Technology News
Australian government using wrong NBN rollout strategy, leaked report warns
ZDNet - 30 Nov 2013 10:07
Australia's new Liberal Party government is using the wrong strategy for rolling out the country's national broadband network (NBN) and should consolidate the planned two-stage deployment of fibre-to-the-node (FttN) tech...
PS4: PSN, Store and Redeem Code now available - restored following Sony suspension
Pocket-lint - 30 Nov 2013 19:40
Update 30 November: After the reported PSN outages and Sony suspending the Redeem Code functionality in the PlayStation Store following the PlayStation 4 launch and huge amounts of UK traffic, it appears to now be fixed ...
Comet ISON and the Best Studied Planetary System
Planet Hunters - 30 Nov 2013 10:10
This Thursday, the Solar System put on a celestial performance, and we had a front row seat to the spectacle. Long period Comet ISON made its closest approach to the Sun entering the Sun’s atmosphere. This sun-grazing ...
Microsoft ready to kill Windows RT
The Loop - 30 Nov 2013 03:49
Larson-Green, who is executive vice-president of Devices and Studios at Microsoft, said that the aim of Windows RT was "our first go at creating that more closed, turnkey experience [that Apple has on the iPad]…" but t...
PlayStation 4 beating Xbox One in early U.K. sales
BGR - 30 Nov 2013 01:00
It’s still very early in the new console wars but it looks like Sony’s PlayStation 4 seems to have a slight early edge over Microsoft’s Xbox One so far. The Telegraph reports that retailer GAME says that early dema...
How To...
Strobist - 30 Nov 2013 23:51
The below are a collection of explainer posts on a variety of subjects--some specific, some general. But all, hopefully, helpful.
Rants/Essays/Humor/Unclassified
Strobist - 30 Nov 2013 23:43
I try to keep on topic to the main idea of this site, but sometimes things get a little ... tangential. Sometimes it is a broader issue. Or a practical joke. And sometimes you just need to vent, you know?The below are ju...
Cyber Monday Deals You Can't Miss
Mashable - 30 Nov 2013 23:36
Black Friday hadn't even ended before some retailers started teasing their deals for Cyber Monday. Amazon announced plans to start its Cyber Monday deals at midnight on Sunday and run promotions throughout the week. Walm...
Train iOS Autocorrect to Stop Correcting Specific Words
OS X Daily - 30 Nov 2013 23:29
The iOS Autocorrect feature is notorious for being very aggressive in correcting certain words, particularly those words with colorful, offensive, or controversial meanings – basically any curse word. If you get fed up...
Fujitsu Celsius H730 laptop launches with palm-based vein authentication
Slash Gear - 30 Nov 2013 08:25
Biometric security in and of itself is nothing new, but Fujitsu has launched a laptop that takes a new spin on an old idea. The Fujitsu Celsius H730 laptop is the first of its kind to offer palm-based vein authentication...
Unmanned Russian Cargo Ship Docks with Space Station
SPACE.com - 30 Nov 2013 01:01
An unmanned cargo ship docked with the International Space Station today (Nov. 29), delivering a load of cosmic holiday goodies to the residents of the orbiting outpost.
Woman Fined For Bad Review Striking Back In Court
Slashdot - 30 Nov 2013 00:07
An anonymous reader writes "Here's an update to the earlier Slashdot story about KlearGear.com 'fining' a couple for a bad review left four years earlier on RipoffReport: Not only did KlearGear report this as a bad debt ...
Annual Best-of-Strobist Collections
Strobist - 30 Nov 2013 23:52
Starting in 2008 we began the tradition of taking a pause as each New Year approached. The result was the time a space to reflect back on the best work of the year--my choices and yours:
Interviews/Photog Features/Guest Posts
Strobist - 30 Nov 2013 23:48
I am always looking for inspiration from other lighting photographers--or frankly, anyone who really understands light. To that end, our interviews have ranged from 17-year-old wunderkind photographers to long-dead old m...
Reviews
Strobist - 30 Nov 2013 23:46
Money is hard to come by, and easy to watch slip away. So I have always tried to do my best to guide people to the best things on which to spend their hard-earned cash. Chosen well, books or gear (or whatever) can return...
Strobist Video Vault
Strobist - 30 Nov 2013 23:41
Over the last eight years many cool videos have graced the pages of Strobist.com. Here, in the order in which they originally appeared, are the Top 100. Windows open in tabs for easier multi-video browsing:
Roku 2 For $50
Gizmodo - 30 Nov 2013 23:33
Amazon's price has dropped even more, snag the Roku 2 for $50 while you can. [Amazon]
Nokia's Verizon-bound Lumia 929 shows up again in leaked photo
Engadget - 30 Nov 2013 23:24
We're quickly losing count on how many times we have seen leaks of the Nokia Lumia 929. Still, something tells us Verizon subscribers won't mind getting as many looks as possible at what's rumored to be a pretty high-end...
Could Instagram inspire the next Yelp?
Digital Trends - 30 Nov 2013 23:15
Will the next location review service take its cues from Instagram? As the third party apps surrounding the photo sharing platform dive more and more into location, it's possible. The post Could Instagram inspire the nex...
Tell A Compelling Story Through Diptychs For Our Photo Challenge
Mashable - 30 Nov 2013 23:09
In photography, a diptych is a pair of photographs placed side by side to form one single artistic statement or comparison. The images can be identical or similar in composition, they can show different angles of the sam...
A VC And Olympic Hopeful Taps Indiegogo With A Game To Raise Funds For Young Athletes
TechCrunch - 30 Nov 2013 23:08
Paul Bragiel, the batshit crazy awesome VC who has been training for months in the Arctic Circle to compete in the Sochi Winter Olympics, has a side charity project up his sleeve. After seeing dozens of other younger Oly...
How to Grow a Garden in a Garment Box
Gizmodo - 30 Nov 2013 19:00
Cultivating an indoor garden is surprisingly easy these days, even if your studio apartment is only slightly bigger than a shoe box. And with a bit of resourcefulness and some minor MacGyvering, you can grow fresh produc...