Paleontologists Discover fossils believed to be from two new pre-human species
A team of paleontologists led by Meave Leakey has found some facial bones coming from one creature and jawbones from two others in a Kenyan dig. The fossils go back almost 2,000,000 years, and the...
View ArticleMovie rentals ditched 10% during in 1H 2012
Research firm NPD Group has published its latest statistics looking at the movie rental industry for the first half of 2012. According to the statistics, the movie rental industry declined 10% overall...
View ArticleSony Xperia Tablet leaks again
Sony‘s upcoming Xperia Tablet has leaked again, with a selection of new press photos showing the slick reworking of the Android slate. Detailed as a Tegra 3 device with a 9.4-inch 1280 x 800...
View ArticlePulse for Web brings feeds to browser with extra IE10 touch magic
Newsreader app Pulse has launched a browser-based version, bringing its slick feed consumption to the web. The new webapp synchronizes with the existing Pulse app, meaning any subscriptions made in one...
View ArticleSonos gets Amazon Cloud Player streaming
Sonos can now stream music directly from your Amazon Cloud Player account, giving the wireless mesh whole-house audio system another source option for digital tracks. Cloud Player supports uploads of a...
View ArticleStrategy behind Sony A99 DSLR detailed
Sony is reportedly busy behind the scenes cooking up the A99, a DSLR that will rival offerings from Canon and Nikon. The specs for the camera are still up in the air, and it’s not clear when the...
View ArticleApple vs. Samsung trial suddenly frozen in South Korea
A South Korean court has put Apple vs. Samsung on ice, prompting speculation that it will follow the lead of the high-profile San Jose, USA trial as the Korean company fights against allegations of...
View ArticleMissed OUYA? Pre-order one for $109 on the official website
OUYA completed its Kickstarter funding last night, shattering its original $950,000 goal and reaching a grand total of $8.6 million. Around 63,416 backers funded the project all in all, but what if you...
View ArticleCuriosity beams back postcards of new Martian crater home
NASA has released the first full-resolution images of the Martian surface, with the Curiosity rover beaming back shots of its new home in the vast Gale Crater. Taken with Curiosity’s Navcams, and the...
View ArticleCalm down, Google’s Gmail Search won’t flaunt your sexy emails
Google has sent ripples of horror through email privacy activists, concerned that the company’s decision to include messages in regular search results could lead to embarrassing previews during public...
View ArticleVringo buys 500 Nokia patents for $22m
Vringo, a technology company that develops and licenses mobile patents, has today announced that it will be acquiring 500 patents from Nokia for around $22 million. As a result, the company is selling...
View ArticleGoogle pays $22.5m in FTC Safari cookie fine
Google will pay a $22.5m fine to the FTC after tracking Safari browser users who had opted out of cookies, the largest fine ever levied by the Commission but still a drop in the internet ocean for the...
View ArticleFacebook: Forward us your phishing emails
Take a look inside your spam folder and you’ll find a variety of phishing emails from the likes of eBay, PayPal, and Facebook. The social network has decided to take matters into its own hands, setting...
View ArticleSlashGear Morning Wrap-up: August 9th, 2012
This morning it’s time for the leaks to come rolling in, starting with the Sony Xperia Tablet – all thin and new looking. Two “pre-human” species have been found in another awesome day in science...
View ArticleCyanogenMod 9 for Galaxy Nexus hits “Stable” status
If you’re part of the ever-growing developer and hacker culture that exists in the Android universe, you may well have heard of the most popular software build made by a 3rd party group: CyanogenMod....
View ArticleGauss malware eats banking details: Flame just got hotter
A new “cyber-espionage” toolkit that can track browser passwords, online banking credentials, cookies and other personal data has been identified in the wild, security researchers have announced....
View ArticleSamsung GALAXY Beam Review
If you’re looking for just about the strangest smartphone to have been released thus far this year, you’re looking right at it right here: the Samsung GALAXY Beam. This device is a relatively powerful...
View ArticleNew Xbox tipped in Microsoft job listing
According to a job listing popping up this week, “in the next 18 months” there’s going to be a whole new batch of Microsoft products including not least of all a whole new Xbox. This job listing says...
View ArticleNikon 1 J2 up for pre-order
This week the folks at Nikon have bestowed upon the world their newest fun-loving digital camera by the name of Nikon 1 J2, and it’s up for pre-order starting today. This camera will cost you between...
View ArticleGameloft reveals Wild Blood, drops first teaser trailer
Last week, Gameloft began teasing its first game made with the Unreal Engine by releasing a single image. At the time we tried our best to guess what it was, and after making us wait a week, Gameloft...
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