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How to Create a Light Up Cardboard Christmas Tree
Looking for an unusual way to ring in the holidays or simply don’t have any desire to go through the hassle of putting up a Christmas tree this year? Avoid the fuss and muss of tree trimming, while...
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Yahoo Mail brings back tabs, makes viewing lots of them easier
It was but a couple months ago that Yahoo gave its mail service a sprucing, adding some new features while subtracting others. Tabbed viewing was among those pruned, thanks to user feedback that tabs...
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500px brings its photo sharing to Windows Phone
Windows Phone users wanting to browse 500px photo galleries have so far had to rely on unofficial apps, but they can now go straight to the source thanks to an official app for Microsoft’s platform....
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Ubuntu finally embraces solid state drives as it preps for mobile push
Ubuntu is finally getting around to adding TRIM support, a pretty basic feature of most modern OSes. It’s an essential command for maintaining the performance and health of solid state drives, since...
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How Can I Stop Internet Explorer 11 from Suggesting Sites?
Internet Explorer automatically suggests addresses and search results based on the partial address you’re typing out. If this feature irritates you, read on as we learn how to turn it off. Today’s...
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British Library’s web domain archive is now available, just not on the web
If you need an illustration of the problems with overly stringent copyright laws, look no further than the British Library. The institution has just made its archive of UK website domains available to...
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HP Chromebook 11 now ships with an all-new charger after official recall
A month after HP and Google put the kibosh on Chromebook 11 sales due to overheating chargers, and the laptop is now available with a brand new power adapter. According to 9to5Google, it looks like a...
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Researchers use alcohol, Arduino and a desk fan to send molecular text...
Scientists from York University in Toronto are using alcohol as a method for sending text messages. How, exactly? By converting sprays of isopropyl alcohol into binary code, using off-the-shelf...
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How to Calculate Product Moment Correlation Coefficient
The product moment correlation coefficient allows you to work out the linear dependence of two variables (referred to as x and y). An example in economics may be that you are the owner of a...
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A Stand-Alone Smart Watch That Falls Down
All alone: Omate’s TrueSmart watch can make or receive calls, texts, and more without needing to connect to a smartphone. When I first spotted the Omate TrueSmart—a smart watch that doesn’t need to...
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News of Acquisition Caps a Bad Year for Alta Devices
Alta Devices, a startup developing lightweight, flexible, and very efficient solar cells, has reportedly been acquired by Hanergy, a Chinese company that has recently acquired other solar-cell...
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Oppo N1 CyanogenMod phone launches December 24th with Google’s blessing
Oppo’s announcement of a CyanogenMod custom Android version of the N1 was great news for performance phone fans, but who wants to sideload, right? Luckily, the new handset and CyanogenMod 10.2 combo...
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Samsung’s GamePad to arrive in a Galaxy Tab 3 Game Edition bundle
It looks like Samsung will not only send the newly launched GamePad into the world solo, but also bundle it up. Although there’s no official word yet, a German blog has reported that the controller...
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How to Celebrate Christmas Without Going Broke
Sick of commercialism at Christmas? Tired of fainting at the December bills? Put the meaning back into Christmas and take the consumerism out of it and you’ll find yourself enjoying Christmas without...
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IMDb’s latest iOS update makes it easier to follow movie stars without...
Whatever happened to Joe Carnahan after he directed the 2002 cop classic, NARC? And what the heck is Joaquin Phoenix up to these days (aside from deeply inappropriate love affairs)? The redesigned...
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Google could face heavy fines after EU rejects latest antitrust settlement offer
More than three years after it opened its investigation into Google’s search practices, the European Commission has warned the company that time to settle the case has all but run out. According to...
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BlackBerry teams up with Foxconn for budget smartphones as sales continue to...
BlackBerry’s new interim chief John Chen has just got a rude wake-up call: the company shipped only 1.9 million smartphones in Q1 compared to 3.7 million last quarter, and lost $4.4 billion. It also...
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How to Make Fire Starters with Paper Rolls and Dryer Lint
Need to light a campfire in your backyard or trying to get the fire roaring in the fireplace? Instead of wrestling with your lighter and newspaper, make these handy fire starters that can be used at...
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Relive Winamp’s glory days with a retro Spotify music app
Winamp may be riding into the sunset today, but that doesn’t mean you’ll have to go without its classic interface in the future. Ludde is paying tribute to the jukebox software by releasing Spotiamp,...
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Deltaprintr: a quick, tall 3D printer for under $700 (video)
The trio behind the Deltaprintr launched their project with a noble enough goal: creating a 3D printer that was cheap enough so as to actually be affordable for college students like themselves. The...
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