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Guest Blog: SAP Runs SAP Mobile
ZDNet - 18 Feb 2013 16:19
My colleague Mahira Kalim gives us an update on how SAP is running its business better running its own mobile software.
What's The Best Wi-Fi Network Name You've Ever Seen?
Gizmodo - 18 Feb 2013 01:00
I was travelling this weekend and found myself connected to the incredibly blandly named "Home_Nework" Wi-Fi network. When I go home, it'll be scarcely better when I connect to yet another router with a boring out-of-the...
Sex on Mars: A Dangerous Love Story
Mashable - 18 Feb 2013 23:27
If a Mars colony is truly in our future, how will we fulfill one of the most basic human needs? More About: astronauts, features, health, Mars, Mars Colony, Mars One, Science, sex, space
A Pint-Sized Digital Camera Dedicated to Lomo-style Fisheye Snapshots
PetaPixel - 18 Feb 2013 21:39Israeli Lunatic Sniper Instagrams a Photo of a Child in His Crosshairs
Gizmodo - 18 Feb 2013 19:58
The Israeli Defense Forces has a history of overzealous campaigns on its official social media accounts. So maybe we shouldn't be surprised that an IDF sniper doesn't take his job very seriously. Or that's the impression...
Netgear PTV3000 updated, supports Miracast-ready Android devices
Engadget - 18 Feb 2013 11:41
Interested in Miracast-ing from an Andoid phone via your Netgear Push2TV PTV3000 adapter? Want to know what all that meant? It's understandable -- Miracast is a very recent open standard that lets you echo the display fr...
How To: Easily Fine Tune Your Flash Right From the Camera
Strobist - 18 Feb 2013 07:33
Strobist reader (and relative lighting newb) Ron Ibarra of New York City asks, via Twitter: "I can't control the flash through the PC cord. Am I doing something wrong?" Nope, Ron, you are not. A PC cord is what we call a...
The Scariest Thing Astronaut Chris Hadfield Has Seen In Space
The Huffington Post - 18 Feb 2013 00:25Join the Engadget HD Podcast live on Ustream at 5:30PM ET
Engadget - 18 Feb 2013 23:53
Two in a row, that's what we're at now in regards to keeping the regular Engadget HD podcast on schedule these days. So hopefully our regular time is your favorite time and you'll tune in live at 5:30PM and be be a part ...
Mind-controlled prosthetic arm that amputees can feel to hit trials this year
The Verge - 18 Feb 2013 23:50
Researchers have developed a prototype prosthetic hand that sends information two ways: from the brain to the hand and vice versa. The mind-controlled hand, which is connected by electrodes to two of the primary nerves i...
Samsung to announce Galaxy S IV on March 14, reports say
L.A. Times - 18 Feb 2013 23:4421st Century Buildings That Look Like Alien Spaceships
Gizmodo - 18 Feb 2013 23:40
We may still be a long way from putting a human colony on Mars, but that doesn't mean we can't live like spacemen here on Earth. These 18 trippy buildings--all built since 2000--look like they're from another world entir...
Opera confirms downsizing of developer team as it readies for newly adopted WebKit era
Engadget - 18 Feb 2013 23:38
Opera's been making quite a few notable changes lately, and now we're finding out it won't be without any repercussions to some of its staff. Earlier today, Opera CEO Lars Boilsen's confirmed to our friends over at TechC...
Creating a mosh pit physics simulator with gas particles as a model
The Verge - 18 Feb 2013 23:34
Concert mosh pits are a niche phenomenon even among humans, but researchers at Cornell have found that their movement can be modeled using parameters based on the collision of gas particles. "These are collective behavio...
French Ski Shop Makes Excellent Use of Google Maps' Business Photos Feature
PetaPixel - 18 Feb 2013 23:21"Twitter" Has Changed a Lot Since the 1700s
Gizmodo - 18 Feb 2013 23:20
Nowadays, we use words like "twitter" all the time to talk about our everyday social meda-ing. In the 1800s, they said "twitter" too, but it meant something a little different. So did "pin." The times, they have a-change...
Can Microsoft bring BI to the masses if the Excel 2013 masses can't get BI?
ZDNet - 18 Feb 2013 23:19
Microsoft is restricting which of its Office 2013 SKUs will include access to its PowerPivot data-analytics add-in, which is a key component of the company's business-intelligence platform.
Two-factor authentication won't protect Twitter, Google: OneID
ZDNet - 18 Feb 2013 01:19
Although hailed as an effective means for securing accounts from attack, OneID founder Steve Kirsch believes that two-factor authentication isn't the answer to the number of security breaches that organisations are facin...
Match Made on Flickr: The Story of Patrick Eggert and Sophie Ellis
PetaPixel - 18 Feb 2013 00:29What Office 2013's draconian licensing policy really means for you
PC World - 18 Feb 2013 23:43
Microsoft might be selling two versions of its Office suite, but its licensing policies suggest the company is not only trying to thwart software piracy, but also drive customers away from Office 2013 and over to the Off...
Build an 'ultimate value for money' PC
ZDNet - 18 Feb 2013 23:19
It's very easy to overspend on components when building a PC if you don't know which parts give you the best bang for the buck.
Telstra opens up footy app
The Register - 18 Feb 2013 23:15
AFL for Optus, Voda customers as well Telstra has surprised "Aussie rules" football fans by announcing that its mobile app will be available to viewers on all carriers for the 2013 season....