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Thursday, February 28, 2013

ScienceDaily: Top Technology News

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Fermi's motion produces a study in spirograph

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 03:35 PM PST

NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope orbits our planet every 95 minutes, building up increasingly deeper views of the universe with every circuit. Its wide-eyed Large Area Telescope sweeps across the entire sky every three hours, capturing the highest-energy form of light -- gamma rays -- from sources across the universe. These range from supermassive black holes billions of light-years away to intriguing objects in our own galaxy, such as X-ray binaries, supernova remnants and pulsars.

Silver nanoparticles may adversely affect environment

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 03:35 PM PST

In experiments mimicking a natural environment, researchers have demonstrated that the silver nanoparticles used in many consumer products can have an adverse effect on plants and microorganisms.

NHL drafts the wrong players due to birthday bias

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 03:35 PM PST

A hockey player's birthday strongly biases how professional teams assess his talent, according to a new study.

Neutron scattering provides data on ion adsorption

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 03:33 PM PST

Researchers have demonstrated the use of a technique known as small angle neutron scattering (SANS) to study the effects of ions moving into nanoscale pores. The study is believed to be the first application of the SANS technique for studying ion surface adsorption in-situ.

Workstation design improvements for drone operators may reduce costs and mishaps, researchers suggest

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 01:20 PM PST

The US Department of Defense reports that drone accidents in which personnel or aircraft are damaged or destroyed occur 50 times more often than mishaps involving human-operated aircraft. Researchers suggest multimillion-dollar drone loses might be prevented by applying commercial workstation design standards to drone workstations.

White dwarf supernovae are discovered in Virgo Cluster galaxy and in sky area 'anonymous'

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 10:44 AM PST

Observation of two bright exploding stars has improved the astronomical "tape measure" that scientists use to calculate the acceleration of the expansion of the universe.

NASA's NuSTAR helps solve riddle of black hole spin

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 10:25 AM PST

Two X-ray space observatories, NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) and the European Space Agency's XMM-Newton, have teamed up to measure definitively, for the first time, the spin rate of a black hole with a mass 2 million times that of our sun.

Optical materials: Light's magnetism shows its true colors

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 09:46 AM PST

Researchers in Singapore have created tiny spheres of silicon that can strongly interact with the magnetic field of visible-wavelength light. These engineered 'magnetic materials' enable new ways of controlling light at the nanoscale.

Fluid mechanics: Bubble impacts caught on film

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 09:46 AM PST

When a bubble of air rising through water hits a sheet of glass, it doesn't simply stop -- it squishes, rebounds, and rises again, before slowly moving to the barrier. An international research team with high-speed cameras reveal the complex physics at work as air meets water and glass.

Unlocking fuel cell conductivity

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 08:30 AM PST

Work on a high-conductivity material demonstrates the role of oxygen ions in enhancing their capabilities.

Estimates reduce amount of additional land available for biofuel production by almost 80%

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 07:20 AM PST

Amid efforts to expand production of biofuels, scientists are reporting new estimates that downgrade the amount of additional land available for growing fuel crops by almost 80 percent.

New anti-frost and anti-fog coating for glass

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 07:20 AM PST

In an advance toward glass that remains clear under the harshest of conditions, scientists are reporting development of a new water-repellant coating that resists both fogging and frosting. Their research on the coating could have uses ranging from automobile windshields to camera lenses.

Camera inside spiraling football provides ball's-eye view of field

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 07:20 AM PST

Researchers have shown that a camera embedded in the side of a rubber-sheathed plastic foam football can record video while the ball is in flight that could give spectators a unique, ball's-eye view of the playing field. They developed a computer algorithm that converts the unwatchable, raw video into a stable, wide-angle view.

Cryopreservation: A chance for highly endangered mammals

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 07:19 AM PST

Oocytes of lions, tigers and other cat species survive the preservation in liquid nitrogen. Scientists have now succeeded in carrying out cryopreservation of felid ovary cortex.

New technology for animation film experts

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 07:19 AM PST

Hollywood devotes great effort to chasing monsters through realistic-looking environments. Researchers have now developed a technology that greatly simplifies the production of such scenes. Actors' movements are captured with a few cameras in a real scene and then transferred extremely realistically to virtual characters. This will not only simplify the work of cartoon makers, but also assist doctors and sportsmen with motion analysis.

Faster, more efficient technique for creating high-density ceramics

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 05:59 AM PST

Scientists have developed a technique for creating high-density ceramic materials that requires far lower temperatures than current techniques -- and takes less than a second, as opposed to hours. Ceramics are used in a wide variety of technologies, including body armor, fuel cells, spark plugs, nuclear rods and superconductors.

New fabrication technique could provide breakthrough for solar energy systems

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 05:59 AM PST

Scientists are using a novel fabrication process to create ultra-efficient solar energy rectennas capable of harvesting more than 70 percent of the sun's electromagnetic radiation and simultaneously converting it into usable electric power.

Invention opens the way to packaging that monitors food freshness

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 05:59 AM PST

Millions of tons of food are thrown away each year because the 'best before' date has passed. But this date is always a cautious estimate, which means a lot of still-edible food is thrown away. Wouldn't it be handy if the packaging could 'test' whether the contents are still safe to eat? Researchers have invented a circuit that makes this possible: a plastic analog-digital converter. This development brings plastic sensor circuits costing less than one euro cent within reach. Beyond food, these ultra-low-cost plastic circuits have numerous potential uses, including, pharmaceuticals.

New Greek observatory sheds light on old star

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 05:58 AM PST

Continuing a tradition stretching back more than 25 centuries, astronomers have used the new 2.3-meter 'Aristarchos' telescope, sited at Helmos Observatory (2340m high) in the Pelοponnese Mountains in Greece, to determine the distance to and history of an enigmatic stellar system, discovering it to likely be a binary star cocooned within an exotic nebula.

Computed tomography provides real-time 3D pictures showing how oil and water flow in porous rock

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 05:58 AM PST

For the first time, experiments using computed tomography have allowed scientists to observe in 3-D the flow of oil and water in real rock on an unprecedented scale. The new approach trailed and the information gathered by the experiments contribute to an improved understanding of multiphase flow and transport in porous media.

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Nokia Lumia 720 SIM Free And Lumia 520 Hit The UK April 1st

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 06:19 AM PST

Nokia recently announced a number of new Windows Phone 8 smartphones, which include the Nokia Lumia 720 and the Nokia Lumia 520 and now we have some details on when both devices will be available SIM free in the UK.

Both the Nokia Lumia 720 and the Nokia Lumia 520 will be available in the UK SIM free from the 1st of April, the Nokia Lumia 720 will retail for £299.99 including taxes and the Nokia Lumia 520 will retail for £169.99 including taxes.

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Awesome Digital Clock Made From 288 Analog Clocks (Video)

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 06:10 AM PST

Design studio Humans Since 1982 have come up with an interesting take on the digital clock, which you can see in the video below, it is actually made from a total of 288 analog clocks.

This cool digital clock is called ‘A Million Times’ and the 288 analog clocks are powered by 576 electrical motors, have a look at this awesome digital clock in action in the video below.

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Google+ Photos App For Chromebooks Revealed

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 06:00 AM PST

Details have been revealed of a new app for Google Chromebooks, the app is called Google+ photos and it is designed to be used to upload and shares photos from Google Chrome.

According to Engadget the app will be able to separate good photos from bad, for example if one photo you are trying to upload is blurry, the app will identify it with its intelligent photo selector tool.

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Google Says They Are Not Opening A Retail Store

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 05:46 AM PST

Last week there were a number of rumors that Google we thinking of opening up their own retail stores in the US,to sell their Nexus range of devices, and now Google has denied the rumors.

Android boss Andy Rubin has confirmed to All Things D that Google does not have any plans to open up Google retail stores, "Google has no plans and we have nothing to announce," .

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Sony Xperia Tablet Z Hands On (Video)

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 05:33 AM PST

The Sony Xperia Tablet Z is being shown off at this weeks Mobile World Congress, and the guys over at Phandroid managed to get their hands on Sony’s new Android tablet, have a look at the video below.

The Sony Xperia Tablet Z features a a 10.1 inch display with a resolution of 1920 x 1200 pixels, there is also a quad core 1.5GHz processor and 2GB of RAM, and it comes with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.

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Leap Motion Launch Date Confirmed As May 13th

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 05:33 AM PST

Leap Motion has confirmed that the Leap Motion launch date for their new gesture controller will be May 13th 2013, and will launch with software available from Corel, Autodesk and Disney.

The new Leap Motion controllers has been available to preorder for some time and Leap explains that orders will be fulfilled after the Leap Motion launch date in order customers placed them.

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Sonos Play 3 Teardown By iFixit Unveils Its Inner Workings

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 05:14 AM PST

Ever wondered what technology goes into a Sonos Play 3 speaker system? If you have, then iFixit has it covered for you, taking their set of tools to the Sonos Play 3to reveal its inner workings.

The Sonos Play 3 is a wireless portable speaker system that is equipped with a 3 x Class-D digital amplifiers, together with one tweeter, two mid-range drivers, and one bass radiator.

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Sony Portable Wireless Server WG-C10 Offers Mobile Storage And Sharing (video)

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 04:57 AM PST

This week at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) exhibition, Sony has unveiled its new Sony portable wireless server WG-C10, which will be landing in Europe during the summer months.

The Sony Portable Wireless Server was first unveiled back in CES earlier this year and has been designed to provide users with extra storage space and battery power for mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablets.  Watch the video after the jump to learn more about the Sony Portable Wireless Server and see it in action.

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NVIDIA Tegra 4 Games Unveiled AT MWC (video)

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 04:35 AM PST

NVIDIA has this week showcased 5 new NVIDIA Tegra 4 games that have been optimised for the new NVIDIA Tegra 4 processor, and are currently being demonstrated at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) exhibition in Barcelona this week.

Watch the video after the jump to learn more about the new NVIDIA Tegra 4 games and see them in action.

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Spotify iPhone Update Adds New User Interface And More

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 04:23 AM PST

Spofity has today released a new update for its Spotify iPhone app which brings with it a number of new tweaks and features, including a newly designed user interface.

The new Spotify iPhone users interface includes a new sidebar, which can be fully revealed by swiping left-to-right or by pressing the button in the top right of the new Spotify user interface, as in the screenshots below.

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Wii Mini Price Unveiled as £103 On Amazon UK

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 03:58 AM PST

Following on from the announcement that Nintendo Wii Mini will finally be arriving in the UK, a Wii Mini price for the games console has now been spotted over on the Amazon.co.uk website for £103.

It was originally thought the Wii Mini price would be more around £75, but the ShopTo online store has the Wii Mini priced at a more affordable £84.85 reduced from £99.99.

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LG Optimus Vu II Gets Android Jelly Bean In South Korea

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 03:51 AM PST

LG has announced that the LG Optimus Vu II will be getting the Android Jelly Bean update in South Korea, the update will be released to  handsets with SK Telecom and KT, and LG U+ will get the update next month.

Android Jelly Bean brings a range of new features to the LG Optimus Vu II, it should be available for you device now in South Korea if you are on the carriers listed above.

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Olloclip iPod Touch Lens Adapter Starts Shipping (video)

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 03:45 AM PST

Some of our readers might remember the olloclip which allows you to add extra lenses to your iOS devices, that we featured back in the early part of January this year.

Now Olloclip has launched a new addition to their range with olloclip iPod Touch adapter which is now available to purchase directly from their website. Watch the video after the jump to see it in action on the iPhone.

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LG Optimus L3 II To Launch In Brazil This Week

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 03:33 AM PST

LG recently announced a new range of Android smartphones, the LG Optimus L II series, and one of the smartphones included in the range was the LG Optimus L3 II, which will now launch in Brazil this week.

The LG Optimus L3 features a 1GHz processor and plus a 4 inch screen with a WVGA resolution IPS display and the handset will come with Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean.

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HTC Tiara Windows Phone 8 Smartphone Specs Leaked

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 03:15 AM PST

It would appear that HTC has a new Windows Phone 8 smartphone in the works, the HTC Tiara, and it will be one of the first handsets to run Windows Phone 8 GDR2, unfortunately we do not have any pictures of the handset just the rumored specifications.

The HTC Tiara is rumored to feature a 4.3 inch WVGA display with a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels, and processing will come in the form of a Qualcomm Snapdragon 1.2GHz dual core processor.

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Nvidia Tegra 4 Specs And Battery Details Revealed By Nvidia (video)

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 03:05 AM PST

Nvidia has released new Nvidia Tegra 4 specs this week in an interview with Nvidia’s Technical Marketing team, who revealed a little more detail about the new processor and its benchmarks.

The video after the break reveals more information and Nvidia Tegra 4 specs with reference to the power consumption of the new Nvidia Tegra 4. Watch the video after the jump to learn more about the new Nvidia Tegra 4 specs.

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Samsung Wallet Gets Official

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 02:55 AM PST

Yesterday we heard that Samsung had teamed up with Visa for mobile payments, and now Samsung has announced a new feature for its Android devices, Samsung Wallet, which is similar to Apple’s Passbook.

Samsung wallet is designed to let you store things like tickets on your Samsung device, and the app also offer some other feature which include location based push notifications and more.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 Receives Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean Update

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 02:47 AM PST

Samsung has this week started rolling out a new update to their Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 devices, which allows the tablet to now enjoy Google’s latest Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean operating system.

The new update is currently rolling out in phases to the tablets, so if you Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 hasn’t received the update just yet, you shouldn’t have to wait long.

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Or if you would prefer to manually update your devices the new Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 WiFi (GT-P3110)  Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update is available via Samsung’s KIES or over the air.

**Make sure you fully charge your device's battery before upgrading as the update is fairly large.

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EE 4G Coverage Expanded To 9 More UK Towns And Cities

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 02:30 AM PST

UK mobile carrier EE has expanded the coverage of their 4G LTE network in the UK, and the EE 4G coverage has now been expanded to nine more towns and cities throughout the UK.

This takes the EE 4G coverage up to a total of 37 towns and cities in the UK, and the list now includes Barnsley, Coventry, Preston, Chorley, Newport, Rotheram, Telford, Walsall and Watford.

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Alcatel One Touch Idol X Smartphone Unveiled At MWC

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 02:30 AM PST

At the Mobile World Congress (MWC) exhibition this week Alcatel has launched a new smartphone to their range of devices in the form of the new Alcatel One Touch Idol X smartphone.

The Alcatel One Touch Idol X is equipped with a 5 inch 1080p display and comes running Google’s latest Android 4.2 Jelly Bean operating system.

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Slacker Xbox 360 App Launches For Gold Live Members

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 02:16 AM PST

Streaming radio service Slacker has this week announced the launch of a new Slacker Xbox 360 app which is now available to download and install on your Microsoft games console.

The new Slacker Xbox 360 app has been created to provide Xbox Live Gold members with the ultimate music and content discovery at their fingertips.

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StarCraft 2 Heart of the Swarm Trailer (video)

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 02:05 AM PST

StarCraft fans waiting for the release of the new StarCraft 2 Heart of the Swarm trailer at Blizzards online event that was streamed live on Twitch earlier this week, are sure to be pleased to learn it is now available to watch again, or for the first time.

The two minute StarCraft 2 Heart of the Swarm Trailer show a glimpse of what you can expect from the next instalment of the Starcraft franchise.

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Asus Memo Pad 7 To Retail For £129 In The UK

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 02:04 AM PST

Asus announced their new Asus Memo Pad 7 back in January and now the company has announced that the tablet will retail for £129 including taxes here in the UK, and it will be available with a number of UK retailers.

The Asus MeMo Pad features Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and it features a 1GHZ VIA WM8950 processor and a Mali-400 GPU, plus a 7 inch display with a resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels.

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Ubuntu Touch Preview Tablet And Smartphone Daily Builds Now Available

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 01:57 AM PST

Canonical has today announced that new daily builds of their recently announced Ubuntu Touch Preview for smartphones and tablets are now available to download from the Canonical website.

Currently the latest version of the Ubuntu Touch Preview is made of two parts which consist of a CyanogenMod 10.1 Android 4.2 ROM and an Ubuntu file system.

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HP Slate 7 Android Tablet In Action (Video)

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 01:54 AM PST

Yesterday HP announced a new Android tablet, the HP Slate 7 and now we have a video of the device in action, which gives us a look at the slate 7′s design along with some of its features.

The HP Slate 7 features a 7 inch display with a resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels, processing is in the form of a dual core Cortex A9 processor and it also comes with 1GB of RAM.

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HTC One To Be HTC’s Only Flagship Smartphone This Year

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 01:42 AM PST

Last week HTC announced their new flagship Android smartphone, the HTC One, and now it would appear that the company will be concentrating on this handset as their main flagship smartphone for 2013.

In previous years HTC have released a high end smartphone, like the HTC One X, and then a few months later an updated version, like the HTC One XL, although the company won’t be doing that this year.

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Instagram hits 100 million active users per month

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 01:36 AM PST

Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom mentioned that the app now has 100 million active users a month. That’s up 10 million from the 90 million that was reported 5 weeks ago. That big TOS controversy is clearly behind them.
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Razer Edge Preorders Starting March 1st 2013 (video)

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 01:10 AM PST

If you have been patiently waiting to get your hands on Razer’s new high spec Razer Edge gaming tablet, you will be pleased to learn that Razer will be accepting Razer Edge preorders from March 1st 2013.

To re-cap the new Razer Edge gaming tablet has been designed to be the most powerful tablet to date allowing gamers to enjoy PC gaming on  a tablet device. Watch the video after the jump to see the Razer Edge in action.

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Samsung Galaxy S3 Beats Apple iPhone For Best Smartphone Award

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 01:06 AM PST

The Samsung Galaxy S3 has been an incredibly popular device for Samsung, their most popular smartphone to date and now the handset has won the smartphone of the year award at Mobile World Congress 2013.

Samsung also won some other awards at this years MWC, which included device manufacturer of the year and also the best mobile infrastructure award, plus the outstanding overall mobile technology award.

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Samsung Galaxy S4 Specs Leaked (Rumor)

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 12:57 AM PST

We have been hearing a number of rumors about the Samsung Galaxy S4 specs over the last few weeks, and now we have some more possible specifications on the Samsung Galaxy S4.

According to Sammobile the Samsung Galaxy S4 specs include a 4.99 inch Full HD SoLux display with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels, we had previously heard that the Galaxy S4 would use Samsung’s new 8 core Exynos Octa 5 processor by now it would appear that the handset will come with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor with a clock speed of 1.9GHz.

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Adobe Photoshop Touch Launches On Smartphones For $4.99

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 12:54 AM PST

Adobe has this week launched a new version of its Adobe Photoshop Touch application which has been designed to specifically for smartphone devices.

The new smartphone version of Adobe Photoshop Touch is equipped with an almost identical set of features as its tablet app companion, and allows you to design on a smaller screen when required.

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HTC will launch more Windows Phone models this year

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 12:47 AM PST

Even while admitting that its Windows Phone 8 models have so far been disappointing, HTC says that it has a “good collaboration with Microsoft for a future release this year,” according to Tai Ito, HTC’s vice president for Global Product Planning.
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Diablo 3 On PlayStation Not Battle.net-Enabled

Posted: 26 Feb 2013 02:35 PM PST

Despite Blizzard’s Diablo 3 being synonymous with the Battle.net service on PC, the developer will not be connecting the console version of the game to its service. Another important difference between Diablo 3 in its current form and the upcoming console port is that the latter will feature offline single player support.

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Bioshock Vita Still Not Being Developed, Take Two & Sony Have Not Reached Terms

Posted: 26 Feb 2013 02:26 PM PST

Bioshock Vita, one of the most anticipated titles for Sony’s floundering handheld back when it was announced more than a year ago, has yet to reach production. Bioshock creator Ken Levine says it’s not a creative, but rather a business problem keeping the game from being made and if a solution is to come from anywhere, it will be Sony and Take-Two.

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