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HackerRank Will Host Back To School Hackathon, Bringing College Students To Hot Startups

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As reported on TechCrunch. by ANTHONY HA HackerRank has hosted college-focused hackathons before, but on February 2, it plans to connect some of the top coding talent in universities with some of the best-known companies in Silicon Valley. Developed by the same company behind InterviewStreet, a site where companies find programmers by hosting “CodeSprints,” the HackerRank service launched last fall at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference. Co-founder Vivek Ravisankar said the goal is to create a community where hackers can complete programming…

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iSmartAlarm uses a WiFi camera and iPhone app to warn you of potential burglars Hands-on

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As reported on Engadget. By Dana Wollman iSmartAlarm is a home security alarm, but not the kind that uses a shrill sound to send burglars scrambling. The alarm system, currently a project on Indiegogo, is a $79 WiFi camera that sends alerts to a corresponding iPhone app. Essentially, when the camera detects someone in the home, it will send a notice to your phone in the form of a text, email or phone call. The camera…

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IOGEAR wireless access point and computer-to-TV streamer refresh HD

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As reported on Engadget. By Jamie Rigg IOGEAR really needs to start naming its products something other than stockroom codes and long-winded yet vague descriptions of what they do. After checking out the company’s new Wireless 5×2 HD Matrix, we cast our eye over the GWAVR — a little black box which plugs into your display via HDMI and functions as a wireless access point for streaming. It’s intended to receive 1080p video and 5.1-channel audio from mobile…

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Gigabyte arrives at CES with two Windows 8 tablets, including an 11.6-inch S1185 with 1080p and Ivy Bridge

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As reported on Engadget. By Sharif Sakr Who’s afraid of the Windows 8 tablet crush? Not Gigabyte. According to Mobile Geeks, the company has brought a couple of new tablets to Las Vegas — the S1185 for regular customers and the businessy S1082 — in the expectation that they’ll make a dent despite intense competition. The more interesting S1185 has a few things going for it, including a 1080p 11.6-inch display, a powerful Ivy Bridge processor (which could admittedly make battery life an issue),…

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In Apple’s War on Taxes, Surrender Costs $28 Billion

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As reported on Wired. BY RYAN TATE Apple CEO Tim Cook. Photo: Brian X. Chen/Wired   With the U.S. Senate reportedly finishing an investigation into how Apple and others dodge taxes, and with Apple fighting for an officially sanctioned tax holiday, it’s worth taking stock of Apple’s tax liabilities. Dealing with the tax man, it turns out, could cost the company upward of $28.5 billion or send it on a shopping spree abroad. Even as Apple lobbies…

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Four new Oregon touchscreen GPS devices pop up on Garmin’s website

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As reported on Engadget. By Jamie Rigg As Garmin hasn’t made any official announcement, we can’t tell you when these sneaky handheld GPS navigators first showed up on the company’s website, but say hello to the Oregon 600, 600t, 650 and 650t. Aesthetically, they all look identical, with a 3-inch “transflective color TFT touchscreen” in portrait orientation (240 x 400 resolution). Similarly, they share the overwhelming majority of internal specs, and all track your jaunts into the great outdoors using…

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Steven Sinofsky starts a product development blog, continues telling epic-length tales

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As reported on Engadget. By Jon Fingas Steven Sinofsky has built a reputation for exceptionally thorough posts on technology, and he’s not about to stop just because of small roadblocks like his departure from Microsoft. The former executive plans to complement an upcoming teaching stint at Harvard Business School by writing Learning by Shipping, a blog discussing the finer points of product development in the technology world. Despite what some would presume, the blog won’t lean heavily on retold experiences from the…

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Wind tunnel PC case pushes the air cooling envelope, does its thing for cancer research

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As reported on Engadget. By Alexis Santos  Pushing air cooling to its limits might mean buying a bigger fan to the mortal PC builder, but for Mike at Total Geekdom, it meant constructing a wind tunnel case. Built from a box fan, medium-density fiberboard, lexan and aluminum, the tunnel increases airspeed by about 240 percent and cools its contents with a brisk 9 mph breeze. At full bore, however, the fan churns out air speeds between 26 and…

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Navy Preps to Build a Robot Ship That Blows Up Mines

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As reported on Wired. BY SPENCER ACKERMAN A Navy diver in Mideast waters inspects an anti-mine system, October 2012. This is exactly the sort of thing the Navy wants a robot to do instead. Photo: Flickr/U.S. Navy   The Navy’s next wave of robots will take on one of the most dangerous missions on the open water: destroying mines. Anti-mine warfare is a critical mission for the Navy, as nations like Iran can mess with the…

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Polaroid plans experimental Fotobar stores that will let you print your photos

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As reported on Engadget. By Donald Melanson Polaroid hasn’t been shy to try various tactics as it attempts to compete in the age of digital photography, but it always seems to come back to the idea it’s best known for. It’s latest effort is a bit more of a roundabout way to get some tangible photos in your hands, though: a series of “experimental” Photobar stores where you can go and have your digital photos professionally printed. The first…

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