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Since we returned to work on January 3, 2013 we started running a daily feature called Incoming Games 2013, designed to offer players information about the most important titles to launch during this year.But a quick rundown of video games and details is not enough to contain the potential importance of 2013 for gami... |
5 January 2013
19:31 GMT |
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It looks like Chinese handset maker Lenovo plans to launch a superphone next week at CES 2013, the K5. According to GizChina, Lenovo K5 will be powered by an Intel Merrifield dual-core processor clocked at 1.6 GHz – 2.0 GHz, which will be complemented by 2GB of RAM. The smartphone will be only 6.7mm thick an... |
5 January 2013
19:31 GMT |
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Just as Nokia has confirmed recently, the Windows Phone 7.8 software update will arrive on existing Windows Phone 7.5 devices in the near future, most probably starting with February, yet it seems that the OS is already available for some people. Those HTC Surround owners who are willing to tweak their devices to i... |
5 January 2013
19:01 GMT |
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Indian company Byond has some experience with Android tablets and has just launched a new 7-inch tablet in India.
Dubbed Mi-Book Mi7, the slate will be available from multiple major retailers across the country, including Flipkart, for only Rs 11,499 outright, which is about $210 or €160.
NDTV Gadgets reports ... |
5 January 2013
18:31 GMT |
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South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung managed to consolidate its leading position on the mobile phone market in the United States, comScore reports.
The company accounted for 26.9 percent of all mobile subscribers in the country in the three months ended November 2012, up 1.2 percentage points from the previous p... |
5 January 2013
18:11 GMT |
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Although it unveiled to the world a new version of its mobile operating system in the fourth quarter of the last year, Microsoft still lost some ground on the smartphone market, recent data from comScore shows.
During the September – November 2012 timeframe, the platform went down to only 3 percent market sha... |
5 January 2013
16:51 GMT |
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Steam for Linux is approaching a final release and Valve has already included the official supported distribution, Ubuntu 12.04, into the Steam Hardware & Software Survey for the month of December.
Every month Valve publishes some interesting statistics about the Steam users’ hardware and software configurations.
E... |
5 January 2013
16:38 GMT |
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A dog named Arbor recently managed to raise as much as $200 (€153.42) in support for the domestic violence victims looked after at local shelters in Las Vegas, Nevada.
What is interesting is that, contrary to what some might assume, Arbor managed to get his paws on said sum of money not by performing any ... |
5 January 2013
16:21 GMT |
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Ubuntu on phones is a bold move from Canonical and they will need a lot of money for the marketing campaign. They can also start by forgetting or taking pictures of their phones in a bar, somewhere.
This is a really old tactic and it’s not really effective anymore. Forgetting or spotting a phone in a bar might... |
5 January 2013
16:07 GMT |
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Four children and two young women had to receive immediate treatment for carbon monoxide poisoning after spending several hours fairly close to a barbecue. Apparently, the barbecue was brought indoors by the kids' grandmother, who worked on the assumption that using it to dry some clothes indoor might not be suc... |
5 January 2013
16:01 GMT |
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Google has just released a new version of Picasa, the photo/video management and editing utility for desktop users. Mac owners in particular should be glad to hear that OS X Mountain Lion now fully supports the application.Designed to help anyone keep their photos and videos organized, Picasa lets you make quick edit... |
5 January 2013
15:41 GMT |
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It's the beginning of the new year and, as always, we here at the Games section of Softpedia have begun our traditional Incoming Games series of articles, in which we highlight some of the most impressive titles that will (or at least should) appear this year. We already started with games that have received co... |
5 January 2013
15:41 GMT |
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Vendetta Online, an MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role-playing game) from Guild Software Inc, is now at version 1.8.240.
Highlights of Vendetta Online 1.8.240:
• The waypoints to navmap have been improved. The waypoint is added immediately after the long press, instead of waiting until the press is rele... |
5 January 2013
15:16 GMT |
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The popular BitTorrent client for Mac users, Vuze has been promoted to version 4.8.1.3 Beta 6 which adds updated library views, new keyboard shortcuts and tweaks relating to the BitTorrent speed test.Vuze is a very powerful BitTorrent client and many Mac users around the world enjoy using it exclusively for downloadi... |
5 January 2013
14:41 GMT |
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We’ve already told you that Microsoft has signed a new agreement with the United States Department of Defense to provide several software solutions to nearly 75 percent of the personnel, but here are some new interesting details regarding the deal.
Microsoft has mentioned in a press release that the department... |
5 January 2013
14:41 GMT |
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One of our readers has informed us of a new variation of the old Facebook Gold Membership scam that’s currently making the rounds.
The malicious emails inform recipients that they’ve won a “Gold membership status.” However, this version doesn’t specifically mention Facebook. Instead, t... |
5 January 2013
14:31 GMT |
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Just before Christmas, a cat got stuck up in a tree and refused to collaborate with any of the firefighters who tried to rescue it.
On December 30, it was agreed upon that the only way to get the cat to come down on the ground was to chop off the branch on which it was sitting.
It is highly unlikely that what hap... |
5 January 2013
14:31 GMT |
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Liferea, a free news aggregator capable to store articles for offline reading and with full synchronization with Google Reader and TinyTinyRSS, is now at version 1.8.12.
Liferea 1.8.12 is a minor release in the stable branch and it features just a few changes. This version makes Liferea compatible to the changes in ... |
5 January 2013
14:26 GMT |
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Developer Mike Wild is doing some good to Mac users still stuck in the PowerPC era looking to play Minecraft properly. He coded up a PPC-compatible Minecraft.app launcher for the popular Java-based building game by Mojang.Minecraft for PowerPC is basically just an installer which allows you to launch the popular Mine... |
5 January 2013
13:51 GMT |
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If you’re having trouble with your hangouts on Google+, the Mountain View search giant recommends that you update to version 4.2.0 which includes some performance improvements.Featuring an iPad-optimized experience but also screen adjustments to fit the elongated display of the iPhone 5, Google+ for iOS platfor... |
5 January 2013
13:31 GMT |
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The Rubik's cube is as popular as ever and as cool as ever. Who hasn't wished they were able to solve a cube and impress party goers with their sharp minds and dexterous fingers.
Alas, not everyone is able to solve a Rubik cube. Well, unless you're particularly ungifted in the cerebral department, an... |
5 January 2013
13:31 GMT |
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Although Samsung Galaxy S II was launched almost 2 years ago, it's still among the most popular Android smartphones available on the market.
This is probably one of the reasons the South Korean handset maker decided to offer users the possibility to upgrade their phones to the latest version of Android.
Howeve... |
5 January 2013
13:25 GMT |
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After many days of great deals and bargains, we've reached the end of the great Steam Winter Holiday Sale of 2012 but Valve isn't done just yet, as the company has kicked off the Encore sale, with price cuts for some of the most popular titles that are available on the online service.Steam users have been t... |
5 January 2013
13:11 GMT |
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Today we're offering a 55% discount for Picture Cutout Guide, an app which makes it easy to separate an object from its background. You can also use it to paste a separated image into another photo and make a collage of pictures.
Picture Cutout Guide is a very useful app if you often discover that objects from... |
5 January 2013
13:01 GMT |
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We reported a few days ago on the upcoming availability of the Samsung Galaxy Note II in red and brown colors, and now new pictures with the latter have just leaked.
It appears that the amber brown Galaxy Note II will be initially launched in Japan via NTT Docomo, but we expect it to be slowly released in other coun... |
5 January 2013
12:31 GMT |
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It’s a well-known fact that Microsoft is one of the largest tech companies in the entire world, with a lot of divisions developing an astonishing number of products.
Getting to know Microsoft and all its divisions is somewhat difficult and it definitely takes a lot of time, but this infographic makes things a ... |
5 January 2013
12:31 GMT |
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Apple is now offering the option to add a Fusion Drive to low-end 21.5-inch (Late 2012) iMacs. Previously the Fusion Drive storage solution was only available when purchasing a high-end 27-inch configuration or a Mac mini.An all-new storage option for the latest Macintosh computers, Fusion Drive combines the performa... |
5 January 2013
12:21 GMT |
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It's our last weekend of holiday promotions and so we're offering yet another unlimited giveaway. Today, you can get your hands on one of the most popular PDF creators of the moment. novaPDF helps you generate PDFs from any printable resource without requiring Adobe Acrobat, GhostScript or any other third-p... |
5 January 2013
12:01 GMT |
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Nive cms is a simple website building tool for Python programmers, developed on top of the Pyramid framework.
Specially crafted for smaller website projects, Nive provides all the basic utilities for rapidly assembling a website structure together and start adding content.
Of course, as any decent CMS would, an adm... |
5 January 2013
12:01 GMT |
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Puffin Web Browser by CloudMosa has been updated on iOS platforms with improved tab speed, new settings options, javascript tweaks, and bug fixes that promise to enhance you Internet surfing experience tenfold.Allegedly the fastest web browser for iOS platforms, Puffin Web Browser version 2.3.5 improves new tab speed... |
5 January 2013
11:51 GMT |
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There has been a load of new rumors regarding Samsung’s plans to launch a successor for its Galaxy S III smartphone in the first half of the year, though none of them has been proven real so far.
However, they did fuel hope in enthusiasts looking for the next-generation Galaxy smartphone from the South Korean... |
5 January 2013
11:41 GMT |
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Laptops and PCs may sell under a variety of brands, but many of those brands don't actually manufacture those products. Instead, they contract specialists to do it according to their blueprints. Lenovo uses a combination of both. While it handles the assembly of some laptops, it contracts other companies for th... |
5 January 2013
11:11 GMT |
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With less than a month left until Research In Motion (RIM) unleashes its first BlackBerry 10 devices upon the smartphone market, Bell opens up pre-registration for these handsets. The Canadian carrier offers customers the option to receive the latest information on the BlackBerry 10 devices that will be available on... |
5 January 2013
11:01 GMT |
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Microsoft continues its marketing efforts aimed at Windows 8, this time with a gentler attempt: the company is reminding everyone that the new OS is available for only $14.99 (€11.5) till the end of January.
There’s a catch, however: the deal is only available for those who purchased a Windows 7 PC after ... |
5 January 2013
10:11 GMT |
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Trolling your Facebook friends isn't so much a hobby as a necessity in some cases. Or at least for some people, but you have someone you'd like to get back at, there's a simple and very effective way of locking them out of their account, all you have to do is tell Facebook they died.
Which you shouldn... |
5 January 2013
09:41 GMT |
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UK mobile phone users interested in the purchase of a new mobile phone running under Google’s Android operating system can now take advantage of a new promotion available for them through Phones4U. The retailer is throwing it a £20 ($32.5 / €24.65) gift card for free with the purchase of a Sam... |
5 January 2013
09:31 GMT |
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It's been less than three months since Verizon and Nokia teamed up to offer customers the Lumia 822 and the smartphone's price has finally been dropped to $0.
Verizon Wireless now offers the Lumia 822 for free to customers willing to commit to a new two-year agreement. Check it out here.
The no-contract p... |
5 January 2013
09:31 GMT |
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Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation has been rumored lately to plan the unveiling of a new high-end smartphone that the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next week, and some more info on the matter has emerged.
The mobile phone, supposedly set to become official as HTC M7, might become the compan... |
5 January 2013
09:01 GMT |
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Alexandre Julliard announced on January 4 a new development version of the Wine app, which brings assorted bug fixes and improvements.
As usual, the number of new features and bug fixes in the development version of Wine (Wine is Not An Emulator) is quite large, even if we don’t take the important changes into... |
5 January 2013
08:42 GMT |
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The business division of Namco Bandai is interested in creating a new kind of arcade experience that mixes a restaurant centered approach with the traditional entertainment focus of the company.
David Bishop, the chief operations officer at the business division of Namco, tells Polygon that, “We’ve been ... |
5 January 2013
08:12 GMT |
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With the YouTube Windows app "controversy" about to blow over, we've got a new one to keep us occupied. At least this one is somewhat more recent, apparently Google has started redirecting or rather blocking Windows Phone users from accessing the mobile web version of Google Maps. Google Maps has never been of... |
5 January 2013
08:01 GMT |
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Web analytics firm Net Applications confirms this week that OS X 10.8 aka Mountain Lion is currently the most popular Mac operating system installed on Apple computers worldwide.Mountain Lion became the most widely-installed Mac OS in December, when Net Applications saw a slight spike over OS X Lion.The latest Mac OS... |
5 January 2013
07:56 GMT |
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Mobile phone users in the United States interested in the purchase of the unlocked flavor of HTC Butterfly can now pre-order the device, while expecting it to arrive at their doorsteps by the end of this month.
This is the HTC Butterfly X920E model that was officially launched in China, with no official plans to be... |
5 January 2013
07:51 GMT |
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Neil Mawston, the executive director at Strategy Analytics, has released a research note according to which Samsung to will “slightly extend its lead over Apple this year because of its larger multitier product portfolio.”But Apple will fight back, according to the analyst. Strategy Analytics believes &ld... |
5 January 2013
07:43 GMT |
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Microsoft officially released the Surface RT tablet on October 26, but the company initially decided to sell the device through its official store network exclusively.
The tablet was thus available in a limited number of countries, with analysts citing this decision as the main reason for the poor early sales.
The... |
5 January 2013
07:31 GMT |
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As we take our first baby steps into 2013, designers are already trying to envision the next-generation iPhone. Federico Ciccarese is the first to do so. He smites us with another one of his stunning iPhone concepts portraying a completely redesigned version of Apple’s smartphone running a “fusion” ... |
5 January 2013
07:12 GMT |
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“Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters 3D” should have been out for months, had it not been pushed back to January, in what many saw as a complete lack of faith in it on part of the movie studio.
A new red band trailer for it has been released and, as usual, you can check it out in full above – granted y... |
5 January 2013
07:11 GMT |
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It's been almost two months since Samsung has quietly kicked off the deployment of the Jelly Bean upgrade for Galaxy Note 10.1 in Europe. We reported back in early November that the South Korean handset maker had started the rollout of the Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean update to all Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 units in... |
5 January 2013
07:01 GMT |
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SuperTooth did not say when sales of its newest audio devices might begin, but it did say it would show them at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show. The company also released the prices of the newcomers. The Dico Twin, a dual-satellite speaker system, has a tag of $199 / 199 Euro, while the HD Voice is priced at ... |
5 January 2013
07:00 GMT |
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A persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability that affects HostGator India (hostgator.co.in) can, according to security researcher Aarshit Mittal, potentially expose over 1 million websites to which the company provides hosting services. Mittal started researching HostGator India’s security after being... |
5 January 2013
06:56 GMT |
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Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez have broken up again and, this time, it might be for good, insiders say. Though they spent Christmas together, the two got into a massive fight right before New Year’s Eve.
They called it quits shortly afterwards, PageSix writes.
“Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez – k... |
5 January 2013
06:54 GMT |
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Jools Watsham, the boss of developer Renegade Kid, says that the comments he made about piracy on the DS were not meant as an attack on Nintendo but as a reminder that companies can only survive if they can make money from their games. On his personal blog he adds, “What saddens me is that some people have tak... |
5 January 2013
06:53 GMT |
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What we know:
Aliens: Colonial Marines has been in development for quite some time and while many fans have lost hope in the game, developer Gearbox Software and publisher Sega have continued to focus on the upcoming squad-based shooter.
While the two companies did make a mistake by announcing the game just as dev... |
5 January 2013
06:41 GMT |
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2013 could very well be the year when, everywhere you turn, you see Benedict Cumberbatch – and hear his exquisitely silky voice. Besides starring in the insanely anticipated “Star Trek Into Darkness” and several other films, he’ll also be on HBO with “Parade’s End.”
The mini... |
5 January 2013
06:38 GMT |
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On New Year’s Eve, Nadav Nirenberg, 27, of Park Slope, Brooklyn, took a cab ride to a gig in Midtown where he was going to play trombone for his punk band Streetlight Manifesto. On his way there, he dropped his iPhone.
It wasn’t until later when the OKCupid dating service sent him strange notifications t... |
5 January 2013
06:31 GMT |
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Starting with the first video ads for Windows Phone 8, we had the chance to see how various celebrities are making use of the latest platform release from Microsoft, and the newest such clip follows the same pattern.
The video, which can be seen embedded above, features Kerri Walsh, a three-time gold medalist, who ... |
5 January 2013
06:27 GMT |
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As far as the audio market goes, Harman is heavily involved in the segment for high-end audio output devices and uncommon gadgets, which is why its CES 2013 exhibition will be rich in speaker docks.The company has announced three JBL speaker docks: the OnBeat Mini, the Charge and the Rumble.Rumble is the most expensi... |
5 January 2013
06:25 GMT |
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The other day saw the release of a brand new, red band trailer for this year’s remake of “Evil Dead,” under the direction of Fede Alvarez. If you found that scary, wait to hear what Alvarez has in store for all you horror fans!
In an October interview with io9, which, for some reason, is getting at... |
5 January 2013
06:16 GMT |
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The US Geological Survey just made it public news that this Saturday, at 08:58 GMT, a major earthquake had struck in the Pacific Ocean at a distance of just 100 kilometers (62.13 miles) from Alaska's coastline. More precisely, its epicenter was found to have been located at 106 km (65.86 miles) west of Craig, ... |
5 January 2013
06:12 GMT |
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The photo above is of a man on a plane flying from Iceland to JFK, who had to be restrained by fellow passengers after getting drunk, getting violent towards them and yelling that the plane was going to crash.
It’s now gone viral.
“The passenger, who was on a trip from Iceland, ‘drank all of his... |
5 January 2013
05:59 GMT |
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On December 25, 2012, someone published the details of what appeared to be a zero-day vulnerability in Symantec’s PGP Whole Disk Encryption product. After analyzing the POC, Symantec’s engineers confirmed that it was in fact a vulnerability.
However, according to Symantec’s Kelvin Kwan, it’s ... |
5 January 2013
05:52 GMT |
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With Microsoft pulling out the classic desktop Start button and replacing it with the modern Start Screen in Windows 8, third-party developers took it upon themselves to offer users the decades-old feature.
StartIsBack is another solution to getting the desktop in Windows 8 to have the same functionality as before.... |
5 January 2013
05:41 GMT |
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Law technicalities can sometimes spark the general public's interest, especially when what it all comes down to is money. Thus, the idea that the US Treasury could mint a trillion-dollar coin and rid the country of its economic crisis once and for all is now quickly gaining popularity.
The working principles b... |
5 January 2013
05:41 GMT |
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When it comes to “green” technology, there are certain limits that no hardware company can get past, as there isn't a way to actually substitute circuits for something else.
Every other part of tech products are fair game though, something Impecca was all too willing to follow up on.
The company ha... |
5 January 2013
05:39 GMT |
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One rich money-lender in India knows how to make da ladiez swoon. Datta Phuge is 32 years old and, as per his own admission, not the handsomest lad to walk the earth, but he’s found just the thing to make him more attractive: a gold shirt.
As in, a shirt made entirely out of gold, accessorized with gold ... |
5 January 2013
05:36 GMT |
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After almost one month in which they’ve been quiet, the hackers from the NullCrew collective have returned. They claim to have breached the Study in the States website, managed by the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The hackers have published WordPress configuration details, along with other server i... |
5 January 2013
05:30 GMT |
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James Bond themed video games published by Activision Blizzard have now been removed from the Steam digital distribution service and from the company’s own store.
This includes 007 Legends, which launched in 2012 and was created by Eurocom, James Bond 007: Blood Stone, from Bizarre Creations and Quantum of Sol... |
5 January 2013
05:30 GMT |
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Data provided by Net Applications for 2012 confirm that Internet Explorer is the most popular browser in the world, with Microsoft’s in-house app accounting for 54.77 percent of the market at the end of December.
Internet Explorer has remained the number one choice for computer users throughout the whole year,... |
5 January 2013
05:21 GMT |
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Mel Gibson’s father, Hutton Gibson, is officially and legally a free man. At 94 years old, Hutton is divorced from his wife of 11 years, Teddy Joye Hicks, TMZ has learned.
Moreover, she gets to keep most of the money, so the divorce arrangement was definitely favorable for her.
“The divorce was finali... |
5 January 2013
05:19 GMT |
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Two elephants presently living at a Lyon zoo have recently been diagnosed with tuberculosis, and their caretakers agreed that perhaps it would be best to end their lives in a humane manner.
However, actress Briggite Bardot strongly disapproves of their plans for these elephants, and swears that, unless her plea to ... |
5 January 2013
05:13 GMT |
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The development team at Valve in charge of DOTA 2 introduces a new update for the Multiplayer Online Battle Arena game, designed to eliminate a number of issues that the game community has flagged since the previous update was launched. The entire change list includes: Fixed Snowballs/Coals/Campfires proccing some ... |
5 January 2013
05:13 GMT |
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Cybercriminals are using fake Facebook Security Team messages to trick unsuspecting users into visiting a malicious page and hand over their usernames and passwords.
The latest scheme, detailed by Facecrooks, uses a bogus Facebook Security Team account to inform potential victims that their accounts have been suspen... |
5 January 2013
05:12 GMT |
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Sony Mobile is already known to plan the launch of new devices next week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, yet official info on what it will bring to the spotlight there hasn’t emerged so far.
However, it seems that Sony Poland has started to offer some glimpses at what to expect from the announc... |
5 January 2013
05:06 GMT |
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That Westinghouse will launch a 110-inch UHDTV during CES 2013 is something we already knew, but what wasn't known was that the company has a deal with a certain TV broadcast streaming platform service as well.
Like Rosewill and so many other companies, Westinghouse has prepared an ambitious collection of prod... |
5 January 2013
05:05 GMT |
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The Lumia 920 has been selling like crazy in all countries where Nokia launched the Windows Phone handset.
Although the Finnish company signed exclusivity agreements with major carriers in every region the Lumia 920 was introduced, all operators depleted their stocks in just a few days. Even after the exclusivity pe... |
5 January 2013
05:01 GMT |
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New mom Anna Faris is already getting back to work and, by some strange coincidence, getting to play one in a new pilot for CBS, TV Line confirms.
The new show has Chuck Lorre as producer and co-writer, and would see Faris play a newly sober mother.
“Anna Faris has landed the title role in CBS’ Chuck ... |
5 January 2013
05:00 GMT |
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The Netherlands’ Ministry of Security and Justice, through the country’s National Cyber Security Center (NCSC), has published guidelines for the responsible disclosure of vulnerabilities.
The government explains that researchers who report information and communications technology vulnerabilities have &... |
5 January 2013
04:55 GMT |
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Hidetaka Suehiro, aka Swery, the director of Deadly Premonition, is promising fans of his work a big surprise during the coming year.
The official blog post that he created for New Year states, “And to all my fans, who keep giving me their never-ending support, I think I’ll have some surprising and amazi... |
5 January 2013
04:41 GMT |
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The KDE Project just announced the immediate availability for download of the second RC of KDE Software Compilation 4.10 branch.
Unlike the previous RC which was more like a Christmas present, this new version has been planned and awaited by a lot of people.
Moreover, the developers have also announced that a new ... |
5 January 2013
04:36 GMT |
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The Consumer Electronics Show will take place between January 8 and 11, in Las Vegas, Nevada, the USA, and Rosewill is going to make the best of it, having reserved a booth of its own. CES is the first trade show that takes place in a year. It is a sort of opening salvo meant to offset the drop in product demand th... |
5 January 2013
04:27 GMT |
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The National Newspapers of Ireland (NNI), which represents publications like Irish Times, the Irish Examiner and the Irish Independent, has taken new steps to safeguard their creative content against what they deem copyright infringement: by asking to pass a law that would require you to pay to link to their online s... |
5 January 2013
04:17 GMT |
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Software patents have caused more harm than good, especially when considering that they are what allowed Apple and Samsung to start the hugest and most awkward patent war in history.
There is a silver lining in everything though. All the troubles caused by software patent has led to an important decision on the par... |
5 January 2013
04:06 GMT |
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Quite a lot of Uplay users have begun complaining that their accounts have been hacked by nefarious individuals and that their email addresses have been changed to ones pointing to a Russian website. Ubisoft is aware of this wave of hacks and has advised users to link their Facebook accounts to their Uplay ones for a... |
5 January 2013
03:55 GMT |
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Naomi Campbell has a reputation of a very flammable temper and a propensity for throwing items at whoever crosses her, for which she’s made headlines many a time, but not even she is safe from muggers. The supermodel was brutally attacked in Paris a few weeks ago, it has emerged now. Page Six reports that th... |
5 January 2013
03:45 GMT |
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Over the past few years, many governments of the world have started monitoring communication channels. The Indian government is no exception, the Ministry for Home Affairs ordering the interception of 10,000 phones and 1,300 email accounts between October and December 2012 alone.
According to a document reviewed by ... |
5 January 2013
03:43 GMT |
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One of the most popular alternatives to Android stock keyboards, SwiftKey Flow has just received a major update that promises to improve users' overall experience.
Moreover, the latest update includes some fixes for critical issues and various other bugs. Developers claim that this beta version of SwiftKey Flow... |
5 January 2013
03:34 GMT |
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This past Friday afternoon, three people lost their lives as a result of a pilot's losing control of the aircraft he was flying.
The technical malfunctions led to the plane's crashing into a house which was located (quite ironically, some might say) just a mile away from an airport. The incident took plac... |
5 January 2013
03:29 GMT |
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Computer maker ASUS has made available for download the full ROM of a new software update for its PadFone 2 device, namely build 10.4.9.6.
The firmware brings a nice range of enhancements to the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean-based device, and is now up for grabs through the company’s website.
Users can also get th... |
5 January 2013
03:25 GMT |
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Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 is the best selling game of 2012 in the UK, as a new top posted by GfK Chart-Track puts the first-person shooter ahead of FIFA 13, Assassin's Creed 3, or Halo 4.
Black Ops 2 came out in November and quickly sold millions of copies all around the world, even if some analysts mentioned t... |
5 January 2013
03:25 GMT |
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Owners of Windows Phone devices who were looking to receive mapping services from Google will certainly be disappointed to learn that the Internet giant has blocked their access to its popular Google Maps service. The move was initially reported by some Windows Phone users who were trying to access the service thro... |
5 January 2013
03:06 GMT |
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Facebook doesn't really have much to prove when it comes to user numbers. It's already got over one billion people using the site at least once a month every month.
You can't go much further from here, there are only a couple of billion people with internet access in the world and a few hundred millio... |
5 January 2013
03:05 GMT |
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Even though the majority of reports across the world indicate that Windows 8 is yet to take off, new statistics provided by Valve for its Steam platform demonstrate otherwise.
In December, many more users have decided to dump Windows 7 and XP in order to move to Windows 8, even though its predecessor still holds the... |
5 January 2013
02:56 GMT |
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A 48-year-old pilot now finds himself in police custody following his having one too many drinks and believing that the alcohol he had consumed was no reason for him not to fly a plane from Minneapolis to New York.
The pilots name is Kolbjorn Jarle Kristiansen, and at the moment of his arrest the police found that ... |
5 January 2013
02:24 GMT |
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Curiosity is on the move again, after spending the holidays taking shots of its surroundings. Granted, it hasn't gotten very far as it's still looking for a spot to test its rock drill for the first time. During its photoshoot, Curiosity uncovered an interesting object, similar to the one that caused a stir... |
5 January 2013
02:23 GMT |
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Rockstar Games has decided to start the New Year by releasing some fresh artwork from its upcoming Grand Theft Auto V game, this time showing off both the three main characters, as you can see above, and just Michael, which you can admire below.GTA V is one of Softpedia's most anticipated games of 2013 and the w... |
5 January 2013
02:00 GMT |
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The M7 is the next Android flagship smartphone to be released by HTC. The Taiwanese handset maker is expected to officially unveil the devices next week at the Consumer Electronics Show 2013, in Las Vegas.Although we've been hearing lots of rumors on the HTC M7's specs sheet, as we get closer to launch more... |
5 January 2013
01:59 GMT |
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Even though Microsoft has decided not to talk on Windows 8’s sales performance, it’s a well-known fact that the new operating system is yet to take off, with unofficial figures pointing to a rather disappointing performance.A report released by NPD Group confirms that Windows 8 failed to increase its sale... |
5 January 2013
01:57 GMT |
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The sun is nearing the height of its 11-year activity cycle, so people watching the sun are going to see a lot more action. People actually watching the sun for too long will do damage to their eyesight, but the people at NASA, for example, can capture all the glory and share it with us. Though maybe they shouldn�... |
5 January 2013
01:31 GMT |
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BioShock: Ultimate Rapture Edition, the special collection that includes both BioShock 1 and 2, as well as their add-ons and plenty of extra content, has received a January 14 release date in North America for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 platforms.BioShock Infinite is getting ready to appear at the end of March an... |
5 January 2013
01:14 GMT |
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Microsoft has already announced that it would release the new Office 2013 sometimes in the first quarter of this year, but some new rumors are now suggesting that the software could go live on March 31.According to a Hardware Zone Forums registered user, a Microsoft support engineer has confirmed that the company pla... |
5 January 2013
00:45 GMT |
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Capcom has posted yet another video of its upcoming DmC Devil May Cry hack and slash game, this time showing off a bit of cinematic footage in which Dante shows off his skills and reveals how he can save the world from the influence of demons.DmC Devil May Cry branches out from the franchise made by Capcom in quite a... |
5 January 2013
00:40 GMT |
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Even though Microsoft remains tight-lipped on this subject, a lot of analysts and retailers across the world have already confirmed that Windows 8 isn’t selling well, citing the Modern UI and the other interface changes as the main reasons.But Argus Research‘s Joseph Bonner says it’s not all about t... |
5 January 2013
00:22 GMT |
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