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Amazon to donate a portion of your purchases to charity of your choosing through AmazonSmile
- Amazon recently launched a new shopping portal that will make it easy for customers to support their favorite charities each time they shop on the site. Just in time for the 2013 holiday shopping season, AmazonSmile allows shoppers to select…
Silent Circle, Lavabit to take back email privacy with Dark Mail Alliance
- Silent Circle and Lavabit may have abruptly shut down in August amid growing pressure from the National Security Agency to hand over user information, but that doesn’t mean they’ve given up on secure email services. Rather, the two are teaming…
Here's what it looks like to get hit in the face with a tank shell
- As realistic as they may seem, video games like Battlefield and Call of Duty do very little to prepare you for what it’s really like to go face to face with the enemy. Case in point, this video of a…
Every mouse Apple ever made pictured exclusively with CSS
- Josh Bader has created a mini site that documents the history of the Apple mouse in a slick visual presentation. While we have seen many projects like this over the years, Apple regularly being the topic of choice, Bader's site…
Tackle any terrain with this self-powered, treaded skateboard
- If you’ve ever ridden a skateboard, you likely know all too well how a tiny pebble can transform an otherwise awesome experience into a potential disaster. And if you live in an area that doesn’t have very many flat and…
Google's social network usage has jumped 37 percent since May
- Google’s social network is still far behind that of rival Facebook but it has been making serious strides in the past several months. On Tuesday, the company revealed that 300 million users visit the site each month which is up…
Netflix to premiere "big" original movies the same day they’re in theaters
- It appears as though Netflix is looking to widen its scope of original content beyond TV. Reports suggest the company is looking to create big budget films now as well.
Man forgets about $27 Bitcoin investment made four years ago, now worth $1M
- Four years ago, Christopher Koch was working on a thesis paper about encryption. His research led him to the budding digital currency known as Bitcoin and on a whim, purchased 5,000 Bitcoins for just $27. He quickly forgot all about…
Transporter Sync promises Dropbox-like file syncing on your own terms
- Late last year a company called Connected Data completed a successful a Kickstarter campaign for a device that promised an online, off-cloud storage solution to keep your important files synchronized across multiple devices without monthly recurring fees. It’s the same…
Florida police testing GPS tracking device tasked with ending high-speed pursuits
- The St. Petersburg police department is the first agency in the state of Florida to publically test a new GPS tracking device tasked with putting an end to deadly high-speed police chases. The technology is called Starchase and is essentially…
Run vintage software in your browser with the Internet Archive's Historical Software Archive
- If you’ve been yearning to replay some classic PC games from your childhood or perhaps want to fire up some ancient utility to get an idea of where the productivity software of today originated, you likely already know that doing…
DirecTV, Time Warner reportedly developing Aereo-like free broadcast TV service
- It looks as though some major TV providers are thinking about getting into the free online broadcast TV business, according to recent reports. The providers, including the likes of DirecTV, Time Warner Cable, and Charter Communications, are considering a similar…
This video shows you how to time travel without leaving your home
- The topic of time travel has been the source of countless sci-fi movies and scientific debate not to mention it has generally fascinated humans for generations. But did you know that you can time travel right now without leaving your…
Take a ride in a helium balloon to near-space for $75,000
- Interested in taking an 18-mile helium balloon ride to near-space for a breathtaking view of Earth? A startup by the name of World View intends to offer such a journey in the not too distance future for the low, low…
Google believed to be constructing a floating data center in San Francisco Bay
- A barge afloat in the San Francisco bay just off the shore from Treasure Island is home to something the locals refer to simply as the secret project. The mysterious four-story tall building that sits on top of the barge…
Amazon's trio of biospheres gets two thumbs up from Seattle Design Review Board
- Earlier this year Amazon submitted a building proposal to construct a series of massive biospheres in downtown Seattle adjacent to three other traditional office buildings as part of their new campus. The company received good news this week as the…
Germany proposes locked-down national internet after recent NSA scandal
- This morning information on the NSA phone tapping of 35 different world leaders dropped courtesy of whistleblower Edward Snowden, and now Deutsche Telekom is proposing to create a national internet to shield German users from prying eyes.
This modified Lexus paints a unique portrait of its driver based on how it is driven
- As the saying goes, the way you drive says a lot about who you are. That’s especially true for art collector Walter Vanhaerent as his new Lexus IS 300h hybrid has been modified to paint his portrait each time he…
Comcast offering 25Mbps Internet, local channels and HBO Go for $40
- HBO isn’t ready to upset their lucrative distribution deals with cable providers by offering HBO Go as a standalone, online-only service. But Comcast may just have the next best thing. As reported by GigaOM, the company has begun selling a…
New Firefox add-on allows you to see how, when and where sites are tracking your browsing history
- We all know that many sites will use any method they can to track us, whether it's for legitimate reasons that make our experience a better one or for evil reasons like advertising data or just keeping an eye on…
Chrome used more than Firefox, Opera and Internet Explorer combined
- Google Chrome is absolutely dominating the web browser market, at least according to social analytics firm Shareaholic, which yesterday released usage statistics for all browsers worldwide.
Japanese restaurant replaces waiters with conveyor belt to deliver your food
- I love going out to eat at local restaurants. Not only do I have access to a much wider variety of food than I could cook at home, I don’t have to deal with dirtying up and then cleaning the…
Fon makes US debut, hoping to grow the Wi-Fi sharing community
- For those of you residing in Europe, you’ve probably heard a lot about Fon. The company operates the largest Wi-Fi network in the world, consisting of over 12 million different hotspots. The system essentially works by having registered members share…
YouTube reportedly has its own paid subscription music service in the works
- It appears as though all the big companies want to have their own music streaming service, and now it looks as though Youtube could be the next to do so.
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