Apr 08
Windows XP is either dead or dangerous, depending on who you ask, but no matter which it’s about time to move away from the old platform before stalled security updates … Continue reading
Apr 08
Sony’s slimmer, brighter PlayStation Vita has been making the rounds in Japanese and European game stores for months now while we in the States had to make do with the original. Well, the wait is nearly over: Sony today confirmed that antsy Americans…
Apr 08
French engineers have been experimenting with a technique that could redirect seismic energy away from structures such as cities, dams, and nuclear power plants, sparing them from damage. It involves digging large, cylindrical boreholes into the ground, forming a defensive geometry of lace-like arrays that, researchers hope, could deflect seismic waves and thus make whole landscapes "invisible" to earthquakes.
Apr 08
If there was a day to be joyful for the end of software builds, today is that day. Both Windows XP and Internet Explorer 6 have officially been dumped by … Continue reading
Apr 08
Star Wars fans, amidst all the speculation and excitement surrounding the upcoming movies, were almost graced with a video game based on Darth Maul, according to a demo reel that … Continue reading
Apr 08
Weather forecasts and user photos could be headed to Chromecast’s home screen
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Google could be looking to the put the main screen of its Chromecast to work, just before it beams videos to your TV. Reddit user asjmcguire recently uncovered HTML code for the dongle’s home screen that references current weather and the day’s…
Apr 08
The Olympic Games are often a bittersweet milestone for a city, filled with economic and political ups and downs
Apr 08
Must See HDTV for the week of April 8th: Desolation of Smaug, Mad Men and Justified
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Now that the men’s NCAA basketball tournament is over, it’s back to the post-March Madness grind. The second Hobbit movie is out on Blu-ray this week, but TV viewers will be waiting until Sunday for the premiere of the final season of Mad Men….
Apr 08
To us, the bridge is a way to get across the water, but to cormorants in San Francisco Bay, the old Bay Bridge is home sweet home. And the 800 protected birds currently nesting there are not very keen on moving to the new Bay Bridge span—despite its shiny $700,000 bird "condos." If Caltrans can’t lure the cormorants away in time, then the plan to demolish the old Bay Bridge
Apr 08
300 empty desks were placed in the street outside Los Angeles Unified School District headquarters e
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300 empty desks were placed in the street outside Los Angeles Unified School District headquarters earlier today as part of a protest demanding extra funding for disadvantaged youth. The 300 desks are meant to represent the approximate number of students who drop out of LAUSD every week. [Photo by Alicia M. Banks]
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