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Samsung Galaxy S III is official (video)

Published on 2012-05-03 13:26:00

TSMC ramps 28nm ARM Cortex-A9 chip to 3.1GHz, gives your desktop jitters

Published on 2012-05-03 13:03:00

We know TSMC's energy-miser 28-nanometer manufacturing process has a lot of headroom, but the company just ratcheted expectations up by a few notches. Lab workers at Taiwan's semiconductor giant have successfully run a dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor at 3.1GHz under normal conditions. That's a 55 percent higher clock speed than the 2GHz maximum that TSMC normally offers, folks, and about twice as fast as a 40nm chip under the same workload. Don't expect that kind of clock speed from you [..]

Amazon Cloud Drive : Desktop εφαρμογές για Windows και Mac

Published on 2012-05-03 12:56:00

Ο καταιγισμός δωρεάν cloud υπηρεσιών για αποθήκευση των αρχείων σας συνεχίζεται και έτσι μετά τη Microsoft με το Skydrive και τη Google με το Drive, σειρά έχει η Amazon με το Cloud Drive.Η Amazon παρουσίασε το Cloud Drive τον Μάρτιο του 2011 προσφέροντας 5gb δωρεάν αποθηκευτικό χώρο σε κάθε χρήστη ο οποίος μπορ [..]

Mozilla to standardize Firefox UI across all platforms

Published on 2012-05-03 12:51:00

Firefox is a great browser on both traditional desktops and mobile devices, however the experience isn’t exactly consistent between devices. In an effort to achieve continuity in the user experience, Mozilla has announced that it is working on a standard that will give Firefox a similar look and feel no matter where you are using it, whether it is a computer, a tablet, or a smartphone.Mozilla says it is looking to take a “soft, friendly, and human” design approach. The design standa [..]

Mozilla Firefox: Νέα ενοποιημένη εμφάνιση για όλες τις πλατφόρμες

Published on 2012-05-03 12:49:00

Ένας από τους δημοφιλέστερους browsers για υπολογιστές και mobile συσκευές είναι o Firefox, αν και η εμπειρία πλοήγησης διαφέρει αρκετά από πλατφόρμα σε πλατφόρμα.Κάτι τέτοιο πρόκειται να αλλάξει στο μέλλον, αφού η Mozilla ανακοίνωσε ότι δουλεύει αυτή τη στιγμή πάνω σε μια νέα έκδοση που [..]

Nokia files patent claims against HTC, RIM and Viewsonic

Published on 2012-05-02 14:50:00

Tizen OS hits version 1.0, SDK gets updated

Published on 2012-05-02 14:49:00

Tizen, the open source mobile operating system on which Samsung and Intel are working on, is finally out of beta and into version 1.0. In addition, the team behind Tizen has added a bug tracker and a wiki page for the community.Developers will be happy to know that the SDK has seen lots of updates such as a new browser-based simulator, which supports the Tizen APIs and an improved emulator for Windows and Linux.The OS itself got more features as well. Wi-Fi Direct has been added, as well a [..]

BlackBerry 10 developer alpha unit goes official

Published on 2012-05-02 14:47:00

RIM is hosting its annual BlackBerry World event between May 1-3. Today, on the first day of the event, RIM presented the official developer alpha device for the QNX-based BlackBerry 10 platform.It looks much like a smaller PlayBook and features a 4.2-inch 1280x768px display, 1GB RAM, 16GB internal storage, a microSD expansion slot and a mini-HDMI port. There is still no info on the screen type or the processor, but we guess the latter should be a dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 or better.We expe [..]

Sony VAIO T11 και T13, ανακοινώθηκαν τα πρώτα Ultrabooks της εταιρίας

Published on 2012-05-02 13:35:00

Έφτασε η ώρα και για τη Sony να αποκαλύψει τα πρώτα της Ultrabooks, Sony VAIO T11 (11.6”) και T13 (13.3”), με εντυπωσιακό και πανάλαφρο σχεδιασμό που εγγυώνται τα υλικά του περιβλήματος (μαγνήσιο, αλουμίνιο), και αυτονομία 90 ημερών σε sleep mode! Sony VAIO T11 – T13 Οθόνη 11.6” (Τ11) – 13.3” (Τ13 – 1366 x 768)Επεξεργ [..]

Tizen 1.0 Larkspur SDK, διαθέσιμο το open-source mobile λειτουργικό σύστημα

Published on 2012-05-02 13:17:00

Οι δημιουργοί του Tizen OS (μεταξύ των οποίων Intel, Samsung, Huawei κλπ.) είναι στην ευχάριστη θέση να ανακοινώσουν την κυκλοφορία της έκδοσης 1.0 για developers (κωδική ονομασία Larkspur), έτσι ώστε να δημιουργήσουν εφαρμογές βελτιστοποιημένες για το

Mozilla, Το πρώτο ηχηρό «όχι» στο CISPA

Published on 2012-05-02 12:32:00

Οι άλλοι μεγάλοι του Internet και όχι μόνο (όπως οι Facebook, Microsoft, Oracle) δέχτηκαν την υιοθέτηση του νομοσχεδίου CISPA στις ΗΠΑ, το οποίο και έχει κατηγορηθεί για την προσβολή των ελευθεριών στο Ίντερνετ, ενώ η Mozilla είναι η πρώτη μεγάλη εταιρεία που έδειξε τη σαφή αντίθεσή της στην εν λόγ [..]

BlackBerry 10 Alpha device, Η BlackBerry πάει full touch και life style

Published on 2012-05-02 12:31:00

Περισσότερες πληροφορίες για το NUC, τον ανταγωνιστή του Raspberry Pi από την Intel

Published on 2012-05-01 03:54:00

Όπως έγινε γνωστό στις αρχές του μήνα η Intel ετοιμάζει ένα νέο μοντέλο υπολογιστή με εντυπωσιακά μικρές διαστάσεις, το οποίο συναγωνίζεται το “υπερσυμπαγές” Raspberry Pi. Πρόκειται για το Next Unit of Computing (NUC) και ύστερα από την πρώτη εμφάνισή του στις αρχές του μήνα στο φεστιβάλ gami [..]

Watch out, Raspberry Pi: Intel unveils ultra-small Next Unit of Computing PC

Published on 2012-05-01 03:52:00

Details of a new, ultra-compact computer form factor from Intel, called the Next Unit of Computing (NUC) are starting to emerge.First demonstrated at PAX East at the beginning of April, and Intel’s Platinum Summit in London last week, NUC is a complete 10x10cm (4x4in) Sandy Bridge Core i3/i5 computer. On the back, there are Thunderbolt, HDMI, and USB 3.0 ports. On the motherboard itself (pictured below) there are two SO-DIMM (laptop) memory slots and two mini PCIe headers. On the flip si [..]

Scientists develop composite material to enhance device response time

Published on 2012-05-01 03:47:00

Ever feel like your phone is taking an awfully long time to register that swipe to unlock? Well, scientists from Imperial College London and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology are developing a solution that could mean faster response times. By combining polymer semiconductors and small molecules into a composite material to make organic thin-film transistors -- a process known as composite collaboration -- they found a way to increase the speed of the electrical charge movi [..]

The Pirate Bay must be blocked by UK ISPs, court rules

Published on 2012-05-01 03:45:00

File-sharing site The Pirate Bay must be blocked by UK internet service providers, the High Court has ruled.The Swedish website hosts links to download mostly pirated free music and video.Sky, Everything Everywhere, TalkTalk, O2 and Virgin Media must all prevent their users from accessing the site."Sites like The Pirate Bay destroy jobs in the UK and undermine investment in new British artists," the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) said.A sixth ISP, BT, requested "a few more weeks" to consi [..]

Microsoft Makes $300M Investment In New Barnes & Noble Subsidiary To Battle With Amazon And Apple In E-books

Published on 2012-04-30 10:00:00

Barnes & Noble has found a new, major partner in its fight to get an edge over Amazon and Apple in the market for e-books and the devices being used to consume them: it is teaming up with Microsoft in what the two are calling a strategic partnership, name yet to be determined.It will come in the form of a new subsidiary of B&N that will include all of its Nook business as well as its educational College business. Microsoft is making a $300 million investment in the subsidiary, valuing the [..]

LG Cloud launches, guns after iCloud on mobile, PC, TV

Published on 2012-04-30 09:54:00

LG has formally launched into the cloud space on Monday with a beta of LG Cloud. The service is intended as a non-exclusive way to quickly shuttle music, photos, and videos between the various devices in LG"s ecosystem, including PCs, smartphones, and TVs. By including the TV, it carries the uncommon advantage of exporting 3D content: a 3D video recorded on an Optimus 3D Max can be remotely shared to a TV that can play it back.Its signature will be a real-time transcoding approach that c [..]

Η Microsoft επενδύει $300 εκατομμύρια στην Barnes & Noble για να ανταγωνιστεί Apple και Amazon

Published on 2012-04-30 09:42:00

Οι Microsoft και Barnes & Noble ανακοίνωσαν σήμερα τη δημιουργία μιας νέας θυγατρικής εταιρείας που θα επικεντρωθεί στην υπάρχουσα ψηφιακή αγορά των Nook e-readers και e-books. Η Microsoft θα επενδύσει 300 εκατομμύρια δολάρια στη θυγατρική που μέχρι στιγμής της έχει δοθεί το προσωρινό όνομα Newco εν [..]

Megaupload’s Kim Dotcom Gets $750,000 Back

Published on 2012-04-30 09:38:00

Galaxy S III picture points towards a 4.8-inch display

Published on 2012-04-30 09:34:00

They reached upon this conclusion after they received the picture above with the phone set against a ruler. The length of the phone seems to be somewhere around 130mm, which makes it about as long as the Galaxy Nexus. The display itself seems to be a bit above 100mm. If you do the math it turns out to be around 4.8-inch diagonally, which is slightly greater than the 4.65-inch figure that was being floated around.There is not much else to see except the presence of what looks like a physic [..]

Apple seriously considered hardware keyboard for iPhone

Published on 2012-04-30 09:29:00

Tony Fadell stopped by On The Verge tonight, and during a fun and wide-ranging interview he had an interesting revelation about his time working on the original iPhone: namely, that a hardware keyboard was seriously considered within Apple before the iconic touchscreen-only design was given the green light. He said there were three different versions: an "iPod + Phone," a different iteration that was called the "iPhone," and finally, the device that was ultimately introduced back in Janua [..]

MIT develops self-cleaning, fog and glare free glass

Published on 2012-04-29 11:25:00

MIT researchers have developed a super clear, self-cleaning glass that is resistant to fog and glare. The new glass could be used in future smartphones, tablets, cars, and buildings, eliminating unwanted reflections and staying smudge-free. Water droplets that fall onto this new glass surface are said to bounce off like “tiny rubber balls.” The surface of this glass is comprised of nanoscale cones, about 1,000 times to 100,000 times smaller than the diameter of a human hair. The nano- [..]

Νέα τεχνολογία αυτοκαθαριζόμενου γυαλιού από το MIT

Published on 2012-04-29 11:22:00

NVIDIA Unveils GeForce GTX 690 -- Dual Graphics Card

Published on 2012-04-29 11:07:00

NVIDIA today announced the GeForce® GTX 690, the world's fastest consumer graphics card1 -- with a bold industrial design to match.

Nvidia GeForce GTX 690 dual GPU, η γρηγορότερη κάρτα γραφικών στον κόσμο !

Published on 2012-04-29 11:02:00

Ευχάριστα τα νέα για τους απαιτητικούς gamers, καθώς η Nvidia ανακοίνωσε τη γρηγορότερη κάρτα γραφικών στον κόσμο, Nvidia GeForce GTX 690, η οποία διαθέτει διπλό επεξεργαστή γραφικών (dual GPU) και σε ορισμένες περιπτώσεις προσφέρει διπλάσια ταχύτητα από την προηγούμενη GTX 680.Ο σχεδιασμός τη� [..]

Samsung I9100G Galaxy S II ICS update now available

Published on 2012-04-29 10:58:00

The original I9100 Galaxy S II started getting its Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update in March, but its TI OMAP-based I9100G cousin wasn't that lucky. Until recently that is, as we started getting user reports that the I9100G ICS update is already seeding in several countries. It seems the rollout has now reached almost all the I9100G Galaxy S II units worldwide. It's good to know that Samsung hasn't forgotten all about the less popular versions of the extremely popular Galaxy S II and [..]

Nokia N9 rumored to get PR1.3 update by the end of May

Published on 2012-04-29 10:56:00

The PR1.2 update for the MeeGo-running Nokia N9 came out a couple of months ago, but even before that Nokia had been teasing PR1.3, calling it a "small but valuable" update.Someone from a MeeGo fanblog was eager to find out more details on the next update, so they contacted Nokia - and Nokia answered. Reportedly, a Nokia representative said that the update will be out by the end of May and confirmed that the update is small, but it would contain many surprises.The Nokia representative couldn [..]

USC develops printable liquid solar cells for flexible, low-cost panels

Published on 2012-04-27 13:56:00

Scientists at USC have developed a potential pathway to cheap, stable solar cells made from nanocrystals so small they can exist as a liquid ink and be painted or printed onto clear surfaces.The solar nanocrystals are about four nanometers in size — meaning you could fit more than 250,000,000,000 on the head of a pin — and float them in a liquid solution, so "like you print a newspaper, you can print solar cells," said Richard L. Brutchey, assistant professor of chemistry at the USC Dornsife [..]

HP Windows 8 tablet code name Slate 8 show up !

Published on 2012-04-27 12:28:00

Windows 8 news comes from a variety of sources. Sometimes it comes from the Windows 8 fountain and other times it comes from sources familiar with company’s plans.This time around we have some information from a trusted source about HPs upcoming plans for an x86 tablet that will be thinner than the iPad and have 8-10hrs of battery life with a 10.1in screen. What we are showing above is a rendering of the device that is currently going by the name HP Slate 8.The device is targeted for busin [..]

Amazon's Q1 2012 earnings: net income down 35 percent to $130 million, net sales at $13.18 billion

Published on 2012-04-27 07:46:00

It's no Apple-sized quarter, but you'd need to be on HGTV's Million Dollar Rooms a handful of times over to scoff at Amazon's Q1 2012 earnings. After reporting $177 million in net earnings last quarter (on $17.43 billion in revenue), the online sales behemoth has today registered $13.18 billion in net sales -- proudly reporting that said tally was up from the $9.86 billion in its Q1 a year ago. Excluding the $56 million unfavorable impact from year-over-year changes in foreign exchange rate [..]

Project Glass makes a TV appearance on Charlie Rose, flashes its rear for the cameras

Published on 2012-04-27 07:43:00

Google fellow, founder of Project X and self-driving car pioneer Sebastian Thrun became the latest to publicly rock a Project Glass prototype (after company co-founder Sergey Brin) on a recent episode of Charlie Rose, and managed to show off a whole new side of the project in the process. While the 19-minute interview was mostly unremarkable product-wise with a focus on higher education and his Udacity project, we did get to see him take a picture of the host (about a minute in) by tapping [..]

Wolfram Alpha releases first desktop PC app for Windows 7, makes homework even easier

Published on 2012-04-27 07:39:00

Have a habit of letting Wolfram Alpha do your math for you? Well, say hello to one more tool in your computational arsenal -- the

Samsung Q1 results are out, takes top spot from Nokia

Published on 2012-04-27 07:37:00

Samsung announced its financial results for the first quarter of this year and the South Korean company is cheering. Analysts like Strategy Analytics say that it is now king of the mobile phone hill - ending Nokia's 14-year reign.Samsung shipped 93.5 million phones in the three month period, while the former champ Nokia managed just 82.7 million. Of the shipped Samsung phones, 44.5 million were smartphones, which beats Apple's achievement of 35.1 million smartphones. This puts Samsung on to [..]

“Worse than SOPA” CISPA bill passes

Published on 2012-04-27 07:34:00

Luckily for denizens of the internet, SOPA was struck down not too long ago, but there’s another bill which was passed by the House of Representatives that proves just as menacing. It’s called CISPA, and was voted for 248 to 168. The bill would require private companies to hand over information they pertaining to you if requested by any government agency. That includes websites like Google, YouTube, and Facebook.The bill is supposed to allow the government to use information for “cyb [..]

Η Samsung έριξε τη Nokia από την κορυφή των κατασκευαστών και ανακοίνωσε κέρδη ρεκόρ για το Q1 2012

Published on 2012-04-27 07:29:00

Η ανοδική πορεία της Samsung συνεχίζεται με αμείωτους ρυθμούς, μιας και τα οικονομικά αποτελέσματα που ανακοίνωσε για το πρώτο τρίμηνο του 2012 είναι άκρως εντυπωσιακά, ενώ είναι πλέον η κορυφαία κατασκευάστρια κινητών τηλέφωνων εκθρονίζοντας τη Nokia από την πρώτη θέση μετά α� [..]

Η πρώτη φωτογραφία που τραβήχτηκε με το Google Project Glass

Published on 2012-04-27 07:26:00

O Sebastian Thrun της Google αποφάσισε να ανοίξει τα χαρτιά του και να μιλήσει για το Project Glass, το περιβόητο Augmented Reality ζευγάρι γυαλιών της εταιρείας.Σε συνέντευξη που έδωσε στον Charlie Rose, ο διακεκριμένος μηχανικός λογισμικού της Google και ιδρυτής του μυστικού εργαστηρίου Google X φόρεσε τα γ� [..]

CISPA: νέο νομοσχέδιο κατά του Internet με την υποστήριξη Google και Facebook

Published on 2012-04-27 07:20:00

To SOPA και το PIPA, δύο νομοσχέδια κατά της ελευθερίας στο Διαδίκτυο καταρρίφθηκαν πριν λίγες βδομάδες αποτελώντας μια σημαντική νίκη υπέρ του Internet. Ωστόσο, όλοι γνωρίζαμε πολύ καλά ότι ο κίνδυνος δεν είχε περάσει και σήμερα μαθαίνουμε ότι ένα άλλο -ίσως χειρότερο- νομοσχέδιο [..]

Researchers claim quantum breakthrough

Published on 2012-04-26 10:44:00

Researchers say they have designed a tiny crystal that acts like a quantum computer so powerful it would take a computer the size of the known universe to match it. Details of the crystal, which is made up of just 300 atoms, are published today in the journal Nature."Quantum computing is a kind of information science that is based on the notion that if one performs computations in a fundamentally different way than the way your classical desktop computer works," says study co-author Univers [..]

Opera 12 Beta Launches, Loses Voice, Unite and Widgets

Published on 2012-04-26 08:36:00

Opera is launching the first official beta of the next version of its desktop browser today. As usual, the Opera 12 beta includes a number of new features and enhancements, but this release also marks the end of some of the company’s more ambitious projects. With Opera 12, the company is ending support for Unite, the browser’s built-in personal cloud/streaming media platform that made its debut in 2009, and Opera Widgets. Opera is also phasing out support for its built-in speech recog [..]

Ubuntu Linux 12.04, Στοιχεία που φέρνουν αλλαγές και βελτιώσεις

Published on 2012-04-26 08:33:00

Opera 12 Beta, Ρίχνεται στη μάχη των browsers με αξιώσεις

Published on 2012-04-26 08:29:00

Διαθέσιμη είναι πλέον η πρώτη beta, επίσημη έκδοση του Opera Browser για ηλεκτρονικούς υπολογιστές. Ενσωματωμένο χαρακτηριστικό του νέου browser είναι η απαραίτητη πια υποστήριξη HTML5, ενώ τελειώνει η υποστήριξη του Unite, της built in cloud streaming media πλατφόρμας, όπως και των Opera Widgets. Μαζί με αυ� [..]

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin hits the web ( Download Link )

Published on 2012-04-26 08:24:00

It's here! Precise Pangolin or, as it's officially known, Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. Canonical's latest is now available in its final(ish) form and ready for you to download, burn and install. While LTS (Long Term Support) releases are generally more conservative in their application of new features, Pangolin does include some rather notable tweaks. The most immediately noticeable will be the new log in screen which, while largely the same, does have the slick new trick of changing wall papers to m [..]

Google seeks self-driving car partners (video)

Published on 2012-04-26 07:43:00

THE leader of Google's effort to develop self-driving cars was in the Motor City to send a message that the internet company is looking for partners to bring its innovations to market within the next decade. "We're talking to every car company to see what their level of excitement is," said Anthony Levandowski, head of Google's project to develop software and sensors to allow vehicles to drive themselves.Mr Levandowski spoke at the Society of Automotive Engineers conferen [..]

10 features Ubuntu 12.04 will bring to the table

Published on 2012-04-26 05:57:00

Ubuntu 12.04 is almost here (April 26, 2012). Canonical has some serious plans for its flagship platform, and Precise Pangolin has both some big changes and some minor changes that will make a huge difference in how people feel about Unity and the Linux desktop in general. Although some of the major changes won’t be immediately apparent, some of the minor ones will be quickly evident and worth examining.Let’s take a look at 10 of the features and changes I believe will make a big impact [..]

U.S Army make smart 'magic' bullets, says won't kill you

Published on 2012-04-26 03:22:00

This is the recipe for peak absurdity in weapons design. One part bazooka round; one part suicidal drone; one part stun round. What the U.S. Army hopes will emerge from that mix is a warhead that can loiter in midair while it hunts a human target — but won’t kill him when it finds him.That “Nonlethal Warhead for Miniature Organic Precision Munitions” is on the Army’s wish list for small business. And for good measure, its outline for the weapon relies on a different system, one tha [..]

No clear evidence that mobile phone radiation damages health

Published on 2012-04-26 01:47:00

There is no clear evidence that radiation from mobile phones can damage public health, despite a surge in scientific studies, according to the largest review yet of published research.Scientists found no convincing proof that radio waves from mobile phones cause brain tumours or any other type of cancer, but cautioned that they had too little information to assess the risk beyond 15 years of usage.The report by the Health Protection Agency's independent advisory group on non-ionising radiation ( [..]

Η Samsung ανακοίνωσε το Exynos 4 τετραπύρηνο chip

Published on 2012-04-26 01:22:00

Η Samsung επιβεβαίωσε τις φήμες των τελευταίων ημερών σχετικά με το τετραπύρηνο chip που ετοιμάζει για την επόμενη γενιά Galaxy smartphones, ανακοινώνοντας το Exynos 4 Quad. Πρόκειται για ένα chip με τέσσερις συνολικά πυρήνες ειδικά σχεδιασμένο για επιδόσεις σε φορητές συσκευές. Είναι χρονισ [..]

Το Samsung Galaxy S 3 εμφανιζεται σε benchmark

Published on 2012-04-25 18:27:00

Όπως μπορείτε να δείτε από τις εικόνες που μόλις δημοσιεύτηκαν, υπάρχει πράγματι μια απο τις συσκευές που απαριθμούνται τώρα στο AnTuTu ως "Samsung Galaxy SIII." Έχει ξεπέρασε όλες τις άλλες συσκευές που έχουν αξιολογηθεί, λαμβάνοντας το χρυσό κύπελο στην απόδοση. Για να δούμε όμως τα sp [..]

Samsung Galaxy S III benchmark !

Published on 2012-04-25 18:08:00

Whoa there AnTuTu benchmark! Are you trying to out the most anticipated Android device of the year? It appears as if you are, and we thank you for that. As you can see from the screenshots we just posted, there is indeed a device listed now in AnTuTu as the “Samsung Galaxy SIII.” It has topped all other devices that have been benchmarked, taking home the gold trophy for performance. If we cruise in the device listing for it, we seem to have a confirmation on specs for the phone. We have [..]

WWDC 2012: Ανακοινώθηκε για τις 11 Ιουνίου

Published on 2012-04-25 12:25:00

Η Apple ανακοίνωσε πριν από λίγα λεπτά ότι το φετινό WWDC

Σύγκριση: Google Drive vs. Dropbox, SkyDrive, Box & SugarSync

Published on 2012-04-25 12:19:00

Με την παρουσίαση του Google Drive χθες ο χώρος των υπηρεσιών αποθήκευσης δεδομένων μεγάλωσε ακόμα περισσότερο προσφέροντας στους χρήστες ακόμα μια εναλλακτική επιλογή. Εάν δεν έχετε επιλέξει ακόμα κάποια υπηρεσία το παρόν δημοσίευμα θα σας προσφέρει μια γενική εικόνα στο τ� [..]

HP announces six Ivy Bridge desktops

Published on 2012-04-25 12:15:00

We've already seen a number of laptops from HP sporting Intel's 22nm micro architecture, most commonly known as Ivy Bridge, but now the company is giving its desktop lineup a similar refresh with six quad-core models that'll be available directly from the manufacturer on April 29th. Of the group, three will feature all-in-one form factors, which include the Omni 220qd -- a rig with Beats Audio and a cantilever design that'll start at $999 -- along with the Omni 27qd, which features a 27-in [..]

Steam for Linux is coming

Published on 2012-04-25 12:10:00

It's been a long-running saga as to when Linux users will finally see some native gaming action on Steam, but according to Phoronix that happy day will likely arrive within "months." Valve has been busily hiring Linux OpenGL boffins, including people recommended by Phoronix's founder, Michael Larabel, who certainly seems to be on the inside track. His photo above offers some proof of progress: it shows Left 4 Dead 2 running natively on Ubuntu 11.10 with AMD Catalysts drivers. Why has it tak [..]

NASA READIs early detection GPS network, aids first responders with earthquake warnings

Published on 2012-04-25 12:07:00

After tacking space shuttle Discovery onto the back of a 747, the brainy gang over at NASA's READI for a new challenge -- earthquake detection. The agency's GPS-monitoring system, known as the Real-time Earthquake Analysis for Disaster Mitigation Network, is being tested with the goal of more accurately detecting the scale of quakes and, consequently, getting tsunami warnings out as soon as possible. The setup, made possible by a partnership between the Department of Defense, the National Sp [..]

Apple's WWDC hitting San Francisco on June 11th

Published on 2012-04-25 12:05:00

It's time to shift around that summer vacation. Apple today announced that it will be kicking off this year's World Wide Developers Conference on June 11th at San Francisco's Moscone West. The event is set to run through the 15th, focusing on developing for OS X Mountain Lion and iOS, by way of 100-plus technical sessions and hands-on labs, letting the developer community work directly with Cupertino staff -- and you can bet we'll be there as well. More info on the event -- including ticket [..]

H Google παρουσιάζει το Google Drive με 5GB (video)

Published on 2012-04-24 12:26:00

Google raises Gmail to 10GB free, 10-fold increase since launching in 2004

Published on 2012-04-24 12:07:00

Eight years ago one gigabyte of online storage was a remarkable thing. One gigabyte of email? Preposterous, but that's exactly what Google offered back in 2004 with the launch of Gmail, and now that factor is increasing. Current Gmail users were floating at around 7.5GB of storage but, as part of all the Google Drive hoopla, that storage is now officially up to 10GB. That's a lot of spam and, for those of us who are already paying extra for more storage, it's even more room to grow before we [..]

Windows 8 Release Preview coming 'first week of June'

Published on 2012-04-24 11:03:00

Reckoning it's about time you replaced that copy of Windows 8 Consumer Preview? Microsoft is right there with you. According to the outfit's Building Windows 8 Twitter account, the next major installment of Win8 is due out in "the first week of June," with the Windows 8 Release Preview to hit the intertubes at that time. Go ahead and take off the whole week in preparation -- we're sure you can think of a few DIY activities to bide your time in the event of a Friday release. (Oh, and in case [..]

AMD announces Radeon HD 7000M series with Enduro graphics-switching technology

Published on 2012-04-24 10:58:00

AMD kicked off 2012 by refreshing its desktop graphics, and now it's back, giving its mobile GPUs the same treatment. The company just announced its third generation of DirectX 11 mobile chips, the Radeon HD 7000 family. All told, the collection includes three 28nm GPUs: the high-end 7900M, the mainstream 7800M and, last but not least, the 7700M, a darling little chip intended for AMD's thin and light Ultrabook competitors. Across the board, the series ushers in a new feature AMD is calli [..]

Google Drive : 5GB of free storage, goes official

Published on 2012-04-24 10:46:00

After years of leaks, murmurs, and other familiar synonyms, Google's mythical cloud storage platform is now official... sort of. As Lady Fate would have it, the company apparently outed a memo of the features on its French blog earlier today, but before it could yank the 'pull' switch, an eagle-eyed reader managed to grab the text and run it through Google Translate. What's left is an official-as-you'll-get-right-now transcript of Google Drive's features, but contrary to the hype, it all [..]

Microsoft SkyDrive: Μείωση του δωρεάν χώρου αποθήκευσης στα 7GB και εφαρμογή για διάφορες πλατφόρμες

Published on 2012-04-24 10:33:00

Γνωρίζουμε εδώ και αρκετό καιρό τα φιλόδοξα σχέδια της Microsoft για την cloud υπηρεσία αποθήκευσης SkyDrive, και μάλιστα αρκετοί θα γνωρίζετε ότι πρόσφερε 25GB δωρεάν για τους νέους χρήστες, αλλά στο εξής ο χώρος αυτός θα μειωθεί στα 7GB.Βέβαια, η εταιρία δίνει την ευκαιρία σε όσους πρα� [..]

Windows 8 release preview, Έρχονται την πρώτη εβδομάδα του Ιουνίου

Published on 2012-04-24 10:25:00

Κατά τη διάρκεια της ομιλίας του ο πρόεδρος του Windows Division της Microsoft, Steven Sinofsky, ανακοίνωσε ότι την πρώτη εβδομάδα του Ιουνίου πρόκειται να κυκλοφορήσει μία release preview εκδοχή των Windows 8, ως το τελευταίο στάδιο πριν από την τελική εκδοχή του προϊόντος, η οποία και αναμένεται να κυκ [..]

Sony Xperia P, Κυκλοφορεί τέλος Μαίου με τιμή 450 ευρώ

Published on 2012-04-24 10:20:00

Η Vodafone αναμένεται να ρίξει στην ελληνική αγορά στα τέλη Μαίου το branded smartphone Sony Xperia P με τιμή 450 ευρώ. Το Xperia P ενσωματώνει οθόνη 4 ίντσες τεχνολογίας WhiteMagic ανάλυσης qHD 960×540 pixels, διπύρηνο επεξεργαστή 1GHz, μνήμη RAM 1GB και κάμερα 8 Megapixel με δυνατότητα λήψης βίντεο Full HD 1920×1080 pixels. Την [..]

SpaceX delays its trip to space station

Published on 2012-04-23 22:17:00

Space Exploration Technologies, a privately held firm founded and run by entrepreneur Elon Musk, is delaying its trial cargo run to the International Space Station, Musk announced Monday.

Oracle and Google continue sparring over APIs

Published on 2012-04-23 15:51:00

Η Adobe παρουσιάζει τα Photoshop CS6 και Photoshop CS6 Extended

Published on 2012-04-23 15:19:00

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Intel puts Ivy Bridge on the map: first 22nm product, decent official benchmarks, desktop quad-cores from $174

Published on 2012-04-23 12:30:00

We hear that pilgrims have already started flocking to the town of Ivy bridge (population 12,056) in the forested depths of southwest England. Very soon though, you'll be able to pay homage to Moore's law without travelling further than your favorite online retailer, because the third generation of Intel Core processors has just launched and should be available to buy before the end of this month. These include eight different variants of Core i7 for desktops and notebooks (including Ultr [..]

NVIDIA: there's nothing 'Ultra' about Ivy Bridge Ultrabooks unless you add Kepler

Published on 2012-04-23 12:26:00

This is a vaguely awkward message for NVIDIA to be putting out. On one hand, the company is best buddies with Intel and is hoping to see its next-gen GPUs bundled with a large portion of the Ivy Bridge notebooks that will ship this year. But to reach that target, it must risk irking Chipzilla by emphasizing the limitations of Ivy Bridge's integrated graphics. That's exactly what happened at a recent presentation, when NVIDIA told us there'll be "nothing Ultra" about the performance of a reg [..]

Intel 22nm Technology

Published on 2012-04-23 12:16:00

INTRODUCING THE WORLD'S FIRST 3-D TRANSISTOR READY FOR HIGH-VOLUME MANUFACTURING 3-D, 22nm: New Technology Delivers An Unprecedented Combination of Performance and Power EfficiencyIntel introduces a fundamentally different technology for future microprocessor families: 3-D transistors manufactured at 22nm. These new transistors enable Intel to continue to relentlessly pursue Moore's Law and to ensure that the pace of technology advancement consumers expect can continue for years to come.Until [..]

Η Intel παρουσιάζει και επίσημα τη νέα γενιά επεξεργαστών Ivy Bridge

Published on 2012-04-23 12:13:00

H Intel ανακοίνωσε και επίσημα την νέα σειρά επεξεργαστών Ivy Bridge με την αρχιτεκτονική των 22-nanometer προσφέροντας για αρχή δεκατρείς quad-core επεξεργαστές σε παραλλαγές των Core i5 και i7 με κύριο στόχο τους επιτραπέζιους υπολογιστές και τα μεγάλα notebooks. Οι επεξεργαστές dual-core και χαμηλ [..]

Mozilla Firefox 12: Διαθέσιμη η τελική έκδοση!

Published on 2012-04-23 12:09:00

Για άλλη μια φορά η Mozilla διαθέτει την τελική έκδοση του web browser Firefox προτού εκδώσει την επίσημη ανακοίνωση, και επομένως, μπορούμε από τώρα να εγκαταστήσουμε τον Firefox 12 στους υπολογιστές μας.Οι διαφορές σε σύγκριση με την προηγούμενη έκδοση είναι και πάλι ελάχιστες, ωστόσο, σ� [..]

Samsung Galaxy S III GPU benchmark pops up, tops charts

Published on 2012-04-23 12:08:00

The yet unannounced successor to the Galaxy S II popped up briefly in GLBenchmark's results page to confirm that the S III (or whatever it's called) is the next top dog in droidland - GPU-wise. The results have since been hidden from prying eyes, which does give them an air of legitimacy.The device, sporting a GT-I9300 monicker, does better than almost all the major players on today's market. In the off-screen 720p test, where raw GPU power is emphasized, it achieved 92.2 frames per second [..]

Samsung countdown teases next Galaxy phone with anagram

Published on 2012-04-22 14:14:00

Sammy's latest marketing ploy kicked off with a string of nonsense that could just as easily have come from the Sunday morning jumble: "Destination: tgeltaayehxnx," declared the Samsung Mobile Twitter account. Anagram wizards will read that as, "the next Galaxy," and wouldn't you know it, it's also the URL for a auspicious countdown clock. Sammy promises to let visitors take "the next step" in about 17 hours and counting. Bonafide internet sleuths can find an extra carrot strung up in the site's [..]

Brain Electrodes Could Mean Movement For Spinal Injury Patients [VIDEO]

Published on 2012-04-22 06:56:00

Imagine moving an object by simply thinking about that action. It’s not telepathy, but a recent development by researchers might give hope to patients with paralysis due to spinal cord injuries. In a recent issue of Nature magazine, a team of researchers at Chicago’s Northwestern University discovered they could control body movements using electrodes implanted in the brain, bypassing the spinal cord. Electrodes were implanted in the brains of two monkeys. The monkeys’ lower arms wer [..]

Εμφανίστηκε το Galaxy S III στο Amazon Γερμανίας

Published on 2012-04-21 11:43:00

Γνωρίζουμε ότι η Samsung δίνει μάχη να μην αποκαλυφθεί τίποτα για το επερχόμενο Galaxy SIII έως τις 3 Μαΐου, αλλά μάλλον τα σχέδιά της ανατράπηκαν σήμερα μέσω μιας διαρροής στο Amazon Γερμανίας. Το BestBoyZ παρατήρησε ότι στον ιστότοπο της Amazon υπάρχει καταχωρημένο ένα νέο μοντέλο της Samsung [..]

Facebook under fire over virtual currency architecture; lawsuit seeks $5 million

Published on 2012-04-21 11:36:00

Glynnis Bohannon is none too happy with Facebook right now. She argues her son – who purchased Facebook Credits for use in social games – did not know he was spending real-world money, and is looking for a refund. She's also trying to get Facebook to give back money to all the minors in the US who had laid down cash, and is looking for funds exceeding $5 million, court documents show.Bohannon says Facebook's currency system goes against consumer protection laws in California. Minors from the [..]

Sifteo and Surface team up for magical marriage of meaninglessness

Published on 2012-04-21 11:20:00

Sifteo and Surface are definitely two of the cooler, but more useless gadgets we've had the pleasure of handling over the years. So, what happens when you get these questionably useful toys (both literally and figuratively) together? Well, a whole lot of nothing particularly important. By combining the proximity sensors on the Cubes with the object recognition of the SUR40 the devs were able to whip up a simple game that has you recreating patterns of colored cubes. Sound a little dull? [..]

Samsung Galaxy S III shows up for pre-order on Amazon

Published on 2012-04-21 11:17:00

We are always cautious when talking about product leaks from pre-order pages, but since the retailer in question is Amazon, this one is as serious as it gets. Amazon Germany has listed the Samsung Galaxy S III for pre-order, thus possibly revealing some of the upcoming flagship's specs, to go with its €599 price tag.The Samsung Galaxy S III is listed as sporting a 4.7" Super AMOLED screen and a 12MP camera. The phone's memory is listed as 16GB, which is further expandable up to 32GB, while the [..]

Samsung could announce sCloud service on May 3

Published on 2012-04-21 11:11:00

According to Korean tech site MK, Samsung might be prepping up its very own cloud service. It's going to be called, and we are not joking, S-Cloud. In its core, it's going to be similar to Apple's iCloud, but will offer much more, according to the report.For starters, there won't be any limitations on the things you could upload, which means it will work like Dropbox and the upcoming Google Drive. It'll even come with access to movies, popular TV shows and music. Free and paid content will [..]

NVIDIA's GTX 690 rumored to launch by May 5th

Published on 2012-04-20 07:51:00

A cryptic picture that was posted on NVIDIA's GeForce Facebook page has since been said by a number of sources to be what most were hoping to be the case, a teaser for the next dual-GPU wielding bad boy in the GeForce GTX 690.sources have informed SweClockers that this SKU is scheduled for an imminent launch and to expect it in the week commencing April 30th, implying it will be launched by May 5th at the latest and April 30th at the earliest. Either way, it also means it would manage to beat ou [..]

Συνθετικό ανάλογο του DNA «γενετικό υλικό για νέες μορφές ζωής»

Published on 2012-04-20 07:39:00

Nokia releases a commercial shot entirely with the 808 PureView (video)

Published on 2012-04-20 07:30:00

Nokia's released a new commercial that it says is shot entirely using an 808 PureView. Whilst it's clear the company's hired a coterie of models, professional photographers and a world-class lighting rig, it's still a great indication of what the technology can do in the right hands. Head on past the break to see the results for yourself and then catch yourself seriously weighing up buying a Symbian phone for your next handset, just like we are.Via engadget.com

Skype recruiting Xbox developers for 'next generation services'

Published on 2012-04-20 07:25:00

A llsting on Microsoft's job site reveals that it's looking develop Skype products for the Xbox. The company has kept pretty quiet on its plans for integrating its Skype purchase into its various hardware pockets. While a beta for Windows Phone continues to tick along, this is the first salient sign that Skype and Xbox are looking to team-up. According to the listing: "As a member of the Skype Xbox Engineering Team in London, you will have a strong technical background developing client an [..]

IBM's building an air-breathing EV battery that goes 500 miles on a single charge

Published on 2012-04-20 06:56:00

IBM's planning an end to range anxiety with an EV power pack that runs on air and travels 500 miles on a single charge. "Lithium Air" batteries draw oxygen into a nano-structured carbon cathode, where it is stored and reacts with lithium ions and electrons to generate electricity. When you plug the vehicle in, the unmolested oxygen is released back into the air as if it was breathing. The technology's significantly lighter than what's found inside a Chevy Volt and IBM has enlisted the help [..]

Fusion-io SDK gives developers native memory access, keys to the NAND realm

Published on 2012-04-20 06:52:00

Thought your SATA SSD chugged along real nice? Think again. Fusion-io has just released an SDK that will allow developers to bypass all the speed draining bottlenecks that rob NAND memory of its true potential (i.e. the kernel block I/O layer,) and tap directly into the memory itself. In fact, Fusion-io is so confident of its products abilities, it prefers to call them ioMemory Application Accelerators, rather than SSDs. The SDK allows developers native access to the ioMemory, meaning app [..]

AMD “Trinity” and “Brazos 2.0” Heading Your Way!

Published on 2012-04-20 06:47:00

Any troglodytes out there who didn't know that AMD's next APU architecture is inbound? If so, we're gonna toast marshmallows outside your cave and give you a little pre-brief: Trinity will be a range of processors for "performance" notebooks and desktop PCs, which will continue in AMD's Fusion tradition of providing both the CPU and discrete-class graphics in a single-chip, power-efficient design. A potential rival to Ivy Bridge and the coming stampede of Ultrabooks?Yes indeed, although it's t [..]

This is Samsung Galaxy 3 (?)

Published on 2012-04-20 06:29:00

Whoa, there. We're still weeks away from an official big stage unveiling, but it looks like Samsung's next Galaxy phone is already out there. Vietnamese site Tinhte, which has past form on these kind of things, has got it hands on the GT-I9300 -- purportedly the Galaxy S III if Samsung decides to follow its own naming convention. According to the specifications leaked, the phone houses a 4.6-inch display at 720 x 1184 resolution (320 DPI, depending on whether you include those on-screen And [..]

NVIDIA Plots Mobile SoC GPU Performance, Surpassing Xbox 360 by 2014

Published on 2012-04-20 06:16:00

Qualcomm was the first to tell us that it expects to offer console level GPU performance in the not too distant future, generally hinting that its Adreno 3xx GPUs would get us there. NVIDIA shared this slide (pictured above) with us today that gives its take on where PC, console and mobile GPU performance will land over the coming years. There's nothing too revolutionary here but it does provide an interesting visual for much of what the GPU vendors have been talking about for the past cou [..]

Αυτό θα είναι το Samsung Galaxy S III ;

Published on 2012-04-20 06:12:00

Η ιστοσελίδα Tinhte από το Βιετνάμ φαίνεται ότι μας προσφέρει σε πρώτη δημόσια εμφάνιση το next Galaxy που αναμένεται να ανακοινωθεί σε δύο εβδομάδες στο Λονδίνο. Το κινητό που παρουσιάζεται έχει οθόνη 4.6 ίντσες ανάλυσης 720p (320 dpi), τετραπύρηνο επεξεργαστή 1.4 GHz, μνήμη RAB 1GB, κάμερα 8 Me [..]

How your company will control your Windows RT Tablet

Published on 2012-04-19 19:05:00

Windows on ARM really opens up the world of Windows to some great hardware. So great in fact that you'll probably have to buy one yourself if you want one to use at work. But a time will come where you'll want to get your work email and maybe even an app or two. You might already realize that by adding an ActiveSync email account to your tablet opens your new device up to restrictions by your system administrator -- like requiring a lock screen password or the ability to remotely wipe it [..]

AMD reports net loss of $590 million for Q1 2012

Published on 2012-04-19 18:53:00

We're not sure about you, but we wouldn't call losing over half a billion dollars, "solid results." Still, we're not 100 percent ready to rain on AMD's parade yet. The non-GAAP results (which disregard a pile of one-time charges and investments) turn the $590 million loss into a $92 million profit. Though, the GAAP results do make two straight quarters of losses and revenue clearly continued to decline -- falling to $1.59 billion. That's down six percent from last quarter and two percent f [..]

Intel Shows Off Ultrabook-Tablet Hybrid Running Windows 8 (video)

Published on 2012-04-19 14:43:00

Intel's Cove Point ultrabook can serve double duty as a Windows tablet. Super-thin, super-light and super-speedy, ultrabooks were designed to make us forget about traditional PC notebooks. They were all the rage at their big CES coming-out party in January, but now even “traditional” ultrabooks are passe. At IDF 2012 in Beijing last week, Intel showed off a clever new take on the ultrabook platform when it demoed an ultrabook-tablet hybrid reference design dubbed Cove Point. “When we s [..]

Microsoft reveals the fourth version of Windows 8: Enterprise

Published on 2012-04-19 13:17:00

We're sure some of you aren't as interested in the Windows 8 versions destined for workplace drudgery as you are the home editions, but admit it, the IT guy inside of you is a little curious. As detailed in an official blog post, the new unique feature in Windows 8 Enterprise is Windows To Go, which we think of as Windows on a stick. Basically it allows you to run your corporate image on a home PC or other personal devices -- the opposite of that USB disk you carry to work with portable ve [..]

Sony Music buys EMI's back catalogue for $2.2 billion

Published on 2012-04-19 13:12:00

Sony, with Blackstone Group, Abu Dhabi's Mubadala Development Co., Raine Group and music and film mogul David Geffen, won the bidding for EMI Publishing last year in a deal that will put Sony top in global music publishing.European competition regulators approved the deal after the consortium proposed selling the rights to four back-catalogues, including the musical works of 12 contemporary artists."Sony and Mubadala have offered to divest valuable and attractive catalogues containing bestsellin [..]

Η ελλάδα ίσως μείνει εκτός Cern

Published on 2012-04-19 11:37:00

Για να κλείσει η τρύπα των 10 εκατ. €

Greece Eyes CERN, ESA Cuts to Plug Budget Gap

Published on 2012-04-19 11:26:00

To plug a €10 million hole in its science budget while avoiding the closure of domestic research centers, Greece has begun renegotiating its subscriptions to and memberships in international organizations, notably the European Space Agency and the CERN particle physics laboratory. It aims to reduce, or at least partly defer, its annual payment to CERN and may leave the lab altogether if it is unable to do so.Via scien [..]

Το τρίτο πρόσωπο του ηλεκτρονίου

Published on 2012-04-19 11:18:00

Αν και αποτελούν θεμελιώδη σωματίδια, τα ηλεκτρόνια υπό πολύ συγκεκριμένες συνθήκες φαίνονται να επιδεικνύουν διχασμένη προσωπικότητα – χωρίζονται σε τρία ξεχωριστά σωματίδια με διαφορετικές ιδιότητες. Οι επιστήμονες είχαν εντοπίσει τα δυο «κρυφά» πρόσωπά τους, το τρ [..]

Samsung brings another eight patents to the Apple knife-fight

Published on 2012-04-19 11:09:00

The Mamas and the Papas used to dream about it, but California's been turned from sunny idyll into blood-spattered battleground as the global conflict 'twixt Samsung and Apple continues. Samsung's pulled out a further eight patents to rebuke Apple's Northern District court injunction that's got designs on banishing the Galaxy Nexus from our shores.

Sony patent application aims to put names to faceless MMO players, organize real-world meetups

Published on 2012-04-19 11:05:00

Dear MMO players, Sony's getting worried about your indoor tan. Really. The electronics giant's even gone so far as to file a patent application to get you out of your parent's basement and into the great outdoors. Alright, so the move isn't altogether altruistic -- it's more of a means to a promotional end -- but from the looks of this USPTO doc, the company's outlined a method to create a program that would encourage gamers to head into the daylight for organized events where everyone [..]

Windows Store slowly going global, 26 country specific markets launching with next update

Published on 2012-04-18 15:51:00

From the time of our very first conversations about the Windows Store, we’ve been determined to deliver a global service – one that scales in every dimension. We want to support developers regardless of where they are, and give customers apps that match their interests, including local offerings. We’ve designed the Store to provide both developers and customers with flexibility and familiarity in their transaction options. We’ve seen millions of Consumer Preview app downloads, by [..]

Google TV's TV and Movies app gets to know you better with ratings, favorites and more

Published on 2012-04-18 14:35:00

At the center of the revamped Google TV experience that rolled out last fall is its TV & Movies app, which is a blended guide of content currently airing live on TV and available for streaming from the popular internet services (Netflix, Amazon, HBO Go). As Product Manager Rishi Chandra mentioned when we caught up with him at CES, personalization is something Google will be focusing on going forward and that's shown in the updated app being pushed out today. When it's first opened, users [..]

Huawei Ascend P1 arriving in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Australia by May

Published on 2012-04-18 14:25:00

Looking to sail the smartphone seas on Huawei's dual-core flagship? Good news if you happen to reside in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Australia: the 4.3-inch 1.5GHz Ascend P1 will be arriving in your locale by next month. Oh, and Latin America, don't worry, Huawei hasn't forgotten about you. The phone will be bringing its eight-megapixel camera to that part of the world in June, followed by Europe at some other point in the summer. More mystery regions will be getting their chance at the P1 at another [..]

Microsoft aims to make iPad an underdog with Windows 8

Published on 2012-04-18 14:18:00

Microsoft reportedly hopes to push Apple's worldwide iPad market share under 50 percent by the middle of 2013 with Windows 8-based tablets, Digitimes reports today, citing unnamed sources.Microsoft is currently helping its many third-party vendors, including Dell, HP, and Acer, get their tablets out the door this year. Digitimes' sources say as many as 32 Windows 8-based tablets could launch by the end of 2012.Apple has been the dominant force in the tablet market over the last couple of years [..]

Microsoft, Επιδιώκει να μειώσει κατά 50% το μερίδιο του iPad με τα Windows 8

Published on 2012-04-18 14:15:00

Ακούγεται φιλόδοξο, αλλά δεν θα μπορούσε να κάνει αλλιώς η Microsoft η οποία ετοιμάζεται να λανσάρει τα Windows 8 στην αγορά, τα οποία εννοείται ότι θα εξοπλίζουν πολλά από τα επερχόμενα tablets. Οι πηγές που επικαλείται το DigiTimes λένε ότι είναι έτοιμες για κυκλοφορία περίπου 32 ταμπλέτ� [..]

Βλαστοκύτταρα χαρίζουν μαλλιά σε φαλακρά πειραματόζωα

Published on 2012-04-18 08:18:00

Τα εμφυτευμένα τριχοθυλάκια αναπτύσσονταν κανονικά στο δέρμα των πειραματόζωων

Dartmouth research shows brain scans can predict weight gain and sexual activity

Published on 2012-04-18 07:12:00

At a time when obesity has become epidemic in American society, Dartmouth scientists have found that functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) brain scans may be able to predict weight gain. In a study published April 18, 2012, in The Journal of Neuroscience, the researchers demonstrated a connection between fMRI brain responses to appetite-driven cues and future behavior. "This is one of the first studies in brain imaging that uses the responses observed in the scanner to predict importa [..]

Οι επιστήμονες προβλέπουν την αύξηση του σωματικού βάρους και τη σεξουαλική δραστηριότητά μας

Published on 2012-04-18 07:09:00

Ερευνητές κατόρθωσαν να προβλέψουν με επιτυχία την αύξηση του σωματικού βάρους και τη σεξουαλική δραστηριότητα μιας ομάδας πρωτοετών σπουδαστών υποβάλλοντας τους σε λειτουργική μαγνητική τομογραφία.Η έρευνα επικεντρώθηκε στη μελέτη μιας περιοχής του εγκεφάλου με την ο [..]

Google-backed research looks to fight fake reviews

Published on 2012-04-18 07:05:00

User reviews have become some of the most important pieces of information that exist on the Internet, but more importantly on mobile devices. We rely on user reviews to help us pick restaurants in Yelp or Google Maps, or get the best apps, music, videos, and books in the Google Play Store, iTunes App Store or Windows Phone Marketplace. Unfortunately, fake reviews are a growing problem without a clear solution.Google wants to find a solution though, so the company has helped to fund resear [..]

Η Google θέλει να καταπολεμήσει τα ψεύτικα reviews στο Google Play

Published on 2012-04-18 07:02:00

Τα ψεύτικα ή στημένα reviews σε εφαρμογές του App Store ή του Google Play είναι ένα ολοένα και αυξανόμενο πρόβλημα στις πλάτες των developers που βλέπουν την επιτυχία των εφαρμογών τους να εξαρτάται σε έναν μεγάλο βαθμό από τα θετικά reviews. Όλοι μας πριν αγοράσουμε μια εφαρμογή ρίχνουμε μια [..]

Samsung Galaxy S III may not be a major update over the S II

Published on 2012-04-17 16:08:00

The successor of the Samsung Galaxy S II - let's call it the Galaxy S III though that might not be its final name - has been a hot topic of conversation for months now. Now a new rumor suggests that all the imaginative rumors are wrong and the S III will be a relatively minor update.An anonymous source talking to CNET claims that the S III will be to the S II what the iPhone 4S was to the iPhone 4 - a boost in processing power and a cool-sounding (though not necessarily useful) interaction [..]

ARM reveals a new low-power quad-core Cortex-A15 variant

Published on 2012-04-17 16:02:00

Chip design company ARM, famous for its Cortex A-series of processors, today introduced a new low-power design of its quad-core Cortex-A15 chip. Its main purpose is to help system-on-a-chip manufacturers design their products faster and with lower power use.This will be achieved using the company's new hard macrocell implementations of the Cortex A-series of processors. Those versions will boast four cores clocked at 2GHz based on a 28nm design that have fixed specifications. This means that com [..]

The Lumia 900 might be selling like hot cakes at AT&T's camp across the ocean, but things don't look so bright for Nokia in Europe.

Published on 2012-04-17 07:12:00

The Lumia 900 might be selling like hot cakes at AT&T's camp across the ocean, but things don't look so bright for Nokia in Europe.Reuters has talked to several European carriers and they are unanimous - Nokia Lumia phones aren't good enough to be any sort of threat for the iPhone and Android smartphones. And there are several reasons why this is so.Operators claim Lumia phones are too pricey and bring little innovation to justify that. The lack of proper marketing strategy and the various [..]

LG opens up 3D World video store for 2011, 2012 Cinema 3D Smart TVs

Published on 2012-04-17 07:10:00

Own one of LG's Cinema 3D Smart TVs? If so, you're in luck. The company formerly called Lucky Goldstar is now offering up 3D World, an online video store that, surprise surprise, sells 3D content. You'll have access to a catalogue of entertainment, sports, documentary, kids and lifestyle programming that'll swell as the company ties down more deals with providers. If you've got a 2011 model, you can download the 3D World app from today, while those who purchased the hardware this year wil [..]

LG 3D World Store, για την εύκολη πρόσβαση σε 3D υλικό απευθείας από τη Smart TV

Published on 2012-04-17 07:08:00

Η LG αποφάσισε να βοηθήσει όλους αυτούς που προμηθεύονται τις 3D Smart TVs της εταιρίας για να βρίσκουν με ευκολία 3D υλικό απευθείας από την τηλεόραση τους, ανακοινώνοντας την υπηρεσία 3D World Store.Το LG 3D World Store θα περιλαμβάνει 3D ταινίες, αθλητικά, ντοκιμαντέρ, παιδικά προγράμματα, εκ [..]

Mobile operators unconvinced by Nokia's revival bid

Published on 2012-04-17 07:06:00

Nokia's bid to challenge the dominance of Apple's iPhone and Google's Android has failed to convince telecom operators in Europe, depriving it of powerful allies in its fight to regain the top spot in the mobile market.Four major telecom operators in Europe, where the phones have been on sale since before Christmas, told Reuters the new Nokia Lumia smartphones were not good enough to compete with Apple's APPL.O iPhone or Samsung's Galaxy phones.Nokia now faces a battle for the key U.S. m [..]

Οι πάροχοι στην Ευρώπη δεν έχουν πειστεί από τη σειρά Lumia της Nokia

Published on 2012-04-17 07:03:00

Σύμφωνα με δημοσίευμα του Reuters τέσσερις από τους μεγαλύτερους παρόχους κινητής τηλεφωνίας στην Ευρώπη είναι δυσαρεστημένοι με τη σειρά Lumia της Nokia και από την αδυναμία της να ανταγωνιστεί τις συσκευές της Apple και της Samsung.Το δημοσίευμα δεν κατονομάζει τους παρόχους αλλά έν� [..]

Φακούς επαφής αλά Minority Report παραγγέλνει ο αμερικανικός στρατός

Published on 2012-04-17 07:00:00

Το αμερικανικό Πεντάγωνο προχώρησε σε παραγγελία νέων επαναστατικών φακών επαφής που θα προβάλλουν τρισδιάστατες απεικονίσεις του πεδίου μάχης από δορυφόρους και drones απευθείας στα μάτια των στρατιωτών.Οι φακοί τοποθετούνται απευθείας στα μάτια του χρήστη και λειτουργ [..]

Sony Computer Entertainment to Launch "nasne,"a New Networked Recorder and Media Storage Device

Published on 2012-04-17 06:39:00

TOKYO, April 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCE) today announced that it will launch "nasne™," a new networked recorder and media storage device with built in 500GB hard disk drive (HDD) and digital terrestrial and satellite broadcast tuners.

Sony nasne PVR, Πάει πακέτο με VAIO, Vita, PS3 και Xperia

Published on 2012-04-17 06:37:00

Το Sony nasne είναι ένα universal media tuner και recorder, το οποίο συνδυάζεται με όλες τις Sony συσκευές, κάνοντας ένα βήμα πιο κοντά προς την υλοποίηση του οράματος One Sony. Ουσιαστικά πρόκειται για μία συσκευή με την αισθητική του PS3, η οποία έχει ενσωματωμένο tuner για αναλογική και ψηφιακή τηλ [..]

Η Microsoft ανακοινώνει τις εκδόσεις των Windows 8!

Published on 2012-04-16 19:24:00

Τα Windows 8 θα έρθουν σε τουλάχιστον δύο γεύσεις: μία για συσκευές x86 και μία για τα μηχανήματα ARM. Τώρα η Microsoft είναι έτοιμη να δώσει τις ονομασίες του πολυαναμενόμενου λειτουργικού συστήματος. Σύμφωνα με μια δημοσίευση στο blog των Windows,οι συσκευές ARM θα πάρουν τα Windows RT, ενώ οι

Announcing the Windows 8 Editions

Published on 2012-04-16 19:03:00

Windows 8 has the flexibility you need - whether you’re on an x86/64 or a WOA PC. You can use a touch screen or a keyboard and mouse – and switch anytime. It’s beautiful, fast, and fluid design is perfect for a wide range of hardware. And you’ll love browsing through the Windows Store and downloading all the apps you want. And those apps can work together too so you can share photos, maps, contacts, links and whatever else you want faster and easier. All editions of Windows 8 offer [..]

Microsoft job ads hint at a browser-based version of Skype based on HTML5

Published on 2012-04-16 15:07:00

There's something thrilling about using job postings to parse a company's strategy, especially when the advert is so gosh darn low on secrecy. Take Microsoft, for instance, which posted four openings for developers to work on its Skype for Browsers project. If that weren't self-explanatory enough, the various ads each explain that Microsoft is looking for code monkeys to help "bring [the] Skype experience on to the Web," a position that calls for HTML5 know-how, along with proficiency in [..]

Raspberry Pi boards begin shipping today

Published on 2012-04-16 15:04:00

The moment has finally arrived: Eben Upton's Linux-powered dream of a super-cheap PC that could the way we teach computer science begins from today. RS Components and Allied Electronics have begun to mail the dinky devices out to the lucky pre-order customers who managed to get through before the overwhelming interest forced the servers offline. If you missed out originally, Model B is now available in the UK for £31.86 (inclusive of VAT and P&P) or $35 in the States -- if you'd like to see [..]

Scientists create waterproof, magnetic, and even antibacterial paper

Published on 2012-04-16 14:53:00

Researchers at Italy's Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), home of the iCub, have created a way of giving extra properties to paper, including magnetism, waterproofing, fluorescence, and even the ability to clean itself and fight bacteria. However, despite these fundamental changes, it still looks and behaves like ordinary paper, and can be printed upon in the same way. The work centers around combining liquefied cellulose molecules (monomers) from wood or other plant material with the [..]

Ερευνητές δημιουργούν αδιάβροχο, μαγνητικό και αντιβακτηριακό χαρτί

Published on 2012-04-16 14:49:00

Eρευνητές του Πανεπιστημίου Τεχνολογίας στην Ιταλία δημιούργησαν έναν τρόπο για να προσδώσουν έξτρα ιδιότητες στο χαρτί, όπως μαγνητισμό, προστασία από νερό, φθορισμό καθώς και την δυνατότητα να αυτό-καθαρίζεται και να καταπολεμά τα βακτήρια. Κατά τ’ άλλα, βέβαια, συμπε [..]

Mysteriously dark Mars regions are made of glass

Published on 2012-04-16 06:30:00

THEY look dark, but mysterious expanses on Mars are mainly made of glass forged in past volcanoes.The dark regions make up more than 10 million square kilometres of the Martian northern lowlands, but their composition wasn't clear. Past spectral measurements indicated that they are unlike dark regions found elsewhere on the Red Planet, which consist mainly of basalt.Briony Horgan and Jim Bell of Arizona State University in Tempe analysed near-infrared spectra of the regions, gathered by th [..]

Samsung holding an event for the next Galaxy phone on May 3

Published on 2012-04-16 06:21:00

Samsung has finally started sending out the official invites for the event in London on May 3 for the next Galaxy handset. The invite doesn't say much but it's highly likely that it will be about the Galaxy S III (or whatever Samsung decides to call it). It's clear from the invite that Samsung is talking about only one device here, which makes us all the more certain that it is just the Galaxy S III that Samsung will announce. As far as the puddles of liquid seen in the invite, it could be [..]

Meizu MX quad-core is now official

Published on 2012-04-16 06:18:00

Meizu just announced a quad-core version of its MX smartphone, running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. The handset will carry the name Meizu MX quad-core, and will bring several improvements to go with the new silicon.The CPU of in the updated device will be a 32nm High-K Metal Gate, quad-core Samsung Exynos chip, featuring four Cortex-A9-based cores. Curiously enough, there is no info on the clock speed of the aforementioned.The battery of the newcomer has been beefed up as well. It is no [..]

Meizu MX: Ανακοινώθηκε η έκδοση με quad-core επεξεργαστή και Android 4.0 ICS

Published on 2012-04-16 06:10:00

Μερικούς μήνες μετά την κυκλοφορία του Meizu MX με dual-core επεξεργαστή, η εταιρία πραγματοποιεί την υπόσχεση της και ανακοινώνει την αναβαθμισμένη έκδοση της συσκευής με quad-core επεξεργαστή Samsung Exynos A9 (πιθανότατα ο Exynos 4412 στα 1.5GHz).Ακόμη, το Meizu MX Quad-core διατηρεί τα χαρακτηριστικά τη� [..]