Day: June 26, 2013

Apple Review

OS X 10.9 Mavericks preview: faster, smarter, and leather-free

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As reported on The Verge. By David Pierce Apple’s latest desktop OS isn’t an overhaul — it’s a tune-up The 10th version of OS X, Mavericks, felt like an afterthought in the midst ofApple’s radical overhaul of its mobile operating system. In this case, rather than completely overhaul the look and feel of the entire platform, Apple has instead picked its spots, removing and adding features in particular places while all the while tuning for performance and…

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Government Military

All the president’s hitmen: tracking Washington’s secret army

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As reported on The Verge. By Joseph L. Flatley Jeremy Scahill and Richard Rowley reveal the new face of war Additional reporting by Jesse Hicks and Joshua Kopstein In the 1960s there was a saying: “Suppose they gave a war, and nobody came?” We’ll probably never know the answer to that particular American koan, but a recent book and documentary film sets out to answer a more important question: “What if they gave a war, but didn’t…

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Politics

Danish Company Creates Software That Will Stop You From Printing A Gun

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As reported on TechCrunch. by JOHN BIGGS A Danish company called Create It Real has built a software package that recognizes digital gun part models and prevents them from being printed. The software compares each piece you are attempting to print with a database of potential firearm parts and, the company notes, “for safety reasons, there are no models of firearms stored on the user’s computer but rather a list of characteristics.” The CEO, Jeremie Pierre Gay, has…

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Application Mobile

Dropbox update for iOS adds swipe gestures, multi-file sharing

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As reported on Engadget. By Mat Smith Dropbox‘s latest update for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch solves some of the minor niggles we’ve had with its iOS version. You can now share links to folders direct from the app, while the refresh also adds the ability select and share multiple files at once. Alongside the obligatory bug fixes and performance improvements, Dropbox version 2.3 also throws in a handful of new touchscreen-friendly gestures to the mix, allowing…

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Article

Infographic: An Astounding Map of Every River in America

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As reported on Wired. BY LIZ STINSON To create his All Rivers map, Nelson Minar mined open source data from the National Hydrography Dataset. All images: Courtesy Nelson Minar Minar’s All Rivers map is an in-depth look at waterways in the 48 contiguous states. He was inspired by Ben Fry’s All Streets map, which similarly depicts all the roads in the U.S. To determine how large the rivers would appear on the map, Minar extracted the Strahler number, a measure of…

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