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Stop Motion Musical Tours Through a City and a School
PetaPixel - 24 Mar 2013 01:19T-Mobile's new contract-free pricing plans are live
The Verge - 24 Mar 2013 19:43
As expected, T-Mobile has pulled the wraps off a new plan structure that eliminates two-year contracts altogether, part of its upcoming "Uncarrier" initiative to streamline pricing. A base price of $50 per month buys you...
Buzz Aldrin Refutes Space Sale, Is Keeping His Moon Memorabilia
Mashable - 24 Mar 2013 21:35
A New York auction house is set to sell more than 300 space artifacts on Monday (March 25), including original documents that were flown to the moon and used to carry out the first manned lunar landing. But contrary to r...
A Tweet Leads to Firings, Death Threats
ABC News - 24 Mar 2013 05:55
How a tweet about a 'dongle' has lead to two firings, rape and death threats, and vulgar comments on Twitter.
RetroN 5 Console: Play All the Best Games From Your Wasted Youth
Gizmodo - 24 Mar 2013 21:00
The coming of the Hyperkin RetroN 3 marked the end of doing a rain dance while blowing into your childhood SNES. And now Hyperkin is so excited about expanding compatibility that they're skipping ahead and calling their ...
Canon Singapore Announces a Try Before You Buy Lens Rental Program
PetaPixel - 24 Mar 2013 20:49West Virginia Lawmaker Seeks To Ban Drivers From Wearing Head Mounted Displays Like Google Glass
TechCrunch - 24 Mar 2013 20:29
I don't see any problem with this. In short, a West Virginia lawmaker wants to make wearing head mounted displays while driving against the law in his state. The devices would join other banned electronic communication d...
FAA may allow tablets, e-readers, and certain other electronics during takeoff and landing
The Verge - 24 Mar 2013 20:26
The Federal Aviation Administration may be moving to allow the use of electronic reading devices during takeoff and landing, reports The New York Times. The administration may be set to relax the rules within the year fo...
Apple Acquires Indoor GPS Startup WiFiSlam For $20M
TechCrunch - 24 Mar 2013 19:20
The Wall Street Journal is reporting today that Apple has acquired WiFiSlam, an indoor GPS startup that enables smartphones to pinpoint its location -- along with that of your friends -- in realtime up to 2.5 meters in a...
Ten Basic Tips To Help You Grow as a Photographer
PetaPixel - 24 Mar 2013 18:23This One-Man 'Thriller' A Cappella Performance Will Raise the Dead
Mashable - 24 Mar 2013 17:51
It's close to midnight — and something awesome is lurking in the dark YouTube user Inhyeok Yeo uploaded an a cappella version of Michael Jackson's "Thriller." The coolest part? He covers every instrument and layer...
Illegal Laser Pointers Are Everywhere, Including Your Drawer
Gizmodo - 24 Mar 2013 16:30
You have to be suspicious when anything as cool as a laser is readily available to the PowerPoint-loving public. And a new study shows that more than 75 percent of lasers violate the Code of Federal Regulations. That's a...
T-Mobile patches Wi-Fi eavesdrop vuln
The Register - 24 Mar 2013 23:55
Certificate error discovered by Berkeley students Last week, T-Mobile scrambled to patch a vulnerability uncovered by two University of California Berkeley students that made its Wi-Fi calling feature susceptible to man-...
Propose and cons: 'Will you marry me' meets social media
CNET - 24 Mar 2013 23:41
As if men don't have enough to worry about, now they have to concoct proposals as a production, complete with cameramen, so that they can subsequently adorn Facebook and YouTube. [Read more]
10 Cute Kids Explaining Things
Mashable - 24 Mar 2013 23:24
We all know that kids say the darndest things — even their explanations of everyday events can be incredibly amusing We have scoured YouTube for children's points of view on everything from bacon to leprechauns, a...
Raw Data: Supply and Artificially High Demand in European Mobile Spectrum
The New York Times - 24 Mar 2013 23:18
Strong demand for European broadband spectrum is being held up by nations seeking to maximize revenue from auctions of their frequencies.
Banks Still Too-Big-To-Fail: Six Things The Fed Must Do
Forbes - 24 Mar 2013 23:14
We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them. Albert Einstein At a news conference last Wednesday, Ben Bernanke, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, conceded that the pr...
G-Boom Cranks Out Big Wireless Sound for $100
Mashable - 24 Mar 2013 23:12
With portable sound, you usually get what you pay for. Is that true for the G-Boom, a ruggedized Bluetooth boombox that sells for a mere $100? Let's give it a listen. If you like to take your tunes with you for partying ...
'XCOM: Enemy Unknown' coming to iPhone and iPad this summer
The Verge - 24 Mar 2013 23:10
Last year's critically-acclaimed strategy game XCOM: Enemy Unknown is coming to the iPhone and iPad this summer, according to publisher 2K Games. An iOS port isn't itself that novel — Rockstar Games, for example, ...
Is There Still Hope For Google's Disappeared Android@Home And Nexus Q?
TechCrunch - 24 Mar 2013 23:00
Two years ago, Google’s Vic Gundotra keynoted the company’s 2011 I/O developer conference, and one of the big surprises of the day was the launch of Android@Home, Google’s attempt to corner the home-...
GPP2013 Shoot-Out: Taking a Portrait of One of the World’s Greatest Portraitists
PetaPixel - 24 Mar 2013 22:51'XCOM: Enemy Unknown' Coming to iOS
Mashable - 24 Mar 2013 17:18
XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the 2012 turn-based strategy game where you save Earth from alien invaders, is coming to iOS devices sometime this summer. Firaxis Games announced its critically acclaimed reboot of the XCOM franchis...