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YouPorn subscribers’ info exposed for all the world to see

If you like porn, you probably don’t want everyone to know about it. Even if you’re relatively open about sexuality, your love of porn isn’t necessarily something that you want your family and co-workers to know about. This can lead … Continue reading

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Weaponized iPhone case may be a bit overboard

There is such a thing as taking safety concerns too far and the iPhone case pictured above may be one example of that. Manufactured by Piexon, a Swiss company, the Smart Guard iPhone case is designed to both protect your … Continue reading

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Build your own mini-CNC artbot for $70

For those of you who can relate to being artistically challenged, there is hope for you today. Pictured in the video above is the Piccolo, a tiny CNC artbot that is capable of making your artistic dreams a reality. Created … Continue reading

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SanDisk 19nm 128Gb flash memory chip is world’s smallest

In December last year Micron impressed us by producing the world’s first 20nm 128Gb NAND devices. It was 40% smaller than 25nm versions, which not only made it the smallest memory chip, but also the most power efficient too. Impressive … Continue reading

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Will future tablets and e-readers become more book-like?

All tablets today generally follow the lead of the iPad. You can expect a large slab with a multitouch display, a bezel, and either an aluminum or plastic back. It’s a simple form factor that lends itself to versatility. It … Continue reading

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Best Buy display TVs show porn to shoppers

Best Buy is having to apologize after its Greenville store managed to show pornography running for several minutes across a range of 55-inch smart TVs. The footage was seen by at least two families who had brought their young children … Continue reading

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The Hubble Space Telescope discovers a new “waterworld” planet

NASA’s continuing efforts to remain relevant are paying off. A three-year old discovery of a new type of “extrasolar” planet has led scientists to believe that it could be made up largely of water, A first in the telescopic exploration … Continue reading

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Geek deals: $500 off the Dell XPS 17 laptop

To some extent we’re all gear snobs. We want the latest chip, the fastest computer, the most horsepower — we just don’t want to pay a premium to get those thing. Thankfully, our friends at Logic Buy have stumbled across … Continue reading

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Why the UMD Passport program isn’t coming to North America

When the PS Vita launched in Japan it gave gamers the option to transfer their UMD PSP games to the PS Vita for a small fee. Gamers could preserve the games they enjoyed in digital form on the new platform. … Continue reading

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Adobe makes Flash for Linux a Chrome exclusive

First, Adobe decided to kill off development of the mobile Flash plug-in. This, of course, happened less than a year after Google and Adobe took jabs at Apple because their iOS devices couldn’t render the “whole Web.” Now, Google and … Continue reading

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