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Mozilla blocks Flash as Facebook security chief calls for its death
The Verge - 14 Jul 2015 07:23
After yesterday's news that Facebook's new chief security officer wants to set a date to kill Flash once and for all, today brings another nail in the coffin -- Mozilla's Firefox browser now blocks Adobe's vulnerability-...
China's supercomputer still the fastest, but the U.S. is catching up
Digital Trends - 14 Jul 2015 03:21
For the fifth time in a row, China's Tianhe-2 is the fastest supercomputer in the world, but the U.S. is set up to make a comeback within the next few years, with more than 230 systems overall. The post China’s superco...
Amazon Prime Day: Here are some of the deals
Pocket-lint - 14 Jul 2015 23:58
Amazon is 20 years old. To celebrate its birthday, the online retailer has invited all Prime members to a birthday bash. It isn't a party but rather a day-long event filled with mega sales. Amazon announced earlier this ...
CERN: "New Class of Particles Underlying Our Physical Universe Observed"
The Daily Galaxy - 14 Jul 2015 16:58
"The pentaquark is not just any new particle," said LHCb spokesperson Guy Wilkinson. "It represents a way to aggregate quarks, namely the fundamental constituents of ordinary protons and neutrons, in a pattern that has n...
Classic Hoerboard - Pro Audio & DJ Furniture
The Gadget Flow - 14 Jul 2015 15:00
The Hoerboard Classic is a high class customized DJ stand. All your turntables, CDJs and mixers will fit perfectly into the great-looking DJ workstation. The power cables are invisibly integrated into the corpus. All aud...
Man Arrested For Charging iPhone On London Train
Ubergizmo - 14 Jul 2015 03:00
The modern day smartphone does require a fair amount of juice to run, and even more so if you use a whole lot of its functions each day. Well, we have read about folks charging their smartphones in the most improper of p...
#TrumpYourCat is the best thing on the Internet this week - here are the funniest pictures
BGR - 14 Jul 2015 21:30
The Internet loves cat pictures and it loves making fun of Donald Trump. Now many cat owners on the web are combining these two time-honored traditions like never before with the #TrumpYourCat social media campaign that ...
3D Systems Releases New Filament That Dissolves In Water
TechCrunch - 14 Jul 2015 14:00
Moisture, as they say, is the essence of wetness. It’s now also a great way to remove support material from 3D-printed objects. Printing complex objects requires rafts and supports. These hold the pieces in place and...
Google Photos keeps collecting your pictures even after you delete the Android app
The Verge - 14 Jul 2015 06:36
If you dabbled with Google Photos when it was launched last month but decided it wasn't for you, make sure you also turn photo backup off in your Android phone's Google Settings menu, or else you'll continue uploading ne...
The Easiest Way to Tell If Your Fish Is Properly Cooked
Life Hacker - 14 Jul 2015 22:30
When you're preparing a nice fish dinner, the 10-minute rule can help you estimate how long your piece of fish needs to be cooked. If you think your fish is ready, this simple fork test can let you know for sure.://lifeh...
Lenovo K3 Note, Feature-Rich Budget Phablet Available With Worldwide Shipping For Only $153
IBTimes - 14 Jul 2015 22:08
Lenovo K3 Note phablet is a low-cost device packed with remarkable features. Available in select markets around the world, it is not yet listed with popular online retailers in the U.S. and U.K. However, Gear Best is sel...
9 best paid iPhone apps on sale for free today only
BGR - 14 Jul 2015 16:10
We got an above average amount of positive feedback on yesterday’s post covering paid iPhone and iPad apps on sale for free, so we have some good news: several of those apps are still on sale for free right now, and yo...
Pluto Flown By! New Horizons Team's First Impressions | Video
SPACE.com - 14 Jul 2015 15:40
NASA's John Grunsfeld, Alan Stern and Alice Bowman talk at press conference less than an hour after the the probe's closest approach to the icy dwarf. They provide updates on when we should expect new images.
Break apart the Kuuk Magnetic Wine Glass on purpose
CNET - 14 Jul 2015 23:443 free tools that transform YouTube into a streaming music service
PC World - 14 Jul 2015 17:01
It's a sad day for music fans who loved to listen to music from YouTube without the videos. The popular Chrome extension Streamus disappeared from the Chrome Web Store on Tuesday, July 14. Current users of the extension ...
Pluto Flyby May Reveal Secrets of Saturn's Moon Titan
SPACE.com - 14 Jul 2015 16:25
Titan, one of the most potentially habitable bodies in the solar system, may have gone through snowball phases that resemble Pluto today.
Almost all of Google's right to be forgotten requests come from the general public
Android Central - 14 Jul 2015 16:09
New data shows that around 95 percent of Google's right to be forgotten requests come from members of the general public, with less than 5 percent coming from criminals, politicians, and other public figures. To date, th...
Hacking Team's malware uses a UEFI rootkit to survive operating system reinstalls
PC World - 14 Jul 2015 15:56
Surveillance software maker Hacking Team has provided its government customers with the ability to infect the low-level firmware found in laptops and other computers that they wanted to spy on. The company developed a to...
Scientists develop point system to help people drink to good health
Science Daily - 14 Jul 2015 15:36
Researchers found the biggest differences between low and high scores came from individuals not consuming enough water, consuming too many calories from beverages, and not consuming enough fluid overall.
Lumenati CS1 turns iPhone 6 into an old school video camera
Slash Gear - 14 Jul 2015 14:30
Anyone who was around back in the 70s or 80s will remember how big and bulky video cameras were back then. Today most video recording is done on smartphones with solid-state storage inside or memory cards. In the past, y...
CERN's LHCb experiment reports observation of exotic pentaquark particles
Phys.org - 14 Jul 2015 11:21
Today, the LHCb experiment at CERN's Large Hadron Collider has reported the discovery of a class of particles known as pentaquarks. The collaboration has submitted a paper reporting these findings to the journal Physical...
New Horizons proves Pluto is larger than we thought
Slash Gear - 14 Jul 2015 10:30
The problem with deducing composition and sizes through a telescope is that you won't really know how accurate or far off your models are until you get a first-hand, or even a second-hand close up. For decades, almost a ...