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Ultra Street Fighter IV Players Will Be Able to Upload Matches Directly to YouTube

Capcom has announced that the upcoming fighting game Ultra Street Fighter IV will feature the option to upload online matches directly to YouTube.The announcement came over the Capcom Unity blog, stating that the feature is primarily aimed toward those who do not yet own a direct capture device, but it will also prov...

25 January 2014
12:46 GMT

Great Stuff Coming for Xbox One This Year, Microsoft Promises

Microsoft has promised that it will bring a variety of great stuff to Xbox One owners this year and in the future, as it's aware of the concerns of the community. The Xbox One was released last November in 13 countries around the world and, despite a high price tag and limited availability, it still managed to ...

25 January 2014
12:16 GMT

Shotwell Forked by elementary OS, Becomes Pantheon Photos

Shotwell is a very well known application used to view images and it was recently made part of the greater GNOME family. This doesn't mean that other developers,, like the ones from elementary OS are now interested in it.Shotwell is currently developed by Yorba, the same ones who are also making the Geary email ...

25 January 2014
11:47 GMT

WindForge Enters Beta, Preorders Open, Coming Out on March 7

Snowed In Studios has announced that its upcoming 2D shooter/builder hybrid WindForge has now entered beta testing, as it is nearing the scheduled launch date.WindForge is also available for preorder on Snowed In’s website, and the pre-release version that was made available for its Kickstarter backers a month ...

25 January 2014
11:46 GMT

Team Fortress 2 Gets Major Update on Steam for Linux, Lots of Crashes Repaired

Team Fortress 2, the online multiplayer game developed by Valve, has received a generous update that is available on all the supported platforms, including Linux.The Team Fortress 2 updates are pouring in and the developer has implemented another set of changes and improvements.Highlights of the Team Fortress 2 updat...

25 January 2014
11:32 GMT

HTC One to Receive Sense 6.0 in Summer

HTC One, the current flagship Android-based smartphone from the Taiwanese mobile phone maker, is expected to receive an update to the Sense 6.0 user interface sometime in summer, newly leaked info on the company’s plans suggest. At the moment, the handset vendor is working on the release of Android 4.4.2 KitK...

25 January 2014
11:31 GMT

Differences Between PS4 and Xbox One Games Are "Overblown," Microsoft Says

Microsoft's Albert Penello has confirmed that the differences between the PS4 and Xbox One editions of certain games have been overblown, and that they're actually pretty minor. The last week saw some interesting developments in terms of Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition, which runs at a 60fps framerate on t...

25 January 2014
11:01 GMT

Alien: Isolation Devs Want to Make the Alien Game They Always Wanted to Play

The team at Creative Assembly is preparing something entirely different from the previous Alien-based shooters, planning to deliver more good old-fashioned horror thrills than opportunities for weapon play.“The starting point for this project was because no one had made the Alien game that we wanted to play,&rd...;

25 January 2014
10:46 GMT

One More Anti-Virus Vendor Announces Windows XP Support After Retirement

Windows XP is set to be retired in April, but the majority of anti-virus vendors will still support the operating system, so users running the OS beyond this date will still be protected against malware. Panda Security has just announced that Panda Cloud Office Protection will continue to be offered to Windows XP us...

25 January 2014
10:46 GMT

Sony Introduces New All Access Membership Across All of Its MMOs

Sony Online Entertainment has just confirmed that it's rolling out a brand new all access membership for its different online games, with customers paying just $14.99 (around €10.96) and getting top tier memberships in all of the titles, including PlanetSide 2, Everquest, DC Universe Online, as well as the ...

25 January 2014
10:21 GMT

Incoming 2014 – New Gaming Hardware

What we know: 2013 was the year when the Xbox One from Microsoft and the PlayStation 4 from Sony were finally launched after years of speculation, which means that the hardware space should be fairly quiet during the next 300 and something days. At the same time the handhelds currently offered on the market, the Pla...

25 January 2014
10:11 GMT

AMD: Beema and Mullins APUs Are Better than Intel Bay Trail CPUs

Advanced Micro Devices will launch its Beema (2W TDP) and Mullins (10W – 25W TDP) accelerated processing units sometime in the first quarter of this year. Apparently, they’ll be better than Intel Bay Trail.I’ve written about Bay Trail before, and how it’s divided into Atom, Celeron and Pentium...

25 January 2014
10:09 GMT

Canonical Closes OpenJDK Vulnerability in Ubuntu 13.10

Canonical published details about the OpenJDK 7 vulnerabilities in its Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 13.04, and Ubuntu 12.10 operating systems.According to the company, several security issues have been fixed in OpenJDK 7.Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to information disclosure, data i...

25 January 2014
09:59 GMT

PHP 5.5.9 Officially Released

PHP, an HTML-embedded scripting language with syntax borrowed from C, Java, and Perl, with a couple of unique PHP-specific features thrown in, has been updated to version 5.5.9.PHP 5.x includes a new OOP model based on the Zend Engine 2.0, a new extension for improved MySQL support, built-in native support for SQLite...

25 January 2014
09:45 GMT

Download GTA: San Andreas 1.02 (iOS)

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas has been around for a while, but Rockstar Games is finding renewed interest in the legendary sandbox game on iOS platforms.The studio’s second update for the $6.99 / €5.99 game is a minor one, but players who are experiencing issues with a particular mission from the game will...

25 January 2014
09:31 GMT

Official: Nokia Lumia 2520 Won’t be Coming To the Philippines

The Nokia Lumia 2520, first Windows RT tablet to be produced by the Finish company has been released for a while now and customers from the US, UK and other markets across the world can purchase it off retailers and carriers in their respective countries. Unfortunately not all tableters will have an opportunity to g...

25 January 2014
09:23 GMT

Nokia Lumia 1520 32GB on Sale at AT&T; for $125 (€90)

It looks like AT&T; plans to deplete its stock of Windows Phone devices and has just kicked off new deals for a handful of Nokia smartphones such as the Lumia 925, Lumia 1020 and Lumia 1520. Although the smartphones are much cheaper than usual, all deals require customers to sign up for a new two-year agreement. Noki...

25 January 2014
09:01 GMT

Yahoo Buys Gaming Company Cloud Party

Yahoo acquired a new company, namely Cloud Party, a browser-based game creation engine. According to a blog post signed by the Cloud Party team, the company will be joining Yahoo and its service will be shut down on February 21, 2014. It’s rather unclear what they’ll be doing over at Yahoo, but this isn&r...;

25 January 2014
08:56 GMT

Tweetium for Windows 8.1 Gets Trial Version, Free Download Now Available

Tweetium continues to be one of the top Twitter clients in the Windows Store, so it’s no wonder that the developing team behind the project is continuously looking into ways to improve the app. A new version was officially launched this morning and brings a trial version, which means that you no longer need to...

25 January 2014
08:41 GMT

Dementium Developer Plans to Remake First Person Shooter Moon for the 3DS

Renegade Kid, developer of Dementium, has just announced its plans to develop another 3DS first person shooter, Moon Chronicles.The new project is a remake of the 2009 Nintendo DS first person shooter Moon, an atmospheric title that follows a soldier’s exploration of an unknown structure on the surface of the M...

25 January 2014
08:35 GMT

See Rare Apple Gadgets from the '80s in MacTracker’s 30th Anniversary Update

Developer Ian Page is celebrating the Mac’s 30th anniversary with a thoughtful software update for his popular MacTracker utility which acts as a Wikipedia app for all things Apple. MacTracker 3.7 is probably the most significant update Ian Page has announced in a very long time. Despite being updated on a re...

25 January 2014
08:31 GMT

Nicole Kidman’s “Grace of Monaco” Pushed Back Once More, Indefinitely

Just two months before it was supposed to hit theaters after already being pushed back 5 months, “Grace of Monaco,” the much anticipated production starring Nicole Kidman as Grace Kelly, has been shelved once more, this time indefinitely. The Hollywood Reporter notes that the film, scheduled for release...

25 January 2014
08:26 GMT

GNOME's Tracker 0.17.1 Lands with Lots of Fixes

Tracker, a semantic data storage for desktop and mobile devices, which uses W3C standards for RDF ontologies and Nepomuk with SPARQL to query and update the data, has just reached version 0.17.1.A new development Tracker branch has been launched, and as usual, there are quite a few changes and improvements.Highlights...

25 January 2014
08:21 GMT

Lenovo Miix 2 10-Inch Tablet with Keyboard Goes on Sale

Lenovo has recently announced the second generation Miix tablets which come in 10-inch and 11-inch flavors. Now the company has made the 10-incher available for purchase on its website and those interested will be able to grab one for a hefty $699 / €511(ships with 128GB). Originally the tablet was expected ...

25 January 2014
08:15 GMT

Firefall Secures Additional Funding, Launches This Year

Firefall developer Red 5 Studios’ parent company just got $23 / €17 million in funding, which translates into more resources for the MMO shooter.Firefall is a massively multiplayer online first person shooter with role-playing elements, set in a unique science fiction universe, that was initially scheduled...

25 January 2014
08:13 GMT

Google Launches Five Mini Games for Glass Users

The team behind Google Glass released a really cool video game compilation dubbed “Mini-Games.”The collection was put together by the Glass team and includes mini games that should, at least in theory, help developers get their imagination going about what they can do with the device. The bundle includes ...

25 January 2014
08:11 GMT

Moto X Will Be $100 (€73) Cheaper on Monday

Mobile phone maker Motorola is gearing up for the launch of a new promotion for its Moto X smartphone, with the device seeing a $100 (€73) price cut on Monday. In fact, the deal will be available as part of Motorola’s Valentine’s Day sale, which will have the smartphone $70 (€51) cheaper start...

25 January 2014
07:56 GMT

Kids Are Using Tablets More and More But Not For Reading, Study Finds

Tablets might be becoming our child’s best-friend but a new study suggests these devices (eReaders included) are detrimental to kid’s reading habits.The research was conducted by the Joan Ganz Cooney Center and included 1,577 parents. 62% of them admitted their kids (age between 2 and 10) have access to a...

25 January 2014
07:47 GMT

Apple Posts FAQ on New iPhone Models Designed for China Mobile Networks

Amidst signing a major deal with one of the world’s biggest providers of wireless services, Apple has posted a FAQ for customers interested in knowing the particularities of iPhone models meant for China Mobile. Apple reveals the purpose of KB article HT6102, namely to “find the answers to common questio...

25 January 2014
07:36 GMT

Google Wins Case Against Patent Troll

It seems like there’s a never-ending supply of patent trolls. The other day, Google lost a case and risks paying damages of over $125 million, but on Friday, the company won another case. Beneficial Innovations lost a case against Google after the jury gave a verdict in favor of the Internet giant. The patent t...

25 January 2014
07:24 GMT

Aurora Dream-Enhancing Headband Lets You Control Your Dreams, Monitors Sleep

A lot of device makers have been pushing smart wearables, but most of them are a tad boring, offering pretty much the same features (monitoring your body-stats, relaying smartphone notifications or providing the time). But here’s a product that manage to capture our imagination, as we haven't seen one o...

25 January 2014
07:00 GMT

Facebook Mocks Princeton Research Saying the Social Network Is Dying

Facebook debunks a recent article signed by Princeton researchers that predicts Facebook is soon going to reach its imminent demise. To make things rather funny, Mike Develin, a data scientist at Facebook, used the same Google search data to predict engagement trends and discovered that even the Princeton University ...

25 January 2014
06:53 GMT

Beats Music Now Coming Soon to Windows Phone

Earlier this week, Beats Music has launched its streaming service in the United States on Android and iOS devices, as well as on the web, and announced that owners of Windows Phone handsets would also get a taste of it, on Friday. However, that day came and gone, and the service is still not available for the owner...

25 January 2014
06:51 GMT

Micromax Canvas Turbo Mini A200 Goes on Sale in India for Rs 13,999

We reported a few days ago that Micromax Canvas Turbo Mini A200 appeared at some online retailers with a Rs 14,490 ($230 / €170) price attached to it, but the smartphone was not yet available for purchase. Today, Indian retailer Mahesh Telecom confirmed the Canvas Turbo Mini A200 is now available for purchase f...

25 January 2014
06:31 GMT

Security Flaw Discovered in Apple Pages App, Update Now

Apple doesn’t expressly state this in the release notes of Pages 5.1 for Mac and Pages 2.1 for iOS, but this seemingly trivial update brings with it a security patch that might make it imperative to install the new version. Granted, it’s not the kind of vulnerability that’ll hand over your personal...

25 January 2014
06:26 GMT

Mediacom PhonePad Duo G702 Budget Tablet with Quad-Core Processor Sells for €159 / $218

European device maker Mediacom has rolled out a couple of new 7-inch tablets hoping the woo-in the few remaining souls who still don’t own a tablet computer. The first one called the PhonePad Duo G700 is equipped with a 1024 x 600 pixel resolution and bundles a MediaTek MTK6577 SoC (includes dual-core ARM Cort...

25 January 2014
06:19 GMT

Micromax Canvas Knight A350 Leaks with 2GHz Octa-Core CPU, 5-Inch Full HD Display

Indian OEM Micromax is about to take on its competitors on the high-end smartphone market Intex and Gionee with a brand new device, the Canvas Knight A350. The folks over at MMXNewscaster have just gotten their hands on upcoming Micromax Canvas Knight A350's specs sheet and press render, and from what we have s...

25 January 2014
06:16 GMT

Apple's Tim Cook Denies PRISM Reports Again, Says There's No Govt Backdoors Into Its Servers

In a brand new interview, Apple’s Tim Cook stated once more that the government doesn’t have access to the company’s servers. Tim Cook discussed some big concerns regarding the access the NSA has to the company’s data centers, following reports on the Snowden files, particularly the PRISM prog...

25 January 2014
06:15 GMT

17% of all Chips Sold in 2013 Were Apple and Samsung Units

Samsung and Apple have an odd love-hate relationship, on one hand providing each other with chips (well, Samsung provides Apple with chips) and on another hand suing each other over patents and tablets.The latest episode in the Samsung vs. Apple saga is not really something they deliberately sought. More like it'...

25 January 2014
06:08 GMT

New Mouse Model for Prostate Cancer to Advance Research

A team of investigators based at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL), in the United States, announces the development of a new method for producing fast, reliable and accurate mouse models for investigating prostate cancer. This is the second-deadliest cancer, and affects 15 percent of men.One of the most signif...

25 January 2014
06:07 GMT

Jennifer Aniston Walks In on “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” Screening, Freaks Out

Jennifer Aniston’s marriage to Brad Pitt came apart right after he did “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” with Angelina Jolie, with countless reports saying that he had cheated on Jen with Angie. That was in 2005 but, even if so much time has passed, Jennifer is still sore about it. In fact, she’s so sore a...

25 January 2014
06:03 GMT

Surveillance Video Emerges of Alleged Justin Bieber Drag Race

A surveillance video has made its way online, following the Justin Bieber DUI and drag racing scandal, claiming to offer footage of the alleged race. Justin Bieber was pulled over by police in Miami Beach on Tuesday, January 21 and arrested on suspicion of DUI, driving with an expired license and drag racing. The fo...

25 January 2014
05:56 GMT

Kowa Optimed Announces New DSLR, Samsung Galaxy S4 Digiscoping Adapters

Kowa Optimed is known for its high-quality precision optics that include a wide range of binoculars, spotting scopes, telephoto lenses and digiscoping equipment. Recently, the company announced the release of two new digiscoping adapters that allow you to use other Kowa products along with your DSLR or smartphone de...

25 January 2014
05:49 GMT

Savannah Guthrie Feels Sorry for Kate Gosselin’s Twins After Today Interview

One week ago, Kate Gosselin and twins Cara and Mady stopped by The Today Show to talk to Savannah Guthrie about life post-reality show and, in Kate’s case, post-divorce. Though she had brought the girls on to have their side of the story out there, they refused to talk, which made the whole sit-down very &ldquo...;

25 January 2014
05:46 GMT

Edwars Snowden Could Extend His Asylum in Russia, His Lawyer Says

Edward Snowden’s asylum is set to expire in August, but his lawyer says that the whistleblower could extend his status every year until he’s eligible for citizenship. According to a statement given by Anatoly Kucherena, Snowden will make up his mind fairly soon about whether he’ll extend his stay ...

25 January 2014
05:46 GMT

Africa to Play Important Role in Astronomy Over the Next Few Years

Some analysts believe that Africa may soon start playing a more important role in the international astronomical community, particularly when it comes to radio astronomy capabilities. This return to science is largely promoted by the construction of sections of a massive radio interferometer in South Africa, the expe...

25 January 2014
05:41 GMT

Robot-Themed Amusement Park Being Built in South Korea – Video

Superheroes and giant robots seem to be the rave right now, to the point where new theme parks are being opened. In fact, a robot-themed amusement park is being built in South Korea as we speak. Or write. Truth be told, the park Robot Land was supposed to be ready for opening back in 2012. That didn't happen,...

25 January 2014
05:40 GMT

Samsung Galaxy TabPRO Line and Galaxy NotePRO Set to Arrive in the US February 14 - Rumor

Yesterday I brought you news saying one of Samsung’s latest Galaxy NotePRO tablet might be arriving in Europe, February 7. But apparently an unnamed Samsung source speaking to RootzWiki claimed customers in the US can expect to see the Samsung’s Galaxy TabPRO series and the Galaxy NotePRO go on sal...

25 January 2014
05:39 GMT

Yahoo Pokes Fun at Gmail's Downtime, Forgets About How Long Yahoo Mail Was Down

In one of the worst cases of the pot calling the kettle black, Yahoo poked fun at Google yesterday over the short outage it encountered. On its Twitter page, Yahoo announced that “Gmail is temporarily unavailable” and added a snapshot to back its statement, Marketing Land reports. The message was late...

25 January 2014
05:18 GMT

Phil Collins and Adele Are Working Together on New Material

By the sound of things, Adele is looking for inspiration for her album in all the right places. In an interview, former Genesis frontman, Phil Collins, confirmed that he was contacted by Adele to write some songs for her. According to Billboard, though he wasn't aware of Adele and her success prior to this talk...

25 January 2014
05:15 GMT

Apple Strangely Reminds Us How to Identify Apple TV Models

For one reason or another Apple this week decided to update an old support document which shows customers how to identify different models of the company’s $99/€99 set-top box, the Apple TV. With rumors flying around that another Apple TV upgrade is on the way – this time with gaming capabilities – one ca...

25 January 2014
05:10 GMT

Tori Spelling Hired P.I. on Husband, Caught Him Cheating with Both Men and Women

When one of Dean McDermott’s most recent flings went to the press to talk about their 2-day torrid affair, Tori Spelling, Dean’s wife for the past 7 years, still hoped that it was all just lies. Still, for her peace of mind, she hired a private investigator to keep an eye on Dean. What the P.I. found ou...

25 January 2014
05:09 GMT

Verizon Delivers BlackBerry 10.2.1 to Some Users, General Availability to Follow

Yesterday, wireless carrier Verizon Wireless has made the BlackBerry OS 10.2.1 update available for some of its users, a sign that the official release is getting closer. The update arrived with version 10.2.1.537 attached, and installed OS version 10.2.1.1925 on BlackBerry Z10 handsets at the wireless carrier, N4B...

25 January 2014
05:08 GMT

Stratasys 3D Printers Can Now Make You New Teeth

Pulling the random, achy tooth is a straightforward enough activity, but dentists often have to make much more complex plans, for implants, braces and surgeries. So, to make life easier on them, Stratasys and 3Shape Implant Studio have teamed up. Which is to say, the Stratasys Objet30 OrthoDesk and Objet Eden 3D pri...

25 January 2014
05:05 GMT

Google Explains Why Gmail Went Down for Half an Hour

Gmail went down yesterday for less than half an hour and the reactions were immediate. Users in the United States, Europe, Canada and other parts of the world were affected by the issue. According to Google’s App Status dashboard, the service had immediately been restored for most of its users, although it ma...

25 January 2014
05:05 GMT

Wammy Ehtos Tab 3 with Quad-Core Processor and Dual-SIM Ships for Rs 10,990 / $175 / €129

Indian retailer Wickedleak has just launched its latest 7-inch tablet, which it has called the Wammy Ethos Tab 3. The tablet doesn’t bring much to the table, as it features the standard 7-inch capacitive touch screen display with a resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels and draws power from a 1.2GHz quad-core MediaT...

25 January 2014
05:04 GMT

Sony Is the New Medium Format Sensor Guru

Sony is known to develop some of the best image sensors on the market and the fact that rival companies like Nikon chose to use one of its sensors on the company's best digital SLR cameras (D800, D800E) comes to confirm this. Recently, two high-end camera and optics manufacturers (Phase One and Hasselblad) have...

25 January 2014
05:04 GMT

Paris Hilton Slips Out at Award Show in Incredibly Revealing Dress

Having lately faded slowly but surely from the attention of the media, Paris Hilton is desperately trying to claw her way back in, by any means necessary. By the looks of things, her preferred means of achieving that by the use of the shock factor. According to the Huffington Post, Paris made her way to the P. Didd...

25 January 2014
04:55 GMT

Apple Redesigns iWork for iCloud Apps with iOS 7-Style Graphics

Apple this week not only updated the standalone (downloadable) iWork apps for OS X and iOS customers but also carried out maintenance on the iCloud version of the productivity software. Pages, Keynote and Numbers got a hefty dose of tweaks and enhancements this week, including the ability to share password-protected...

25 January 2014
04:54 GMT

Details of 74,000 People Stored on Laptops Stolen from Coca Cola [WSJ]

On Friday, the Coca Cola Company submitted a data security breach report to the California Office of the Attorney General. The details of 74,000 people have been exposed after some laptops had been stolen from the company’s Atlanta headquarters. The report submitted to the OAG doesn’t contain too much in...

25 January 2014
04:50 GMT

Hubble Sees Double Quasar in the Early Universe

Astronomers operating the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have just released this breathtaking image of a double quasar, an extremely-rare cosmic structure that consists of two quasi-stellar radio sources lying very close to each other.  This particular structure is known as QSO 0957+561, and lies more than 13 ...

25 January 2014
04:45 GMT

Leaked Windows 8.1 Update 1 Screenshots Reveal Start Screen Improvements

Microsoft has prepared quite a lot of improvements for users in Windows 8.1 Update 1 and a set of leaked screenshots come to reveal some of them. This time, the photos published by famous Windows leaker WZor reveal changes made to the Start screen, all of which are supposed to make both tablets and PCs easier to use...

25 January 2014
04:43 GMT

iPhone 6 Prototypes with Sapphire Displays Enter Manufacturing – Report

Apple once considered sapphire displays unfeasible, but recent developments have allowed the company to cut down on the costs of obtaining the high-strength material in bulk. With plans to equip its next-generation iPhones with sapphire cover glass, Apple has now started trial production of the iPhone 6 with Foxconn...

25 January 2014
04:43 GMT

ABC’s Elizabeth Vargas Gets Candid: I Am an Alcoholic

In November last year, after some time of being MIA on ABC’s 20/20 segment, Elizabeth Vargas announced that she’d checked herself into rehab for alcoholism. She spoke to her GMA co-anchor George Stephanopoulos about the experience, admitting for the first time “I am an alcoholic.” Video of th...

25 January 2014
04:42 GMT

James Webb Telescopes Passes Critical Development Milestone

Officials with the American space agency are proud to announce that the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has just passed a Spacecraft Critical Design Review (SCDR). This assessment was a major milestone for the development team in 2014, but the telescope has passed it with flying colors.  The SCDR investigated...

25 January 2014
04:37 GMT

Tango PC, a Fanless, Pocketable and Upgradeable Computer System

There are mini PCs, there are micro PCs, and then there are things like the Tango PC, which look more like portable HDDs than anything else. Nonetheless, they are full-fledged systems, albeit not overly powerful ones. Then again, when the package measures 4.9 x 3.15 x 0.5 inches / 125 x 80 x 13.5 mm, there's h...

25 January 2014
04:31 GMT

Operators of Credit Card Counterfeiting Service Fakeplastic.net Charged

Three men suspected of running Fakeplastic.net, a website that provided high-quality counterfeit credit cards and holographic overlays used to create fake driver’s licenses, have been charged in the Western District of North Carolina. 39-year-old Sean Robertson is accused of running the site. He has been charg...

25 January 2014
04:30 GMT

How to Make Animated GIFs Using Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Photoshop is one of the most complex and complete image editing applications available on the market thanks to the powerful tools integrated that offer practically unlimited options when it comes to enhancing and editing your images. Due to its complexity, Photoshop is not easy to master, and you'll find ...

25 January 2014
04:27 GMT

Justin Bieber's Dad Blasted for Irresponsible Behavior

In light of the recent developments in Justin Bieber's life, his father has come to the attention of the media, all for all the wrong reason. Following his release from jail yesterday after he was accused of driving drunk, with an expired license and racing, Justin and his dad were spotted at an alcohol-fueled ...

25 January 2014
04:24 GMT

ASUS Releases Firmware 3.0.0.4.374.2239 Beta for Several Wireless Routers

ASUS has just outed a new firmware package targeted at several of its wireless routers, namely version 3.0.0.4.374.2239 beta, which includes fixes and improvements that raise the compatible devices’ overall performance The newly released update fixes several HTTPD and UI-related issues and resolves the wireles...

25 January 2014
04:23 GMT

onOne Perfect Effects 8 Premium Edition Available for Free

If you don't want to spend a lot of money on a powerful image editing application like Photoshop, the market offers other solutions, either free or paid, that can help you achieve similar results. onOne Software is a known imaging tools developer that offers a complete suite of photo editing applications at an ...

25 January 2014
04:06 GMT

NASA to Activate Its Instruments on the Rosetta Spacecraft

Officials with the European Space Agency were successful in reestablishing contact with their Rosetta space probe earlier this month, on January 20. Now that the satellite is finally in contact after 31 months of hibernation, its instruments, including three payloads from NASA, are about to enter their respective tes...

25 January 2014
04:03 GMT

Vulnerability That Allowed Hackers to Hijack Samsung.com Accounts Fixed – Video

A security researcher has found a way to hijack Samsung.com accounts. Fortunately, Samsung has addressed the vulnerability identified by the expert to prevent account takeovers. The expert who discovered the issue is Matthew Bryant. He has found that an attacker can register an account on Samsung.com by using an exi...

25 January 2014
03:55 GMT

Kim Kardashian Confirms She Will Get Married This Summer in Paris – Video

Stop the presses! The wedding the entire world has been eagerly waiting for is finally confirmed to be taking place in Paris this summer. That's when Kim Kardashian and rapper Kanye West are going to have their nuptials. The news was broken by Kim herself, who spoke on the matter with Jimmy Kimmel on his talk ...

25 January 2014
03:52 GMT

Download Tor Browser 3.5.1 for Mac, Windows, Linux

Safe-haven Tor Browser 3.5.1 is now available for Mac, Windows, and Linux computers with a few notable fixes, including some platform specific tweaks. For all platforms, Tor 3.5.1 removes SocksListenAddress to allow multiple socks ports, and pulls addons.mozilla.org from NoScript whitelist. The browser’s engin...

25 January 2014
03:50 GMT

Kickstarter: Vertex Ultralight Backpacking Stove Folds into a Paper-Thin Sheet – Video

Too much luggage can really ruin a field trip, especially when hiking up a mountain trail, so Vertex Outdoors, a startup station in Austin, Texas, invented a very thin and light backpacking stove. And by thin and light we mean very thin and light. After all, the thing is called Vertex Ultralight Backpacking Stove f...

25 January 2014
03:44 GMT

Fujifilm X-T1 Gets New Images, Improved Wi-Fi Features

Fujifilm's upcoming weather-sealed interchangeable lens camera, X-T1 has caused quite a fuss during the past few weeks and everyone is waiting for the official announcement on January 28, to see what the real specs of this camera are and how it will perform against its rivals. While until now we have already se...

25 January 2014
03:43 GMT

Realtek Outs New LAN Drivers for Ethernet and USB 3.0 Controllers – Build 0121.2014

Just now, Realtek has made available several new packages targeted at its Ethernet and USB 3.0 controllers, which share the same build version, namely 0121.2014.The release consists of several download records compatible with most of Microsoft’s Windows operating systems.To be clear, Realtek has outed a PCIe LA...

25 January 2014
03:40 GMT

British PIs Who Tricked Organizations into Handing over Personal Data Sentenced

Six individuals who work for a British private investigations company have been sentenced. They tricked organizations into revealing their customers’ personal information. According to the United Kingdom’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), one of those sentenced is Adrian Stanton, 40, one of...

25 January 2014
03:38 GMT

Dropbox 2.7 Fixes Startup Bugs – Experimental Release

After releasing version 2.6.5 as a stable update for Mac, Windows and Linux customers, Dropbox Inc. today released a new experimental build addressing some bugs in the 2.7 branch. Dropbox 2.7.33 Experimental is the first of many betas to come with a focus on fixing bugs for the next stable update of the popular clou...

25 January 2014
03:36 GMT

Photo of the Day: “King” Justin Bieber Compares Himself to Michael Jackson

So Justin Bieber’s week ended with an arrest in Miami for DUI, drag racing, driving on a suspended license and resisting arrest without violence. When he walked out of jail, he stopped to wave to the fans like a star that he was – and one of the photos snapped on the occasion is now perfect to fuel his ma...

25 January 2014
03:24 GMT

First “Fifty Shades of Grey” Poster Is Released

Despite the film being released on Valentine's Day 2015, which is more than a year away, the studio has already begun promoting “50 Shades of Grey,” the highly anticipated adult drama, based on the best-selling books by E. L. James. The poster features a pensive Christian Grey, looking out of an off...

25 January 2014
03:23 GMT

Canon 11-24mm f/4 Full Frame Lens Patent Uncovered

Recently, Nippon camera and optics manufacturer, Canon announced that the company had ranked first among Japanese companies for the number of U.S. Patents awarded last year. This doesn't really come as a surprise since almost every week we hear about new patents filed by the renowned manufacturer. Japanese webs...

25 January 2014
03:15 GMT

Aspirin Stops the Development of Intracranial Tumors

A team of researchers in the United States argues in a new study that aspirin appears to play a role in stopping the growth of several types of brain cancer cells in the human body. This discovery could lead to the development of new therapies against these aggressive tumors, and improved outcomes for patients. The ...

25 January 2014
03:06 GMT

Operators and Customers of Email Hacking Services from Around the World Charged

On Friday, we reported that India’s Central Bureau of Investigation arrested an individual from Pune as part of an international law enforcement operation against cybercriminals. More details have been provided by the FBI. The operation targeted the operators and the customers of websites that had offered emai...

25 January 2014
03:04 GMT

Johnny Depp Doesn’t Want to Ask Amber Heard to Sign Prenup for Fear of Losing Her

According to insiders, Johnny Depp fell madly in love with Amber Heard while working together on “Rum Diary,” when he was still with longtime partner Vanessa Paradis. They dated briefly and then broke up, and got engaged after reconciling so now, he’s very afraid he might lose her again. In fact, s...

25 January 2014
03:03 GMT

Windows Phone 8.1 to Arrive on Smartphones in Late April

Redmond-based software giant Microsoft is reportedly getting ready for the release of the Windows Phone 8.1 update sometime in late April, the latest reports on the matter suggest. Apparently, the platform release will arrive a few weeks after the release of Windows 8.1 Update 1, which is supposedly set for mid-Mar...

25 January 2014
03:02 GMT

This 3D Printer Makes Pizza for Astronauts – Video

Astronauts don't have it easy in orbit, not just because of the lack of gravity and, consequently, difficulty to move around with any sort of speed and precision, but also because the food is nasty.Well, maybe not nasty, but stale. Dehydrated. A necessary thing if it's going to last for the duration of the ...

25 January 2014
03:01 GMT

Kipon Baveyes 0.7x Adapters for Sony E-mount Available Now

Chinese photographic equipment manufacturer Shanghai Transvision announced a month ago that the company was preparing to launch a new series of lens adapters for Sony E-mount and Fujifilm X-mount interchangeable lens cameras. These new adapters allow you to use full frame lenses on an APS-C mirrorless camera without...

25 January 2014
02:49 GMT

Madonna Confirms She Will Be Performing at the 2014 Grammys

Madonna's participation to the 2014 Grammys was a big question mark up until now. There were certainly rumors that paired the Queen of Pop with Beyonce for an impromptu performance, but since then , the organizers have confirmed that Beyonce will make an appearance together with husband Jay Z. It wasn't un...

25 January 2014
02:49 GMT

Websites of the US Federal Court System Disrupted by Cyberattacks

Several websites of the US federal court system, including the ones of the United States Courts (uscourts.gov) and Public Access to Court Electronic Records (pacer.gov), were disrupted on Friday afternoon after being hit by a distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack. Many other federal court websites have also su...

25 January 2014
02:39 GMT

HTC’s Unannounced Octa-Core Smartphone Leaks Online

Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation is reportedly gearing up for the launch of an octa-core smartphone, and allegedly leaked images with it are now available for your viewing pleasure. According to info coming from ePrice, which also brought said images online, the smartphone will be launched as part of th...

25 January 2014
02:34 GMT

Dell Names New VP and Chief Financial Officer

We've heard of several staff changes and layoffs that came about as a consequence of poor financial performance of this or that company, but now we get to see one that isn't caused by anything so nefarious. Dell has announced that the positions of senior vice president (senior VP) and chief financial offi...

25 January 2014
02:31 GMT

Microsoft Admits That Hackers Stole Law Enforcement Inquiries from Employee PCs

Microsoft has fallen victim to hacker attacks for several times this year, with social media, emails, and blogs getting compromised by the Syrian Electronic Army. Redmond has refused to talk about these attacks until now, saying that no user information was compromised as part of the hacks, and working to restore ac...

25 January 2014
02:30 GMT

Kristen Stewart Will Shave Her Hair and Tattoo Her Head

“Twilight” actress Kristen Stewart may be known for her long, flowing, brunette locks, but she doesn't plan on keeping them forever. In an interview with IntotheGloss, Stewart admitted that she would be shaving her head and getting a tattoo on her skull. She spoke about how the movie business was pr...

25 January 2014
02:27 GMT

Microsoft Launches Windows 8 Themes Using Old Windows 7 Wallpapers

Microsoft has recently retired the Windows 7 dynamic themes available on its website, but today the company announced that all photos that were part of these packs are now offered to users via new Windows 8 themes. “Unfortunately, these dynamic themes are no longer available for download or being updated with ...

25 January 2014
02:18 GMT

Start Menu Return Very Unlikely in Windows 8.1 Update 1

Windows 8.1 Update 1 is set to make its public debut in approximately two months, but as more time passes by, it turns out that it’s going to be only a small pack of improvements aimed at the operating system’s performance and reliability. Even though it was initially said that it could make a comeback i...

25 January 2014
02:07 GMT

Microsoft Launches New Surface 2 Ad with Paul McCartney Soundtrack – Video

The second-generation Surface tablet is indeed selling like hot cakes these days, so Microsoft is trying to make the most of this by rolling out new ads aimed at potential buyers from all over the world. A new commercial that was launched this week uses Paul McCartney’s “New” song as the soundtrack...

25 January 2014
02:00 GMT

Bill Gates Checkmated in Only 9 Moves by World Chess Champion – Video

If you thought that being Bill Gates is quite an easy job given the fact that he has so much money, you were probably wrong. People tend to challenge Gates in all kinds of things, starting with video games and ending with speed chess games against world champions. Microsoft’s co-founder and the second richest ...

25 January 2014
01:47 GMT

Windows 8.1 Update 1 to Launch on March 11 – Report

Microsoft is currently finalizing development of Windows 8.1 Update 1, the first major pack of improvements for Windows 8.1, and although it was previously thought that the public release could take place in April, it turns out that Redmond is actually planning to do this sooner.A new report published by ZDNet’...

25 January 2014
01:24 GMT

New VLC for Windows 8.1 Screenshots Unveiled

VLC for Windows 8.1 is still a work in progress, even though VideoLAN has raised the necessary funds for the project as part of a Kickstarter campaign launched more than one year ago.And still, the developing team says that the app should reach the store in the coming weeks, as they recently submitted the app to Micr...

25 January 2014
01:12 GMT

The Witcher 3 Will Bring Back Focus on Monster Killing, Geralt's Powers

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt will have a much heavier focus on monster killer and on the powers of protagonist Geralt, especially since he is a Witcher, a very powerful killer for hire.The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is set to debut this year and, according to previous statements from CD Projekt Red, it will conclude the advent...

25 January 2014
00:27 GMT


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