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It would appear that petascale supercomputers, able to perform one quadrillion (one million billion) operations per second or more, are no longer in fashion for studying black holes, the collision of galaxies, or the decay of protons in the magnetosphere, but rather for understanding things that were thought to be ou... |
7 July 2009
06:55 GMT |
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Life simulators are some of the most popular types of video games out there, largely due to Electronic Arts' The Sims franchise, which was the brainchild of legendary game creator Will Wright and was developed by his own studio, EA Maxis.The Sims 2 went on to become one of the most popular PC titles of all time,... |
7 July 2009
06:32 GMT |
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Sergey Aleynikov, a Russian computer programmer, was arrested by the FBI and charged with theft of trade secrets and transportation of stolen property in foreign commerce. According to the authorities, he uploaded software code belonging to the financial institution he was working for to a computer server in Germany.... |
7 July 2009
06:26 GMT |
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Experts at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) have recently created an innovative system of controlling wheelchairs that is surely going to benefit those who suffer from paraplegia and other forms of paralysis and cannot move on their own. They've created a driving system for the prosthetics that... |
7 July 2009
06:22 GMT |
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Ever since glamour model Katie Price, once known solely as Jordan, and husband Peter Andre decided to call off their marriage by getting a divorce, the British media has been divided as to whose side to take. Eventually, Andre’s manifest devotion for the kids and Katie’s off behavior tilted the balance in... |
7 July 2009
06:20 GMT |
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Microsoft's home energy conservation Cloud application is now live and accessible to all users. The Redmond company initially introduced Hohm in late June 2009, but at that time it offered only select testers a taste of the app. This is no longer the case. The software giant is allowing users everywhere to start... |
7 July 2009
06:10 GMT |
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A UK authority has recently taken a stand against the private genetic test industry, which, it says, needs more regulations, in order to ensure that the results it puts forth are reliable. The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee argued that there was too much leeway at the moment for the private sector, a... |
7 July 2009
06:09 GMT |
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Nvidia's Tegra computer-on-a-chip has already been reported to come to the market in a series of smartphones during the ongoing year, and now Jen-Hsun Huang, CEO of Nvidia, confirms this again. Although no specific details have been given, Nvidia's CEO states loud and clear in an interview with Mobinaute th... |
7 July 2009
06:07 GMT |
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With the release of two separate hacks for targeting iPhone 3G S devices, owners of the new Apple handset who wish to use its features to greater extent can now unlock and / or jailbreak it. Softpedia, however, does not condone such practices. By using the jailbreak tool known as Purplera1n released by GeoHot, the C... |
7 July 2009
06:04 GMT |
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Facebook may be the biggest social network at the moment and still growing at a steady pace but its massive success may have an undesired side-effect as it seems that high-school and college user numbers have dropped in the last six months by 15 percent and 20 percent respectively. This, while the number of users ove... |
7 July 2009
06:01 GMT |
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Rune Factory 2: A Fantasy Harvest Moon is a role-playing video game that features heavy simulation aspects. It was developed by Neverland and published by Marvelous Interactive and Natsume for Nintendo's hugely successful DS handheld video game console. It was first launched in its native Japan on January 3, 200... |
7 July 2009
05:55 GMT |
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Microsoft has updated the resources available to developers and IT professionals for Dynamics NAV 2009 in order to keep up the pace with the evolution of the solution. In this regard, the Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009 Developer and IT Pro Help has been kicked up a notch and adapted to the first Service Pack release fo... |
7 July 2009
05:49 GMT |
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After the release of the GNOME edition of Sabayon Linux 4.2, on June 30th, Fabio Erculiani proudly announced yesterday evening, July 6th, the immediate availability of the Sabayon Linux 4 KDE operating system, now with KDE 4.2.4. Being based on the previous version, this second KDE edition of Sabayon Linux 4 brings a... |
7 July 2009
05:49 GMT |
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For a long time, researchers have been puzzled at how bacteria communicate with the outside world and with each other, given the fact that they have no specialized organs for this task. Scientists studying the microorganisms have determined that they use secreted chemicals, which they then disperse around them, to un... |
7 July 2009
05:47 GMT |
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Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia seems to be hard at work to come to the market with a new rugged handset in the near future. Nothing has been unveiled officially just yet, but it looks like some hard-working guys from the company already put the phone through its paces and filmed it while playing, just to show the w... |
7 July 2009
05:38 GMT |
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Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3 is a video game developed by the Dimps Corporation and published by Atari Inc. It was created exclusively for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony and released in November 2004. It is classed as a cross between an action title and a role playing game, featuring influences from fighting and mar... |
7 July 2009
05:37 GMT |
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Users of the Office System from Microsoft now have available a range of new calendars tailored to the upcoming year. The Redmond company made new 2010 Calendars available for download via the Templates section of the Office Online website. There are no less than 75 calendars offered for the various components of the ... |
7 July 2009
05:30 GMT |
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You’d never believe it if a friend told you that Reyna Perez’ latest music video, “Love Love Love,” was entirely shot (and probably even edited a bit) on the new iPhone 3G S. But, with such video capabilities touted by Apple, no surprise her fiancee (who is also the producer of the video) came... |
7 July 2009
05:10 GMT |
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A scientific collaboration between experts in the United States and the United Kingdom has revealed a series of genetic warning signs that are a clear indicator of a person's risk of developing brain cancer at one point in their life, in the team's opinion. The new markers are especially oriented on discove... |
7 July 2009
05:09 GMT |
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With all the recent talk about Twitter spam and trending topic abuse and with many people asking it to take better preventive measures it looks like the micro-blogging service is finally doing more than the usual automated blocking, which has been known to be largely ineffective, as Web development company Moonfruit ... |
7 July 2009
05:08 GMT |
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The fact that Samsung's first Android device will become available for purchase in the UK via O2 is no mystery to anyone, yet it seems that those interested in it will also have the chance to acquire the device unlocked. While this might sound as good news on the one hand, the price tag for the unlocked Samsung ... |
7 July 2009
05:03 GMT |
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BioWare is one of the most talked about and watched over development teams at the moment and the reasons are easy to see. It is developing at least three announced titles, which are targeted at very different consumer groups and will all strive to offer the best possible experience in the genre.Mass Effect 2 is set t... |
7 July 2009
05:01 GMT |
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A species of spiders has recently amazed researchers, when it proved that it could construct a life-size imitation of itself, so as to confuse predators. To their eyes, the thing at the center of the web looks exactly like the spider they are chasing after, but they're in for a disappointment. The actual Cyclosa... |
7 July 2009
04:49 GMT |
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Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2 is a video game created by the Dimps Corporation and published by Atari Europe S.A.S.U. It was developed for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony and for the GameCube, and initially released in November 2003. It can be classified as an action title played from a third person perspective, with ... |
7 July 2009
04:35 GMT |
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Rihanna is considered by most fashion insiders a genuine trendsetter. She was the one who made the mohawk ok again, who brought hoopla oversized earrings back and who, in short, reinvented her look time and time again to incorporate all the latest trends. Still, the outfit she chose over the holidays for a night of c... |
7 July 2009
04:34 GMT |
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Teachers and university lecturers in the United Kingdom have recently filed a complaint with the Assessment and Qualifications Alliance (AQA), in which they argued that the wording used in one of the questions on the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) tests was misleading to students. The phrase asked ... |
7 July 2009
04:33 GMT |
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Sunnyvale-based Advanced Micro Devices wants to show the world that its processors are capable of breaking the world records when it comes to their overclocking capabilities. As such, the company sponsored an overclocking event in Finland, where its AMD Phenom II 955 Black Edition processor was pushed up to the impre... |
7 July 2009
04:28 GMT |
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While the current spotlight for entrepreneur Marc Andreessen is on his latest project, a $300 million venture fund he set up with long-time business partner Benjamin Horowitz, he is also a member of the very exclusive Facebook board of directors. So his word that the social network will bring in $500 million in 2009 ... |
7 July 2009
04:26 GMT |
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Microsoft is doing much more than simply putting together a Deep Zoom tribute for the late King of Pop. In fact, the Redmond company will be bringing fans worldwide the memorial service for Michael Jackson from the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The ceremony will involve a tribute to the Thriller star involving Stevi... |
7 July 2009
04:24 GMT |
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A 0-day remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft Video ActiveX Control is actively being exploited as part of an attack that affected thousands of websites so far. The exploit has been incorporated into a drive-by attack kit, which attempts to install a cocktail of malware on visitors' machines. Securit... |
7 July 2009
04:20 GMT |
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MacPaw has released a new version of its all-in-one cleaning utility for Mac OS X, CleanMyMac. The application boasts capabilities such as application removal, widget uninstaller, secure file eraser, removal of the languages you don’t need, clear cache, and more. CleanMyMac is an all-in-one utility that helps ... |
7 July 2009
04:17 GMT |
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Hayden Panettiere, the young and gorgeous actress who won the hearts of millions with her role as the cheerleader in “Heroes,” the highly successful television series, appears distinctly different on the poster for her upcoming film. As The Sun also points out, fans who have seen snaps of Hayden tanning i... |
7 July 2009
04:09 GMT |
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Despite recent controversies on the actual sizes of dinosaurs, the fact that they were the largest animals to ever inhabit the Earth remains undisputed. Anthropologists and biologists have attempted to discover the reason why they grew so big for a long time, and also what factors favored such a large size, which was... |
7 July 2009
04:06 GMT |
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Cryptic, which is now owned by Atari, is hard at work polishing up Champions Online, its MMO that should be launched soon to allow players to become superheroes and live out their comic book-related fantasies.And one of the elements that the developer plans to emphasize in the fresh game is communication and social n... |
7 July 2009
03:59 GMT |
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The next iteration of the Windows client being built in Redmond inherently catalyzes the development of technologies associated with the operating system. It is the case of the software development kit for Windows 7, a solution designed to streamline the creation of software running on top of the platform that will s... |
7 July 2009
03:56 GMT |
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Motorola is one of the numerous mobile phone makers that announced plans to turn to Google's Android platform in the shortest period of time possible. Although no specific details on a possible device have been officially announced until now, it seems that the company is working hard with the OS, while also tryi... |
7 July 2009
03:55 GMT |
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Racing games are quite popular these days, as they give players the sensation of racing extremely expensive cars all around the world in some adrenaline-filled races. They can be quite forgiving, in the case of arcade-oriented titles, but when you play hardcore simulators, like Gran Turismo or other such titles, you ... |
7 July 2009
03:51 GMT |
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Firefox may be one of the most popular browsers out there but lately it has seen increased competition and in some cases has been outpaced by Chrome, Safari and even Internet Explorer. Firefox 3.5 does bring some innovations but for the most part it had a pretty quiet release. However, there are people working on pus... |
7 July 2009
03:45 GMT |
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Life on Earth did not experience a “booming” start, with countless species appearing at once, but rather gradually, with nature trying and failing several times over before finally coming up with viable organisms. Such was the case with the first creatures who got out of the seas, and attempted to walk on... |
7 July 2009
03:44 GMT |
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Microsoft has its own perspective over social computing in enterprise environments, a perspective that involves collaboration around various forms of information from documents to projects, but in the context of a framework built to respect business management and IT governance requirements. In June at the Enterprise... |
7 July 2009
03:32 GMT |
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Sony Ericsson's Twiggy was spied before a few months ago, yet nothing conclusive on what the device would look like upon arriving on the market was made available at that time. However, the handset has surfaced again in a new photo, showing it in all of its clamshell form factor splendor, though it seems that it... |
7 July 2009
03:29 GMT |
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Self-help programs are training courses in which participants are taught how to impose it upon themselves that they are able to overcome a certain problem. The issue with these groups is that most of them are addressed to people who already have a low level of self-esteem. A new study demonstrates that individuals wh... |
7 July 2009
03:27 GMT |
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Racing games have always been about delivering one of the most intricate and life-like experiences to gamers all around the world who want to feel the adrenaline-filled moments during a high-stakes race through some beautiful environments. In the hardcore simulation genre, Codemasters' Colin McRae series has al... |
7 July 2009
03:17 GMT |
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There's a lot of pressure on Sony to cut the price of its flagship console, the PlayStation 3 by 50 or even 100 dollars. There were rumors that the reduction would be announced at the E3 trade show, which took place in early June but Sony did not say a word on the subject.Now, analysts and even game developers a... |
7 July 2009
03:15 GMT |
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Saints – and we use this term to describe people of high moral value, who generally practice what they preach – are oftentimes considered to be incorruptible. But they too can do things that raise questions, such as adultery, extortion, deceit, and so on, and offend even the most loose-moralled individual... |
7 July 2009
03:00 GMT |
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In Microsoft's perspective partners worldwide are a key aspect of the economics associated with its software products. The Redmond company relies on an intricate and extensive network of local companies in order to be present across markets that otherwise would be ignored because of the geography and cost factor... |
7 July 2009
02:55 GMT |
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Yahoo has announced the launch of a new note-taking feature for its search engine. Dubbed Search Pad, it will roll out today and its aim is to provide users with a simple tool to remember and organize their searches so they can go back to them at a later date. The feature was first announced in February but it won... |
7 July 2009
02:48 GMT |
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Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia seems to be determined to update the firmware of about all of its handsets available on the market. We already learned last week that a bunch of Nokia mobile phones had received a new software version, and now it is time to talk about other firmware updates for the company's devi... |
7 July 2009
02:47 GMT |
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Since the beginning of the Cold War, people in the United States have been told that the Communists are the enemies, and that, if they didn't support more nuclear arms, they would eventually succumb to the Reds' attack. But, first and foremost, they were taught that the economic principles of socialism and ... |
7 July 2009
02:40 GMT |
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As many years before it, 2009 has a lot of high-quality video games scheduled to appear at the end of it, during the fall season, just in time for them to fill up the store shelves and to attract the eyes of anyone who wants to buy them as a present for the winter holidays, which will be just around the corner. Out ... |
7 July 2009
02:39 GMT |
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Over the weekend, a 19-year-old man learned the hard way never to mistake the reality on film for the one he sees on an everyday basis. Sean Stanley Smith was arrested for indecent exposure and resisting arrest after he ran into Harrah’s Lake Tahoe casino arcade without any clothes on, claiming to be a Terminat... |
7 July 2009
02:37 GMT |
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The Gamer's Edition of the well-known Guiness World Records book has a new and very interesting feat to show off. On June 15, in Stockholm, Bjorn "Threat" Pers managed to get the record for “most kills in Counter-Strike (Valve, 2003) in 12 hours” with 518. The record will be included in the 2010 vers... |
7 July 2009
02:34 GMT |
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Despite the tendency among antivirus software companies to release next year's protection suite a year before (2010 editions of major developers are currently in the making) , Lavasoft preserves the chronological evolution of its applications and keeps up with the current twelvemonth period, releasing 2009 progr... |
7 July 2009
02:34 GMT |
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Over the past year, astronomers have been concerned with the decreased levels of activity recorded by our Sun, which, if past cycles are any indicator, should be teeming with activity at this time. Very few sunspots and solar flares appeared earlier this year, but the scientific community sighed in relief over the 4t... |
7 July 2009
02:23 GMT |
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A colorful, glittering page on iTunes reveals that Apple’s revolutionary App Store is now one year old. Using the App Store, iPhone and iPod touch owners can download free applications at no charge, or purchase priced applications. As usual, the company used application icons to create artwork for the celebrati... |
7 July 2009
02:22 GMT |
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The console war has been waged on all continents, with different results coming from different regions. While in the United States the Xbox 360 was very successful, in Japan, the North American platform didn't fare so well up until last year, when it gained momentum, and it is still holding its own in front of t... |
7 July 2009
02:21 GMT |
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Tuesday, July 7. Today is the day when fans will get their last chance to see their idol, Michael Jackson, and to say goodbye to him in a memorial ceremony that will take place at Los Angeles’ Staples Center and that will probably be one of the most mediated events of the year, to say the least. With the list o... |
7 July 2009
02:15 GMT |
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Artogon Games has decided to go forth with a new Treasure Seekers hidden object game that has the same main character, Nelly. Unlike the previous title, where you had to retrieve a lost treasure, in Treasure Seekers: The Enchanted Canvases you have to save your brother who went searching for the Philosophers’ S... |
7 July 2009
02:10 GMT |
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Dragon Ball Z: Budokai is a videogame developed by the Dimps Corporation and published by Infogrames. It was created for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony and for the GameCube and released in November 2002. It can be classed as an action title with role playing game elements, featuring tropes specific to anime and ... |
7 July 2009
01:55 GMT |
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