Month: March 2013

Entertainment Hardware Dev

Philips DesignLine TV is a seamless square pane of glass (video) HD

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As reported on Engadget. By Alexis Santos Folks with an eye for unusual design likely had their interest piqued by Samsung’s“Timeless Gallery” TV stand, but now a new Philips television is stepping into the living room limelight. Dubbed the Philips DesignLine, the rig hides an LCD display behind a seamless glass pane with a black to transparent gradient that supports itself by leaning against a wall. The TV operates at 1,400 Hz and packs a dual-core…

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Google

Google Fiber app reaches all Android 4.2 devices HD

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As reported on Engadget. By Jon Fingas If you’re one of the precious few to have access to Google Fiber, you may have been disappointed by the need to use its companion app on a Nexus 7 — a fine tablet, but certainly not the only device in Google’s universe. Thankfully, a new update significantly broadens that pool. The app should now offer remote control and content browsing on phones and tablets that run Android 4.2 or later, whether…

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Business

You Are Not a Unique Snowflake: Desk Jobs Suck Everywhere

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As reported on Wired. BY PETE BROOK Metal trader, commodities, financial futures and options trading firm, London 2006. Broker, commodities, financial futures and options trading firm, London 2006. Technical Support Officer (IT Department), customs, Santo Domingo, 2010. Marketing executive, Department of Tourism and Marketing, Dubai, 2008. Investment representative, online share brokers, Leeds, UK. Assistant architects, Chinese architecture design and research Institute, Beijing, China, 2011. Internal auditor, asset management firm, Phnom Penh, 2010. Team leader (with call…

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Entertainment

Watch Tom Cruise’s life as a ‘futuristic blue-collar guy’ in new ‘Oblivion’ featurette

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As reported on The Verge. By Adi Robertson Late last year, we saw the first trailer for Oblivion, a post-apocalyptic thriller set against a vast and desolate landscape. While we already knew the project — fromTron: Legacy director Joseph Kosinski — would involve Tom Cruise as a drone repairman on a world devastated by alien attack, a new three-minute featurette explains a bit more of his life and motivations as a “futuristic blue-collar guy” taking care of Earth. As…

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Google News

GoogleReaderpocalypse. For Real This Time.

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As reported on TechCrunch. by SARAH PEREZ Don’t be evil? If that’s the unofficial Google motto, then the company has failed to deliver today. Among the products Google just announced it plans to sunset (read: kill off), beloved feed-reading service Google Reader is now on the chopping block. “*$%#” wrote at least one TechCrunch staffer upon hearing the news. “What will feed my Reeder app,?” asks another. “Super sad,” says a third. “I AM SO MAD ABOUT THIS…

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Mobile

Yet More Leaked Samsung Galaxy S IV Pics Appear Hours Before Launch

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As reported on TechCrunch. by CATHERINE SHU The Samsung Galaxy S IV will be launched in New York City in just a few hours, but another crop of leaked photos featuring the device haspopped up on Chinese forum it168, a few days after a another batch of pics appeared earlier this week. The handset in the photo has a high-gloss, textured plastic casing (though it already shows hairline cracks in the leaked pics) and the same metallic-looking bands around…

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Random

Porn Site Breaks Down Searches By Country, Surprising No One

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As reported on TechCrunch. by JOHN BIGGS In what amounts to either a breathtaking breach of privacy or one of the most fascinating sex research artifacts of the year, PornMD(acceptably SFW as long as you don’t search), a porn search engine, has broken down porn searches by country and U.S. state. The system offers a fairly complete view into the fapping habits of people worldwide and suggests that while the people of Minnesota are into “college,” the…

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Application Entertainment Social Networking

Netflix Gets Social In The U.S. Thanks To Facebook Partnership, After Over A Year Of Lobbying And Lawmaking

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As reported on TechCrunch. by DARRELL ETHERINGTON Netflix today introduced Facebook integration for U.S. users, allowing subscribers who opt in to see what their friends have been watching and what they like best when logged into the service. The integration also allows users to post films or TV shows to their Facebook wall, as well as comment on their viewing activity. Netflix CEO Reed Hastings explained to Bloomberg that social is the key to helping the service…

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Business

LG trolls Samsung’s Times Square billboards with Optimus G ‘4’ ads Mobile

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As reported on Engadget. By Richard Lawler The press is headed to Radio City Music Hall for Samsung’s Galaxy S IV event in a few hours, but the company has also taken up consumer-focused presence in Times Square — where rival LG is waiting. As shown in the pic, LG has refashioned its billboards (which it already occupied for 20 years before the new neighbor moved in below last year) to mock Samsung’s “4” themed advertising, touting that the Optimus G is…

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Science

CERN release preliminary results: particle looking ‘more and more like a Higgs boson’ Alt

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As reported on Engadget. By Mat Smith CERN’s latest update to its god particle project is that the new particle that it was able to pick up is behaving “more and more like a Higgs boson.” The team isn’t being particularly specific here, as its not certain just yet whether it’s detected a ‘standard model’ particle or the lightest of several possible bosons predicted in other spin-off theories. Researchers are referencing the interactions of the particle (particularly its spin, or…

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