Day: July 18, 2013

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Complete Idiocy Makes for Pretty Amazing Fireworks Photos

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As reported on Wired. BY PETE BROOK View as gallery Chances are you enjoyed some fireworks earlier this month for July 4th. But we’re sorry to tell you that Mexico does explosions better than the United States. The proof is in Thomas Prior‘s heart-racing photographs from the National Pyrotechnic Festival in Tultepec. The annual nine-day festival attracts more than 100,000 people to bathe in the glow of pyrotechnicians’ expert displays. The main event is the Pamplonada — a seven-hour running of…

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Business

As PC sales slump, Intel’s new CEO claims cheap, convertible tablets are the way forward

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As reported on The Verge. By Sean Hollister The PC industry is in its steepest, longest decline in history, but Intel’s new CEO Bryan Kraznich thinks there might be a way out. In his first quarterly earnings call — where the company reported flat revenue and declining profits — he just told investors that Intel is about to flood the tablet market with inexpensive devices, and that building “ultramobile” chips is now the company’s highest priority. “INTEL WAS SLOW TO RESPOND TO THE…

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Why It Doesn’t Matter If Edward Snowden Is A Hypocrite

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As reported on TechCrunch. by GREGORY FERENSTEIN Anti-authoritarian data leaker Edward Snowden is officially seeking the warm embrace of Russia, a country known for disappearing journalists and running a propaganda arm in the guise of a public media station. He’s also deliberately withheld the most damning information about how the National Security Agency actually operates. Yet, even if Snowden joined the Russian KGB, his exposé of highly controversial U.S. spying programs would be just as valuable. The value for civil liberties…

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Health HealthCare

Med students develop knife that can detect cancerous tissues within seconds

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As reported on Engadget. By Mariella Moon Here’s one for the medical journals: researchers at London’s Imperial College have created a high-tech scalpel that can differentiate between cancerous and non-cancerous tissue as it cuts. The team calls it the iKnife (intelligent knife), and by analyzing vapors created during electrosurgical dissection in real time, it takes only seconds to distinguish healthy flesh from affected tissue. The device’s inventor, Zoltan Takats, says it has the potential to speed up cancer surgery…

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Business Hardware Dev

Samsung announces 3,000MB/s enterprise SSD, shames competition

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As reported on Engadget. By Timothy J. Seppala The ink has barely dried on Samsung’s last SSD announcement and the South Korean manufacturer has already made it obsolete by orders of magnitude. This 2.5-inch enterprise-class SSD isn’t for us regular Joes, but if you thought the company’s EVO 840’s 540MB/s was zippy, hold on to your desk chair. The newly announced NVMe SSD XS1715 reads data at a mind-numbing 3,000MB/s. Hitting these absurd numbers isn’t without a caveat, though, as this SSD…

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