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iPhone 3GS Battery Balloons To Verge Of Exploding
Ubergizmo - 2 Feb 2014 20:10
It certainly won’t surprise anyone to hear that a smartphone’s battery burst or caught fire. There have been a lot of those incidents, and the device doesn’t necessarily have to be old to suffer such a fate. Last y...
Time-Lapse GIF Shows The Sun Rising At The Super Bowl Stadium
Business Insider - 2 Feb 2014 16:43
The NFL Network started their Super Bowl Sunday broadcast with this cool clip of the sun rising at MetLife Stadium this morning in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The field is covered and heated, the seats are empty, and Su...
Leonardo DiCaprio Opens Up About a Childhood Filled with Junkies and Prostitutes
Popdust - 2 Feb 2014 01:07
Growing up, Leonardo DiCaprio's neighborhood had "a major prostitution ring on my street corner, crime and violence everywhere," The Wolf
U2's 'Invisible' Hits Facebook Before Super Bowl Debut to Fight AIDS
Mashable - 2 Feb 2014 18:58
Fresh off winning Best Original Song for "Ordinary Love" at last month's Golden Globe Awards, U2 is teasing 60 seconds of its new song "Invisible" during a Super Bowl ad break. Facebook users, however, can get a an early...
Perfumed Horoscope: February 3-9
Fragrantica Perfumes - 2 Feb 2014 18:52
This week you may experience a close encounter with your future. Last week brought some realizations that may have seemed pretty rough, but now it's time to build a new future on that fresh new clarity. The keywords for ...
Woody Allen's Adopted Daughter Details Alleged Abuse
Time - 2 Feb 2014 00:37
Twenty-two years haven’t erased the tarnishing legacy of accusations levied against Woody Allen for allegedly molesting his adopted daughter, Dylan Farrow. Two weeks after the director was awarded a Golden Globe for li...
Defensive struggles add up for No. 3 Duke women in 88-67 loss to No. 2 Notre Dame
Fox News - 2 Feb 2014 23:51
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The best writing of the week, February 2
The Verge - 2 Feb 2014 17:31
We all know the feeling. You're sleepless in the sad hours of the night or stumbling around early on a hazy weekend morning in need of something to read, and that pile of unread books just isn't cutting it. Why not take ...
Bryant has 3 players score 20-plus points in its 76-67 win over Sacred Heart
Fox News - 2 Feb 2014 23:57
Dyami Starks scored 22 points to lead three Bryant players with 20-plus points as the Bulldogs beat Sacred Heart 76-67 on Sunday.
ROUBINI: 'Optimism About Emerging Markets Is Probably Correct'
Business Insider - 2 Feb 2014 06:23
Economist Nouriel Roubini earned the nickname "Dr. Doom" after correctly predicting the credit crisis and then subsequently forecasting bearish scenarios for economies around the world. More recently, the epicenter of ri...
Millennials have little tolerance for stocks, risk
New York Post - 2 Feb 2014 05:09
The Great Recession is haunting today's millennials. New York public high-school teacher Brian Heiss is hardworking and as financially conservative as someone born during the Great Depression --and a surprising...
The Top Destinations For Foreign Investment Dollars
Business Insider - 2 Feb 2014 02:39
It might not be surprising to learn that the U.S. is the top destination for foreign direct investment (FDI). According to new United Nations data cited by U.S. Trust's Joseph Quinlan, the U.S. accounted for $159 billion...
Russia's Dyatlov Pass Incident May Have Been Explained By Modern Science
Slashdot - 2 Feb 2014 00:00
swellconvivialguy writes "Fifty-five years ago, nine young Russians died under suspicious circumstances during a winter hiking trip in the Ural mountains. Despite an exhaustive investigation and the recovery of the group...
Minimum-wage debate rages on
Chicago Tribune - 2 Feb 2014 08:00eBay and PayPal UK domains hacked by Syrian Electronic Army
ZDNet - 2 Feb 2014 02:36
UPDATED. In its ongoing firestorm of breaches and defacements, the Syrian Electronic Army penetrated websites belonging to PayPal UK and eBay and provided visual examples on its Twitter feed.
Required Reading: The Economist's Special Report On Tech Startups
TechCrunch - 2 Feb 2014 01:00
It's not every day we here at TechCrunch just point to someone else's work and say, "Here, you should go read this." But today's an exception, because The Economist has put together a 16-page Special Report on the rise o...
[AppleTell] Your weekly GOG is not without SiN
Technology Tell - 2 Feb 2014 00:59
[From AppleTell] This weekend's GOG promo has little to offer Mac gamers, but their new titles feature Octodad: Deadliest Catch and a return to 2000 with SiN Gold.
Al-Nusra Front claims deadly Lebanon bombing
Al Jazeera English - 2 Feb 2014 00:53
Sunni group named after al-Qaeda's Syrian branch calls blast in Hermel a response to Hezbollah's involvement in Syria.
Microsoft's Super Bowl ad might make you cry (in a good way)
CNET - 2 Feb 2014 23:56
In an ad featuring a voiceover from former NFL player Steve Gleason, who now suffers from ALS, Microsoft surfaces empowerment that might remind some of an old Microsoft campaign.
Here's how to destroy a computer holding government secrets
Digital Trends - 2 Feb 2014 23:18
In a newly released video, Guardian journalists take drills, saws and electromagnetic devices to hard drives holding information leaked by Edward Snowden, in response to demands from the UK government. The post Here’s ...
Create a Detailed, Offline Itinerary Spreadsheet for Easier Traveling
Life Hacker - 2 Feb 2014 23:00
After travelling to 16 countries in three months, Sarah Chang has picked up a few cool travel tips. The most important tip: make sure you have all your information on your phone, ready for offline access. She suggests ma...
Facebook Paper: The new playground for brands
Geek Time - 2 Feb 2014 16:51
A few days ago, Facebook introduced Paper: a mobile app that will turn your Facebook news-feed into a brand new visual experience