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In a paper published in the Februray 8 issue of the top scientific journal Nature, investigators at the Yale University showcase a scenario detailing how Earth's continents will rearrange themselves. We are currently right in the middle of a supercontinental cycle. Such a cycle usually lasts for hundreds of mill... |
10 February 2012
11:39 GMT |
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The Made in the USA Foundation is calling on Apple for a new year’s resolution: move Mac and iPod manufacturing back to the United States. The foundation blames the late co-founder Steve Jobs for outsourcing Apple. “It's all about Jobs. Steve Jobs. Although he was brilliant, creative and a successf... |
3 January 2012
13:31 GMT |
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Ticonderoga Securities analyst Brian White checked with his sources following the iPhone 4S launch in Hong Kong and learned that pre-orders sold out in the first 10 minutes of availability.Despite the iPhone 4S becoming physically available in Hong Kong (and 14 other countries) later this week, "In our view, this is ... |
8 November 2011
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A new rumor suggests that the Asian launch date for the all new Sony made PlayStation Vita handheld is set for November 12, with the Western markets set to get access to it during the month of March 2012.The rumors come from a French site called GamaLive, which says that it has a source inside the headquarters of Son... |
6 September 2011
16:31 GMT |
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Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion has just unveiled the dates and locations for the BlackBerry DEVCON Europe and the BlackBerry DEVCON Asia events that were initially announced during the BlackBerry World conference 2011 in May. The leading handset vendor announced that the BlackBerry DEVCON Asia, the s... |
30 June 2011
04:07 GMT |
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Sony announced that the PlayStation Network online service is now operational in various Asian countries, including its native Japan, but only in a limited fashion.
Sony got the PSN up and running after last month's serious hacker attack, and allowed European and North American users access to it at the begin... |
30 May 2011
17:21 GMT |
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While conducting statistical studies of temperatures at different locations around the world, experts discovered some time ago that certain regions are colder than their counterparts at the same latitude. A group of experts now believes it may have discovered the reason why. Throughout the northeastern coast of the U... |
31 March 2011
10:45 GMT |
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A recent report coming from Peal Research, a firm that specializes in business intelligence and in consulting, says that the Internet cafe centric gaming culture of Asia is still going strong and that it will be generating revenue of more than 19 million dollars during this year, with the figure apparently set to inc... |
23 March 2011
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At this point, less than 4,000 wild tigers endure throughout Asia, despite the fact that the animals' habitats span no less than 13 nations. But conservationists say that the continent can support up to 10,000 of the animals by 2022, and they also provide a new strategy on how to do this. There are several obsta... |
25 January 2011
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This year, January 4 will be a special day, bringing skywatchers two major events: the Quadrantid meteor shower, and a partial eclipse of the sun.Just before sunrise, you should be able to see one of the richest meteor showers of the year, followed by a partial eclipse of the sun, which will be visible only for skywa... |
3 January 2011
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Go Daddy, currently the most popular website hosting platform in the world, has recently expanded its business in Asia by opening a new data center.The launch from Singapore is meant to help the company manage with greater speed the Web hosting and e-mail services from Asia. Due to the new data center, website owner... |
27 September 2010
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According to a recently-published study by the United States Geological Survey (USGS), it would appear that a large number of Asian glaciers are currently retreating due to rising global temperatures.The finding could have disastrous consequences for millions of people who depend on Asian rivers for drinking water, i... |
26 August 2010
04:17 GMT |
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The Indian Peninsula can be described as a “newcomer” to the Asian continent. It slammed into the region millions of years ago, after separating form a previous supercontinent and moving across the Indian Ocean. When it struck Asia, it triggered the formation of the Himalayas, as well as the creation of h... |
7 August 2010
06:53 GMT |
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Twitter has been heralded as an international phenomenon for quite a while, but until recently, it was still very much an American company with a large US user base. However, that is changing and fast, as, according to a report put out by Semiocast, Asia is now the biggest user of Twitter, in terms of tweet volum... |
2 July 2010
05:48 GMT |
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South Korean mobile-phone maker Samsung announced earlier this year the upcoming launch of a new handset running under Google's Android operating system, the Samsung Galaxy S, and it seems that we're moving closer to seeing the phone available for purchase on the market. Today, the handset vendor unveiled p... |
26 May 2010
10:26 GMT |
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KIN, the latest move Microsoft made in the mobile area, won't arrive on the market in Asia, a company spokeswoman said on Tuesday. The Redmond-based software giant is set to make KIN handsets available for purchase only in the United States and in Europe, while focusing on the marketing of Windows Phone 7 when ... |
13 April 2010
11:13 GMT |
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Google is about to get a little more capacity to satisfy its ever-increasing hunger for bandwidth. A high-speed Trans-Pacific Internet cable, in which it was a significant investor, is now completed and is expected to go into service in the next few months, Cnet reports. The project, which has been in the works for t... |
19 March 2010
09:08 GMT |
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PayPal seems to be doing quite well, and the latest financial reports seem to be indicating the same, and the eBay-owned company is looking to expand aggressively in Asia. It plans to double the number of its current employees with hires at most of its offices in the region including the international headquarters in... |
17 March 2010
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It seems that the statements from Bobby Kotick, the Chief Executive Officer of Activision, who said that he would like to see Call of Duty become more of a MMO experience, are one step closer to be turned into reality. Just as significant drama is playing out at main franchise developer Infinity Ward, the company is ... |
3 March 2010
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Climate scientists say that one of the reasons why Asia is cooler than other regions of the world is the fact that it generates a lot of pollution. Counter-intuitively, in addition to destroying the environment below, the thick layers of haze that cover most of the continent, especially above China and India, also re... |
17 February 2010
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An international group of scientists has recently shed some light on one of the most controversial issues related to human evolution, namely how the Asian continent was first populated. Using a wide array of genomes from across the continent, the team was able to map them out completely, and to determine that they al... |
11 December 2009
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Friendster, the social network which started it all, just got significant revamp with a design focused more on its demographic core at the moment, ahead of a possible sale by the end of the year. Barely a day after it revealed its new design, Reuters reports that the social network will be sold to an Asian investor ... |
4 December 2009
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People in central and eastern Asia will be very lucky this year, as the most wonderful sight of the renowned Leonid meteor shower will be observable form their region. Astronomers predict that as many as a few hundred balls of fire will become visible for brief periods during several hours. According to experts, the ... |
2 November 2009
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Wireless carrier Sprint announced a few days ago that it would include the HTC Hero in its offering starting with October 11, a little more than one month from now. It also unveiled its pricing: $179.99 upon the signing of a two-year contract, with $50 instant savings and a $100 mail-in rebate. The price sounds attra... |
5 September 2009
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According to new official estimates, the already deteriorating conditions in most parts of Asia could reach a critical point by the half of this century, unless significant and long-term water reforms are set in place. The lack of irrigation systems, coupled with shifting weather patterns – caused by climate ch... |
29 August 2009
03:29 GMT |
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South Korean mobile phone maker LG Electronics is the latest cell phone manufacturer to come aboard the application storefront vessel. According to the latest news around the Web, the company is getting ready to bring its software solution portal live on Tuesday, with a great focus on the Asian market, at least at th... |
13 July 2009
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According to new anthropological and archaeological studies, it may be that humans, apes and monkeys all originated from an Asian ancestor, rather than an African or a European one. The find comes shortly after the entire world was buzzing less than one month ago, as researchers presented Ida, the fossil that was &ld... |
2 July 2009
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According to the latest news on the Web, the second mobile phone in the world to run under Google's Android operating system, the HTC Magic, will become available in Singapore in early June, and it will be sold unlocked, unlike HTC Dream, which was tied to an operator, at a price of S$1,048 (US$701.33), contract... |
15 May 2009
04:17 GMT |
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Following a new scientific study commissioned by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), researchers have learned that Asia, in general, and especially its southeastern parts will be most severely affected by global warming and climate change until the end of the century. The shifts in weather patterns, sea levels and prec... |
27 April 2009
08:58 GMT |
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Over the past century, more and more countries in the world have abolished the death penalty, holding it as incompatible with the status of democracy. Nearly 100 nations around the globe have completely renounced this form of punishment, which amounts to about half of all those in existence today. However, the Asian ... |
17 March 2009
06:21 GMT |
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For quite a lot of years, the racing game genre has been synonymous with Electronic Arts' Need For Speed franchise, but lately things haven't been going so well for the long running series. Some nasty rumors even speculated that EA, which wasn't in the best financial situation, would cancel it, or move... |
17 February 2009
03:36 GMT |
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Electronic Arts is definitely going strong these days, as it is launching some very interesting titles, like Dead Space or Red Alert 3, and has a couple of very big projects, like Star Wars: The Old Republic or EA Sports Active, currently in development. The company said, through the voices of various officials, that... |
2 December 2008
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Apple opened this week new online stores in Asia, proving that Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines are big fans of its iPods and Macs. Thanks to Softpedia reader gagahput3ra, we are now able to confirm the fifth online store kicking off in Asia, namely in Indonesia. Not differing one bit from the other As... |
13 November 2008
02:46 GMT |
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Apple has opened the would-be doors to its new online store in Malaysia announcing a Grand Opening Celebration. The company is happy to give away free T-shirts to anyone who buys a Mac or an iPod from 8 a.m. November 11, 2008 until 11.59 p.m. November 24, 2008.The new online store offers Apple’s products direct... |
12 November 2008
03:02 GMT |
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For the inaugural Microsoft Asia High Tech Industry Summit, the Redmond company indicated that Asian companies need to focus on three key areas of growth. The first Asia High Tech Industry Summit catalyzed by Microsoft is designed to generate dialog between the players of the continent's high-tech and electronic... |
6 November 2008
05:14 GMT |
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Although Taiwan is HTC's home country, the company's Touch Pro Pocket PC has not been released there yet. But this is about to change in the near future, as the Windows Mobile handset manufacturer intends to strike a deal with Far EasTone, Taiwan's third largest mobile carrier, in order to start s... |
20 September 2008
05:20 GMT |
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Former full-time Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, whose presence in China was confirmed for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, also participated in the 10th Anniversary Innovation Forum in Hong Kong on August 12. Gates applauded the evolution of Microsoft Research (MSR) Asia, an organization that celebrated its first deca... |
14 August 2008
05:20 GMT |
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Nokia has recently released its new 6210 Navigator in two important Asian markets, namely India and Singapore. The new handset is not yet offered by any of the mobile carriers from India and Singapore, thus it can only be bought unlocked. In Singapore, the 6210 Navigator has a retail price of 678 SGD (almost 500 USD ... |
30 July 2008
09:19 GMT |
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Multiple studies have shown that animals that consume large amounts of soy beans are likely to have a lower fertility rate. On the other hand, research regarding the impact of soy on humans revealed that the chemicals found in this plant have absolutely no effect on fertility. Now, a new study carried out at the Harv... |
24 July 2008
04:51 GMT |
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Samsung has recently introduced a new mobile phone targeted for the Asian market, the Samsung Anycall J638. This is actually the Asian version of J630, a clamshell that was first unveiled back in February and seems to be already available on several markets from Europe and the Middle East. Anyway, the new Samsun... |
1 July 2008
08:47 GMT |
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Sony Ericsson G700, part of the new G-series line-up of handsets that the Swedish-Japanese company has released this year, will soon be available in a camera-free version. Called Sony Ericsson G700 Business Edition, the new handset is created for consumers who work in institutions or areas where the use of camera pho... |
18 June 2008
12:46 GMT |
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LG has released its latest high-end touchscreen phone, the KF750 Secret, in Asia, during the CommunicAsia fair held in Singapore (June 17 - 20). After being launched in Europe at the end of May and in South America (last week, as LG KF755), the Secret is now ready to lure Asian users who want fashionable handsets tha... |
18 June 2008
06:21 GMT |
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Sharp, the Japanese electronics manufacturer, has recently announced that it sold more than 10 million mobile phones that feature One-Seg capabilities (meaning that they allow users to watch TV programs on them). Although Sharp commercializes some of its handsets outside Japan too, none of those have mobile TV capabi... |
16 June 2008
11:33 GMT |
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DTAC, the second largest mobile operator in Thailand, made a deal with Nokia Siemens Network today, in order to upgrade its network in an environmental-friendly way. The Swedish-German joint venture will deploy no less than 1,500 Flexi base stations for DTAC's GSM/EDGE network, allowing the Thai operator to enha... |
16 June 2008
10:02 GMT |
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Just like LG's Secret, which got a new version for South America (KF755, as opposed to the KF750 European version), Samsung TouchWiz has been now announced in a version especially made for Asia: TouchWiz F488. The European edition of the handset is called F480 and, aside from the slightly different name, it'... |
13 June 2008
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Huawei, the China-based leading telecommunications network solution provider, announced that it had singed a new deal with Grameenphone, the largest mobile carrier in Bangladesh, allowing the operator to expand and improve its GSM network. Huawei's "all-IP core network solutions" is set to enable the Banglad... |
6 June 2008
09:39 GMT |
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Celcom, a leading Malaysian mobile operator, has contracted Nokia Siemens Networks in order to expand and modernize its current 3G nationwide network. Incorporating the high-end HSPA technology of Nokia Siemens, the future 3G network of Celcom will allow users to benefit from new services, while the already existing ... |
4 June 2008
06:44 GMT |
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Verzio, an electronics manufacturer from Singapore, announced the release of its latest Pocket PC, the Verzio Envii, targeted for the Asian market. Verzio Envii brings both advanced functionality and a nice design, together with the business features that are included in every Windows Mobile device. The new handse... |
24 May 2008
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HTC has announced the approaching Asian release of HTC P3400i, an affordable and stylish Pocket PC targeted at users who need a business-oriented handset, but don't want to pay too much for it. The P3400i is not a new device in the true meaning of the word, as it is basically identical with the P3400 launched ... |
22 May 2008
10:51 GMT |
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Motorola recently released its fancy ROKR E8 music phone in Asia, in an attempt to answer the mobile music needs of Asian users. Although the handset was officially announced in September 2007, Motorola delayed its global launch for April 2008 - a bit too much for many of those who were expecting to get their hands o... |
15 May 2008
09:35 GMT |
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