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Cicret Bracelet Turns Your Skin into Touch Screen Android Interface
Tech Times - 10 Dec 2014 17:18
The future of the screen is not scratch-resistant sapphire or 4K AMOLED displays. It's the hairy forearm of the smartphone user.
Old iPods are selling for as much as $90,000
Mashable - 10 Dec 2014 19:05
Many lamented the demise of the iPod Classic, but it seems some people are willing to fork over tons of cash to get their hands on an old model. On eBay, a rare version of the iPod classic has sold for $90,000, according...
The Government Admits Drone Rules Won't Be Ready Until at Least 2017
Gizmodo - 10 Dec 2014 19:55
It looks like we'll have to wait a few more years before order can be restored to a sky increasingly full of drones. Despite having set a deadline for September 2015, the Federal Aviation Administration admitted it's goi...
DARPA Project to Put Tiny 'Satlets' in Orbit in 2015
NBC News - 10 Dec 2014 23:32
DARPA and its partners are planning to launch a new generation of experimental modular satellites called "satlets" in late 2015.
Comcast Sued For Turning Home Wi-Fi Routers Into Public Hotspots
Slashdot - 10 Dec 2014 04:59
HughPickens.com writes: Benny Evangelista reports at the San Francisco Chronicle that a class-action suit has been filed in District Court in San Francisco on behalf of Toyer Grear and daughter Joycelyn Harris, claiming ...
Loggers didn't cut down world's oldest tree--but the real story is better
Gizmodo - 10 Dec 2014 23:30
According to an article in World News Daily Report, loggers in the Amazon have accidentally cut down a 5,800-year-old Samauma tree, the oldest in the world. Except there is no such tree. This "news" article with 143,000 ...
T-Mobile Joins The Price War With A New Unlimited Offer
Forbes - 10 Dec 2014 14:23
T-Mobile has launched the latest salvo in the mobile price wars with an unlimited data plan. But while the heaviest users should find the deal attractive, most are still better served by a more modest plan that costs les...
HP Stream 11 Review: $200 and Worth Every Penny
Gizmodo - 10 Dec 2014 18:30
I just got finished rounding up the best Chromebooks out there , but there's more to the world of dirt-cheap computing than Google's browser-machines. The HP Stream is a $200 full-Windows laptop, and it's surprisingly go...
Better substances for treating dengue virus proposed
Science Daily - 10 Dec 2014 17:00
Potential new active substances for treating the dengue virus are being proposed by European scientists. In the quest for medication to treat the dengue virus, the scientific community is focusing on a particular enzyme ...
Notification emails go out for Google's $19 million refund for in-app purchases
Android Central - 10 Dec 2014 04:03Facebook's Trending Wants To Be Your Mobile News Reader
ReadWrite - 10 Dec 2014 22:27
Facebook finally made Trending, its Twitter-like zeitgeist-monitoring feature, available for mobile on Wednesday, along with updates designed to keep all eyes focused on the social media app. Trending, introduced in Ja...
[GadgeTell] Oh wow, even the HTC 8XT has Windows Phone 8.1 on the way
Technology Tell - 10 Dec 2014 21:51
[From GadgeTell] While some may have forgotten the HTC 8XT ever existed, Microsoft, HTC and Sprint reportedly plan to show their appreciation and devotement to the phone's handful of owners by bringing it to 2014.
Slacker Radio enlists Tyler Oakley, other YouTube stars as station DJs
L.A. Times - 10 Dec 2014 20:24See the U.S. military's stealth dirt bike
CNN - 10 Dec 2014 16:10
The U.S. military's building a stealth bike with an electric battery, capable of silent operation for covert missions.
[GamerTell] Sorry commentors, I really can't get into Oblivion
Technology Tell - 10 Dec 2014 16:00
[From GamerTell] You can only try so hard to like a game. Even though Oblivion is good, it isn't for everyone.
Why are movies more expensive than ever when tech makes them easier to make?
Digital Trends - 10 Dec 2014 21:15
You can get a cinema-caliber camera at Best Buy these days, but the budgets for Hollywood films has never been higher. Why hasn't technology made movies cheaper to make? It's complicated. The post Why are movies more exp...
Nokia's HERE Maps arrive on Google Play, coming to iOS in early 2015
Slash Gear - 10 Dec 2014 17:30
You know Nokia the handset maker, but are you familiar with Nokia the services provider? After dislodging their hardware division and shuffling it off toward Redmond and Microsoft, Nokia has become a services company fir...
HERE Maps for Android drives onto Google Play for free
Android Central - 10 Dec 2014 16:57
After tooling around in a beta for a while, Here Maps has arrived in Google Play. The maps app and service, part of the services portion of Nokia left over after the Microsoft acquisition, has been available from the HER...
People had strong reactions to the 'Sons of Anarchy' series finale
Mashable - 10 Dec 2014 13:55
WARNING: This post contains spoilers about the Sons of Anarchy season seven finale. Don't read if you don't want to know. Sons of Anarchy was one hell of a ride and one that on Tuesday ended with a major character taking...
NASA's First Orion Back on Land after Flawless Ocean Recovery
Universe Today - 10 Dec 2014 02:45
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – Following a picture perfect launch on Dec. 5, 2014, flawless test flight and safe splashdown in the Pacific Ocean, NASA first Orion spacecraft has been recovered from the ocean and brought ba...
Sony hack reveals dirty secrets behind Aaron Sorkin's Steve Jobs movie
Cult of Mac - 10 Dec 2014 02:01
If Aaron Sorkin had his way, Tom Cruise would be Steve Jobs. That’s one of the juicy details to have surfaced from leaked emails between Sorkin and Sony, the studio Sorkin had originally partnered with to make the film...
President Obama Congratulates Orion's Lead Engineer | Video
SPACE.com - 10 Dec 2014 01:51
"Usually what we do isn't rocket science, unless it is", the U.S. president joked as the lead in to a congratulatory message to NASA's Orion chief engineer Julie Kramer. He made the remarks at the conference for senior l...