Technology News
PLAiR 2 Launches To Take On Chromecast With Netflix, Hulu Plus, Spotify, And Pandora Apps For $49
TechCrunch - 1 Nov 2013 19:00
What do you do when your startups launched a product in a nascent category and then a behemoth like Google enters the space and validates it? And eats your lunch in the process? If you're video streaming startup PLAiR, y...
Battlefield 4 review
Pocket-lint - 1 Nov 2013 11:00
Like the annual FIFA and PES footie games war, it's now the turn of first person shooters to fight it out, headed up by Battlefield 4. The annual atrocity exhibition this year kicks off with EA's Battlefield 4, a title d...
Are physicists individualists or collectivists?
Scientific American - 1 Nov 2013 23:01
Richard Feynman was probably one of the very few true individualists in the history of physics (Image: Telegraph) Ricardo Heras has a well-written and thought provoking essay in Physics Today in... --
Spend 20 bucks, build yourself an adjustable standing desk in 20 minutes
PC World - 1 Nov 2013 12:30
You probably know that sitting on your butt all day isn't good for you, but you might not realize just how bad it is. According to one frightening study, people who spent more than 11 hours per day in a chair were 40 per...
Fujifilm XQ1
DPhoto Journal - 1 Nov 2013 04:13
Fujifilm has recently contributed to heat the pocket camera market with the launch of Fujifilm XF1 XQ1 as successor. Fujifilm claims that this camera is more portable than ever. Fujifilm XQ1 have a slightly similar desig...
Yashica Mobile Digital Microscope MS-01 With 500X Zoom is Now Available
The Phoblographer - 1 Nov 2013 19:28
Yashica's still around. This time, it's in the form of a digital camera with 500x zoom. The post Yashica Mobile Digital Microscope MS-01 With 500X Zoom is Now Available appeared first on The Phoblographer.
Fujifilm XF 23mm F1.4 R Review
Photography Blog - 1 Nov 2013 18:45
The Fujifilm XF 23mm f1.4 R is an ultra-fast, moderately wide-angle prime lens for Fujifilm X-series compact system cameras. Offering a classic focal range of 35mm in 35mm terms, is the Fujifilm XF 23mm f1.4 R a worthy a...
Google, Samsung and others sued by acquirer of Nortel patents Rockstar
PC World - 1 Nov 2013 07:35
The Rockstar Consortium that acquired Nortel Networks' patents filed Thursday patent infringement suits against Google, Samsung, HTC and five other companies. In a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern Dis...
Not just any competition: Roger Cicala's First Annual Photogeek Contest
DP Review - 1 Nov 2013 13:37
Roger Cicala of LensRentals is man after our own hearts, never happier than when tinkering with lenses and writing about what he finds, however obscure it may turn out to be. And in celebration of this, he's launched wha...
L-3 Coleman Nabs MDA Targets Contract
Space News - 1 Nov 2013 17:34
L-3's Coleman Aerospace division won a $74 million contract from the MDA to develop and manufacture medium-range ballistic missile targets.
Book Review: Star-Craving Mad
Scientific American - 1 Nov 2013 15:00
Star-Craving Mad: Tales from a Traveling Astronomer [More] --
Trio takes Soyuz for spin around ISS
Phys.org - 1 Nov 2013 14:02
An international trio of astronauts on Thursday took a Soyuz space capsule on a rare trip around the International Space Station in preparation for the arrival of a new crew next week.
Trawling for memories and responses to extreme weather events
Phys.org - 1 Nov 2013 13:40
Snow storms, floods, droughts, heatwaves and hurricanes--all these can have a dramatic effect on our lives and generate a lot of different responses. Now a team of experts are hoping to piece together our responses to ma...
Massive Xbox One reveals regular sized consoles within, and zombies
Engadget - 1 Nov 2013 07:55Taiwan's New Special Forces Uniforms Are Wearable Nightmare Fuel
Gizmodo - 1 Nov 2013 06:40
Like the Samurai's mempo, the uniforms of many of today's Special Forces units play dual roles. Not only do they protect the wearer's face and conceal his identity, they terrify the pants off of the enemy. Take the newly...
Groupon Redesigns Website for First Time in Five-Year History
Mashable - 1 Nov 2013 06:05
Groupon is getting a facelift just in time for its fifth birthday The daily deals service announced Friday that it has overhauled the look and functionality of its website for the first time since it launched in November...
Is Anonymous Social Media the Answer to Cyberbullying?
Mashable - 1 Nov 2013 03:06
On the Internet, it's easy to create a new pseudonym or personality. But what happens if you remove the concept of a user profile all together? That's what Whisper, an anonymous mobile social network for Android and iOS ...
Will the Government Monitor Social Media for Snowden-Like Risks?
Mashable - 1 Nov 2013 02:59
The U.S. government is studying whether it can scour social-media websites for clues about potential risks from workers such as Edward Snowden and the Washington Navy Yard shooter. Snowden, a former National Security Age...
Apple Patent Describes Built-In Power Converters for Solar Charging
Mac Life - 1 Nov 2013 02:52
I've mentioned in the past that Apple seems to have energy conservation at the heart of its latest designs, and we've seen that especially with the long battery life of notebooks running Mavericks and in the very design ...
Apple, Google, Microsoft unite against NSA spying program
CNET - 1 Nov 2013 02:31
The tech giants, along with Yahoo, Facebook, and AOL, call upon the Senate Judiciary Committee to substantially reform the US government's mass surveillance practices.
Autonomous Dump Trucks Are Coming To Canada's Oil Sands
Slashdot - 1 Nov 2013 23:59
Daniel_Stuckey writes "According to a Bloomberg report, Canadian oil sands giant Suncor, which is "Canada's largest energy company by market value," is currently testing haul trucks that are run by computers. Extracting ...
Android's Biggest Changes Aren't Part of KitKat
Time - 1 Nov 2013 23:58
My HTC One isn’t running Android 4.4 KitKat, but it feels pretty close. I just downloaded several apps that come standard with Google‘s Nexus 5. The apps were graciously posted by Droid Life, and when combined with a...