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Movie Studios Caught Pirating Movies

The same copyright barons pushing SOPA, the awful internet, are enormous hypocrites, TorrentFreak reports. They want the law as a means of stopping online piracy—but maybe they should start with their own employees. A Russian BitTorrent tracking firm traced pirated movies and television show downloads back to IP addresses from Sony, Fox, and NBC—as TF…

Tech News Sam Biddle

7 Tools That Will Make You Love Snow Days Again

Snow days aren’t quite as awesome when you’re older because instead of sledding and snowball fights, your day is spent shoveling and scraping. With the icing on the cake being a house full of kids excited they’re not in school. But there’s still fun to be had for grownups when the work is done. And…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

A Single Neck Injection Could Cure PTSD

What if doctors could cure post-traumatic stress disorder with a single injection to the neck? One Chicago-area doctor claims he can, and has finally convinced someone in the Pentagon to give the idea a shot. And Danger Room has learned that some in the Navy believe the approach might actually work. The freaky procedure is…

Tech News Katie Drummond - Wired

These Chrome Backpacks Are Your IRL Storage Deal of the Day

I hate the fact that I need to carry a bag around with me. It’s annoyingly heavily, annoyingly gets in the way and just annoyingly annoying. I’m totally jelly of the people who can live bag free. How do you do it? Where do you people put stuff? Don’t you have stuff? Laptops? Headphones? Papers?…

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Dyson $860 LED Desk Lamp Will Run For Almost Forty Years

Like father like son. If you thought James Dyson’s vacuums were expensive, his son wants you to pony up almost $860 for an LED desk lamp that promises over 37 years of illumination thanks to space-age heatsink technology. With a design inspired by construction cranes, the CSYS LED Task Light from Jake Dyson can be…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Kill Flying Aliens, Take Notes, and Ride a Virtual Mountain While Praying for Snow

Taking notes is a pain in the ass. Sometimes you get back to your room and the notes don’t even make sense. Is that a Q or a K? Take better notes and save some money for another box of ramen. Relive the golden years of cabinet gaming with an overhead-flying game, get ready for…

Commerce Roberto Baldwin

Shooting Gallery Challenge: Ice II

This is a close-up of some moss growing between the bricks in my backyard (coastal pacific northwest). We don’t get much ice here, so I grabbed what natural ice I could off of the birdbath in the morning. The next day I held the ice with some frozen pliers and took the pictures. So in…

Tech News Michael J Kennelly

33 Frozen Photos Taken Through Ice

When most of us find ourselves looking through ice, it may be the last, chilling scene we ever see. Here are 33 frozen photos from this week’s Shooting Challenge that you can enjoy while warm. Winner: Space Scape Ice reminds me of space. Naturally. So after some thinking, I decided to set out and create…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Shooting Challenge Gallery: Ice I

I froze two reindeer ornaments in a pyrex dish and and back lit the block of ice with white X-mas lights while the block was wedged between the window and the pane. The photo was shot with a Nikon D3000 with a 52mm L37 Lens on at F8 on bulb. -Onile Thomson Hi, I took…

Tech News Michael J Kennelly

You Can Make Free Calls on Gmail Through 2012

Google just announced an extension to free domestic calls using Gmail and the Google Voice web app. I’m currently calling every phone in America. So yeah, I’m pretty excited about the news. The free domestic calls are for the United States and Canada only. Sorry Mexico. North American users can continue to make free calls…

Tech News Roberto Baldwin

Microsoft’s Awesome SkyDrive Is on the iPhone Now (and Windows Phone)

Previously, if you weren’t on Windows, you couldn’t take full advantage of all the awesomeness that was in SkyDrive, Microsoft’s neato cloud storage service. Not anymore! They’ve just released an iOS app that’ll let you upload photos, files, documents and manage SkyDrive folders straight from your iPhone. No longer trapped to Skydrive.com’s HTML5 website, Skydrive…

Tech News Casey Chan

Carrier IQ: We’re Not Working with the FBI

Yesterday, we told you about a ominous denial from the FBI regarding its involvement with Carrier IQ. Today, Carrier IQ spoke to us on the matter. Just to clarify all of the media frenzy around the FBI. Carrier IQ has never provided any data to the FBI. If approached by a law enforcement agency, we…

Privacy & Security Sam Biddle

Who Knew Daytime Fireworks Could Be Just As Mesmerizing?

Using special microchip-controlled explosives, Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang created a daytime fireworks show using timed detonations on the ground and clusters of colored smoke clouds exploding in the air—with results that easily rival nighttime fireworks displays. Like most elaborate pyrotechnic setups, this demonstration at the Arab Museum of Modern Art in Doha, Qatar was controlled…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

I’m Intrigued by This Cheap Home Espresso Machine That Might Not Suck

One of these two things is true: Your home espresso machine cost a small fortune, or your home espresso sucks. (Or, just maybe, you hacked a Rancilio Silvia.) That’s because home espresso machines can’t maintain consistant temperature and pressure. If you want good espresso, you need very consistant and precise control over both temperature and…

Tech News Mat Honan

Themes for Windows Phone 7 Are a Travesty

Windows Phone 7 is a beautiful mobile OS precisely because you can’t screw it up. Microsoft created something clean and gorgeous, and no phone company can slather their themed dreck all over it. However, if you’re a masochist, try this! Themes for Windows Phone 7, a Windows desktop application, kicks all of the mobile OS’…

Tech News Sam Biddle

How to Give Better Gifts Than Santa

The holiday season is about to rear its snowy head, and despite your hope that the enchanted old guy will take care of your shopping needs, it’s up to you to find the best gift deals out there. Fortunately, Best Buy® has an amazing digital site that’s made finding each and every one of their…

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Watch a Massively Powerful “Walkback” Slingshot Shoot Cannonball-Sized Ammo

We’ve got a big ol’ crush on slingshot master Joerg Sprave, but for all his rubbery kinetic might, there comes a point when the maximum power of a slingshot maxes out. That is, unless you’re such a huge badass you use trees for slingshots. Joerg realized that if he wanted a more powerful slingshot, he…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

Boxing Robots of the 1930s

The Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots toy is both a vivid and lukewarm memory of my childhood. I remember playing the plastic fighting game with my friend Matt (apparently Matt was quite a popular name for boys born in the early 1980s in the suburbs of St. Paul) and being terribly underwhelmed. There’s just about…

Tech News Matt Novak

A Single Text Can Destroy Windows Phone’s Messaging App

You had better hope the gent who discovered this WinPho security exploit is the only one who knows how to do it: this video shows just how easy it is to permanently ruin a WP7 handset. The vid, narrated by a WinRumors reader who discovered the flaw, shows how one message will force a Mango…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Honda’s Self-Balancing Unicycle: A Segway For Sitters

Comfort and safety are the top features when it comes to buying a new car, so in an attempt to make its U3-X personal mobility device more consumer-friendly, Honda has improved both those aspects in its new Uni-Cub concept. Unlike the Segway, the self-balancing U3-X was more like a unicycle, allowing riders to sit and…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Movie Studios Caught Pirating Movies

7 Tools That Will Make You Love Snow Days Again

A Single Neck Injection Could Cure PTSD

These Chrome Backpacks Are Your IRL Storage Deal of the Day

Dyson $860 LED Desk Lamp Will Run For Almost Forty Years

Kill Flying Aliens, Take Notes, and Ride a Virtual Mountain While Praying for Snow

Shooting Gallery Challenge: Ice II

33 Frozen Photos Taken Through Ice

Shooting Challenge Gallery: Ice I

You Can Make Free Calls on Gmail Through 2012

Microsoft’s Awesome SkyDrive Is on the iPhone Now (and Windows Phone)

Carrier IQ: We’re Not Working with the FBI

Who Knew Daytime Fireworks Could Be Just As Mesmerizing?

I’m Intrigued by This Cheap Home Espresso Machine That Might Not Suck

Themes for Windows Phone 7 Are a Travesty

How to Give Better Gifts Than Santa

Watch a Massively Powerful “Walkback” Slingshot Shoot Cannonball-Sized Ammo

Boxing Robots of the 1930s

A Single Text Can Destroy Windows Phone’s Messaging App

Honda’s Self-Balancing Unicycle: A Segway For Sitters

Up to $1,550 Off on pCloud: Pay Once, Protect Data Forever for World Backup Day

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia Adds ‘Succulent Chinese Meal’ Guy

Feds Sniffing Around Polymarket After Suspicious Bets

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Don’t Get Too Attached to Any AI App

‘Paradise’ Writer Teases What’s Coming in Season 3 After That Huge Twist

Trump’s New White House App Is Mildly Concerning and Weird for a Lot of Reasons

Bloodsucking Ticks Can Survive Inside Your Home Longer Than You Might Think

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

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