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A new look at air pollution sources and atmosphere-warming particles in South Asia
Phys.org - 18 Oct 2013 18:00
When Rajan Chakrabarty, Ph.D., an assistant research professor at the Desert Research Institute, began looking into the regional inventories of human-produced sources of carbon aerosol pollution in South Asia, considered...
Betterment Acquires ImpulseSave, The App That Encourages You To Save Money Rather Than Spend It
TechCrunch - 18 Oct 2013 17:48
ImpulseSave, the startup that launched last year at Disrupt San Francisco 2012 with a mobile app aimed at encouraging people to put away money in their savings accounts, has been acquired by Betterment, the investment pl...
Xbox 360's Games with Gold service gets gold-starred for the foreseeable future
PC World - 18 Oct 2013 20:23
Microsoft announced Friday that Xbox Live Gold members will continue receiving two free games per month indefinitely, as its Games with Gold promotion is now a permanent feature.
NVIDIA's G-Sync is a module for gaming monitors to alleviate screen tearing
Engadget - 18 Oct 2013 16:46Social Game Developers To Speak At Disrupt Europe About Avoiding One Hit Wonders
TechCrunch - 18 Oct 2013 16:32
With FarmVille, Mafia Wars and other games, Zynga became the darling of the social gaming world. But after going public, the company wasn't able to reproduce its early successes and is struggling to release relevant new ...
Dell Venue 8 Pro Windows 8.1 tablet and refreshed XPS 15 now available online
Engadget - 18 Oct 2013 23:44Pebble's Migicovsky: we're focused on software, not hardware right now (video)
Engadget - 18 Oct 2013 18:00Nokia Lumia 1520: Rumours, release date and everything you need to know
Pocket-lint - 18 Oct 2013 23:20
There have been many stories in recent weeks suggesting Nokia is working on its first ever Lumia phablet. Called the Nokia Lumia 1520, this device has surfaced comparison photos, press shots and even full spec leaks. The...
Hubble Watched a Pulsating Stellar Relic
PTTU - 18 Oct 2013 21:34
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center: This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows the planetary nebula NGC 2452, located in the southern constellation of Puppis. The blue haze across the frame is what remains of a sta...
NVIDIA GameStream official: expanding SHIELD PC streaming to Console Mode
Slash Gear - 18 Oct 2013 16:29
This week the folks at NVIDIA have let it be known that they’ll be pushing the gaming industry forward with a technology called NVIDIA GameStream. Expanding on the PC streaming abilities of NVIDIA SHIELD, this technolo...
NYC Mayoral Candidate in Hot Water After Campaign Ad Used Swiped Flickr Shots
PetaPixel - 18 Oct 2013 20:28
New York Republican mayoral candidate Joe Lhota may be running as a law and order guy, but apparently the “law” part doesn’t cover intellectual property. Turns out nine of the images used in a recent Lhota campaign...
Mind-Blowing Saturn Photo Mosaic Made from Pictures Taken Earlier This Month
PetaPixel - 18 Oct 2013 19:09
The NASA spacecraft Cassini has sent back some incredible imagery of the planet Saturn over the years, much of which is being put to use to create an IMAX movie. But thanks to the work of a Croatian software developer, w...
NASA: Less Than 1% Chance That Asteroid 2013 TV135 Will Hit Earth In 2032
Universe Today - 18 Oct 2013 16:48
We’ll skip straight to the good news: NASA says Earth is likely safe from Asteroid 2013 TV135. Calculations put the newly discovered asteroid’s chances of hitting the planet in 2032 at incredibly small — 1 in 63,00...
Hold very still: Super-quiet rooms permit IBM nano research
CNET - 18 Oct 2013 17:17
Specialized microscopes within Big Blue's Zurich nanotechnology center are shielded from the slightest vibrations, radio waves, and even air turbulence.
Swarm Of House Cleaning Flying Robots Wins Electrolux Design Lab Award 2013
The Huffington Post - 18 Oct 2013 15:46BlackBerry's last rites and release: Z30 arrives on Optus and Telstra
ZDNet - 18 Oct 2013 15:14
Before the end of this month, Australian customers on Optus and Telstra's networks will be able to purchase the BlackBerry Z30.
First Impressions Review of Fujifilm X-E2 midrange mirrorless ILC
DP Review - 18 Oct 2013 06:30
The X-E2 represents the start of Fujifilm's refresh of its X-series mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras. It features a 16MP X-Trans CMOS II sensor that gains on-sensor phase detection over the one used in previous mo...
Microsoft Office fends off open source OpenOffice and LibreOffice but cloud tools gain ground
ZDNet - 18 Oct 2013 23:20
Despite its cost and surfeit of features, Microsoft Office retains a clear lead in enterprise productivity software.
Monoprice 9774 vs. Monoprice 10565 (vs. Energy Take Classic): Are they different?
CNET - 18 Oct 2013 21:33
How different are the visually similar new Monoprice 10565 speakers compared with the old Monoprice 9774 speakers (and by extension, the nearly identical Energy Take Classic speakers)?
Elon Musk bought James Bond's submarine car and wants to make it transform
The Verge - 18 Oct 2013 21:00
Elon Musk doesn't get buyer's remorse, he just gets new plans. Musk confirmed to CNN Money that he has in fact purchased James Bond's transformable submarine car from The Spy Who Loved Me — unfortunately, while the ...
This Week On The TC Gadgets Podcast: Windows 8.1, The Kindle Fire HDX, And Curved Display Smartphones
TechCrunch - 18 Oct 2013 21:00
That's right. It's Gadgets Podcast time once again, and all I can say is TGIF.
SoftBank to take 57 percent stake in phone distributor Brightstar for $1.26 billion
Android Central - 18 Oct 2013 20:04
Stake in company to grow to 70 percent over next five years After purchasing a majority stake in Sprint earlier this year, Japanese carrier SoftBank is eyeing an investment in U.S. phone distributor Brightstar. The deal ...