Okay, sure, you could say there are still multiple problems with the Xbox One, like say, the always-listening Kinect, $499 price tag and the inability to transfer your arcade library from the Xbox 360 to the Xbox One. For now, I’d like to focus on one serious problem that, despite …
As it emerged that Man of Steel is being promoted specifically to US Christians to make them even more into Jesus, researchers said it could actually help them understand something about the nature of storytelling. Professor Henry Brubaker, of the Institute for Studies, said: “Both came down from the heavens …
WASHINGTON — NASA announced Tuesday a Grand Challenge focused on finding all asteroid threats to human populations and knowing what to do about them. The challenge, which was announced at an asteroid initiative industry and partner day at NASA Headquarters in Washington, is a large-scale effort that will use multi-disciplinary …
Kim Dotcom has accused the US government and Leaseweb, one of the hosting providers of former file-sharing site Megaupload, of deleting millions of personal files “without warning.” The information stored on the dormant servers – “petabytes of pictures, backups, personal & business property” – was what Dotcom called evidence in the case …
To many people, “geek” and “nerd” are synonyms, but in fact they are a little different. Consider the phrase “sports geek” — an occasional substitute for “jock” and perhaps the arch-rival of a “nerd” in high-school folklore. If “geek” and “nerd” are synonyms, then “sports geek” might be an oxymoron. (Furthermore, …
I wonder if its better than google glass …
News of actor James Gandolfini’s death spread quickly earlier this week causing concern among fans across the world. However the June 2013 report has now been confirmed as a complete hoax and just the latest in a string of fake celebrity death reports. Thankfully, the actor best known for his …
JAMES Gandolfini, best known as mob boss Tony Soprano, has died in Italy at the age of 51. He was on holiday at the time. Gandolfini appeared this year in Zero Dark Thirty and “The Incredible Burt Wonderstone.” He had been working on Fox Searchlight’s “Animal Rescue.” Born in New Jersey, Gandolfini …
It was only 16 years ago, in 1997, that members of an Egyptian militant group called Gamaa Islamiya stormed the ancient Temple of Hatshepsut in Luxor, a tourism magnet, and massacred 62 tourists before killing themselves, part of their insurgent campaign against the government. This week, Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi …
Feel like someone is snooping on you? Browse anonymously anywhere you go with the Onion Pi Tor proxy. This is fun weekend project that uses a Raspberry Pi, a USB WiFi adapter and Ethernet cable to create a small, low-power and portable privacy Pi. Using it is easy-as-pie. First, plug …
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For us, the future comes in the form of Xbox One, a system designed to be the best place to play games this year and for many years to come. As is our heritage with Xbox, we designed a system that could take full advantage of advances in technology in …
You could just stare at this for ages. Here’s a prototype menu screen for Protocol E! Best thing I thought I could do at nearly 3am in the morning. Upload this video! Don’t need no drugs to start trippin balls. Just need some Z axis rotation code and UV offset …
Syrian rebels beheaded a Christian man and fed his body to dogs, according to a nun who says the West is ignoring atrocities committed by Islamic extremists. The nun said taxi driver Andrei Arbashe, 38, was kidnapped after his brother was heard complaining that fighters against the ruling regime behaved …
I’m both disgusted and impressed. A CONVICTED sex offender caught driving and masturbating at the same time near one of Newcastle’s busiest beaches was jailed for a year yesterday after the court heard that he was a high risk of re-offending. Dennis Bruce Godden, 41, stalked two women who were …
ALAN Jones has lost a battle of the “wind wars”, with a rally against wind farms headlined by the radio shock jock failing to draw large crowds to Parliament House. The lacklustre attendance at Tuesday’s protest was seized upon by supporters of clean energy, who claimed victory in the “wind …
When the Mad Max trailer debuted at Sony’s E3 media conference last week, many Australians felt a flicker of national pride. For those unfamiliar with the film franchise, it is inherently, undeniably Aussie, set in a Down Under dystopia where the dusty outback serves as the playground for vehicular warfare …
BUDAPEST, Hungary – Prosecutors on Tuesday charged a 98-year-old who features on Nazi-hunting Simon Wiesenthal Center’s wanted list with war crimes, saying he had helped to deport Jews to Auschwitz in World War II. Laszlo Csatary was found guilty in absentia in 1948 of whipping or torturing Jews and helping …