Starting today, users of Field Trip for iOS, Android and Glass will be able to experience some of New York City’s forgotten — and occasionally creepy — locations as Google’s Niantic Labs brings Abandoned NYC’s content to the app. Normally, Field Trip functions as a convenient mobile tour guide, …
Anytime someone online writes about internet history, the comments inevitably fill up with jokes about Al Gore. There’s a popular myth that Gore once claimed to have invented the internet, which means many people think that "Al Gore" works as both a set-up and a punchline. What these jokesters might be surprised to learn is that Gore actually deserves some credit.
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We all do it. Every single thing they tweet sends you into a symphony of groans and sighs, and yet—you can’t quite bring yourself to end the pain. And if you’re being totally honest, you actually kind of like it. Maybe it’s masochism, maybe it’s the need to fuel your own sense of smugness, but either way, everyone can attest: The Twitter hate-follow hurts so good.
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If you sit at a desk with your laptop and don’t use a laptop stand along with an external mouse and keyboard, you’re really missing out on greatly improved ergonomics and probably less back and neck pain. This Belkin Zero stand is a great choice, and looks great underneath any laptop, especially a Macbook. It’s only 21 bucks on eBay right now. [eBay]
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Take a page from the Neiman Marcus catalog.
(Credit: Screenshot by Amanda Kooser/CNET)
Every year, high-end department store Neiman Marcus releases its Christmas Book, a gift guide for people with deep pockets. Within that book are a series of “fantasy gifts” reserved for people with the deepest pockets ever. The 2013 edition brings us a $1.5 million Ultimate Outdoor Entertainment System with some unusual features.
You could buy a whole lot of gigantic flat-screen TVs for $1.5 million, so what’s so special about this setup? For starters, the waterproof C Seed 201-inch LED screen is stored underground. At the push of a button it telescopes up for viewing. The massive screen is marketed as the world’s largest outdoor TV.
The system also comes with a whole array of speakers for a surround-sound experience, a DirecTV satellite, 300 movies built in, and two iPad Minis to act as remote controls.
Android 4.4 Kit Kat and the new Nexus 5 are just around the corner. We’ve got all the leaks
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NVIDIA Shield’s PC streaming tech is impressive, but NVIDIA’s Gamestream tech is even more impressive: employing the Shield’s HDMI-out port, games can not only be streamed to the Shield, but also to your living room TV. The functionality goes live on October 28th and officially takes PC streaming on …
A compelling use-case for NVIDIA’s SHIELD device has appeared this week at the company’s gaming week in Montreal: Console Mode. While we’ve seen this sort of ability working before, this version works with the branded functionality GameStream, the all-encompassing term for streaming content to and from SHIELD. With this push, NVIDIA SHIELD will be streaming […]
Android has made its share of appearances on laptops before, but today Lenovo announced that it’s taking a crack at the idea with the A10, a 10.1-inch notebook with a fold-back touchscreen display. The 2.2-pound convertible, which you can use in laptop or tablet mode, comes with a 1.6GHz quad-core …
This article was written on December 20, 2005 by CyberNet.
WinSuperSite is a great place to head if you are looking for the latest pictures of Microsoft Windows Vista 5270. Paul Thurrott has many great galleries and will soon have a review on the new build. So if you are interested in checking out what it looks like until you can get your hands on a copy, then head on over to WinSuperSite.
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