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Nokia Reports $754 Million Operating Loss and Sliding Lumia Sales

Nokia has just announced a total operating loss of $754 million for the third quarter of 2012, a drop in its net cash from $6.6 billion last year to $5.5 billion now, and declining Lumia sales. Oh dear. The news perhaps shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise. Quarter after quarter Nokia seems to…

Google Calendar Is Now on the Play Store (But It Might Not Work on Your Phone)

Finally Google has made its Calendar app available on the Play Store, in the process overhauling the software that comes pre-installed on any phone running stock Android. Sadly, though, it might not work properly on your phone. There are some nice new features: you can pinch-to-zoom on individual days to see more or less of…

This Devilish Alligator Has Not Been Photoshopped

This stunning picture of an alligator looks like it’s been photoshopped. Amazingly, it’s not been manipulated at all—which is why it’s snagged a prize in the UK Natural History Museum’s wildlife photographer of the year competition. Photographer Larry Lynch explains how he caught the image, and why the eyes are glowing bright red: One evening,…

AOL’s New Alto Email Client Makes Your Inbox Look Pretty

AOL has launched a new cloud-based email client called Alto and it manages to achieve the seemingly impossible: it makes email look kinda… pretty. This isn’t a new email service. Rather, it’s a web-based client that can be used by anyone with an AOL, Gmail, Yahoo or iCloud account. You simply log in using your…

New Patent Could Saddle 3D Printers With DRM

One of the greatest benefits of 3D printing technology – the ability to make replacements or parts for household objects like toys, utensils and gadgets – may be denied to US citizens thanks to the granting of a sweeping patent that prevents the printing of unauthorised 3D designs. It has all the makings of the…

Canonical has released version 12.10 of Ubuntu, Quantal Quetzal. It seems more user-friendly than ever. [Ars Technica]

Malware Is “Rampant” Across Medical Devices in Hospitals

Medical technology is relying more and more heavily on computational power to streamline the healthcare process. But there’s a problem: computerized medical technology is increasingly vulnerable to malware infections, and nobody’s doing anything about it. In a recent government panel, experts explained how viruses and malware can clog medical devices and leave them inoperable. While…

Media-sharing app Color might not be as dead as we thought: apparently Apple is buying it. But for what?

Watch a 4K Video Amazingly Get Photoshopped Like a Regular Picture

We all pretty much know that pictures get retouched and photoshopped these days, right? What you think is real is most likely just a bag of tricks in post-production. But what about video? Apparently, you can retouch 4K video like if it was an ordinary photograph. Watch this. Foton Inc. claims that it has developed…

The Stoner Channel: Paris in Motion, Claire Danes in Tears, and Cannabis Scheduling in the Courtroom

Transfer – Livetune And you thought your morning commute was rough. This adorably chaotic music video by Livetune was directed by Fantasista Utamaro and Kubotabee. [Cartoon brew] Paris In Motion, Part II The second in a series chronicling his adventures in the City of Lights, photographer Mayeul Akpovi combined 3,500 stills to generate this incredible…

The Man Who Went Under the Most Extensive Face Transplant Ever Has an Amazing New Face

Do you remember Richard Lee Norris? He was the guy who suffered a horrific gun accident in 1997 that ripped off his nose, chin, lips and teeth and turned him into a recluse. This past year he went under the most extensive face transplant ever and now after much recovery, his face is brand new.…

Changing Famous Logos to Comic Sans Ruins Every Logo

Comic Sans is so universally reviled on the Internet that it’s become hilarious when people actually try to use it. I wish I could be like those people who can look at Comic Sans and just see it as a happy font. I wish I could see the entire world in Comic Sans and love…

How Often Do You Upgrade Your Gadgets?

Phones, tablets, e-readers, cameras, laptops, TVs, headphones, routers, etc.—there are a lot of gadgets to buy these days. But when you buy a gadget, it’ll inevitably get old. So how often do you update an old gadget? Which devices get updated first? Our friend Brian Lam wrote on The New York Times about people’s upgrade…

These Nike Shoes Made Out of Cork Are a Cause for Celebration

We already know that cork is the most amazing material in the world to keep your wine tasty but how does the material perform elsewhere? Like, for example, in shoes. Check out these new Nike Lebron X Cork shoes. Yes, shoes that are made from cork. It looks fantastic. https://gizmodo.com/why-cork-is-the-most-amazing-material-in-the-world-to-k-5837079 If you’ve been following basketball,…

Google Is Announcing Something New with Android on October 29th

Google just sent out a mysteriously cute invitation about an Android event happening on October 29th in New York. All the invitation says is ‘the playground is open’. What does that mean? The event will be streamed on YouTube.com/Android and you know we’ll be there to give you everything you need to know about what’s…

Amazon’s Binder Pages Are Now Full of Funny Romney-Related Reviews

It had to happen: there are now whole Amazon binder pages full of humorous reviews ridiculing Mitt Romney and his “whole binders full of women” phrase, from yesterday’s debate. Some of them are ok. Some are really funny. Check them at [Amazon] http://gawker.com/5952447/those-binders-full-of-women-turns-out-romney-didnt-commission-them-compile-them-or-pay-particular-attention-to-them

Which Dictator Killed the Most People?

I like this visualization, perhaps because its crude, almost childish look contrasts with the horror it depicts in such a simple way: Worldwide dictators ordered by the number of killings, one drop, one million dead. Of course, the winner is Mao, followed by Stalin and then Hitler. I really hope hell exists and all of…

Terrorist Caught Trying to Blow Up the New York’s Federal Reserve Bank

This guy is Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis, a 21-year-old Bangladeshi student who traveled to the United States with the intention of carrying out a major terrorist attack. He wanted to blow up this building, 33 Liberty Street, the home of the Federal Reserve Bank located in the heart of the New York City’s Financial…

Make Your Mornings Suck Less With This Sleek Capsule Coffee Maker

Not content with simply being masters of the clock, the Swiss have apparently decided to take over another crucial aspect of our day: caffeine. The Delizio Uno, a minimalist capsule coffee maker, boasts clean lines and vibrant colors enough to brighten any morning. What really puts us at the mercy of our Swiss masters, though,…

Apparently, the US Air Force Owns the Battlestar Galactica

I’m watching Battlestar Galactica again, for the third time (it always starts with “let’s just watch the first episode”). Their deck doesn’t look very different from this hangar at the Andersen Air Base, Guam. They had to store all their nice toys away “due to a large weather system soon to move over the island…