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Astronomers working on radio observatories in the United States are, at this point having a field day. Most television networks have moved to all-digital signals this June, and so a significant portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, on which they sent their signals before, has now been cleared of “chatter&rdq... |
6 November 2009
21:51 GMT |
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Scientists investigating a cave system in Oregon came across what they describe as the oldest known artifact in the America. Preliminary analysis indicates that the scraper-like tool belonged to a group of people that lived 14, 230 years ago, adding further substance to the idea that the widespread Clovis culture, wh... |
6 November 2009
19:21 GMT |
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Activision, as the publisher, and Infinity Ward, as the developer, are getting ready to release Modern Warfare 2 on November 10 for the PlayStation 3, the Xbox 360 and the PC, and the title is expected to be one of the biggest successes for the company and one of the largest launches in videogaming history. But what ... |
6 November 2009
17:51 GMT |
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A new scientific study conducted in the Antarctic has revealed that numerous species of viruses exist in the continent's lakes. Some of the new organisms were previously unknown, and researchers say that they are surprised to have discovered such large diversity in a seemingly-harsh place. The thing about Antarc... |
6 November 2009
17:31 GMT |
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Leading telecommunications infrastructure provider Nokia Siemens Networks announced recently the launch of a new site solution that should offer carriers around the world the possibility to modernize their wireless networks in a cost-effective and fast manner, namely the High-Performance Site Solution. According to t... |
6 November 2009
17:21 GMT |
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Right after Ubuntu's fifth birthday it was time to celebrate once more, because a Karmic Koala was released, and it brought with it a lot of reasons to upgrade. If Ubuntu 9.10's smart looks haven't convinced you yet, maybe the fast boot times and overall enhanced performance will. You still don't ... |
6 November 2009
17:01 GMT |
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South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung Electronics, the second largest handset vendor in the world, announced today that it reached an agreement with Qualcomm, according to which it woluld pay US$ 1.3 billion for the use of its patents. According to the phone manufacturer, the agreement includes the use of Qualcomm... |
6 November 2009
16:41 GMT |
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Andrei Dumitrescu: This weekend can have only one game dominating it: Dragon Age: Origins. The BioWare epic has been downloading for the better part of today and, after messing around with the Character Creator and finishing Dragon Age: Journeys twice, I feel that I am ready to sink about 20 to 30 hours in the coming... |
6 November 2009
16:31 GMT |
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Supernovae are the huge explosions that accompany the end of a massive star's burning cycle. When the detonations occur, the outer layers over the former core are violently thrown away, and the core itself may collapse into a black hole, or into a neutron star, or simply a small, helium-based star, known as a wh... |
6 November 2009
16:01 GMT |
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One of the new services that Canadian mobile phone users are now able to enjoy on Bell Mobility's new HSPA network is Video Calling, the wireless carrier announced recently. According to the company, the new service is intended to offer users the possibility to make and take phone-to-phone video calls with othe... |
6 November 2009
15:41 GMT |
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Some 251.4 million years ago, the Permian Age came to an abrupt end, when a massive extinction event, known among experts as the “Great Dying”, killed off just about everything on the planet, with just a few exceptions. The event marked the beginning of the Triassic Age, and experts have been puzzling ove... |
6 November 2009
15:41 GMT |
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In a somewhat surprising move, Activision Blizzard, one of the biggest publishers on the market, has announced that it has made a profit for the fiscal quarter that ended on September 30. Beating expectations, the company saw 15 million dollars in profit as revenue was hovering around 700 million dollars. Analysts ha... |
6 November 2009
15:11 GMT |
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Verizon Wireless, the largest mobile phone operator in the United States, has recently unveiled a few more details on its approach towards Long Time Evolution, the standard that it will use for the deployment of its 4G network. According to the company, it will roll out the first LTE network in the US, and it is als... |
6 November 2009
15:01 GMT |
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Shortly after the planets inside our own solar system were formed, they began wobbling about, and roaming around, far from being caught in the well-defined orbits we see today. This chaotic motion is mainly responsible for the formation of the Moon, after Earth collided with a Mars-sized object that was circling the ... |
6 November 2009
14:51 GMT |
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Canadian mobile phone users might soon have the chance to enjoy a wide range of Android mobile phones available for purchase in the country. Rogers has already delivered three of them, the HTC Dream and Magic and the LG Eve, while Telus is already known to have snagged an exclusivity deal on the HTC Hero. However, t... |
6 November 2009
14:21 GMT |
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This Tuesday was probably one of the most emotional days for me in the past months. Be at ease, this isn't some nerve-wreaking rant about any personal issues, it is strictly game-related. The Heavy Rain article, but most of all, the game's cinematic trailer, stirred something inside me. The first thing was ... |
6 November 2009
14:01 GMT |
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DICE, as the developer, and Electronic Arts, as the publisher, have announced that they plan to release a multiplayer beta of Battlefield: Bad Company 2 exclusively on the PlayStation 3 home gaming console from Sony starting with November 19.All the players who are interested in getting a place on the beta program an... |
6 November 2009
14:01 GMT |
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Clearwire announced the appointment of two new senior executives on Thursday, so as to help the company in its attempt to expand to more markets. The company named David D. Maquera as Clearwire’s senior vice president and chief strategy officer, and Thomas Enraght-Moony as senior vice president and general man... |
6 November 2009
13:41 GMT |
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Codename Namoroka graduated from Alpha to Beta stage at the end of October 2009, but Mozilla is not yet done offering Beta downloads of version 3.6. In fact, additional releases of Firefox 3.6 Beta have been planned on the way to the fully fledged RC. Mozilla has already released Revision 1 of Firefox 3.6 codename Na... |
6 November 2009
13:30 GMT |
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In recent months, women all over the world looking for a quick fix in terms of the way their cleavage looks like have started to become increasingly familiar with a new presence on the scene: Botox injections to the chest. These, also known under the term of “Breastox” procedure, ensure that the musc... |
6 November 2009
13:21 GMT |
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At 37, British actress Thandie Newton has the body a model could perhaps kill for, it has been said. Appearing in a white, low-cut blazer in the latest issue of InStyle magazine, it certainly seems like there must be some well-guarded secret behind her trim figure, especially since she’s also a mother of two. S... |
6 November 2009
13:11 GMT |
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Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless announced on Thursday the upcoming launch of a new Push to Talk device, the Samsung Convoy, which comes with military specifications, as it has been developed so as to withstand some of the worst environmental conditions. The new handset also comes with a high-quality stereo spe... |
6 November 2009
13:01 GMT |
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Ubuntu 9.10, also known as the Karmic Koala, arrived exactly on October 29, 2009 and is the eleventh release of Ubuntu OS. We've created the following tutorial to teach Linux newcomers how to install the Ubuntu 9.10 operating system on their personal computer. Therefore, it is addressed to people who have just h... |
6 November 2009
12:38 GMT |
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Mozilla may be known for its Firefox web browser but these days, it has spread out its interests over many web-related aspects. For a while now, it has spun off its communications arm into Mozilla Messaging, which mostly handles Thunderbird, one of the earliest and most popular projects at Mozilla. The old-school des... |
6 November 2009
11:29 GMT |
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Code and application developers are quite acquainted to the “SVN” term. It stands for Subversion, an open source versioning control system used for years in application development. After being quite some time in the making, CollabNet, the main developer and the primary corporate sponsor of the project, h... |
6 November 2009
11:12 GMT |
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Loan Analyzer is one of those budget managers that help users keep track of their financial status even when they're not at home. Developed by iambic, Loan Analyzer is fully compatible with all Windows Mobile 5 Pocket PC, Windows Mobile 6 Professional Edition and above.The application will help users store multi... |
6 November 2009
11:09 GMT |
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Wireless carrier AT&T has announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Centennial Communications Corp., and that the deal will improve its network coverage in the Midwest and Southeast United States, in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. According to the company, it plans on integrating Centennial&r... |
6 November 2009
10:59 GMT |
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Magnetic nanoparticles (mNPs) have been heavily researched for the past ten years, and serious advancements have been made during this time. Studies have resulted in these structures being made capable to carry white blood cells, deadly agents to counteract infections or tumors at specific locations in the body. Othe... |
6 November 2009
10:58 GMT |
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All of a sudden, Amy Winehouse seems to have discovered a fondness for plastic surgery and other related procedures for the purpose of beautification, word in the industry has it. After coming clean about upping her cup size to a 32D, the singer was recently snapped around town with what looked like a new set of lips... |
6 November 2009
10:51 GMT |
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Driver: Parallel Lines is a videogame developed by Reflections Interactive Limited and published by Atari. Inc. The game was released for the PlayStation 2 home console from Sony, the original Xbox from Microsoft, the Nintendo Wii and the PC in March 2006. It is classed as a racing title played from a third person pe... |
6 November 2009
10:41 GMT |
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Nitrogen is one of the important chemical for life on Earth. It composes the majority of our atmosphere, and it is an inert gas, meaning that it does not interact with other chemicals in its stable form. But the amounts of nitrogen in the air are currently changing, with the main additional sources being the burning ... |
6 November 2009
10:41 GMT |
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Two former employees of an engine parts distributor have been indicted for accessing the company's computer systems repeatedly without authorization after they quit. According to the prosecutors, the men used still active credentials to access sensitive information for almost two years.Scott R. Burgess, 45 of Ja... |
6 November 2009
10:39 GMT |
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On November 5th, 2009, the free flavor of Nero 9 was “kicked up a notch” and officially offered to end users. But users won’t be able to find the updated links to download Nero 9 Lite Build 9.4.12.708 on Softpedia. There’s only an unfriendly message explaining why the download links haven&rsq... |
6 November 2009
10:38 GMT |
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Flickr and Getty Images have announced an extension of their partnership, which allows Flickr users to be featured in Getty's Flickr Collection and potentially get payed in the process. Until now, Getty has decided which users would get in and, so far, it has amassed over 60,000 photos in the collection. Now, th... |
6 November 2009
10:35 GMT |
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What with getting ready to get back into top shape with the help of VH1’s reality show “Celebrity Fit Club,” Kevin Federline seems to have everything planned out for him. Except for one thing, the National Enquirer claims (story via PopCrunch): another baby. Federline’s current girlfriend, Vic... |
6 November 2009
10:34 GMT |
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Ant colonies, and ants generally, are known for their resilience, and for their ability to apply textbook military strategies to overcome their enemies. The thing is, they sometimes help write the textbook itself. Such was recently the case, when experts at the University of Granada turned to colonies for inspiration... |
6 November 2009
10:32 GMT |
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Rihanna’s upcoming studio material, “Rated R,” arrives in stores on November 23, but a handful of fans can listen to the tracks included on it one full week before the official release, thanks to a new partnership between Nokia and Def Jam, the singer’s record label. Nokia will host a listenin... |
6 November 2009
10:22 GMT |
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Celeris, the company behind the best known pool game out there, has released a version of Virtual Pool for the iPhone and iPod touch. Touted as “one of the best looking and playing VPM versions yet,” Virtual Pool Mobile gives the expression “ball on” a whole-new meaning on the iPhone, with sup... |
6 November 2009
10:14 GMT |
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In a groundbreaking, new discovery that may have significant implications for anything from energy production and global-warming mitigation to creating better and cheaper medicines and fuels, scientists at the University of Utah have recently managed to find out numerous new data on the general action mechanism of ca... |
6 November 2009
10:12 GMT |
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Michael Lohan has gone through with his threat of going public with recordings of private conversations between him and his former wife and mother to Lindsay Lohan, Dina, in one last bid to make the actress see she needs rehab. Consequently, he gave Radar Online an audio recording of a phone conversation he and Dina ... |
6 November 2009
10:06 GMT |
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Motorola DROID, the second mobile phone the handset maker delivers to the market with Google's Android operating system on board, and also the first Android device launched by Verizon Wireless, seems to have managed to get people line up in front of Verizon's store in Manhattan at midnight. The handset went... |
6 November 2009
10:06 GMT |
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Mozilla Labs is working on several interesting projects at a time. Some graduate and become integral parts of Firefox, like Personas, but others are more long-run projects. One of them, Mozilla Weave, has the potential to change the way we use browsers and the web, but for now it's still pretty much in the early... |
6 November 2009
10:01 GMT |
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Microsoft has given green light to the final steps of the mandatory upgrades, designed to migrate its instant messaging community to the latest iteration of Windows Live Messenger. Users of the Redmond company’s older releases of the instant messaging client have been forced to upgrade to Windows Live Messenger... |
6 November 2009
09:55 GMT |
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Avid Softpedia readers may remember that an analytics company, going by the name of Retrevo, once released a Gadgetology study revealing that US students were less into netbooks than into regular-sized laptops. This time around, the Retrevo Gadgetology report holds evidence that one in three iPhone owners sees out-of... |
6 November 2009
09:51 GMT |
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It's official, the Skype saga is finally over, with all parties involved most likely satisfied with the results, though not exactly thrilled. eBay got rid of Skype, allowing it to focus on its other assets, most notably PayPal, the investors got a nice piece of the VoIP service and Skype's founders also got... |
6 November 2009
09:50 GMT |
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Lenovo, one of the world's most recognizable brands in the segment of business-focused notebooks, is reportedly planning the expansion of its successful line of ThinkPad laptops with the introduction of a new ThinkPad X100e model. Set to launch on January the 5th, 2010, the upcoming system will be called ThinkPa... |
6 November 2009
09:39 GMT |
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Scientists at the University of Colorado in Boulder (UCB) have recently developed a new model to explain how bacteria are distributed across the human body, which may bring forth a new wave of understanding of how the microorganisms either live with us in symbiosis, or cause us significant damage. The team has also m... |
6 November 2009
09:06 GMT |
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Instant messaging is about to get a lot more interesting and a lot more crowded if Facebook has its way. Apparently, the social network is very close to launching support for XMPP (Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol), allowing Facebook users to connect with any IM client which also supports the protocol.... |
6 November 2009
09:01 GMT |
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As the first Harvest Moon title to come to the DS, the game will have players manage the well-being of a farm. They'll have to tend to the livestock and grow all manners of crops. Their farm can be upgraded to handle new tasks, like holding additional livestock or a more elaborate kitchen to cook their food. The... |
6 November 2009
08:54 GMT |
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NVIDIA has recently announced its financial results for the third quarter of the fiscal year 2010, with a reported revenue of US$903.2 million, representing an increase of 16 percent from the previous quarter and up from US$897.7 million, recorded in Q3 FY2009. According to the Santa Clara, California-based graphics ... |
6 November 2009
08:52 GMT |
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The Kuiper Belt is a ring of space rocks surrounding the outskirts of the solar system, around the orbit of Pluto and beyond. The formation is similar to the inner asteroid belt, and is one of the major sources for the comets that pass through our solar system. The Belt contains a large number of significant objects,... |
6 November 2009
08:51 GMT |
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Wireless carrier T-Mobile is expected to soon add to its offering a new mobile phone that runs under Google's Android operating system, the Samsung Behold II, which is now reportedly slated for an official unveiling on November 12, 2009. Samsung and T-Mobile are set to announce the handset officially on that day... |
6 November 2009
08:51 GMT |
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For all those of you that wanted to see what the hype about Mass Effect was all about but, for some reason, never actually got to buy the game, Steam comes to the rescue. But this is business, not charity, so its special offer has a harsh expiration date. Mass Effect for the PC will be going on sale for a mere $10 th... |
6 November 2009
08:47 GMT |
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Google is not the only browser maker releasing a minor update for its browser this week. Mozilla, which has recently refreshed both versions 3.5 and 3.0 is currently pushing an update to v3.5.4, which was offered at the end of the past month. Users of the latest stable version of Mozilla’s open source browser n... |
6 November 2009
08:46 GMT |
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There’s a very good reason why they say Marilyn Manson is the ultimate shock rocker. Not a stranger to featuring blood showers (literally) and, at times, unspeakable acts of cruelty in his videos, together with some of the most unlikely instances, Manson has recently premiered the official video for his latest... |
6 November 2009
08:33 GMT |
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BioWare has announced that it plans to put together a Collector's Edition of Mass Effect 2, the space-based role playing game set to arrive in early 2010. The developer is saying that only a small number of the packages will be produced and that those who are interested in them should pre-order as soon as possib... |
6 November 2009
08:26 GMT |
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Search engine giant Google has been hard at work with the development of its operating system for mobile phones, the increasingly popular Android. First launched on the market about a year ago, the Android OS has just reached version 2.0, which is also known around the world as Eclair, and has been through a series o... |
6 November 2009
08:12 GMT |
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A Web developer has documented a proof-of-concept attack that could have been used to hijack accounts and steal private information on Facebook and MySpace. The attack leveraged a serious security oversight in XML configuration files used to define the cross-domain access policy for Flash applications.The discovery w... |
6 November 2009
08:08 GMT |
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Microsoft has made available for download a new component of its next generation development platform as an integral part of the Beta 2 wave of releases. In this regard, early adopters can not only grab Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 and .NET Framework 4 Beta 2, but also the second Beta for Visual Studio Team System 2010 ... |
6 November 2009
07:54 GMT |
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All is good in Kirby land as he enjoys his delicious picnic, but all that goes terribly wrong when someone snatches his strawberry cake. It turns out that, once again, the villain behind this insidious deed is none other than his eternal foe, King Dedede. He wastes no time in pursuing him and, along the way, he meets... |
6 November 2009
07:50 GMT |
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While there are Microsoft customers that indulge in the illegal use of pirated software without so much as slap on the hand from the company, others are less fortunate. Larry Hryb, Microsoft’s director of programming for Xbox Live, has confirmed officially that it is actively banning Xbox 360 owners that ... |
6 November 2009
07:40 GMT |
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Axiotron has announced that customers can now get their MacBooks modded for just $699 until December 31. The company specializes in making touchscreen tablets out of Apple’s notebooks and has confirmed a Modbook Pro Release planned for mid-2010. Complete Modbook solutions made on the 2.13GHz MacBook base system... |
6 November 2009
07:32 GMT |
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Windows customers will need to get ready and deploy security patches come next week, with the exception of users that have already upgraded to the latest iteration of the client. Microsoft is readying a total of six security bulletins for release on November 10, 2009, no less than four of them targeting Windows rele... |
6 November 2009
07:17 GMT |
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Japan's game industry found itself with a rusty sword and a torn haori after this year's first fiscal financial report. The coy earnings could be explained by many factors, which include the global crisis we experienced, but the bottom line is the same. Konami and Namco Bandai have all suffered a profit def... |
6 November 2009
07:03 GMT |
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Britain’s Got Talent favorite and one of the most appreciated singers of the moment, newcomer Susan Boyle, has become the victim of an unfiltered verbal attack from Sharon Osbourne, wife of rocker Ozzy Osbourne and a judge on America’s Got Talent, the US counterpart of the aforementioned show. The foul-mo... |
6 November 2009
07:02 GMT |
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Antibiotic over-prescription is a very serious problem in the world today, but especially in civilized countries. Here, pediatricians often prescribe way too much medicines for children for a very harmless disease, and the trend appears to be accelerating every year, analysts say. According to a new study, it would s... |
6 November 2009
06:59 GMT |
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As December 1st approaches, customers running Microsoft Forefront and Antigen products will need to take a series of steps in order to align themselves with the company’s strategy for items of the two product line-ups. The software giant announced on July 1st, that it would be revising its engine mix, and the ... |
6 November 2009
06:59 GMT |
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One of the main features that have been enabled by AMD's new series of Radeon HD 5000 GPUs (aside from the DirectX 11 support) is the integration of AMD's latest ATI Eyefinity technology, a solution that allows computer enthusiasts to use a Radeon graphics card for employment in a multi-display configurati... |
6 November 2009
06:54 GMT |
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Google Books may be getting all of the attention because of the high-profile lawsuit and the subsequent settlement involving it, but, in the meantime, the service is continuing to evolve and it's important to remember that it's not just about the books. Google has been focusing on magazines more lately and ... |
6 November 2009
06:52 GMT |
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TOCA Race Driver (known in Japan as PRO Race Driver) is a videogame developed and published by the Codemasters Software Company Limited. The game was released on the PlayStation 2 console from Sony, the original Xbox from Microsoft and the PC platform in December 2002. The title can be described as a racing and drivi... |
6 November 2009
06:36 GMT |
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Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless has finally opened the purchase process for the highly anticipated Motorola DROID handset, its first device powered by Google's Android operating system, and for the HTC DROID ERIS, the second Android phone it offers to its users. Rumored for quite a few months now, the two ... |
6 November 2009
06:31 GMT |
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The popularity of netbook systems continues to grow as new technologies will enable vendors to further diversify their designs and provide customers with a few more options when choosing a new, low-power, ultraportable, Internet-capable device. We have already seen a number of companies joining the race for a better ... |
6 November 2009
06:29 GMT |
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Recently, Mariah Carey has been getting a lot of flak in the tabloid media for gaining some weight but still dressing like she was as trim as always. Coming to show the world that she couldn’t care less about what critics have to say about her figure, the singer was spotted donning a silk swimsuit on a Malibu b... |
6 November 2009
06:23 GMT |
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Google music has been getting a lot of attention lately thanks to its brand-new music search features. So much so that Yahoo felt the need to underline that it had had somewhat similar features for a while now. In fact, its offering may actually be better than Google's, it certainly looks better, but that didn&#... |
6 November 2009
06:10 GMT |
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Flower, Sun, and Rain follows Sumio Mondo, a man whose job is to find whatever it is that people lose. After he fails to defuse a bomb placed in an airport, Sumio ends up reliving the same day over and over again, continuously being forced to face his failure. The game seems to follow the classic story of “Grou... |
6 November 2009
06:00 GMT |
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Reports are now emerging of a site focused on Near Field Communications that claims Apple has built new iPhone models (prototypes) that are equipped to support sensing RFID chips. RFID (Radio-Frequency IDentification) is a technology that allows a device to sense embedded chips in nearby objects without making direct... |
6 November 2009
05:59 GMT |
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Microsoft has taken the necessary steps to protect end users running Windows Live Toolbars from losing their favorites. Switching off the Favorites synchronization capabilities of Windows Live Toolbars is only a temporary measure, the Redmond company noted, indicating that the full functionality of its toolbar would ... |
6 November 2009
05:57 GMT |
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The BlackBerry Curve 8530 smartphone, one of the latest mobile phones delivered to the market by Canadian handset maker Research In Motion, is set to make an appearance on the airwaves of two wireless carriers from the United States, namely Verizon Wireless and Sprint. Both operators announced that they plan on bring... |
6 November 2009
05:56 GMT |
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Left 4 Dead 2 had an official boycott, but it looks like Valve managed to fix things after all. When it decided to fly over two of the boycott's leaders to its headquarters and give them a hands-on experience of the game, it hoped to successfully calm the spirits. If anything, it looks like it managed to defuse ... |
6 November 2009
05:51 GMT |
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Since May 6, the rover Spirit has been trapped on the surface of the Red Planet in a patch of loose soil known as Troy. The exploration robot, which has been driving backwards on only five wheels for the last three years, was climbing a 12-degree slope when its wheels got buried in the sand up to their hubcaps. After... |
6 November 2009
05:50 GMT |
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Twitter has a very open attitude, allowing any developer to access much of the service and its users to express themselves as freely as possible, but this openness has a downside, namely it makes it very easy for spammers to take over. Twitter has been battling this problem for quite a while now, but without too much... |
6 November 2009
05:37 GMT |
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An AppleInsider report discusses a recently published patent application from Apple describing a method offering a simplified transfer of data between devices. In the application, Apple says that current sync methods are needlessly complex, and explains that, "Though a user may have access to two similarly capable el... |
6 November 2009
05:34 GMT |
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This year’s edition of the MTV European Music Awards was hosted, just like in 2008, by the “I Kissed a Girl” star, Katy Perry. Aside from the many costume changes that contributed to what Katy herself described as a darker and edgier atmosphere, the hitmaker also took to the stage to perform –... |
6 November 2009
05:32 GMT |
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Unlike hearing aids, cochlear implants are surgically mounted electronic devices, which are generally used to provide a sense of sound to people who are either deaf, or very hard of hearing, due to inherited or obtained medical conditions. The instruments function by directly stimulating the auditory nerve, rather th... |
6 November 2009
05:31 GMT |
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NVIDIA's Tegra has gained an impressive amount of popularity over the course of the last few months, especially for having powered Microsoft's highly appreciated Zune HD media player. On that note, the Santa Clara, California-based chip maker is preparing to update its Tegra family of processors with the mu... |
6 November 2009
05:19 GMT |
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Google is all about the web apps and, for Google, web apps means JavaScript. The giant has been a huge backer of the scripting language and has played a big part in making it one of the most popular web technologies today. But, now, it wants to help it become even more popular and allow developers to build faster and... |
6 November 2009
05:08 GMT |
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Like every new idea that is born, downloadable content is something that was received with mixed reviews. Some people like the idea of prolonging a game's life by steadily adding new features, while others complain that it's just a money-steal, and the features present in the DLC could have been implemented... |
6 November 2009
05:06 GMT |
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Think of Halo 3: ODST as a centaur. Or as a gryphon. Or as a mermaid. Or as any other creature that is half an entity and half another. In the case of Halo 3: ODST, it is clearly half Master Chief and half human. Half classic firefights, pitched battles that never let you hold your breath and get the adrenalin pumpin... |
6 November 2009
04:52 GMT |
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Adam Lambert, literally the hottest male artist of the moment, is also a single man, having recently broken up with his boyfriend, interior designer Drake LaBry, for reasons that have not been detailed in the press. With all that, Adam is neither broken hearted nor desperate to find someone else to fill that particul... |
6 November 2009
04:46 GMT |
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The mobile retail unit of Best Buy Co., Inc., Best Buy Mobile, has revealed the signing of an agreement with Google for the delivery of Google Mobile App to more customers. According to the company, this way, it becomes the first retailer in the US that partners with Google for the distribution of Google Mobile App o... |
6 November 2009
04:41 GMT |
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The website of the Swedish National Defence Radio Establishment (Forsvarets Radioanstalt) has been the target of a prolonged denial of service attack this week. There is some speculation that the incident was caused to protest to the agency's new role of intercepting and monitoring Internet traffic passing throu... |
6 November 2009
04:41 GMT |
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AMD might have a real money maker on its hands with the Radeon HD 5800 series of graphics cards, but the Sunnyvale, California-based chip maker appears to be really affected by TSMC's 40nm manufacturing process yield problems. According to recent reports on the Internet, the company has decided to raise the pric... |
6 November 2009
04:39 GMT |
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Twitter has been on a roll lately launching new features on a rate rarely seen in the past year or so. It just launched a major feature, Lists, which is already proving very popular and is changing the way many are using the service. Now, it's ready to launch a brand-new one, first announced in August, which may... |
6 November 2009
04:35 GMT |
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The say Beyonce is not only one of the most talented singers of our times, but the most accomplished performer as well. Judging by her fiery performance at this year’s MTV European Music Awards, where she did a medley of her “Sweet Dreams” and other recent hits, no one needs to ask why that comes to... |
6 November 2009
04:28 GMT |
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Remote Analysis Ltd., a telemedicine services provider that also specializes in remote medical analysis, has introduced an iPhone application for recording and analyzing snoring and sleep apnea. Launched in cooperation with Elias Pietilä’s Qvik Ltd. (the maker of the popular Wooden Labyrinth - iTunes link)... |
6 November 2009
04:21 GMT |
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Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness is the fourth game of the series on the DS. Here, players will be able to choose one of two playable characters, Mark or Chelsea, and recover from a shipwreck that has left them stranded on a deserted island. Once populated in the past, the island will now be home to their character ... |
6 November 2009
04:17 GMT |
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To compensate for the lack of the UMD drive for the PSP Go, Sony has decided to flood the PlayStation Store with all kinds of games. Ever since the console was first launched on October 1, the company has poured in games every week, and it's doing it again now. The PlayStation Portable section of the store got l... |
6 November 2009
04:11 GMT |
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South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung recently announced that it managed to sell more that 10 million units of its touchscreen-enabled Samsung Star. The handset (model number S5230) was launched on the market back in May 2009, and the manufacturer says that it is its first device to reach this milestone in such a s... |
6 November 2009
04:04 GMT |
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Direct2Drive, the digital distribution service owned by IGN, has announced that it will not be selling Modern Warfare 2, the most recent entry in the very successful Call of Duty series, because Infinity Ward and Activision have decided to include Steamworks, created by Valve, in the release itself.The statement deli... |
6 November 2009
04:02 GMT |
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In order to protect Windows PCs on mixed networks more effectively, Kaspersky Lab has released Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Mac OS X. The new product has access to the company’s global antivirus database that includes information on more than 20 million malicious programs for several different platforms. “K... |
6 November 2009
04:01 GMT |
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The idea of a space elevator started being popularized in the 1970s, although, at the time, it was looked at as being something next to impossible. Since then, advancements in modern technologies have brought this goal within reach. Of the hypothetical elements that would go into such a device, only the actual cable ... |
6 November 2009
04:00 GMT |
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Apple’s Downloads section is featuring Cocktail 4.6, the latest version of Maintain’s general-purpose utility for Mac OS X. According to the release notes posted by the Mac maker, the new version adds the ability to clear data detectors and QuickLook caches, as well as several new QuickTime X and Apple Ma... |
6 November 2009
03:47 GMT |
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Speaking to unborn children may be more important than once thought, scientists have recently revealed. They say that children appear to be learning how language works even when inside the womb. Naturally, they cannot talk immediately after they are born, as the vocal chords and the speech center of the brain need to... |
6 November 2009
03:45 GMT |
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Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia recently announced the signing of a new global music partnership with the Island Def Jam Music Group (IDJMG) and Universal Music Group International (UMGI). The unveiling of the new initiative, called Nokia Play 2010, coincides with the availability of the company's Nokia X6 Come... |
6 November 2009
03:44 GMT |
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Windows 7’s overall superiority to Windows Vista has translated into the latest iteration of the Windows client, leaving its predecessor in the dirt in terms of commercial success as well. Windows 7 RTM has been embraced by over three times more customers compared to Vista RTM in the first week on the market al... |
6 November 2009
03:35 GMT |
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Originally developed by Adam Iser, Adium is a popular instant messaging application for Mac OS X supporting most IM protocols available today. The latest (beta) version of the software delivers general fixes and enhancements, as well as an updated Libpurple. Adium combines numerous IM protocols, such as the AOL Inst... |
6 November 2009
03:35 GMT |
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The development on Google Chrome is moving forward on three fronts, with builds suited for all different type of users. The Stable channel build doesn't seem to be getting a lot of attention, as the development is focused on the Beta and especially the Dev channels, but, if Chrome is ever going to get some real ... |
6 November 2009
03:27 GMT |
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Video games have been considered a blight on society by many individuals, scattered more or less evenly around the globe. The interactive and immersive nature of the violent titles, along with the explicit gore, led some to voice out their strong belief that these games had a direct impact on the mind of the young, d... |
6 November 2009
03:20 GMT |
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Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom have agreed on plans to merge their operations in the UK, namely T-Mobile UK and Orange UK. As many of you might already know, the companies announced about two months ago that they were negotiating a possible merger of the two wireless operators, and it seems that now the agreemen... |
6 November 2009
03:19 GMT |
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Singer Rihanna is finally breaking her silence on the February incident that left her badly bruised and bloodied, after then-boyfriend Chris Brown lashed out at her on the drive home because she wanted to read one phone message that he had received from another woman. Talking with Diane Sawyer on ABC’s Good Mor... |
6 November 2009
03:18 GMT |
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As the videogaming world matures, a lot of people, most of them outside the industry, have been asking whether videogames can be seen as art with the implication that they are just a form of entertainment for the masses.Of course, there are others who point to titles like Braid and Fahrenheit and call them art. But D... |
6 November 2009
03:02 GMT |
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Following a series of leaked reports and teasers, the Round Rock, Texas-based Dell, one of the world's leading vendors of personal computer systems, has finally decided to officially debut its much-anticipated Adamo XPS ultra-thin laptop. Featuring a thickness of just 9.99mm, the new model adds to the company�... |
6 November 2009
02:55 GMT |
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While heavyweight browser makers, such as Microsoft and Mozilla, are taking their time developing new releases, delivering new major versions years apart, Google is by no means pacing itself when it comes down to Chrome. In approximately a year since it introduced that Google Chrome project to the world, the Mountain... |
6 November 2009
02:53 GMT |
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BSQUARE Corporation has announced today it has become the first company in the world that will distribute Microsoft's Windows Mobile software and mobility applications all around the world. As the recent agreement the two signed reveals, the software giant will provide to the market Windows Mobile licensing... |
6 November 2009
02:52 GMT |
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Apple has opened the first of a series of stores planned for Paris, which includes a location in Montpellier, and one store near the Garnier opera house, which Apple hopes to open by the summer of 2010. The first store is located in the Carrousel du Louvre. Present at the time of the opening was none other than the r... |
6 November 2009
02:50 GMT |
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DRIV3R, also known as Driver 3, is a videogame created by Reflections Interactive and published by Atari. It was released for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony, the original Xbox from Microsoft, the Game Boy, the PC (a GameCube version was also in production but got canceled). The game was also later ported to mobi... |
6 November 2009
02:41 GMT |
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The standard cosmological model holds that there is a type of matter known as dark matter permeating the Universe, which accounts for the massive discrepancies that exist between how much matter the Universe has, and the amount it should have, according to predictions. Astronomers hypothesized that dark matter should... |
6 November 2009
02:40 GMT |
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Since the crew of space shuttle Atlantis repaired the famous Hubble Space Telescope, earlier this year, the quality of the scientific data coming in from the observatory has increased substantially. Its new instruments now function flawlessly, having undergone a few months of testing, calibration and preliminary obse... |
6 November 2009
02:23 GMT |
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Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King is a videogame developed by Level 5 Inc. and published by Square Enix Co. Ltd. The game was released exclusively for the PlayStation 3 from Sony. It was launched on November 27, 2004 and classed as a role playing experience played from a third person perspective with elem... |
6 November 2009
02:02 GMT |
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