TomTom’s new GPS watches track your heart rate without a chest strap (update: US pricing)

Now that smartwatches have built-in heart rate monitors, it’s not enough for GPS watch makers to require a chest strap for the same feature — they’ve got to step up. TomTom, at least, is ready. It just revealed the Runner Cardio and Multi-Sport…

TomTom Runner Cardio GPS sports watch keeps track of your heart

Mapping and navigation company TomTom has just launched the latest in its line of GPS-enabled sports accessories. Aside from keeping tabs on your location, the Runner Cardio GPS also monitors … Continue reading

Canonical shutters Dropbox competitor Ubuntu One

Canonical announced plans today to shut down its Dropbox competitor Ubuntu One, a move that will also signal the end of its streaming music service. “If we offer a service, we want it to compete on a global scale,” CEO Jane Silber noted in a blog…

There’s a woman hidden in this painting of a moth

There's a woman hidden in this painting of a moth

A beautiful black and white rendering of a Pandora Sphinx moth. But look closer. Can you see her? There’s a woman hiding in it. Keep looking. It will appear to you soon and, when it does, it will you freak out.

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F-22 Raptor makes a rainbow as sunlight diffracts on its vapor trail

F-22 Raptor makes a rainbow as sunlight diffracts on its vapor trail

They may not have not fought in any war yet, but the most expensive fighter jet ever sure makes some really pretty rainbows. Oh well, make love, not war. Those damn US Air Force hippies.

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Google Street View Brings You The Angkor Wat


It has been said that when you pay a visit to the Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia, catching a glimpse of the sunrise there is one of those unforgettable, soul searing moments in life. Well, not all of us have the financial means to actually fly all the way there, and even if we do, time does not permit. Google knows this, which is why they have decided to bring Angkor Wat to you via Street View on Google Maps.

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    Skype for Windows Phone 8.1 easily jumps from voice to video and works with Cortana

    Now that the Windows Phone 8.1 and Cortana announcements are out of the way, Skype’s spilling the details on its upcoming app refresh for Microsoft’s new mobile platform. The upgraded Skype app for WP 8.1 will feature a new button that you can press…

    Human-To-Dolphin Language Translator Being Researched Upon

    Human To Dolphin Language Translator Being Researched UponDolphins are some of the smarter animals out there in the ocean, and they have been trained by military experts to help locate mines in the past. Would it be possible to communicate with dolphins in an even more intimate manner, through the use of language translation? That might have been dreamed up before, but this time around, a bunch of scientists have been developing a human-to-dolphin language translator which sounds crazy enough to work.

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    Creative Sound Blaster Play! 2 USB Sound Card Announced

    Creative Sound Blaster Play! 2 USB Sound Card AnnouncedBack when I was a wee lad, installing a sound card onto your MS-DOS-powered computer would require you to pull out the toolbox, take a screwdriver, and start to tinker around with the motherboard as you slot in a dedicated sound card into an available ISA slot, followed by having various games configure the sound card afterwards. Over time, the humble sound card has been miniaturized and embedded on most motherboards which works great for most folks unless you were an audiophile. Now, we have a USB sound card that is as easy as it gets to use, and the Creative Sound Blaster Play! 2 is one such device.

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    Watch a piece of aluminum levitate and melt at the same time

    Watch a piece of aluminum levitate and melt at the same time

    This is an induction heater, an electromagnetic thingamajig that can make metal to levitate and—with enough power—melt. In this case, the metal is a 2.6-gram piece of aluminum that reaches a temperature of 2192 F (1200 C) before the machine is turned off.

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