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The Best Carry On Luggage
Gizmodo - 15 Sep 2014 20:30
With 28% of the popular vote , the Travelpro FlightCrew4 22" Rollaboard made it through your security checkpoints to be crowned the Best Carry On Luggage.
Sony 24-240mm Hands-on Photos
Photography Blog - 15 Sep 2014 18:10
Hands-on gallery of photos of the new Sony FE 24-240mm F3.5-6.3 OSS lens.
Stealth clothing collection stops your devices spilling your secrets
Cult of Mac - 15 Sep 2014 14:45
Particularly on the back of the recent iCloud account hacking scandal, smartphone security is something a lot of people are paying more attention to. With that in mind, a London-based designer recently launched an intrig...
Andy Sullivan Hits Hole-in-One at KLM Open to Earn Trip into Space
Space News - 15 Sep 2014 17:47
A pro golfer hit a hole-in-one in a European tournament, earning him a ticket on a commercial suborbital spaceflight.
Apple approves first 4K iPhone video app: $999 and it's yours
Slash Gear - 15 Sep 2014 04:23
Yes, that isn't a typo. It's actually $999.99, which practically makes it $1,000. Granted, the app's purpose is quite noble and the results it gives might very well justify the costs. i4software's Vizzywig 4K lets you pr...
The Leggage laptop case is a must-have for frequent flyers
Coolest Gadgets - 15 Sep 2014 21:30
If you’ve ever had to do a lot of traveling by plane, you know how hard it can be on your body. You’re confined to a small, uncomfortable seat sitting in a germ box thousands of feet above the ground. In some cases, ...
Consumers will pay more in piracy crackdown: Economists
ZDNet - 15 Sep 2014 07:00
Two well-known economists, Allan Fels and Henry Ergas, have warned that the Australian government's proposed measures to reduce online copyright infringement will remove the competitive pressure on content owners to lowe...
Tesla CEO: Our cars will be fully autonomous 'in the five or six-year time frame'
Digital Trends - 15 Sep 2014 18:15
Whether its Nissan, Volvo, Lexus, or Audi, it seems like every major carmaker is fiddling with the idea of autonomous driving. Forward-looking EV manufacturer Tesla has unsurprisingly added itself to the list, saying its...
Sony FE 24-240mm F3.5-6.3 OSS, FE 28mm F2, Distagon T* FE 35mm F1.4 ZA, FE 90mm F2.8 Macro G OSS
Photography Blog - 15 Sep 2014 17:50
Sony is exhibiting 4 lenses and 2 converters that are under development at Photokina.
A vision of the Universe captured in one single mashup picture
Gizmodo - 15 Sep 2014 11:23
This blurry abstract painting is the mashup of 100 of the most popular Hubble Space Telescope images, made by Michael West of the Maria Mitchell Observatory.
Phottix Indra500 TTL Studio Light
Photography Blog - 15 Sep 2014 08:55
The Phottix Indra500 TTL Studio Light offers a new level of power for photographers on the move.
This is your brain on snacks -- brain stimulation affects craving and consumption
EurekAlert! - 15 Sep 2014 06:00
(Wolters Kluwer Health) Magnetic stimulation of a brain area involved in 'executive function' affects cravings for and consumption of calorie-dense snack foods, reports a study in the September issue of Psychosomatic Med...
WikiLeaks names NSW Police as FinFisher malware customer
ZDNet - 15 Sep 2014 05:27
The NSW Police and Singapore's PCS Security Pte Ltd have been named as buyers of FinFischer malware, along with the intelligence arms of the Hungarian, Italian, and Bosnian governments.
Mercedes bringing hybrid tech to luxury S550 in 2015
Slash Gear - 15 Sep 2014 23:59
Mercedes is pairing brains with brawn, as they introduce their first luxury hybrid car, the S550 plug-in. Marrying their penchant for luxury cars and hybrid technology sounds simple enough, but in true Mercedes fashion, ...
WikiLeaks makes FinFisher surveillance software available to public
SC Magazine - 15 Sep 2014 23:48
Copies of controversial surveillance software, called "FinFisher," were made available for public scrutiny by WikiLeaks.
Watch and Squirm As This Robot Tentacle Snakes Through a Fake Pipe
Gizmodo - 15 Sep 2014 19:28
It must be 'let's creep out the populous' month over at MIT because in addition to revealing the school's untethered robot cheetah today, there's another video showing the latest progress on its development of a highly a...
Samsung calls the iPhone 6 Plus a Galaxy Note wannabe in latest ad
TUAW - 15 Sep 2014 18:00
Following Apple's announcement of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, Samsung is kicking its advertising into high gear, mocking Apple's new devices at every turn. The latest promo, titled "Then and Now," berates Apple for followin...
NASA Unveils World's Largest Welder to Build New Mega-Rocket
SPACE.com - 15 Sep 2014 16:16
NASA officials unveiled a huge new tool that will help them build the space agency's next mega rocket.
India's spacecraft 'on target' to reach Mars
Phys.org - 15 Sep 2014 15:48
An Indian spacecraft is on course to reach Mars, an official said Monday, following a 666-million-kilometre voyage that could see New Delhi's low-cost space programme win Asia's race to the Red Planet.
JPMorgan hack: It could have been worse
ZDNet - 15 Sep 2014 13:02
It looks like the infiltrators had a look around in JPMorgan's June security breach -- but did not manage to siphon customer funds from bank accounts.
Google to launch Android One outside of India with more hardware partners
ZDNet - 15 Sep 2014 12:39
A handful of handset makers have jumped on board Android One to deliver new low-cost phones in a range of sizes and specs different to the three launched in India today.
Martian meteorite yields more evidence of the possibility of life on Mars
Phys.org - 15 Sep 2014 12:33
(Phys.org) --The finding of a 'cell-like' structure, which investigators now know once held water, came about as a result of collaboration between scientists in the UK and Greece. Their findings are published in the late...