One of Earth's most fundamental features has been bugging physicists for years -- so now, there's a plan to destroy it completely.
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Physicists plan to wipe out Earth’s Van Allen belts with radio waves
One of Earth's most fundamental features has been bugging physicists for years -- so now, there's a plan to destroy it completely.
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Google adds the 'Polar Bear capital of the world' to Street View
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Vodafone flirts with LTE-Advanced in Italy ahead of 2015 launch
Amid promises to extend its 3G and 4G networks, Vodafone is already looking to LTE-A with a trial in Naples.
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'If you build it they will come' strategy as Ebay leads US$134 million investment round in India's Snapdeal
While the cash infusion must be welcome for the company as it battles arch rival Flipkart, many wonder if India's e-commerce valuations are justified
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Ultra-minimalist animal sculptures invade New Zealand
Stark white pieces of art never looked so inviting: New Zealand-based sculptor Ben Foster creates aluminum forms of animals using modern, geometric shapes. The sculptures are the same size as the real animals they portray, and Foster photographs them in picturesque spots in the New Zealand countryside.
The most striking thing about the animals is how they change depending on the viewing angle: shadows and light bouncing off them can make it look like they are composed of jagged triangular...
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Xiaomi shipped over 15 million MI2 series phones, lowers MI2s to $210 in China
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Hubble captures amazing photo of a supernova at its brightest
NASA has released a stunning image from one of the closest supernovae ever observed, right at the peak of its brightness.
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Trojan virus stops Marussia Formula One team racing
Formula One is the pinnacle of motor sport, and much of the technology you see in the racing cars each year eventually filters down into the cars we all drive. That’s never been […]
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It's back, again: Linksys refreshes SMB wireless lineup
Two new Wireless-N access points priced starting at less than $200 are slated for shipment in February 2014.
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Apache Spark becomes top-level project
The Hadoop-based in-memory cluster computing engine moves from Apache incubator status to top-level project
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Apple iPad remains dominant as tablets drive Europe's device market
Tablet market growth will slow this year, and there may be some good news for PC sales, too.
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Creative announces Sound Blaster Roar portable Bluetooth speaker
No sooner had we put together a guide to buying Bluetooth speakers, and another option worth consideration was announced. Creative's Sound Blaster line, probably once most associated with computer soundcards, is about to be joined by the Roar SR20 portable Bluetooth speaker. The book-sized device has five speaker drivers in a bi-amp configuration and promises a long battery life... Continue Reading Creative announces Sound Blaster Roar portable Bluetooth speaker
Section: Home Entertainment
Tags: Bluetooth, Creative, Portable, Speakers
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Mother blames EA for son’s $6,700 FIFA 14 spend
It is being reported this week that a mother in the UK opened her credit card statement to find £4,000 (US$6,700) of transactions she hadn’t made. The culprit was soon tracked down to […]
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As Samsung unpacked the Galaxy S5, HTC trash talked on Twitter
While Samsung was busy unpacking its brand new, shiny Galaxy S5, HTC took to Twitter to start dissing the major smartphone maker. Along with some gloating and highlights of a new HTC device, it seems like someone is trying to start a Twitter war.
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Boeing Black: A tamper-proof handset for secure communications
The security-oriented Boeing Black smartphone is back in the news, with the company hoping the handset will prove popular with government agencies dealing with highly sensitive information when it eventually hits the market.
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Sony closing 20 retail stores across US with loss of 1,000 jobs
Sony announced Wednesday that as part of ongoing restructuring plans it'll be closing down 20 of its 31 US retail stores by the end of this year, with the loss of around 1,000 jobs.
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Google+ for Android learns even more photo editing tricks from Snapseed
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Boeing builds self-destructing Android phone to shield top secret info
The aerospace giant Boeing is launching an Android handset that will wipe its data and stop working if someone attempts to tamper with the device.
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The future of robotics: Not quite magical yet, but more than just dirty jobs
Experts argue that, up until now, robots have been limited to jobs in the following three realms: dirty, dangerous or dull.
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HTC glory days: Remembering the first phablet and Windows hybrid
The Mobile World Congress had a lot of shiny goodies, and they triggered a trip down memory lane. Most people don't remember that years ago HTC brought us the first large phone and the first Windows hybrid computer.
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Mirantis and IBM team up on OpenStack benchmarking tool
Benchmarks can either be useful tools for IT decision makers or, unfortunately, just another way for suppliers to offer misinformation to cloud an already complex product selection.
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The Dalai Lama has joined Instagram
The Dalai Lama has joined Instagram, marking the Tibetan spiritual leader's latest foray into social media. The announcement was made today on the Dalai Lama's official Twitter account, though his first Instagram post was published on February 1st. So far, he's posted 16 photos, including images of him alongside Larry King and Barack Obama.
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Tesla's Gigafactory to significantly reduce Li-ion battery production costs by 2020
As Tesla’s Supercharger network expands and Model S sales continue to grow, so too does the company’s need to find a more economical battery solution. A proposed technology amalgamation in the form of the Gigafactory could theoretically reduce per kWh and lithium-ion costs by over 30 percent by 2020. .. Continue Reading Tesla's Gigafactory to significantly reduce Li-ion battery production costs by 2020
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Tags: Batteries, Lithium-ion, Manufacturing, Tesla
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Audi gives its naturally aspirated 4.2-liter V8 a stay of execution, to offer it in next-gen R8
Audi has answered our prayers and has ordered a stay of execution of the 4.2-liter, naturally aspirated V8. Found under the hood of the current RS5 and other models, the engine will live on under the mid-mounted hood of the next-gen R8.
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New smartphone app aims to make ‘distracted walking’ accidents a thing of the past
With the smartphone market continuing to expand, 'distracted walking' accidents are on the rise. In a bid to reduce the number of such incidents, New York-based One Llama has created an app with an 'artificial ear' to warn users of nearby danger.
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Project Ara modular phone aiming for early 2015 launch with $50 frame
The guy at the helm of Project Ara has been speaking about the modular phone initiative, offering details on how things are progressing and what we can expect with its bold plan for build-your-own devices.
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Japanese cable provider launches on-demand gaming service, will stream Sonic and PES titles
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Huawei unveils high-end MediaPad X1 phablet
China's Huawei has launched a new 7-inch HD alternative to the still mighty Nexus 7 or Amazon's similarly-sized Kindle Fire HDX at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, but one with the added bonus of full mobile telephony capabilities. The flagship MediaPad X1 phablet packs high resolution cameras front and back, offers a choice of operating environments and promises a long battery life... Continue Reading Huawei unveils high-end MediaPad X1 phablet
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Murthy goes contrarian, asks Infosys to focus on low-value businesses
In a sign of how competitive the IT services businesses can be, Infosys founder Murthy asked his company to do something distinctly unsexy—go after commoditized businesses
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Quant e-Sportlimousine drives on flow-cell battery power
Lichtenstein-based start-up NanoFlowcell will reveal a working prototype it calls the Quant e-Sportlimousine at next week's Geneva Motor Show. More than just a concept car or styling exercise, the car showcases "an entirely new energy storage system." .. Continue Reading Quant e-Sportlimousine drives on flow-cell battery power
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Tags: Batteries, Concept Cars, flow cell, Geneva Motor Show 2014, Prototype
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Una imagen de la conjunción de la Luna y Venus de febrero de 2014
El 26 de febrero de 2014 se pudo ver una bonita conjunción de Venus con la Luna casi nueva –febrero de 2014 es, por cierto, un mes sin luna nueva– que en algunos sitios incluso terminó por convertirse en una ocultación cuando la Luna pasó por delante de Venus.
Daytime Moon Meets Morning Star es la imagen astronómica del dÃa de la NASA del 27 de febrero de 2014 y captura a los dos astros desde la provincia de Yunnan en China justo antes de que comenzara la ocultación.
Es una foto de Cui Yongjiang y Shi Zexing.
Todo un espectáculo, y gratis… Siempre que las nubes no se metan por medio, claro.
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Game makers can now start their own Steam sales, to your wallet's chagrin
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Show me the money: How Opera started thinking about the bottom line - and what that did to its software
A few years back, Norwegian browser maker Opera was really struggling. Now, it's put the bottom line front and centre - and that's having a knock on effect on its products, from Coast to its mobile offerings.
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Bhutan goes electric while India spins its wheels
India needs to emulate Bhutan if it has any hope of ensuring that its cities are liveable in the future.
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Glowfaster fitness jacket provides performance feedback in a flash
The Glowfaster Jacket is a new take on fitness tracking wearables developed by ex-marine Simon Weatherall that provides runners with feedback on speed, heart rate and location by way of lights down its front and along the sleeves... Continue Reading Glowfaster fitness jacket provides performance feedback in a flash
Section: Wearable Electronics
Tags: Fitness, Jacket, Kickstarter, Monitoring, Tracking, Wearable
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File duplication complications with Cloud, Mac and Windows combo
When running Dropbox, Mac OS X and Windows together, one wrong setting can quickly fill up all available disk space. Not a good thing.
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Dolby Atmos: Movie sound takes to the 3D stage
The name Dolby Laboratories has long been associated with innovative and world-leading sound reproduction. Its latest creation, Atmos, has come at the perfect time to augment the unprecedented immersive experience of big screen 3D stereoscopic images. Since it was first installed in the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood for the release of Pixar’s Brave in 2012, Atmos technology has been embraced by leading film makers and rolled out in hundreds of cinemas out around the globe, launching movie soundtracks into the world of 3D. Gizmag recently attended a demonstration of the Dolby Atmos system to hear what all the fuss is about and speak to the experts about the impact the new technology is having on the way movies are made... Continue Reading Dolby Atmos: Movie sound takes to the 3D stage
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Hexi: el muro interactivo
Esta curiosa pared que responde a los movimientos de la gente que pasa por delante, intentando grácilmente imitarlos, se llama Hexi . Está construida con 60 módulos hexagonales y es obra de Thibaut Sid. Toda una mezcla de geometrÃa, tecnologÃa y buen gusto.
(VÃa jwz.)
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You can buy this vacation home for a mere 100 million Dogecoins
Definitely one of the more unique ways to sell a home in a depressed real estate market, a Wisconsin man will accept a payment in Dogecoin instead of a traditional payment in U.S. dollars.
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OpenText invests $1 million to open Australian datacentre
OpenText has announced the opening of a local datacentre to eliminate any enterprise concerns over data sovereignty.
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Apple explains how the iPhone's fingerprint sensor keeps your info secure
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