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For those of us who constantly have a gazillion tabs open, the Searchlet webapp may come in handy. To use Searchlet, all you need to do is install it onto your bookmarks bar. When you highlight a term and click on your Searchlet button, a sidebar slides into the left of your browser page and shows [
Previously, researchers in Antarctica were forced to use what essentially were walkie-talkies if they wanted to communicate with each other long distance. This is because there was no network coverage in Antarctica, but fortunately this has changed. Thanks to a new system from Range Networks, resear
Samsung has launched a 110-inch Ultra HD television in the Middle East and China less than two weeks after revealing a similarly sized Ultra HD TV that it will be showing of at CES 2014. Aside from the size and resolution, it should carry over most of the features from its smaller stablemate, such a
Known as “HASH” and “Rev0lver”, an infamous Russian hacker recently managed to gain access to one of the BBC’s servers. The hacker proceeded to attempt to sell access to the server on an underground forum but was discovered Hold Security LLC, a security firm that monitors underground forums fo
Four art students from Maribor, Slovenia have created a device that 3D-prints a mixture of soil, water, and seeds which allows users to create their own grass designs. The user can come up with any creative layered design that will eventually sprout and become a grassy object that can be taken care
Blue Maestro, a UK-based company, has released a smart Bluetooth thermometer disguised as a pebble called Tempo. The device can be left outside and can withstand any weather. It’s easily accessible with any mobile device that has the free Tempo app. No, don’t worry: it’s not another terrible m
People have spotted an option on Twitter for Android that most believe to be some sort of endorsement tool that allows users favorite the top accounts that they recommend other people to follow. It’s just a test at this point, and it isn’t clear whether users are even notified of account favorites.
China’s video game industry is now worth over ¥83 billion, equal to almost $14 billion. This means that the industry has grown by over 40% in the last year which is not surprising. What is surprising is the fact that 64.5% of that revenue came from PC games instead of the expected mobile games. A ne
A small team of hackers has managed to figure out how to stream PC games to Nintendo’s tablet-like Wii U GamePAd. The team showed off its hack at the 30th Chaos Communication Congress. Despite some crashes, the demonstration was smooth and the team was even able to boot up a Gamecube emulated
Samsung managed to meet its self-imposed goal of 40 million tablet sales for 2013. The South Korean company has an even more ambitious goal for 2014 with hopes to sell 100 million tablets by the end of next year. New sales numbers have been rolling in for the global sales numbers of Samsung tablets
AppDynamics and New Relic, as well as several smaller app monitoring tools, are growing at a rapid pace with over 100% growth in the last year. Both AppDynamics and New Relic say they are on the verge of reaching annual $100 million revenue Suddenly, app monitoring tools — AppDynamics and New Relic
The first Silk Road was taken down by the FBI a few months ago and the leader, Dread Pirate Roberts, was arrested. It was only a few weeks later that a new leader, also with the name Dread Pirate Roberts, rebooted the online black market with Silk Road 2.0. Howver, for reasons unknown, Dread Pirate
