Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Why the new Xbox still won't fix TV
[ Tue, 04 Jun 2013 10:37:04 EDT ]
Microsoft's new video game console, the Xbox One, made its long-awaited debut last month. The real story here isn't about video games, though.

Halo to hit Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 in July
[ Tue, 04 Jun 2013 15:55:35 GMT ]
A new edition to the franchise dubbed Halo: Spartan Assault will be available to Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 users for $6.99. [Read more]
    


The startup behind 'Dots'
[ Fri, 31 May 2013 15:16:25 EDT ]
The failed-startup story is familiar by now.

Gripes about new PlayStation, Xbox
[ Fri, 31 May 2013 15:16:40 EDT ]
With E3, the world's biggest video game expo, approaching, Sony and Microsoft are getting ready to wow the entertainment world with their next generation consoles.

Tech tools for better fitness
[ Mon, 03 Jun 2013 13:50:41 EDT ]
Last November, avid biker Leon Shaner found himself pushing harder than usual to keep up with a new friend.

Teen builds working submarine
[ Fri, 31 May 2013 15:17:24 EDT ]
An 18-year-old high school student, Justin Beckerman, has built a one-man submarine. The Nautilus took its teen inventor six months and US$2,000 to put together. All while keeping on top of his homework.

Monday, June 3, 2013

'Remember Me' is an unforgettable sci-fi thriller
[ Mon, 03 Jun 2013 07:19:30 GMT ]
    


Top weekend Google searches: Mars rat, Al Capone
[ Mon, 03 Jun 2013 14:19:51 GMT ]
    


Facebook may boost self-esteem — but there's a downside, says study
[ Mon, 03 Jun 2013 15:38:32 GMT ]
Even if you're not living your best life you can make it look like you are on Facebook, and just glimpsing this idealized version of yourself can provide a rush of self-esteem, a new study shows. But there may be a downside to those positive feelings. Researchers from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, measured Facebook users' self-esteem after they looked at their own profiles. The research...
    


Strange asteroid has a tail 620,000 miles long!
[ Mon, 03 Jun 2013 15:55:13 GMT ]
By Mike WallSpace.comAn odd asteroid's peculiar tail is far longer than previously thought, stretching nearly three times the distance from Earth to the moon, scientists say.The surprising tail of dust streaming from the asteroid P/2010 A2 is about 620,000 miles (1 million kilometers) long, new photos taken by the One Degree Imager (ODI) camera at the WIYN telescope in Arizona reveal."Previous ima...
    


Science of Golf: Work, Energy and Power
[ Mon, 03 Jun 2013 16:00:47 GMT ]
    


Apple owes France $6.5 million in unpaid taxes
[ Mon, 03 Jun 2013 15:02:13 GMT ]
The company neglected to pay 5 million euros on royalty taxes related to iPads sold in France in 2011, says a French organization for authors, composers, and music publishers. [Read more]
    


Microsoft gives timetable for Windows 'Blue' servers
[ Mon, 03 Jun 2013 15:17:25 GMT ]
New versions of Microsoft's Windows Server, SQL Server, System Center, Visual Studio and Windows Intune are all on tap, arriving largely by the end of calendar 2013. [Read more]
    


Apple launches WWDC app in time for big show
[ Mon, 03 Jun 2013 15:29:46 GMT ]
The free application includes everything from session videos to new information and maps. [Read more]
    


Radio chain picks up pared-down AOL music sites
[ Mon, 03 Jun 2013 15:36:38 GMT ]
Townsquare Media Group buys country, hip-hop, and metal sites -- plus a comics page for good measure -- after AOL shelved them earlier this year [Read more]
    


It's curtains for curtains: Digital shades go opaque on command
[ Mon, 03 Jun 2013 16:03:46 GMT ]
Sonte Film window coverings made from a special material that responds to electric current can go opaque or clear at the bidding of a smartphone app. [Read more]
    


'Hitler' teapot goes viral
[ Thu, 30 May 2013 12:04:21 EDT ]
CNN humor columnist Jarrett Bellini breaks down the JCPenney "Hitler Teapot."

Film to digital: Movies in a new light
[ Fri, 31 May 2013 15:16:54 EDT ]
Vast majority of theaters have changed to digital projection. Lots of pros, including sharp picture and less wear, but some still miss film.

Gripes about new PlayStation, Xbox
[ Fri, 31 May 2013 15:16:40 EDT ]
With E3, the world's biggest video game expo, approaching, Sony and Microsoft are getting ready to wow the entertainment world with their next generation consoles.

The startup behind 'Dots'
[ Fri, 31 May 2013 15:16:25 EDT ]
The failed-startup story is familiar by now.

7 fitness tools that tap the power of your friends
[ Mon, 03 Jun 2013 09:36:57 EDT ]
Last November, avid biker Leon Shaner found himself pushing harder than usual to keep up with a new friend.

Sunday, June 2, 2013

Judge orders Google to turn over data to FBI
[ Sat, 01 Jun 2013 16:31:25 GMT ]
A federal judge has ruled that Google Inc. must comply with the FBI's warrantless demands for customer data, rejecting the company's argument that the government's practice of issuing so-called national security letters to telecommunication companies, Internet service providers, banks and others was unconstitutional and unnecessary. FBI counter-terrorism agents began issuing the secret letter...
    


'Mars rat' taking Internet by storm
[ Sat, 01 Jun 2013 19:21:04 GMT ]
A Mars rock that bears a passing resemblance to a rodent is scuttling across the Internet with gusto, even inspiring some fans to set up a Twitter account in its name.UFO buffs spotted the purported "Mars rat" in a panoramic photo snapped in September 2012 by NASA's Curiosity rover. Zooming in on a portion of the image reveals what appears to be a rodent crouching between two rocks, its nose t...
    


Why sharks generate more money alive than dead
[ Sat, 01 Jun 2013 21:26:39 GMT ]
Sharks that are free to swim around in their natural habitats are a valuable part of tourism around the world, a new study finds, which suggests sharks are worth more in the world's oceans than they are on restaurant menus.The new research provides evidence of the value of conservation against the rampant killing of sharks for food, said study lead author Andrés Cisneros-Montemayor, a Ph.D. ca...
    


Frogs fading? Amphibian census may guide recovery leaps
[ Sat, 01 Jun 2013 22:10:59 GMT ]
Karen Lips, an amphibian ecologist and tropical biologist, is an associate professor at the University of Maryland in College Park. She contributed this article to LiveScience's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights.It was a dark and steamy night and clouds of insects were biting our faces and hands as we carefully examined a tiny emerald glass frog. I was with my team of researchers in the midd...
    


How to clean out your overflowing hard drive and get your space back
[ Sun, 02 Jun 2013 15:23:23 GMT ]
Hard drives get messy. You save files and forget them, download huge chunks of data that pile up, and change your naming schemes a hundred times. It's spring, though, so why not do a little tidying up?To make things simpler, we're going to look at this from the perspective of cleaning up a secondary drive that doesn't have an OS installed on it. You can use these same tactics for any drive, but th...
    


Windows 8 vies with Vista, but Windows 7 gains
[ Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:21:56 GMT ]
Oops, Windows 7 gains in May, though Windows 8 makes headway against Vista. [Read more]
    


Meet Fitwall, where tech and elite fitness get off the ground
[ Sun, 02 Jun 2013 11:00:00 GMT ]
Already popular with professional athletes, this quirky vertical training modality is making its consumer debut in a sunny beach town where appearances are everything. [Read more]
    


New MacBook Pro and MacBook Air may debut at WWDC
[ Sun, 02 Jun 2013 14:14:21 GMT ]
Mingchi Kuo of KGI Securities expects a slimmer MacBook Pro with longer battery life based on Intel's new Haswell processors. [Read more]
    


The low, low lowdown on the Hsu Research VTF-3 MK4 subwoofer
[ Sun, 02 Jun 2013 15:06:00 GMT ]
Hsu Research makes great small subs, so the Audiophiliac wanted to try one of the company's bigger (but not too expensive) subs, and wasn't disappointed. [Read more]
    


Man jumps on tracks to get cell phone, killed by train
[ Sun, 02 Jun 2013 16:00:00 GMT ]
Eyewitnesses say that a 22-year-old man jumped down onto the subway tracks in the Bronx after dropping his cell phone. A train strikes him. [Read more]
    


'Hitler' teapot goes viral
[ Thu, 30 May 2013 12:04:21 EDT ]
CNN humor columnist Jarrett Bellini breaks down the JCPenney "Hitler Teapot."

Film to digital: Movies in a new light
[ Fri, 31 May 2013 15:16:54 EDT ]
Vast majority of theaters have changed to digital projection. Lots of pros, including sharp picture and less wear, but some still miss film.

Gripes about new PlayStation, Xbox
[ Fri, 31 May 2013 15:16:40 EDT ]
With E3, the world's biggest video game expo, approaching, Sony and Microsoft are getting ready to wow the entertainment world with their next generation consoles.

The startup behind 'Dots'
[ Fri, 31 May 2013 15:16:25 EDT ]
The failed-startup story is familiar by now.

Film to digital: Seeing movies in a new light
[ Fri, 31 May 2013 12:17:45 EDT ]
Vast majority of theaters have changed to digital projection. Lots of pros, including sharp picture and less wear, but some still miss film.

Saturday, June 1, 2013

Hands on with 'TheLast of Us,' a zombie game with a very human face
[ Sat, 01 Jun 2013 00:28:26 GMT ]
Immediately after I first stepped into Joel's shoes to play "The Last of Us," a new post-apocalyptic zombie game being published by Sony and developed by Naughty Dog, I died. Joel and Ellie, his young female ward, had just been ambushed by a group of "Mad Max"-style raiders when trying to drive a car through a desolate, overgrown version of Pittsburgh, and the confrontation forced their car off th...
    


More Oklahoma twisters!? Latest outbreak fits Tornado Alley's pattern
[ Sat, 01 Jun 2013 02:23:18 GMT ]
Friday's tornado emergency sent a chill through Oklahoma City and its environs, in large part because it came less than two weeks after a powerful twister drove through the same area. The attention given to the weather pummeling America's midsection plays off the devastation left behind on May 20 in Moore, Okla. â€” and that contributes to the perception that this year's storm season has been far wo...
    


Digital trends: New tablet and apps, cutting Internet cord
[ Sat, 01 Jun 2013 13:07:52 GMT ]
    


Cicadas can survive a superstorm — but not changes wrought by humans
[ Sat, 01 Jun 2013 15:41:48 GMT ]
The march of the cicadas is hitting prime time on the East Coast, and that means researchers are getting their best opportunities to study how the burrowing insects have weathered the past 17 years. They're finding some amazing comebacks, and some puzzling absences as well.Over the past few weeks, billions of cicadas have been rising out of the ground, over a swath of territory ranging from Georgi...
    


How and why to teach your kids to code
[ Sat, 01 Jun 2013 15:58:07 GMT ]
Whether or not your child grows up to be the next Zuckerberg, programming is a highly useful skill for him or her to learn. It teaches vital problem-solving, creativity, and communication skills. Plus, it can be downright fun for you both. Here are some of the best tried-and-true apps for teaching kids of all ages how to code.There's no time like the presentPerhaps there's no better group to teach...
    


Oculus VR co-founder, 33, killed by speeding car
[ Sat, 01 Jun 2013 07:02:08 GMT ]
Tragedy hits the company that made the Oculus Rift head-mounted virtual-reality display as co-founder Andrew Reisse finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time during a police chase. [Read more]
    


Tim Cook: What, me worry?
[ Sat, 01 Jun 2013 11:00:00 GMT ]
Apple's CEO has set the bar high. He will need to jump over that bar with a game-changing or seriously game-on product. If not, he will have something to worry about. [Read more]
    


'Minority Report' in waiting: Wearable tech on the cusp of going mainstream?
[ Sat, 01 Jun 2013 11:00:00 GMT ]
If past is prologue, wearable computers will soon be the dominant technology we all use. Even if the hype's getting ahead of the reality, a nascent market is notching measurable progress. [Read more]
    


Intel's next-gen quad-core processors tested
[ Sat, 01 Jun 2013 14:00:00 GMT ]
Fourth-gen Core i-series "Haswell" CPUs promise big leaps in performance and battery life. [Read more]
    


V-Moda's outrageously sweet portable DAC and headphone amp
[ Sat, 01 Jun 2013 14:36:00 GMT ]
There are lots of headphone amps, but only the Vamp Verza works with the digital output of an iPhone or Android device, and that's a difference you can hear. [Read more]
    


'Hitler' teapot goes viral
[ Thu, 30 May 2013 12:04:21 EDT ]
CNN humor columnist Jarrett Bellini breaks down the JCPenney "Hitler Teapot."

Film to digital: Movies in a new light
[ Fri, 31 May 2013 15:16:54 EDT ]
Vast majority of theaters have changed to digital projection. Lots of pros, including sharp picture and less wear, but some still miss film.

Gripes about new PlayStation, Xbox
[ Fri, 31 May 2013 15:16:40 EDT ]
With E3, the world's biggest video game expo, approaching, Sony and Microsoft are getting ready to wow the entertainment world with their next generation consoles.

The startup behind 'Dots'
[ Fri, 31 May 2013 15:16:25 EDT ]
The failed-startup story is familiar by now.