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Red Hot Nickel Ball Vs. Eggs: Your Breakfast Is Secretly Badass
Gizmodo - 16 Jan 2014 22:20
It's never not fun to watch everyone's favorite Red Hot Nickel Ball completely destroy something. But sometimes it's more impressive that nothing happens. Like these eggs, man. They're practically invincible!
Andreessen Horowitz Invests $20M In Custom Apparel Platform Teespring
TechCrunch - 16 Jan 2014 18:39
Providence, R.I.-based Teespring, a Y Combinator-backed startup that allows anyone to outsource the production and distribution costs involved with selling their own custom T-shirts, has raised $20 million in new funding...
100 Famous Movie Quotes as Charts
Gizmodo - 16 Jan 2014 12:40
Nathan Yau has turned the American Film Institute's 100 most memorable quotes from American cinema into chart form. Here they are, in all their wonderful geeky glory.
Stunning sunset in Manhattan
Gizmodo - 16 Jan 2014 12:53
New York has at least a few magical moments through the day. This is probably the best, when the sun is about to disappear engulfed by New Jersey and Manhattan is still alive and buzzing. Hungarian photographer -rs Csere...
Drunken Sailor Coasters - $15
The Gadget Flow - 16 Jan 2014 08:00
This set of Drunken Sailor Coasters from Izola includes six coasters. You can get these coasters in one of four available themes. The choices are Happy Hour, Maritime, Drinking Games and Pick-up Lines. Whatever your choi...
The Engadget Show 49: CES 2014 wrapup
Engadget - 16 Jan 2014 21:45ROCCAT Siru mouse pad is super thin
Coolest Gadgets - 16 Jan 2014 16:00
Gamers are an extremely particular lot about the kind of gaming hardware that they use, ranging from the video cards to the motherboards and processors. Of course, as you move up the ladder in terms of the gaming world, ...
Blizzard Announces Free Character Migration For World Of Warcraft
Ubergizmo - 16 Jan 2014 01:18
World of Warcraft gamers, if you're playing in a server that is particularly crowded, you're in luck because Blizzard has announced that they will be providing free character transfers from high traffic servers into lowe...
The Engadget Podcast is live at 4PM ET!
Engadget - 16 Jan 2014 22:30
We're back and (sort of) recovered from a week in the desert at the world's biggest tech trade show. But Terrence, Ben, Marc and Joseph just can't get enough of each others handsome faces, so they'll be cramming into the...
This Isn't Abstract Art, It's the Sun
Gizmodo - 16 Jan 2014 14:45
It might look more like abstract art than anything else, but you're actually looking at a series of observations of the Sun.
US Military Reportedly Interested In Smart Rifles
Ubergizmo - 16 Jan 2014 12:14LG G Flex ships from January 31 in US
Slash Gear - 16 Jan 2014 19:14
LG's G Flex will go on sale in the US from January 31st, with the curved OLED smartphone unsurprisingly commanding top-tier pricing for its unusual form-factor. The smartphone, which we …
Bioglow To Auction Off Glow In The Dark Plants
Ubergizmo - 16 Jan 2014 02:39
There are a couple of different ways one might go about illuminating their home. You can always go with the standard lights, or maybe use something a little more funky via lava lamps, or you could always turn to glow in ...
Making money from WeChat: Nice little earner
The Economist - 16 Jan 2014 18:00
UK Only Article: standard article Issue: Coming to an office near you Fly Title: Making money from WeChat Rubric: Can WeChat become a world-beating app? Location: SHANGHAI IT IS hard to make money peddling soci...
Gene therapy restores sight in people with eye disease
New Scientist - 16 Jan 2014 02:01
For the first time, gene therapy has been used to treat a rare cause of blindness called choroideremia - the results may be relevant to more common eye diseases
Thursday Dealmaster has a double-dipping WD Black2 combo drive
Ars Technica - 16 Jan 2014 19:25
It's a 120GB SSD and a 1TB HDD in a single unit--but we've got regular SSDs, too!
Nokia Lumia 1820 with 2K display, Snapdragon 805 incoming alongside solar powered Lumia 1525 phablet?
Pocket-lint - 16 Jan 2014 17:51
Nokia already impressed us with the Lumia 1520 and it looks like the Microsoft owned mobile maker isn't going to stop there. The Lumia 1820 sounds astonishing. Rumour has it that the Nokia Lumia 1820 will come packing th...
Deal of the Day: Seidio OBEX Waterproof Case for Samsung Galaxy S4
Android Central - 16 Jan 2014 16:55
The Jan. 16 Deal of the Day is the Seidio OBEX Waterproof Case for Samsung Galaxy S4. The OBEX utilizes advanced technology that not only safeguards against drops, but also keeps external elements like water, snow, mud, ...
Pocket Drone An Interesting Kickstarter Project
Ubergizmo - 16 Jan 2014 09:42
Drones, drones, drones – they do seem to be just about anywhere and everywhere. Of course, on the battlefield, they do their bit in reconnaissance as well as hit-and-run missions, but how about the ordinary Joe like yo...
10 Remarkable Facts You Didn't Know About Pixar
Mashable - 16 Jan 2014 08:00
We knew Pixar animators had dedication, but climbing inside a dead whale for research? That takes serious devotion. YouTube list-maker Alltime 10s collected 10 of the coolest lesser-known facts about the animation compan...
Starbucks admits its iPhone app stores unencrypted user passwords
The Verge - 16 Jan 2014 05:13
When you type a password into a mobile payment app, you'd probably expect it to protect that password somehow. But it seems that the Starbucks app for iOS doesn't actually lock its usernames and passwords down. Accordin...
Nest Protect Review: Peace of Mind, For a Price
Gizmodo - 16 Jan 2014 22:00
For as important a role as your fire and carbon monoxide detector plays in your life, you don't hear from it very often--and when you do, it's usually either annoying or terrifying. Protect, the new detector from Nest, i...