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New Nanomotor is Smallest, Fastest Ever, Can Be Used to Deliver Medicine

…or it could be used to power the next super solider, but that’s just wishful thinking. A new nanomotor developed by engineers at ...

By Devin Connors Legacy AuthorMay 22, 2014

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Convicted Navy Sailor was Hacking Government Sites from Aircraft Carrier

The system admin for the USS Harry S. Truman’s nuclear reactors was hacking in his spare time. Nicholas Paul Knight is going from ...

By Devin Connors Legacy AuthorMay 21, 2014

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Got an eBay Account? Time to Change your Password!

112 million users will need new passwords after eBay database is breached. Before you buy yet another NES cartridge or raptor cage through ...

By Devin Connors Legacy AuthorMay 21, 2014

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Xbox One June System Update: External Storage, Real Names are Coming

Virtually any 256 GB or larger USB 3.0 drive will be supported. Next month’s Xbox One system update will have a number of ...

By Devin Connors Legacy AuthorMay 21, 2014

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Shocker: ISPs Have Terrible Customer Satisfaction Ratings

Comcast and Time Warner Cable score lower than any other provider on the ACSI report. If your customer service is bad enough for ...

By Devin Connors Legacy AuthorMay 20, 2014

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Oculus Rift Coming Soon to a Chuck E. Cheese’s Near You

“Where a kid can be a…starbound fighter pilot battling his or her way through an asteroid field!” I honestly cannot tell you when ...

By Devin Connors Legacy AuthorMay 20, 2014

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Verizon XLTE Service Brings Improved Speed, Bandwidth to 44 States

AWS spectrum bought in 2012 is finally being put to work. Verizon has flipped the switch on its new XLTE service today, and ...

By Devin Connors Legacy AuthorMay 19, 2014

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Alienware: Steam Machine will be Our Least Profitable PC Ever

But that doesn’t mean Alienware and Dell won’t sell a butt-ton of them. The rise of the Steam Machines quickly approaches! All those ...

By Devin Connors Legacy AuthorMay 19, 2014

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AT&T Wants to Buy DirecTV for $50 Billion – Update

DirecTV would operate as its own unit under the AT&T umbrella Update: The report has been confirmed, as AT&T made its $48.5 billion ...

By Devin Connors Legacy AuthorMay 19, 2014

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US Government Backs HIV Prevention Pill with 90% Success Rate

Truvada and other “PrEP” medicine can reduce the risk of infection by up to 92 percent. If new medication is put in the ...

By Devin Connors Legacy AuthorMay 19, 2014

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EFF Scores Companies on Data Privacy; Comcast, AT&T and Amazon Rate Last

Apple, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft receive top ratings, while Comcast and AT&T are at the bottom of the barrel. The Electronic Frontier Foundation ...

By Devin Connors Legacy AuthorMay 16, 2014

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IBM Accidentally Creates New Self-Healing Polymer

Don’t mind us in the material science lab…just accidentally cookin’ up some revolutionary strong, self-healing polymers over here. IBM, despite what 80’s Apple ...

By Devin Connors Legacy AuthorMay 15, 2014

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