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Tech NewsWatch a Lingerie-Wearing Hologram Model Strut Half-Naked
Tupac hologram, you were amazing. Beautiful girl in lingerie hologram, you might be even better. A lingerie store in France called Empreinte is using a hologram woman in lingerie after the store closes to attract people. I think it’s working. The hologram actually looks pretty well done. See it from the right angles and you … Continued
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Tech NewsDesignThe Spinning Indoor Garden Built Using NASA Technology
What was once intended to be a garden for outerspace could someday be a garden for your living room. The DesignLibero Green Wheel is a planter box fashioned into a rotating wheel, offering the benefit of light and space economy for small, sun-starved environments. Equipped with an LED light in the middle, the Green Wheel … Continued
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Tech NewsGoogle
Report: Google’s Supercheap Nexus Tablet Will Be at Google I/O
According to TechnoBuffalo, Google’s forthcoming cheap, 7-inch Nexus tablet will be announced at Google I/O, which starts June 27th. And, like, why wouldn’t it be? https://gizmodo.com/report-super-cheap-google-tablet-coming-in-july-5899752 The tablet was reportedly pushed back from its original May estimate in order to trim the price down to $200, which puts it in direct competition with the Kindle … Continued
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Dad Creates Fake Porn Site Profile for Principal Who Confiscated Son’s iPod
When an assistant principal confiscated his 13-year-old son’s iPod, Robert Dale Esparza Jr. did what any responsible parent would: He started a fake profile under the principal’s name on a hardcore porn site, and impersonated him via email. Yep! Frank Hendricsen, the assistant principal, allegedly confiscated the son’s iPod last year, but denied to inquiring … Continued
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Tech NewsMicrosoft
Microsoft To Offer 80-Inch Windows 8 Tablets for Offices
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announces plans about Xbox at CES 2010. Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired “Steve Ballmer has an 80-inch Windows 8 tablet in his office. He’s got rid of his phone, he’s got rid of his note paper. It’s touch-enabled and it’s hung on his wall.” This description of the Microsoft CEO’s workspace, given to … Continued
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The Bow Size of the Navy’s New Nuclear Supercarrier Defies Belief
This is something you can’t usually see: the bow of an American nuclear aircraft supercarrier, the new Gerald R. Ford—the lead ship of a new class that will start replacing the Nimitz-class in 2015. https://gizmodo.com/this-is-how-the-navy-is-building-their-new-nuclear-supe-5911974 It was just put in place at Huntington Ingalls’s Newport News shipyard, at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, along … Continued
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Tech NewsApple
You Can Jailbreak Your Apple TV Now, Too
Along with being able to jailbreak your iPhone or iPad, you can jailbreak the Apple TV now too. It’s the first untethered jailbreak for the new Apple TV software (5.0.1) and it’s all thanks to Seas0nPass. Why would you jailbreak your Apple TV though? For the plugins! https://gizmodo.com/ios-5-1-1-untethered-jailbreak-is-out-now-5913317 According to Seas0nPass, you can add these … Continued
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Tech NewsSiri Tells John Malkovich a Better Joke
In John Malkovich’s iPhone ad, Siri tells him a joke. The only thing is, it’s not that funny. Good one, Siri (forced laughter, forced laughter). https://gizmodo.com/what-do-zooey-deschanel-samuel-l-jackson-and-john-ma-5912890 In this parody, he requests a better one. Siri must have her mind in the gutter, because not only is it better, it’s much filthier. Actually, it has a … Continued
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Tech NewsNASA’s Curiosity Rover Will Explore Mars—Like a Boss
NASA may not be sending up manned shuttles anymore, but that doesn’t mean we’re done exploring the solar system—not by a long shot. On August 5th, the space agency’s new flagship rover is expected to land on Mars as part of an unprecedented search for traces of life on the Red Planet. You can ascertain … Continued
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Tech News
Big Things Ahead… But Keep Your Shirt On
The October 1944 issue of Science and Mechanics looked at what technological advancements Americans might expect after WWII with an article titled, “Big Things Ahead — But Keep Your Shirt On,” by John Silence. What makes this article so fascinating is that it looks at the advances of the future with optimism, but tempers that … Continued
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Tech NewsYou’ll Never Want to Skydive After Watching This
An 80-year-old named Laverne came startlingly close to death when things went horribly wrong during her maiden skydiving attempt. If the video doesn’t deter you from ever jumping out of a plane, I don’t know what will. It seems that Laverne had second thoughts upon departing the aircraft. Her attempts to cling to the plane … Continued
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How Kickstarter Hides Its Failures from the Internet
We have our opinions on Kickstarter. But central to whatever Kickstarter claims to be is its ability to teach business neophytes the ropes. As Dan Misener shows, though, that’s undermined by suppressing the visibility of failed projects. Kickstarter does not want you to see failed projects. Failed Kickstarter campaign pages include robot meta tags to … Continued
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Tech News911 Dispatcher Snores Through a Call
When a Maryland woman found her husband unable to breathe, she followed her instincts and called 911. But the dispatcher on the other end was also unconscious—in fact, he was fast asleep, audibly snoring. Does this police department hire narcoleptics? Not exactly. The log-sawing operator was actually a firefighter who was 17 hours into a … Continued
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iOS 5.1.1 Untethered (!!!) Jailbreak Is Out Now
So here’s some good news: The Chronic Dev Team has released the untethered jailbreak tools for all of the post-A4 Apple devices. That means your iPhone 4S, 2012 iPad, iPad 2, and other, older devices can be jailbroken without having to boot into “tethered” mode (connecting to your computer) every time you restart. Untethered jailbreaks … Continued
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Tech NewsPrivacy and Security
The FBI Is Now (Officially) Spying on Your Internet Activity
The FBI has probably been monitoring the web activity of random citizens for quite some time, but today, as Cnet reports, the law enforcement bureau has formed a dedicated unit for the purpose of internet surveillance. But its end goal is a bit different than you may think. https://gizmodo.com/fbi-wants-to-force-internet-companies-to-make-their-sit-5907738 According to Declan McCullough, the National … Continued
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Tech NewsF-35 Shot With Red Epic Camera Is Your Airplane Porn of the Week
Ivan Agerton, at Deep Space Reconnaissance/Special Ops, sent us this incredibly crisp footage of the F-35 shot for Lockheed Martin using a Red Epic camera and a Canon zoom. It was shot from the back seat of an F-16. Ivan says that their Red Epic is the first to go supersonic. I guess that makes … Continued
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Science Proves Men Really Are Attracted to Psychologically Vulnerable Women
Men, it seems, are sadly predictable creatures. A new study suggests that males are physically attracted to women who are psychologically vulnerable—that is to say, immature, depressed, or unintelligent—-though that doesn’t necessarily convert into a desire for a long-term relationship with them. The researchers, from Texas-Austin University, studied 88 factors that made women appear more … Continued
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Behold the Meatiest Sandwich in Human History
Genghis Khan. Alexander the Great. Dagwood. Men of insatiable appetites, all. But none of them came close to creating—much less consuming—a sandwich of this magnitude. Bow, mortal, to the 35 meats, 28 pounds, and countless shuttered arteries that comprise the meatiest sandwich ever. British chef/madman Tristan Welch created the flesh-pile in honor of the UK … Continued
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Tech NewsApple
Apple Launches Free App of the Week Promotion
Apple has announced that it’s getting involved in the free app game as part of its ongoing “app of the week” campaign. First up is Cut the Rope: Experiments, which is currently available as a feee download—making it the first paid app to be discounted to free by Apple. Elsewhere, Apple has also rolled out … Continued
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Tech NewsGoogle
HP’s WebOS Team Is Moving to Google
Poor little webOS, it just can’t catch a break. Now, the Verge is reporting that a large chunk of HP’s webOS team is leaving the company and moving on to Google. https://gizmodo.com/hp-insiders-claim-webos-was-doomed-from-the-start-5872395 According to the Verge, most of the team responsible for Enyo, the HTML5-based framework which lies at the core of webOS, are apparently … Continued