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Sony has sold the MMO division responsible for 'EverQuest' and 'Planetside 2'
Engadget - 2 Feb 2015 20:27Iran launches first satellite since 2012
Phys.org - 2 Feb 2015 13:53
Iran launched an observation satellite Monday--its first since 2012--with President Hassan Rouhani declaring it safely entered orbit and that he had personally ordered the mission.
The Nexus 5 is back in the Google Play Store, so it might be a good idea to scoop one up
Digital Trends - 2 Feb 2015 23:35
The black variant of the Nexus 5 is back in stock on Google Play. Would-be buyers have the option of getting either the 16GB or 32GB version. Since production of the handset has ceased, now would be a good time to scoop ...
Driving Toyota i-ROAD: Crazy tilt meets genius strategy
Slash Gear - 2 Feb 2015 23:45
Who says electric cars have to be boring? Toyota's Prius may be poster child for the eco-pious, but its i-ROAD tilting trike shows there's still potential for madness in the EV. SlashGear is no stranger to the i-ROAD, an...
The Pirate Bay Returns From The Dead: You Can't Just Put It Down
Tech Times - 2 Feb 2015 06:25
Like a phoenix rising from the ashes of its old life, The Pirate Bay is back and it's never been more alive than in the last seven weeks.
Watch a diddly delightful pixelated tribute to 'The Simpsons'
Mashable - 2 Feb 2015 19:05Sell Your Poop For $13000 A Year And Help Save Lives: Here's How You Can Do It
Tech Times - 2 Feb 2015 04:21
Nonprofit group OpenBiome wants your poop. Healthy fecal matter can be used to treat people suffering from a debilitating and sometimes fatal intestinal bacteria, group says.
Cowabunga, dude! The Simpsons gets the pixel art treatment in new video
Cult of Mac - 2 Feb 2015 22:30Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ70 Review
Photography Blog - 2 Feb 2015 13:55
The Lumix DMC-TZ70 is Panasonic's new flagship travel-zoom compact camera for 2014. The 12-megapixel TZ70 (also known as the ZS50) offers a 30x wide-angle zoom lens, lens control ring, RAW file format, focus peaking and ...
Which breast cancer patients need lymph nodes removed? Ultrasound narrows it down, study finds
Science Daily - 2 Feb 2015 23:06
Which breast cancer patients need to have underarm lymph nodes removed? New research is narrowing it down: a study finds that not all women with lymph node-positive breast cancer treated with chemotherapy before surgery ...
The Climate Change Elevator Pitch
Bad Astronomy - 2 Feb 2015 19:57
So you're in an elevator, or at a party, or eating dinner with relatives, and someone says, "I don't get what's the big deal about climate change. What's going on?" What do you say? That depends on who you are and what y...
[EntertainmentTell] A decade later, the Touchdown Poop comes true at Super Bowl
Technology Tell - 2 Feb 2015 07:38
[From EntertainmentTell] In 2015, Doug Baldwin executes Bill Simmons and Adam Carolla's "Touchdown Poop" celebration from 2005
TMO Daily Observations 2015-02-02: The Apple News and Blog Changing Landscape
The Mac Observer - 2 Feb 2015 20:58
With The Unofficial Apple Weblog shutting down and Macworld Magazine's last print issue a couple months behind us, it's clear the Apple news landscape has been changing. Bryan Chaffin and Dave Hamilton join Jeff Gamet to...
It Looks Like Someone's Solargraphy Camera Just Got Blown Up by an Atlanta Bomb Squad
PetaPixel - 2 Feb 2015 23:54Obama Seeks $14 Billion to Boost Cyber Defenses
NBC News - 2 Feb 2015 23:27
President Barack Obama's budget proposal for the 2016 fiscal year seeks $14 billion for cybersecurity efforts across the U.S. government.
The big dangers of 'big data'
CNN - 2 Feb 2015 20:22
Opinion: Don't fall in love with data -- it doesn't explain everything and often sends misleading signals.
Mining the moon becomes a serious prospect
Phys.org - 2 Feb 2015 13:07
With an estimated 1.6 billion tonnes of water ice at its poles and an abundance of rare-earth elements hidden below its surface, the moon is rich ground for mining.
Review: Infinity One Premium Portable Bluetooth speaker
AppleTell - 2 Feb 2015 00:11
Expensive and heavy for a portable speaker, but stunning in every other way. The post Review: Infinity One Premium Portable Bluetooth speaker appeared first on AppleTell.
DARPA-Funded Robots Learning To Cook By Watching YouTube Videos
Slashdot - 2 Feb 2015 00:00
jfruh writes Once you've built humanoid-shaped robots, how do you get them to move and act like humans? Well, one way to teach them how to do it is to have them watch one of the greatest repository of recorded human expe...
Nuclear pasta may offer insight into strange world of neutron stars
Phys.org - 2 Feb 2015 16:30
(Phys.org)--Neutron stars, which form when massive stars collapse under their own enormous gravity, are some of the densest objects in the universe, second only to black holes. Yet while little is known about the interio...
Proteomics: How big data opens new vistas in personalized medicine
EurekAlert! - 2 Feb 2015 07:00
(Technische Universitaet Muenchen) 'Innovations, Information, and Imaging' is the theme of the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS 2015), which takes place in San Jose Feb. 12 ...
Remembrance Week Pays Tribute to NASA's Three Fallen Astronaut Crews
Universe Today - 2 Feb 2015 00:58
Today, Feb. 1, concludes the most somber week in NASA history as we remember the fallen astronauts who gave their lives exploring space so that others could reach to the stars – venturing further than ever before! In t...