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Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX400V Sample Images
Photography Blog - 5 Apr 2014 19:00
Ahead of our full review, here are 60 sample JPEG photos and a 1080p movie taken with the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX400V compact camera. The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX400V is a new super-zoom compact camera with a 50x lens and 2...
Tax-Smart Billionaires Who Work For $1
Forbes - 5 Apr 2014 15:44
Many Wealthy Execs Now Take $1 Salaries, But is There a Tax Game Afoot?
Dual Jet Bath Spa
The Gadget Flow - 5 Apr 2014 07:00
Price: $69 The Conair Dual Jet Bath Spa is a portable add-on that converts any plain old bath tub into an instrument of hot tub pleasure with a soothing water flow and bubble bursts. You just hang it from the edge of...
Most Expensive Aviation Search: $53 Million To Find Flight MH370
Slashdot - 5 Apr 2014 03:43
mdsolar (1045926) writes "The search and investigation into missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 is already the most expensive in aviation history, figures released to Fairfax Media suggest. The snippets of costings pr...
Leaked Photo of Rumored Leica T Type 107 Mirrorless Camera Appears Online
PetaPixel - 5 Apr 2014 18:01Oh Good, Yelp Now Suggests Businesses Based on Emoji
Gizmodo - 5 Apr 2014 22:30
Emoji is strangely useful, whether you're recapping wildly popular TV shows or sending your friend a smiling pile of poo when real words fail you. Until now, this lexicon was probably inscrutable to machines. Those days ...
10 tips for surviving FTL: Faster Than Light - Advanced Edition
Digital Trends - 5 Apr 2014 18:17
We've got a whole bunch of tips to help you survive just a little bit longer in FTL: Faster Than Light - Advanced Edition. You're still going to die horribly, but with this guide, it'll happen less frequently. The post 1...
How to turn an old washing machine drum into a fire pit
Digital Trends - 5 Apr 2014 15:15
Do you like the idea of having a fire pit in your backyard, but don't like the notion of paying big bucks for one? With this guide, you can build one yourself. Check out how to do just that here. The post How to turn an ...
Bugs In SCADA Software Leave 7,600 Factories Vulnerable
Slashdot - 5 Apr 2014 06:30
mspohr (589790) writes with this news from the BBC: "The discovery of bugs in software used to run oil rigs, refineries and power plants has prompted a global push to patch the widely used control system. The bugs were f...
Conspiracy Theorist Sues Seattle Police Over Kurt Cobain Photos
Mashable - 5 Apr 2014 23:47
One Seattle man, who for 20 years has publicly claimed Kurt Cobain was murdered, is suing the Seattle Police Department after it released 24 new photos taken at the scene of the Nirvana frontman's death at his home on La...
You Know Those 'Tiny Planet' Photos? This Guy Made a Video Version
Twisted Sifter - 5 Apr 2014 21:46
Using six GoPro cameras in a 3D printed mount, artist/photographer/filmmaker/journalist Jonas Ginter made this fantastic 360 degree spherical panorama video. While people have been making spherical panorama photos (co...
Eizo Announces Two AdobeRGB Monitors Built with Photographers in Mind
PetaPixel - 5 Apr 2014 20:55Cloudera CEO: With more than half a billion in cash, we can do IPO right
GigaOM - 5 Apr 2014 18:51The Xbox One is getting another controller update, unfortunately
Engadget - 5 Apr 2014 07:35
Really, Microsoft? You just asked gamers to go through the hassle of updating their Xbox One gamepads in March, yet there's word on NeoGAF that the next patch -- currently in testing -- will once again bundle "new contro...
Key Samsung executives depart from US business
CNET - 5 Apr 2014 06:18YouTube's paid music service delayed over design problems
The Verge - 5 Apr 2014 04:15
A planned subscription service from YouTube is facing delays related to Google executives' insistence that the product be competitive from the day it launches, according to a new report. Billboard, citing an interview wi...
Apple TV 2, Magic Wand Outlined in New Steve Jobs Email
Mac Rumors - 5 Apr 2014 04:09
Steve Jobs outlined a potential future for the Apple TV in an email correspondence with top Apple executives in 2010, a year before his death, noting potential plans for the "Apple TV 2" that included TV subscriptions, a...
A Striking Animated Short Made With Nothing But Sticky Notes
Gizmodo - 5 Apr 2014 23:30
You don't need amazing computer graphics, bowel-jiggling surround sound, or eye-popping 3D effects to make a powerful film. In fact, all you really need is a tall stack of yellow sticky notes and a black pen. And a whole...
Game of Thrones - Why 'All Men Must Die'
Slash Gear - 5 Apr 2014 15:33
Come April 6th and all eyes will be glued to the television screen, only to watch the aftermath of the 'Red Wedding' and how the story of Game of Thrones …
For Small Asteroids, Sunlight Spawns Dust (and Maybe Death)
Live Science - 5 Apr 2014 03:51
The dusty surface of small asteroids is born by extreme temperature shifts between periods of sunlight and darkness, a cycle of drastic changes that break up space rocks over time, scientists say.
Bud Light or Merlot? Twitter Maps Reveal Alcohol Choice by State
Live Science - 5 Apr 2014 00:18
Wine in California, Coors in Colorado: New maps of Twitter users' alcohol preferences show the geography of beer and wine across the United States.
Google reportedly looking to simplify home entertainment with Android TV
Engadget - 5 Apr 2014 21:58
Google has been edging away from the original Google TV concept for a while, but it now looks like the company is ready to make a sharper break from its past. The Verge claims to have documents revealing a new Android TV...