Friday, March 4, 2016

Rare blue whale footage captured in New Zealand and other top stories.

  • Rare blue whale footage captured in New Zealand

    Rare blue whale footage captured in New Zealand
    Movie review: Hail, Caesar! The new Coen Brothers film about old Hollywood has its moments but its narrative juggling act doesn't come off.
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  • How the PC gaming industry is challenging consoles like the Xbox One and PS4

    How the PC gaming industry is challenging consoles like the Xbox One and PS4
    This weekend sees the first ever PC-specific, major gaming convention to be held in the UK.It's easy to assume that it's a bit unnecessary given there are many other conventions held and consoles dominate sales. But, quietly, over the past few years PC gaming has made a bit of a comeback. It's challenging the idea that the video games industry revolves around the Xbox and PS4, and we've been finding out how it's happened. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYWX3T6Va_8 Image caption 27 million peo..
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  • Animal Logic to Push Digital Animation Creative Boundaries With Brocade Networking Solutions for the New IP

    New Core Network Will Cost-Effectively Eliminate Complexity and Make Network Operations Far More Agile and Responsive SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA--(Marketwired - Mar 7, 2016) - Animal Logic, one of the world's most accomplished digital animation and visual effects studios, is gearing up to work on the data demands of the next generation of 3D movies by investing in new network switches from Brocade (NASDAQ: BRCD). The Sydney-based studio, which recently opened a new site in Vancouver, has seen i..
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  • Singapore ready to deal with threat to corals

    Singapore ready to deal with threat to corals
    Safeguards targeting rarer coral species to be put in place if seas become too warm: NParks Even though Singapore has lost over 60 per cent of its coral reefs through extensive land reclamation, its waters are still home to about a third of the world's hard coral species. But they could still be under threat - this time from warming seas as a result of climate change.The National Parks Board (NParks) is ready to jump into action if sea surface temperatures creep up to a point that Singapore's c..
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  • Solar eclipse on March 9: What you need to know and where to view it in Singapore

    Solar eclipse on March 9: What you need to know and where to view it in Singapore
    SINGAPORE - A solar eclipse will take place next Wednesday (March 9), and thousands are expected to gather at various vantage points across the island to view it. Solar eclipses occur when the moon crosses between the sun and the earth, forming a shadow on the earth's surface. Here are some things you should know about the eclipse. When will the eclipse occur? Wednesday's solar eclipse will happen between approximately 7.20am and 9.30am. The peak of the solar eclipse will be at 8.23am, where a ..
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  • 'The Division' DLC Could Be Liberty Island Venue For 'Last Stand' -- 'Survival' Expansion To Be All Dark Zone

    'The Division' DLC Could Be Liberty Island Venue For 'Last Stand' -- 'Survival' Expansion To Be All Dark Zone
    Recent promotional art for Tom Clancy’s The Division, illustrating the DLC expansions, has displayed some interesting artwork regarding the third Last Stand expansion in the Season Pass. It was suggested by VG 24/7 that the venue in which this would take place would be on Liberty Island, considering the art is that of a skull in place of the Statue of Liberty’s face. #TheDivision | YEAR ONE! pic.twitter.com/iingU2xnHH — The Clancy Zone (@TheClancyZone) March 3, 2016 The promotional image was pr..
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  • Fungus fossil gives clues to oldest land-dweller

    Fungus fossil gives clues to oldest land-dweller
    Three filaments of Tortotubus from Gotland, Sweden, showing the growth of secondary branches along the main filament.— Photo: Reuters/Martin R. Smith Scientists have identified the oldest fossil of any land-dwelling organism yet found — an early type of fungus from 440 million years ago which likely kick—started the process of rot and soil formation, encouraging the growth and diversification of life on land.This early pioneer, known as Tortotubus , displays a structure similar to one fou..
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  • Apple's Genius Bar takes to Twitter with @AppleSupport

    Apple's Genius Bar takes to Twitter with @AppleSupport
    We're ready to believe you – Apple's blue-shirted geniuses have discovered Twitter. Rather than line up to speak with a genius in a blue shirt, Apple users can now turn to Twitter with their iTech queries.Encountering a technical problem with your iGadgets can often leave you trawling the forums in search answers, especially when Apple has a habit of dragging its feet when it comes to acknowledging bugs with its products. Now the tech giant has taken a proact..
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  • German court rules Facebook can ban fakes

    German court rules Facebook can ban fakes
    German court rules Facebook can ban fakesFacebook may prevent its users from using fake names following a ruling from a German court, that overturns a previous order from the Hamburg data protection authority.The ruling on Thursday is a coup for the social network firm which has long argued its real-name policy ensures people know who they are sharing and connecting with and protects them from the abuse of the wide-open internet.The Hamburg data protection authority, which is responsible for pol..
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FFA fills financial $12m black hole after securing Socceroos naming sponsor .Cairns abduction and torture allegations: Pair denies involvement .
Two tourists dead after Cairns hotel pool drowning .Three dead, 60 ill in flu outbreak at Cairns aged care facility .

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