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Canonical announced a few days ago on the Ubuntu One blog that, because of some major investments in their new data sync infrastructure for the Ubuntu One cloud service, they would have to close the Tomboy Notes sync service.
The Notes service was removed from the Ubuntu One web user interface last year, and now, C... |
7 February 2013
22:51 GMT |
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Lookout, the application that is supposed to keep your Android device safe from being hacked, has just received a minor update.
According to developers, the latest update includes some Location and Backup performance improvements, though no details are offered on any of these changes.
Keep in mind that while Lookou... |
7 February 2013
22:31 GMT |
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Android enthusiasts who want to keep their everyday chores organized in an easy to manage manner will be happy to know that Wunderlist 2 is now available for tablets. Wunderlist 2 allows users to manage and share their daily to-do lists. The application offers interesting features, such as reminders, recurring event... |
7 February 2013
22:01 GMT |
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We’ve already told you that a beta of the popular TouchDown email client for Windows 8 had been released, but the app has finally arrived in the Store for users of Microsoft’s latest operating system. TouchDown for Windows 8 comes with a great feature package, including support for multiple data types, s... |
7 February 2013
21:51 GMT |
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Recently launched on Google Play Store, Carbon Twitter client has just received its first major update. Developers have added a ton of bug fixes, but also two new features that are meant to improve users’ overall experience.
The latest version of Carbon features Verified & Private badges and Quick mentions. Th... |
7 February 2013
21:31 GMT |
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J.J. Abrams, the movie director and television producer, reveals that the video games that he admires include Infocom-made text adventure titles, Tribes, Tomb Raider, Limbo, Dead Space and Call of Duty.
In an interview with Gamasutra the content creator states, “Back in the day, one of the games that first rea... |
7 February 2013
21:31 GMT |
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Nordeus, creators of Tope Eleven Football Manager Facebook game, have just updated the Android version with new features and improvements.
This is the first update in the last couple of months, so we would’ve expected something major from devs, but it looks like the update only adds one new feature and a few b... |
7 February 2013
21:01 GMT |
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What we know: Dust 514 is one of the most ambitious MMO projects of this year and the game that might show how a first person-shooter can be seamlessly integrated into an MMO structure, enhancing both experiences. Dust 514 is a first-person massive multiplayer shooter, with players asked to move around large maps, s... |
7 February 2013
20:41 GMT |
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Joachim Kempin, a former Microsoft executive, said in an interview that Windows 8, the newly released operating system belonging to the Redmond-based technology titan, was very likely to inspire the upcoming Xbox 720, but he refused to provide more details on how exactly this was going to happen.
Kempin told IGN tha... |
7 February 2013
20:31 GMT |
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With a bit more than a month until HTC is expected to unveil its next Android flagship smartphone, the M7, another unannounced handset is about to make its debut on the market.
Dubbed HTC 603e, the smartphone was recently spotted at TENAA, the Chinese regulatory communication commission, by the folks over at Blog of... |
7 February 2013
20:31 GMT |
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Since the beginnings of Android, Advanced Task Killer was one of the most popular applications among users. Also known as ATK, this application allows users to close apps manually or automatically, as well as clean memory.
With more than 50 million downloads on Google Play Store, Advanced Task Killer presents itself... |
7 February 2013
20:01 GMT |
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The Egyptian government signed a deal with Microsoft on December 26 to install and maintain licensed software on computers used by several departments, with local authorities to pay the Redmond-based technology firm a total of $44 million (€32 million) over the next four years.
The high cost of Microsoft’... |
7 February 2013
19:31 GMT |
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Samsung India has started to send invitations to a launch event for February 14. The invite mysteriously says that “Now your world is open,” but no additional details are offered. However, the invitation does show the svelte silhouette of a smartphone which strongly resembles the Galaxy S III mini and th... |
7 February 2013
19:31 GMT |
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Despite the fact that ZombiU was specifically created in order to show off the new features of the Wii U home console from Nintendo, the development team working on the game has found it hard to communicate to the player base how innovative they are.
Xavier Poix, the managing director of the studio that created Zom... |
7 February 2013
19:31 GMT |
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Indian company Intex has just announced the upcoming availability of its dual-SIM Aqua Wonder smartphone starting March 2013. The handset will be available for purchase for only Rs 9,990 outright, which is about $185 or €140. The folks at Fonearena report that the smartphone will hit shelves at more than 15,00... |
7 February 2013
19:01 GMT |
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Owners of a XOLO A800 smartphone in India are currently receiving an over-the-air (OTA) software update aimed at improving the battery life of their devices, Lava has confirmed.
Furthermore, the new update was also meant to provide users with shorter battery charging times on their devices.
All those who have pur... |
7 February 2013
18:41 GMT |
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In case you’re not pleased with the built-in Windows 8 Maps app and you’re looking for an alternative solution, here’s one that’s really worth a shot.
The so-called Maps App uses the Google Maps API, so it integrates almost the same feature package as the official Google service.
It comes wi... |
7 February 2013
18:31 GMT |
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Developer ArenaNet says that The Gathering Storm, the second part of the Flame and Frost narrative, will be launched in the MMO Guild Wars 2 on February 26.Players will be able to get access to a number of new missions for guilds, a new Player versus Player map called Spirit Watch and additional rewards for performin... |
7 February 2013
17:55 GMT |
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About a year ago, Mozilla officially gave up the fight and announced that it would be supporting proprietary audio and video formats in HTML5 <video> and <audio>.
It had held out, supporting only the open source Theora and WebM, but it was the only one left in the fight and eventually decided th... |
7 February 2013
17:51 GMT |
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Video game hardware maker Nintendo and search giant Google are launching Wii Street U for those who live in Japan and own one of the new Wii U home consoles.The new application, which is available in the official Japanese store, modifies the core Google Maps concept in order to allow for navigation to be conducted us... |
7 February 2013
17:43 GMT |
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Applause Code, LLC believes you shouldn’t have to choose between checking the weather and your calendar in separate applications. So they coded up a nifty little app called Horizon Calendar, which integrates both in a unified interface.
A three-dollar app (€2.49), Horizon Calendar integrates the current w... |
7 February 2013
17:31 GMT |
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With the Pro version going on sale in just a couple of days, Microsoft needs to cut Surface RT pricing significantly in order to make sure that its first tablet in history has a chance to succeed. That’s what Tim Coulling, senior analyst at Canalys, said in a statement for The Channel, while also estimating th... |
7 February 2013
17:31 GMT |
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Rumors suggest that developer Lucid Games, made up of former staff from Criterion and Bizarre Creations, and publisher Microsoft are working on Project Gotham Racing 5, a new racing title that will be launched on the upcoming next-generation console from Microsoft.
The information comes from a NeoGAF thread and Micr... |
7 February 2013
17:16 GMT |
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Sony Mobile is getting ready for the launch of its Xperia Z smartphone in more markets around the world, and it has just confirmed that users in Singapore will receive it on March 1. The smartphone will be available for purchase through Xperia Stores, Sony Stores and Sony Centers in the country priced at S$ 988 ($7... |
7 February 2013
17:11 GMT |
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The openSUSE Project, through Jos Poortvliet, proudly announced a few minutes ago, February 7, that the first Release Candidate version of the upcoming openSUSE 12.3 operating system is now available for download and testing on mirrors worldwide.
openSUSE 12.3 RC1 is a great release (even if it’s a developmen... |
7 February 2013
17:05 GMT |
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Motomu Toriyama, the game director working on Final Fantasy XIII, says that once the final installment in the series, Lightning Returns, is launched, publisher Square Enix might consider the possibility of launching a special retail package that includes all the titles.
The developer tells VG247 that, “We are ... |
7 February 2013
17:03 GMT |
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Websense experts are warning Twitter users to be on the lookout for shady-looking direct messages that might lead them to malicious websites.
Cybercriminals are hosting Twitter phishing pages on domains such as Tivtter.com, iwltter.com and iftwtter.com. They lure their victims here with DMs that read something like ... |
7 February 2013
16:51 GMT |
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One of the new features that Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy S IV smartphone is currently rumored to pack when brought to the market is support for gestures that do not require touching the phone’s screen.
Apparently, the technology would be similar to the one packed by Sony inside its Xperia sola smartphone.... |
7 February 2013
16:51 GMT |
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According to a new research whose findings were published only yesterday in the scientific journal Environmental Health Perspectives, women who spend a considerable amount of time exposed to various levels of air pollution risk giving birth to smaller children.
What worries the specialists who have investigated thi... |
7 February 2013
16:51 GMT |
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Microsoft is really keen on showing everybody that Bing is a much better search engine than Google, so the company performed one more test involving nearly 1,000 people. The study performed by Answers Research, an independent company based in San Diego, revealed that 52 percent of respondents preferred Bing’s ... |
7 February 2013
16:31 GMT |
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The second chapter of the Metal Slug saga has just been released on Google Play Store. Strangely, developer SNK launched the third part of the series before the second could make its way onto Android devices. Anyway, fans of the series that have already picked up Metal Slug 1 and 3 will probably want to add this one... |
7 February 2013
16:31 GMT |
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The developers behind the Devhelp project, an API documentation browser for the GNOME desktop environment and the GTK+ toolkit, announced yesterday, February 6, the immediate availability for download and testing of Devhelp 3.7.5.
Devhelp 3.7.5 will be part of the upcoming GNOME 3.7.5 development release, which sho... |
7 February 2013
16:21 GMT |
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Killzone: Mercenary, the upcoming first-person shooter for the PlayStation Vita, retains the already trademark feeling of the franchise, as developer Guerrilla Cambridge tried to replicate the weighty controls from Killzone 2 and 3 in the new game, while adding a bigger emphasis on stealth.
Killzone games have deliv... |
7 February 2013
16:11 GMT |
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It's been a few months since Google decided to remove the custom background image option from the search engine. Google said too few people used to justify the resources needed to support it.
That may be true, but it probably had less to do with resources and more with being able to showcase its doodles or its... |
7 February 2013
16:11 GMT |
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Yesterday's issue of the scientific journal Neurology witnessed the publication of a new report stating that, in less than 40 years' time, it is quite likely that the number of people in the US suffering with Alzheimer’s will triple.
These predictions were brought forth by researchers working with t... |
7 February 2013
16:11 GMT |
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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is the focus of the weekend for the development team at Valve, with a three-day promotion allowing players to get the game for a lower price, a new update fixing some game issues and support for the Steam Workshop set to add new content created by the community.
Counter-Strike: Globa... |
7 February 2013
15:50 GMT |
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Tracy Anderson has worked with countless celebrities, helping them get in the best shape before and after pregnancy. She’s now working with Kim Kardashian and, as it so happens, also has a new routine out.
Anderson’s new workout DVD is called The Pregnancy Project and was shot when she was pregnant. As ... |
7 February 2013
15:41 GMT |
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Recent news from Central Africa says that, in just eight years' time (i.e. between 2004 - 2012), Gabon's Minkebe National Park was “drained” of over 11,000 elephants by poachers whose only goal was that of collecting these animals' tusks and selling them on the black market.
Needless to s... |
7 February 2013
15:31 GMT |
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Pac-Man Championship Edition DX has just received a new update that brings support for Windows RT tablets, which means that Surface RT owners and users of other devices running this particular operating system can download it too.
In addition, the new version also comes with several bug fixes for some previously rep... |
7 February 2013
15:31 GMT |
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As reported on numerous occasions, Beijing is currently facing a major air pollution spike, and most people are afraid to go out on the streets seeing how doing so might translate into their health being seriously impacted.
The video above shows how one engineer, Matt Hope, decided to put his skills and his knowled... |
7 February 2013
15:11 GMT |
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Epiphany, the web browser for the GNOME desktop that ties together many GNOME components in order to let you focus on the Web content, is now at version 3.7.5. Epiphany 3.7.5 is yet another release in the 3.7.x development branch and comes with a few new features. Highlights of Epiphany 3.7.5: • The ability t... |
7 February 2013
15:11 GMT |
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NoScript extension for Firefox has been updated twice recently, one build following the other at a very short distance. The latest revision at the moment is 2.6.5.1.
The changelog for this build consists in a single line that reads “forced unicode conversions more resilient to invalid input.”
The previo... |
7 February 2013
15:11 GMT |
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As Valentine’s Day approaches, security solutions providers rush to issue all sorts of advisories to help Internet users protect themselves against the threats that make the rounds during this time of year.
Bitdefender told us about the spam emails we should keep an eye out for, and McAfee revealed some ... |
7 February 2013
15:01 GMT |
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Crystal Dynamics and Square Enix have just confirmed that their upcoming Tomb Raider reboot has gone gold and is on track for release on March 5.
The Tomb Raider franchise delivered some pretty great games over the years, but in recent times Lara Croft's various adventures didn't exactly impress that many ... |
7 February 2013
15:00 GMT |
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A new development version of the GVFS software has been announced on February 5, bringing mostly fixes, translation updates and a new feature.
A new volume monitor for GNOME Online Accounts has been implemented in GVFS 1.15.3, thanks to Debarshi Ray. Moreover, numerous test suite improvements and fixes have been im... |
7 February 2013
14:51 GMT |
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BioWare has confirmed that Mass Effect 3's multiplayer mode will be the host to Operation Nightfall, a challenge in which players need to pick up their Quarian characters and score 50,000 points against Geth Troopers.
Mass Effect 3's multiplayer mode has been a huge success and, in the midst of rumors abou... |
7 February 2013
14:48 GMT |
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A recent software update pushed out to Apple TV owners suffers from a bug that causes the set-top box to return to the main menu after the user attempts to access content. Apple has a workaround.
A support document on Apple’s site reveals that “After updating to Apple TV Software 5.2, attempting to use t... |
7 February 2013
14:41 GMT |
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Capcom has just revealed a brand new poll through which it asks fans to name their favorite characters from the Street Fighter franchise.
The Street Fighter series has entertained gamers for over 25 years and its roster of characters is very big, including all sorts of successful and less successful people, from Ken... |
7 February 2013
14:31 GMT |
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A new flavor of the RunKeeper for Android application is now available for download, with a completely redesigned interface, namely version 3.0.
Available for download for all devices running under Android 2.2 or newer, the new application iteration arrives with features such as in-activity splits, providing details... |
7 February 2013
14:31 GMT |
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Since it runs the full version of Windows 8, the upcoming Surface Pro will allow users to install and use desktop applications, including the likes of Photoshop, Mozilla Firefox and Yahoo! Messenger.
But as far as the Surface team is concerned, Photoshop on the Surface Pro seems to be a match made in heaven.
Stev... |
7 February 2013
14:31 GMT |
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Up until recently, the gray wolves living in the United States found themselves listed under the Endangered Species Act and benefited from legal protection against hunters' tracking them down and killing them.
Now that this is no longer the case, the country's gray wolves population is bound to plummet fa... |
7 February 2013
14:21 GMT |
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The latest version for GIMP brings to the table plenty of improvements touching especially on the interface.
Build 2.8.4 of the application includes better names for the default filters in save and export and enhances the responsiveness of drawing tools, brush outline in particular.
On the same note the splash imag... |
7 February 2013
14:16 GMT |
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Tracker, a semantic data storage for desktop and mobile devices that uses W3C standards for RDF ontologies using Nepomuk with SPARQL to query and update the data, has just reached version 0.14.5.
Unlike the previous version of Tracker, which has a large number of changes, Tracker 0.15.1 only has a few new features a... |
7 February 2013
14:11 GMT |
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Gearbox has just confirmed its Aliens: Colonial Marines that customers who pre-ordered the game can now preload it via Steam.
Aliens: Colonial Marines is set to unlock on February 12, which is less than 5 days away. That's also the time left for players to pre-purchase it and take advantage of the bonus stuff,... |
7 February 2013
14:07 GMT |
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Should I Remove It? from Reason Software is a simple application designed to help you get rid of the applications you do not need on your computer. When you buy a new computer, chances are that it’s jam-packed with all sorts of applications you don’t need. Such clutter generally accumulates on your PC e... |
7 February 2013
14:01 GMT |
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Firefox gets a lot of complaints about its slowness. Granted, every other browser and most other app out there get the same type of complaints.
Those complaints are valid too, but that doesn't mean Firefox, Chrome or anything else is necessarily slow, it all depends on context.
In Firefox's case in parti... |
7 February 2013
13:41 GMT |
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Microsoft will soon introduce the Surface with Windows 8 Pro in both Canada and the United States, but the company is planning to start selling the device in many more countries sometime in the future.
In addition to its own stores, Microsoft will also make the Surface Pro available at Best Buy and Staples, so the c... |
7 February 2013
13:31 GMT |
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Ruby, an object-oriented language for quick and easy programming, has just reached version 1.9.3-p385.
There are quite a few changes and updates since Ruby 1.9.3-p385. Users can check the complete changelog here, but there are a few fixes worth mentioning.
First of all, Ruby's license has changed from a dual l... |
7 February 2013
13:11 GMT |
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Aliens: Colonial Marines is set to receive a special Bug Hunt multiplayer mode in March, at least according to a promotional leaflet found in Wal-Mart by a fan.
Gearbox Software and Sega are finally getting ready to release their long-awaited Aliens: Colonial Marines game next week for the PC, PS3, Xbox 360, and Wii... |
7 February 2013
12:41 GMT |
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The video above was brought to us by green-oriented organization PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), and its sole purpose is that of convincing certain fashion enthusiasts to quit their habit of buying and wearing pieces of clothing made from animal skin and/or fur.
As one can easily notice, the ide... |
7 February 2013
12:41 GMT |
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Today, Canadian mobile phone maker BlackBerry (formerly known as Research In Motion) announced two new members for its Board of Directors, namely Richard “Dick” Lynch and Bert Nordberg.
Both of them join the company with extensive expertise in the mobile market, as the former is a retired Executive Vice President o... |
7 February 2013
12:41 GMT |
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Canonical published a few minutes ago, February 7, the regular top 10 app downloads chart, this time for January 2013, from Ubuntu Software Center.
As you can see from the lists below, some miracles happened on the paid apps chart, and the weather app Stormcloud reached number one, with RC Mini Racers on the second... |
7 February 2013
12:39 GMT |
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2K Games and Gearbox Software have announced a major update for Borderlands Legends on iPhone and iPad, adding new features and enhancements to the action-RPG/strategy game. Available as a free update to those who already own the game, Borderlands Legends 1.1.0 brings an exciting new Sniper Mode which allows Mordeca... |
7 February 2013
12:31 GMT |
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Background Wallpapers HD, one of the best apps that provide you with high-quality desktop backgrounds on a Windows 8 device, has just received an update that comprises several bug fixes and feature improvements.
The app now integrates a dedicated setting to allow cache thumbnail images, as well as new menu shortcuts... |
7 February 2013
12:31 GMT |
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Information from the CV of composer Julian Beeston suggests that a development team at ZeniMax Sweden is currently working on a new video game linked to the Wolfenstein franchise.
The personal document has since been modified to eliminate the reference, but PlayNews.biz says that the game was linked to the Wolfenste... |
7 February 2013
12:11 GMT |
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I definitely do not remember my first train ride but I can imagine my first reaction must have been very similar to that of the little girl featured in the video above. Madeleine Dubois is incredibly overjoyed by getting to ride a train for the first time, and her facial expressions are simply priceless. According... |
7 February 2013
12:01 GMT |
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South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung might be set to make the long rumored Galaxy S IV flagship smartphone official in Russia this year, the latest reports on the matter suggest. Apparently, the company is a sponsor of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games held in Russia next year, and it might be planning on laun... |
7 February 2013
12:01 GMT |
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Developed by Lundgren+Lindqvist, ll.filtera.js is a jQuery-based search tool for large pieces of text.
It's not a search engine in the way Google is, but it's not a filtering tool either. So the best way to characterize the plugin is to call it a “search tool.”
ll.filtera.js works in conjunction with jQue... |
7 February 2013
12:01 GMT |
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Savage 2: A Tortured Soul, a game developed and published by the S2 Games, LLC studio, will be launched on Steam for Linux.
Savage 2: A Tortured Soul has been available for Linux for quite some time and moving to Steam for Linux was a natural choice.
Players will go back to Newerth in order to continue the epic bat... |
7 February 2013
11:42 GMT |
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XWiki Enterprise, a professional wiki that has powerful extensibility features such as scripting in pages, plugins and a highly modular architecture, has reached version 4.5 RC1.
Highlights of XWiki Enterprise 4.5 RC1:
• Deleting the last version of a document reverts the document and keeps the revisions mixed... |
7 February 2013
11:26 GMT |
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With less than five days left until the global release of Gearbox’s Aliens: Colonial Marines, SEGA publisher has unleashed an extended cut trailer for the upcoming title. Those who have yet to pick this one up should know that pre-purchasing the game via Steam will reward them with the S.H.A.R.P. stick. The S... |
7 February 2013
11:20 GMT |
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Crusader Kings II is described as pausable real-time strategy, but most likely it’s the first in a long line of historic back-stabbing simulations. I have to confess my ignorance and admit I haven’t played the first Crusader Kings. These kinds of games require a level of patience and dedication that is u... |
7 February 2013
11:11 GMT |
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The GNOME developers behind the Nautilus project (now known as Files) have announced that version 3.7.5 is now available for download.
Nautilus may have changed its name to Files, but it will take a long time for users to get used to it. In any case, Files 3.7.5 is finally here and it comes with a few modifications.... |
7 February 2013
11:07 GMT |
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David Beckham has long been the face – and body – of H&M but, if you thought last year’s Super Bowl ad was likely to get you hot under the collar, you clearly haven’t seen the new one yet.
Check it out above but please bear in mind that, since this is a lingerie commercial, *some discretion ... |
7 February 2013
11:04 GMT |
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Job cuts are never fun to read about, or write about, but they seem to be happening quite often these days. Fujitsu is the one that will soon start sending pink slips every which way. It has decided to merge the LSI Chip design and R&D division with Panasonic. The resulting joint venture will be funded by the stat... |
7 February 2013
11:02 GMT |
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The baby Fennec fox featured in the picture above was born in last year's December at the Taronga Zoo in Australia. Together with its two siblings, the fox spent the first few weeks of its life hiding in a so-called nesting tunnel.
Still, it has now gathered quite a lot of courage, hence its deciding to go out... |
7 February 2013
10:59 GMT |
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Smartphones and tablets aren't the kind of devices likely to have any sort of relationship with micro-servers at first glance, but analysts definitely see one, and a significant one at that.
In fact, analyst firm iSupply believes smartphones and tablets will cause a large increase in micro-server shipments thi... |
7 February 2013
10:59 GMT |
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Wikipad, the company that plans to build the tablet with the same name, has just announced their product will be available on the market sometime this Spring.
The slate was initially scheduled for a 2012 release, but due to some flaw found in the pilot production run, Wikipad was forced to delay the tablet indefinit... |
7 February 2013
10:58 GMT |
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Samsung’s Galaxy S IV smartphone is slowly shaping up as one of the most expected smartphones of this year, and some more proof of its existence has reportedly emerged online recently.
Photos that have been allegedly taken with this smartphone were spotted on Picasa, supposedly confirming that the phone will ... |
7 February 2013
10:56 GMT |
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Dolphin Browser, one of the best applications of its kind in the iTunes App Store, has received a new update for iPad fixing Evernote clipping, an important feature for users of the note-taking service.
Dolphin is arguably one of the best browsers on iOS with hundreds of thousands in downloads, and killer ratings on... |
7 February 2013
10:50 GMT |
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WikiPad's CEO really disagreed when people said that the eponymous gaming tablet was too expensive at $499 / 499 Euro, but it ended up having to skip launching it anyway.
The company said that it wasn't the price dissension that made it push back the tablet indefinitely.
Instead, it said that one componen... |
7 February 2013
10:40 GMT |
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The development team at ArenaNet working on Guild Wars 2 says that it has decided to delay all updates linked to the World versus World game modes until March in order to make sure that all changes are properly tested.
Colin Johanson, the game director of the MMO, states in a blog post that, “March will see th... |
7 February 2013
10:37 GMT |
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Rocker Marilyn Manson collapsed on stage in concert in Canada and had to receive medical attention on the spot. Video of the incident has emerged online but, as of now, the details of his condition are still unknown. Check out the video above to see how it happened – Marilyn falls at the 1:13 mark. The rock... |
7 February 2013
10:35 GMT |
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Zabbix, an enterprise-class open-source distributed monitoring solution, released under the GPL (free of charge for both commercial and non-commercial use), is now at version 2.0.5 RC1.
Highlights of Zabbix 2.0.5 RC1:
• Now it is possible to have up-to 2GB of memory for configuration cache. It is needed for la... |
7 February 2013
10:33 GMT |
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The PostgreSQL Global Development Group has released PostgreSQL 9.2.3, 9.1.8, 9.0.12, 8.4.16, and 8.3.23. The release is considered a security update, so users are advised to apply it as soon as possible.
Besides some minor issues and a performance regression, the update addresses a denial-of-service (DOS) vulnerabi... |
7 February 2013
10:33 GMT |
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An air hostess from Russia has been fired over posting a picture giving passengers the finger. The image was originally uploaded on social network Vkontakte.
While the photo, which can be seen here, has been added in 2011, it has resurfaced by being picked up by a blogger.
Tatiana Kozlenko, pictured above, claims ... |
7 February 2013
10:31 GMT |
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The next-generation Xbox console, in the form of the oft-rumored Xbox 720, might use Windows 8 as a basis for its interface design and might even go so far as to implement touchscreen support, at least according to a former Microsoft vice-president.
The next Xbox console has been the target of quite a few reports la... |
7 February 2013
10:25 GMT |
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They might be young still, but Kylie and Kendall Jenner are already reaping praises for their work as models. Just the other day, they were part of the Red charity gala, where they positively shined on the red carpet.
The photo attached to this article is of the two girls with their mother and mananger (momager) Kr... |
7 February 2013
10:19 GMT |
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Microsoft will soon get a huge data center in China that will measure no more, no less than 42,000 square meters, which is almost the size of six football fields.
ZDNet writes that Chinese data center provider 21Vianet is the company that takes care of the construction job, with work on the building to be completed ... |
7 February 2013
10:19 GMT |
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Kickstarted hosted and is still hosting many projects, some of which fail and some of which take off. There is even the occasional invention that gets a lot more acclaim and donations than expected.
Form 1, a 3D printer, is one of those rare projects. FormLabs only asked for a measly $100,000 / 74,272-100,000 Euro, ... |
7 February 2013
10:18 GMT |
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Developer Media Molecule is apparently working with Sumo Digital to create the next installment in the Little Big Planet franchise, which has been in development for more than one year.
A source is telling VG247 that Media Molecule is no longer interested in working on the franchise, which combines platforming with ... |
7 February 2013
10:09 GMT |
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On January 7, the Python Software Foundation (PSF) urged users to immediately change their passwords since they had detected a breach on wiki.python.org. The attackers gained access to their servers and destroyed all the wiki data for Python, Jython and PSF. “An analysis of the incident revealed that an explo... |
7 February 2013
10:06 GMT |
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Greenlight Capital has sued Apple Inc. in a federal court in New York to force the company to modify a proposal on its proxy statement, saying that the Mac maker needs to do more to unlock value for shareholders, according to Reuters. Fund manager David Einhorn told reporters, “We believe Apple must examine al... |
7 February 2013
10:02 GMT |
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GNOME Shell, a user interface that provides functions for the GNOME 3 desktop environment, has just received a new update and it's now at version 3.7.5. GNOME Shell 3.7.5 has been released in the branch that will eventually become GNOME Shell 3.8 and it does pack quite a lot of new features. Highlights of GNOM... |
7 February 2013
10:00 GMT |
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Yesterday, wireless carrier Vodafone UK added to its offering no less than five Windows Phone smartphones, including the Lumia 920, Nokia’s flagship device.
Following the official release, the carrier has decided to provide users with some more details on what the new phones have to offer, and came up with a ... |
7 February 2013
10:00 GMT |
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A certain video surfaced on YouTube last month, which we initially missed but warrants attention even so. It shows a very interesting touchpad concept that might just replace keyboard someday.
Of course, touchpads will have to gain the ability to grow actual buttons before people can truly say they are a replacement... |
7 February 2013
09:59 GMT |
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The world's oldest albatross, Wisdom, has recently hatched its 36th chick. Interestingly enough, this 62-year-old bird's mate is presumed to be a tad younger, so kudos to Wisdom for still managing to get a date despite its being freakishly old.
Wildlife researchers first became acquainted to Wisdom back i... |
7 February 2013
09:58 GMT |
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Michael Keaton, the actor best known for his role as Beetlejuice and as the first Batman of the modern era, will star in the upcoming video game based upon the Need for Speed racing game franchise.
The Hollywood Reporter claims that Keaton will play the seedy character who hosts an underground racing tournament in w... |
7 February 2013
09:53 GMT |
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Google Translate is a great tool, despite its limitations, and with 65 languages supported, the number of possible translations is staggering. That said, the best translation tool in the world doesn't mean much if you can't type the things you want translated.
In that sense, Google Translate is now getting... |
7 February 2013
09:53 GMT |
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Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries were married for only 72 days but the divorce is turning into a huge mess. Following Kris’ petition to not speed the proceedings simply because Kim is now pregnant with another man’s baby, Kim is fighting back, saying her unborn child is at risk.
As any respectable goss... |
7 February 2013
09:49 GMT |
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Spectraball, a mix of puzzles and platforming gameplay created by the Shorebound Studios will be available on Steam for Linux. Spectraball combines elements of platforming, puzzle solving, addictive gameplay, and amazing visuals to deliver an experience that sets a new standard for the kind of genre. The game now a... |
7 February 2013
09:46 GMT |
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Two people have been critically wounded and one has suffered non-life-threatening injuries in a movie theater shooting in Las Vegas.
According to Fox 5 Vegas, the incident occurred in the lobby of the Regal United Artists Showcase Theater on Wednesday, February 6.
A fight broke out in the cinema parking garage on ... |
7 February 2013
09:41 GMT |
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A brand new report has appeared online concerning the next-generation Xbox console (aka the Xbox 720), this time with a rumor claiming that Microsoft is adding a vastly improved speech recognition technology inside the new device, allowing owners to simply start it up by saying a voice command.
The Xbox 720 might be... |
7 February 2013
09:41 GMT |
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Plex Media Server, a software that makes playing Movies, TV Shows and other media on your computer, is now at version 0.9.7.12.
Plex Media Server 0.9.7.12 was designed from the ground up to work automatically in a home network with a variety of devices – like an LG 2011 Netcast TV, Plex Client for Mac OS X, ... |
7 February 2013
09:39 GMT |
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The drivers for one of Gigabyte's latest products have just been added to our database. The Mini-ITX motherboard features Gigabyte Ultra Durable 4 Classic package including humidity, electrostatic, power failure and high temperature protection.The latest drivers come with Windows 8 support, but versions for earl... |
7 February 2013
09:33 GMT |
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The development team at EA Sports says that it has no plans to introduce microtransactions, such as the Course Mastery system, in its upcoming Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14.
Mike DeVault, the franchise director working on the golf simulation, tells IGN that, “We’ve taken that system out and are using a more tr... |
7 February 2013
09:33 GMT |
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Canadian carrier SaskTel has just released Samsung’s flagship Windows Phone handset, the ATIV S.
For some unknown reasons, the only smartphone that can compete against Nokia Lumia 920 is only available in several countries.
Luckily, SaskTel customers can purchase the device for as low as $130/€95 with a... |
7 February 2013
09:31 GMT |
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Skype Communications S.a.r.l has released a new version of its IM and video chatting client for iPhone customers adding a new ability to automatically reconnect a dropped call on slow networks.
Updated minutes ago, Skype 4.5 for iPhone “automatically reconnects a dropped call when your WiFi or mobile network r... |
7 February 2013
09:30 GMT |
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Laptops cannot exactly get smaller and thinner without components doing the same, and micron knows this well.
The company has just made the formal introduction of a low-profile single-sided, double data rate 3 (DDR3) SODIMM.
That means a small and thin memory module with chips on a single side.
Made out of 30nm DD... |
7 February 2013
09:27 GMT |
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Kathie Lee and Hoda have been (more or less) sober for an entire month. Following the booze-free month challenge from the publication Ladies’ Home Journal, the two have been staying off the booze on their morning show.
But all that is over now.
Below is a video of the “ordeal” these two had to g... |
7 February 2013
09:26 GMT |
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The news just broke that, this coming weekend, New England is to be hit by a powerful snowstorm.
For the time being, meteorologists warn that, according to their estimates, the regions that will be hit the hardest are Hartford and Providence to Boston, Worcester, Concord, Portsmouth and Portland.
Apparently, this h... |
7 February 2013
09:25 GMT |
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At the end of January, security firm DefenseCode announced that several routers contained the vulnerabilities which they initially believed affected only some Cisco Linksys routers.
With the aid of data provided by Rapid 7, the company has determined that around 15 million routers use the vulnerable Broadcom U... |
7 February 2013
09:12 GMT |
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Although hackers expected Apple to swiftly patch the bugs used to jailbreak iOS 6.1, the company’s newly released iOS 6.1.1 beta for developers remains vulnerable to attack.
The news comes via pod2g, one of the hackers behind the evasi0n jailbreak tool and the author of a cool DJ-ing app called (not surprising... |
7 February 2013
09:11 GMT |
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A new video card has been launched by Sapphire, one that builds on the design that Advanced Micro Devices used for the Radeon HD 7950.
The card is known as the Radeon HD 7950 3GB with Boost and is just one of four Boost boards.
It has a Tahiti Pro GPU running at 850 MHz (925 MHz with boost) and 1792 Stream Processo... |
7 February 2013
09:06 GMT |
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Chris Hadfield is so busy making videos on how astronauts clip their nails in space, practicing his guitar, getting ready for a chat with fellow Canadian William Shatner, the one and only Captain Kirk, that it's hard to imagine when he has the time to snap some of the most amazing photos we've ever seen. Oh... |
7 February 2013
09:05 GMT |
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It looks like T-Mobile USA is condemned not to receive any high-end Windows Phone 8 devices. Nokia Lumia 920 and Samsung ATIV S are the best that money can buy and they’re still not available at the US-based carrier.
However, that doesn’t mean the Magenta carrier will not receive other Windows Phone 8 de... |
7 February 2013
09:01 GMT |
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Approximately one month ago, AV-Test rolled out the results of its latest anti-virus test, revealing that Microsoft’s very own Security Essentials had failed to receive the certification. The Redmond-based technology firm reacted quickly and contested the results, saying that they were not completely accurate ... |
7 February 2013
09:01 GMT |
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Finnish security solutions provider F-Secure has launched F-Secure Client Security 10, a product that’s designed to help organizations in protecting their systems against threats from cyberspace.
F-Secure Client Security 10 is powered by DeepGuard 4, the latest version of the company’s detection engine. ... |
7 February 2013
08:59 GMT |
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Rocker Dave Grohl is co-hosting on Chelsea Lately, Chelsea Handler’s talk show on E! ahead of the Grammys 2013 and, as the video below will confirm, he’s taking plenty of cheap shots at Britney Spears.
For several weeks now, there’s been a lot of talk about how Britney might start a residency in L... |
7 February 2013
08:58 GMT |
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A kitten wants to be Luke Skywalker in this awesome viral video, uploaded to YouTube by user FinalCutKing.
This clip was posted about a week ago, and it's already received more than 2 million views, all well deserved.
The Apple-loving Jedi Kitten sees Yoda use the force and is tempted to try it out. She goes ... |
7 February 2013
08:55 GMT |
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Lumia 720 and Lumia 520 appear to be only two of the devices that might become official from Nokia in the near future, as a certain Lumia 1000 was also spotted online. The handset has emerged on a registration page on the website of wireless carrier China Mobile, and it might prove to be one of the devices that Nok... |
7 February 2013
08:54 GMT |
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We've seen the central processing units that Intel will scrap this year, so we may as well look at the arrival of the new ones scheduled for Computex 2013.
Haswell chips are bound to debut much sooner than that, but the ultra-low voltage ones, the chips that will be used in ultrabooks as soon as Ivy Bridge lose... |
7 February 2013
08:53 GMT |
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Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia is reportedly gearing up for the launch of new handsets in the increasingly popular Lumia lineup, including the Lumia 720 and Lumia 520 handsets.
Nothing has been officially confirmed on the matter for the time being, but both devices have emerged over at Directorate Post & Telecomm... |
7 February 2013
08:51 GMT |
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Capcom has just revealed a huge batch of new screenshots from its upcoming Remember Me action game currently in development at Parisian developer Dontnod Entertainment. Remember Me is one of the most interesting all-new games set to come out this year, as rookie developer Dontnod wants to deliver a cyberpunk experie... |
7 February 2013
08:50 GMT |
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Mega is only a couple of weeks old, but is already boasting quite a few users. It's also boasting a new, full-time CEO with the addition of Vikram Kumar. The company was headed by Tony Lentino, who's also one of Mega's biggest investors.
Kumar comes after a stint at InternetNZ, a non-profit organizat... |
7 February 2013
08:45 GMT |
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WhiteHat Security has received $31 million (23 million EUR) investment from JMI Equity and Investor Growth Capital (IGC). The new funds should help the company grow even further.
The money will be used to increase focus on the small and medium business market, particularly to expand sales of Sentinel Mobile and Sent... |
7 February 2013
08:41 GMT |
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A man has crashed into a building on Frost Street in Kearny Mesa, San Diego, having his car suspended 10 feet above ground, with him still inside it.
The snapshot posted above captures the unusual moment in which he lies in his car, outside the facility used as an outpatient clinic for a local children's hospit... |
7 February 2013
08:39 GMT |
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One of the most talked about ads at this year’s Super Bowl was the Go Daddy commercial featuring supermodel Bar Refaeli, Danica Patrick and a goofy-looking nerd who gets to smooch with Bar. Jay Leno was “pranked” into recreating the infamous kiss. Some have billed the ad a disgrace, even though mo... |
7 February 2013
08:32 GMT |
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Whether Sony wanted it or not, a photo of a photo camera has leaked, one that reveals a certain fact about its NEX series of photo and video capture devices.
The picture shows that the new NEX-3N, which hasn't actually been released yet, will have electronic zoom.
This is unusual because all NEX cameras have m... |
7 February 2013
08:25 GMT |
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Samsung’s smartphones have been gaining popularity among end users for quite some time now, and their performance in the UK during January confirms their appeal to users. Galaxy S III was the top selling device in the UK in January 2013, strengthening its position on the market, after being placed on the same ... |
7 February 2013
08:24 GMT |
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After revealing more details last month, Ubisoft has now revealed the actual release dates of the three-part The Tyranny of King Washington expansion for Assassin's Creed 3, while confirming the different abilities that will be added by the DLC.
Assassin's Creed 3 delivered not just a top-notch single-play... |
7 February 2013
08:20 GMT |
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A nanny from Staten Island has been caught on camera abusing the 5-month-old child she had in her care.
While a video of the incident is posted above, user discretion is advised when clicking on it, as it contains shocking and possibly offensive content.
According to the Post Chronicle, 52-year old Mamura Nasirova ... |
7 February 2013
08:20 GMT |
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Media players come in many types, and while their physical appearance doesn't allow for too much variety, their insides and software definitely are enough to provide it. Arctic's latest model shows this.
Frodo is a name that most people know from the Lord of the Rings books and films, being the name of th... |
7 February 2013
08:18 GMT |
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The Document Foundation has announced that the final version for LibreOffice 4.0.0 is now available for the Linux platform, bringing a lot of bugfixes and improvements. According to The Document Foundation, LibreOffice has grown intro the largest independent free software project focused on end user desktop producti... |
7 February 2013
08:10 GMT |
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CBS is getting ready for the 2013 Grammy Awards, which will take place this Sunday, by taking the extra step to ensure no wardrobe malfunctions will occur, be it on the red carpet or on stage, during the ceremony. In fact, the network is doing more than just keeping a watchful eye over celebrities: executives have a... |
7 February 2013
08:06 GMT |
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Video game developer Bungie continues to tease its upcoming Destiny video game project via a series of videos grouped under the Community Theatre label, with a trailer that features old men, pipes and tigers.
The only line in the video that offers some detail on Destiny is: “For years we’ve been working ... |
7 February 2013
08:06 GMT |
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Today, the European Commission, along with the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, has published the “An Open, Safe and Secure Cyberspace" cybersecurity strategy.
The strategy represents the European Union’s (EU) vision on how states should prevent and respond to cyb... |
7 February 2013
08:03 GMT |
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Gun control is nothing if not a serious problem nowadays, which is why it need not come as a surprise that efforts are being made to convince people to turn in whatever unregistered weapons they might possess.
While some countries use money as an incentive, Uruguay's government decided that a so-called bikes-f... |
7 February 2013
08:01 GMT |
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Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia is reportedly gearing up for the release of its Lumia 920 smartphone on shelves in Brazil starting with February 14. According to a recent report on Gizmodo, the new handset will hit the market with a price tag of 1,999 Brazilian Real (around $1,000) attached to it, all dressed up i... |
7 February 2013
08:01 GMT |
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South Korean handset maker LG already confirmed plans to unveil a new Android flagship smartphone at Mobile World Congress 2013, later this month.
In addition, the company teased a new F-Series family of smartphones, which is likely to be introduced a few days ahead of the trade fair.
In any case, all these unanno... |
7 February 2013
08:01 GMT |
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Evercore Partners analyst Patrick Wang checked with Apple’s component suppliers and claims to have learned that the rumored iPhone 5S is indeed on the table for this year, and that it’s likely to employ a new Broadcom wireless radio.
In a research note issued this week, Wang reiterated his Overweight rat... |
7 February 2013
08:00 GMT |
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46-year-old Richard Kachkar is on trial for plowing over a police officer's body and leaving him for dead in Toronto, Canada.
The Star Phoenix reports that Kachkar hit 35-year-old Sgt. Ryan Russell with the plow, pushing him to the ground and running him over.
The defendant stole the plow from a landscaping t... |
7 February 2013
07:57 GMT |
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Owners of devices running under Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system can now download and install a new flavor of the Newser application, namely version 2.2. Just as its name suggests, the mobile client provides users with access to important stories on the go, and the new app iteration is meant to enhan... |
7 February 2013
07:51 GMT |
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Blizzard has started hyping up the upcoming StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm expansion for its popular strategy game by releasing a special website called Project Blackstone.
StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm is one of the most expected games of the year, largely because of the cult following enjoyed by the strategy fr... |
7 February 2013
07:43 GMT |
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Google and the Baymard Institute have performed a study to find out what trust seal offers users the best sense of security when making online payments.
Trust seals are used as a visual identifier that reassures internauts that their personal details are properly secured. Several security firms offer such seals, but... |
7 February 2013
07:43 GMT |
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Canadian wireless carrier Rogers has announced on Wednesday record first day sales of BlackBerry Z10 devices, after making the smartphone available for its users on February 5.
Apparently, the carrier sold on that day the largest number of BlackBerry devices when compared to any other day in its history.
Rogers c... |
7 February 2013
07:41 GMT |
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Microsoft will soon introduce the new Surface with Windows 8 Pro, but the company will initially sell the device in the United States and Canada exclusively. The software giant has already confirmed that new markets will be announced at a later date, but aside from this minor detail, everyone at Microsoft remains co... |
7 February 2013
07:41 GMT |
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Zotac ZBOX nano XS AD13 and AD13 Plus AMI BIOS version 2K121114 can now be found on Softpedia. It is targeted at the AMD M3L chipset, and will install the Suspend-To-RAM (STR), Hardware Monitor, on board LAN and HD Audio features, as well as Zotac's ZBOX Full Screen Powerup Logo.Before you begin, make sure the s... |
7 February 2013
07:40 GMT |
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A 22-year old student from Hanover, Germany, Phillip Lüpke is the lucky winner of Apple’s €10,000 / $13,500 iTunes Gift Card. Not surprisingly, when Apple rang him up to give him the good news, Phillip thought he was being played for a fool. “At first I was in disbelief. But then I was very hap... |
7 February 2013
07:32 GMT |
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Curl, a command line tool for transferring data with URL syntax, supporting numerous transfer protocols, including proxies, cookies, user and password authentication, is now at version 7.29.0.
Highlights of Curl 7.29.0:
• Support for sasl digest-md5, sasl cram-md5m, sasl ntlm, sasl login, and sasl plain text a... |
7 February 2013
07:31 GMT |
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Sony has just released firmware version 1.04 for their SLT-A37 camera. This release offers support for SAL100M28, SAL50M28, SAL85F28, SAL18200, SAL20F28 and SAL28F28 automatic compensation compliant lenses.Version 1.04 can be installed on the SLT-A37 via a PC running Windows XP / Vista / 7 or 8. The 1.04 is an update... |
7 February 2013
07:29 GMT |
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Deutsche Telekom has just informed its customers that it will not be adding the Samsung ATIV S to its portfolio.
The reasons behind this decision are unknown, but word is the carrier thinks it’s doing alright with Nokia Lumia 920 sales.
Nokia Lumia 920 has been selling very well at T-Mobile Germany since Dec... |
7 February 2013
07:26 GMT |
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A mom from Connecticut has been arrested for pulling out a .380 semi-automatic handgun in a Chuck E. Cheese location.
Tawana Bourne, who brought her child to the diner, reportedly argued with another mother, who was also accompanied by a child. She then threatened the woman with the weapon, Opposing Views reports.
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7 February 2013
07:22 GMT |
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Place-discovery service Foursquare Labs has released an updated iOS client with improved check-in notifications, and specific settings for close friends or people who should’t bother you.
Foursquare iOS version 5.4.3 improves check-in notification settings to help you get just the right updates from just the r... |
7 February 2013
07:21 GMT |
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Microsoft will officially retire Windows XP in April 2014, but this end date is causing fears for companies across the world that may not complete the transition to another operating system. According to a survey performed by UK firm Avanade and involving 200 IT directors and CIOs, 80 percent of the respondents admi... |
7 February 2013
07:21 GMT |
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The development team at Pieces Interactive and publisher Paradox Interactive are offering players the chance to take a first look at the upcoming Leviathan: Warships via the first trailer of the game while also offering more information on the mechanics.
The game will allow players to take as much time as they want ... |
7 February 2013
07:18 GMT |
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Jennifer Love Hewitt was one of the hottest actresses back in the ‘90s but, by the looks of the new “The Client List” trailer above, things haven’t really changed all that much. Check it out.
As fans must already know, Jennifer made Lifetime her home some time back, with the new series &ldqu... |
7 February 2013
07:17 GMT |
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At the latest Kaspersky Security Analyst Summmit, security researchers Billy Rios and Terry McCorkle revealed the existence of a vulnerability in Tridium’s Niagara AX Framework that could be leveraged by cybercriminals to cause some serious damage.
According to Wired, the security hole that plagues the industr... |
7 February 2013
07:16 GMT |
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An allegedly leaked video for an allegedly new Chromebook made the rounds and convinced quite a few people that this could be Google's newest Chromebook dubbed the Pixel, one designed by it entirely.
The device sports a touchscreen and a huge 2560 x 1700 pixel resolution, hence the name.
In all likelihood, t... |
7 February 2013
07:11 GMT |
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Sony's European division has just revealed a brand new special bundle that will go on sale throughout the Old Continent, which includes a Classic White PS3 as well as the special edition of God of War: Ascension, the next hack and slash game exclusive to the Sony console.
Ever since the release of the redesigne... |
7 February 2013
07:11 GMT |
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Gaming hardware is something that will always be up for sale, even if a catastrophe happens and desktop PCs really do die out for some reason.
Ozone is the one launching a new gaming keyboard this time, one that works with every version of Windows from 98 onwards (Win98SE/Me/2000/XP/VISTA/WIN 7/8).
As seen in the v... |
7 February 2013
07:08 GMT |
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Nokia has made available for download a new flavor of the Nokia Music application for its Lumia devices, namely version 3.7.3.607, currently up for grabs for all Windows Phone 7.5 and Windows Phone 8 smartphones.
The new app flavor brings along the option to add gigs to the calendar on Windows Phone 8-based Lumia d... |
7 February 2013
06:51 GMT |
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Twitter has pushed out a big update for users of its iOS client adding new search and Discover capabilities, improvements to performance, right-to-left language support for Arabic and Hebrew, and more.
Twitter’s new Discover tab brings a single stream of Tweets, Trends, Activity and accounts to follow, and you... |
7 February 2013
06:41 GMT |
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Microsoft and its hardware partners appear to have started delivering the Windows Phone 8 Portico software update to more devices in Europe. According to a recent article on WPCentral, users in markets such as Germany, Denmark, and Sweden are saying that they have already received notifications on the availability ... |
7 February 2013
06:41 GMT |
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Samsung continues its march to world domination with new Galaxy devices. The company has just trademarked a new set of names that will be attached to its upcoming devices, slated for release this year.
The guys over at Pocketnow report that the South Korean company has filed for trademark protection in the United St... |
7 February 2013
06:31 GMT |
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Winter is almost done, but if you've been meaning to hit the slopes, there's still some time. All the new sky resorts available in Google Maps should help with that. Google has added data for 38 new locations, run and lift maps useful to skyers in particular.
"With 38 new run and lift maps for some of the ... |
7 February 2013
06:21 GMT |
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SkyDrive for Windows 8 and Windows RT has been around for a while, but David Overton, a former Microsoft employee, has launched his very own app compatible with the cloud storage service.
The so-called SkyDrive RT Sync comes with a feature that’s missing in Microsoft’s SkyDrive client on Windows RT platf... |
7 February 2013
06:11 GMT |
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Two teenagers have severed their fingers while playing Tug-of-War during Spirit Week at South El Monte High School outside of Los Angeles, reports say.
According to The Post Game, Edith Rodriguez and Pablo Ocegueda had their fingers tangled in the rope when it snapped. The force of the rope presumably led to several... |
7 February 2013
05:58 GMT |
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Members of the Syrian Electronic Army have managed to hijack a couple of Twitter accounts and a Facebook page of Sky News Arabia. The affected Twitter accounts were Sky News Arabia (@SkyNewsArabia) and Sky News Arabia Arts and Culture (@SkyNewsArabia_C). The hacktivists also took over the skynewsarabia Facebook page... |
7 February 2013
05:58 GMT |
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Information from Japanese newspaper sources suggests that the upcoming PlayStation 4 home console from Sony will be launched before the end of 2013 and will feature deep integration of tech from Gaikai.
The translation of the information coming from Gematsu also says that the new device will cost 40,000 Yen, which i... |
7 February 2013
05:56 GMT |
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Actress Lucy Lawless is now making headlines, courtesy of her being ordered by Judge Allan Roberts, currently working with the New Plymouth District Court, to both do some community work, and pay a several hundred dollars fine.
Apparently, it was back in February 2012 when actress Lucy Lawless, together with severa... |
7 February 2013
05:46 GMT |
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Independent analyst firm Canalys reports a 12% growth year-on-year for PC shipments in Q4 2012, with 134.0 million computers sold. “Pads” (tablets) accounted for over a third of that figure. The market research firm reports that Apple is leader of the pack by quite a margin, “shipping 27.0 million ... |
7 February 2013
05:44 GMT |
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Charlie Sheen is still promoting his new projects, the second season of his new series “Anger Management” and a film, so he stopped by Katie Couric the other day to talk about them – and his infamous, highly mediated meltdown. Check out the first video below for the interview, which includes a shot... |
7 February 2013
05:42 GMT |
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Twitter updated its mobile apps, again, with a few changes aimed at streamlining and simplifying the experience. In that vein, there's also a new search which now includes tweets, photos, news, people all mixed together.
It may seem like just a visual change, but Twitter had to re-engineer the search engine fo... |
7 February 2013
05:42 GMT |
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As new central processing units are getting ready to debut, Intel is cleaning house in a way that might make even the most blasé of people raise their eyebrows, if only because of the sheer number of soon-to-be-gone chips.
The Ivy Bridge series of CPUs will soon leave way for Haswell, which makes the Sandy B... |
7 February 2013
05:38 GMT |
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Security researchers from Webroot have uncovered an interesting do-it-yourself (DIY) tool which allows even less skilled cybercriminals to operate an HTTP-based botnet. The tool is currently being sold on underground markets.
During their analysis, experts have found that, in one case, the botnet has already infecte... |
7 February 2013
05:38 GMT |
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Take-Two Interactive, the publisher partner of Grand Theft Auto V developer Rockstar, has confirmed that the new title will blow people away when it finally comes out in September and that the new delay will ensure the game is of a high quality. Grand Theft Auto fans were treated with a not-so-pleasant surprise last... |
7 February 2013
05:37 GMT |
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A Michigan high school coach has fatally shot a teenager outside a school in Detroit. Reports say that the young boy has been killed while trying to rob the coach.
A police officer in reserve, 70-year-old Ernest Robinson works as an assistant coach with Martin Luther King Jr. High School's girls' basketbal... |
7 February 2013
05:29 GMT |
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Stuart Freeborn, the makeup artist who designed several iconic “Star Wars” characters such as Yoda, Chewbacca, Jabba the Hutt and the Ewoks, has died. He was 98 years old.
Though Freeborn’s resume also included extensive work on another cult film, “2001: A Space Odissey,” he will for e... |
7 February 2013
05:26 GMT |
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Video game developer Arkane Studios, the company that created Dishonored, says that it is looking for a senior engine programmer that will work on a new project for the PC and for next-generation home consoles.
The job listing says that those who apply should be passionate about first-person titles and about role-pl... |
7 February 2013
05:26 GMT |
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An Indian hacker using the online moniker Godziila has infected the Pakistani music downloads website SongsPk with a piece of malware in an effort to put an end to piracy, particularly the illegal downloading of Indian songs.
Godziila has told The Hacker News that he urges all users, from India and all over the worl... |
7 February 2013
05:18 GMT |
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Ben Hutchings announced yesterday, February 6, the immediate availability for download of Linux kernel 3.2.38.
Linux kernel 3.2.38 brings a lot of various fixes, as well as driver improvements, network fixes, not to mention support for various devices.
Highlights of Linux kernel 3.2.38 LTS:
• Identifiers for ... |
7 February 2013
05:17 GMT |
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External hard disk drives really aren't that different from normal ones, usually, but every once in a while some drives appear that clearly classify as uncanny, and the latest one from Apricorn is definitely one of them. The look of the drive is the first big clue that this is no ordinary portable storage solu... |
7 February 2013
05:12 GMT |
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On February 9, Toni Braxton will be officially making her acting debut, as “Twist of Faith,” in which she plays lead, premieres on Lifetime. She will be sharing the screen with her autistic son, Diezel.
Above is the official trailer for the film.
In a new interview with the AP, Toni says Diezel was in... |
7 February 2013
05:10 GMT |
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Trend Micro researchers say that cybercriminals are testing out a new toolkit. It has been dubbed Whitehole and it’s designed to exploit five vulnerabilities, including CVE-2013-0422, the flaw leveraged by both Cool and BlackHole to distribute ransomware.
Detected by Trend Micro as JAVA_EXPLOYT.NTW, the Whitehole ex... |
7 February 2013
05:06 GMT |
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Bethesda has just confirmed that it's updated the high-definition texture pack for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim on the PC platform, adding support for better textures on the game's different expansions, like the recent Dragonborn, as well as Dawnguard or Hearthfire.
Skyrim came out back in 2011 and delivere... |
7 February 2013
05:04 GMT |
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Dropbox has revealed a new API for mobile developers enabling them to integrate Dropbox sync functionality into their apps. With the new Dropbox Sync API, apps can work with Dropbox files just like they would with local files. The API takes care of the syncing and caching, it even works offline.
"You can quickly lis... |
7 February 2013
05:01 GMT |
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FISHLABS’ awesome sci-fi title Galaxy on Fire 2 is now free to own on iOS devices for a limited time. The HD version is particularly noteworthy, as it arrives with console-grade graphics and equally compelling gameplay. Galaxy on Fire 2 is said to set the benchmark for sci-fi gaming on the App Store. Owners of... |
7 February 2013
05:00 GMT |
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This past Tuesday, an Indian leopard was beaten to death and later on hanged by a group of angry villagers living in India's northeastern state of Assam. By the looks of it, this mob's violent behavior towards the feline was a direct result of the latter's entering a village and attacking three peopl... |
7 February 2013
04:58 GMT |
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Bashas' – the Arizona-based grocery chain – is informing customers that it has fallen victim to a highly sophisticated cyberattack that targeted the payment information stored on its systems.
The company’s representatives say they’re compliant with all PCI security requirements, but the malware the... |
7 February 2013
04:51 GMT |
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Yet another ultrabook has been launched, showing that the product type has become what netbooks were for the 2008-2010 period: the newest and “coolest” thing on the laptop market.
Gigabyte is the one launching a product this time around, one bearing the name of U2442 and featuring a more or less common ... |
7 February 2013
04:46 GMT |
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Paul Mason, once dubbed the fattest man alive, has managed to lose 644 pounds (292 kg). The man who used to weigh 980 pounds (445 kg) now wants to undergo a skin removal procedure. NY Daily News chronicles Mason's adventure as a 50-year-old postal worker with a life expectancy of two years. The man from Ipswitc... |
7 February 2013
04:45 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 17.0.
The developers have chosen to release Webconverger 17.0 without having to go through a lot of 16.x versions.
A reason for this major jump in version... |
7 February 2013
04:45 GMT |
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Astronomers have been looking for planets and life all over the galaxy, but maybe they need to look closer to home. A new study by astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics indicates that a big number of red dwarfs in the galaxy have Earth-sized planets in the habitable zone.
Red dwarfs are the ... |
7 February 2013
04:44 GMT |
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Apple recently rolled out a fresh iOS beta to developers with the main goal of testing a bunch of features aimed at improving Maps in Japan. The software likely has additional (undocumented) changes as well but, most importantly, is not bound by a timer. The creator of several jailbreak add-ons, @iH8sn0w, released t... |
7 February 2013
04:37 GMT |
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The Astronauts, a studio made up of former members of the People Can Fly team, announces that its first video game project is called The Vanishing of Ethan Carter and will allow players to enjoy a deeply immersive horror experience.
The team says that players will take on the role of a detective who has the supernat... |
7 February 2013
04:32 GMT |
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Crystal Dynamics and Square Enix have just revealed a brand new video with their upcoming Tomb Raider game, this time showing off mechanics like the fast travel or the upgrade one for weapons.
The new Tomb Raider title reboots the series in terms of story but also in terms of gameplay, as the new game will see Lara ... |
7 February 2013
04:30 GMT |
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All the necessary drivers for the 11.6" touchscreen Iconia W7 PC Tablet from Acer are now available on Softpedia. They are compatible only with the 64-bit version of Microsoft's latest operating system.BIOS, Chipset, AHCI, AMT, Audio, Ethernet, HID, DPTF, DFU Sensor, Graphics and Wireless drivers can be found he... |
7 February 2013
04:26 GMT |
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Microsoft has recently launched the new Office 2013, so the company can now fully focus on its plans to bring the productivity suite on a number of new platforms. And according to sources familiar with the matter, Microsoft is pretty busy these days as it’s trying to push the Office productivity package well b... |
7 February 2013
04:24 GMT |
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Evasi0n 1.1 is out with fixes. iPad users will no longer see the old (pixelated) Weather app on their Home screens, and the long-reboot issue is said to be fixed. There’s more.
After hearing reports that numerous jailbreakers were having issues with the initial release of evasi0n, the evad3rs quickly coded up ... |
7 February 2013
04:20 GMT |
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An extremely rare Brooklyn Atlantics baseball card from 1865 has been sold at auction for a whopping $80,000, $92,000 (€59,000 - €68,000) including the auction house's premium.
Wikipedia indicates that the Atlantic Base Ball Club based in Brooklyn co-founded the National Association of Base Ball Playe... |
7 February 2013
04:16 GMT |
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BioWare is getting ready to launch the 1.7 update for its MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic and the team is keen to make sure that players understand all the new systems it is bound to introduce, including Galactic Reputation.
The new feature will allow players to earn six ranks, from Outsider to Legend, with each fac... |
7 February 2013
04:14 GMT |
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Recent news from Minnesota informs us that those hoping to kill a moose or two during this year's hunting season are now left with no choice except figure out some other way to spend their free time.
This is because the state's Department of Natural Resources has decided to institute a ban on moose huntin... |
7 February 2013
04:14 GMT |
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Today, Nokia officially confirmed that its Nokia Lumia 620 Windows Phone 8 smartphone will arrive on shelves in Australia on February 22, featuring a price tag of only $329 AUD (around $340 USD / €250) The handset, made official in December last year, arrives on the market as the most affordable Lumia handset t... |
7 February 2013
04:11 GMT |
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Fox News is often spoofed and mocked online and, as a new poll reveals, this could be intimately related to the fact that it’s considered the number 1 least trustworthy news outlet. The irony is that, depending on who you ask, it’s also considered the most trusted.
An annual study conducted by Public Po... |
7 February 2013
04:09 GMT |
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Google has been working on a new rich notifications feature for Chrome. The goal is to both revamp Chrome notifications and also make a new home for Google Now cards.
The feature is still in the works and is not even enabled by default, but if you're running a dev channel build of Chrome you can now play with ... |
7 February 2013
04:07 GMT |
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Nokia’s home country Finland is rough terrain for other handset makers. This may be one of the reasons HTC decided to cut prices on some of its products.
As EsPhoneBlog points out, both HTC 8X and 8S are now a lot cheaper than before in Finland. Major retailer Gigantti is now offering the former for €415/... |
7 February 2013
04:05 GMT |
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Touch panels have begun to sell more now that Microsoft has included good support for this input type in Windows 8, but ASUS feels its customers, or some of them, would be better off with an alternative.
Back in September 2011 (two years ago, more or less), Asus revealed an in-house developed motion sensing technol... |
7 February 2013
03:59 GMT |
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Jay Freeman (Saurik), the creator of Cydia, has pushed out a fix for the jailbreak bug affecting Weather.app installations on iPhones. The package includes a patch that prevents Weather.app from crashing.
Confirmed by evad3rs team member David Wang (@planetbeing) on Twitter, the Weather app fix is a free download av... |
7 February 2013
03:58 GMT |
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Star Trek and upcoming Star Wars Director J.J. Abrams has confirmed alongside Valve boss Gabe Newell that they'll work on movie projects based on two of the most popular franchises from the studio – Half-Life and Portal.
Valve has made a name for itself by releasing many high-quality games in all these ye... |
7 February 2013
03:56 GMT |
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FreeNAS, a free implementation of a minimal FreeBSD distribution, has just reached version 8.3.1 Beta 3.
FreeNAS 8.3.1 Beta 3 has introduced a large number of functional changes in comparison with the 8.0.x branch.
Highlights of FreeNAS 8.3.1 Beta 3:
• Additional AD fields have been added in order to allow fi... |
7 February 2013
03:42 GMT |
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With Marissa Mayer at the helm, perhaps it was inevitable, Yahoo has announced that it's teaming up with Google to display contextual advertising on its sites. What this means is that you'll start seeing Google AdSense and AdMob ads on Yahoo sites around the world though, crucially, not the search engine.
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7 February 2013
03:42 GMT |
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Mama June, star of TLC’s hit series “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo,” made headlines when she gave herself a home makeover and turned into Marilyn Monroe for Halloween but, as it turns out, her real life transformation is just beginning.
Over the past couple of years, the overweight reality star has bee... |
7 February 2013
03:40 GMT |
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John and Ann Betar of Connecticut have been married since November 25, 1932. Their 80-year anniversary, which I have spoken of before, has come with a distinction for longest married couple in the U.S.
This Saturday, February 9, California-based group Worldwide Marriage Encounter (WWME) is celebrating their union in... |
7 February 2013
03:39 GMT |
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Many users rely on KeyScrambler to protect themselves against keyloggers, the pieces of malware designed to log keystrokes in an effort to steal sensitive information from infected computers. However, security researcher Dragoş Gaftoneanu says the application is not as efficient as it should be.
The expert has ident... |
7 February 2013
03:39 GMT |
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This past Tuesday, National Geographic Kids went public with the news that they had succeeded in collecting a total of 16,407 recyclable shoes.
The shoes will soon be given to Nike Reuse-a-Shoe and used to manufacture athletic surfaces such as basketball courts.
In all fairness, the shoes were not collected by th... |
7 February 2013
03:36 GMT |
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Microsoft will soon launch the Surface with Windows 8, with the device to be offered in two different versions depending on how much space you need.
The 128 GB model, however, provides only 83 GB of free storage space, while the 64 GB version has only 23 GB of available space. It’s all because of Windows 8 and... |
7 February 2013
03:32 GMT |
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David Cage, the video game maker best known for his work on Heavy Rain, says that the gaming industry needs to grow up by offering a more varied array of experiences, seeking to expand its audience and creating more innovative ways to engage.
Speaking during the DICE 2013 event, the leader of Quantic Dream says that... |
7 February 2013
03:32 GMT |
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Yesterday's report that the next-generation Xbox (aka the Xbox 720) will eliminate the possibility of playing used games has had a negative impact on the share price of GameStop, one of the largest retailers in North America, which has a successful business selling second-hand copies of console titles.
Used gam... |
7 February 2013
03:29 GMT |
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Just like Samsung said would happen back in December 2013, a new research and development center has been set up, though it hasn't and won't be complete for months still. For those unfamiliar with the situation, there was a report, back in late 2012, that Samsung had decided it needed a new R&D center. T... |
7 February 2013
03:25 GMT |
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Google has made available for download a new flavor of its Google+ mobile client for devices running under the Android operating system, namely version 3.5.1. The new app release brings a series of stability and performance improvements, along with various bug fixes, the company notes. The Google+ application pro... |
7 February 2013
03:24 GMT |
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A Dollar General Store employee from Wrightsville, Georgia has been charged with aggravated assault and cruelty towards children for whipping a customer's son 25 times.
The Atlanta Business Chronicle writes that 39-year-old Emilia Graciela Bell has been caught on camera disciplining the child.
According to Wr... |
7 February 2013
03:20 GMT |
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Ubuntu-powered smartphones should be available as early as October this year, or at least this is what Mark Shuttleworth says.
Ubuntu Phone OS made its debut in early January and the first estimates of its actual arrival on the market was 2014.
In a conversation with Mark Shuttleworth, Michael Hickins from Wall St... |
7 February 2013
03:17 GMT |
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South Korean mobile phone maker LG Electronics is getting ready for a big launch at the upcoming 2013 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, and it has already started teasing that online.
Following a photo published on its Facebook account, the company has posted a video teaser online, promising a breakthrough unveil... |
7 February 2013
03:16 GMT |
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New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has often found himself in a position in which he must talk about and, to some extent, defend the fact that he’s overweight. However, while he’s open to doing that, he doesn’t appreciate it when someone who has never met him does it.
Earlier this week, Christie w... |
7 February 2013
03:16 GMT |
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Security solutions provider Symantec and Microsoft have managed to disrupt Bamital, a botnet that has been successfully used by cybercriminals for click fraud operations.
According to Symantec, the malware that powers the botnet is designed to hijack search engine results and redirect victims to command and control ... |
7 February 2013
03:16 GMT |
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Whale watching is supposed to be a calming and relaxing experience, yet for the group of people in the video above it turned out to be more of an utterly unexpected adrenaline rush.
As one can easily notice, the humpback whale first decided to swim fairly close to the boat, and then proceeded to giving it a more or... |
7 February 2013
03:09 GMT |
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Labeled as build 12D65, a new Mountain Lion beta has been released from Cupertino, asking developers to focus on the same core areas of OS X, including AirPlay, Graphics Drivers, Safari, and others.
OS X 10.8.3 Build 12D65 is four increments apart from the last beta, which may suggest a high number of changes under ... |
7 February 2013
03:05 GMT |
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Nintendo has begun discussing the internal components of its recently released Wii U and revealed that the CPU, which has already been criticized by developers, is just big enough to deliver a good experience, as the company focused more on putting a large amount of memory in the device.
The Wii U came out last year... |
7 February 2013
03:04 GMT |
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Microsoft has just updated its PDF Reader application for Windows Phone platform with new features and improvements.
According to the official changelog, this update does not contain any bug fixes, instead developers have focused on bringing lots of new features into the mix.
For example, users will now be able to ... |
7 February 2013
03:03 GMT |
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If we didn't know better, we'd be tempted to say that IT players have chosen to alternate their product releases by day. The device that Sony has just released is both like and unlike the ones revealed yesterday (February 6, 2013).
Gigabyte, Thecus and QNAP have all released servers, but they were of the ... |
7 February 2013
02:55 GMT |
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Nokia has just announced the upcoming availability of Lumia 620 in Germany. The cheapest Windows Phone 8 handset launched by the Finnish company will be available for purchase beginning February 11 for only €270/$365 outright. According to WMPoweruser, Vodafone Germany also has the smartphone on offer so custom... |
7 February 2013
02:54 GMT |
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A new flavor of the Rowi Twitter application is now available for download for the owners of Windows Phone-based smartphones, namely version 3.3.0.0.
The new app iteration brings along a new setting, enabling users to change Rowi's live tile color to default (black) or the selected accent color.
The app come... |
7 February 2013
02:51 GMT |
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Police have seized €40 million ($54 million) from the oldest financial institution in the world. Officials at the Italian Monte dei Paschi di Siena bank are being investigated for fraud, reports say. According to Euronews, the probe is set to shed light on the bank's dealings from last year. After register... |
7 February 2013
02:46 GMT |
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Frugalware, a general purpose Linux operating system designed for intermediate users (who are not afraid of text mode), has reached version 1.8. Frugalware 1.8 has been dubbed Cinna and it finally reached a stable version after no more than two release candidates. According to the developer, no new features have b... |
7 February 2013
02:42 GMT |
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Late last year, actress Ashley Judd said she was flattered to be considered for the run for Senator in Kentucky, but stressed that she hadn’t made up her mind about it yet. If she does though, she will have to redefine herself – thanks to the new GOP ad above.
Republican Mitch McConnel is behind Judd, a... |
7 February 2013
02:42 GMT |
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Video game developer Valve has quietly changed the structure of its Steam profile pages in order to eliminate a privacy problem, although the company has not revealed the exact nature of the breach and how users could have been affected.Ars Technica discovered the problem, which involved URL manipulation and allowed ... |
7 February 2013
02:41 GMT |
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Between the years 2009 – 2012, researchers working at the Sedeinga archaeological site in Sudan succeeded in pinning down and unearthing a total of 35 ancient pyramids, neatly packed together and relatively small.
Thus, the base of the largest of these pyramids is merely 22 feet / 7 meters wide, whereas the s... |
7 February 2013
02:32 GMT |
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Avalanche Studios, the developer behind the very impressive Just Cause franchise, will release a Mad Max game in 2014 and Just Cause 3 in 2015, at least according to the resume of the studio's CEO. Avalanche has made a name for itself by releasing some very ambitious projects over the years, including the stunn... |
7 February 2013
02:29 GMT |
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Microsoft has just launched a new version of its Security Essentials anti-virus solution for all those who want to give a try to a new build before it hits the market as a final product. Microsoft Security Essentials 4.2.216.0 Prerelease comes win both x86 and x64 builds and is compatible with all Windows versions p... |
7 February 2013
02:28 GMT |
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For the past few days, there’s been a lot of talk about how Fergie and husband of 4 years Josh Duhamel might be expecting their first child together. That isn’t true, Josh himself tells the media.
Reports about a possible bun in the oven for the Black Eyed Peas singer started to pick up over the weekend... |
7 February 2013
02:23 GMT |
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The development team at Nvidia working on the Project Shield handheld console is keen to show off the various features of the new device, starting with the impressive streaming capabilities it will offer.
The team uses Borderlands 2, streamed via a gaming PC, to demo how players can use the handheld in order to get ... |
7 February 2013
02:22 GMT |
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A few days after releasing the much anticipated iOS 6.1 to the public, Apple is rolling out new betas for developers to continue maintenance on one of the company’s most ill-fated services, Maps.
Seemingly released with the sole purpose of improving Apple Maps in Japan, the first beta of iOS 6.1.1 is accompani... |
7 February 2013
02:21 GMT |
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Microsoft is once again attacking its Mountain View-based rival Google, this time over some “unfair” practices that it uses on the Gmail email service. As you probably know by now, Gmail is the biggest rival for Microsoft’s reinvented Outlook.com, so the company is trying every once in a while to s... |
7 February 2013
02:16 GMT |
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M7, the next Android-based flagship smartphone from Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC, is now expected to make an official appearance on shelves in France on March 8.
According to a leaked document that emerged over at FrAndroid, the handset will sport a price tag of €649.99 ($879) when launched, which is quite... |
7 February 2013
02:15 GMT |
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A 14-year-old has chosen to give up using Facebook for six months. She has struck a deal with her father ensuring she is compensated for her time off the social networking site.
According to Blippit, Paul Baier has agreed to pay his 14-year-old daughter Rachel $200 (€148) to stay off the site for six month... |
7 February 2013
02:11 GMT |
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The pooch in the picture above is now making headlines, all thanks to his looks. Thus, this rescued pup is argued to be the world's only “dog with a human face,” and the online community is eagerly waiting for it to be adopted.
Truth be told, the pooch looks adorable, to say the least, so odds are ... |
7 February 2013
02:11 GMT |
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Google has been updating the beta version of Chrome for Android devices on a weekly basis. The latest update is likely to bring a fair share of bug fixes, as well as some improvements.
Unfortunately, developers have yet to provide an official changelog for this update. Until then, we can only speculate that aside fr... |
7 February 2013
02:09 GMT |
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Robin Sachs, the actor who starred as Ethan Rayne in the “Buffy” TV series and voiced Zaeed Massani in Mass Effect, has died. Confirmation of the tragic news comes on his official website. The actor was 61 years old and, from the info provided on the same website, did not seem to be in ill heal... |
7 February 2013
02:03 GMT |
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The Surface Pro will soon go on sale and, as compared to its predecessor, the RT version, it comes with the full version of Windows 8 Pro and support for desktop apps. Since the Surface has always been considered a potential rival for iPads and Android tablets, the Surface Pro is deemed as yet another attempt aimed ... |
7 February 2013
01:49 GMT |
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If there’s something that may scare users away when it comes to the Surface with Windows 8 Pro, it’s the battery life. Panos Panay, the man in charge with the Surface division at Microsoft, hinted that the Surface Pro battery could last for about 4 hours which isn’t quite good news for those seeking... |
7 February 2013
01:36 GMT |
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This past January, a 9-year-old girl from Mexico allegedly gave birth to a 5.7 pounds (roughly 2.6 kilograms) baby girl whose supposed father, age 17, now finds himself on the run.
Dafne, as this 9-year-old is reportedly named, has 10 siblings, and her parents claim that, because of their busy working hours and bec... |
7 February 2013
01:31 GMT |
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Twitter, one of the most popular social applications, has just received an important update on Android platform. The new version of Twitter is much faster and crashes less frequently, developers claim. Aside from the usual bug fixes and stability improvements, developers added quite of lot of enhancements to the Sea... |
7 February 2013
01:27 GMT |
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Starting February 1, a Windows 8 Pro upgrade is sold for $199.99 (€148.02), except for Australia where users have to pay no more, no less than $420 (€310) for a single license.
As you probably know, Microsoft had a special launch discount rolled out just after the new operating system came to be on October... |
7 February 2013
01:24 GMT |
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Jelly Bean for Samsung Galaxy S II is kind of elusive. We reported about two weeks ago that the update was spotted in Spain and we thought Samsung had already started the rollout of the upgrade.
Alas, Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean for Galaxy S II did not reach any other country until today. The folks over at SammyHub rep... |
7 February 2013
01:14 GMT |
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The new Surface with Windows 8 Pro, which is often described as a potential laptop replacement, comes with the full version of the latest Microsoft operating system and support for legacy apps.
But since it’s almost a full-featured laptop, the Surface Pro can also handle some other operating systems, including... |
7 February 2013
01:05 GMT |
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