We're not saying the rednecks in Arizona are stupid, but they just used toilet paper to spell out the N-word in somebody's lawn. And the dude who lives there is White [Stupid]
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Fark.com, Today, 3:46am
Good news, everybody. It's no longer necessary for you to feel like an uneducated, heathenish boor if you want to sip some red wine after Labor Day. You can drink Guinness in your shorts, too, and can stop feeling ashamed [Cool]
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Fark.com, Today, 2:18am
Verizon to add GSM roaming to four Android smartphones
Carrier confirms that the Droid Razr, Droid Razr Maxx, Droid 4, and HTC Rezound will soon get a software update allowing them to be used on networks abroad.
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CNET News, Today, 12:10am
DEA Wants To Install License Plate Scanners and Retain Data for Two Years
Section: yro, Department: freedom-of-movement-denied
Slashdot, Today, 12:08am
Inrix Traffic 4 for iOS helps drivers avoid traffic congestion and estimate arrival times (video)
Love driving but hate traffic? We hear you, and so do the people at Inrix. While the company might not come to the forefront of your mind when you consider the crowded world of navigation solutions, Inrix is a significant player in the field -- even if much of its presence exists behind the scenes. The company collects and analyzes data points from nearly 100 million sources, and now it's putting that information to work with Inrix Traffic 4 for iOS. In addition to helping users avoid congestion brought on by road work, police... Read more...
Engadget, Today, 12:01am
Can't sleep, vintage Disneyland characters will eat me [Scary]
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Fark.com, Today, 12:00am
Intel vs. AMD: Who's got the fastest chip now?
Has AMD finally got Intel beat? Overall, the answer is no.
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CNET News, Yesterday, 11:52pm
More than one third of all divorce filings in the U.K. last year contained the word "Facebook" [Fail]
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Fark.com, Yesterday, 11:52pm
Graduating from UT Austin? Check your program. Commencement may be more interesting than you thought [Amusing]
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Fark.com, Yesterday, 11:48pm
HTC One S teardown leaves little to the imagination (video)
Whether you're looking to replace a damaged screen, swap a battery, or just make damn sure that the warranty of your HTC One S is void, DirectFix can help with its latest teardown video. This is the first time that we've seen a detailed inner peek at the smartphone itself, and those who appreciate fine craftsmanship are sure to dig this one. To get deep within the phone, you'll need a nylon spudger, a Torx T5 and precision Phillips... Read more...
Engadget, Yesterday, 11:22pm
SAP exec accused of faking bar codes to steal Legos
A multi-millionaire exec at SAP Labs in Palo Alto allegedly created his own bar codes in order to buy Lego at very, very cheap prices from Target.
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CNET News, Yesterday, 11:07pm
Amazon Appstore's Test Drive try before you buy feature now available on Android phones
When Amazon's Appstore initially appeared on the Android scene last year, one of its most innovative features was a Test Drive virtual machine that let users try out apps for free from their desktop, and now that technology has come back to the handset. In the newest update pushed today and pictured above, release-2.6.53 adds beta support for the cloud-based Test Drive feature to let... Read more...
Engadget, Yesterday, 10:43pm
Virgin Mobile adds $40 payLo unlimited plan for talk and text types
Virgin Mobile's feature phone arm just added a third tier, delivering unlimited talk and texting, along with 50 megs of web access for $40 per month. This offering joins Sprint's other payLo budget offerings, including an entry-level option that includes 400 minutes of talk time for $20 per month, and a $30 monthly plan that delivers 1,500 minutes, 1,500 texts and 30MB of data. Overage charges are quite hefty, at $0.10 per minute, $0.25 per message and $1.50... Read more...
Engadget, Yesterday, 10:14pm
"Christian" pastor calls for gays to be imprisoned in an electrified pen until they die. A Taliban spokesman commented: "Seriously? Don't you think that's a bit over-the-top?" [Asinine]
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Fark.com, Yesterday, 10:05pm
BSA Claims Half of PC Users Are Pirates
Section: yro, Department: gnu-is-a-crime
Slashdot, Yesterday, 10:05pm
Does Diablo III's big online-only bet pay off?
We've been playing the biggest PC game of the year to see if it can overcome a problem-plagued launch and onerous DRM.
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CNET News, Yesterday, 10:04pm
Today's Florida bank robbery brought to you by a man armed with a.....(spins wheel)....syringe [Florida]
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Fark.com, Yesterday, 10:02pm
Nuance adds Rovi's metadata to Dragon TV, becomes annoyingly good at TV trivia
Nuance, of Dragon TV fame announced today that it was licensing Rovi's (formerly known as Macrovision) metadata for its talky-TV platform. Once integrated, the application will be able to marshall far more information than it currently can -- enabling it to give answers to queries like "Who plays Chuck on Gossip Girl?" That said, we're... Read more...
Engadget, Yesterday, 9:33pm
Not News: Loner cannot get a date to the prom. News: Track coach feels sorry for him so she escorts him there. Fark: She gets canned even though no shenanigans took place [Stupid]
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Fark.com, Yesterday, 9:27pm
Bananaphone touch synthesizer replaces ring ring rings with chiptunes (video)
If you're tired of bananaphones that just make calls, the crew at Gadget Gangster now has a homebrew project to use them for musical escapades. A custom-coded (and appropriately named) Adafruit Propeller board turns a bunch of bananas into the Bananaphone TouchSynth, a synthesizer using the same capacitive touch principles that let a MaKey MaKey turn anything into a controller. The... Read more...
Engadget, Yesterday, 8:59pm
Old and busted: Silicone breast implant. New hotness: Gummy bear breast implant. Coming up next (subby hopes): Bacon breast implant [Cool]
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Fark.com, Yesterday, 8:58pm
Best 3D gaming monitors
If you're interested at all in 3D gaming on the PC, you'll want to check out the best five monitors for just that purpose.
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CNET News, Yesterday, 8:37pm
NYPD officer to suspect: 'My dick will go in your mouth'. NYPD officer to reporter: 'He had a camera phone?... I can't comment. Have a blessed day.' [Fail]
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Fark.com, Yesterday, 8:37pm
Bicom turns to Kickstarter to fund its new playGo AP1 AirPlay device
Bicom, makers of the Corian-hewn playGo USB will unveil a new AP1 AirPlay device, but only you if help fund it. After finding out that it wasn't able to produce last year's gear in enough quantity to bring the price down, the company has gone down the Kickstarter route to raise... Read more...
Engadget, Yesterday, 8:34pm
Ward off malaria -- and look sexy doing it
Cornell University scientists tell infectious disease to buzz off with hooded garment infused with strong doses of insecticide.
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CNET News, Yesterday, 8:33pm
School administrator suspends seniors for school pran.. wait, what? She congratulates them for coming up with a prank that was original and did no damage? In other news: Not all school administrators are robotic martinets [Cool]
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Fark.com, Yesterday, 8:28pm
I, George Tierney of Greenville, SC am going to sue ALL OF U unless all references to my, George Tierney of Greenville, SC's douchebaggery are removed from teh internets POST HASTE. Sincerely, George Tierney, Greenville, SC [Dumbass]
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Fark.com, Yesterday, 8:08pm
Koubachi WiFi Plant Sensor takes your cactii's temperature, sends it to your iPhone
Plants, like pets, need to be constantly cared for, but not everyone's blessed with the requisite green thumb. So, for those of you imbued with what we'll call the bad, brown touch, Swiss outfit Koubachi's got a cloud-based solution to sidestep those negligent ways and keep your window garden thriving. Dubbed the WiFi Plant Sensor, this wireless peripheral nestles into the soil of any potted flora or fauna, sending relevant vitality data off to the company's servers where it's then analyzed and beamed back to your handset (via iPhone app) or online account... Read more...
Engadget, Yesterday, 8:08pm
Former Yahoo executive charged with insider trading
A former Yahoo executive and former Ameriprise mutual fund manager benefited from sharing confidential information, according to SEC charges against the pair.
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CNET News, Yesterday, 8:07pm
Photoshop this unemotional crowd [Photoshop]
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Fark.com, Yesterday, 8:00pm
Emacsy: An Embeddable Toolkit of Emacs-like Functionality
Section: technology, Department: ignoring-preexisting-projects-for-fun-and-profit
Slashdot, Yesterday, 7:56pm
Sprint to start shipping HTC's Evo 4G LTE on Thursday
Carrier's announcement ends week-long limbo for the device, which was held up by U.S. Customs over an Apple patent spat.
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CNET News, Yesterday, 7:52pm
Pentax makes K-30 official with weatherproofing and 1080p video
Pentax didn't wait long after a rather conspicuous leak to make the details official: welcome the K-30, the company's spiritual successor to the long-serving K-r. The camera makes its biggest numerical jump in sensor size, from 12.4 megapixels to 16, but you're primarily shelling out for a much tougher body that's both resistant to rain as well as to dust and temperature extremes; one of the cheapest cameras to do so, if you go by Pentax's word. We're slightly... Read more...
Engadget, Yesterday, 7:44pm
Obama, Clinton pay tribute to Steve Jobs at the Webbys
Celebrities, politicians and tech luminaries paid tribute to late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs at today's Webby Awards show in New York.
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CNET News, Yesterday, 7:43pm
Vote likely on Facebook privacy policy changes
More than 47,000 comments in English and German on Facebook's proposed privacy policy changes is way more than needed to trigger a required vote by users.
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CNET News, Yesterday, 7:36pm
Aereo gets unfair competition claim dismissed, still faces two claims of copyright infringement
Aereo's mini-antenna arrays started streaming OTA television broadcasts in Gotham a couple months ago in spite of the lawsuit filed by a few of New York's local stations to stop them from doing so. Today, it was able to dismiss its opponents' state law unfair competition claim under the theory of federal preemption. Essentially, Aereo argued (and the judge agreed) that the anti-competition claim was actually an... Read more...
Engadget, Yesterday, 7:21pm
Dominique Strauss-Kahn faces US gang rape investigation. Hey does anyone know if the eye bleach company sells mind bleach? [Dumbass]
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Fark.com, Yesterday, 7:13pm
NRC Chairman Resigns
Section: hardware, Department: let's-all-get-along
Slashdot, Yesterday, 6:58pm
Nintendo plans virtual wall of E3 coverage, wants no eyeball left behind
With E3 2012 right around the corner, Reggie and co. want to make sure your oft-distracted eyes catch every drip drop of the impending Wii U news flood. Much like it did last year, Nintendo's yet again taking to media outlets old and new for coverage of its All-Access Presentation, scheduled for June 5th at 9AM PST, that should prove an unavoidable must-see for any gamer bred on the house that Mario built. Whether you take your news via flat-screen or monitor, the gaming giant's got a solution to sate your preferred means... Read more...
Engadget, Yesterday, 6:56pm
Amazon puts Samsung Galaxy S III up for US pre-orders, offers a slice of quad-core, unlocked utopia
Sufficiently enamored with Samsung's Galaxy S III that you've got to have one in the US before anyone else, and you don't want it sullied by carrier customizations in the trip across the Pacific? Amazon has your back with pre-orders for 16GB versions in both Marble White and Pebble Blue. Either will keep the speedy Exynos 4 Quad and will stay unlocked, so you can hop networks to your heart's content. Do expect to... Read more...
Engadget, Yesterday, 6:33pm
2.2 million dollars isn't cool. You know what's cool? 2.2 billion dollars [Followup]
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Fark.com, Yesterday, 6:31pm
Sprint to begin shipping the HTC EVO 4G LTE for arrival 'on or around' May 24th, pre-orders get first dib
We can't be certain as to how many units of the HTC EVO 4G LTE have made it out of customs thus far, but it appears the number is high enough for Sprint to officially set a date for shipping the device out to those who pre-ordered it online. A Sprint representative reached out to us to share the company's statement from this afternoon that customers should expect to receive their valuable treasure "on or around" May 24th. We're not in love with the "around" terminology, but this could simply be due to a high amount of demand.... Read more...
Engadget, Yesterday, 6:08pm
Foxconn Invests $210 Million To Build New Production Line For Apple
Section: hardware, Department: crank-it-out
Slashdot, Yesterday, 6:02pm
Quick fix for a soccer tournament PR nightmare: Distract from human rights abuse charges with an "oracle hog" [Amusing]
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Fark.com, Yesterday, 5:54pm
Not news: some people climbed Everest. News: Three died on descent because of "traffic jam". Fark: Everest has traffic jams because apparently the only mountaineering experience required is Photoshop [Sad]
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Fark.com, Yesterday, 5:50pm
Military body armor is a poor fit for women because boobies [Obvious]
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Fark.com, Yesterday, 5:41pm
ASUS and MSI launch Thunderbolt motherboards, tie for first place
You wait for one Thunderbolt-compatible motherboard and then two decide to arrive on the same day. Going alphabetically, ASUS' P8Z77-V Premium is its first Intel-certified board to pack Thunderbolt and it's followed immediately by the P8Z77-V Pro / Thunderbolt. The connection will hook up to multiple storage drives or any Thunderbolt-friendly display -- it can be daisy-chained to up to six different devices. MSI's Z77A-GD80 packs a similarly complicated naming convention, and like ASUS' offerings, will arrive with Intel's Z77... Read more...
Engadget, Yesterday, 5:38pm
Fark ready headline of the day: Naked toddler left in car; mom dances in driveway. "...with a cupholder from her car stuck in her hair" [Stupid]
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Fark.com, Yesterday, 5:22pm
Minecraft mod adds programmable 8-bit computer, lacks cassette deck (video)
Never one to focus exclusively on the very latest hardware, a new mod has brought an 6502 microprocessor to a Minecraft world near you. The system is made from three separate cubes, representing the CPU, monitor and disk drive, respectively, all connected by ribbon cables. Part of pre-release 5 of the RedPower 2 mod, programmer Eloraam has also thrown in pumps and solar panels to keep crafters busy -- you're no longer limited to Read more...
Engadget, Yesterday, 5:16pm