If you notice an uptick in #OWS hashtags on Tuesday, you’ll know that the Occupy movement has risen from its relatively dormant winter and early spring for May Day protests. Once again, social media will play a huge part in how …
Fireworks of Your Own Face: Never Would $81.29 Go to Such Good Use
I’m not entirely sure you can put a price on a custom-built fireworks display of your own face made from up to 200 rockets that can be seen from almost 20 miles away. Even if it’s an aging April Fools’ joke that we can only hope
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No Need to Panic; It’s Just a Remote-Controlled Flying Robot Dragon
Here’s a video of a remote-controlled robotic dragon that also breathes fire. Why? Because as scary as dragons seem in fantasy novels, now we finally know that their aerodynamics pass muster in the real world.
Rick Hamel, an …
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Glimpse: A Facebook-Powered Pinterest Clone Without the Human Feel
Pinterest, which lets you collect and share images and links from around the web, is quirky, addictive — and wildly popular. So it’s not surprising that it’s also proving to be influential. It sure influenced Glimpse, a new …
HomeOS: Microsoft Works on Bringing Smart Homes to the Masses
Pop quiz: What’s the easiest way to wire up your entire home for smartphone and tablet controls? Unless you’re quite tech-savvy, chances are you haven’t the slightest idea.
It’s a problem that Microsoft Research wants to solve …
The Breakdown: Who Supports CISPA and Who Doesn’t
Thoreau’s Walden: The Video Game
Get ready for some edge-of-your-seat 19th century transcendentalist action!
NVIDIA’s Dual-Core GTX 690 Will Set You Back $999
Surprise, NVIDIA has a new insanely expensive dual-GPU graphics card in the offing, and you can have it already this Thursday, May 3…that is, if you’re willing to pay twice what the company’s charging for its flagship …
Nook for Windows 8? Microsoft and Barnes & Noble Settle, Buddy Up
Microsoft and Barnes & Noble are joining hands to form a new Barnes & Noble subsidiary that’ll be dubbed “Newco” (get it?) until someone comes up with a better name. The “strategic” venture, into which Microsoft says it will pour …
How the Software Industry Is Being Reborn
It seems like you can’t go anywhere in Silicon Valley without hearing about someone who’s making an app. Apps are all the rage these days and software engineering is one of the hottest jobs all over the world. But in the not too …
Apple to Build Own Restaurant So Employees Can Eat Without Being Spied On
We’ve all been there. You’re eating a Waldorf salad with your coworkers, talking about last night’s Seinfeld and sharing proprietary secrets, when all of a sudden you notice a guy from Microsoft behind you quietly taking notes. …
Dropbox Gets Automatic Photo Uploads, Offers 3 GB Incentive
We might just have a cloud storage feature war on our hands, folks.
Following this week’s launch of Google Drive and an overhauled Microsoft Skydrive, Dropbox is adding automatic photo uploads to its online storage service. …