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Into the vault: the operation to rescue Manhattan's drowned internet
The Verge - 17 Nov 2012 17:01
At Broad Street, near the tip of Lower Manhattan, the situation is far from normal. Many streets in the area are closed off and packed with trucks, equipment, and generators. Manhole covers are open everywhere. Verizonâ...
14 Black Friday Tech Deals Start Early at Walmart
Mashable - 17 Nov 2012 23:38
1. Apple iPad 2 — 16GB $399 Click here to view this gallery. This year Walmart is starting Black Friday on Thursday, so you can get an early start on your holiday tech savings. You'll need to gobble up your Thanks...
The 5 best name-brand HDTVs under $800
NBC News - 17 Nov 2012 23:36How PC makers destroy the Windows experience
ZDNet - 17 Nov 2012 23:28
Building a PC should be easy. Design great hardware, add an operating system and any specialized tools that your hardware needs, and delight the user. So why do some PC makers insist on screwing things up?
Think New York Has a Small Carbon Footprint? Watch This [VIDEO]
Mashable - 17 Nov 2012 23:27
The New York Mayor's office released a -- somewhat frightening -- video highlighting the amount of carbon dioxide the city emits each year. More About: carbon emissions, climate change, new york city, study, videos
Teenage Gamers Better At Simulated Surgery Than Medical Residents
TechCrunch - 17 Nov 2012 23:20
Forget AP Biology and Latin class: get those pre-meds hooked on Call of Duty. The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston found that teenage video gamers were better at simulated surgery than medical residents. T...
Meet The Tiny Bomb-Wielding Spacecraft That Could Someday Save Our Species
Gizmodo - 17 Nov 2012 23:00
Scientists have given some thought as to how we'll defend ourselves when a giant asteroid inevitably heads our way and solutions range from paintballs to nukes. A team at Iowa State University has settled on the latter, ...
11 Apps You Don’t Want To Miss
Mashable - 17 Nov 2012 22:57
Ingress Google’s Niantic Labs released a new game this week called Ingress that turns your neighborhood into the game board. The free app encourages you to get outside to unlock new features, weapons and adventure...
Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9" Video Unboxing
Android Central - 17 Nov 2012 22:45
To be totally honest, when the doorbell rang earlier today and the UPS man handed me an Amazon package, I could not for the life of me recall what I had ordered. It was only when I opened the package and saw the box with...
Redefining the art of self-portraits with a CT scanner and 3D printer
The Verge - 17 Nov 2012 22:28
A Dutch sculptor has created a series of 3D-printed reproductions of his own body parts. Caspar Berger scanned his entire body in an advanced CT scanner to create a pixel-perfect 3D map of his skeleton before using a 3D ...
Conclusive proof: Sex is more enjoyable than Facebook
CNET - 17 Nov 2012 22:27
Research from a university in New Zealand using text messaging as its mode of examination concludes that people really enjoy sex and really don't enjoy Facebook and recovering from illness. [Read more]
Man arrested for iPad Mini theft reportedly had maxi mouth
CNET - 17 Nov 2012 22:07
Worker at JFK airport arrested by FBI in connection with theft of two pallets of Minis was allegedly less than stealthy. [Read more]
13 lucky apps for the iPad mini
ZDNet - 17 Nov 2012 22:03
Sure, every iPad app works on the new iPad mini but these 13 have rapidly become my favorites. The light iPad mini is tailor-made for long sessions and these apps fill the time nicely. After publication I added another a...
How Do You Share Links Between Devices?
Gizmodo - 17 Nov 2012 22:00
Half of the fun of using the Internet is finding weird and stupid things to share with your friends, but there are a whole bunch of ways to go about it. It gets even weirder when you're in the same room with them and hav...
Green Throttle Games Atlas and Arena hands-on (video)
Engadget - 17 Nov 2012 22:00
Amid Nintendo's latest piece of kit and the buzz for the next generation of home consoles, a quiet voice is whispering in the consumer's ear: Android, it says. Between dual-analog gamepads, crowd funded hardware and hard...
Top 10 Tech This Week
Mashable - 17 Nov 2012 21:52
It was another exciting week in technology and gadgetry. Check out our gallery and read the full stories right here on Top 10 Tech. More About: Top 10 Tech, Top 10 Tech This Week, trending
Robots Replace Costly U.S. Navy Mine-Clearance Dolphins [VIDEO]
Mashable - 17 Nov 2012 21:37
Humans are not the only ones who should be worried about their jobs being taken away by robots. Turns out, job-stealing 'bots are soon going to make dolphins the oceans' new unemployed. The U.S. Navy has used trained dol...
Toys ‘R’ Us Says Wii U Pre-Order Shipments May Be Delayed
Mashable - 17 Nov 2012 21:28
Toys 'R' Us started contacting customers Friday, warning them that their Wii U shipments have been delayed. More About: Gaming, Toys R Us, Wii U
New satellite will help other satellites in need
NBC News - 17 Nov 2012 21:25iRobot's DARPA-funded mechanical hand can take a beating, lift 50 pounds
Engadget - 17 Nov 2012 21:19
Most companies might think twice about inflicting blunt force trauma upon their carefully crafted prototypes, but most companies just don't love baseball the way iRobot does. While developing a mechanical hand for DARPA'...
Sun eruption captured in NASA video
NBC News - 17 Nov 2012 21:15Why MoviePass Is Bringing Subscription Moviegoing To Theaters
TechCrunch - 17 Nov 2012 21:00
MoviePass hopes to do for the theatergoers what Netflix did for DVD renters and streaming movies, which is to let them pay one monthly fee and enjoy as many movies as they want during that time. Moviegoers can watch up t...