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Wednesday, 12 November 2014

How smart is SMART now?

Your disks and SSDs have a self-monitoring function called SMART. But how good is it? The fine folks at Backblaze are back with data on how well SMART works for them.

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Amazon Prime Air drones land in UK

Amazon's Prime Air drones may soon be tested in Britain, if the company's hiring spree is anything to go by.

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Xiaomi sells more than 1.1 million phones during a single, record breaking day

November 11 is the world's largest online shopping day, and in China, smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi did very well indeed. It managed to sell more than 1.1 million devices in the space of 24 hours.

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Amazing timelapse footage from ISS shows you what astronauts see

No, this isn't some Hollywood studio production using CGI. This is real imagery captured over a period of three years by astronauts aboard the ISS and lovingly pulled together by a French filmmaker to create a remarkable supercut video. Enjoy.

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Princess Leia street harassed by 'Star Wars' characters

Cat-calling is a problem in any galaxy. Princess Leia ignores rude Jawas, Stormtroopers, Jedi masters, bounty hunters, Lando Calrissian, Lobot and even Indiana Jones while walking silently in the Big Apple.