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The Best Modem, $70 Off An AirPort Extreme, Final Fantasy [Deals]
Gizmodo - 20 Mar 2014 19:45
There are several nice deals available today for Mac owners, ranging from a versatile Tunderbolt dock to extra storage for your MacBook, but there are plenty of sales that anybody can appreciate, including a nifty solar ...
ADAPT Bluetooth Adapter - Making it a Wireless World
Coolest Gadgets - 20 Mar 2014 23:11
I really like the technology of things. I can’t wait for the next gadget or gizmo to come around, I simply have to have it. What I don’t like? Cords and wires everywhere. I have things plugged in all over my house. W...
Kodak AZ651, AZ526 and AZ525 Superzoom Camera Hands-on Photos
Photography Blog - 20 Mar 2014 19:35
Hands-on gallery of photos of the new Kodak PixPro AZ651, AZ526 and AZ525 superzoom cameras.
Trash-talking Scrabble player is robot named Victor
Phys.org - 20 Mar 2014 12:28
(Phys.org) --Students at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh have created a Scrabble-playing robot who is quite remarkable, not because it plays well but because it does not play well, and talks with all the human s...
China's Lunar Rover Is Working But Not Moving
Forbes - 20 Mar 2014 07:39
China's lunar rover still has eyes and ears but can't move around.
Unlocked BlackBerry Z30 Now Available In The US For $499
Ubergizmo - 20 Mar 2014 05:16
So the BlackBerry Z30 is not quite the newest smartphone in the market at the moment, where it was first made official in November 2013 via Verizon Wireless. Basically, for those who are interested in picking up the Blac...
How to Mount EXT4 Linux File Systems on a Mac with OS X Fuse
OS X Daily - 20 Mar 2014 21:16
The EXT file system (short for Extended File System) and it’s family members of EXT2, EXT3, and EXT4, are the file systems used by Linux. Mac users who work with multiple platforms may notice that OS X is unable to mou...
Want to find your first tweet? New Twitter tool makes it easy
Digital Trends - 20 Mar 2014 18:19
If you, like me, have published an ungodly number of tweets over the years, scrolling back to find out what your very first ever tweet was is about as tedious as building a sandcastle one grain at a time. But now, thanks...
Kodak SP360, SP1, WP1 Action Camera Hands-on Photos
Photography Blog - 20 Mar 2014 19:25
Hands-on gallery of photos of the new Kodak PixPro SP360, SP1 and WP1 action cameras.
The World's Largest Telescope Is Finally Getting Underway
Gizmodo - 20 Mar 2014 00:30
It's been almost five years since Gizmodo first reported on the Thirty Meter Telescope , a mega-telescope with a resolution ten times that of the Hubble. Now, it seems the long-delayed project's time has come: Hawaii has...
New Big Bang Evidence Suggests Presence of Alternate Universes
Gizmodo - 20 Mar 2014 00:02
According to very real and totally verifiable scientific research, we might live in a multiverse. No, really. The same research that revealed the first-ever direct evidence of Big Bang inflation earlier this week also su...
New Tools Will Reduce The Costs of SSD Data Recovery
Forbes - 20 Mar 2014 08:12
Self-encrypted storage devices are a valuable method to protect consumer data and privacy but they can also prevent recovering that data if parts of the SSD become corrupted. There needs to be a greater degree of coopera...
Samsung's 2014 Home Entertainment lineup availability unveiled
Slash Gear - 20 Mar 2014 22:17
In addition the U9000 UHD TV series, Samsung has unveiled the pricing and availability for its 2014 home entertainment product lineup, which includes a slew of curved UltraHD and LED …
Firefox 29 Beta Arrives With UI Overhaul And CSS3 Variables
Slashdot - 20 Mar 2014 23:15
An anonymous reader writes "Following the release of Firefox 28 just two days ago, Mozilla today updated its Firefox Beta channel to version 29 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android. This is a massive release: Firefox Syn...
Comcast Received More than 25,000 Data Requests in 2013
Mashable - 20 Mar 2014 21:47
Comcast has issued its first-ever transparency report, becoming the first cable company to release information about government data requests The report, released on Thursday, revealed that Comcast has received 25,000 re...
10 Things You Didn't Know About Tim Cook
Mashable - 20 Mar 2014 08:00
A few months after Steve Jobs took his first leave of absence from Apple in early 2009, Wall Street started to fall for Apple's acting CEO Tim Cook Gene Munster, a prominent Apple analyst, told The Wall Street Journal in...
NIH grantees sharpen understanding of antibodies that may cut risk of HIV infection
e! Science News - 20 Mar 2014 23:58
What immune response should a vaccine elicit to prevent HIV infection? Two studies published online today bring scientists closer to answering this question by identifying previously unrecognized attributes of antibodies...
Potential lung cancer vaccine shows renewed promise
Science Daily - 20 Mar 2014 23:35
The investigational cancer vaccine tecemotide, when administered with the chemotherapeutic cisplatin, boosted immune response and reduced the number of tumors in mice with lung cancer, a study has shown. "There aren't an...
One-third of kids with obesity 'metabolically healthy,' study shows
Science Daily - 20 Mar 2014 23:35
Physical activity and diet have positive impact on health, regardless of fat levels, a new study has indicated. "Since most children with obesity find it challenging to lose and maintain weight loss over time, improving ...
Health insurance coverage increased ER use in Massachusetts
Science Daily - 20 Mar 2014 23:35
The implementation of health care reform in Massachusetts -- principally the expansion of health insurance coverage to nearly everyone in the state - was associated with a small but consistent increase in emergency depar...
Lack of energy at the basis of Parkinson's disease
Science Daily - 20 Mar 2014 23:35
A defect in the gene Pink1 results in Parkinson's disease, neuroscientists have demonstrated. By mapping this process at a molecular level, they have provided the ultimate proof that a deficient energy production process...
Colonoscopy isn't perfect: About six percent of colorectal cancers are missed
Science Daily - 20 Mar 2014 23:35
About six percent of colorectal cancers are diagnosed within three to five years after the patient receives a clean colonoscopy report, according to a population-based study. These cancers may have been overlooked at the...