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Adobe's Hardware Experiments Are More Than Just Hobbies: Hands-On With Project Context
TechCrunch - 6 May 2013 23:46
At its MAX conference in Los Angeles today, Adobe showed quite a few products that will soon be available to its customers, but it also highlighted a number of hardware experiments, including Project Context, a totally r...
IRL: Dell's U2713H monitor and the X-Arcade Dual Joystick
Engadget - 6 May 2013 19:00
Welcome to IRL, an ongoing feature where we talk about the gadgets, apps and toys we're using in real life and take a second look at products that already got the formal review treatment. A fleet of fancy cameras deserve...
Popcap to Release 'Plants vs. Zombies 2' in July [iOS Blog]
Mac Rumors - 6 May 2013 23:43
Popcap has shared few details about the sequel to its popular lane defense game Plants vs. Zombies after announcing the follow up in late March, but today the company offered up a more solid July release date along with ...
EA scores exclusive rights to develop future Star Wars games
Engadget - 6 May 2013 23:41
Electronic Arts and Disney announced a multi-year agreement today that will see future Star Wars video games exclusively developed and published by EA. This news comes a little over a month after the house of mouse made ...
Crazy like a Fox: how broadcast networks could rake in billions by going cable-only
The Verge - 6 May 2013 23:14
An array of Aereo's coin-sized antennas, designed to pick up TV signals and retransmit them to paying subscribers. The bluster-fueled battle between upstart Aereo and incombent over-the-air broadcasters has reached a fev...
Gates sticks to company line on tablets, knocks iPad
PC World - 6 May 2013 23:56
Microsoft co-founder and chairman Bill Gates stuck to the company line on tablets Monday, and disparaged rival Apple's iPad for its lack of a keyboard and its inability to run Office. In an interview on CNBC's "Squawk Bo...
Virtually Ride Derby Winner Orb From Jockey's Perspective
Mashable - 6 May 2013 23:44
Ever wonder what it's like to win the Kentucky Derby? This new video produced by the digital sports info company Trakus gives us a little taste. A virtual recreation of Orb's route in the Saturday race shows the winning ...
The Chadwick Is a Solid Alternative to an Aeron, Is $100 Cheaper
Life Hacker - 6 May 2013 15:30
The Herman Miller Aeron chair is one of the most popular desk chairs out there, but at around $850-$900 it's not cheap. The Chadwick is a chair designed by the same person, and it usually costs around $750.
Timelapse Video Captures a Year of Incredible Night Sky Views
Universe Today - 6 May 2013 23:40
This beautiful new timelapse video might have folks heading in droves for northern Michigan. Shawn Malone of Lake Superior Photo put together this incredible video -- his first attempt at a timelapse, believe it or not -...
Amazon Kindle Fire HD Price Slashed By $20 For Mother's Day
Ubergizmo - 6 May 2013 23:36
Amazon is the manufacturer of one of the most sold mid-range Android tablet. Some people even say that the entire 7-inch tablet race was given a huge boost by the Kindle Fire, which has done very well for itself in the m...
How MailChimp learned to treat data like orange juice and rethink email in the process
GigaOM - 6 May 2013 01:09
MailChimp wasn't always a big data company, but 12 years into its existence the company is using its mountains of email data to do everything from modeling spam to connecting subscribers.
Sony selling Xperia Z in U.S.
CNET - 6 May 2013 23:57
The global version of the Xperia Z now available for $630 at Sony's American Web site.
Adobe CEO: The Truth About Creative Cloud
Mashable - 6 May 2013 23:55
Adobe's decision to discontinue the boxed version of Creative Suite and move to a subscription software-based model (also known as the Creative Cloud) stunned many customers, but considering recent moves, like the acquis...
PriceHub Wants To Tell You How Much Your Car Is Really Worth, With Data To Prove It
TechCrunch - 6 May 2013 23:50
How much is your car worth? It's an easy enough question to answer. Punch in the details at Kelley Blue Book and bam -- question answered, ego stoked (or not.) But how do they know how much it's worth? For the most part,...
'Man of Steel' Set to Open Taormina Festival
Variety - 6 May 2013 23:48
Eight-day event on the Italian island of Sicily is gearing up to showcase 30 films, seven shorts and five docus, along with 10 master class programs.
Amelia Earhart: Biography & Facts About Disappearance
Live Science - 6 May 2013 23:44
Amelia Earhart's disappearance during an attempt to fly around the world remains a mystery, but recent expeditions may have found clues to her fate.
Erect tongue helps bats sop up nectar
NBC News - 6 May 2013 23:40
By Stephanie Pappas, LiveScienceBats use erectile tissue to drink. But don't worry -- the tissue is on their tongues.Nectar-eating bats lap up the sweet liquid by engorging their tongues with blood, which, in turn, makes...
Biomedical Engineer on Making Iron Man 3's Extremis Tech Real
Gizmodo - 6 May 2013 23:40
The tech driving Iron Man 3 isn't, as it typically is, Tony Stark's Iron Man suit. Instead, it's the medical-but-also-real-explodey Extremis . And believe it or not, the physiological nanoparticle science behind it isn't...
Watch a Sand Storm From the Top of the Tallest Building in the World
Gizmodo - 6 May 2013 23:38
Dubai-based Photographer Gerald Donovan went to the top of the tallest skyscraper in the world --the 2,722-foot tall Burj Khalifa--just in time to watch a sand storm engulfing the city. It wasn't a pleasant experience, b...
WATCH: 87-Year-Old Vet Reacts To Reddit Act Of Kindness
The Huffington Post - 6 May 2013 23:37Incipio Frequency Galaxy S4 case
Android Central - 6 May 2013 23:37
It's time to start looking at Galaxy S4 cases, and we're kicking things off with the Incipio Frequency case, courtesy of the fine folks at ShopAndroid.com. The Frequency is billed as a "textured impact-resistant case," a...
Throw Out Your Resume Walks You Through a Modern Application Process
Life Hacker - 6 May 2013 22:30
While we don't recommend throwing out your traditional paper resume just yet, if you want to work at a startup or a company with similar workplace philosophies then the job application strategies of yore won't serve you ...