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Radio signals have been the standard for data transmission for well over a century, and innovations in the field have meant that higher and higher frequencies have been used to get as much data across as possible. Some time ago, scientists found out that wavelengths belonging to visible light could also be used for h... |
21 October 2009
09:07 GMT |
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Experts at the Kansas State University (KSU) have recently announced that they managed to augment the electric properties of the carbon compound graphene, by adding gold nanoflakes to its surface. They argue that the addition of the so-called snowflake-shaped gold nanostars (SFGN) created a uniformly distributed &ldq... |
14 October 2009
03:43 GMT |
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Tekken 6 has been around as a project since 2005, when it was announced at the same time as Sony's PlayStation 3. Four years have passed, and it seems like the game is finally ready for the audience. Namco Bandai announced on Friday that they'd finished developing the game for the Xbox 360 and the PlayStati... |
12 October 2009
13:31 GMT |
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The amazing, new find was made in Staffordshire, where archaeologists discovered the largest such pile of gold in the entire United Kingdom. The Anglo-Saxon hoard features approximately 1,500 pieces of silver and gold, and is estimated to be around 1,300 years old. Experts say that more than a year will most likely g... |
24 September 2009
17:01 GMT |
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Weighing any and all types of atoms individually has been a long-standing goal in science, and now efforts done by experts from the University of Melbourne, in Australia, have brought these attempts one nano-step closer to success. In their studies of gold nanoparticles of highly uniform shapes and sizes, the investi... |
27 July 2009
10:32 GMT |
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They say diamonds are a girl’s best friend and, to some extent, so are other gems and valuable metals, such as gold or platinum. However, since recession has so far proved to be a girl’s worst nightmare, all prized possessions also have to go to make ends meet. Consequently, Gold Parties or “bling a... |
3 June 2009
13:31 GMT |
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Electronic Arts will be in quite an interesting position in the coming weeks, as The Sims 3 is now said to be gold, which means that no more changes are made to the code and that the game is not being multiplied so that people can get their hands on a copy when the official release date of June 2 arrives. The publish... |
11 May 2009
04:01 GMT |
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If there's anything inseparable from the handhelds released by Nintendo, it's the Pokemon franchise, which has generated one of the most important series of videogames for the platform, with huge sales and a very big fan base. And it seems that the Japanese videogame developer and publisher is getting ready... |
4 May 2009
05:23 GMT |
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Online services have begun to play a major role for all consoles, as a lot of customers are now basing their decisions on the advantages they can have once the device has been connected to the Internet. Despite all their combined efforts, the PlayStation 3 and the Wii can't really touch the Xbox 360's extre... |
6 March 2009
02:45 GMT |
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The folks at 1 Infinite Loop should be patting each other on the back after seeing their products take home four separate iF product design awards from the prestigious iF International Forum Design, Macworld reports. That's right, Apple netted four awards, one for the iPhone 3G, one for the second-generation iPo... |
4 March 2009
06:27 GMT |
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It seems that just about 50% of the people who have registered for an Xbox Live account are willing to pay to enjoy the perks of a Gold membership. The others are just as happy to use a Silver account, which is free. The Gold membership costs 49.99 dollars, if you are ready to pay for a whole year. This is the best d... |
24 February 2009
13:11 GMT |
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A sewage treatment facility in central Japan is currently unexpectedly engaged in the gold prospecting business, following recent discoveries that show that the sewerage it processes carries a gold density higher than that of most profitable mines in the entire country. Officials at the site say that they have recove... |
2 February 2009
05:58 GMT |
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It's common knowledge that gold is one of the most ductile materials. Architects are able to cover hundreds of square meters of building roofs with only a few grams of the stuff, which was the main reason why it was so widely used in the past, for decorating regal palaces and official structures of most empires ... |
23 January 2009
05:46 GMT |
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Gold has always been a major fuel for humans' imagination, oft-present in their tales, from legends and children's stories to serious novels, stressing on the importance of the glittering material associated with the difference between rich and poor. The Incan, who built vast cities of gold, referred to it ... |
16 December 2008
15:51 GMT |
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A team of scientists from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California came up with a technique that allows obtaining impressive quantities of antimatter. But as the antimatter suddenly became so easily available, two problems related to it subsequently occurred. The former refers to the possibility of st... |
2 December 2008
08:17 GMT |
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Another piece of evidence to the fact that hobbies can help science was provided recently, as a college professor from the Netherlands, with the help of his metal detector, came upon a Celtic coin cache. The coins were made of gold and silver during Caius Julius Caesar's time (sometimes in the middle of the fir... |
14 November 2008
07:36 GMT |
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A team of archaeologists from Israel led by Doron Ben-Ami, a Ph.D researcher from the Hebrew University's Institute of Archaeology, has recently uncovered a precious piece of jewelry lying under layers of earth beneath a parking lot, by the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem. The earring was dated to a period st... |
11 November 2008
03:52 GMT |
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The State Administration of Taxation in China is announcing that it plans to impose a 20% personal income tax on the profit made from virtual currency. Most people affected by the new tax will be those who buy or hoard virtual currency in order to later sell it to make a profit. This group of people is usually label... |
5 November 2008
03:56 GMT |
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Alchemy defines an occult art, a mix of science, mystical philosophy and a hint of magic, with the intended purpose of finding ways to extend lifespan and cure illnesses by discovering the elixir of life. During this search, alchemists focused on obtaining silver and gold (the perfect metals, since they were always s... |
14 October 2008
05:39 GMT |
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Bioshock is a truly terrific game. With innovations and a wide opportunity of choices which affected every aspect of the game, it was a breath of fresh air for the gaming industry. The philosophical and moral issues asked by this game really tore gamers into camps, each of them militating for the choices which ... |
30 September 2008
14:21 GMT |
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The first Battlefield games, as developed by DICE, were pretty much multiplayer affairs, very well suited for matches which employed well rehearsed team tactics. After Battlefield 2142 was launched, DICE quietly began working on Battlefield: Bad Company, only giving away the fact that their next project was likely t... |
5 September 2008
09:06 GMT |
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The wait is almost over, since Electronic Arts and Maxis have announced that the most anticipated game of the year, Spore, has gone gold and will hit the retail shelves on the 5th of September in Europe and the 7th of September in North America and Asia. Also, at the same time with the North American release, the DS ... |
15 August 2008
13:06 GMT |
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Besides preparing to unveil brand new products, Sony Ericsson is also readying new color versions for two of its handsets: the slim W890 Walkman and the entry-level K330. More exactly, the W890 will soon be available in a gold edition, while the K330 in a white one. Neither of the new colors are confirmed by the Swe... |
31 July 2008
02:57 GMT |
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Soulcalibur IV is one of the most anticipated fighting titles of the year, even if it brings way too many Star Wars characters in play (a total of three for both console versions). The good news is that you will probably be able to go through the game without fighting against these characters, which means that it won... |
18 July 2008
06:59 GMT |
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A massive amount of gold and other precious metals is used every year to fabricate electronic consumer devices such as computers, television sets and mobile phones. It might not seem so obvious at first, but the landfill may literally be a gold mine. The real problem with recycling these metals is that the process is... |
8 July 2008
05:00 GMT |
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Mobiado, the Canada-based manufacturer of luxury mobile phones, recently announced the release of two new handsets from its Professional line-up: Mobiado Professional 105 EM and Mobiado Professional 105 GCB. The new handsets are both CNC machined and not too different when it comes to features. The difference can ... |
16 June 2008
08:30 GMT |
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The game dubbed by its developers as the best tennis simulation title ever released, Top Spin 3, has finally gone gold and can be purchased at retailers across North America starting the 24th of June. By being available for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii and DS consoles, it makes sure that virtually any game f... |
13 June 2008
15:06 GMT |
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Last week, we were talking about some of the strangest and somewhat most disturbing ingredients scientists have mixed into our face creams, in the hope that one (or all) of them will finally put a stop to aging and effectively fight off any other type of skin damage. However, despite the fact that we're putting ... |
9 June 2008
03:02 GMT |
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Most of the luxury phones appeared on the market don't have a specific goal, but that's not the case with the new Merdeka 50 24K, which was created to celebrate 50 years of Malaysian independence from the UK. Well, the 50 years anniversary actually took place last year, when a Merdeka 50 18K phone was relea... |
31 May 2008
04:56 GMT |
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Lighthouse Interactive has announced that their latest adventure title, Belief & Betrayal, has reached gold status and it is ready to be distributed in Europe and North America. The States will see the game sooner, as it often happens with video games, on the 10th of June this year, while Europe will have to wait ten... |
22 May 2008
12:06 GMT |
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This time, the treasure emerged off the coast of Namibia. The 500-year old ship was filled with tons of copper ingots, elephant tusks, gold coins, coffin-sized timber fragments, plus the cannons. The discovery was made by Namdeb Diamond Corp., a joint venture of the government of Namibia and De Beers. The geologists ... |
6 May 2008
03:54 GMT |
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Retired consumer electronics appliances could bring you a fortune, even before recycling, if you decided to mine them for precious metals. The new trend is as scientific as possible, and even got a name: "Urban mining". The idea behind it is the fact that scrap parts hold significant amounts of gold, silver, copper, ... |
29 April 2008
06:55 GMT |
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Now, you can find out how old the American obsession for gold is. A new research published in the "Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences" reveals it: a 4,100-year-old nine-bead Peruvian necklace represents the oldest known gold artifact in the Americas. The artifact was discovered in a burial pit near Lake Titi... |
1 April 2008
04:52 GMT |
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When this treasure was buried, during the fifth century BC, western Turkey formed the kingdom of Lydia and its kings had the fame of being the world's richest monarchs. This was especially true for the last Lydian king, Croesus.Herodotus wrote about Lydia, Croesus and his inexpugnable capital, Sardes, said to be... |
25 March 2008
11:15 GMT |
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How much gold did the ancient Egyptian goldsmith process? The historian Hecateus of Miletus (4th century BC) said the extracted gold would raise to 32 million Greek mines (the 'mine' was the ancient Greek unit of mass; the amount in discussion represents about 10,000 tonnes!), a highly exaggerated number. T... |
20 March 2008
11:20 GMT |
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The greatest football (or soccer, if you wish) management game in the world will finally be available for a greater audience, since Sega has just announced that the Xbox 360 version is done, packed and ready to hit the retail stores starting the 28th of March this year. So play Halo and COD as long as you can because... |
10 March 2008
06:39 GMT |
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Do you know where in the world you were on March 28, 2007? Do you know where you'll be on March 26, 2008? If the answer is "no" then you might just not be a real fan of the Command & Conquer franchise. While March 28, 2007, witnessed the release of Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars, on March 26 this year the ex... |
10 March 2008
06:06 GMT |
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This has got to be a joke! No way am I looking at both Crystal Icing's and Computer Choppers' designs in one laptop. And it's Apple's Air too. According to bornrich.org, this is the work of the guys at Bling My Thing, who've managed to get 12,000 Swarovski crystals up on that Air, complete wi... |
7 March 2008
11:06 GMT |
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Amosu, well-known for offering various mobile phones in limited luxury editions, recently unveiled its latest creation, Blackberry Pearl Diamond Edition, offering Blackberry's rich fans the chance to show everyone that they are, well, rich. Only 20 Diamond Blackberry handsets will be made and offered with 1... |
20 February 2008
06:38 GMT |
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If money is not a problem for you and you have already bought a couple of islands and some land on the Moon and Mars, here is what your next acquisition should be: the $600,000 Personal Computer! It's not a joke, not even a mistake: six hundred thousand US dollars for ONE computer. So... do you think it's w... |
29 January 2008
06:04 GMT |
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Samurai Warriors: Katana is now available at North American retailers for the Nintendo Wii. Koei's game inspired from the samurai era is a first person arcade-style action-adventure designed to bring the fun into everybody's houses, as Koei's vice president declared.Samurai Warriors: Katana is an incr... |
17 January 2008
02:46 GMT |
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Sony Ericsson T650, released back in August 2007, comes now in a Precious Gold special luxury edition, with a scratch-resistant mineral glass display encased in a 24 carat gold plating. The handset's body is colored in pink, so it makes an interesting combination with the gold, but one that mostly appeals girls... |
8 January 2008
10:28 GMT |
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So you've heard news of a great game called Uncharted: Drake's Fortune for the PS3 thinking there's no way in heck you'll be able to enjoy that gameplay experience since you don't own a PS3. Don't go that far, there's still chance for a Wii gamer also to explore an uncharted domain,... |
4 January 2008
08:31 GMT |
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It looks like Chinese handset manufacturers can't let it go and continue to copy - paste some of the most successful mobile phones on the market. The highly acclaimed Sony Ericsson P1i has been turned by the Chinese manufacturer into the new Gold Star P1i. If we put both devices side by side, one can see many re... |
4 January 2008
05:00 GMT |
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Most of the metals we use are alloys, combinations in which one chemical is a metal. That's because pure metals rarely have the ideal properties for a certain task, but they can be improved by adding other metals. Resistance, hardness, melting point and electric conductivity are properties linked to the crystall... |
3 January 2008
06:12 GMT |
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Does anyone remember a certain movie that starred Eddie Murphy, called "The Golden Boy"? Well, in any case, the little Buddha kid could do a few magic tricks in that flick, but this week's Chinese handset release I doubt that will do any magic at all.We are not sure in which category to put this phone: funny but... |
18 December 2007
05:30 GMT |
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Your cat may be like your child. But, in fact, you may not be able to have your own biological child because of the cat. That's because of a potentially dangerous parasite protozoan, Toxoplasma gondii, that enters your body when you handle the feces of infected cats or ingest raw or undercooked meat of an interm... |
13 December 2007
04:55 GMT |
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The two membership levels available for Xbox Live subscribers (Gold and Silver) allow Xbox 360 users to access different items and features at different price levels. Everything (well, almost everything) you needed to know about the differences between the two subscription levels and which one is most suitable for yo... |
29 November 2007
06:50 GMT |
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Sagem just pimped one of its cheapest low-end mobile phones with some bling bling. The my220x handset will come in a golden version for a ridiculously small price, making it a real bargain for all those who love cheap metal shine.Fortunately, the handset producer brings out a rather tasteful version of the phone out ... |
21 November 2007
04:52 GMT |
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Samsung U600 just got even more stylish, if anybody doubted that to be possible. The phone will be available in a limited edition version of black and gold as to break the pattern set by other handsets and also to try out the clothes of a luxury phone.The new special edition of Samsung U600 certainly looks elegant an... |
19 November 2007
04:38 GMT |
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