Prometheus gets new epic trailer

 

 

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Prometheus gets new epic trailer

via SlashGear by Mark Raby on 4/29/12

Are you excited about the huge-budget sci-fi alien thriller Prometheus? If you answered no, you should really re-evaluate your life. But if you answered yes, then you'll love the brand new trailer that just landed. Do you like that wordplay right there? Using the word "landed" in reference to an alien flick? Yep, we like to amuse ourselves sometimes. Anyway, check out the trailer right after the break…

In case you aren't already aware, Prometheus is a Ridley Scott-directed motion picture in which a group of highly intelligent explorers venture out to discover the origins of mankind. Yeah; pretty deep. They dive all the way out to the darkest edge of the universe where they end up facing off against more than they could have ever expected.

The movie stars Charlize Theron, Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Idris Elba, Logan Marshall-Green, and Guy Pearce, just to drop a few names. It's set to be released in theaters nationwide on June 8, right after the end of the E3 trade show, so that week will be quite an incredible week for geeks and nerds everywhere. I could go on and on, but this new trailer really does the job much better. Check it out:

Story Timeline

• Watch this: Prometheus viral introduces us to David
• 3ality Technica speaks on Prometheus: 'the best experience possible with 3D'

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Steam for Linux captured on video, one step closer to reality

And you know what comes along with Linux eh? Outstanding Performance (which, when coupled with a zero price tag, is pretty awesome).

 

 

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Steam for Linux captured on video, one step closer to reality

via Engadget by Sarah Silbert on 4/26/12

Yesterday, Phoronix had encouraging news about the prospect of Steam for Linux: photo evidence of Left 4 Dead running on Ubuntu 11.10 with AMD Catalysts drivers. Today, the site followed up with video footage of that same scenario, posting a hastily shot clip to show that Valve is indeed making progress -- slow as it may be -- on porting the game engine to Linux. Got 14 seconds? Check out the video demo below the break.

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Alien species 'extending seasons'

Forget the article and focus on its title :p OMG THEY ARE HERE!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17814674#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

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ASUS Transformer Pad TF300 review

 

 

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ASUS Transformer Pad TF300 review

via Engadget by Dana Wollman on 4/22/12

ASUS outs lower-end Transformer Pad 300 tablet

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It doesn't feel like a year has passed since we reviewed the original ASUS Transformer and its innovative keyboard dock, but indeed time flies, and quite a bit has happened since then. The company has released the Prime, for starters, followed by two other high-end models. And now, the OG Transformer is going the way of the dodo, as the affordable new Transformer Pad 300 (aka the TF300) takes its place. Though this newest tablet was announced back in February, it's only just going on sale in the US this week, starting at $379 for the 16GB version, and $399 for one with 32GB of built-in storage.

In addition to the fact that this replaces a truly memorable product, the TF300 is intriguing because it represents an even better deal for consumers: it borrows some design cues from the higher-end Prime, and also steps up to a similar 8-megapixel camera. Like the Prime, too, it runs an unskinned version of Android 4.0 and packs a quad-core Tegra 3 chip -- something you don't often see in a tablet this price. In short, the main differences between this and the Prime are battery life (10 hours versus 12), and the quality of the display (the 10-inch screen here offers 350 nits of brightness instead of 600). Those all sound like reasonable trade-offs and, frankly, they are. That's our abridged review, over and done with in just two paragraphs, but meet us past the break if you're craving a little more detail.

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ASUS Transformer Pad TF300 review originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 22 Apr 2012 03:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Στα τέλη Απριλίου ανοίγει το κέντρο για τους μη νόμιμους μετανάστες στην Αμυγδαλέζα

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Kentro filoksenias ine evgenika to stratopedo sigkentrosis :p
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Electron's split personality seen

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ArtsBeat: Not Shaken, Not Stirred: James Bond Drinks Beer

 

 

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ArtsBeat: Not Shaken, Not Stirred: James Bond Drinks Beer

via NYT > Movies by By DAVE ITZKOFF on 4/17/12

The James Bond star Daniel Craig lamented as "unfortunate" but necessary a product placement deal that would see Agent 007 drink a Heineken in his next film adventure.

 

 

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Biegert & Funk bring the literal time to your wristwatch with QLOCKTWO W

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Biegert & Funk bring the literal time to your wristwatch with QLOCKTWO W

via Engadget by Zachary Lutz on 4/11/12

It's a common desire among everyday folk: we often say we'd like to read more, if only we had the time. While it's unlikely to fill your noggin with the prose of Hemingway or the poetry of Whitman, a new wristwatch from Biegert & Funk promises to quench your thirst for words and literally provide you with the time. Known as the QLOCKTWO W, the timepiece is a portable revision of the company's original wall clock, both of which display the current time in everyday language. Priced at €550, the watch is scheduled for arrival this autumn and will be available in black or stainless steel variations, with either rubber or leather bands. As another option, those who find English far too mundane may spring for the Deutsch version. Curious shoppers will find the full PR after the break.

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Mother finds baby alive in morgue

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-17685361#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
A resurrection. This baby is Jesus :p
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Starbucks mobile payments hit 42 million

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Starbucks mobile payments hit 42 million

via SlashGear by Mark Raby on 4/9/12

Anyone who has to question the viability of using a smartphone instead of a credit card to pay at the register need look no further than Starbucks, a company that has already been allowing customers to do just that for more than a year. And in those past 15 months, it has managed to process 42 million mobile payment transactions. Not bad for a little coffeehouse, right?

The Starbucks customer loyalty program is one of the least (financially) rewarding programs that exist. It takes 45 purchases before you earn your first free drink (then it takes 15 purchases every time thereafter). But for people who visit Starbucks every day, it's about something else – convenience. The way the program works is that members register a Starbucks gift card to their account, and then fill it up with money. Rather than fumbling around with cash or needing to sort through countless small transactions on a credit card statement, you can just swipe your gift card every time. You can even set it to auto-reload.

That was taken to the next level with the flagship Starbucks app, which puts the same gift card bardcode information on a smartphone screen, allowing users to scan that to pay for their coffee. To be clear, this is a completely different kind of mobile payment technology than what everyone is talking about right now, but it has pioneered the way for being able to pay for a purchase at the register without any cash or cards in your possession. 42 million scans later, perhaps it's on to something.

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• Starbucks now taking payments from mobile phones nationwide
• Starbucks Rewards Card Mobile Payment App Has a Huge Flaw
• Starbucks Card Mobile Payment App Is A Winner

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Space experiments for distillery

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Space experiments for distillery

via BBC News - Home on 4/9/12

A distillery on the island of Islay carries out experiments in space to find out how its product matures without gravity.

 

 

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SCHED_DEADLINE v4 released

 

 

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SCHED_DEADLINE v4 released

via OSNews by donotreply@osnews.com () on 4/6/12

After more than one year of development, the 4th version of the SCHED_DEADLINE Linux scheduler has been submitted to the kernel community. Besides taking into account prior comments and observations, this version improves the handling of rq selection for dynamic task migration and has native integration with the PREEMPT_RT project (although a patch for the standard mainline kernel is provided as well). The official development has been moved to a GitHub repository.

 

 

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Ferdinand A. Porsche, designer of the 911, dies at 76

 

 

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Ferdinand A. Porsche, designer of the 911, dies at 76

via OSNews by donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) on 4/6/12

"Ferdinand A. Porsche, who designed the original Porsche 911, the snazzy, powerful sports car that became the lasting signature of the German automobile company founded by his grandfather and later run by his father, died on Thursday in Salzburg, Austria. He was 76." I believe only Italians can design beautiful cars (I mean, game over, kids), but there's no denying that the 911 is a true icon. Cars technically don't have a place on OSNews, but Ferdinand Porsche's passing cannot go by unmentioned.

 

 

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Google YouTube converts HD video to 3D

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From the article, concerning the whole 3D hype: The only problem is consumers don't seem to be latching onto this trend like the industry thought it would.
Another failed attempt: 3D-world 0-2
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Dino is biggest feathered animal

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Google Maps goes 8-bit for April Fool’s

 

 

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Google Maps goes 8-bit for April Fool’s

via SlashGear by Mark Raby on 3/31/12

If you've ever wondered what your neighborhood would look like in an old-school Zelda-style RPG, your imagination is about to be realized with the latest update to Google Maps. Of course, technologically speaking, the update is more of a step backward. But for those who love all things old-school, it may be one of the coolest things that the search giant has done when it comes to Google doing things just to gain attention.

Yes, we know that it isn't quite April 1 yet, but the world's biggest day for pranks falls on a Sunday this year, and really, who's paying attention to anything on Sundays? So, it isn't clear if Google will shut down this feature immedidately at the stroke of midnight on April 2, but at least for now you can search for any address and see if it comes up in super awesome old-school 8-bit format. The picture above is of midtown Manhattan in New York City, a site that normally looks dwarfed with satellite pictures of buildings and crowded streets.

Unlike a lot of April Fool's jokes, this one requires some digging around to find. Once you type in an address on Google Maps, like usual, you'll get your map; same as always. But if you click the word "Quest" on the right-hand side of the map, it will be transformed into the special 8-bit graphical style. It's possible when you click Quest that you migt see this prank message: "Your system may not meet the requirements for 8-bit computations." So, you've got at least a good 24 hours to check out as many locales as you want.

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