Diablo III Hotfixes - June (Updated 6/29)

Below you'll find a list of hotfixes which address various gameplay and service issues affecting Diablo III. Hotfixes are updates we make on our end without requiring you to download a new patch. Some of the hotfixes below will go live the moment they are implemented, while others may require your realm to be restarted to go into effect. Please

Google's Project Glass made available to developers

Project Glass lead designer Isabelle Olsson talks about the design of the Google glasses during the keynote at the company's annual developer conference. Photograph: Kimihiro Hoshino/AFP/Getty Images

Google will be selling the prototype version of its wearable computer glasses to US programmers attending its three-day Google I/O conference this week.

Developers willing to pay $1,500 (£961) for a pair of the glasses will receive them early next year.

The device, known as Project Glass, provides a way to search for information, read text messages, watch online video and post photos on social networks without having to fumble around with a

Facebook Shows Friend Log In Counts, Passive Aggressively Nudges You To Post

Facebook appears to be testing a new feature — a counter at the top of your news feed (right below the “update status” box) that tells you either that “X friends logged in recently” or “Your friends haven’t seen a post from you for X days.”

The new features were spotted by Techie Buzzand also tweeted by Huffington Post senior editor Craig Kanalley. I’ve emailed Facebook for more details, and I’ll update when I hear back.

TC reader Tim O’Neil says he has also seen a different version of the update status prompt: Instead of the usual “what’s on your mind?” he saw “start a conversation”. Since Techie Buzz

Facebook Hides Your Email Address Leaving Only @Facebook.com Visible. Undo This Poppycock Now

In an attempt to improve email address privacy, Facebook has screwed up big time in what seems like a self-serving attempt to increase usage of @facebook.com email addresses that direct to your Facebook Messages Inbox.

Now everyone’s personal email addresses have been hidden from their profiles, regardless of previously selected privacy settings. Instead, your@facebook.

Listen Music On Facebook While Chatting

Look out Turntable.fm, Facebook today launches its own simultaneous music listening group chat room feature. New “Listen With” buttons in Chat and news feed stories allow you to select a friend as your personal DJ. When clicked, you’ll instantly launch Spotify or Rdio and start hearing whatever that friend plays in real-time. Other friends can also join your

Ex-Googlers Launch MightyText, An iMessage For Android Users

During their lengthy careers at Google in both senior technical and product management roles, Maneesh Arora and Amit Sangani were able to geek out on products like AdSense, AdWords, and the now-defunct Google Health. Arora tells us that, while his time at Google was defined by smart people and ambitious ideas like these, in development there was often a tendency to “over engineer” without thinking about “the average user.” He said that, while Google employees always had Gchat open and used

‘Find Friends Nearby’: Facebook’s New Mobile Feature For Finding People Around You [Updated]

Facebook has created a new feature that lets users find friends and potential friends nearby. Initially called “Friendshake” and also accessible through a URL that is the abbreviation of “find friends nearby” (http://fb.com/ffn), it’s another step in Facebook furthering its reach into mobile, and creating services to meet new people — rather than building up more connectivity with the ones you already know. And, in keeping with Facebook’s emphasis on being as ubiquitous as possible, for now it’s not being delivered in a native app, but viathe mobile web. Update: it’s accessible via Facebook’s mobile apps, too (see below the break for more details, including comments from the developer).

The service comes a little under two months after Facebook announced the acquisition of Glancee,

Radio wars: Can the new Spotify feature challenge Pandora’s legacy

Spotify's new radio feature will challenge Pandora, but here's a harder look at how the two services stack up.

Today, Spotify announced its new radio feature for its iOS app. The music streaming service’s desktop client has long had this capability, but the mobile version has only offered up pre-made playlists or searchable content. The introduction has, to no one’s surprise, culminated in a renewed wave of “watch out, Pandora.” So, should it?

Best class system in RPGs belongs to Wizardry VII

One of the defining characteristics of the role-playing genre is its class systems. Although not every RPG has classes – Fallout or The Witcher, for example – some tend to be notable for their lack of classes. In some games, class is a single, permanent decision at the beginning of your adventure, and in others it's something that can be manipulated throughout. In most cases, though, it is the single most important aspect in determining how your characters interact with the game world. Thieves

10 best iPad apps for kids

Toddler and pre-schoolers take to the iPad and iPhone like the proverbial duck to water. There's something so intuitive and

Shouryya Ray, 16-Year-Old 'Genius,' Didn't Actually Solve Newton's 350-Year-Old Mathematical Problem

It was widely reported by the media last month that 16-year-old Shouryya Ray had solved a problem first posed by Sir Isaac Newton over 350 years ago that has baffled mathematicians ever since.

It was widely reported by the media last month that 16-year-old Shouryya Ray hadsolved a problem first posed by Sir Isaac Newton over 350 years ago that has baffled mathematicians ever since.

The Indian-born student, who lives in eastern Germany and was conducting an internship at Technische Universität Dresden, was hailed as a genius for working out two fundamental particle dynamics equations that previously could only be approximated using computers with partial solutions. Ray’s solutions allegedly allowed for exact calculation of a

Apple updates Cards and iBooks apps

Apple has released updates for its Cards and iBooks apps. The iBooks 2.1.1update is relatively minor, only addressing some stability and performance improvements and fixing an issue which prompted users to sign-in with their Apple ID at unexpected times.

In addition to stability and performance improvements the Cards 1.1 update also adds some new card styles, including cards for Mother's Day, new Get Well card designs, and additional cards for birthdays, thank you and more.
Both apps are free downloads.

iBook Lessons: Folium Book Studio

iBook Lessons is a continuing series about ebook writing and publishing.

 Folium offers a web-app based alternative to iBooks Author, allowing you to build EPUB and Mobi titles. They also can export HTML to support print-on-demand services.

Paid projects stay on the site and are archived. You can return and edit at any time. Free projects expire at the end of three weeks, at which time you lose edit capabilities. By upgrading to a paid project (US$30), you regain that access. Free projects are purged from the site after three months. In addition, you can bring your own ISBN or

Snapshot: LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes

There are so many games out there we couldn't possibly review them all. Welcome to Snapshot, where we highlight games that might fall outside our usual coverage but are still something we think you should know about. Today: LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes for Xbox 360, PS3, Wii and PC.

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I have a real soft spot for Travellers Tales' LEGO games. They certainly aren't the pinnacle of innovation, and they're not exactly on the bleeding edge of video game technology. Quite the contrary, they are simple and unembellished, using familiar mechanics and tried-and-true concepts. And, of course, LEGO titles all charm with their lampooning of whatever series they're based on, be it Star Wars, Harry Potter or Batman.

In other words, Lego games might not be groundbreaking, but they're generally reliable. In that respect, LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes seems no different, though it adds a wrinkle or two.

Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes (E3 2012)

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Criterion Takes Over Entire Need For Speed Series

Gamers were ecstatic when developer Criterion signed on for its first Need for Speed title in 2009, and with its second NFS game coming this fall in Most Wanted, the studio is poised to take full control of the franchise.

We talked to Criterion vice president Alex Ward at E3, and he revealed that from now on Criterion will be in charge of the entire franchise. When asked whether he thought EA's original plan to release a Need for Speed title of some kind every year was watering down the series, Ward said, "Maybe it's been that way in the past, but that's changed this year with what we're doing… Our stamp's going to be in everything you see in Need for Speed and Burnout going forward in the future. It's not going to be spread anymore across different companies. Different studios have had a crack at it - it's definitely a Criterion gig now.

"Going forward now, with Most Wanted and

Top 10 Ways to Get Free Wi-Fi Anywhere You Go

Whether you're traveling or just trying to get out of the house a bit more, there's one thing that plagues us everywhere we go: Wi-Fi. We may not have that cloud of Wi-Fi covering the planet yet, but you can find free Wi-Fi almost anywhere, if you know how to look. Here's what you need to know.

10. Know Which Hotels and Businesses Always Have Wi-Fi

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A lot of businesses these days offer free wi-fi, even big chains like Starbucks and

MASS EFFECT 3: EXTENDED CUT

The Mass Effect 3: Extended Cut is a downloadable content pack that will expand upon the events at the end of Mass Effect 3. Through additional cinematic sequences and epilogue scenes, the Extended Cut will include deeper insight to Commander Shepard’s journey based on player choices during the war against the Reapers. The Extended Cut will be available to download at no additional charge for Mass Effect 3 game owners starting on June 26 for PC and Xbox 360 customers worldwide. Playstation 3

Dreamworks is making the Need for Speed movie

Back in April, we heard that EA, script in hand, was courting several film companies (Paramount, Warner Bros. and Sony, specifically) over the prospect of making a movie based on the Need For Speed franchise. As it turns out, Dreamworks has taken the bait and will be fast-tracking the project for a 2014 release, the company announced today.

The screenplay, penned by brothers George and John Gatins, is not based on any specific game in the franchise, but rather the series as a whole, which means that the movie will have cars in it and be called "Need for Speed." It'll be directed by

Top 15 google tricks and secrets

There are lots of Google tricks to enhance yourproductivity. Below is a list of top 15 Google tricks that I believe everyone should be aware of it.

1. Google SSL


SSL stands for Secure Socket Layer

This is the new and in beta feature

Google Gtalk Shortcuts, Tips And Tricks

I like Google Gtalk because it’s light and fast. CPU memory usage is lower than MSN Live Messenger. Here are some shorcuts, tips and tricks to make your Gtalk experience better and more interesting. Full list after jump.

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Hold SHIFT and hit ENTER

Bold Text

To bold your text, put an asterisk (*) before and after content. [Example] *these will be bold*

Italic Text

To italic your text, put an asterisk (_) before and after content. [Example] _these will be italic_

Switch Between Chat Windows

FLAC to MP3 Windows Easy Way

FLAC or Free Lossless audio Codec is an advanced compressing Codec which provides high quality with compression (even better than Mp3, Mp3 is Lossy Flac is Lossless).

• The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has adopted the FLAC format for the distribution of high quality audio over its Euroradio network.
•  The Android operating system supports native FLAC playback since version 3.1.
•  Sony Zylo Walkman plays FLAC, and
• If you are a music junkie

Keeping Your Private Photos/Videos Hidden On Android [Quicktip]

Your smartphone is your personal device. It keeps many of your personal files and data, which includes private photos, videos and messages that you wouldn’t want to be seen by anyone. But keeping these files safe from family and friends may be troublesome especially when they are checking out your phone to view or try out your downloaded applications.

To keep your files safe and hidden in your phone, you may

20 Facebook Tips/Tricks You never Knew

If you surf Facebook on daily basis or occasionally, chances are you’re already familiar with regular stuffs like add/delete friends, update statuses, walls and profile, add and explore pages & applications, etc, but there’s more..

This week we want to cover some interesting things you can do on (or with) Facebook; inclusive of tricks that are not documented or unknown to many, as well as tips to stay connected better with your friends. Without further ado, here’s 20 Facebook Tips/Tricks You Might Not Know. If you have interesting tips/tricks related to Facebook, please feel free to share in the comment box below.

1. How To Place Facebook Chat On Firefox Sidebar

   If you are using Firefox,
   

The 30 best Windows Phone games

Windows Phone is coming into its own as a gaming platform—here are the games you must play now.

Don't let anyone tell you otherwise: While virtually no one was looking, Windows Phone 7.5 has fast become a great gaming platform. A few key developers—notably Zynga and OMGPOP, among others—aren't on board yet, but many of the big ones are. Windows Phone is even racking up some exclusives you can't get on Android or iOS. The best part: All the games listed here look great and play smoothly. Don't let Windows Phone's current lack of support for dual-core CPUs get to you.

It's only going to get better from here as well. Thanks in large part to Nokia's

Windows 8 and Non Touch

 

Introduction

There has been a lot of noise on the windows platform going touch, multitouch and what not and everybody seems to like it. The web is filled with thousands of positive reviews about it and how it will make using tablets a breeze.

But as an avid desktop user or even worse a laptop owner it is gonna take a toll of my hands. Passing my hands on the touchpad just to move from one side of screen to another is simply not an easy task and the RC Video of Microsoft makes me believe in the concept of Laptop-in-the-Microsoft-way which believes in having a touchscreen mounted on laptop keyboard.

• First thing it adds to cost of the laptop
• Second

How To Change Your Friends Status On Facebook-Prank

This is just prank not hacking. To perform this trick you need

1. Mozilla Firefox 5.0 or later
2. Firefox Plugin: Firebug (Download here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/firebug/)

When you are ready with these two materials, you are ready to start your trick. I admit that this trick is just to play pranks on friends and not a real hacking method. Facebook accounts cannot be hacked legally due to top level security.After installing Firebug,

Download Torrent File on Android Mobile For Free

All of us use Torrent to download the files from the internet. Torrent is the best way to download any files. Now these days everyone has a Smartphone and we all know that how important is the smart phone and how important is it. At this timeAndroid is the most popular OS in the market. So it is really essential to know in and out of your Android devices. Today I will be giving you a mobile trick on “how to download a torrent file on Android mobile or tablet using best Androidtorrent client”. So without wasting much time I will explain 

5 Reasons Google Hangouts Are Cooler Than Skype For Video Chats

Hangouts is Google’s take on chat rooms. Like many times before, Google has turned a good idea into something incredibly useful, while preserving simplicity and ease of use and thus making it fantastic.

In a previous article, I explained How To Use Google+ Hangouts To Meet With Friends. In this article I will focus on what it is that makes Hangouts so great and definitely cooler than Skype.

1. Free Video Chat With Up To 10 Participants

On Hangouts, you can invite up to 9 friends into a video chat with you and

AIEEE 2012 results declared

AIEEE 2012 results were declared on June 9. Students can check their results on http://cbseresults.nic.in/

Over 11 lakh students took AIEEE this year in both offline and online mediums.

Important dates:

The online registration, filling up of choices and choice locking: June 16-25

First round of seat allotment: June 27

The wait is over for these NIT aspiring candidates as AIEEE 2012 results are out.

How to check the results:

Students can check the results on http://cbseresults.nic.in/ and http://aieee.nic.in/aieee2012/aieee/welcome.html

AIEEE is one of the most prestigious entrance examinations conducted for admissions into the reputed NITs of the country.

This year AIEEE was conducted on April 29, 2012 at various centers across the country. The paper was conducted

Google unveils its new digital mapping service

San Francisco: Google, on Wednesday, unveiled its new digital mapping service in order to be more convenient and convincing for the users. 

In a live event , Google demonstrated 3D models of individual buildings and entire cities. The new features were shown off to members of the press on an Apple iPad, rather than an Android-based tablet.

Besides providing 26 million miles of driving directions, Google's maps will now include imagery of most of the world's neighborhoods. 
Google also has traversed 5 million

‘Satyamev Jayate’: Aamir Khan says treat the disabled as equals

                                                       
Mumbai: The sixth episode of Aamir Khan’s ‘Satyamev Jayate’ dealt with        the disabled section of the Indian society. The host, who has succeeded in striking an emotional chord with the masses, spoke about how people generally treat their disabled countrymen. 
Citing a number of inspirational messages through videos of disabled people, the episode discussed the rights to education for all, irrespective of physical ability.

However, the Indian society

How to Access Facebook When it is Blocked in Office, School or Workplace

You may be a working professional in a corporate environment and the sad thing is that Facebook is blocked at your office. So you can neither open your Facebook account at office nor you can chat with your Facebook buddies. Recently, I was trying to access Facebook.com in my college using a Wi-Fi connection but the page never loaded. The same was true with Twitter and Orkut. The reason is that the majority of the social networking accounts are blocked in corporate offices, schools, workplace and educational institutions. In such cases, you have to look for workarounds to open Facebook when it is blocked. Here are some options to consider.

Access Facebook with a Secure Web Proxy:

The easiest way to access

How to download Google Books?

Google Books is the greatest public Internet library but it’s not very convenient to read books there. First – the inbuilt reader is odd enough for long reading and contains a lot of distracting elements such as search box, navigation menus, related books, ads that divert your attention. You have to open browser each time you want to read a book at Google Books. Second, you can’t read Google Books when you are offline (there are still many places without internet connection in the world). You can’t print Google Books and read them in bed, but need to sit in front of computer screen that harms your eyes. And you can’t use your favorite E-Book Reader (such as Sony Reader,

How to Crack IDM Manually for Lifetime

Hello Friends,  today i am going to explain how to hack or crack Internet Download Manager (IDM) manually. IDM is the best Internet download manager available on internet but its not free and its cracked or patched versions contains viruses. Using this hack you can register the Internet Download Manager (IDM) for free using you own credentials i.e register on your Name and email ID.

-: How to Crack IDM Manually for Lifetime :-

I am explaining the manual hacking method because most of my users said that patch and keygen contain viruses. This hack also works for trail IDM that means download a trail IDM from there site and register the professional i.e. full version of IDM with your credentials for free using my hack.

Hack or crack IDM manually :

Step 1:

The Bhakra Nangal Project

I went to Bhakra Nangal yesterday and got to know some interesting things about the huge project which was appreciated by Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru in 1955. Here is a summary of the facts of  the project:-

• Bhakra Dam is multiple project providing water for irrigation, hydroelectric power and protection from flood.
• Bhakra Dam one of the high straight gravity concrete dam in the world 225.55 meters{740 ft}high which is more than 3 times the height of the famous Quitab Minar of Delhi.
• The Gobind Sagar Lake at full reservoir level extends over a length of 96.56 km{60 Miles}with surface area of 168.35 square kilometers{65.00 Sq Miles}. The storage capacity of the reservoir is 9621 million cubic meters{780 million acre ft}
• The project took 15 years to construction{1948-63}and employed 10 thousand workmen and 500 engineers.

• Over 52 lakh

Top 10 Android Apps

 1. AppAware – Version 3.1.3

    What’s new in this version:

• Great new Discover screen customized for you – with Top Apps, Top Games and news from Android And Me.
• Feeds (Worldwide, Around Me and From Friends) are now listed in the Browse section.

Speaking of AppAware,

Wi-Fi Tips

Most of us will buy a router, configure it and then forget about it like a bad dream unless you have to troubleshoot it many moons late. Here's a couple of tweaks you can apply to your under-appreciated router.
1)Disable SSID broadcast: tones of wireless security advocates prophesize this as the first step to prevent unauthorised access to your wireless network. People won't know about your Wi-Fi network if their wireless devices can't identify it. To disable your wireless network's name, disable it's SSID or service set identifier. Here is how to do it on most modern Wi-Fi routers. Open your router's admin panel through a browser (find it either at http://192.168.1.1 or http://192.168.2.1), type in your username and password, and hunt for the wireless settings tab. Once there, look for an option called Disable SSID broadcast and make the necessary changes. Save the setting and your router shouldn't broadcast the network's name anymore.
2)Limit connections: Another way of