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Williams F1 is the first team to show off its car for the 2015 Formula 1 season
Digital Trends - 21 Jan 2015 21:18
Williams Martini Racing is the first Formula 1 team to unveil its car for the upcoming season. The new car is also the first to show off its new front end, as changes to last year's rules mandated alterations for all car...
If you use one of these 25 passwords, better change it now
Pocket-lint - 21 Jan 2015 02:06
Although it's 2015, you'd be surprised how often people use "password" as a password. There are some basic ground rules when it comes to computer safety and security, and chief on that list includes picking a password th...
Microsoft's HoloLens Headset Augments Your Reality
NBC News - 21 Jan 2015 22:34
Microsoft threw a major curveball at Wednesday's big event, announcing Windows Holographic and the top secret HoloLens headset.
Swedish man presumably hates fish, detonates heavy firework under frozen lake
The Verge - 21 Jan 2015 18:11
My experience watching this video: Fireworks don't work underwater. Huh, fireworks might work underwater. Wait, why isn't that firework going anywhere underwater? That firework is going to kill that dude from underwater!...
Magnetic fields help in formation of massive stars
Phys.org - 21 Jan 2015 13:25
Magnetic fields in massive dark clouds are strong enough to support the regions against collapse due to their own gravity. A study lead by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn has now shown...
Growing Human Kidneys in Rats Sparks Ethical Debate
Live Science - 21 Jan 2015 07:07
It sounds like the plot from a science fiction film: A scientist takes a kidney from a human fetus, implants it in a rat and allows the organ to grow. But researchers in a new study have done exactly that, in the hopes t...
It's time for Microsoft to open source Internet Explorer
Ars Technica - 21 Jan 2015 04:30
Being the only closed source mainstream browser isn't a good position.
Busy Year of 13 Launches by ULA in 2015 Begins with Blastoffs for the Navy and NASA
Universe Today - 21 Jan 2015 01:44
A busy year of 13 space launches by rocket provider United Launch Alliance (ULA) in 2015 begins with a pair of blastoffs for the US Navy and NASA tonight and next week, emanating from both the US East and West Coasts. Th...
Animated GIFs Reveal the Retouching That Went Into Composited Photos
PetaPixel - 21 Jan 2015 01:05US Navy Launches Next-Generation Military Communications Satellite
SPACE.com - 21 Jan 2015 18:32
The U.S. Navy's Mobile User Objective System-3 satellite, or MUOS-3, blasted off atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 8:04 p.m. EST Tuesday (Jan. 20; 0104 GMT on...
Google Inc. And Fidelity Invest A Cool Billion In SpaceX, Elon Musk's Satellite Network
IBTimes - 21 Jan 2015 05:34
Google Inc. and Fidelity Investments have invested $1 billion into SpaceX, valuing the private spaceflight company at more than $10 billion. Google is reportedly interested in CEO Elon Musk's plan for a fleet of Internet...
4 Years in Prison for Bitcoin Exchanger Who Helped Silk Road
ABC News - 21 Jan 2015 05:01
Judge sentences Florida bitcoin exchanger to 4 years in prison for aiding Silk Road website
A Failure Of Leadership Or Design? Why Google Glass Flopped
Forbes - 21 Jan 2015 04:53
With customer service, production and supply chain management, companies are constantly being told that they have to get it right first time. In new technology, however, that mantra is turned on its head.
How to Make Sure Amazon's Recommendations Actually Work
Gizmodo - 21 Jan 2015 23:50
Amazon has a lot of information about you, which it uses to try and suggest other stuff you might like (to buy). If you notice that your recommendations are frequently unhelpful, then there are some tweaks you can make i...
Microsoft Just Fired Latest Volley In The Face Computer Battle
TechCrunch - 21 Jan 2015 23:40
Microsoft shocked the world today when they debuted a set of holographic goggles they are calling the HoloLens. Think Google Glass meets Oculus Rift and you should have a good idea of this device. With this announcemen...
Where You See A Fork Or A Pasta Noodle, This Teen Sees His Next Work Of Art
The Huffington Post - 21 Jan 2015 23:40Hiring Aubrey Plaza for a Super Bowl ad goes just as expected
Mashable - 21 Jan 2015 23:28
Newcastle Brown Ale is spoofing the obscenely high price of Super Bowl ads with a joke campaign for a crowdfunded Super Bowl ad According to their "Band of Brands" campaign, they think the best bet for smaller businesses...
Microsoft jumps into augmented reality with HoloLens
CNET - 21 Jan 2015 22:51Microsoft to Give Away Windows 10 in Move to Woo Software Developers
The New York Times - 21 Jan 2015 20:12
The company is under pressure to attract makers of consumer applications, who have largely drifted away toward mobile technologies made by Apple and Google.
Windows 10 Has Cortana Voice Commands Baked Into Every Cranny
Gizmodo - 21 Jan 2015 19:26
Microsoft's Cortana voice-assistant is coming to Windows 10 as we expected. Now you'll be able to speak commands and ask questions throughout the operating system. At its core, it's similar to the assistant we've seen on...
Windows 10 update free (for the first year)
Slash Gear - 21 Jan 2015 19:24
After one year of the Windows 10 platform being released to the general market, you'll have to start paying for it - if you've not already upgraded, that is to say. Just so long as you've got Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 now...
Air Force launches rocket carrying a Navy satellite aloft
Fox News - 21 Jan 2015 18:25
A Navy communications satellite is bound for orbit.