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Optics Professor Chunlei Guo, from the University of Rochester, has made headlines over the last couple of years with some of his innovations, including the laser that is able to change the color of metals when fired upon them. Originally thought to be nothing more than a method of producing aesthetically pleasing me... |
9 December 2009
19:01 GMT |
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At the E3 trade conference this year, Sony unveiled its wand-based motion tracking controller, announcing that it plans to release it to gamers at some point in spring 2010. The device does not yet have a catchy commercial name (and “the Sony wand” seems to be poised to stick) but the company has already ... |
9 December 2009
18:01 GMT |
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Ever since scientists first attempted to combine quantum mechanics with the theory of general relativity, there were those among them who argued that space and time (spacetime) was quantized at the Planck scale. As far back as the 1960s, expert John Wheeler devised a new word to explain the quantization of the struct... |
9 December 2009
18:01 GMT |
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For the first time ever, a scientific facility of the synchrotron-class is plagued with a clash of cultures. The researchers and scientists involved in the international project are in a row with members of the board and with lawyers. The differences stem from the different perspectives that the two groups have in mi... |
9 December 2009
17:01 GMT |
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Wireless carrier AT&T announced on Tuesday that it had reached a teaming agreement with Silver Spring Networks through which the operator would deliver 3G wireless communication services to utility customers of Silver Spring all around the United States. According to AT&T, the new agreement is the latest step it too... |
9 December 2009
16:31 GMT |
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When it comes to piracy, not even the Caribbeans are as populated with swashbucklers as the video-game industry. As such, every publisher has tried in one way or another to limit the number of illegal copies that end up in the hands of gamers, with all sorts of methods. Some have deployed the dreaded DRM, while other... |
9 December 2009
16:31 GMT |
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Celebrities are never allowed to have a bad day, whether that refers to hair, makeup or style. Because they’re constantly in the limelight and, above all, because they make a lot of money, it is widely assumed that part of their job is also to look stunning whenever they set foot on the red carpet. This is why ... |
9 December 2009
16:31 GMT |
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Rockstar Games has announced that it is partnering up with GameStop, one of the biggest retail chains for videogames, in order to offer an exclusive pre-order bonus for those who are interested in getting Red Dead Redemption, the Wild West open world shooter set to arrive in 2010. Rockstar is trying to prove its dedi... |
9 December 2009
16:21 GMT |
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The Scandinavian nation of Norway incited international outrage recently, when it announced that it would increase its maximum whale-hunting quota by more than 45 percent, as opposed to the 2009 level. The move was sparked by nothing more than political interests that this country and Japan had in preserving the usel... |
9 December 2009
16:01 GMT |
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Mid-December means without a doubt that time of the year when the industry draws a line and comes up with best and worst lists for everything. Normally, in film, we have charts of best actors and worst performances, as well as tops with the hottest productions of the year. AskMen is also presenting now a top 10 of th... |
9 December 2009
15:31 GMT |
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Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia, the largest handset vendor in the world, announced today yet another version of one of its most popular products, the Nokia 6700 classic Gold Edition. The new device comes to the market on the footsteps of the Nokia 6700 classic, and sports stainless steel covers that also feature r... |
9 December 2009
15:21 GMT |
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The critical elements of the American space agency's Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission have been accepted following a major review on December 2. NASA is currently engaged in efforts with the Japanese space agency JAXA to create a network of advance global precipitation observation satellites, which... |
9 December 2009
15:01 GMT |
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Although much derided at first for her dreams of one day becoming a respectable fashion designer, Victoria Beckham is slowly getting there. Her collections so far have been received with wild praise, with some critics even going as far as to say that she’s the next hottest thing in the fashion world. Fans will ... |
9 December 2009
14:31 GMT |
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The NPD Group figures for both hardware and software sales in November on the United States market are set to be released in a few days and two analysts predict that the numbers will show growth over the same period in 2008 but that the trend is not strong enough to hold over into December and January of next year.Mi... |
9 December 2009
14:21 GMT |
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A very specific class of obese patients may not owe their condition to a life of excesses, but to a missing set of genes that can no longer be found on one of their chromosomes. A research group has, in fact, determined that a piece of the chromosome is missing entirely. This may help scientists get a new perspective... |
9 December 2009
14:01 GMT |
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Mobile phone maker Motorola has recently announced the launch of a new radio-frequency identification (RFID) reader, the Motorola MC3090-Z. According to the company, the new handheld reader comes to the market as the lightest high-performance industrial product in its class. It comes with an ergonomic and rugged des... |
9 December 2009
13:51 GMT |
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The latest study by Dr. Viren Swami of the University of Westminster in London and published in the journal Body Image marks a victory for Miss Average, the Daily Mail says, in that it shows men don’t find long legs on a woman attractive. Wary of extremes, men would rather go for women who are proportionate in ... |
9 December 2009
13:31 GMT |
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Mobile phone users are increasingly enjoying Internet browsing on their handsets, something that is expected to lead to an explosion in data traffic. According to a recently published report from Strategy Analytics, wireless carriers should expect for this to happen in the near future, due to a growth in the usage o... |
9 December 2009
13:11 GMT |
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Final Fantasy is without a doubt one of the most popular gaming franchises around, so the fact that its latest installment, FF XIII, has generated a huge amount of attention is no surprise. Everyone is dying to get their hands on it, but, for now, they'll just have to settle for Famitsu's review, the first ... |
9 December 2009
13:01 GMT |
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Notions such as the past, the present and the future have fascinated philosophers for a very long time through their mysterious nature. But they have also captivated the imagination of scientists, who also attempt to decipher their meaning. A recent such explanation holds that, by combining Einstein's relative p... |
9 December 2009
13:01 GMT |
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Google is late to the mobile tagging game, lagging Microsoft, and as such, the Mountain View-based search giant has taken matters into its own hands, and is sending QR code stickers to many small businesses, whether they want them or not. The idea is that users with smartphones can take pictures of the QR barcodes wi... |
9 December 2009
13:01 GMT |
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It's December and all console makers and videogame publishers are racing to make sure that their product is the best selling when Christmas rolls around, guaranteeing that they have at least one bright spot in a year that has not been good, until now, with the industry.And one way of making sure that a product i... |
9 December 2009
12:51 GMT |
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One of the latest handsets the Finnish phone giant Nokia has pushed to the market in the United States is the Nokia 5800 Navigation Edition, which comes as an upgrade for the already popular Nokia 5800 touchscreen phone. According to the company, the new device is set to deliver lifetime voice-guided navigation for ... |
9 December 2009
12:31 GMT |
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Facebook is now rolling out the revamped privacy controls and options it's been telling us about for a few months. Last week, Facebook cofounder Mark Zuckerberg announced that the site was close to launching the new features in an open letter spread to all of its 350 million users. In short, the new options will... |
9 December 2009
12:23 GMT |
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One of the most popular mobile phones that came to the market during the ongoing year with Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating system on board was the HTC Touch Pro2. The handset is already available on a wide range of markets around the world and, ever since Microsoft released the 6.5 flavor of its platform, ... |
9 December 2009
12:01 GMT |
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MySpace may be late to the real-time party, but it's going all out now that it arrived. At the Le Web conference in Paris, the ex-social network and future entertainment hub announced that it’s launching several new APIs for developers including the Real-Time Stream API which will enable third-party services to... |
9 December 2009
11:41 GMT |
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The general opinion among users is that free software might not be as good as a paid version just because we associate payment with better quality. This rule doesn’t always apply. You can find on the market free software of superior quality, like WinPatrol, Firefox, Maxthon, Revo Uninstaller, EasyCleaner, 7-Zip... |
9 December 2009
11:31 GMT |
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Ever since he was involved in a one-vehicle crash about two weeks ago, Tiger Woods’ life has taken a turn for the worse. Aside from infidelity rumors and allegations of domestic abuse, in which he is the victim, the developments in his personal life are also making it so that he’s bleeding money, CNN Mone... |
9 December 2009
11:30 GMT |
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Normally, when information on a certain hardware manufacturer's upcoming products leaks to the Internet, the most that one can get from it is vague figures or pictures that can do nothing than act as the basis for wild speculations and, often unrealistic, anticipations. This time around, however, it's not a... |
9 December 2009
11:13 GMT |
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Lindsay Lohan is a good actress, movie critics often say, but her biggest misfortune to date is that she’s letting her public persona, her party-girl image in particular, do away with the best career options that might come her way. Marking a new phase in her life, as well as to show her commitment to breaking ... |
9 December 2009
11:10 GMT |
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Working in environments that mimic a human post-heart-attack heart, experts at the University of California in San Diego (UCSD) have recently managed to make adult stem cells differentiate into a force that can heal damaged heart cells. The new accomplishment is likely to raise the bar on how regenerative therapies f... |
9 December 2009
11:05 GMT |
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Santa Clara, California-based NVIDIA has recently updated its graphics drivers support page, adding new drivers for users of the company's line of Quadro notebook GPUs. Designed for professional users, the chip maker's Quadro series of GPUs offers support for a number of well known professional applications... |
9 December 2009
11:03 GMT |
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Boxee together with D-Link have introduced the Boxee Box. The device is similar to the Apple TV, in that it connects to your HDTV, but also different from the Apple TV, in that it plays pretty much everything you can get your hands on without having to justify any purchase, while no computer is needed. “The Bo... |
9 December 2009
10:57 GMT |
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Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless has started a few days ago to deliver a new software version for the users of a Motorola DROID, one that brings the Android 2.0.1 platform to the table. The carrier announced that the new firmware update for the device would be sent over the air to all of its users, only that th... |
9 December 2009
10:50 GMT |
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Windows 7’s personalization options are undoubtedly one of the strongest points of the operating system, especially for those end users that value customization. But in this respect, the actual content offered for users to tailor the Windows 7 desktop in accordance with their preferences is simply world-class. ... |
9 December 2009
10:49 GMT |
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After yesterday's Chrome Beta surprise from Google, the time has come to enjoy (finally) a better and smarter e-mail client from Mozilla. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, your favorite Mozilla Thunderbird e-mail, RSS and newsgroup client was updated earlier today to the highly anticipated 3.0 release. What's new?... |
9 December 2009
10:46 GMT |
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Mickey Rourke, always a ladies’ man, is currently dating model Elena Kuletskaya. Despite the obvious age gap, the two have been dating for several months and have come to realize that they are perfect for each other. Rourke proposed to Elena the other week and she said yes – the wedding will take place in... |
9 December 2009
10:41 GMT |
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Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) expert and post-doctoral research scientist Dan Dicken is one of the experts whose main area of interest is discovering the origins of infrared emissions that come from powerful, distant, active galactic nuclei. In order to get a comprehensive view of the subject, he is to soon... |
9 December 2009
10:39 GMT |
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The Le Web conference is now underway in Paris and hot Internet companies as well as startups are vying for the media's attention. Twitter though doesn't really need to try to hard to get headlines but it still had several big announcements to make geared especially towards developers who use the platform.... |
9 December 2009
10:31 GMT |
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Dynasty Warriors 2 is a videogame developed by Omega Force and published by KOEI Co. Ltd. The game was only released for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony on October 25, 2000. It is classed as an action game played from a third person perspective and combines elements from real time strategy titles and draws most o... |
9 December 2009
10:31 GMT |
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3D is already well on the way toward becoming the next standard in graphics and display. Already, 3D monitors have begun to sprout up, even monitors capable of a full-HD resolution and Sony even started working on setting up suitable conditions for the shooting of the FIFA World Cup South Africa in 3D. The technology... |
9 December 2009
10:31 GMT |
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Microsoft plans nothing short of a massive expansion of Bing Maps with the addition of 3D map data and visuals designed to kick up a notch the recently introduced Streetside feature. At the start of this month, the Redmond company unveiled the new Bing Maps Beta built entirely in Silverlight. Via Streetside, Bing Map... |
9 December 2009
10:29 GMT |
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If you are a good programmer and have lots of time on your hand, Envato has just released a brand new e-commerce tool to help coders around the world make more money during their spare time. The latest release to its marketplace family, CodeCanyon is a website where subscribed users have the chance to submit plugins ... |
9 December 2009
10:26 GMT |
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“At last. In the Fall of the Lich King content update (3.3), the great doors of Icecrown Citadel will be forced open,” an update on the official World of Warcraft website reads. The newest patch is now available for free download for Mac and Windows gamers alike. “The mightiest heroes of the Horde ... |
9 December 2009
10:21 GMT |
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Mariah Carey has always had a thing for gorgeous beaches and beautiful scenery, which is also obvious in her just released video for “H.A.T.E.U.,” the third single off her latest album, “Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel.” Directed by Brett Ratner, a longtime Mariah collaborator, the video sees th... |
9 December 2009
10:21 GMT |
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In the third morning of the 2009 UN Climate Summit on the issue of global warming, analysts revealed that a large split appeared between developing nations. While some of them think that a legally binding deal tougher than the 1997 Kyoto Protocol should be set in place, richer, developing states such as China oppose ... |
9 December 2009
10:11 GMT |
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Microsoft has melted the groups behind the Windows Server & Solutions and the Windows Azure Cloud platform into a single organization. Dubbed the Server & Cloud Division, the new Server & Tools Business unit which will jointly develop both the server-side and the Cloud-based flavors of what is essentially, at the cor... |
9 December 2009
10:00 GMT |
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Buffalo has been releasing quite a few USB 3.0 devices, such as last month's external USB 3.0 hard drive, and the recently released USB 3.0 Blu-ray burner. The new product in Buffalo's line of devices dealing with USB 3.0 connectivity is the ExpressCard named IFC-EC2U3/UC, which will provide any computing c... |
9 December 2009
09:51 GMT |
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Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC has just released into the wild a new series of YOU commercials for some of its latest mobile phones, including the HTC Hero for Sprint, the HTC Imagio from Verizon and the Tilt2 (HTC Touch Pro2) from AT&T. The new ads come to the longer list of commercials the company released as pa... |
9 December 2009
09:44 GMT |
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The once popular TLC reality show “Jon & Kate Plus 8” came to an end recently, following Jon Gosselin’s threat to claim the network was exploiting his children with the series. Despite reports that interest in the now separated couple was fading and they would hardly be able to continue in showbiz, ... |
9 December 2009
09:40 GMT |
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Microsoft has patched no less than three security vulnerabilities affecting Internet Explorer 8 running on the latest iteration of the Windows client. But in addition to resolving security issues for Windows 7’s IE8, the Redmond company has also plugged additional IE security holes on supported versions of the ... |
9 December 2009
09:38 GMT |
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Using Google Maps, or Google Earth for that matter, can be a lot of fun, but there's certainly a utilitarian side to it. Recently Google has greatly expanded the usefulness of Maps by adding Place Pages, entries for many interesting and important places around the world filled with information, photos and other... |
9 December 2009
09:28 GMT |
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Adobe has released an update to its Flash Player and AIR products, which address several vulnerabilities rated critical. A number of six arbitrary code execution flaws and one that can lead to information disclosure have been patched.On December 3, the Adobe Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) disclosed d... |
9 December 2009
09:25 GMT |
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Jump! Ultimate Stars is an uptake on the previous release, Jump Super Stars. It features a similar Super Smash Bros.-style fighting gameplay with a huge array of licensed manga characters. In total, 300 characters from 41 different mangas are available and will enable players to go wild and have some real fun. Player... |
9 December 2009
09:12 GMT |
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Engineers working on rocket propulsion systems realized a few decades ago that chemical reactions would at one point reach a stage in which advancement would do little to increase a delivery system's overall thrust. They began working on new system, which they believed could one day successfully replace oxygen- ... |
9 December 2009
09:10 GMT |
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According to a detailed research by In-Stat, single-core processors will become obsolete by 2013 even in handheld computing devices such as smartphones, CE (consumer electronics) devices and MIDs. With notebooks being, currently, the only mobile devices based on multi-core processors (with a few exceptions), multi-co... |
9 December 2009
09:06 GMT |
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James Cameron spent the last 12 years or so of his life working on the film that will hopefully become his masterpiece, topping even “Titanic” in terms of critical reception and, of course, ticket sales. “Avatar” is out in theaters on December 18 and, when it does, it will not only show that i... |
9 December 2009
09:04 GMT |
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Wireless carrier Orange announced today the launch of its own application portal, the Orange App Shop. According to the company, the new storefront will soon come to users' homescreens, offering them one click access to a number of over 5,000 applications, games, ringtones and wallpapers. Moreover, the carrier ... |
9 December 2009
09:03 GMT |
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Verizon Wireless, the largest telecommunications network in the United States, offering its services to more than 89 million subscribers, recently announced important network enhancements in Ohio. These enhancements will allow customers to enjoy a much clearer reception, better signal quality and, of course, a signif... |
9 December 2009
09:01 GMT |
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While being escorted to the Iga village, the Kirihime princess is kidnapped by Yoshiro Yukikusa, the commander of a demon army. Loyal ninjas to the Iga hidden village, Kage and Chihiro will do whatever is in their power to rescue her. But to do this, they'll have to confront and defeat the endless demon horde of... |
9 December 2009
08:26 GMT |
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The Japanese localization of Infinity Ward's controversial yet ridiculously popular Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 came with a bit of a snag. During what could easily be considered the plot-maker for the game's story, the famous airport massacre scene received a rather inaccurate translation. The original li... |
9 December 2009
08:21 GMT |
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Rambus has finally seen the end of the three long years of being under the sharp eye of the European Commission. The technology-licensing company has been under investigation since 2007, when certain DRAM makers filed complaints it, concerning, among other things, Rambus' participation in the Joint Electron Devi... |
9 December 2009
08:19 GMT |
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One of the biggest releases of 2009 was Halo 3: ODST, the non Master Chief shooter from Bungie that put the player in the combat boots of an Orbital Drop Shock Trooper dispatched to battle the Covenant in the middle on New Mombasa.Even if the game managed some very good sales, especially for the amount of content it ... |
9 December 2009
08:08 GMT |
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Mozilla has finally released the long overdue update to its desktop email client Thunderbird. After a few years in development and a long beta stage, the final build of Mozilla Thunderbird 3 is now available for download. The latest version is a major upgrade and packs a lot of new or improved features, which should... |
9 December 2009
08:01 GMT |
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EntityCube a new project from Microsoft Research is designed to centralize information on web entities, as the Redmond company explained. Specifically, EntityCube, referred to as Renlifang in China, is a highly specialized search engine, that not only allows end users to introduce queries on people, locations and org... |
9 December 2009
07:58 GMT |
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Microcontroller and analog semiconductor specialist Microchip Technology Inc. announced the addition of TechEn. Inc. to its list of Medical Design Partner Specialists, which already included more than 14 members. Microchip plans to leverage its new partners' expertise in the areas of low power medical electronic... |
9 December 2009
07:50 GMT |
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Worldwide leading mobile phone maker Nokia announced today the launch of a new, exclusive application for its users, the Rihanna App. The new software solution, which is available for download over at the Ovi Store, is meant to bring fans closer to the singer, and will deliver news, music, photos and exclusive video... |
9 December 2009
07:07 GMT |
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As they kept studying the natural world, it became clear to evolutionary biologists that Mother Nature tended to place the most resources a species had into evolution and reproduction. This is seen by the tremendous amounts of efforts some mating rituals demand of the males in certain species, as well as at a genetic... |
9 December 2009
07:05 GMT |
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Long Term Evolution networking will likely become the next standard in wireless communication technology, as it is able to provide, on an all-IP platform, high-speed multimedia connectivity capabilities. ZyXEL is in no way ignorant of this fact and, not that long after releasing the MWR222 mobile wireless router, it ... |
9 December 2009
07:04 GMT |
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Mark Larson, of the Google Chrome Team, has announced that Chrome Beta is finally available for Mac OS X. Simultaneously released on Linux and Windows as well, Chrome Beta (version 4.0.249.30) for Mac will migrate users who previously installed the Dev channel releases to the Beta channel. Going back is also an optio... |
9 December 2009
07:01 GMT |
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The number of mobile Internet users is expected to grow significantly in the near future, from 450 million all around the world up to more than double by 2013, a recent report from IDC shows. According to IDC's Worldwide Digital Marketplace Model and Forecast (an IDC Database service), the increasing affordabil... |
9 December 2009
06:48 GMT |
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According to a new set of astronomical observations, it may be that one of the 400 exoplanets thus far discovered is not an exoplanet after all. The celestial body, which lies some six parsecs away from our solar system, was detected by ground-based observatories earlier this year, and, if the findings turn out to be... |
9 December 2009
06:47 GMT |
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The Aliens movie came out in 1986 and today Xenomorphs are one of the first things that pops into their heads when they think of extraterrestrial creatures. Just one year later, another classic movie about aliens was made, but this time it was the Predator, and the two creatures have since become powerful f... |
9 December 2009
06:37 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 December 2009
06:34 GMT |
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Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight is a fighting game based on the live-action TV show that will allow you to play as any of the 13 superheroes, the Kamen Riders. You will be able to enter Mirror World and take part in the fast-paced action in the same style as your favorite Kamen Rider.Each character has its own special Con... |
9 December 2009
06:34 GMT |
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The two new servers from IBM come in Enterprise and business Class configurations and are all-in-one offerings that will simplify the choreography involved in storing, securing and transferring the virtualized workloads inside a data center, workloads that can amount to hundreds of thousands. This offering is part of... |
9 December 2009
06:33 GMT |
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Apple has informed registered iPhone developers that a new iPhone developer RSS feed is available for them. Located here, the feed contains news and announcements, as well as rapid access to vital documentation, for the entire iPhone developer community. “iPhone Developer News and Announcements Now Available v... |
9 December 2009
06:32 GMT |
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South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung Electronics unveiled officially on Tuesday its new smartphone platform, called Samsung bada. During the unveiling event, held in London, the company also showcased the bada SDK (Software Development Kit), and talked about the unique benefits and the opportunities the new opera... |
9 December 2009
06:29 GMT |
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Computational thinking is critical in allowing students to pursue careers in computer science, according to Microsoft. And “Computer science today is critical to almost every other field of science and engineering,” stated Rick Rashid, senior vice president of Microsoft Research. This is why Microsoft is ... |
9 December 2009
06:12 GMT |
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Yesterday, another page in the Tiger Woods scandal was written, as it emerged that his wife Elin Nordegren had moved out of the house amidst speculation that he’d been anything but faithful during their marriage. To make matters only worse, Gatorade has announced that it will discontinue the Gatorade Focus Tige... |
9 December 2009
06:09 GMT |
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Fort those enthusiasts who already have a good CPU and enough memory to push its clock over the top, OCZ introduces the final element needed for any overclocked configuration, a cooling solution capable of keeping any processors at low temperatures, the Cryo-Z. This cooler is a complex machine that is capable of push... |
9 December 2009
06:00 GMT |
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Google's dedication to speed doesn't come as a surprise to anyone and a faster web is one of the main goals of the company. It tackles the problem on several fronts, building its own browser , its own Internet protocols and continually optimizing its own apps and services, but it can't really do that ... |
9 December 2009
05:59 GMT |
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Espoo, Finland-based mobile phone maker Nokia announced today that it had teamed with New Alliance, an investment company, part of the Shanghai Alliance Investment Ltd, for the forming of a 50/50 joint venture company in China. According to the company, the new entity will be aimed at the delivery of a series of mob... |
9 December 2009
05:56 GMT |
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Apple is reportedly preparing to send out what AppleInsider’s sources say are “the first external builds” of Mac OS X 10.6.3. The upcoming incremental update to Apple's Snow Leopard operating system should arrive as soon as this week, the site has been told, while no information is yet availabl... |
9 December 2009
05:53 GMT |
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For about two years, give or take a few weeks, Lindsay Lohan has been reportedly involved with DJ Samantha Ronson, the sister of the famous British musician Mark Ronson, although they have never been very clear about the status of their relationship. Just recently, the star has set eyes on none other than Cash Warren... |
9 December 2009
05:53 GMT |
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Scientist have suspected for a long time that we may be receiving extra information from within our bodies, in addition to the data we receive from our nervous system. The latter allows us to touch and sense objects, and is made possible by countless free nerve endings, right underneath the skin. But now, experts say... |
9 December 2009
05:52 GMT |
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As far as a single nation and official involvement goes, America is without a doubt the most active country from a military standpoint. And above everything else, wars need soldiers. The old “Uncle Sam wants you!” line doesn't really work anymore, so the Army had to catch up with the times. The way i... |
9 December 2009
05:49 GMT |
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Following the release of the first public development milestone of Office 2010, Microsoft has made available for download a new testing build of the Open XML SDK 2.0 for Microsoft Office. The December 2009 Community Technical Preview (CTP) of the software development kit is currently up for grabs from the Microsoft D... |
9 December 2009
05:47 GMT |
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Microsoft has partnered with NetApp in a new collaboration designed to kick up a notch dynamics datacenter capabilities for enterprise customers. The new partnership, set up for a period of three years, will see the two companies join forces in a variety of aspects, including product collaboration and technical integ... |
9 December 2009
05:32 GMT |
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A few years ago, Cisco made a daring incursion into the corporate telephony market, even though it had absolutely no experience in that area or even knowledge of how that market worked. Nevertheless, the world-class networking gear provider did rather well for itself, securing no less than 33% of the entire market. C... |
9 December 2009
05:19 GMT |
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When she stepped on the auditions stage for Britain’s Got Talent a few months ago, Susan Boyle said her biggest career accomplishment would be to sing with her idol, Elaine Paige. Many in the audience sneered at her back then, but last night, as she was shooting for an ITV special, “I Dreamed a Dream: The... |
9 December 2009
05:18 GMT |
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Google Groups may not be the most glamorous service the Internet giant runs, but apparently its one of the most popular. It enables users to easily setup and manage groups around topics or interests and access them through the discussion forums or receive updates by email. Now Google has integrated Groups with Apps,... |
9 December 2009
05:17 GMT |
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A new commercial cloud-based service dubbed "WPA Cracker" aims at cracking the pre-shared keys of WPA-protected wireless networks. The pentesting tool taps into a 400-CPU cluster and can go through a dictionary of 135 million words in 20 minutes.Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is a security standard for protecting data ... |
9 December 2009
05:11 GMT |
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Sony has confirmed that it will be bringing the PlayStation Portable Minis program to the PlayStation 3 home gaming console with the upcoming 3.15 firmware update, which is set to arrive at an unspecified date only referred to as “very soon.” The move was rumored for a few days and Sony is also mentioning... |
9 December 2009
04:58 GMT |
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The recent Team Fortress 2 update has done more than just fix bugs, glitches and tweak the game. A very mysterious addition to the title was a brand-new set of audio lines for the announcer. As we saw yesterday, the announcements make several references to friendship, betrayal and mercenaries but, with no actual deta... |
9 December 2009
04:54 GMT |
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Microsoft is cooking what it is promising to be a new online lifestyle experience aimed at women between 25 and 49. In this regard, the Redmond company informs that MSN has partnered with BermanBraun Interactive, and Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S., in order to build a new website focused largely on topics related to ... |
9 December 2009
04:50 GMT |
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Mobile phone users in the UK can now enjoy two new very appealing handsets running under Google's Android operating system, the Motorola MILESTONE and Acer A1 Liquid. Both handsets are new to the Android ecosystem and sport large touchscreen displays, being also capable of providing users with great communicati... |
9 December 2009
04:45 GMT |
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IBM is well known for its advancements in high-performance computing, green computing, enterprise server and cloud computing alike. Big Blue doesn't seem to be taking any breaks and, not long after disclosing plans for the creation of yet another highly powerful and environmentally friendly supercomputer (the Bl... |
9 December 2009
04:39 GMT |
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The latest Google Chrome build, 4.0.249.30, has just been upgraded to the Beta channel on all platforms. This new beta release is an important milestone as it marks the first betas available for both Mac and Linux users which have been waiting more than a year to get to try a fully-baked Chrome on their machines. Th... |
9 December 2009
04:31 GMT |
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Dynasty Tactics 2 is a videogame created and published by KOEI Ltd. Inc. The game was released exclusively on the PlayStation 2 console from Sony on September 23, 2003. It is classed as a hybrid between a role playing experience and a strategy game with elements taken from real life history, which is being played fro... |
9 December 2009
04:29 GMT |
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Alongside the three new firmware updates posted yesterday for Macs experiencing SuperDrive issues, Apple has issued an AirPort Client Update, the second for this year, fixing several issues on systems running the latest version of Snow Leopard. AirPort is Apple’s local area wireless networking product based on... |
9 December 2009
04:28 GMT |
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British scientists managing the XMM-Newton space telescope are getting ready to celebrate the observatory's tenth birthday tomorrow. The European Space Agency (ESA) will organize a special event in Madrid, Spain, in order to celebrate the event. Over the course of its mission, the small bus-sized instrument has ... |
9 December 2009
04:16 GMT |
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As we all know, “War. War never changes.” And as a cog that's part of the system, the console wars will go on forever. The latest installment in the saga seems to be a bash against Sony and its PlayStation 3 controller, the DualShock 3. Yahoo has recently posted as part of the “Grinch's Gi... |
9 December 2009
04:15 GMT |
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ARCHOS, Inc., a leading technology innovator in the portable media player market,announced a few months ago the launch of the ARCHOS 5 Internet Tablet, running the Android OS. The device, sporting a wide range of capabilities like built-in GPS, high-definition content and others more, is now available for purchase f... |
9 December 2009
04:10 GMT |
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Determined to be among the hardware manufacturers that will offer support for Intel's upcoming Core i7 and Core i5 central processor, BIOSTAR released its so-called “TH55 XE” motherboard for consumer use. The “TH55 XE” is a uATX motherboard that integrates a total of seven phases power de... |
9 December 2009
04:08 GMT |
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Earlier this year, after many months of speculation and conflicting rumors, Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry told the media that Steven Tyler, the frontman for approximately 40 years, had quit the band to see to a solo project. Also then, he stressed that Aerosmith would go on without Tyler, a thing former Geffen Record... |
9 December 2009
03:57 GMT |
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Tony Hawk RIDE was not well received by reviewers when it was released and it seems that it is not doing very well in the sales department either. The skating title ships with a hardware peripheral used for tricks, has a pretty high price tag and received some damning reviews but it appears that the best known skater... |
9 December 2009
03:48 GMT |
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Larrabee was supposed to be Intel's graphics solution capable of competing with NVIDIA's and AMD's GPUs. The chip was meant to answer the needs of supercomputers with GPU-based designs and would have been been capable of conventional graphics processing, ray tracing and general-purpose computing on gra... |
9 December 2009
03:39 GMT |
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Microbiologists keeping an eye on the world of viruses have recently discovered the largest such organism known. Dubbed Marseillevirus, the structure is in fact a mix-up of genetic bits and pieces, and is highly unlikely to hold on to its position as the world's largest virus for a very long time. Amoebas are kn... |
9 December 2009
03:39 GMT |
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Having already made her plans of retiring from the spotlight as soon as she’s done promoting her debut album, “I Dreamed a Dream,” known, demand for Susan Boyle continues to be on the rise. Just the other day, rapper 50 Cent was saying he’d like to record a duet with the Scottish singer, ... |
9 December 2009
03:36 GMT |
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The wait is over, Google Chrome extensions are here for everybody, bar Mac users, and the online Extensions Gallery is now live with over 300 extensions at the time of launch. More than a year after Chrome was launched, the single most requested feature is now fully-fleshed and supported in the latest Beta builds of... |
9 December 2009
03:33 GMT |
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Using little more than average office paper, a group of scientists has been able to produce batteries that are both printable and moldable. The achievement is very important because it opens the way for production processes, which could see the manufacturing of computers, cell phones and solar panels from this new ma... |
9 December 2009
03:26 GMT |
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Hoping to fix issues with the slot-loading optical drive on its Macintosh computers, Apple has recently issued three separate firmware updates. Both MacBook Pro EFI Firmware Update 1.8 and MacBook EFI Firmware Update 1.4 aim to eliminate the noise made by the optical disk drive during system startup and wake from sle... |
9 December 2009
03:22 GMT |
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Brain Age 2 is the sequel to the Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training – How Old Is Your Brain, more simply known as just Brain Age in North America. The title is basically a puzzle game, with several others meant to bring the brain out of its vegetative state. It also features some games and tests made to estima... |
9 December 2009
03:20 GMT |
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The new Guild Wars 2 trailer has captured a lot of attention, and the sequel to one of the top-rated massively multiplayer online role-playing games has players everywhere looking for more details on the upcoming release. One site that managed to get hold of some of the game's developing staff is mmorpg.com and,... |
9 December 2009
03:10 GMT |
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Harmonix has unveiled that, at the moment, it is not yet working on Rock Band 3 but that further announcements related to the music franchise might be delivered in the next weeks. This comes after Dhani Harrison, the son of the Beatles musician, stated that he was working on musical instruments, which would appear in... |
9 December 2009
03:08 GMT |
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The year 2009 is almost ended, and people are already starting to make recaps of what has happened during the past 12 months. Among the summaries, we can spot Time's top 10 gadgets of the year, which has on the first position one of the latest mobile phone delivered to the market with Google's Android oper... |
9 December 2009
03:06 GMT |
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Undoubtedly, a key aspect of Mozilla’s success on the browser market can be attributed to Firefox extensive customization capabilities, and in fact, early on in the life of Chrome, Google promised support for extensions for its own breed of open source browser. With the latest update to Google Chrome, the Mount... |
9 December 2009
03:05 GMT |
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Scientists determined a long time ago that Mars' atmosphere would make all of the planet's methane resources disintegrate within only a few hundred years. But, seeing how this decrease does not manifest itself, astronomers believe that the methane gas may actually be replenished from somewhere else on the p... |
9 December 2009
02:58 GMT |
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The newest firmware updates issued by Apple for MacBook and MacBook Pro computers are said to eliminate a mechanical issue resulting in noise coming from the optical disk drive during system startup and wake from sleep. MacBook EFI Firmware Update 1.4 and MacBook Pro EFI Firmware Update 1.8 are freely available for d... |
9 December 2009
02:57 GMT |
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Several months ago, Michael Lohan, the father of highly mediated actress Lindsay Lohan, and Jon Gosselin of the now defunct TLC reality show “Jon & Kate Plus 8,” seemed inseparable BFFs (best friends forever). Reports even said that they were planning on going into business together, a claim Gosselin&rsqu... |
9 December 2009
02:49 GMT |
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At this point in time, the basis of nanomedicine is placed on tiny, small-scale structures, which are constructed in such a way that they target a specific chemical that a certain group of cells emits. The ultimate goal is to make the nanoparticles zoom in on the disease cells and then penetrate them. The nanostructu... |
9 December 2009
02:39 GMT |
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Electronic Arts has announced that it has entered into an agreement with VISA in order to offer a new debit card co-branded with the EA Sports logo that will allow those who use it to get bonus points that can then be employed to purchase some of the videogames released by the publisher.The official name of the produ... |
9 December 2009
02:29 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 December 2009
02:04 GMT |
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The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has been in a precautionary “safe-mode” since August this year, following a glitch that forced its computers to reboot. This was not the first, and certainly not the most severe such incident to have hit the MRO in the last years. In 2009 alone, three other instances ... |
9 December 2009
01:56 GMT |
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South Korean mobile phone maker LG Electronics announced recently that it's LG Cookie (LG KP500) touchscreen handset managed to top the 10 million units sold mark. The device has been launched on the market in November 2008, and it reached the 5 million units sold mark about five months ago. Moreover, LG Cookie... |
9 December 2009
01:40 GMT |
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Scientists from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are currently meeting to discuss the challenges associated with cleaning up the Earth's orbit. The talks are scheduled to take place between December 8-10, in Chantilly, Va, and they... |
9 December 2009
01:40 GMT |
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Benefiting from its newly revamped scientific instruments, the Hubble Space Telescope has recently taken one of the most amazing pictures ever. Using infrared wavelengths, the observatory was able to imagine galaxies so far away from the Earth, that they must have formed just 600 million years after the Big Bang expl... |
9 December 2009
01:21 GMT |
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