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Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion has announced the upcoming availability of two new BlackBerry smartphones on the market in Malaysia, namely BlackBerry Curve 9320 and BlackBerry Curve 9220. Both devices arrive on shelves with leading messaging and social networking capabilities, while offering easy-to-use d... (read more)
Some of the cheapest BlackBerry 7 smartphones, the Curve 9220 and Curve 9320 have just been officially announced in Thailand.According to Research In Motion (RIM), both smartphones will be available for purchase through authorized partners and distributors across the country.
RIM failed to offer an... (read more)
Publisher Ubisoft seems to have succumbed to the trend towards turning all big franchises over to social gaming and the current result is a Facebook-based title linked to its third-person shooter franchise, called Ghost Recon Commander.
The Facebook title is clearly designed to enhance brand knowledge and promote Future Soldier rather than simply deliver a compelling experience on its own, but the game might actually be worth playing for fans of the Ghost Recon universe and its mech... (read more)
The Facebook title is clearly designed to enhance brand knowledge and promote Future Soldier rather than simply deliver a compelling experience on its own, but the game might actually be worth playing for fans of the Ghost Recon universe and its mech... (read more)
Square Enix and United Front Games have posted a brand new video with their upcoming Sleeping Dogs game, describing the array of features included in the new open world experience.
Sleeping Dogs may have started out life as True Crime: Hong Kong, but now, under the guidance of Square Enix, UFG is implementing quite a lot of new things and putting the final additions ahead of its launch in August.
Now, in order to get the hype going around the game before its presentat... (read more)
Sleeping Dogs may have started out life as True Crime: Hong Kong, but now, under the guidance of Square Enix, UFG is implementing quite a lot of new things and putting the final additions ahead of its launch in August.
Now, in order to get the hype going around the game before its presentat... (read more)
Expecting mothers would do well to take care of their fevers, scientists warn. Left untreated, the condition can have significant ill effects on newborns, ranging from autism to developmental delays.
These conditions can be avoided if pregnant women do not delay seeking medical help for fever. The conclusions belong to a new study conducted by experts at the University of California in Davis (UCD), PsychCentral reports.
“We recommend that pregnant women who de... (read more)
These conditions can be avoided if pregnant women do not delay seeking medical help for fever. The conclusions belong to a new study conducted by experts at the University of California in Davis (UCD), PsychCentral reports.
“We recommend that pregnant women who de... (read more)
The Chinese version of Motorola DEFY+ has just arrived in Hong Kong. The smartphone is called DEFY XT535 and is now available for purchase from authorized Motorola resellers for 2,198 HKD (285 USD or 225 EUR) off-contract.Just like most smartphones in the DEFY series, the XT535 is IP67 certified, which makes it dust and water proof (up to 1... (read more)
Mobile phone maker ZTE Corporation has announced a partnership with Rightware Oy, a leader in embedded 3D user interface (UI) technologies, aimed at the loading of a 3D user interface on ZTE’s handsets. As part of this agreement, ZTE’s Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich-powered smartphones will feature Rightware’s Kanzi UI Solu... (read more)
Owners of a BlackBerry Bold 9900 smartphone in China can now download and install the official OS 7.1.0.437 update for their devices, as long as they use it on China Unicom’s network.
The new software was made available through RIM’s official support website as package version 7.1.0.1461, and it includes software platform 5.1.0.345. The update weighs 248.48MB.
Although the upgrade is delivered through the official channels, CrackBerry notes that users sh... (read more)
The new software was made available through RIM’s official support website as package version 7.1.0.1461, and it includes software platform 5.1.0.345. The update weighs 248.48MB.
Although the upgrade is delivered through the official channels, CrackBerry notes that users sh... (read more)
The guys from the Chronic Dev Team and the iPhone Dev Team, also known as the Dream Team, have taken center stage here in Amsterdam at the 2012 edition of the world renowned Hack in the Box (HITB) conference. Just before the event ended, the hackers held a press conference to answer a few questions.Since they were ... (read more)
Four days after Three UK introduced the Sony Xperia U, T-Mobile announced the immediate availability of the smartphone on its airwaves.
Customers can grab the Xperia U for free from £15.50 a month (24 months), which will net them 100 voice minutes, 500 texts, 250MB of mobile data and Unlimited Booster.
The Xperia U is shipped with the Android 2.3 Gingerbread platform out of the box, but Sony Mobile has just confirmed the smartphone would receive an Ice Cream San... (read more)
Customers can grab the Xperia U for free from £15.50 a month (24 months), which will net them 100 voice minutes, 500 texts, 250MB of mobile data and Unlimited Booster.
The Xperia U is shipped with the Android 2.3 Gingerbread platform out of the box, but Sony Mobile has just confirmed the smartphone would receive an Ice Cream San... (read more)
New Dead or Alive 5 Video Shows Fight Between Lei Fang and Zack in a CircusFri, 25 May 2012 21:21:02 GMT
Tecmo Koei has posted a brand new video for its upcoming Dead or Alive 5 fighting game, this time showing a match between Lei Fang and Zack, which takes place in a Circus, complete with clowns and tigers.
Dead or Alive 5 promises to deliver fighting entertainment and, from the videos we’ve seen up until now, it’s definitely looking like a fun experience.
The newest trailer, however, takes things to a whole new level, with Lei Fang and Zack fighting in a ci... (read more)
Dead or Alive 5 promises to deliver fighting entertainment and, from the videos we’ve seen up until now, it’s definitely looking like a fun experience.
The newest trailer, however, takes things to a whole new level, with Lei Fang and Zack fighting in a ci... (read more)
External storage cases have become quite common, but they aren't in too high a number yet, so Century Japan should find at least some buyers for the CRNS35U3MR "EX Volume".
The short version of the description is that the case is a device which can hold two 3.5-inch SATA HDDs.
The slightly longer version is that those two 3.5-inch SATA HDDs can be set up in RAID 0 (performance) or RAID 2 (data redundancy), but may also operate individually, as though you had two diffe... (read more)
The short version of the description is that the case is a device which can hold two 3.5-inch SATA HDDs.
The slightly longer version is that those two 3.5-inch SATA HDDs can be set up in RAID 0 (performance) or RAID 2 (data redundancy), but may also operate individually, as though you had two diffe... (read more)
Blizzard has issued a new statement about the ongoing rumors that Diablo 3 and its Battle.net service were compromised by hackers who managed to steal accounts just by joining a player’s game session, even if he had a special Authenticator.Diablo III was launched last week and, since then, quite a few players have beg... (read more)
Andrei Dumitrescu: There are two very different experiences that I plan to spend my weekend with: Max Payne 3 from Rockstar and Take Two and the Game of Thrones role-playing game from Cyanide and Focus Home Interactive.Max Payne 3 continues to be delightful, even if the slow-motion third-person shooting is becoming a little routine after about 10 hours, because ... (read more)
In what may well be the biggest update to any Twitter client ever released, Tapbots has launched Tweetbot 2.4, a much improved version of the popular Twitter application for iPhone and iPad.“Tweetbot is a full-featured iPad Twitter client with a lot of personality,” according to Tapbots, the makers of the application. “Wheth... (read more)
Bollywood beauty Aishwarya Rai, who won the title of Miss World in 1994 and who is still referred to as the world's most beautiful woman (it's not hard to understand why), recently made headlines for not losing the pregnancy weight. She defied and silenced all her critics last night. As we also reported earlier... (read more)
Research In Motion is in the process of pushing its new BlackBerry Curve 9320 and Curve 9220 smartphones to more markets globally, and Latin America is the latest of them to receive the handsets. The company has just announced the upcoming availability of these phones in Latin America, stressing on the social netwo... (read more)
While brother Kris Humphries was making headlines for his 72-day marriage to reality star Kim Kardashian, his sister Kaela was negotiating her first ever modeling contract. She is now officially a plus-size model. She is now signed with Ford Models, the plus-size division, and she has moved from Minnesota to New York to pursue her... (read more)
One big piece of the silent updates puzzle has just landed in Firefox 15, background updates. Like the name suggests, this enables Firefox to install updates in the background without disturbing the user. This, along with the other silent updates-related features, should make the entire process a lot more hassle-free and almost invisible to the user.
The goal with background updates is to have newer versions of Firefox downloaded and installed while the browser is running. This wa... (read more)
The goal with background updates is to have newer versions of Firefox downloaded and installed while the browser is running. This wa... (read more)
Canadian carriers Bell and Virgin Mobile have quietly launched HD Voice service in Saskatchewan, so starting today mobile phone users should experience better voice quality.
Although both carriers have introduced the service in Canada early this year, Saskatchewan customers were left out due to some disagreements between SaskTel and MTS, which has just been settled. Obviously, not all customers will be able to benefit from the newly introduced HD Voice service.
Sever... (read more)
Although both carriers have introduced the service in Canada early this year, Saskatchewan customers were left out due to some disagreements between SaskTel and MTS, which has just been settled. Obviously, not all customers will be able to benefit from the newly introduced HD Voice service.
Sever... (read more)
Ubisoft wants to mark the release of Far Cry 3 in an impressive way and has just revealed the game’s Insane Edition, which will be launched alongside the regular title this September in Europe.Far Cry games have delivered top-notch shooter experiences over the years and Ubisoft is now getting ready to debut the third i... (read more)
South Korean mobile phone maker LG Electronics is getting ready to bring to the market a white flavor of its newly-released LG Optimus LTE II, recent reports suggest.
As the first handset in the world to pack 2GB of RAM to power its Android operating system, the Optimus LTE II was launched only in the vendor’s homeland market.
The handset was made available in Black initially, but LG is readying the release of a pale flavor of the smartphone too, the photo tha... (read more)
As the first handset in the world to pack 2GB of RAM to power its Android operating system, the Optimus LTE II was launched only in the vendor’s homeland market.
The handset was made available in Black initially, but LG is readying the release of a pale flavor of the smartphone too, the photo tha... (read more)
Lincoln Chafee, who is the Governor of Rhode Island, has stated that Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, the action role-playing game from developers at 38 Studios and Big Huge Games, needed to generate sales of more than 3 million units in order to cover the development costs.Curt Schilling, who was the leader of 38 Stud... (read more)
Thanks to MyDigitalSSD, there is a new range of solid-state drives available for makers and buyers of laptops, ultrabooks, tablets and desktops alike. As the title says, they are called the Bullet Proof 3 (BP3) series, which makes us wonder if they can actually survive gun shots.
We've seen solid-state drives being ... (read more)
The leadership of one of the biggest Japanese publishers has announced that the company plans to cut the development time for its biggest titles from three to four years to just two and a half years, mainly by using more manpower to handle the essential tasks.Kenzo Tsujimoto, who is the chief executive officer of Capcom, has told inves... (read more)
At first it was a picture, now it's an entire video. Google is not done teasing us with glimpses of its Android-powered glasses and has now made public a video taken with the prototype devices. Granted, glimpses may not be the most accurate word, since the glasses themselves are never shown.
We did get a chance to see the design prototypes though, those looked rather cool, but design prototypes don't really mean anything.
However, both Google cofounders were seen, an... (read more)
We did get a chance to see the design prototypes though, those looked rather cool, but design prototypes don't really mean anything.
However, both Google cofounders were seen, an... (read more)
Recalling the MobileMe fiasco, a former Apple insider reportedly told Fortune that Steve Jobs would have gone ballistic over the lackluster functionality of Siri.A voice-activated assistant, Siri has been in beta for over half a year now, yet the service seems to be just as flawed as it has been on day one. That&rs... (read more)
Electronic Arts has confirmed that it’s just released a fresh update for the UEFA Euro 2012 downloadable add-on that came out last month for the FIFA 12 soccer simulator, addressing a wide range of issues.As a break from the FIFA norm, EA launched the UEFA Euro 2012 experience, modeled after the upcoming r... (read more)
Scientists conducting a study of the ocean floor in the northeastern Pacific Ocean were surprised to discover 38 deep-sea limpets of the species Lepetodrilus gordensis attached to their submarine, Alvin. Previously, scientists thought that the pressure difference was a barrier against these species.
Such organisms live at the bottom of the ocean, under extreme darkness, temperatures and pressure, around hydrothermal vents that release toxic gases from our planet's mantle. No one ... (read more)
Such organisms live at the bottom of the ocean, under extreme darkness, temperatures and pressure, around hydrothermal vents that release toxic gases from our planet's mantle. No one ... (read more)
Microsoft Removes Illegal Links from Google That Are Alive and Well in BingFri, 25 May 2012 17:31:04 GMT
Google has recently unveiled data on copyright takedown requests it receives for its search engine. Being one of the largest sites in the world and the largest search engine means that it gets a lot of these requests. In fact, it got 1.2 million just last month.
All of these are reviewed by hand, on average in about 11 hours since being notified. Google removes the infringing links, the ones it believes may actually be infringing, based on what copyright holders claim, but leaves a... (read more)
All of these are reviewed by hand, on average in about 11 hours since being notified. Google removes the infringing links, the ones it believes may actually be infringing, based on what copyright holders claim, but leaves a... (read more)
