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Geek deals: $498 off quad-core Dell desktop and 24-inch monitor

Calendar April 14, 2012

Your dollar will take you further with a desktop than a laptop (unpopular fact, but it’s almost always true). Nonetheless, it is still not enough to persuade many people to throw down their cash and get a large, heavy, dust-collecting tower. But what if a free 24-inch LED monitor happened to be include for a [...]
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500px aims to kill Flickr with new $20 Plus plan

Calendar April 14, 2012

Flickr has been the de facto place where professional photographers show off their work for several years now, but Yahoo has failed to really capitalize on the Flickr brand as the company continues to falter. Now, it might be the beginning of the end for the once proud site. Rival photo haven 500px has introduced [...]
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Quake 4 to be re-released on Xbox 360

Calendar April 14, 2012

Seeing a popular game re-released on console platforms is something gamers have got used to. But typically these games appear in updated form, such as their graphics being given the HD treatment. Unusually, Bethesda has decided to re-release a game on the same format it was originally released for, and with no such updates applied. [...]
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Firefox 11 uses WebGL to visualize webpages in 3D

Calendar April 14, 2012

Developers have made some impressive demonstration pieces using WebGL, the browser technology that gives web apps better access to computer graphics hardware, but most of them are more “cool toy” than “practical tool.” Buried in Firefox 11, however, is a slick feature that puts the JavaScript API to good use—a 3D visualizer for web pages. [...]
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Quick-thinking carjack victim uses text messages and Twitter to get rescued

Calendar April 14, 2012

Today a South African man is thanking his girlfriend’s Twitter followers for saving his life. The victim of a carjacking and robbery, the unnamed man was held-up at gun point then forced into the trunk of his Volkswagen Golf while his assailants went for a 150 mile ride. Lucky for him the carjackers didn’t happen [...]
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Google adds tab syncing to desktop Chrome beta

Calendar April 14, 2012

When Google released the Chrome Beta for Android, it made tab syncing a reality for users of phones and tablets. It’s a great feature, but there has been one irksome missing piece of the puzzle. While mobile devices running Chrome could sync tabs from a desktop, it didn’t work in the opposite direction. A new [...]
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Digital Chocolatier 3D prints your perfect chocolate treat

Calendar April 13, 2012

While all the recent chatter about the way that 3D-printing technology has advanced is pretty cool, there’s a new prototype that has us thinking about printing out custom chocolates instead of Companion Cubes. Called the Digital Chocolatier Prototype, it allows you to quickly design and assemble different kinds of chocolate candies via a touchscreen interface. [...]
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