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My New Flame LED Candle - $600
The Gadget Flow - 30 Jan 2014 08:00
The My New Flame LED Candle was created by Moritz Waldemeyer for Ingo Maurer. The slim design makes uses of 256 small LEDs to create a very life-like flickering flame. The candle is battery-powered, which makes it portab...
GoDaddy admits it released private info in @N twitter account hacking case, PayPal denies any fault
Slash Gear - 30 Jan 2014 14:42
Yesterday the case of Naoki Hiroshima and the hack that resulted in his @N twitter account being extorted out of his control by a hacker came to light. Hiroshima outlines …
30 Years Of Mac T-Shirt - $25
The Gadget Flow - 30 Jan 2014 02:00
Our 30 years of Mac t-shirt features beautiful line drawings of Macintosh computers that span the last 30 years. Perfect for Mac lovers, nerds and geeks! You can choose from t-shirts, hoodies, and v-necks in mens and wom...
The Air Force Prototype Fighter That Was Just Never Quite Good Enough
Gizmodo - 30 Jan 2014 19:40
Despite the US military's robust budget, not every design makes it onto the battlefield. In fact, only a select number of the very best designs ever actually fly. So what the hell was the USAF thinking choosing the defec...
Samsung not penalized over leaking Apple documents as judge says no misuse in negotiations
Slash Gear - 30 Jan 2014 15:38
Apple and Samsung have been having legal battles on several fronts in courts around the world for years. Last year, Samsung was able to get hands on some confidential licensing …
Researchers Grow New Hair From Stem Cells For the First Time
Gizmodo - 30 Jan 2014 23:20
Traditionally, baldness cures involve moving hair around, either from one part of the scalp to another, or from the toupee store to your dome. This week, scientists announced a potentially revolutionary discovery in hair...
How Much Snow It Takes to Cancel School Across the US
Gizmodo - 30 Jan 2014 23:10
There's been quite a bit of debate recently about the Southern states' inability to handle what (at least to the North) might barely even qualify as a light dusting . Now, Reddit user atrubetskoy has taken the opportunit...
Here's a peek at the new Cosmos series, hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson
Engadget - 30 Jan 2014 22:13
Yup, that is Neil deGrasse Tyson standing amidst a virtualization of the universe, which can only mean one thing: the astrophysicist has ascended beyond our mortal coil into a higher plane of being! ...Or that we've got ...
Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga 11e and ThinkPad 11e aim at education
Slash Gear - 30 Jan 2014 13:37
Lenovo has rolled out some new ThinkPad machines that are aimed at use in schools. Since they are designed to be used by kids in the education environment, they are …
How the Architecture of Our Buildings Shapes the Germs Around Us
Gizmodo - 30 Jan 2014 23:40
We design buildings to make human lives better--but should we also design them to make bacteria healthier? A new study posits just that, suggesting that the microbial communities that live amongst us are deeply influence...
Google Q4 2013 earnings report shows revenue on the upswing
Slash Gear - 30 Jan 2014 23:37
Google has reported its fiscal year and fourth-quarter 2013 financials, and in its we see revenue on the upswing over the same quarter last year. There was total consolidated revenues …
Halo 5 release tipped for November 2015, "beta" this winter
Slash Gear - 30 Jan 2014 23:31
One massive amount of insider knowledge on the Xbox One - and Halo specifically - has been dropped over the past several hours, some of it involving hardware, some of …
Amazon's Q4 profit more than doubles year-over-year to hit $239 million
Engadget - 30 Jan 2014 23:22
Amazon clearly didn't have any problems generating a profit this holiday. The online retail powerhouse says that it made a tidy profit of $239 million in the fourth quarter of 2013, or more than twice as much as it manag...
Sorry Cat Lovers, Cats Are an Invasive Species, Too
Gizmodo - 30 Jan 2014 23:00
When we think of invasive species, we tend to think of the exotic: Burmese pythons, Asian carp, or any of the bizarre creatures terrorizing Florida . But the truth is, our beloved cats can also be bad news for other spec...
What Lenovo's Motorola deal could mean for American manufacturing
Engadget - 30 Jan 2014 23:00
Lenovo purchasing Motorola from Google raises a lot of questions. But, lost amid all the speculation over what this means for the marketplace, is the potential human cost. Motorola directly employs over 4,000 people, man...
Toyota puts stop on select model sales following flammability issue
Slash Gear - 30 Jan 2014 22:59
Toyota has put a stop on sales of select vehicle models after learning the seat padding fails to meet flammability standards, reports My Central Jersey. No fires have been reported …
Massive Xbox One Rumor Dump Is Filled With Juicy Details
Gizmodo - 30 Jan 2014 22:58
Plans for a disc-free Xbox One? Halo 5 in 2015? A Halo 2 remake this fall?
The Peephole Reverser - Who's in There?
Coolest Gadgets - 30 Jan 2014 22:48
There are a few things in this world we don’t even notice anymore. Take, for instance, the peephole. Almost every hotel room door has one. Your front door is likely to have one, and while we may sometimes use them in o...
The Landscapes Of Suburbia Are The Real Science Fiction
Gizmodo - 30 Jan 2014 22:40
Science fiction is often charged with naïve technological optimism and historical amnesia. But for present-day Californians struggling with a wide range of environmental and social problems, science fiction might just p...
Yahoo's latest acquisition points to a Google Now rival
Engadget - 30 Jan 2014 22:35
Yahoo's latest acquisition is Incredible Labs, the company behind personal-assistant iOS app Donna. Most of the seven-member Incredible Labs team will stay on with Yahoo, though the iOS app will no longer be available fo...
The Concrete Blocks at This Bakery Are Made From Empty Sacks of Flour
Gizmodo - 30 Jan 2014 22:20
From afar, the walls at this Gowanus restaurant look like they're made from grey fabric--but they're actually made from concrete bricks poured into empty bags of flour from the resident bakery. Concrete masonry unit? Mor...
Where to hide in case of nuclear attack
Gizmodo - 30 Jan 2014 22:11
This image--found by Erika Engelhaupt--shows the best places to hide in case of a nuclear blast, part of a recent government guide about what to do in case of a nuclear detonation. It's scary to see that the US is still ...