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New 'Star Trek Into Darkness' Trailer #2 Will Blow You Away
Mashable - 9 Mar 2013 23:03
A new Star Trek Into Darkness trailer surfaced on Saturday, packing more action into its 1 minute and 17 seconds than any teaser we've seen in a long time. This one's even more exciting than this movie's first trailer. F...
Tech vs. society: Why the Unabomber still makes us think
NBC News - 9 Mar 2013 22:01Wildlife Photographer Disguises Himself as a Swan to Get Close to Other Birds
PetaPixel - 9 Mar 2013 19:01SXSW Day 1: Top Tweets, Trends and Photos
Mashable - 9 Mar 2013 23:50
Each March, a collection of some of the most connected people on the planet converge on Austin, Tex. for South by Southwest (SXSW). Their common language is Twitter. We'll been tracking all the action using analytics pro...
Buying Your First Telescope, A Guide for Beginner Astrophotographers
PetaPixel - 9 Mar 2013 23:41Elon Musk: How SpaceX Saved the Dragon Spacecraft from Certain Doom
Mashable - 9 Mar 2013 23:35
AUSTIN — At a keynote at SXSW 2013, Entrepreneur and SpaceX Founder and CEO Elon Musk described how his team stopped the Dragon spacecraft from tumbling out of control in space by performing the "equivalent of a H...
We're live at SXSW's Al Gore on The Future panel
Engadget - 9 Mar 2013 23:31
Al Gore: former Vice President, environmental activist, author, voice-over artist, gadget freak -- and psychic? The politician and supporter of all things green will be looking into his crystal ball today, with a little ...
Elon Musk Says His Only Regret In NYT Controversy Was Not Rebutting The Rebuttal
TechCrunch - 9 Mar 2013 22:56
During this afternoon's keynote interview at South by Southwest Interactive, Tesla CEO and founder Elon Musk briefly addressed his recent back-and-forth with The New York Times about a negative article by writer John Bro...
HTC One is in the house
Android Central - 9 Mar 2013 22:40
Finally, we've got our hands on the HTC One for official one-on-one time. This is finished hardware, and nearly complete software, so it's time to get our official HTC One review under way. Before all that, though, it's ...
The Seaboard Grand attempts to re-invent the piano with a custom, pressure-sensitive keyboard
The Verge - 9 Mar 2013 22:26
The familiar black-and-white interface of the piano keyboard has existed for several centuries without any massive changes, but the designers at Roli have just pushed it forward with the introduction of the Seaboard Gran...
Top 10 Tech This Week
Mashable - 9 Mar 2013 22:25
Click here to view this gallery Mobile World Congress in Barcelona brought a flurry of new mobile launches, but this week in tech has been just as exciting. There was no big gadget announcement, but a lot of other exciti...
EA Apologizes For SimCity Disaster, Says It Was “Dumb†And Offers Free Game To Players
TechCrunch - 9 Mar 2013 22:15
Electronic Arts’ SimCity was easily the most anticipated game of the season, but its launch was an unmitigated disaster because the DRM solution Electronic Arts and Maxis dreamt up means users have to always be on...
Mozilla says no plans to return to iOS
CNET - 9 Mar 2013 22:12
During a SXSW talk, the not-for-profit's vice president of product said that the organization would not build a version of its Firefox browser for iOS devices until Apple changes its ways. [Read more]
Wi-Fi offers huge opportunities, but here’s how companies could blow it
GigaOM - 9 Mar 2013 22:00
Wi-Fi has moved from an at-home convenience to a public service as mobile devices continue to take over. Here's a look at the new opportunities to connect with consumers, and how businesses can easily screw it all up.
Can’t Afford To Stay At The Driskill? Here’s What $60 A Night Gets You At The Firehouse Hostel
TechCrunch - 9 Mar 2013 22:00
Every year, the tens of thousands of SXSW attendees who descend upon Austin cause a huge crunch on accommodations. If you’re lucky, you might be able to book a hotel months in advance. If not, you can maybe find a...
Insanely Specific Kitchen Gadgets, North Korea's Nuke, Facebook's Shiny New Look, And More
Gizmodo - 9 Mar 2013 22:00
Had a rough week? Either way, kick back and relax with some cream-of-the-crop Gizmodo posts. We've got some crazy kitchen gadgets, how every guy will use Google Glass, an unidentified drone over Brooklyn, some Iron Man 3...
Elon Musk at SXSW: 'I'd like to die on Mars, just not on impact'
CNET - 9 Mar 2013 23:26
During a keynote address in which the SpaceX and Tesla founder talked about both his companies, the highlight was probably a video showing a Grasshopper rocket landing like a helicopter. [Read more]
“The US Is A Country Of Explorers†Says Elon Musk As He Plans For A Texas-Based Spaceport
TechCrunch - 9 Mar 2013 23:06
Wired's Chris Anderson interviewed Mega-Entrepreneur Elon Musk about hs many projects, which include SpaceX AND Tesla Motors. Throughout their fairly technical and detailed conversation, Elon when into detail about the r...
Turn Your Pool Table Into a Psychedelic Aquarium with Kinect-Powered Projection Effects
Gizmodo - 9 Mar 2013 23:00
Pool is a fun game, but with just some colored balls on a plain green field, the spectacle is a little lacking. We've already seen how some clever projection can turn anyone into a pool shark, but now OpenPool is taking ...
Younity Makes All Your Files Available Everywhere You Need Them
Mashable - 9 Mar 2013 22:48
AUSTIN — We’ve all been there: You get to the office only to realize you left the document you were working on all night at home. Enter Younity, a service that attempts to make all of your files available o...
Elon Musk’s SpaceX Is Testing Technology To Make Rockets Reusable
TechCrunch - 9 Mar 2013 22:47
Elon Musk's SpaceX is getting closer to having technology which could dramatically lower the cost of space travel. In a keynote speech at SXSW Interactive, Musk demonstrated tech that could be used to make rockets reusab...
The astoundingly cheesy iPhone app launch from Domino's
CNET - 9 Mar 2013 22:22
See what you make of Domino's Pizza Japan President Scott Oellkers as he grins and poses and, perhaps, sells his company's new iPhone app. [Read more]