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 Investigators at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) say that they may have found a new way of blocking the growth of cancer tumors. The method relies on disabling a protein receptors that spreads the incorrect cellular signals which allow the cells to multiply out of control.
One of the hallmarks of tumors is the fact tha... (read more) |
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 WordPress.com debuted an interesting new feature, it now enables users to post comments under their Twitter or Facebook identities, making it easier to authenticate themselves with their preferred method. What's more, users can switch between the identities and post comments with any of them without having to log out of the others.
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 HTC Sensation, the newest flagship handset from the Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation, has made an official appearance in Singapore today, and is set to become available for purchase as soon as tomorrow.
The handset, running under Google's Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system and boasting a dual-core 1.2GHz processor, features the l... (read more) |
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 After loudly launching the Motorola GLEAM handset, the U.S.-based manufacturer has announced yet another feature-phone, the Motorola WILDER.
Although it's an entry-level handset, Motorola WILDER is advertised as being one of cheapest splash and dust-resistant touch phone available on the market.
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 Apple’s recent announcements have done well to muffle the hype surrounding the Mac Defender threat targeting Macs. However, we got a chance to talk with the people at Avast, who recently released a free Mac antivirus, and we’re eager to share their thoughts with you, just to turn away from la glare of WWDC for a few minutes.
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 The European Southern Observatory (ESO) is proud to announce the inauguration of the latest addition to its Chile-based Paranal Observatory. The Very Large Telescope (VLT) Survey Telescope (VST) is one of the most advanced astronomical units ever created.
Just a few days ago, the new instrument released its first images, which focused on re... (read more) |
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 The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) is so appalled by “The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence)” and the images it puts onscreen that it has flat-out refused to rate it, which means it’s been outlawed and will not be released in the UK at all.
Horror fans will remember 2009’s “The Human ... (read more) |
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 It appears that Huawei has a pretty busy agenda, as the Chinese manufacturer has recently announced that Huawei Ideos X3, X6 and Huawei Boulder will soon be available in Singapore, while Indian customers will be able to purchase the Ideos X5, Ideos X2 and Ideos Chat starting June 13th.
In attempt to strengthen its ... (read more) |
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 During this year's E3 2011 press conference, Insomniac Games, together with its brand new publishing partner, Electronic Arts, presented the studio's first new franchise that won't be a PlayStation 3 exclusive.
Entitled Overstrike, the new project has received a very interesting trailer, which highlights that even if it has a... (read more) |
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 After making its appearance earlier this year on European soil, the Sony Vaio L-Series all-in-one computer will also makes its entrance in the US market where it should become available for pre-order starting with July 13.
The system is powered by Intel's second-generation Core processors and users have the option of ch... (read more) |
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 Tomorrow, wireless carrier T-Mobile and mobile phone maker HTC Corporation are expected to make official a new handset running under Google's Android operating system, the myTouch 4G Slide.
We already had the chance to learn a few details on this device, which made it into the wild as the Doubleshot, but which was later ... (read more) |
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 The Internet Archive is well known for its effort to archive the web and maintain copies of all websites online, working snapshots taken at various points during their existence. But the organization has a wider reach, it archives music and video and more recently books as well.
But, despite being a project linked to the d... (read more) |
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 Apple has announced the winners of its Apple Design Awards, which recognize outstanding achievement and excellence in iPhone, iPad, and Mac app design.
This year’s Apple Design Awards were awarded to developers whose iPhone, iPad, and Mac apps were listed in the App Store demonstrating attractive design, innovation, and technical excellence... (read more) |
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 A few days after the official launch of the HTC ChaCha, the second Facebook-centric phone of the Taiwanese handset manufacturer, the Salsa is now available for purchase in India.
Although HTC India has yet to make any official announcements, the Salsa can now be purchased via online retailer Flipkart for Rs. 20,449 (about $460).
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 Later during the ongoing year, owners of an Xperia PLAY smartphone from Sony Ericsson will have the possibility to enjoy a series of new games specifically designed for their devices.
Some of these new mobile titles have been showcased during the E3 event, and video presentations are now available for those who would like... (read more) |
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 When researchers at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) investigated the role of jellyfish in the oceans, they discovered that the creatures tended to alter marine food webs considerably.
The way this was done was by redirecting food energy more towards bacteria than towards higher, more complex lifeforms. Usually, jellyfish a... (read more) |
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 As announced, the four judges on The Voice, NBC’s new hit show that has already been renewed for a second season, did their best to do justice to Queen’s classic songs. Week 7 opened with a brilliant performance by the four.
Christina Aguilera, Adam Levine, Cee Lo Green and Blake Shelton took to the stage and perfor... (read more) |
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 The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) warns whistleblowers against using Wall Street Journal's and Al Jazeera's whistleblowing platforms because they make false promises of anonymity.
Seeing WikiLeaks' success in convincing whistleblowers to leak information and documents that generate true media storms, Al Jazeera an... (read more) |
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 While analyzing Hawaiian monk seal, a highly endangered species living in the Pacific Ocean, researchers were able to identify a potent and highly-debilitating toxin manifesting its effects inside the defenseless animals.
The discovery has prompted experts to start investigation other species for signs of the contamination as well. This is a fi... (read more) |
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 The web is all abuzz about the latest Facebook privacy 'mishap' and is discussing all of the implications, or lack thereof, of Facebook's face recognition technology. This despite the fact that the technology is six months old and that it's not really that big of a deal in the first place.
Back in Decem... (read more) |
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 Although customers could purchase the iPhone 4 and activate it on Koodo's network, the regional carrier is one of the few who are still not offering the device.
Apparently, this is about to change as Koodo employees have started training on the iPhone 4, which might hit shelves in the coming weeks.
According to the guys o... (read more) |
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 Those planning to upgrade to Lion next month should make sure they pack everything they need, both hardware and software-wise.
According to Apple, in order to install Mac OS X 10.7, you will need: a Mac equipped with an Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, or Xeon processor; 2GB of RAM; Mac OS X 10.6.6 or later with the Ma... (read more) |
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 Experts with the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announce the successful installation of the first ground antenna that will receive data from satellite constellation that will be launched to space soon enough.
The Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) program is the United States' next-generation polar-orbiting satel... (read more) |
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 Corsair has just announced that it has identified several hardware issues that affect the stability of the Force 3 high-performance SSD, so the company has recalled all the affected drives to replace them free of charge.
According to Corsair's customer support, these problems range from BSODs and BIOS detection errors to ran... (read more) |
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 Nintendo's E3 2011 press conference brought forth a massive amount of information about all of its platforms, from the DS or 3DS to the current Wii or upcoming Wii U, as well as in regards to the many games that will be released for all of them.
We already presented the Wii U and its impressive cont... (read more) |
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 Google has refused to comply with a new requirement in Kazakhstan which now demands that all websites using a .kz domain name must have servers physically located in the country. Google has criticized the move, saying it creates an internet with borders and limits the experience for local users.
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 Industry sources are reporting that high-profile camera sensor manufacturers have landed orders with Apple for the next-generation iPhone 5.
Trade publication DigiTimes takes it upon itself to inform that the majority of CMOS image sensor (CIS) orders placed by Apple for the fifth-generation iPhone has been grabbed by OmniVision.read more) |
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 Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation is reportedly gearing up to change the bootloader on its latest flagship Android-based mobile phone out there, the HTC Sensation.
The handset vendor launched this device in the market with a locked bootloader, but it seems that it would unlock it in the not too far future.
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 When they took to the stage to accept the Best Kiss award at the MTV Movie Awards 2011, fans actually hoped that Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, third time winners, would finally lock lips. Apparently, so did Kristen, says a new report.
After the usual teasing onstage, for a brief moment, it seemed c... (read more) |
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 Capcom has just deployed the digital version of Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition on the PlayStation Store and Xbox Live Marketplace, while the retail release is scheduled to appear later this month.
Capcom decided to release one more major update for its Street Fighter IV fighting game, with the introduction of ... (read more) |
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 Microsoft is not offering Windows Azure to customers looking to build private Clouds, pointing them to Windows Server instead, but the company is hard at work on the next best thing in partnership with its OEM partners, Windows Azure platform appliances.
The Fujitsu Global Cloud Platform service, FGCP/A5 is th... (read more) |
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 Just six weeks after tying the knot, Weston Cage, the son of actor Nicolas Cage, got into an altercation with police officers after an unexplained outburst, and has been hospitalized for mental evaluation. It is believed he is being held on an involuntary hold for the purpose.
Weston has rarely made headlines as of late, ex... (read more) |
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 Microsoft is one of the companies participating in World IPv6 Day, an initiative designed to test readiness for the transition to next generation Internet Protocol (IPv6) from the now all but obsolete IPv4.
Since World IPv6 Day is scheduled to last all day today, June 8th, 2011, the Redmond company has enabled IP... (read more) |
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 After a very rough week when she was embarrassed by a series of private photos leaking online, Blake Lively put on a brave face and faced the music at the MTV Movie Awards 2011. Right afterwards, she took her current beau Leonardo DiCaprio to Disneyland, a new report claims.
Ever since the Cannes Film Festival, the two hav... (read more) |
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 CoolIT, a company well renowned for its liquid cooling solutions, has just announced the introduction of the Omni N590 closed-loop water cooler which was specially designed for Nvidia's dual-GPU GeForce GTX 590 graphics card and is targeted towards system integrators.
The Omni N590 is compatible with both single and SLI GTX 59... (read more) |
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 While the web is very much in love with the latest technologies like HTML5 and CSS 3, the standardization process moves at a much slower pace, CSS 2.1 is now labeled as a W3C Recommendation, meaning that it's recognized as an official standard.
What this means is that CSS 2.1 gets the official stamp of approval, everything in the specification is... (read more) |
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 Apple fan Mert Erdir has discovered a method to bypass the iOS 5 developer authorization to ultimately get inside the OS on his iPhone 4 without paying the $99 fee to Apple.
While not necessarily illegal, the practice is not ecnouraged, regardless of the circumstances.
As OS X Daily points out, there’s a reaso... (read more) |
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 Jennifer Aniston and her rumored beau Justin Theroux were spotted together at the MTV Movie Awards 2011, thus confirming week-old reports that they were an item. As it turns out, back when they started dating, Justin was not single, it has emerged.
The actor, writer and director has been in a solid relationship with stylist Heidi Bive... (read more) |
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 Mushkin has just announced the introduction of the company's first series of 6Gbps solid state drives, which is known as Chronos and is powered by the high-performance SandForce SF-2281 SSD processor.
The drives are available in two versions, the Chronos and the Chronos Deluxe, and the main difference between the two is the ... (read more) |
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 The notorious Anonymous hacktivist collective has defaced the website of India's National Informatics Centre (NIC) in support of the anti-corruption movement led by political activist Baba Ramdev.
The attack was part of Operation India, a new Anonymous operation launched after a violent government crackdown o... (read more) |
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 Amazon seems to be going to strength to strength and it's looking like it's expanding into new areas at an increased rate, but the company is actually just doing what it has always done, working methodically at new opportunities, even if no one else understands them, until it arrives at a point where things just fall into pla... (read more) |
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 The results of a new scientific investigation appear to indicate that pavements and a high degree of urbanization in general can facilitate the accumulation of pollutants above and within cities.
This is done by changing weather and local climate patterns by small, but significant margins, experts behind the new work say. The study, wh... (read more) |
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 The recently revealed Nintendo Wii U is going to receive extensive support from third-party publishers like THQ, Warner Bros. Electronic Arts or Sega, as all of the companies confirmed that some of their upcoming games will also be released for the Wii U, not just the PC, PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360 pl... (read more) |
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 Windows Thin PC was released to manufacturing earlier this week (official date June 7th) and is scheduled for general availability on July 1st, 2011, Microsoft has confirmed officially.
Per the software giant’s own description of the new platform, Windows Thin PC (WinTPC) is a Windows 7 spin-off, designed as the evolution of Wind... (read more) |
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 Apple has launched a new version of its iBooks application mainly to include a read-aloud function featuring a real narrator. The utility is aimed at small children with the purpose of teaching them how to read.
“iBooks is an amazing way to download and read books,” says Apple.
“iBooks includes th... (read more) |
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 A team of experts at the American space agency announce that one of their monitoring spacecraft was recently able to snap an interesting view of surf wave-like features developing in the solar atmosphere.
The group explains that these features traversing the corona may hold clues as to how exactly energy is transferred through this layer of the S... (read more) |
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 She’s known for her ability to do things with her body when dancing that would make a contortionist envious, so, for her latest video, Shakira takes things one step further, up on a stage with a dancing pole. “Rabiosa” is the name of her third single.
Since late 2010, Shakira has been keeping a low profile as reg... (read more) |
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 Google is proud to introduce Chrome fans to the version 12 stable of the browser, which includes new features and enhancements, as well as security patches. A new Dev build of Chrome 13 is also available for download.
Jason Kersey makes the official introductions, saying “The Google Chrome team is happy to announce the rele... (read more) |
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 When everyone was so excited about Samsung's upcoming bada 1.2 update, the handset manufacturer decided to announce that it won't be pushed to smartphones that support WQVGA resolution.
bada 1.2 is expected to be delivered this month, while the next bada 2.0 version of the platform is scheduled for a September release.read more) |
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 Google is debuting a feature that should make webmasters and SEOs quite happy, integration between Google's Webmaster Tools and Analytics. It's starting with a pilot program before the feature goes live later this month. Users will see a new report set in Google Analytics with data from Webmaster Tools.
"We’ve heard fr... (read more) |
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