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| Golden Times for Soulcalibur IV |  | 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 fight ... [read more >>] | | 18 July 2008, 06:59GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Newspapers Offer Solution for Precious Metal Recycling |  | 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 usually very complicated and expensive, requiring large amounts of chemical compounds that have damaging effects on the envi ... [read more >>] | | 08 July 2008, 05:00GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| New Mobiado Luxury Phones Unveiled: 105 EM and 105 GCB |  | 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 be noticed when we talk about the materials they're made of. Mobiado Professional 105 EM (or PRO105EM) com ... [read more >>] | | 16 June 2008, 08:30GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Top Spin 3 Goes Gold |  | 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 cons ... [read more >>] | | 13 June 2008, 15:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Get a Golden Body - Literally |  | 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 fa ... [read more >>] | | 09 June 2008, 03:02GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Belief & Betrayal Goes Gold |  | 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 ... [read more >>] | | 22 May 2008, 12:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| New Treasure Found off Namibia |  | 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 were looking for diamonds off Namibia.
"If you're mining on the coast, sooner or later you'll find a[ADMARK ... [read more >>] | | 06 May 2008, 03:54GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Mine Your Cellphone for Gold and Silver Before Throwing It Away |  | 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, or precious gems such as iridium.
We have previously reported about a man who ended up poisoned to de ... [read more >>] | | 29 April 2008, 06:55GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| The Oldest Gold of Americas: 4,100 Years Old |  | 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 Titicaca, associated with an adult jawbone.
The previously oldest known gold artifacts in Americas came a ... [read more >>] | | 01 April 2008, 04:52GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| How Modern Coins Appeared and the Richest Man of Antiquity |  | 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 polished with gold and inside whose walls 20,000 to 50,000 persons had a luxury life. Obsessed with richness, ... [read more >>] | | 25 March 2008, 11:15GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| The Gold of the Pharaohs |  | 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. The study of the hieroglyphs carved on the walls of the temple of Karnak, representing the annals of Tutmosis III, from the 18 ... [read more >>] | | 20 March 2008, 11:20GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Golden Times for Football Manager 2008, Xbox 360 Version! |  | 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 starting next month we'll have a new "most played" game available. Of course this will never happen ... [read more >>] | | 10 March 2008, 06:39GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Kane's Warth Has Officially Gone Gold |  | 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 expansion pack, ... [read more >>] | | 10 March 2008, 06:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Blackberry Pearl in Diamonds and Gold |  | 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 2 ... [read more >>] | | 20 February 2008, 06:38GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Sony Ericsson T650 Luxury Gold & Pink Edition |  | 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 gol ... [read more >>] | | 08 January 2008, 10:28GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Sony Ericsson's P1i and the Chinese Ripoff |  | 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 w ... [read more >>] | | 04 January 2008, 05:00GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Top 10 Alloys |  | 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 crystalline structure of the metal. All these modify when mixed with another chemical. Alloys can contain non-metal elements, lik ... [read more >>] | | 03 January 2008, 06:12GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| The Golden Phone of Buddha |  | 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 ... [read more >>] | | 18 December 2007, 05:30GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Gold against Abortions |  | 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 intermediary host like rabbit or sheep, or when you eat/drink aliments or water contaminated with parasite eggs from cat feces, whi ... [read more >>] | | 13 December 2007, 04:55GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Sagem my220x in Cheap Gold Version |  | 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 on the market. A low-end mobile phone covered in gold sounds like a rusty old truck covered with blazing flames ... [read more >>] | | 21 November 2007, 04:52GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Samsung U600 in Elegant Black Gold Limited Edition |  | 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 and similar to the most expensive handsets out there that rely on expensive metals to stand out and make their mo ... [read more >>] | | 19 November 2007, 04:38GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| The World's Most Expensive Remote Control: Pure Gold, Over $55,000 Price Tag |  | It's quite a well-known fact that there are quite a few people out there that have so much money, such huge fortunes that they simply begin spending on some of the most idiotic things ever. On the other hand, since there's a serious market demand for exclusive, high-end and luxury products, there are also quite a few companies that provide said products, one of these firms being the Danish company Lantic Systems, which has just a ... [read more >>] | | 15 November 2007, 10:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Golden LG Shine Goes Canadian |  | The clamshell version of LG Shine will be available at Telus in the near future. The phone will come in a special gold version, for an extra glow.
The original LG Shine has a regular at Telus since September this year, which made it just the right time for a s ... [read more >>] | | 09 November 2007, 04:07GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Rock Band Goes Gold – Special Edition Contents Disclosed |  | Rock Band developer Harmonix, MTV Games and distribution partner Electronic Arts have just confirmed the music title's gold status. The game is "in final production and manufacturing, and set for launch." The trio have also confirmed contents of The Rock Band Special Edition Bundle, which will be available in North America for PS3 and Xbox 360 on November 20th, at $169.99 a piece. As for the ... [read more >>] | | 06 November 2007, 05:33GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Unreal Tournament 3 Goes Gold |  | It's probably the piece of news of the day and something we've been expecting for a long time and, yes ladies and gents, Unreal Tournament 3 has finally reached gold status. This means that the game is finished, done with, ready and copies are being made right now in the d ... [read more >>] | | 31 October 2007, 11:40GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Crysis Goes Gold! |  | Halo 3 gets ready to surrender its "Most Wanted FPS of the Year" award to Crysis, as Crytek's title has just gone gold. We've offered you the demo this weekend for download right HERE, but I bet you have already finished it by now. We've shown you the ... [read more >>] | | 30 October 2007, 10:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Why Does Gold Heal? |  | Gold can heal, only that you must know how to handle it. Physicians first used injections of gold salts in the early 1900s, as they were used to relieve arthritis causing pain and swelling. But this came with severe side effects: besides taking effect months later, the gold shot provoked rashes, mouth sores, kidney damage and sometimes impaired bone marrow’s function of delivering new blood cells.
Drugs like methotrexate and others wer ... [read more >>] | | 24 October 2007, 06:48GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 2008 - The 100% Golden Year! |  | "What day is today, honey?" "I don’t know, some dude stole my golden calendar!" This makes no sense, does it? Well, for the ones that can really afford one of these, it shouldn’t come as a surprise at all. The Japanese really know how to live like Hollywood brats. They have recently introduced a brand new shiny calendar, made of 100% pure gold. It shines, it’s heavy and it tells the date.
Besides the possibility of s ... [read more >>] | | 20 October 2007, 07:54GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| How Do Gold Nuggets Form? |  | Golden nuggets triggered various gold rushes in the last two centuries, from California and Alaska to South Africa and Australia. The endeavor of thousands of people resulted in gold used for making jewels: from the necklaces of the rappers with bad taste to the most sophisticated royal adornments.
Now, a new research on the traits of gold nuggets encountered around Australia has challenged the long standing classical theories ... [read more >>] | | 17 October 2007, 03:56GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Motorola RAZR2 Luxury Edition for the Holidays |  | Motorola has glamour in mind when thinking of this year's holidays - a special edition of the RAZR2 with 18k and 24k gold plated accents looks to steal the spotlight and shine with its luxurious materials.
It's not the first special edition of the Motorola RAZR2&l ... [read more >>] | | 12 October 2007, 04:50GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| iPhone Touched by Midas, Turns Gold |  | A golden iPhone was probably what the mobile phone market really needed in order to best combine great features with expensive materials. Luxury handsets usually come with pretty low performances, which makes Apple's phone a great alternative for those who feel that a gold dipping enables their phone to offer better support for communication.
Goldstriker is a company that has covered in gold many other handsets over the y ... [read more >>] | | 08 October 2007, 10:35GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| The First Invisibility Cloak in the Visible Spectrum, Made of Gold! |  | Magic has turned into reality. A remarkable achievement has been made by an American team: the world's first real invisibility cloak, a device turning an object invisible in the visible spectrum. But don't get your hopes up: the technique works only in two dimensions and on a tiny scale so far.
The new cloak is only 10 micrometres wide and heads light waves around an object located inside, releasing them on the other side. The ... [read more >>] | | 03 October 2007, 03:49GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Gold - Escape from Paradise City. Details Disclosed |  | It's official, RTS and RPG fans, cdv Software Entertainment USA and Sirius Games have gone public, announcing that Escape from Paradise City has just gone gold. The game features an interesting combination of RTS and ... [read more >>] | | 02 October 2007, 03:46GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| The Legend of El Dorado Deluxe |  | Not that fresh, but straight from the Zylom game labs, we have this week's game, called "The Legend of El Dorado", the Deluxe version... And of course it's a puzzle.
The story of this game puts you in the shoes of an assistant. You must help a so called Dr. Van Hutton to locate a treasure buried in the rainforest in South America (where else?).
Far from being an original idea, this game that has the same ... [read more >>] | | 27 September 2007, 10:20GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Gold Against Cancer |  | Health is wealth. Gold dust could be the new powerful anti-cancer weapon, transporting drugs hidden from the body's immune cells into tumors. Drug molecules have been attached to gold particles of just a fraction of the diameter of a human hair, so tiny that they can sneak blood's white cells without being annihilated and launch the cancer-destroying molecules into the core of the tumor.
The method developed by a team at Rice ... [read more >>] | | 25 September 2007, 06:36GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| SC2: Weapons and Warfare Add-on Almost Gold |  | Developer of the Strategic Command grand tactical series, Hubert Cater has recently made a new blog entry, revealing that the SC2:WAW add-on has entered final beta testing stages. The excerpt we've made available below will provide an insight to what ... [read more >>] | | 06 September 2007, 06:49GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Halo 3 Has Shipped to Retailers!!! |  | You may not believe this but Halo 3 has indeed hit shops. It's not yet on shelves ready for you to take with your shivering hand, but according to Eurogamer.biz the image to the left (click to enlarge), courtesy of CVG, seemingly shows the Collector's Edition of & ... [read more >>] | | 04 September 2007, 02:52GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| The River of Blood, Pain, Gold, Diamonds and Coltan |  | Congo is the fifth longest river in the world, measuring almost 5,000 km (3,000 mi) and the second in debit following Amazon: 42,450 cubic meters of water/second. From 1971, the river is known as Zaire and the indigenous call it "the river that swells all the other rivers". The volume of water dug at the river's mouth a submarine canyon of over 1 km (0.6 mi) deep. The mud dyes the Atlantic Ocean red very far away.
The ba ... [read more >>] | | 01 September 2007, 10:46GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
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