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Battlefield 4 for Xbox One supports Kinect head tracking for leaning

The Xbox One port of Battlefield 4 may have a resolution of 720p, but that version of EA's military shooter will have a couple of extra features that no other will have, thanks to the Xbox One's Kinect sensor. EA has confirmed that players will be able to use their head in the game with the additional Kinect support.

What does that mean? Well, according to Polygon, Battlefield 4 on the Xbox one will allow players to track their head movements when the Kinect sensor is used. This mean gamers will be able to lean and peek around corners in the game world just by moving their heads. The article says this will make a big difference in terms of gameplay as gamers will be able to expose just part of their virtual body when they are in corners.

In addition, Battlefield 4 for the Xbox One will be able to accept voice commands from players, again thanks to the Kinect hardware. Gamers will be able to request ammo, call a medic and more with their voice. Battlefield 4 is one of the 21 planned launch games for the Xbox One, which officially goes on sale on November 22nd.

Source: Polygon | Image via battlefield.com

Norton AntiVirus 2014 v21.3.0.12

Norton AntiVirus defends your computer against viruses, spyware, worms, bots, and other malicious software while minimizing the performance impact onto your computer. This enhanced protection system features multi-layered protection technologies that work simultaneously to proactively block cyber-attacks and detect and remove malicious threats before they can harm your PC. Norton AntiVirus offers a quick install time, fast boot time and has low memory needs which reduce the burden onto a system.
With this release, you’ll experience better-than-ever 4 layer protection system that will quickly detect and eliminate almost any threat, no matter where you go or what you do online. Cloud based Norton Management lets download, install, transfer, update or renew Norton products from anywhere right over the internet.

Key Benefits:

• Best protection and performance ever
• Compatible with Microsoft Windows 8 and Windows 8 Pro (32-bit and 64-bit)
• Norton Protection System: Four unique layers of protection keep you and your Stuff safe from threats, so you can go more places and do more things online without worry.
• Browser Protection: Gives you the freedom to safely surf, shop, socialize, and enjoy all of your favorite online activities by stopping online threats before they can reach you and your Stuff.
• SONAR 4 Behavioral Protection: Protects you and your Stuff from threats that haven’t even been identified yet, so you can share files and go online safely, without having to wait for updates.

What's new in this version:

• Added a new client with updated and secure version of OpenSSL
• Patched IDSafe which also picks up the new client build
• Fixed an issue where Norton Product crashes when Norton Tasks window kept open.
• Fixed an issue where users were unable to login/logout from the Norton Main User Interface
• Few in-field fixes

Download: Norton AntiVirus 2014 21.3.0.12 | 281 MB (Shareware)
View: Norton Antivirus Website | Release Notes
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Christiano Ronaldo has no idea 'how much money he has'

The Real Madrid player was named as the world’s most marketable footballer last week, beating Lionel Messi and Gerard Pique. He is also the world’s highest paid footballer, taking home an estimated €21million (£17million) every year.
“I don’t know how much money I have,” he said. “It’s not the money that moves me. “It’s true that at first it did, when I had nothing.”

The Portuguese sportsman grew up in Funchal, Madeira and says that his family’s financial situation was difficult when he was a child.

“Then I wanted to have money for me and my family because I was raised with nothing, we were very poor. I had no toys or presents at Christmas,” he said.

“I shared the room with my brother and two sisters, and my parents slept in the other room.
“It was a small space, but I don’t feel sorry for myself. Now that things are OK, money’s no longer fundamental.”

He went onto state that his new ambition is to “win the largest number of trophies, both individual and collective”. The sportsman – who recently appeared nude with girlfriend Irina Shayk on the cover of Vogue – says that it is his strength of mind that has enabled his success.

Ronaldo is known for his theatrics on the pitch – last weekend he scored Real Madrid’s fourth and final goal in the club's Champions League final victory over Atletico Madrid and celebrated by ripping off his shirt, flexing his muscles and roaring.

“Only those who deal with me and play with me really know me,” he told The Sun.

“If I weren’t so strong psychologically, I wouldn’t have been able to play in the clubs I did. I have no doubt about that.”

He admits that, regardless of his impressive character, defeat isn’t something that he handles deftly.
“I don’t like losing and when it happens I cuss for three or four minutes, but it’s over in no time. All it takes is a hug from my mates.”

Apple pull iPhone cannabis drug dealing game 'Weed Firm' after it topped the charts in all categories on iPhone and iPad

"WEED FIRM", A drug dealing iPhone game where users grow and sell cannabis has been pulled by Apple after rocketing to number one on the App Store.

In Weed Firm, players control character Ted Growing, who inherits a commercial marijuana operation and looks to expand his empire.

But users were furious when the game disappeared from the App Store on Tuesday and its creators Manitoba Games insist it was 'entirely Apple's decision'.

The game has dozens of different strains of cannabis and sees players overcome various challenges such as dangerous gangsters and crooked cops.

Manitoba posted a statement on their website attributed to the main character Ted, who appears to take a swipe at everything from the Teletubbies to Angry Birds.

It said: "As you might have noticed the game is no longer available on the Apple App Store. This was entirely Apple's decision, not ours.

"We guess the problem was that the game was just too good and got to number one in All Categories, since there are certainly a great number of weed based apps still available, as well as games promoting other so-called 'illegal activities' such as shooting people, crashing cars and throwing birds at buildings."

The game was also available on Google Android but was removed after the company had 'a problem' with their publisher according to Manitoba.

Ted added: "One thing we can promise you is that we will be back! The Apple version might need to be censored a bit to comply with Apple's strictest requirement since they are going to be looking very attentively at what we submit from now on.

"Google never had a problem with the application itself. The problem was with our publisher and we are expecting to return to the Play Store once we find a suitable publisher."

Manitoba now says they will try and censor the game more to hopefully meet the approval of Apple bosses.

The statement said: "As for the other platforms we will endeavor to make it as censorship free as possible while assigning the highest maturity rating to the game.

"We do not want kids playing Weed Firm, but we firmly believe that adults should have a choice to do whatever the hell they want as long as they are not hurting anybody in the process.

"If we let hypocrites determine what content is suitable for us we will soon all be watching Teletubbies instead of Breaking Bad."

7 Tricks for good Posture at work

If you have an office job, it's difficult to avoid the pitfalls of sitting and slouching. However, there are plenty of little tricks you can use to improve your posture gradually.

If you have an office job, it's difficult to avoid the pitfalls of sitting and slouching. However, there are plenty of little tricks you can use to improve your posture gradually.

1. Keep your ears in line with your shoulders.

If you're leaning too far forward or backward, your posture is off-kilter. Use this trick whenever you're sitting at your desk. 

2. Practice small shoulder and chest exercises.

Here are a few worth trying out: 

• Try a wall angel. Stand up against a wall with your legs spread apart, and hold your arms up on either side of you in a 90-degree angle. Slowly raise your arms up and down. Do this at least 15 times.

• Shoulder shrugs: Lift and lower your shoulders up and down. The movement will loosen you up.

3. Uncross those legs.

The correct way to sit in a chair requires you to place your feet flat on the ground. That means no crossing your legs or sticking them out in front of you.

If making your feet completely flat is uncomfortable, prop your feet on something. A small laptop stand or some old, thick books could work as makeshift props. 

4. Try using a lumbar support pillow.

A lumbar support pillow does some of the work for you by supporting your spine. You'll be forced into the correct position every time you sit down. For a quicker fix, use a folded or rolled-up towel.

5. Pull back your shoulder blades.

Drawing them back and down will bring your chest up and out, and help you avoid getting rounded shoulders.

6. Do sneaky desk exercises.

Here are a few exercises you can do while sitting at your desk:

• Sit upright, then lift your arms overhead, keeping your elbows straight. Interlace your fingers and bend slowly to the right side, then the left side.
• Cross your left leg over your right leg. Cross your body, placing your right arm over your left leg. Look over your left shoulder and slightly twist your body. Repeat this on the opposite side.
  
  
• Stretch out your left leg, pointing your toes forward. Then point your toes upward. Repeat this five times, then do it with the other leg.
• Desk yoga: Check out the YouTube video above for a simple yoga routine you can do in six minutes at your desk.

7. Get up and move every so often.

Sitting for long periods of time is really terrible for the body. Your blood flows slower, abdominal muscles get weaker, bones get thinner due to inactivity and your life expectancy decreases. Unless you use a standing desk, it's difficult to avoid sitting all day. 

If you can't leave often, try to incorporate mini-walks into your daily schedule, getting up every hour or so. In addition, start taking the stairs, and take breaks to stand up and walk to bathrooms that are farther away. Integrating constant motion into your work routine also has an added benefit: It improves your efficiency and concentration.

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The 101 most useful websites

List of amazing websites that can be useful for you and solve atleast three problems really well whereas the good thing is that they all have simple and short web addresses or URLs that you can easily memorize thus saves your time.

    1. screenr.com - -  record movies of your desktop and send them straight to YouTube.
    2. ctrlq.org/screenshots - -  for capturing screenshots of web pages on mobile & desktops.
    3. goo.gl - - shorten long URLs and convert URLs into QR codes.
    4. unfurlr.com - - find the original URL that's hiding behind a short URL.
    5. qClock - - find the local time of a city using a Google Map.
    6. copypastecharacter.com - - copy special characters that aren't on your keyboard.
    7. postpost.com - - a better search engine for twitter.
    8. lovelycharts.com - - create flowcharts, network diagrams, sitemaps, etc.
    9. iconfinder.com - - the best place to find icons of all sizes.
    10. office.com - - download templates, clipart and images for your Office documents.
    11. followupthen.com - - the easiest way to setup email reminders.
    12. jotti.org - - scan any suspicious file or email attachment for viruses.
    13. wolframalpha.com - - gets answers directly without searching - see more wolfram tips.
    14. printwhatyoulike.com - - print web pages without the clutter.
    15. joliprint.com - - reformats news articles and blog content as a newspaper.
    16. ctrql.org/rss - - a search engine for RSS feeds.
    17. e.ggtimer.com - -a simple online timer for your daily needs.
    18. coralcdn.org - - if a site is down due to heavy traffic, try accessing it through coral CDN.
    19. random.org - - pick random numbers, flip coins, and more.
    20. pdfescape.com - - lets you can quickly edit PDFs in the browser itself.
    21. viewer.zoho.com - - Preview PDFs and Presentations directly in the browser.
    22. tubemogul.com - - simultaneously upload videos to YouTube and other video sites.
    23. dabbleboard.com - - your virtual whiteboard.
    24. scr.im - -share you email address online without worrying about spam.
    25. spypig.com - - now get read receipts for your email.
    26. sizeasy.com - - visualize and compare the size of any product.
    27. myfonts.com/WhatTheFont - - quickly determine the font name from an image.
    28. google.com/webfonts - - a good collection of open source fonts.
    29. regex.info - - find data hidden in your photographs – see more EXIF tools.
    30. livestream.com - -  broadcast events live over the web, including your desktop screen.
    31. iwantmyname.com - - helps you search domains across all TLDs.
    32. homestyler.com - - design from scratch or re-model your home in 3d.
    33. join.me - - share you screen with anyone over the web.
    34. onlineocr.net - - recognize text from scanned PDFs - see other OCR tools.
    35. flightstats.com - - Track flight status at airports worldwide.
    36. wetransfer.com - - for sharing really big files online.
    37. hundredzeros.com - - best-sellers on all subjects that you can download for free.
    38. polishmywriting.com - - check your writing for spelling or grammatical errors.
    39. marker.to - - easily highlight the important parts of a web page for sharing.
    40. typewith.me - - work on the same document with multiple people.
    41. whichdateworks.com - - planning an event? find a date that works for all.
    42. everytimezone.com - - a less confusing view of the world time zones.
    43. gtmetrix.com - - the perfect tool for measuring your site performance online.
    44. noteflight.com - - print music sheets, write your own music online (review).
    45. imo.im - - chat with your buddies on Skype, Facebook, Google Talk, etc.
    46. translate.google.com - - translate web pages, PDFs and Office documents.
    47. kleki.com - - create paintings and sketches with a wide variety of brushes.
    48. similarsites.com - - discover new sites that are similar to what you like already.
    49. wordle.net - - quick summarize long pieces of text with tag clouds.
    50. bubbl.us - - create mind-maps, brainstorm ideas in the browser.
    51. kuler.adobe.com - - get color ideas, also extract colors from photographs.
    52. liveshare.com - - share your photos in an album instantly.
    53. lmgtfy.com - - when your friends are too lazy to use Google on their own.
    54. midomi.com - - when you need to find the name of a song.
    55. bing.com/images - - automatically find perfectly-sized wallpapers for mobiles.
    56. faxzero.com - - send an online fax for free – see more fax services.
    57. feedmyinbox.com - - get RSS feeds as an email newsletter.
    58. ge.tt - - quickly send a file to someone, they can even preview it before downloading.
    59. pipebytes.com - - transfer files of any size without uploading to a third-party server.
    60. tinychat.com - - setup a private chat room in micro-seconds.
    61. privnote.com - - create text notes that will self-destruct after being read.
    62. boxoh.com - - track the status of any shipment on Google Maps – alternative.
    63. chipin.com - - when you need to raise funds online for an event or a cause.
    64. downforeveryoneorjustme.com - - find if your favorite website is offline or not?
    65. ewhois.com - - find the other websites of a person with reverse Analytics lookup.
    66. whoishostingthis.com - - find the web host of any website.
    67. google.com/history - - found something on Google but can't remember it now?
    68. aviary.com/myna - - an online audio editor that lets record, and remix audio clips online.
    69. disposablewebpage.com - - create a temporary web page that self-destruct.
    70. urbandictionary.com - - find definitions of slangs and informal words.
    71. seatguru.com - - consult this site before choosing a seat for your next flight.
    72. sxc.hu - - download stock images absolutely free.
    73. zoom.it - -  view very high-resolution images in your browser without scrolling.
    74. scribblemaps.com - - quickly create custom Google Maps online.
    75. alertful.com - - quickly setup email reminders for important events.
    76. picmonkey.com - - Picnik is offline but PicMonkey is an even better image editor.
    77. formspring.me - - you can ask or answer personal questions here.
    78. sumopaint.com - - an excellent layer-based online image editor.
    79. snopes.com - - find if that email offer you received is real or just another scam.
    80. typingweb.com - - master touch-typing with these practice sessions.
    81. w3schools.com - - free tutorials of most of the computer languages
    82. timerime.com - - create timelines with audio, video and images.
    83. stupeflix.com - - make a movie out of your images, audio and video clips.
    84. safeweb.norton.com – check the trust level of any website.
    85. teuxdeux.com - - a beautiful to-do app that looks like your paper dairy.
    86. deadurl.com - - mailvu.com – send video emails to anyone using your web cam.
    87. minutes.io   - - quickly capture          effective notes during meetings.
    88. youtube.com/leanback - - Watch YouTube channels in TV mode.
    89. youtube.com/disco - - quickly create a video playlist of your favorite artist.
    90. talltweets.com - - Send tweets longer than 140 characters.
    91. pancake.io - - create a free and simple website using your Dropbox account.
    92. builtwith.com - - find the technology stack of any website.
    93. woorank.com - - research a website from the SEO perspective.
    94. mixlr.com - -broadcast live audio over the web.
    95. radbox.me - - bookmark online videos and watch them later (review).
    96. tagmydoc.com - -  add QR codes to your documents and presentations (review).
    97. notes.io - - the easiest way to write short text notes in the browser.
    98. ctrlq.org/html-mail - - send rich-text mails to anyone, anonymously.
    99. fiverr.com - - hire people to do little things for $5.
    100. otixo.com - - easily manage your online files on Dropbox, Google Docs, etc.
    101.ifttt.com - - create a connection between all your online accounts. 

hope you'll like it.