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Mac Pro teardown reveals simple repair process and upgradeable CPU
Engadget - 31 Dec 2013 17:20
The new Mac Pro's highly customized design may look like it's a pain to fix, but don't be fooled -- it's friendlier than you think. An iFixit teardown of the workstation has revealed that it's easy to take apart, and tha...
Google Glass prescription frame option priced up for Explorers
Slash Gear - 31 Dec 2013 21:04
Prescription lenses for Google Glass will be priced from $99, one start-up has confirmed, with Rochester Optical revealing early cost details ahead of preorders opening after CES 2014 next week. …
NSA seizes full control of targeted iPhones via DROPOUTJEEP malware
Slash Gear - 31 Dec 2013 05:36
The NSA developed in 2008 a software program for iPhones that can selectively and stealthily deliver data from iPhones to the NSA. The program is called DROPOUTJEEP. News of the …
P.O.V. Kit for Capture Camera Clip - $29
The Gadget Flow - 31 Dec 2013 08:00
The P.O.V. Kit from Peak Design combines with the Capture Camera Clip (sold separately) to turn an ordinary backpack strap, belt or anything similar into the perfect video mount. You can now focus on immersing yourself i...
Beat-Matching Glowing Sunglasses Are Perfect For New Years Eve and Morn
Gizmodo - 31 Dec 2013 16:37
It's New Year's Eve and unless you've got children to tend to you'll probably be partying well into 2014 this evening. And while normally sunglasses aren't required for the middle of the night, these Dropshades are, sinc...
The Best Gizmodo Stories of 2013
Gizmodo - 31 Dec 2013 23:08
We've posted thousands of pieces in 2013, so to pluck out a few dozen and to call them our favorite is in some ways impossibly arbitrary. But that doesn't mean we didn't try.
Inside the Design of the New Times Square New Year's Eve Ball
Gizmodo - 31 Dec 2013 19:00
The bright ball that hovers over Times Square on New Year's Eve is special this year. Sure, it's iconic and colorful and mesmerizing as it always is. This year, however, the ball will captivate us all with a brand new cr...
iFixit tears the 2013 Mac Pro asunder, finds an actually repairable Mac
Ars Technica - 31 Dec 2013 19:15
The computer sacrifices expandability, but it's thankfully still repairable.
If You've Got Google Music All Access, You Can Get Glass Now
Gizmodo - 31 Dec 2013 16:15
Google Music All Access users are reporting that they've received an email inviting them to join the ranks of Glass Explorers. (Here's the sign up page you can try if you didn't get the email.) As far we can tell it's th...
Sony may get into the Windows Phone game, launching a model as early as mid-2014, according to The I
Gizmodo - 31 Dec 2013 19:57
Sony may get into the Windows Phone game, launching a model as early as mid-2014, according to The Information. If it pans out, it would be a break from Sony's Android loyalty, and bring some variety to the Nokia-heavy W...
Pet-Remote lets you communicate with your dog via an app
Coolest Gadgets - 31 Dec 2013 19:16
Do you sometimes wonder whether your pooch actually understands all that you want to say to it? I know, some dog owners swear that they have a telepathic link with their four legged friends, while others claim that their...
Mac Pro Teardown: An Apple Rig You Can Actually Tinker With
Gizmodo - 31 Dec 2013 16:01
It looks like a waste paper bin, costs a fortune and is, perhaps, the best workstation you've ever owned . But what lurks beneath that shiny black shell?
Spoiler Alert Freeze Cube will tell you when it's time to toss frozen food
Coolest Gadgets - 31 Dec 2013 22:00
Food seems to go bad so quickly, but more often than not, it’s just something we’re not paying attention to. It’s risky business though, as you don’t want to eat something that could make you sick. This is the ca...
The Complete List of Everything Banned by Mayor Michael Bloomberg
Gizmodo - 31 Dec 2013 20:23
Michael Bloomberg leaves office tomorrow after 12 years as New York City's mayor. No mayor in recent memory has added so much to a city. Or taken so much away. To remember him properly, here's a list of everything Bloomb...
Drunk Driving and The Pre-History of Breathalyzers
Gizmodo - 31 Dec 2013 20:01
Drunk driving combines two of America's favorite pastimes: getting absolutely hammered and driving an automobile. But before the invention of the modern breathalyzer in the 1950s, determining if someone was too intoxicat...
Netflix to delete over 80 movies and TV shows for the New Year
Slash Gear - 31 Dec 2013 16:00
If you have had a subscription to Netflix for very long, you know that the service adds and removes content regularly. Netflix says that most of the removing of content …
The year in reviews: 2013's best and worst gadgets scored and scrutinized
Engadget - 31 Dec 2013 17:00
Fun fact: Engadget reviewed 176 products in 2013, and that's not even counting the umpteen times we got hands-on with stuff at tradeshows and press events. In general, we try to review just the top-tier gadgets, but even...
Forget best, here are the 2013 gadgets Ars staff liked the most
Ars Technica - 31 Dec 2013 15:00
Smart phones, smart pants, smart nanoparticles--man, what DIDN'T we review?!
Tesla might sell itself to GM in 2014: analyst
Slash Gear - 31 Dec 2013 02:10
Tesla is arguably the tech world's favorite electric vehicle manufacturer. Its CEO Elon Musk founded Tesla, SpaceX and PayPal. Now an investment trader and analyst is predicting Big Three auto …
Pirate Bay Uploads Up by 50 Percent in 2013 Despite Raids and Blockades
Gizmodo - 31 Dec 2013 18:40
Authorities and copyright holders all over the world tried their damnedest to kill the Pirate Bay, but as data reported by TorrentFreak proves, the file sharing hub is a rogue ship that won't sink.
Apple claims it 'has never worked with the NSA' to create backdoors in any of its products
Engadget - 31 Dec 2013 19:12Sony launches dedicated Xperia Z Ultra cases for QX lens cameras
Engadget - 31 Dec 2013 21:03
Though Sony's crazy QX10 and QX100 lens cameras can attach to most smartphones, the company naturally favored its own Xperia Z and Z1 handsets by creating custom cases for those devices. Now it's doing the same for its c...