Day: June 27, 2013

Culture

What Lies Beneath: Epic Scenes From NYC’s Magnificent Underground Tunnels

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As reported on Wired. BY KYLE VANHEMERT Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick…

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Microsoft OS Review

Windows 8.1: a first look at what Microsoft is changing

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As reported on The Verge. By Tom Warren Microsoft is taking over San Francisco’s Moscone Center today to introduce a preview version of Windows 8.1. Although the company has revealed most of the features in the upcoming update to Windows 8, I’ve had a chance to get well acquainted with the Windows 8.1 preview to learn more about the changes involved. In my previous look at 8.1 I summarized that the preview brings many small tweaks…

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Google

Speed Up Slow Google Searches in Android with This Tweak

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As reported on LifeHacker. by Alan Henry If tapping the search bar and typing a search term inside the Google Search app seems painfully slow on your Android device, you’re not alone. Thankfully, there’s a an easy—albeit experimental—fix that can speed up those searches significantly, and all you have to do is disable a built-in system app to do it. According to a few enterprising posters at Reddit and a bug report over at the Android…

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OS

Bring Back the Old “F8” Safe Mode Shortcut in Windows 8

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As reported on LifeHacker. by WHITSON GORDON Windows 8 has a new bootloader designed for UEFI devices, and with it, they’ve removed the F8 shortcut for quickly booting into safe mode. Here’s a quick way to bring it back. The new tiled bootloader is pretty, but it has its annoyances. For example, if you want to boot into a different OS or boot into safe mode, you have to boot up your computer, thenreboot into the…

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Mobile

DuPont and PMA team up to embed Powermat wireless charging in Corian countertops

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As reported on Engadget. By Zach Honig DuPont’s managed to work its way into just about every home and place of business here in the US of A, but despite this nationwide proliferation, we haven’t seen the Delaware-based chemicals giant making waves in the consumer electronics space. But with home wraps, plastics and body armor on lockdown, it’s as good a time as any to venture into CE. Through a partnership with the Power Matters Alliance (PMA), the company will soon…

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