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Considering that Hugo was a flick capable of earning 4 out of 4 stars from noted 3D hater Roger Ebert , it will be interesting to see how it’s received upon its home release February 28th. Nominated for 11 Academy Awards and currently rocking a 94 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes , the fantasy tale of a boy who crosses paths with legendary filmmaker Georges M

Blizzard has announced that 100,000 more Diablo 3 beta invites have been sent out in North America, so if you opted in to beta access with your Battle.net account, you should log in and see if you’ve gotten a notification. Blizzard warns that phishing activity may increase with this new wave of invites, so take care. If you weren’t one of the lucky one hundred thousand, don’t fret: Blizzard promises to send out more invites eventually. You can go back to rolling classes now!

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Remember the Sony Xperia S that was launched during CES 2012 last month? The phone was reported to be arriving sometime in March in the UK, but it looks like it’ll be arriving in Japan a month earlier. According to reports online, the phone (known as the Xperia NX in Japan) will go up for pre-order on February 10th and will be arriving on NTT DoCoMo on February 24 th – about a week earlier than the UK release. Since the dates aren’t too far apart, we can only hope that it will be the same for the US version as well. The Sony Ericsson Xperia NX/S will feature a 1.5GHz dual-core processor, a 4.3″ 1280 x 720 display with Reality Display and Mobile Bravia Engine, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, and a 12-megapixel camera with Exmor R photo sensor. Anybody looking forward to pick up this device? By Ubergizmo . Related articles : Sony Xperia arco HD and Xperia NX announced for Japan , Sony Xperia S shipping this month in the UK? ,

The amount of stuff we trust to fly in and out of our smartphones is astounding . Just look at what happened when a couple of reporters got access to an unwitting (and rather unlucky) Apple employee’s iMessages alone — within days, they learned more about him than most people know about their closest friends. Now, imagine all the stuff that could fly in and out of a government official’s phone, or that of a highly-ranked member of the military. Forget saucy texts and booty pictures — we’re talking about state secrets, here. Looking to keep their secrets underwraps while on the go, the U.S government is working on a build of Android custom-tailored to meet their security requirements. Word of the project comes from CNN , who notes that U.S. officials/soldiers aren’t currently allowed to send any classified data over their smartphones. If they need to transmit anything that might sink ships (so to speak), they currently need to find a secured (generally meaning hardwired) line hooked to an approved device. Here’s the gist of the project: A limited number of soldiers will get …

Nobody wants to eat poultry with Salmonella and die. Good thing some food researchers at Drexel University have figured out how to use plasma to blast the bacteria off raw chicken so that not only is your food safe, but so is your kitchen.