Negotiation skills are valuable in multiple situations, from haggling over the price of a car to trying to get a raise. Writer and investor James Altucher offers several lessons in how to negotiate, including one uncommon one: Have a mathematical formula. More »
When physicists announced in September that they had observed neutrinos traveling faster than the speed of light, the scientific community was justifiably skeptical.
Now, the scientists, with collaborators, have completed a second, fine-tuned version of their experiment — and the team's findings still stand. What happens now?
The new results have been published on arXiv's preprint s...
We were all a bit heartbroken that the "Big Damn Replica" of Mal Reynolds' awesome ship, Serenity , turned out to cost around $2,500 from Quantum Mechanix . You can't put a pricetag on happiness, but that's still a bit steep for many of us.
Now Quantum Mechanix has unveiled a new Serenity replica that's... a mite bit more affordable, at $99. Check out a couple more pics below.
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I'm reading IQ84 , Haruki Murakami's long-awaited new book. In hardback, it's 944 pages and weighs several pounds. I am a pasty blogger with weak arms and soft hands, so the Kindle version seemed like a no-brainer. More »
Last Friday, thanks to our friends at HP , we were fortunate enough to land an interview with Project Runway's newly crowned winner, Anya Ayoung-Chee . It was late in the day, so we just posted a quick excerpt , which included info on Anya's favorite Season Nine collection (one of the decoys!), and other decoy-related scoop. We found Anya gracious, intelligent, and surprisingly forthcomin...
You don't need to have evil motives for wanting to fake your identity or go incognito online; for many people, it's a matter of privacy and avoiding spammers and scammers. Thankfully, there are a great many tools for staying anonymous online. Here are a few of the best. More »
Sometimes you need to get into a computer without knowing the password. Perhaps you've forgotten yours, or perhaps you're up to no good. Either way, it's actually pretty easy to do, provided your victim hasn't taken the necessary precautions. Click one of the links below to find out how to do it on either a Windows PC or a Mac, and how to prevent others from doing the same to you. More »
With iOS 5, Apple finally brought tabbed browsing to Safari, but they did even more than that: with it, they added a shortcut to reopen tabs you've accidentally closed. More »
Android: We heard about WiFiKill a while ago, but it just seemed too, well, evil to write about until now. The app disables the connection of other devices on the same Wi-Fi network; essentially you can bump people off without them knowing. More »
Last night, while the local news affiliate was off refueling its helicopter, police fired tear gas into a crowd of Occupy Oakland protesters. Even though there were no official media on the scene, the action was captured and distributed by citizen journalists who were among those being assailed. Thank goodness. More »
I'm young and dumb and partake in all kinds of illicit activities. It's part of growing up, right? But after seeing these pictures of what happens to a normal person if they kept living an unhealthy lifestyle? I'm now scared for my future. More »
In iOS 5, Apple added some slick multitasking gestures to the iPad that allow you to four-finger swipe to pull up the multitasking drawer, swipe left and right between apps, and five-finger pinch to view the homescreen. They also added AirPlay mirroring, which allows you to view your iPad's screen on an Apple TV. Both of these features are great, but for whatever reason, Apple decided they were be...
There are more to-do list managers and utilities available for Android that there's no way we could mention every one of them. That said, after testing several apps and companion services, we settled on Wunderlist as the best to-do manager for Android, but it has very stiff competition. More »
We love the non-traditional Swype keyboard for Android , but it has a few major annoyances—namely with the installation process of the free beta. Today's update fixes most of those problems, letting you update Swype automatically without losing any of your settings. More »
Google just unveiled their new Nexus phone , the Galaxy Nexus, along with a preview of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, coming to phones next year. Here's a look at the creamy new update to the Android operating system. More »