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ABC to stream the Oscars for the first time, but only for select viewers
ABC will be streaming its live coverage of the Oscars this weekend for the first time ever, but there are some important caveats. First, the awards show will only be viewable through Watch ABC on the...
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Molten Salts Might Provide Half-Price Grid Energy Storage
A small startup based in Emeryville, California, will build a pilot-scale energy storage system that could provide a cheaper, more practical way of storing large amounts of electricity and help enable...
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Geek Trivia: Which Movie Character Was Allergic To His Costume?
Which Movie Character Was Allergic To His Costume? Gandalf Chewbaca Harry Potter Hellboy Think you know the answer? Link: Geek Trivia: Which Movie Character Was Allergic To His Costume?
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Some of the Most Important Scientific Images in History
Images and photos can convey emotion, information, and even a good bit of inspiration at times. But a select group stand out above the rest, having a long lasting and extremely influential impact on...
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SugarSync for Android gets more offline features, full-resolution media uploads
Cloud storage service SugarSync has updated its Android app with quite a few nifty features. For starters, the application now allows any file to be saved to your device or SD card card — a feature...
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The next mobile imaging war won’t be waged over megapixels
For the past several years, improvements in smartphone cameras have followed the “more megapixels” mantra. Samsung’s Galaxy S5 is up from 13 to 16 megapixels; Sony’s new Xperia Z2 packs a...
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Rent a New York City apartment by the hour for… well, it’s up to you
Sometimes, New York City can be unbearable. Sometimes, you just need a break. Breather wants to offer you that break, in a variety of “beautiful, practical spaces” that are available by the hour....
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What to expect from the first generation of Ubuntu smartphones (hands-on)
The Ubuntu Touch smartphone OS has come a long way, but it still has further to plod before it’s ready for market – all Canonical will tell us that it hopes to see an Ubuntu phone before the end of...
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Recommended from Around the Web (Week Ending February 28, 2014)
The Brain’s Inner LanguageA profile of a neuroscientist who studies the anatomy and function of the visual cortex in mice explains what large collaborative research efforts are doing to understand how...
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An Activity Tracker for Seniors
The newest wearable device isn’t for fitness fanatics or life loggers. It’s designed for older people who want to stay in their homes. Later this year CarePredict, a startup based in Davie, Florida,...
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A New Push to Solve Wireless Charging
For all the new features, functions, and blazing speeds of the latest mobile devices, most still share a common downside: limited battery life that eventually forces you to be tethered to a power cord...
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How to Create a Mustache Mug
The mustache mug is a fun way to give the impression that the drinker has a mustache. With every sip, the mustache appears just about where it would on the face for real. It’s an easy project to make...
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5 great overlooked cars | Consumer Reports
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Instapaper update for iOS lets you send media to your Kindle and TV
Instapaper’s already broad device support has just grown a little bit broader. The service’s updated iOS app lets you send articles to Kindle for reading on one of Amazon’s devices, and you can push...
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Google Trends is now, finally, a screen saver
The flying toasters and infinite space your sleeping computer’s been living with are being retired. No, After Dark isn’t being resurrected and, well, does Windows even come with a screen saver...
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Google’s new web gallery helps you find public map data
A number of organizations offer public map data through Google Maps, but finding it can be tricky — if you even know it exists. That may not be an issue now that Google has just launched its Maps...
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Amazon is reportedly working on a music-streaming service
Amazon does much more than dominate the online-shopping space. With its Prime instant video service, complete with original series and exclusives, the company has taken on Netflix — and it looks like...
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Engadget HD Podcast 387 – 2.27.14
The HD news heap has reached a toppling point, so Ben and Richard get to work sifting through all the insanity from the past week. One of the major talking points is the streaming bottleneck of...
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Federal Reserve has no authority to regulate Bitcoin, according to Chairwoman
Well, it doesn’t appear that the Federal Reserve will be stepping in to regulate the volatile virtual currency Bitcoin any time soon. According to the new Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen, the central...
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Hands-on with Samsung’s vastly improved Tizen OS
Samsung’s device lineup may still be heavily dominated by Android, but change is in the air. Tizen, the open-source OS it jointly develops with Intel, powers the company’s three new Gear wearables,...
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