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Over recent years, scientists have devised a number of computer models in their attempt to decipher how changes in the atmosphere will influence human activities in some of the most populated areas of the world. Some of the most complex such models to date are those that have been created for heavy rainfall, but, acc... |
9 November 2009
18:31 GMT |
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One of the big selling points for Dragon Age: Origins, the role playing game created by BioWare, is the varied origins which players can experience, sequences about two hours long that establish the background of the character the player is inhabiting, depending on the race and the class which he has chosen for the m... |
9 November 2009
17:51 GMT |
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Scientists at the Delft University of Technology Kavli Institute for Nanosciences, in the Netherlands, have recently managed to gain new control over the environment of quantum particles, which may make it possible to finally construct a working quantum computer. The new finds essentially allow researchers to exercis... |
9 November 2009
16:31 GMT |
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After being announced that it will come to the PlayStation 3, it seems like Tales of Vesperia will arrive on Nintendo's Wii as well. The rumor was started by Rikiya Koyama, a popular Japanese voice actor. According to him, Namco Bandai plans to once again release the game to a new platform and try to salvage som... |
9 November 2009
16:31 GMT |
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Electronic Arts and its development studio Maxis have announced that the Spore franchise has successfully made the move to Facebook, the most popular social networking platform on the Internet. The new game is called Spore Islands and is set to offer all the fans of the series an easy way to connect with others and t... |
9 November 2009
16:11 GMT |
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British scientists from the University of Hull have recently developed a new type of hybrid material, which may lead to an entirely new generation of OLED- and LCD-based displays, Technology Review reports. The material contains structures known as electroluminescent liquid crystals, which are apparently able to emit... |
9 November 2009
15:31 GMT |
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The issue of how far airbrushing in women’s magazines can go, before having dramatic consequences on impressionable teens reading them, has been up for debate for many months now, as we also reported. Until now, though, the issue was only discussed on a “what if” level, but that is bound to change, ... |
9 November 2009
15:11 GMT |
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François Dupoux announced earlier today, November 9th, the immediate availability of the SystemRescueCd 1.3.2 operating system. The new version of the tiny, Gentoo-based Linux distribution for system administrators and data recovery tasks comes now with the latest 2.6.31.5 Linux kernel, the alternative Linux k... |
9 November 2009
14:51 GMT |
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Bacteria are the most helpful and the most harmful organisms for the human body in the world today. While the thousands of species in our guts keep us healthy, and help us digest food, other species, just as numerous, can cause us significant damage, and even death. Therefore, knowing how these microorganisms functio... |
9 November 2009
14:31 GMT |
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Health specialists encourage regular workouts because even mild exercise is good for the body, even if most of the times not enough. However, a new study, cited by the Telegraph, comes to show that, with working out too, there is such a thing as too much of a good thing. Apparently, women sweating themselves to the p... |
9 November 2009
14:21 GMT |
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Gran Turismo 5 is not yet out, even if the boss of Polyphony Digital, Kazunori Yamauchi, has repeatedly said that the videogame has been done for quite some time. Until the release date, those who are interested in the title can comfort themselves with the fact that Gran Turismo 5 might just be one of the most expens... |
9 November 2009
14:11 GMT |
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They say a woman’s best “friend” when the going gets tough is some retail therapy. Admittedly, few other things can boost her mood like some shopping for new clothes can, but, with the recession hitting pretty hard, not many can still afford to do so. A new survey conducted by Mintel and cited by th... |
9 November 2009
13:31 GMT |
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Firefox 3.6 Beta 1 was made available for download at the end of October 2009, and, immediately after launch, Mozilla indicated that it planned to aggressively update the development build in its race to hit the Release Candidate milestone. On Monday, 9th, 2009, Mozilla made available for download a fresh release of ... |
9 November 2009
13:31 GMT |
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The initial narrative that accompanied the launch of The Beatles: Rock Band, the newest collaboration between Harmonix and MTV Games, has been of a revolutionary videogame that will attract non-gamers to the music genre titles and which will set the trend for future releases that are focused more on specifi... |
9 November 2009
12:51 GMT |
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Google isn't in the phone-making business, but it's not leaving anything to chance with the latest and greatest handset to sport the brand-new Android 2.0, the Motorola Droid. By all accounts, it's a great phone, and it's clear that Google has put all of its muscles behind the product. A couple of... |
9 November 2009
12:18 GMT |
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People usually end up running applications on their Mac that do not need any more fiddling than double clicking on their executable. However, sometimes you encounter a so-called source package that will give any newcomer nightmares for a very long time. Once you open the program’s source code folder and you see... |
9 November 2009
12:01 GMT |
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The US Consumer Product Safety Commission clearly states that children under six are not allowed to drive an ATV, while also saying that two persons should not get on one at the same time. Jon Gosselin violated both stipulations by taking one of his children with him on a ride over the weekend, thus getting safety ad... |
9 November 2009
11:56 GMT |
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This December, James Cameron and fantasy-film fans will be treated to what is deemed one of the most ambitious and potentially successful projects of almost two decades: Cameron’s “Avatar.” However, boasting an estimated budget of about $500 million and almost no star power, while neither a story wi... |
9 November 2009
11:39 GMT |
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TOCA Race Driver 2 is a videogame developed and published by the Codemasters Software Company Limited. It was released for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony, the original Xbox from Microsoft, the PlayStation Portable handheld and the PC platform on April 13, 2004. The title can be classed as a racing simulation fea... |
9 November 2009
11:31 GMT |
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The war between the music industry and anyone it perceives as standing in its way of making money the good, old-fashioned way, by selling CDs, is still raging, but, for once, common sense and this little thing called the law prevailed in the face of scare tactics and misguided legal threats. Earlier this year, the No... |
9 November 2009
11:25 GMT |
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Before former “Buffy” sweetheart Sarah Michelle Gellar confirmed she was pregnant with husband Freddie Prinze Jr., the tabloids had a field day (for years) with speculating on when she’d become a mommy. Now that it’s happened, the actress is telling People magazine that it was all worth the wa... |
9 November 2009
11:10 GMT |
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There are more ways than one in which end users can translate Windows 7 into different languages. For some users, Windows 7’s Multilingual User Interface (MUI), including Windows Language Packs and Language Interface Packs (LIPs), is the most known way to translate the operating system. Deploying an MUI or an L... |
9 November 2009
11:10 GMT |
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Undoubtedly, the pace of innovation is accelerating. The past few decades have seen more and more inventions hitting the market, but, around the world, scientists have been raising their eyebrows at the direction in which science in general is going. There is very little emphasis being placed on the common good at th... |
9 November 2009
11:01 GMT |
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Shazam Entertainment has announced the release of a paid Shazam Encore app for iPhone and iPod touch. The five dollar app aims to make it super easy for users to learn more about their favorite music “and go on a greater music journey than ever before,” according to the official Shazam report.The company&... |
9 November 2009
10:49 GMT |
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Now including two of Noctua's famous NF-B9 92mm fans, the new NH-U9B SE2 is the latest in the company's history of quiet and efficient cooling solutions. This cooler is especially suitable for HTPC thanks to its compactness and the very low level of noise produced. Support for LGA1156 as well as LGA1366 via... |
9 November 2009
10:37 GMT |
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Not long ago, eccentric artist Lady Gaga announced that she would re-issue her “Fame” album in a format that would make it stand apart from the first release. One of the things she would change on the repackaged edition would be to include eight new tracks, which she has already done. “Dance in the ... |
9 November 2009
10:33 GMT |
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Google may be planning to give all of its apps and services a great do-over, creating a more unified experience across the different products. None of Google's biggest names is spared, starting with Gmail and moving to Docs and News, all of which will supposedly get a brand-new interface, very similar to Google ... |
9 November 2009
10:30 GMT |
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Tiny aquatic creatures, no larger than a grain of sand, can yield significant details of past climate changes, as long as scientists know what they are looking for. Billions of these tiny organisms can be found on the bottom of the ocean, and they hold inside them information about past sea levels, temperatures, and ... |
9 November 2009
10:27 GMT |
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Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system has been widely appreciated for the performance enhancements it brings, enabling OEMs and PC users to enjoy a better Windows experience on a wider range of computer systems. However, despite previous rumors, the official debut of Windows 7 did not enable support for ARM pro... |
9 November 2009
10:23 GMT |
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Eddie Cibrian may have separated from his wife after cheating on her with country singer LeAnn Rimes who, in turn, was also married at the time, but that doesn’t mean the old saying of “once a cheater, always a cheater” suits him like a glove. Consequently, the actor is taking a US publication to co... |
9 November 2009
10:12 GMT |
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At the time we’re writing this, Stephen Elop, President, Microsoft Business Division, is on stage at Microsoft TechEd Europe 2009 delivering his keynote. The largest focus of the opening keynote is, of course, placed on Information Technology innovations and the evolution of communications. As far as Microsoft ... |
9 November 2009
10:11 GMT |
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For a long time, scientists have believed that those who get ill on account of smells that are harmless to most people are simply faking it, and not necessarily experiencing that many adverse effects. But a new investigation seems to reveal the fact that the very way these persons process smell is different from that... |
9 November 2009
10:06 GMT |
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Although unable to release any exciting hardware products in time for Christmas, Intel announced that it was putting special effort into the development of the new line of Atom processors. The IT giant plans to launch the next-generation Pine Trail netbooks on December 21, which will use the Pineview, a new type of c... |
9 November 2009
09:59 GMT |
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In light of Rihanna’s decision to finally talk about the night that completely turned life as she knew it until then upside down, February 9, 2009, when Chris Brown assaulted her, Brown said he would have liked it if she had kept the details private. Now, his friends are taking to their respective Twitter pages... |
9 November 2009
09:46 GMT |
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Old media giants have been clamoring on about how search engines, Google being the biggest target, have been making money for years on the backs of the hard-working news agencies and how they're not going to stand for it any longer. Of course, there's a great reply to this, one that Google itself made on nu... |
9 November 2009
09:38 GMT |
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Microsoft has responded officially to claims that its latest iteration of the Windows client is vulnerable to eight out of 10 malware samples spreading in the wild. The Redmond company has responded to Sophos with the same solution offered by the security company, namely that end users should, in fact, make sure to r... |
9 November 2009
09:35 GMT |
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There has been an awful lot of security talk lately, concerning both the iPhone and the Mac. Coupled with Kasperski’s recent release of its Anti-Virus solution for Mac OS X, and now an updated ClamXav virus checker on the loose, we’d say there is little time left before Apple can no longer rub security in... |
9 November 2009
09:27 GMT |
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The European Union has already commissioned a new study, which aims at discovering the costs, opportunities and possible obstacles that would hinder the development of a new system of using public roads. The officials want to learn if it would be possible to create what they refer to as “road trains”, whi... |
9 November 2009
09:11 GMT |
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A lot of massively multiplayer online role-playing games have tried all sorts of new ideas to promote themselves. It's time for Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning to seek to bring new players and it has managed to come up with a pretty decent and tempting offer. The ten-day free trial the MMORPG has had up until... |
9 November 2009
09:03 GMT |
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The Britney Spears of today is miles away from the Britney Spears that had to be taken to hospital and involuntarily committed under the 5150 act for mental evaluation at the beginning of 2008. Partly responsible for the change is her agent, Jason Trawick, who helped her get her life back in order and career on track... |
9 November 2009
08:58 GMT |
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Whenever Macs get infected with malware, security analysts become extremely vocal, for it is a sensitive topic, and one that has always been open for debate: “are Macs more secure?” Security experts say “no”, although some may be reluctant to believe them, since they pose with ever-newer MacBo... |
9 November 2009
08:51 GMT |
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Developers leveraging the Eclipse IDE (integrated development environment) or using non-Windows platforms, such as Unix, Linux and Mac OS X, will be able to turn to Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server for their projects following the integration of SourceGear’ Teamprise Client Suite. The Redmond comp... |
9 November 2009
08:44 GMT |
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Taiwan's Semiconductor Manufacturing Company could see more competition in the years ahead, as the state of Abu Dhabi is planning to make its debut into the semiconductor production segment, according to a recent news report. The state's plans include the construction of a wafer fab in the region, which is ... |
9 November 2009
08:39 GMT |
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Although not necessarily 100% unique, Apple has announced a new program for customers, in light of the holiday season - Reserve and Pick Up. Claiming to make it easy not only to purchase an Apple product as a gift, but also efficient, the Mac maker promises your purchase will be waiting for you at the Apple retail st... |
9 November 2009
08:25 GMT |
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Today, the Finnish giant handset maker Nokia announced that some manufacture faults had been found with a limited number of charger models and a free-of-charge replacement program has already started for all users who have a phone with bad components. From the tests Nokia has performed, it seems that somehow the plas... |
9 November 2009
08:24 GMT |
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Security researchers warn of a new wave of malicious emails that target Facebook users. The messages falsely claim that a fresh login system is being implemented, directs people to a phishing site and also attempts to infect them with malware.This new spam campaign is interesting because it incorporates two different... |
9 November 2009
08:16 GMT |
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Kirby Super Star Ultra is a remake of the original Kirby Super Star, released on the SNES back in 1996, and it features seven different main games. In addition to the previous one, Ultra includes five new titles and three new sub-games. Some of these are detailed below.In The Arena, you'll be able to face all of... |
9 November 2009
08:16 GMT |
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No less than 14 winning teachers from around the world received accolades from Microsoft Partners in Learning. The Worldwide Innovative Education Forum acted as the stage for the delivery of the 2009 Worldwide Innovative Teacher Awards, designed to celebrate teachers that have enhanced student learning through the in... |
9 November 2009
08:02 GMT |
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It seems that the optimal performance, reliability and virtualization offered by Fujitsu's SPARC servers are not the highest services that the leading provider of IT-based business solutions wants to offer. In order to improve access and data-transfer rates, as well as the reliability and serviceability, Fujitsu... |
9 November 2009
07:46 GMT |
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Firefox is turning five today, a nice, round number for the browser that has been a central component in forming the web as we know it today. Launched on November 9, 2004, Firefox 1.0 was an experimental branch of the Mozilla project with some pretty big goals, to challenge Internet Explorer's complete dominance... |
9 November 2009
07:26 GMT |
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Microsoft’s alternative to Adobe Flash has “qualified” for yet another edition of the Olympic Games, after being positioned at the core of NBC’s online coverage of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. The third major version of Silverlight will be critical to kicking up a notch the web-based u... |
9 November 2009
07:12 GMT |
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There are a lot of games that end up on the market well before their official release dates and there's nothing the publishers and developers can do at this point but accept the fact and deal with the losses. Well, Activision will have none of that and has decided to take a hands-on approach on the smuggling bus... |
9 November 2009
07:10 GMT |
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Although the next-generation CUDA architecture developed by NVIDIA was, and is, the subject of desire for many consumers, it seems that it will continue to be looked forward to for quite a while. People had hopes that the rumors concerning the delays were false, hopes that NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang completely dispell... |
9 November 2009
07:07 GMT |
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In a new set of studies, researchers have demonstrated that the suspicions we show towards distorted faces and unconventional looks may actually be something that is rooted in our DNA. Additionally, the same investigations have also discovered that the trait might have evolved further back in the past than first pred... |
9 November 2009
07:03 GMT |
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Developer Berbie has released a new version of its route-planning software application for Mac OS X, TrailRunner. Version 2.1 Build 445 is a maintenance release (pretty much like every release so far), including mostly bug fixes. Softpedia users will always find the latest version of TrailRunner immediately available... |
9 November 2009
06:56 GMT |
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Welcome to the 70th issue of Softpedia Linux Weekly!
The following Linux-based operating systems were announced last week: Mandriva Linux 2010, Monomaxos 4.0 English Edition, Scientific Linux 5.4 and Moblin 2.1. In other news: the KDE Community released the third maintenance release of the famous KDE 4.3 desktop en... |
9 November 2009
06:54 GMT |
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Digital download services Impulse and GamersGate have announced that, like Direct2Drive, they will not be selling copies of Modern Warfare 2, the upcoming first person shooter from Infinity Ward and Activision, because of its use of the Steamworks service for things such as authentication and patch delivery.The state... |
9 November 2009
06:54 GMT |
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Santa Clara, California-based Intel, the world's leading vendor of computer processors, is said to be planning the release of a new, wireless chipset that will enable future laptops to support three versions of WiMAX, namely that of 2.3GHz, 2.5GHz and 3.5GHz. According to a recent report, the company plans to la... |
9 November 2009
06:51 GMT |
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Apple’s Discussions support forums are getting filled with negative Magic Mouse posts, most of which appear to be complaints regarding the peripheral’s functionality, compatibility with older hardware, and even its shape and size. TUAW has shown that a simple keyword search on the forums pulls up countles... |
9 November 2009
06:41 GMT |
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Although still not available, enough information about the soon-to-be latest in the HD 5000 series, the HD 5870 Eyefinity 6 Edition, has made its way to the Internet. Considering the approaching winter holidays, there are undoubtedly those who would consider this flagship product an option for a Christmas system upgr... |
9 November 2009
06:36 GMT |
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Games aren't always directed straight at the young, and video games are no exception. If anything, the age ratings prove this. But that doesn't mean that titles and children aren't strongly rooted together, and, as part of the family, video games come to share their load of the weight. The holidays are... |
9 November 2009
06:26 GMT |
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The enterprise market is getting more crowded and competitive, with new players challenging established names like Microsoft or IBM. Cisco just launched a wide set of new collaboration tools aimed at enterprises and Google has been pushing hard in this sector for the past few years. Now, Google says it plans to expan... |
9 November 2009
06:23 GMT |
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With less than two weeks to go until the release of the second film in “The Twilight Saga,” “New Moon,” interest in the franchise and, implicitly, the cast, is peaking. Robert Pattinson, for instance, is gradually becoming the most hyped male star of the moment, which means more questions abou... |
9 November 2009
06:16 GMT |
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Netbooks have certainly become one of the most popular portable PC segments on the market, but these small-sized computer systems aren't built for speed, but rather for portability and Internet browsing. Fortunately, despite their small form factor, these systems are, essentially, smaller laptops, which means th... |
9 November 2009
05:59 GMT |
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Until only recently, experts weren't exactly sure what allowed lantern sharks to turn their glow on and off, and, when asked, they would just say that the animals themselves were in control of the ability. However, a new scientific study seems to demonstrate that the assertion is not entirely true. It may be tha... |
9 November 2009
05:58 GMT |
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Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness is the fourth game of the series on the DS. Here, players will be able to choose one of two playable characters, Mark or Chelsea, and recover from a shipwreck that has left them stranded on a deserted island. Once populated in the past, the island will now be home to their character ... |
9 November 2009
05:50 GMT |
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Sometimes, people try to bite more than they can chew and then complain about the sore jaw. One such person could be Alexander Stern. The gamer suffers from a visual impairment and yet insists that he not only play video games, which is a God-given right to anybody, but that Sony make its games more accessible for th... |
9 November 2009
05:41 GMT |
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TOCA Race Driver (known in Japan as PRO Race Driver) is a videogame developed and published by the Codemasters Software Company Limited. The game was released on the PlayStation 2 console from Sony, the original Xbox from Microsoft and the PC platform in December 2002. The title can be described as a racing and drivi... |
9 November 2009
05:34 GMT |
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A handful of jailbroken iPhone users who installed SSH from Cydia (in order to connect to their phone and make changes to the filesystem) have found that a hacker has created a worm set to infect them. The worm, affecting SSH-enabled devices whose owners forgot to change the default password, changes the background i... |
9 November 2009
05:33 GMT |
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It looks like the third quarter was not only good for NVIDIA, but for the entire worldwide PC-microprocessor market as well, according to a recently revealed report for research firm IDC. According to the new data, the PC processor-unit shipments rose 23% compared with the second quarter of this year, while the reven... |
9 November 2009
05:29 GMT |
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Microsoft’s mapping, location, and search platform is an integral part of the experience offered to end users by YeallowPages.com, but the Redmond company and AT&T Interactive (the owner of the Yellow Pages.com website) have taken it one step further. In this regard, users that will access the mobile flav... |
9 November 2009
05:26 GMT |
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Cisco is well known in some circles for its networking hardware and services, but, lately, it has been acquiring a string of companies in diverse fields showing that it is ready to move into different markets and that it's bound to become one of the big tech giants. Now, it's encroaching further into foreig... |
9 November 2009
05:19 GMT |
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Modern Warfare 2, the biggest videogame release of 2009, is set for November 10. But, as always, it is the best kept secrets that are most widely under assault and the title has apparently already arrived in the hands of some eager players, mainly from torrent sites but also from a few retail stores that have broken ... |
9 November 2009
05:02 GMT |
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NVIDIA's ION platform continues to gain ground in the expanding market for small-sized, portable and desktop computer systems that are powered by Intel's Atom processors. An increasing number of system builders are expanding their portfolios with products that are based on said platform, providing customers... |
9 November 2009
04:58 GMT |
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Country singer Taylor Swift has proved that she can be hysterically funny, with her recent appearance on Saturday Night Live. Celebrities hosting SNL is not uncommon, but, as fans must know, their gigs are rarely rated over average. Not the same applies to Swift, who managed to include in her opening monologue refere... |
9 November 2009
04:54 GMT |
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As the first Harvest Moon title to come to the DS, the game will have players manage the well-being of a farm. They'll have to tend to the livestock and grow all manners of crops. Their farm can be upgraded to handle new tasks, like holding additional livestock or a more elaborate kitchen to cook their food. The... |
9 November 2009
04:53 GMT |
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The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is one of the American space agency's best observatories, especially suited to discovering gamma-ray bursts coming towards our planet from the distant Universe. However, in its first 14 months of operations, the machine was able to record some peculiar signals coming in from t... |
9 November 2009
04:43 GMT |
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Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford has another bone to pick with Valve, and, this time, it's about Left 4 Dead. He didn't point any eye-gouging fingers towards Chet Faliszek and his kick below the belt at the PlayStation 3, but he strongly criticized the zombie-shooter's developer for its stance regarding Son... |
9 November 2009
04:42 GMT |
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Driver: Parallel Lines is a videogame developed by Reflections Interactive Limited and published by Atari. Inc. The game was released for the PlayStation 2 home console from Sony, the original Xbox from Microsoft, the Nintendo Wii and the PC in March 2006. It is classed as a racing title played from a third person pe... |
9 November 2009
04:41 GMT |
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Version 3.5 of Paint.NET is now finalized and available for download at no charge for users worldwide, marking a consistent evolution since the release of version 3.36. Paint.NET v3.5 went through an Alpha and a Beta release before being wrapped up and offered to users at the end of last week. The latest iteration of... |
9 November 2009
04:37 GMT |
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This weekend, Apple pulled down its online store for maintenance, in what was an expected move on behalf of the Mac maker. Following the “outage,” the company’s web store was soon back up with holiday-stuff, with great options for iPods, iMacs, and even non-Apple products in order for them to make g... |
9 November 2009
04:28 GMT |
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A couple of days ago, Australian officials issued a press statement saying that fans Down Under should have been able to buy their tickets for Britney Spears’ upcoming concerts with a disclaimer that part of the performance was pre-recorded. This way, they would have avoided going to the show and thinking it wo... |
9 November 2009
04:26 GMT |
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The use of a computer Trojan played a critical role in gathering intelligence regarding a now-destroyed secret nuclear reactor in Syria. The information-gathering program was planted by Mossad operatives on the laptop of a Syrian official while he was staying in London.Journalists from the German publication Der Spie... |
9 November 2009
04:21 GMT |
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Electronic Arts is one of the biggest publishers in the videogame business and John Riccitiello, the chief executive officer of the company, is one of the people most concerned with the future of the industry and with how customers will be getting their gaming fix in the coming years. And it seems that he envisions a... |
9 November 2009
04:21 GMT |
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The German magazine Computer Bild Spiele has a bit of a scandal on its December cover. Apparently, Ubisoft might have tried some strong-arm tactics regarding Assassin's Creed 2's review score. The big “Assassin's Creed 2 SKANDAL!” denounced by the magazine's December title would be a b... |
9 November 2009
04:13 GMT |
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While the whole world is likely waiting for the debut of NVIDIA's first consumer-grade, Fermi-based graphics processing units, the company's CEO, Jen-Hsun Huang, goes along and dismisses some of the recurring rumors that have been circulating on the Internet. One of these rumors claims that the Santa Clara,... |
9 November 2009
04:09 GMT |
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There are big things going on when it comes to both the hardware and the software markets in Japan. The PSP Go, the new handheld from Sony, has seen its first sales numbers released, and Bayonetta has managed to slay the Pokemon series and go to the top in the videogame chart.The best selling system in Japan continue... |
9 November 2009
03:53 GMT |
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Back in September this year, Susan Boyle arrived at LAX ahead of what was her first performance on a US television show. Not only did she perform “Wild Horses” on America’s Got Talent, she also got a standing ovation and confirmation – if it was needed anymore – that she was one of the m... |
9 November 2009
03:48 GMT |
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Mozilla Labs has released the latest version of the upcoming extension, platform Jetpack 0.6. The latest iteration of the still-experimental API brings just a couple of new features, like the new preference system and the possibility to create and modify menus, but also a big number of bug fixes polishing up the exis... |
9 November 2009
03:43 GMT |
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The Google Chrome Dev Channel has been updated to version 4.0.237.0 for all platforms, according to Anthony Laforge, Google Chrome program manager, who writes on the related blog. According to the post, this release is focused on feature polish, as well as on improvements to the stability of the browser and exte... |
9 November 2009
03:43 GMT |
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A new “letter of intent” was recently signed in Washington DC, for the first time ever binding the Mars programs of the American space agency, NASA, and the European Space Agency (ESA) together. With this step completed, engineers can move to creating joint missions that could bring about a new understand... |
9 November 2009
03:42 GMT |
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All is good in Kirby land as he enjoys his delicious picnic, but all that goes terribly wrong when someone snatches his strawberry cake. It turns out that, once again, the villain behind this insidious deed is none other than his eternal foe, King Dedede. He wastes no time in pursuing him and, along the way, he meets... |
9 November 2009
03:35 GMT |
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Google is not wasting any time pushing forward the evolution of its open-source browser. In fact, this is somewhat of an understatement for a company that went through three major releases of Chrome in approximately one year since version 1.0 was introduced on the market. Having offered the first beta deve... |
9 November 2009
03:32 GMT |
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The United Kingdom (UK) plans to move forward with the construction of a new generation of power plants, which it wants to have ready as soon as possible. Detailed plans of the initiative will be announced any day now by Ed Miliband, the Energy and Climate Change secretary. The MP will also speak about the most suita... |
9 November 2009
03:27 GMT |
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MMORPGs haven't really dared come out on the market very much this year. There is something about World of Warcraft that saps the courage from publishers and developers. But one company that was brave enough to make a stand did so with surprising results. NCsoft's Aion: Tower of Eternity has managed to rake... |
9 November 2009
03:26 GMT |
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NVIDIA's Tegra platform might soon get a worthy competitor, as ZiiLABS announced today the debut of its new ZMS-08 product, the company's 3rd-generation media-rich application processor, promising to enable 1,080p Blu-ray quality H.264 decode performance to low-power devices. The company claims that the new... |
9 November 2009
03:15 GMT |
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It seems that the Apple TV is suffering from a data-wiping bug as well, with Apple issuing the 3.0.1 Software Update for set-top-box owners who recently updated to version 3.0 of the Apple TV software. The company behind the Mac operating system acknowledged the issue soon after rolling out its newest Apple TV update... |
9 November 2009
03:14 GMT |
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Scientists in the United States have recently revealed in a new study that, when given the proper conditions, all types of adult cells in the body can revert back to a stem cell-like appearance and function. The find is extremely important when considering the fact that these cells represent the future of medicine. I... |
9 November 2009
02:55 GMT |
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Not long ago, Jon Gosselin and Michael Lohan were best friends and, to some extent, even business partners. Lohan would often talk to the press on behalf of Gosselin and word had it that they were thinking of starring in a new reality show together as well. Since then, they have had a fall-out – and it’s ... |
9 November 2009
02:53 GMT |
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In a new series of studies, experts have determined that planting new trees, and creating forests, in areas that previously had none, can have negative, long-term side-effects on the water flows of the region. This type of research is extremely important for policymakers, especially considering that the fight against... |
9 November 2009
02:38 GMT |
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DRIV3R, also known as Driver 3, is a videogame created by Reflections Interactive and published by Atari. It was released for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony, the original Xbox from Microsoft, the Game Boy, the PC (a GameCube version was also in production but got canceled). The game was also later ported to mobi... |
9 November 2009
02:28 GMT |
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It would appear that ants, besides being some of the most organized and widespread creatures on the face of the planet, are also loyal comrades. In experimental setups, they were found to return after comrades that had been ensnared using an unconventional trap. Those who returned for the prisoner made all possible e... |
9 November 2009
02:21 GMT |
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Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King is a videogame developed by Level 5 Inc. and published by Square Enix Co. Ltd. The game was released exclusively for the PlayStation 3 from Sony. It was launched on November 27, 2004 and classed as a role playing experience played from a third person perspective with elem... |
9 November 2009
02:08 GMT |
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