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Ariane 5's fourth launch of 2015
ESA - 20 Aug 2015 23:16
An Ariane 5 lifted off tonight from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, and delivered two telecom satellites into their planned orbits.
The 9 coolest Vaios of all time
PC World - 20 Aug 2015 21:57
The Vaio returns After Sony sold off the Vaio brand to a private investment group in early 2014, most thought that the Vaio brand was dead as a doornail. As we found out this week, that was completely wrong. On Wednesday...
MagCable
The Gadget Flow - 20 Aug 2015 08:00
MagCable can give you the opportunity to charge your phone without distressing about fraying or snapping off of the cord. After comprehensive research, aMagic discovered that size was an important requirement for both fu...
DirecTV Launches The 4K Genie Mini For 4K Video
Tech Times - 20 Aug 2015 02:48
DirecTV has launched a new set-top box called the 4K Genie Mini, designed for users to stream 4K content to their TV. Unfortunately, it seems as though the selection of content is, so far, rather limited, and the box onl...
No Two-Year Contract? How to Keep Getting New iPhones
NBC News - 20 Aug 2015 16:38
The age of 'cheap' iPhones is ending. As of last week, Verizon is no longer subsidizing new phones in exchange for people signing two-year contracts.
Acer XB270HU review
Digital Trends - 20 Aug 2015 23:55
The Acer XB270HU packs tons of features into a 1440p display, but can it overcome the high price tag, or are you better off making the jump to 4K? The post Acer XB270HU review appeared first on Digital Trends.
Josh Duggar Had A Paid Ashley Madison Account
The Huffington Post - 20 Aug 2015 00:03
In 2013, conservative reality TV star Josh Duggar—of TLC’s 19 Kids and Counting fame—was named the executive director of the Family Research Council, a conservative lobbying group in D.C. which seeks “to champion...
Live Traffic In Car: GPS Devices On License Plates
The Gadget Flow - 20 Aug 2015 22:59
This Indiegogo campaign aims to create a number of GPS devices that when attached to the license plates of your car, will provide you with a real time map. The purpose of such real time maps is to help in effective traff...
How to Find Rosetta's Comet In Your Telescope
Universe Today - 20 Aug 2015 21:58
How would you like to see one of the most famous comets with your own eyes? Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko plies the morning sky, a little blot of fuzzy light toting an amazing visitor along for the ride -- the Rosetta ...
Google Ordered to Remove Links to Stories About Google Removing Links to Stories
Gizmodo - 20 Aug 2015 23:45
Europe's "Right to be forgotten" laws have come to an apex of dumb: The UK's Information Commissioner's office has ordered Google to remove links to stories about Google removing links to stories. My brain hurts.
You can now shoot crappy video (on purpose) with the new VHS Camcorder app
Mashable - 20 Aug 2015 23:43
Your throwback Thursday videos are about to get a whole lot more legit. A new app called VHS Camcorder almost perfectly recreates the experience of shooting video with old school cameras — crappy video and all. See als...
Toiletry Kit by Mr. Lentz
The Gadget Flow - 20 Aug 2015 23:00
With a rugged construction and a marvelous design, the Toiletry Kit by Mr. Lentz has been designed to last a lifetime. This toiletry kit is made of thick hand-cut leather which has been riveted together by using solid br...
How to Completely Uninstall OneDrive in Windows 10
Life Hacker - 20 Aug 2015 20:00
OneDrive comes installed with Windows 10 and is enabled by default if you sign on with a Microsoft account. If you don't use OneDrive, however, and don't want it running in the background, there are some hoops you can ju...
Skin Cancer More Aggressive with Fewer Moles Present
Live Science - 20 Aug 2015 13:42
People who have fewer moles may be at higher risk for aggressive skin cancer than those with more moles, according to a new study.
We strolled down a sensor-studded smart street
Digital Trends - 20 Aug 2015 02:40
The smartphone connected high street shopping experience is coming, but the tech has some way to go before it's ready for prime time. The post We strolled down a sensor-studded smart street appeared first on Digital Tren...
Google's Project Ara Phone Falls Apart When Dropped; Release Pushed To 2016
Tech Times - 20 Aug 2015 02:33
Project Ara's modular smartphone seems ideal: a phone with attachable components, creating the ultimate customized experience. However, there's one problem: it doesn't seem to stay together when it's dropped.
Incredibly rare (and freaky) species of giant jellyfish gets caught on video
BGR - 20 Aug 2015 02:30
There are a lot of large and very freaky creatures lurking at the bottom of the ocean. One of them is the stygiomedusa gigantea, a gigantic species of jellyfish that can have a diameter of up to one meter and that fea...
Meet the guy who hacked the Apple Watch
Cult of Mac - 20 Aug 2015 23:55
“I guess I’m known as that firmware poking guy,” says Hamza Sood, the young hacker who most recently found a way to create and add custom watch faces to Apple Watch. Cult of Mac chatted with the London-based 19-yea...
Hilarious video shows all the weird and random weapons used in movies
Gizmodo - 20 Aug 2015 23:52
Here's something fun and super silly: Burger Fiction created this supercut of a bunch of weird weapons used in movies. We're talking guitar case flamethrowers, guitar case rocket launchers, ladders, fork fingers, carrots...
Ashley Madison hackers drop another 20GB of stolen data
Slash Gear - 20 Aug 2015 22:48
The Ashley Madison hackers have released a larger cache of information stolen from the website for affairs. The first batch of data -- which has already revealed numerous well-known names and email addresses tied to gove...
Shooting Challenge: Opposite World
Gizmodo - 20 Aug 2015 22:45
Using solarization, you can create a world of opposites, where darks are light, and lights are dark. For this week's Shooting Challenge, give us a peek into that other world.
Researchers made an entirely new type of glass...by accident
Slash Gear - 20 Aug 2015 20:49
University of Chicago scientists have accidentally created an entirely new type of glass. Until now, glass has been defined by its randomness -- it is amorphous and without a distinct order. That's why when scientists we...