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The Favorite Boozy Beverage of Classic Movie Characters, In One Chart
Gizmodo - 20 May 2013 23:00
The Big Lebowski's The Dude? White Russians. Silence of the Lambs' Hannibal Lecter? Chianti. This awesome cocktail chart maps the drinks of choice for characters in classic books and movies.
Liberator gun made with consumer 3D printer, plastic pistol fires nine shots successfully (video)
Engadget - 20 May 2013 21:07
Defense Distributed's plan is to put the power of guns in the hands of every person with access to the internet and a 3D printer. Until now, however, we'd only seen the Liberator pistol built using an expensive industria...
Samsung to exhibit 13.3-inch notebook display with 3,200 x 1,800 resolution
Engadget - 20 May 2013 13:23
On top of yesterday's 4K announcement, Samsung has also given us a quick heads-up on one of the prototype displays it's planning to show off at this year's Display Week event. It's a highly gawp-worthy 3,200 x 1,800 ("WQ...
Recharge your cellphone in 20 seconds
CNN - 20 May 2013 22:43
A tiny device that can recharge cell phone batteries in as little as 30 seconds won 18-year-old Eesha Khare a major science award that will help fund her college education at Harvard University.
Pinterest adds more data to your boards with rich pins
Engadget - 20 May 2013 19:34
Pinterest is already an absurdly popular way to save stuff from around the web, be it shoes you love, accessories for your bridesmaids or decorations for your man cave. One thing the social-bookmarking service has been m...
Google+ app update for Android adds auto-backup and enhancement tools for photos
Engadget - 20 May 2013 17:36
Google (and especially the Google+ team) are keeping very busy. While I/O 2013 may have wrapped up last week, the company's just unveiled a new update for its social network on Android devices. Packing some familiar new ...
Tokyo Has Never Sounded This Incredible
Gizmodo - 20 May 2013 23:40
What do you get when you combine a 1:1000-scale model of Tokyo, 3D video projection mapping and catchy techno riffs? Three minutes of awesome, that's what.
Square Cash appears on invite-only site, lets you send money with an email
Engadget - 20 May 2013 21:33
Square's been venturing beyond those tiny credit card swipers as of late. Last week, the company introduced its nifty $299 Stand POS system for iOS, and now it appears to be branching out to individuals, with a to-be-ann...
Wordpress CEO says 72,000 blogs left Tumblr after Yahoo deal
CNET - 20 May 2013 15:11
He said that he usually sees Tumblr defections from 400 to 600 per hour, but jumped to 72,000 after a report on the deal surfaced.
LG to demo 5-inch unbreakable and flexible plastic OLED panel at SID
Engadget - 20 May 2013 05:33
LG's got quite a bit in store for us this week at SID's annual display exhibition in Vancouver. In addition to that 55-inch curved OLED TV we first heard about last month, the company will be demonstrating a very nifty 5...
Apple's Revenue Per Store Visitor Hits Record High
Mac Rumors - 20 May 2013 19:16
Apple's retail stores have been ranked as the U.S. retail chain with the highest sales per square foot for a number of years and according to a new report from Asymco's Horace Dediu, the company also outranks competitors...
Yahoo Buys Tumblr for $1.1B
ABC News - 20 May 2013 16:23
Yahoo has bought Tumblr for $1.1 billion. CEO of Yahoo Marissa Mayer vows not to screw up the social network.
Bloomberg: Dish offers $2 billion for LightSquared's wireless spectrum
Engadget - 20 May 2013 22:06
The last few years have been a tumultuous time for LightSquared, with the company's LTE plans facing one hurdle after another that eventually led to a bankruptcy filing. It looks like at least one company is now looking ...
What Is Tumblr?
Time - 20 May 2013 02:56
Greetings, old-timer. In light of the recent Yahoo-buys-Tumblr news, my overlords at TIME have asked me to put together a guide of sorts explaining what Tumblr is. A Tumblr for Dummies, if you will. (Note: there is an ac...
This Teen Invented A Car... That Doesn't Need A Driver! (VIDEO)
The Huffington Post - 20 May 2013 21:56How a Trumpet Works Explained In One Animated GIF
Gizmodo - 20 May 2013 18:46
Compared to electric gadgetry, something like a trumpet is a pretty simple contraption, but the way it actually works is super clever when you see it in action. The principle is very straight-forward, but the constructio...
Navy Dolphins Searching For Mines Uncover Sunken 19th Century Torpedo
Popular Science - 20 May 2013 18:00
It's only the second torpedo of its kind ever found. Dolphins have been used for 50 years to help the U.S. Navy echolocate mines. That project is going away in 2017 (to be replaced by robots) but in the meantime, a team ...
ASUS Zenbook Infinity Ultrabook to appear at Computex 2013 with Gorilla Glass 3 lid
Engadget - 20 May 2013 16:11
ASUS' Transformer Book hybrid may have just graduated from our review testing, but the company already has a new product to tempt you. The Zenbook Infinity will be the "world's first Ultrabook with a lid made form Cornin...
US Defense Department approves Apple's iOS devices for its networks
PC World - 20 May 2013 07:00
Devices built around Apple's iOS operating system have been approved by the U.S. Department of Defense for use on its networks, as the department moves to support multivendor mobile devices and operating systems. The Def...
British explorer Daniel Hughes makes first smartphone video call from Everest's peak
The Verge - 20 May 2013 00:37
The first live video call from a smartphone at the peak of Mount Everest has been made by British explorer Daniel Hughes, as part of his effort to raise money for the Comic Relief charity. The call, made with an HTC One,...
Google Believes Web Components Are The Future Of Web Development
TechCrunch - 20 May 2013 00:00
While it was missing the skydiving antics of last year's event, Google's I/O keynote last week wasn't short on product launches. In between the splashy updates to Google Maps, Search, Android and everything else Google a...
Yahoo's post-Tumblr purchase press event is live tonight, get your liveblog here!
Engadget - 20 May 2013 21:26
Well, Yahoo! has already officially announced its $1.1 billion cash deal to snatch up social darling and microblogging platform du jour, Tumblr. The question on everyone's mind is, what else could the struggling web pion...