The Nexus 5 has been covered forwards and backwards today, but the camera has gotten little attention. In past weeks, some images popped up here and there online from those who had their hands on the smartphone already, but most had been pulled for various reasons and we’ve seen little produced by the camera. Now […]
Early last year, the “Rockstar” consortium backed by Apple, Microsoft, BlackBerry, Sony and Ericsson closed its purchase of thousands of patents previously owned by Nortel for $4.5 billion (around the same time Google, after failing to purchase the patents itself, closed a $12 billion deal for …
Whether or not you bought into all the hoopla, one thing’s for sure: the island to which ABC’s series Lost transported us for six years was one strange place. A good chunk of its mystique, however, could be explained by a powerful electromagnetic force field that acted as its invisibility cloak and sent the island’s residents hurtling through time, all the while stopping people from coming and going as they pleased.
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You might say the day is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workday, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This is the Daily Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines for the past 24 hours — all handpicked by the editors here at the site. Click on …
A look at the mysterious structure atop a barge in San Francisco Bay. Google won't say what it is, generating intense speculation.
(Credit: Daniel Terdiman/CNET)
Over the last week, there has been intense speculation about just what Google is building on its barges in the San Francisco Bay and in Portland, Maine.
CNET was first to report the connection between Google and the structures, but we’re not sure what the tech giant is building.
Google isn’t saying — the company hasn’t responded to multiple requests for comment. But there’s no doubt that Google is behind the project. It has been in discussions with two public agencies — the National Park Service, and the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission — about towing whatever it is building into San Francisco.
There’s also been speculation that the project will be taken from city to city. And while most people believe Google’s intentions are good, there’s been plenty of commentary that the company is going back on its commitment to never be evil.
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The monster in a horror movie is scary, sure. But an eerie setting is just as important. Fortunately just about anywhere can be freaky as hell when you’re alone in the dark
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Though it may look like it, this is not a still frame from a torture porn movie directed by the sadist Eli Roth. Instead, it’s the new synthetic cadaver that medical students are now using to get their learn on. Instead of poking humans or operating on animals, medical students can play doctor with these frighteningly freakish zombie beasts.
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The F-35A Lightning II took a big step towards entering active service in the skies above Edwards Air Force Base in California yesterday. For the first time, this fifth-gen fighter jet performed a live fire weapons test, successfully engaging and deploying an air-to-air missile against an unmanned target. Look at that bad boy go.
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I never cared much for the late Thomas Kinkade’s paintings. To me they just seemed boring and a little too pretty. Well, whether you like his work or not, I think we can all agree that adding Star Wars into them makes them much better.
These images were embellished by artist Jeff Bennett. Jeff has added imagery from the Star Wars universe into Kinkade’s idyllic and peaceful settings and now they are wayyyy more amazing and interesting. I would actually buy and hang these in my home.
Now there are stormtroopers, a Rancor, star destroyers and more in Kinkade’s art.
It’s as if the Empire has invaded a quiet Christmas village and turned it into an Imperial base.
Check out more of these wonderful paintings at Jeff’s DeviantArt page.
[via Club Jade via Nerd Approved]
The Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 edition) may not lead Samsung’s tablet line for very long. Corroborating rumors of a very big SM-P900 tablet, the SM-P905 has just passed through the FCC sporting appropriately large dimensions — it measures 14.1 inches diagonally, which suggests a screen in the 12-inch …
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