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Victorinox Announces New Inox Watch

Ubergizmo - 31 Mar 2014 08:53
Victorinox Announces New InoxVictorinox Swiss Army has a spanking new timepiece for you to consider if you are currently on the lookout for a new watch. After all, they have introduced a new watch collection at this year’s... Baselworld in Switzerland, where the Inox timepiece has been depicted as a rugged companion to last you a lifetime, and each Inox has gone through a hundred toughness tests before it is sold over the counter. Some of these toughness tests are not to be sneezed at, including being run over by a tank, being dropped onto concrete, or exposed to temperature extremes as well as being in the midst of a raging sandstorm for some time. (more…) Follow: Gadgets, victorinox, watch, Victorinox Announces New Inox Watch original content from Ubergizmo.     
Media Regulator Demands PornPornography is a topic where much has been said about it, and this time around, we have a proposed clamp down on pornography with demand by a media regulator for porn sites to have an age check law in... place before one is able to access that site. According to the results of a survey that was conducted by The Authority for Television On Demand (Atvod), these very same results were used as debating "ammunition" against underage access of pornography in the UK. (more…) Follow: Computers, internet, Media Regulator Demands Porn Site Age Check Law Prior To Access original content from Ubergizmo.     
Experts say a bigger earthquake along the lesser-known fault that gave Southern California a moderate shake could do more damage to the region than the long-dreaded "Big One" from the more famous San... Andreas Fault.The Puente Hills thrust fault, which brought Friday night's magnitude-5.     
Get a GoGroove BluetoothNormally $44.99 (plus shipping), the BlueSync SRC not only plays your tunes, but also adds Bluetooth to your existing stereo.     

JSE probes Times Media trades

Tech Central - 31 Mar 2014 09:19
Times Media Group (TMG) is under investigation for allegedly trading during a closed period, when directors are not allowed to trade in shares, Business Report reported on Monday. "We are aware of... this matter and are investigating accordingly," JSE head of investigations Eure Saaiman was quoted as saying
Awesome tech you can't buyCheck out our roundup of the coolest crowdfunding projects and product announcements that hit the Web this week. You can't buy this stuff yet, but it sure is fun to gawk! The post Awesome tech you... can’t buy yet, for the week of March 30, 2014 appeared first on Digital Trends.
The latest report from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, released on Sunday night, is both sweeping in scope and staggering for its unprecedented details on the impacts of... global climate change to date, as well as potential future effects on human and natural systems. The report depicts a planet already adjusting to increasingly apparent manifestations of climate change, from melting polar ice caps and rising seas to more severe and frequent heat waves. While the report summary runs a mere 44 pages, the full chapters are far more dense and data-rich, and they amount to a summation of almost everything that scientists have learned about the impacts of manmade changes of the climate system and how such changes may alter human society and the natural world
New Species of MysteriousSix new species of bizarre, blood sucking ant has been identified in Madagascar, and the oddballs don't conform to the normal rules of ant behavior.

T-Systems BEE partners cash in

Tech Central - 31 Mar 2014 14:09
Technology services company T-Systems South Africa, a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom's T-Systems, has repurchased the 30% stake in the business held by black economic empowerment (BEE) company African... Renaissance Holdings (ARH) and other minority

Apple Offers Parents Refunds For In-App Purchases By Kids

The Huffington Post - 31 Mar 2014 16:57
Apple Offers Parents RefundsMon Mar 31, 2014 7:00am EDT (The author is a Reuters contributor. The opinions expressed are his own.) By Mitch Lipka

New UN Climate Report: We're All Doomed

Gizmodo - 31 Mar 2014 11:52
A new report from the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns that global temperature rises will likely be "severe, pervasive, and irreversible" in coming years. In other words, we're all... doomed.

Assange not running at new Australian election

The Register - 31 Mar 2014 05:34
Senatorial escape route scuttled by eligibility requirements Julian Assange will not, as previously indicated, run for Australia Senate again....
Hands-On: Samsung UD590Samsung has just announced a new 4K PC monitor that has been designed to offer 4K ultra-high resolution (3840×2160) without breaking your bank. At $699.99, this is one of the most affordable 4K... monitors that I have seen, and the name of the game in that space is the ratio between image and industrial design quality versus the price. (more…) Follow: Computers, Featured, 4k, monitors, Samsung, Hands-On: Samsung UD590 Review. A Lean & Mean 4K Monitor original content from Ubergizmo.     
Olympus' new TG-3 ruggedThe latest rugged compact camera from Olympus, the flagship Stylus Tough TG-3, comes with Wi-Fi and GPS built in. It also has a fast f/2, 4x zoom lens, and new macro modes to help you get clear... close-up shots. The post Olympus’ new TG-3 rugged camera may be brawny, but it has a bit of smarts packed in, too appeared first on Digital Trends.
It's T-365 Until Astronaut andScott Kelly has just one year left on Earth. An experienced NASA astronaut and half of the first pair of twins to fly into space, Kelly will leave the planet in 2015 to become the first U.S. astronaut... to log a year in space.

Paul C Buff Announces The New Vagabond Lithium Extreme

The Phoblographer - 31 Mar 2014 15:26
Paul C Buff has a brand new battery.     
Report says disagreement over skills, not new CEO's personal views, behind split Three directors have departed the Mozilla Foundation's board in the wake of the appointment of Brendan Eich as CEO....
Government Twitter ban hit Google's public servers Google confirmed over the weekend that its Domain Name System (DNS) service has been "intercepted" by Turkish ISPs after government orders to block... Twitter....
Samsung ATIV SE to release inThe Samsung ATIV SE will release in April as a Windows Phone 8 device, but it will update to Windows Phone 8.1 once the software is ready, according to a new report. The Verge, citing sources familiar... with Verizon's plans, has claimed the ATIV SE will...
Gmail Shelfies (shareableSelfies are great, particularly yours. But wouldn't they be better if they could be used as your and your loved ones' Gmail inbox background pictures?     
This is how an engineer feelsA marvelous video fully expresses the contrast between an engineer's rational mind and the others he sometimes must encounter at work for whom words are the wind that powers sales....     
Controlling and bending light around an object so it appears invisible to the naked eye is the theory behind fictional invisibility cloaks.
First demonstration ofResearch in Germany has produced the first demonstration of harmonic mode-locking in a self-mode-locked VECSEL. Such devices have the potential to provide pulsed sources across the achievable spectral... range of VECSELs, without the complexities and costs of saturable absorbers.
Seacrest Out: If BlackBerry'sA court has halted sales of Typo's iPhone keyboard.
GoPro shows you what kayakingGoPro continues to do what it does best, putting out awesome extreme sports videos that were shot with its camcorders. The latest is of extreme kayaker Dane Jackson going off a waterfall, seen from... four different angles. The post GoPro shows you what kayaking off a waterfall looks like, from 4 gnarly angles appeared first on Digital Trends.