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It’s a strange thing how people, like sheep, seem to follow the leadership of the wolves that tell them that when your family’s own economy is down, a cutback in salary is exactly what you need. Helping people with austerity measures is like putting a malnourished child from Somalia on a diet, just to ma... |
13 May 2012
11:57 GMT |
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A collaboration of European researchers has demonstrated that the climate responds to periods of intense solar minimum on the scale of several centuries. Investigators also suspect that periods of less-intense solar activity also lead to different regional responses on the surface.
What this suggests is that the sc... |
7 May 2012
09:24 GMT |
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In order to celebrate last week’s announcement of PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale, Sony is running a special spree of discounts on its European PlayStation Store for many games that will lend their characters to the fighting game.
PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale may have been leaked before its actual r... |
2 May 2012
04:32 GMT |
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According to Starsem, the launch service provider contracted by the European Space Agency (ESA) to deliver the MetOp-B meteorological satellite to space, the mission has to be delayed by at least two months. The spacecraft was originally supposed to launch on May 23.
Now, the European Organization for the Exploitat... |
30 April 2012
08:24 GMT |
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According to the conclusions of a new study, it would appear that the vegetation covering Europe's mountains is moving to higher altitudes, on account of rising temperatures. The phenomenon is triggered by global warming, and was predicted years ago.
This investigation covered multiple areas of Europe. A total... |
23 April 2012
09:07 GMT |
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Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia is gearing up for the release of its Nokia Lumia 900 smartphone on various markets around the world, including Europe. The Windows Phone device will arrive on shelves in the United States on April 8th, and should reach other markets around the world soon after. Unfortunately, no o... |
5 April 2012
07:35 GMT |
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Video game publisher NCSoft has blamed a number of factors that it cannot control for the comparatively high price of the Collector’s Edition of the upcoming Guild Wars 2 on the European market.
A spokesperson for NCSoft stated, “Currency fluctuations, distribution costs, taxes and market conditions in a... |
30 March 2012
05:06 GMT |
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Sony has just unleashed a major series of discounts for its European PlayStation Store users, slashing prices on all sorts of games for the PlayStation 3.
Sony of North America ran its traditional PSN Spring Fever even earlier this month, and now its European branch is also slashing prices on games from its version ... |
28 March 2012
04:20 GMT |
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Fujitsu is expected to bring to the market in Europe new Android and Windows Phone-powered devices in the near future, the latest reports on the matter suggest. The company is expected to announce plans on the matter as soon as next week, during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, Financial Times sug... |
20 February 2012
09:49 GMT |
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Sony is getting ready to release the PlayStation Vita next week so, in order to get people even more interested, commercials for the device have already started appearing in territories like Europe or North America, each with different themes and taglines.
The PlayStation Vita hasn’t had the best of starts in ... |
16 February 2012
02:43 GMT |
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Soon, Samsung might bring to the market in Europe the LTE-enabled flavor of its Galaxy Tab 8.9 tablet PC, recent reports suggest.
The South Korean mobile phone maker has just got its device approved for use on the old continent, which suggests that it might not be too long before it arrives on shelves.
Featuring ... |
13 February 2012
16:31 GMT |
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Sony has declined to make a comment on whether or not it will deliver a PSP to PS Vita game transferring service to its European customers, after its North American branch confirmed that such a program would not be ran in the U.S.
The PlayStation Vita is set to appear later this month and, as you can imagine, Sony i... |
9 February 2012
03:45 GMT |
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The developers at Eat Sleep Play and publisher Sony have announced that the launch date for the European version of Twisted Metal is now set for March 7, with the two companies confirming that players will have abilities to paint their own cars.
The game has been delayed for some time because of issues with localiza... |
8 February 2012
05:46 GMT |
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The new Twisted Metal game that’s set to appear later this month has been delayed in Europe, according to its lead designer, David Jaffe, who also mentioned that violent content from the North American edition has been cut in order to meet the stricter European guidelines.
Twisted Metal is one of the first big... |
6 February 2012
17:21 GMT |
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Hackers around the world moves on with SEPO, an Eastern European hacker that considers himself to be a gray hat that turns into a black hat if corrupt companies, governments, or Anonymous targets are involved. He is known for targeting major African and Middle Eastern companies and financial institutions such as the ... |
5 February 2012
08:46 GMT |
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Video game hardware developer and video game publisher Sony has announced that the PlayStation Network service will be taken down for scheduled maintenance during Thursday, the second day of February. The announcement about the downtime was made on the European forums of Sony, which might mean that it will only affe... |
31 January 2012
07:30 GMT |
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Throughout northern Europe, scientists and local authorities are dealing with the emergence of a new virus. The microorganism attacks cattle, sheep and goats, and causes females to display fetal malformations during pregnancy, or give birth to dead offspring.
Epidemiologists are currently working as hard as they ca... |
17 January 2012
18:31 GMT |
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Sony has talked about the PlayStation Vita and the slow sales experienced by the new handheld device in Japan, where it went on sale for almost a month, saying that these low figures won’t mean a poor launch next month in Europe or North America.
The PlayStation Vita went on sale in Japan last month and, while... |
16 January 2012
18:31 GMT |
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Capcom has confirmed that it will soon be releasing a demo of its upcoming Resident Evil: Revelations title in territories outside Japan, including Europe and North America. Nintendo 3DS owners are set to receive a proper console-like experience at the end of the month, when Capcom deploys its high quality and steep... |
6 January 2012
15:31 GMT |
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Frozenbyte, the developer of the hit Trine series, has confirmed that it still doesn’t know when Trine 2, the latest chapter in the franchise, will appear on the European PlayStation Store, because it has yet to receive approval from Sony Europe.
Trine 2 impressed many gamers last month when it appeared on the... |
6 January 2012
04:15 GMT |
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Since the Lulzmax operation was a “complete success,” hackers working under the Anonymous name revealed their new objectives purposed to unmask the corruption that takes place in European institutions.
Schools, universities and government institutions from European countries such as Greece, Switzerland,... |
4 January 2012
04:42 GMT |
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Electronic Arts has announced that its upcoming SSX snowboarding simulator won’t be making its intended release date in the middle of February, right on Valentine’s Day in North America and on February 17 in Europe, as the development team wants a few more weeks to polish the game.SSX was initially announ... |
23 December 2011
02:43 GMT |
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Sony has made an official statement about the issues and glitches that plagued the PlayStation Vita, which were reported by the media after the release of the handheld device in Japan, saying that they were blown out of proportions and aren’t that widespread.The PlayStation Vita was released in Japan at the end... |
22 December 2011
17:21 GMT |
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Remember those European countries you always wanted to visit but didn’t have the chance so far? They can all come to your Windows 7 PC’s desktop courtesy of a new theme, Bing Maps Aerial Imagery theme: Europe.
It won’t compare to visiting these countries, but will certainly offer you a new perspec... |
20 December 2011
13:51 GMT |
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Following a premature rollout of iTunes Match internationally, Apple is now reportedly pushing out the service officially, with customers in Europe and Canada reportedly receiving confirmation emails that the music matching service is a go in their territories. European pricing is set at €24.99/year. U.K. custom... |
16 December 2011
08:28 GMT |
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Motorola has officially acknowledged a win against Cupertino, California-based Apple Inc. after a German court ruled that Apple’s European sales office is infringing one of Motorola Mobility's core cellular communications patents.Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc. has issued an official report announcing tha... |
11 December 2011
08:39 GMT |
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December is already upon us, and autumn is theoretically over, but not for Europe. This fall was very dry and warm, which is really unusual for the Old Continent. As such, the European Space Agency (ESA) is having its SMOS water mission keep an eye on things.
As its name implies, the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinit... |
8 December 2011
03:49 GMT |
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The music streaming business may not be the most profitable one, but the demand is there and the potential is huge. It just takes someone to find out how to make money from it. Several companies are focusing on the US first, but the French Deezer has another idea. For it, not focusing on the US is actually an advant... |
7 December 2011
10:24 GMT |
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Sony has just confirmed a great deal for its PlayStation Plus members in Europe, as they will receive 12 free games throughout the month of December, with a new title arriving every two days on the PlayStation Store.PlayStation Plus membership is definitely a great investment for avid PlayStation 3 gamers, offering f... |
2 December 2011
15:41 GMT |
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LPI-Croatia, a new Master Affiliate for Croatia, has been announced by The Linux Professional Institute (LPI), an institute that is responsible for Linux certification and which is supported by the IT industry, enterprise customers, community professionals, government entities and the educational communit... |
2 December 2011
08:25 GMT |
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Nintendo has confirmed that European 3DS owners will be able to get the Circle Pad Pro add-on for their device on January 27, 2012.The Nintendo 3DS wasn’t exactly a huge success, but things are getting a lot of better, as the Japanese company registered massive sales throughout recent months, with Black Friday ... |
1 December 2011
04:56 GMT |
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Deep Silver has confirmed that the quirky Catherine adventure puzzle game will be making its way onto European shores next February, for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 platforms.Catherine impressed through its offbeat gameplay, which focused on Vincent, a 32-year-old guy who needs to decide on whether he’ll con... |
28 November 2011
19:11 GMT |
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The European Environment Agency says that major European facilities have to take €169 Billion ($223 billion) our of their pockets to minimize the impact of industrial pollution upon public health and the wellbeing of the environment.
In order to reach a pertinent conclusion EEA analyzed the level of pollution b... |
25 November 2011
09:19 GMT |
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The net neutrality debate is not one that will die down soon. In the UK though, local regulator Ofcom has said that ISPs can pretty much do as they please, slow down or exclude any service at will.
However, they will have to provide accurate and detailed data on the service they do provide, actual speeds, filters an... |
25 November 2011
08:23 GMT |
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After quite a lot of waiting and some legal disputes, Double Fine, the studio behind the Trenched action tower defense title, has confirmed that the game will be fully renamed into Iron Brigade and will be released in Europe on November 30.Double Fine released Trenched into critical and sales acclaim on the Xbox Live... |
18 November 2011
03:52 GMT |
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After presenting a very special package for its North American customers, Sony has now revealed just what those who pre-order the upcoming PlayStation Vita will get in Europe and other PAL regions, with the company offering things like branded PS Vita headphones, a special 'gaming wallet' and even discounts... |
16 November 2011
18:41 GMT |
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A new report launched by the market analysis firm Newzoo has shown that sales of used titles and of digitally distributed content make up 35 percent of the overall amount of money spent on video games in the United Stated.23% of the money is linked to the second hand game market, which publishers and developers have ... |
8 November 2011
09:18 GMT |
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South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung Electronics is gearing up for the release of a new Android-based mobile phone on shelves in Europe, namely the Samsung Galaxy Note, and some more info on the wireless carriers that will add it to their offering emerged.
The smartphone was unveiled to the world in early Septe... |
1 November 2011
06:01 GMT |
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I write a lot about video games and, often, I end an article by telling potential players about the platforms on which the titles will appear and about the day when the product will be available on store shelves.I almost always write down two launch dates, one for North America and the other one for Europe and, almos... |
29 October 2011
06:11 GMT |
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South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung Electronics has just confirmed that the newly unveiled Galaxy Nexus smartphone is set to make an appearance on the market in Europe on November 17th.
Galaxy Nexus is the first smartphone in the world to run under the new Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system from Go... |
28 October 2011
02:33 GMT |
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Video game hardware developer Sony has announced that the launch date for the PlayStation Vita handheld in the United States, Europe, Canada and Latin America has been set for February 22, 2012, with all major retailers ready to stock the new platform.The announcement was made at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco a... |
19 October 2011
05:47 GMT |
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Apple has quietly introduced the iTunes Store to twelve new European Union countries today, eight years after the platform’s debut in America.Millions of new European users can now download and buy music through iTunes in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Roma... |
29 September 2011
06:31 GMT |
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The first Windows Phone Mango-powered handset is now available for purchase for users in Europe, and is not the Fujitsu-Toshiba IS12T, which already went available in Japan, or one of the HTC smartphones that went official on September 1st, namely the HTC TITAN or the Radar.
Instead, it is the plain old HTC Moza... |
20 September 2011
14:31 GMT |
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Google Voice is one of Google's best, if not exactly the most lauded, products. It completely transforms phone communications, from the inside out and gives users, perhaps for the first time, a bit of flexibility and power over the big telcos that generally get to do what they want.That said, like many of the be... |
20 September 2011
11:21 GMT |
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Users in the United States were already capable of controlling their Android-powered mobile phones using their voice, courtesy of Voice Actions, a series of spoken commands that were launched last year for them, and now more users can take advantage of this feature.
Using Voice Actions, people can easily call a ... |
16 September 2011
05:52 GMT |
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A number of retailers in Australia and in Europe have put up pre-order offers for a new PlayStation 3 model, called Classic White, which will apparently be launched during November and will come complete with an extra controller and will have a 320 GB hard drive.The white version of the PS3 will be sold for the same ... |
14 September 2011
02:59 GMT |
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Slowly but surely, Google's Android mobile operating system is gaining more market share all around the world, and it has already come to the second place in the top five European markets, the latest data from comScore shows.
In the five leading European markets (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United... |
13 September 2011
16:41 GMT |
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BioWare, the developer of the upcoming Star Wars: The Old Republic, announced that the planned beta stage for the online game in Europe is delayed because a new build is set to be released in the following week, which brings special localization options for French and German gamers, as well as many new things.Star Wa... |
9 September 2011
03:50 GMT |
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Sony has revealed the second batch of games that are part of its ongoing PSP Power Sale offer, with another 50 titles seeing their prices slashed between September 7 and 21.Sony is making sure PSP owners have plenty of reasons to buy new digital games for their platform, and started at the beginning of the month the ... |
6 September 2011
14:21 GMT |
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According to a newly-released statistical analysis, it would appear that fighting mental health disorders will be Europe's primary and most difficult challenge over the coming decades. As much as 40 percent of its population is diagnosed with one or more such condition every single year. There are numerous disor... |
6 September 2011
10:56 GMT |
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