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Horror films are not the standard in cinema, and are sometimes considered to be something of a niche genre. In spite of this, they cash sufficiently large sums of money at the box office, and have dedicated fans that form strongly bound communities. In recent months, a number of horror movies have taken theaters by s... |
7 November 2009
21:01 GMT |
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While the global financial crisis wrecks havoc in workplace, forcing employers to fire many people, there are sectors that are still in desperate need of skilled workers. One such sector is that related to the production of polishing injection molds. These structures are extremely difficult to manufacture, and requir... |
7 November 2009
20:01 GMT |
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Late this Friday, a chunk of space debris whooshed passed the International Space Station (ISS) at very close distance, triggering concerns for the astronauts' safety. The piece of debris did not buzz past extremely close to the station, Mission Controllers report, otherwise the six members of the ISS crew may h... |
7 November 2009
16:11 GMT |
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Doodad Defence is a tiny little Tower Defense map built using the Outland tileset with a size of 96x96, of which only 81x84 playable. The map can handle up to six players.Oh, no! The Very Bad Things want to take over the World Editor, and the only things that can stop them are the mighty Doodads. This is basically a ... |
7 November 2009
12:51 GMT |
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2009 has not been a great year for World of Warcraft when it comes to its Chinese operations. Blizzard, the creator of the game, has decided to change the Chinese operator for the MMO from The9 to NetEase, a company that has promised to provide a bigger percentage of earnings as royalties.But the transfer itself was ... |
7 November 2009
11:01 GMT |
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Forbidden Elements Tower Wars, henceforth FETW, is a Tower Wars map competition between four teams of two. Each team is out to last the longest as they defend their stock of 50 lives from waves of units sent from opposing teams. These units are purchased from each player's Barracks and spawned for each opposing ... |
7 November 2009
10:41 GMT |
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TOCA Race Driver 2 is a videogame developed and published by the Codemasters Software Company Limited. It was released for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony, the original Xbox from Microsoft, the PlayStation Portable handheld and the PC platform on April 13, 2004. The title can be classed as a racing simulation fea... |
7 November 2009
09:41 GMT |
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This is a Hero Defense map constructed using the Sunken Ruins tileset with a medium size, an AoS map with triggered hero abilities focusing primarily on controlling areas to gain special advantages. This map is actually a sequel to an earlier version developed by Ultramagnetic and SageTheMage. It underwent a number o... |
7 November 2009
08:37 GMT |
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On October 22, 2009 Microsoft reached the final milestone of the Windows 7 release schedule, namely general availability. Customers worldwide have already started embracing the product, buying 234% more boxed retail copies of Windows 7 since the official launch compared to the first few days after Windows Vista GA. T... |
7 November 2009
07:54 GMT |
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The global mobile phone maker has seen improvements in the third quarter of the ongoing year, yet it seems that the same does not apply to the Canadian handset market. According to a recent report from IDC, the sales of mobile phones in Canada went down by 8 percent in Q3 2009, marking the third quarterly decline it ... |
7 November 2009
07:08 GMT |
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Rihanna continues to talk about the abusive relationship she had with ex Chris Brown and that culminated with the February assault that left her bloodied, bruised and fearing for her life, in a bid to serve as an example and a warning for other women in the same situation. In the second part of the interview, the sin... |
7 November 2009
07:07 GMT |
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This is a Hero Defense map created using the Sunken Ruins tileset with a size of 128x128. It's a five-lane AoS map with triggered hero abilities focusing primarily on hero versus hero combat and team tactics set in a watery theme. Because of the extensive movement-triggered spells in the Eleventh Hour, it is lik... |
7 November 2009
07:06 GMT |
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Scientists have developed a new method that allows robots to remember relevant pieces of information from the sea of data they collect from the environment, by emulating the way human memory works. Each individual is able to recall the most important things about a certain period or event, but all the useless details... |
7 November 2009
07:06 GMT |
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Susan Boyle is undeniably the biggest underdog surprise of recent times, and not of this year alone. The Scottish singer, who emerged on the scene with a heart-rending performance while auditioning for Britain’s Got Talent, is now preparing for the release of her debut album, the much-hyped “I Dreamed a D... |
7 November 2009
06:47 GMT |
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Legion TD is a Tower Wars map constructed using the Cityscape tileset. The map is medium in size with a dimension of 128x128 of which 106x90, and supports up to eight gamers in two teams. You can also play it in 2v2 or 3v3. The map has no AI mode.The main goal of the game is to build towers in order to defend your te... |
7 November 2009
06:36 GMT |
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Japanese-Swedish mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson has recently been rumored to plan releasing on the market a new device, the Sony Ericsson Kurara and now the phone has made it into the wild in a series of fresh leaked images. Nothing is yet official, and the name of the handset might be changed before it hits the sh... |
7 November 2009
06:17 GMT |
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Once on top, it's hard to stay there. As other social networks can stand by to that statement, Facebook seems to be ignoring all critics that see its death in the hands of its own success. As the network reached a ground-breaking number of 325 million users, the company seems to be on track to reach the goal it ... |
7 November 2009
06:12 GMT |
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Not long ago, PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) unveiled a huge billboard in Jacksonville, Florida, which called fat women “whales” as it urged people to go vegetarian to lose the blubber. Upset about the ongoing “fat discrimination” that PETA resorts to on a regular basis to ... |
7 November 2009
06:06 GMT |
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Adobe Systems Incorporated announced on Friday the launch of Photoshop.com Mobile for Android, in a move aimed at extending the reach of its solution to more smartphone operating systems available on the market today. The new launch follows the recently unveiled Photoshop.com Mobile for iPhone, which has proven to be... |
7 November 2009
05:50 GMT |
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Scientists reveal that music, while being a form of entertainment for most people, is something much more for those who actually play a musical instrument, or who otherwise create music. This is especially true for children who play in school orchestra, bands, or who have been practicing a certain instrument since th... |
7 November 2009
05:46 GMT |
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Robbie Williams has done some pretty weird videos throughout his career (“Rock DJ” does come instantly to mind no matter how one tries to avoid it) but, it seems, he’s yet to fully show the world the lengths he can go to. In his latest video, out online just hours ago, for the second single off his ... |
7 November 2009
05:45 GMT |
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Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion has been rumored quite a few times before to be on the verge of being taken over by Redmond-based software giant Microsoft, and now the same rumors made it back to the headlines. The basis is a very simple one: RIM has seen its shares falling recently, and that would lea... |
7 November 2009
05:35 GMT |
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Britney Spears, the one and only Princess of Pop, as she’s still referred to in the media, has an impressive reputation in terms of putting on the most incendiary shows whenever she performs. The price she “pays” for these shows is that she doesn’t sing live, which is yet another well known fa... |
7 November 2009
05:10 GMT |
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South Korean mobile phone maker LG Electronics has already made a move into the Android side of the smartphone market, with the launch of LG GW620, which is also known around the Web as the LG Eve. However, it seems that the company does not plan to stop only here, but that it will come to the market with yet another... |
7 November 2009
05:03 GMT |
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Ever since Michael Jackson’s sudden death in June this year, estranged father Joe Jackson has been keeping a very high profile in the media, often doing interviews and media rounds to talk about his late son and plans for the children he left behind. However, he’s out for more than just media attention, a... |
7 November 2009
04:50 GMT |
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In October, NASA deliberately crashed its Lunar CRater Observing and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) experiment on the south pole of the Moon, creating two impact craters. One of them was caused by the spent Centaurus rocket stage that the LCROSS instrument was carrying, while the second was made by the $79 million spacec... |
7 November 2009
04:47 GMT |
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One of the newest features Google has decided to include in its Google Maps for mobile is the New York City subway system. What this means is that the solution now sports “a layer that overlays NYC subway routes on a map,” something that should offer users a simple way to navigate through the subway syste... |
7 November 2009
04:41 GMT |
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Word in the industry has it that the “Terminator” franchise is up for sale. According to several reports surfaced just recently, owners of “Terminator” want to rid themselves of it since they can’t possibly see any way in which they could make money off it in the future. “Buffy&rdq... |
7 November 2009
04:15 GMT |
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According to the standard cosmological model, the Big Bang – the event that created our Universe – took place about 13.7 billion years ago. After that, the Cosmos began expanding and producing all types of structures, which would eventually differentiate in things we know today, such as galaxy, clusters a... |
7 November 2009
04:12 GMT |
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Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless has recently announced a rather disturbing move, namely the doubling of early termination fees, a decision that the operator says has been taken due to the higher prices smartphones have today. The new ETF’s Verizon applies have been brought up to $350 from the previous $17... |
7 November 2009
04:04 GMT |
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The European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter has recently snapped a new series of photos of the planet's surface, revealing scarred terrain stretching for large distances, as well as several impact craters, most likely caused by asteroids that struck the planet in the past. An area roughly the size of M... |
7 November 2009
03:52 GMT |
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We have here a Tower Defense (survivor type) map built using the Icecrown Glacier tileset. This is a small to tiny map featuring a size of 96x64 of which only 84x54 is playable.You are in control of what creeps get sent to your opponent on each level. The catch is that you can't see what your opponent is doing! ... |
7 November 2009
03:32 GMT |
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