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Parrot Announces The A.R. Drone 2.0 Power Edition

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As reported on TechCrunch. by MATT BURNS It was hovering. Just sitting there. The livery was different. A black body with different color blades. Something was clearly different about this Parrot A.R. Drone 2.0. It wasn’t as colorful as the ones he had seen before. He sat there for a lot longer. This drone was clearly hiding something under the piano-black shell. Eight minutes passed. 16 minutes passed. Then, just before the 36 minute mark, the drone,…

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Business

Square Fined $507K In Florida For Operating A Mobile Payment Service Without A Money Transmitter License

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As reported TechCrunch. by INGRID LUNDEN A little more state-specific financial regulatory hot water forSquare, the hot mobile commerce startup: it has been fined $507,000 by Florida’s Office of Financial Regulation for operating a payment service without a money transmission license. This looks like the second time that a U.S. state financial regulator has gone after the company, after Square was served with a cease and desist order in Illinios in March 2013, also for failing to…

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Space Story

NASA halts efforts to repair Kepler space telescope

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As reported on Engadget. By Sean Buckley It’s had a good run, but it seems like NASA’s Kepler telescope is down for the count — the space agency says it has stopped repair efforts. The 0.95 meter diameter space telescope launched four years ago, tasked with seeking out Earth-sized planets suitable for habitation. All was going well until the rig’s gyroscopic reaction wheels began to fail, robbing it of the precision aim needed to continue its task. After months of…

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Application Entertainment

Syfy Now app streams full episodes to iOS today, Android next month

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As reported on Engadget. By Richard Lawler The Syfy for iPhone app is relaunching as SyFy Now, while the old Syfy app for iPad is reborn as Syfy Sync, dedicated solely to the network’s second screen ambitions. Why the changes? Now is all about TV Everywhere with streaming of full episodes of Syfy’s original series the day after they air and bookmarks that sync across devices with iCloud. This app can’t put Alphas back on the air, but it…

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Art Culture Design

A Rare Glimpse Inside a Magnificent, Abandoned Shrine to Electricity

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As reported on Gizmodo. by ATTILA NAGY At the dawn of the electrical age, power plants were more than just utilitarian buildings. They were grand, soaring temples to a near-magical substance that was changing the world. Most of these buildings are now abandoned or demolished. But I recently visited one of the few that remain: the 99-year-old Kelenföld Power Plant, one of most ethereal and electrifyingly beautiful places on earth. I’ve been a longtime fan…

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Microsoft

Microsoft Acknowledges Outlook.com, Messenger, SkyDrive Outages

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As reported on TechCrunch by ALEX WILHELM Having a hard time accessing your SkyDrive files or your email on Outlook.com? You are not alone, and Microsoft says that it is working on the issue. The latest from Microsoft’s Live.com status board (remember Live.com?) is simple: Outlook.com, SkyDrive, and the ‘People’ services are all on the rocks at the moment. Some, such as ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley, are not impacted by the issue. My account, for whatever it is worth, is…

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Hardware Dev

Samsung Wants You To Figure Out What To Do With Its Flexible Displays

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As reported on TechCrunch. by DARRELL ETHERINGTON Samsung is having a unique kind of contest, the company announced today, and it’s not the kind where someone walks away with a Galaxy S4. The Korean smartphone maker is asking people to submit ideas around what kind of devices to make with its flexible display technology. Have a hardware startup? Samsung wants you… to figure out what to do with their product. Samsung is looking “to encourage designers, hardware…

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Automotive

Audi teases 700HP hybrid Quattro Sport e-Tron Concept, A8 Matrix LED lighting

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As reported on Engadget. By Timothy J. Seppala We’re still a few weeks out from this year’s Frankfurt Motor Show, but that hasn’t stopped Audi from showing off concept sketches of its hybrid supercar, the Quattro Sport E-Tron.According to Autoblog, the car will debut at the show sporting a twin-turbo V8 is similar to what’s found in the company’s RS6, but it has an electric motor bolted on to help it hit 700HP and a 200MPH-plus top speed. Being that…

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Microsoft

Microsoft confirms Windows 8.1 launching October 17th

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As reported on Engadget. By Jamie Rigg  Microsoft has announced that Windows 8.1 will be arriving on October 17th (well, in the US, anyway), confirming an earlier rumor of a mid-month launch. For some reason, the company’s specified an exact release time of 12am on October 18th in New Zealand, which is 4am PT or 7am ET on October 17th. At that time, the free update will begin rolling out across local Windows Stores, and will be available “at retail…

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Entertainment News

‘Breaking Bad’ and ‘Mad Men’ photographer warns that digital cameras can be ‘too clear’

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As reported on The Verge. By Vlad Savov Frank Ockenfels III has built up a glittering résumé of photographing some of the best known actors, musicians, and celebrities around, and though you might not have heard his name, you’ll most surely have seen his work. Spider-Man, Harry Potter, Hellboy, Thor, and Sly Stallone’s Expendables crew are just a few of the characters he has immortalized with his camera. Most recently, Ockenfels worked on promo imagery for the final…

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