http://news.softpedia.com Softpedia News - Global Softpedia News en-us 2001 - 2012 Softpedia. All rights reserved. Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:16:13 GMT Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:16:13 GMT News http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 10 http://news.softpedia.com/base_img/softpedia_logo.gif http://news.softpedia.com http://news.softpedia.com/news/Drew-Barrymore-Is-Probably-Pregnant-254537.shtml Drew Barrymore, who announced her engagement just a short while ago, might be getting ready for another major event in her life: recent paparazzi photos indicate she might be pregnant.

The star has not been immediately available for comment on this but TMZ feels that a photo is worth a thousand words – and, in Drew's case, it might spell &l... (read more)]]> Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:05:00 GMT Softpedia News - Global http://news.softpedia.com/news/Drew-Barrymore-Is-Probably-Pregnant-254537.shtml Global http://news.softpedia.com/news/Drew-Barrymore-Is-Probably-Pregnant-254537.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Elena Gorgan) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-Ivy-Bridge-CPU-Prices-Lowered-by-60-70-45-53-Euro-254536.shtml Intel's Ivy Bridge central processing units have caused quite a stir these past two weeks, due to rumors and more rumors, and a new report has now emerged, one that people may actually like to see validated.

Digitimes is again supplying the world with alleged information regarding much-awaited products, the Ivy Bridge CPUs fr... (read more)]]> Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:02:00 GMT Softpedia News - Global http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-Ivy-Bridge-CPU-Prices-Lowered-by-60-70-45-53-Euro-254536.shtml Global http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-Ivy-Bridge-CPU-Prices-Lowered-by-60-70-45-53-Euro-254536.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Samsung-Galaxy-Ace-DUOS-Now-Available-in-India-for-280-USD-210-EUR-254528.shtml Samsung India unveiled the Galaxy Ace DUOS last week, along with Galaxy Y DUOS and Galaxy Y Pro DUOS. However, the handset manufacturer did not reveal the release date of the smartphone.

Today, major retailer Flipkart put the Galaxy Ace DUOS up for sale for only Rs 13,899 (280 USD or 210 EUR), which is about Rs 3,00... (read more)]]> Thu, 23 Feb 2012 08:53:00 GMT Softpedia News - Global http://news.softpedia.com/news/Samsung-Galaxy-Ace-DUOS-Now-Available-in-India-for-280-USD-210-EUR-254528.shtml Global http://news.softpedia.com/news/Samsung-Galaxy-Ace-DUOS-Now-Available-in-India-for-280-USD-210-EUR-254528.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Cosmin Vasile) http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Insanely-Popular-quot-Cut-the-Rope-quot-Arrives-for-Mac-OS-X-254532.shtml One of the most popular puzzlers ever to be released on any platform, Cut the Rope has arrived in the Mac App Store with a five-dollar price tag (3.99 EUR), and a whopping 250 levels to keep you busy for months.

“A mysterious package has arrived, and the little monster inside has only one request… CANDY!,... (read more)]]> Thu, 23 Feb 2012 08:52:00 GMT Softpedia News - Global http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Insanely-Popular-quot-Cut-the-Rope-quot-Arrives-for-Mac-OS-X-254532.shtml Global http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Insanely-Popular-quot-Cut-the-Rope-quot-Arrives-for-Mac-OS-X-254532.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Filip Truta) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Adele-Flips-the-Bird-Live-at-the-Brit-Awards-2012-254525.shtml
Video of it is below, but a little context is still in order.

Adele didn't flip the bird at audiences: she did it at the organizers of the Brit Awards for cutting her off during her acceptance speech for Best British Album, when almost 25 secon... (read more)]]> Thu, 23 Feb 2012 08:43:00 GMT Softpedia News - Global http://news.softpedia.com/news/Adele-Flips-the-Bird-Live-at-the-Brit-Awards-2012-254525.shtml Global http://news.softpedia.com/news/Adele-Flips-the-Bird-Live-at-the-Brit-Awards-2012-254525.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Elena Gorgan) http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Witcher-2-Enhanced-Edition-for-Xbox-360-Gets-Two-New-Teaser-Trailers-254524.shtml
The Witcher 2 delighted millions of PC gamers last year when it was released on that platform. Its developer, CD Projekt is currently working on the game’s Enhanced Edition, which includes extra content and is set to appear both on the PC and on the Xbox 360.

Now, in order to f... (read more)]]> Thu, 23 Feb 2012 08:38:00 GMT Softpedia News - Global http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Witcher-2-Enhanced-Edition-for-Xbox-360-Gets-Two-New-Teaser-Trailers-254524.shtml Global http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Witcher-2-Enhanced-Edition-for-Xbox-360-Gets-Two-New-Teaser-Trailers-254524.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Andrei Dobra) http://news.softpedia.com/news/AMD-Piledriver-CPUs-Reach-Over-4GHz-Due-to-Resonant-Clock-Mesh-254521.shtml The Piledriver micro-architecture is one of AMD's two main projects for the consumer market, alongside Pitcairn, and it looks like the company has finally unveiled some more things about it.

Advanced Micro Devices is at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), taking place between February 20 and 24, ... (read more)]]> Thu, 23 Feb 2012 08:31:00 GMT Softpedia News - Global http://news.softpedia.com/news/AMD-Piledriver-CPUs-Reach-Over-4GHz-Due-to-Resonant-Clock-Mesh-254521.shtml Global http://news.softpedia.com/news/AMD-Piledriver-CPUs-Reach-Over-4GHz-Due-to-Resonant-Clock-Mesh-254521.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Faster-Than-Light-Neutrinos-Do-Not-Exist-254517.shtml In late 2011, the world of particle physics was taken by storm by the results of a research team based in Italy, which announced that it had discovered faster-than-light neutrinos. A recent investigation has finally revealed what led the team to this erroneous result.

The discovery and subsequent announcement were not taken lightly in the i... (read more)]]> Thu, 23 Feb 2012 08:22:00 GMT Softpedia News - Global http://news.softpedia.com/news/Faster-Than-Light-Neutrinos-Do-Not-Exist-254517.shtml Global http://news.softpedia.com/news/Faster-Than-Light-Neutrinos-Do-Not-Exist-254517.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Tudor Vieru) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Download-Dark-Skies-Theme-for-Windows-7-254477.shtml
High resolution images of billowing clouds and dark horizons can be downloaded on any Windows 7 computers (those running under Windows 8 Developer Preview should be able to get them too), and are certain to change your desktop in accordance to your mood.

Coming from Tracy Hymas, all ... (read more)]]> Thu, 23 Feb 2012 08:21:01 GMT Softpedia News - Global http://news.softpedia.com/news/Download-Dark-Skies-Theme-for-Windows-7-254477.shtml Global http://news.softpedia.com/news/Download-Dark-Skies-Theme-for-Windows-7-254477.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Over-75-Million-Unique-Malware-Samples-Identified-in-Q4-2011-254516.shtml Security solutions provider McAfee released its Fourth Quarter 2011 report to reveal the details of the threat landscape that targeted computing devices in the last months of the year that passed.

The figures show that there were more than 75 million unique malware samples, this being the number that the company estimate... (read more)]]> Thu, 23 Feb 2012 08:20:00 GMT Softpedia News - Global http://news.softpedia.com/news/Over-75-Million-Unique-Malware-Samples-Identified-in-Q4-2011-254516.shtml Global http://news.softpedia.com/news/Over-75-Million-Unique-Malware-Samples-Identified-in-Q4-2011-254516.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Plants-vs-Zombies-Now-Available-for-Download-on-PS-Vita-254513.shtml PopCap has just deployed its award winning Plants vs. Zombies tower defense game on the PlayStation Vita, allowing owners of the new console to download this special version of the very popular game on their handheld device.

Plants vs. Zombies has delighted millions of players from all over the world across a variety of platfo... (read more)]]> Thu, 23 Feb 2012 08:17:00 GMT Softpedia News - Global http://news.softpedia.com/news/Plants-vs-Zombies-Now-Available-for-Download-on-PS-Vita-254513.shtml Global http://news.softpedia.com/news/Plants-vs-Zombies-Now-Available-for-Download-on-PS-Vita-254513.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Andrei Dobra) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Apple-Enters-Agreement-to-Strengthen-User-Privacy-254515.shtml Apple has agreed to implement new standards for displaying privacy policies throughout applications that collect user data, California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris has announced.

Targeting not only Apple, but also Google, Amazon, HP, RIM and Microsoft, “The agreement with the platforms is designed to ensure that mobile ap... (read more)]]> Thu, 23 Feb 2012 08:16:00 GMT Softpedia News - Global http://news.softpedia.com/news/Apple-Enters-Agreement-to-Strengthen-User-Privacy-254515.shtml Global http://news.softpedia.com/news/Apple-Enters-Agreement-to-Strengthen-User-Privacy-254515.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Filip Truta) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Kojima-Close-to-an-Official-Announcement-for-New-Metal-Gear-Solid-254508.shtml Kojima Productions seems to be moving closer to an official announcement for its next internally developed Metal Gear Solid video game after it has launched a recruiting drive aimed at those developers who are interested in the series and would like to work on upcoming products.

The team has launched a portal that is... (read more)]]> Thu, 23 Feb 2012 08:05:00 GMT Softpedia News - Global http://news.softpedia.com/news/Kojima-Close-to-an-Official-Announcement-for-New-Metal-Gear-Solid-254508.shtml Global http://news.softpedia.com/news/Kojima-Close-to-an-Official-Announcement-for-New-Metal-Gear-Solid-254508.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Andrei Dumitrescu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Tegra-3-Architecture-Named-4-PLUS-1-Trademarked-254509.shtml NVIDIA's latest mobile platform is known by multiple names, such as Kal-El, Tegra 3 and the VSMP architecture, but it now has an official trademark.

In its latest blog post, the Santa Clara, California-based GPU maker has announced the name it will, from now on, use to refer to the architecture of the Tegra 3.

While the ... (read more)]]> Thu, 23 Feb 2012 08:04:00 GMT Softpedia News - Global http://news.softpedia.com/news/Tegra-3-Architecture-Named-4-PLUS-1-Trademarked-254509.shtml Global http://news.softpedia.com/news/Tegra-3-Architecture-Named-4-PLUS-1-Trademarked-254509.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Carbon-Geodesic-Domes-Found-in-Deep-Space-254507.shtml While investigating a binary star system located about 6,500 light-years from Earth, astronomers found tiny specs of matter which they say are made up of stacked buckyballs. These are carbon nanospheres, structures that resemble architect Buckminster Fuller's geodesic domes.

Scientists first found buckminsterfullerenes in space in 2010, bu... (read more)]]> Thu, 23 Feb 2012 08:04:00 GMT Softpedia News - Global http://news.softpedia.com/news/Carbon-Geodesic-Domes-Found-in-Deep-Space-254507.shtml Global http://news.softpedia.com/news/Carbon-Geodesic-Domes-Found-in-Deep-Space-254507.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Tudor Vieru) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Mariah-Carey-Talks-Whitney-Houston-New-Music-on-GMA-254506.shtml Mariah Carey is breaking her silence on the terrible loss she suffered when singer Whitney Houston died. Contrary to what people believed, they weren't rivals, they were actually good friends, Mariah says in a new interview on Good Morning America.

On the show to raise awareness on the fact that February is Heart Month, but also ... (read more)]]> Thu, 23 Feb 2012 08:01:00 GMT Softpedia News - Global http://news.softpedia.com/news/Mariah-Carey-Talks-Whitney-Houston-New-Music-on-GMA-254506.shtml Global http://news.softpedia.com/news/Mariah-Carey-Talks-Whitney-Houston-New-Music-on-GMA-254506.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Elena Gorgan) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Apple-Asks-MobileMe-Users-to-Switch-to-iCloud-254505.shtml An email has been sent to all MobileMe subscribers around the world with a message from the computer giant in Cupertino, California stating that it’s time to move on.

“MobileMe ends soon. It’s time to move your account to iCloud,” reads Apple’s memo.

The Mac maker adds that existing users can k... (read more)]]> Thu, 23 Feb 2012 07:53:00 GMT Softpedia News - Global http://news.softpedia.com/news/Apple-Asks-MobileMe-Users-to-Switch-to-iCloud-254505.shtml Global http://news.softpedia.com/news/Apple-Asks-MobileMe-Users-to-Switch-to-iCloud-254505.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Filip Truta) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Anonymous-Defaces-Greek-Ministry-of-Justice-Demands-Hackers-Release-254504.shtml
The Hack News informs that the site was defaced for a second time, Anonymous hacktivists claiming that they’re motivated by the “unfounded arrest and detention of 3 not-guilty teens.”

”Greeks:... (read more)]]> Thu, 23 Feb 2012 07:51:00 GMT Softpedia News - Global http://news.softpedia.com/news/Anonymous-Defaces-Greek-Ministry-of-Justice-Demands-Hackers-Release-254504.shtml Global http://news.softpedia.com/news/Anonymous-Defaces-Greek-Ministry-of-Justice-Demands-Hackers-Release-254504.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Sign-up-for-the-Guild-Wars-2-Beta-Right-Now-254502.shtml
Guild Wars 2 promises to overhaul the classic online role playing game recipe, allowing players to interact with others in a massive virtual world without forcing them to pay a monthly subscription.

Now, as promised earlier this year, ArenaNet is getting ready to deploy a ... (read more)]]> Thu, 23 Feb 2012 07:39:00 GMT Softpedia News - Global http://news.softpedia.com/news/Sign-up-for-the-Guild-Wars-2-Beta-Right-Now-254502.shtml Global http://news.softpedia.com/news/Sign-up-for-the-Guild-Wars-2-Beta-Right-Now-254502.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Andrei Dobra) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Download-NVIDIA-Quadro-Tesla-Driver-295-73-WHQL-254501.shtml We have recently seen the arrival of the newest GeForce driver, released for consumer graphics cards, the one that supposedly makes Skyrim run 45% better. Now we are witnessing the completion and release of the latest Quadro/Tesla software.

The Santa Clara, California-based company finished the WHQL version of the 295.73 Quadro/Tesla... (read more)]]> Thu, 23 Feb 2012 07:36:00 GMT Softpedia News - Global http://news.softpedia.com/news/Download-NVIDIA-Quadro-Tesla-Driver-295-73-WHQL-254501.shtml Global http://news.softpedia.com/news/Download-NVIDIA-Quadro-Tesla-Driver-295-73-WHQL-254501.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Wargame-European-Escalation-Gets-Launch-Trailer-254499.shtml
The new trailer is just one minute and a half long, but it offers a very good look at what the strategy titles actually look like, using just images taken using the actual IRISZOOM engine that will power the player exp... (read more)]]> Thu, 23 Feb 2012 07:27:00 GMT Softpedia News - Global http://news.softpedia.com/news/Wargame-European-Escalation-Gets-Launch-Trailer-254499.shtml Global http://news.softpedia.com/news/Wargame-European-Escalation-Gets-Launch-Trailer-254499.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Andrei Dumitrescu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Verizon-Preps-DROID-Fighter-and-LG-Cayman-254498.shtml
In the not too distant future, the company is expected to bring to the market a so called DROID Fighter handset, along with an LG Cayman.

Both of them have been just spotted in a document that leaked over at Droid-life, but specific info on what they are hasn’t made it to the web.

DROID Fighter could easi... (read more)]]> Thu, 23 Feb 2012 07:05:00 GMT Softpedia News - Global http://news.softpedia.com/news/Verizon-Preps-DROID-Fighter-and-LG-Cayman-254498.shtml Global http://news.softpedia.com/news/Verizon-Preps-DROID-Fighter-and-LG-Cayman-254498.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Samsung-Sells-Over-20-Million-Galaxy-S-II-Units-to-Date-254497.shtml South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung has just announced a new milestone that its Galaxy S II smartphone has managed to achieve.

The company’s flagship device was sold in more than 20 million units to date, which is a remarkable record for a single mobile phone.

Galaxy S II was unveiled to the world in ... (read more)]]> Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:50:00 GMT Softpedia News - Global http://news.softpedia.com/news/Samsung-Sells-Over-20-Million-Galaxy-S-II-Units-to-Date-254497.shtml Global http://news.softpedia.com/news/Samsung-Sells-Over-20-Million-Galaxy-S-II-Units-to-Date-254497.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/ZTE-Promises-Eight-Devices-for-the-MWC-254496.shtml Chinese mobile phone maker ZTE has just announced plans to unveil at the Mobile World Congress next week no less than eight new devices.

The company will launch new smartphones at the event, including affordable handsets, as well as its first quad-core device, a flagship phone.

The mobile phone maker promised great advancements... (read more)]]> Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:34:00 GMT Softpedia News - Global http://news.softpedia.com/news/ZTE-Promises-Eight-Devices-for-the-MWC-254496.shtml Global http://news.softpedia.com/news/ZTE-Promises-Eight-Devices-for-the-MWC-254496.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Docs-for-Android-Updated-with-Rich-Text-Formatting-and-More-254495.shtml
A new “pinch to zoom” gesture has been added in order for users to focus on a specific paragraph or a whole page. The developers also include several productivity tools, which turn the application into a complete office solution.

Google Docs users will be able to bold somethi... (read more)]]> Thu, 23 Feb 2012 05:59:00 GMT Softpedia News - Global http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Docs-for-Android-Updated-with-Rich-Text-Formatting-and-More-254495.shtml Global http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Docs-for-Android-Updated-with-Rich-Text-Formatting-and-More-254495.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Cosmin Vasile) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Motorola-Launches-DROID-RAZR-MAXX-Red-Carpet-Special-Edition-254494.shtml Motorola celebrates the Oscars with style. The Handset maker announced the availability of DROID RAZR MAXX “Red Carpet” special edition smartphone.

The superphone comes in a special package that is customized accordingly. For example, the Academy Awards nominees for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress got... (read more)]]> Thu, 23 Feb 2012 05:47:00 GMT Softpedia News - Global http://news.softpedia.com/news/Motorola-Launches-DROID-RAZR-MAXX-Red-Carpet-Special-Edition-254494.shtml Global http://news.softpedia.com/news/Motorola-Launches-DROID-RAZR-MAXX-Red-Carpet-Special-Edition-254494.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Cosmin Vasile) http://news.softpedia.com/news/LG-Optimus-4X-HD-Officially-Unveiled-with-Quad-Core-Tegra-3-and-Android-4-0-254493.shtml We already reported yesterday on the upcoming LG Optimus 4X HD, but we thought the Korean handset maker will only unveil it at the Mobile World Congress 2012 exhibition, this weekend.

Given the fact that LG won't hold any major press events this year in Barcelona, it seemed more appropriate to officially i... (read more)]]> Thu, 23 Feb 2012 05:19:00 GMT Softpedia News - Global http://news.softpedia.com/news/LG-Optimus-4X-HD-Officially-Unveiled-with-Quad-Core-Tegra-3-and-Android-4-0-254493.shtml Global http://news.softpedia.com/news/LG-Optimus-4X-HD-Officially-Unveiled-with-Quad-Core-Tegra-3-and-Android-4-0-254493.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Cosmin Vasile) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Sony-Says-Vita-Has-Long-Term-Anti-Piracy-Plan-254375.shtml One of the biggest problems for the PlayStation Portable handheld from Sony has been piracy, which has driven quite a few developers and publishers away from the platform, and the company says it has learned from its mistakes and has made the new Vita platform better protected against pirates in the long term.

Sony says that since the d... (read more)]]> Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:41:01 GMT Softpedia News - Global http://news.softpedia.com/news/Sony-Says-Vita-Has-Long-Term-Anti-Piracy-Plan-254375.shtml Global http://news.softpedia.com/news/Sony-Says-Vita-Has-Long-Term-Anti-Piracy-Plan-254375.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Andrei Dumitrescu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Nokia-to-Kick-Off-Amazing-Everyday-Campaign-in-Australia-Soon-254387.shtml
Nokia’s “Amazing Everyday” Campaign will debut in Australia as soon as next week, on March 1st. Also on that day, the Nokia Lumia 800 smartphone will make an official appearance on shelves in the country.

The handset vendor hasn’t offered specific info on what the campaign wil... (read more)]]> Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:21:00 GMT Softpedia News - Global http://news.softpedia.com/news/Nokia-to-Kick-Off-Amazing-Everyday-Campaign-in-Australia-Soon-254387.shtml Global http://news.softpedia.com/news/Nokia-to-Kick-Off-Amazing-Everyday-Campaign-in-Australia-Soon-254387.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/HTC-Radar-4G-Now-Available-at-WIND-Mobile-for-Under-100-75-EUR-254460.shtml
However, customers who are not willing to commit to a long-term contract can get the HTC Radar 4G for $399 (300 EUR) outright. The carrier also throws in free shipping to anywhere in Canada.

HTC Radar 4G is already available in Canada via SaskTel and will probably arrive at Mobilicity as well, at s... (read more)]]> Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:01:02 GMT Softpedia News - Global http://news.softpedia.com/news/HTC-Radar-4G-Now-Available-at-WIND-Mobile-for-Under-100-75-EUR-254460.shtml Global http://news.softpedia.com/news/HTC-Radar-4G-Now-Available-at-WIND-Mobile-for-Under-100-75-EUR-254460.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Cosmin Vasile)