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Anamorphic iPhone Lens For Genuinne, J.J. Abrams-Style Lens Flare
Cult of Mac - 5 Dec 2013 09:56
You know anamorphic, right? It’s a way of getting super widescreen film onto the relatively squarish frame of 35mm film. It’s done by using a special lens on the camera that squeezes the image sideways, and then a re...
HP Chromebook 14 review
The Verge - 5 Dec 2013 18:45
Colorful gadgets are mostly a ploy, I’m told. Best Buy shoppers may be drawn in by a purple camera or a shimmering orange laptop, but they leave the store with something in black. I’ve heard the same thing from a num...
NASA Engineers Built an Insanely Complex Bullet-Time Rig For Fun
Gizmodo - 5 Dec 2013 19:01
Back in May, our friend and ex-NASA JPL engineer Mark Rober, figured out a way to shoot "bullet time" videos on the cheap , with a ceiling fan, a pair of flashlights, and a GoPro. Pretty damn creative, but the rig had it...
Fleksy predictive keyboard for Android exits beta, multilingual support and iOS integration in the pipeline
Engadget - 5 Dec 2013 16:00
Almost a year after it made its debut, Syntellia's Fleksy keyboard for Android is finally out of beta. It actually arrived on Google Play six months ago, but was only available to those who joined the company's Google+ c...
Landscape Photography Magazine Issue 34
Photography Blog - 5 Dec 2013 11:00
Issue 34 of Landscape Photography Magazine is now available to download.
President Obama: Can't iPhone, won't iPhone
ZDNet - 5 Dec 2013 10:09
President Obama may be the most powerful man in the world (say some) but he's still not allowed an iPhone, due to Secret Service restrictions.
Gender differences in COPD examined by UK review
Medical News Today - 5 Dec 2013 11:00
A new study review authored by the University of Kentucky's Dr. David Mannino examines the gender differences in the prevalence, pathophysiology, and clinical presentation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) ...
Cassini spacecraft obtains best views of Saturn hexagon
Phys.org - 5 Dec 2013 00:47
(Phys.org) --NASA's Cassini spacecraft has obtained the highest-resolution movie yet of a unique six-sided jet stream, known as the hexagon, around Saturn's north pole.
Samsung to reportedly follow Apple with own version of Touch ID in 2014
BGR - 5 Dec 2013 01:15
Last month, IHS projected that hundreds of millions of smartphones would feature fingerprint sensors similar to the iPhone 5s Touch ID by 2017. According to a Reuters report, Sweden’s Fingerprint Cards, a company speci...
2M Passwords For Facebook, Twitter And Others Stolen In Massive Data Breach
ReadWrite - 5 Dec 2013 02:12
Have a Google, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or Yahoo account? If so, you might want to change your password, stat. According to cybersecurity firm Trustwave, hackers using a nasty piece of work called the Pony Botnet Con...
IBM's first African lab: Why Big Blue is taking on the continent's grand challenges
ZDNet - 5 Dec 2013 18:36
IBM is targeting Africa in a big way, with the launch of a new research lab in the Kenyan capital just the start of its ambitions for the continent.
Man arrested for stealing 5 cents of electricity to charge Nissan Leaf
Digital Trends - 5 Dec 2013 09:30
Definitely one of the strangest arrests involving an electric car, a Georgia man was arrested by local police for stealing a fairly insignificant amount of electricity from a nearby school. The post Man arrested for stea...
Autographer Intelligent Wearable Camera - $491
The Gadget Flow - 5 Dec 2013 08:00
The Autographer is a small and hands-free intelligent wearable camera that has a mind of its own. It's human nature to come up with incredibly bad facial expressions when someone is about to take your picture. The nervou...
Google's $500 million Moto X marketing splurge looks like a dud
BGR - 5 Dec 2013 23:50
Google earmarked around $500 million to market the Moto X and it’s still barely made a dent in the American smartphone market. The latest numbers from comScore show that Motorola’s American smartphone market share ti...
Teen buys £450 Xbox One on eBay and only receives photo of console
Pocket-lint - 5 Dec 2013 21:59
'Tis the season for...online scams and fraudulent activity. A 19-year-old Nottingham teenager tried to buy a Day One version of Microsoft's Xbox One for £450 on eBay last week, but he was sorely disappointed when he rec...
Why Engineers Must Consider the Ethical Implications of Their Work
Slashdot - 5 Dec 2013 20:01
An anonymous reader writes "An article by Abbas El-Zein at The Guardian explores the ethical responsibilities for engineers who create and maintain 'technologies of violence.' He says, 'Engineers who see themselves as bu...
AmazonFresh San Francisco Launch Possible Next Week
Ubergizmo - 5 Dec 2013 19:37
Amazon now does a lot more than it initially did, the company has evolved from an online marketplace to a behemoth that produces its own tablets, has its own app store, own cloud storage service and a lot more. The compa...
DxO Filmpack 4.5 Introduces Kodak Ektar and Agfa Scala 200x
The Phoblographer - 5 Dec 2013 16:02
DxOFilmpack 4.5 adds in Agfa Scala and Kodak Ektar. The post DxO Filmpack 4.5 Introduces Kodak Ektar and Agfa Scala 200x appeared first on The Phoblographer.
Best smartphones to look forward to in 2014
Pocket-lint - 5 Dec 2013 14:51
With the pace of smartphone evolution moving so fast, there's always something waiting in the wings. No sooner have you spied the latest handset, but there's anticipation of something else, the next big thing. We've roun...
The 2015 Ford Mustang has arrived and it might finally give the Germans a run for the money
Digital Trends - 5 Dec 2013 09:47
Any new Mustang is a cause for excitement, but, after the teases and hints about the 2015 Mustang, we are thrilled to get the details. And they are good! This new pony car brings some impressive tech and a renewed focus ...
Microsoft vows to boost Internet encryption, transparency
CNET - 5 Dec 2013 09:11
Likening government Internet surveillance to malware, Microsoft's chief general counsel says the company is taking steps to protect the privacy of online communications.
Luna Ring concept puts solar panels on the moon to power Earth
Slash Gear - 5 Dec 2013 08:30
Solar energy is one method for powering homes and such with renewable resources, something that has seen great strides in past years but that still suffers from various limitations. One Japanese company has a big vision ...