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Photo of the day: Mission Meekatharra
AFP Relax News, Published on 10/07/2013
» On Tuesday in remote Western Australia, the mission of the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) got its official start. Located near Meekatharra, the low-frequency, wide-field radio telescope was switched on and began gathering its first data from the skies, in its role as a test precursor of the ambitious Square Kilometre Array (SKA) telescope, the most sensitive telescope in the world, designed to get more information about the early period of the universe. The MWA uses a total of 2048 antennas to capture radio waves, some dating back as many as 13 billion years. When the SKA is in full use, it is set to have 2.5 million antennas. Construction is set to begin on the SKA in 2016, with preliminary operation expected as early as 2020.
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PC download charts: 'Final Fantasy VII,' 'Rogue Legacy'
AFP Relax News, Published on 09/07/2013
» "Final Fantasy VII" arrives on the Steam store and is propelled straight to number one by Monday, July 8, and "Rogue Legacy" improves on its great first week, while summer sales rage on GamersGate and GOG.
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'Battlefield 4' publisher partners with AMD
AFP Relax News, Published on 20/06/2013
» As part of a push for next generation gaming, graphics card company AMD is teaming up with Electronic Arts to ensure that EA's games, from "Battlefield 4" onward, will be optimized for AMD's line of cards and computer chips.
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Next-gen consoles battle for new gamers
AFP Relax News, Published on 11/06/2013
» Sony and Microsoft will be battling for the spotlight at the E3 videogame show with new consoles designed to put them at the heart of home entertainment.
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'Tetris' inventor creates new mobile game: iOS app 'Marbly'
AFP Relax News, Published on 04/06/2013
» Best known for coming up with the hypnotic "Tetris," Alexey Pajitnov has launched his latest game, "Marbly," on the Apple App Store.
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Canon beats Nikon in accidental damage tests
AFP Relax News, Published on 22/05/2013
» Just as an argument has raged for the best part of 30 years between Windows and Mac users as to which operating system is the best, a similar tribal war has raged between professional (and talented amateur) photographers as to whether Nikon or Canon rules the SLR and latterly DSLR roost. Now SquareTrade has waded into the rivalry between the two iconic companies' offerings with a drop test.
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Top iPhone apps: Dumb Ways To Die, Hardest Game Ever 2
AFP Relax News, Published on 16/05/2013
» Around the world the iPhone app Hardest Game Ever 2 is proving popular with iPhone users in the USA, while in Australia iPhone users have been playing the darkly comic Dumb Ways To Die. Details of this and other top free iPhone applications by country for the week, by number of downloads, recorded on May 15, can be found below.
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World's first tweet sent seven years ago
AFP Relax News, Published on 21/03/2013
» Twitter may now be a booming social network with over 200 million active monthly users but it all started on March 21, 2006, when one Jack Dorsey sent the world's first tweet.
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A rebooted 'Thief' set for next-gen in 2014
AFP Relax News, Published on 07/03/2013
» The foundational "Thief" series reboots itself for a fourth outing with an anticipated release on PC, PlayStation 4 and Microsoft's next console in 2014.
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In smartphone's wake comes the intelligent watch
AFP Relax News, Published on 01/03/2013
» After the smartphone, the intelligent watch promises to become the latest hi-tech trend, allowing wearers to peek at messages and even take calls without touching their phones.
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