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Nikon D5500 joins the touchscreen club — but is it worth paying extra for it?
Mashable - 7 Mar 2015 05:00
The D5500 is Nikon's first DSLR camera to include a touchscreen. It's hardly a new idea — Canon's EOS Rebel T4i was the first DSLR to have one and that came out in 2012. Nikon's newest camera is the company dragging i...
Check out all of the VR gear coming to a pair of eyes near you
CNET - 7 Mar 2015 02:38Three foreigners indicted in 'one of the largest' data breaches in U.S. history
Mashable - 7 Mar 2015 02:30
Three men — two Vietnamese citizens and one Canadian — have been indicted in what federal officials are calling "one of the largest reported data breaches in U.S. history." The trio, one of which has pleaded guilty, ...
The remainder of Silk Road's bitcoins have been sold
Slash Gear - 7 Mar 2015 01:22
Remember the trove of bitcoins nabbed from the illicit underground market Silk Road? The US Marshals have been slowly auctioning them off in batches, something we've been reporting on over past months. The end of this we...
Commercial Crew Companies Continue To Compete after Contracts
Space News - 7 Mar 2015 00:11
Nearly six months after winning high-profile NASA contracts, the two companies developing commercial crew transportation systems are still in some sense competing with each other, playing up their strengths and highlight...
Online petition urges Facebook to remove 'fat' emoji from status updates
Mashable - 7 Mar 2015 21:53
A group of body-image activists are circulating an online petition that asks Facebook to remove a "feeling fat" status and emoji from status-update options. The Change.org petition has amassed more than 14,000 signatures...
NASA Finds Likely Source of Mars Rover Curiosity's Short Circuit
SPACE.com - 7 Mar 2015 15:51
The Feb. 27 short circuit that has halted some of the science work by NASA's Mars rover Curiosity, apparently originated in the robot's rock-boring drill, space agency officials announced Friday (March 6).
Microsoft sues Kyocera over cell phones, seeks U.S. injunction
Reuters - 7 Mar 2015 04:17
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Google's new patent is full of ideas for smart home gadgets
Digital Trends - 7 Mar 2015 04:10
Yesterday, a patent from Google was published, detailing lots of ideas from the company about connecting your smart home. It looks like the company wants to expand to door locks, door knobs, and more. The post Google's n...
21 things we still don't know about the Apple Watch
CNET - 7 Mar 2015 03:39ISIS' Attack on Ancient History Called a 'War Crime'
Live Science - 7 Mar 2015 00:35
ISIS has recently taken aim at archaeological ruins and relics in attacks that international leaders say amount to a "war crime."
Far Out! This Vintage NASA 'Spacemobile' Poster Has Us Wanting More
SPACE.com - 7 Mar 2015 00:34
In a blast from the space-age past, the National Archives released an awesomely retro 1965 advertisement for NASA's traveling outreach program, the Spacemobile.
Best Space Photos of the Week -- March 7, 2015
SPACE.com - 7 Mar 2015 23:14
From an amazing photo of Comet Lovejoy captured by a dark energy camera to Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, don't miss these amazing space images of the week for March 7, 2015.
Keeping Up with Kim Kardashian: Butt Augmentation Gets Bigger
Live Science - 7 Mar 2015 19:52
Buttock augmentation and nonsurgical fat removal are becoming increasingly popular, new data suggests.
Watch Out: Daylight Saving Time May Cause Heart Attack Spike
Live Science - 7 Mar 2015 19:30
As people set their clocks forward an hour for daylight saving time this Sunday (March 8), they may also want to take extra care of their heart. That's because people tend to have more heart attacks on the Monday followi...
Scientists in Orbit Over Dawn's Arrival at Ceres
Universe Today - 7 Mar 2015 17:42
Dawn's approach and trajectory as it begins its orbital "dance" with Ceres. As you watch, note the timeline at upper right. Dawn made it! After a 14-month tour of the asteroid Vesta and 2 1/2 years en route to Ceres, the...
"Known Unknowns" --The Strange Dark Side of the Universe
The Daily Galaxy - 7 Mar 2015 17:22
Our current cosmological standard model assumes that general relativity and the standard model of particle physics have been a good description of the basic physics of the universe throughout its history. It assumes that...
Einstein's Limits: Taking General Relativity to New Extremes
Live Science - 7 Mar 2015 16:43
A century ago this year, a young Swiss physicist, who had already revolutionized physics with discoveries about the relationship between space and time, developed a radical new understanding of gravity.
Videos: NACA Symposium - Celebrating a 100 Years
SpaceRef - 7 Mar 2015 16:36
On March 3, 1915, Congress created the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), the organization from which NASA would be created from in 1958. To mark the 100 year anniversary the Smithsonian Institution's Na...
This Week at NASA: Budget Return on Investment and More
SpaceRef - 7 Mar 2015 16:35
In his testimony before Congress during the first week of March, NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden outlined the return on investment legislators can expect from the $18.5 billion dollars proposed for the agency under Pre...
Why Head Transplants Won't Happen Anytime Soon
Live Science - 7 Mar 2015 01:23
Although an Italian neurosurgeon recently boasted that he plans to conduct a human head transplant within two years, experts say this proposal is scientifically and ethically absurd.
This Week's Awesome Stories from Around the Web (Through Mar 7)
Singularity Hub - 7 Mar 2015 18:15
Enjoy this week's stories! ROBOTS: Why Robots Will Be The Biggest Job Creators In World History John Tamny | Forbes "Robots will ultimately be the biggest job creators simply because aggressive...