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Shortly after updating its Android application, Evernote released a new BlackBerry version of its note-taking software.
Among the most popular note-taking application for mobile devices, Evernote for BlackBerry allows users to sync their notes with Mac or Windows desktops.
Although the application hasn't been ... |
7 November 2012
23:01 GMT |
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Microsoft has just updated its cloud application for Windows Phone devices, SkyDrive. The latest version offers users support for Windows Phone 8 platform, which has just been officially unveiled. In addition, SkyDrive users will now be able to search files and folders stored in the cloud. New settings for photo upl... |
7 November 2012
22:31 GMT |
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Last month the folks at Spartanbits updated their Go!Chat for Facebook Android application with lots of bug fixes meant to improve the overall stability of the software.Today, developers released a new version of Go!Chat for Facebook in Google Play store. We recommend those who already installed the app on their Andr... |
7 November 2012
21:31 GMT |
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Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation is getting ready for the launch of new devices running under Google’s Android operating system, and the newly announced HTC One SV will be one of them.
The new smartphone should hit shelves in Singapore in December with a price tag of S$688 (USD$565 / 440 Euro) nex... |
7 November 2012
21:01 GMT |
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Shortly after having announced the upcoming availability of the Motorola ATRIX HD Developer Edition, the US-based handset maker confirmed the standard version of the RAZR HD has been released in Mexico. Motorola RAZR HD is the first 4G-enabled smartphone available in Mexico. The device is exclusive to Telcel and you... |
7 November 2012
21:01 GMT |
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A video of a terrifying car crash on Alum Rock Road, in Birmingham, UK, was posted online, and it depicts a pedestrian's miraculous escape. One could say the lucky mystery woman had a real near-death experience, as she managed to survive a three-car pile-up.
The pedestrian, dressed in white, can be seen on CCT... |
7 November 2012
20:51 GMT |
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eBay Mobile has just released a new and improved version of RedLaser Barcode & QR Scanner application for Android devices.RedLaser Barcode and QR Scanner is one of the most downloaded shopping apps for Android devices. It provides users with the best online and in-store deals and coupons from their favorite dealers.T... |
7 November 2012
20:31 GMT |
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Microsoft is willing to continue its efforts into helping young people across the world to find jobs in the IT industry with a new campaign launched in the United Kingdom.
The company will roll out a program aimed at the 300,000 jobless young people in the country and will provide assistance with IT education in sch... |
7 November 2012
19:41 GMT |
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Mobile phone users in Taiwan won’t have the chance to enjoy the benefits of LG’s new Nexus 4 smartphone, the latest reports on the matter suggest.
Apparently, the decision to not release the mobile phone in this country was based on the fact that Google Wallet and Google Play are not available in Taiwan... |
7 November 2012
19:41 GMT |
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Zello Walkie Talkie, a popular walkie talkie application for Android devices, has just received a consistent update that brings new features and improvements.Developed by Zello, the application allows users to turn their phones or tablets into a walkie talkie. It is also worth mentioning this push-to-talk (PTT) appli... |
7 November 2012
19:31 GMT |
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The development team at 343 Industries who works on Halo 4 admits that it has been hard at times to step into the shoes of a series that was shaped by Bungie, but is proud of how the game has been received and of the reaction from the fan base.
Kiki Wolfkill, a producer working on Halo 4, tells CVG that, “Ever... |
7 November 2012
19:21 GMT |
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Announced back in June, Google Nexus 7 tablet is now available for purchase in India. The good news is the tablet will be available at multiple retailers across the country, which means lower prices than Google’s suggested retail price.
For the time being, Javed Anwer, tech journalist at Times of India, report... |
7 November 2012
19:01 GMT |
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Speaking of star formation or lack thereof, the oldest ever supernova has been detected by astronomers. This one is some 12 billion years old, one billion years older than the oldest previously known and just 1.75 billion years from the Big Bang. The fact that supernovas are much more luminous that other stars makes ... |
7 November 2012
18:51 GMT |
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Owners of Android devices interested in being able to open Office documents on the go will be able to do so starting with next year, new reports on the matter suggest.
Apparently, Office mobile for Android will arrive on devices at the end of the first quarter of 2013, and will allow users to view Word, PowerPoint, ... |
7 November 2012
18:51 GMT |
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Surface RT is undoubtedly an interesting tablet, but if there’s something to complain about, it’s the lack of support for legacy Windows apps. Windows RT is based on ARM processors after all, so that’s not at all shocking. But it seems like there’s actually a way to launch x86 and x32 apps on... |
7 November 2012
18:41 GMT |
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Michael Pachter, the analyst watching the video game industry for Wedbush Morgan, believes that publisher THQ will soon be forced to sale its assets or to declare bankruptcy, after the company has recently announced significant delays for its biggest games.
In a note to investors, quoted by VG247, the analyst says,... |
7 November 2012
18:41 GMT |
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During their analysis of the Gh0st Remote Access Trojan (RAT) security researchers from FireEye’s Malware Intelligence Lab came across another malicious element – Backdoor.ADDNEW, commonly known as DarkDdoser – that appeared to be working in perfect harmony with Gh0st.
Both threats were communicati... |
7 November 2012
18:31 GMT |
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Spring, one of the popular application development frameworks for enterprise Java, used by developers to create high performing, easily testable, reusable code without any lock-in, is now at version 3.2 RC1.
Highlights of Spring Framework 3.2 RC1:
• A new Gradle-based framework build has been added, making it ... |
7 November 2012
18:31 GMT |
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RIM's BlackBerry Curve 9310 is now available for purchase at RadioShack for only $80/€60 outright. The retailer offers a $20/€15 discount on the entry-level BlackBerry smartphone.
Customers who wish to grab the Curve 9310 should know the promotional offer runs through November 11. Check it out here.
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7 November 2012
18:31 GMT |
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Microsoft has already launched the Surface tablet and, just as we told you a few hours ago, long-time partners aren’t quite pleased with the Redmondians’ efforts in the hardware sector. Sadly for some companies, the Surface RT was much more than an appealing product, it was actually a tablet that destroy... |
7 November 2012
18:01 GMT |
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The rate at which new stars are being produced is dropping. Every modern model of the universe predicts this, it's also common sense, there's only so much hydrogen in the universe, all the stars are using it up and it will eventually all be consumed by fusion.
With not enough hydrogen to go around, no new... |
7 November 2012
17:41 GMT |
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Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion has just announced that the Sencha Touch framework is now offering support for the BlackBerry 10 operating system, although only in a beta state at the moment.
Sencha Touch provides developers with a JavaScript framework that takes advantage of HTML5, CSS and JavaScrip... |
7 November 2012
17:31 GMT |
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Alex Hutchinson, the director working on the Assassin’s Creed series at Ubisoft, acknowledges that it will be hard for gamers to connect to new character Connor as they have connected with Ezio, mainly because of the change of tones between the two games.
The developer who led the creation of Assassin’s ... |
7 November 2012
17:31 GMT |
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Research In Motion has just released a new version of Facebook. Keep in mind that this is still a beta version, so BlackBerry users will only be able to download it via Beta Zone.
The latest version of Facebook for BlackBerry comes with several tweaks and improvements, which are meant to enhance users' overall ... |
7 November 2012
17:31 GMT |
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iHealth Labs Inc. has announced a new range of body analysis products slated to go on sale soon at major retailers, including Apple’s own glassy stores. The iHealth Wireless Blood Pressure Wrist Monitor, Wireless Blood Pressure Monitor and Wireless Body Analysis Scale are already available at Best Buy and www.... |
7 November 2012
17:21 GMT |
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The development team at EA Sports announces that a new patch for the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 home console version of FIFA 13 is now available, after being delivered on the PC previously during the week.
The update will be applied when gamers launch their copy of FIFA 13, as long as they are connected to the I... |
7 November 2012
17:17 GMT |
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Capcom has confirmed that, while Resident Evil 6 didn’t exactly impress as many players as it had hoped, the game has still managed to become successful “to some degree” and that it’s still too early to tell if the game is a hit or not.
Resident Evil 6 was eagerly awaited by many fans of the ... |
7 November 2012
17:11 GMT |
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It’s no secret that Microsoft’s Windows 8 is an operating system that bundles significant security improvements and end-users finally seem to appreciate this. A new survey conducted by AVAST Software on 350,000 users revealed that 46 percent of the respondents agree that Windows 8 is “probably&rdquo... |
7 November 2012
17:01 GMT |
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Back in 2007, researchers exploring the southeastern regions of Morocco came across a part of the upper skull of a dinosaur.
After analyzing the fossil and carrying out various tests, the specialists concluded that they were dealing with a new species, previously unknown to science.
Apparently, these massive bipe... |
7 November 2012
16:51 GMT |
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Canonical has announced today, November 7, the first daily build version of the upcoming Xubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) operating system.
The information about Xubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) is sketchy at best, but there are some limited details about the packages that were included in the distribution.
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7 November 2012
16:37 GMT |
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Ever since it landed on Mars, Curiosity has been running on Mars time. That's why everything it does is listed as happening on "Sol 64" or similar. Well, it kind of has to run on Mars time, with it being on Mars and all. But the people back at NASA, i.e. Earth, don't.And starting now, they won't, thoug... |
7 November 2012
16:31 GMT |
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Samsung’s cross-platform messaging application for mobile devices, ChatON is not that popular among BlackBerry users.However, the South Korean company is trying to change this by improving its BlackBerry application with new features and enhancements.The latest version of ChatON for BlackBerry brings a new Lock... |
7 November 2012
16:31 GMT |
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Video game developer and Steam creator Valve announces that it has updated its Greenlight service, making it easier for those who post their projects to communicate with their fan base as they seek to promote their titles.The official announcement says, “developers can post announcements to their Steam Greenlig... |
7 November 2012
16:26 GMT |
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Canonical has released today, November 7, the first daily build version of the upcoming Kubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) operating system.
There is no significant information about what the first version of Kubuntu 13.04 features, with the exception of a few important packages that are part of the distribution.
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7 November 2012
16:23 GMT |
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Adobe’s PDF-reading app for iPhones and iPads now lets you store and access documents in the cloud with Acrobat.com. This and other neat enhancements can be found in version 10.4 on the iTunes App Store.
With the latest version of Adobe Reader for iOS platforms, users can fill out and submit online forms from ... |
7 November 2012
16:21 GMT |
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The first daily ISO images of the upcoming Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) operating system were made available by Canonical on the regular FTP website. Ubuntu 13.04 daily builds are now available for download from Canonical's server. The ISO images provided are available for 32-bit, 64-bit, amd64+mac, Power... |
7 November 2012
16:11 GMT |
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Steam for Linux was finally launched by Valve, although for now it’s just the Beta client and only a handful of people have access to it.
When Valve first announced that its Steam client would be available for Linux, a lot of users have asked themselves whether there would be any significant differences betwe... |
7 November 2012
16:07 GMT |
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NewspaperDirect, the company behind the PressReader application for the BlackBerry PlayBook and smartphones, has announced plans to bring the software to the new BlackBerry 10 operating system as well. For those out of the loop, we should note that the app was developed natively, which means that it does not come w... |
7 November 2012
16:01 GMT |
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According to a new report recently published in the journal Conservation and Society, more than 100,000 people are now living and/or growing coffee inside Sumatra's Bukit Barisan Seletan National Park, which just happens to be listed as a World Heritage Site.
Interestingly enough, both conservationists and env... |
7 November 2012
16:01 GMT |
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Opera, an Internet browser developed by Opera Software that provides support for RSS feeds, BitTorrent, IRC chatting, contact management, and many other features, is now at version 12.11. Just a day after the previous stable release, Opera Software has released another version of its popular Internet browser, Opera.... |
7 November 2012
15:51 GMT |
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Best Buy would be the fourth major retailer in the US to unveil its Black Friday offer after RadioShack, Staple and Kmart leaked theirs a few days ago.
However, Best Buy published its Black Friday catalog on its site, so those who want to take a more in-depth look at what the retailer plans to offer can check out th... |
7 November 2012
15:44 GMT |
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Google Chrome, a browser built on the WebKit layout engine that aims to be minimalistic and versatile at the same time, is now at version 24.0.1312.5. Just like all the other development versions Google has made available in the past, this is just a bug fix release that focuses on stability. Highlights of Google Ch... |
7 November 2012
15:31 GMT |
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Today, wireless carrier Sprint announced plans to purchase PCS spectrum and customers from US Cellular in parts of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri and Ohio for $480 million (€374.7 million) in cash.
The deal includes the Chicago and St. Louis markets and was signed as part of Sprint’s Network Vision upg... |
7 November 2012
15:31 GMT |
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According to a new research carried out by specialists working with the University of Missouri, people who spend considerable amounts of time exploring virtual realities are sometimes influenced by their avatars to such an extent that they end up looking and behaving like them.
However, the researchers who looked i... |
7 November 2012
15:31 GMT |
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LinuxCon Europe 2012 and the launch of Steam for Linux have overlapped, and someone decided that it would be a nice way to trick a few Linux fans with a rumor that sounded too good to be true.
A week ago, at the Ubuntu Developer Summit, a Valve representative stated that all the games build by them, using the Source... |
7 November 2012
15:28 GMT |
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Thankfully, there's no direct relation between how "pundits" or "experts" view a company and how it's actually doing. It probably shouldn't be like this, but since they're so wrong so many times, that's a good thing.
Case in point is Netflix which, for a while, was seen as the next big thing... |
7 November 2012
15:21 GMT |
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Now that the Presidential Elections are over and we know for a fact that Barack Obama will be back for a second run as President of the United States, it’s time to sit back, relax and have a good laugh.
Presenting in the gallery below, the most awesome and funny (and totally safe for work) memes making the rou... |
7 November 2012
15:21 GMT |
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Windows 8 is already on the market and is tackling not only the PC market, but also the tablet and the mobile phone industries. Fujitsu’s chief technology officer thinks that this could be a wrong tactic for Microsoft, as Windows 8 has slight chances to impress anywhere else beside the desktop platform. &ldqu... |
7 November 2012
15:21 GMT |
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Canadian carrier Bell is expected to launch 4 new plans for its customers. These plans will be available starting November 9.
According to MobileSyrup, the cheapest plan starts at $55, while the most expensive is $95. Rogers has a similar offer, but Bell added MobileTV to all four plans. The following plans are expe... |
7 November 2012
15:13 GMT |
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A recent study performed by Wakefield Research reveals that over half of Americans think that digital clouds are affected by actual storms. Experts from Solutionary warn that such misconceptions can have serious consequences.
Many advertisements for cloud services lead to these misconceptions and experts highlight t... |
7 November 2012
15:11 GMT |
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Apple is sending out emails to former MobileMe subscribers notifying them that an @icloud email address awaits to be used. Former @me and @mac addresses will continue to work, according to the Mac maker.
Cupertino is reaching out to customers notifying them that “all new iCloud Mail accounts now come with an @... |
7 November 2012
15:11 GMT |
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Online stores have revealed that publisher Konami is getting ready to launch Metal Gear Solid 4 25th Anniversary Edition, a new version of the already classic game.
The package was spotted by Eurogamer at online stores as Zavvi and ShopTo and will be launched exclusively on the PlayStation 3 home console from Son, o... |
7 November 2012
15:10 GMT |
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New Yorkers who happen to be very fond of birds (especially those native to other parts of the world) will probably be quite glad to hear that, thanks to hurricane Sandy, the city's avian fauna is now a tad more diverse.
Tree Hugger reports that, in the aftermath of hurricane Sandy, birds from the Caribbean an... |
7 November 2012
14:51 GMT |
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Last week, Microsoft officially launched its new mobile operating system flavor, Windows Phone 8, and provided a full rundown of the main features and improvements that users will benefit from, compared to previously available versions. Among them, there are some related to the Photos and Video capabilities of the ... |
7 November 2012
14:51 GMT |
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Users of the open source instant messaging client Adium have a new version at their disposal, which adds support for Notification Center on OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, as well as several other features
Provided that Growl is not installed on your Mountain Lion Mac, Adium will now send its notifications directly to OS X... |
7 November 2012
14:51 GMT |
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Isla Fisher, wife of Sacha Baron Cohen, and star of many a solid comedy, is usually very private about her personal life. However, in her latest interview with Women’s Health, she wants her fans to know that she’s not as weight obsessed as the other celebrities.
For starters, she did not abstain from foo... |
7 November 2012
14:31 GMT |
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It's that time of the year again. Yes, the time when you get to see Jimmy Wales' mug plastered all over Wikipedia for a couple of months. It's not all that you're going to see, this year Wikipedia has an especially subtle blue banner waiting for you as well. While the 2012 fundraising campaign i... |
7 November 2012
14:11 GMT |
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Regional carrier SaskTel plans to launch three new smartphones within the next few weeks, Samsung Galaxy Rugby LTE, Samsung Ativ S and LG Optimus G.
The Ativ S is Samsung’s only Windows Phone 8 device, while the Galaxy Rugby LTE and Optimus G are both powered by Android platform.
There are no details on the a... |
7 November 2012
14:01 GMT |
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Dictators are squashed road victims in a literally bloody ad campaign for the Romanian Centre of Consultancy for the Road Victims. Three billboards were put up, featuring Hitler, Stalin and Saddam Hussein as victims of car crashes, their faces plastered on windshields, with Hitler still showing a combination of emot... |
7 November 2012
13:51 GMT |
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Several Chargemaster stations in London and Luton, UK are soon to present EV owners with the opportunity to “feed” electricity into their car's battery without the need for cables and other similar gizmos.
Thus, the company is looking to test a new technology (i.e. the Qualcomm Halo systems) which ... |
7 November 2012
13:51 GMT |
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Developer Stainless Games and publisher Wizards of the Coast LLC announce the launch of the first downloadable content pack for Magic: The Gathering – Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013, designed to add more variety to the base game and offer players more cards to play with.
The unimaginatively named Magic: The G... |
7 November 2012
13:47 GMT |
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A Greek Orthodox Priest was caught on camera officiating mass, and failing to turn his phone off or at least put it on vibrate beforehand. If the mere lack of consideration for his parishioners is not enough to get our attention, the priest's epic Prodigy ringtone is. “Smack my priest up,” upl... |
7 November 2012
13:41 GMT |
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A new version of the Rhapsody application is now available for download for the owners of Android-based devices, with brand new features and enhancements packed inside.
Following the update, users will receive personalized album recommendations based on the music they like, as well as a new feature called “Rhapsody... |
7 November 2012
13:21 GMT |
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Team17 has just unleashed the next bit of DLC for Worms Revolution, in the form of the Mars Pack onto the Steam service for the PC platform as well as on Xbox Live for the Xbox 360, and will deploy it later today for the PlayStation 3 via the PSN.
Worms Revolution came out at the beginning of October and developer T... |
7 November 2012
13:10 GMT |
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Lumia 920 and Lumia 820, Nokia’s first Windows Phone 8 devices, arrive on shelves with a nice range of appealing features coming from the Finnish handset vendor itself, including a new flavor of the Nokia Maps application.
The new app release brings along a nice range of enhancements when compared to what was... |
7 November 2012
13:01 GMT |
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It's not just Google Earth that's getting an update, Google Mars is getting some attention as well. Granted, it's technically the same app, all that's getting updated is the cloud data that powers it.
But that doesn't mean it's no reason to celebrate, if you're a Mars fan or just ... |
7 November 2012
12:51 GMT |
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QTGZManager, a TGZ package management application that uses standard pkgtools to handle the software in the OS, is now at version 1.0 RC1.
QTGZManager 1.0 RC1 offers an easy way of using the four-pane view, for directories, simple and installed packages, and package actions.
Highlights of QTGZManager 1.0 RC1:
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7 November 2012
12:51 GMT |
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Windows 8 has already adopted an ascending trend in terms of popularity, but Microsoft’s new operating system won’t grow enough in the next few years to overtake its fiercest rivals. Gartner believes that Windows 8 and the RT version aimed at the tablet market will still struggle to challenge Apple’... |
7 November 2012
12:51 GMT |
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Large U.S. retailer Best Buy has just revealed its list of Black Friday deals and video game fans are in for some truly impressive bargains, with special console bundles being offered at a discount, while lots of new games have received some big price cuts. November 23, or Black Friday as most people know it, i... |
7 November 2012
12:48 GMT |
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For devices that sell in very small amounts because of their prices, high-end power supplies are remarkably varied in size, output, cable layout, etc.
SilverStone has just made its latest addition, the 1,350 W Zeus, which has appeared at several trade shows, but is only now ready to ship.
1,350 W is the continuous... |
7 November 2012
12:11 GMT |
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Sprint launched the Galaxy Note II several days ago, and today the carrier rolls out the first software update for Samsung’s Android flagship smartphone. Software version is L900VPALJC is now pushed OTA (over the air) in waves, which means not all Samsung Galaxy Note II owners will receive it at the same time.... |
7 November 2012
12:04 GMT |
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Funf Open Sensing Framework is a Java framework for sniffing and collecting data about Android devices and the way they're used. Benefiting from 30+ available probes, Funf can collect a wide variety of data from remote Android devices and send them to a selected location for analysis, storage or further process... |
7 November 2012
12:01 GMT |
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Owners of a Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE smartphone at Sprint will be happy to learn that Motorola and their wireless carrier have started to push out a new software update for their devices.
Released as version 7.7.1Q-6_SPR-125_ASA-10, the new update comes with a variety of enhancements and bug fixes packed inside, an... |
7 November 2012
11:51 GMT |
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So far, Kristen Stewart has managed to dodge questions about her personal life while doing promo work for the upcoming – and final – installment in the “Twilight” franchise, “Breaking Dawn Part 2.” This changed earlier today, on The Today Show.
Somehow, her people managed to &ldq... |
7 November 2012
11:34 GMT |
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Major retailer Kmart has just revealed its Thanksgiving and Black Friday promotional offers, which will run for 3 days starting November 22.
The ad has just been published by the folks over at Blackfriday.com and contains 24 pages. However, only the first 11 are dedicated to Thanksgiving Day, so all products include... |
7 November 2012
11:31 GMT |
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19-year-old Marissa Patterson, left her home in East Ridge, Tennessee, and was presumed missing.
The teenager was found in Alabama, following an extensive search that started last week, when she reportedly ran away with 24-year-old boyfriend Robert Morris.
The couple took off following a hit and run involving Patte... |
7 November 2012
11:25 GMT |
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Officially unveiled in early October, Samsung Galaxy Music has just been released in the UK. The smartphone is now available for purchase via O2 for £110/€135/$175 on PAYG (pay as you go).
Moreover, customers who don’t mind committing to a long-term contract can grab the Galaxy Music for free with q... |
7 November 2012
11:24 GMT |
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It looks like the developers at Opera are on fire these days because they just rolled out Opera 12.11. Just two days after wrapping up 12.10 stable version. According to the “About” section in the browser, the new revision is actually a beta release candidate. As unexpected as this release may be, the r... |
7 November 2012
11:14 GMT |
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Ebook readers are great for any kind of long(ish) form content even if that doesn't necessarily mean books. You're going to want to read a long article on your reader, or on your Kindle tablet for that matter, at your leisure rather than on your laptop.
There have been ways of getting web content onto your... |
7 November 2012
11:13 GMT |
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Ccwatcher, an application that monitors the progress of computational chemistry calculations during runtime, is now at version 1.2.0.
Ccwatcher 1.2.0 features both a GUI and a Command Line Interface that are used to parse important output and to plot SCF energies.
Highlights of Ccwatcher 1.2.0:
• Better '... |
7 November 2012
11:11 GMT |
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Greenheads are quite fond of riding their bike whenever the situation allows for it. However, the fact remains that one might not always be in the best mood to pedal to work or back home.
Because of this, designer Arlene Ducao decided to develop a bike helmet that pretty much reads minds and lets others know how th... |
7 November 2012
11:04 GMT |
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A new, red band trailer for “Maniac” starring Elijah Wood has been released. It offers a better look at the remake, whilst also inviting moviegoers inside the mind of a very dangerous and deeply disturbed serial killer.
As they say, it ain’t a pretty sight.
Because of the very violent and explici... |
7 November 2012
11:01 GMT |
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iPhone owners are more likely than Android users to be female and married. This is just one of the many conclusions reached by iGR analysts after conducting a study to learn demographic variables among the two camps.
Market strategy consultancy firm iGR says iPhone owners are more likely to have an income level abov... |
7 November 2012
11:01 GMT |
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The Fuduntu distribution, a Fedora-based operating system that aims to have an Ubuntu feel, is now celebrating two years of existence.
Fuduntu has a 'punny' name, but it's a serious distro, at least this is what the developers are thinking. It started as a Fedora-based distribution, but went on to b... |
7 November 2012
10:59 GMT |
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This seems to be the week of low-key hardware, when even monitors don't bother meeting the normal standards.
The NEC AS192WM is one example of a low-end display, and the Wortmann AG 22-inch Terra LED 2230W Greenline Plus is another.
The brightness of 250 cd/m2 and the response time of 5ms are decent enough, as... |
7 November 2012
10:58 GMT |
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Nintendo organized one of its special Direct video streams for its Japanese fans earlier today and now a video of it has appeared online, showing off an unboxing of the Wii U done by the company’s president, Satoru Iwata.
Nintendo is preparing to debut the Wii U later this month around the world and it’s... |
7 November 2012
10:56 GMT |
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The Ceramic Edition HTC One S has just gone on sale at T-Mobile USA. For a limited time, the smartphone is available for free with a new two-year agreement and after a $50/ €40 mail-in rebate.
The deal is only available online and includes a free case for the phone, along with free shipping to all customers who... |
7 November 2012
10:56 GMT |
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Liam Hemsworth and Miley Cyrus have been engaged since last June but, as of now, they’re yet to set a wedding date. If anything of the most recent report is true, chances are there will be no wedding at all.
Radar Online claims to have it on very good authority that Liam has a very wandering eye, and a mouth ... |
7 November 2012
10:45 GMT |
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Presently, wind turbines are quite popular amongst those who wish to cut down on their electricity costs and help reduce global pollution levels.
However, one Berlin startup named NTS GmbH now claims that kites are far more efficient than run-off-the-mill wind turbines when it comes to harvesting this renewable ene... |
7 November 2012
10:42 GMT |
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I have already argued that XCOM: Enemy Unknown is a game about choices and patience in my full review of the new Firaxis title and I will now expand on some of the main lessons I have learned while playing the game and on why they need to be sometimes ignored.- Always look for full cover – at first XCOM makes p... |
7 November 2012
10:35 GMT |
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The Linux Foundation has announced that Componentality Oy, Host Concepts, Micware, and MIRACLE LINUX are joining the organization.
These companies will participate in the Automotive Grade Linux workgroup, an industry-wide initiative with contributions from Jaguar, Land Rover, Nissan, Toyota, and others.
The four n... |
7 November 2012
10:34 GMT |
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BioWare has revealed the full list of details about the upcoming Mass Effect 3: Omega downloadable add-on that will be released for the game at the end of the month, as well as a few new screenshots. Mass Effect 3 came out back in March and, since then, it’s received a variety of impressive DLC, from free pack... |
7 November 2012
10:34 GMT |
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The dual-core 1.7 GHz E2-1800 accelerated processing unit from Advanced Micro Devices may not be Trinity, but it is a fitting choice for the sort of system that Zotac designed the ZBOX as.
Being a reasonably strong processor with a genuine integrated graphics processing unit, the APU handles computing and video tas... |
7 November 2012
10:33 GMT |
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One of the hottest Android devices these days, the Nexus 7 tablet is about to make its debut at T-Mobile USA. In fact, the slate will be available for T-Mobile customers exclusively through the Google Play store.
According to TmoNews, Google and T-Mobile will announce the immediate availability of the Nexus 7 on Nov... |
7 November 2012
10:31 GMT |
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NullCrew hackers have defaced the official website of UNESCO Etxea (unescoetxea.org), the UNESCO center of the Basque Country.
“Welcome to the new front page of unescoetxea. You have been targeted by NullCrew, as part of the [Expletive]TheSystem movement. We have began the war, once again; but this time, good... |
7 November 2012
10:31 GMT |
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Although Lumia 920 and 820 currently ship in just a handful of countries, Nokia has plans to launch another Windows Phone device, the Lumia 830.
The smartphone has just leaked in China via WPDang and it seems to be a less-featured version of the Lumia 820 (yes, you read that right).
According to WPDang, this would ... |
7 November 2012
10:26 GMT |
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A room at the Durham Regional Hospital in central North Carolina was engulfed in flames early on Tuesday, November 6.
Durham Fire Department personnel were called in at 2:15 a.m., for a reported explosion. When they arrived, they found a fire had engulfed the sixth floor, and the hospital sprinkler system had alread... |
7 November 2012
10:25 GMT |
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Just as expected, VLC will soon get a Windows 8 version that would allow users to launch it from the Start Screen and everything, but there’s one major problem with it.
GPL-licensed software, as it’s the case of VLC, may not be approved by Microsoft, so the app could very well remain out the Store. There... |
7 November 2012
10:25 GMT |
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Microsoft has unleashed a brand new offer for members of its Xbox Live Rewards program, as they’ll receive free MS Points in exchange for engaging in the multiplayer mode of Halo 4, the recently released Xbox 360-exclusive shooter.
Halo 4 came out yesterday and, while some server problems affected certain play... |
7 November 2012
10:21 GMT |
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Janis Sharp, the mother of the now infamous NASA hacker Garry McKinnon, says it would be “a spectacular turnaround” if the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) would decide to prosecute her son in the United Kingdom. Yesterday we learned that the CPS and the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) would decide in N... |
7 November 2012
10:17 GMT |
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Despite calls from the PC gaming community, publisher Microsoft has no plans to create and launch a PC-based version for Halo 4.
A representative from Microsoft tells Penny Arcade that, “Halo 4 was designed specifically for Xbox 360, and while we’re always exploring new ways to expand the franchise and s... |
7 November 2012
10:11 GMT |
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Owners of a 3G or 4G wireless router may want to check out one or more of TP-Link's products: TL-MR3020, TL-MR3220 and TL-MR3420.
These are the so-called newcomers from the company's Wireless N Router series.
The older ones are getting 4G support too. Called The Portable Battery-Powered Wireless N Route... |
7 November 2012
10:07 GMT |
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FxMovieManager, an application written to help users manage movie files and video clips, has just reached version 6.1 Pre. FxMovieManager 6.1 Pre includes a twin-panel file manager, a playlist, and a simple frontend to Mplayer. Both the file manager and the play list can display thumbnails of movie files. What sets... |
7 November 2012
10:05 GMT |
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Obama's "four more years" tweet and photo didn't just win over Twitter, it won over Facebook as well. His short and simple tweet became the most retweeted ever in a very short period of time. That tweet is now at close to 650,000 retweets, an all-time record by far. Now that the photo from the tweet hit Fa... |
7 November 2012
10:01 GMT |
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Following hurricane Sandy, numerous people are wondering whether or not it might be possible to use science and technology to keep such Frankenstorms from manifesting themselves again in the future. While others went as far as to suggest that storms should be nuked and thus stopped from hitting coastlines, one Brit... |
7 November 2012
09:59 GMT |
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Peter Molyneux, the developer best known for his work on Fable at Lionhead Studios, declares that he is overwhelmed by the popularity of his new game Curiosity: What’s Inside the Cube and that his team is working to make sure that all the issues that gamers have reported with the game are solved as quickly as p... |
7 November 2012
09:53 GMT |
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In everything in life, there’s winners and then there’s... people who don’t win. The moment it became clear that Barack Obama had won the Presidential Elections and would be back for a second run, Mitt Romney held his concession speech.
Check it out in full above.
Comparatively shorter than Obam... |
7 November 2012
09:52 GMT |
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Last evening, November 6, Google has unleashed the stable and final release of the Google Chrome 23 web browser, supporting the Linux, Mac OS X, Windows and Chrome Frame platforms. Google Chrome 23 (the actual version is 23.0.1271.64) includes easier control of website's permissions, enhancements to prolong ba... |
7 November 2012
09:50 GMT |
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We’ve had the opportunity to interview one of the members of the Mrt. Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters hacker collective, better known for the attacks they have been launching in the past period against the websites of several financial institutions from the United States. As we’ve previously men... |
7 November 2012
09:48 GMT |
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In order to keep pressing its advance on the PC and server market, ARM is always on the hunt for new technologies usable in microprocessor design. Most recently, the company became a member of Bridge Crossing LLC, a consortium of major technology companies affiliated with Allied Security Trust.
Some time ago, Allie... |
7 November 2012
09:48 GMT |
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Rumors that Nokia might launch a Windows RT tablet along with its new Lumia series made headlines several months ago.
Although Nokia’s officials denied any plans to launch a tablet in the near future, sources close to the matter insisted the Finnish company is actively working on such a project.
The bad news ... |
7 November 2012
09:45 GMT |
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Heidi Klum has added another notch on her belt, that of designer of her own fashion line for kids. Above is a video from her interview on The Ellen DeGeneres Show to promote it.
Looking breathtaking in a little black dress with see-through panels, Heidi also talked a bit about the new man in her life: her bodyguard.... |
7 November 2012
09:43 GMT |
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Verizon Wireless has already confirmed plans to make the Nokia Lumia 822 and the Windows Phone 8X by HTC available on its network in the coming weeks, but it did not offer specific info on their release date and pricing. Today, however, both devices can be seen listed on Best Buy’s website as coming soon, wit... |
7 November 2012
09:41 GMT |
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Gears of War: Judgment, the next installment in the extremely popular third-person shooter series, is officially available for pre-order and those who pre-purchase the Xbox 360 exclusive will receive a special Class Hammerburst assault rifle for the multiplayer mode.
Judgment acts as a prequel for the Gears of War t... |
7 November 2012
09:35 GMT |
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The Mozilla Foundation is a non-profit. The Mozilla Corporation, which actually builds Firefox, isn't. So the tax status of the organization is a bit tricky. Obviously, Mozilla was trying to minimize the taxes it had to pay to the US government.
But the IRS wasn't so sure that Mozilla was truly tax exempt... |
7 November 2012
09:33 GMT |
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Word is out that Microsoft will be releasing its Office suite for mobile platforms early next year, starting with iOS. The productivity software will be available as separate apps that allow document viewing and editing (via subscription) on the move.
Several sources privy to Microsoft’s plans are telling The ... |
7 November 2012
09:29 GMT |
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Microsoft’s new approach of a devices and services company makes Steve Ballmer proud of his Redmond-based empire, but we’ve heard so many bad words about Microsoft’s products in the last month that we’re pretty sure some of you could stay away from the likes of Windows 8 and Surface. Unfortun... |
7 November 2012
09:25 GMT |
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Lawrence Jones, of Fresno, California, opened fire in the chicken processing plant where he was employed, killing two co-workers and wounding other two, before pointing the gun at himself.
Jones came in at 5 a.m. to start his shift at the Apple Valley Farm factory, and, by 8.30, began his execution-style massacre.
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7 November 2012
09:21 GMT |
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A good racing game is not about the cars or about the streets or even about the graphics, although they all matter, but about the feelings that it creates, about the way it manages to use speed and uncertainty and sudden moves to make the player feel like he is actually in control of a powerful machine hurling toward... |
7 November 2012
09:21 GMT |
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One would expect a couple of micro-ATX motherboards to have more than one distinctive feature, that does not apply here.
Only the video ports of the H61M-DS2 DVI and H61M-DS2 HDMI are different, as can be seen from the names.
Other than that, they both have 4-phase VRM, four SATA 3.0 Gbps ports, 6-channel HD audi... |
7 November 2012
09:18 GMT |
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While it may not look like it, the internet is quite vulnerable. That's because there's no central authority, there's no one controlling it, it's just a network of networks that relies on everything working as it should and everyone behaving as they should.
This actually works, most of the time. ... |
7 November 2012
09:15 GMT |
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For quite some time now, the World Wildlife Fund has been busy trying to fight off a development project that basically refers to having 11 dams built on Mekong's mainstream, and as many as 77 smaller dams erected in other parts of the river's basin.
Despite numerous warnings issued by environmental scien... |
7 November 2012
09:14 GMT |
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Sometimes, it’s a slip of the tongue that gives us away and this is definitely the case with Lamar Odom. Check out his latest in the video above.
Khloe Kardashian’s better half can be heard saying, “Hi, I’m Lamar Odom of the Los Angeles Lakers,” before realizing he simply did not think... |
7 November 2012
09:07 GMT |
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OpenXcom, an open-source reimplementation of the X-Com: UFO Defense game developed by Mythos and Microprose, has reached version 0.4.5. In X-Com: UFO Defense, the players took control of the X-Com organization to fight an alien menace that threatened to conquer Earth. According to the developers, OpenXcom is an o... |
7 November 2012
09:04 GMT |
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Terry Gou has few things to complain about, as shares of Foxconn International Holdings Ltd. surged 35 percent on Monday after Citigroup upgraded its stock to “buy.” However, Apple’s iPhone 5 is posing some problems for the company.
“It's not easy to make the iPhones. We are falling shor... |
7 November 2012
09:02 GMT |
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The third edition of the DefCamp security conference is scheduled to take place in Bucharest, the capital city of Romania, between November 30 and December 2, 2012. The 3-day event will host a number of interesting activities, but also several great speakers from five different countries. The conference – spon... |
7 November 2012
09:00 GMT |
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Nintendo has confirmed that the upcoming Wii U home console can support up to 12 local user accounts per device and that downloadable games purchased via the eShop by one account can be played by all other ones. The Nintendo Wii U will be released later this month and the Japanese company has begun revealing more de... |
7 November 2012
08:58 GMT |
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Hackers going by the name of 0day and Pyknic have breached and defaced the official website of Pizza Hut Australia. They claim that they have obtained the details of around 240,000 credit cards, but the company’s representatives claim that such information has not been compromised.
Yesterday, Pizza Hut Austral... |
7 November 2012
08:53 GMT |
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One reason why Intel and notebook makers were able to invent the “ultrabook” product type is the distinct lack of an optical drive.
Though HDD and SSD makers have been making strides in terms of drive thickness, ODD makers have had more trouble.
There is only so much that can be reduced in size about a ... |
7 November 2012
08:49 GMT |
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48-year-old nurse Ty Houston was voting in Southfield Township, Detroit, on Monday, when he witnessed a heartbreaking scene. An elderly couple had come in to cast their vote, when the husband suddenly became unresponsive. “I was filling out the form as were an elderly couple sitting at a nearby table. [...] H... |
7 November 2012
08:46 GMT |
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When Courtney Stodden rose to international fame for marrying a guy older than her own father at 17, she did so with considerable help and support from her own mother and manager, Krista Keller. She’s now saying the two are here to stay.
Krista recently made an appearance on her daughter’s TV debut, the... |
7 November 2012
08:46 GMT |
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Microsoft’s US online store is now listing the 32 GB Surface tablet as “back in stock,” as the device got sold out in less than 24 hours after the parent company started the preorder program.
Pricing is basically the same, so for $499 (€380) you won’t get more than the entry-level Surfac... |
7 November 2012
08:45 GMT |
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VMware Player has been updated to build 5.0.1. The current release integrates mostly fixes, but it also features improvements.
The host of fixes available addresses issues such as the ability to mount VMDK files straight from the context menu of Windows Explorer. Also repaired is the problem with certain elements no... |
7 November 2012
08:40 GMT |
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We'd have expected an external hard disk drive called the “Minimus” to be small and thin, but the USB 3.0-connected product from LaCie falls short of qualifying as such.
Measuring 110 x 173 x 33 mm (4.33 x 6.81 x 1.29 inches), and weighing 850 grams (1.87 pounds), it isn't a portable USB drive ... |
7 November 2012
08:28 GMT |
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As part of a new green-oriented project, Caterina Tiazzoldi and Eduardo Benamor Duarte plan on having as many as 10,000 wind turbines installed in the Fresh Kills Park in Staten Island.
Apparently, Whirlers, as this project is named, comes as a result of a design contest known as the Land Art Generator Initiative. ... |
7 November 2012
08:26 GMT |
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The Raspberry Pi mini PC is a very popular platform and already a lot of developers have ported distributions for it, including RISC OS.
RISC OS is one of the oldest operating systems still around and it was initially developed by the team that built the ARM processor.
According to the developers, RISC OS is owned ... |
7 November 2012
08:25 GMT |
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The Redmond-based technology company today released three different updates to patch vulnerabilities found in Internet Explorer 10’s Flash Player bundled into Windows 8.
The three fixes are distributed via Windows Update, but users can also find them in the Microsoft Download Center in case they wish to downlo... |
7 November 2012
08:23 GMT |
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BlackBerry fans rejoice as RIM (Research In Motion) has just released the hotly-anticipated BlackBerry OS 2.1 upgrade for PlayBook 4G LTE tablet.
It took the Canadian company more than a month to make the update available to PlayBook 4G LTE owners, after it was pushed to PlayBook Wi-Fi users back in early October. C... |
7 November 2012
08:22 GMT |
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Japanese mobile phone maker Sony Mobile said to plan on ramping up shipments of smartphones in the coming year, with a target set at 50 million units.
This year, the company is expected to top the 35 million units mark with its smartphone shipments, but it seems that this won’t be enough to bring it back to p... |
7 November 2012
08:21 GMT |
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Not even Brad Pitt is immune to the zombie frenzy that’s sweeping Hollywood but, admittedly, he wanted to do something different from the dozens of films with the undead. The result was “World War Z,” which will get a full trailer later this week. Meanwhile, we have the footage below to keep us goi... |
7 November 2012
08:21 GMT |
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Sources in China are reporting that Apple has already given the go-ahead for the development of 497ppi Retina displays that will make their way into the next-generation iPad mini.
You read that right. Not only is Apple having trouble satisfying demand for the just-launched iPad mini as is, but there’s already ... |
7 November 2012
08:14 GMT |
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Three different class-action lawsuits have been filed against Barnes & Nobles by customers who are unhappy with the way the company has handled the security breach as a result of which the credit card details of several customers have been stolen. Back in September, the book retailer learned that the PIN pads from 6... |
7 November 2012
08:11 GMT |
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Superb Mini Server, a Linux operating system based on Slackware 13.37 and manageable through the Webmin web-based interface, is now at version 2.0.1. Albeit Superb Mini Server 2.0.1 is just a minor release, there are a few updates that warrant an immediate update, such as the new Linux kernel 3.2.33. Besides this ... |
7 November 2012
08:07 GMT |
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While other rocking chairs harvest kinetic energy and use it to make electricity, the rocking chair in the video below is fully capable of knitting fully-functional hats, in spite of its being very low-tech. The people who have come up with the idea for this rocking chair are students at Lausanne's University ... |
7 November 2012
08:07 GMT |
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One of the mobile phones that Verizon Wireless will bring to the market before the end of this year is the Samsung ATIV Odyssey, which has been already announced, but hasn’t been detailed as of now.
The smartphone should land at Verizon sometime in December, but it seems that the FCC has already approved it. ... |
7 November 2012
08:01 GMT |
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32-year-old Shena Hardin was caught on tape taking to the sidewalk, to avoid stopping for the school bus, in September.
In case you don't remember Shena, the incident happened in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District, and the video was captured by the actual bus driver, as we reported at the time.
Hardin... |
7 November 2012
08:00 GMT |
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The development team at Treyarch working on the upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 says that the maximum field of view for the PC version of the first-person shooter will be capped at a value of 80 and asks gamers to no longer beg the team to alter the value.
Cesar Stastny, the director of technology working on Call... |
7 November 2012
07:59 GMT |
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Whether we like it or not, the “Red Dawn” remake, which many voices have already dubbed unnecessary and unwanted, is coming our way later this month. Above is the latest trailer released for it.
“Red Dawn” was in the making for many years, which explains why many of the stars appearing in it... |
7 November 2012
07:58 GMT |
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Not only do Americans have a new president, they also get access to the best web services around, Netflix, Hulu, Pandora, Spotify and so on. Most of these or equivalents aren't available outside of the US at any price, plenty of people would be happy to pay to get streaming movies and music.
Not to mention, tha... |
7 November 2012
07:51 GMT |
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Microsoft finally confirmed earlier today that it plans to retire Windows Live Messenger and implement its features into Skype, which basically means that all WLM users have no other option than to make the transition to the VoIP app.
WLM will, however, continue to be offered in China, Microsoft said without offerin... |
7 November 2012
07:41 GMT |
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The promise of free rewards has always been one of the most successful means of getting people to do something, or to buy something they normally would have qualms about.
Samsung's 840 Pro solid-state drives, even with their transfer speeds of up to 540 MB/s, aren't exactly that much better than all the o... |
7 November 2012
07:39 GMT |
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After a pretty major leak yesterday, more details about the Assassin’s Creed Anthology bundle have appeared on the web, this time with its actual contents being revealed via a promotional image.
Ubisoft released Assassin’s Creed 3 into critical and sales acclaim last week and now it seems that the French... |
7 November 2012
07:31 GMT |
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This week, Microsoft made available for download a new flavor of the Xbox SmartGlass application for devices running under its Windows Phone operating system.
The update arrives along with the iOS flavor of the application, and is available for download at the moment for all devices powered by the Windows Phone 7.5 ... |
7 November 2012
07:31 GMT |
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There’s this cool iPhone accessory up on Kickstarter.com called the iXtreme and it looks pretty awesome! It mounts on everything from a bike to a snowboard, and comes with a 180° three-element wide-angle lens and lens guard. If you back the project now, you’ll be able to get one for less than half its... |
7 November 2012
07:31 GMT |
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Say what you will about his movies or his worth as an actor, but there’s no denying that handsome Robert Pattinson almost always, without exception, gives amazing interviews. His appearance on Jimmy Kimmel is confirmation of that.
Check out the videos attached to this blog post to see it in full – I can ... |
7 November 2012
07:24 GMT |
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Recent rumors that work on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 is already underway have been shot down by their actual source, Billy Murray, the voice actor behind the franchise’s Captain Price, who revealed that he’s now reprising his role only for the Call of Duty Online shooter that’s being designed f... |
7 November 2012
07:24 GMT |
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The developers working on the upcoming PlayStation All-Stars: Battle Royale say that they are working on more characters and on more environments for their game, which will be launched as downloadable content after the game is officially out. Daniel Maniago, who is a community manager working at developer Superbot, ... |
7 November 2012
07:24 GMT |
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Only yesterday, Renault made it public news that, thanks to the six giant solar photovoltaic (PV) systems it installed across France, the company became the proud owner of the world's largest PV system in the automotive industry.
Taken together, these PV systems have a solar power generating capacity of 59MW, ... |
7 November 2012
07:22 GMT |
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The iSwifter Games Browser, a YouWeb app that lets you play all the hottest flash MMOs and social web games on your iPad, has been upgraded with a new streaming engine. Your gaming experience will be improved tenfold, going by the release notes.
In announcing iSwifter 5.2, YouWeb begins with a less significant enhan... |
7 November 2012
07:21 GMT |
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The name and reputation of any company that handles sensitive information can be leveraged by cybercriminals in their phishing campaigns. A perfect example are the fake United Services Automobile Association (USAA) emails spotted by experts in the past days.
The emails entitled “USAA – Account Security U... |
7 November 2012
07:13 GMT |
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Slax, a modern, portable, small and fast Linux operating system with a modular approach and outstanding design, is now at version 7.0 RC1.
Slax 7.0 RC1 is based on the KDE 4.x branch and comes with a lot of applications from the KDE SC package, for network, multimedia and games.
Other applications included in the ... |
7 November 2012
07:07 GMT |
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The US Federal Trade Commission has filed an official response to the motion to dismiss submitted by Wyndham representatives in the case in which the hotels and resorts chain is accused of failing to secure its customers’ private details.
“In its motion, Wyndham abandons any pretense of meeting the 12(b)... |
7 November 2012
07:06 GMT |
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Japanese handset maker Sony announced its new series of Xperia phones back in August at IFA 2012 trade fair, in Berlin, Germany.
One of the best-featured devices in the series, Xperia T has been released several weeks ago, though the handset has yet to make its entrance in some markets.
The bad news is that Xperia ... |
7 November 2012
07:06 GMT |
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Developer Polyphony Digital and publisher Sony reveal that the Gran Turismo series has managed to sell no less than 67.8 million units during its entire lifetime, most of them linked to the older PlayStation 3 home console rather than the current PS3.
The detailed spread for all the entries in the series includes:
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7 November 2012
07:03 GMT |
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One day after saying that John Travolta was “the love of [her] life,” Kirstie Alley is making even more revelations about her love life of a few decades ago. Speaking with Entertainment Tonight, she claims she also had an affair (of sorts) with Patrick Swayze.
The two met in 1985, when they were shooting... |
7 November 2012
06:56 GMT |
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A new patent forwarded by Microsoft to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office hints at a rather disturbing new use for the Kinect sensor, which might be employed to count the number of people watching a TV and then charge them money for viewing a type of “pay-per-viewer” content.
Microsoft has pledged to m... |
7 November 2012
06:41 GMT |
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South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung Electronics has made available for download the source code for its new Galaxy S III mini smartphone, after making it official only a few weeks back.
Just as its name suggests, the Galaxy S III mini has been released as the small flavor of the company’s flagship Galaxy S... |
7 November 2012
06:41 GMT |
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It appears that HTC’s flagship Windows Phone handset, the 8X, is one of the best-selling smartphones in the UK for this week.
Given the fact that Nokia Lumia 920 and Lumia 820 have yet to make their entrance on the market, it shouldn’t be too surprising.
HTC Windows Phone 8X tops Expanys UK’s be... |
7 November 2012
06:21 GMT |
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Skydiver Felix Baumgartner made history with his Stratos record-breaking jump last month, but, soon after, the supersonic man proved he is not immune to road rage.
Baumgartner, a former boxer, of British and Austrian nationality, was driving in his home town of Salzburg, Austria, in September 2010, when he got into ... |
7 November 2012
06:01 GMT |
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The folks at UC Web, creators of the popular UC Browser application for mobile devices, have just released a new version of their browser for Java platform. UC Browser 8.7 features a new logo and new features. In fact, devs claim this version is completely different from previous iterations, so expect powerful featu... |
7 November 2012
06:01 GMT |
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Cooler Master can be said to have soothed the cooling cravings of those partial to large and mighty PCs, so SilverStone is doing something for owners and those who wish to buy smaller computers. Small form factor personal computers like nettops, HTPCs (home-theater personal computers), are quite widespread nowadays... |
7 November 2012
06:00 GMT |
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While Microsoft claims that its very own Surface is not at all an iPad killer, the whole words seems to think otherwise.
This new video published on YouTube, for example, advertises the Surface tablet in a way Microsoft would never do it.
Actually a parody of an official Apple ad, this clip is more like a simple id... |
7 November 2012
05:54 GMT |
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Rapper Lil Wayne lost the lawsuit against Quincy Jones III over a documentary he initially agreed to be a part of, and he’s super upset about it, telling friends that both judge and jury “screwed him up,” it has emerged.
It all started back when Lil Wayne was still recording his “Tha Carter ... |
7 November 2012
05:54 GMT |
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Kim Dotcom isn't doing so bad, for a man that's about to be extradited out of his adoptive country, but the US government is not one you mess with lightly. A short while ago, Dotcom had announced that his upcoming file sharing service, Mega, had gotten a very special domain name, Me.ga. Well, surprise, sur... |
7 November 2012
05:51 GMT |
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Most of the pieces of malware designed to steal user credentials log keystrokes in order to collect the information. However, a new threat called PASSTEAL (TSPY_PASSTEAL.A) relies on a password recovery app to accomplish the task.
According to Trend Micro researchers, the malware collects the information stored in w... |
7 November 2012
05:45 GMT |
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Halo 4 is instantly familiar to anyone who has previously spent time with a game in the series, which has been created by Bungie and is now being handled by 343 Industries, and that’s a good thing, considering that the main aim of the current launch is to bring it all back to the roots of the franchise.
Master... |
7 November 2012
05:39 GMT |
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Together with rolling out new features in the freshly released Flash 11.5 (Windows and Mac), Adobe has also patched the player against a set of critical security vulnerabilities.
Some of the flaws could cause Flash Player to crash and presented the risk that an attacker could take control of the affected system. In ... |
7 November 2012
05:32 GMT |
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In hindsight, it should have been easy enough to predict that Windows 8 PC sales would not skyrocket like Jimmy Neutron on a sugar high. Nevertheless, consumers, IT companies and analysts alike expected Microsoft's new OS to soar immediately, which is not happening.
Certainly, there was the initial wave of tabl... |
7 November 2012
05:31 GMT |
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Sony Online Entertainment, the developer of the Planetside 2 MMO, introduces a new marketing campaign for their upcoming video game, designed to show off how real-world gamers are using the mechanics in order to play the title.
The new SOE-made MMO is free-to-play and uses core first-person shooter mechanics, which ... |
7 November 2012
05:31 GMT |
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Brace yourselves, the Longcat jokes are coming in. After parodying the taller iPhone 5, the Apple blogosphere is on Apple’s case again, this time targeting OS X 10.9.
Alongside a handful of websites in the Apple ecosystem, yesterday evening Softpedia was able to confirm the emergence of webserver log entries w... |
7 November 2012
05:28 GMT |
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Desktop customization is a thing we all do and every single wallpaper, theme or icon package that’s released out there on the web undoubtedly comes in very handy.Microsoft has decided to lend Windows 8 users a hand by rolling out the so-called Bridges Panoramic Theme that comprises a very interesting collection... |
7 November 2012
05:28 GMT |
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Diane Sawyer was acting so oddly during the ABC Election Coverage last night that many people believe she was either drunk or on meds. Above is a video of some of the highlights from the broadcast.
Diane’s name became trending on Twitter as the broadcast continued, with many joking that she was having way too... |
7 November 2012
05:18 GMT |
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Mobile phone carrier Three UK announced on Tuesday plans to make the 3G-enabled Nexus 7 tablet PC available for purchase on its network in the near future. Made official last week, the new device comes with the same features and capabilities as the original Nexus 7, but adds support for 3G networks, providing users... |
7 November 2012
05:17 GMT |
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Since it can't afford to let too much time pass without releasing a new product of some sort, Cooler Master has prepared a new cooler, according to Ocaholic.
Called Eisberg 240L Prestige, it is a liquid cooler whose radiator measures 280 x 124 x 30 mm / 11 x 4.8 x 1.18 inches.
Up to four 120mm fans (in push-p... |
7 November 2012
05:16 GMT |
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Ted Tsung, one of the developers working on Tales of Xillia at Namco Bandai, announces that the team has managed to complete the voice recording for the English version of the Japanese role playing game and that a launch is now set for 2013.
The producer says, “I’m very much aware that it can be very jar... |
7 November 2012
05:13 GMT |
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The cheapest Microsoft Surface got sold out in less than 24 hours after the Redmond-based firm rolled out the preorder program and all the other models fared the same in the next few days.
Stocks were refreshed, but the entry-level Surface is sold out once again. If you’re a Chinese buyer, however, you’r... |
7 November 2012
05:10 GMT |
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A brand new bit of artwork from Gears of War: Judgment, the upcoming third-person shooter from Epic Games and its People Can Fly subsidiary has just appeared on the web, showing off the new team of characters that will be playable in the game.
Epic’s Gears of War series delivered some truly intense shooter exp... |
7 November 2012
05:09 GMT |
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Google Chrome 23 is out in the stable channel, it should be coming down the pipes via the automated update system, if it's not already there. The latest major update comes with several new features, though nothing to write home about.
Windows users get hardware accelerated video decoding, which means less powe... |
7 November 2012
05:07 GMT |
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Last week, Cyber War News reported that a hacker known as D0ct0r_Inj3ct0r published a document containing the details of over 1,600 customers of Twinings USA, the US branch of the famous English tea maker. Names, physical addresses, dates of birth, genders and email addresses were published online. In the meantime... |
7 November 2012
05:03 GMT |
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Mandriva has announced on November 7, through Per Øyvind Karlsen, that the second Alpha version of the upcoming Mandriva Linux 2012 operating system is now available for download and testing. Mandriva Linux 2012 Alpha 2 wasn't supposed to exist, according to its developers. The initial plan was to skip t... |
7 November 2012
05:01 GMT |
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The highly popular puzzle game Cut The Rope has finally arrived in the Windows Phone Store, and is now available for download for all owners of devices running under Windows Phone 7.5 or higher.
Those who have already had the chance to play the game on other operating systems out there are already in the know with ... |
7 November 2012
04:52 GMT |
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Firebird, a relational database offering many ANSI SQL standard features that runs on Linux, Windows, and a variety of Unix platforms, is now at version 2.5.2.
Firebird 2.5.2 provides concurrency, high performance, and powerful language support for stored procedures and triggers.
Highlights of Firebird 2.5.2:
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7 November 2012
04:41 GMT |
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Formerly known as My Xbox LIVE, Xbox SmartGlass 2.0 is now available from Microsoft Corporation with numerous new features and enhancements, including the ability to navigate your Xbox 360 console with swipe and tap gestures. Microsoft offers the Xbox SmartGlass app “to enhance your entertainment on Xbox 360.... |
7 November 2012
04:40 GMT |
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Last week, Trend Micro researchers came across a piece of malware designed to steal image files from the infected computers and send them back to its master. In the meantime, other security firms have also analyzed the threat and they say it might return later as part of a sophisticated attack. The Trojan is special... |
7 November 2012
04:40 GMT |
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The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority has terminated the services of 22-year employee Artis Hughes, over an incident we previously reported on, in which he physically assaulted 25-year-old Shi'dea Lane, while on duty. The 59-year-old East Cleveland resident punched the girl, provoked by verbal bante... |
7 November 2012
04:39 GMT |
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Normally, we wouldn't go so far as to say that a product's price is not justified, but NEC Display Solutions made it really easy when it gave the AS192WM a tag of $149 / 115-149 Euro.
Not only does the monitor only measure 19 inches in diagonal, but the native resolution is also quite low, compared to mos... |
7 November 2012
04:39 GMT |
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BioWare has officially detailed the array of celebrations it’s going to run today, November 7, as part of the so-called “N7 Day” in honor of its Mass Effect franchise. These include various contests, swag for fans, as well as in-game goodies like a special N7 Day Loyalty Pack for Mass Effect 3&rsquo... |
7 November 2012
04:38 GMT |
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After a lot of experiments and testing, Google has finally switched to a new top tab layout for the search options. This means it's dropping the left sidebar, which was actually quite a controversial new feature a few years back.
But as Google's search page evolved, it made sense to put the specialized sea... |
7 November 2012
04:35 GMT |
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Wireless carrier AT&T is the only services provider in the United States that will make the Nokia Lumia 920 smartphone available for purchase for its users, and some more info on the handset’s pricing is now available.
Yesterday, the wireless operator announced plans to make the phone available on November 9 a... |
7 November 2012
04:34 GMT |
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The news just broke that Barack Obama is to continue being the President of the US, despite the fact that Mitt Romney put up quite a good fight and managed to secure the votes of numerous Americans. Presently, there are many who claim that Barack Obama got some help in winning the elections from hurricane Sandy, th... |
7 November 2012
04:26 GMT |
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After suing Apple for infringing on a range of networking inventions allegedly used in products like FaceTime without a license, technology firm VirnetX has cashed in on $368.2 million / €286 million from the Cupertino company.
VirnetX is known to have won a $200 million / €155 million settlement with Micr... |
7 November 2012
04:19 GMT |
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Since it runs Windows RT, the Microsoft Surface tablet is equipped with the 10th build of Internet Explorer, a version that’s supposed to be faster, more stable and more secure than ever before. On both computers and tablets, that is.
A new series of browser benchmarks performed by Peacekeeper, however, reveal... |
7 November 2012
04:14 GMT |
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42-year-old ex-school nurse Mollie Parsons, of Cincinnati, Ohio, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the malnutrition-related death of 14-year-old Makayla Norman. Parsons floored judges and prosecutors as she pleaded guilty to the manslaughter charge, without striking a deal with the prosecution beforehand.... |
7 November 2012
04:14 GMT |
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On November 7, François François Dupoux announced a new release of his popular SystemRescueCd Linux-based operating system for rescue and recovery tasks.
SystemRescueCd 3.1.1 comes with important changes and improvements, but the most prominent one is the switch to the LTS Linux kernel
Highlights of S... |
7 November 2012
04:11 GMT |
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The United Kingdom’s Metropolitan Police has arrested a 41-year-old individual from Stoke-on-Trent on suspicion of being involved in the distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks launched by hackers against the official website of Home Secretary Theresa May.
Back in May 2012, hacktivists launched DDOS attac... |
7 November 2012
04:06 GMT |
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Although this is not the first time Best Buy accepts online pre-orders for Nokia Lumia 920, it’s likely that this time the retailer won’t pull the phone from its site.
Best Buy opened pre-orders for Nokia Lumia 920 and HTC 8X more than two weeks ago, but the retailer immediately pulled the former without... |
7 November 2012
03:58 GMT |
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As far as monitors go, the market has been relatively quiet over the past few months, compared to the HDTV industry. Still, AOC's latest release shows that there hasn't been any large lapse in activity.
Since we have mentioned the HDTV market, we should probably say that the lack of balance between them, ... |
7 November 2012
03:56 GMT |
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Together with releasing a new major stable version for Chrome, Google has also updated the dev channel of the browser, to build 24.0.1312.5. It is currently available for all supported platforms (Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome Frame). The new revision brings to the table only repairs that address crashes, a mem... |
7 November 2012
03:47 GMT |
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After lots of waiting and plenty of pleading from fans, Valve has officially released its Steam digital distribution service for Linux operating systems as a closed beta only for the Ubuntu 12.04 distribution.
Steam is one of the biggest download services in the world offering to PC and then to Mac users a variety o... |
7 November 2012
03:45 GMT |
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Colorado has become the first US state to end the prohibition on non-medical marijuana. Washington follows suit, legalizing weed on a state level, The Huffington Post informs.
Above is a video with the reactions of some of those who campaign for the legalization of marijuana, as well as of opponents of such a measu... |
7 November 2012
03:43 GMT |
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The life of Windows Media Player spans several Windows and, for a good stretch of time, it was willfully used for playing media files. It is also available in the freshly released Windows 8, although Microsoft has introduced nothing new in it since version 12, which is delivered in Windows 7 as well.
Because of the ... |
7 November 2012
03:41 GMT |
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A removed blog post from DemonWare, a subsidiary of publisher Activision Blizzard, says that the Destiny video game that Bungie is working on at the moment is similar to Halo and that it will deliver a cooperatively-oriented shooter set in a futuristic universe.
DemoWare is a part of Activision that is focused on th... |
7 November 2012
03:40 GMT |
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An infographic from New Relic does a great job at showing the state of the browser wars, including which one is more popular on which platform, and how each of them fares in speed tests.
Chrome 19 appears to be the fastest way to surf the web with a third-party browser on the Mac, but Safari is the most popular choi... |
7 November 2012
03:38 GMT |
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Softpedia has had the opportunity to interview a representative of Mrt. Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters, the group responsible for launching distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks against the sites of several US financial institutions. The attacks have been highly controversial, mainly because some US offi... |
7 November 2012
03:34 GMT |
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A fire broke out yesterday, on November 6, in the Chicago suburb of Oak Lawn. Three firefighters were injured in the blaze, with two needing hospital care, and one treated at the scene for a small burn on his face.
They were taken to the Advocate Christ Medical Center for check-up, where emergency operators describ... |
7 November 2012
03:33 GMT |
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The Windows Store is growing bigger and it currently provides access to a total of 12,895 apps, all of them accessible from any Windows 8 device, be it a laptop, a desktop PC or a tablet.
Wes Miller, the Research VP at third-party analyst company Directions on Microsoft, confirmed via WinAppUpdate’s Twitter ac... |
7 November 2012
03:30 GMT |
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Owners of devices running under Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system can now enjoy a new game from the popular publisher Rovio, namely Angry Birds Space. A brand new episode in the Angry Birds saga, the new Angry Birds Space will provide users with the possibility to take down the pigs in outer space an... |
7 November 2012
03:28 GMT |
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The fresh new build for WinSCP has been designed to improve compatibility with Windows 8 and increase functionality and stability of the application.
The installer for WinSCP 5.1.1 creates a desktop icon for all users by default, but on Windows 8, only the main icon is pinned to the modern Start Screen.
Also new in... |
7 November 2012
03:21 GMT |
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Gabrielle Shrager, a story director working on Zombi U, reveals that there’s at least one big twist in the upcoming undead powered Wii U game, which just the most dedicated members of the fan base will be able to find. The developer tells the Official Nintendo Magazine that, “There is a twist. ZombiU is ... |
7 November 2012
03:18 GMT |
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Just like Micro-Star International has revealed its triple-display GeForce GT 640, Zotac has finished preparing a somewhat stronger low-profile board, the GeForce GTX 650 LP.
The specifications of the adapter are only partially known. VideoCardz believes a 1,071 MHz GPU is backed by 1 GB of GDDR5 VRAM at 5 GHz. The... |
7 November 2012
03:18 GMT |
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Only yesterday, a royal Bengal tiger in Bangladesh was beaten to death by a group of angry villagers, who used sticks and boat oars in order to kill the feline.
Apparently, the tiger was guilty of having wandered into a village in search of food, UNB Connect says.
As was to be expected, the people here did not w... |
7 November 2012
03:15 GMT |
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Assassin’s Creed 3 came out last week and already quite a lot of people have begun completing its quite lengthy single-player campaign. We already praised the Connor storyline while criticizing the Desmond one for lacking any sort of real closure. Now, it’s time to emphasize just how much work the game d... |
7 November 2012
03:10 GMT |
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Microsoft has finally confirmed that it would retire Windows Live Messenger in the first quarter of 2013, so all those who are currently using this app will have no other choice than to migrate to Skype.
The Redmond-based technology company calls this “good news” and claims that it’s not killing Wi... |
7 November 2012
03:05 GMT |
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On October 25, 2012, Invision Power Services (IPS) released a security update for IP.Board 3.3.x, 3.2.x and 3.1.x.
Initially, it was believed that the vulnerability addressed by this update might have been leveraged by hackers to gain access to NBC sites and a Lady Gaga fan site on November 4. However, according to... |
7 November 2012
03:04 GMT |
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Via Support Downloads, Apple has released a couple of driver packages containing support for the latest printing and scanning hardware from Canon and Lexmark. Canon Printer Drivers v2.11 for OS X “installs the latest software for your Canon printer or scanner,” while Lexmark Printer Driver v2.10 for OS X... |
7 November 2012
02:59 GMT |
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Chinese mobile phone maker ZTE is reportedly gearing up for the launch of its own handset running under Microsoft’s new Windows Phone 8 operating system, and might pack some highly appealing hardware inside it.
According to the latest rumors on the matter, the upcoming device might hit shelves with a full HD ... |
7 November 2012
02:57 GMT |
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The Australian Classification Board, which is reliably becoming a source for leaks when it comes to new video game content, reveals that there’s a new title in development for the long-running Uncharted series, called Fight for Fortune. The new game is listed as being a Sony published multi-platform release an... |
7 November 2012
02:48 GMT |
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Barack Obama is President of the United States for another 4 years. Official figures have been released and, with them, he gave his highly anticipated victory speech.
Check it out in full above.
As we also noted a couple of hours ago, earlier on, Obama had said that he had prepared 2 different speeches, just in c... |
7 November 2012
02:46 GMT |
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Owners of BlackBerry devices interested in trying out the latest applications built for their handsets can do so through the BlackBerry Beta Zone, a portal where a great deal of yet unreleased applications are being pushed for testing purposes. The portal has been launched a few years back, but Research In Motion has... |
7 November 2012
02:44 GMT |
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A three-month-old takes the title for "Ridiculously Good-Looking Surgery Baby," awarded to him by the more than one million Reddit users that saw his photo. Joey Powling Jr. had been diagnosed with a hole in his heart, even from fetus stage. His only chance to be free from the condition, tetralogy of Fallot, or TOF,... |
7 November 2012
02:44 GMT |
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On its Developer site Apple is announcing that the App Store is now selling titles in Russia, Turkey, India, and Arab countries in the currencies used in those respective territories.
Making it easier for customers in these countries to estimate the amount of cash spent on each app, the App Store now supports local ... |
7 November 2012
02:44 GMT |
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Barack Obama sealed his second term last night, both literally and figuratively. While his supporters erupted into joy, his first words were simple and, obviously, on Twitter.
Granted, if you believe a picture is worth a thousand words, he gave quite the speech on Twitter.
"Four more years," he said and linked to ... |
7 November 2012
02:44 GMT |
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Chrome 23 has been released and besides the significant feature improvements, Google has also addressed a number of 14 vulnerabilities to ensure that their customers are protected against potential cyberattacks.
The high-severity security holes fixed in Chrome 23 include a use-after-free in SVG filter handling,... |
7 November 2012
02:41 GMT |
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Like AMD's Eyefinity technology, NVIDIA's 3-display 3D Vision surround is normally advertised as a means to enrich the gaming experience. Seldom is any other use touched upon. MSI is emphasizing a less known advantage of multi-monitor configurations: three displays means three times the workspace availabl... |
7 November 2012
02:41 GMT |
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Internet Explorer 10, the version that’s currently available for Windows 8 users exclusively, is the fastest browser on this new Microsoft operating system, according to a study released by New Relic.
IE 10 had a better response time than all the other browsers included in the survey, such as Firefox 15, Safar... |
7 November 2012
02:39 GMT |
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343 Industries, the developer of the recently launched Halo 4, has confirmed that, after much investigation and work, the server load issues experienced by those who engaged in the game’s multiplayer have been resolved.
Halo 4 came out yesterday and millions upon millions of Xbox 360 owners rushed to get it an... |
7 November 2012
02:39 GMT |
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Adobe has released the stable version for Flash Player 11.5 and AIR 3.5, and the new revision incorporates several new features, as well as a set of repairs designed to improve overall stability and functionality. Among the new things there is the possibility to package multiple libraries in an ANE (AIR Native Exten... |
7 November 2012
02:37 GMT |
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Democrat Tammy Baldwin has become the first openly gay senator in the history of the US and, at the same time, the first female senator from Wisconsin. History has just been written.
Her speech is in its entirety below.
Baldwin, who is openly gay, knows that her win is a historical one for the two reasons mention... |
7 November 2012
02:29 GMT |
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Owners of BlackBerry devices can now download and install a new flavor of the BlackBerry App World application, namely version 4.0.0.63.
The new app release comes to handsets shortly after version 4.0.0.55 was pushed out, yet there are no specific details available on what it has to offer to users, since RIM did not... |
7 November 2012
02:24 GMT |
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The development team at Right Square Bracket Left Square Bracket and the team at Sony in charge of the PlayStation Home social space have announced that players are now able to log in and then play a new arcade cabinet game, called A Game About Bouncing. The game is arcade-oriented and will ask players to keep a bal... |
7 November 2012
02:23 GMT |
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Wireless services provider T-Mobile is reportedly gearing up for performing a series of price cuts for some of the most appealing devices in its lineup, including the Galaxy S III, Samsung’s current Android flagship.
According to a recent article on BriefMobile, the carrier will have a whole bunch of handsets ... |
7 November 2012
02:08 GMT |
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By now, it’s no longer a secret that Donald Trump hates President Barack Obama but, just in case you had doubts, confirmation of it came on Twitter a couple of hours ago, right after the initial electoral results came out, proclaiming Obama the winner.
Trump, who recently made an “offer” to Obam... |
7 November 2012
01:52 GMT |
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About two months ago, some people in Texas came across an obese cat who weighed a whopping 41 pounds (18.6 kilograms). In other words, the feline weighed as much as your average 4-year-old child.
Because the cat was simply too fat to be put up for adoption, a veterinarian from Dallas named Brittney Barton decided t... |
7 November 2012
01:47 GMT |
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Google has updated Chrome browser to version 23. The fresh release is available for all supported platforms (Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome Frame) and it incorporates significant improvements, as well as security fixes. Version 23.0.1271.64 of the web browser brings to the table new features, such as GPU-accelerated... |
7 November 2012
01:39 GMT |
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Democrat Barack Obama is being proclaimed the winner in the electoral race for President of the US. Votes are still being tallied as we speak, but numbers in key locations point out that he’s back in the White House for a second run.
As of a couple of hours ago, Obama was the winner in key locations, with memb... |
7 November 2012
01:22 GMT |
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People living in Nepal must now figure out a way to deal with a leopard which somehow grew accustomed to feeding on humans.
According to the local police, the leopard has made 15 victims over the past 15 months alone: 14 of them were children, and the other was a 29-year-old woman.
Wildlife experts explain that, ... |
7 November 2012
01:17 GMT |
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The Beta version of Steam for Linux was announced last evening, November 6, by Valve, only for the Ubuntu operating system.
At the moment, Steam for Linux comes with 24 games, so we thought it would be a good idea to list them in an article.
Without further ado, here are the Linux games made available in Steam for... |
7 November 2012
01:13 GMT |
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Rumors on the upcoming HTC Android flagship smarpthone, the DROID DNA are starting to heat up. Several renders of the device have already been leaked online and Verizon Wireless and HTC announced they would host a launch event on November 13.
Although the companies did not offer any additional details on the product... |
7 November 2012
00:42 GMT |
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Motorola Mobility launched the ATRIX HD back in July with Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system out of the box.
The smartphone was released in the US via AT&T, but also made it to Canada several weeks later. Today, Motorola announced the upcoming availability of ATRIX HD Developer Edition. Check it out h... |
7 November 2012
00:16 GMT |
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