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Kindle Won’t Start or Charge? How to Reset a Kindle

There is an apparent and unfortunate defect in the Amazon Kindle, which many users—myself included—have encountered. Occasionally the device will not start and will not charge, regardless of the...

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Chromebooks, Chrome OS Notebooks Announced for June 15

Google has announced June 15 availability for its Chrome OS Notebooks, the Chromebooks. The laptops will run on Google’s Chrome OS and will bring some major changes to what notebooks can do. It will...

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iPod Nano Watch Pending at KickStarter

The Paradox, an iPod Nano stainless steel watch could hit the markets if it reaches its $15,000 goal on Kickstarter, a website that lets users post and fund projects. The project is for a conversion...

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Deus Ex Eyeborg Documentary Explores Real-world Cyborgs

A documentary comparing today’s biotechnology to cyborg mods found in “Deus Ex: Human Revolution” was commissioned by Eidos Montreal. The 12-minute film is narrated by filmmaker Rob Spence, known for...

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Floppy Drives Hacked to Play Star Wars Imperial March

A programmer going by “Silent” wired up two floppy disk drive to play the Star Wars Imperial March. He writes a brief description of how it works, noting “It’s nothing new and it’s very simple,” on his...

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iPhone 4S Announced by Apple

The iPhone 4S was officially announced during an Apple press conference Tuesday, confirming rumors that were circulating around the Web for several weeks. The new iPhone has the same A5 chip found in...

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Invisibility Cloak Uses Mirages to Make Objects Vanish

A new invisibility cloak mimics a mirage to make objects invisible. A video posted by the Institute of Physics (IOP) shows the device in action, making a sheet of carbon nanotubes disappear and...

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Remote Controlled Superheroes: a Prankster’s Dream Come True

If you’ve ever wanted to convince a group of people superheroes really do exist, what you need is a remote controlled, flying superhero you can make soar overhead during soccer games or outdoor...

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Inventor Creating the Next Generation of Peripherals

Inventor Jason Giddings believes it’s time for computers peripherals to grow to the next level, and he hopes to achieve this with his new multi-touch keyboard and mouse, made from tempered glass...

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Windowfarms Brings Cities Home-grown Hydroponic Gardens

A movement is growing in crowded cities and apartments without yards, taking the form of hydroponic bottles that cause all forms of vegetables to spread their leaves across open windows. Windowfarms...

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Ion Mouse Controls Cursor From the Air

The Ion Wireless Air Mouse looks like something from an ’80s hacker film, combining a mouse with a glove that lets users move their cursor with their index finger. It’s an interesting concept, given...

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Torchlight 2 Beta Weekend

The Torchlight II Beta Weekend starts now! The Beta will run from Friday, May 18th 11am PDT to Tuesday, May 22nd 11am PDT. The team at Runic Games has been hard at work fixing bugs and installing a...

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Metro: Last Light’s Live Action Film Reveals How It All Began

With the highly anticipated release of Metro: Last Light steadily approaching, a new live action short film has been unleashed. The film takes viewers back to the very beginning, before the...

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Final Fantasy VII PC Re-release Trailer Released

Just looking at some of the screenshots on the Square Enix site for the Final Fantasy VII Re-release brings back memories of what I still regard as the greatest game I ever played. Going by what’s...

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The Numinous Place Introduces A New Era Of Storytelling

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=NMUgVp0eZpU The Numinous Place is much more than a book, but a multidimensional storytelling experience that merges the gaps between various...

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Awesome Fan Makes Entire FFVII Story in Little Big Planet 2

Jamie Colliver showed his love for Final Fantasy VII in a manner of pure awesomeness by recreating the game’s entire story in Little Big Planet 2. The 20-level planet includes cut-scenes and all, from...

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Will Google Glass lead to Dragon Ball Z?

Imagine a world in which you look at a person and see everything about them: their name, age, occupation, address, yearly income, and all other personal information. How would that affect your view of...

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Aztecs Invade Crusader Kings II in Sunset Invasion DLC

Crusader Kings II is taking an odd turn with the upcoming Sunset Invasion DLC. It seems the Aztecs have launched a per-emptive counterattack and are on their way to Europe. The what-if scenario is an...

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Grand Theft Auto V Second Trailer Shows California Love

The long-awaited second trailer for Grand Theft Auto V was released today by Rockstar, and it shows off the new California-like setting along with jets, car chases, and the usual eccentric characters...

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Nintendo, Please Don’t Let Us Down With the Wii U

Tomorrow’s release of Wii U seems to be unusually quiet for a Nintendo home console, and being a long-time fan of Nintendo, this could be concerning. It is quiet, particularly when compared to the...

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EDGAR Brings Edgar Allen Poe to Gothic Platformer

If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to become Edgar Allen Poe for a day, and say, chase Jack the Ripper across an alternate Victorian London, fortune shines on you. Upcoming indie game,...

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GameStick: The Revolution will be Portable

Console versus PC, the battle is as old as the internet itself. While consoles have been championed as the torch bearers for the video game industry over the past few decades, the rising costs of...

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The Xi3 Piston: Valves new Steam PC?

A device, developed by mini-pc maker Xi3 made it’s first appearance a few days ago at CES 2013. Xi3 announced “an investment from Valve corporation” and a “new development stage computer game system”,...

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Flowlab Lets You Develop Games Right In Your Browser

Flowlab is a web application currently in it’s beta phase that allows you to make your own games from scratch completely in-browser. That’s right – no downloads, no install, no cost, nothing. It’s an...

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The Spy Car for the Overly Attached Girlfriend

Oh, those crazy folks at Hack A Day, arming the already frightening phenomena of the overly attached girlfriend with a car drone… They posted a spoof advertising video for a very real...

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The Future Of Virtual Reality

Imagine being able to view the Earth from space, or to fly over Manhattan at dusk, or perhaps to even go back in time and experience life as a medieval king, all of these from the safety and comfort of...

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iOS 9 to Integrate with our Smart Homes

Smart home owners are already familiar with the conveniences of having a unified source of control for the entire home. Want to close the blinds because you are coming home early and do not want the...

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