How to Get First in Line for Xbox One Preorders

The Xbox One! It looks terrific, assuming you're into turning your home entertainment system into a motion-and-voice-controlled dictatorship. And while the devices won't be shipping until the "end of the year" (read: in time for the holidays), you can go ahead and preorder yours right now.

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Pandora's new Premieres station will let you listen to new albums up to a week before they launch. Starting with new work from John Fogerty and Laura Marling, the station will highlight pre-release music right up until it drops, and won't be subject to the same limitations as the normal Pandora player. [FastCompany]

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It's nearly impossible to gaze up during the day without spotting sort of cloudy, billowing face staring back at us. But rarely do we get the opportunity to see the faces we so casually trample right beneath our feet. Now, a new program by Onformative is giving us a bird's eye's view of every facial landform on Earth.

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A Quadcopter's-Eye View Of The Costa Concordia Shipwreck

The wreck of the cruise ship Costa Concordia in early 2012 resulted in 32 deaths and the destruction of the ship, resulting in a $300 million salvage operation that may be the most expensive in history. A pair of quadcopters equipped with cameras capture the sad vessel and the massive operation to remove it from the…

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This Radio-Book Was The Future of Education

New technologies often go through a honeymoon phase where educators hold them up as the futuristic savior of learning. Today teachers can't get enough of those Kindles, iPads and MOOCs which promise to radically change education for generations to come. But this line of thinking has a long history.

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Sweat-Draining Fabric Will Banish Armpit Stains for Good

Fabrics geared towards athletes are designed to wick sweat away from the body so they don't feel drenched. But the fabric is still wet and weighed down with perspiration. To really feel dry, researchers at UC Davis have developed a fabric with channels that literally drain sweat away. Gross and awesome.

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A Great Pair of Wireless Desktop Speakers Is Your Deal of the Day

Just because a pair of speakers uses Bluetooth doesn't mean they're going to sound like crap. Audyssey's Wireless Bluetooth Speakers received several surprising rave reviews when they came out because they sound great and look handsome, too. But they were pricey.

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Good News! Xbox One (Kind of) Doesn't Require Internet Connection…

Much to the dismay of practically everyone, rumors that the Xbox One would require a constant internet connection—and a good one, at that—had been running rampant. You can officially put those fears to rest, for the most part. Even though there was no official statement today, by all accounts, the Xbox One has the…

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