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Sony introduces 3-in-1 Walkman WH Series wireless headphones-cum-MP3-player that turns into loudspeakers
Pocket-lint - 12 Sep 2013 09:44
Sony has just pumped new life into the good old Walkman name with the WH Series of headphones. These 3-in-1 Walkmans can be used as wireless headphones, speakers, or MP3 players. The Walkman NWZ-WH505 comes with 16GB sto...
Microsoft Botches More Patches In Latest Automatic Update
Slashdot - 12 Sep 2013 00:18
snydeq writes "'No sooner did Microsoft release the latest round of Black Tuesday patches than screams of agony began sounding all over the Internet,' writes Woody Leonhard, reporting on verified problems with Microsoft ...
iPhone 5C Case Design Praised By Japan For Its Ability To Grate Food
Ubergizmo - 12 Sep 2013 18:15
Earlier this week, Apple announced both the iPhone 5S and the iPhone 5C, with the latter of the two devices getting a wide variety of cases. Apple seemed pretty proud of the cases they have built for the iPhone 5C as the...
Twitter 5.0 beta for Android brings all-new design, in-line pictures and videos
Engadget - 12 Sep 2013 22:46
Only less than two weeks have gone by since Twitter debuted its app experiment on Android, but the little blue bird isn't letting any time go to waste. Available now to those willing to deal with some rough edges, the Tw...
It's Official! Voyager 1 Spacecraft Has Left Solar System
SPACE.com - 12 Sep 2013 20:03
A probe from Earth has taken its first steps in interstellar space. After streaking through space for nearly 35 years, NASA's robotic Voyager 1 probe finally left the solar system in August 2012, a study published today ...
The Peanut at the centre of the Milky Way
The Royal Astronomical Society - 12 Sep 2013 17:53
Two groups of astronomers have used data from ESO telescopes to make the best three-dimensional map yet of the central parts of the Milky Way. They have found that the inner regions take on a peanut-like, or X-shaped, ap...
Microsoft Will Give You Minimum $200 Gift Card For Your iPad
Ubergizmo - 12 Sep 2013 23:53
There’s no doubt in the fact that Microsoft sees the iPad as a big hurdle in the way of the success of its Surface tablets. The company has made ads that pit its Surface tablets against the iPad, it has gone to lengths...
Peripheral Vision 003: Professor John Slough on how nuclear power could get us to Mars in 30 days
Engadget - 12 Sep 2013 23:47
"We thought of a clever idea of how you might use fusion to do manned space travel," explains John Slough. The University of Washington research professor discusses such seemingly impossible ideas with the cavalier natur...
Ray Dolby, Innovator of Cinema Sound, Has Died
Gizmodo - 12 Sep 2013 23:42
Dolby Laboratories founder Ray Dolby died today in San Francisco at the age of 80. He'll be remembered as the man who made the movies sound as spectacular as they look. Today, his technology is used in basically every mo...
Is it time for workers to end their love affair with the desktop? Huddle hopes so
ZDNet - 12 Sep 2013 23:31
Content management company Huddle aims to persuade businesses to embrace the cloud with its desktop suite.
The Ultimate Supercut of Hollywood Stars Falling Through Space
Gizmodo - 12 Sep 2013 23:20
How does the saying go? "A journey of a thousand vertical feet begins with a single step?" Hollywood has certainly taken that maxim and run with it, regularly incorporating vertigo-inducing shots into modern films. The e...
Twitter submits plans for IPO: 140 characters of going public
Engadget - 12 Sep 2013 23:09
Honestly, it shouldn't come as any shock: the microblogging service that made it perfectly acceptable to deliver huge, huge news in 140 characters or less has just done precisely that. Twitter has announced that it has "...
A Leather iPhone Sleeve That Does More Than Just Look Good
Gizmodo - 12 Sep 2013 23:00
If you absolutely have to put your iPhone in a case of some sort, Hard Graft's Draw case provides more than just peace of mind. Made from stitched leather lined with a soft felt interior, the case includes a long drawstr...
Photoshop Contest: Make All the Things Out of Apple's Horrible 5C Case
Gizmodo - 12 Sep 2013 22:56
For the most part, the one thing the internet has been able to agree on this week is that Apple's new iPhone 5C case is an affront to the eyes and all that is decent. But for whatever reason, Apple wants you to stick it ...
Apple just released OS X 10.8.5.
Gizmodo - 12 Sep 2013 22:44
Apple just released OS X 10.8.5. It fixes a few bugs in Mail and makes Wi-Fi file transfers speedier. You can get it in the App Store now. [9to5Mac]
Looking for at least $200 when you trade in your iPad?
Gizmodo - 12 Sep 2013 22:42
Looking for at least $200 when you trade in your iPad? Consider taking it to a Microsoft Store. They're offering gift cards worth at least two Benjamins for "gently used" iPad 2, 3 or 4 models, which, no surprise, they'r...
Nerd Out on This Sprawling Oral History of Apple Design
Gizmodo - 12 Sep 2013 22:40
If you, like me, pored over the Steve Jobs biography (or perhaps over Jobs) looking for juicy tidbits about Apple's design culture, you likely were sorely disappointed. We know plenty about Jobs' mercurial management and...
Google Drive for Android update simplifies uploading, creating and scanning files
Engadget - 12 Sep 2013 22:31
Google's been making the Drive app on Android better and better with every update since its debut on the platform -- and lest we forget its iOS counterpart, too. Today's new features might not be as flashy as the ones we...
Samsung to put open-source Tizen OS on... TVs?
Ars Technica - 12 Sep 2013 22:25
Samsung still has no Tizen phone, but there are big plans for bigger devices.
Glass App Teaches Sign Language to Parents of Hearing-Impaired Children
Mashable - 12 Sep 2013 22:22
A new app for Google Glass makes communication a little easier between parents and their hearing-impaired children. SMARTSign teaches ASL (American Sign Language) to Glass wearers. Kim Xu, a recent Human-Centered Computi...
Apple updates OS X to 10.8.5 with WiFi, Mail and screen saver fixes in tow
Engadget - 12 Sep 2013 22:21
Apple has just rolled out version 10.8.5 of OS X in order to remedy a number of recent issues with Mountain Lion. The update packs fixes for WiFi file transfers over 802.11ac, message display issues in Mail and unwanted ...
This Insect Grows Its Own Microscopic Gears to Move Absurdly Fast
Gizmodo - 12 Sep 2013 22:20
When you think of the fastest accelerators in the animal kingdom, large, muscular mammals will probably be the first that come to mind. But steady among them is the inconspicuous adolescent issus, who can hit an accelera...