 GMT |
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Activision has announced the first pieces of downloadable content for its recently released DJ Hero, with two packs set to arrive during November and more content planned as support for the title after that. Players who have gone through the 93 mixes that are part of the disc-based element of DJ Hero can now head to ... |
4 November 2009
03:12 GMT |
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Twitter is finally going international and is now announcing that the service is available in Spanish, the first step towards the introduction of several new languages. The translation effort mirrors that of Facebook, as it uses volunteers to provide translations to all of the pages and features on Twitter. The move ... |
4 November 2009
03:10 GMT |
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Considering the tight outfits and flashy costumes, one would think that the American comic-book heroes are anything but shy. However, Captain America and the golden-fleeced Thor, considering how much they're milking the poor god, have been cowering behind the stage's curtain for two years now, and it seems ... |
4 November 2009
03:09 GMT |
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The market for Flash-based storage solutions continues to grow, especially since the new USB 3.0 interface is expected to become the connectivity standard for the majority of USB Flash drives and other USB devices, thanks to its improved transfer rates. On that note, Super Talent, one of the world's leading vend... |
4 November 2009
03:05 GMT |
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The American space agency's MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry and Ranging (MESSENGER) space probe is currently orbiting around in the inner solar system, on a course that will set it into Mercury's orbit in early 2011. The probe has just recently completed its third and final flyby of the inn... |
4 November 2009
03:05 GMT |
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It’s been precisely nine months since Chris Brown, Rihanna’s boyfriend of earlier this year, lashed out at her on a side alley and brutally pounded her with his fists until she was rendered unconscious. The assault case must have been one of the most mediated of our times, but Rihanna is just now opening ... |
4 November 2009
02:59 GMT |
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Mobile-phone carrier Verizon Wireless is set to deliver to the market on November 6 its first handset running under Google's Android operating system, the Motorola DROID, and it has just announced that it plans to open its stores earlier that day. According to the operator, this move is aimed at offering its cus... |
4 November 2009
02:58 GMT |
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Security expert Symantec has discovered what it refers to as an OSX.Loosemaque threat cleverly disguised as a classic video and targeting unsuspecting Mac users. Trojan.Loosemaque is designed to look like a Space Invaders/Galaga style game that deletes a file from your home directory, for every alien ship you destroy... |
4 November 2009
02:51 GMT |
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An Italian team argued some time ago that it had discovered dark matter, in a statement that shocked the world of astrophysics. However, when other research groups wanted to replicate the experiments, they had a very difficult time doing so. It may be that they will have to reach the same conclusion as the Italians, ... |
4 November 2009
02:47 GMT |
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DRIV3R, also known as Driver 3, is a videogame created by Reflections Interactive and published by Atari. It was released for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony, the original Xbox from Microsoft, the Game Boy, the PC (a GameCube version was also in production but got canceled). The game was also later ported to mobi... |
4 November 2009
02:36 GMT |
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Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King is a videogame developed by Level 5 Inc. and published by Square Enix Co. Ltd. The game was released exclusively for the PlayStation 3 from Sony. It was launched on November 27, 2004 and classed as a role playing experience played from a third person perspective with elem... |
4 November 2009
02:09 GMT |
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