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PlayStation Vita Firmware 1.60 Out on February 8

Sony has confirmed that it will deploy a brand new firmware update for the PlayStation Vita handheld console, which brings quite a few new features, like a Map app, as well as the ability to capture videos with the Camera app. The PlayStation Vita has been around for quite some time, at least in its native Japan, an...

6 February 2012
10:31 GMT

HP Not Turning into Software Company, Still Puts Emphasis on It Though

HP's CEO Meg Whitman agreed to an interview recently, where she answered some general and some not so general questions, one of which dealt with the company's position in regards to software. The interview conducted by CRN already exposed some information about what HP would like to do next, even if some ...

4 February 2012
13:01 GMT

Download Intel's SSD Toolbox

Intel's newest version of the SSD Toolbox is out and ready to serve, so people who have one of the company's storage units may want to drop by the official download page. The 3.0 version brings a number of benefits, not the least of which is the ability to update the device firmware without needing to go ...

28 October 2011
04:09 GMT

Switch to a ‘Green’ Printer With GreenPrint Advisor

A public beta version of a new software that helps users redirect print jobs from costly or inefficient printers to more cost-effective ones has just been launched by GreenPrint Technologies.Dubbed GreenPrint Advisor, the software categorizes all printers in a corporate environment as either "red," "yellow," or "gree...

11 October 2011
03:51 GMT

PlayStation 3 Firmware 3.72 Out Now, Improves Certain Features

Sony, in its already traditional manner, has confirmed that a new firmware update for its PlayStation 3 home console has been released, taking it to version 3.72, and improving a few special features of the device.Sony's PlayStation 3 has been seeing massive sales in the last few months, as a price cut, taking i...

20 September 2011
06:31 GMT

Intel Invests in Video Game Streaming

If anyone was wondering just what step Intel would next take in its goal to broaden its reach, the company, or at least a subdivision, has just made quite a few investments in a variety of areas. Intel is a world-class, giant corporation, and this means, among other things, that it has many subdivisions, each foc...

10 September 2011
05:59 GMT

NPD Software: Deus Ex: Human Revolution Trumps NCAA Football and Black Ops

The NPD Group has published its sales tracking data for the month of August in the USA and the overall downward trend is being kept, with a 23 decline, while Deus Ex: Human Revolution managed to defeat its opposition despite being on sale for just five days during the tracking window.August was another example of the...

9 September 2011
17:21 GMT

Xbox 360 Official 3D Update Is Coming, Report Says

Microsoft is going to deploy a big update for its Xbox 360 console's software in the near future, which brings a new option in its settings menu, to turn on the 3D mode of the device, allowing games that support such a technology to use it.While Sony has been hyping up the 3D capabilities of its PlayStation 3 fo...

1 September 2011
17:21 GMT

TV Program Shows Chinese Army Cyber Attack Tool

A recently aired Chinese TV program showed a piece of software designed to launch cyber attacks that was developed by an university with strong ties to the People's Liberation Army (PLA).According to Epoch Times, the footage is shown during a propaganda documentary about military strategy and the tool is develop...

23 August 2011
10:57 GMT

Softpedia Will Soon Be 10 Years Old. Get Ready for the Next Decade!

Come October 2011, Softpedia will be 10 years old! It’s hard to believe, but that’s a whole decade’s worth of free software downloads, relevant news and reviews.Besides being provided free of charge, our downloads are also fresh, as “updated 1 minute ago” is not just our motto, we ac...

23 August 2011
08:16 GMT

Innovative Software for DNA Construction Developed

A group of researchers at the US Department of Energy (DOE)’s Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI), led by biochemist Nathan Hillson, announces the development of a new software for DNA construction that is also capable of identifying the most cost-effective solutions.Hillson has been paying attention to the econom...

17 August 2011
04:44 GMT

New Software Can Examine Neural Circuitry

A collaboration of scientists in the United States announces the development of a new imaging technology, which enables them to create simplified, 2D images of the human brains and the neural connections it contains right on the spot. The new software was created so that experts could get a better, simpler view of th...

2 June 2011
02:55 GMT

Full Automation of DNA Origami Folding Is Within Reach

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) investigators have recently eliminated a major hurdle from the path of using DNA origami for creating large-scale, 3D structures inside cells. This was possible through the creation of a computer software that automates the process. DNA origami is a design technique that en...

27 April 2011
10:55 GMT

LucidLogix Virtu Software Chosen by Intel

LucidLogix seems to have done it again, as a certain software solution it developed, known as Virtu, has now been adopted by Intel and is set to be integrated into various desktop motherboards.LucidLogix originally made a name for itself by creating an SoC that allowed one to set up multi-GPU setups with both AMD an...

1 April 2011
06:57 GMT

Built-in Nintendo 3DS Software Is Its 'Killer App'

Nintendo has revealed that the built-in software of its new 3DS platform is the device's killer app, largely because no current game can convey the new features of the device better than its regular applications. Nintendo now has its 3DS handheld on sale all over the world, so it has began hyping up its featu...

31 March 2011
18:01 GMT

Nintendo 3DS Software Review

The Nintendo 3DS is officially out all over the world, and we already posted our initial hardware review, after experiencing what the device had to offer from a purely technological standpoint. Now, in this software review, we'll check out the applications installed on the device, how they work, if they'...

30 March 2011
07:30 GMT

Oracle Continues to Support IBM Power and x86 Platforms

Oracle may have dropped support for a certain Intel server platform not long ago, but anyone worried that the same might happen to the IBM Power and x86 solutions need not fear, according to analysts.Some might know that, not overly long ago, Oracle announced that it was dropping software development for Intel'...

28 March 2011
04:27 GMT

AMD Won't Make an App Store

That AMD solutions have started to be used in tablets is already common knowledge, more or less, but it looks like the company will not follow some of its peers as far as software availability is concerned.With all the hype surrounding the tablet segment, there are few PC and smartphone makers that haven't at l...

23 March 2011
03:27 GMT

PCMark 7 Benchmark Announced by Futuremark

PCs nowadays can do a lot of things, and it is benchmarks that users employ in their effort to learn just how well their own configurations run, like PCMark 7, which Futuremark just announced.No doubt consumers have seen and heard of many of the past year's most promising developments, including but not limited...

21 March 2011
12:07 GMT

Intel Buys Software Company SySDSoft

It seems that Intel is definitely looking to expand on the mobile front as it chose to make a step forward on the software side of things by acquiring a certain private company based in Cairo, Egypt.On any industry, the easiest way to expand in a certain area, or to gain the resources needed for a certain step, prov...

14 March 2011
08:59 GMT

IBM Says HP Is No Threat on Integrated Software and Service Business

IBM is not known for issuing public challenges, unlike other companies, but it seems it broke this policy, or skimmed on its edges, in its recent dealing with HP on the market for integrated software and services.As end-users know, the IT industry, besides being the playground of companies and consumers alike, is al...

14 March 2011
08:10 GMT

LucidLogix Enables Automatic Graphics Switching on Intel Systems

End-users from around the world may be familiar with the multiple graphics switching technologies that have been invented for systems with integrated and discrete graphics, but LucidLogix figured it would create a software that is universally compatible, or comes close.Systems with both integrated and discrete graph...

22 February 2011
10:51 GMT

Advanced Microscopy Software Developed in Germany

Scientists in Europe recently managed to perfect a new achievement in the field of microscopy, when they improved the functionality of a software program that enables microscopes to “learn” what their users are searching for in images.This allows for the machines to conduct studies autonomously, and pinpo...

24 January 2011
06:23 GMT

DLNA Begins to Certify Software Sold Directly to Consumers

The 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show has become a veritable stage where various hardware and software products are promoted, and DLNA decided to take advantage of consumer attention. Knowing that consumers from all around the world would be paying attention to what CES 2011 brings, The Digital Living ...

8 January 2011
05:18 GMT

Play World of Warcraft with Kinect for Free

Another day, another new way to use Kinect for something other than its intended gaming purpose for the Xbox 360, as this time a new demonstration from the USC Institute for Creative Technologies shows that you can control popular online title World of Warcraft with the Kinect and your own body. Microsoft's K...

29 December 2010
03:15 GMT

Software Allows Real-Time Contact Between Large Displays

Purdue University scientists announced the development of a new software, which allows touch screens and large visual displays to interact with each other in real-time, over a network connection.The innovation could be used to facilitate business and homeland security applications, the researchers say, but it conceiv...

24 November 2010
16:01 GMT

HP Invests Heavily in Research and Developments

It appears that HP's new Chief Executive Officer has adopted an arguably aggressive approach when it comes to investments, the company being supposedly bent on acquiring new software.As end-users may or may not know, HP is practically the world's greatest supplier of personal computers.It also managed to s...

23 November 2010
05:51 GMT

Microsoft Gives $8 Million to Help Veterans Get Jobs

Microsoft Corp. announced today the names of the six organizations that will receive the $8 million grants in cash and software, which will help veterans and their spouses get the education, the job training and the placement programs that will develop the skills they need to succeed in finding a job.Even if, despite...

10 November 2010
10:57 GMT

Intel Opens MeeGo-Focused Software Research Center in Romania

Although Intel's mainly known as a silicon, hardware and platform manufacturer, the truth of the matter is that they're also extremely actively involved in software development, their latest move in this direction being the opening of a brand-new software research center in Bucharest, Romania.As the chip ma...

9 November 2010
02:11 GMT

Analyzing Insects' Motor Skills

A newly developed software allows scientists to carry out a detailed analysis of cockroaches' movements, opening the way to future exploring or rescuing robots that would be able to walk on any kind of ground and even look through debris.Until now, many researchers tried to analyze exactly the way that cockroach...

28 October 2010
05:08 GMT

NPD Group Justifies Dropping Sales Numbers from Monthly Report

The NPD Group, a market research firm which tracks hardware and video games sales for the United States market, has talked about its decision to limit the actual sales figures that it is offering in its monthly reports, which some have criticized as making the public less aware of the trends and tendencies in the vid...

26 October 2010
13:41 GMT

Purdue University Develops Software for US Missile Defense Agency

The US Department of Defense's Missile Defense Agency is working with researchers from Purdue University, to develop a new software that would be able to manage all incoming data in case of an enemy missile attack.The goal of the researchers is to make an even more efficient and effective battle management, comm...

25 October 2010
10:40 GMT

New Software Will Alter Actors’ Body Size, Height

Health experts have repeatedly warned of the dangers of losing and gaining a lot of weight specifically for a movie role. Now, actors may undergo a complete physical transformation without taking any kind of health risk. A new piece of software developed by scientists in Germany can alter the proportions of an a...

9 October 2010
03:45 GMT

Microsoft Software for All

The Washington state Employment Security Department announced that it is giving away all of Microsoft's software training courses to anyone who is registered in the state career-development program.The Microsoft classes are available to all WorkSource customers, and for all of Microsoft's software, from Win...

1 October 2010
09:15 GMT

Introducing Download Hubs - Another Softpedia Innovation

The way you find and download software is changing. We warned you about it 3 months ago on Twitter and today we’re ready to show you the first stage of the process: the Softpedia Download Hubs. (Note for the impatient: go ahead, have a quick look, then hurry back here to learn more about their story.)The S...

24 September 2010
09:26 GMT

Download AMD Catalyst Software Suite 10.9

Similar to its rival NVIDIA, Advanced Micro Devices has completed its latest driver release, the Catalyst 10.9 version, which includes the ATI display drives, HydraVision, the latest ATI Catalyst Control Center and the Southbridge/IXP driver.Not too long ago, NVIDIA released the BETA version of its latest GeForce/IO...

16 September 2010
10:52 GMT

British Researchers Are Developing a Learning Computer

As part of a project sponsored by the European Union, researchers at the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom are developing a computer with the ability to learn from the people it interacts with.The team behind the research initiative hopes that the machine will in this manner become capable of executing comp...

16 September 2010
07:02 GMT

Brain Control and Artificial Intelligence Move Wheelchair

A new project that combines brain control and artificial intelligence could open new horizons for paralyzed people. This robotic wheelchair can be maneuvered through thoughts, thanks to a innovative approach called “shared control”, that turns brain signals into computer commands. José de R. Mill...

13 September 2010
03:08 GMT

Enhancing the Role of Software in Nanotechnology

A team of experts from a group of universities is currently about to embark on a new research initiative, which will approach the challenges of nanotechnology from a software perspective.The work is incredibly important, given the role that scientists and industry representatives have in stored for nanoscale devices ...

20 August 2010
04:24 GMT

Supercomputer Models Blood Flow in 3D

A group of Swiss experts, based at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), announce the development of a new 3D simulation software, that could in the near future be used to predict a patient's risk of developing heart diseases. The team, based at the EPFL Laboratory of Multiscale Modeling of Materi...

20 May 2010
10:58 GMT

New Computer System Detects Diabetes-Related Blindness

One of the most common side-effects of diabetes is blindness, that much all patients suffering from the condition know. Regardless, only a very small portion of people who have the condition get their eyes checked out. In the United States, the situation is disastrous, with about 11 million people of the 23 million s...

13 May 2010
10:12 GMT

Software to Simulate Evacuating Crowded Stadiums

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) are all-too-aware of the mayhem and devastation a prospective terrorist attack on a crowded sports stadium could cause. Authorities have been aware of the risks entailed by such a scenario, but thus far solutions have proven i...

12 April 2010
04:56 GMT

Opportunity Becomes 'Smarter'

The rover Opportunity, while somewhat shadowed by all the attention and coverage its twin Spirit gets, is undoubtedly an impressive scientific instrument. Currently in its seventh year on the Red Planet, it is becoming increasingly intelligent as the seasons pass, as experts managing it continuously try out new techn...

24 March 2010
04:41 GMT

New Software Algorithm for Blood Analysis

Scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine develop a new class of software algorithms that allow for regular laboratory instruments to exceed their own limitations. They essentially enable the machines to separate a blood sample into the various types of cells that make up the stuff, and then to identif...

8 March 2010
06:58 GMT

Software Allows for Creating 'Audibility' Maps

A team of British researchers at Cardiff University, sponsored by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), announces the development on a new type of computer software capable of producing audibility maps. The program basically simulates the proposed design of a room, and shows through playback...

6 March 2010
05:59 GMT

HyperBoot Software from Diskeeper Cuts Down Boot Times

Some time ago, Lenovo announced that its future IdeaPad laptops, known as Y460 and Y560, would be configured with an innovative storage solution made up of both solid state and hard disk storage. Known as the RapidDrive, the technology is capable of speeding up boot times for Windows 7 and increasing the overall perf...

2 February 2010
03:04 GMT

Computer Simulates Environments by Watching Them

Scientists have sought for a long time a potential solution to a very disturbing problem for the game industry, namely how to ensure that the most accurate environment is portrayed in computer games. At this point, animators have two options in this regard, to either create a static background, or proceed to model ea...

25 January 2010
10:02 GMT

HP's 'Racist' Software Predates AI

Most philosophical contemplation involving the notions of racism and artificial intelligence usually takes the form of disputes on whether or not an AI turned sentient should be discriminated against just because it isn't human. Still, it appears that machines might just be the first to racially discriminate bet...

22 December 2009
08:05 GMT

IBM Gets Lombardi's Business Process Management Software

In trying to provide its middleware stack with the BPM tools required by ERP workflow software and content management systems, IBM acquired the privately held Austin company Lombardi, which specializes in BPM software and collaborated with IBM's WebSphere in the past.IBM did not disclose the financial aspects of...

17 December 2009
10:15 GMT

Software Tells If van Gogh Is Authentic or Not

Scientists at the Tilburg University in the Netherlands, led by expert Igor Berezhnoy, have managed to create a new and revolutionary computer program that is capable of recognizing an authentic van Gogh painting from a forged one, AlphaGalileo reports. This is made possible by special mathematic algorithms devised a...

17 December 2009
10:07 GMT


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