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Virtual Diva Hatsune Miku Rocks Taiwan And Hong Kong
Singularity Hub - 28 Oct 2012 17:24
Times, they are a changin’. I think when Bob Dylan penned the lyrics to his timeless song he had no clue that Hatsune Miku was coming. She continues to dance and sing her way into the hearts of thousands of fans a...
Hurricane Sandy may leave 10 million in dark
NBC News - 28 Oct 2012 22:00
Hurricane Sandy, the storm barreling toward the east coast of the United States, could leave at least 10 million people without power, according to a new model.
The Artist: Turns Out Silence Is Golden
Gizmodo - 28 Oct 2012 03:00
So The Artist was a big deal during the awards season of 2011, but I'm willing to bet a lot of you didn't go out to see it. I know I wasn't particularly stoked about paying up to go see a silent movie in theaters, but so...
IBM Breaks Another Barrier in Its Race to Beat Moore’s Law
Mashable - 28 Oct 2012 21:16
IBM has successfully created a processor powered by 10,000 carbon nanotubes instead of silicon transistors. More About: IBM, microprocessors, moore's law, trending
Anonymous takes aim at Zynga
CNET - 28 Oct 2012 19:11
The hacker group says layoffs at Zynga will lead to the "end of the US game market as we know it" as jobs get shipped overseas, and it vows to take action. [Read more]
Everything You Need To Ride Out a Serious Storm
Gizmodo - 28 Oct 2012 18:00
Unless you've been living under a rock, you know there's an epically huge storm about to crash against the East Coast. If you have been living under a rock, you might be about to drown under it. More »
Windows 8 primer: how to navigate Microsoft's new operating system
The Verge - 28 Oct 2012 16:00
Congratulations, you've installed Windows 8. Now what? Now, you have to figure out how to actually use Microsoft's new operating system before your boss, friends, or family expect you to do something productive. That's j...
Could paintballs deflect an asteroid headed for Earth?
The Verge - 28 Oct 2012 23:49
An MIT student has put forward an interesting theory: paintballs could deflect an asteroid's path enough to avert a collision with Earth. As demonstrated in the video below, a pair of perfectly-timed white paintball roun...
Danger lurks in counterfeit iPhone/iPad USB adapters
ZDNet - 28 Oct 2012 22:03
Recent testing of USB chargers for tableta and smartphones shows that Apple's dongles rate well above average, but the fakes could be hazardous to your hardware investment.
Watch Steve Jobs' Super Sleek Yacht Unveiled For Christening
Gizmodo - 28 Oct 2012 17:00
Venus, the incredible luxury yacht Steve Jobs had been designing up until his death a little over a year ago, seems to have made its first apperance as a finished product in the city of Aalsmeer in the Netherlands. Unsur...
These Crazy Light Patterns Stretch On to Infinity
Gizmodo - 28 Oct 2012 16:00
Mirrors can be for so much more than just gawking at your slack-jawed mug first thing in the morning. They can, for example, be used to give the illusion that towering designs made of light reach out past you, to an inde...
The Sad State Of Video Apps
TechCrunch - 28 Oct 2012 15:00
Editor's Note: Armando Kirwin is a filmmaker and consultant whose previous work has included Paramount Pictures, Microsoft, several startups, thirteen feature films, and a handful of TV shows. Follow him on twitter...
Here's a Maddeningly Short Video of the Purported Nexus 10 Tablet
Gizmodo - 28 Oct 2012 15:00
Thanks to Hurricane Sandy, Google's Android event in NYC got canceled, the one where we were ever-so-probably sure there was going to be an announcement of the Nexus 10 tablet. Well, we have the next best thing, kind of....
App City: New Apps Offer a Deeper Look at the Elections, Or Not
The New York Times - 28 Oct 2012 05:30Internet Explorer and Firefox teams celebrate new versions with cake-giving tradition
The Verge - 28 Oct 2012 00:27
Internet Explorer is no longer the completely dominant browser it used to be, but that hasn't stopped its team from continuing its cake-giving tradition with the makers of Firefox. According to Mozilla employee Matt Brub...
Tablet First, Mobile Second.
TechCrunch - 28 Oct 2012 00:00
Developers tend to think "mobile first, tablet second" because tablets seem like stretched out mobile devices, and mobiles tend to have much higher install bases. The devs reason that if they design for mobile first and ...
Dragon ship back on Earth after space station trip
Fox News - 28 Oct 2012 23:30
An unmanned space capsule carrying medical samples from the International Space Station splashed down in the Pacific Ocean Sunday, completing the first official private interstellar shipment under a billion-dollar contra...
Switched On: Tablets and tradeoffs
Engadget - 28 Oct 2012 23:30
This week saw the debut of two ARM-powered tablets by old rivals. One eschews traditional desktop input methods; the other embraces them. One occupies the high end of pricing in its class; the other is competitive with t...
The Best Ten Micro Photographs of 2012
Gizmodo - 28 Oct 2012 23:00
Nikon has announced the winners of their classic photomicrography competition. All the entries are spectacular, but these are the very best, the top ten. More »
Andy Plesser: Weather Channel Readies Universal Profile for Consumption Across 'Four Screens'
The Huffington Post - 28 Oct 2012 22:52Smug Apple Fans Secretly Lust After Microsoft Surface Tablets [SUNDAY COMICS]
Mashable - 28 Oct 2012 22:48
As Apple fanatics scoffed at Microsoft's fancy touchscreen Surface tablets, "The Joy of Tech" notes a twinge of envy on the part of some Apple acolytes. More About: Microsoft Surface, Sunday Comics, The Joy of Tech, appl...
Attention Rupert Murdoch: Steve Jobs Passed Away On October 5th, Not October 28th
TechCrunch - 28 Oct 2012 22:42
So this guy, Rupert Murdoch, who is supposed to know a thing or two about technology, tweeted this out today.