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Sony's pico project can fight for room in your pocket
Slash Gear - 28 Jul 2015 11:00
Portable and tiny projectors, a.k.a. pico projectors, are nothing new, but very few will be able to boast of a slim physique while still promising unmatched quality and clarity. And yet that is exactly what Sony's MPCL1 ...
San Francisco cops flaunt epic, amphibious 'quadski' at Giants game
Mashable - 28 Jul 2015 05:24
SAN FRANCISCO — Beware, robbers who plan on stealing items on dry land before running to the shores of the San Francisco Bay, plunging into the water and swimming to safety and a life on the lam San Francisco cops have...
Roadie - The Ultimate Guitarist Tool
The Gadget Flow - 28 Jul 2015 23:00
Tuning your guitar will be a fast and accurate process if you use Roadie. This guitarist tool has been accompanied with a corresponding mobile app. The app gives you a preset list of alternate tunings to choose from. You...
How To Use Google Maps Offline (Android)
Ubergizmo - 28 Jul 2015 16:00
Google Maps provides amazingly detailed routes and makes navigation very simple. You can easily get to any area without finding yourself lost. However, the issue with Google Maps is that it requires an internet connectio...
MostRad Minimalist Wallet (RFID Protection)
The Gadget Flow - 28 Jul 2015 15:00
Slim your wallet. Slide your favorite card. The extremely popular and affordable MostRad Minimalist wallet has returned to Kickstarter with several new exciting features. Outfitted in premium imported genuine leather, th...
'Game of Thrones': Shireen Baratheon posts fiery joke about that scene
Mashable - 28 Jul 2015 23:16
This post contains spoilers from season 5 of Game of Thrones. Too soon, Shireen. Too soon Actress Kerry Ingram is already poking fun at the manner in which her adorable character Shireen Baratheon was ruthlessly sacrific...
Apple Patents Earbuds That Don't Fall Out During Exercise
Ubergizmo - 28 Jul 2015 22:19
Have you tried exercising with the earbuds that Apple makes? You probably have to deal with the earbuds falling out on their own because they’re really not meant for use during intense activity. Apple obviously knows t...
Elon Musk is scared of Chelsea Handler, according to Chelsea Handler
Mashable - 28 Jul 2015 23:13
LOS ANGELES — Chelsea Handler has a bone to pick with Elon Musk, and she planned to do so when filming her upcoming Netflix documentary about Silicon Valley. There was just one problem: He didn't want to talk. "We were...
Apple Music Reportedly Hits 10m Subscribers Since Launch
Ubergizmo - 28 Jul 2015 03:44
Apple Music is Apple's taking on music streaming. Will it be as good as Spotify, Pandora, Rdio, and etc.? It's a bit hard to say, but according to initial reports, it seems that Apple may have since seen about 10 million...
Open Source Is Going Even More Open--Because It Has To
Wired - 28 Jul 2015 18:30
Why are so many companies giving away their intellectual property? It's not happening for altruistic reasons. The post Open Source Is Going Even More Open—Because It Has To appeared first on WIRED.
N++ is impossibly hard, and I can't stop playing
The Verge - 28 Jul 2015 17:18
I've come to accept that I'll never see all there is to see in N++. I blame a combination of factors, really. For one, the platforming game, which launches today on the PlayStation 4, is absolutely huge; I've made my way...
Some users are already starting their Windows 10 download
Digital Trends - 28 Jul 2015 17:17
Ahead of tomorrow's much-anticipated launch of Windows 10, users are reporting that their systems are beginning to download the latest version of the OS, though installation won't be possible until Microsoft unlocks the ...
Enlisting symmetry to protect quantum states from disruptions
Phys.org - 28 Jul 2015 15:17
Symmetry permeates nature, from the radial symmetry of flowers to the left-right symmetry of the human body. As such, it provides a natural way of classifying objects by grouping those that share the same symmetry. This ...
OnePlus Hopes Its New OnePlus 2 Smartphone Adds Up
Re/code - 28 Jul 2015 05:00
The Chinese smartphone upstart is back with a beefed-up and slightly pricier new smartphone.
Apple Showcases Watch Apps With Short, Sweet New Ads
TechCrunch - 28 Jul 2015 04:16
Today, Apple dropped a trio of 15 second ads showing off all of the great third-party apps available on the Apple Watch. Specifically, the ads focus on the travel, music and fitness apps available now for the device. T...
Brinks safe hacked with USB stick and 100 lines of code
BGR - 28 Jul 2015 23:10
As typically portrayed in action movies, breaking into an ostensibly impenetrable safe often requires a world class lock-picker or, barring that, an array or C4 explosives positioned in just the right orientation. But in...
Video showing how to launch a nuke is equally captivating and chilling
CNET - 28 Jul 2015 22:57High school students blend engineering, art, and science
MIT - 28 Jul 2015 22:35
Students in the Edgerton Center's Engineering Design Workshop will unveil their STEAM-infused projects on July 31.
Deadly SpaceShipTwo Crash Caused by Co-Pilot Error: NTSB
SPACE.com - 28 Jul 2015 22:17
The fatal breakup and crash of Virgin Galactic's first SpaceShipTwo space plane last year was caused by a co-pilot error, as well as the failure of the spacecraft's builders to anticipate such a catastrophic mistake, fed...
Set Windows 10's Wi-Fi connections as metered to download forced updates at your own pace
PC World - 28 Jul 2015 20:00
When Microsoft rolls out a new version of Windows, the company always likes to rearrange the furniture a little bit and put old features in new spots. If you're coming to Windows 10 from Windows 8.1, one such feature is ...
Hackers who've got your digits can hack your android phone
USA Today - 28 Jul 2015 18:53Windows 10 Gets a High-Profile Midnight Release
Motherboard - 28 Jul 2015 18:40
Windows 10 will be released tonight at midnight ET, and Microsoft so badly wants you to download it that it's being given away for free. Windows 10 comes nearly three years after the launch of Windows 8, whose tile-based...