It has been discovered that both Hulu.com and MSN.com have been using
powerful supercookies to track online visitors user data. The
supercookies are almost impossible to detect and can recreate user
profiles even after a normal cookie has been deleted and are capable of
stealing a users complete browser history in some cases.The data can
then be used to see a visitors financial and health status and
provide advertisers with considerably more detailed information than a
standard cookie would divulge.
The websites use of the new supercookies was discovered by
researchers at Stanford University and University of California at
Berkeley. The supercookies are sometimes distributed through Flash
content as cookies for this type of content are stored in
a separate folder away from normal cookies, and are not removed when a
use
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OpenDNS the Domain Name
System resolution service has announced that it now supports more than
30 million customers worldwide. OpenDNS was launched back in 2006
by David Ulevitch and in just five years has grown into a professional DNS resolution service for consumers and businesses worldwide as an alternative to using their own Internet service provider’s DNS servers.
As well as their Domain Name System
resolution service OpenDNS also provide extra services to
users including phishing filters, domain blocking and typo correction
and blocks malicious sites when users try to access them through the
OpenDNS service. They are also closely involved with helping some ISPs hijacking users keyword searches and redirecting them to affiliate links.
In just 5 years the company has grown fro
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Yesterday we featured the application for a new glass-roofed store in Santa Monica,
which even though was applied for by a "Howard Robinson” and the
property owner as ASB/Blatteis Promenade Holdings, LLC.
The Architect drawings gave the store away as an Apple establishment.
Well last night the new store was approved and given the green light
to progress by the Santa Monica’s Planning Commission. The new building
will now replace the existing three storey building that used to be a
Borders Bookstore.
There has been some surprise just how
quickly the plans have been approved and on the Santa Monica Dispatch
website, Peggy Clifford writes:
"The surprise was that the staff put the project on the Consent
Calendar. I cannot remember any large, complex commercial project ever
going on the Consent Calendar. Apple
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Thinkflood has this week finally launched an Android version of its
great universal remote control application that arrived on iOS devices
nearly two years ago. The new Android RedEye application allows you
to to control your other Redeye connected gadgets including your home theatre, lighting, HVAC, and others using Android networked smartphones and tablets.
The RedEye Android app is compatible
with networked RedEye products including RedEye and RedEye Pro and
supports devices running Android 1.6 and later, including tablets
running 3.0 Honeycomb.
Unfortunately the RedEye application is not support by the RedEye Mini device, ThinkFlood explains why below:
"Although RedEye mini compatibility is a popular request, RedEye
mini requires further research into the headphone jack on various
Android handsets
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If you have been waiting for the RAGE Facebook page to reach 100,000
likes to enable RAGE as a free download on iOS devices. You will be
pleased to know 100,000 likes has now been reached and the RAGE iOS game
is now available to download free for a week.
At the beginning of August id Software
launched their RAGE game on to the iPad and recompiled especially for
iOS4 providing improved compatibility and 1080p HDMI TV Output. Allowing
you to connect your iPad and play Rage HD on your big screen TV.
RAGE features Game Center support together with leader boards,
achievements and Museum Mode as well as supporting gyroscope controls.
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Another new trailer has made an appearance at this years Gamescom 2011 in Germany for the Assassins Creed Revelations game, that will be launching later this year, in November.
The new trailer released by Ubisoft focuses on the agility and hand
to hand combat players of the games have become to relish, which have
been developed even further in the new release. Together with some
fantastic panoramic shots of the locations you can expect to play in
once the new game is released.
The highly anticipated release of Assassins Creed Revelations will be released on November 15 for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.
Three UK has this week announced that they will soon be offering a
new Huawei E586 MiFi that will be able to provide customers with HSPA+
support and 21.1Mbps downloads and 5.76Mbps uploads.
The new Huawei E586 MiFi device is equipped with a OLED screen that
displays data such as battery life, data consumption, connection speed
and browsing time and comes complete with its own charging cradle.
David Kerrigan, head of mobile broadband at Three explains:
"As the UK’s biggest 3G mobile broadband network, we’re delighted
to introduce our high speed mobile Wi-Fi product. This joins our award
winning HSPA+ dongles making us the only operator offering an entirely
next generation HSPA+ enabled range of mobile broadband products.”
Pricing and packages for the new Huawei E586 MiFi will be released by
Three c
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Acer first introduced their new Acer Iconia Smart smartphone
back in the middle of February of this year. But until now very little
has been announced about its arrival date. But thanks to post published
to the Acer Germany Facebook page it now looks like the Acer Iconia
Smart will be arriving next month for around $730.
The Acer Iconia Smart is equipped with a massive 4.8 inch display sporting a 1024 x 480 pixel resolution and a 21:9 widescreen
ratio. Powered by a 1GHz Scorpion processor, Qualcomm MSM8255-1
Snapdragon supported by 512 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM and 8 GB of storage.
Its also fitted with an 8 MP, 3264 x
2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash camera complete with Geo-tagging, face
and smile detection, image stabilisation and video capable of
recording 720p @ 30fps. On a full char
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You might have already heard that the creator of Minecraft Markus "Notch” Persson is currently being pursued by a lawsuit from Bethesda, (creator of the Elder Scrolls series of games) for using the word ” Scrolls” within a new game title he has developed.
The new Scrolls game developed by Persson is a fantasy strategy game, developing the trading card game style
of play. However Bethesda haven’t taken kindly to the use of "Scrolls”
and say its a trademark infringement on the Elder Scrolls trademark. But
rather than firing back with lawyers, Persson has challenged Bethesda
to a duel in Quake 3 to sort out the disagreement.
Persson has responded to Bethesda with an email stating his position:
"Remember that scene in Game of Thrones where Tyrion chose a
trial by battle in the Eyrie
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Microsoft has today revealed that their new Windows 8 OS
will indeed have its own "App Store”. Confirming the rumours that have
been circulating since a number of Windows 8 development documents were
leaked in the middle of 2010. Together with a few leaked Windows 8
screenshots earlier this year that idicated a navigation tab for an "App
Store”.
IBM have announced the creation of two experimental chips by it
researchers that are structured more like a human brain than a computer
chip as we know it today. IBM are calling the new chips an
"unprecedented” step forward in creating intelligent computers and
is hoping the new experimental chips will become the building blocks for
it to develop cognitive computing.
In developing these new chips IBM is hoping to create technology that
more closely emulates human behaviours in the way they learn and take
action. Providing the chips with the ability to be able to make
decisions by processing immense amounts of data. "We aren’t there yet, but before long these chips will be able to rewire themselves on the fly,” says Dharmendra Modha, an I.B.M. researcher.
Both of the new chips developed by IBM have 256 neurons; one o
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Gamescom 2011 has already provided some great game trailers this week in Germany, and the latest to be released is a stunning 5 minute Guild Wars 2 trailer, that won’t disappoint.
Last year at Gamescom AreanaNet won the Online Game of the Year
award and has come back this year looking to defend its title with the
launch of a new playable build of the anticipated MMO. Watch the trailer
build into a crescendo of battles after the jump, showing how the five
great races competed and warred against each other, struggling to tip
the balance of power in their favour.
Unfortunately no launch date has been released as yet by AreanaNet, but when the new game does launch it will be an exclusive to PC game.
Crytek the German video game company best known for developing the
Far Cry and Crysis series of games, using their CryEngine software. Have
today announced they are releasing their award winning CryEngine 3 SDK,
game development environment free of charge to all for non-commercial use.
The CryEngine 3 SDK provides developers with the complete gaming
engine to create top quality next generation games for PC, and includes
the CryEngine 3 Sandbox level editor.
Together with their 3rd generation "What you see is what you play”
(WYSIWYP) tool, designed by and for professional gaming developers.
"With the release of our SDK we
encourage creators to try out CryENGINE 3 and hope it will lead to new
companies being formed and using our engine. More importantly we expect
to increase the talent pool for CryENGINE developers, as well as
boosting our
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We’re not entirely sure what makes otherwise discerning professionals go in for these fanciful predictions. We just hope video game
consultant Mark Cerny provided more than the one example Eurogamer
wrote about, although it’s not like anyone actually takes starry-eyed
industry futurists to task unless they’re named Peter Molyneux.
"We’re already seeing the wall starting to crumble a bit,” he said.
"Demon’s Souls, even though on one level it’s a single-player game, as
you’re walking through the world you’re seeing the ghosts of everybody
who died in that world via the internet. You can leave messages for
them. They can leave messages for you. There’s actually a boss you fight
in that game which is controlled by another player.
"We’re talking five, 10 years out. I believe three years from now, if
you aren’t doing that, you are being criticised in y
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New information is trickling out about Nintendo’s non-update to its
formerly barely next-gen, soon to be stone age-gen console. Sure, it’s
reportedly slightly slimmer and it has a newfound fondness for the
horizontal plane, but apparently it’s losing something fairly important
in the process: GameCube compatibility.
Aside from that, a Nintendo rep told the
company ”does not currently have any plans” to bring the console to the
US, much like Sony did with its just-announced "el cheapo” flavour of
WiFi-less PSP. We’re not entirely sure when Europe became the dumping
ground for gimped cut-rate consumer electronics, but we think most
Europeans would much rather have the proper ones for a sane price, thank
you very much.
In a rare chain of events that would make a decent Hollywood
tear-jerker, a 14 year old lad from Berkshire got a new arm from a
Scottish robotics company courtesy of Mercedes. That’s a lot of parties
involved if you ask us, but the backstory is rather complicated.
See, dear Matthew is missing a limb. It wasn’t cut off in a
lightsaber duel or the tragic result of an accident. For Matthew it was
congenital. He’s been making do with a prosthetic hand for ages until he
wrote a cheeky letter to the Mercedes F1 team GP Petronas.
What happened next was Mercedes reached out to the needy teenager
and commissioned Scottish based robotics geniuses Touch Bionics to
create the iLimb Pulse. Now fitted to Matthew’s arm, the iLimb is a very
impressive piece of articulated hardware; the moving fingers plus
Bluetooth capability puts it in a league of its own. There’s
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Researchers at the University of Southampton in the UK have
created new nano-structured glass and used it to create a new type of
computer memory. Since the team of researchers published their paper in
May this year, the new technology has been developed further and the
team has now adapted it for a five-dimensional optical recording
device. The new five-dimensional memory using the Nano Structured
Glass means that data can be stored on the glass will last forever.
Professor Peter Kazansky explains:
"Before this we had to use a spatial light modulator based on
liquid crystal which cost about £20,000,” – "Instead we have just put a
tiny device into the optical beam and we get the same result.”
The new nano-structured glass will be used with applications in
optical manipulatio
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If you have been patently waiting for the arrival of the new HP Pre 3
mobile in the UK you will be pleased to know that your wait is now
over. The HP Pre 3 8GB is now available to buy from Palm’s Eurostore
unlocked for £299.00 – $492.03.
The new HP Pre 3 is powered by a Qualcomm 1.4GHz processor supported by 512MB of RAM. Its equipped with a 3.58 inch touchscreen display and a slide out QWERTY keyboard.
Onboard storage comes in two options either 8GB or 16GB and supports
USB mass storage. More information on its US arrival will be released
shortly say HP.
HP states:
HP is excited to begin its regional rollout of Pre3, the only
phone today that offers users a slide-out keyboard coupled with a large
touchscreen and the fastest speed (1.4GHz processor – the fastest on the
market). We
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Samsung has today announced a new line of solid state drives (SSD) the Samsung 830 Series. The new Samsung
830 Series SSDs builds on the success of Samsung’s 470 Series SSDs and
provide full support for SATA’s 6Gbps max throughput. Making the new 830
Series capable of transfer speeds in the region of 500MB/s high
sequential reads and 350MB/s write.
Samsung’s 830 Series SSD drives are encased in a brushed metal enclosure and are available in 64, 128, 256 and 512GB storage capacities.
The new Samsung 830 Series SSD come with
an optional migration kit which includes a full retail copy of Norton
Ghost. Together with Samsung’s Magician for SSD software a DOD compliant
ATA level Secure Erase that doesn’t require you to exit into DOS,
allowing you to complete an erase if your using the driv
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If you would like to connect an older Mac machine or any device
equipped with a DVI, even a PC with a decent graphics card installed,
to a new Apple’s LED Cinema display, the KanexDual-link DVI
Adapter C247DL can help you out.
The Kanex C247DL is a Dual-link DVI with USB to Mini DisplayPort
converter allowing easy connection to Apple’s LED Cinema Display.
Converting the video signal from dual-link DVI and delivering
resolutions up to 2560×1600 together with integrated audio using a USB
connection.
The new Kanex C247DL allows you to
simply connect your older Mac systems by actively converting the DVI
signal into sharp 2560×1600 resolution. Supporting 2006 – early, 2008
MacBook Pro, 2005–mid and 2007 Mac Mini with connections to the new
Apple Cinema Display with Mini DisplayPort input. Since DVI does not
suppor
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MSI has this week added a couple of new notebooks to its range in the
form of the MSI X460 and X460DX. That have been designed with mobile
professionals in mind, with its thin and light design. Combining both sleek brushed metallic finishes together with performance from Intel’s latest Core processors.
The high specification MSI X460 model comes complete with a Intel Core i7-2630QM
processor, supported by 6GB of DDR 3 RAM and graphics supplied by the
integrated Intel HD 3000 GPU. The slightly less powerful X460DX base
model is equipped with a 2.1GHz Intel Core i3-2310M processor with 4GB of DDR3 RAM. But can be upgraded with optional processor upgrades if required.
Both systems run 64-bit versions of
Windows 7 professional and are equipped with a 1366 x 768 glossy LCD,
HM65 chipset, WiDi 2.0 support, Gigabit Ethernet and 802.11n wireless, 2
x USB 3.0 po
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That’s one way to compete with smartphones, we guess, though thinking
back to the PSP’s heyday as a sleek and sexy luxury handheld nearly
brought a tear to our eyes. Sony’s new PSP
will be dubbed E-1000 and will apparently forego cutting edge tech like
decade old WiFi technology in favor of… UMDs. Everyone knows physical
media is the new digital delivery.
Sony’s take is a lot more upbeat, though:
"Value for money is the goal with this new model that will retail at
just €99.99 (RRP), accompanied by an exciting range of PSP Essentials
titles that will retail at only €9.99 (RRP) and will include Invizimals:
The Lost Tribe, EyePet Adventures, FIFA 12 and many more.
While PSP E-1000 does not include Wi-Fi, it will still provides access to the full catalogue of PSP games either on UMD or from PlayStation Store via Med
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While the art style will most definitely stir Chrono Trigger
nostalgia, there’s more of an Up quality to this achingly beautiful
trailer for what’s sure to be a thoroughly emotional game. The story
behind the game, which the trailer is too busy tugging heartstrings and
conjuring up regret-tinged memories to properly go into is that Dr. Eva
Rosalene and Dr. Neil Watts can alter a dying person’s memories to make
him experience the life he might have wanted and proceed to do so for a
dying old man named, curiously enough, Johnny.
There is a girl and a chance meeting on
the stairs and a lighthouse and a space shuttle and horseback riding and
that’s about all we could make out before something um… got in our
eyes. Johnny’s last wish is to go to the moon. Ours, all other things
being equal, would be to see more games like this one being made, or at
the very least
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If you are an Android
fan that enjoyed the MIUI interface, you will be tickled to hear that
the interface is getting its own smartphone hardware. The device may
only hit China sadly, but it sounds like an interesting smartphone. It
does look a lot like the iPhone to me though.
The device runs
Android 2.3.5 with the MIUI interface. It has a 4-inch screen with a
resolution of 480 x 854. The processor is a dual-core 1.5GHz Snapdragon
and the device has 1GB of RAM. Onboard ROM is 4GB and it has a microSD
card for expansion. The device has an 8MP rear camera as well and a
1930mAh battery.
Other features include support for GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, and an
Adreno220 GPU at 266MHz. The phone operates on GSM and WCDMA networks.
This should be
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Today HTC
has added more lawsuits to the already complicated legal disputes
between HTC and Apple. HTC has now filed three more lawsuits against
Apple seeking to halt the sale of Apple products within the US.
HTC says that it has legal possession over the patents which it
acquired in 2008 and 2010 and are being infringed by Apple on its Mac
computers, iPads, iPods, iPhones and other devices. HTC is seeking
compensatory damages, triple damages for willful infringement and other
remedies.
The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Delaware seeks to
halt Apple’s importation and sale of infringing products in the United
States. It also seeks compensatory damages, triple damages for willful
infringement and other remedies.
Neither company has commented on the new lawsuits.
If you are lucky enough to own a Sprint Nexus S 4G you might be pleased to hear that Swype
and Sprint have partnered to bring an exclusive offer to their
customers, offering Swype’s new flagship keyboard to Nexus S 4G owners.
The new version of Swype’s keyboard includes several new features
including personal dictionaries, automatic capitalisation of proper
nouns, together with the ability to use gestures to launch application
on your smartphone, such as Facebook, Google Maps and Twitter. Watch a
video after the jump to see the new Swype keyboard in action.
If you own a Sprint Nexus S 4G smartphone you can download the new update from the Swype site here.
If your dog is prone to running off when unleashed in an open space, and sometimes a little tricky to track down. A new GPS tracking system designed for pets has been launched which might be able to help you keep a remote check on your dog via your smartphone.
The goal of the Tagg system isn’t just to find a lost dog, the Tagg
system has been designed to help you not to lose them in the first
place, allowing you to see where your dog is and be notified if he or
she wanders a little too far from home.
A lightweight GPS tracking device attaches to their collar and lets
you locate and track your dog using a computer or
smartphone. Watch the video after the jump to see the Tagg Pet GPS
tracker in action.
The systems allows you to setup Tagg zones, or a "geofence” for your dog. Once the tracker is fitted to your dogs collar you are then notified by texts when your dog leaves t
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