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Gamers hoping to upgrade to an all-digital lifestyle were met with disappointment when the Xbox One and PS4 were revealed to only have a hard drive storage capacity of 500GB. Soon after release, the PS4 was revealed to reserve 92GB of that space, making the effective available space of the HDD 408GB. The Xbox One hides how much HDD space ...

A chip shop which serves battered Christmas pudding is serving deep fried Ferrero Rocher [CAVENDISH] The Ambassador’s favourite has been given an unusual makeover and is now being served coated in batter to customers at one chippy. Corinne and John Clarkson are serving the dish alongside deep friend mince pies and battered Christmas pudding. Locals who pick up the fried ...

Douglas Mason/Getty Images Jazz guitarist, pictured performing during the Newport Jazz Festival 2013 in August, died Tuesday in his sleep. Jim Hall, one of the leading jazz guitarists of the modern era, whose subtle technique, lyrical sound and introspective approach strongly influenced younger proteges such as Pat Metheny and Bill Frisell, died early Tuesday at age 83, his wife said. ...

MICHAEL GIBSON/ASSOCIATED PRESS Do ‘Mean Girls’ get a boost in school? High school students who were rated more attractive than average tended to have better grades than their peers, researchers found. Being hot in high school may be the equivalent of extra credit. High school boys and girls considered more attractive than the bulk of their classmates had higher GPAs ...

Warner Bros. Pictures Warner Bros. says the second “The Hobbit” movie, set to be released on Friday, actually constitutes a remake. Powerhouse movie exec Harvey Weinstein and his brother sued Warner Brothers Wednesday for $ 75 million over the studio’s decision to divide their “The Hobbit” film into three installments and refuse to pay the Weinsteins their share of revenue ...

A research group at MIT’s CSAIL has created a high-resolution, 3D motion tracking system that works through walls and other obstructions. From a static location connected to a computer, the system can track you as you walk around your house. Even when tracking you through walls or obstructions, it has enough resolution to detect gestures, such as lifting your arm. ...

Now that Steam, PSN, and Xbox Live are widespread and feature-rich, it’s easy for some of us to assume that we’re already living in the all-digital future. With super-fast fiber-optic internet connections and huge hard drives, many gamers haven’t touched physical media in years. Sadly, not everyone is so lucky. Within the United States, many of us are stuck with ...

Instagram New Zealand singer Lorde with her boyfriend, James Lowe.One Direction fans unleashed a racist tirade of Tweets at her. What has “Royals” singer Lorde done to provoke the ire of One Direction fans? The singer, who has been vocal about her opposition to the high-flying lifestyle brand espoused by current pop stars, has never been quoted slamming the band ...

BERTRAND LANGLOIS/AFP/Getty Images Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) founder Jean-Claude Mas was sentenced to four years behind bars, and his bankrupt company was ordered to pay up to 40 million euros ($ 55 million) in damages. MARSEILLE, France — A disgraced French businessman was convicted of fraud and sentenced to four years in prison on Tuesday for filling tens of thousands ...

Deadspin Derek Jeter’s charm was enough to bring a man back from the brink, reports Deadspin. Is there a good looking shortstop in the building? Derek Jeter reportedly saved the day at an event Tuesday when he helped a man in the throes of medical distress, a tipster tells the sports website Deadspin. RELATED: JETER FOR MAYOR? YANKEE RECEIVES VOTES ...