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Kabam, creators of Kingdoms of Camelot: Battle for the North for Android and iOS devices, has just updated the game with new features and improvements.
The most important improvement seems to be iOS compatibility, which has been implemented in version 10 of the game.
In addition, players will now be able to build a... |
6 November 2012
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The most popular cross-platform instant messaging application for mobile phones, WhatsApp has just been updated with new bug fixes and improvements.
This is the second update the Android application receives in the last several weeks. The previous update addressed some issues that affected Sony Mobile smartphones. I... |
6 November 2012
22:51 GMT |
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The free version of Rocket Music Player for Android devices has just been updated with support for more audio formats. In addition, the latest update brings tag editing and Intel (x86) support.
With Rocket Music Player 1.3.0, users will be able to add new audio formats onto their phones, including Apple Lossless (a... |
6 November 2012
22:31 GMT |
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One week after its official release on Steam, Painkiller Hell & Damnation receives its first patch, which fixes lots of issues.
Aside from addressing some of the issues reported by players, developers also turned on a load of US West & East Server. Some of the bugs fixed by this patch include:
- It’s possible... |
6 November 2012
22:31 GMT |
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Daedalic's sequel to the highly-acclaimed Deponia adventure game, Chaos on Deponia has just been released on Steam. The game is now available for 20% off the original €19.99 price. The promotional offer is available until November 13. Check it out here. “Chaos on Deponia” received generally fa... |
6 November 2012
22:31 GMT |
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Shigeru Miyamoto, the main developer behind Nintendo-made video games, says that third-party developers and publishers need to be inspired in order to take advantage of the unique feature of the new Wii U home console.
The legendary game creator, who has worked on everything from Mario to Zelda, tells IGN that, &ldq... |
6 November 2012
20:31 GMT |
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With the latest iOS update, Foursquare Labs, Inc claims to have made finding the best place even easier. Users will see a score next to the name of a place that reflects actual activity surrounding that location. When searching for a place in Foursquare 5.3.3 using the Explore feature, you'll see a score next t... |
6 November 2012
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Android users who love taking photos with their devices will probably be happy to know Photo Studio application has just been updated with new features and improvements.
Photo Studio for Android allows users to process their pictures while on the move. Professional and amateur photographers alike will be able to tak... |
6 November 2012
20:31 GMT |
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Ever since Google has made the new Android 4.2 operating system and Nexus 4 official last week, users have been wondering when the new OS and its pack of goodies would arrive on other devices as well.
For Galaxy Nexus owners, that day has come, though not through the official channels. Courtesy of a leaked Nexus 4 ... |
6 November 2012
20:01 GMT |
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One of the cheapest Android tablets launched by Huawei, the MediaPad 7 Lite has been up for sale in India since November 1. However, the Chinese company officially announced the availability of the slate only today.
Customers can purchase the Huawei MediaPad 7 Lite for only Rs 13,700 ($250/ €195) via multiple l... |
6 November 2012
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Adobe Systems has silently updated Adobe AIR application for Android devices. Adobe AIR 3.5 is still in beta, so devs recommend standard users to install the last stable iteration, namely version 3.4.
However, those who want to use only the latest version of the application, regardless whether it’s still a wor... |
6 November 2012
19:31 GMT |
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Fuse, the new shooter from Insomniac Games, will focus on cooperative action and blend its unique weapons with its special characters in order to deliver some intense scenarios that haven’t been seen in other shooters. Insomniac Games created a variety of impressive franchises, including Ratchet & Clank or the... |
6 November 2012
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Nokia announced the Asha 201 and Asha 200 last year in October. Although the handsets were aimed at emerging markets, the former reached Indian consumers only today.
NDTV reports the feature-phone is now available for purchase via Sneapdeal for only Rs 3,990 ($70/€55). Check it out here.
For the time being, th... |
6 November 2012
19:01 GMT |
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The online Apple store is now listing the iPad 4 as in stock, meaning you can order one now and expect it to ship in 1-3 business days. Apple’s supply has been constrained lately, but the company seems to have the situation under control now.
Priced at $499 in the U.S. and at €499 throughout Europe, the b... |
6 November 2012
18:41 GMT |
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Phillipe Morin, one of the co-founders of developer Red Barrels, offers new details on the Outlast first-person horror title his team is working on, including the fact that it will use a stealth mechanic in order to deliver solid scares to the player base. The developer tells Eurogamer that, “The core experien... |
6 November 2012
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A new beta version of Fast for Facebook application for Android devices has just been released on Google Play store. The latest iteration comes with a buck load of new features, as well as performance improvements.
First of all, there’s a new login system and developers also added multi-user access for up to 6... |
6 November 2012
18:31 GMT |
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South Korean mobile phone maker LG Electronics is currently working on the development of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean for Optimus LTE II, true to its promise to release it to users before the end of this month.
No specific info on when the roll-out should start has emerged so far, but the owners of South Korean flavors ... |
6 November 2012
18:31 GMT |
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Nintendo has confirmed that it’s set up over 5,000 demo stations for its upcoming Wii U at various retailers in the U.S., allowing those interested in the new home console to try it out for free ahead of its launch later this month.
Nintendo is betting big on the Wii U and it’s already begun the marketin... |
6 November 2012
18:11 GMT |
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The Redmond-based technology company is now looking for experienced software engineering managers that could help the team develop a so-called cloud-based TV platform.
As always, Microsoft remains tight-lipped on the subject and refuses to comment on what to expect from a cloud TV system, but in case you’re ex... |
6 November 2012
18:01 GMT |
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Wolfram Alpha LLC is rolling out an update for users of its iOS app which now features auto-completion for queries. Wolfram|Alpha is the world's main source for instant expert knowledge and computation. Wolfram|Alpha now offers suggestions based on what you type in its computational search field, enabling you t... |
6 November 2012
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Nokia’s Windows Phone 8 flagship device, the Lumia 920, will be available for purchase only on shelves at AT&T, which might leave a lot of users out of the deal, that’s for sure.
However, it seems that this is not the case for T-Mobile’s subscribers, who will be able to take advantage of the hands... |
6 November 2012
17:41 GMT |
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Shigeru Miyamoto, one of the leading video game developers working for Nintendo, says that the company is exploring the possibility of linking the 3DS handheld and the upcoming Wii U home console, but that this might only happen sometime after it is launched.
The game creator has spoken to IGN and has said that, &ld... |
6 November 2012
17:41 GMT |
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Only a few weeks after the release of a major update for the Camera ZOOM FX for Android, the team of developers behind the application has delivered a new flavor to all users. Available for download today as Camera ZOOM FX for Android 4.0.3, the new software release brings along both a series of improvements, as we... |
6 November 2012
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The folks over at Gearbox Software have finally a addressed a nasty issue that affected the Xbox 360 version of Borderlands 2.
The issue was reported more than a week ago and could result in wiping progress or characters entirely. The exploit was further explained by Gearbox Studios community manager Chris Faylor:
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6 November 2012
17:13 GMT |
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Capcom believes that, while its upcoming DmC Devil May Cry game has a framerate locked at 30fps on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles, it still feels like a 60fps game thanks to certain tricks used by developer Ninja Theory.
Framerate in games is an important aspect as while 30fps do look better in terms of vis... |
6 November 2012
17:11 GMT |
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Wireless carrier Cricket is reportedly getting ready to launch a new LG smartphone on its network, one that might pack 4G LTE connectivity capabilities when released, namely the LG Optimus Regard.
The handset has been spotted online with the model number LG LW770 attached to it, and with specs that include a 1.5GHz... |
6 November 2012
17:01 GMT |
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Gamers who have picked up Halo 4 during its first day on sale are reporting that they are facing a variety of problems with the game servers, including inability to connect and erroneous reporting of various game and character stats.
The official response from the development team at 343 Industries reads, “We ... |
6 November 2012
16:59 GMT |
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Not only does Nokia’s Lumia 920 flagship Windows Phone 8 handset provide support for Microsoft’s Office 365 service, but it also makes it easy for business users to have their email at hand at all times.
In a new support video published by Nokia, users can learn more on how to set up and use their busin... |
6 November 2012
16:51 GMT |
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The Journal of Neuroscience has recently witnessed the publication of a new study stating that the blind could potentially have an easier time when it comes to moving around in their homes and even in open spaces if they were to have plastic “whiskers” attached to their fingers.
Most people are all too ... |
6 November 2012
16:41 GMT |
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Webserver log entries with “OS X 10.9” User-Agent fields have been recorded as coming from Apple’s network in what is an imminent occurrence with perhaps just one month ahead of the next Mac OS refresh. OS X continues to be part of an accelerated refresh effort, as confirmed by Apple themselves.
So... |
6 November 2012
16:39 GMT |
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Windows Phone users can now take advantage of a useful new application available for their devices, namely Nfc Interactor.
Just as the app’s name suggests, the software has been created based on the NFC (near field communication) capabilities that some of the latest smartphones available out there come to the... |
6 November 2012
16:31 GMT |
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Memory card readers are a common sight on notebook spec sheets, but things are different on the desktop market, since normal motherboards don't have integrated card readers of their own.
That is a good thing for peripheral and PC accessory makers though. In fact, Apacer is building on the chance provided by thi... |
6 November 2012
16:31 GMT |
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The Trophy list for the upcoming Call of Duty: Declassified title for the PlayStation Vita is leaked and available for all those who are interested in the upcoming game.
The Trophies that gamers can earn are:
No More Worlds to Conquer - Earn all available Trophies for Call of Duty Black Ops: Declassified.
Can&... |
6 November 2012
16:29 GMT |
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A team of researchers and surgeons working with the Columbia University and the Vanderbilt University now claim that they have succeeded in designing and manufacturing a robot that can make modern laparoscopic surgeries significantly less intrusive.
Thus, their robot is supposedly capable of entering the human body... |
6 November 2012
16:11 GMT |
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Apple's fight against Google-owned Motorola isn't going so well, certainly not as well as its similar case in its home court of Cupertino, California against Samsung did. A judge has now thrown out a suit by Apple which had asked the court to determine what the licensing rates for some FRAND (fair, reason... |
6 November 2012
16:11 GMT |
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Windows 8 is an operating system fully optimized for the touch, but Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer thinks that touch features are already considered old. At this point, developing new technologies could be the only way to go for the industry.
While Windows 8’s main focus remains the desktop computer, the new oper... |
6 November 2012
16:11 GMT |
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Only yesterday, Walgreens made it public news that a new brand of green-oriented and healthy home products was to be made available to people in the US.
Apparently, the Ology brand is both affordable and free of any harmful chemical compounds that could end up harming both consumers and the environment.
According... |
6 November 2012
15:51 GMT |
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The Reagan National Airport in Washington, DC is now home to a new poster intended to raise awareness with respect to how climate change and global warming are impacting on the US. Thus, the poster is split in half and shows two antithetic images. One of them displays the effects of prolonged periods of drought on ... |
6 November 2012
15:51 GMT |
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Canadian carrier Virgin Mobile is rumored to launch a new plan for the holiday season, along with several add-ons on November 7.
According to MobileSyrup, Virgin Mobile Canada will release a new $30/month Text + Voicemail/Call Display plan in just a few days. Customers choosing this plan will be offered the followin... |
6 November 2012
15:31 GMT |
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Radware – a company that specializes in providing security solutions for virtual and cloud data centers – released DefensePro x420, a new hardware platform that’s part of the organization’s flagship products. DefensePro x420 has the ability to fend of massive distributed denial... |
6 November 2012
15:31 GMT |
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Those wishing to explore the Amazon River can now do so (and make sure they have an environmentally-friendly vacation) by making reservations for Aqua Expeditions' Floating eco-hotel.
Thanks to Jordi Puig, the Peruvian architect who came up with the design for this innovative resort, the hotel can both provide ... |
6 November 2012
15:31 GMT |
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Valve, developers and publishers of games such as Half-Life 2 and Team Fortress 2, have just announced the launch of a limited access Beta for its new Steam for Linux client.
The announcement for the official Steam for Linux client is not actually a surprise because Nvidia spilled the beans a few hours earlier, in a... |
6 November 2012
15:24 GMT |
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Ever wanted to see the Moon in 3D? You can just look outside your window, but now there's a better or at least more technologically advanced way. Amateur astronomer Roberto Beltramini has spent a long time painstakingly piecing together images taken during the Apollo 16 mission into a 360 degree 3D panorama. ... |
6 November 2012
15:11 GMT |
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LongoMatch, a free video analysis software for sports that can be used to record, tag, review, draw, edit videos, and analyze games in real time, is now at version 0.18.0.
LongoMatch 0.18.0 has been dubbed "House warming" by the developers and comes with one major modification, more precisely a switch to GStreamer.... |
6 November 2012
15:01 GMT |
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Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion is still hard at work with getting its BlackBerry 10 mobile operating system ready for launch, including applying new visual touches to it.
Among them, we can count the availability of new icons for applications installed on devices, bringing them in line with those av... |
6 November 2012
15:01 GMT |
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There was a time when the Surface wasn’t just a tablet competing with the iPad. It was actually a very exciting device that looked like a table and featured a huge touchscreen device. It was running a Windows operating system and although it was mostly considered useless, the device actually served as a way to... |
6 November 2012
14:51 GMT |
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Staples is the second US-based retailer that leaks its Black Friday deals. The ad listing all offers for Black Friday has just been published online, but at first glance there's nothing interesting for Android enthusiasts.
Blackfriday.com leaked Staples' ad, which includes the following not so good offers:... |
6 November 2012
14:48 GMT |
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Blind mole rats, as you can imagine just by their name, are not blessed with good looks, but they seem to be blessed with just about everything else. They live several times more than rodents their size and they don't get cancer, among other supernatural traits. One team of researchers from the University of Ro... |
6 November 2012
14:41 GMT |
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Today is one of those days when Intel notifies its customers, and anyone else that bothers looking at product change notifications, that some products are near the end of their lives.
There are two central processing units that Intel has decided to stop manufacturing.
One of them is the Atom Z670, a single-core chi... |
6 November 2012
14:41 GMT |
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LG Optimus L9 has been recently launched in the US via T-Mobile and is now available for purchase for $80/€60 with a new two-year agreement.However, the folks over at UnwiredView report the smartphone might have been released in Europe as well with Amazon Germany being the first to offer the Optimus L9. Customer... |
6 November 2012
14:31 GMT |
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Kobo is apparently about to launch an Android tablet in the US. Kobo Arc tablet is currently on “Coming Soon” at Best Buy and will be available for purchase for $300/€235.
The slate has been recently spotted at FCC (Federal Communication Commission), which means the tablet is close to being released... |
6 November 2012
14:31 GMT |
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Apple makes Siri sound like the best voice-powered assistant money can buy. And while Google’s marketing materials for Voice Search are less glorifying, it’s the Mountain View company that fares better in voice-powered queries, according to a filmed test.
Gizmodo took two iPhone 5 units and used them as ... |
6 November 2012
14:31 GMT |
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Democracy 2, a video game which aims to simulate the complexities of the political process, is now available as a daily deal on digital distribution service Steam, with those interested able to pick it up for a price that’s 50 percent lower than usual.
The game costs players 8.99 dollars or 6.99 Euro.
Th... |
6 November 2012
14:31 GMT |
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Despite saying she was taking the year off, Rihanna is releasing a new album this month. Called “Unapologetic,” it will include a new collaboration with Chris Brown, her ex-boyfriend with whom she’s just gotten back together.
The track they recorded together is called “Nobodies Business&rdqu... |
6 November 2012
14:21 GMT |
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Wireless carrier Bluegrass Cellular has announced this week plans to provide its customers with the advanced data transfer speeds that 4G LTE can deliver.
The carrier will roll out a LTE network as part of the Verizon Wireless LTE in Rural America (LRA) program, providing users in Kentucky cities of Bowling Green, ... |
6 November 2012
14:21 GMT |
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It looks like the recently leaked DROID DNA is about to go official at Verizon Wireless. The smartphone made an appearance on the carrier's support site several days ago, but no additional details on the phone's availability have been available until now.
BGR reports major carrier Verizon Wireless and Taiw... |
6 November 2012
14:15 GMT |
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Motorola is nowhere near the release of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean for the Motorola DROID RAZR HD smartphone, but the owners of the Developer Edition flavor of the device can already get a taste of the platform, though from unofficial sources.
To be more precise, an alpha build of CyanogenMod 10 (CM10) for the DROID RA... |
6 November 2012
14:01 GMT |
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Ubisoft has confirmed that Assassin's Creed 3, its latest action game, had sold over 3.5 million units in its first week alone.
Assassin's Creed 3 was eagerly awaited by millions of fans from all over the world and, despite the fact that it was released last week only on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, as ... |
6 November 2012
13:55 GMT |
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VueScan, an easy-to-use replacement for the software that usually comes with scanner and that supports most flatbed scanners, printer/scanners and film scanners, has reached version 9.1.18.
VueScan 9.1.18 is just another maintenance release, but it does bring some support for a few Nikon and Minolta devices and for ... |
6 November 2012
13:51 GMT |
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Sony Electronics Inc. has ousted a new iOS application for reading fans. Competing with Amazon’s Kindle and Apple’s iBooks apps directly, Reader from Sony is a free download and comes with a bonus story from urban fantasy author Kim Harrison.
“Never be caught without a story with Reader for your iP... |
6 November 2012
13:51 GMT |
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Research In Motion (RIM) has just kicked off a new promotional offer for BlackBerry users. The Canadian company offers a set of free apps worth of $40.
Dubbed “Compliments of BlackBerry,” the promotional offer runs from November 6 and through December 31, 2012.
Unfortunately, only BlackBerry 7.1 OS user... |
6 November 2012
13:48 GMT |
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Magic: The Gathering – Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013, the PC title based on the famous card game from Wizards of the Coast, has just received a 50% discount on Steam, as part of the Midweek Madness sales spree.
Magic: The Gathering is a true phenomenon in terms of card games and, thanks to the special Duels of the... |
6 November 2012
13:43 GMT |
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The Walt Disney Company recently acquired Lucasfilm and the “Star Wars” franchise, announcing “Episode 7” for a 2015 release. In the meantime, here’s what’s going on over at Disney.
The video above is of Princess Leia getting schooled by Disney princesses on how to be, you guesse... |
6 November 2012
13:41 GMT |
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Last week, Microsoft officially launched its new mobile operating system flavor, namely Windows Phone 8, and also provided software developers with the possibility to download the updated Windows Phone 8 SDK.
The new developer tools came along with a series of updates to the company’s portal for application b... |
6 November 2012
13:41 GMT |
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A small plane crashed into a moving SUV on the runway, at Northwest Regional Airport in Roanoke, Texas. The accident was caught on tape by the pilot's wife, who was on the ground, just happening to document his descent.
According to the Inquisitr, the couple in the car, Frank and Heather Laudo of Flower Mound, ... |
6 November 2012
13:31 GMT |
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Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition is now available on Steam with a price cut of 75 percent until November 9.
Gamers can get the package for the price of 9.99 dollars or for 8.74 Euro and the Complete edition of the game includes the base adventure and The Lost and Damned & The Ballad of Gay Tony, which focus on ... |
6 November 2012
13:28 GMT |
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Here is a monitor that does not actually support Full HD image quality, as its resolution is of 1600 x 900 pixels, not 1920 x 1080, or 1920 x 1200.
Called E2013H, it was made by Dell and focuses on energy efficiency more than it does on performance and quality.
It still has decent viewing angles though (170 degrees... |
6 November 2012
13:21 GMT |
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Valve software boss Gabe Newell is pretty much a cult icon in the gaming industry and the /v/ sub-forum of the infamous 4chan website decided to mark his recent birthday, on November 3, with a special giant card that was delivered by its members to the studio’s headquarters in Bellevue, Washington.
Users of 4c... |
6 November 2012
13:08 GMT |
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After T-Mobile USA, Sprint and US Cellular, AT&T released Samsung’s Android flagship smartphone, the Galaxy Note II. Confirmed to arrive at AT&T on November 6, the phablet made it on time and is now available for purchase for as low as $300/€235 with a new two-year agreement. AT&T offers the same deals o... |
6 November 2012
13:01 GMT |
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Chinese handset maker ZTE plans to launch a high-end Android phone in the US for several months now.
Dubbed ZTE Flash, the smartphone leaked for the first time back in July, but the device has yet to make it to market.
However, in the last couple of days more information on the ZTE Flash leaked online, which sugge... |
6 November 2012
13:01 GMT |
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Microsoft’s Windows 8 is a completely new operating system that dumps some traditional Windows elements in the favor of new ones, capable of providing a redefined computing experience. That’s why it’s sometimes considered confusing, although it’s in essence a reinvented Windows 7. But those l... |
6 November 2012
13:01 GMT |
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YouTube user Thrash Lab uploaded this time-lapse video to YouTube, one week ago, to much acclaim. The video has already received almost 400,000 views.
Creators relayed a vacant New York, gathering shots from Penn Station, Wall Street, Central Park, Times Square, The Met and Fifth Avenue, right before superstorm Sand... |
6 November 2012
12:51 GMT |
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Google is not letting the current US presidential elections, which are underway, go unnoticed. While it's not getting involved politically, it is reminding people to vote via its most effective means, the homepage. It's running an election-themed doodle in the US urging people to express their wishes. It&... |
6 November 2012
12:41 GMT |
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The KDE Project has announced a few minutes ago, November 6, the immediate availability for download of the third maintenance release of KDE Software Compilation 4.9. KDE SC 4.9.3 is the third of four point releases for the KDE 4.9 desktop environment, and it brings fixes for 86 submitted bugs.Among the improved apps... |
6 November 2012
12:36 GMT |
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The Presidential Elections are here. Avast CEO Vincent Steckler has revealed that a survey conducted over the weekend on 100,000 users showed that their favorite was Mitt Romney, although most of them believed that Obama would win.
The results in the survey are pretty tight, as 48.9% of the users sided with the Repu... |
6 November 2012
12:31 GMT |
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The latest version of the popular emailing client Sparrow has been rejected by Apple on grounds of using a Rich Text feature that isn’t allowed in iOS 5. Sparrow developer Dinh Viet Hoa wrote on Twitter today, “Apple called to tell me that Sparrow has been rejected. Our app will be removed from the appst... |
6 November 2012
12:31 GMT |
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A new flavor of the BlackBerry Bridge application is now available for download for the owners of smartphones from Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion, namely version 2.1.0.34.
The new application release is reportedly featuring a series of fixes for some of the issues that were found to affect users’ ex... |
6 November 2012
12:21 GMT |
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Amazon Prime has been the company's big tool to keeping customers close as they make the switch to digital content.
Prime offers free two-day shipping on any item you buy in the store, but also access to movies and TV shows, as well as the Kindle Lending Library for free.
Since its inception, Amazon Prime has... |
6 November 2012
12:11 GMT |
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In addition to offering details on the availability of Nokia’s Windows Phone 8 devices on its network, wireless carrier AT&T also confirmed the pricing for HTC’s Windows Phone 8X smartphone and its availability on its network by Thanksgiving.
The new smartphone will hit shelves with a price tag of $199.... |
6 November 2012
12:11 GMT |
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Motorola Mobility’s Android flagship smartphone the RAZR HD LTE made its debut in Canada earlier last month at Rogers. The handset can be purchased for as low as 100 CAD (80 EUR) with a new three-year agreement.
Today, Rogers’ sub-brand Fido announced it had started to offer the Motorola RAZR HD to its c... |
6 November 2012
12:01 GMT |
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Projector is a tool for busy programmers that can't spend all day writing updates to their clients. It's a tool for automatically showing a project's real-time progress. It works by reading a configuration file and organizing projects based on their priority and development stage. Clients can access ... |
6 November 2012
12:01 GMT |
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Steam for Linux is breathing down our neck and with the launch data getting closer and closer, more and more games are being ported to Linux.
Unity of Command: Stalingrad Campaign is an operational-level war game that covers the entire 1942/43 Stalingrad Campaign on the Eastern Front.
Users can play both from the A... |
6 November 2012
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Samsung and TELUS have teamed up to bring the affordable Galaxy Discover in Canada. The smartphone is only available on prepaid for $100/€80.
The Galaxy Discover ships with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system out of the box and HSDPA (7.2Mbps) support. Check it out here.
The entry-level handset is ... |
6 November 2012
11:50 GMT |
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In a security notice, Canonical has published details about a Remote Login Service vulnerability for its Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) operating system.
According to Canonical, the Remote Login Service could have been made to expose sensitive information.
It was discovered that Remote Login Service incorrectly pur... |
6 November 2012
11:47 GMT |
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Nokia’s Lumia 920, as well as other Windows Phone 8 devices out there, arrives on shelves with support for Microsoft’s Office 365 service. Setting up and using this feature is quite a simple task, it seems, and Nokia is determined to show users how it can be done. Thus, the company has published a new... |
6 November 2012
11:41 GMT |
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It's election day in the US and you can be sure that everyone is focusing on it. There are plenty of places to watch the action unfold, but if you're looking for the freshest info, Twitter may be for you.
You can be sure that it's going to play a big role in distributing information and keeping peopl... |
6 November 2012
11:31 GMT |
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It appears that Motorola has finally released a software update for Motorola MOTOLUXE devices in Canada, which is meant to fix some connectivity issues. The guys over at MobileSyrup report the update is now pushed through OTA (over the air) to all Bell and Virgin Mobile Motorola MOTOLUXE units. As we mentioned earl... |
6 November 2012
11:31 GMT |
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ownCloud users now have better control over their data with new apps for Android and iOS devices.
The mobile apps, with over 15,000 sold for iOS and Android, can be used to access the ownCloud server, by seamlessly integrating with existing security, storage, monitoring and reporting tools.
“Employees are tak... |
6 November 2012
11:27 GMT |
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After releasing Worms Revolution at the beginning of October and the first bit of DLC for it in the form of the Funfair pack, Team17 has just confirmed that another add-on – the Mars pack – will be released tomorrow, November 7.
Worms games have delivered some impressive experiences over the years but re... |
6 November 2012
11:11 GMT |
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One of the cheapest Android tablets available in the US, the Matrix One is now delayed due to some problems with customs, the manufacturer claims.
Matrix One was launched on the market back in August and was priced at $90/€70, but the company that produces the slate decided to drop its price to $60/€45 mor... |
6 November 2012
11:03 GMT |
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US officials once again take aim at China. The draft of an annual US - China Economic and Security Review Commission report reveals that the Unites States sees China as the “most threatening actor in cyberspace.”
According to Bloomberg, Chinese government agencies and hackers are accused of utilizing sop... |
6 November 2012
11:02 GMT |
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Two of America’s smallest towns have already voted in the Presidential Elections and made the results public. One is Hart’s Location, the other Dixville Notch, both from New Hampshire.
As the nation is rushing to vote for either Obama or Mitt Romney as President, the residents of the two towns quietly g... |
6 November 2012
11:02 GMT |
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BeBook already has a few e-readers for sale, but a new one has been revealed, one that is currently available in Belgium and the Netherlands, but which will also ship to other European countries in a matter of weeks.
Measuring 6 inches, the BeBook Touch has an e-paper screen with a resolution of 800 x 600 pixels.
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6 November 2012
11:01 GMT |
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This amazing shot of what many believe is a cyclone received thousands of upvotes on Reddit and half a million hits on Imgur. User FearNWhisky uploaded it just two days ago, but originally photographed the phenomenon in 2009. The image was captured using an iPhone 3G, in August, from a plane flying to Key West, F... |
6 November 2012
10:47 GMT |
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Nvidia has just announced the release of their latest NVIDIA GeForce drivers, R310, and accidentally revealed the launch date of Steam for Linux, before Valve. According to Nvidia, the new drivers double the performance and dramatically reduce game loading times for those gaming on the Linux operating system. The ... |
6 November 2012
10:44 GMT |
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Christina Aguilera is hoping her brand new album “Lotus” will do what her previous release, “Bionic,” failed to do in terms of sales. If her first two singles off it are any indication, it will.
The leading single off “Lotus” is the dance track “Your Body.” Christina ... |
6 November 2012
10:42 GMT |
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Apple customers currently have some limited iWork functionality in the web interface of iCloud, but all this could change soon, if Apple’s job advertising site is any indication.
Apple’s iWork division is looking for a talented software QA engineer “to work on the next generation of Desktop, Mobile... |
6 November 2012
10:40 GMT |
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As far as case makers go, BitFenix is a relatively young one. It already has a solid product range though, evident from the fact that it is now releasing case accessories, not case themselves.
True, the company did make it sound as though two new Prodigy enclosures are up for order. The truth is that the company onl... |
6 November 2012
10:39 GMT |
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The development team at ArenaNet is not yet ready to offer actual details about the content of the upcoming The Lost Stores event for its MMO Guild Wars 2, but the company has posted an official timeline for it, with no included spoilers.
Martin Kerstein, the leading community liaison for the studio, posted the foll... |
6 November 2012
10:37 GMT |
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Although Microsoft has strongly denied rumors that it may be working on a 7-inch version of the Surface, it appears that the Redmondians are actually preparing something truly special.
The Verge reports that Microsoft’s third member of the Surface family is going to be a 7-inch tablet specifically optimized fo... |
6 November 2012
10:36 GMT |
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Samsung Galaxy Rugby LTE has been launched earlier this month in Canada and is now available for purchase via Bell.
Following the release of the smartphone, the carrier updates its Push-to-Talk application for Android devices with support for the newly launched Samsung Galaxy Rugby LTE.
Aside from bringing support ... |
6 November 2012
10:31 GMT |
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Verizon Wireless has been long rumored to plan the release of a new HTC handset in its popular DROID lineup, and some more solid confirmation on the matter is now available.
Supposedly dubbed HTC DROID DNA, the handset is said to land at Verizon by mid-December, and the carrier’s employees have been already a... |
6 November 2012
10:27 GMT |
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We reported yesterday on the availability of the BlackBerry PlayBook 3G+ in the UK. Today, RIM (Research In Motion) officially confirmed the tablet as available for purchase from two authorized resellers in country. Customers who still trust RIM and wish to purchase the BlackBerry PlayBook 3G+ can do so for £4... |
6 November 2012
10:24 GMT |
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In between confirming that Grand Theft Auto V is out in spring 2013 and releasing new artwork for it, Rockstar Games has announced that it’s going to reveal the second trailer for the game on November 14.
GTA V is one of the most anticipated games of all time and developer Rockstar has started hyping it up in ... |
6 November 2012
10:22 GMT |
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While movie buffs continue the debate on who should direct the 2015 “Star Wars” Disney film and, just as importantly, on who should star in it, there’s one person who’s already game to be involved: Harrison Ford.
Entertainment Weekly says it has it from a very, very reliable source that Ford... |
6 November 2012
10:22 GMT |
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Foxconn usually makes products for others, but every once in a while it launches own-brand devices, like the AT-5570.
This is a mini PC, a nettop as it were, powered by the AMD C-70 accelerated processing unit, a Brazos 2.0 chip of 1 GHz / 1.3 GHz Turbo frequency featuring the Radeon HD 7290 integrated graphics.
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6 November 2012
10:21 GMT |
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Microsoft rolled out the Surface two weeks ago and, despite its early success, the other hardware manufacturers on the market continue to criticize it.
An HP official, for example, claims that Microsoft’s Surface is nothing more than an unfortunate mix of two different worlds and not at all an innovative combi... |
6 November 2012
10:17 GMT |
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Brent Cross Shopping Center, in north London, in the UK, was hit by armed robbers, today. What's strange about this heist is that the burglars rode motorcycles in the mall, and used axes and bats to smash a jewelry display.
The gang targeted the Fraser Hart jewelry store, going in as the shop opened for busines... |
6 November 2012
10:13 GMT |
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As US citizens prepare to elect their president, cybercriminals have intensified their malicious campaigns in an effort to take advantage of the buzz that surrounds the event.
Security experts from GFI Labs have come across all sorts of schemes. For instance, individuals who might be forced to vote via email or fax ... |
6 November 2012
10:09 GMT |
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Google's been doing a lot lately to make entertainment companies happy. It started dropping "piracy" terms from suggestions a while back, it made more modifications to its search engine and culminated with Google starting to downgrade sites that get a lot of takedown notices over copyright issues.
That was thre... |
6 November 2012
10:05 GMT |
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openSUSE ARM, a free and Linux-based operating system for the ARM architecture, which can be used to surf the web, manage your e-mails and photos, do office work, and play videos or music, is now at version 12.2.
Less than a week ago, the second Release candidate for openSUSE ARM 12.2 was released to the public.
A... |
6 November 2012
10:04 GMT |
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Rihanna is – more or less officially – back with her ex, Chris Brown. Her fans aren’t the only ones thinking that not much good can come out of the relationship: her good friend Katy Perry thinks the same, according to a recent report.
Until some time ago, the two were like two peas in a pod, but ... |
6 November 2012
10:04 GMT |
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If you’re the religious type reading the Holy Bible on your way to work on an iPhone or iPad, LifeChurch.tv has some great news to share. The Holy Bible app has just been updated!
Version 4.1 of the Bible is now available in the iTunes App Store with over 100 new Bible versions, more languages (Catalan, Croati... |
6 November 2012
10:04 GMT |
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The development team working on the free-to-play racing game Need for Speed World announces that it has introduced two new cars to the game, while also giving gamers a new mode to try out, intuitively called Drag Mode.
The two new vehicles are the Toyota Supra “Street Mod” Drag Edition and the Ford Shelb... |
6 November 2012
09:59 GMT |
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Microsoft released yesterday a Surface storage FAQ, revealing that the 32 GB version of the tablet barely has 16 GB of free storage space.
The reason is pretty simple: Windows RT, Office and the other apps eat up almost half of the available space on the cheapest Surface, so users would only get 16 GB.
Truth is, yo... |
6 November 2012
09:59 GMT |
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Personal banking, insurance and pensions products provider Prudential has been fined with £50,000 ($79,000 or 62,000 EUR) by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) after it mixed up the accounts of two customers. The accounts in question were mistakenly merged back in 2007 because the customers s... |
6 November 2012
09:53 GMT |
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Today, mobile phone carrier AT&T has officially announced the upcoming pre-order availability of its Nokia Lumia 920 smartphone starting with November 7, and unveiled that the device would be priced at $99.99 with the signing of a two-year contract agreement.
The phone arrives on shelves as Nokia’s flagship Wi... |
6 November 2012
09:48 GMT |
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The Major League Gaming promotion announces the winners of the Fall Championship event that took place in Dallas, Texas, between November 2-4, and offered more than 180,000 dollars (140,000 Euro) in prize money.
After three days of competition, the winners include:
Halo 4 – the pre-launch tournament
1st - Wa... |
6 November 2012
09:48 GMT |
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The rules of the patent system, in the US at least, are such that companies can file and win patents for technologies that aren't even possible with current means, provided they are well enough formulated. Samsung has secured one such patent.
Portable communication devices come in many forms nowadays, even if ... |
6 November 2012
09:42 GMT |
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Besides the Modern apps, the redesigned GUI and many other things, Windows 8 also comes with what is called “live tiles” displayed right on the Start Screen. Designed to show a preview of the installed apps, the live tiles can change their appearance according to the information they provide, which means... |
6 November 2012
09:36 GMT |
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Former California principal Lyn Vijayendran was convicted on a misdemeanor count, after ample jury deliberation, as she failed to report suspected abuse of children by a fellow teacher. 35-year-old Craig Chandler, a second grade teacher in O.B. Whaley Elementary School, in San Jose, is currently jailed, awaiting pro... |
6 November 2012
09:36 GMT |
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Symantec announced today that some of the registry subkeys for Endpoint Protection 12.1.1100 have been relocated, in order to provide better support for some registry keys that are generally used for client monitoring. The new location is HKLM\SOFTWARE\Symantec\Symantec Endpoint Protection\Curren... |
6 November 2012
09:35 GMT |
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Yandex is quickly expanding into more services and slowly into more countries. While the search engine/portal has dominated the Russian and Russian-speaking search market, it hasn't had much success elsewhere. Granted, it hasn't tried to compete elsewhere until very recently.
Now though, while it won'... |
6 November 2012
09:33 GMT |
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Lil Wayne is no good at winning lawsuits: the rapper has just lost his case against Quincy Jones over a documentary shot whilst recording his album “Tha Carter III,” it has emerged.
The rapper has made plenty of headlines in recent months with the lawsuit, not so much because of the claims made in it, b... |
6 November 2012
09:32 GMT |
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Sony has just revealed the November content update for PlayStation Plus subscribers, confirming that they’ll be able to download and play the Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition for free this month, as well as benefit from discounts for Portal 2 and its new In Motion DLC, plus other impressive price cuts.
PlayStatio... |
6 November 2012
09:31 GMT |
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US-based carrier Virgin Mobile silently released a new data plan for customers who do not wish to commit to monthly plans.
The new $5 daily data plan is now available to all customers who think about getting a monthly Virgin Mobile plan for $35 or $55 would be too much for them.
It is also worth mentioning that the... |
6 November 2012
09:31 GMT |
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Nokia’s first Windows Phone 8 devices have already started to arrive on shelves in various markets around the world, and they are expected to hit more of them before the end of the year, including Italy. Users in this country, however, have the possibility to test the Lumia 920 and Lumia 820 smartphones befor... |
6 November 2012
09:28 GMT |
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The UK Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) have agreed to convene in late November to decide if a new criminal investigation against NASA hacker Garry McKinnon should take place. According to V3, the agencies’ representatives will form a joint panel after each of them perf... |
6 November 2012
09:25 GMT |
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The reason D-Sub and VGA interfaces cannot easily be converted into HDMI and most DVI formats is the difference in type of transmission.
VGA and D-Sub are analog connectors, while the HDMI and DVI (DVI-D at least) are digital. In order to create an adapter that can connect a cable of one type to a port of the other ... |
6 November 2012
09:15 GMT |
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BitTorrent has rolled out a new alpha release for uTorrent 3.4. The new build adds a couple of new features, but most of the changes consist in repairs.
Starting revision 3.4, uTorrent offers the possibility to update automatically and it can also re-use the data from torrents downloaded previously.
As far as the ... |
6 November 2012
09:12 GMT |
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Figaro, a captive-bred Goffin's cockatoo, ended up amazing Austrian researchers after it proved that it was fully capable of manufacturing and using tools in order to get food or other objects that otherwise would have remained out of its reach.
Apparently, it all started when Figaro dropped a pebble it was pl... |
6 November 2012
09:10 GMT |
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Similar to other hacktivist collectives, Anonymous Germany also celebrated Guy Fawkes Day yesterday by hacking various websites. One of their targets was the website of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe – Parliamentary Assembly (oscepa.org).
The organization is focused on facilitating in... |
6 November 2012
09:07 GMT |
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Sylvester Stallone is hard at work on the next “Expendables” installment. He’s just confirmed that Nicolas Cage is officially attached to the project, with many other stars currently in negotiations.
As you might remember, word that Cage would also appear in the third film first started making the... |
6 November 2012
09:05 GMT |
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Sebastian Krzyszkowiak, a developer and Kindle enthusiast from Poland, has managed to run Debian on a Kindle Paperwhite. Running other operating systems on Kindle Paperwhite hardware is not easy. Judging from the instructions Sebastian left, the process must have been quite laborious. “It's just chroote... |
6 November 2012
09:01 GMT |
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The number of video game developers who attack software giant Microsoft for the certification process that was introduced with the new Windows 8 Operating System continues to grow and many are backing the original position taken by Gabe Newell, the leader of Valve. Alen Ladavac, the chief technical officer working a... |
6 November 2012
08:59 GMT |
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During the official launch of the new Windows Phone 8 operating system last week, Microsoft unveiled that it would arrive on devices with appealing new features packed inside, including one that would provide users with important savings when it comes to data usage.
Dubbed DataSense, the functionality provides user... |
6 November 2012
08:58 GMT |
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In a security notice, Canonical has published details about a Mesa vulnerability for its Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) operating system.
According to Canonical, Mesa could have been made to crash or run programs, if it processed specially crafted data.
It was discovered that Mesa incorrectly handled certain ... |
6 November 2012
08:55 GMT |
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The supermassive black hole (SMBH) at the center of our galaxy, Sagittarius A*, is a very quiet beast. Were it not for telltale signs such as the effects its massive gravity has on the stars surrounding it, there would be very little to say that it was there at all.
Older SMBHs like our own tend to be a lot quieter... |
6 November 2012
08:55 GMT |
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Corsair doesn't kid around when it makes power supplies. Though it does have the odd model that any random consumer can get, most of its PSUs are for the upper mainstream and high-end markets.
The 860-Watt AX860i and AX860, as well as the 760-Watt AX760i and AX760, are definitely high-tier products.
The &ldquo... |
6 November 2012
08:50 GMT |
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Several Ecuador government and military websites have been hacked and defaced by a collective that calls itself LulzSec Ecuador. The attacks are part of the November 5 campaign launched by hacktivists from all over the world. The targeted sites are the ones of the Ecuadorian Army’s Institute of Oceanography (i... |
6 November 2012
08:44 GMT |
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As the launch of Windows Phone 8 devices kicks in, Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia is streamlining its application development programs to bring them in line with its newest focuses on the smartphone market.
One of the moves that the company has made on the matter included the launch of a Nokia Premium Developer P... |
6 November 2012
08:42 GMT |
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RoboForm has received an update and has incremented the version number to 7.8.4. The fresh release sports a number of repairs, as well as improvements, as far as functionality and performance of the application are concerned. On Chrome, users should no longer experience trouble with RoboForm when switching between p... |
6 November 2012
08:40 GMT |
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Cairo, a 2D graphics library with support for multiple output devices, that produces consistent output on all output media, while taking advantage of display hardware acceleration when available, is now at version 3.1.1. Just couple of weeks ago, a major Cairo release was made public and it had a lot of important fe... |
6 November 2012
08:34 GMT |
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A few days ago, a group of British greenheads saw fit to take over the cooling towers of a power station in Nottinghamshire.
Their plan was quite simple and yet extremely efficient: they simply climbed on the two cooling towers and refused to come back on the ground until an entire week had passed.
To make sure t... |
6 November 2012
08:34 GMT |
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15-year-old Maisie Kate Miller fought bullies at Marblehead High, north of Boston, in the U.S., on many occasions, but, when she told her story on Facebook, classmates rallied and came to her help. “Mean girls” often made rude comments about her physical appearance, criticizing the way she looked and dre... |
6 November 2012
08:34 GMT |
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Samba, a component that seamlessly integrates Linux/Unix Servers and Desktops into Active Directory environments using the winbind daemon, is now at version 3.5.19.
Samba 3.5.19 is not the latest stable release, but an older stable branch that still receives updates from time to time.
Highlights of Samba 3.5.19:
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6 November 2012
08:31 GMT |
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David Braben, the main developer behind Elite: Frontier, announces that he is working on a new title in the series, called Elite: Dangerous, which is being currently funded via the Kickstarter crowd funding service and will use the same core mechanics as its predecessor.
The studio behind the new game is Frontier De... |
6 November 2012
08:29 GMT |
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Microsoft’s Surface and Windows 8 are two appealing products not only for end users, but also for companies looking to make the move to some more advanced technologies.
A new report conducted by iYogi Insights reveals that more and more businesses are ready to abandon their tablets and switch to the Surface.
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6 November 2012
08:24 GMT |
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Do Not Track is not in a very good position right now and you have Microsoft to thank for that. The standard was and still is a good option for advertisers to police themselves and for users to get real privacy options on terms everyone can agree on.
Government regulators have been keeping an eye on developments, o... |
6 November 2012
08:21 GMT |
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Normally, breakthroughs come on their own, with thunderous applauds even, but Japan Display has decided to introduce two milestones at the same time, during FPD International 2012 (October 31 – November 2, Yokohama, Japan).
A certain screen from its collection has a so-called scattering layer on top of the LC... |
6 November 2012
08:16 GMT |
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Security solutions provider Sophos has addressed a number of vulnerabilities in its antivirus product. The issues were identified by security researcher Tavis Ormandy who contacted the company after examining the application.
One of the issues discovered by Ormandy was a remote code execution vulnerability that aff... |
6 November 2012
08:12 GMT |
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Webconverger, an evolution of the hybrid client for deployment in places like offices or Internet cafes, where only web applications are used, is now at version 15.1.
Webconverger 15.1 has a feature that very few distributions possess, and that is seamless upgrade (Git-FS).
According to the developers, Git-FS has ... |
6 November 2012
08:11 GMT |
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TLC is stepping up its game and upping the shock factor. It has just announced a new reality series that deals with an ever-present topic of discussion: cougar women. Below is a preview for “Extreme Cougar Wives.”
As its name implies, this is more than just cougars TLC will focus on. While the label is u... |
6 November 2012
08:11 GMT |
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A new type of battery developed by an energy startup named Stem is supposedly capable of cutting down on electricity costs not just by carefully monitoring a building's energy consumption, but also by keeping itself up to date with electricity prices.
More precisely, the people who have developed these batteri... |
6 November 2012
08:07 GMT |
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Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless is set to close its mobile application portal in the beginning of the next year, and has just confirmed plans to do so.
The wireless carrier has launched its own application storefront in March 2010 under the name of Verizon Apps in an attempt to provide device optimization, se... |
6 November 2012
08:01 GMT |
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Deezer is continuing its plans of world domination by announcing not another expansion but an even more important deal with a Latin American carrier, which would see Deezer bundled with mobile plans in six countries.
These deals can be very important to services like Deezer since they expose the music service to a ... |
6 November 2012
08:01 GMT |
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Arguably the world’s largest newsstand, Zinio for Android devices has been recently updated with lots of new social network features and performance improvements.
With the latest version of Zinio, users will be able to sign-in with Facebook easier, as well as share articles using Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn.... |
6 November 2012
07:57 GMT |
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Hidetaka Miyazaki, the game director working on Dark Souls, reveals that the pendant that players can choose when creating a new character in the game as a gift has no actual in-game effect and is only intended as a joke from the development team.
He tells IGN that, “When it comes to the pendant, I actually ha... |
6 November 2012
07:56 GMT |
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Curiosity, the first of 22 experiments from the legendary designer Peter Molyneux, is out for iPhone and iPad. A block-breaking game that holds a life-changing mystery at its literal core, Curiosity is as much cooperative as it is competitive.
Install Curiosity now on your iDevice and you’ll instantly join tho... |
6 November 2012
07:44 GMT |
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Hikers from Utah allegedly spotted Bigfoot near Little Rock, while camping in Provo Canyon, Utah. This clip was published by user Bear Card on YouTube.
The group spots an unidentified, large creature behind some trees, they start filming it, from a safe distance, and, at one point, what they thought was a brown bear... |
6 November 2012
07:40 GMT |
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According to a new study carried out by researchers working with the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and the Potsdam University, the environmental shifts brought forth by global warming are bound to toy with the Indian monsoon. To cut a long story short, India's farmers will find that they can no... |
6 November 2012
07:39 GMT |
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The development team at Tango Gameworks working on Project Zwei reveals that the art design for the game will be handled by the developer who was in charge of the GameCube remake of the original Resident Evil.
The official blog post for the game states, “Rebirth is widely considered one of the most atmospheric... |
6 November 2012
07:39 GMT |
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Several hundred Anonymous supporters gathered yesterday, on November 5, in front of the Parliament building in London, not only to celebrate Guy Fawkes Day, but also to protest against the government in a campaign they called Operation Jubilee. Although the initiators of the operation promoted the campaign intensely... |
6 November 2012
07:37 GMT |
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This is a really bizarre turn of events. User channelx99 of the Overclock.net forums has discovered something very worrisome about Razer's high-end gaming mice and keyboards. In his post, he reveals that he was unable to “activate” his mouse because he had failed to create an account on Razer's ... |
6 November 2012
07:35 GMT |
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UK’s BBC iPlayer app has been promoted to version 2.0 this week. Supported natively on iPhones and iPads alike, BBC iPlayer 2.0 now allows TV aficionados to download their favorite shows and films and watch them offline, anywhere.
Media Applications Technologies Limited reveals that version 2.0 of the BBC iPla... |
6 November 2012
07:31 GMT |
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Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia is reportedly gearing up for the release of a new software update for its Windows Phone 8 flagship device Lumia 920, in an attempt to provide users with better camera performance capabilities.
The handset has been touted right from the start with amazing camera capabilities when in ... |
6 November 2012
07:31 GMT |
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Microsoft claims it has already sold a total of 4 million Windows 8 upgrades and the new OS enjoys a terrific success, but statistics demonstrate otherwise. According to figures released by Net Applications, only 0.45 percent of all computers were running Windows 8 in October. While this isn’t at all worrying... |
6 November 2012
07:29 GMT |
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While Nadya Suleman is seeking help for an addiction to prescription pills, trouble rears its ugly head at home, with one of her 14 children. Octomom’s oldest son has just obtained a restraining order against a former nanny.
TMZ reports that the nanny Gina Bryson worked with the family until this summer, when... |
6 November 2012
07:29 GMT |
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LuninuX OS, a computer operating system based on the Linux distribution Ubuntu, is now at version 12.10 Beta 2. LuninuX OS 12.10 Beta 2 is based on Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal), but this is not a stable version and bugs are still possible. Highlights of LuninuX OS 12.10 Beta 2: • The boot animation has been... |
6 November 2012
07:25 GMT |
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Sony Mobile unveiled the Xperia V back in August at IFA 2012 and promised that the smartphone would be available for purchase in Q4 2012.
However, it appears there’s been a change of plans and the Japanese company decided to push back the release of the smartphone in Europe with several weeks.
The folks over ... |
6 November 2012
07:21 GMT |
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The folks at Evernote have silently released a minor update for their Android application, which promises to fix a major issue.
It appears that Evernote users have been complaining of major synchronization problems with the application, so developers had to release a minor update just to fix this issue.
Aside from ... |
6 November 2012
07:20 GMT |
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It's big events that "make" web companies. Twitter wasn't taken seriously until people started breaking news on it and now it was Instagram's turn. Instagram is not exactly the first thing that comes to mind when you think of the future of news, even "citizen" or crowdsourced news. But during Hurrican... |
6 November 2012
07:11 GMT |
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In October, security firm Sophos published the results of a study that focused on the absence of security mechanisms on mobile devices such as phones, tablets and laptops. Now, the company has released a clever infographic to sum up their findings.
20% of the lost devices contained sensitive details stored on them. ... |
6 November 2012
07:03 GMT |
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The mysterious Female Turian from the upcoming Mass Effect 3: Omega DLC has just received her first photos, showing off her character design. Mass Effect games portrayed a variety of alien races, from the Salarians, to the Asari, Turians or Krogans. What’s more, in the recent Mass Effect 3, we also got to admi... |
6 November 2012
06:59 GMT |
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No matter how good of a camera the next iPhone will get, chances are you’ll still require a very steady hand for your photo shooting sessions. But by using a remote shutter with your iDevice, you’ll never have to worry about smudged images ever again.
Shaky photos have always been a problem on the iPhone... |
6 November 2012
06:51 GMT |
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In five years from now, a large majority of organizations will have moved their operations to the cloud. However, the cloud of the future will be not only safe, but also agile and efficient. At least that’s what security firm Symantec hopes to achieve by extending its security, data storage and information ma... |
6 November 2012
06:48 GMT |
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Google, as most other tech companies, do their best to stay out of politics. Well, they do their best to stay out of the public debate, but they do spend millions on lobbying in Washington to make sure their interests are promoted and protected.
Companies may take a stand on issues such as SOPA or PIPA, but they wo... |
6 November 2012
06:41 GMT |
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Canadian mobile phone carrier Rogers is gearing up for the release of some great new smartphones for its customers this holiday season, and the next two weeks might bring two of these devices to shelves, the latest reports on the matter suggest.
Sony’s Xperia T is one of them, with dummy units already arrivin... |
6 November 2012
06:41 GMT |
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Taylor Lautner was the first “Twilight” star to hint at an ending for the vampire saga different than the one in Stephenie Meyer’s original novels and, it turns out, he wasn’t just saying that. Kristen Stewart too has confirmed it.
The actress plays Bella Swan in the film franchise and, as s... |
6 November 2012
06:37 GMT |
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Microsoft’s Windows 8 comes with two different flavors of Internet Explorer 10, one that can be easily started from the desktop and another one that runs in “Metro” mode.
As we told you some time ago, the Metro flavor of Internet Explorer comes with strict restrictions on Flash websites, so only pa... |
6 November 2012
06:35 GMT |
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Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 developer Treyarch has just detailed the Strike Force missions that will add a role-playing feeling to the first-person shooter, allowing players to make choices that impact the ending of the story.
Black Ops II promises not just to revamp the multiplayer aspect of the Call of Duty series, ... |
6 November 2012
06:21 GMT |
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You can wave goodbye to asteroid 2007 PA8 as it's the last time you'll be seeing it for a while. Well, you won't be seeing it at all actually, first of all, because it's not coming close to Earth for another 200 years and second, because you couldn't actually see it now.
Even though it came ... |
6 November 2012
06:21 GMT |
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Atiya Wilkinson went missing three years ago, in 2009, when she was kidnapped by mother Gemma's ex-partner Razwan Anjum. Anjum claimed to take the child on holiday in Pakistan, however failed to return her to her mother, in Ashton-under-Lyne, UK.
Atiya was three years old at the time, and the police have used ... |
6 November 2012
06:04 GMT |
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avast! Free Antivirus (reviewed here) has been certified as being compatible with the new operating system from Microsoft, Windows 8. Although there are other security products enjoying this approval, Avast’s is the first free of charge to receive it.
As such, it is also the first free security product that ma... |
6 November 2012
05:57 GMT |
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When hearing the word “shrimp,” most people jump at the conclusion that the conversation they have happened to overhear revolved around food.
However, it seems that some people keep shrimps as pets and are willing to pay considerable amounts of money in order to get one that is a tad more “ornament... |
6 November 2012
05:54 GMT |
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In order to cover all the facets of the enterprise market that it has technologies for, Samsung launched both random access memory as well as NAND storage memory based on the 20nm manufacturing process technology.
That means that Samsung has new DRAM memory modules and solid-state drives for enterprise servers and ... |
6 November 2012
05:51 GMT |
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Back in 1984, a Christmas movie came out unlike any other Christmas movie ever released: called “Silent Night, Deadly Night,” it proposed a serial killer Santa Clause who sought out and punished all those who had been “naughty.”
A remake has been made and it just got a brand new trailer. Chec... |
6 November 2012
05:51 GMT |
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Madden NFL is one of the most successful series of sports-based video games that Electronic Arts launches annually and the team behind it at EA Sports has decided to increase the appeal of the original experience by launching a socially oriented version of the game on Facebook. Basically, the new Madden title allows... |
6 November 2012
05:45 GMT |
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The controversial hacker collective known as NullCrew claims to have breached the website of the Queen's Harbour Master (QHM.mod.uk), a domain operated by the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence.
“Your webmaster made a terrible mistake. You may criticize us on the simplicity of the vulnerability. B... |
6 November 2012
05:41 GMT |
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The island of Nagashima in Kuwana is now home to a so-called Japanese winter wonderland made up of millions of LED lights. Taken together, these LED lights are strikingly similar to a field of glowing flowers. Seeing how this winter wonderland was created in the Nabana no Sato Botanical Garden, one can only assum... |
6 November 2012
05:39 GMT |
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48-year-old trader Nicholas Levene ran one of the most successful 'Ponzi' schemes in history, cashing in £316 million ($505 / €395 million) before getting caught.
Levene, alias Beano, a nickname he had chosen after reading the popular comic book, would convince investors he had access to certai... |
6 November 2012
05:37 GMT |
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First Lady Michelle Obama could launch a career in TV if her husband, Barack Obama, isn’t reelected President today. Several TV executives are already considering the possibility of giving her her own talk show, it has emerged.
The Daily Mail reports that, in case Michelle Obama isn’t America’s F... |
6 November 2012
05:34 GMT |
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Facebook is continuing to expand the reach of its new Gifts platform. It debuted a short while ago on the web, it made it on the mobile web not long after that and it's now included in the Facebook iOS app as well.
It's not the only new feature the latest version of the app – 5.1 if you're counting –... |
6 November 2012
05:31 GMT |
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A team of scientists working with the University of London and the University of Liverpool have recently made it public news that, as a result of the predicted increase in global average temperatures, we should expect to see a decrease in the adult size of numerous marine animals.
Apparently, the animals living on ... |
6 November 2012
05:22 GMT |
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Windows 8 is all about customization these days, so if you wish to make the most of that beautiful desktop without a Start Menu, don’t forget to give this theme a try.
The so-called Horizons Panoramic Theme brings amazing sceneries of the world right on your desktop, including rocky mountains, serene beaches a... |
6 November 2012
05:18 GMT |
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The developers working on Assassin’s Creed 3: Liberation game for the PlayStation Vita at Ubisoft have acknowledged that the game has a serious bug, which affects both gameplay and saved game data and they say they are working on a fix.
The issue has been reported by a number of players and sees them left look... |
6 November 2012
05:18 GMT |
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Shortly after officially unveiling the Windows Phone 8 platform, Microsoft launched a new PDF Reader for devices powered by its latest mobile operating system.
With the latest PDF Reader application for Windows Phone 8 devices, users will be able to view and interact with PDF documents. The free app offers the follo... |
6 November 2012
05:18 GMT |
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Anonymous hacktivists claim to have breached the systems of Telecom Italia, Italy’s largest telecommunications company. The hacktivists have stated that the organization’s systems are plagued by over 3,000 vulnerabilities and errors that can be leveraged by “third parties” to access sensitiv... |
6 November 2012
05:16 GMT |
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Lady Gaga is just one of the many celebrities who are getting involved with various organizations in helping out victims of Hurricane Sandy. Because she can’t be there in person right now, Gaga is offering whatever consolation she can.
She’s just premiered a new song on her official Facebook page, call... |
6 November 2012
05:14 GMT |
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Whether because of the holiday shopping season or tough competition, or both, Advanced Micro Devices has chosen to reduce the prices of no less than eighteen central processing and accelerated processing units.
The CPUs that are now cheaper than before are part of the Athlon II series. They have two, three and four... |
6 November 2012
05:05 GMT |
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A teardown analysis rolled out by IHS iSuppli reveals that a $599 (€468) Microsoft Surface has a production cost of only $284 (€222), while Apple spends $333 (€260) to make every single $599 (€468) 32GB third-generation iPad.
This means that almost 53 percent of the final cost of each Surface is ... |
6 November 2012
05:03 GMT |
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Opera 12.10 is finally here. What was first slated to become Opera 12.50 got a version number change as some features were ready while others were pushed further into the future. Opera 12.10 is made up of all the things that were planned for Opera 12.50, but were completed before some of the more complex features.&... |
6 November 2012
05:01 GMT |
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Cevat Yerli, the leader of developer Crytek, believes that free-to-play has a place in the home console gaming space and that Sony might get a significant advantage over Microsoft if the launch of such titles on the PlayStation 3 is successful. The studio head tells MCV that, “Sony making that game is a great ... |
6 November 2012
04:59 GMT |
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16-year-old Georgia Varley lost her life on October 22 at Liverpool’s James Street Station, in the UK, at 10.30 a.m., when, in a drunken stupor, she leaned against a train and fell on its tracks, and was run over. Christopher McGee, the guard who gave the train driver the go-ahead signal, is facing manslaughte... |
6 November 2012
04:54 GMT |
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Nokia appears set to make its new Windows Phone 8 devices available for purchase in as many countries around the world as possible, and will also bring them to the Middle East in the not too distant future.
In fact, the company has already sent out invites to a press event on November 12 in Dubai, with the tagline ... |
6 November 2012
04:53 GMT |
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An experiment set up by the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) organization has shown some interesting results. The goal of the experiment was to see whether illiterate children could learn to read on their own with the aid of tablets on which all sorts of educational applications had been installed.
The Motorola Xoom tabl... |
6 November 2012
04:53 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 12.10.
After quite a few release candidates, the new Opera 12.10 is finally here and it brings a buck load of new features.
The sheer ... |
6 November 2012
04:45 GMT |
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Carrying around a cable to ensure that you can juice up your brand new iPhone 5 anywhere may prove cumbersome and energy consuming. That’s your energy, not the one coming out from wall sockets. And Apple has a solution for that.
The Cupertino, California-based computer company has officially kicked off sales o... |
6 November 2012
04:44 GMT |
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It seems that Ubisoft is preparing an impressive Assassin’s Creed Anthology Edition, as a retailer has just leaked the existence of this massive collection that includes all the main installments in the series, plus all their DLC packs.
The Assassin’s Creed series has been around for quite some time and ... |
6 November 2012
04:44 GMT |
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With the likes of Instagram and even cooler mobile social networks, Tumblr is beginning to look old, or at least old-fashioned. Still, the site, with a little help from the rather slick mobile app, is still growing and growing fast.
Whereas it was seeing some 15 billion page views per month at the start of 2012, it... |
6 November 2012
04:35 GMT |
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The Vapor Magnesium case is indeed pretty durable and Microsoft has already showed everybody that it can withstand huge shocks in an in-house drop test.
But although we all know that the Surface is such a durable device, performing similar tests in real-life is a bit scary. And painful. And Kurt Shintaku probably kn... |
6 November 2012
04:34 GMT |
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The best-featured Windows Phone device, Nokia Lumia 920 is about to make its entrance in the US in the following days. The smartphone is exclusive to AT&T, but Windows Phone enthusiasts will be able to purchase it from leading retailers across the country, including Best Buy. The smartphone was up for pre-order at... |
6 November 2012
04:34 GMT |
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As you all already know, the LinuxCon Europe 2012 event opened its gates to the Linux public on Monday, November 5. Below we've posted pictures from the first day of the event, courtesy of The Linux Foundation.
The event started with keynotes from Canonical's Mark Shuttleworth, Red Hat's Brian Steven... |
6 November 2012
04:33 GMT |
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Only recently, Hollywood sweetheart Pamela Anderson joined green-oriented organization Sea Shepherd in the launching of their new anti-whaling campaign: Operation Zero Tolerance. Wishing to show her support for this organization, animal activist Pamela Anderson agreed to wear a Sea Shepherd wetsuit and climbed aboa... |
6 November 2012
04:29 GMT |
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A group of cybercriminals has managed to steal $180,000 (140,000 EUR) from the bank accounts of Primary Systems Inc. – a communications and safety solutions provider – in just one go. They accomplished the task with the aid of a cleverly planted piece of malware. According to security journalist Brian Kr... |
6 November 2012
04:28 GMT |
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Facebook Inc. has released a new version of its social networking application for iPhones and iPads making it easier to chat with friends and share multiple photos with one tap.
Facebook 5.1 lets you swipe left anywhere in the app to instantly see who's available for messaging, and you can add friends at the to... |
6 November 2012
04:25 GMT |
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Former pageant queen and YouTube style vlogger Brie Lybrand uploaded a "different kind of video" on her otherwise beauty-oriented channel. Lybrand tells a horrific story of torture, by the father that repeatedly abused her and administered horrifying beatings to both her, as a little girl, and her mother. ... |
6 November 2012
04:19 GMT |
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South Korean company Samsung previously confirmed it would offer Jelly Bean upgrades for some of its Galaxy Tab slates, but we’re still not sure exactly when the update might arrive for these tablets.
Usually Samsung releases open source files right after these upgrades are pushed OTA (over the air) to its dev... |
6 November 2012
04:16 GMT |
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Dead Island: Riptide has just received a brand new batch of details about its fifth playable character as well as a few new screenshots and some info on the tropical island where the action takes place.
Dead Island was a surprise hit, managing to deliver an intense zombie-killing experience back in 2011 and becoming... |
6 November 2012
04:15 GMT |
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Video game publisher THQ has announced that it has delayed a number of high profile upcoming video games, from the strategy-oriented Company of Heroes 2 to the shooter Metro: Last Light, and the recent financial reports from the company suggest that it might be facing more problems in the near future.
Jason Rubin, t... |
6 November 2012
04:14 GMT |
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Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan hosted a special Halloween issue of “Live!” which, though it came somewhat late, was still one of the funniest on TV. Check out the video below for some highlights.
First off, Kelly dressed as Christina Aguilera on The Voice, while Strahan went as Cee-Lo Green. Ripa was out... |
6 November 2012
04:06 GMT |
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Windows 8 obviously comes with the world-renowned Paint app but, in addition, Microsoft is also offering the fully touch optimized Fresh Paint to all users. Initially a Microsoft Research project, Fresh Paint is now a standalone app that allows you to create artwork on your touch-capable Windows 8 device by simply d... |
6 November 2012
04:04 GMT |
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Citrix has announced that it has upgraded to a Gold membership, in The Linux Foundation.
Citrix is a participant in both Xen and Apache CloudStack, projects which provide the underpinnings for some of the world’s largest cloud computing environments.
“Cloud computing represents a significant shift in ... |
6 November 2012
03:58 GMT |
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Not only was Nokia’s Lumia 920 smartphone made available for purchase in Europe in Russia today, but HTC’s Windows Phone 8X smartphone also became available in another nearby country, Ukraine.
The smartphone will make its way to Russian stores next week, but can be acquired today in Ukraine for 5,999 Uk... |
6 November 2012
03:56 GMT |
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Minecraft Pocket Edition version 0.5.0 for iPhone and iPad “has been sent in for review and we expect it to be released in mid-November,” reports Mojang, the company selling one of the world’s most popular building games.
Minecraft on the iPhone and iPad is getting new features like paintings (scre... |
6 November 2012
03:53 GMT |
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Servers and data centers still use hard drives, for the most part, but SSDs can definitely help access and move data faster, so Intel is actively promoting their use in such scenarios. The Solid-State Drive DC S3700 Series is the latest means to do that.
There are two types of DC S3700 SSDs: a set with 2.5-inch for... |
6 November 2012
03:53 GMT |
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Shuhei Yoshida, leader of the Worldwide Studios division inside Sony, admits that the PlayStation Vita handheld is performing worse than his company was expecting and that it has plans to push sales numbers up in the coming months.
At the moment, official information from Sony says that the new device has only manag... |
6 November 2012
03:45 GMT |
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Hotmail is such an effective spam blocking email service (or at least that’s what Microsoft claims) that the Redmond-based technology company has decided to hold a special event just for spammers.
The idea is brilliantly simple: since Hotmail is pretty effective when it comes to blocking spam messaging landing... |
6 November 2012
03:43 GMT |
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Norway-based Opera Software has released a new version of its desktop web browser for Macs, adding support for high-density displays and sharing features in the latest Mac OS. Bringing numerous cross-platform enhancements (detailed in the full changelog on opera.com), Opera 12.12 Final allows Mountain Lion customers... |
6 November 2012
03:38 GMT |
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Individuals and companies responsible for IT security unwittingly play a game of chess with cybercriminals every day. In an opinion piece entitled “The Knight Fork: Defining Defense in 2013,” Tom Kellermann, VP of Cyber Security at Trend Micro explains the similarities between a game of chess and preparin... |
6 November 2012
03:32 GMT |
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Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard are getting ready to become parents. The two funny stars, who have been engaged for almost 3 years now, have just confirmed the happy news to People magazine.
In issuing the statement, Kristen is one step ahead of the tabs, confirming the happy news long before the “baby bump watc... |
6 November 2012
03:32 GMT |
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F1 Race Stars, the Formula 1-themed karting game from Codemasters, is now available for pre-purchase on the Steam digital distribution service for the PC.
Besides making the ultra-realistic F1 games, Codemasters has decided to use the precious license of the famous motorsport in another racing game, in the form of F... |
6 November 2012
03:30 GMT |
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Although Verizon Wireless already confirmed plans to launch two Windows Phone 8 devices by Thanksgiving, and now rumor has it that both might be included in various Black Friday deals.
For the time being, the Big Red announced the upcoming availability of two Windows Phone 8 devices, the Nokia Lumia 822 and HTC 8X.
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6 November 2012
03:30 GMT |
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Apple is reportedly planning (or at least considering) to drop Intel from its Macintosh computers as its custom-designed mobile chips are becoming more and more powerful, while the Macs themselves are starting to look like the iPhone and iPad.
People familiar with Apple’s research are telling Bloomberg reporte... |
6 November 2012
03:28 GMT |
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The release of the final build for Opera 12.10 did not come as a surprise this week, as there were clear signs that the developer managed to overcome some of the most nagging difficulties.
Touted as a security update, Opera 12.10 incorporates repairs as well as new features. Among the most significant are support fo... |
6 November 2012
03:26 GMT |
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Starting today, mobile phone users in Russia have the possibility to purchase Nokia’s flagship Windows Phone 8 handset, the Lumia 920.
The handset arrives in the country with support for local LTE networks and is said to sport a price tag of 24,990 rubles ($790 / €620).
More Windows Phone 8 devices will arri... |
6 November 2012
03:23 GMT |
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This past Sunday, those in charge of overseeing sardine stocks in the Pacific Ocean agreed to implement stricter rules and regulations for this species. Apparently, the Pacific Fishery Management Council has decided to set new catch levels for the sardine fisheries in the US West Coast Pacific after several studies... |
6 November 2012
03:16 GMT |
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Assassin’s Creed 3, the open-world action game from Ubisoft, has managed to take the number one position in the video game chart for the week that ended on November 3, beating last week’s winner, Medal of Honor: Warfighter. According to the data compiled by UKIE, Assassin’s Creed 3 has managed to s... |
6 November 2012
03:16 GMT |
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Snowlinux, an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution for beginners, implementing the MATE desktop, is now at version 3.
Snowlinux 3 has been codenamed “White” and it’s based on Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal). As the name suggests, the default desktop environment chosen by the developers is MATE 1.4.
Othe... |
6 November 2012
03:14 GMT |
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Instagram is making a big move from mobile to the web. Instagram has had some web presence so far, but it is now debuting full-blown profiles for all its users online. All public photos will be listed along with profile info, you'll be able to comment and like photos, pretty much everything you can do in the ap... |
6 November 2012
03:14 GMT |
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Lena Eaton from Indianapolis, Indiana in the U.S., stumbled upon a fortune late in life. Namely, the great-grandmother is 91 years old, and she just won the lottery, not once, but twice in the last couple of months.
Pictured above, she holds her prize tickets, totaling $399,999 (€312,000) in combined lottery wi... |
6 November 2012
03:13 GMT |
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One might think that one information leak per day is enough for a company, but Advanced Micro Devices has managed to slip some details about a product completely different from the new 8-core Vishera CPU.
HT4U.net has learned that a new graphic processing unit will appear, called Tahiti-LE and, naturally, based on ... |
6 November 2012
03:10 GMT |
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Although the RT version of Microsoft’s first tablet ever is already experiencing record sales, there’s no doubt that most people are actually expecting the Surface Pro. And the reason is as simple as it could be: it will be able to run legacy Windows programs and won’t be limited to RT apps like t... |
6 November 2012
03:00 GMT |
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The near future setting for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 doesn’t mean the developers at Treyarch added sci-fi gadgets or weapons into the game, as the studio wanted to envision in a realistic way just how technology will progress until 2025.
While Black Ops 1 took place at the height of the Cold War back in the 1... |
6 November 2012
03:00 GMT |
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This year, Nokia made official two Windows Phone 8 devices, namely the flagship Lumia 920 and the mid-ranger Lumia 820, and has already started to bring them to shelves in various markets around the world.
In the United States, for example, while Lumia 920 will be exclusive to AT&T, Lumia 820 will be released at mor... |
6 November 2012
02:59 GMT |
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As Google is putting the finishing touches on a native Maps application that aims to bring back the Google-Maps experience to iOS customers, sources within the company are telling UK newspapers that they’re not very optimistic about Apple approving it in the App Store.
The Guardian is citing sources at Google ... |
6 November 2012
02:57 GMT |
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Internet users are advised to be on the lookout for emails purporting to originate from Vodafone. Recipients are tricked into believing that they’ve received an MMS message. “You have received a picture message from mobile phone number +447503087109. To save this picture, please save attached file,&rdquo... |
6 November 2012
02:52 GMT |
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A tragedy was averted in the Spanish city of León, as an enraged, hysterical young mother threw her child out the window at the exact time that her father was passing by.
The family lived on the first floor of an apartment building. The 27-year-old mother was having a fit and started throwing everything she o... |
6 November 2012
02:42 GMT |
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The development team at Valve launches a new patch for their MOBA title DOTA 2, which brings a fix that the player community has been asking for for a long time and should improve the long-term enjoyment of the game.
The full change log for the new patch consists of just one line:
“Diretide Fixes - The Sugar Rush d... |
6 November 2012
02:42 GMT |
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Sam Worthington, whom fans remember best from “Avatar” but also from the critically-panned last “Terminator” film, was arrested over the weekend after getting into a brawl with a bouncer.
The actor was intoxicated at the time of the incident, and could only be subdued with pepper spray and h... |
6 November 2012
02:38 GMT |
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Lars Torben Kremer proudly announced last evening, November 5, the immediate availability for download of the stable release of the Snowlinux 3 operating system.
Dubbed White, Snowlinux 3 is based on the Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) operating system and it's powered by Linux kernel 3.5, Cinnamon 1.6 and the ... |
6 November 2012
02:35 GMT |
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BioWare has apparently rolled out a small update for Mass Effect 3 on the PC platform, via the Origin digital distribution service, which reduces loading times when starting up the game, accessing its multiplayer, or the online store.
Mass Effect 3 received a variety of updates in the past few weeks, starting with p... |
6 November 2012
02:32 GMT |
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The city of Los Angeles could soon be home to numerous floating forests, which come as a result of one man's idea to take your run-off-the-mill billboards and turn them into urban oases.
This green-oriented project is known as Urban Air, and its goal is to provide the people residing in the city with some much... |
6 November 2012
02:30 GMT |
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Not one to slack off, Advanced Micro Devices continues to develop newer and better central processing units, even as it releases them in groups, like the Opteron 6300 series.
IT company websites have a lot of obscure data available. CPU support lists from motherboard makers can be especially enlightening.
One suc... |
6 November 2012
02:27 GMT |
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Giselle Stewart, the general manager of Ubisoft Reflections, says the studio has opened up 40 new positions for teams working on Watch Dogs and the Just Dance franchise, as well as a number of other projects that could not be named at the moment.
The developer tells Develop that, “Our goal is to attract senior... |
6 November 2012
02:23 GMT |
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The day when Verizon Wireless’ customers will be able to take advantage of a brand new, high-end smartphone from HTC draws near, as the device has been reportedly spotted at the Federal Communication Commission.
The smartphone was recently seen in a supposedly leaked press photo, and rumor has it that it shou... |
6 November 2012
02:16 GMT |
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Only recently, police officials in Anne Arundel County, Maryland ended up rescuing a 3-foot (roughly one meter) alligator while carrying out a drug bust.
Because the animal was in very good health, there are many who agree that the drug dealers most likely kept is as a pet.
However, the officers decided that it w... |
6 November 2012
02:09 GMT |
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This November, the journal Current Biology witnessed the publication of a new study describing the spade-toothed beaked whale, a species of marine mammals which is considered to be the rarest in the world and pretty much unknown to science.
Apparently, the spade-toothed beaked whale got to step under the spotlight ... |
6 November 2012
01:42 GMT |
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Iconic American music composer Elliott Carter has died. The Pulitzer Prize-winning musician was 103 when he passed at his New York home and, his assistant says for The Washington Post, worked on his oeuvre almost until his final hour.
Described by critics a late bloomer, Carter’s music was, as per The Post, d... |
6 November 2012
01:39 GMT |
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Nadya Suleman, also known as Octomom in the press, and Ed Doud, her dad, are getting help together, at the same rehab center, it has emerged. Doud is seeking help for an addiction to alcohol.
One week ago, Suleman announced she was entering a 30-day rehabilitation program for an addiction to Xanax, which her doctor ... |
6 November 2012
01:26 GMT |
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This past Sunday night, one of San Onofre plant's nuclear generators embarked on a journey from Southern California to Clive, Utah.
The generator weighs 700,000 pounds (roughly 317,514 kilograms) and is carried around by a 400-foot-long truck. However, the country's officials chose not to offer any inform... |
6 November 2012
01:23 GMT |
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Jessica and Ashlee Simpson’s parents, Tina and Joe, are getting divorced after 34 years of marriage. Though papers state some kind of “irreconcilable difference” was to blame for the decision, rumors say it was Joe’s secret, gay orientation.
For the past few weeks, rumors have been swirling ... |
6 November 2012
01:13 GMT |
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