Monday, February 3, 2014

Mayer aiming to bring back search tech to Yahoo
[ Fri, 31 Jan 2014 21:57:07 GMT ]

Ice-cold brew? Petition seeks to allow beer deliveries by drone
[ Fri, 31 Jan 2014 21:57:08 GMT ]
The Internet cheered when Minnesota-based brewing company Lakemaid Beer demo-ed a new way to deliver their seasonal special to thirsty customers fishing on a faraway frozen lake: by drone! But the FAA quickly shut down the plan.






New footage of Baumgartner's supersonic jump will make your head spin
[ Fri, 31 Jan 2014 22:34:52 GMT ]
It's been more than a year since Felix Baumgartner set a world record for longest freefall, breaking the sound barrier in his 23-mile descent, but that doesn't mean the jump has lost its thrill รข€” and this newly released footage gives you a better (and more vertigo-inducing) view than ever.






Sold out: Aereo runs out of capacity in New York
[ Fri, 31 Jan 2014 22:45:46 GMT ]
Aereo, the controversial online-TV service that's being sued by all the major broadcast networks, is so popular in New York that it has stopped adding customers."Thanks for your interest in Aereo!






'Grand Theft Auto V' plushies bring the cute to carjacking
[ Fri, 31 Jan 2014 23:12:40 GMT ]
Millions upon millions of gamers can attest to the fact that "Grand Theft Auto V" is a fun game. Charming even. Cute? Not so much. It's hard to make a game that features one of the most grisly torture sequences ever seen in video games come across as adorable.






Mozilla adopts plain-vanilla password sign-in for Firefox sync
[ Mon, 03 Feb 2014 06:52:59 GMT ]
The open-source browser today uses a complicated method to let people sync bookmarks, tabs, and other settings. Now Mozilla is trying a more ordinary username-password approach. [Read more]
    






Esurance Twitter contest goes viral but ties company to offensive tweets
[ Mon, 03 Feb 2014 09:21:38 GMT ]
In a post-Super Bowl campaign that went viral immediately, the insurance company said it would give away $1.5 million to someone who used its hashtag. Any tweet was eligible. And then came the garbage. [Read more]
    






Torvalds gives Nvidia software thumbs up, not middle finger
[ Mon, 03 Feb 2014 09:53:59 GMT ]
In a surprise reversal, the graphics chip designer has released experimental software to help open-source programmers use its new new Tegra K1 mobile processor. [Read more]
    






Browser makers find a way past high-resolution image impasse
[ Mon, 03 Feb 2014 11:02:10 GMT ]
Newer screens packed with pixel are great for detailed images -- but only if software can take advantage of them. Now browser makers have settled on an approach. [Read more]
    






The future of wearables: 8 predictions from tech leaders
[ Mon, 03 Feb 2014 12:00:00 GMT ]
Top executives from ARM, Broadcom, Intel, Freescale, MediaTek, and Qualcomm weigh in on what's ahead for the market. [Read more]
    






Solar system full of 'rogue' asteroids
[ Thu, 30 Jan 2014 16:49:26 EST ]
If you want to find an asteroid, the region between Mars and Jupiter is a great place to look. That area where asteroids hang out is called the main asteroid belt

Behind the Super Bowl halftime show
[ Fri, 31 Jan 2014 12:29:02 EST ]
As he prepares Sunday's Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show, Hamish Hamilton isn't free with details about what its millions of viewers should expect.

RIP, Colonel Meow
[ Fri, 31 Jan 2014 18:46:43 EST ]
Colonel Meow is dead. Long live Colonel Meow.

5 ways Facebook changed our lives
[ Fri, 31 Jan 2014 12:08:41 EST ]
Facebook has changed our lives. Ten years and 1.2 billion users into its existence, any argument otherwise rings hollow.

5 ways Facebook changed us, for better or worse
[ Fri, 31 Jan 2014 12:25:26 EST ]
Facebook has changed our lives. Ten years and 1.2 billion users into its existence, any argument otherwise rings hollow.

Sunday, February 2, 2014

Mayer aiming to bring back search tech to Yahoo
[ Fri, 31 Jan 2014 21:57:07 GMT ]

Ice-cold brew? Petition seeks to allow beer deliveries by drone
[ Fri, 31 Jan 2014 21:57:08 GMT ]
The Internet cheered when Minnesota-based brewing company Lakemaid Beer demo-ed a new way to deliver their seasonal special to thirsty customers fishing on a faraway frozen lake: by drone! But the FAA quickly shut down the plan.






New footage of Baumgartner's supersonic jump will make your head spin
[ Fri, 31 Jan 2014 22:34:52 GMT ]
It's been more than a year since Felix Baumgartner set a world record for longest freefall, breaking the sound barrier in his 23-mile descent, but that doesn't mean the jump has lost its thrill รข€” and this newly released footage gives you a better (and more vertigo-inducing) view than ever.






Sold out: Aereo runs out of capacity in New York
[ Fri, 31 Jan 2014 22:45:46 GMT ]
Aereo, the controversial online-TV service that's being sued by all the major broadcast networks, is so popular in New York that it has stopped adding customers."Thanks for your interest in Aereo!






'Grand Theft Auto V' plushies bring the cute to carjacking
[ Fri, 31 Jan 2014 23:12:40 GMT ]
Millions upon millions of gamers can attest to the fact that "Grand Theft Auto V" is a fun game. Charming even. Cute? Not so much. It's hard to make a game that features one of the most grisly torture sequences ever seen in video games come across as adorable.






Windows 8.1 Metro: Start or stop?
[ Sat, 01 Feb 2014 20:45:27 GMT ]
The tiled, touch-centric Metro interface is an integral part of Windows 8. So integral that Windows defaults to Metro on start up. Should this change? [Read more]
    






The Mini Cooper JCW GP II has some special heritage
[ Sat, 01 Feb 2014 21:00:00 GMT ]
Mini Coopers have become part of the landscape now, but the people who drive them may not know how significant the badge on the back of their car really is. [Read more]
    






Humans came long after aliens, scientist suggests
[ Sat, 01 Feb 2014 23:50:03 GMT ]
A Harvard astrophysicist says his research indicates that humans may be one of the last life forms to inhabit the universe. Alien microbes came millions of years before us. [Read more]
    






Want $10 off your mobile bill? Put ads on your lock screen
[ Sun, 02 Feb 2014 12:00:00 GMT ]
A new app called Slidejoy turns your Android phone's lock screen into a billboard, and some of the money that advertisers like Macy's and Adidas pay to place the ads ends up in your pocket. [Read more]
    






Spotify vs. Beats: The super cool battles the Super Bowl
[ Sun, 02 Feb 2014 12:00:51 GMT ]
Spotify and Beats Music don't differ much in the bare essentials, but how they publicize couldn't be more different. The polar-opposite approaches to marketing underscore where they're from -- and where they're going. [Read more]
    






Solar system full of 'rogue' asteroids
[ Thu, 30 Jan 2014 16:49:26 EST ]
If you want to find an asteroid, the region between Mars and Jupiter is a great place to look. That area where asteroids hang out is called the main asteroid belt

Behind the Super Bowl halftime show
[ Fri, 31 Jan 2014 12:29:02 EST ]
As he prepares Sunday's Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show, Hamish Hamilton isn't free with details about what its millions of viewers should expect.

RIP, Colonel Meow
[ Fri, 31 Jan 2014 18:46:43 EST ]
Colonel Meow is dead. Long live Colonel Meow.

5 ways Facebook changed our lives
[ Fri, 31 Jan 2014 12:08:41 EST ]
Facebook has changed our lives. Ten years and 1.2 billion users into its existence, any argument otherwise rings hollow.

5 ways Facebook changed us, for better or worse
[ Fri, 31 Jan 2014 12:25:26 EST ]
Facebook has changed our lives. Ten years and 1.2 billion users into its existence, any argument otherwise rings hollow.

Saturday, February 1, 2014

Mayer aiming to bring back search tech to Yahoo
[ Fri, 31 Jan 2014 21:57:07 GMT ]

Ice-cold brew? Petition seeks to allow beer deliveries by drone
[ Fri, 31 Jan 2014 21:57:08 GMT ]
The Internet cheered when Minnesota-based brewing company Lakemaid Beer demo-ed a new way to deliver their seasonal special to thirsty customers fishing on a faraway frozen lake: by drone! But the FAA quickly shut down the plan.






New footage of Baumgartner's supersonic jump will make your head spin
[ Fri, 31 Jan 2014 22:34:52 GMT ]
It's been more than a year since Felix Baumgartner set a world record for longest freefall, breaking the sound barrier in his 23-mile descent, but that doesn't mean the jump has lost its thrill รข€” and this newly released footage gives you a better (and more vertigo-inducing) view than ever.






Sold out: Aereo runs out of capacity in New York
[ Fri, 31 Jan 2014 22:45:46 GMT ]
Aereo, the controversial online-TV service that's being sued by all the major broadcast networks, is so popular in New York that it has stopped adding customers."Thanks for your interest in Aereo!






'Grand Theft Auto V' plushies bring the cute to carjacking
[ Fri, 31 Jan 2014 23:12:40 GMT ]
Millions upon millions of gamers can attest to the fact that "Grand Theft Auto V" is a fun game. Charming even. Cute? Not so much. It's hard to make a game that features one of the most grisly torture sequences ever seen in video games come across as adorable.






Chrome fights back against settings hijackers
[ Sat, 01 Feb 2014 00:40:42 GMT ]
Google makes it even easier to reset your browser settings. Apparently, it's the No. 1 Chrome complaint. [Read more]
    






Popular antivirus tools for OS X tested, again
[ Sat, 01 Feb 2014 01:20:32 GMT ]
New testing outlines which Mac malware tools detect known threats the best. [Read more]
    






Apple reportedly making push in mobile health
[ Sat, 01 Feb 2014 01:34:11 GMT ]
The company is said to be developing an app called Healthbook for iOS 8, and some of Apple's top execs met with the FDA last month. [Read more]
    






Verizon uses Super Bowl to show off LTE broadcast video
[ Sat, 01 Feb 2014 12:00:00 GMT ]
It's called multicast, and it's Verizon's way of beaming high-quality video to many people at once. [Read more]
    






Paper and the craft of securing Facebook's future
[ Sat, 01 Feb 2014 12:00:00 GMT ]
With the new app for reading and writing the news, the social network sets a different tone for what's to come in the next decade. [Read more]
    






Solar system full of 'rogue' asteroids
[ Thu, 30 Jan 2014 16:49:26 EST ]
If you want to find an asteroid, the region between Mars and Jupiter is a great place to look. That area where asteroids hang out is called the main asteroid belt

Behind the Super Bowl halftime show
[ Fri, 31 Jan 2014 12:29:02 EST ]
As he prepares Sunday's Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show, Hamish Hamilton isn't free with details about what its millions of viewers should expect.

RIP, Colonel Meow
[ Fri, 31 Jan 2014 18:46:43 EST ]
Colonel Meow is dead. Long live Colonel Meow.

5 ways Facebook changed our lives
[ Fri, 31 Jan 2014 12:08:41 EST ]
Facebook has changed our lives. Ten years and 1.2 billion users into its existence, any argument otherwise rings hollow.

5 ways Facebook changed us, for better or worse
[ Fri, 31 Jan 2014 12:25:26 EST ]
Facebook has changed our lives. Ten years and 1.2 billion users into its existence, any argument otherwise rings hollow.

Friday, January 31, 2014

Yahoo Mail resets passwords after hackers attack
[ Thu, 30 Jan 2014 22:51:32 GMT ]
If you're a Yahoo Mail user, you might want to be on the lookout for a password reset notification. Yahoo has announced that it detected a "coordinated effort" to access some email accounts.






Zynga to cut 15 percent of workforce
[ Thu, 30 Jan 2014 22:51:34 GMT ]
Social game maker Zynga, known for its popular "FarmVille" title, said Thursday it would cut 15 percent of its workforce, at the same time surprising Wall Street with a quarterly loss that beat expectations. It also announced it is buying a U.K.-based mobile game company.






'ChewBacca' hackers attacked retailers in 11 countries, cybersecurity firm says
[ Thu, 30 Jan 2014 23:40:11 GMT ]
A cybercriminal ring targeting small retailers in 11 countries stole data on 49,000 payment cards using a malicious software known as "ChewBacca" before the operation was shut down, according to a cybersecurity research firm. RSA FirstWatch disclosed the attacks on Thursday on its website.






Dogecoin cryptocurrency donors help send Indian athletes to Sochi
[ Fri, 31 Jan 2014 09:25:25 GMT ]
Reports of Indian athletes short of funds to compete in the Sochi Olympic Games caused an outpouring of cash from an unlikely source: the community around Dogecoin, a 'cryptocurrency' like Bitcoin that started as a joke but soon became popular enough to be worth real money.






Microsoft board close to naming Nadella as CEO
[ Fri, 31 Jan 2014 09:25:25 GMT ]
Microsoft Corp. is close to naming a new chief executive, most likely its cloud-computing head Satya Nadella, a source close to the matter said Thursday, concluding a five month search for a heavy-hitter to lead the world's largest software company.