Monday, September 29, 2014

Browse astronaut photos taken from the ISS with this handy map

While you're gearing up for the weekend, why not peruse a collection of photos snapped from high above Earth's surface. Thanks to Dave MacLean's interactive map, you can do just that with over 650 images taken by astronauts aboard the International...

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Friday, September 12, 2014

OneNote for Android gets new tablet UI and handwriting support

Update serves as a probable preview for Office for Android tablets.

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Microsoft optimizes OneNote for Android tablets, adds handwriting support

Microsoft's OneNote has long been available for Android (among many other platforms), but this latest update makes it easier to use specifically on tablets. The note-taking app now comes with handwriting support that takes advantage of the devices'...

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New website aims to publicly shame apps with lax security (UPDATED)

Appropriately named HTTP Shaming IDs apps and Web services operating without encryption.

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'Minecraft' add-on helps you learn programming while you play

Programming languages can be daunting to learn, especially if you're a kid who'd rather be playing games than creating them. Thankfully, ThoughtSTEM has found a way to make coding both accessible and entertaining in one shot. Its upcoming LearnToMod...

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Wednesday, September 10, 2014

This app does pillow talk so you don't have to

Just for a second, let's imagine that your ultimate sexual fantasy is to be doused in custard while standing on a salmon as you hum the Timesteps symphony from A Clockwork Orange. It's left-field, we admit, but we won't judge. The question is, how...

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You can carry a privacy-minded wireless hotspot in your pocket

Devices like the Safeplug can deter companies and governments from snooping on your devices at home, but they're not much good when you're on the road. That's where the PORTAL (Personal Onion Router To Assure Liberty) project comes into play. Load...

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A portable router that conceals your Internet traffic

Def Con presentation unveils OPSEC tool for the rest of us—some assembly required.

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Monday, September 8, 2014

Google launches a teaching tool to help schools ditch paper

Google's itching to get Chromebooks into classrooms (and it's doing a pretty good job too), but the search giant just went full steam ahead with another product meant to help it shape the school experience. It's called (unsurprisingly) Classroom, and...

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ViaSat adds 'virtually unlimited' Freedom satellite internet plan for $70 per month

It didn't happen overnight, but ViaSat's finally on its way to transforming the satellite internet space, be it through speedy in-flight WiFi on JetBlue and United or the Exede residential service. That latter product, while the fastest internet...

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'Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare' is getting a custom Xbox One with 1TB of storage

The long-running relationship between Microsoft's Xbox consoles and the Call of Duty brand is expanding into hardware: a custom Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Xbox One is in the works for this holiday. Better yet, it comes ready for all that...

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