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Samsung Galaxy R to Deliver 'Console-Quality' Gaming
Today Samsung introduced the Galaxy R, their first smartphone to utilize NVIDIA's Tegra 2 mobile processor and come equipped with a dedicated GeForce GPU, which they promise will deliver console-quality gaming. The Galaxy R is designed to provide added performance for fast and efficient web browsing, Adobe Flash media playback, HD movie support, and Tegra 2 optimized games. In terms of specs, the ...read more
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Anonymous claims Facebook to go down November 5
November 5 could be a very interesting day for a lot of people on the Internet. Today, the well known hacker group Anonymous issued a press release via YouTube that announced that on that date, it will stage a hack attack against Facebook. The social networking service has over 750 million registered users worldwide and has drastically changed the way people communicate and play on the Internet. ...read more
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GameFly Will Soon Offer PC Game Downloads
All of you PC gamers officially no longer need to scoff at GameFly's lack of options for you. The online video game rental service will be launching a new digital client this holiday which will incorporate an "Unlimited PC Play" service. It will allow subscribers to download and play more than a hundred PC and Mac games, adding to the 8,000 console game library that the service boasts. ...read more
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Spotify grabs 175k paying US customers; valued at $1.1b
After launching less than a month ago, the music subscription service Spotify has been reported to have 1.4 million users in the United States with around 175,000 of those being paid customers. AllThingsD, who reported this via a source close to the company, also mentioned that this equates to a 12.5% conversion rate of free to paid customers. Subscriptions cost $5 per month for unlimited ...read more
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Minecraft on Xperia Play Trailer
Here's a short trailer showing off what Minecraft will look like when it launches on Xperia Play. The Android version of the indie blockbuster's set to enjoy an exclusivity period on the Sony phone and feature customised controls for its PlayStation-style buttons. Minecraft is also in development for iOS platforms and other Android phones, and will follow the PC model of "release early and update ...read more
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Minecraft mod adds terrifying tornadoes
Youtuber “Cordon Freeman” has thrown up a video of the scary but awesome tornado mod he’s working on for Minecraft (spotted on Reddit). It dynamically snatches blocks, fire and even pigs from ground, wraps them into a central funnel and then scatters them across the landscape, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. Cordon says that he’s released an early version of the tornado mod ...read more
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BlackBerry To Help Cops Connect With Rioters
Blackberry has pledged to help authorities investigating rioting across the country after it emerged its devices were increasingly being used to organise trouble.Much of the violence has been arranged via the smartphone's private messaging service, known as BBM. One message shown to Sky News read: "Everyone in edmonton enfield wood green everywhere in north link up at enfield town station at 4 o ...read more
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Experience the Xbox LIVE Data Centre
xbox live - See the data centres that power Xbox... Microsoft has released a new video explaining the concept of Cloud computing is, and how it's used to power services such as Hotmail, Bing, Exchange, Office 365, and - more importantly - Xbox LIVE. The video takes a tour around several data centres, where complex networks of computer servers are stored in huge warehouses, collectively ...read more
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North Korean Hacker Army Generating Funds for Kim Jong-il
The North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has found a novel way of raising badly needed cash, according to the South Korean authorities: unleashing young hackers on South Korea’s immensely popular online gaming sites to find ways to rack up points convertible to cash. Despite its decrepit economy, North Korea is believed to train an army of computer programmers and hackers. The police in Seoul said ...read more
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BBC still wants iPlayer on Xbox 360
The BBC still want to release the iPlayer on Xbox 360 in the near future, if Daniel Danker is correct. Danker, the general manager for programmes and on-demand, made his comments in an interview with TechRadar. Microsoft and BBC appear to be arguing over how best to make the service available. Microsoft wants the service to be available only to Gold members on Xbox LIVE, while the BBC want ...read more
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