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Reflecta Super 8 Scanner
Photography Blog - 4 Apr 2014 10:15
Kenro has just launched the Reflecta Super 8 Scanner, which allows users to digitise their Super 8 films in HD or Full HD quality.
Gresso Azimuth is company's first luxury dual-SIM phone, expect to pay $2,000
Pocket-lint - 4 Apr 2014 10:55
Gresso has announced its Azimuth dual-SIM luxury mobile phone. Made with a titanium body, steel keyboard and logo of either 18K gold or white gold, it is an obvious exercise in decadence with only 999 of them to be handm...
HTC One M8 Google Play edition unboxing and hands-on
Android Central - 4 Apr 2014 01:50
Some of HTC's custom software survives in the latest member of the GPe ranks Behold, the HTC One M8 Google Play edition. Same M8, less HTC. Look, there's not a lot here you haven't already read in our comprehensive HTC O...
This Handy Web Tool Is A Much Faster Way To Search The App Store
Cult of Mac - 4 Apr 2014 22:33
Let’s be honest, searching in the iTunes Store sucks, especially on the desktop. It’s often slow, and the results are difficult to navigate. Apple has tried to simplify things by displaying one result at a time in th...
PDF Printer for iPad Review
Mac Life - 4 Apr 2014 19:00
There are many features we take for granted on Mac OS X that remain absent on iOS, such as the ability to "print" to a PDF file from any application. Luckily, this is easily added with the purchase of a third-party app, ...
Honda to test driving support system that utilizes traffic signal information
Phys.org - 4 Apr 2014 17:50
(Phys.org) --Honda Motor Co., Ltd. has announced that it plans to begin testing a driving support system the company has developed starting this month. The onboard support system will use information from infra-red beaco...
Disease-free survival estimates for ovarian cancer improve over time
Science Daily - 4 Apr 2014 15:29
The probability of staying disease-free improves dramatically for ovarian cancer patients who already have been disease-free for a period of time, and time elapsed since remission should be taken into account when making...
China's Bitcoin exchanges begin pulling down the shutters
The Register - 4 Apr 2014 07:32
PBOC crackdown taking effect The Chinese central bank's Bitcoin crackdown, first signalled in December 2013, is coming to fruition as the middle kingdom's Bitcoin exchanges begin halting withdrawals....
Is Google really mulling building a US cellphone network? Allegedly, yes
The Register - 4 Apr 2014 06:01
Web king seeking to build mobile service around Fiber network, says a report Google is in the early stages of planning to roll out its own cellphone network, an upstart tech news wire is claiming....
Speck DuraFolio iPad cases: Slim, tough and adjustable
TUAW - 4 Apr 2014 00:00
iPad folios and cases seem to always pick two of the three off of the feature menu of slim, tough, or adjustable. Case pioneer Speck is now shipping their new DuraFolio iPad cases for iPad Air and iPad mini (with or with...
I, Cortana: How Microsoft's Answer to Siri Was Born
Mashable - 4 Apr 2014 18:59
I've just told my new personal assistant that she sucks. She responds very calmly, telling me that my outburst may result in "early-onset rampancy" before giving me the silent treatment. She's not really my personal assi...
Feast your eyes on the HOLY GRAIL OF TECH: The reversible USB plug
The Register - 4 Apr 2014 07:01
What a time to be alive - the wonder cable that will end daily frustration First pic Intel has been showing off the next generation of USB connectors which will be the first to fit into ports whichever way up they are - ...
Google Project Loon Internet balloon circled the globe in 22 days
Ars Technica - 4 Apr 2014 06:50
Balloon caught a ride on the "Roaring Forties" winds.
White House defends 'Cuban Twitter' to stir unrest
Miami Herald - 4 Apr 2014 05:26
The Obama administration on Thursday defended its creation of a Twitter-like Cuban communications network to undermine the communist government, declaring the secret program was "invested and debated" by Congress and was...
IEEE signs off on 400 Gb/s Ethernet development
The Register - 4 Apr 2014 05:21
And we shall call it P802.3bs As we foreshadowed last month, the The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has green-lighted development of 400 Gb/s Ethernet....
The Internet in Cuba: 5 Things You Need to Know
Mashable - 4 Apr 2014 05:00
A misguided attempt by the U.S. government to create a Twitter-like social network in Cuba — which ended with $1.6 million spent and just 40,000 users to show for it — has put the state of the Internet on the communi...
Tsunami Warning Tests Galapagos Islands
Wired - 4 Apr 2014 03:54
At 8:46 PM, on April 1st, the Nazca and South American tectonic plates ground against each other, 60 miles northwest of Iquique, Chile, 12.5 miles beneath the coastal waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean. The resulting 8....
Google: Can we please trademark the word 'Glass?'
CNET - 4 Apr 2014 02:59As Investors Feast On GrubHub's IPO, Its CEO Explains The Future For Seamless And Its Other Brands
Forbes - 4 Apr 2014 21:34
As traders lined up on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange to make initial bids for shares of GrubHub, which went public Friday, a floor manager told several employees that he liked the company, but its competitor S...
Work with small peptide chains may revolutionize study of enzymes, diseases
Science Daily - 4 Apr 2014 20:04
Chemists, for the first time, have created enzyme-like activity using peptides that are only seven amino acids long. The breakthrough may revolutionize the study of modern-day enzymes, whose chains of amino acids usually...
Update on the search for planets in the Alpha Centauri system
Planetary Society - 4 Apr 2014 17:29
Update from Debra Fischer and her team on the intriguing results of their observations of the main Alpha Centauri stars, as well as future plans.