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NASA’s Curiosity captures awe-inspiring shot of Mount Sharp, uploads video of descent upon Mars
Posted On 06 Aug 2012 By Darren Murph. Under: Uncategorized.
NASA's Curiosity rover hasn't even been on Mars a full 24 hours, and already the science world is reaping the benefits. Nerds, too, actually. The shot above is the first high(ish) resolution photo shown to the public from its cameras, depicting a sha...
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Visualized: industrial vending machines are a modder’s best friend
Posted On 06 Aug 2012 By Brian Heater. Under: Uncategorized.
The perfect compliment to a massive hackerspace like Massachusetts's Artisan's Asylum? An industrial vending machine stocked with all the necessities for your average modder. Fastenal specializes in business industrial vending machines, stocking up u...
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Nissan’s e-NV200 all-electric van earmarked for a London taxi makeover
Posted On 06 Aug 2012 By Jamie Rigg. Under: Uncategorized.
Buried within an announcement from Nissan about its NV200 diesel compact van hitting the London streets, the company has also outed its plans to trial the all-electric variant for ferrying people around the city. The e-NV200 went from concept to real...
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Amazon launches its own game studio, goes social with Living Classics on Facebook
Posted On 06 Aug 2012 By Jon Fingas. Under: Uncategorized.
Amazon is committing itself to gaming much more seriously than providing a storefront: it just launched its own game development house. The simply titled Amazon Game Studios is starting out gently by producing a Facebook hidden object game, Living Cl...
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Sprint Drops Price on iPhone 4S to $149 With 2-Year Contract
Posted On 06 Aug 2012 By Jordan Golson. Under: Uncategorized.
Ahead of the reported announcement of the next iPhone on September 12, Sprint has dropped the price of the iPhone 4S to $149.99 when purchased with a new two-year contract, as noticed by All Things D.
In addition to the reduced price, Sprint is al...
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Modder conjoins two N64 controllers for dual-analog play in Star Wars Ep. 1 Racer, Goldeneye
Posted On 06 Aug 2012 By Joe Pollicino. Under: Uncategorized.
We've seen a fair share of controller mods over the years, but a dual-analog Nintendo 64 pad intended for Star Wars: Episode 1 Racer? That's certainly a simpler concept that can apparently turn out to be quite intriguing -- and functional. As the sto...
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Foxconn investment in Sharp looking less likely due to LCD manufacturer’s shrinking stock value
Posted On 06 Aug 2012 By Michael Gorman. Under: Uncategorized.
Foxconn's parent, Hon Hai Precision Industry, partnered up with Sharp earlier this year, taking a stake in Sharp's Sakai LCD manufacturing plant and investing another $850 million in the company. Unfortunately, that latter investment deal is in danger...
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Nuance Releases Siri-Like API for Third-Party Mobile Apps
Posted On 06 Aug 2012 By Jordan Golson. Under: Uncategorized.
Nuance, the company behind the speech recognition technology in the Siri and Dictation features on the iPhone, iPad and OS X, has released a new Siri-like API called Nina. Developers will be able to integrate Nina into their apps allowing the use of vo...
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Must See HDTV (August 6th – 12th)
Posted On 06 Aug 2012 By Richard Lawler. Under: Uncategorized.
This week continues to be all about the London 2012 Olympics, with most shows diving out of the way of NBC's ratings juggernaut. We do have a few premiers and several season finales though, so give the schedule a close look to make sure you don't mis...
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Rumored HTC Verizon phablet may land soon, with 1080p screen and 1.5GHz Snapdragon
Posted On 06 Aug 2012 By Terrence O'Brien. Under: Uncategorized.
Samsung and LG have already embraced the tiny-tablet form factor. It only makes sense that HTC would want to carve out a niche of this niche for themselves. Rumors of a five-inch HTC device have been circulating for some time, but now a report from D...
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