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Amazon just unveiled its TV set-top box--and it's called Amazon Fire TV. Fire TV features a quad-core processor and a dedicated GPU, as well as 2 GB of RAM for a smooth interface and fast-launching applications and video...

Price: $32 This Periodic Table Shower Curtain is something Heisenberg will surely appreciate. But you don't have to be a chemist or have your own meth lab to get this shower curtain. As a matter of fact, it's more educat...

Following a T-Mobile e-mail campaign encouraging BlackBerry customers to switch to an iPhone, BlackBerry announces it will no longer sell devices with the carrier.     

NGC 1316 is an enormous elliptical galaxy that starte to cannabilze a smaller spiral galaxy neighbor, NGC 1317, just above it, about 100 million years ago, Supporting evidence includes the dark dust lanes characteristic ...

Ahead of our full review, here are 74 sample JPEG photos taken with the new Sony Cyber-shot H400 super-zoom bridge camera, including the full ISO range. The Sony H400 has a massive 63x optical zoom lens, a 20.1 megapixel...

Researchers from the National University of Singapore have found a way to quickly detect GHB (Gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid,) also known as a "date rape drug" alongside Rohypnol (roofies), Time reveals. Once mixed with a bev...

After a powerful 8.2-magnitude earthquake shook the northern coast of Chile Tuesday night, the region prepared for a possibly dangerous tsunami, the Associated Press reported. Authorities ordered evacuation of coastal ar...

If you're after a more visual guide to the differences between HTC's new hotness, the HTC One M8, and Google's current stock Android flagship, the LG-built Nexus 5, you'll want to check out our hands-on comparison video ...

An 8.2-magnitude earthquake has struck roughly 60km off the cost of Chile. Its depth was approximately 20.1km. A tsunami has been generated, and evacuations have been ordered along the coast near the strike. Tsunami warn...

Facebook’s acquisition of Oculus VR set the Internet ablaze last week, but months before this surprising news, Microsoft reportedly purchased the rights to its own head-mounted device. According to TechCrunch, Microsof...

What happens when someone creates a camera sensor that better replicates how our eyes are shaped? Well, according to Sony and a recent presentation they published, this curved sensor and accompanying glass will allow for...

A new study poses an explanation to why zebras have black-and-white stripes on their bodies. Wikimedia Commons The great mystery of why zebras have their stripes has been solved, a new study claims.

The company is launching a $100 million fund to make sure its chips get into wearables, Internet devices, phones, and hybrids.     

If there is one gripe that many Nexus owners have with their phones, it would be with the camera. Over the years we've seen a variety of Nexus phones released and with each release, one of the complaints would be that th...

Microsoft made a number of announcements at their Build conference this morning. While many were related to Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone 8.1, most feature announcements were simply playing catch up. But they did announc...

Picture it, you’re rushing to pay your credit card at the last minute, or looking to check out on the auction site you’re so fond of, but you’re on a different computer. You know the one… the one that doesn’t h...

Sliding speed and ice temperature affect the surface friction of ice more than had previously been thought. The thermodynamic model developed by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland research scientists shows that und...

[From GamerTell] A pink and white 2DS is joining the Peach Pink 2DS and Mickey Edition 3DS XL launching in the next few months.

jones_supa (887896) writes "Wanting to focus their efforts on their most important strategic initiatives and ensuring that the company is not spread too thin, Canonical is shutting down Ubuntu One file services. With oth...

This gorgeous photo, taken from the International Space Station, looks a bit like a meteor straight out of Armageddon headed right for a major city. Fortunately that’s not the case, although you are indeed looking at a...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has seen an uptick in valley fever, a potentially fatal dust-borne infection.

If you have a dozen shows that always seem to overlap and you just can't bear to miss any of them, then Verizon may have just the thing. Its FiOS Media Server has arrived under the name Quantum TV DVR and it's ready to m...