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Teenagers including girls who play violent video games over a number of years tend to become more aggressive towards other people, a new long-term study has warned. Researchers from Brock University in Canada said the study was the first to show a clear link between a sustained period of playing violent games and subsequent increases in […]
Orbiting a star that is visible to the naked eye, astronomers have discovered a planet twice the size of our own made largely out of diamond. The rocky planet, called ’55 Cancri e’, orbits a sun-like star in the constellation of Cancer and is moving so fast that a year there lasts a mere 18 […]
Another day, another leaked image or snippet of information about the iPad mini. As more and more stories emerge, the only questions that remain are when the iPad Mini will make its debut and how much it will cost. The latest images, posted by the Twitter feed @SonnyDickson, shows that the iPad will have a rear-facing […]
Thousands of people on Twitter complaining that they can not log into their accounts anymore. Is it a technical malfunction or something more serious? Eric Weaver tried logging in to his Twitter account this summer, but he was locked out. A hacker had broken into his account and changed the password. But it didn’t end […]
Angry Birds maker Rovio Entertainment will be hoping to prove it’s no one hit wonder when it launches Bad Piggies on Thursday, just as players seem to be tiring of the game they’ve been addicted to for the past three years. The new game will feature pigs which strike back at the birds who attacked them […]
Google Turns 14 Today Google turned 14 Thursday and celebrated its birthday with a doodle of a rich chocolate cake. Google was inscribed across the cake and seconds after opening the site, the 14 candles atop the delicacy get extinguished. A click on the doodle displayed a list of Google products. Larry Page and Sergey Brin […]
The iPhone 5 has sold more than 5 million units and now a number of those buyers are having complaints with their new phones, which is unusual for the brand. Heading up the list of top complaints is the spotty maps app that has with this model replaced the Google Maps app. Other complaints include the […]
Recycling ATM gives cash for old mobile phones. A recycling ATM offers gadget freaks the option to trade in their discarded mobile phones for cash, rather than dumping them when they go in for the latest model. Californian company ecoATM has rolled out the machine that is sophisticated enough to see if a screen is cracked, evaluate unwanted […]
The French government has summoned Facebook Inc managers to appear before the country’s data watchdog to explain how some of its users came to believe their privacy had been infringed on the social network, it said in a statement early on Tuesday. Two ministers said they had intervened after seeing reports that private messages between Facebook users […]
North American 3D film profits dropped by 18 percent last year compared to 2010’s figures. The 3D-ready US and Canadian markets struggle to cope with consumer fatigue: “Consumers criticize uneven content quality and overpriced tickets,” according to PwC. On a global scale, 3D is expanding as theaters renew their infrastructure to accommodate digital technology — especially […]