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The first live pictures showing the Xperia SP, also known as C530X HuaShan, leaked less than two months ago. Today, the folks over at XperiaBlog published a new set of photos of Sony Xperia SP, courtesy to German blog Android-Hilfe.de. The smartphone has been caught on camera alongside the already available Sony Xp... |
6 February 2013
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Video game publisher Electronic Arts is the highest ranked video game company when critical impact is taken into account, with an average metascore of just over 75, when 37 titles it has launched are taken into account.
The statistics from review score aggregator Metacritic shows that Electronic Arts was the only pu... |
6 February 2013
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The Dolphin Browser team has made available for download a new flavor of its popular application for Android devices, namely 9.3.1, meant to resolve some of the issues that were introduced in the latest major release of the software. The new Dolphin Browser 9.3.1 arrives with various stability and performance impro... |
6 February 2013
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One of the most popular customized Android ROMs, MIUI offers lots of useful tools and features. Among them, MiHome Launcher promises the best user experience available on an Android phone.
MiHome Launcher is fully compatible with lots of Android smartphones, including Samsung Galaxy Note II, Motorola DROID RAZR and ... |
6 February 2013
21:31 GMT |
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Mike Pondsmith, the creator of the Cyberpunk game setting, says that he is working closely with CD Projekt on their upcoming 2077 title and meets with the development team every 5 to 6 months in order to flesh out the backstory of the game.
One of his main tasks is to create a timeline of the events that occured bet... |
6 February 2013
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GNOME Online Accounts 3.7.5 has been released earlier today, February 6, and it brings fixes for 8 bugs found in previous releases, as well as numerous updated translations.
However, the most important feature of GNOME Online Accounts 3.7.5 is that ownCloud is now enabled by default. Hooray!
Among the changes in t... |
6 February 2013
21:11 GMT |
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South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung has reportedly announced a new flavor of the Galaxy Note II smartphone for the Taiwanese market, namely Cherry Pink.
The new flavor of Galaxy Note II GT-N7100 is expected to land on shelves in the country in the near future, yet specific info on the matter hasn’t been p... |
6 February 2013
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John Calhoun, an associate producer working on Dead Space 3 at Visceral Games, has suggested that while his team wants to create more titles in the Dead Space universe, main character Isaac Clarke might not feature in future content.
Speaking to the Official PlayStation Blog, the developer answers a query from a fan... |
6 February 2013
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Owners of Windows Phone devices can now download and install a new flavor of the WordPress application, namely version 1.9.3.
Unfortunately, no specific info on what was changed in the new application version has been provided as of now, though we could assume that there are various performance improvements and fix... |
6 February 2013
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One of cheapest Android smartphones to feature a higher than 5-inch display, the Neo N003 will soon be available for purchase for only 1,000 yuan outright, which is about $160 or €120.
Aside from the fact that it boasts an impressive 5.3-inch capacitive touchscreen display that supports HD (720p) resolution, th... |
6 February 2013
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The NPD Group is releasing figures for overall consumer spending in the United States linked to video games during 2012, showing that the total has decline by no less than 9 percent when compared to 2011.The overall value for spending linked to the video game industry reached 14.08 billion dollars (10.3 billion Euro)... |
6 February 2013
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Grand Memo is another appealing smartphone that Chinese mobile phone maker ZTE is expected to make available for purchase in the not too distant future, and the device has already received approvals for the company’s homeland market, it seems.
ZTE Grand Memo is expected to arrive on shelves with a 5.7-inch to... |
6 February 2013
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Data from independent digital marketing agency Greenlight shows a huge increase in the number of online searches pertaining to iPhones in the days leading up to Christmas 2012.
In November 2012, Greenlight recorded a total of 12 million searches on Google UK for Audio & Accessories, Cameras & Camcorders, PCs, Laptop... |
6 February 2013
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Indian handset maker plans to debut another low-end Android phone in the next few days. Dubbed A27 Ninja, the smartphone has already been listed on the company’s official website and is expected to hit shelves for under Rs 4,000 ($75/€55).
As AndroidOS points out, Micromax A27 Ninja is powered by Android ... |
6 February 2013
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Video game developer and publisher Stardock announces that it is working on an expansion for Elemental: Fallen Enchantress called Legendary Heroes, which introduces more role-playing elements for champions, new enemies and new weapons.
The biggest enhancement is the new progression system for champions, which allows... |
6 February 2013
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Mobile phone users in China might soon be able to purchase the LG Optimus G smartphone in the country, as the device has received the necessary approvals from the Industry and Information Technology in China, with model number LG-E975 attached to it.
The smartphone was approved with support for 4G networks in the c... |
6 February 2013
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Indian company Zync has just revealed that it will launch no less than five Android tablets in India in the next few weeks. According to AndroidOS, the upcoming slates will be priced under Rs 15,000 ($280/ €210), which was to be expected for an Indian company. Apparently, the main selling point of some of thes... |
6 February 2013
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ZTE V987 is one of the latest devices that Chinese mobile phone maker ZTE has made available for purchase in its homeland country, with an outer design similar to that of Grand S, and with quite appealing performance capabilities, it seems.
The 5-inch Android-based mobile phone was spotted in the AnTuTu benchmark, ... |
6 February 2013
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Markus Persson, aka Notch, says that the development project to create a sequel for Psychonauts would cost about 18 million dollars (13.2 million Euro), a sum that he is not yet prepared to invest in a game he has no control over.
The developer of Minecraft states in a Reddit thread that, “I somewhat naively t... |
6 February 2013
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HTC One SV has already been available in Australia for a few weeks now, so Android fans are now in the position to decide if this smartphone is worthy of their attention or not. Australian carrier Optus introduced the One SV a while ago, but now Vodafone has announced the immediate availability of the smartphone as ... |
6 February 2013
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OffMaps 2, an offline maps application for iOS, is now available as a free download. It allows you to access searchable maps and your position and bookmarks wherever you are, and stores maps directly on your device with search capabilities. The solution is primarily aimed at saving data roaming charges abroad. Accor... |
6 February 2013
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James McDermott, associate producer at Relic, says that the development team explored and played a lot of community mods for the original Company of Heroes while creating the sequel, trying to see what fans wanted from the game and what the engine could support.The developer tells Eurogamer that, “We look at al... |
6 February 2013
18:07 GMT |
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Previously available only to British customers, BBC Sport is now available as a free download to iPhone and iPad users worldwide.
Acting as a guide to live sport news, stats, fixtures and results, all curated by the broadcaster’s finest in sport journalism, BBC Sport delivers the top stories across the world o... |
6 February 2013
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LG confirmed a few weeks ago that it would bring the Optimus G in more than 50 countries, including Australia. The South Korean company stated that the smartphone would be exclusive to Telstra, so Australians who don’t favor this carrier will not be able to grab it at an affordable price. According to AusDro... |
6 February 2013
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Ever since the first installment in the Final Fantasy XIII saga was launched fans of the franchise have asked Square Enix to reveal and launch the companion Versus XIII title.A recent rumor from a NeoGAF user suggests that the game might never be launched as part of the Fabula Nova Crystallis universe and that Square... |
6 February 2013
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Huawei’s upcoming Ascend P2 smartphone has just made an appearance in the AnTuTu benchmark, supposedly en route to shelves in Japan at EMOBILE. Featuring model number P2-6011, the smartphone emerged in AnTuTu with a score of 16,862 points, while featuring a 1.5GHz processor inside. According to a recent pos... |
6 February 2013
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Blizzard has just released patch 1.5.4 for StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. The launcher will automatically download this patch and update the game to the latest version, so there's no need for third-party downloads.
According to the official changelog, there are only a few improvements included in this patch, t... |
6 February 2013
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The Old Gods expansion for Crusader Kings II will move the start date for the game back about 200 years to 867 but the development team at Paradox Interactive will still represent Christians as either Catholic or Orthodox in order to simulate the differences between the two power structures.Chris King, one of the des... |
6 February 2013
17:32 GMT |
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Using Windows 8 in Metro should be quite an easy mission, given the fact that the operating system already comes with multiple built-in apps, but those who want more features clearly need to have a look in the Store.
In case you wish to download and install a new tool to play your music, you may want to have a look ... |
6 February 2013
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Developer 343 Industries and publisher Microsoft are giving fans of Halo 4 a chance to take an early look at the content that will be included in the ninth episode of the first season for the Spartan Ops cooperative mode.
The trailer is rather short but should generate some excitement among true fans.
The official ... |
6 February 2013
17:04 GMT |
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In 2011, Verizon said that hacktivists beat cybercriminals in data thefts, so the year was declared the “year of the hacktivist.”
According to F-Secure’s latest threat report, 2012 was the year of the exploit because exploit-related threats accounted for a large part of the detections recorded by ... |
6 February 2013
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The new Office is now up for grabs for everybody as long as they agree to pay $99.99 for a one-year subscription, but since the productivity suite comes with so many new tools, it’s very important to learn how to use them with minimum effort. That’s also the purpose of this 15-minute webinar, as it provi... |
6 February 2013
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Yesterday's issue of JRSM Short Reports witnessed the publication of a new study stating that captive sea turtles constitute a health threat to tourists. Interestingly enough, the study maintains that interactions with wild turtles are far less dangerous.
According to the researchers who looked into this issue... |
6 February 2013
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Twitter revamped all of its mobile apps and the mobile website with the changes focusing on a simplified experience. Both the discover and the search features have been rethought.
The Discover tab, which as the name suggests enables you to discover new or interesting content, not just tweets but also activities, no... |
6 February 2013
16:43 GMT |
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Recent news from the US Army Corps of Engineers informs us that, according to their latest measurements, two of the country's Great Lakes have hit the lowest water levels ever reported since record keeping began back in 1918.
The researchers who have looked into this issue explain that, all things considered, ... |
6 February 2013
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A new flavor of the Line messenger application is now available for download for the owners of Windows Phone devices, namely version 2.1.0.22. The new software release brings along a new setting to allow / deny login from the PC or from Windows 8 devices. Furthermore, the new flavor of the application arrives wit... |
6 February 2013
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Perion Network, the company behind IncrediMail, Smilebox and SweetIM, has just announced a new agreement with Microsoft that will allow Bing to power its very own search services.
Bing’s search technology will thus be implemented into Perion’s safe search services, some of which are also available in the... |
6 February 2013
16:21 GMT |
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For most people, New Year’s resolutions are usually about losing weight, becoming a better person and things like that. For organizations, New Year’s resolutions should be about making sure they have a robust security framework.
Experts from Solutionary make some very important recommendations for compan... |
6 February 2013
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Conservationists who happen to keep the world's elephants very close at heart will most likely frown at the news that Sri Lanka intends to present a Buddhist temple with a gift consisting of 359 elephant tusks.
Granted, Sri Lanka only came to own these elephant tusks following their being seized by the country... |
6 February 2013
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Street Fighter X Tekken, the fighting game from developer and publisher Capcom, is on sale on the Steam digital distribution service, with players able to buy it with a significant 66 percent price cut.
The game also receives 12 new character packs, 6 from the Street Fighter universe and 6 linked to Tekken, all of t... |
6 February 2013
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You can’t call yourself a movie buff and not have heard of the “Honest Trailer” series from Screen Junkies. Above is a brand new video from it, an Honest Trailer for the latest James Bond film, “Skyfall.”
Check it out.
“His name is Bond, James Bond... and everyone in the univers... |
6 February 2013
15:41 GMT |
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Computer maker ASUS is reportedly gearing up for the launch of a new 7-inch tablet PC at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this month, and some more info on the device has emerged. Rumor has it that the device will land on shelves with an Intel Atom Z242 processor packed inside, as well as with 1GB of RAM and ... |
6 February 2013
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Owners of Nokia Lumia devices running under the Windows Phone 7.8 operating system should now be able to take advantage of the Nokia Ringtone Maker application, the latest reports on the matter suggest.
Although it does not appear in the official Nokia Collection section in the Windows Phone Store, the app is avail... |
6 February 2013
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Microsoft Ireland and Chambers Ireland have just announced a new partnership supposed to help small companies across the country understand the advantages of cloud-based services.
With Microsoft focusing a lot more on this kind of technologies, encouraging small and medium businesses around the world to have a look ... |
6 February 2013
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The GNOME developers behind the Glib Networking (glib-networking) project have announced yesterday, February 5, that the development version 2.35.6 of Glib Networking is available for download and testing, as part of the upcoming GNOME 3.7.5 desktop environment.
Glib Networking 2.35.6 is here to fix a multithreaded... |
6 February 2013
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The planets and moons in our solar system all get names, even most comets do, but smaller bodies such as asteroids rarely get the honor. Still, one asteroid in the main asteroid belt recently got christened with a rather peculiar name: Wikipedia. The asteroid got the name in honor of the site's contributions to... |
6 February 2013
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A team of scientists working with the University of Edinburgh now claim that they have succeeded in piecing together a 3D printer which might one day allow them to manufacture living tissues.
Later on, these 3D-printed human tissues could be used to either test various drug, or grow organs needed for transplant sur... |
6 February 2013
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Another 4G LTE-capable smartphone on Sprint’s network is now available for purchase at a reduced price tag, namely the Galaxy S III, which can be acquired through Amazon Wireless at only $0.01.
The handset does require the signing of a two-year contract agreement with the carrier at this price. Both the Blue ... |
6 February 2013
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Featured multiple times by Apple in “What's Hot” and “New & Noteworthy,” VLC iRemote Pro is a nifty application coded by Luka Mirosevic with the sole purpose of allowing you to remotely control your computer's VLC Media Player from the couch. It’s got an intuitive interface, a... |
6 February 2013
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Bjork, a world-renowned Icelandic singer and songwriter, has decided to get involved a bit more in the IT world with the development of a new application for Android and Windows 8. Her app, called Biophilia, is already available on iOS devices, but the team of developers is now working to port the software on both A... |
6 February 2013
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Google is making it a bit more official and has now published a small guide on how to host simple websites with Google Drive. This has been possible for a while, we showed you a guide on how to do it a couple of months back.
But Google is now acknowledging the capability and has added a Preview button to HTML files... |
6 February 2013
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One of the many reasons Pink is so popular is that she’s relatable, refreshingly real, and she always comes across as incredibly honest, even if that doesn’t work to her advantage. Her new interview with Redbook is the perfect example of that.
Speaking with the publication, the pop star touches upon pers... |
6 February 2013
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US Cellular launched the Motorola Electrify M last year in November with Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system onboard.However, Motorola Mobility promised a Jelly Bean upgrade will be available for the Electrify M sometime in Q1 2013.According to AndroidPolice, the update is now live for all Motorola Elec... |
6 February 2013
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One of the highly appealing devices that should make an official debut before the end of this month is the Ascend P2 from Huawei, recently rumored to sport an 8-core processor inside, and which can be admired in a new set of leaked photos.
The new smartphone is expected to sport an 8.6mm thick body, along with a 4.... |
6 February 2013
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Only yesterday, the British Antarctic Survey debuted its Halley VI research station, whose construction costs amounted to an impressive $40.6 million (€30.01 million) and which is expected to serve as a home for a total of 52 daredevil scientists. The architects and engineers who have worked on designing and b... |
6 February 2013
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AegisLab experts warn Facebook users to be on the lookout for posts advertising a video called “Cette fille a une araignee sous la peau et se la fait retiree.” The translation reads “This girl has a spider under her skin and has it removed.” According to researchers, the scheme – which ... |
6 February 2013
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PyGObject 3.7.5 has been announced on February 5 and it brings various internal improvements, as well as many bug fixes.
First of all, we should mention that numerous signal methods have been moved from static bindings to GI, and that support for unpacking ‘maybe’ variants has been added to GLib overrid... |
6 February 2013
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WebKitGTK+, a version of the WebKit open source web engine that uses GTK+ as its user-facing front-end, is now at version 1.11.5.
WebKitGTK+ 1.11.5 is yet another maintenance release in the unstable 1.11 series and offers full functionality through a set of GObject-based APIs.
Highlights of WebKitGTK+ 1.11.5:
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6 February 2013
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The budget-friendly ZTE Blade III has just made its debut in the UK. The smartphone is now available for purchase from Virgin Media for only £80 / €90 / $125 on PAYG (pay as you go).
In addition, the carrier also offers the ZTE Blade III for free on select plans starting at £13 / €15 / $20 per ... |
6 February 2013
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Sprint’s users interested in the purchase of a new Galaxy Note II smartphone should consider making the purchase via Amazon Wireless, since the retailer has just cut the phone’s price tag to $139.99. The cost is available only for the Titanium flavor of the device, and requires the signing of a two-year... |
6 February 2013
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3D Paperball, a popular Windows Phone game, has just landed in the Windows 8 Windows Store, offering support for all versions of Microsoft’s new operating system, including x86, x64 and ARM builds.
“Simple and relaxing! Toss the paper ball into the trash can, in a beautifully modeled 3d environment. Uniq... |
6 February 2013
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The GNOME developers announced yesterday, February 5, the immediate availability for download and testing of the GDM (GNOME Display Manager) 3.7.5 package, just in time for the 3.7.5 development release of the popular GNOME desktop environment.
GNOME Display Manager (GDM) 3.7.5 improves the RandR performance, it in... |
6 February 2013
13:26 GMT |
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Nobody actually needs to use browser history until they do. That is, it's not something that most people do quite often, but when you do need to find that one article you remember reading a week ago but aren't quite sure where or what it was titled you'll be glad to have it.
Still, the history tool in... |
6 February 2013
13:21 GMT |
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Following its official landing on shelves in China, Oppo’s Find 5 smartphone appears ready to become available for purchase in other markets around the world as well.
The handset has been spotted at the FCC with model number X909 attached to it, supposedly its international flavor.
The handset has emerged a... |
6 February 2013
13:11 GMT |
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The GNOME developers behind the GNOME Session application, which is part of the GNOME desktop environment, have announced the immediate availability for download and testing of the 3.7.4 development release.
GNOME Session 3.7.4 (yes, 3.7.4 and not 3.7.5) is part of the upcoming GNOME 3.7.5 desktop environment, a de... |
6 February 2013
13:03 GMT |
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Zukitwo, a beautiful theme designed for Gnome 3.6 that makes use of the GTK2 engine Murrine and the GTK2 pixbuf engine, is now at version 2013.02.06.
Highlights of Zukitwo 2013.02.06:
• Some bug fixes have been fixed and some changes have been implemented to the treeview list;
• The Nemo style has been ad... |
6 February 2013
13:01 GMT |
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Microsoft will introduce the Surface Pro in just a couple of days, but the first commercial promoting the new tablet will be aired two days later during the Grammy Awards show.
Panos Panay, the head of the Surface division at Microsoft, suggested in a short tweet that the ad was ready to be aired, but he refused to ... |
6 February 2013
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Dead Space 3 is apparently vulnerable to a pretty intriguing glitch, as apparently players can enter and exit a room that constantly spawns different and quite precious resources, allowing them to quickly fill up their inventories with useful things.
Dead Space 3 introduces a brand new scavenging system that tasks p... |
6 February 2013
12:31 GMT |
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Microsoft is once again trying to stop companies across the world from using pirated software, this time with lawsuit against Ukrainian companies.
According to a report by KyivPost, Microsoft has filed 12 complaints against Ukrainian firms that allegedly used counterfeited software, most likely Office and Windows.
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6 February 2013
12:21 GMT |
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Dave Cox, the leader of the United Kingdom division of Konami, says that the company is thinking about a High Definition launch for Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate in the coming years.
The executive tells CVG that, “We created everything in high definition – all the textures, all the ... |
6 February 2013
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On February 5, Canonical published in a security notice details about a QXL graphics driver vulnerability for its Ubuntu 12.10 and Ubuntu 12.04 operating systems.
According to Canonical, Guests using the QXL graphics driver could be caused to hang or crash.
It was discovered that Keystone did not properly perform i... |
6 February 2013
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Motorola has just released a new maintenance update for the ATRIX 4G. Unfortunately, this is not the long-awaited Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade that everyone expects. In fact, Motorola Mobility has made it clear that the ATRIX 4G will never receive an official Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update, so those... |
6 February 2013
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PageDown-Bootstrap is a WYSIWYG editor for Twitter's Bootstrap front-end framework, working on top of the famous Markdown syntax model.
Developed on top of an older script called PageDown, a stand-alone JS-based Markdown editor, PageDown-Bootstrap is a more current implementation of the script, integrated to wo... |
6 February 2013
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Counter-Strike: Source, a game that combines the gameplay from the original Counter-Strike with the power of the Source engine, is now available on Steam for Linux. Valve has started to release most of their games on Steam for Linux. After the original Half-Life and Counter-Strike games made their way onto Linux, it... |
6 February 2013
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A newly emerged bug in Apple’s Mountain Lion operating system causes most applications to crash if you type File, colon, followed by three slashes. Sophos explains why the crash occurs and how to patch it until Apple releases its official fix.
This article can’t include the actual string of characters (p... |
6 February 2013
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Chinese mobile phone maker Huawei is gearing up for the launch of a new smartphone at the upcoming 2013 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, and it has already started sending out invitations to a press event set on February 24.
No specific info on what will be unveiled there has emerged so far, but rumor has it tha... |
6 February 2013
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Midori, a lightweight web browser that features full integration with GTK+ and fast rendering with WebKit, is now at version 0.4.8.Highlights of Midori 0.4.8:• Compilation with GLib 2.30 has been fixed;• An error handling in extensions has been fixed;• Retain selection in urlbar when switching tabs;&bu... |
6 February 2013
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Yahoo! is one of the companies that have already embraced Windows 8, Microsoft’s new operating system that comes with an integrated Store to allow users to download apps with just a few clicks. Even though Yahoo! is quickly losing ground in the fight with tech giants Google and Microsoft, Yahoo! still has mill... |
6 February 2013
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Rogers, TELUS and Bell were the first carriers to launch the BlackBerry Z10 smartphone in Canada, but other regional operators have recently confirmed that they will offer the device as well. According to CrackBerry, WIND Mobile has already opened up pre-registrations for BlackBerry Z10, but the carrier has not unve... |
6 February 2013
11:31 GMT |
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Frederik Wester, the chief executive officer at Paradox, says that all video games that his company starts working on initially sound as the best experience available in their genre.
He adds, while talking to Gamespy, that, “Now, once it gets to vertical slice, we see if it’s great or if it’s bad, ... |
6 February 2013
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A group of friends dub themselves a “secret society” of toilet papering, pranking people for 32 years.
Former member Whit Scott chronicles their adventures in a documentary titled Rolled. The filmmaker founded his flick on Kickstarter, where 491 people helped his dream come true.
The organization was s... |
6 February 2013
11:24 GMT |
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Apple has issued a press statement to announce that its iTunes Store has just hit 25 billion song downloads. The guy who unknowingly stopped the countdown got a €10,000 ($13,500) iTunes Gift Card.
The Cupertino company usually announces whenever it has a contest going, but this time around it seems it came out ... |
6 February 2013
11:23 GMT |
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I have to admit that I wasn’t really sold by the Super Bowl trailer for “Fast & Furious 6,” but the extended preview – embedded above – managed to do just that.
Man, I love Michelle Rodriguez, so perhaps that’s what was missing in the teaser to get me all giggly.
The latest ins... |
6 February 2013
11:21 GMT |
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S3NZU3, a hacker part of the Brazilian Cyber Army (BCA) claims to have breached a two websites owned by France’s Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, and the country's Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy. The first target is the site of the Aquitaine Regional Environmental Manag... |
6 February 2013
11:18 GMT |
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Just like Gigabyte and Thecus, QNAP has finished the latest additions to its series of network-attached storage devices.
Part of the turbo NAS series, the newcomers are called TS-x69 Pro and TS-x69L Series with XBMC.
Both of them have up to 3 GB of RAM (random access memory0 and dual-core central processing units... |
6 February 2013
11:05 GMT |
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Samba, an app that seamlessly integrates Linux/Unix servers and desktops into Active Directory environments using the winbind daemon, is now at version 4.0.3. The third maintenance release is in the 4.x branch and contains all of Samba's technology parts, both a file server, which can be upgraded from existing ... |
6 February 2013
11:04 GMT |
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Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation is supposedly gearing up for the launch of a new high-end Android-based smartphone before the end of this month, one that might arrive on shelves under the name of M7, and which appears to have been teased again.
The company has shown the image above in Germany, suggesti... |
6 February 2013
11:04 GMT |
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Security firm McAfee has published a study called “Love, Relationships, and Technology: When Private Data Gets Stuck in the Middle of a Breakup.” The company highlights that chances are high that your ex will publish your private data in case something “goes wrong.”
The study has found that 5... |
6 February 2013
11:01 GMT |
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Towards the middle of January, a customer who merely wished to enjoy a quiet meal at a McDonald's restaurant in China (i.e. in Shenyang, northeastern China, to be more precise) ended up needing urgent medical attention after being served detergent instead of Coca Cola. Information made available to the public... |
6 February 2013
10:59 GMT |
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Jon Shafer, the former lead designer of Civilization V, announces that he has set up a new game development studio, called Conifer Games, with its first project, At the Gates, now seeking funding via Kickstarter. Jon Shafer’s At the Gates will set the player in the role of a barbarian leader that threatens the... |
6 February 2013
10:59 GMT |
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On the surface, the Icy Raid hard disk drive enclosure doesn't really look all that different from the many other HDD cases released over the years, save perhaps in terms of how silver-white it is, due to the aluminum body.
Bearing the part number MB662U3-2S, it has two drive bays, each of which can accept a 3.... |
6 February 2013
10:56 GMT |
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After months of speculation, the first official trailer for HBO’s biopic “Phil Spector” has been released. Check it out in the video below, embedded at the end of this blog post.
Al Pacino stars as the controversial music producer, who was accused of the murder of actress Lana Clarkson in 2003. Si... |
6 February 2013
10:50 GMT |
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Video game developer and publisher NCSoft announces that it will launch its new MMO called WildStar during 2013, although an exact window was not specified.
The company is also delivering a new trailer for the game, designed to show off the Exiles, the good faction of the MMO world.
Players will be able to choose a... |
6 February 2013
10:48 GMT |
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Tony Hinds of Sheerness, Kent, in the UK has purchased a pack of sausages branded Tesco Finest British Pork & Chive, finding something other than the finest pork inside. As his fiancée Lauren Gooch opened the packaging, she uncovered a human tooth lodged in one of the sausages. When he complained to the super... |
6 February 2013
10:47 GMT |
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There's little doubt today that Aviary made the right decision when it dropped its web-based photo and image editors and started focusing entirely on its image editing API.
That API is now used by countless apps and websites, in fact, it's hard to find someone who isn't using it at this point, Yahoo, ... |
6 February 2013
10:46 GMT |
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Microsoft sure has the right man to create Internet Explorer ads, as most of the videos rolled out lately promote the company’s in-house browser in a way never seen before in the Redmond campus. Leaving the product they’re trying to promote aside, as opinions are still mixed on whether Internet Explorer ... |
6 February 2013
10:45 GMT |
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A brand new report has appeared on the web, this time revealing that games for the upcoming Xbox 720 (aka the next Xbox console) will require online activation, just like current-day PC titles, in order to eliminate the used games issue that is affecting developers, publishers, and even platform manufacturers like Mi... |
6 February 2013
10:42 GMT |
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Few things can help a product gain notoriety or fame more than openly challenging another successful product, and Amazon is doing just that.
The online store has released a new commercial for the Kindle Fire HD 8.9 tablet, one that outright compares it to Apple's tablet.
Amazon shows how the screens are both... |
6 February 2013
10:42 GMT |
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Around Christmas time, a cybercriminal group managed to steal $11 million (8.3 million EUR) in a couple of cleverly planned ATM heists. As a result of the incident, Visa released an alert to all card issuers.
Brian Krebs reports that the first attack took place on Christmas Eve. The crooks used prepaid debit cards a... |
6 February 2013
10:38 GMT |
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Even if it didn't become a huge financial success when it first came out, the Dead Space franchise from Electronic Arts and Visceral Games has just seen the release of a new installment, Dead Space 3, and continues to offer a survival horror experience that, in this day and age, is becoming quite a rarity. With... |
6 February 2013
10:31 GMT |
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Samsung has silently confirmed that it will launch the Galaxy Discover entry-level Android phone in the United States via Net10 and Straight Talk.
The smartphone has just been listed on Samsung USA website with both sellers’ branding attached to it. Unfortunately, there are no details on pricing options for now, but... |
6 February 2013
10:31 GMT |
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It’s always a pleasure to read or watch Betty White interviews, even if you’re not the biggest fan of her work. Not only is the “Hot in Cleveland” star incredibly funny and frank, but she’s also not shy about calling a spade a spade.
Like, for instance, how she’s hotter now at 91 ... |
6 February 2013
10:31 GMT |
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Opera, an Internet browser developed by Opera Software that provides support for RSS feeds, BitTorrent, IRC chatting, contact management, and many other features, is now at version 12.14.
The developers from Opera Software have decided to jump on the stable version train after just one Release candidate for the 12.1... |
6 February 2013
10:25 GMT |
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Nexus 4, the latest Google phone out there, is now listed in the Google Play Store in Canada with a shipping timeframe of 2 to 3 weeks. The handset had been previously available there with a 1-2 weeks shipping estimate, which suggests that the stock issues that LG and Google have been having with the device since i... |
6 February 2013
10:25 GMT |
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This adorable video first hit the online community a few days ago, and it pretty much became a viral sensation in a matter of hours. The footage shows a cute kitten trying to befriend a hedgehog, or at least trying to make head and tail of the weird-looking creature that has somehow made its way into its home. In... |
6 February 2013
10:24 GMT |
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The development team at Obsidian is delivering yet another update for fans of the upcoming Project Eternity, dealing with the creation of the various character models and with the problems that a simple door can create for the studio.
Project Eternity will include six playable races and each of them will be able to ... |
6 February 2013
10:21 GMT |
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The name Dara-Lynn Weiss might not ring a bell, but the story of the mom who put her 7-year-old on a diet might. Weiss is speaking out again to defend herself, but also to promote the new book she has coming out, chronicling her and her daughter’s road to a slimmer figure and, of course, good health.
Weiss wa... |
6 February 2013
10:15 GMT |
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After hearing that The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is the end of the series, a new report has surfaced on the web, claiming that it's just the conclusion of the current trilogy that focuses on protagonist Geralt of Rivia.
The Witcher RPG series, developed by Polish studio CD Projekt Red, has impressed millions of fans... |
6 February 2013
10:15 GMT |
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For some reason or other, the display industry has been going through some shifts, shifts that are causing a drop in average selling prices. LCDs are the main ones responsible for this most fortuitous turn of events. Panel makers have been producing more monitor screens and switching away from notebooks. And since... |
6 February 2013
10:15 GMT |
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The comet ISON promises quite a spectacle towards the end of the year. Until then, astronomers are keeping an eye on this peculiar comet. ISON is approaching the sun and will graze by later this year.
NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft was able to get footage of the comet on its approach. Deep Impact is a comet hun... |
6 February 2013
10:11 GMT |
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Patrick Leach has been officially charged with the attempted murder of one of his Malibu neighbors in early January.
He is the son of Sheryl Leach, reputed children's books author and the creator of the Barney & Friends TV show. Wikipedia lists her son's interest in dinosaurs as the main reason for portra... |
6 February 2013
10:02 GMT |
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In the aftermath of several studies showing that the neonicotinoid pesticides most farmers use on a regular basis constitute a threat to the global bee population, the EU is getting ready to ban people from using them.
Seeing how bees are of utmost importance when it comes to keeping the global agricultural industr... |
6 February 2013
09:57 GMT |
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TELUS is the second Canadian carrier to open up pre-registrations for BlackBerry Q10 smartphones, after Rogers.
Although this doesn’t mean the device will soon be available for purchase, at least it will keep the hype raised until the smartphone arrives.
For the time being, BlackBerry Q10 is slated for an Ap... |
6 February 2013
09:52 GMT |
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After revealing it yesterday and sharing some more details, CD Projekt Red has just posted the first screenshots from its upcoming The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, the next installment in its popular RPG series. The Witcher titles have delivered some impressive experiences over the years, as CD Projekt Red managed to deliv... |
6 February 2013
09:48 GMT |
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Mike Pondsmith, the creator of the Cyberpunk game setting, says he initially had to shoot down a number of ideas that CD Projekt RD had for Cyberpunk 2077 before the development team understood the essence of the settings and the best mechanics for the upcoming game.
After the initial learning experience, the game c... |
6 February 2013
09:48 GMT |
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Foxconn wasn't very interested in large-size LCD TVs until not long ago, but the company tested the waters with a 60-inch LCD based on Sharp-manufactured panels.
And since the testing of the waters returned favorable results, the corporation has decided to make more displays.
The first one will be a 70-inch LC... |
6 February 2013
09:48 GMT |
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The Texas A&M Transportation Institute has recently released a new report stating that Washington D.C. can and should officially be “crowned” the most congested city in the US. This basically means that, on quite a regular basis, people living in this part of the country find themselves spending more ti... |
6 February 2013
09:44 GMT |
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Canadian mobile phone carrier TELUS is the latest operator in the country to have cut the price tag for the newly launched BlackBerry Z10 smartphone. The phone was put up for sale yesterday at $149 at the wireless carrier, but can be purchased today at only $139 (around €103), the same as it has been at Rogers... |
6 February 2013
09:43 GMT |
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If you live in the US and had made plans to catch J.J. Abrams’ “Star Trek Into Darkness” on the first day of theatrical release, May 17, today is a good day for you: the release date has been moved up by 2 days. Fans in North America will now be able to catch what is billed as the most anticipated... |
6 February 2013
09:38 GMT |
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Hasbro Inc. have completed their voting session for the new Monopoly token, and the results are finally in.
The cat is the new addition to the Monopoly family, which already includes Scotty the dog as a member. To be honest, I also preferred the cat and it seems that the other tokens never stood a chance. According... |
6 February 2013
09:34 GMT |
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BlackBerry’s Thorsten Heins said a few days ago that he was sorry that BlackBerry fans in the United States would have to wait until next month in order to purchase the company’s Z10 smartphone. According to him, it’s the carriers that decide when the new BlackBerry 10 devices are being launched an... |
6 February 2013
09:31 GMT |
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Google continues to build up its ecommerce know-how with the acquisition of Channel Intelligence for a reported $125 million, €92.39 million. Channel Intelligence provides technology for companies offering an online store, mostly big retailers such as Best Buy and Target in the US. The company is active in... |
6 February 2013
09:31 GMT |
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Memory prices fell for years, but they stabilized in late 2012 and have since begun to rise, slowly, because of the decision on the part of manufacturers to cut their production capacity.
So far, the year 2013 hasn't shown much further change in this area, though module prices did climb in January. This will ch... |
6 February 2013
09:28 GMT |
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Retina-X Studios has released the first spy software compatible with Apple’s iPhone 5. The solution can help parents keep a closer eye on their kids’ activities, and it works just as well for married couples who don’t trust each other.
Great world we live in, don’t you agree? This one comes v... |
6 February 2013
09:26 GMT |
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Mila Kunis, Michelle Williams and Rachel Weisz are the three ladies of Disney’s upcoming movie “Oz the Great and the Powerful.” To promote it, they sat down for a joint interview with InStyle, excerpts of which have already made their way online.
One in particular is getting a lot of traction righ... |
6 February 2013
09:20 GMT |
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The US Postal Service will stop delivering first-class mail on Saturdays, reports say. The state-run organization has decided to increase their revenues by chucking weekend deliveries starting August 1.
According to CBS News, the USPS registered a $16 billion (€11.8 billion) budget deficit last year alone. The ... |
6 February 2013
09:12 GMT |
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A few months ago, Felix Baumgartner made history jumping from the edge of space and becoming supersonic during the fall. He broke several records in the processes, the highest ever jump, the fastest freefall and so on. Until now though, those records haven't been official.
The Red Bull Stratos team has now pres... |
6 February 2013
09:11 GMT |
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Office 2013 was released only a few days ago, but cybercriminals are moving pretty quickly with their attempts to exploit the computers of users looking to get the new productivity suite at no cost. The story is basically the same as for any new product that hits the market. Just like it happened with Windows 8, som... |
6 February 2013
09:09 GMT |
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Panda Security’s PandaLabs has released its annual report for 2012. The study covers the evolution of mobile malware, ransomware, Mac security, social media networks, cybercrime, hacktivism and cyberwar.
The figures show that around 27 million new strains of malware were created in 2012, averaging at around 74... |
6 February 2013
09:08 GMT |
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Olympic gold medal skier Lindsey Vonn is currently in hospital in Austria after a terrifying crash that occurred during the Alpine World Championships. Video of it is above.
Vonn was seen by a doctor on the spot and, after several minutes, she was airlifted and rushed to a nearby hospital, TMZ reports.
She will u... |
6 February 2013
09:07 GMT |
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France Systèmes, a French Apple Authorized Reseller and Certified Education service provider, has released a newsletter to customers announcing a temporary Mac Pro discount, as well as news that “a new Mac Pro will be released in spring 2013.” Apple has been forced to halt sales of existing Mac Pr... |
6 February 2013
09:06 GMT |
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The GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program), an application that can be used as a simple paint program or as an expert quality photo retouching program, is now at version 2.8.4.
Gimp 2.8.4 arrives on Linux after a long development hiatus and, as expected, there are quite a few changes.
Highlight of GIMP 2.8.4:
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6 February 2013
09:05 GMT |
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Today Gresso announced the launch of a new luxury handset for its customers, dubbed Cruiser Titanium and built using a single piece case made of titanium.
The handset arrives on shelves with a high cost attached to it, at $2,500 (around €1,850), which does not come too much as a surprise, considering its maker.
F... |
6 February 2013
09:02 GMT |
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The hotly-anticipated Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean for Samsung Galaxy Note II has been previously delayed in Canada a few times, but it looks like the update is now available for download. The folks at SamMobile, the source of all official ROMs, have just confirmed Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean for Samsung Galaxy Note II has... |
6 February 2013
09:01 GMT |
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Our database has been updated with the latest drivers for ASUS' S56CM ultrabook. Among these is Intel's bundle, including Rapid Start, Rapid Storage Technology and Management Engine interface, which will help you make the most of your slimmed down laptop.All the drivers work on Windows 7 and Windows 8, but ... |
6 February 2013
09:01 GMT |
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A security hole that affects certain D-Link DIR-300 and DIR-600 routers can be leveraged by hackers to execute arbitrary code at root level. According to Michael Messner, the security researcher who has identified the vulnerability, the issue is caused by missing access restrictions and missing input validation in t... |
6 February 2013
08:59 GMT |
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March of the Eagles is a video game developed and published by Paradox, aiming to recreate one of the most turbulent periods in the history of Europe, that of the Napoleonic Wars that raged at the start of the XIX century. This is not the same type of grand strategy that Paradox has created with Europa Universalis o... |
6 February 2013
08:51 GMT |
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Beyonce slayed it at the Super Bowl 2013, with her Halftime show. In fact, some say, she was so fierce and hot she even managed to cause the power outage at the Superdome.
While words of high praise are ok, posting unflattering photos of the star are big no-no, as BuzzFeed has learned.
The e-zine has posted a blo... |
6 February 2013
08:46 GMT |
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A teenager has been charged with being in criminal contempt of court proceedings for showing a judge the middle finger during a hearing.
Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Jorge Rodriguez-Chomat has sentenced 18-year-old Penelope Soto to 30 days in jail after her disrespectful gesture.
Soto appeared in court on drug-related ... |
6 February 2013
08:44 GMT |
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The Nexus 10 tablet had a tumultuous journey, with availability being shaky even after the official launch, due to its disappearance from the Google Play store. The device, made by Samsung but bearing Google's brand, has finally returned to the US though and, according to this website, can also be bought in Ja... |
6 February 2013
08:43 GMT |
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Calligra 2.6, an integrated suite of applications for office, creative and management needs, has been released on February 5. According to the developer, Calligra 2.6 has implemented thousands of commits which provided new features, polishing of the user interaction and bug fixes. “As usual, Calligra is devel... |
6 February 2013
08:38 GMT |
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Two people working for a national park in Indonesia have recently learned – the hard way, some might say – that, despite years of experience in terms of working with wildlife, animals can sometimes prove to be both unpredictable and extremely dangerous.
To cut a long story short, these two men were bitt... |
6 February 2013
08:37 GMT |
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While gigabyte is catering to the needs of home and small office networks, Thecus is introducing network-attached storage devices more suited for higher-demand scenarios.
The two NAS units are called N12000PRO, and N16000PRO and, as the links indicate, have their own product pages already set up.
As the newest mem... |
6 February 2013
08:24 GMT |
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Seeing how a “Friends” reunion will never happen, either on the small or the big screen (sorry, guys), it’s always great news to hear any of the old cast getting together for a new project: Perry’s “Go On” series for NBC. Matthew Perry and Courteney Cox, who played lovers and, la... |
6 February 2013
08:22 GMT |
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Nikon has released its latest firmware version A:1.21 / B:1.21, which is aimed at the 1 V1 Digital Camera. The firmware resolves an issue which occurred when the camera was turned on after attaching a lens. So, the shooting display monitor or electronic viewfinder will not appear to move anymore. This firmware upd... |
6 February 2013
08:19 GMT |
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Dead Space 3 developer Visceral Games has talked a bit more about Dead Space 3, its recently released horror game, explaining that the cooperative mode will still provide a scary experience through the novel dementia experienced by the second character, Carver. Dead Space 3 came out yesterday in North America and wi... |
6 February 2013
08:15 GMT |
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A lot of interesting things are happening in Brazil these days, at least as far as malware research is concerned. Earlier today, we learned of a Trojan that used valid digital certificates and now we find out there’s a threat which disguises itself as Avast! Antivirus.
The banking Trojan, developed in Delphi, ... |
6 February 2013
08:15 GMT |
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Developer Zen Studios announces that it is working with LucasArts to create a new line of Star Wars Pinball titles, which will be launched starting with the end of February 2013 on Xbox Live, the PSN, Google Play and the official Apple App store. Initially, gamers will get access to a three table package that delive... |
6 February 2013
08:13 GMT |
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February 6 marks the 55th anniversary of the Munich air disaster, the plane crash that killed 23 in Germany.
The members of Manchester United soccer team, along with fans and members of the media, were on board British European Airways flight 609 when it crashed at take-off in 1958. They were returning from a Europe... |
6 February 2013
08:02 GMT |
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Last week, Chris Brown and Frank Ocean got into a fight outside a recording studio in Los Angeles, after Chris took Frank’s parking spot. The police report indicates that it was Brown who threw the first punch.
Though Frank has already said on his official page that he had no intention of pressing charges aga... |
6 February 2013
08:02 GMT |
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One of the oldest Windows Phone handsets, Dell Venue Pro is reportedly receiving the long-awaited Windows Phone 7.8 update.
The folks at EsPhoneBlog claim the Dell Venue Pro owners in Finland can now upgrade their smartphones via Zune desktop software.
Keep in mind that this update has been confirmed for unbranded ... |
6 February 2013
08:02 GMT |
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Samsung’s Galaxy S IV smartphone is not official as of now, though it might be formally announced sometime in March as the successor of last year’s Galaxy S III and the new flagship smartphone from the South Korean mobile phone maker. For the time being, however, users are left wondering what the handse... |
6 February 2013
08:01 GMT |
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Version 3.7.5 of Mutter, a window and compositing manager that displays and manages your desktop via OpenGL, is now available for download and testing.
Mutter 3.7.5 is part of the upcoming 3.7.4 desktop environment, a development release of the famous desktop environment, which, in time, will become GNOME 3.8.
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6 February 2013
08:01 GMT |
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Continuing in its role as provider of various consumer electronics and IT devices, Gigabyte has launched a network-attached storage unit bearing the name of GR-EZI14H.
For Gigabyte, most revenue comes from motherboards and graphics cards, but the company has decent income from other areas as well.
Network-attached... |
6 February 2013
07:59 GMT |
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David Wang, a member of the evad3rs team who recently rolled out evasi0n, agreed to be interviewed this week to share some intriguing details about their work, and how they managed to circumvent Apple’s security measures. Forbes says evasi0n is the most elaborate jailbreak ever released for iOS devices. The b... |
6 February 2013
07:58 GMT |
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On Tuesday, Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs revealed that around 20 documents had been leaked from its computers. The incident took place on January 28.
According to a press release, the National Information Security Center was the one that noticed the suspicious communication to an external server.
The ... |
6 February 2013
07:58 GMT |
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The photo above was shot at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Ontario, Canada, and shows two squirrels kicking the whatnot out of each other in order to decide which of them gets to feast on an otherwise humble and utterly-not-extraordinary peanut.
But then again, fights like these are almost never about the peanut al... |
6 February 2013
07:51 GMT |
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Glib, the low-level core library that forms the basis for projects such as GTK+ and GNOME and that provides data structure handling for C, portability wrappers, and interfaces, is now at version 2.35.7.
Just like the previous update, this new version of Glib also incorporates a huge number of improvements and fixes... |
6 February 2013
07:48 GMT |
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Microsoft is yet to publicly confirm work on Windows Blue, but according to sources familiar with the matter, the next contraption is very likely to be released as soon as this summer.
While no information is available, DeviantArt user Daniel Skrzypoń has created one of the first Windows Blue concepts based on the u... |
6 February 2013
07:47 GMT |
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This past February 4, Kickstarter witnessed the launch of a rather peculiar fundraising campaign. What makes this campaign so very special is the fact that, unlike others that mainly focus on trying to raise money to jump-start the large-scale manufacturing of various gadgets, it aims at gathering as much donations... |
6 February 2013
07:38 GMT |
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WordPress.org is out with a brand new version of their iOS blogging app which focuses entirely on notifications, including how you manage the alerts that come in, the blogs that matter the most, etc. WordPress 3.4 brings notifications for WordPress.com blogs and self-hosted with the Jetpack plugin, according to the ... |
6 February 2013
07:31 GMT |
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Running under Google’s Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean operating system, Samsung’s new Galaxy S II Plus i9105 smartphone was launched as the successor of the Galaxy S II i9100 handset that landed on shelves roughly two years ago. The phone has already been released in various markets around the world, and it a... |
6 February 2013
07:31 GMT |
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Two brothers from North Miami, Florida, reported missing on Monday, February 4, have been recovered safe and sound.
5-year-old Darren and 3-year-old Rey Bonilla have been found with a 23-year-old woman, on February 5. They were taken away by the suspect, identified as "Gloria," without their mother allowing it.
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6 February 2013
07:29 GMT |
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The development team at Epic Games announces that Gears of War: Judgment, its upcoming third-person shooter, has gone gold, which means that no further changes are being made to the game code and that the disks that will be shipped to gamers are now being manufactured. The new game in the series serves as a prequel ... |
6 February 2013
07:21 GMT |
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Microsoft has been crowned the best company to work for in the United Arab Emirates, with the Redmond-based software titan receiving a better score than Marriott Hotels, DHL and FedEx Express.
The report released by the Great Place to Work Institute revealed that Microsoft, Marriott Hotels and FedEx Express remained... |
6 February 2013
07:19 GMT |
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Sniper Elite V2 is coming to the Nintendo Wii U this spring, as developer Rebellion and publisher 505 Games have revealed that the shooter has received plenty of improvements and will take advantage of the console's innovative GamePad.
Sniper Elite V2 delivered a pretty impressive experience last year on the PC... |
6 February 2013
07:14 GMT |
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Experts from security firm Malwarebytes have identified a banking malware, Spyware.Banker.FakeSig, which uses valid digital certificates issued by DigiCert in order to increase its chances of bypassing security solutions. The malware, which has been spotted targeting users from Brazil, relies on a certificate issued... |
6 February 2013
07:14 GMT |
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On Tuesday, mobile phone maker Motorola has announced via Twitter that the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system was available for the RAZR HD LTE smartphone in Canada.
The new platform release is set to provide owners of this device with appealing new features and enhancements, including Google Now, Voice Search... |
6 February 2013
07:11 GMT |
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Football fans wondering what went wrong to cause the power outage at the Superdome during the Super Bowl 2013, wonder no more: Funny Or Die has an answer to the question.
It was Bane from “The Dark Knight Rises” who cut the power, because he was trying to take over the city.
Check out the video below ... |
6 February 2013
07:10 GMT |
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Spellcheck features can be both beautiful and terrible things, depending on how good a grasp of vocabulary one has. Still, at least they help ensure that typed papers, if nothing else, don't cause editors' and examiners' eyes to pop out.
That doesn't really help teachers and parents when it come... |
6 February 2013
07:10 GMT |
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Yet another development version of the upcoming GNOME Boxes 3.8, a sophisticated application to easily and quickly access remote or virtual systems on the controversial and popular GNOME 3 desktop environment, has been announced last evening, February 5.
GNOME Boxes 3.7.5 is a here to mainly fix various issues that... |
6 February 2013
07:07 GMT |
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Companies pour millions of dollars into Super Bowl hoping to get some to return. For some it pays off, for some it doesn't. One prerequisite though would seem to at least have a good ad to showcase during the game, when a standard 30-second clip cost $3.8/€2.8 million this year.
Not many get that point though a... |
6 February 2013
07:03 GMT |
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Google Chrome, a browser built on the WebKit layout engine that aims to be minimalistic and versatile at the same time, is now at version 25.0.1364.68.
The Beta version of Google Chrome is now out for Linux users, and it’s quite a consistent one.
Highlights of Google Chrome 25.0.1364.68:
• Do not invali... |
6 February 2013
07:01 GMT |
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South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung Electronics is reportedly getting ready for the official release of a new Android-based flagship smartphone before the end of this quarter, namely the Galaxy S IV, which should sport a 5-inch full HD screen on the front. Apparently, Samsung has decided to ramp up production o... |
6 February 2013
06:51 GMT |
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Yahoo! has released an updated version of its iOS application, adding a new pull-to-refresh function to get updated content faster and more conveniently. The company also claims that the next update will drop iOS 4 support. Yahoo! version 2.3.6 lets you “get updated content more easily with ‘Pull down to... |
6 February 2013
06:41 GMT |
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Stickman 2D: Evolution is now up for grabs for adopters of Microsoft’s latest operating system, regardless of whether they’re running Windows 8 on a desktop computer or on a tablet.
The game requires users to draw each stickman and then send it into the battle, with your drawing skills determining how he... |
6 February 2013
06:41 GMT |
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Nullsoft have just updated their Winamp application for Android devices with one important new feature and several bug fixes.
It appears that the new version of Winamp features notification player controls for all devices powered by Ice Cream Sandwich and Jelly Bean devices. It is also worth mentioning that the Now ... |
6 February 2013
06:31 GMT |
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As expected, UK-based carrier Vodafone has announced the immediate availability of five new Windows Phone 8 devices: Nokia Lumia 920, 820 and 620, as well as HTC 8X and 8S. All five smartphones are now available for purchase from Vodafone, both online and at brick and mortar locations, for no upfront cost on select ... |
6 February 2013
06:31 GMT |
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Sysinternals Suite 1.0 Build 04.02.2013 has just reached the web, coming with several improvements and updates for the built-in utilities.
The new Sysinternals Suite features Pendmoves 1.2 that boasts support for 64-bit directories, but also Zoomit 4.42 and Process Explorer 15.3.
The updated version of Process Expl... |
6 February 2013
06:11 GMT |
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Mobile phone users in the United States interested in the purchase of a new Nexus 4 smartphone on T-Mobile’s network can now grab the smartphone at only $76.49 (€56.32), provided that they make the purchase via Lets Talk.
The online retailer has the handset listed at only $84.99 at the moment, but entering th... |
6 February 2013
06:11 GMT |
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Canonical announced last evening, February 5, in a security notice, that they've updated the default web browser in all their supported Ubuntu operating systems to Mozilla Firefox 18.0.2. Firefox 18.0.2 was officially released by Mozilla on February 5 in order to fix a couple of JavaScript related stability issu... |
6 February 2013
06:03 GMT |
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As promised a few weeks ago, LG is about to start the global rollout of the Optimus. The smartphone will be available for purchase in Europe, Australia and Asia in the next few months.However, it appears that the folks over at EsPhoneBlog have been able to answer one of the most pressing questions regarding the phone... |
6 February 2013
05:58 GMT |
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The FBI has arrested 13 people and charged 18 for their role in a credit card fraud scheme which caused damages of at least $200 million (150 million EUR).
According to authorities, the suspects – aged between 31 and 74 – made up 7,000 fake identities which they used to obtain tens of thousands of credit... |
6 February 2013
05:55 GMT |
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Dell's move, through which it went private yesterday (February 5, 2013), is meant to act as a catalyst for a better marketing and financial performance, but HP does not think this goal will be reached, at least not easily.
Since Dell is one of the greatest and best-known IT and consumer electronics brands in t... |
6 February 2013
05:53 GMT |
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Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited has released WeChat 4.5.0.9, a new version of the company’s full-featured mobile communication and private social networking app.
A free, cross-platform IM and video chatting client, WeChat offers group messaging with text, voice notes, images, videos, location dat... |
6 February 2013
05:51 GMT |
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After being confirmed by a magazine yesterday, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has just been officially detailed by developer CD Projekt Red, confirming that it's the last game in the series and that it will feature a huge open world that's 30 times bigger than the one in The Witcher 2. The Witcher role-playing f... |
6 February 2013
05:47 GMT |
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Congressman Joe Courtney from Connecticut is shocked to learn that Steven Spielberg’s movie “Lincoln,” which is the top contender at this year’s Oscars, is not entirely historically accurate.
Over the weekend, Courtney saw the film and was startled when one particular scene showed two Congre... |
6 February 2013
05:41 GMT |
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Deezer plan to expand to as many countries as possible has mostly come to fruition, the music streaming service is available in many parts of the world and more countries are added. Now, Deezer seems to be thinking about expanding to more devices.
The service is mainly serviced by the website. That has the advantag... |
6 February 2013
05:41 GMT |
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Relic might be transitioning from the now defunct THQ to SEGA, but the development team working on Company of Heroes 2 continues to offer information about the strategy experience that should be launched before the end of spring.
James McDermott, associate producer at Relic, answered a number of community questions ... |
6 February 2013
05:36 GMT |
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The video above shows footage of four active volcanoes as seen from above. All of these volcanoes are located in Russia's Far East, and find themselves at a distance of under 110 miles of each other.
Apparently, the online community has a team of daredevil photographers to thank for their being able to watch t... |
6 February 2013
05:33 GMT |
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LG Optimus Black made its debut on the market in May 2011 and arrived in India several weeks later.
The smartphone was launched with Android 2.2 Froyo onboard, but LG provided a Gingerbread upgrade last year.
However, the South Korean company promised that an Ice Cream Sandwich update would be available as well.
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6 February 2013
05:31 GMT |
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The other day, a preview for Katie Couric’s latest show caused quite a storm for showing iconic actor Robert De Niro tearing up when talking about how difficult it was to have a child with bipolar disorder.
The full video is now out, and you will find it embedded below, at the end of this blog post.
De Niro... |
6 February 2013
05:29 GMT |
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Stewie, the world's longest cat, has recently passed away following a rather long battle with cancer.
This feline was just eight years old when he died, and owner Robin Hendrickson has no issues admitting that Stewie's death caused her tremendous grief.
“He has touched many lives, and for that I a... |
6 February 2013
05:28 GMT |
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Cybercriminals and scammers take advantage of every major event or holiday to launch their malicious campaigns, and Valentine’ Day is no exception. Bitdefender has issued an alert to warn users about the Valentine-themed scams currently doing the rounds.
This year, scammers are offering all sorts of things, in... |
6 February 2013
05:26 GMT |
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The Last of Us is an ambitious project because it focuses on two main characters. The development team at Naughty Dog believes that while it will be hard to get the core mechanics of the game right, the potential payoff is worth the extra effort.
Evan Wells, the co-president of Naughty Dog, tells VG247 that, “... |
6 February 2013
05:17 GMT |
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In Brazil, a company called Gradiente has the exclusive right to commercialize the iPhone brand, as it owns the dubbing in that country. While it wishes to preserve its intellectual property rights, it is open to discussions with Apple for a potential licensing deal. Apple has been selling iPhones in Brazil for a wh... |
6 February 2013
05:15 GMT |
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Following the problems with version 12.13 of their browser Opera hurried the release of another minor build, incrementing the revision number to 12.14.
There aren’t too many modifications available for this release since the developer focused on eliminating the crash loop problem caused by updating multiple ex... |
6 February 2013
05:11 GMT |
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By now, it’s no secret that I consider Pink one of the most talented and overall accomplished artists of our times. Above is her brand new video and, if you’re a fan like me, it will only make you like her even more.
Check it out.
“Just Give Me a Reason” is a collaboration with Ruess, lif... |
6 February 2013
05:11 GMT |
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Shank 2, the sequel to the amazing Shank 2D platformer created by the Klei Entertainment studio, has been launched officially on Steam for Linux, albeit as a beta version.
Shank 2 has been met with critical acclaim by gamers and critics alike. A Steam for Linux version was bound to happen especially because it was p... |
6 February 2013
05:06 GMT |
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Redesigning their logo marks a new start for the Jacksonville Jaguars, who have hit a rough patch revenue-wise, in the last years. ESPN, quoting team president Mark Lamping, informs that the new Jaguar logo is fiercer, more modern and more lifelike. To me, it looks like, although there have been some slight modifica... |
6 February 2013
05:06 GMT |
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After hearing a rumor earlier this year, 2K Games and Gearbox Software have just confirmed that it's going to release at the end of the month the Borderlands 2 Add-on Content Pack, a retail disc that contains most of the DLC that has already been launched for Borderlands 2.
Borderlands 2 impressed millions of g... |
6 February 2013
05:06 GMT |
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Sony has just confirmed that, for the 1-year anniversary of its PlayStation Vita handheld console, it's slashing the prices of Vita games on the PAL PS Store by a whopping 50%.
The PlayStation Vita came out last February and, while the handheld platform didn't exactly impress that many customers, it receiv... |
6 February 2013
05:03 GMT |
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Advanced Micro Devices hasn't officially released any of this information yet, but market watchers and leak hunters rarely rest, so it was only a matter of time before the ETAs of AMD's APUs appeared. OBR Hardware has published what is essentially a launch schedule for the Richland, Kabini and Temash proce... |
6 February 2013
04:59 GMT |
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Google’s Android Jelly Bean operating system is starting to gain more share on the market, courtesy of new device releases and various OS upgrades being pushed to devices. Data collected by Google in the two weeks ending February 4 shows that Jelly Bean was loaded on 13.6 percent of all devices that accessed ... |
6 February 2013
04:58 GMT |
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Justin Bieber has a new album to promote, “Believe Acoustic,” but also a Saturday Night Live gig: this weekend, he’ll be pulling double duty on SNL, as host and the musical guest.
He stopped by Jimmy Fallon the other night and, when not kissing a mannequin and showing off his abs, he talked about ... |
6 February 2013
04:58 GMT |
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Apple has updated a not-so-friendly Support document on its site which says that “Unauthorized modification of iOS can cause instability, security vulnerabilities, shortened battery life, and other issues.” In other words, don’t jailbreak!
“This article is about adverse issues experienced by ... |
6 February 2013
04:54 GMT |
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Only recently, a Labrador Retriever did his best to help a search party locate his owner, who had passed away following his suffering a hiking accident. The incident occurred in a nature preserve in northern New Jersey this past Saturday. Sources report that this Labrador Retriever, named Kentucky, simply refused... |
6 February 2013
04:53 GMT |
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Google is celebrating the 100th birthday of famous archaeologist and anthropologist Mary Leakey in the usual way, with a doodle. The doodle shows her next to one of her greatest discoveries, a set of hominid footprints some 3.6 million years old.The footprints, discovered in 1978, are the oldest to show bipedal homin... |
6 February 2013
04:52 GMT |
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An adult tape featuring Taylor Swift and her former boyfriend Harry Styles has been leaked online after someone hacked into the celebrity’s iPhone. In reality, this isn’t true, but scammers are using the bogus story to trick Facebook users into taking part in a survey. The Facebook posts, entitled &ldquo... |
6 February 2013
04:47 GMT |
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Ten people have been tried and convicted for unlawfully imprisoning protesters in Beijing in one of China's now infamous “black jails.” Xinhua News reports that 11 demonstrators were captured and held in two courtyards in Wangsiying township, Chaoyang district, in 2012. They weren't allowed to ... |
6 February 2013
04:43 GMT |
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Developer City State Entertainment, led by Mythic founder Mark Jacobs, announces that he is working on a new MMO called Camelot Unchained, which will be developed using resources obtained during a Kickstarter campaign launched in March.
The new game will focus on Realm versus Realm battles, housing options and a pla... |
6 February 2013
04:41 GMT |
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AMD has basically created GlobalFoundries, so while the latter does accept orders from various firms, its activities can still be taken as a sign of what AMD might be brewing in its labs.
That is why the newest announcement on its part could be taken as a hint that, like rumors started saying back in October 2012, ... |
6 February 2013
04:39 GMT |
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Steam for Linux, the digital distribution platform developed by Valve, has just received an important update and gets a little closer to a stable release.
Steam for Linux is still in the Beta stage of development and Valve is making a lot of changes to the client.
Highlights of the new Steam for Linux update:
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6 February 2013
04:36 GMT |
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In a tweet posted a few hours ago, Rupert Murdoch – the famous media mogul and the owner of The Wall Street Journal – revealed that Chinese hackers were still attacking the newspaper’s computer systems.
“Chinese still hacking us, or were over weekend,” Murdoch wrote.
Last week, The Wal... |
6 February 2013
04:32 GMT |
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Google has won a landmark lawsuit in Australia, one that could have repercussions around the world. The company was accused by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) of misleading advertising over some ads run on the search engine.
For a period in 2006 and 2007, searches for Honda Australia would ... |
6 February 2013
04:31 GMT |
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A German researcher named Dr. Gerhard Roth is now making headlines following his going public with the news that he had succeeded in pinning down the exact spot where evilness lies in an individual's brain.
More precisely, this neurologist maintains that, after analyzing the brains of several convicted killers... |
6 February 2013
04:28 GMT |
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Kate Winslet doesn’t like to live her life in the spotlight, so this probably explains why she’s being photographed just now for the first time since she tied the knot in early December 2012.
The actress and Ned Rocknroll, the nephew of Virgin billionaire Richard Bronson, tied the knot in a super exclu... |
6 February 2013
04:27 GMT |
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Canadian mobile phone maker BlackBerry has already made its new BlackBerry Z10 smartphone available for purchase in two markets around the world, namely the UK and Canada, and has enjoyed strong initial sales, analyst reports suggested. However, it seems that the company is set to raise a bit more awareness on its ... |
6 February 2013
04:23 GMT |
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The Excalibur casino in Las Vegas has been forced to evacuate guests from one of its four towers, because one of its ventilation motors started overheating.
St. Louis Post Dispatch reports that the evacuation was carried on at 2 a.m. on Tuesday, February 5. According to MGM resorts spokesman Gordon Absher, guests we... |
6 February 2013
04:16 GMT |
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When Apple opens up a position for Siri UI Engineer that’s not for iOS, but OS X, you know something is up. It also helps to know that the company is actively testing OS X 10.9 builds, with a potential beta on its way to developers soon.
A job posting on Apple’s website revealed yesterday that the Cupert... |
6 February 2013
04:11 GMT |
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Memory comes in many speeds and capacities, and usually it isn't very easy to marry the two, even when costs aren't a concern. G.Skill is one of those who can boast of achieving records though. The company has just revealed the newest addition to the Trident X line, one that just happens to be the fastest... |
6 February 2013
04:09 GMT |
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Zalman ZM-GM1 Gaming Mouse Driver helps users to fully customize the device's behavior. For starters, it guides you through assigning the 7 buttons, as well as the LED lights that the mouse has available. The mouse has 2 dedicated buttons that help the user to rapidly shift between 800 and 6000 DPI, and a stylis... |
6 February 2013
04:06 GMT |
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The current build for Firefox browser popped up on Mozilla’s servers yesterday, but at the time we announced that there were no official notes available, only speculations and rumors about the release.
Now we know that the cause for launching a second update for Firefox 18 was a bug that accounted for 20% the ... |
6 February 2013
04:06 GMT |
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More and more details on the next-generation Galaxy S device surface as we near Mobile World Congress 2013. Although Samsung confirmed the Galaxy S IV will not be unveiled later this month at MWC 2013, in Barcelona, Spain, it’s likely the phone will be present at the trade fair and it will be shown to carriers... |
6 February 2013
04:06 GMT |
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Hackers of the Turkish Ajan group have breached Nokia Taiwan’s official website (nokia.com.tw). They defaced four subdomains and leaked files that, according to the hackers, contain around 100,000 records, including user details.
The affected subdomains are member.nokia.com.tw, event.nokia.com.tw, fun.nokia.co... |
6 February 2013
03:59 GMT |
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Video game publisher Paradox Interactive says that it has canceled four fairly advanced video game projects during 2012 and that it wants to make sure that upcoming launches have as little problems as possible.
Frederik Wester, the chief executive officer at Paradox, tells Gamespy that, “This happened after Ge... |
6 February 2013
03:51 GMT |
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As rumored, Twitter has bought BlueFin Labs, a TV analytics company. It will now become part of Twitter and will continue to offer the same service, though part of Twitter's toolset.
Twitter is paying close to $100 million, €73.65 million for the company, including earnouts, its biggest acquisition since ... |
6 February 2013
03:51 GMT |
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Frank Ocean said he would not be pressing charges against Chris Brown after the incident in an LA parking lot last week, but Chris is not out of troubled waters yet because the D.A. is looking to have his probation revoked.
After the 2009 incident in which Chris lashed out at then-girlfriend Rihanna and beat her unt... |
6 February 2013
03:48 GMT |
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The Surface RT was released 103 days ago and the company is now getting ready to introduce the Surface Pro, but Microsoft is yet to fix a bug that’s affecting the first tablet in its history.
The Wi-Fi bug that’s preventing Surface RT owners from accessing the web has already been confirmed by plenty of ... |
6 February 2013
03:44 GMT |
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“You must be at least 17 years old to download this app,” reads a notice on the Apple App Store when you access Vine, a Twitter-owned service that enables you to create short looping videos to share with the world. The app also got an update today. Version 1.0.5 lets you share to Twitter or Facebook afte... |
6 February 2013
03:40 GMT |
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The KDE Project just announced the immediate availability for download of KDE Software Compilation 4.10. After a few release candidates, the final version of the 4.10 branch of KDE has been made available. The developers have pushed a lot of new features in this version and it show. The quality of the KDE desktop en... |
6 February 2013
03:39 GMT |
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Inspired by a segment on the tiny Peel P50, Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson has decided to design an even smaller car.
He claims his P45, recently tested on the show, is now the smallest car in the world. Its body is made from aluminum and it has passed government testing.
As it is equipped with headlights, a licen... |
6 February 2013
03:37 GMT |
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The Hitman franchise will see the release of a new movie, as a new report claims that Fox wants to release a fresh adaptation of the popular video game series called simply Agent 47, and Paul Walker, of Fast & Furious fame, will play the leading role.
Hitman games have delivered some great experiences over the year... |
6 February 2013
03:35 GMT |
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Google is beefing up its Gmail iPhone app with new functionality and bug fixes to offer its millions of users a more reliable email experience on the go.
Gmail version 2.0.1 includes “moved sending status bar” and “bug fixes,” according to the terse changelog provided by the Mountain View sea... |
6 February 2013
03:32 GMT |
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Former ice skating champ Oksana Baiul is going guns a-blazing after NBC for using her name to promote an event she hadn’t even agreed to do, it has emerged. She’s seeking compensation of up to $5 million (€3.68 million).
According to the New York Daily News, the network used Baiul’s name in re... |
6 February 2013
03:30 GMT |
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FireEye experts have analyzed a Trojan which employs some interesting techniques in order to hide itself and the identity of its master.
Dubbed Trojan Nap, the malware relies on extended sleep calls to evade automated analysis systems and uses the fast flux technique to ensure that the attacker’s identit... |
6 February 2013
03:28 GMT |
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A propaganda video from the state of North Korea is using footage lifted from the shooter Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 to show New York burning and suggest that the United States might be attacked once more in the coming years. The entire clip is pretty surreal, mixing obvious computer-generated footage of both mi... |
6 February 2013
03:25 GMT |
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South Korean mobile phone maker LG Electronics is gearing up for the launch of a brand new series of smartphones, and the company has already started teasing this to its users. Recently, the handset vendor confirmed that it was working on new devices for the L-Series of Optimus lineups, and that it was also plannin... |
6 February 2013
03:20 GMT |
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Even though Microsoft claims it has sold 60 million Windows 8 copies in just two months after launch, analysts continue to suggest that the new operating system is yet to take off, pointing to the early sales performance of the very popular Windows 7.
According to several Microsoft executives, it could take some tim... |
6 February 2013
03:17 GMT |
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Chinese tech site My Drivers reports, based on sources within Apple’s supply chain, that the iPad mini 2 will boast an “amazing” Retina display and several internal components from the third-generation iPad, including the A5X chip with beefed up graphics. According to a rough Google translation of ... |
6 February 2013
03:14 GMT |
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Koch Media, the parent company of Deep Silver and the new owner of developer Volition and franchises Saints Row and Metro, has confirmed through the voice of its CEO that the two upcoming titles, Saints Row 4 and Metro: Last Light, will both come out in 2013.
THQ's bankruptcy auction, in which the publisher sol... |
6 February 2013
03:08 GMT |
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In late January, it came out that the arrival of the fabled GeForce Titan graphics card, based on the GK110 graphics processing units, would happen sometime this year. Now we have a bit more info on it. Then again, the latest report about the video board is more of a confirmation of previous rumors than anything el... |
6 February 2013
03:04 GMT |
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A transient in Brooksville, Florida has been arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol. What is unusual is that he was caught while riding a motorized Walmart Shopping Cart. He has been charged with felony retail theft and disorderly intoxication, The Christian Post reports. This is Timothy Carr's thi... |
6 February 2013
02:57 GMT |
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Microsoft has decided to support the Dell buyout with a $2 billion (€1.4 billion) loan, but the company’s involvement in the process is raising concerns among the other hardware manufacturers in the business. Citing sources familiar with the matter, the New York Post writes that Microsoft’s deal wit... |
6 February 2013
02:55 GMT |
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Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system has managed to grab the third spot on the mobile OS market in the United States in the fourth quarter of the last year, a new report from Strategy Analytics reads. The platform managed to surpass the BlackBerry operating system in the three-month period ending Decemb... |
6 February 2013
02:53 GMT |
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On Tuesday, representatives of the United States Federal Reserve admitted that their systems had been briefly breached.
A Federal Reserve spokesperson told Huffington Post that the attackers exploited a vulnerability in “a website vendor product.” However, he claimed that the issue was fixed shortl... |
6 February 2013
02:52 GMT |
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Piers Jackson, the developer leading Killzone: Mercenary creation at Guerrilla Cambridge, says that most of the infrastructure of the game is based on technology that was originally created for Killzone 3 on the PlayStation 3.
He tells the Official PlayStation blog that, “It’s optimised in a lot of locat... |
6 February 2013
02:51 GMT |
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Given all of the recent moves, this was only a matter of time, Instagram is now a full-blown web service, you can now check out your feed on the web just like you would in the app. Instagram was one of the few truly mobile first companies and it's safe to say it pulled it off.
Still, it's bringing it back... |
6 February 2013
02:51 GMT |
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Evasi0n is one of the most popular jailbreaks ever released, with Cydia founder Jay Freeman confirming some crazy numbers in an interview with Forbes. In the first six hours after evasi0n’s debut, the jailbreak tool targeting iOS 6.1 and iPhone 5 devices hit 800,000 downloads. By Tuesday, roughly 24 hours afte... |
6 February 2013
02:50 GMT |
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Tiffani Thiessen was on The Today Show just hours ago and, as usual, her appearance turned out to be extremely fun and a bit surprising as well. Check out the two videos below to see what I mean by that.
For starters, the stunning actress and new mom, was on the “Call of the Wild” segment, in which she ... |
6 February 2013
02:48 GMT |
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Thanks to Curtis Cooper, a researcher working with the University of Missouri, mathematicians worldwide now find themselves contemplating the world's largest prime number, whose digit count exceeds 17 million.
More precisely, this newly discovered prime number is 17,425,170 digits long, and pretty much puts to... |
6 February 2013
02:44 GMT |
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Mozilla has officially announced that the second maintenance release in the Firefox 18.x branch is now available for download. The new Firefox 18.0.2 for Linux comes with some pretty interesting features and new updates, especially related to performance and stability. Highlights of Firefox 18.0.2: • JavaScri... |
6 February 2013
02:37 GMT |
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Advanced Micro Devices has just pushed out a new beta driver from their Catalyst series. Release 13.2 Beta 5 comes with up to 40% improved CrossFire scaling in Crysis 3 multi-player beta, and a 10% boost at 2560×1600 with 8xAA in Far Cry 3.Considering that the new 3D Mark has been recently released, AMD added a... |
6 February 2013
02:32 GMT |
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Dead Space 3 was just released yesterday in North America and already users of review aggregator Metacritic have bombarded it with extremely low scores, dropping its user average to 4.6 on the PC platform and 5.4 on both the PS3 and Xbox 360 consoles.
Dead Space 3 was eagerly awaited by millions of fans from all ove... |
6 February 2013
02:32 GMT |
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A guard at a federal prison in New York could be facing 15 years in jail for getting involved in an intimate relationship with an inmate.
29-year-old Nancy Gonzalez's affair was revealed as she became pregnant with the felon's child, New York Post writes. Brooklyn federal prosecutors have pressed charges f... |
6 February 2013
02:29 GMT |
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Klemens Kundratitz, the chief executive officer of Koch Media, says that his company did not try to start a controversy with the recent Dead Island: Riptide Collector’s Edition, which features a destroyed but bikini clad female torso.
The executive tells GamesIndustry.biz that, “I can tell you one thing:... |
6 February 2013
02:27 GMT |
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Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation has been long rumored to be planning the launch of a new high-end Android smartphone this quarter, and is now expected to make it official as the “M7” on February 19.
The device, said to be an important one for the struggling smartphone maker, might face some... |
6 February 2013
02:16 GMT |
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Advanced Micro Devices probably didn't mean for this to come out just yet, but there seems to be a new dynamic overclocking technology in the making, one for graphics processing units.
And by graphic processing units, we really mean all GPUs, not just the ones integrated into A-Series or other accelerated proc... |
6 February 2013
02:15 GMT |
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The hotly-anticipated Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean update for Samsung Galaxy S III has finally arrived in Australia.
According to AusDroid, Optus and Vodafone Galaxy S III models are now eligible for the upgrade, but Telstra’s might be in for the update as well.
As expected, Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean update has be... |
6 February 2013
02:04 GMT |
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Back in December, Google decided to remove the Nexus 4 factory image from its servers without providing an official explanation on the matter, but it seems that the file is available for download once again. Those who head over to this page on Google’s Developer website will see the factory image “occam... |
6 February 2013
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The news has broken that an 8.0 magnitude earthquake has hit the South Pacific, wiping out three villages and causing widespread panic.
Information made available to the public thus far says that the earthquake first and foremost affected the Santa Cruz islands in the Solomons, whose eastern regions were soon enoug... |
6 February 2013
01:53 GMT |
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Zen Studios has just confirmed that Star Wars Pinball will be released on the newly launched Windows 8 as soon as next month, with dedicated versions for some other platforms also in the pipeline.
The company said that it would unveil detailed looks of each pinball table in the upcoming weeks, just before the game i... |
6 February 2013
01:50 GMT |
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We reported about a week ago that Motorola had started the push of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update for the Intel-based RAZR i smartphone.
However, the upgrade was only available in France, though we expect it to be rolled out in other European countries pretty soon.
Today, the folks over at AndroidPolice have just le... |
6 February 2013
01:46 GMT |
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The Windows 8 Store is growing bigger, as many more developers are porting their apps to the newly released platform, so the future looks bright for this particular feature.
Now Zen Studios, the company behind CastleStorm, has confirmed that it will release the tower defense game on Windows 8 as well, with April cit... |
6 February 2013
01:39 GMT |
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Good news for Telstra customers who own the Motorola RAZR M smartphone as the carrier has just announced the long-awaited Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update is now available for download.
As AusDroid points out, the update was slated for a February 8 release, but Telstra decided to kick off the deployment a few days earl... |
6 February 2013
01:39 GMT |
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Microsoft and Nokia started the rollout of Windows Phone 7.8 update last week, but some smartphones have been skipped. Although we thought the upgrade will reach all Windows Phone 7.5 devices in the end, it appears that some carriers have chosen not to offer the Windows Phone 7.8 update at all. Nokia stated last we... |
6 February 2013
01:28 GMT |
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An update released by security company Kaspersky for its anti-virus software restricted access to the Internet on Windows XP machines, but the vendor reacted very fast and issued a fix only a few hours later.
According to NeoWin, the security update was aimed at computers running the x86 versions of Kaspersky Anti-V... |
6 February 2013
01:27 GMT |
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Sony Xperia Z is expected to go on sale in Europe by the end of the month, but other regions have been left out from the initial rollout of the smartphone.
Android fans in the Middle East will probably be happy that the Xperia Z is headed to their region in March. XperiaBlog reports Sony Middle East recently confirm... |
6 February 2013
01:19 GMT |
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The Surface Pro will soon hit the shelves, but Microsoft is still struggling to make the RT a successful product. The company has reportedly rolled out a customization program for the Surface RT, allowing tablet owners to change the look of their devices by applying a custom skin on both the front and the back. Acc... |
6 February 2013
01:09 GMT |
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More often than not, PETA gets to pick on Lady Gaga and her not-so-animal-friendly wardrobe. Still, it looks like the time has come for this organization to also give Beyoncé some grief.
To cut a long story short, Beyoncé's Super Bowl costume (i.e. the one made from python and iguana skin, and so... |
6 February 2013
01:07 GMT |
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