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For the first time in Cirque Du Soleil’s 30-year history, a performer dies in the middle of the show: this weekend, during the show “Ka” at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Sarah (Sassoon) Guyard fell to her death when the wire she was hanging from “just snapped.” People magazine reports that the show was canceled immediately. Further...

BioWare is getting ready to launch the 2.3 update for its MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic and fans of the George Lucas created universe will be able to get access to a new combat pet called Treek, an Ewok that can offer valuable help.Gamers will be able to travel to CZ-198, a new moon that has new missions to explore and enemies...

Adobe has acknowledged a flicker issue with Photoshop CS6 installations on the latest MacBook Air computers from Apple.The flicker creates screen-wide black boxes, and even the whole screen goes black at times, as shown in the video demonstration above.Chris Cox with Adobe is convinced that the flicker is “either a bug in the...

Mobile phone users in the United States interested in the purchase of a Nokia Lumia 928 smartphone on the network of Verizon Wireless can now take advantage of an appealing offer that Amazon has available for them, with the smartphone down to only $0.99 (€0.76). To benefit from the deal, users will have to sign up for a two-year...

South Korea has taken the spotlight over the past week due to another series of cyberattacks against high-profile organizations. It all started at the beginning of the week, when the South Korean government was forced to shut down several of its websites...

A new “iPhone 5S” case is making the rounds showing what the device could look like in a vibrant shade of green, seemingly supporting rumors that Apple is expanding the color set of its iPhone range this year.A lot of rumors are flying around saying Apple will actually go with plastic for the iPhone’s enclosure this year, and...

Galaxy Note III, the next smartphone in Samsung’s popular Galaxy Note series, is expected to arrive on the market in different flavors, including one that might pack a 5.99-inch flexible AMOLED display, recent reports on the matter claim. The smartphone has been rumored before to sport a flexible screen, but no official confirmation...

One year after undergoing the most extensive successful face transplant surgery in medical history, Richard Norris has got a new lease on life. He is going out in public and he has gotten a lot of his old life back. According to the Inquisitr, he had been refusing to leave his home for the last 15 years, since a gunshot wound...

Andrei Dumitrescu: This weekend the 100th edition of Le Tour de France starts in Corsica, with cycling becoming the focus of the sports world for the next three weeks as riders tackle stages across France and try to get their hands on the Maillot Jaune,...

The development team working on Pro Evolution Soccer 2014 is delivering a six minute video for the upcoming football simulation title that's designed to offer the most important information about its new feature set.The footage is taken directly from the new Fox Engine and shows how players will perform on the pitch and the...

Google has revealed the first renders of the massive headquarters it's planning in London. The company has been involved in a grand plan to rehabilitate London's King Cross area. The search giant bought a huge stretch of land there for $1 billion (€765 million) and is building a rather large complex. The building is stretched...

Star Chart is one of the apps that got improved in the last 24 hours, and in addition to lots of improvements, the famous star gazing and astronomy tool is now offered free of charge. Non-Windows RT devices are now provided with voice control to fly to a specific location, but also with dynamic 3D-generated particle for Planetary...

Monster Hunter 4 is more than two months away from its official launch date and the development team at Capcom is willing to offer more information on the area that players will be able to explore and the creatures they will battle.Siliconera reports that a Famitsu story mentions a new map named Volcanic Caverns.Gamers will...

The development team at EA Sports is ready to reveal the official cover for its upcoming FIFA 14, which features Lionel Messi, widely seen as the best players in the world at the moment, full of joy and ready for action.This is the international cover, which means that EA Sports might modify it for local markets, adding an emblematic...

The popular Twitter application has been updated for BlackBerry users, and is already available for download on devices running under BlackBerry OS 5 and higher, namely version 4.2. There are some appealing new features available for BlackBerry devices as part of this update, including Image Viewing Enhancements with photo card...

Mark Cerny, the leader of the development team who created the PlayStation 4 at Sony, is set to give a presentation about the console and the titles associated with it at the Gamelab conference in Barcelona. The entire presentation will be livestreamed and all gamers interested in the next-generation console can watch it below....

Netflix is one of the apps that got improved today, so users who have it installed are recommended to launch the Store to get the new version. According to the official release notes, this new version was specifically designed to fix some of the bugs reported by users in the previous builds, so it should provide significantly...

Recently, South Korean mobile phone maker LG Electronics made official a new device in the Optimus L-series, namely the LG Optimus L4 II, which can now be seen on the company’s website in India, with a price tag of Rs. 9,850 ($162 / €125) attached to it. The smartphone features a 1GHz processor inside, as well as a 3.8-inch...

For a short while, it looked like Edward Snowden had found a new best friend in the form of WikiLeaks. It didn't last long though, as now the organization is distancing itself from the whistleblower, saying that it has decided not to legally represent him and that it has no knowledge of his whereabouts. The organization may...

Only a few months ago, Apple was the most valuable company in the world with no way to go but up. Things changed though, and the stock market turned against the company almost as viciously as it was pushing it upwards moments before. While Apple still sells plenty of devices and still makes a huge amount of money, its market...

Guy Longworth, a senior vice president of PlayStation brand marketing for Sony, believes that his company currently has no reasons to cut the price of its PlayStation Vita handheld.Speaking in an interview to GamesIndustry.biz he states, “We’re about value, we’re trying to offer value.”He adds, “With PS Vita we feel that $250...

If you’re a Windows 8 user, you most likely know that Metrotube is one of the top YouTube apps available in the Store right now, so the parent company is updating it on a regular basis. A new version that reached the Windows Store today comes with new video play keyboard shortcuts, so you can always turn to space, arrows and...

A new poster for the upcoming “The Wolverine” has been released and it’s perhaps the most striking of the lot. Done in a similar sumi-e style as this one, it has Jean Grey front and center – painted in blood and ink. Check it out in full above, just click to enlarge. Collider notes that it’s Fox’s Chief Creative Officer...

A man has proposed to his girlfriend of five years in a manner that she will definitely not forget. He decided to surprise her while they were on a JetBlue Flight and carefully planned out the way he would make his intentions known. He created a photo montage of all the places that they have seen together and small bits and...

Despite the trend towards niche fighting games in the industry, the development team at Nintendo working on the new Super Smash Bros. wants to make sure that the experience has a broad appeal and delivering plenty of fun moments. Masahiro Sakurai, one...

Sony announces that it will launch the PlayStation 4 home console on the Indian market before the end of the year, on a schedule that will be linked to the release logistics of the European market.Atindriya Bose, the country manager at Sony India, is quoted by VG247 as saying that, "It will be matched with the European launch;...

Tomorrow should prove a great day for Xperia enthusiasts out there, as the Japanese handset vendor is expected to announce at least two new mobile phones, one of which is said to be the 6.4-inch Xperia Z Ultra phablet. The device has made it to the headlines quite a few times before, although it hasn’t been officially confirmed...

OpenELEC, an embedded operating system built specifically to run XBMC, the open source entertainment media hub, is now at version 3.1.0. This is actually a testing version of the 3.2.x branch and it's not considered a stable release. Highlights of OpenELEC...

Video game publisher Electronic Arts is not using the III in the title of the new Dragon Age: Inquisition in order to make sure that players understand that the new game will not be a direct sequel for the franchise.Frank Gibeau, the leader of the EA Labels division, tells IGN that, "We just wanted to draw more attention to...

A team of researchers writing in a recent issue of the scientific journal PLOS ONE detail how, because of the new weather patterns brought about by climate change and global warming, both bison and other grazing animals presently inhabiting the Great Plains...

Owners of Windows Phone devices can now download and install a new popular application, namely Tapatalk, long expected to arrive on Microsoft’s mobile OS. The application will provide users with the possibility to easily stay connected to favorite communities...

Japanese mobile phone maker Sony Mobile has reportedly started to push out a new software update for the owners of the Xperia U (ST25) smartphone, namely firmware version 6.1.1.B.1.100.Unfortunately, the new software flavor is still based on the Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system version, and keeps the 3.0.8 kernel,...

Visitors to the Smithsonian’s National Zoo can now catch a glimpse of an adorable sloth bear cub born about six months ago, on December 19, 2012. Only 18 zoos across the United States presently exhibit this species, which is why people will most likely flock to see Hank, as this sloth bear cub is named. Zoo staff explain...

Sean O’Brien, the executive producer working on NBA Live 14, says that the EA Sports studio devoted to the franchise has the technology and the knowledge required to capture the essence of basketball in the upcoming video game.In a letter to fans the developer says that this consists of “1-on-1 isolation both in the perimeter...

Left 2 Die – Hidden Object has just reached the Windows Store, so adopters of Microsoft's new operating system can download it right now. The game packs 10 levels, 400 hidden objects, stars and achievements, so you can compete with friends by going through several challenges. “We have a level map which will remember your progress,...

Testifying in court in the wrongful death trial against AEG Live, expert Dr. Charles Czeisler told the court that Michael Jackson had been displaying classic symptoms of sleep deprivation over a long period of time because of Dr. Conrad Murray’s illegal practices. Practically, as the CNN video below will confirm, by administering...

Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag Game Director Ashraf Islamil admitted that multiplayer naval battles were considered for the upcoming title but, during the development, the experiences didn't work as intended.Assassin's Creed 4 takes the naval mechanic of its predecessor and puts it into the spotlight, as players take control...

An Apple 1 from 1976 is going up for auction at Christie’s next week and they expect to get at least $500,000 (€380,700) on the decades-old device. One of the first computers ever built by college dropouts Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak is going under the hammer next week and the bidding starts at $300,000 (€228,427), Detroit...

The new Opera 15 may be based on Chrome, but the browser maker isn't copying all of the features – sometimes by choice, sometimes because it can't. One area where Opera is striking out on its own is the PDF viewer. Google Chrome comes with a built-in PDF viewer, which is a plugin that ships with the browser and runs in the...

Apple would have loved to get its latest MacBook Air laptops selling without any problems, but buyers seem to have found a problem with them: the wireless connectivity. The new 802.11ac connection works fast, no doubt about it, but it has problems. In a thread on the Apple Support Communities website, people have been reporting...

Disney has recently launched its popular game Where’s My Mickey? on Windows 8, bringing some exclusive content on Microsoft’s new operating system. “Where's My Mickey? introduces a whole new world of life-like physics-based gameplay with stimulating weather mechanics and humorous animations. Immerse yourself in the ultimate...

The development team at Respawn Entertainment is delivering a new behind the scenes video for its upcoming Titanfall, which givces some more information on the core game mechanics and explains why the experience will be different from that offered by any other game on the market.The video features producer Drew McCoy and other...

Wireless carrier AT&T has already started to send pre-ordered Galaxy S4 Active smartphones to its users, ahead of the June 21 release of the device, new reports on the matter unveil. Starting with June 19, the phone has started shipping to users, although the pre-order period for it hasn’t ended, as AndroidAuthority notes....

Domain name registrar Moniker has started notifying customers that its systems have been hacked. As a precaution, all passwords are being reset. “Moniker’s Operations & Security team has discovered and blocked suspicious activity on the Moniker network...

The folks at Mode 7 have finally released the long awaited Android version of their highly acclaimed Frozen Synapse title. The game is now available for purchase via Google Play, but it’s also part of the Humble Bundle 6 which includes seven Android games: Broken Sword: Director’s Cut, Aquaria, Fractal, Organ Trail: Director’s...

Today Microsoft has announced that it is reversing its stance on Digital Rights Management for the coming Xbox One home console, in a move that has surprised many players.This means that the console does not need to connect to the Internet every 24 hours and there are no restrictions to trading and lending game disks.Don Mattrick,...

Feedly has announced that the "Feedly Cloud," i.e. the company's replacement for the Google Reader API, is now live. The new Feedly cloud makes it possible to sync feeds and read items between devices. The cloud is also available to other apps via an API. Several developers are already working with it, and more will follow....

G DATA AntiVirus 2014 is slowly becoming a top security product for many Windows users out there, even though it’s not yet as popular as similar products developed by Kaspersky and ESET. And still, it’s very important to know that version 24.0.1.5 comes with several important improvements, including a re-engineered user interface...

South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung has started the delivery of a new software update for the owners of Galaxy Note II handsets in Europe, with PDA version N7100XXDME6. Unfortunately, the new software does not include a platform upgrade inside, and the phone remains on Android 4.1.2 even after it has been applied. However,...

Eric Holmes, one of the developers working at Warner Bros Montreal, says that fans who loved the Batman titles created by Rocksteady will be satisfied by the upcoming Arkham Origins even if they are skeptical at the moment.He tells Gamespot that, "as soon as you’ve got the pad in your hand, you’re going to see that this game...

A new smartphone from Nokia has received the necessary approvals from the FCC, namely the Nokia RM-941, which is said to be only a mid-range device. The phone, previously spotted in AdDuplex’s database, should arrive on shelves with a WVGA resolution screen, a recent article on WMPoweruser notes. At the FCC, the handset...

Adobe's Creative Cloud was announced a month ago, and it is now becoming available to everyone. With the new Creative Cloud, despite the name, Adobe isn't switching to a new software model, just a new payments model. Customers will still be able to use the same old Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, and so on, but will have...

As in most things, in browsers, it's the little things that count. Most modern browsers are fast, most can handle what the web can throw at them and most are reasonably feature-rich. For most people, the choice of prefered browser comes to familiarity and small, but useful features.Firefox is now adding one of those small and...

App discoverability service Appsfire has been promoted to version 4.3 to include a new feature called the App Pulse, “your source for the hottest news in the App Store as it happens.” By installing the new version users are able to know about new apps straight from the Appsfire network, which curates titles and developers for...

South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung Electronics is getting ready for the launch of a new Galaxy S4 model, one that will land on shelves with support for LTE-Advanced connectivity, and which might hit shelves before the end of this month. The handset should arrive on shelves with the same specs as the Galaxy S4, except...

For whoever isn't familiar with the name, HAWKEN is an online multiplayer action game involving mechs. It's the sort of thing teenagers, especially those from Japan, are likely to go crazy about. Patriot decided to take advantage of the strength of the...

A document coming from a self-proclaimed Microsoft engineer says that the coming Xbox One is pretty much a console implementation of all the features the Steam has already brought to digital distribution.The Pastebin document also says that Microsoft wants to move the entire gaming industry towards the digital space but it has...

The team at The Creative Assembly wants Total War: Rome 2 to be the biggest PC based video game of the year and it seems that despite the introduction of the Xbox One and the PlayStation 4 there's no chance of seeing the game on next gen devices.Jamie Ferguson, the leading battle designer working on the game, tells Joystiq that,...

The Debian project announced the immediate availability for download of the first maintenance release of the Debian 7 Linux operating system.Debian 7.1 is just a maintenance update with a lot of fixes and security updates implemented.Highlights of Debian 7.1:•...

Just like many other built-in features, the Windows Store is going to be redesigned in Windows 8.1, especially because Microsoft wants users to find the apps they're looking for a bit easier.As you can see in this photo gallery, the new Windows Store indeed seems to adopt a more modern look, together with a cleaner approach...

Facebook is unveiling something next week. It's not saying, what obviously, but it has invited the press to come and see the shiny new product. Like every time a company makes an invitation like this, the speculation ran wild. But this time around, there...

Following a few months of wait since the official announcement on its arrival, MobileBits GmbH’s Soulcraft mobile game is now available for purchase on Windows Phone 8 devices. The game will plunge users in the middle of a confrontation between humans, angels, and forces of evil, while allowing them to play as an angel to...

After DuckDuckGo, another two search engines have noticed a spike in the activity on their sites in the aftermath of the PRISM scandal where three major search engines are involved: Google, Bing (Microsoft) and Yahoo. StartPage and Ixquick, two small search engines that come from the same company, announced that they have surpassed...