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Lego Jurassic World And Avengers Video-Games Announced
Forbes - 30 Jan 2015 17:56
Lego Jurassic World and Lego Marvel's The Avengers bring the popular brick based video-game to two new movie franchises, mirroring Lego's physical franchised toys.
Review: Cellulon's PicoPro is an iPhone 6 Plus-sized, battery-powered HD projector
9 to 5 Mac - 30 Jan 2015 18:28
I grew up with a front-projector TV the size of a coffee table, later owned a rear-projection TV that was somewhat larger than an adult bicycle, and have since tested projectors shaped like DVD players, Mac minis, and iP...
Direct Wireless Smart Lamp Adapter
The Gadget Flow - 30 Jan 2015 09:01
Take control of every bulb in your home with the Incipio® DIRECT Wireless Smart Lamp Adapter. Utilizing your iPhone, you can remotely take control of your devices at home or on-the-go. Toggle specific bulbs or an entire...
Which Future Lies Ahead for BuzzFeed?
Wall Street Journal - 30 Jan 2015 02:17
BuzzFeed, the eight-year-old news website that pioneered the "listicle," has a host of imitators, but it now must prove that its growth model is sustainable and that "native ads" can generate measurable returns for brand...
How to Clone Any Key With Just a Photo
ABC News - 30 Jan 2015 20:02
The only thing tech savvy criminals need to gain entry to your home is just a quick photo of your key.
New Peanut Allergy Treatment Shows Promise
Live Science - 30 Jan 2015 13:58
Children with peanut allergies who tried a new treatment involving probiotics wound up being able to eat peanuts without a reaction, a new study from Australia says.
Why Apple is not a One Trick Pony
TechPinions - 30 Jan 2015 11:00
Apple's recent earning report was spectacular. The company sold 74.5 million iPhones in the last quarter and had $18 billion in profits, setting a record in both categories. Most of the revenue and profit came …
This Fleet Of Micro-Satellites Will Use GPS To Predict The Weather
Gizmodo - 30 Jan 2015 04:59
Weather forecasting is one of those sciences that never seems to be quite as good as we want it to be. But what if it had more data? That's the idea behind Spire, a tech startup which wants to use a huge fleet of tiny, c...
Adobe is suing Forever 21 for pirating Photoshop
The Verge - 30 Jan 2015 01:50
Forever 21 has been pirating photoshop, according to a new lawsuit from Adobe, and it's facing serious fines as a result. The suit was filed yesterday in California District Court, alleging that Forever 21 pirated 63 dif...
In Bot Pursuit: Deadline Looms in Private Sector Race to the Moon
Scientific American - 30 Jan 2015 15:00
Milestone Prizes give five teams a boost to launch a commercial lunar lander by the end of 2016 --
Mars Fossils? Curiosity Rover Team Questions Report on Potential Microbe Traces
SPACE.com - 30 Jan 2015 14:34
Scientists on the Curiosity team have brought into question a recent report about potential trace fossils in the Mars rover's images of the Gillespie rock outcrop.
Dell Venue 8 7000 might be the best Android tablet, despite lame 3D camera
Mashable - 30 Jan 2015 07:24Drug Dealers Are Using Nokia Dumbphones To Stay Ahead Of "The Feds"
Gizmodo - 30 Jan 2015 05:58
According to a story from the UK edition of Vice (a story which, I hasten to add, relies on a source named 'K2' and should therefore be taken with the requisite gallon of salt), drug dealers in the fair city of Birmingha...
Tesla Model S is getting even quicker through a software update
Engadget - 30 Jan 2015 01:55
If you didn't think that Tesla's Model S P85D was bonkers enough, you're in for a treat. Elon Musk has revealed that the already speedy electric sedan is getting a software update that will improve its 0-60MPH accelerati...
Los Alamos develops new technique for growing high-efficiency perovskite solar cells
e! Science News - 30 Jan 2015 00:32
This week in the journal Science, Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers reveal a new solution-based hot-casting technique that allows growth of highly efficient and reproducible solar cells from large-area perovskit...
NASA Supercomputer Assists the Hunt for Exomoons
PTTU - 30 Jan 2015 23:48
NASA: Kepler News and Features: Artist's impression of a hypothetical Earth-like moon around a Saturn-like exoplanet. A team of 21st-century explorers working for the Hunt for Exomoons with Kepler (HEK) project, based at...
Moon's Phases Are a Lunar Delight for Stargazers
SPACE.com - 30 Jan 2015 23:46
When is the best time to observe the moon with a telescope? Most astronomy neophytes might say it is when it's at full phase, but that's probably the worst time to look at it! The best time to see the moon is during its ...
Putting Together Ikea Furniture Sucks So Much, These Guys Made A Video Game About It
The Huffington Post - 30 Jan 2015 23:40Planck: Gravitational waves remain elusive
Phys.org - 30 Jan 2015 23:23
Despite earlier reports of a possible detection, a joint analysis of data from ESA's Planck satellite and the ground-based BICEP2 and Keck Array experiments has found no conclusive evidence of primordial gravitational wa...
Evidence for Cosmic Inflation Theory Bites the (Space) Dust
SPACE.com - 30 Jan 2015 23:19
The signal that scientists with the BICEP2 experiment believed to be a sign of inflation in the early universe was actually light from interstellar dust. Today, scientists with BICEP2 and the Planck satellite announced t...
Boeing Head: SpaceX Making Company a Better Competitor
Space News - 30 Jan 2015 22:39
The head of Boeing said Jan. 28 that SpaceX's growing presence in the space industry will force his company to be more competitive in some segments of the market, but that Boeing would retain its edge in more advanced se...
How to Enable the iTunes Notification Center Widget in OS X Yosemite
The Mac Observer - 30 Jan 2015 16:48
You updated to iTunes 12.1 on your Mac to use the fancy new Notification Center widget in OS X Yosemite, but it's not there. Not to worry, because you just need to enable it, which is pretty easy to do.