Technology News
Visual effects artists use Obama's trip to DreamWorks to to protest 'bleeding' industry
The Verge - 26 Nov 2013 11:20
As Barack Obama visits DreamWorks Animation today to celebrate the strength and financial clout of the American movie industry, a group of visual effects artists will be taking to a south Californian park to protest agai...
Beware: New malware app called Pixer is spreading from the Play Store
Geek Time - 26 Nov 2013 17:01
If you recently received a suspicious SMS message inviting you to view pictures, beware. Click through and you might be seeing your FB photos on a hot-or-not ranking site
Indonesian group hacks Crime Stoppers site
ZDNet - 26 Nov 2013 09:28
The Australian Federal Police says no sensitive information was compromised when Indonesian-based hackers accessed log-in details of a member through the Crime Stoppers website.
Revo SuperSignal DAB Bluetooth Radio brings retro style to modern tech
Pocket-lint - 26 Nov 2013 18:31
Revo has just announced the expansion of its SuperSeries range with the SuperSignal DAB Radio. The new SuperSignal will ooze with retro good looks along with functional design for great quality sound. But now it's more t...
Why Is Apple The Bad Guy For Defeating This Patent Troll?
Cult of Mac - 26 Nov 2013 14:17
Back in 2010, Apple was seemingly randomly sued by an eccentric 70-year-old crank who claimed to have “come up with the idea” of the smartphone. That lawsuit has now come to trial, and the crank has lost, but what’...
Pentax K-3 Review
Photography Blog - 26 Nov 2013 17:15
On paper at least, the new Pentax K-3 is the most full-featured prosumer DSLR camera, offering a long list of features that will leave serious photographers salivating. Read our in-depth Pentax K-3 review to discover if ...
How living cells solved a needle in a haystack problem to produce electrical signals
Medical News Today - 26 Nov 2013 11:00
Filtered from a vast sodium sea, more than 1 million calcium ions per second gush through our cells' pores to generate chargesScientists have figured out how calcium channels - the infinitesimal cell membrane pores that ...
Roccat Ryos MK Pro review: Spoilt for choice
PC World - 26 Nov 2013 13:02
A few months ago, I took Roccat's Isku FX gaming keyboard for a spin. It's pretty nice! You can reprogram many of the keys, set up all manner of timers and macro commands, and press letters to make words in relative comf...
iOS 7.0.4 restores some speed to iPad 2
AppleTell - 26 Nov 2013 13:56
I've been an unhappy camper since up(?)grading to iOS 7 a few weeks back. My iPad 2, which had been a smooth, quick, and slick performer in iOS 6, was transformed into a ragged and unrefined, underperforming slug with th...
NSA malware reportedly infects more than 50,000 computers worldwide
BGR - 26 Nov 2013 05:30
The NSA-related cover surveillance operations are further detailed in a report by Dutch publication NRC that claims that more than 50,000 computers worldwide have been infected with NSA-operated malware. The software, hi...
Bitcoin Mining Is Getting Out of Control
Gizmodo - 26 Nov 2013 13:50
Bitcoins are digital currency that can be mined by computers solving mathematical puzzles. Over the years, they've shot up in value. They might make you rich! Maybe not! It's a Bitcoin rush, and the mining operations are...
Combo of plant nutrients kills breast cancer cells
Medical News Today - 26 Nov 2013 11:00
A study led by Madhwa Raj, PhD, Research Professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans and its Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, has found that a super cocktail of six natural compounds i...
New targets for Parkinson's disease identified by gene-silencing study
Medical News Today - 26 Nov 2013 11:00
Scientists at the National Institutes of Health have used RNA interference (RNAi) technology to reveal dozens of genes which may represent new therapeutic targets for treating Parkinson's disease. The findings also may b...
Five improvements we want to see from the Xbox One
Digital Trends - 26 Nov 2013 19:15
The Xbox One is out and it's great. It's not perfect though. The console is built to be flexible, and it's bound to be updated in ways that change its inner workings. Here's what we want to see changed first. The post Fi...
How Apple might incorporate PrimeSense 3D tech into its products
The Loop - 26 Nov 2013 18:00
Juli Clover's take on the 3D object sensing technology Apple just acquired when they purchased PrimeSense. As much as she sees, my guess is, Apple sees much more. Object sensing technology has been around since the 1970s...
Lamborghini produces its last Gallardo
Slash Gear - 26 Nov 2013 14:14
Lamborghini has announced the end of the road for one of the manufacturers most iconic and popular sports cars. The final Lamborghini Gallardo has rolled off the assembly line at the factory in Sant'Agata Bolognese. The ...
Atlas teams head for DARPA Robotics Challenge
Phys.org - 26 Nov 2013 11:50
(Phys.org) --December 20 is a big day for teams competing in the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Robotics Challenge. The idea is to promote critical improvements in what robots can do to help out in dis...
Artificial skin grown using stem cells from the umbilical cord
Medical News Today - 26 Nov 2013 11:00
This important scientific breakthrough, developed by the University of Granada, will aid the immediate use of artificially-grown skin for major burn patients, since the skin could be stored in tissue banks and made avail...
Enchanted Forest Dreams Wall Mural - $178
The Gadget Flow - 26 Nov 2013 08:00
This massive Enchanted Forest Dreams Wall Mural will convert even the tiniest match-box apartment or condo into a magical place. For people trapped by the daily grind inside four walls and a ceiling, this wall mural offe...
Microsoft still open sources more technologies than many think
ZDNet - 26 Nov 2013 07:18
Don't look now, but Microsoft is continuing to open source many of its own technologies, even though it is still competing with Linux and Android vendors.
Ball FreshTech Auto Canner Review: Pack a Peck of Perfect Pickles
Gizmodo - 26 Nov 2013 22:40
For as deliciously rewarding as canning your own fruits and vegetables can be, the actual canning process isn't all candied rainbows and Martha Stewart smiles; it involves a fair amount of hard work . But why should you ...
Microsoft: We aren't going to have three different versions of Windows
ZDNet - 26 Nov 2013 05:46
A Microsoft official confirms the company is planning to trim the number of different versions of Windows in its portfolio.