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Photo of the Day: Diners Called “Fat Girls” on Check

Three women went out for dinner the other night at Chilly D’s Sports Lounge in California, but little did they expect to be insulted in the way they were when it came to get the check. On the bill, their waiter for the night, Jeff, wrote “Fat Girls” where the number of the table should have been. ...

9 December 2012
23:59 GMT

Audio for Shannen Doherty’s 911 Call Emerges Online

In mid-November, Shannen Doherty made headlines around the world after she alerted the cops cross-country after one of her Twitter followers threatened to commit suicide. The audio for the 911 call is now out. You can listen to it below, embedded at the end of this article. Though she’d been on the receivin...

9 December 2012
23:44 GMT

Jenni Rivera Missing: Singer’s Plane Crashes, No Survivors Found

La Diva de la Banda, as singer and television personality Jenni Rivera was known, is no longer with us. The Mexican-born star, whose following has expanded considerably through the years, is presumed dead after her plane crashed in Mexico over the weekend. Rivera, her publicist, stylist and the plane’s crew w...

9 December 2012
23:28 GMT

The Phantom Pain Is New Metal Gear Solid Game

During the VGA 2012 ceremony, a trailer was shown for a new title called The Phantom Pain. This is set to be developed by a new Swedish studio called Moby Dick, led by one Joakim Mogren, and analysis from fans seems to clearly indicate that the game is a new installment in the Metal Gear Solid series. Elements that ...

9 December 2012
17:21 GMT

XBMC 12.0 Beta 3 Brings Support for Android 4.2

Nate Thomas from the XBMC development team proudly announced yesterday, December 8, that the third Beta release of the upcoming XBMC 12.0 open source media center project was available for download and testing. Probably the biggest feature of the XBMC 12.0 Beta 3 (Frodo) release is the ability to install on devices...

9 December 2012
14:41 GMT

Script of the Day: oTrance

oTrance was created to help developers deal with translating their applications and websites. It uses an intuitive GUI to create, manage and remove language packs with ease. Created for international projects, oTrance has support for multiple user accounts and an advanced permissions system, allowing an administrato...

9 December 2012
12:01 GMT

The Legends of Aethereus Game Is Coming to Linux

The Legends of Aethereus developers announced a few days ago that the upcoming Legends of Aethereus RPG game will be available for Linux-based operating systems. Legends of Aethereus is a 3D action role-playing game (RPG) crafted using the powerful and ingenious Unity 3D game engine. The game will feature a single...

9 December 2012
09:41 GMT

More Attractive Features Are Coming to GNOME 3.8

Matthias Clasen reports in a blog post that the upcoming GNOME 3.8 desktop environment will receive numerous practical features designed to convert even more people to the modern GNOME desktop experience. This piece of news is part of the same blog post written by Matthias Clasen, in which he reports that the GNOME...

9 December 2012
07:11 GMT

Angry Birds Star Wars for Windows Phone 7 Now Available for Download

Rovio has finally made their amazingly-popular Angry Birds Star Wars title available on Windows Phone 7 devices.Launched on Android and iOS platforms exactly one month ago, Angry Birds Star Wars introduces new gameplay mechanics, new birds and new special powers.Based on the Star Wars universe, players will be able t...

9 December 2012
05:03 GMT

The 60-Second Microsoft Roundup: Microsoft Versus Google, #WindowsRage and More

It has been a fairly calm week for those working in the Redmond campus, even though Microsoft has struggled to show everyone that its very own services are better than Google’s with several new direct attacks aimed at the Mountain View-based search giant. New Steam data revealed that Windows 8 finally managed ...

9 December 2012
05:01 GMT

Security Brief: John McAfee and Flaws in Popular Services

Over the past week, we’ve reported about a number of interesting information security-related topics, but most of them have been about John McAfee – the founder of the world-renowned antivirus company – and vulnerabilities in a number of popular services. John McAfee’s latest “adventures” sta...

9 December 2012
04:01 GMT

A Gamer’s Week: December 9

In the review department we offer full Softpedia evaluations for : Far Cry 3, the first person shooter from Ubisoft, Primordia, a new adventure game with a distinctive art style, Stealth Bastard Deluxe, a mix of platforming and puzzle game, and Elemental: Fallen Enchantress, the strategy and role playing combination ...

9 December 2012
03:31 GMT

GNOME Legacy Will Replace GNOME Fallback Mode

Matthias Clasen reported a few days ago that the upcoming GNOME 3.8 desktop environment would bring a revamped GNOME Fallback mode based entirely on GNOME Shell extensions. So, look what the cat dragged in!  GNOME Legacy, this will be the name of the new mode of the GNOME 3.8 desktop environment, which will re...

9 December 2012
01:37 GMT

Softpedia Interview: Ezra Nanes on AccuWeather and Windows 8

There’s no doubt that AccuWeather is one of the most popular weather apps out there and the huge number of downloads on all platforms speaks for itself. Now that Windows 8 is generally available, the company behind AccuWeather has decided to port its application for Microsoft’s latest operating system, i...

9 December 2012
01:31 GMT


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