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The organic geometry of Tom Beddard's Fabergé Fractals
The Verge - 26 May 2013 20:25
Tom Beddard is a UK-based artist with a fractal fascination. Among his most fascinating works is a set called Fabergé Fractals -- a collection of mesmerizing 3D structures created from computer modeling software. As Arc...
Peter Molyneux's Curiosity cube is now open, contents still a mystery (update: prize revealed!)
Engadget - 26 May 2013 17:41
After seven months of cooperative tapping, Peter Molyneux's Curiosity experiment is finally over: the cube is open. As Molyneux's studio, 22Cans, teased the game's last layer over Twitter, players descended upon it, chip...
Fujitsu revamps E-series Lifebooks, gives Ivy Bridge one last hurrah
Engadget - 26 May 2013 12:10
Intel's Haswell-based processors may be just around the corner, but the suit-and-tie crowd can't always wait to buy new PCs, can it? Fujitsu has those impatient corporate buyers covered with a refresh to its E-series Lif...
Yahoo reportedly willing to pay up to $800 million in bid for Hulu
The Verge - 26 May 2013 22:42
Apparently Yahoo has some deep pockets: the company has reportedly bid somewhere between $600 million and $800 million in its quest to assume ownership of Hulu. Those figures come from All Things D, which first reported ...
Klipsch KMC 3 Portable Speaker Will Knock Your Socks Off
Mashable - 26 May 2013 20:24
When Klipsch decided to insert a new wireless music system at the top of its line of Bluetooth speakers, it wasn't messing around with the Klipsch KMC 3 Wireless Music System The 17-inch-wide Bluetooth speaker can hardly...
Math wiz who said he had 1 in 285,000 chance of love -- now engaged
CNET - 26 May 2013 23:53
Peter Backus, who once published a research paper called "Why I Don't Have A Girlfriend," finds his one true love. How? With an algorithm?
Yahoo going after Hulu's subscription revenue
CNET - 26 May 2013 23:34
With its 4 million subscribers paying $7.99 per month and $695 million in revenue in 2012, Hulu would be a quick financial booster for Yahoo compared to Tumblr.
Switched On: One box to rule them all
Engadget - 26 May 2013 23:30
Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology. When Microsoft introduced the original Xbox, the company had a lot to prove. The console newcomer promised that it was laser-focused on bu...
Critic's Notebook: Xbox, Nintendo and PlayStation Look to Next Generation of Consoles
The New York Times - 26 May 2013 23:26
Game consoles are moving into a new generation, facing the competition from mobile and tablet games.
The Power Of Data Exhaust
TechCrunch - 26 May 2013 23:18
Scott Brown had a question about the number of parked domains he was hearing about: Do the domain providers have an email reply set up? What he found has led to the launch of Bounce.io, a five-month company that harvests...
Robots to drones, Australia eyes high-tech farm help to grow food
Reuters - 26 May 2013 23:15
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Life Hacker - 26 May 2013 23:00
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Ghostly Ship Graveyards from Around the World
Gizmodo - 26 May 2013 23:00
Where do boats go when they die? Sometimes they end up in vast ship graveyards, sometimes craggy, foggy places where ships have met their doom, and sometimes spots where ships are deliberately left to rust. There's a qui...
Console Showdown: Xbox One vs. PlayStation 4
Mashable - 26 May 2013 22:27
On Tuesday Microsoft announced the Xbox One, the next generation of its popular gaming console. The announcement came roughly three months after Sony announced its own next-generation console, the PlayStation 4. So, how ...
Shai Agassi's Electric Car Startup, Better Place, Is Bankrupt
The Atlantic - 26 May 2013 22:16
The big lesson? Be a little more like Tesla.
Another Clean Tech Startup Goes Down: Better Place Is Bankrupt
The Atlantic - 26 May 2013 22:16
The big lesson? Be a little more like Tesla.
Homeland Security database leaks employee information
PC World - 26 May 2013 22:16
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said lat week it has notified employees and others with DHS clearance to be on alert for potential fraud due to a vulnerability discovered in software used by a vendor to process...
How Apple's Alleged Tax Avoidance Changed Its Image
Mashable - 26 May 2013 22:01
The U.S. Senate's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations claims that Apple didn't pay taxes on at least $74 billion in overseas income by setting up subsidiaries in other countries. SEE ALSO: More Sunday Comics In this...
Facebook Home And Windows Phone Are Making The Same Apps-Related Misstep
TechCrunch - 26 May 2013 22:00
The problem for Home is Facebook has underestimated how important apps -- and, crucially, the customisation that apps afford -- are to the smartphone experience. When you step back and consider it, that's a breathtakingl...
New 'Arrested Development' Pulls Off The Geekiest Gag Ever, Confuses Much Of The Internet
TechCrunch - 26 May 2013 22:00
New Arrested Development is here! Have you heard? I could probably fall back on an "Unless you've been living under a rock.." joke here, but I'm pretty sure they've got WiFi under rocks now. Anyway -- if you're just catc...
Back Up Your Evernote Notebooks (and Keep That Important Data Safe)
Life Hacker - 26 May 2013 22:00
We're all pretty big fans of Evernote, but we shouldn't let our trust in the service blind us from taking control of our own data. How-To Geek came through with a great guide for backing up and saving your notebooks, jus...
Dress to kill in this synthetic spider silk outfit
CNET - 26 May 2013 21:55
Qmonos is a tough, lightweight artificial spider silk with mass production applications, including everything from car parts to artificial blood vessels.