Month: December 2012

Google

Google Launches New Experimental Search Features For Tracking Your Online Purchases, Reservations & Events From Gmail

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As reported on TechCrunch. by FREDERIC LARDINOIS Google has long been running a number of experimental Search and Gmail field trials anybody can sign up for and today it’slaunching a few nifty new search features for searching your Gmail inbox from Google.com on the desktop and your iOS or Android phone. Previously, Google already let you find you flights by using the [my flights] search operator, but now you can also use queries like [my purchases] to find your…

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Best Buy’s CinemaNow opens home disc-to-digital program, makes cloud copies of DVDs for a fee HD

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As reported on Engadget. By Richard Lawler One interesting development of the UltraViolet program has been Walmart / Vudu’s in-store disc-to-digital program, and now Best Buy is apparently ready to offer similar functionality, but within the comfort of one’s own home. The Best Buy-owned CinemaNow is flashing a Disc to Digital beta page that offers downloads of a player for Windows or Mac PCs that not only allows access to one’s UltraViolet library both online or offline, but also…

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Maps update for Windows Phone 8 available, small improvements in tow Mobile

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as reported on Engadget. By Sarah Silbert  A new update for Maps on Windows Phone 8 has been spotted in the wild, and it supposedly improves the quality of, well, maps — including those downloaded for offline use. There’s no push mechanism for getting this refresh, though, so those with a WP8 device will want to check for it via the Settings menu. What’s changed, exactly? According to WMPoweruser, maps have improved detail and traffic info. If…

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How To Suture A Stuffed Christmas Turkey

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A reported on Businessinsider.com by Randy Astaiza What’s the best way to close a turkey without getting a bunch of ugly scarring? Why, veterinarians from Sweden have used their skin stapling and sewing skills to get the answer. To get your picture perfect turkey this holiday season scientists from Sweden have investigated the best way to close your stuffed turkey, reports Discover’s Discoblog’s NCBI ROLF columnist reports. (NCBI is the National Center for Biotechnology Information, who…

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‘Zero Dark Thirty’ Makes Finding Bin Laden Seem Way Too Simple

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As reported on Businessinsider.com by Michael Kelley John McCain said the movie made him sick and co-wrote a letter with two other senators that stated the film was “grossly inaccurate and misleading.” Those points are fair, but my main gripe is that it’s just not a very good story. The main emotional tensions are the need to “protect the homeland” — accentuated by broadcasts of various terrorist plots over the years — and the brief grief when seven…

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Program Your Thermostat to Slightly Raise the Temperature at Night for Better Sleep

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As reported on LifeHacker. by Adam Dachis Sleeping well can require a lot of work, especially when you have common sleep problems, and your body temperature plays a role. Sleep science blog Sleepdex points out that because your temperature drops, raising it during the night may help you sleep better: A recent Dutch study shows just how important temperature is when it comes to sleep quality and fragmentation. Fitting human subjects with thermosuits, the scientists were able to lower…

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Scientific Doomsday: Ways the World Could Actually End

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As reported on Wired. BY DANIELA HERNANDEZ Editor’s note: This story originally ran on Jan. 17, 2012 2012 is sure to be filled with too many end-of-the-world jokes, and probably a fair amount of genuine fear as well. But assuming the Mayans were wrong and doomsday isn’t on Dec. 21 this year, you may be wondering how the world as we know it might really end. We’ve collected several scientifically valid scenarios for you to worry…

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While Report on CIA Abuse Stays Secret, Senators Blast Tinseltown Torture

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As reported on Wired. BY SPENCER ACKERMAN Zero Dark Thirty’s cinematic Navy SEALs raid Osama bin Laden’s compound. Photo courtesy Sony Pictures Publicity   Three senators are furious at how the new movie on the manhunt for Osama bin Laden portrays torture. Unlike other critics of the film, they have the power to actually correct the record, by declassifying a major Senate inquiry into the CIA’s torture program. Only they’re not doing it. Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.),…

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With Its New iPhone Application, Shutterfly Is Ready To Compete On Mobile

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As reported on TechCrunch. by SARAH PEREZ Shutterfly, the photo and personal publishing company founded in 1999, is today making good on its September acquisition of Penguin Digital, with today’s launch of a new iPhone application for photo prints and gifts. The app has been completely redesigned from the version released a few years ago, and now includes everything from photo uploads and storage to mobile ordering of prints and gifts, like mugs and iPhone 5 cases.…

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Violent Video Games Do Cause Some Violence, But Censorship Won’t Help

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As reported on TechCrunch. by GREGORY FERENSTEIN David Axelrod ✔ @davidaxelrod In NFL post-game: an ad for shoot ’em up video game. All for curbing weapons of war. But shouldn’t we also quit marketing murder as a game? In the wake of another tragic school shooting, the restriction of simulated killing is a tempting solution. It seems all the more urgent, given that the preponderance of good scientific research shows that violent video games do cause…

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