Scientists at the Oregon National Primate Research Center have discovered a crazy sci-fi way to possibly prevent genetically-inherited diseases. This sounds pretty unbelievable, but they actually combine the eggs from two different mothers to create one single stronger egg. It already works for mama monkeys; and it could help humans, too. More »
When it comes to the Xbox Live activity chart, we’re used to seeing some kind of Call of Duty game at the top. This is not an occasional thing either – week after week, you can expect the latest Call of Duty title to rank at number one in terms of Xbox Live activity. These days, however, Minecraft is on the scene, and it has something to say about Call of Duty‘s continuing dominance.
Major Nelson has shared the activity chart for the week of October 15, which shows Minecraft snatching the top spot away from Modern Warfare 3. That has to be a pretty big achievement for Mojang and the folks at 4J Studios, as it isn’t often that Call of Duty gets unseated, and this time around, the unseating was done by an Xbox Live Arcade game. Sounds like it’s time to bust out the champagne.
Indeed, Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition has been well received by gamers. Just earlier this month, Mojang and 4J announced that the game had passed 4 million sales, which definitely isn’t bad for an Arcade title that launched in May. Have a look at the top 20 most popular games on Xbox Live for the week of October 15 below.
1. Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition
2. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
3. EA Sports FIFA Soccer 13
4. Call of Duty: Black Ops
5. Borderlands 2
6. Halo: Reach
7. Battlefield 3
8. Modern Warfare 2
9. Madden NFL 13
10. NBA 2K13
11. Happy Wars
12. Skyrim
13. Gears of War 3
14. RESIDENT EVIL 6
15. GTA IV
16. FIFA 12
17. Forza Motorsport 4
18. Dishonored
19. EA SPORTS NHL13
20. Halo 3
Of course, Minecraft also came in first on the list of top Arcade titles, managing to come in above titles like The Walking Dead and the freshly re-released Sonic Adventure 2. Can Minecraft keep it up? It’s hard to make that call – on the one hand, Minecraft is proving to be incredibly popular with Xbox 360 gamers, but on the other, Modern Warfare 3 has a ton of players, so it’s going to be hard to keep it out of the top spot. We shall see soon enough, but for now, we’ll just let Mojang and 4J revel in their victory.
Minecraft surpasses Modern Warfare 3 on Xbox Live activity chart is written by Eric Abent & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Think back to childhood birthday parties. Was there no larger injustice than getting a smaller piece of cake than your sibling? Seriously, raise your hand if you did not ever throw a tantrum over getting the short end of the cake slice stick – so to speak. Old school cake slicers fit over the cake and smashed the entire thing. Not real classy.
Let the ingeniously named Cake Divider at Animi Causa eliminate this childhood trauma. Dial in the number of slices you want – either 6, 8 or 10. Then poke the sub 2 inch gadget into the middle of the cake (or pie). Insert your knife into the slot and slice. Then click the divider to the next slicing spot. For $13.99, cake slicing can’t get any easier or more even.
So end the childhood suffering based around uneven cake slices! Get a Cake Divider today.
Thanks: FastCo.Design
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While the email account you’re currently using—be it Gmail, Yahoo, or heaven forbid, Hotmail—may be free, there is a real cost associated you may not be accounting for: your time. Every email that you have to archive, delete, or report costs you seconds of your life. Every store you’ve ever bought something from that now thinks it can send you emails whenever is stealing your time. But there are real, important emails in your inbox that you don’t want to miss. So you slog through hundreds of emails for the few that matter. More »
It’s only been half a year since the peculiar PadFone made its much-delayed entry into select markets, and earlier this week, ASUS’ launch of its second-gen phone-in-tablet brings us back to this old question: are we better off with just one mobile screen instead of two? Ask any ordinary manufacturer and the answer is likely the latter, because who doesn’t want to sell more products? Similarly, carriers would likely back such manufacturers for the sake of selling more data plans, even if they admire ASUS’ efforts (and they could already be selling ASUS tablets in the first place). Some folks also argue that if you have to carry the tablet module with you anyway, you might as well have two separate devices for better multitasking.
It seems like there’s a huge mountain to climb here, but on the flip side, ASUS’ innovative differentiation does have some advantages. You only need one data plan (and no tethering required) for both form factors, you get to keep the same data in one place instead of having to duplicate them and you can pretty much instantly switch between a small screen and a large screen for the same content. Not to mention that there’s also the added functionality of charging up the phone while it’s sitting inside the tablet. Alas, the original PadFone and PadFone Station didn’t quite hit the spot: the combined weight and bulk made it tough to justify the phone-in-tablet idea, which is why we said it’s all about the PadFone 2 in our review. Let’s see if ASUS has done it right this time ’round.
Gallery: ASUS PadFone 2 review
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Filed under: Cellphones, Tablets, Mobile, ASUS
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As you may have seen during our live coverage of the Apple event earlier this week, Apple has announced a new feature called Fusion Drive for its latest iMac. Few details were released during the launch, and things were a little bit confusing and blurry for those who were asking for more details.
The idea of Fusion Drive is not new: Apple is trying to provide its users with SSD performance (most of the time) and high capacity at the same time. To do that, it uses two drives: a 128GB SSD (probably similar to the Macbook Air unit) and a mechanical disk. (more…)
By Ubergizmo. Related articles: New iMac is razor thin, impressive!, Thunderbolt iMacs from Apple sees restriction in hard drive upgrades,
The newspaper of record announced today that it will be arriving on Windows 8 tomorrow, offering up full articles, videos, photos and blogs to subscribers. Non-subscribers, on the other hand, will just get access to the Top News section. Also new in the world of New York Times / Microsoft teamups is the arrival of a NYT channel in the Bing News app. More info on both after the break.
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You could say that the Sony Xperia Tablet S did not really fare as well as Sony would have liked, but to pull the plug on this tablet not too long after its debut is not exactly the best strategy, either. You want the masses to know that you’re in it for the long haul, and heck, even to create the perception that the Sony Xperia Tablet S is the only tablet you’ll ever need. For those who own the Xperia Tablet S and wished that it was so much more, here is some small consolation – Sony Mobile has just introduced new firmware for said tablet.
The latest firmware release will bring updates to a couple of applications, namely Socialife and Reader, in addition to delivering support for the SGPSPK1 speaker dock. The update file weighs in at a rather hefty 65MB to 70MB mark, so we would recommend you download it over a Wi-Fi connection so as not to eat into your precious mobile data plan. For those who have made the update, just how do you find it?
By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Sony Tablet S receives Android 4.0.3 ICS update, Android 4.0 update now available for the Sony Tablet S,
The folks over at the FCC do seem to be a pretty busy bunch lately, and yet another tablet has arrived at their office’s doorsteps, with the Barnes & Noble NOOK HD being the latest model to do so. The Barnes & Noble NOOK HD will make its mark in the 7” market that saw Apple’s iPad mini recently surface to take a possible bite from this niche, although time will tell just how well the iPad mini will do. The Barnes & Noble NOOK HD sports a 7” display at 1440 x 900 resolution, a customized version of the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system, as well as a 1.3GHz Texas Instruments OMAP 4470 processor.
Some of the other hardware details include Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity, 1GB RAM, a microSD memory card slot, and a choice of 8GB or 16GB of storage space. Pre-orders for the Barnes & Noble NOOK HD are being taken at the moment, where it will cost $199 at the minimum, depending on the configuration of your choice. Shipping commences from November 8th onwards, so it is no surprise to see the Barnes & Noble NOOK HD hit the FCC before it is ready to debut on your doorstep. This does seem to shape up to be a pretty interesting Thanksgiving and Christmas period, don’t you think so?
By Ubergizmo. Related articles: 3G Nexus 7 spotted at the FCC, Razer Project Fiona hits the FCC,
Some of us do not have a very good reputation around consumer electronics, as we tend to send them to an early graveyard due to our very own clumsiness. Well, perhaps when it comes to the G-GRIP Bluetooth speaker, things might change for the better as this small device claims to pack a “mighty sound in a compact package”, where it can be yours for $69.99 a pop. What would be the greatest advantage of the G-GRIP Bluetooth speaker be? It is not only portable, and was built to last. In fact, lab tests have seen the G-GRIP Bluetooth speaker dropped from more than 8 feet, remain strong under over 1,300 pounds of weight, all the while still being able to send audio waves out from it without giving two hoots about what is happening to it.
At least to carry around a device which is capable of taking a beating, it sure as heck gives one a whole lot more peace of mind, even more so when you travel to the great outdoors. The G-GRIP Bluetooth speaker will have up to an 8 hour battery life, and you can juice it up over USB when required. Just in case you do not own a Bluetooth device in the vicinity, the G-GRIP Bluetooth speaker will still play nice with other audio playback devices over a 3.5mm audio cable.
By Ubergizmo. Related articles: iHome introduces iP76 color-changing speaker tower, Genius SP-900BT Portable Bluetooth Speaker has an integrated microphone,
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