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This is how you melt metal with magnets
It takes a lot of heat to melt metal, normally requiring some kind of heavy-duty torch to get the job done manually. However, with a bit of electricity and wire, you can melt…
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Xbox SmartGlass to be updated in time for Game of Thrones premiere
We’re only days away from returning to the war-ravaged lands of Westeros, and what we need is a good second screen experience. As long as you’re not planning on watching the show live,…
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Battlefield 4 screenshots have us more than a little excited
One of the most highly awaited games of 2013, Battlefield 4, is coming soon. Last week during the 2013 Game Developers Conference screenshots and a trailer video of the game leaked, spurring excitement…
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Samsung Galaxy S3 price drop makes choosing the Galaxy S4 harder
The impending release of the Samsung Galaxy S4 left many owners of the current generation Galaxy smartphone wondering if the upgrade was worth it. Now not only do they have a difficult choice…
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BlackBerry 10 tells your friends when you’re watching porn
Anyone out there who’s the proud owner of a new BlackBerry Z10, be warned. The BlackBerry Messenger integration will tell all your friends (and family members, if they’re in your BBM contacts) when…
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Deforming metal sheet brought to life with an Arduino
Every few months we get to see a new generation or increment of the technology we use, be that a new smartphone, tablet, e-reader, watch, or pretty much anything else that needs a…
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Nvidia believes Tegra 5 will outperform a PS3
Mobile gaming has come on leaps and bounds over the last few years due in large part to the rate at which the hardware is improving. Each new generation brings with it a…
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Exynos based Galaxy S4 has been rooted, Snapdragon still waiting
There was some concern initially after the Galaxy S4 reveal that the enduring Android modder community would have difficulty developing for the Galaxy S4 as a single device. Those concerns have now been…
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HiRISE images show Curiosity’s parachute moving in the wind
Ever since Curiosity managed to make it through the 7 minutes of terror and land on Mars, the focus has all been on the Curiosity rover and what it discovers. It’s easy to…
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Disney closes down LucasArts, marking today as a sad day for video game history
During fall of last year, Disney made a huge splash in the entertainment world and acquired LucasFilm. After the new ownership subsequently announced that it would complete the last Star Wars trilogy,...
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Amazon starts offering free AutoRip MP3s with vinyl purchases
In January Amazon launched its AutoRip service, which saw every music CD purchase accompanied by the 256Kbps MP3 versions of each music track for free. So for anyone who still prefers to have…
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Mozilla and Samsung teaming up on next-gen browsing engine ‘Servo’
Mozilla has announced this morning that it has joined forces with Samsung to build a next-gen browsing engine. It’s being called Servo, and it’s being built from scratch using Mozilla’s open source,...
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VLC app for Windows 8 nears beta, looks good in new screenshots
Things have been pretty quiet over on the VLC for Windows 8 Kickstarter page lately, but there’s a very good reason. Videolan developers have been working nonstop to get the app ready for…
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HTC One pre-order offers prove HTC still doesn’t get it
As the next wave of epic superphones comes closer to their launch dates, the inevitable pre-order period has arrived. For the HTC One, it seems like just about ever carrier has their own…
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Dell’s $600 Alienware X51 is now available with Ubuntu
Dell, the on-again-off-again friend of desktop Linux, has announced its first Ubuntu-powered gaming PC. The X51, Alienware’s console-lookalike, will soon ship with Ubuntu Linux and full graphics driver...
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Geek deals: Price drop on Dell XPS 8500 desktop, Neato robotic vacuum, more
While the truly geeky among us might prefer to build their own desktop PC, there is a lot that goes into such a build behind the scenes. It starts with a wealth of…
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Get prints of your favorite video game maps and classic computers
Art does not have to be a confusing presentation all about the tragedy of modern consumerism in western culture. No, sometimes art can be cool and nerdy. Such is the case with these…
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Skype malware turns your computer into a Bitcoin mining zombie
A new piece of malware is floating around, but that seems like par for the course these days. What makes this malicious bit of code notable is the goal its creators have in…
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PETMAN robot learns our chemical weaknesses through environmental suit
As time goes on, the robots we build are becoming more advanced, and if Terminator and The Matrix have anything to say about that, we’re traveling down a path where we’ll be responsible for our own…
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Geek deals: Dell UltraSharp U2410 blowout — 30% off 24-inch IPS monitor
One of our long-time favorite monitors, Dell’s UltraSharp U2410, is on the cusp of being completely replaced by the new UltraSharp U2413 and as a result we’re seeing Dell offering some blowout sales…
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