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Which gaming mice are worth buying?
Engadget - 24 Oct 2014 19:00
The peripherals you play with can be just as important to your gaming success as actual skill. A suboptimal keyboard or sluggish mouse can open the door to defeat, which is why it's a good idea to pick up equipment speci...
How Much a Bottle of Whiskey Costs in Every State
Gizmodo - 25 Oct 2014 00:00
It is Friday, which means it is an excellent day for a whiskey drink. Inspired by The Awl's quest to catalog the cost of cigarettes in every state, we decided to hunt down the price of a bottle of liquor in every state s...
How to Get 'Handoff' Working in OS X Yosemite and iOS 8 [iOS Blog]
Mac Rumors - 25 Oct 2014 01:14
Apple is heavily pushing its new "Continuity" features in OS X Yosemite that improve cross-platform integration between iOS and the Mac. The most significant of the Continuity features is Handoff, which allows OS X and i...
Somehow the internet hasn't killed off 'America's Funniest Home Videos'
Engadget - 24 Oct 2014 09:02
The internet's been blamed for making a lot of things redundant, and you'd be justified in assuming that that extended to America's Funniest Home Videos too. Except, surprisingly, the wealth of cat videos and stripper-po...
Honda Sensing Advanced Driver-Assistive system to debut on Honda Legend in Japan
Slash Gear - 24 Oct 2014 15:30
Honda is talking up a new driver assistive system that will be rolled out first in Japan on the all-new Legend. The driver assistive system is called Honda Sensing and it will launch in Japan before the end of the year o...
iPad Air 2 registers with "secret" NFC? Not so fast...
Slash Gear - 24 Oct 2014 20:38
Signs of NFC hardware in the iPad Air 2 have prompted speculation that Apple could turn the tablet into an Apple Pay cash register replacement, though it's almost certain not to be something the company could enable in t...
iPad mini 3 teardown: there's that pesky NFC again
Slash Gear - 24 Oct 2014 22:57
Immediately following the iFixit teardown of the iPad Air 2, they've moved on to the iPad mini 3. This device contains much of the same hardware included in the iPad mini 2 - originally called the iPad mini with Retina D...
Top 4 apps for your Halloween shenanigans
Slash Gear - 24 Oct 2014 15:50
It's Friday, and that means Halloween is officially one week away. This is the last weekend before the holiday, and so it'll likely be filled with some sort of festivity: maybe a trip to a haunted house or a costume lade...
Queen Elizabeth II takes to an iPad to send her first Tweet
Engadget - 24 Oct 2014 16:39
Queen Elizabeth II of England is pretty seriously old-school. She casually signs her name, "Elizabeth R." (the "R" stands for "Regina" or, in English, "Queen"). She wears killer matching outfits (as seen above) that woul...
Google DeepMind partners with Oxford for AI push
Slash Gear - 24 Oct 2014 03:59
Back in January of this year, Google bought DeepMind, a startup focused on artificial intelligence and its possible future uses. Though the company has been relatively quiet on its efforts since then, work has been under...
Woman turns home into anti-WiFi zone with shielding paint
Slash Gear - 24 Oct 2014 14:10
There's an interesting story coming out of the United Kingdom this week about an elderly woman who has paid a substantial amount of money to turn her house into an anti-wireless technology zone. Stefanie Russell, who is ...
How to use Android Wear's new offline music and Bluetooth headphone features
PC World - 24 Oct 2014 17:38
Google latest Android Wear update lets you use your smartwatch as a standalone audio player, with no smartphone tethering required. But how, exactly, do you get music tracks into your watch's onboard storage? And how do ...
How To Tell If You're Burning Money Too Fast
TechCrunch - 24 Oct 2014 19:00
Questions about cash burn have blazed through Twitter like wildfire. Entrepreneurs are asking us: How do I know if I am burning money too fast? Unfortunately, there is no one-size-fits-all answer for an entrepreneur on...
The Consumer Tablet Opportunity
TechPinions - 24 Oct 2014 12:18
A great deal of my tablet market analysis has been spent exploring opportunities for a PC in the form of a tablet. Opportunities not fulfilled by a PC in the form of a desktop or laptop. As I explained here, ...
YouView boxes finally granted the BBC's new iPlayer and red button features
Engadget - 24 Oct 2014 16:13
The BBC's extensively redesigned iPlayer has been gradually lumbering its way onto different compatible devices since it was first launched earlier this year. YouView's hybrid Freeview/IPTV set-top boxes have, until now,...
Paranautical Activity creator resigns after making death threat
Slash Gear - 24 Oct 2014 05:23
In case you missed it, a bit of hoopla surfaced earlier this week revolving around Steam, the game Paranautical Activity, and the game's rage-prone creator Mike Maulbeck. The final version of Paranautical Activity was re...
This is what a 'Star Wars' blaster bolt would look like in real life
CNET - 24 Oct 2014 09:20'Duke Nukem' and 'Wolfenstein' gaming house 3D Realms is back
Engadget - 24 Oct 2014 04:57
The early '90s were a simpler time: Mullets were acceptable, everyone was wearing Zubaz pants and rocking your dad's flannel didn't make you a hipster. In an effort to bring us back to the era when grunge ruled the earth...
Nest acquires Revolv, expands Works with Nest program
Slash Gear - 24 Oct 2014 23:26
The connected home race is starting to tighten up. After Samsung acquired SmartThings for $200 million earlier this year, Revolv has been acquired by Nest. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. This is the second big pur...
You Can Buy an Ejector Seat From an F-4 Phantom for Quick Escapes
Gizmodo - 25 Oct 2014 00:15
If you're an aviation enthusiast, there's a lot of fun stuff to be found in Boeing's online store. But none are as unique--and some would say even historic--as this authentic de-commissioned ejector seat from an McDonnel...
Apple Pay news: Amazon in, Rite Aid out
Slash Gear - 24 Oct 2014 21:30
All the excitement over Apple Pay doesn't reach as far as some would have hoped. Previously, we told you about Amazon's reluctance to allow their Amazon Rewards Visa -- issued by Chase, a day-one partner for Apple Pay --...
iHeartRadio and Rdio are ready for CarPlay, but your car isn't
Engadget - 24 Oct 2014 11:22
Online radio streaming app iHeartRadio has just made good on its promise to add support for CarPlay, Apple's new car infotainment system. But, it's not the only app joining Spotify on CarPlay today -- Rdio, a free music ...