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That painful Brazil vs. Germany World Cup match was the most tweeted-about sports game ever
Engadget - 9 Jul 2014 19:58
Maybe you overheard your coworkers bellowing from down the hall. Maybe you follow lots of sports fans on Twitter. Or maybe you saw a link to that Sad Brazilians Tumblr. The point is: Yesterday's 7-1 Germany vs. Brazil Wo...
Buzz Aldrin: The First Humans On Mars Should Never Come Home
Gizmodo - 9 Jul 2014 01:58
Buzz Aldrin was the second man to ever set foot on the moon, and he has some opinions about how things should go down when humans first set foot on Mars. Namely that they shouldn't come home. Ever.
Why You've Never Heard of This Typeface That Defined the 1980s
Gizmodo - 9 Jul 2014 23:20
Apple, Trapper Keeper, and Reebok: Three of the most well-known brands of the 1980s, and three companies that used the same futuristic-looking typeface to do it. So why isn't the typeface a classic like other period piec...
The Best (And Worst) Famous Works of Art You Can 3D-Print At Home
Gizmodo - 9 Jul 2014 15:20
Last month, Scott Kildall and Bryan Cera published a 3D digital model of artist Marcel Duchamp's chess kit. The original, hand-carved by Duchamp, is gone--but now anyone with a 3D printer can recreate the artist's kings ...
Sony Xperia Z1 Compact arrives in US
Slash Gear - 9 Jul 2014 04:21
Sony's Xperia Z1 Compact has finally arrived in the United States, bringing with it a $549.99 USD price tag and a trio of color options. In addition to our hands-on from earlier this year, we've got all the details after...
Apple points finger at Google after FTC in-app purchase settlement
Ars Technica - 9 Jul 2014 23:35
With Amazon fighting a similar battle, Google might be next, Politico reports.
The return of Homestar Runner is imminent
Engadget - 9 Jul 2014 22:15
Do you fondly recall anxiously awaiting a new installment of Strong Bad Email? Yeah, me too. Well, the creators of the Homestar Runner series of web cartoons are resurrecting the project following a popular April Fool's ...
Three Best TV Stands
Gizmodo - 9 Jul 2014 22:12
Last week we asked you which furniture you thought made the best home for your TV, and we got a ton of responses. We've combed through the stacks of options to find your most nominated, and outlined them below. Now it's ...
iPhone 6 design, release window tipped by Spigen
Slash Gear - 9 Jul 2014 21:38
If the ongoing spat of iPhone 6 rumors wasn't enough to tip you off to the design, this may do it. Case maker Spigen, who have an excellent track record of leaking designs early, have a slew of iPhone 6 cases available f...
Did Android Wear just bomb, or did Moto 360 just win?
Slash Gear - 9 Jul 2014 23:51
Today we've posed a wearables question to readers of SlashGear and Android Community in a variety of forums: Have you purchased an Android Wear device, and why or why not? The overwhelming response has been "no", with a ...
Electric Objects wants to put the digital art world on your wall
Engadget - 9 Jul 2014 23:41
Digital photo frames are one of those product categories that seemed like a good idea at the time. As it turned out, no one really wanted a low-resolution LCD screen in their living room that needed to be plugged into a ...
Panicking over Android's factory reset is (mostly) unwarranted
Ars Technica - 9 Jul 2014 23:30
Don't fret, there is a way to make your factory reset more like a secure erasure.
Dish complains to FCC about Comcast/Time Warner, DirecTV/AT&T
Slash Gear - 9 Jul 2014 23:20
Dish has come out in opposition to the proposed Comcast/Time Warner merger. Speaking to the FCC, the satellite provider says the deal presents "serious competitive concerns" for the industry. They also don't see how any ...
Google, Dropbox, Canon and others team up to disarm future patent trolls
Engadget - 9 Jul 2014 23:08
Patent litigation from non-participating entities (casually known as "patent trolls") is the bane of a technology firm's legal department. Fighting patent lawsuits from firms that subsist completely on licensing and lega...
The Matrix, Queen, and an alternate ending with Mega-Smith
Slash Gear - 9 Jul 2014 22:41
Almost a missing point in the history in one of the key nerd-friendly entertainment titles in history, The Matrix: Path of Neo had a secret. This video game - like the other video games in The Matrix universe - was watch...
Sigourney Weaver joins original cast for 'Alien: Isolation' DLC
Engadget - 9 Jul 2014 22:41
It's been quite a while since we've seen Sigourney Weaver play the role of Ellen Ripley in Ridley Scott's Alien. Weaver takes the role once more alongside several other original cast members for two pre-order DLCs for th...
Six under-the-covers features from the Android L release
Ars Technica - 9 Jul 2014 22:38
You've seen the design. Here's some of the stuff underneath that facelift.
How Thumbsticks Came to Control the Modern World
Gizmodo - 9 Jul 2014 22:20
It's no small feat translating a user's wishes into computer commands. Controlling massive robots in chaotic, fast-paced action of modern console games like Titanfall--and yet even children are able to intuitively tear t...
Google forms patent 'Justice League' to ward off trolls
Slash Gear - 9 Jul 2014 22:11
The patent system in the United States is broken. As we wait for reform, patent trolls keep trolling, and companies like Google keep fighting them off. Rather than being a lone wolf in the wild, Google has formed their o...
Sony Xperia C3, the selfie smartphone
Coolest Gadgets - 9 Jul 2014 22:10
So, you might have one of the best flagship smartphones in the market out there in the form of the Samsung Galaxy S5, but can it really lay claim to being the first selfie smartphone in the world? That 'honor' falls upon...
iCracked Mobile Screen Repair Will Now Fix Your Shattered Samsung
Gizmodo - 9 Jul 2014 22:00
iCracked is a mobile service that fixes your shattered, waterlogged, or otherwise busted up smartphone wherever you are. Back when they were iPhone exclusive, we tested them and loved their work . Now they're working on ...
Fan Pirates Game, Accidentally Tells Developer About It
Gizmodo - 9 Jul 2014 22:00
When fighting game fan "Dan Hibiki" got a strange message while playing Skullgirls, he did what anyone with a Twitter account might do: he contacted the game developers to ask what was going on. Little did he know that t...