Nokia’s Chris Weber says there’s no ‘silver bullet’ for Windows Phone success

With Gartner claiming Microsoft nibbled up just 3.3 percent of the smartphone market in Q2 this year, Nokia still has a long way to go to regain its mobile standing. Even with the handful of impressive products unveiled at Nokia World, Chris Weber, EVP of Sales and Marketing, agrees that there’s …

Fujifilm XQ1 Hands-On: A Canon Clone With Better Guts

Fujifilm XQ1 Hands-On: A Canon Clone With Better Guts

Maybe it’s no surprise that when Fujifilm’s first advanced pocket camera fell flat, they turned to proven designs for the basis of it’s second try. I just played with Fuji’s new XQ1, and I could believe It wasn’t a Canon S120. But just because it’s familiar on the outside, doesn’t mean it’s got the same stuff inside.

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Mac Pro “how it’s made” video details Apple factory process

Apple has released a two-minute video showing a picturesque overview of how it manufactures the Mac Pro 2013. The video takes viewers from the shell stamping through the circuit board printing to the final product. The release of the video was timed to coincide with the official announcement of the upcoming release of the Mac […]

DARPA Will Give You $2 Million to Build Hacker-Proof Defense Software

DARPA Will Give You $2 Million to Build Hacker-Proof Defense Software

Sometimes throwing money at problems works. As the Pentagon continues to struggle with cybersecurity, their sci-fi-like R&D department, DARPA, is ready to start writing checks. The agency just announced a competition to build a "fully automated cyber defense system." The grand prize? $2 million.

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SlingPlayer gets AirPlay support, Blockbuster arrives on SlingBox 500 in new update

Sling Media has just rolled out an update that brings a number of improvements to the Slingbox 500 and to the SlingPlayer app. For the Slingbox 500, Blockbuster On Demand is now available as a premium video service along with a new My Media feature that lets users access media via a USB drive. Only …

Being a Courier For The Manhattan Project Sounded Like An Awful Job

Being a Courier For The Manhattan Project Sounded Like An Awful Job

What would you do if your boss handed you a mysterious box and said that if anything weird started happening with it, to just ditch the thing and run as fast as you can? Well that’s exactly what happened to a poor courier working for the Manhattan Project back in the 1940s — a courier who, as it turns out, was probably carrying a plutonium core that was used in the development of nuclear bombs.

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Fuji Instax Mini 90 Hands-on: A Glorious and Weird Instant Film Camera

Fuji Instax Mini 90 Hands-on: A Glorious and Weird Instant Film Camera

Instant film cameras in the digital age are nothing new, but no new product has yet captured our hearts like the good ol’ Polaroid did back in the day. Can Fujifilm’s revamped Instax camera lure people in with the Mini 90 Neo Classic? We clamored for a chance to take this thing for a spin. Here are some initial impressions.

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Rumor Has It: Microsoft wants space on your face

Microsoft wants space on your face

It’s time to start talking about the iPad 6.

Just kidding. While the iPad rumor mill stops to catch its breath for a second, I’ll round up everything we got — and maybe more importantly, what we didn’t get — at the Apple event on Tuesday.

Also this week, LG filed for some Chrome trademarks, which has me wondering whether we’ll see a Chromebook from LG soon, and Microsoft could throw its hat into the smartglasses ring, which I wouldn’t really mind.

Thanks for watching!

Editors’ note: I mistakenly said that the “new iPad” was the fourth-gen iPad. It’s actually what Apple called third-generation iPad.

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Here are some quick links for a midweek fix of good reads from the world of cities and architecture.

Here are some quick links for a midweek fix of good reads from the world of cities and architecture. This week: archaeology, glowing sidewalks, Russian spacesuits, London sewers, and more.

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ICANN unveils first ever generic top-level domains in non-Latin characters

New generic top-level domains have been announced today by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, more commonly called ICANN, with a world’s first-ever: non-Latin character options. While none of them are yet available, a total of four additional options in three languages have been added, building upon the current, .com, .org, .net, and […]