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Photographing a 299 Year Old Stradivarius Violin with the Phase One IQ280
The Phoblographer - 14 Aug 2013 16:25
Seeing the way that Soren operates and capturing the images using the Medium Format touchscreen is also quite interesting as you'll get to take an indepth look into the life and process of a studio photographer.
Google filing says Gmail users have no expectation of privacy
CNET - 14 Aug 2013 04:57
In motion to dismiss a data-mining lawsuit, Web giant says people have "no legitimate expectation of privacy in information" voluntarily turned over to third parties.
Twitter experiments with trending TV box on some users' timelines
Engadget - 14 Aug 2013 18:03
Twitter has already signaled its love of TV by negotiating deals for branded video, but it's not satisfied yet: the company has started limited testing of a timeline box for trending TV shows. The feature provides both t...
The Best 3 1/2 Minutes Of Your Day
The Huffington Post - 14 Aug 2013 15:23HP Envy 700-030qe review: It's the components that matter
PC World - 14 Aug 2013 12:30
HP's Envy product line gives the company's engineers an opportunity to break from building buttoned-down productivity machines and strut their stuff by crafting something that gamers and media mavens will appreciate. Whi...
Geek Squad Members Sued For Allegedly Posting Nude Photos Of Customer Online
Ubergizmo - 14 Aug 2013 05:40
Legal tangles can be quite a mess, just ask Samsung and Apple, and you will be able to see just how the rabbit hole does not have any end. At least not in sight for now. It so happens that a lady from Tuscaloosa woman ha...
EFF Slams Google Fiber For Banning Servers On Its Network
Slashdot - 14 Aug 2013 01:12
MojoKid writes "Anyone who has tried to host their own website from home likely knows all-too-well the hassles that ISPs can cause. Simply put, ISPs generally don't want you to do that, preferring you to move up to a bus...
Musk Estimates Hyperloop Could Shoot Travelers from SF to LA at 760 Miles Per Hour
Singularity Hub - 14 Aug 2013 18:32
Elon Musk has long been hinting about a high-speed form of transportation enigmatically named the Hyperloop. Earlier this summer, he promised to reveal his Hyperloop plans in August. After a round of media hype and an al...
High-Speed Camera System Can Capture Objects Traveling at 7,500 MPH
PetaPixel - 14 Aug 2013 23:32
Categories: Equipment Industry Miscellaneous Technology Tags: high speed photographyhigh-speed camerametrolaserresearchstreakcameratechnology Researchers at a California company specializing in high-speed imaging equipme...
Acer Aspire S7 Review: The PC Revival Is Late, But It's Here
Gizmodo - 14 Aug 2013 20:40
Laptops are at a point right now where they should all be more or less excellent. Ultrabooks are into their third year of relevance, and the screens and processors that are widely available are good enough that you can p...
SpaceX's 10-story tall Grasshopper rocket flies sideways in latest launch
The Verge - 14 Aug 2013 17:33
Elon Musk's hypothetical Hyperloop is getting all the attention this week, but another one of his futuristic transportation pet projects is progressing by leaps and bounds in the real world. SpaceX's reusable, vertical l...
Samsung announces the Hennessy dual screen Android flip phone
ZDNet - 14 Aug 2013 22:57
Most phones today are typical black slabs, but Samsung is showing they are not afraid to try something new (old) and have announced their new dual-screen Android flip phone.
HubSites platform helps local businesses get social
ZDNet - 14 Aug 2013 21:00
The new service from Main Street Hub helps small companies manage their online reputations and presence on Facebook, Twitter, Yelp, Google+, Foursquare and TripAdvisor.
Microsoft Outlook Outage Reported
Ubergizmo - 14 Aug 2013 18:24
If you are an online service provider and your service happens to undergo an outage, it would definitely make many people unhappy. Of course, if your service happens to be widely used but not indispensable, then it would...
Apple Stock Hits $500 for First Time in More Than 6 Months
Mashable - 14 Aug 2013 18:07
Apple's stock hit $500 a share in midday trading Wednesday for the first time since late January, more than six months ago The stock surged more than 5% in late trading Tuesday following two tweets from billionaire activ...
Yes internet, Outlook is down
Engadget - 14 Aug 2013 17:52
We're not sure how you managed to send us those messages, but you did -- a lot of you. Seems Outlook has been experiencing all sorts of issues. Microsoft's privy to that fact, and we assume looking into it as we speak, n...
BlackBerry has been searching for a buyer since 2012, report says
L.A. Times - 14 Aug 2013 17:49'New York Times' Website and Mobile Apps Go Down
Mashable - 14 Aug 2013 17:45
The website and iOS apps for the New York Times are currently unresponsive. Users attempting to visit NYTimes.com are met with errors or "could not find" errors in their browser. The outage appeared to have started at ap...
IT Security Industry To Expand Tenfold
Forbes - 14 Aug 2013 17:38Batman: Arkham Origins Collector's Edition Comes With Joker Figure, More
Ubergizmo - 14 Aug 2013 17:30
Batman: Arkham Origins will be releasing on the PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii U on October 25, making many Batman: Arkham fans anticipating the upcoming release of the game. If you're a big fan of the series, then ...
Solar superflares: A new danger from the sun
New Scientist - 14 Aug 2013 17:00
A blast of radiation that hit Earth in AD 775 has revealed just how violent our nearest star can be, finds Stuart Clark (full text available to subscribers)
Germany plans boost to European IT after U.S. spy row
Reuters - 14 Aug 2013 16:55
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