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Video: Breathalyzer Meets iPhone
The $150 BACtrack Mobile Breathalyzer connects to your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch and lets you measure your blood alcohol content. But like all good gadgets, it takes things a step further.
Reminder: Nobody but Apple Knows What’s Happening with the Retina iPad Mini
Consider this your routine reminder not to believe every single Apple rumor, especially those based on mysterious supply chain sources.
YouTube Rumored to Launch Pay Channels Soon
YouTube is set to announce within a few weeks a series of channels that will require payment, a person familiar with the matter said Monday.
What Will the Online Sales Tax Bill Mean for You?
Congress is considering legislation that would give states the ability to require out-of-state retailers to collect sales taxes. Why is this necessary? And what will this mean for your online purchases?
Call for Kill Switch to Deactivate Stolen Phones
San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón is asking major smartphone manufacturers Apple and Google to combat the growing problem with a beautifully simple suggestion: Give all phones a remote-activated kill switch.
A Brief History of Windows Sales Figures, 1985-Present
In 1990, Windows 3.0 sold at a then-blistering rate: four million copies in just one year.
Microsoft: 100 Million Windows 8 Licenses Sold, Windows Blue This Year
New stats on how Windows is doing tell us only so much.
Adobe Says Goodbye to Its Suite. Is Microsoft Next?
The creative-software giant says all its new features will be part of Creative Cloud, its pay-as-you-go service.
Adobe Shifts to Software Subscriptions
Adobe said Monday that it will not release new versions of its Creative Suite software package, instead opting for a monthly subscription that starts at $50 for an individual.
3D-Printed Gun Successfully Fired
Forbes‘ Andy Greenberg details the test-firing of a 16-piece plastic gun created with an $8,000 3D printer. All the pieces except for one were printed: “The only non-printed piece is a common hardware store nail used as its firing pin,” writes Greenberg.
Meet The ‘Liberator’: Test-Firing The World’s First Fully 3D-Printed Gun [Forbes]
eBay’s $35 Million Mess
The Business Insider reports on eBay’s two most successful affiliate partners, and why both ended up pleading guilty to wire fraud.
