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Download Aperture 3 for Free and Test It for 30 Days

Softpedia News (Filip Truta) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:04:00 GMT

In usual manner, Apple has confirmed that Aperture 3, the latest version of its professional photography software, is available for download to anyone interested in testing it out for a period of one month. Updated yesterday, Aperture 3 includes over 200 new features, including additions like Faces and Places, also found in Apple’s iPho... (read more)

Satellite Data Gage Future Haiti Tremor Risks

Softpedia News (Tudor Vieru) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:03:00 GMT

The exemplary international mobilization that jumped to aid Haiti after the January 12 earthquake, and the January 20 aftershock, is now being followed by a cohort of studies on the risks associated with the fault lines on which the country is resting. The island of Hispaniola, hosting Haiti and the Dominican Republic,... (read more)

Rumor Mill: HTC Scorpion to Include 1.5GHz CPU, Android

Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:00:00 GMT

Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC is already known all around the world for the appealing handsets it has delivered to the market with Google's Android operating system on board, including the 1GHz-packed Nexus One sold via Google itself, and it seems that it plans on raising the bar even more. The company is allegedly working on an even mor... (read more)

The 2009 Mod of the Year Award Candidates Have Been Announced

Softpedia News (Florian Totu) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:52:00 GMT

Games and their developers get their own award show, but the mod community's efforts are sometimes just as impressive, so it should only be fitting that mods themselves should get an award show as well. And, if anything, 2009 was a great year for game mods, as some very impressive ones have been put together. ModDB is the one organiz... (read more)

Gas Around the Sun Mapped in 3D

Softpedia News (Tudor Vieru) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:50:00 GMT

Despite numerous surveys and investigations of the area around the Sun containing interstellar gas, the full picture of what precisely goes on inside that region has yet to surface. Previous researches imaged the area in various wavelengths, and scientists have been working on putting all the data together for a long time. Now, an ... (read more)

iPhone 4 Slightly Bigger than 3GS Model, Leaked Pictures Suggest

Softpedia News (Filip Truta) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:48:00 GMT

A set of leaked pictures allegedly depicting the front part of Apple’s next-gen iPhone show a slightly taller handset, compared with existing iPhone models. Discussing the photos in question, iPhone repair site iResQ claims they depict the actual parts that would make up the fourth-generation iPhone expected to ship later thi... (read more)

Bing Grew in January, Everyone Else Lost

Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:47:00 GMT

It's time to play the numbers game again. Fresh out of the oven, the ComScore search market stats for January are here, more or less officially. The gist of it is, Bing sees another modest boost, everyone else loses. It's not much of a surprise anymore, but it's not much of a rise either, Bing got 11.3 percent of the US core search market share (which co... (read more)

Dynasty Warriors 3: Extreme Legends Hints and Glitches (PS2)

Softpedia News (Andrei Dumitrescu) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:42:00 GMT

Dynasty Warriors 3: Extreme Legends is a videogame developed and published by KOEI Co. Ltd. The game was released exclusively for the PlayStation 2 home console from Sony in January 2003. It is described as an action title played from a third person perspective featuring some medieval influences.

The game is a standalone expan... (read more)

AD RMS Must Have Update for Windows IE

Softpedia News (Marius Oiaga) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:41:00 GMT

Customers relying on information protection technology from Microsoft need to access an update released on February 9th, 2010, if they are to continue to use the Internet Explorer browser in relation to protected content. The refresh offered by the software giant is set up to kill off completely the application manifest expiry feature from Active Director... (read more)

Why You Don't Accept the New When in a Bad Mood

Softpedia News (Tudor Vieru) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:33:00 GMT

Researchers studying human behavior have recently made a finding that applies to all people, regardless of age. From toddlers to the elderly, individuals tend to neglect the new and stick with familiar things when feeling ill-disposed. Infants will cling to their mother's foot, whereas adults will always prefer having dinner at the same familiar p... (read more)

Microsoft Works on My Phone 2.0 Service

Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:33:00 GMT

Redmond-based software company unveiled last year a series of new services aimed at the users of a mobile phone powered by its Windows Mobile operating system, including the Windows Marketplace for Mobile and the My Phone backup service, and it seems that it is already working on providing enhancements to them. Some changes have been already brought to t... (read more)

Google Releases Maps for Mobile 4.0

Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:13:00 GMT

One of the latest novelties in the smartphone applications space is represented by the latest flavor of Google Maps for mobile, which reached version 4.0 now. It seems that not only users of an Android-based handset can enjoy the new iteration of the application, but iPhone, Symbian and Windows Mobile users can enjoy it too, with all the novelties that the s... (read more)

Madden NFL 10, Best at Predicting Super Bowl Outcome

Softpedia News (Andrei Dumitrescu) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:09:00 GMT

The XLIV edition of the Super Bowl took place on Sunday and was won by the New Orleans Saints, who managed to beat the Indiana Colts by 31 points to 17. The outcome was predicted during the previous week by Electronic Arts, with the publisher running a simulation of the game using its Madden NFL 10 videogame release to see how the game would t... (read more)

AIM Now Lets You Talk to Your Facebook Chat Friends

Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:06:00 GMT

Google is not the only one touting social web integration in one of its products, in fact, most of its competitors, Microsoft, Yahoo and AOL, raised their hands saying "we had it first." AOL even went one step further and announced a couple of new features in partnership with Facebook, notably missing from Google Buzz. First up, AOL is integr... (read more)

Norway Customers Sold on iPad, Pre-Orders Closed

Softpedia News (Filip Truta) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:05:00 GMT

A Norwegian Apple reseller, Eplehuset (translated Apple House), has issued a note to clients informing them that the shop is already expecting a shortage of iPads, after looking at the sheer number of pre-orders registered so far. The shop claims demand has gone through the roof, even though Norway’s prices for Apple products exceed those im... (read more)

A Third of the World Could Become a Desert

Softpedia News (Tudor Vieru) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:59:00 GMT

Global warming is more familiar to people for its potential effects in melting the polar ice caps, and in endangering low-lying countries and coast lines. However, one of its most devastating aspects is the fact that it can effortlessly promote desertification in areas that are already arid, and therefore prone to such a calamity. According to a new su... (read more)

Children Who Eat More Sweets Have Alcohol History

Softpedia News (Tudor Vieru) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:45:00 GMT

According to a new scientific study, it may be that children who tend to indulge in sweet stuff more often and more intense than their peers have a history of alcoholism in their family. All children like their candies, there is no doubt about this, but some of them really cannot get enough chocolate bars, and other treats. The researchers behin... (read more)

Intel Preps New Core i7 660UM Processor for Q3 2010 Launch

Softpedia News (Traian Teglet) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:43:00 GMT

Intel will continue to update its processor offering with a number of new models that will adopt the company's latest micro architecture, in combination with the next-generation manufacturing technology. According to the most recent details in the industry, the Santa Clara, California-based chip maker will also continue to update its li... (read more)

ModNation Racers Also Coming to the PlayStation Portable

Softpedia News (Andrei Dumitrescu) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:35:00 GMT

Sony has announced that it plans to release ModNation Racers, which was initially destined to be exclusive to the PlayStation 3 home gaming console, on the PlayStation Portable handheld as well. The development of the new version of the game will be handled by the San Diego Sony studio, with original creators of the concept United Front G... (read more)

Froyo and Gingerbread Next on the Android Roadmap

Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:33:00 GMT

Mountain View-based company Google is already known to have a thing about naming various Android releases as sweets, and we have already seen versions of the platform delivered on the market in the form of Cupcake, Donut or Eclair, but there are more to come, it seems. There are at least two new flavors of the operating system that will arrive in the foreseeable fut... (read more)

20 Years of Adobe Photoshop

Softpedia News (Catalin Cimpanu) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:31:02 GMT

The most popular image editor in the world turns twenty years old at the start of February 2010. First released under Adobe in 1990, Photoshop has obtained cultural status in numerous domains. From web design to digital photography, from the print industry to art schools, its adoption was complete and without any regrets.

While in many cases, proprietary s... (read more)

Pirates and 3D Films

Softpedia News (Tudor Vieru) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:29:00 GMT

Movie piracy is a very widespread phenomenon, especially in areas of the world where authorities have not yet set up any sort of rules on how people should be held accountable for their online activity. With the advent of 3D productions, more and more of which are beginning to make their way in movie theaters around the globe, pirates are currently having a difficult time c... (read more)

Kirby: Canvas Curse Hints X - Part III (DS)

Softpedia News (Florian Totu) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:25:00 GMT

Kirby's first run-in with the DS was an unfortunate one, and before he even got to take the handheld for a spin, an evil witch turned him into a ball. Your only choice is to use the Magic Paintbrush that the witch left behind in order to draw walls, ramps and platforms meant to help Ball-Kirby return to his old self. The Magi... (read more)

The Street View Snowmobile Hits the Slopes for the Winter Olympics

Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:21:00 GMT

If you thought the Google Street View trike was weird, get a load of this, the official Street View snowmobile. Google wanted to take some shots of the locations of the events in the Vancouver Winter Olympics. Cars don't really do that well on ski slopes and, somehow, pedaling the trike, which Google normally uses in remote loc... (read more)

Electronic Arts Will Continue Its DLC Policy

Softpedia News (Florian Totu) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:20:00 GMT

While we might have attributed most of the initiative to BioWare, it looks like the developer's marketing decision aimed at assuring that as many gamers as possible make a direct purchase of its games, the actual directive to cut down on second-hand title purchases came straight from the top, from Electronic Arts. The idea behind the direct-purchase ... (read more)

Spendings on Mobile Offers to Rise Among UK Consumers

Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:12:00 GMT

A recently published study on the mobile market in the UK shows that almost two thirds of consumers (61 percent) are willing to spend more on the services delivered by their wireless operator in case they would have the flexibility to choose what best fits their needs. According to the study, which is delivered by Convergys, UK consumers wo... (read more)

Access .NET Framework 4 RC WCF and WF Samples

Softpedia News (Marius Oiaga) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:10:00 GMT

Microsoft has already made the first and only Release Candidate milestone of its next generation development platform and tools available for download. MSDN subscribers have been able to grab Visual Studio 2010 RC and .NET Framework 4 RC since February 8th, 2010, with the Redmond company making its way to general availability for the two releases. At... (read more)

Developers Offered to Download SDK 3.2 Beta 2 (iPad)

Softpedia News (Filip Truta) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:00:00 GMT

On January 27, in tandem with the iPad announcement, Apple released a new Software Development Kit (SDK) especially aimed at the tablet device. At the time, the Mac maker told devs they could employ the new SDK 3.2 to create new applications designed to take advantage of the iPad’s distinct features, like its huge screen. An updated versi... (read more)

Science Disproves the 'Underdog Theory'

Softpedia News (Tudor Vieru) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 07:59:00 GMT

A new scientific study turns many a Hollywood sport films into fantasy and fiction. The investigation has revealed that the underdog theory is in fact wrong, and that the favored team is usually the one focusing most on its training, rather than the least favored one. In other words, members of large teams give all that they have across a wide range of spor... (read more)

SEGA Announces Profit, Bayonetta Sales

Softpedia News (Andrei Dumitrescu) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 07:57:00 GMT

SEGA has announced that overall revenue for the company went down by 7.7% for the nine months of 2009, which ended on December 31 compared to the same period in 2008.

The good news is that despite the slowing sales, SEGA has managed to turn a profit, something not attained in the final nine months of 2008. Income is now sitting at 16.95 billion Y... (read more)