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We've all seen the destruction that tsunamis can cause. It doesn't play around. But back in 1944, the US military wanted to play around with tsunamis in hope of creating a man made tsunami bomb--basically setting off 10 ...

This is not a mile high club you want to be a part of. On a flight from Reykjavik, Iceland to JFK yesterday, a drunken passenger got so unruly that the flight crew had to restrain him. To his seat. With duct tape and zip...

Harman has joined several other companies in jumping the CES gun, announcing five new products it's bringing to the show. First up is the JBL Charge, a hardy Bluetooth speaker which promises an impressive 12 hours of tun...

Something never quite added up in the conventional model of solar system formation. It dictates that planets are formed from the accretion disc around a young star, but it also dictates that a star continues to feed off ...

In this new world of social media, plenty of your accounts are going to soldier on after you die. Get ready. But in the meantime, it's easy--too easy--to convince Facebook just about anyone is dead, at which point the si...

Some big news out of Hulu late this afternoon: CEO Jason Kilar has just announced that he will be leaving the company in Q1. The news was first reported by Bloomberg and followed quickly by a blog post from Kilar explain...

Hulu CEO Jason Kilar has resigned from Hulu. In a

In each issue of Distro, editor-in-chief Tim Stevens publishes a wrap-up of the week in news. It's very nearly time, dear readers. CES is just a few days away. By the time you read this I'll be boots on the ground in Las...

This remarkably articulate robot hand was supposedly built by Lego enthusiast 'Barman' using two Mindstorms NXT control units, six motors, and some utterly brilliant engineering. But surely it's from more nefarious minds...

Westinghouse is already jockeying for CES 2013 position in the crowded connected-TV arena, saying it'll announce a bevy of MHL-compliant models at the show that'll work with Roku's HDMI Streaming Stick. That would presum...

Best Buy dropped the price of the 16GB iPhone 5 to $150 last month, and Walmart bested that with a $127 iPhone. Now Best Buy says lost a whole $65,000 on this one product in just one day because it was forced go meet tha...

With CES looming like an electrically charged storm of news and announcements, it's time for us to give you our best bets on what you'll see come January. During the month of December, we'll bring you a series of CES pre...

Over at Amazon, one of the best Ultrabooks we've seen yet is at a significant discount. Samsung's 2012 Series 9 is down to $700. For perspective, its MSRP was $1000 at launch and street price elsewhere is about $900. But...

What do you do when your iPhone is stolen? Cry? Get a new one? Scream at the sky? How about tracking down the thief by luring him to a sexy date over OkCupid and then threatening him with a hammer so he gives it back? Th...

The built-in speakers on gadgets are nearly always garbage, and tablets and laptops are the worst of the worst. No one uses the built-in crap if they can avoid it, but portable speakers are either inconvenient or terribl...

More Info GoPro's new Hero3 is lighter, faster, higher res and has WiFi, comes in three flavors starting at $199 GoPro Hero3 action camera hands-on GoPro lets all Hero3 owners in on iOS, Android fun with updated app, fir...

It's mostly a symbolic gesture, but you can forget about dodging an embarrassing checkmate by toppling your king with this Wobble Chess Set. Like Hasbro's Weeble toys, all the pieces in this set have weighted rounded bot...

Fujifilm may have more than a few treats in store for shutterbugs this year. Details and photos have emerged that supposedly reveal the X20 and X100s, direct sequels to the company's well-known X10 and X100 cameras. Both...

Here's a rare sight: five out of the ten Nimitz-class aircraft carriers--the largest warships ever built--docked together. They are resting at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, which coincidentally is the largest naval ba...

AT&T's snagged exclusive rights to Sierra Wireless' latest touchscreen LTE hotspot, the AT&T Unite. Packing a 2.4-inch display, the unit will keep you informed of your usage allowance, let you manage what devices are all...

Technology is supposed to make our lives better: our meat easier to chew, our water easier to carry, our ox carts easier to move. But all too often we weak, squishy, meat sacks of the human variety find ourselves on the ...

Belkin made gamer's hearts flutter with the original N52te speedpad, which Razer took over a couple of years ago and developed into the Nostromo. Now, that peripheral-maker has taken the concept to a new level (and price...