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Thief (2014) Review
Slash Gear - 25 Feb 2014 12:32
Released on a number of platforms at once, Thief is a game that - make not mistake about it - is about taking things that don't belong to you. We're …
Photos: Giant Spiral Grows Out of Egypt's Desert
Live Science - 25 Feb 2014 14:47
To some viewers, it looks like a landing strip for extraterrestrial spacecraft, but the giant desert spiral is actually an art installation.
Tesla Model S named Consumer Reports' best overall 2014 Top Pick
Slash Gear - 25 Feb 2014 21:44
Consumer Reports has published its 2014 automotive top picks, and the top ten is riddled with well-known models spanning multiple auto makers and automotive types. Standing at the top of …
Netflix Drone 2 Home spoofs Amazon PrimeAir with DVD snark
Slash Gear - 25 Feb 2014 17:29
Amazon's PrimeAir drone delivery concept has received its fair share of scorn, but Netflix has waited until now to weigh in with a little snark of its own. The company …
Broadcom's new 5G WiFi chip promises up to twice the real-world speed
Engadget - 25 Feb 2014 05:15
It's great to have speedy 802.11ac WiFi in a smartphone, but the technology doesn't always live up to the promise; busy hotspots and walls often slow it down. They may not be as much of a problem once Broadcom's new BCM4...
"Console Wars" movie to chronicle Sega vs. Nintendo era
Slash Gear - 25 Feb 2014 01:48
The current generation of young gamers have grown up entrenched in the PlayStation vs. Xbox so-called console wars, something that is fun from a select standpoint and gives companies a …
New App Lets You Stream All the Disney Movies You Own In One Place
Gizmodo - 25 Feb 2014 16:29
Fire your babysitter, because Disney just dropped a brand new app that lets you watch Disney, Pixar, and Marvel movies you bought on iTunes and ones you own on DVD from your iPhone or iPad. Eureka.
Why Ghostbusters Is Such An Awesome Architectural Film
Gizmodo - 25 Feb 2014 01:20
The sad news that actor, screenwriter, and director Harold Ramis passed away earlier today has unsurprisingly resulted in a wave of cinematic nostalgia, with #ghostbusters trending globally on Twitter and seemingly every...
Hipster Beard Transplants Are All the Rage These Days
Gizmodo - 25 Feb 2014 22:00
Everybody's heard of hair plugs, but did you realize you could get a full beard transplant? A growing number of men in New York and elsewhere are catching on. It's apparently becoming a very popular thing to do, especial...
Breaking the smartphone mold isn't easy. Just ask Jolla
Engadget - 25 Feb 2014 22:30
Jolla's got a big problem, and the company knows it. The small Finnish startup has grand plans to upend the smartphone paradigm with its modular phone and unique gesture-based OS, but that foreign approach has left some ...
22 Amazing Observatories Where Our Radio Eyes Watch the Universe
Gizmodo - 25 Feb 2014 16:00
Humans can only see visible light--the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that is visible to the human eye. That's why so hard to study celestial objects hidden behind cosmic dust. But radio astronomy reveals those ...
Samsung Galaxy S5 accessories: First look at S Charger Pad, S View Cover, more
Pocket-lint - 25 Feb 2014 02:33
Samsung hasn't just launched the Samsung Galaxy S5 on Monday, but a number of dedicated accessories for the new flagship smartphone. We're live at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, where we've gotten a quick loo...
Facebook shutters its unpopular @facebook.com email service
Engadget - 25 Feb 2014 00:25
After three years, Facebook is killing its @facebook.com email service. When it launched in late 2010, Zuckerberg and Co. touted the system's basic approach to messaging (think: no attachment or CC/BCC features). However...
This Public Toilet Turns Pee Into Street Trees
Gizmodo - 25 Feb 2014 17:00
Public toilets are notorious for unsavory behavior and even more unsavory smells. The PPlanter is both a public toilet and a planter, composting the pee it collects to nourish pots of bamboo. And it's apparently odor-fre...
Russia's Big New Rocket May Make 1st Flight This Year
SPACE.com - 25 Feb 2014 00:17
Russia is preparing for the debut flight of a launch vehicle called Angara, its first new big rocket since the Soviet era. Angara is built around common core boosters that burn environmentally friendly fuels (like SpaceX...
Hands on with the LG G Pro 2 and the G2 mini
Ars Technica - 25 Feb 2014 23:08
LG makes bigger and smaller versions of the G2.
The science of audio illusions, or fooling people's ears
Gizmodo - 25 Feb 2014 23:00
Diana Deutsch is a professor of psychology at the University of San Diego, and a master at manipulating people's ears. While researching quirks in the way humans hear things, she has invented many auditory illusions. Her...
Jolla Sailfish OS pictures and hands-on
Pocket-lint - 25 Feb 2014 13:52
Jolla, a company made up of former Nokia developers, is out to create the best open source mobile operating system with its Sailfish OS, based loosely on MeGo. Until now the Jolla phone itself was €400 - a pricey way t...
ZTE Grand Memo II LTE announced
Coolest Gadgets - 25 Feb 2014 03:21
There is nothing quite like having a brand new smartphone introduced to the world, and over at Mobile World Congress that is happening right now in Barcelona, Spain, you know for sure that there will be a slew of new and...
Scary punk magically transforms into posh girl--but what's better?
Gizmodo - 25 Feb 2014 02:27GM expands car recall to 1.37m over switch safety
Slash Gear - 25 Feb 2014 22:34
GM has expanded its huge recall of cars over fears that they could stall while driving or even see the airbags fail to deploy properly, almost doubling the number of …
App-pocalypse Now
Gizmodo - 25 Feb 2014 19:01
I'm getting pretty sick of being nagged to install your damn apps.