See those images above? Those could become a familiar sight in the future if you religiously use Google's Calendar app for Android. This crisper, cleaner Google Calendar was recently spotted by Geek.com (which also spilled the deets on a test version... Source: http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/NFmrGTJPkPo/ Related Topics: Muppets Most Wanted cbs danica... Continue reading

It might look positively adorable in this image, but don't be fooled: this pathogen, known as Entamoeba histolytica, eats human intestines alive, cell by cell. Read more... Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/7TGAyQZe5R0/this-amoeba-eats-human-intestines-cell-by-cell-1561688442 Tags: amy schumer gwar RondoNumbaNine Tina Maze Seahawks Parade Continue reading

You think Siri is going to sit back and take whatever this imposter, Cortana, has to say? Pshh. Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheIphoneBlog/~3/fSN8fbwxTEo/story01.htm Tags: March Madness 2014 True Detective nba all star game John Henson nyc weather Continue reading

All gaming aspirations aside, Amazon says it has a good reason for building its new Fire TV set-top box: People really like its streaming video content. The company is claiming that its instant video usage has tripled year over year, surpassing both... Source: http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/kdYDcfNb57M/ Category: sxsw Winters Tale Bruce Jenner Continue reading

The Lumia 820 just reached EOL at Delta. The airline's 20,000 flight attendants will be stepping up to the significantly larger Nokia Lumia 1520 "phablet" come this fall, matching the larger form factor that AA currently has in the sky. The 1520s... Source: http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/NL8thO3VxPk/ Category: Champions League mlb scores 2014... Continue reading

Between newly-revealed smartphones and surprise virtual reality purchases by Facebook, this was a pretty wild week for tech news. That doesn't mean we didn't have plenty of other stuff to write about, though. Here's the best stuff we did this week. Read more... Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/C8Zdz48-slA/freeways-wu-tang-oculus-rift-and-more-1554225270 Similar Articles: Are You The... Continue reading

We knew that Cain Velasquez' shoulder was hurt, we just didn't know exactly how bad. Velasquez himself still does not know how long he'll be out but at least he now knows that he should be able to recover fully without undergoing surgery. The UFC heavyweight champion told UFC Tonight... Continue reading

Solar cells utilize thermal radiation PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 13-Nov-2013 [ | E-mail ] Share Contact: Monika Weiner [email protected] 49-891-205-1307 Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft There is more to solar radiation than meets the eye: sun- burn develops from unseen UV radiation, while we sense infrared radiation as heat on our skin, though invisible to... Continue reading

Safety in numbers? Not so for corals PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 15-Nov-2013 [ | E-mail ] Share Contact: Marcie Grabowski [email protected] 808-956-3151 University of Hawaii ‑ SOEST Traditionally, it was assumed that corals do not face a risk of extinction unless they become very rare or have a very restricted range.... Continue reading

It's that time of the year again, and GQ magazine honors Hollywood hottest hunks in its 2013 Men of the Year issue. Nabbing their own covers are stars including Kendrick Lamar, Matthew McConaughey, Justin Timberlake, Will Ferrell and the late James Gandolfini. During his interview on the "Today Show" on... Continue reading

NEW YORK (AP) — The last time Oscar-winning actress Tilda Swinton had a birthday party, she told a New York audience on Tuesday, she was nine years old. "We had a trampoline," she said. "But who knew that 53 would top even that?" Tuesday was not only her 53rd birthday... Continue reading

What do you get when you outfit a Caterpillar forklift with a gigantic telescopic arm, remote controls, and the ability to bully both vehicles and houses smaller than itself? The LAPD's ultimate bomb disposal tool: BATCAT. Read more... Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/x7URRbC33o0/the-lapds-remote-control-forklift-is-39-000-pounds-of-1459019941 Related Topics: Bad Grandpa BART strike monday night football Wrecking... Continue reading

Sony’s third try at a smart watch hits almost all the bases Sony is no stranger to the concept of smart wearables. We’ve seen the Sony Ericsson LiveView (which is best forgotten by everyone) and the original SmartWatch introduced at CES in early 2012, which was a little bit better... Continue reading

Public health policies and practices may negatively affect marginalized populations PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 31-Oct-2013 [ | E-mail ] Share Contact: Leslie Shepherd [email protected] 416-864-6094 St. Michael's Hospital Author says it's important for public health officials to speak to populations that will be affected by a public health policy or program... Continue reading

In this Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, file photo, a man is reflected in paneling as he speaks on his phone at the Mobile World Congress, the world's largest mobile phone trade show, in Barcelona, Spain. A Spanish newspaper published a document Monday that it said shows the U.S. National Security... Continue reading

Vine may have caught on in a fairly big way, but it's been a decidedly limited app even beyond the six-second constraint on videos. It's become a bit more capable today, though, with two new features giving users more room to work with. The first of those, called Sessions, will... Continue reading

Top Internet researchers to convene at NYU-Poly PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 23-Oct-2013 [ | E-mail ] Share Contact: Kathleen Hamilton [email protected] 718-260-3792 Polytechnic Institute of New York University Annual conference explores National Science Foundation's GENI project on campus that hosts test bed for 4G wireless research Brooklyn, New YorkMore than 200... Continue reading

Sünder's Partner Search! Hello there everyone, I'm Sünder, and as a fairly new to the site member I am excited and ready to go in terms of role playing. I would love to get some partners for some one on ones, or possible group role plays. I have a few... Continue reading

NEW YORK (AP) — "The Lion King" has more reason to roar — it's on pace to end the week as the first Broadway show to earn $1 billion. According to The Broadway League, the show ended last week with a 16-year gross of $999,267,836, and it regularly pulls in... Continue reading

By Steve Gutterman MOSCOW (Reuters) - Convicted at a trial he describes as Vladimir Putin's revenge for his political challenge, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny faces five years in prison if his appeal against a theft conviction is rejected on Wednesday. The court hearing in the remote city of Kirov... Continue reading

On-air challenge: Today's puzzle is an insider's test. Every answer is a familiar two-word phrase or name with the consecutive letters T-E-S-T. Specifically, the first word will end with -TE and the second word will start ST-. For example, given "sheer force," you would say "brute strength." Last week's challenge... Continue reading

Previews of this weekend's Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang from the Moto2 and Moto3 teams: Gino Rea to ride for Argiñano & Ginés Racing Team at Malaysia, Australia and Japan Gino Rea is to make an unexpected return to the Sepang Circuit at the Malaysian Grand Prix where he took... Continue reading

LONDON (AP) ? John Kerry had been secretary of state for little more than a week when North Korea tested a nuclear bomb. He gathered top aides together for a morning meeting and asked for ideas, prompting a conversation about how to get China to join the United States in... Continue reading

Apr. 10, 2013 ? In the latest achievement in efforts to see what may lie underneath the surface of great works of art, scientists have described the first use of an imaging technology like that used in airport whole-body security scanners to detect the face of an ancient Roman man... Continue reading

Wednesday, April 10, 2013 Researchers from the Bonn University Hospital implanted pacemaker electrodes into the medial forebrain bundle in the brains of patients suffering from major depression with amazing results: In six out of seven patients, symptoms improved both considerably and rapidly. The method of Deep Brain Stimulation had already... Continue reading