Thursday, April 25, 2013

Steam's Latest Beta Lets You Limit Your Download Speed

Today, the Steam beta client gained the ability to limit download speeds. This makes it easier for users on slow connections to manage their bandwidth.

In order to use the new feature, you'll need to be part of the Steam Beta. To enter the beta, follow these steps:

  1. Under Settings in Steam, click the Account tab.
  2. Click "Change" below "Beta participation."
  3. Select "Steam Beta Update" to enter the program.
  4. Restart Steam.

Once that's done, here's how to limit your download speed:

  1. Under Settings, click the Downloads tab.
  2. Click the drop down box below "Limit downloads to the following bandwidth."
  3. Select your preferred maximum download speed.

That's it! From that point on, your cumulative download speed should not exceed your selected proportion of bandwidth.

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Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Iraq: Clashes erupt at Sunni protest site

BAGHDAD (AP) ? Officials in Iraq say clashes have erupted between demonstrators and security forces in a northern Sunni town, leading to multiple casualties.

Sheikh Abdullah Sami al-Asi, a Sunni provincial official from Hawija, said the fighting began early Tuesday morning when security forces entered the protest area and tried to make arrests.

He says scores of people have been wounded or killed. Hawija is 240 kilometers (160 miles) north of Baghdad.

A United Nations spokeswoman in Iraq, Eliana Nabaa, confirmed that there are multiple casualties. She urged both sides to immediately lay down their weapons.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/iraq-clashes-erupt-sunni-protest-074205054.html

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Today on New Scientist: 23 April 2013

'Big Brother' applicants wanted for one-way Mars trip
The Mars One project has officially opened its application process for wannabe astronauts willing to go on a televised mission to the Red Planet

Sichuan quake highlights threat to China's dams
Quakes and large-scale engineering projects are entwined ? tremors damage dams, but building reservoirs may in turn make areas more quake-prone

Beautiful bug biscuits to tempt the squeamish
You may not eat insects now, but if they looked as attractive as they are nutritious, would you join the 80 per cent of the world's population that does?

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A new video shows slivers of tissue that mimic human livers to improve drug testing ? they bring lab-grown organs for transplant a step closer too

Nano-sized protractor measures molecule movement
Add this to your tiny pencil case ? a measuring tool made of gold might help us see how DNA moves as it replicates

Radioactive bacteria nuke pancreatic cancer in mice
"Dirty bombs" strapped to listeria bacteria cleared tumours in mice with the most lethal human cancer

Space oddity: Putting quantum weirdness into orbitMovie Camera
What happens when our two greatest theories of reality meet? Soon quantum theory and relativity could be slugging it out above our heads

Investigators seek trigger for Texas blast
A huge cloud of ammonia vented from the fertiliser plant in West, Texas, is one theory for what caused last week's fatal explosion

We can save Iraq's 'Garden of Eden'
Engineer Azzam Alwash is intent on restoring the fabled Mesopotamian marshes in southern Iraq that Saddam Hussein tried to wreck

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Ryan Lochte on critics: Haters are 'a given'

(AP) ? What would Ryan Lochte do if he became the brunt of a joke? Ignore it.

The 28-year-old Olympic gold medalist-turned-reality TV star addressed the ups-and-downs of fame at the E! Network Upfront in New York on Monday.

He's experienced both in recent days.

A new reality series "What Would Ryan Lochte Do" premiered Sunday on E! It debuted on the heels of an unflattering video that went viral over the weekend where he appeared in an interview via satellite with Fox affiliate WTXF in Philadelphia. The segment itself? while rather dull and maybe a little awkward? became the most entertaining when it ended. The anchors doubled over with laughter over Lochte's response to some of their questions and wondered out loud how producers would have enough material to put together a TV show about him.

On the E! carpet, Lochte said he takes any naysayers in stride.

"The more known you get in the public eye, the more haters you're gonna have and that's a given," he rationalized. "But, you know what? All the haters, all the name calling goes through one ear (and) out the other and I don't mind it. The way I look at it the more haters I have it means I'm doing something right."

He credits swimming with helping him to block out the noise of negativity.

"With swimming I've been known to cut out everything. The crowd, everything. Just focus on me and my lane and what I need to accomplish so I can do that pretty much in life too."

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Monday, April 22, 2013

10 Things to Know for Today

Sister Emmanuel, of the Sister Disciples of the Divine Master, prays before Mass at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston, on Sunday April 21, 2013. Prayers were said for the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings and the subsequent manhunt and first responders. (AP Photo/The Boston Globe, Pat Greenhouse)

Sister Emmanuel, of the Sister Disciples of the Divine Master, prays before Mass at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston, on Sunday April 21, 2013. Prayers were said for the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings and the subsequent manhunt and first responders. (AP Photo/The Boston Globe, Pat Greenhouse)

This citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center AMC which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows members of the free Syrian Army hiding behind scrap metal during an attack against Syrian government forces, in the neighborhood of al-Amerieh in Aleppo, Syria, Sunday, April. 21, 2013. The Syrian opposition called on Hezbollah to withdraw its fighters from the country immediately, as activists said regime troops supported by pro-government gunmen linked to the Lebanese Shiite militant group battled rebels Sunday for control of a string of villages near the Lebanon-Syria border. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center AMC)

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:

1. POLICE: BOSTON SUSPECTS PLANNED MORE ATTACKS

Commissioner Ed Davis says Tamerlan and Dzokhar Tsarnaev had an arsenal of homemade explosives with them at the gunfight in suburban Watertown.

2. A WEEK LATER, A MOMENT OF SILENCE

Gov. Deval Patrick asks residents to pause today at 2:50 p.m., the time the first of two bombs exploded.

3. SEARCH CONTINUES FOR CHINA QUAKE VICTIMS

Relief teams dynamited through landslides to get food and water to isolated communities in Sichuan province, where 188 were killed and more than 11,000 injured.

4. TALIBAN CAPTURES 9 HOSTAGES FROM HELICOPTER

Insurgents took all people aboard the civilian transport after it made an emergency landing in a Taliban-controlled area of Afghanistan.

5. BRACING FOR FLIGHT DELAYS AFTER FURLOUGHS

Los Angeles and New York City airports were backed up after 15,000 air traffic controllers were taken off the job because of government spending cuts.

6. SUSPECT IN RICIN CASE BACK IN COURT TODAY

The hearing for Paul Kevin Curtis could reveal what evidence authorities have from his home in the poisonous letter-mailing case.

7. LARGE DEATH TOLL FEARED NEAR DAMASCUS

Activists say six days of clashes in two Syrian towns may have killed hundreds of people, a dramatic spike in the rising death toll in the civil war.

8. 5 DEAD IN WASHINGTON SHOOTINGS

One suspect was shot by police, two were found dead in a parking lot and two others in an apartment complex south of Seattle.

9. WHY DOCTORS WARN AGAINST THE 'CINNAMON CHALLENGE'

Swallowing a spoonful of the spice in 60 seconds ? a prank depicted on YouTube ? has caused hospitalizations and a surge in calls to poison centers.

10. REESE WITHERSPOON ARRESTED IN ATLANTA

The Oscar-winning actress, charged with disorderly conduct, asked a state trooper, "Do you know my name?" after her husband was pulled over and given a sobriety test.

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