You knew it was coming; now it's here. Apple just pulled back the curtain on the iPad mini 3 at its live media event in Cupertino, and so far it's pretty much what we expected -- a modestly updated tablet with some more familiar looks. The saga of... Source: http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/-ax3MaTqQ9c/... Continue reading

This week, we reviewed the HTC One for Windows, investigated Amazon's controversial e-book-pricing model, played around with Hyperlapse, learned about LG's G Watch R and more! Read on for Engadget's news highlights from the last seven days. Oh, and... Source: http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/677AJiQmSxs/ Related Topics: ncaa football Tyler Posey Into the Woods... Continue reading

iPad owners who have been using Microsoft's suite of Office tools for the past few months can now download the first major update for those apps since they were first released in late March,. These version 1. 1 updates offer a number of additional features The PowerPoint update for iPad... Continue reading

Gawker Satellite Images Show 122 "Potential Objects" From Flight 370 | Jezebel Now Dudes Are Putting Socks on Their Cocks for Cancer Awareness | Kotaku How Much It Would Cost To Be Captain America | Lifehacker How to Make the Best of a Long Haul Flight Read more... Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/8C2fMs6u5JY/@gmanaugh... Continue reading

After two days of competition, Tokyo's team SCHAFT has won the DARPA Robotics Challenge in Miami. With 27 out of a possible 32 points in eight challenges, SCHAFT pulled out a decisive victory. IHMC Robotics (20 points), Tartan Rescue (18 points), MIT (16 points) and Robosimian (14 points) round out... Continue reading

Justin Bieber is trying a new line on us: "I quit." On the press tour for his new documentary Believe, Bieber, 19, has been telling the media that he plans to retire in 2014. He's saying it with a straight face -- but does he mean it? Source: http://www.ivillage.com/why-justin-bieber-should-actually-retire-while-anyway/1-a-555855?dst=iv%3AiVillage%3Awhy-justin-bieber-should-actually-retire-while-anyway-555855 Related... Continue reading

Maybe Motorola are growing their own trees Motorola has taken to Twitter to once again tell us that wooden backs for the Moto X aren't ready. Shown off at the launch event, and talked about every few weeks since, the wooden backed versions are the new Unicorn from Motorola. Put... Continue reading

Ofcom, the British communications industry regulator, has announced that finally mobile networks will have to cease charging for calls to freephone 0800 numbers. Or rather, from 2015 they will. In addition, changes will be made to charges for calling numbers used by companies and organisations that start with 08, 09... Continue reading

Heading Down Under to reunite with his family, Brad Pitt joined Angelina Jolie and their children for a day on the water in Sydney Harbour on Friday (December 6). The A-list couple, along with Maddox, Pax, Shiloh, Zahara, Knox, and Vivienne, donned all black as they took a water taxi... Continue reading

Gawker Internet Gives Woman Shit for Looking Like This After Giving Birth | io9 Safe Airports Are a Myth | Jalopnik Amazon's Dream Of Flying Robots Delivering Crap Needs 5 Things To Work | Jezebel Trial Reveals Fort Hood Soldier Tried to Create a Prostitution Ring Read more... Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/Wk1pFBHglIE/@gmanaugh... Continue reading

Checking up on their pearly whites, Megan Fox and her hubby Brian Austin Green took a family visit to the dentist in Beverly Hills, CA on Tuesday (November 26). Looking casually beautiful, the soon-to-be mom of two sported studded winter boots, black leggings and a green jacket while her main... Continue reading

Counterculture icon Timothy Leary was a longtime advocate of drug use as a way to expand minds. "Turn on, tune in, drop out," became one of his most popular phrases in the 1960s. But in 1987 Leary predicted that people of the 21st century wouldn't need "old fashioned" drugs anymore.... Continue reading

When UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones pulled out of a title defense against Glover Teixeira in Feb. at UFC 170 a day after the UFC announced the match up, promoter Dana White said that Jones was "not injured." According to the fighter's manager that was not and is not... Continue reading

Having just digested the news that they'll soon be able to use personal electronics during takeoff and landing, European fliers have another rule change to get excited about. The European Commission (EC) has approved the use of 3G and 4G networks on flights in European airspace, allowing airlines to ...... Continue reading

Zoho has added a series of features to its CRM (customer relationship management) software in a bid to appeal to larger companies as well as lure away customers from the likes of Salesforce.com. In some respects, the Zoho update amounts to the company catching up to Salesforce.com and others rather... Continue reading

An email inbox isn't quite what it used to be. For the latest case in point, look no further than Google's latest additions to Gmail, which will let you perform a variety of new tasks without ever opening a new tab. More specifically, Google is expanding the use of its... Continue reading

New therapeutic target identified for ALS and frontotemporal degeneration PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 8-Nov-2013 [ | E-mail ] Share Contact: Debra Kain [email protected] 619-543-6163 University of California - San Diego A team of scientists led by researchers from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Ludwig Institute for... Continue reading

Bunagana (DR Congo) (AFP) - Rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo's powder-keg east surrendered Tuesday after a crushing UN-backed offensive ended their 18-month insurgency in a region that has seen some of Africa's deadliest conflicts. Kinshasa, emboldened by its biggest military victory in half a century, said its forces... Continue reading

By Tiisetso Motsoeneng JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African retailer Shoprite reported a 10 percent rise in July-September sales on Monday, helped by a strong showing at its sub-Saharan stores outside its struggling home market. Shoprite, Africa's biggest grocer with stores in several sub-Saharan countries, said sales outside South Africa surged... Continue reading

DreamWorks has preemptively picked up the film rights to Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin’s soon-to-be-released book, The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism. The story tracks Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft and the birth of muckracking journalism, and follows the studio's Fifth... Continue reading

The good news about HealthCare.gov, the portal to Obamacare’s health exchange, is that the administration is no longer minimizing its problems. That’s the first step toward fixing the mess — and it will get fixed, although it’s anyone’s guess whether the new promise of a smoothly functioning system by the... Continue reading

The GoGroove SonaVerse Ti ($34.99 direct) does its best to banish the poor reputation of inexpensive PC speakers. It sports slim enclosures, nifty blue LED lighting, and the ability to be powered by a USB connection instead of a bulky wall-wart-style AC adapter. That said, they just don't sound all... Continue reading

For low-income families, substandard housing takes toll on children PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 22-Oct-2013 [ | E-mail ] Share Contact: Ed Hayward [email protected] 617-552-4826 Boston College Study of 2,400 children, teens and young adults sharpens focus on quality, not affordability CHESTNUT HILL, MA (Oct. 22, 2013) A new report from researchers... Continue reading

On the same week that a federal budget standoff shut down vast swaths of the U.S. government, a freak blizzard shut down vast swaths of South Dakota. And both disasters have combined to devastate one of the state's biggest industries. The early autumn blizzard struck the state with unexpected fury,... Continue reading

Keyboardist and producer Bob James' 1970s work helped to establish the sound of smooth jazz — and lives on in hip-hop samples galore. Courtesy of the artist Keyboardist and producer Bob James' 1970s work helped to establish the sound of smooth jazz — and lives on in hip-hop samples galore.... Continue reading