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Pulitzer-winning photography captures chilling scenes of Syrian conflict

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As reported on The Verge. By Aaron Souppouris The Pulitzer Prize winners for breaking news and feature photography have been announced, and all depict scenes from the civil war in Syria. The near-century old journalism prize first began rewarding outstanding photography in the ’60s. This year’swinners for Breaking News are Rodrigo Abd, Manu Brabo, Narciso Contreras, Khalil Hamra, and Muhammed Muheisen, all for the Associated Press, while freelance photographer Javier Manzano picked up the best Feature Photography prize for his…

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Is it legal to shut down cellular networks in an emergency?

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As reported on The Verge. By Chris Ziegler Yes, but the FCC has been trying to clarify how and when it should happen In the wake of the tragic events in Boston today, the Associated Press had earlier reported that Boston Police had ordered a shutdown of cellular service throughout swaths of the city, perhaps out of fear that additional explosive devices may be rigged to detonate using a remote trigger. Carriers have since disputed that a shutdown occurred…

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Netflix plans its move from Microsoft Silverlight to HTML5 video

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As reported on The Verge. By Bryan Bishop Last month Google announced that Netflix was now available on ARM-based Samsung Chromebooks thanks to the use of HTML5 video — and now the streaming service has outlined its larger plans to eventually move to the format for all computers. Currently, Netflix primarily uses the Microsoft Silverlight plug-in when streaming video to web browsers, but Netflix’s Anthony Park and Mark Watson point out in a blog post that the current solution really…

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Google Hardware Dev

Google Releases Glass Specs: Full Day Battery Life, 5MP Camera, 720p Video, 16GB Flash Memory & Bone Conduction Transducer

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As reported on TechCrunch. by FREDERIC LARDINOIS The news about Google Glass just keeps coming today. After announcing that Glass isabout to ship and releasing the Glass Mirror API documentation, Google has now also posted the full spec sheet for the Glass hardware. There are no major surprises here, but it’s nice to finally get to see what those users who will be able to buy the Explorer editions will get for their $1,500. Glass will work with…

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Google’s Glass Companion App For Android And Web-Based Setup Wizard Are Now Live

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As reported on TechCrunch. by FREDERIC LARDINOIS After a slew of updates about Google Glass today, the company has now released some of the final pieces for the Glass launch: the MyGlass companion app for Android and a web-based Glass setup wizard. The companion app, which was first spotted byAndroid Police, will work on Android devices that run version 4.0.3+ of the operating system, enables Glass to handle SMS messages and also provides location services for the device. While Glass will…

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SugarSync for iOS gets an all-new design, multi-platform search functionality Mobile

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As reported on Engadget. By Edgar Alvarez It wasn’t too long ago that SugarSync overhauled a couple of the apps it serves on different platforms, but for whatever reason the iOS version wasn’t included in that round of updates. Today, though, the cloud-based storage service is releasing a new version of its application for Apple devices that brings a fair bit to the table. Chief among the improvements is a completely redesigned UI that, according to the company,…

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Tokyo court fines Google for not censoring defamatory instant search results

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As reported on Engadget. By Daniel Cooper Remember the sad tale of the Japanese man that Google’s Instant Search forced out of a job? Entering his name into the search bar, and Google’s auto-complete algorithm tacked on accusations of nefarious acts that he was allegedly responsible for — causing his employers to hand him his pink slip. Afterward, John Doe-san took Google to court, but Mountain View refused to intervene. That’s why the Tokyo District Court has fined Google 300,000 yen…

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Titan supercomputer to be loaded with ‘world’s fastest’ storage system

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As reported on Engadget. By Alexis Santos If you figured Titan’s title of the world’s most powerful supercomputer would give the folks at Oakridge National Laboratory reason to rest on their laurels, you’d be mistaken. The computer is set to have its fleet of 18,688 NVIDIA K20 GPUs and equal number of AMD Opteron processors paired with what’s said to be the planet’s speediest storage system, making its file setup six times faster and giving it three times more capacity. Dubbed Spider…

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‘Could you poison your child?’: images from a century of medical propaganda

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As reported on The Verge. By Amar Toor Health, history, and design collide at the National Library of Medicine The US National Library of Medicine is much more than a library about medicine. Founded in 1836, the Maryland-based NLM is home to the world’s largest collection of biomedical resources, including old books, videos, and scientific studies. It also houses a fascinating online collection of public service announcements and health-related propaganda — a century-spanning trove of posters, advertisements, and pamphlets from…

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Entertainment

Watch this: 21-minute ‘Oblivion’ featurette is a sweeping look at a post-apocalyptic Earth

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As reported on The Verge. By Jeff Blagdon We’re just days away from the Friday premiere of Oblivion, Tron: Legacy director Joseph Kosinski’s new big-budget sci-fi feature starring Tom Cruise, but if you want an exhaustive look at what moviegoers are in for, watch the 21-minute behind-the-scenes featurette below. It’s impressive to see how the VFX crew turned a barren Icelandic landscape into the ruins of modern civilization, or what went into the scale model of the movie’s iconic…

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