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- PS4 Blu-Ray Will Be 3x Faster Than PS3 - Sony unveiled
the
PlayStation 4 at an event just over a month ago. Their plans for the
next generation gaming system include incredible graphics and exclusive
content. However, you will have to wait until the Holiday Season 2013
to get your hands on it. In the meantime, Sony's PlayStation 4 spot at
the Game Developers Conference helped provide a better idea of what
will go into the PS4. More specifically, the new system will be
centered around an updated Blu-Ray drive. The new drive will be three times faster
than the drive on Sony's PS3. In addition, Sony is planning to remove
the 100 friend limit in the PlayStation Network. The new limit has not
been announced but Sony is also changing how they will display your
name in PSN. Instead of automatically displaying your real name to your
friends, you will have to decide which of your friends can see your
"True Name".
- Microsoft: Surface Pro is a PC, Surface RT is a tablet -
Panos Panay, the head of Microsoft's Surface division. GeekWire.com reports
that Panay made a brief presentation at Microsoft's U.S. Public Sector
CIO Summit today and while he didn't address topics such as sales of
the Surface products, he did clarify that the Surface Pro was not made
to be a tablet, even with its tablet-like case.
- Major Bitcoin Exchange Slammed with DDoS Attack - Bitcoin
transactions at one of the world's largest Bitcoin exchanges were interrupted late Thursday night
by a "stronger than average" DDos attack that affected the Bitcoin rate
of exchange. No word on who was behind the latest round of cyber
attacks.
- Mark Zuckerberg could owe $1 billion in taxes - The Facebook CEO is facing a giant tax bill.
Analysts say Zuckerberg is expected to owe the IRS more than $1 billion
in taxes for 2012. Zuckerberg's whopping tax hit stems from his move
last May to increase his stake in Facebook. On the day of Facebook's
Initial Public Offering, Zuckerberg exercised a stock option and
purchased 60 million Facebook shares. He later sold about half those
shares.
- U.S. Cellular Accepting Galaxy S 4 Preorders April 16 - U.S.
Cellular today indicated via its web site that customers can preorder
the Samsung Galaxy S 4 beginning April 16. U.S Cellular did not
disclose pricing, nor availability, however. Also AT&T announced
that it will begin accepting preorders for the Samsung Galaxy S 4
beginning April 16. AT&T is asking $249 for the Galaxy S 4, though
AT&T did not specify which storage option it is offering (the S 4
comes in 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB variants). AT&T
also did not say when the device will be available for purchase.
AT&T recommends interested customers sign up for more information
on its web site. The $249 price point requires a two-year contract.
T-Mobile USA recently announced that it will begin selling the Galaxy S
4 May 1 for a downpayment of $99.
- This Massive Jellyfish Is Really an Aquatic Spy Robot - This
five-and-a-half-foot robot jellyfish could be the future of Navy
underwater surveillance. Seriously. Maybe. Certainly, if a team of
engineers from Virginia Tech gets its way. Meet the Cyro, an autonomous
robot with eight mechanical legs ringing its metal chassis, designed to
mimic the unique, efficient underwater propulsion of a jellyfish.
- Quantum interaction: 10,000 times faster than light - How fast do quantum interactions happen? Faster
than light, 10,000 times faster. That's
what a team of physicists led by Juan Yin at the University of Science
and Technology of China in Shanghai found in an experiment involving
entangled photons, or photons that remain intimately connected, even
when separated by vast distances.They wanted to see what would happen
if you tried assigning a speed to what Einstein called "spooky action
at a distance."
- U.S. Begins Stealth Bombing Runs Over South Korea - The American
military made a rare announcement that two nuclear-capable B-2
stealth bombers ran a practice bombing sortie over South Korea on
Thursday, underscoring Washington's commitment to defend its ally amid
rising tensions with North Korea
- ANALYSIS: North Korean Photo Reveals 'U.S. Mainland Strike
Plan' - Today North Korea declared itself in a "state of war" with
South
Korea. Rockets are reportedly on standby to "mercilessly strike"
the
United States. Pyongyang has progressively cut off various military
hotlines that connect it to the US and Seoul, threatened to close the
Kaesong industrial complex staffed by workers from both Koreas, and
torn up the armistice agreement that ended war between them in 1953.
- Four reasons not to take North Korea's threats of nuclear war
too seriously - North Korean state media says Kim has put nuclear
missiles aimed at the US mainland, as well as Hawaii and Guam, on
standby. But analysts have long said there’s no evidence the country
has missiles with such range, or the ability to mount nuclear warheads
on them. Last year Pyongyang showed off what it claimed were
intercontinental ballistic missiles, but some arms experts who examined the parade footage
think they might have been fakes.
- North Korea's Military Might - North Korea’s leadership
has been using some strong language about willing to start world war 3
and such, but can they. Their military hardware looks impressive if this was
the 80's.
- Best Cable Company Ad EVER! - There is a
bit of NSFW language but don't let that stop you from watching it
:-D
- High-Speed Photography of Light Bulbs Exploding by Jon Smith -
Chemist
and photographer Jon Smith fills light bulbs with unusual objects like
chalk dust, candies, sprinkles, or even beer caps, shoots the
bulbs with a pellet gun, and captures the moment using high-speed
photography.
- Magnetic Putty Time Lapse 1080p - Magnetic
putty time lapse as it absorbs a rare-earth magnet.
Taken over 1.5 hours at 3fps, played back at 24fps. The magnetic putty
will eventually arrange itself so that the outer surface is as evenly
distributed around the magnet as possible.
- Selling Alcohol Like An Apple Product - I'm
surprised Apple
hasn't tried to sue these guys yet :-)
- Dumbass Should Get A Real job - Was this
moron trying to rob the joint or simply do some damage?
- How to Scramble Hard Boiled Eggs Inside Their Shell - Here is a
short video that I thought would be appropriate for Easter weekend.
- Cat plays fruit ninja on iPad - check it out
- Sexy Brazilians Dancing - check it out
- Introducing Katarina Van Derham's Cleavage - She's blond,
big breasted and can barely speak English. That's the perfect girl
since you'll never argue! :P
- The best pics on the Internet #10 - check it out
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