186 articles found
Anne Nicolas has announced earlier today, September 7th, that the first Alpha version of the upcoming Mageia 3 Linux operating system is now available for download and testing.
Being powered by Linux kernel 3.5.3, Mageia 3 Alpha 1 comes packed with the latest KDE 4.9 and GNOME 3.6 Beta 1 desktop environment.
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7 September 2012
21:01 GMT |
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Mozilla's authentication and identity platform, Persona, which aims to make it easier for users to sign up or log into sites without having to expose their Facebook or Google accounts and without creating a new account for each new site they stumble upon, is probably one of the lesser known projects at the organ... |
7 September 2012
20:41 GMT |
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Well-known mainboard manufacturer and gaming notebook maker, Taiwanese company MSI is getting ready to launch its own GeForce GTX 650 video card, but its Power Edition is surely dead-set on attracting the eye of the budget buyer.
In an attempt to truly differentiate itself from the rest of the players on the video... |
7 September 2012
20:01 GMT |
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Lumia 920, the future flagship Windows Phone 8 handset from Nokia, will arrive on shelves without a microSD memory card slot packed inside, leaving users with only 32GB of internal memory to take advantage of.
With the support for MicroSD memory cards newly included in Windows Phone 8, one would have wanted for Nok... |
7 September 2012
19:51 GMT |
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With Football Manager 2013 officially announced by developer Sports Interactive and publisher SEGA, the team behind the biggest football management simulation in the gaming world is already thinking about the way its product will look in 2015.
Miles Jacobson, who is the studio director at Sports Interactive, has tol... |
7 September 2012
19:51 GMT |
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Good businesses – that is to say businesses that survive, – when faced with a challenge, analyze it, see what they need to change and do it. Bad businesses whine. Can you guess in which category newspapers fall? Whining, along with a ton of cash and knowing the right people can work though, in the short t... |
7 September 2012
19:31 GMT |
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The new RAID controllers from Adaptec are truly revolutionary as these come with Optimized Disk Utilization and Adaptec maxCache 3.0 technologies that provide a unique combination of performance-oriented features for the professional user.
Adaptec Series 7 SAS/SATA RAID adapters are powered by PMC’s PM8015 RAI... |
7 September 2012
19:11 GMT |
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As the legal clashes between the two companies are getting tougher and come about significantly more often than it happened before, Apple and Samsung are apparently becoming bitter enemies that won’t collaborate on virtually anything.
For those that might not know, Samsung is the maker of most of components in... |
7 September 2012
19:01 GMT |
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It’s always nice to see mobile phone makers launching special, limited editions of their handsets, especially if they do so for highly appealing devices.
HTC is no stranger to launching such devices, and has recently showcased such a model, a limited edition of its high-end One X smartphone.
The Cushnie et ... |
7 September 2012
18:51 GMT |
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The upcoming Deadpool video game, which is being developed by High Moon Studios and published by Activision, will use the lessons that the two companies have learned from the creation of the two Transformers games, which were also built using already existing intellectual property.
Greg Agius, who is the marketing m... |
7 September 2012
18:51 GMT |
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Tumblr, the app that lets you share content, manage your blogs, and find people to follow, has been updated on the iPhone to add messages, tags, dashboard shortcuts, and more.
Tumblr iOS now lets you send Fan Mail to your favorite blogs, use tags, and view tracked and featured tags, as well as track or untrack tags.... |
7 September 2012
18:41 GMT |
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Amazon’s Kindle Fire HD tablet has made waves today in the media and we reported here on the company’s claims about performance superiority over Nvidia’s Tegra 3 and here is Nvidia’s response, but the most spicy bit of information is in the shipping details.
The unpleasantly surprising fact u... |
7 September 2012
18:31 GMT |
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Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation has just unveiled three new Android devices aimed at the Chinese market, namely HTC One SC, One ST, and One SU.
All three smartphones have been listed on the handset vendor’s Chinese website, and all three of them feature 4.3-inch WVGA screens.
HTC One SC, One ST... |
7 September 2012
18:21 GMT |
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Book publishers, like record labels and Hollywood studios before them, are whining and throwing tantrums since they're not making as much money as they used to, which in the case of publishers may actually be true, unlike the other two. All the while, Amazon is wiping the floor with them.
To the book publishers... |
7 September 2012
17:51 GMT |
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Andrei Dumitrescu: My colleague is on a long holiday, so this week I will tell you about the games I wish I were playing this weekend, in addition to talking about the games I will be able to enjoy. As those who read this column regularly know, I have a slight obsession with grand strategy titles and this week it sh... |
7 September 2012
17:31 GMT |
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The Ubuntu CE development team proudly announced yesterday, September 6th, the immediate availability for download of the Ubuntu Christian Edition 12.04 operating system. Being based on the almighty Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS (Precise Pangolin), the Ubuntu Christian Edition 12.04 release includes many updated applications ... |
7 September 2012
17:01 GMT |
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The KDE Project has published yesterday, September 6th, the release schedule for the upcoming KDE SC 4.10 desktop environment. The KDE Software Compilation 4.10 development will start next month, on the 25th of October, and it will comprise two Beta releases and two Release Candidate versions. The final version of... |
7 September 2012
17:01 GMT |
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Canonical announced on September 6th, in a security notice, that a new Linux kernel update for its Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) operating system is available for all users. There's a single kernel vulnerability (CVE-2012-3400), discovered by various developers, related to some errors found in Linux kernel'... |
7 September 2012
17:01 GMT |
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The Pentoo Team has announced last evening, September 6th, the second Beta release of the upcoming Pentoo 2012.0 operating system based on Gentoo Linux. Pentoo 2012.0 Beta 2 comes with a default hardened setup and it is now available for download as a torrent. "It's my favorite time of year again, the really ... |
7 September 2012
17:01 GMT |
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The concepts of Marvell’s new DragonFly platform are truly impressive and the logic behind the hardware implementation seems so natural that you wonder why so many SSD, RAID and storage expert companies haven't done this before.
The reality is that Marvell has a huge experience with processors, memory, RA... |
7 September 2012
16:51 GMT |
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With editions targeting multiple user types and environments, EaseUS Todo Backup is no longer the new kid on the block. Workstation edition is fit for the average user and in terms of options, it mixes in both traditional backup functions and modern features that are generally available in top of the line backup pro... |
7 September 2012
16:51 GMT |
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HTC is expected to bring to the market a new flagship Android-based smartphone in the not-too-distant future, none other than the long-rumored HTC One X+, and some new info on its hardware specs emerged today.
The new device is reportedly set to hit shelves with a Tegra 3+ AP37 1.6GHz quad-core / 1.7GHz single-core... |
7 September 2012
16:41 GMT |
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On a body like Miley Cyrus’, even rags would look good. Designer clothes, as one would expect, help her to really stand out from the crowd, as it happened at last night’s MTV Video Music Awards 2012.
For the past few months, Miley has been experimenting with both her hairstyle and her fashion style.
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7 September 2012
16:41 GMT |
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Electronic Arts has announced the complete soundtrack for the upcoming FIFA 13, which will be launched on September 28 on the PC, home consoles and mobile devices.
The complete in-game soundtrack for FIFA 13 includes:
Animal Kingdom - Get Away With It
Ashtar Command- Mark IV feat. Joshua Radin
Astro - Panda
Atlas G... |
7 September 2012
16:41 GMT |
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Plenty of Google's products, like everyone else's, have internal codenames, many of which are never known to the outside public. Unlike some other companies though, Google lets its engineers come up with the codenames so, as you can imagine, you get some funny or at least interesting ones. Like the codena... |
7 September 2012
16:31 GMT |
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Lumia 920, Nokia's first Windows Phone 8 handset, features the same PureView technology that made the Symbian-based 808 a popular device among enthusiasts, and Nokia wants us to believe that it can live up to its name. Nokia has published a video to showcase the phone's recording capabilities, yet it has b... |
7 September 2012
16:29 GMT |
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Only yesterday, President Barack Obama officially accepted his being nominated as candidate for the next presidential elections in the US.
Whilst delivering his acceptance speech, he once again emphasized how important it is that investments continue to be made in harvesting renewable energy sources.
It has not b... |
7 September 2012
16:21 GMT |
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Whilst taking a stroll in Cologne, Germany, Lady Gaga saw it fit to shield herself against the harsh weather by wearing a fox head fur scarf, with the animal's face and tail fully on display.
After seeing picture of the celebrity's latest choice of outfits, several animal rights activists became utterly e... |
7 September 2012
16:11 GMT |
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Wireless services provider AT&T has just expanded the coverage of its 4G LTE network to 9 new markets, and it is expected to make the network available in 44 more areas before the end of this year. Rumor has it that the expansion was fueled by the upcoming launch of Apple’s next iPhone model, which will arriv... |
7 September 2012
16:11 GMT |
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According to studies recently carried out, obesity in the US is no longer a problem affecting only adults and children. Quite the contrary: pets are also starting to put on quite a lot of pounds, more likely because city life does little to promote exercise and a well-balanced diet.
Hoping to deal with this problem... |
7 September 2012
16:01 GMT |
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Earlier this week, word got out online that Amber Rose, the voluptuous glamour girl who once hung on Kanye West’s arm, was expecting her first child with fiancé Wiz Khalifa. She confirmed the happy news at the MTV VMAs 2012.
Amber walked the red carpet before the awards show hand in hand with Wiz and, a... |
7 September 2012
15:51 GMT |
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Animal rights activists worldwide seem dead-set on convincing people that adopting a pet is far better than buying one from a breeder or a pet store, especially seeing how roughly 6-8 million animals enter shelters on a yearly basis in the US alone.
In this video, Kevin McHale, whom most people know from the Americ... |
7 September 2012
15:51 GMT |
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Google Maps is something most people use, maybe once a week, maybe several times in a day. But it's not really something most people think about. What's more, there's a growing trend of ditching Google Maps, the new iPhone comes with its own built-in app, and several other websites are dropping Google ... |
7 September 2012
15:41 GMT |
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For quite some time now, the Pope has shown a great interest in greening up his ways of getting around. Thus, a Mercedes-Benz plug-in hybrid and a solar-powered car were two of his first options.
However, thanks to car manufacturer Renault, His Holiness can now drive around in an all-electric vehicle designed espec... |
7 September 2012
15:31 GMT |
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Hideo Kojima, the creator of the Metal Gear Solid series, has clarified the age of main protagonist Snake in the upcoming Ground Zeroes, saying that the lightning options used in the game might make him look a little older than the team originally intended.
The veteran developer stated via Twitter that, “Saw m... |
7 September 2012
15:11 GMT |
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Only a few days ago, Rihanna was sporting a long, thick and dark mane, but all trace of it was gone at last night’s MTV Video Music Awards 2012. Once more, she has managed to surprise fans and the world with a drastic change of look.
All talk about her merits as a vocalist aside, there’s really no rival... |
7 September 2012
14:51 GMT |
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Not to be outdone, by Bing, Google is boasting about the brand new high resolution imagery it's unleashing in Maps. There's new aerial, aka 45 degree imagery, for 30 cities around the world, but also satellite images for 60 locations. Granted, most of the images are in the US, as is almost always the case, ... |
7 September 2012
14:41 GMT |
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Nokia’s first Windows Phone 8-based smartphones might be on their way to the market in the United States on the airwaves of wireless carrier AT&T, the latest reports on the matter suggest.
Moreover, it appears that the Finnish handset vendor is getting ready to make them available for purchase as soon as Nove... |
7 September 2012
14:31 GMT |
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Chinese investigators found in a new study that green tea has multiple positive effects on the human brain. In addition to improving the functionality of neurons in general, it also boosts our memory abilities, as well as spatial learning.
The fact that green tea is able to exert an effect on cellular mechanisms in ... |
7 September 2012
14:21 GMT |
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The Silk browser, which made quite a fuss when it was first revealed but not much so after, is getting an update to go along with the new Kindle Fires. If you remember, Silk's big feature was its reliance on the cloud. It used Amazon's impressive cloud technology to render pages faster by having parts of ... |
7 September 2012
13:31 GMT |
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A new flavor of the Netflix application for Android smartphones and tablets is now available for download, with some interesting new features packed inside.
The app was updated with the option to select to playback on Wi-Fi networks only, a move that should prevent increased usage of mobile data.
“This means... |
7 September 2012
13:31 GMT |
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Us consumers mostly care about Intel's Atom line because it is the series of low-end CPUs found in nettops, netbooks and some of the few Wintel tablets lurking around the market.
We already know that the Santa Clara, California-based company is losing the support of PC brand vendors, like ASUS and Acer.
Ther... |
7 September 2012
13:01 GMT |
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Major carrier Sprint has just announced the upcoming availability of the Samsung Galaxy Reverb. Customers will be able to purchase the Android smartphone through Virgin Mobile USA beginning September 19. Initially, the Galaxy Reverb will only be available online for $249.99 USD (195 EUR) outright. However, it will g... |
7 September 2012
13:01 GMT |
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Thanks to Amazon’s Whispersync technology, you can read the same e-book on multiple devices, without worrying about details such as bookmarks or the furthest page read. Kindle for Mac allows you to continue your reading on your desktop computer without missing a beat.
With all the Kindle reading applications f... |
7 September 2012
13:01 GMT |
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Along with new hardware, Amazon also pushed a new version of the Silk browser that powers the Kindle Fire. The updated version is faster and more intuitive and the UI revamp should make it easier to manage most visited sites, bookmarks and history. However, there's one completely new feature in the latest Silk ... |
7 September 2012
13:01 GMT |
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Google is honoring the 46th anniversary of the birth of Star Trek with a very interesting interactive doodle that has you live out an imaginary episode of the original series, a very short one at that.
You start out on the bridge of the Enterprise NCC-1701, go the transporter room, land an alien planet, battle an al... |
7 September 2012
12:50 GMT |
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Qouvolver is a nifty jQuery plugin for embedding nice-looking text quotes or client testimonials. These are rotated one by one in a slideshow motion using nice transition effects.The widget is perfect for cluttered pages where there's no space for all the testimonials to be shown at once and they need to be pack... |
7 September 2012
12:01 GMT |
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Nokia 808 PureView, the Symbian-based smartphone that Nokia has launched in early 2012 with a 41-megapixel photo snapper on the back, has just received a new software update, Belle FP2.
The operating system refresh has emerged in Navifirm as version 113.010.1506, and users should be able to download it from there, ... |
7 September 2012
11:51 GMT |
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The Amazon Kindle Fire HD tablets were launched a short time ago, but complaints and/or worries regarding them have already appeared. Although the one about the Android OS has been laid to rest (yes, it's Android 4.0), the one about the adverstisments is still there. For those who don't know, ads automa... |
7 September 2012
11:43 GMT |
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The second Release Candidate version of Zentyal 3.0, a small Linux business server that can be configured as a Gateway, Unified Threat Manager (UTM), Infrastructure Manager, Office Server, Unified Communications Server or a combination of them, is now available for download. Highlights of Zentyal 3.0 RC2: ·... |
7 September 2012
11:28 GMT |
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Taiwanese company Netstor has just launched a new external GPU compute enclosure that allows the user to mount up to six different video cards or GPU compute accelerators such as AMD’s FirePro or Nvidia’s Tesla in a single box and connect it to an SFF workstation. The new NA255A external PCIe Gen3 to GPU... |
7 September 2012
11:21 GMT |
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FreeNAS, a free implementation of a minimal FreeBSD distribution, has just reached version 8.3.0 Beta 2. FreeNAS 8.3.0 Beta 2 has introduced a large number of functional changes in comparison with the 8.0.x branch.Highlights of FreeNAS 8.3.0 Beta 2:· ZFS can now be manipulated from the CLI;· The GUI now... |
7 September 2012
11:18 GMT |
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BitFenix may not be the oldest PC case maker, but it has been of interest to us since it started off anyway, due to its specialized equipment for gamers.
The most recent product that came out of its development labs is called Ghost, even though it's not white in the least.
But that's fine, because it isn&... |
7 September 2012
11:16 GMT |
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Good news for Ke$ha fans! At last night’s MTV Video Music Awards 2012, the edgy pop star announced that she’d be back in the spotlight after some time in the studio, with a new single scheduled to drop this month. JustJared has the details: “I’m happy to announce my new single is called &lsq... |
7 September 2012
11:11 GMT |
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When the American space agency awarded its first round of Commercial Crew Integrated Capability (CCiCap) contracts earlier this year, it snubbed long-term contractor Alliant Techsystems (ATK) and its Liberty program, in favor of other companies. Officials now explain why. According to associate administrators of the... |
7 September 2012
11:09 GMT |
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Verizon Wireless appears set to expand its smartphone offering far beyond the Android operating system that has been dominating the offering lately.
The company has already confirmed plans to launch multiple Windows Phone 8 devices, and it is now unveiling plans to add BlackBerry 10 handsets to its offering as well... |
7 September 2012
11:01 GMT |
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Leina Sato is a free diver who spent the past eight years swimming with a group of dolphins, near the coast of Hawaii.
The fact that she is utterly fascinated by these animals comes as no surprise. Still, what is interesting is that, judging by their behavior towards her, these marine mammals also like Leina quite ... |
7 September 2012
10:55 GMT |
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Sources in the US retail chain who are familiar with the iPhone 5 are saying that the next-generation smartphone from Apple will be priced identically to its predecessor. The device launching at Apple’s September 12 media event is codenamed “N42.”
The N42 dubbing is in line with 9to5mac’s rep... |
7 September 2012
10:54 GMT |
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Blackmagic is known for the high quality of its cameras, both in terms of design and in terms of performance, so even if we don't expect to ever afford the new Cinema Camera, we don't mind writing about it. This being the second model in the Cinema Camera line, it builds on the design of the first one. We ... |
7 September 2012
10:47 GMT |
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Kiwi Linux, a slightly modified Ubuntu Desktop image for the i386 architecture, which is in sync with Ubuntu's LTS cycles and uses its package archives, is now at version 12.08.
According to the developers, Kiwi Linux 12.08 is aimed at Linux beginners that don't really want to fiddle with the distribution... |
7 September 2012
10:45 GMT |
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One of NASA's two Crawler-Transporter vehicles, which were used to haul the space shuttles to their launch pads, will soon receive a significant upgrade. Once the improvements are made, it will be able to carry the space agency's new Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, starting in 2017.
Billed as the largest... |
7 September 2012
10:44 GMT |
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Stingrays might be some of the most gracious marine animals presently inhabiting our oceans, but the fact remains that they can also cause people severe injuries, provided that they lose their temper and decide to strike.
Therefore, divers know to usually avoid them altogether, or simply keep their distance should ... |
7 September 2012
10:42 GMT |
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Fox News is reporting through multiple sources that Apple is rolling out a new line of iMacs. Two big questions hover over the story: when?; and will they have Retina displays?
Clayton Morris of Fox News claims to have confirmed with “multiple sources” that “a new lineup of desktop machines from Ap... |
7 September 2012
10:34 GMT |
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Unveiled last week at IFA 2012 in Berlin, Samsung Galaxy Note 2 is expected to arrive on the market in the next couple of weeks.
However, Samsung revealed plans to launch a US version of the Galaxy Note 2, which it said it would be available by the end of the year.
“Samsung Mobile is planning a U.S. version o... |
7 September 2012
10:31 GMT |
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Video game developer Epic Games has announced that it is opening a new studio in Seattle, which will focus on creating the technology linked to the upcoming Unreal Engine 4.
Michael Capps, who is the president of Epic Games, has stated, “The proximity to key partners, the density of world-class talent and all ... |
7 September 2012
10:31 GMT |
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Every year the Bagalkot district in the Indian state of Karnataka is home to a baby tossing ritual. Babies are thrown 30 feet (9m) off a temple while men wait below, holding a sheet, to catch them.
The ritual takes place at the Marutheshwara temple, near Mudhol town in Bagalkot. This interesting custom that locals k... |
7 September 2012
10:27 GMT |
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For quite some time, scientists have been working long hours trying to figure out ways of fighting back global warming with the help of geoengineering, and of a lot of solutions have been brought forth. Most of them have something to do with pumping various chemical compounds into the atmosphere, which are expected... |
7 September 2012
10:24 GMT |
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Apple’s iPhone 5 will undoubtedly bring a slew of features that will put competition to shame. But it’s going to be a while before it does all the cool stuff showcased in this new concept video by the talented blokes at AatmaStudio. A bunch of CAD designers that have specialized in making surreal Apple d... |
7 September 2012
10:24 GMT |
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Intel started its announcement, the one meant to notify the world of the fact that it has reduced its financial outlook for the third quarter of 2012, with a particularly vague sentence.
Chipzilla expects to make $13.2 billion, plus or minus $300 million, not $14.8 billion (or $13.8 billion, if one is especially cau... |
7 September 2012
10:18 GMT |
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Earlier this week, Microsoft made available for download a new flavor of its Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Software Development Kit (SDK).
Released as version 5.0.12, the new flavor of the package comes with an updated assembly, namely Microsoft.Xrm.Client.CodeGeneration.dll, as well as with a bug fix for the Xrm.Pag... |
7 September 2012
10:12 GMT |
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At last night’s MTV Video Music Awards 2012, Kevin Hart opened the show with the customary monolog, which, as was to be expected considering the media interest in the matter, included a joke on the Kristen Stewart cheating scandal.
Though what he had to say on the topic wasn’t anything truly scandalous, ... |
7 September 2012
10:11 GMT |
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It’s been a while since we’ve seen an update for Maxthon Browser, either the stable or the beta release. Things just changed, as the developer rolled out a beta revision for the browser.
The new build is 3.4.5.600 and, contrary to our expectations, it includes mostly repairs and improvements rather than ... |
7 September 2012
10:07 GMT |
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Apple has started decorating the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts with its logo, in anticipation of the September 12 event for the unveiling of the iPhone 5.By far Apple’s favorite venue for big announcements, San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Center for the Arts is getting prepared for a makeover in the days le... |
7 September 2012
09:59 GMT |
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NASA is not about to let its newest rover out of its sight. Using the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) instrument aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, scientists at the agency have recently imaged the tracks the $2.5 billion robot left behind after its first drives.
The Mars Science Laboratory... |
7 September 2012
09:59 GMT |
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Audience, Inc., a provider of intelligent voice and audio solutions, has released an outlook on the prospects for use of its processor IP “in the next generation mobile phone release of a large OEM customer,” as well as on its entire business in the near-future. Audience is known to have created a voice-... |
7 September 2012
09:51 GMT |
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Waving at the camera in the image above is NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, imaged during a 6-hour, 28-minute spacewalk she and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Aki Hoshide conducted on Wednesday, September 5.
Hoshide is visibly reflected in Williams' helmet visor. Both astronauts are flight e... |
7 September 2012
09:50 GMT |
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If there's one thing that the three new Kindle Fires show, it's that Amazon is not afraid to go head to head with Google, in a big way. Just as Google unveiled the Nexus 7, a serious competitor to the original Kindle Fire, Amazon rolls out a cheaper Kindle Fire, a Kindle Fire that's better in several w... |
7 September 2012
09:41 GMT |
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One of the major new features of the upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 is the new Create-a-Class concept linked to the multiplayer mode and the development team at Treyarch has offered some information on how the progression system will work when the game is launched.
The information comes from David Vonderhaar, wh... |
7 September 2012
09:40 GMT |
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One of the features that Microsoft has been long touting for Windows 8 was the addition of Adobe’s Flash Player as a built-in component of its Internet Explorer 10 browser, yet it seems that this might actually cause some issues for platform’s users.
Thing is that, being a component of the platform, the ... |
7 September 2012
09:37 GMT |
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Ohio State University (OSU) investigators found during their latest research that blocking the actions of an enzyme called jnk3 led to a massive drop in the concentration of compounds responsible for a neurodegenerative form of dementia called Alzheimer's disease.
One of the hallmarks of the condition is the be... |
7 September 2012
09:35 GMT |
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Only yesterday, Envision Solar International, a company that specializes in developing and implementing infrastructure meant to support the large-scale use of green technologies, made it public news that one of its Solar Trees is to be made available for car owners wishing to recharge their EV at one of General Motor... |
7 September 2012
09:33 GMT |
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So far only male users can enjoy playing video games in the modern bathrooms at the Exhibit bar, in London.
The games were developed by British company Captive Media, and were previously tested at the Ta Bouche bar in Cambridge.
“We tend to drink a lot of water so that we can test the product more often,&rdq... |
7 September 2012
09:32 GMT |
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Another network-attached storage device has appeared, one that may or may not bang heads with the 4-Bay Synology DiskStation DS413j. NAS devices may not seem like the most interesting products on the IT market, but that's only when looking at them through the lens of a normal consumer's point of view. N... |
7 September 2012
09:32 GMT |
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Nvidia has apparently issued a swift response to Amazon’s CEO, Mr. Jeff Bezos that is claiming that the new OMAP 4470 processor inside the new Kindle Fire tablet is actually faster than Nvidia’s own Tegra 3 SoC.
We reported here on Amazon’s performance claims and we also detailed the particular arc... |
7 September 2012
09:31 GMT |
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For some obscure reason, Amazon chose not to say which version of the Android operating system was installed on the Kindle Fire HD, the new tablet, or should we say tablets.
The original kindle Fire ran a modified version of Android 2.3 Gingerbread, but it had a completely modified user interface.
We assumed Amaz... |
7 September 2012
09:23 GMT |
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Botnets aren't exactly hard to come by and can be quite dangerous as well as quite lucrative for their "owners." Being in control of even a few thousand machines means you can send out millions of spam email messages, steal bank accounts, Google or Facebook credentials, even things as inoffensive as DDoS attacks... |
7 September 2012
09:11 GMT |
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Developer AGEOD Games has announced that it is working on a new wargame called Alea Jacta Est, which will take players back to the Roman era and will allow them to experience one of the five scenarios based on the most important moments in the life of the Republic and the Empire.
The stars of the new game will be th... |
7 September 2012
09:10 GMT |
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Microsoft’s Windows 8 platform is shaping up as a great operating system for all users out there, including those who are considering the adoption of the Windows RT flavor of the software.
Windows 8 reinvents Windows, Microsoft has been long touting, mainly due to a new approach to the user interface and expe... |
7 September 2012
08:57 GMT |
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After their reported breakup, there’s been a lot of speculation on whether Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson would attend the MTV VMAs 2012 together, as scheduled. They didn’t.
Kristen Stewart was not at the awards show with the rest of the cast (and Robert) to introduce the brand new, exclusive trail... |
7 September 2012
08:53 GMT |
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Apple may have upset a bunch of Mac Pro fans recently by refusing to upgrade the Mac Pro to tailor their needs, but there’s nothing NVIDIA can’t fix with an all-new graphics card with 4GB of memory and twice the performance of its predecessor, with other added benefits as well. Don’t think it’... |
7 September 2012
08:51 GMT |
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Well-known mainboard manufacturer, Taiwanese company Gigabyte is trying to make AMD’s Radeon HD 7850 video cards a little bit more attractive in the light of the incoming Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 and GTX 650 launch.
The GK106 GPU is directly targeted at AMD’s $300 solutions and generally brings better perf... |
7 September 2012
08:51 GMT |
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Of all the little things one can do to help protect the environment, taking a really quick shower rather than an incredibly long one is pretty much on top of the list.
Still, not many people know that, following the end of World War II, people actually took part in sharp showering competitions, whose winner was be ... |
7 September 2012
08:49 GMT |
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According to the conclusions of a new study, playing video games has a host of positive effects on the behavior of children suffering from autism-spectrum disorders (ASD). Researchers found that kids who played these games displayed better social and communication skills than other ASD children.
Official statistics ... |
7 September 2012
08:49 GMT |
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After beating Samsung in court over alleged infringements relating to the design of its products, Apple has started to cut back its orders on chips and displays made by the Korean electronics company, according to two separate reports from several high-profile media outlets.
Both Bloomberg and Reuters reported today... |
7 September 2012
08:41 GMT |
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J.D. Power and Associates has released the J.D. Power and Associates 2012 U.S. Wireless Smartphone Customer Satisfaction Study--Volume 2 and the J.D. Power and Associates 2012 U.S. Wireless Traditional Mobile Phone Satisfaction Study--Volume 2, giving Apple Inc. the highest score in smartphone customer satisfaction.
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7 September 2012
08:41 GMT |
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Building on previous studies on the factors that make people deceptive, dishonest and liars, researchers at the University of Amsterdam, in the Netherlands, were recently able to discover that putting test subjects under time pressure made them more likely to lie, if financial decisions were involved.
Generally, wi... |
7 September 2012
08:41 GMT |
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VIA kept its financial report for the month of August 2012 very brief, unlike other companies who go into every detail about what and why happened. Unfortunately, this didn't make the announcement any less serious.
Net sales somehow managed to drop by 22.90%, compared to the same month of the previous year, wh... |
7 September 2012
08:34 GMT |
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Jimmy Wales is known to take up causes that have to do with internet freedom. More recently, he's been critical of the UK and the various problems there, like the extradition of TVShak's owner due to copyright charges in the US.
Now, he's complaining about a proposed law in the UK which would have ISP... |
7 September 2012
08:34 GMT |
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Microsoft has reached another milestone in the development of its User Experience Virtualization (UE-V) technology, and has announced the availability of a Release Candidate flavor of the product. Focused on the virtualization of the user state and application layers on desktop computers, UE-V is expected to reach ... |
7 September 2012
08:33 GMT |
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The NPD Group has released hardware and software charts for the month of August for the United States market and has revealed that, when compared to the same period in 2011, the overall value of sales has declined by 20 percent, a trend that has been apparent all through the year. Overall, video game sales have reac... |
7 September 2012
08:30 GMT |
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Owners of a Galaxy S III smartphone in Canada interested in loading the new Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system on their devices should be able to do so now, courtesy of a leaked build that is making the rounds on the web.
First spotted as the Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean update for Bell’s Galaxy S III smartp... |
7 September 2012
08:21 GMT |
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New-Delhi based biwihotohaisi.com was founded by Murugavel Janakiraman to show bachelors what married life feels like. The name of the website is Hindu for “the ideal wife,” and OrangeUK reports its services are available in English as well as Hindu. Men visiting this website can choose the type of wife... |
7 September 2012
08:20 GMT |
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As announced a couple of days ago, Psy is breaking on the US market after becoming a superstar on YouTube. He made an appearance at last night’s MTV Video Music Awards 2012, ahead of Green Day’s performance. Check out the video below to see Psy make his big US debut. He was followed by the rockers f... |
7 September 2012
08:20 GMT |
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Several green-oriented organizations now decided to join hands and go against the US federal government, on account of the latter's authorizing gillnetting to once again take place in Californian waters.
For those unaware, gillnetting is a fishing method which basically consists of having several nets arranged... |
7 September 2012
08:12 GMT |
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A team of British researchers, including experts from the University of Bristol, is currently about to embark on an Antarctic expedition that has been 16 years in the making. The scientific study will be one of the most ambitious ever conducted at the South Pole.
Scientists, engineers and support personnel (a total... |
7 September 2012
08:00 GMT |
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HTC Accord has been long rumored to be one of the first Windows Phone 8 devices coming from the Taiwanese mobile phone maker this fall, and it seems that we’re indeed nearing its official unveiling. Moreover, a newly leaked rendering that allegedly shows the device (courtesy of Football4PDA) also confirms tha... |
7 September 2012
07:59 GMT |
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One Direction is taking over the US. The British-Irish boy band won big at this year’s edition of the MTV Video Music Awards, which took place last night in LA, but also thrilled fans with a live performance.
You can see it below, embedded at the end of this post.
The five-member band took to the stage for a... |
7 September 2012
07:59 GMT |
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In a bold statement, Amazon’s CEO, Mr. Jeff Bezos, claims that the processor inside the new tablets launched by the company today is actually faster than the popular Tegra 3 SoC designed by Nvidia. We were quite surprised with the claims as we know that these are both ARM processors that have multiple cores ba... |
7 September 2012
07:51 GMT |
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The Raspberry Pi foundation has finished developing the second version of the Raspberry Pi PC, based on feedback from customers who bought the first one. Saying that the foundation has released a new version is a bit of a stretch though. After all, the miniature system has the same processor, the same overall desig... |
7 September 2012
07:48 GMT |
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The iOS 6 App Store application on iPads uses a Cover Flow view for application categories in the “Featured” tab and replaces the “Top 25” tab with “Charts.” The changes are not in the operating system, but in the backend serving up the App Store interface on devices running iOS 6.... |
7 September 2012
07:41 GMT |
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A French electrical retail chain called FNAC has announced that it is taking pre-orders for the new Nintendo Wii U home console, which it lists as being set to launch on December 7 with an attached price of 349 Euro (441 dollars).
The release date seems legitimate because the store is advertising it in its Parisian ... |
7 September 2012
07:41 GMT |
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Overzealous police officers arrested 54-year-old Mark Worsfold, former soldier and martial arts teacher recently diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, for not smiling during the Olympic cycling road race. It appears Worsfold first drew suspicion by sitting too close to the course. After giving a martial arts demo... |
7 September 2012
07:34 GMT |
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You can always count on Lil Wayne to get the party started. Add 2Chainz into the mix and you’ve got yourself the perfect recipe for one incredibly energetic and positively amazing performance.
Other acts had backup dancers and light shows to make their performances at the MTV Video Music Awards 2012 a truly m... |
7 September 2012
07:33 GMT |
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Owners of a Galaxy Nexus or a Nexus S 4G smartphone on the airwaves of wireless carrier Sprint are beginning to receive an upgrade to the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system on their devices. The operator has already made it official that update’s deployment has begun, unveiling that it would be performed... |
7 September 2012
07:31 GMT |
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Technology has always created a problem for the law system. The problem is even bigger now as technology evolves at a greater pace than ever and as it encroaches into more and more areas of our lives.
Authorities, from police officers all the way to Supreme Court judges and politicians have to try to adjust existin... |
7 September 2012
07:26 GMT |
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Developer Danger Close and publisher Electronic Arts have released a new SEAL Team 6 combat training video for their upcoming Medal of Honor: Warfighter, offering players a chance to see how the various classes look and feel.
The official description for the character reads: “The SEAL Point Man exemplifies spe... |
7 September 2012
07:22 GMT |
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This year's IFA trade show was the launching pad for more than one 84-inch 3D TV with a native resolution of 3840 x 2160 pixels. Now we know there is at least one transmission in that quality.
During the show, Sony, LG and all other companies who had a 4K2K TV on display had to resort to upscaling technology t... |
7 September 2012
07:19 GMT |
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A well-connected Apple pundit claims to have heard that Twitter is planning to discontinue development for the Macintosh client, with no updates planed up ahead for OS X.
The news comes from MG Siegler, who tweeted yesterday, “Word is that Twitter made the call today: Twitter for Mac is done. They won’t ... |
7 September 2012
07:11 GMT |
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Adobe released the second update for Premiere Pro CS6. Version 6.0.2 of the suite packs new features as well as a large number of fixes.
The suite is now ready for the upcoming Windows and extends the list of supported GPUs for hardware acceleration, including GT 650M and GTX 680. On the former, the application can ... |
7 September 2012
07:05 GMT |
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The first Apple Retail Store in Sweden will slam open its glass doors on September 15, next Saturday, according to an official announcement from the Cupertino, California tech giant.
The Apple retail store in the Täby Centrum shopping mall outside of Stockholm is scheduled to make its debut next week, September... |
7 September 2012
07:01 GMT |
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Addons have always been one of Firefox's strong points and it's no coincidence that it's addons that contributed a lot to the browser's success, especially in the early days. But addons are an inherently weak point of any browser for the simple reason that they're not controlled by the browse... |
7 September 2012
06:51 GMT |
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Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless is reportedly gearing up for the release of its own Windows Phone 8-based Nokia smartphone, and the first week of November might see the device on shelves, rumor has it.
A certain Lumia 822 handset has already been spotted in the carrier’s Device Management system, and th... |
7 September 2012
06:51 GMT |
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Nicki Minaj added a new award to her already impressive collection: at last night’s MTV Video Music Awards 2012, she won a Moonman for her exotic-looking video to “Starships.”
Below is a video of her acceptance speech and, we just have to say this, while we’d expect her to have become accusto... |
7 September 2012
06:33 GMT |
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It’s almost a given that Apple will discontinue the iPhone 3GS when the iPhone 5 arrives, but nothing is confirmed for now. After all, the phone is still supported under iOS 6, albeit just barely.
According to sources speaking to The Telegraph, “the new update will mean that the 8GB version of the iPhone... |
7 September 2012
06:31 GMT |
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IE6 is on its last leg, but it's not dead just yet. Still, it's used by so few people these days that it's not really taken into account by any web developer, unless they're designing some in-house apps for enterprises still running XP and IE6, for some reason.
Having celebrated its 10th birthday... |
7 September 2012
06:21 GMT |
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Samsung already announced the international availability of the Galaxy S Duos and the Galaxy Pocket Duos a few weeks ago.
However, the company decided to hold a separate launch event in India as well, probably given the fact that this is one of the most important markets for dual-SIM phones.
The South Korean hands... |
7 September 2012
06:21 GMT |
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Amazon’s e-book readers are probably the best selling devices of their type, but the company knows it has to keep up with the competition and therefore it has just introduced some new models with new technology. The giant online seller is today presenting the Kindle Paperwhite. This is a 6” e-book reade... |
7 September 2012
06:21 GMT |
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The Campus Model website recently organized a contest to determine who the 10 best looking university students in the Chinese Hubei Province are.In this particular competition, the contestants' busts, waists and hips were measured to determine who would be in the competition. The distance between their nipples w... |
7 September 2012
06:09 GMT |
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We've been writing on and off about Intel's upcoming CPU line, codenamed Haswell, the one that will succeed Ivy Bridge in 2013, and it may be time for a synthesis of what we haven't analyzed too deeply yet.
We already know that the TDP of the processors will go as low as 10 Watts, but that's onl... |
7 September 2012
06:05 GMT |
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Rihanna performed a medley of “Cockiness” and “We Found Love” at last night’s MTV Video Music Awards 2012, with a special appearance from rapper A$AP Rock. Click on the image above to see the kind of entrance he made.
Rihanna may have “Found Love” at the awards show, but it... |
7 September 2012
06:01 GMT |
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Former football players are at higher risk of dying from a neurodegenerative form of dementia called Alzheimer's disease, or from ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or Lou Gehrig's disease) than their peers, the results of a new study demonstrate.
In a paper published in the latest online issue of the jour... |
7 September 2012
05:58 GMT |
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Nowadays, relatively few people can call themselves morning-persons, and even they have some problems when it comes to looking good only seconds after having woken up.
However, the otter in this picture seems to be even cuter while its sleepy-mode is still activated.
You might not have noticed, but the paw it is ... |
7 September 2012
05:57 GMT |
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Opera is going the Google route and is limiting the places where you can install extensions from. Unlike Google though, it's not a complete block, but it's not that much better either.
Of course, the move is listed as a security conscious one and it is to some degree, but it's also designed to get de... |
7 September 2012
05:51 GMT |
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Chris Brown and Rihanna ceased being a couple in 2009, shortly after he attacked her in a fit of rage but, as RiRi herself admitted just recently on Oprah, they are still friends.
That was also obvious at last night’s MTV Video Music Awards 2012, as the photo above can confirm.
If you need further proof tha... |
7 September 2012
05:47 GMT |
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A tech news website has reported that a problem linked to AMD-produced processors is to blame for the fact that hardware maker and video game publisher Microsoft has not yet announced the next-generation Xbox 720 home console.
The site cites sources inside the company and says that Microsoft has decided to abandon t... |
7 September 2012
05:46 GMT |
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According to the conclusions of a study published in the September 6 issue of the prestigious British Medical Journal, it would appear that women with faults in a specific gene are more likely to develop breast cancer if they are subjected to chest X-rays before the age of 30.
The investigators found that the geneti... |
7 September 2012
05:43 GMT |
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Sony has begun shipping the Xperia Tablet S in the United Kingdom, finally answering the one question that was left from IFA 2012: when will availability ramp up?
This is the fabled waterproof camera. You can see a video of it running under a stream of water here.
Sony UK wants £329 in exchange for the 16 G... |
7 September 2012
05:40 GMT |
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For those unaware, it seems that both Phillip Morris and R.J. Reynolds, two of the world's largest tobacco manufacturers, are presently using animals to test the quality of their products.
More precisely, one recent testing campaign carried out by the people at Phillip Morris involved forcing rats to breathe i... |
7 September 2012
05:37 GMT |
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Though packed with crazy, energetic performances meant to keep audiences on their feet, the MTV Video Music Awards 2012 were not completely devoid of touching, emotional moments as well.
One of them was, as we also noted shortly ago, Alicia Keys’ fiery performance of “Girl on Fire” (obvious pun we... |
7 September 2012
05:35 GMT |
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In July, the Manchester, New Hampshire Fire department received a call about a 30-year-old man who had impaled himself in a fence.
The police also arrived at the scene to find out that the accident occurred while the man was trying to escape from Hilton Garden Inn employees. They were chasing him because, after an ... |
7 September 2012
05:28 GMT |
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Even though Instagram is now officially a Facebook asset, you’ll still be able to use the standalone app to snap photos of your cat and upload them for your followers to see, just like before. The Instagram iOS application isn’t going anywhere, according to the team behind the popular instant-photography... |
7 September 2012
05:23 GMT |
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City of Heroes, the superhero powered MMO, and its developer Paragon Studios might have a chance to escape their current shutdown date in November, according to some information from those involved.
An admin has posted an in-game message to the players, which reads, “Paragon management is having discussions wi... |
7 September 2012
05:20 GMT |
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All speculation on who might be the person for whom Taylor Swift wrote “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” aside, she sure makes breaking up sound like fun when she’s performing it live.
Taylor Swift, like most of the artists that are hot today, was at the MTV Video Music Awards 2012 last ni... |
7 September 2012
05:16 GMT |
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Firefox is now using the Azure API for HTML5 Canvas on all platforms. Azure is a new stateless 2D graphics API that Mozilla has been working on to eventually replace Cairo, the ancient graphics API currently in use.
Azure is not quite ready to make Cairo obsolete, which is why Mozilla is starting small, only using i... |
7 September 2012
05:12 GMT |
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By now, it should be common knowledge that climate change and global warming are to determine ever more visible shifts in global environmental conditions, leaving many plant and animals species with two main alternatives: either adapt to their new surroundings, or become extinct.
The journal “Global Change B... |
7 September 2012
05:08 GMT |
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Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia is reportedly gearing up for making its Lumia 920 smartphone available for purchase in Europe in mid-October, starting with Germany.
Running under Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 operating system, the Lumia 920 is said to be the most innovative smartphone in the world, and should f... |
7 September 2012
05:07 GMT |
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Optical system technologies currently used on computer chips are plagued by several issues, the most important of which is signal loss caused by light dispersion. In a new study, an international team of experts proposes a solution, in the form of a “needle beam” of light.
The reason why the light produ... |
7 September 2012
05:03 GMT |
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Intel and ARM have been throwing jabs at each other ever since their spheres of influence began to overlap, regardless of how little, so here is the latest episode in their rivalry.
Granted, we can't exactly call it a rivalry yet, more like a budding adversity brought about by the strong possibility of one.
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7 September 2012
05:02 GMT |
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Amazon knows that any e-book reader in search of a buyer has to fight off the ten or twenty media tablets that are placed right next to it on the store shelf.
Thus for this reason and in the light of the new Kindle Paperwhite launch, the company has dramatically slashed the price of the classic Kindle.
It is still... |
7 September 2012
05:01 GMT |
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Alicia Keys hit a very high and amazing note at last night’s MTV Video Music Awards 2012, during a live performance of her brand new single, “Girl on Fire.” Featuring two special appearances, from rapper Nicki Minaj and gold medal winning gymnast Gabby Douglas, the performance was watched with a lo... |
7 September 2012
04:49 GMT |
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The Plaisir Dental Salon in Tokyo promises to make you more attractive by making your teeth look crooked and yellow. You don't even have to smoke to achieve this effect.
Apparently, perfection is not desirable in Japan. You are most likely to be approached by a suitor if your hair is frizzy, you wear glasses a... |
7 September 2012
04:43 GMT |
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Developer Sports Interactive and publisher SEGA have announced the core features of the upcoming Football Manager 2013, including more in-depth simulation options and a new Classic Mode that’s designed for those who lack the appetite for a full game.
The Classic Mode is less time consuming than the core game, ... |
7 September 2012
04:38 GMT |
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Romanian mobile phone maker Allview has brought to shelves in the local market a new handset running under Google’s Android operating system, the dual-core dual-SIM Allview P5 Alldro.
The smartphone builds on the success of the company’s P4 model and features a 4.3-inch touchscreen display powered by OG... |
7 September 2012
04:37 GMT |
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At last night’s MTV Video Music Awards 2012, Rihanna didn’t just take home the biggest award of the night, that of Best Video of the Year for “We Found Love,” but also managed to give one of the most spectacular performances of the night. You can see it in full below, embedded at the end of ... |
7 September 2012
04:29 GMT |
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Recently, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope was focused on Arp 116, a pair of peculiar galaxies flying together through space. The system is made up of Messier 60, the giant elliptical galaxy that looks like a white light burst, and the smaller, spiral galaxy NGC 4647.
An interesting fact about the former is that ... |
7 September 2012
04:22 GMT |
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Chrome 23 is still not in the dev channel, but the beta channel is pushing forward. The latest release, Chrome 22.0.1229.33, part of Chrome OS 2723.63.0, comes with several bug fixes and improvements. It's available for all Chromebooks and the Chromebox.
The build contains even more WiFi stability fixes, an iss... |
7 September 2012
04:21 GMT |
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Green House treated us to all sorts of products over the years, from sturdy to creepy, but those releases didn't exactly prepare us for the GH-LED10WBW lantern.
We only wish Green House had chosen a catchier name. A lantern that runs on salt water deserves it.
The LED lantern generates electricity when it is... |
7 September 2012
04:21 GMT |
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We just stumbled upon this video showing how, before going for the kill, cuttlefish put on an amazing light show to mesmerize their prey, thus leaving it more vulnerable to their attacks. In all fairness, few of this creature's favorite dishes could survive the two deadly tentacles heading towards them, yet us... |
7 September 2012
04:15 GMT |
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Demi Lovato is one of the hottest pop stars of the “younger” generation and there’s a sound reason why this is so: she gives amazing live performances that fans can simply not get enough of.
Case in point: her pre-show performance at the MTV Video Music Awards 2012, which you will find embedded be... |
7 September 2012
04:14 GMT |
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Opera released a new snapshot for the upcoming version of the browser, 12.50. The current revision introduces a new security system for installing add-ons from repositories that are not moderated by the browser maker.
In other words, when installing a new extension that is not from an Opera-trusted source, such as t... |
7 September 2012
04:09 GMT |
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On Wednesday, Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia unveiled to the world its first Windows Phone 8 devices, the Lumia 920 and Lumia 820, yet it seems that some other similar smartphones are in the pipeline as well.
One of them was spotted in Nokia’s promo video for the PureMotion HD technology that powers Lumia 9... |
7 September 2012
04:09 GMT |
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Developer Mojang and the United nations has announced that they will be working together to use Minecraft, the indie sensation, in order to support the Sustainable Urban Development Network of the Habitat program in the re-development of public space.
The pilot program will use Minecraft to reconstruct the Kibera ne... |
7 September 2012
04:09 GMT |
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Doctor Armando Angulo has been prosecuted in Iowa in one of the biggest Internet pharmacy busts the US has seen. The federal authorities had to release him, not because he proved innocent, but because stockpiling 400,000 documents and two terabytes of electronic data became counter-productive. The doctor has fled ... |
7 September 2012
04:07 GMT |
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Experts at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), in Greenbelt, Maryland, announce that the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) has just entered the eclipse season. The latter occurs twice every year, around the time of the equinox.
For three weeks around equinoxes, the telescope's view of the Sun – i... |
7 September 2012
03:57 GMT |
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A second security and maintenance update for WordPress 3.4 has been released. It's a bug-fixing release that also plugs a few security vulnerabilities. You should be notified automatically of the new version, but you can grab WordPress 3.4.2 yourself and apply it manually. A better idea would be to g... |
7 September 2012
03:57 GMT |
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After lots of teasing, the final version of the first official trailer for “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2” is here. The cast and producer of the hit vampire film introduced it last night at the MTV VMAs 2012.
As usual, you can check it out below, embedded at the end of this post.
Robert Patt... |
7 September 2012
03:51 GMT |
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Whether or not Tim Cook will wait until the full refresh cycle is complete, Apple is coming out with a new iPad that boasts a better Retina display and a thinner and lighter body, according to an analysis from DisplaySearch.
Richard Shim, an analyst at DisplaySearch, told CNet, “We are seeing [Apple] work with... |
7 September 2012
03:48 GMT |
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We've seen our share of flexible/bendable/rollable technologies and products, but many are only in patent form, while the rest are far from embodying the actual dream of malleable gadgetry.
Corning, however, has moved us all a fair bit closer to that hypothetical age. The company, famous for its damage-resista... |
7 September 2012
03:46 GMT |
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Mozilla has been long working on the release of its own mobile operating system, which is based entirely on web technologies, the Firefox OS.
The platform, which started as the Boot2Gecko initiative, is nearing an official release, a move expected for the beginning of the next year.
In the meantime, however, Mozi... |
7 September 2012
03:33 GMT |
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The huge increase in tablet sales during the past two years is practically changing the whole IT industry. Suddenly Intel and Microsoft are no longer monopolies gathering most of the profits in their respective markets and new important players step up to the table. When all the PC sales during 2012 are projected to... |
7 September 2012
03:33 GMT |
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Since touching down at Bradbury Landing, the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover Curiosity has traveled more than 109 meters (358 feet). Now that the driving equipment has been proven operational, mission controllers plan to spend the next few days commissioning the tools on its robotic arm. Experts at the NASA Jet ... |
7 September 2012
03:32 GMT |
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By now, we’ve become accustomed to the idea that an opening monolog at an awards show, be it in film or music, must include a few digs at celebrities. Kevin Hart, host of the MTV Video Music Awards 2012 was no exception.
Though he promised to pick on everybody in the course of the night, it became clear from ... |
7 September 2012
03:30 GMT |
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Some people pay considerable amounts of money for the pleasure of coming face to face with some of the world's most deadly animals, yet one couple touring in South Africa was granted the opportunity to drive around with a python without their having to spend any penny.
Sources say the snake curled up on the ca... |
7 September 2012
03:28 GMT |
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The Assassin’s Creed series has been one of the most successful franchises for publisher Ubisoft in the last few years, but one key member of the team believes that the upcoming installment might be seen as a dinosaur.
Alex Hutchinson, who is the creative director on Assassin’s Creed 3, told Edge that, &... |
7 September 2012
03:24 GMT |
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For all the rumors, leaks and hype, Amazon still managed to surprise, revealing not one new Kindle Fire, not two, but three new tablets. At this point, Amazon is covering a much bigger price range of the tablet market, from the very low end, with the slightly updated original Kindle Fire at $159, €126 ... |
7 September 2012
03:24 GMT |
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Rihanna did not win as many awards at last night’s MTV Video Music Awards 2012 as she used to in previous years, but that’s not to say she went home empty-handed. Far from it, actually. The pop star, rocking a new, very short dark ‘do, won the Moonman for Best Video of the Year for “We Found... |
7 September 2012
03:10 GMT |
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Version 0.8.68 of the e-book reader and management software Calibre was announced on September 7th, with some important new features and fixes.
Highlights of Calibre 0.8.68:
• Drivers for the Nokia N9, Viewsonic 7e, Prestigio PER3274B and Coby Kyros 7035 have been added;
• A tutorial on creating catalogs... |
7 September 2012
03:00 GMT |
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Microorganisms such as bacteria may be capable of forming the same type of social structures as seen in animal and plant species. The amazing conclusion belongs to a new study by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), in Cambridge.
The study largely focuses on aggression, which is an integra... |
7 September 2012
02:59 GMT |
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On Thursday, Adobe announced a new flavor of its Adobe Reader application for devices powered by Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 operating system.
Compatible with all Windows Phone 7.5 devices, the new software release comes as version 10.1 and packs a nice range of fixes and improvements inside.
Adobe Reader ha... |
7 September 2012
02:55 GMT |
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As promised, Pink performed her brand new single, “Blow Me (One Last Kiss)” for the first time live at the MTV Video Music Awards 2012. And, boy, did she make it a memorable one.
Though she has a very solid reputation of an incredible live performer, Pink manages to wow every single time she takes t... |
7 September 2012
02:55 GMT |
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Apple is pursuing licensing deals to offer iOS customers a custom radio service much in the way of Pandora Media, the operator of Pandora Radio, an automated music recommendation service.
People familiar with Apple’s plans reportedly told the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times that Apple Inc. is now in... |
7 September 2012
02:53 GMT |
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The time has finally come. After rumors, pre-release revelations and an exclusive video preview during the NFL kickoff game, Amazon has finally launched the new Kindle devices, including a pair of Fire tablets.
The international online store is both sticking to what works (and is familiar to its customer base), as ... |
7 September 2012
02:41 GMT |
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Developer EA Sports and Virgin Gaming have announced that they are launching a new installment of the Challenge Series that awards overall prizes of 1 million dollars (792,000 Euro). The competition is open to all those who have purchased a copy of FIFA 13, NHL 13 or Madden NFL 13 for the PlayStation 3 from Sony fro... |
7 September 2012
02:31 GMT |
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Some industry insiders may still harbor some ill feeling towards Chris Brown for things that have absolutely nothing to do with his professional career but one thing is certain: his fans positively adore him. Chris won Best Male Video last night at the MTV Video Music Awards 2012, beating fellow artists Justin Bieb... |
7 September 2012
02:29 GMT |
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Just hours ago, the who’s who in the music industry got together for one of the highlights of the year: the MTV Video Music Awards 2012. Artists performed and made surprise announcements, but even more were on hand to be awarded for their achievements in music.
One Direction, the British-Irish boy band that... |
7 September 2012
02:09 GMT |
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After the release of Ubuntu 12.10 Beta 1 (Quantal Quetzal) on September 6th, Canonical announced the immediate availability of their operating system for the audio, video, and graphic enthusiast or professional, Ubuntu Studio 12.10 Beta 1. Highlights of Ubuntu Studio 12.10 Beta 1: • A new web page is now avai... |
7 September 2012
01:46 GMT |
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