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The Daily Roundup for 02.18.2013
Engadget - 19 Feb 2013 02:15
You might say the day is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workday, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This is the Daily Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines for t...
Dell reports Q4 2013 earnings: $14.3 billion in revenue as profits plummet 31 percent year-over-year
Engadget - 19 Feb 2013 23:53
Dell hasn't had good news to share during its quarterly earnings reports in quite sometime. And on the eve of it going private, things don't appear to be on the verge of changing. The fourth quarter of its fiscal year 20...
How to Make a Sandwich... IN SPAAAAAACE
Gizmodo - 19 Feb 2013 01:00
Sandwiches are objectively the single greatest culinary invention--ever. But how are you supposed to consume this marvel of man in the zero-gravity environment that is outer space? Fortunately, everyone's favorite Canadi...
What to Expect at Apple's Shareholder Meeting
Forbes - 19 Feb 2013 08:13The Pirate Bay Is Suing an Anti-Piracy Group for Copyright Infringement
Gizmodo - 19 Feb 2013 04:00
You read that right. The Pirate Bay is the one doing the suing over copyright infringement this time. Even more hilariously, The Pirate Bay says it will sue CIAPC, an anti-piracy group, for copyright infringement. The Pi...
Google doodle does circles around Copernicus' birthday
CNET - 19 Feb 2013 04:42
Web giant celebrates the 540th birthday of the astronomer best known for his theory that the sun -- and not the Earth -- was at the center of our universe.
The Worst Job Interview Ever, Brought to You by Heineken
Mashable - 19 Feb 2013 20:13
Imagine going to a job interview and having your interviewer hold your hand and then proceed to have what looks like a heart attack. How would you react? Calm and in control? Then you might just be Heineken material. As ...
Russian meteor was the biggest in over 100 years, says NASA
The Verge - 19 Feb 2013 04:15
New estimates reported by NASA indicate that the meteor that rocked Chelyabinsk, Russia last week was the largest to hit the earth in more than a century. While early estimates placed the 55-foot meteor in the 10-ton ran...
Paul Vo Has Made an Entirely New and Impossibly Awesome Instrument
Gizmodo - 19 Feb 2013 01:20
Inventor Paul Vo has developed an entirely new way to modify the sound of instruments. Stringed instruments for now, at least. Before I twist your brain into knots trying to explain how it works, take a moment to listen ...
10 Incredibly Simple Things You Can Do To Protect Your Privacy
Forbes - 19 Feb 2013 23:52
These are the really, really simple things you should be doing to keep casual intruders from invading your privacy.
Struggles continue for thin film solar startups, Nanosolar latest with layoffs
GigaOM - 19 Feb 2013 22:51
Once hot thin film solar startup Nanosolar has done a round of layoffs -- which could be substantial -- following a major down round last year. So goes the trend of the once promising next-gen solar panel maker startups.
Antarctica's odd creatures come to life online
NBC News - 19 Feb 2013 22:12NVIDIA intros Tegra 4i with built-in LTE, details Chimera camera tech with HDR
Engadget - 19 Feb 2013 16:00
Did NVIDIA say it would stick to one new mobile processor design per year? If so, it's not worried about its own rules: meet the Tegra 4i. The 4-plus-1 chip formerly known as Project Grey is a Tegra 4 mostly in name, and...
Outlook.com exits preview with 60 million active users, Hotmail UI to be retired this summer
Engadget - 19 Feb 2013 07:01
It's been so long since Microsoft launched Outlook.com that we forgot it was technically in preview mode. Well, that ended today, at 12:01AM ET on the dot. The company just announced that the email service is no longer i...
Chinese cyberattacks on US traced to this 12-story office building
The Verge - 19 Feb 2013 06:48
The location of the "overwhelming percentage" of Chinese cyberattacks on US corporations and government agencies is believed to have been found, and it's a People's Liberation Army base in Shanghai, reports The New York ...
Watch People Get High and Then Fail a Driving Test
Gizmodo - 19 Feb 2013 05:00
Drinking and driving is the worst. Texting and driving is pretty bad too. So what about getting high and driving? Apparently not that bad! Unless you're freaking stoned as hell. Then you'll fail so hard and maybe even lo...
Banksy 'child labor' mural torn from London shop wall, surfaces in US auction
The Verge - 19 Feb 2013 02:52
A missing mural by renowned street artist Banksy has re-emerged for sale in an online auction, and neighborhood residents are understandably outraged. The mural, which depicts a young boy toiling over a sewing machine ma...
Animated GIFs Created with Photographs of Large-Scale Street Art
PetaPixel - 19 Feb 2013 02:27Report: This Is the Site Hacking All Those Companies
Gizmodo - 19 Feb 2013 23:57
This might be a clue about the hacking going on the past week or so. According the All Things D, a site called iPhonedevSdk (do not visit this site; it's malicious), is responsible for the hacks of Facebook and Apple. Mo...
Mount Etna roars to life in new eruption
NBC News - 19 Feb 2013 23:55Scientists find weird new property of matter that breaks all the rules
The Verge - 19 Feb 2013 01:55
When physicists discover new properties of matter, it usually means better technologies for the rest of us. Superconductors, liquid crystal displays like the ones found in most TVs now, medical imaging technologies that ...