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HitFilm 2 Ultimate for Mac OS X
Photography Blog - 2 Oct 2013 11:00
FXhome has announced the release date of the Mac version of its HitFilm 2 Ultimate video editing and visual effects software.
Dell Venue 8 Pro and Venue 11 Pro tablets puts Windows power at your fingertips
Pocket-lint - 2 Oct 2013 18:30
Dell has revived the Venue name, officially announcing the Dell Venue 8 Pro and Dell Venue 11 Pro tablets at a press event in New York. The tablets offer high-end specs, delivering a Windows 8.1 package with plenty of po...
Man Tweets A Beautiful Eulogy For His Mother
The Huffington Post - 2 Oct 2013 17:29CERN Launches Line Mode Browser Emulator
Slashdot - 2 Oct 2013 01:50
itwbennett writes "As part of the project to preserve the world's first website and all of the accompanying technology, CERN last week launched a line mode browser emulator. To make the browser experience authentic, the ...
A Pen That Just Might Be Mightier Than an Actual Sword
Gizmodo - 2 Oct 2013 23:00
The rat race is a war fought on domestic soil, don't let anyone tell you otherwise. And those of you who bravely march into corporate America every morning need to ensure you're properly equipped for your nine-to-five ba...
Android squeezing BlackBerry's global sales
ZDNet - 2 Oct 2013 21:55
The Canadian smartphone maker tells regulators that growth in international markets is being affected by competition from low-cost Android smartphones.
Radiofrequency ablation effectively treats Barrett's esophagus
EurekAlert! - 2 Oct 2013 06:00
(American Gastroenterological Association) Radiofrequency ablation leads to remission for 91 percent of patients with dysplastic Barrett's esophagus, according to new figures published in Clinical Gastroenterology and He...
Jimmy Kimmel Prank: Obamacare vs. Affordable Care Act
Mashable - 2 Oct 2013 02:24
What's in a name? Apparently quite a bit, especially when it comes to politics Jimmy Kimmel, the Internet's favorite prankster, proves this by hitting the streets to ask everyday people whether they support Obamacare or ...
iPad 5 set to outpace iPad Mini 2 shipments, KGI says
CNET - 2 Oct 2013 23:40
Expect to see plenty of iPad 5s in the fourth quarter but not many second-generation iPad Minis, an analyst predicts.
Xi3's Piston will ship with Windows, sans controller (update)
Engadget - 2 Oct 2013 19:54
When the Xi3 Piston modular PC / game console ships this November, it'll ship like most PCs do: without a gamepad. Sadly, the in-house controller from Piston will be sold separately for a separate, undisclosed price. "Th...
Norton: You sleep with your smartphone, but you don't use protection
ZDNet - 2 Oct 2013 19:11
Norton says that while consumers are going mobile in their droves, they are leaving security behind -- placing their identities and personal data at risk.
Dell Venue 8 Pro pictures and hands-on: Pocketable Window 8.1 power
Pocket-lint - 2 Oct 2013 18:30
Dell has officially annouced the Dell Venue 8 Pro tablet, reviving an old family name with the launch of two tablets at 8 and 10.8 inches. The smaller of the two models was first seen at IDF 2013, but we got the chance t...
Rapidcool V-Tex Chiller Can Cool A Beer In 45 Seconds (VIDEO)
The Huffington Post - 2 Oct 2013 10:30Day 1 of U.S. gov't shutdown: Healthcare.gov ailing, NASA grounded
ZDNet - 2 Oct 2013 07:08
Healthcare.gov isn't off to a great start, but Wall Street and VC partners seem more concerned about the pulse of Twitter's IPO.
President Obama forgets to renew SSL certificate
ZDNet - 2 Oct 2013 05:56
One of the SSL certificates used on barackobama.com, the President's political campaign web site, has expired. Your browser will warn you not to visit the site now.
This Time Lapse of Iceland Is So Beautifully Alien
Gizmodo - 2 Oct 2013 05:00
You can travel every inch of this world and probably travel every inch of the galaxy and you'd find very few places more beautiful than Iceland. Even alien paradises don't look this good. Stian Rekdal covered over 3,000 ...
Apple iPhone 5s and 5c now at Virgin Mobile for $100 below retail
Engadget - 2 Oct 2013 03:19
You knew this day would come, Virgin Mobile fans, and now the highly sought after iPhone 5s and the iPhone 5c are available for purchase at Virgin Mobile. Better yet, you're in for a rather nice discount, as Sprint's pre...
Shocker: Anonymous Microsoft investors want to give Bill Gates the boot
GigaOM - 2 Oct 2013 02:58
Folks may have been thinking about it for awhile, but now some apparently are saying it aloud -- they want to push Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates out as chairman.
Astronaut Makes Stuffed Dinosaur in Space, Posts to Pinterest
Mashable - 2 Oct 2013 02:06
Last week, Karen Nyberg decided to make a stuffed dinosaur for her 3-year old son out of spare materials she had lying around, and posted it on Pinterest. This wouldn't be news — except for the fact that Nyberg is an a...
Icahn takes to Twitter in pushing for Apple shares buyback plan
ZDNet - 2 Oct 2013 02:03
The American business magnate isn't keeping quiet about what he thinks the iPhone maker should do next.
Critical Internet Explorer exploit code released in the wild
Ars Technica - 2 Oct 2013 02:00
Two weeks after zero-day attacks were disclosed, attack code goes mainstream.
Silent Circle moves away from NIST cryptographic standards, cites uncertainty
PC World - 2 Oct 2013 01:55
The U.S. National Security Agency's reported efforts to weaken encryption standards have prompted an encrypted communications company to move away from cryptographic algorithms sanctioned by the U.S. National Institute o...