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Samsung’s 2014 Smart TV line will be a step up from the 2013 models. The company described a few of the details in an announcement today, one of which is “finger gestures”, a fine-tuning of the gesture controls already included in the Smart TVs. Samsung will demonstrate the feature
New observations from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope suggest water vapor plumes are venting from Jupiter’s moon, Europa. The discovery was made on Europa’s south pole, which has previously shown evidence of water; the newest finding further hint that the moon is home to a hidden ocean under a thick l
“Open” as it is currently used is an imprecise term. Here are some select criteria that are most critical in addressing specific networking problems. A number of industry and technology trends are fueling what feels like an “Open Awakening” in the IT infrastructure space. Technologies like Software-
CyanogenMod’s Steve Kondik announced over the weekend that the custom Android ROM has been installed on over 10 million devices around the world. The statistics are collected through users that voluntarily report their usage through the built-in CMStats feature; the data obviously doesn’t take into
In less than three weeks, LG will be show-casing its latest audio video lineup at the 2014 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The premium selection of products includes the latest iteration of the much acclaimed, space-saving SoundPlate , innovative Wireless Audio System, and the
In the days since Spotify rolled out free mobile access to its on-demand music service, the company has seen an explosion in user interest. Earlier this week, Spotify saw its app download rate jump 400 percent since announcing its new free mobile streaming feature. The boom in user downloads has led
What if you could go back in time and see what the Apollo 8 astronauts saw when they snapped the iconic “Earthrise” photograph? Now you can. The making of the iconic space photographs that put Earth in its proper celestial context 45 years ago has been recreated thanks to a new visualiza
Though this car may look like an actual Formula1 racer at first glance, taking a closer look reveals that there is something unreal about it. Those of you who have operated on the internals of their PC’s will know that most of the components closely resemble hard drives. In fact, the car is made usi
The Wii U GamePad’s wireless nature is kind of a figure of speech, what with how often its out-of-the-box battery life requires a charge. Nintendo’s high-capacity GamePad battery hasjumped shores to offer a solution to the annoyance, as long as you’re willing to pay $32 for it. Tir
This week, French surgeons implanted a Carmat artificial heart in a human patient for the very first time. The device, which combines mechanical components and heart tissue derived from cows, is the first artificial heart designed for long-term use up to five years. France’s Carmat said on Fri
Most wall-climbing robots rely on advanced forms of suction to keep them adhered to a flat surface, but Japan’s latest wall crawler employs a different method: magnets. Hailing from the Osaka City University Graduate School of Engineering, BIREM is designed to, as the name suggests, inspect br
The iFixit handymen have managed to get their hands on and disassemble one of the 300 Valve Steam Machine beta consoles that were released to testers only a week ago, awarding it an impressive nine out of 10 repairability score. If you’re used to the teardowns of most Apple products by iFixit,
