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The 24 Hottest Athletes At The Sochi Olympics
Business Insider - 8 Feb 2014 23:11
The Olympics officially kicked off on Friday night and the games are finally underway. The competition this year is hotter than ever. Literally. From skiing to ice hockey to biathlon, we rounded up the steamiest athletes...
9 Surprising Things You Didn't Know About Cheetos
Business Insider - 8 Feb 2014 16:03
You love to scarf them down one after the other but what do you actually know about Cheetos? This brand of cheese-flavored, puffed cornmeal snack was invented in 1948, and since then its annual retail sales have gr...
Toyota Close To $1 Billion Deal To Settle Probe Into Unintended Acceleration Issues
Business Insider - 8 Feb 2014 05:40
(Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp is close to a deal to pay $1 billion to settle a U.S. criminal investigation into how it disclosed customers' complaints about unintended acceleration years ago, the Wall Street Journal re...
You'd Be Surprised By What Really Motivates Users
TechCrunch - 8 Feb 2014 07:00
Earlier this month, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone unveiled his mysterious startup Jelly. The question-and-answer app was met with a mix of criticism and head scratching. Tech-watchers asked if the world really needed anot...
Alleged Canon G1 X II Photo Leaked
Ubergizmo - 8 Feb 2014 02:19
According to the rumors, Canon is set to announce the successor of the G1 X in the form of the Canon G1 X Mark II (or G1 X II which is what the rumors are referring to it at the moment) on the 12th of February. This is t...
Studio May Digitize Philip Seymour Hoffman To Complete 'Hunger Games' Films
Business Insider - 8 Feb 2014 00:43
Philip Seymour Hoffman did not finish filming the last two installments in the blockbuster "Hunger Games" series before his death -- but digital technology may help filmmakers complete the job. Computer effects and camer...
26 Vintages Photos That Show How New York Has Transformed Since The 1970s
Business Insider - 8 Feb 2014 20:04
The Museum of the City of New York has published a collection of photos from Edmund V. Gillon that capture street scenes in New York in the 1970s and 1980s. Gillon has published more than a dozen books on New York City, ...
Sochi Problem? No Problem: Bobsledder Demolishes Jammed Bathroom Door
Mashable - 8 Feb 2014 16:16
Now this is how you handle one of those "Sochi problems." The catch-all term has been used this week primarily to reference the dilapidated, unfinished hotel accommodations journalists found upon arriving in the Winter O...
Woman Who Lit Olympic Flame in Sochi Tweeted a Racist Photo of Obama
Mashable - 8 Feb 2014 00:08
Friday's rather spectacular opening ceremony for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, was capped by the ceremonial lighting of the Olympic Cauldron. This is a huge honor, one that Russia bestowed upon acclaimed fig...
LINE Is Transforming From Messaging App To Mobile Media Platform
Business Insider - 8 Feb 2014 00:01
Mobile Insider is a daily newsletter from BI Intelligence delivered first thing every morning exclusively to BI Intelligence subscribers. Sign up for a free trial of BI Intelligence today. LINE REVENUE SOARS: Popula...
Convertii Turns Dropbox PDF Files Into Word Docs
Life Hacker - 8 Feb 2014 21:00
Web: You can automate your Dropbox with Wappwolf , including converting PDF files to TXT, but if you need your PDFs as Doc files to open in MS Word or other word processors, Convertii is the way to go.
2015 Mercedes-Benz S-Class Coupe: Rumor Roundup
Digital Trends - 8 Feb 2014 18:15
If you want a Mercedes-Benz S-Class but don't want to look like a tyrannical dictator, the 2015 S-Class Coupe is on the way. It will combine the luxury and technology of the S-Class sedan with more emotional styling. The...
Iran Sending War Ships Close To US Border
Business Insider - 8 Feb 2014 17:47
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A senior Iranian naval commander says his country has sent several warships to the Atlantic Ocean, close to U.S. maritime borders for the first time. The commander of Iran's Northern Navy Fleet, Adm...
Proposed law could end smartphone and tablet theft once and for all
BGR - 8 Feb 2014 07:30
We know that thieves have been increasingly targeting people’s smartphones and tablets for theft in recent years and the problem has gotten so bad that the New York City Police Department says that iPhone and iPad thef...
Google's super-secret EU antitrust deal already raising eyebrows
BGR - 8 Feb 2014 03:45
Google appears to have managed to avoid a costly fine in Europe where the Competition Commissioner Joaquín Almunia was investigating the company for antitrust practices related to its local Search business, after a thir...
US lawmakers call for stronger power grid security after sniper attack
The Verge - 8 Feb 2014 01:46
A military-style attack on a electrical substation in California last April nearly shut down power in the state, and raised serious questions about the security of US infrastructure. Now a group of lawmakers are asking i...
Google must post news of privacy fine after French court refuses to suspend order
GigaOM - 8 Feb 2014 01:42
Google lost an emergency appeal, meaning it will have to post a notice in the middle of its French homepage for a period of 48 hours that tells users it violated their privacy.
The Brutality Of Cross Country Skiing In One Surreal Photo
Business Insider - 8 Feb 2014 21:52
Here's the finish line after Saturday's women's cross-country skiing event, the skiathlon 7.5 km classic + 7.5 km free. The three medalists, Norway's Marit Bjoergen, Sweden's Charlotte Kalla, and Norway's Heidi Weng, are...
NSA Whistleblower Thomas DrakeTranscript: Obama's NSA Policy, Benghazi, 911, Problems with NSA...
OpEdNews - 8 Feb 2014 21:17
Thomas Drake returns to my show to discuss Snowden, NSA, Obama, Benghazi, 911 and more
Olympic Snowboarder Writes Phone Number On His Helmet, Gets So Many Naked Pictures That His iPhone Breaks
Business Insider - 8 Feb 2014 18:16
He got eliminated before the finals of the slopestyle competition, but Russian snowboarder Alexey Sobolev is already one of the big winners of the Sochi Olympics. The 22-year-old painted his cellphone number in giant blu...
Detained American Returns to N.Korea Labor Camp
Time - 8 Feb 2014 07:35
Kenneth Bae was moved from a hospital
Taliban: Prisoner military dog demanding best food, bedding
New York Post - 8 Feb 2014 06:16
This ain't no scrap-eating, junkyard dog. The NATO military dog captured by the Taliban in a fierce firefight won't eat the gruel that local Afghan mutts wolf down. So his...