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Amateur Images of the Ring Nebula Rival Views from Space Telescopes
Universe Today - 5 Jun 2013 22:26
The Ring Nebula is a planetary nebula about 2,000 light-years from Earth and measures roughly 1 light-year across. It is located in the constellation Lyra, and is a popular target for amateur astronomers. But this new im...
Review roundup: Intel Haswell vs. AMD Richland on the desktop
Engadget - 5 Jun 2013 21:09
See that slide above? When we first clapped eyes on it we couldn't help but wonder if Intel had finally managed to turn the tables on AMD, at least in terms of integrated desktop graphics. After all, running BioShock Inf...
Watch Live Webcast: Space Warps
Universe Today - 5 Jun 2013 20:40
Want to join the hunt for new galaxies? During a special G+ Hangout today, June 5, a team of astronomers will share how you can help them find faint and distant galaxies by joining a search they've called "Space Warps." ...
Magical Wall-Mounted Bottle Opener Traps Your Caps Magnetically
Gizmodo - 5 Jun 2013 23:20
Wall-mounted bottle openers are great in and of themselves. It's the 21st century--we shouldn't be using both of our hands like some kind of animal. But Dropcatch cleverly takes this modern convenience one step further w...
This 1950s Futuristic Food Truck Could Bake Bread in Just Nine Seconds
Gizmodo - 5 Jun 2013 23:17
These days you can get just about anything from a food truck: pulled pork waffles, cheeseburger sushi, and even snail lollipops. But how about freshly baked bread, made to order in just nine seconds? That was the vision ...
Remembering objects lets computers learn like a child
New Scientist - 5 Jun 2013 22:00
Giving computers the ability to recognise objects while they scan a new environment lets them navigate more quickly - and understand what they are seeing
Windows 8.1 video tour puts a friendly face on the Start screen
PC World - 5 Jun 2013 21:16
Gosh, the new Windows 8.1 Start screen is so gosh-darned friendly! And you know what? It is. Microsoft's pulled some of the best features of Windows Phone out into its new revision, and taken a step forward. Purists may ...
Review: The Zeiss Touit 12mm f/2.8 Feels Un-Zeiss-Like. Don't Touit
PetaPixel - 5 Jun 2013 18:59
Categories: Equipment Reviews Tags: 12mmf2.8lensreviewtouitzeisszeisstouit12mm If you're here to read about the Zeiss Touit 12mm f/2.8 for the Fujifilm X-mount, you've probably heard words like "great", "amazing", "super...
Quick Hands-On: $100 "Polaroid" PL135 Bare-Bulb Flash
Strobist - 5 Jun 2013 18:30
Has the venerable Sunpak 120J bare bulb flash been reincarnated? By a world-famous company, no less? Well, no. Not exactly. It's no Sunpak 120J (doesn't have the extra stop of power) and, strictly speaking, it's not real...
Bose SoundLink Mini Portable Bluetooth Speakers Announced
Ubergizmo - 5 Jun 2013 12:10
Admittedly Bose makes some pretty expensive audio equipment, such as headphones and speakers, although for some the price is worth it as not only does Bose's products sound good, they look good too. In any case if you we...
Gigabyte reveals prices, availability for NVIDIA-equipped U-Series Haswell notebooks
Engadget - 5 Jun 2013 08:20
Since not everybody wants to lug an eight pound gaming machine or settle for a lightweight but graphics-challenged notebook, Gigabyte unveiled its U-series at Computex: two notebooks and an ultrabook with discreet NVIDIA...
Fujitsu intros Lifebook UH90 with Haswell and a 3,200 x 1,800 IGZO touchscreen
Engadget - 5 Jun 2013 07:47
Fujitsu burst on to the Ultrabook scene in earnest with the Lifebook UH75 last fall, and it's clearly bent on keeping our attention: it just launched an early sequel, the Lifebook UH90. The 14-inch portable is ever-so-sl...
WiSee prototype detects gestures from the next room using only Wi-Fi
The Verge - 5 Jun 2013 05:26
Researchers at the University of Washington have successfully created a prototype of a system that uses Wi-Fi -- and only Wi-Fi -- to detect gestures. Called "WiSee," the system cleverly measures the Doppler shifts creat...
Chinese dissidents dodge Tiananmen Square censorship with memes
The Verge - 5 Jun 2013 03:37
24 years ago today, hardliners within China's government cracked down on student protests in Tiananmen Square with a hail of bullets, killing hundreds, possibly thousands. The event has been all but completely scrubbed f...
WATCH: Saudi Man Takes Texting While Driving To A Whole New Level
The Huffington Post - 5 Jun 2013 00:36With the big cities covered, AT&T starts filling in its LTE gaps
GigaOM - 5 Jun 2013 23:59
AT&T is done with its major-metro phase of its LTE rollout. From here on out it will be building its new network in increasingly smaller cities and towns to hit its 250 million-person year-end coverage goal.
Google has added yet another stock Android app to the Play Store: the keyboard.
Life Hacker - 5 Jun 2013 23:59
Google has added yet another stock Android app to the Play Store: the keyboard. Now, users running Android 4.0 and above can get the stock keyboard on any Android phone, complete with all its Jelly Bean features like ges...
Google releases stock Android keyboard to Play store
Engadget - 5 Jun 2013 23:57
Forget SwiftKey and Swype, Google's bringing its own keyboard to the Android masses. As of today, users looking for an alternative to their OEM or third-party typing solution can head to Play and download the keyboard (s...
Animals Cannot Deal With Mirrors in This Hilarious Mashup
Mashable - 5 Jun 2013 23:56
No matter how much we domesticate our beloved cats, dogs and other pets, their true animal souls will eternally remain in the great outdoors Which sometimes makes the great indoors -- and mirrors, in particular -- a bit ...
Cyber Therapist Can Spot PTSD by Creeping on Veterans' Blogs
Gizmodo - 5 Jun 2013 23:56
It takes a lot of experience and skill to diagnose a psychological disorder. If you're a meager human, that is; computers have learned to do it reliably with nothing but an algorithm and mountains of data .
Malware That Drains Your Bank Account Thrives on Facebook
Mashable - 5 Jun 2013 23:53
Just in case people started to forget the danger of malware threats on social networks, an old string has recently resurfaced on Facebook. Zeus, a global malware program, finds your machine through a phishing email and r...
Google's Awesome Native Keyboard Is Now an Android App
Gizmodo - 5 Jun 2013 23:53
Google Keyboard is Google's new keyboard replacement app that's very similar to Swype or SwiftKey. It's live in the Google Play store now.