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Coming soon: Cat-video film festival


Small-screen online cat videos are poised to hit the big time at the Internet Cat Video Film Festival in Minneapolis. Next up: cat-video Oscars? If you thought Marissa Mayer leaving Google for Yahoo was big Internet news today, wait til you hear this. Internet cats are getting their own film festival!

Faraday Porteur concept e-bike becomes a reality, launches pre-sale on Kickstarter


Last time we saw the Faraday electric bike, it had just emerged victorious from the Oregon Manifest design competition. Designed by Ideo and built by Portland's Rock Lobster Cycles, the retro-styled ride was destined to rot in concept hell for all eternity -- that is until lead

Apple gives iPhone 3GS owners some love, lets them taste Shared Photo Streams and VIP Mail in iOS 6


Anyone who's been scanning to see who gets what in iOS 6 has noticed that the iPhone 3GS is the red-headed stepchild of the family -- some features that really don't need a cutting-edge phone have been left on the chopping block. Apple is showing those owners some TLC,

Musical glove could improve mobility after spinal cord injury


The wireless device is helping tetraplegic study participants learn songs on a keyboard while improving sensation in their hands. A wireless musical glove developed at Georgia Tech not only teaches users to play songs on the piano,

You can never have too many doors on a fridge


The LG LFX31945ST refrigerator sports a door-in-door design. The door allows for easy access to drinks and other commonly used items. Doors are like portals, where they can transport us to another place. Cooking, too, can take us to faraway lands and exotic locations all

Sally Ride, first American woman in space, dies at 61


A role model to millions of women around the world, Ride broke through the ultimate glass ceiling to become the first American woman in orbit before retiring to academia. Sally K. Ride, the first American woman in space and an advocate for science education,

Black Hat: Iris scanners 'can be tricked' by hackers


A team at the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid was able to recreate the image of an iris from digital codes of real irises stored in security databases. The findings were shared at the annual Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas, the Reuters reported. It raises doubts over what is

Steve Jobs biographer fights subpoena in e-books case


Judge says Walter Isaacson, the man who quoted Jobs allegedly throwing consumers under a bus on e-book pricing, doesn't have to turn over unpublished tapes or notes for now. A federal district judge has ruled that Steve Jobs biographer doesn't

Visualized: Sandia National Laboratories' Z machine erupts in a web of lightning


Sandia National Laboratories' Z machine sounds like it belongs in a James Bond movie more than it does an Alberquerque research facility. Based on what it can do, that's not as far-fetched as it seems. What you see isn't the handiwork of some electric spider -- it's what you witness

Facebook bans Selena Gomez


Life can be tough when you have the same name as a celebrity.Do you remember when Facebook banned Mark Zuckerberg last year? Well, here we go again. This time it's Selena Gomez's turn. No, not that Selena Gomez. A girl in New Mexico with the same name tried to sign in to her Facebook

LG tackles 3D TV games with new Game World portal, launching later this year


Moving beyond its smartphone and tablet offerings, LG has today unveiled its new Game World portal for its 3D Smart TV lineup, offering a selection of 2D and 3D titles that can be played with either the company’s Magic Remote or any third-party gamepad.

China smartphone market to overtake U.S. in 2012: research firm


China will overtake the United States as the world's biggest smartphone market this year, according to research firm IDC, which expects demand to grow for lower-priced smartphones based on Google Inc's Android software. IDC forecast that China's share of the smartphone

Happy 30th birthday emoticon!


To some, an email isn't complete without the inclusion of :-) or :-(. To others, the very idea of using "emoticons" – communicative graphics – makes the blood boil and represents all that has gone wrong with the English language. Regardless of your view, as emoticons celebrate

Bitcoin thieves yet to spend stolen hoard


Cyberthieves who stole more than $250,000 (£158,000) in digital money are still sitting on the cash. The haul, in what is known as bitcoins, was stolen in a raid on the Bitfloor online currency exchange this month. Bitfloor boss Roman Shtylman said transaction-tracking

Skydiver Baumgartner sets YouTube live view record


Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner smashed a number of records with his "edge of space" stunt - including for live streaming. More than eight million people flocked to their devices to watch the 43-year-old break the speed of sound live on Google's YouTube site.
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