• Amazon - Cyber Monday Deals Are Here All Week Long - Samsung UN50EH6000 50-Inch 1080p 120Hz LED HDTV (Black) $697.99 || Up to 50% Off List Price on Select Samsung 4K Ultra HD TVs || Belkin WeMo Light Switch, Control Your Lights From AnywhereBelkin WeMo Light Switch, Control Your Lights From Anywhere (price $39.99, you save $10) || 50% Off Select Melissa & Doug Toys || ;Star Trek Into Darkness; on Blu-ray only $7.99 (80% Off) - 53% Off  The Dark Knight Trilogy; on Blu-ray - Up to 70% Off All Seasons of The Simpsons on DVD - Canon PowerShot A1400 16.0 MP Digital Camera with 5x Digital Image Stabilized Zoom 28mm Wide-Angle Lens and 720p HD Video $69.99 / You Save: $39.01 (36%)
• Amazon - Game Discounts - Here is a link to the retailer's video game discounts - God of War Saga Collection PS3 (50% Off) - Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Blacklist Paladin Multi-Mission Aircraft Edition - Xbox 360 (53% Off) - Grand Theft Auto V PS3 (33% Off) - Amazon Exclusive Holiday Walking Dead Vita Bundle (31% Off) - Borderlands 2: Game of the Year Edition (33% Off)
• GOG.com - Trine Series Special Discount: Trine 2: Complete Story + Trine (save 85%)
• NVIDIA - Nvidia is taking d of the Shield, taking it down to $249. In addition, buyers get a free carrying case, two games (Sonic 4 Episode II THD and Expendable: Rearmed) and free shipping.
• Wallmart Cyber Week Deals - Wallmart offers a long list of electronics up for sale for Cyber Monday including TVs, phones, tablets, laptops and much more.

• Western Digital Black2 Dual Drive Tested -  PC Perspective has one of those new Western Digital Black2 dual drives that combines a 120GB SSD and a 1TB HDD in a 2.5" package on the test bench.
• OCZ files for bankruptcy - One of the biggest suppliers of solid state drives has announced it has filed for bankruptcy after months of financial problems. San Jose, California-based OCZ Technology revealed its plans on Wednesday, along with a buyout offer from Toshiba. The specific financial terms of the offer were not disclosed. If the deal does not go through, OCZ says it plans to liquidate its assets. Even if the deal with Toshiba goes through, there's no guarantee that the current warranties on current OCZ products will be honored.
• Kobo Arc 10 HD video walkthrough - Despite not being the first name you'd think of when considering an Android tablet, Kobo impressed with its first Arc tablet 12 months ago. And now, Kobo is back, and stepping up to the 10-inch mark with this, the Arc 10 HD. As with the previous generation Arc, the Arc 10 HD is still a reading focused tablet. Kobo is after all an e-reading company, and so it's sticking firmly with what it knows. On the top there's the latest version of Kobo's custom UI, but as before underneath is a pretty much untouched Android 4.2.2 experience with some pre-loaded apps and a few minor tweaks.
• Samsung Debuts Grand 2 Mid-Range Phablet - Samsung today announced the Grand 2, a large-screened Android smartphone with middle-of-the-market specs. The Grand 2 has a 5.25-inch 720p HD LCD display, a quad-core 1.2GHz processor, and 1.5GB of RAM. Other hardware features include an 8-megapixel camera with flash and a 1.9-megapixel user-facing camera; Wi-Fi, GPS, and Bluetooth 4.0; a 2,600mAh battery; support for microSD cards up to 64GB; and support for HSPA+ networks. The Grand 2 runs Android 4.3 Jelly Bean with Samsung's TouchWiz user interface and apps such as ChatOn, Samsung Hub, S Health, Group Play, S Travel, S Translator, Samsung Link, and Story Album. The Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 will be offered in white, and black, and pink in select markets. Samsung did not announce specific plans to bring the Grand 2 to the U.S.
• Microsoft slams Google and its Chromebook in new video - Microsoft has released a new video for its Scroogled campaign and it's clear, the gloves are off when it comes to bashing Google. In the clip, posted above, Microsoft has recruited a few of the cast members from Pawn Stars to talk about the Chromebook. The clip is nothing short of throwing mud directly at Google as Rick, the lead character in Pawn Stars, refuses to buy a Chromebook off of a potential customer because it is not a real laptop. Rick says that because the Chromebook applications are web based, when you are not connected to the web, it's basically a brick. Further, Rick says that by having the Chromebook logo, it's not real laptop because it doesn't come with Office or Windows. Microsoft doesn't stop there; they say that when you are connected to the web, the Chromebook will track what you do online to put ads in front of your face.
• YouTube Shoots Google In Foot - YouTube pre-roll ads are driving users to install adblocking software, which in turn is having devastating effects on independent publishers. Google, who last year earned 97% of their revenue from online advertising (over $32 billion) has a product that drives people to block ads. Crazy, right? While Google may be able to reduce the impact of adblocking, many smaller publishers shut down or set up premium subscriptions to make up for lost ad revenue. But according to AdBlock users, traditional advertising is not the problem- it's intrusive advertising that they can't stand. More-so, they're fed up with pre-roll YouTube ads, especially when the video they're trying to watch isn't much longer than the ad itself.
• Journey through Middle-earth, a Chrome Experiment - Take a journey through Middle-earth in the latest Chrome Experiment.
• Bomb Bird stars in Angry Birds update - Short Fuse - Rovio has updated the first Angry Birds game with a new set of #ShortFuse levels, plus an upgraded ability for the black bomb bird. First, the update contains 30 new levels "of explosive fun" where you can "enter the lab now to pop those pesky piggy scientists." The second tidbit is that the bomb bird now has a new shock wave power. Instead of just the simple explosion that already made that bird so great, he'll now be able to create "a powerful circle of electricity" before he "unleashes an almighty blast." I'm not sure if this is really enough to captivate me again, but until we get that Mario Kart clone from Rovio, I guess this will have to do. Get Angry Birds for iPhone for 99 cents if you haven't already done so or get the HD version for iPad for $2.99.
  
• CyanogenMod intstaller voluntarily removed from Google Play - The official CyanogenMod blog this afternoon gave word that the CM Installer - an Android app that aids in the process of getting the custom ROM onto a device - was voluntarily pulled from Google Play
• Jolla Smartphone Powered by Sailfish OS, Supports Android Apps - Some former Nokia engineers have gone off on their own to create the Sailfish OS and now the first Jolla Smartphone has launched. For the time being, it's only available to buy in Finland and they're limiting production to about 450 units as of today. This first batch is reserved for people who already preordered the Jolla Smartphone through wireless carrier DNA of Finland, so if you're not already on the list, you'll have to wait for the next batch. What makes Sailfish OS a little extra special is that it is its own operating system with its own apps, but it also supports Android apps too. As far as hardware goes, you can expect a 4.5-inch qHD IPS display, 8MP rear camera, 2MP front camera, 16GB storage, 1GB RAM, microSD expansion, and LTE support, all for an MSRP of 399 Euro. Jolla is currently in talks to expand distribution through UK mobile providers, as well as in other European countries.
• Get the Samsung Galaxy S4 for Free on Contract - If you hop on over to Best Buy, you'll find that they have a doorbuster deal on the Samsung smartphone, giving you the chance to buy it for exactly zero dollars and zero cents. This deal, which is being offered both online and in brick-and-mortar stores, is applicable to a broad range of carriers too. Whether you're rocking Verizon, Sprint, or AT&T, you'll have the chance to get the Galaxy S4 for free on a two-year contract. This is valid both for new activations and for contract renewals. So, the contract is the first catch. The second catch is that you're still on the hook for the activation fee, which is about $35. Given that the regular contract price for the 16GB SGS4 is still $250, you're still getting a pretty great deal on a pretty great phone. The unlocked version sells for $799.99, by comparison. The free Galaxy S4 deal starts today and runs through to Saturday.
• Coolpad Flo Hits T-Mobile's GoSmart Prepaid Network - GoSmart Mobile today announced the Coolpad Flo, an inexpensive Android smartphone that is available without signing an annual contract. The Coolpad Flo's features will probably fail to impress, but it is, at least, on par with other low-end smartphones in its range. It is powered by an unnamed 1 GHz dual-core processor with an unknown amount of RAM, though we wouldn't be shocked if it was a low 512 MB. Internal storage is capped at 4 GB but can be expanded with a microSD card. It has a 4.5-inch display, though don't expect too much quality, as the resolution is a rather low 854×480 pixels. It runs Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean, which is a rather old version by now. Given the specs, though, it seems like a good test case for Android 4.4 compatibility with low-powered devices. It sports a 5 megapixel camera on the rear and a 0.3 one in front for video calls. But given that the device only supports 3G networks and a rather limited subscription option, that might not happen often. One good thing about the Coolpad Flo is its price point. the smartphone will be heading for T-Mobile's shelves under the carrier's GoSmart prepaid plans for $99, plus taxes and fees. However, given the relatively unknown brand and potentially more interesting options in the same price range, it wouldn't be surprising if customers skip over this one.
• Robot Girl docking station 2 with Bluetooth speaker - The dock features LEDs that change color and the statues head nods to the beat of the music. The Bluetooth Speakers are well concealed within the fiber glass body. A part of the statues thigh opens up, not unlike Robocop's gun holster (now there's an idea), that gives you access to the actual dock for your device. The video below should give you an idea of just how ridiculously outrageous (not necessarily in a bad way) this dock really is and at a price of $6,500, it becomes even more so. I'm not saying it's not innovative, and it certainly is quite elaborate but at the end of the day it is just an iPhone/iPod dock.
• Kinetic Light Newton's Cradle from ThinkGeek - The Kinetic Light Newton's Cradle by ThinkGeek is an illuminated LED version of the classic Newton's cradle "ball clicker" device. The illuminated edition's LEDs feature three light modes including flash, fade, and color cycle.
• Xbox One: 50 cal vs Det Cord Drag Race  - check it out
• Man kicked out of Walmart for filming this chaos - America has bred the perfect consumer!
• How to chop wood without messing around - I don't know if the axe he's using is all that special, but he sure makes efficient (German) use of it. On balance it's probably the elastic band that is key here.
• Father of the Year - Boy on bike crashes into tree! - It's happened to the best of us. Hope the little guy wasn't hurt too badly.
• Motorcycle drives 300km/h on Autobahn, gets passed by Audi RS6 - What is it about Germans that makes them want to kill themselves? ;-)
• Super Hottie Deborah Mace Pics - French model, business student :P
• Lucy Pinder Lingerie Goodness - One of the original, and still the best, busty Brits of all-time Lucy Pinder is back with another ridiculously busty photoshoot for the latest issue of Nuts!
• Lady Gaga naked 4 Jeff Koons - How refreshing to see a pop star getting naked to gain some much needed PR. Do you like her or not?
  
• Nude Photos Of Justin Bieber's Brazilian Bang Buddy - NSFW Tati Neves is her name and recently she posted a video of Justin Bieber sleeping off a heavy night in her bedroom. Turns out they had sex and it turns out Tati Neves is a bit of a tart. Here you'll find some pics of her posing naked and in the flesh for Private magazine.
• The best pics on the Internet #51 - All pictures are carefully handpicked!
• Hottest Babes on the Internet #7 - Which one is hottest? ;-)

• 16GB Google Nexus 7 FHD for $189.99 - It looks like one of the best deals on the 2013 Nexus 7 tablet is over at eBay. You can pick up the 16GB model for a solid $40 off the regular price, bringing your effective price down to just $189.99. This is the newer Nexus 7 FHD and not last year’s model, so you get the 1920 x 1200 multi-touch IPS panel, along with Android 4.3 Jelly Bean, Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro 1.5GHz processor, 2GB of RAM, and the usual array of wireless radios. You can find buy it now page here. It’s brand new and comes from Adorama, so you know the seller is reputable and you get the ASUS standard warranty.
  
• Xbox One games on sale for $49 at Amazon - Here's a full list of the games offered in Amazon's sale, all of which are marked down to $49.
• No Discounts for Apple Black Friday, Just Free Gift Cards - Instead, the entirety of the Black Friday promotions at Apple will apparently consist of free gift cards. The sales have already started over in Australia and they could be indicative of what we’ll get when Black Friday officially hits our shores. For example, buying a Mac in the land down under will score you a AUS$150 gift card. You get a AUS$75 gift card with an iPad purchase and a AUS$50 gift card when you buy an iPod, though there does not appear to be any free gift card if you buy a Retina iPad Mini. You’ll also get gift cards when you buy select accessories.
• GOG.com - BOOM! Black Friday, Baby! Save BIG on a selection of 65 assorted titles!
• Amazon - Today's Limited-Time Deals - "Walking Dead" Vita Bundle $174.99 (33% off) || Acer Iconia A1-810-L416 7.9-Inch 16 GB Tablet - $99.99 (44% off) || Up to 75% Off Select Headphones || $5.00 (69% off) Special Offer on Storybook Collection || Samsung Black Friday Week Sales |
  
• Amazon - Upcoming Deals - Bond 50: Celebrating Five Decades of Bond with Skyfall [Blu-ray] $139.99 & FREE Shipping (You Save 160.00 53%) || LEGO DUPLO 6171 My First Gas Station $29.99 & FREE Shipping
  

• Best Gaming CPUs For The Money: November 2013 - The A10-6790K is pretty much an A10-6800K with its base and maximum Turbo Core frequencies lowered 100 MHz to 4.0 and 4.3 GHz, respectively. Otherwise, there's no difference between the two Richland-based processors except a $10 price spread. The newer model is cheaper at $130. That's not bad for an APU with an unlocked ratio multiplier, but at this point we'd rather wait for the upcoming Kaveri generation with AMD's Steamroller x86 design and graphics engine leveraging GCN. From the Intel camp we have two new 65 W processors for $200: the Haswell-based Core i5-4440S (with its 2.8 GHz base and 3.3 GHz peak Turbo Boost frequencies, along with HD Graphics 4600) and the Ivy Bridge-based Core i5-3340S (also operating at 2.8 and up to 3.3 GHz, but with HD Graphics 2500). Intel already has a number of 65 W CPUs at similar price points for both LGA 1150 and 1155, so it's difficult to understand why it's adding more to this category. 
  
• AMD teases industry's first supercomputing graphics card with 12GB - Chip manufacturer AMD has teased a new a 12GB version of its Firepro S10000 graphics processing unit (GPU), which was launched in November last year and available in 6GB version, designed for big data high performance computing (HPC) workloads. AMD claims the Firepro S10000 12GB is the industry's first supercomputing server graphics card. The new 12GB GPU features ECC memory plus DirectGMA support, which according to the company allows developers working with large models and assemblies to use parallel processing capabilities of AMD GPUs, which are based on the AMD's Graphics Core Next (GCN) architecture.
• Xbox One Review: Unifying Your Living Room Experience - It's a convergence of living room entertainment with an interface that's much like Microsoft's Windows 8 UI. Unlike the controversial operating system, however, the Xbox's tile-based interface feels as natural on your TV as it does on Windows Phone.It's actually harder to compare the Xbox One to Sony's PlayStation 4 than most gamers would have you believe. Neither console can be distilled down into its shader cores or memory bandwidth. If you're looking for a dedicated gaming machine, the PlayStation does have a big advantage in its specifications and $400 price tag. But the extra $100 for Microsoft's Xbox One buys you more than just the Kinect camera. It also comes with Microsoft's promise to reinvent the way you enjoy content on your TV, and that's a very compelling pitch.
• Head-to-head: Everything you need to know in the PS4 vs. Xbox One battle - The Xbox One is generally less power hungry than the PS4, running a good 20 to 30 Watts lower whether sitting idle on menus, displaying streaming video, or running at maximum gaming performance. The PS4 wins out in standby mode, though, saving seven or eight Watts when the systems are "off" but still awake enough to download content or start up quickly (both systems can be turned off completely to avoid almost all power draw).
  
• iFixit opens up the Playstation 4 - replaceable hard drive earns big props - In addition to tearing apart an Xbox One, the iFixit folks also recently pried apart Sony's latest console, the PlayStation 4. One of the immediately noticeable differences between the two consoles is the accessibility of the primary storage. The Xbox One requires a considerable amount of disassembly to pull out and replace the hard disk drive, and iFixit calls it a warranty-voiding procedure. Sony, on the other hand, makes pulling out the 2.5-inch 5400 rpm SATA II drive relatively simple - it requires only a single Philips-head screwdriver. However, aside from the user-replaceable HDD, getting into the system's guts is a little harder than with the Xbox One. The One uses standard T9 Torx screws, while the PS4 uses Torx Security screws, which won't seat a screwdriver with a regular Torx bit.
• Apple iPad mini with Retina Display Reviewed - If you're on the fence about upgrading from an older iPad (or even the first gen mini), the iPad mini with Retina Display is a tempting target. Compared to virtually all previous iPads you're going to notice a substantial increase in performance thanks to Apple's A7 SoC. In fact, I'd go as far as to say that the performance improvement over the previous generation mini (featuring Apple's A5) can be just as noticeable of an uprade as the display. The new mini is a leap forward in performance compared to its predecessor. While Apple has the 10-inch tablet market more or less locked up with the iPad Air, the mini faces stiff competition. The biggest comes from Google with the $229 2013 Nexus 7. You get an incredibly affordable device and a display with full sRGB gamut. What the mini offers is a faster SoC, a wider display (a Nexus 8 would be nice) and of course, iOS. I’ve heard varying opinions on iOS vs. Android when talking about tablet or smartphone use. Some users prefer Android on one and iOS on the other, vice versa or find themselves exclusively in one camp. This one is best left up to personal preference.
  
• Office Remote App Lets WP8 Devices Control Presentations - Microsoft has announced a new application for Windows Phone 8 devices called Office Remote. The app lets any WP8 device control a PowerPoint, Word, or Excel presentation. The app requires a Bluetooth-enabled computer with Office 2013 and a desktop plug-in. With all the components together, WP8 device owners will be able use their smartphone to advance slides, view thumbnails, jump between slides, access speaker cues, and more. Office Remote for Windows Phone 8 is free to download from the Windows Phone Store.
• Samsung Galaxy S5 with Iris Scanner and 64-Bit Processor? - The current rumors point toward a Q1 2014 release of the flagship Samsung Galaxy S5 smartphone, but what new toys and features will Samsung bring to the table? For starters, it might start scanning your eyes for security reasons. Samsung already uses face detection technology as part of its software package (like Smart Stay and Smart Scan), but this would go further. If you have a NEXUS pass, then you may have used a retina scanner at the airport. You've probably seen these scanners in movies too. The embedded iris scanner would likely use the front-facing camera, unlocking your phone without the need to enter a PIN code. This goes further than the sometimes buggy, sometimes too lax face detection unlock. It could also be Samsung's answer to Apple's Touch ID fingerprint scanner, but it could be better: it doesn't require touch and it processes the biometric data more quickly. Speaking of Apple, even though some people may say that 64-bit processing isn't yet necessary for mobile, we see it in the iPhone 5S. The Samsung Galaxy S5 could follow suit with a processor based on 64-bit ARM architecture too. This is in line with previous announcements made by Samsung that they too would be pursuing a 64-bit smartphone.
• LG G Flex Self Healing Demo! - The most intriguing part about the G Flex's design is its self healing rear panel. That too has been tested with remarkable results. Reviewers took to knives and keys while LG, in a more controlled environment, used a brush with bronze bristles. In LG's demo, the metallic bristles left scars on the panel that were showcased as disappearing before your very eyes on video. But an advertisement is just that, a trick or illusion to prove just how effect a device is. So naturally, when review units were out, intrepid testers used their own tools in more real-world environments to see just how resilient the self-healing panel really was. From what we've seen in the video (below) the scratches do tend to fade after a few minutes and deeper scratches after a longer period. They don't disappear completely but you'll need to look really close to make them out.
• Apple Given Second Chance to Ban Samsung Phones - A federal court of appeals today reversed the decision of a lower court and cleared the way for Apple to seek a ban on certain Samsung devices. A handful of Samsung devices were found to infringe on certain Apple patents at trial last year. Apple requested that the products be banned from import/sale in the U.S., but was denied that request. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said the lower court abused its discretion in denying Apple's request.
• Logitech releases the PowerShell, the world's first iOS 7 - The PowerShell is compatible with the iPhone 5/5S and the iPod Touch 5th Generation and the controller includes a built-in battery, so players can play for as long as they'd like. Its analog D-Pad, two should triggers, and four face buttons should look very familiar to gamers everywhere and the PowerShell gives your iPhone/iPod a PSP-like look.
• HBO Go Android app updated with Chromecast support - Good news for all Chromecast fans. HBO has just updated its HBO Go Android app to support Chromecast. And ... well, that's about it. Fire it up just like you would any other Chromecast stream, and you're watching HBO on your TV, through Chromecast. You'll still need an HBO subscription, of course. And some sort of Android device. And a Chromecast. But other than that, this is pure magic.
• NASA's MAVEN Mission to Mars Launched - Billions of years ago when the Red Planet was young, it appears to have had a thick atmosphere that was warm enough to support oceans of liquid water - a critical ingredient for life. The animation shows how the surface of Mars might have appeared during this ancient clement period, beginning with a flyover of a Martian lake. The artist's concept is based on evidence that Mars was once very different. Rapidly moving clouds suggest the passage of time, and the shift from a warm and wet to a cold and dry climate is shown as the animation progresses. The lakes dry up, while the atmosphere gradually transitions from Earthlike blue skies to the dusty pink and tan hues seen on Mars today.
• In Saturn's Rings - New Teaser 4K (space photoanimation) - Some guy is putting together a film using over one million real photographs and he needs money to fund the soundtrack and some iMax stuff.
• Invisible Helmet Deploys Like an Airbag on Impact - A new concept in biking helmets has hit the markets in Sweden. Technically they aren't really invisible, just not seen when not deployed, just like an automobile airbag.
• You Should Never Get This Close To A Tornado (video) - Karla Konieczki's first time to witness a tornado was certainly dramatic. Driving just south of Minonk, Illinois, on November 17, she had this close shave with a large tornado on a day when stormy conditions played havoc in the Midwest.
  
• This guy knows how to order fast food - check it out
• This is what happens when you give graffiti artists abandon warehouse an unlimited amount of paint - check it out
  
• JFK Assassination: Watch as it happened - A half century ago, the nation absorbed a massive shock assembled around television sets, huddled around the nearest radio, drawn by word that John F. Kennedy had been shot. They learned together that their young and vibrant President was gone. There was no 24-hour news back then. Just a few major networks and old antenna TVs. When the shooting happened, the networks cut in and viewers of NBC stations suddenly saw Frank McGee standing over the anchor desk in New York, explaining what the news division was doing to collect information. The technology of the day was under massive strain. Every radio and telephone circuit connecting Dallas to the rest of the world was snarled. The anchors in New York began relaying whatever reporting from Dallas and Parkland Memorial Hospital they could collect. They confirmed that the President had been shot.
• Breaking Bad Season 5 - Alternate Ending -  Bryan Cranston and Jane Kaczmarek actually made the "Breaking Bad" "Malcom in the Middle" you always wanted.
• 'Breaking Bad' Stars Read Through Season Finale Script - This is a clip from the bonus features included in the Breaking Bad complete series box set where Bryan and Aaron read through the final episode of season 5.
• Need For Speed Movie - Full Length Trailer - Framed for a crime he didn't commit, muscle car mechanic and street racer Tobey (Aaron Paul) gets out of prison determined to settle the score with the man responsible for his false conviction.
• Sabotage - Official Trailer #1 - Members of an elite DEA task force find themselves being taken down one by one after they rob a drug cartel safe house.
• NYMPHOMANIAC - The Most NSFW Trailer Ever Made! -  The rapidly-cut clip doesn't disappoint, packed as it is with graphic sex scenes and snippets of scenes featuring the film's stars Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stellan Skarsgard, Stacy Martin, Shia LaBeouf, Jamie Bell, Uma Thurman and Willem Dafoe.
• Kelly Brook in a Behind-The-Scenes Workout Video - Kelly Brook showing some workout moves with reebok flex promo video..looks gorgeous in a pink track suit
• Sofia Vergara's Sexy Photoshoot For GQ India - check it out
  
• Helen Flanagan Works It Good For NUTS - My favorite busty blonde Helen Flanagan is back in lingerie for Nuts!
• Hottest Babes on the Internet #6 - Which one is hottest? ;-)
• The best pics on the Internet #50 - All pictures are carefully handpicked!

• AMD now says only 'some' 9-series cards will come with Battlefield 4 - AMD's claim that any R9 series card purchased after November 11 will come with a copy of Battlefield 4 doesn't appear to be true.
• Intel SSD 530 (240GB) Review - Ultimately there is one crucial thing that the SSD 530 provides over the SSD 520: price. The SSD 520 has been rather expensive and it hasn't really been able to compete, in price or performance, with the newer SSDs with smaller lithography NAND. As a result, I haven't been able to recommend the SSD 520 for ages as it simply hasn't provided any value for the extra cost. With the SSD 530 Intel's pricing is more reasonable and closer to other high-end SSDs. In fact, Intel's pricing is very competitive if you compare the SSD 530 to OCZ Vector 150 or SanDisk Extreme II, although those two also outperform the SSD 530 by a fairly big margin.
• Western Digital My Cloud EX4 Tested - The chaps over at PC Perspective have posted a review of the Western Digital's My Cloud EX4. It offers many storage options at a very reasonable cost, as well as a plethora of way to access that storage. USB devices and other networked targets can all be consolidated through the EX4's excellent interface and then easily accessed in a variety of methods and by a variety of mobile devices. Speeds were noted to be average for a typical consumer NAS device, but the strengths of the EX4 are clearly in the features and app capability.
  
• Brand-new Dell XPS 11 convertible and upgraded XPS 13 ultrabook start selling, cost north of $1,000 -  Dell has started accepting pre-orders for the first ever XPS 11 convertible and the follow-up to the more conventional 2012 XPS 13 ultrabook.
• Acer refreshes Chromebook line with another C720 model, this one costing $200 - When Acer unveiled its first 2013 Chromebook, the $250 C720-2800, it was hard to imagine things could get any cheaper than that with similar specs. And yet the Taiwanese have just outdone themselves, taking the wraps off the $200 C720-2848.  Like its sibling, the new C720 Chromebook is built on Intel's sizzling hot Haswell micro-architecture, so it packs decent punch… all things considered, as well as making the most of an otherwise lackluster battery. Mind you though, we’re not looking at a laptop powered by an Intel processor part of the Core i family, but instead a more modest Celeron clocked at 1.4 GHz. Also, and this is important, the C720-2848
  
• HP Chromebook 11 review - The Chromebook 11, a smaller (as in 11 inches) ARM-powered follow up to the larger Chromebook 14 from earlier this year, is yet another inexpensive Chromebook from HP and Google that builds on the same strategy as the devices before it. Put together a small and portable form factor, fill it with inexpensive components and sell it on the cheap - it's a recipe for topping the sales charts for a laptop on Amazon, but is it really a product to get excited about? No matter where you stand on the merits of using a Chrome OS device, there are more than a few things the $279 Chromebook 11 has going for it.
• NVIDIA Tegra Note 7 Review - The Tegra Note 7 (formerly Tegra Tab) story starts with platform, which consists of a Tegra 4 SoC clocked at a maximum single core clock of 1.8 GHz (slightly lower than the 1.9 GHz maximum for Shield, with its active cooling), 7-inch 1280x800 IPS display, front-facing stereo speakers, a stylus for inking, and of course a close-to-stock version of Android running on top of it all. There's also a 5 MP camera on the back with autofocus, and VGA front facing camera. The best part however is price - NVIDIA's partners will bring the Tegra Note 7 to market at just $199. Coming in at the price of the original Nexus 7 makes it obvious that NVIDIA envisions the Tegra Note 7 as the true successor to the original Nexus 7. Of course the obvious comparison is the $30 more expensive refreshed Nexus 7 (2013) with much higher resolution display.
• Flipboard app for Windows 8.1 finally released - As with the previously released iOS and Android versions, the Flipboard app offers users a way to read their favorite news web sites and social media outlets in a magazine style format. Flipboard has stated they made an extra effort on the Windows 8.1 version, including a way to pin pages from the app to the Start screen so that users can see updated stories via Live tiles. The video above has a good tutorial on the new app. Keep in mind that the app is just for Windows 8.1 and won't work with the older Windows 8 OS.
• Internet Explorer on Xbox One detailed - While it took Microsoft seven years to add Internet Explorer to its Xbox 360 console, the upcoming Xbox One will have a version of the company's web browser ready to go for the launch on November 22nd. Today, the official IE blog has more information on IE for Xbox One. The Kinect add-on can be used with IE so people can view, for example, the New York Times website simply by saying, “Browse to New York Times". You can also say "Click on" and then the name of any link on a web page to have IE surf to that page. Microsoft says IE can head to the page just by hearing a few of the words in the link.
• Best Buy to sell 32GB Surface for $199.99 on Black Friday - Best Buy revealed their 2013 Black Friday sales items and, as reported by BFAds.net, the 32GB Surface tablet, previously known as Surface RT, will be priced at just $199.99. This is the lowest price we have seen for a Surface tablet that is going to be made available to the general public. Microsoft did sell a 64GB Surface RT tablet to TechEd attendees earlier this year for $99. Even though the sales period is called "Black Friday", many retailers in the U.S. will actually begin their sales period on Thanksgiving Day, November 28th. That includes Best Buy, which will have most of its stores open. Well, if this were the original price last year, these things would have been popular. Personally I will wait till the new surface goes down to $200 :-)
• Wal-Mart, Best Buy and Target reveal Black Friday sales  - Wal-Mart, Target and Best Buy have revealed their respective Black Friday sales ads that offer savings on consoles and games. While next-gen is all but upon us, these three retailers don't include any PS4 or Xbox One deals in their sales and instead stick to current-gen hardware and titles. Additionally many of retailers start the following Black Friday deals on Thanksgiving rather than the day after, so be sure to scan them and scope out the deals and make your plans beforehand. The console deals include a 4GB Xbox 360 for $100, a PS3 250GB bundled with The Last of Us and Batman: Arkham Origins for $199. As far as game deals we have some pretty awesome price slashes on newly released current-gen titles like Call of Duty: Ghosts for $40 and award-winning yesteryear classes like Tomb Raider and Far Cry 3 for a pittance of $15. Target will be offering a nice deal on a Nintendo 3DS XL for $150, but on average they offer many of the same savings as the others. For gamers who opt in for Nintendo's new 2DS handheld, Wal-Mart has them for $99-but of course remember that the 2DS doesn't have the clamshell closing mechanism and is more like a tablet that can't easily drop in your pocket.
• Adobe leaks 150 million passwords; Facebook and others impacted - The fallout from the recent Adobe breach keeps growing. At first it was thought that "only" a few million passwords were leaked when the company's servers were attacked by a sophisticated hacker. While that number is already higher than it should be, the scope turned out to be at least 50x larger, with new estimates putting the number of leaked credentials at over 150 million. Not only is this news extremely bad for Adobe, but it's also having a big impact on other websites across the Internet due to the fact that people frequently use the same password on multiple sites. From large sites like Facebook to smaller sites like Diapers.com and Soap.com, companies are examining the stolen data and sending out warnings to customers that they suspect may have the same passwords. According to Krebs on Security, Adobe made the mistake of encrypting all of the passwords with a single key, so if it's brute forced or stolen, the entire trove of data can be unlocked.  Adobe need to drop subscription plan because it sucks and they can't protect their user base!!
• Over 70,000 unencrypted credit card and CCV numbers stolen - According to the Irish Times, the credit card information of over 70,000 people has been stolen from a company called (ironically) Loyaltybuild. Not only were the credit card numbers themselves stolen, but the related CCV numbers were as well. To add insult to injury, the data was sitting on the systems in an unencrypted format, meaning whoever took the data can start using it immediately. In addition to the direct credit card data, roughly 1.5 million people had their personal information stolen -- including names, addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses
• Your Phone's Camera and Microphone Can Reveal Your PIN - Cambridge security researchers have been hacking smartphone passwords using the devices' own cameras and microphones. Laurent Simon and Ross Anderson at the University of Cambridge used an app they called "PIN Skimmer" to capture passwords as they were entered into a Samsung Galaxy S3 and a Google Nexus S, both of which use number-only soft keyboards.
  
• CyanogenMod Installer hits the Play Store to help you flash your smartphone - In its push to make installing its custom firmware easier for the average user, CyanogenMod has just launched its installer app in the Play Store. You'll need more than just the app to get through the process, however. After installing and going through a few basic instructions related to turning on USB debugging and the like, you'll be pointed to its get.cm website to download the desktop software to initiate the install. You'll still need a Windows PC (running Vista or later) and a good USB cable to get your phone flashed with CyanogenMod, which adds another wrinkle of complication to the process. The combination of apps on your phone and computer should make it pretty simple though, provided your phone is on the list of compatible devices.
• Nokia 3310 vs today's Smartphones - Released way back in 2000, the Nokia 3310 is one of the most successful phones of all times selling close to 126 million units. Several variants and many years later the phone has achieved a cult status and has been extensively used as a meme on popular social websites like 9Gag, Reddit, etc. So how does the phone which had a dot matrix display, the iconic snake game, and the legendary sturdiness stack with the phones of today, check out the chart!
• ISIS Mobile Wallet now available for Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile - ISIS Mobile Wallet, a competing service to Google Wallet backed by three major carriers, has finally made its official launch in the U.S. Customers with compatible phones and specific SIM cards on Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile can now download the ISIS Mobile Wallet app and get started with mobile payments.
• Throw the Panono Ball Camera, Take 72MP Photospheres via 36 Lenses - Enter Panono. The company is offering a ball camera that you literally throw in order to take pictures with its 36 tiny lenses. All of that then get stitched together to produce a 72-megapixel photosphere. The spherical scene is far more immersive than any single panorama could even create, even if it was 360 degrees.
• Hands-on with the Moto G! - So many thoughts to be thunk about the Moto G. Relatively unimpressive specs - save for that price. Not quite a Moto X, but will that matter to most folks in this target market? And will such a low cost to consumers - under $200, off contract and unlocked - finally spur some sort of change in the industry?
• Netflix On TV Gets A Major Makeover - Netflix has a radically new look on TVs that makes streaming from Netflix a much richer and more immersive experience. The new Netflix for TVs is delivered to game consoles, Smart TVs, set top boxes and Blu-ray players. The rollout begins today across all Netflix enabled devices.
• Nanodots GYRO video -  Nanodots GYRO is the latest release from the Labs of Nano Magnetics. Each golf-ball sized orb features an internal mechanism that holds a set of four high-powered Neodymium magnets. The magnet mechanism decouples the motion of the magnets from the GYRO's surface so that the GYROs can function like perfect spherical-gears. The transparent housing lets you see the internal mechanics of the GYRO as it reacts to magnetic fields, ferrous objects and other GYROs up to 12 inches (30 cm) away. Comes in sets of two plus two additional magnetic proxies for experimentation and a black wooden base for display on a desk.
• inFORM - Interacting With a Dynamic Shape Display - inFORM is a Dynamic Shape Display that can render 3D content physically, so users can interact with digital information in a tangible way. inFORM can also interact with the physical world around it, for example moving objects on the table's surface. Remote participants in a video conference can be displayed physically, allowing for a strong sense of presence and the ability to interact physically at a distance.
• XBox vs C4 Filmed At 10 Million FPS - Blowing up consoles with C4 and filming it at ten million frames per second? Why not! :P
• Sony PS4 vs .50 cal - Slow Mo Destruction at 50,000 FPS - Well, we all knew this was coming....
• Some People Are Smashing Their PS4s Right After Purchase - Sony's PS4 just launched at midnight last night, and a lot of people waited in line to make sure they got a console on day one. While poking around on YouTube for launch night videos, we came across multiple clips of people smashing their PS4's right outside the store that sold them their new console. If you didn't manage to get one, don't watch these videos . It's not worth the rage. Heck, even if you did get one or don't want one, you might not want to watch them. Unless you find wastefulness and buckets of crazy really appealing
• Lesbians React to Sex Scenes in "Blue is the Warmest Color" - Are these girls? Some of these people look like dudes :
• YouTube is a Completely Functional Site Programmed by Competent - There are totally no broken or missing features like a lack of buttons to press or anything.
• Logan Paul Vine Compilation #1 - Like Logan Paul's hilarious Vines? I have them all in one place in this epic compilation!
• What Does the Inside of Your Fridge Say About You? - If we all are indeed what we eat, then surely our refrigerators are a kind of canvas of selfhood - a place where we reveal ourselves by the kind of food we keep. That was the idea, anyway, when Mark Menjivar started photographing these spaces for his series "You Are What You Eat" in 2007. Menjivar spent almost four years on the project, traveling to 20 communities throughout the United States and peeking in the refrigerators of 60 people in an effort to explore the intersection between eating habits and identity.
• The Happy Hooker: Confessions of a Satisfied Sex Worker - Former Playboy model Valerie Baber was an elite escort for the Emperors Club until she got swept up in the FBI sting that brought down Eliot Spitzer. From stripper to adult star to prostitute, she tells the whole story for the first time. Pretty interesting reading.
• Xenia Deli Is Still Hottest Thing Ever! - Here are a couple of new swimsuit photos of one of my favorite supermodels, the exotic Xenia Deli.
• Helen Flanagan Busts Out Big Time! - check it out
  
• Amanda Cerny's Booty Is Refreshing - Everyday when I check my emails, I'm hoping to see a money transfer of sorts from this fake water company 138 because over the last few months, I have given them so much free publicity ;-)
• Hottest Babes on the Internet #5 - Which one is hottest? ;-)
• The best pics on the Internet #49 - All pictures are carefully handpicked!

• The AMD Radeon R9 290 Review - The problem is that while the 290 is a fantastic card and a fantastic story on a price/performance basis, in chasing that victory AMD has thrown caution into the wind and thrown out any kind of balance between performance and noise. At 57.2dB the 290 is a loud card. A very loud card. An unreasonably loud card. AMD has quite simply prioritized performance over noise, and these high noise levels are the price of doing so.
• OCZ Vector 150 (120GB & 240GB) Review -  The Vector 150 is a logical successor for the Vector. It doesn't redefine SSD performance, yet OCZ has managed to add enough improvements to the Vector 150 to make it a different product. The first one is IO consistency. While the Vector had good performance consistency to begin with, the Vector 150 takes that one step further. It's without a doubt one of the most consistent (if not the most consistent) SSDs we have tested and that's a big achievement. Especially for heavy workloads with lots of random writes the IO consistency is a very important performance metric because the drives tend to be in steady-state (or close to it) due to the amount of writes and you definitely don't want your application to be waiting for your SSD. The second major improvement is endurance. 50GB/day for five years should cover almost any power user's need for endurance (or if not, you should really invest in an enterprise class SSD). Remember that it's 50GB seven days a week for five years -- even one day with less writes a week will give you even more headroom to play with.
  
• Samsung Spinpoint M9T is world's thinnest 2TB notebook drive - The latest one is the 2.5" Spinpoint M9T, which crams an impressive 2TB of storage into a case just 9.5 mm thick. The Spinpoint isn't skinny enough to match 5- and 7-mm notebook drives, but it's a fair bit thinner than competing 2TB offerings, which are 15 mm thick. Despite its slim profile, the Spinpoint packs three 667GB platters. A 1.5TB version is also available, and both variants have 6Gbps SATA connectivity and 32MB of DRAM cache. The spindle speed is a sluggish 5,400 RPM, though
• Internet Explorer 11 Now Available For Windows 7 - The engineers who helped build Internet Explorer 11 share some of their favorite things about the latest version of the browser.
• Panasonic's 20 Inch Windows 8.1 Tablet - The Panasonic Toughpad 4K UT-MB5 tablet is the world's first 20-inch tablet with a 4K resolution display. The business-rugged Toughpad 4K UT-MB5 is powered by an Intel Core i5 vPro processor, features Windows 8.1 Pro and offers a brilliant 3840x2560 pixel display that goes beyond Ultra HD resolution. With a 20-inch IPS Alpha LCD screen featuring 230 pixels per inch, a 15:10 aspect ratio and wide viewing angles, the Toughpad 4K UT-MB5 provides a lifelike viewing experience unlike any tablet on the market.
• iPad Air vs old iPad (Video) - With the same displays, similar internals, and the exact same software, the two tablets have quite a lot in common. But are the iPad Air's improvements worth the extra cash? Should you upgrade from your old iPad to the Air?
• Unlock your Mac by knocking on your iPhone with the new 'Knock' - Knock uses a combination of an iPhone app (currently offered at an introductory price of $3.99) and a Mac app (available for free at Knock's website) to enable unlocking of your Mac, wirelessly, by just knocking the back of your iPhone.
• Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 - 2014 Edition lands in Canada Nov 8 - Samsung's latest high-end Android tablet, the stylus-toting Galaxy Note 10.1 - 2014 Edition, will be arriving in Canada from tomorrow, Nov. 8. Canadians will be getting the Wifi-only octa-core Exynos version of the Android 4.3 tablet, which packs a 2560x1600-resolution, 10.1-inch display, 3GB of RAM and the same S Pen functionality as its smaller sibling the Galaxy Note 3. The new Note 10.1 will arrive at Best Buy, Future Shop and "other major retailers" tomorrow in the "classic white" color. There's no word on when (or if) the "jet black" version will be joining it. However Samsung is offering a bunch of promotional goodies for Note 10.1 buyers, including a $20 Samsung apps gift card, three months of free Rdio streaming, two free ebooks from the "For Dummies" series and 50GB of Dropbox storage for two years, as part of an offer that runs until Nov. 30.
• Is T-Mobile's 200MB Free Tablet Data Actually Free? - Late last month T-Mobile was giving out 200MB of LTE data for free every month, no strings attached. Unfortunately, there are a few strings attached, but only for certain customers. When some customers first signed up for the free monthly plan, they were hit with a monthly "network access fee" of $10. T-Mobile has since clarified the "billing problem" and they're in the process of issuing refunds. That's the good news. Second, if you want to get the fully free 200MB of LTE data each month, you will need to have a fully paid-off device. What this means is that if you want to take advantage of the no-money-down deal for something like a new iPad Air, then you'll need to pay for the iPad's financing, of course, but you'll also need to sign up for a $20 data plan if you're not already a customer. The 200MB of free data will then be added on top of that. If you own an iPad (or some other compatible tablet) outright, though, the totally free 200MB of data can indeed be totally free.
• AT&T Selling Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom for $199 - AT&T today announced the availability of the Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom. The Zoom is a camera-first, smartphone-second device that has a 16-megapixel CMOS sensor and boasts 10x optical zoom, Xenon flash, and optical image stabilization. The Zoom has camera software called the Zoom Ring, which Samsung says can be used to launch certain camera functions such as sharing a picture while on a phone call. Beyond the camera, the Zoom runs Android 4.2 Jelly Bean and has a 4.3-inch qHD display, dual-core 1.5GHz processor, Wi-Fi, NFC, GPS, Bluetooth, and LTE. AT&T is offering the GS4 Zoom for $199.99 with a new two-year contract, or $25 per month with its AT&T Next upgrade plans. It will be available beginning November 8. AT&T is also offering a free Galaxy Tab tablet to GS4 Zoom buyers (separate data plan required) or a $100 promotional gift card to customers who trade in old smartphones.
• Samsung Says 4K Smartphone Screens On the Way - Samsung, speaking to analysts, laid out its technology roadmap for the next several years and there are some notable milestones on the horizon. The company is already working on smartphone displays with WQHD (2560 x 1440 pixels) resolution that include 560 pixels per inch. These will arrive as soon as next year. Samsung expects to have Ultra HD, or 4K, resolution displays available for smartphones as soon as 2015. Ultra HD screens include 3840 x 2160 pixels. In addition to the higher resolution displays, Samsung fully expects to bring bendable displays to the market by next year and foldable displays by late 2015 or early 2016. Beyond screens, Samsung is working to create 3D, 64-bit processors; a new, stacked 16-megapixel image sensor; and faster, higher-capacity memory.
• How to flash KitKat on your Android today - Android 4.4 KitKat is literally days old, so how can you get it on your Android-powered smartphone or tablets? Luckily, Google released the code into the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) and developers have been working non-stop to bring the latest goodness to otherwise unsupported devices.
• Meet the new YouTube comments - Learn more about the new YouTube comments powered by Google+.
• Netflix Starts Streaming 4K Content - From Monday, US subscribers to the video streaming platform who have already made the sizable financial investment that a 4K UHDTV demands will be able to watch the eight-minute film in its full resolution. It is available in six different frame-per-second formats -- 24, 25, 29.97, 30, 50 and a data-allowance-busting 59.94 frames per second. But don't get too excited: the video is made up of standard test footage scenes such as market stalls and people riding bikes albeit at an incredibly high definition.
• Internet Addiction: A Real Problem In America? - Is internet addiction a real problem in the U.S.? Wasting time on the internet for 12 - 14 hours a day is hardly a problem. Hell, some of us call that a "job."
• Blockbuster Closing All U.S. Retail Stores - DISH Network announced today that its subsidiary, Blockbuster L.L.C., will end its retail and by-mail DVD distribution operations by early January 2014. The company will close about 300 remaining U.S.-based retail stores, as well as its distribution centers. The Blockbuster By Mail DVD service will be shuttered by mid-December.
• BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins steps down - lackBerry's current financial situation is entering into a new phase as the smartphone company has announced the departure of its CEO Thorsten Heins and the cancellation of its previous plan to sell itself for $4.7 billion to Fairfax Financial Holdings. The new plan, according to BlackBerry's press release, is to raise $1 billion of money from Fairfax Financial and other investors, which will be put into convertible debentures. Heins will be replaced by John S. Chen, the former CEO of Sybase, on an interim basis. Chen has also been appointed as the Executive Chair of BlackBerry's Board of Directors and the press release says that he "will be responsible for the strategic direction, strategic relationships and organizational goals of BlackBerry."
• PS4 Ships With 10 dollar Voucher - According to the PS4 Blog, purchasers of the Playstation 4 will be given 30-day trial memberships to Playstation Plus and Music Unlimited. They will also be given $10 in their Sony Entertainment Network wallet to give them their first taste of the PlayStation Store's sweet, sweet gaming crack.
• Best Apple & Android Games for Nov 2013 - New Game recommendations for your Apple & Android tablet & touch devices for November.
• Programmable 6,000-Part Drawing Boy Automata - Designed in the late 1770s this incredible little robot called simply The Writer, was designed and built by Swiss-born watchmaker Pierre Jaquet-Droz with help from his son Henri-Louis, and Jean-Frederic Leschot. Jaquet-Droz was one of the greatest automata designers to ever live and The Writer is considered his piece de resistance. On the outside the device is deceptively simple. A small, barefoot boy perched at a wooden desk holding a quill, easily mistaken for a toy doll. But crammed inside is an engineering marvel: 6,000 custom made components work in concert to create a fully self-contained programmable writing machine that some consider to be the oldest example of a computer.
• Amazing in Motion - SWARM - Executed in collaboration with KMel robotics, and directed by Sam Brown, Swarm' takes advanced quadrotor technology out of the testing laboratory and into the real world, to produce a dramatic and engaging story. These unique quadrotors were inspired by the design and material principles of Lexus and constructed to an incredible level of detail and precision. Advanced motion capture camera technology is then used to programme the complex movement paths of each quadrotor, resulting in the stunning movement patterns seen in the film. "Swarm" is the second Amazing in Motion project from Lexus. Visit amazinginmotion.com to experience the full story behind 'Swarm' and to see the first Amazing in Motion project "Steps".
• Science Addresses The Problem Of Pee Splashback - They call themselves "wizz kids." Todd Truscott and Randy Hurd of Brigham Young University's Splash Lab, a research lab studying the physics of fluids, have been using high-speed cameras to examine exactly what happens to a stream of urine when it hits the toilet.
• How to Make a Smoke Waterfall With Sticky Notes - This project is a simple one that everyone is likely to have the materials for at home. Sticky notes are the perfect size to roll tubes that are just the right thickness to burn well, and the adhesive that is on one side can be used to hold the tube together. I found that the tubes work best when they have a core that is about 5mm in diameter, which is a bit smaller than a pencil. If a pencil or pen is all that can be found to roll the tubes they will still work, though not as well. Careful not to try this around flammable things as there is obviously fire involved.
•  iPad Air vs Airsoft MP7 (video) - As always, everything was recorded with a slow-motion camera :P
• Archer - Conflict Resolution - Tears taste like bacon...! ROFL!
• RoboCop - Official Trailer #2 - In Theaters February 12, 2014. Starring Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman, Michael Keaton, Jackie Earle Haley and Samuel L. Jackson.
• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - Sneak Peek - In theaters December 13th. The second in a trilogy of films adapting the enduringly popular masterpiece The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" continues the adventure of the title character Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) as he journeys with the Wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellen) and thirteen Dwarves, led by Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage) on an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor.
  
• 7 Real Life Monsters (video) - Monsters are real! And they are horrifying.
• Nina Agdal in Bare Necessities Lingerie Fall 2013 - Last year, Bare Necessities launched a digital lookbook in celebration of Calvin Klein's 30th anniversary. This year, Bare Necessities highlights Calvin Klein's new and iconic intimate apparel in a way no other retailer has before - featuring supermodel Nina Agdal.
• Coco Austin bikini shoot in Las Vegas - check it out
• Kelly Brook 4 New Look 2013 lingerie - Kelly Brook looking her best for the New Look 2013 lingerie collection.
• Keyara Bikini Pictures - I say yes! :-)
  
• Diana Morales Will Blow Your Mind! - Take a look at this latest set of bikini pictures from Spanish mega-hottie Diana Morales!!
• The best pics on the Internet #48 - All pictures are carefully handpicked!
• Hottest Babes on the Internet #4 -  Which one is hottest? ;-)

• Call of Duty: Black Ops
• Call of Duty: Black Ops - Multiplayer
• Call of Duty: Black Ops II
• Call of Duty: Black Ops II - Multiplayer
• Call of Duty: Black Ops II - Zombies
• Call of Duty: Ghosts - Multiplayer
• Call of Duty: MW2
• Call of Duty: MW2 - Multiplayer
• Call of Duty: MW3
• Call of Duty: MW3 - Multiplayer
• Call of Duty: MW
• Call of Duty: MW - Multiplayer
• Counter Strike: Global Offensive
• Counter Strike: Source
• Deus Ex : Human Revolution
• Deus Ex : Human Revolution Director's Cut
• Hitman Absolution
• Hitman Sniper Challenge
• Half Life 2
• Metro 2033
• Portal
• Tomb Raider

• Apple iPad Air is $479 at Walmart, Apple, Best Buy and Staples - Walmart has slashed $20 off the $499 MSRP for the 16GB iPad Air, bringing the effective price down to just $479. You would assume with the $20 savings that most people would then flock to Walmarts across the last to grab the tablet, but you don't have to do that. It has now been confirmed that several stores will be price-matching Walmart on this deal. This includes the Apple Store itself, as well as Best Buy and Staples. You You just have to ask, but they may ask you to bring in a Walmart ad. In the case of Staples, they've even listed the 16GB iPad Air at $479 straight up. If you were hoping to get the price match at your local RadioShack, then you're unfortunately out of luck. They're sticking with the $499 MSRP for the 16-gigger, but they did say that they are increasing trade-in values for old iPads, so you may be able to enjoy some increased savings by taking that route. And they're already honoring the new $299 price point for the iPad mini (non-Retina).
  
• The iPad Air Review - The iPad Air is the most significant upgrade to the 9.7-inch iPad in its history. It’s lighter, more portable, more usable and faster than any previous iPad. It doesn’t fundamentally change what you can do with a tablet, but if you’re in the market for one the iPad Air really is the best iPad to date. Competition is definitely more stiff among the smaller tablets thanks to the Nexus 7, but in the nearly 10-inch tablet space it seems like Apple is going to continue to enjoy a great position there.
• iPad Air Delivers 24 Hours of Battery Life as LTE Hotspot - With the display off and a single notebook tethered wirelessly to the iPad downloading at a constant 50KB/s, the LTE iPad 3 lasted 25.28 hours on a single charge. The new iPad Air moves to a much smaller battery (32.4Wh vs. 42.5Wh), but at the same time it enjoys much lower platform power. The A7 SoC is built on Samsung's 28nm LP process, while the A5X used in the iPad 3 was a 45nm part. Qualcomm's MDM9600 in the iPad 3 was also built on a 45nm process, compared to the 28nm process used on the MDM9615M (the same modem used in the iPhone 5s). An improvement of two process nodes on both the SoC and modem should account for something.
  
• Microsoft Surface Pro 2 Firmware Update Improves Battery Life - Shortly after general availability of the Surface Pro 2, Microsoft pushed out a firmware update that allowed the Marvell WiFi solution to drive down to even lower power states. I spoke with Microsoft after the update went live and immediately re-ran both of our battery life benchmarks on the Surface Pro 2. The improvement is significant. As a recap, both of our battery life tests are run with the displays calibrated to 200 nits and running a fixed workload. A faster system doesn't mean more repetitions of a workload, just that the system enjoys more time idle.
• Google Nexus 5 with Android Kit Kat 4.4 review - Hardware specs include - A Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 Chipset with a Kriat 400 processor clocked in at 2.3 GHz and an Adreno 330 GPU. The 2 Gigs of RAM stay put but the Nexus 4 will be available only in 16/32GB capacities. No more 8GB devices. The Nexus 5 is 4G/LTE capable with dual-band WiFi, hot spot creation, NFC, Bluetooth 4.0 with A2DP, GPS with AGPS and GLONASS support. It also supports wireless charging. The battery capacity is 2300 mAh a little better than the previous edition. Active noise cancellation is also on the cards thanks to a dedicated microphone.
• Nexus 5 camera samples and first impressions - Google's Nexus smartphones don't have the best reputation when it comes to photography. The Galaxy Nexus's rear camera was a pretty big disappointment, and the Nexus 4's was little more than adequate, despite the introduction of new features like Photosphere. So will this year be any different? Google certainly seems to thinks so - the LG-built Nexus 5 is pitched as a device for capturing "the everyday and the epic," boasting a new HDR+ mode and optical image stabilization (OIS) while maintaining megapixel parity with the last-gen Nexus, with its 8MP rear shooter. It also boasts a larger 1/3.2-inch sensor and f/2.4 aperture. But is it any good in the real world?
• Galaxy S3 Beats iPhone 5s and 5c in Touch Accuracy - Curious about which phone was the most responsive, Finnish tech measurement company OptoFidelity has put three of the more popular models around to the test. They used a robot finger to hit precise coordinates on the screens, and then measured the readings from the device vs. the known position of the robotic hand. The data show that the iPhone 5C and 5S both performed substantially worse than the Galaxy S3. "Because the touch accuracy is more even in Galaxy S3 than in iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C, you get a lot less typing errors, and letters which are close to the edge are working better."
• Galaxy S4, S3, Note 2 getting 4.3 + Gear support 'in the coming - Samsung has confirmed that the "premium suite" update pack for the Galaxy S4, S3 and Note 2 will be arriving on U.S. devices "in the coming weeks." The update includes Android 4.3 Jelly Bean, support for the Galaxy Gear smartwatch and Samsung's new KNOX enterprise security layer. According to today's press release some devices will start receiving the update today - and although no specific devices or carriers are mentioned, the leaked timetable points to today being the day for the Verizon Galaxy S4. Elsewhere, international Galaxy S4s started receiving their Android 4.3 updates a couple of weeks back, and these also included Galaxy Gear and KNOX support. Samsung also tells us the U.S. Galaxy S4 Active, S4 Mini and Galaxy Mega will receive similar updates "in the months ahead."
• Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 Kids coming to the U.S. November 10 - Samsung has announced that the chunky, bright-colored Galaxy Tab 3 Kids will be headed to the U.S. from Nov. 10, priced at $229.99. The 7-inch tablet is essentially a Galaxy Tab 3 wrapped in a colorful exterior, with the option to switch into a second, kid-friendly operating mode alongside the standard Android/TouchWiz UI. Naturally for a kid-centric tablet you'll find a host of games and educational apps preloaded on the Tab 3 Kids, along with parental controls to keep tabs on what your kids can do.
• LG G Flex Has a Curved Screen, Self-Healing Cover - LG has announced the G Flex, an Android smartphone that has a curved display and a self-healing rear cover. The G Flex is curved across the horizontal axis, which makes it somewhat banana-shaped. LG says this curve helps the phone fit better against the owner's face, boosts the earpiece volume by 3dB, allows the phone to rest more comfortably in the hand, and is more comfortable when placed in back pockets. In order to make the curved shape possible, LG developed a curved, plastic OLED display, which measures 6 inches across the diagonal and has 720p HD resolution
• Sprint Offers LTE Progress Report - Sprint has detailed its wireless network plans for the next 15 months. During its quarterly earnings call with media, Sprint said that it is on track to cover 200 million POPs with LTE on its 1900MHz spectrum by the end of the year. Its 1900MHz LTE network will be finalized by mid-2014. At the same time, Sprint has already begun to deploy LTE in the former Nextel's 800MHz band, which it is repurposing for 4G. Sprint did not say where it is lighting up 800MHz LTE, nor when it expects to complete its 800MHz LTE network upgrades. The bigger picture concerns Sprint's 2.5GHz spectrum. Sprint plans to have 5,000 2.5GHz TD-LTE cell sites up and running by the end of 2013, and it will accelerate its 2.5GHz build-out during 2014. Sprint hopes to cover 100 million POPs with 2.5GHz LTE by the end of 2014. Sprint says it expects to see significant speed boosts in markets served by the 2.5GHz spectrum. On unloaded test sites, Sprint is seeing download speeds in the 50-60Mbps range. Moving forward, most Sprint devices will support LTE in the 800MHz, 1900MHz, and 2.5GHz bands. By way of comparison, Verizon's LTE network covers more than 300 million POPs; AT&T's will cover 270 million POPs by the end of the year; and T-Mobile's covers 202 million POPs.
• Say Hello to the World's First Advanced Social Robot - The brains of your cute robot friend include an OMAP 4460 dual-core 1.5GHz ARM Cortex-A9 processor, 1GB RAM and 8GB of storage, plus a microSD expansion slot. They're using open source software and the Zeno R25 stays connected via Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.
• First ever Bitcoin ATM open for business in Vancouver, Canada - The system will require you to get biometrically scanned using a built in palm scanner to access your Bitcoin account. In case you're not yet a Bitcoin currency user, you can also set up an account right there at the ATM and exchange your cash for Bitcoins. The Las Vegas-based company Robocoin are the operators of this ATM service. So far it's been reported that about 81 transactions happened at this ATM on the first day and a high volume of these were new users. The report also said that over $10,000 was exchanged from cash to Bitcoin and vice versa.
• 12 year old Anonymous hacker pleads guilty to DDOS attack - A 12 year old boy has pleaded guilty to three counts of hacking in a Canadian court on Thursday. The fifth grader, who was 11 at the time of the offences, aided Anonymous in DDOS attacks against government sites during the 2012 Quebec student protests. The boy contributed to the crashing of sites and acquired user and administrator information from database servers. He is also accused of defacing the front page of websites. The Toronto Sun reports one of the hacked sites was down for two days, causing over $60,000 in damage. A report is expected to detail the extent of the attacks on targets such as Montreal Police and the Chilean government next month. It is reported hackivist group Anonymous exchanged his hacking skills for video games.
• Apple iPad Air is $479 at Walmart, Apple, Best Buy and Staples - See more at: http://www.mobilemag.com/2013/11/01/apple-ipad-air-479-walmart-apple-best-buy-staples/#sthash.2CwG0Zse.dpuf
• Kinect Does Sign Language Translation - Opening new doors of communication for sign language users.
• ESA's Six Legged Rover Is the Future of Lunar Exploration (Video) - For starters, it'll have a laser at the front to help scan the terrain in front of it. This will help it better navigate around the lunar surface or any other planetary surface where it might be deployed. What's fascinating is the versatility of those six wheels. You see, they can transform. Each of the six wheels can unravel to become almost feline-like springy legs. You might also equate this form of locomotion to a beetle or some other insect. This could help the rover transverse more challenging terrain where wheels wouldn't be as appropriate. Further still, the middle leg/wheel can function as an arm, grabbing rock samples and using tools stashed away on the main body. The video also depicts some other things that the ESA is working on, like a robotic forklift and a teleoperator robot for connecting service lines. Check it all out below.
• MIT Wristband Could Make AC Obsolete - Currently, it's in the prototype stage and uses a custom copper-alloy-based heat sink which is attached to an automated control system that automatically adjusts the intensity and duration of thermal pulses. The team leader Sam Shames invented the technology when he was looking for a solution for a very common problem: keeping everyone happy in a room where no one can agree where to set the thermostat.
• Building Tensile Structures with Flying Machines -Building tensile structures with flying machines in the ETH Zurich Flying Machine Arena. The video shows quadrocopters assembling prototypical tensile structures. This is part of a body of research in aerial construction, a field that addresses the construction of structures with the aid of flying machines
• LEGO: The Movie - Official Trailer - The LEGO Movie, the first-ever, full-length theatrical LEGO adventure, directed by Phil Lord & Christopher Miller, opens in theaters February 7, 2014. It stars the vocal talents of Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Nick Offerman and Alison Brie, with Liam Neeson and Morgan Freeman.
• Homefront - Red Band Trailer (NSFW) - A former DEA agent moves his family to a quiet town, where he soon tangles with a local meth druglord.
• X-Men: Days of Future Past Official Trailer #1 (2013) - The X-Men send Wolverine to the past to change a major historical event that could globally impact man and mutant kind.
• Death Star Pumpkin vs Rebel .50 Cal - Wohoo!
• Introducing The Tweeting Bra! - Yes, you heard me right, a bra that tweets every time it is unclasped :-o
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• Chanelle Hayes' Busty Nuts Photoshoot - check it out
  
• Lais Ribeiro Is A Brazilian Goddess! - Lais Ribeiro here is a total goddess!
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• Radeon R9 290X Review: AMD's Back In Ultra-High-End Gaming - After eight months of watching Nvidia go uncontested in the ultra-high-end graphics market, AMD has a new GPU based on existing technology that promises to challenge the top position. It gets mighty loud at times, but you can't ignore the R9 290X's price. It sells for no less than $1000 and comes equipped with 6 GB of fast GDDR5 memory. By all accounts, it's really well-suited for gaming at 2560x1440, it serves up playable performance at 5760x1080 in some games, but doesn’t quite move fast enough for 3840x216
• Surface 2 - review - The Surface 2 represents a fresh start for Microsoft's tablet line. Sure, you could easily say that it's the second installment of the Surface RT (now simply called Surface), but with a new marketing campaign, a new name (Microsoft has dropped the RT branding entirely), beefed up internals and an updated operating system, Surface 2 is almost entirely new in every way, shape and form.
• AMD Catalyst 13.11 Beta V6 - AMD sends word that the new Catalyst 13.11 Beta V6 drivers are now available
• Run Windows 8.1 For 90 Days Free -I wonder if a 90 day test drive would change some people's opinion of Windows 8.1?  In related news, The Microsoft Answers forum is abuzz with a problem that seems to affect many people trying to update from Windows 8 to Windows 8.1. It's a show-stopper that throws up two Blue Screens when the Win 8.1 installer reboots. Microsoft has a couple of suggestions for recovering from the problem, but at this point it doesn't look like the solutions fix the problem. Further confounding the situation, the problem existed back in June, with the Windows 8.1 Preview Milestone, and apparently hasn't been fixed.
• Microsoft Releases IE11 Reliability Patch for Windows 8.1 - Without a large amount of fanfare and little explanation, Microsoft has released a patch for Internet Explorer 11, which is available for download through the normal Windows Update procedure. The patch is described on a Microsoft support page, which says simply that the file is supposed to improve "the reliability of Internet Explorer 11."
  
• Students Can Get Microsoft Office 365 For Free -Beginning in December, Microsoft will be offering free Office 365 to all students at institutions that license Office Education under the Student Advantage Program.
• KMS activate Windows 8.1 and Office 2013 - FaiKee has released a dodgy KMS tool can now activate Windows 8.1 by using a traditional Key Management Service workaround, and it works for all editions of Windows 8.1 too. This type of hack has long been used to "officially" activate Microsoft products, including Office and previous versions of Windows.
• Microsoft Reports Record FY14 Q1 Revenue of $18.53 Billion - Microsoft has announced revenue of $18.53 billion for the quarter ended September 30, 2013. Gross margin, operating income, net income, and diluted earnings per share for the quarter were $13.42 billion, $6.33 billion, $5.24 billion, and $0.62 per share. Microsoft stock is up over 7% in after hours trading. These financial results reflect the deferral of $113 million of revenue primarily related to Windows 8.1 Pre-sales.
• Mozilla's new Lightbeam download allows users to track trackers - Mozilla, the open-source software community responsible for the Firefox browser, has released a new download that allows users to identify who's tracking their Internet movements. Dubbed 'Lightbeam,' the free Firefox extension will enable users to see which third party companies are monitoring their online presence, a move that Mozilla states will 'illuminate the inner workings of the web.'
• OS X Mavericks Review - The questionably named OS X Mavericks is out for all to purchase today. But should we trust this very incremental update? Are the performance updates really noticeable?
• AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, U.S. Cellular to Sell Galaxy S4 Mini - Samsung has announced that the Galaxy S4 Mini will become available from the top U.S. network operators beginning in November. The GS4 Mini was first announced in May. AT&T, Sprint, U.S. Cellular, and Verizon Wireless have all agreed to sell the phone. The Mini swaps out the S4's 5-inch FHD display for a qHD 4.3-inch display; it drops the 13-megapixel camera down to 8 megapixels; and changes out the quad-core processor in favor of a 1.7GHz dual-core processor. The user-facing camera rates 1.9 megapixels and the Mini includes many of the same imaging features found in its larger stablemate. The Mini also carries over the GS4's multitude of apps, such as S Translator, S Health, WatchOn, Samsung Hub, and others. The Galaxy S4 Mini has 8GB of internal memory (5GB accessible by users), 1.5GB of RAM, and supports microSD cards up to 64GB. It includes GPS and GLONASS, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.0, and an IR blaster for the remote control app. Availability and pricing will be carrier dependent.
• Galaxy Note 10.1-2014 Edition spotted in UK sporting 16GB of storage - A reader has just sent in this image from a Currys/PC World in the U.K. where the tablet is up on display at £499.99 for 16GB of storage and Wifi connectivity. Interestingly the processor is listed as "quad core," even though the model hitting the U.S. is an octa-core (but we wouldn't be surprised if this was a typo in the end). The tipster indicates that the store will actually sell you one starting next week, even though they're already on display this weekend. I don't have any other solid indication of pricing or availability at other stores, although some online retailers such as Clove have the tablet listed at £479.99 for the Wifi model.
• Nokia Debuts Lumia 1520 with 6-Inch HD Screen - Nokia has announced the Lumia 1520, a device that is the first to take advantage of new features built into Windows Phone, including a high-definition display and quad-core processor. The 1520 boasts a 6-inch full HD ClearBlack LCD with Gorilla Glass 2, sunlight mode, and high sensitivity for use with gloves. The latest version of Windows Phone supports a third column on the screen, which means owners of the 1520 will be able to add more content and Live Tiles to their home screen. The 1520 is powered by a 2.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor, and comes with 2GB of RAM, 32GB of storage, and support for microSD cards up to 64GB. The 1520 takes imaging seriously and includes a 20-megapixel PureView camera with dual LED flash, Carl Zeiss optics, lossless zoom, and optical image stabilization.
• LG Fireweb Smartphone Powered by Firefox OS - The unveiling hardly comes out of left field, as LG had already stated that it wanted to work with Mozilla and build a smartphone powered by the Firefox OS. The physical design of the phone isn't the most exciting, borrowing some design cues from the company's lower-end L-Series phones. It only has a 4-inch display with a mere 480 x 320 pixel resolution, for example, a far cry from the 5-inch 1080p displays we see on more flagship-worthy devices. The rest of the specs on LG's first Firefox phone are similarly low-end. There's just a 1GHz single core Qualcomm processor under the hood, along with a 5MP camera, storage of 2GB to 4GB, microSD expansion, 3G connectivity and a smaller 1540mAh battery.
• Apple Pushes iOS 7.0.3 to Fix Bugs - Apple made available a minor update to its iOS 7 operating system. The new platform software includes support for iCloud Keychain, which can be used to keep track of account names, passwords, and credit cards across Mac devices. According to the changelog, the system update also adds a password generator for Safari; updates the lock screen TouchID behavior and patches a lockscreen bug; returns web and Wikipedia search to Spotlight; fixes several iMessage bugs; improves iWork stability; eliminates a VoiceOver bug that impacted Siri and input sensitivity; and resolves an accelerometer calibration issue. iOS 7 is free to download over the air and is compatible with devices such as the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch.
• Cover - The right apps at the right time - Think lock screen that learns which apps you use in various locations - home, work, car and out - and floats them to the lock screen as you go about your day, much like Aviate does with your home screens. Pretty slick idea, and it actually does go beyond the lock screen and the full usage of the phone. It's invite-only for now, so sit back and let the hype flow freely around you. Can't wait to try this, though, especially the sick transition between the lock screen and an app whose shortcut you picked.
• NSA Monitored Calls Of 35 World Leaders - The National Security Agency monitored the phone conversations of 35 world leaders after being given the numbers by an official in another US government department, according to a classified document provided by whistleblower Edward Snowden. The confidential memo reveals that the NSA encourages senior officials in its "customer" departments, such the White House, State and the Pentagon, to share their "Rolodexes" so the agency can add the phone numbers of leading foreign politicians to their surveillance systems. The document notes that one unnamed US official handed over 200 numbers, including those of the 35 world leaders, none of whom is named. These were immediately "tasked" for monitoring by the NSA.
• Canyon of Fire on the Sun - video - A magnetic filament of solar material erupted on the sun in late September, breaking the quiet conditions in a spectacular fashion. The 200,000 mile long filament ripped through the sun's atmosphere, the corona, leaving behind what looks like a canyon of fire. The glowing canyon traces the channel where magnetic fields held the filament aloft before the explosion. Visualizers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. combined two days of satellite data to create a short movie of this gigantic event on the sun.
• Captain America The Winter Soldier trailer UK - Captain America returns! The official first trailer for Captain America The Winter Soldier -- in UK cinemas March 26 2014. The sequel to Marvel's Captain America The First Avenger. Starring Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Cobie Smulders, Frank Grillo, Emily VanCamp, Hayley Atwell with Robert Redford as Alexander Pierce and Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury.
  
• Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues - New Trailer - With the 70's behind him, San Diego's top rated newsman, Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell), returns to the news desk in Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues. Also back for more are Ron's co-anchor and wife, Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate), weather man Brick Tamland (Steve Carell), man on the street Brian Fontana (Paul Rudd) and sports guy Champ Kind (David Koechner) - All of whom won't make it easy to stay classy...while taking the nation's first 24-hour news channel by storm.
• Apple's Marketing VP Calls Batman "The Black Knight" - The FAIL video of the day is brought to you by marketing people that act like they are fans of popular culture to look cool. Martin Lawrence would be honored.
• Volvo Trucks - The Chase (video) - This live test from Volvo Trucks shows how the new Volvo FL performs on tiny twisting streets in Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain.
• Pushup Bra for Men Turns Man Boobs into Power Pecs - Good news (?) for males who still enjoy tight-fitted t-shirts. A new 'muscle-enhancing' top by U.K.-based Funkybod.com gives men who haven't peaked in the pectorals a chance to fit in with all the other fist-pumping brawny folk. The padded undershirt effectively serves as the answer to a woman's padded bra, acting as a 'confidence booster' for men everywhere. The shirt, which costs about $48, is available in black, white and grey. The top is meant to compress unsightly man boobs and reshape them into a more muscular-looking build.
• Jason Momoa (Khal Drogo) plays slaps with our manager Dustin - Jason is releasing a new film called Road To Paloma.
• Exploding Pumpkins with C4 and Det Cord - The RatedRR crew are getting in the Halloween spirit by blowing up pumpkins with C4 and recording it with a high speed camera.
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• NSFW: Slow-Motion Bouncing Boobs - Rachel Williams' bounces her fun bags in super slow-mo!! :P
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• Lenovo A10 Android Laptop Announced for $249 - Laptop maker Lenovo has announced its first Android-powered notebook, the Lenovo A10. With a 10-inch, 1366x768-resolution screen, a Rockchip 1.6GHz quad-core processor with 2GB of RAM, and runs Android 4.2 Jelly Bean. Battery life, the manufacturer says, clocks in at nine hours of continuous video playback.
• Logitech Puts Windows-8 Button on a Wireless Mouse - Logitech has announced its new M560 wireless mouse that features a little something we haven't seen much before: a Windows 8 button. The Windows 8 button featured on the mouse, which Logitech refers to as the 'Windows 8 edge menu button,' brings you straight to the App Bar and Charms Bar. It can also be used to bring up the Metro interface or return to the desktop. Of course, the mouse will also work in conjunction with Windows 7. Logitech will be releasing the mouse in two colors, white and black, and it will feature an MSRP of $39.99.
  
• Virtual Retinal Display beams images onto your eyeballs - Everyone seems to be pretty excited about the Oculus Rift VR headset. The folks at Avegant are working on an even more intriguing head-mounted display. Dubbed the Virtual Retinal Display, the headset eschews LCD screens in favor of a micro-mirror array that beams reflected light directly into the eyes. The current prototype offers a resolution of 1280x800 per eye, but the perceived resolution is supposedly much higher.
• Windows Server 2012 R2 released - Microsoft is now offering the general availability Windows Server 2012 R2 to the public. Microsoft has also launched System Center 2012 R2, a new version of Windows Intune and more tools that have been updated to work with Windows Server 2012 R2. In this blog post, Microsoft goes over many of the new additions in the OS, such as improved storage features, better server virtualization capabilities, streamlined network functions and more. As I reported previously, Microsoft has also released new Remote Desktop apps for iOS, Android and Mac platforms designed to connect to Windows Server 2012 R2.
• Windows Server 2012 R2 Remote Desktop apps for Mac, iOS and Android - Last week, Microsoft quietly revealed plans to launch new Remote Desktop apps for iOS, Android and Mac OS X device that would connect to Windows Server 2012 R2. Today, Microsoft released those apps to the public, allowing a ton of smartphones and tablets to access a Windows PC remotely for free. The apps can be downloaded on the iOS App Store, Mac App Store and Google Play storefront. Microsoft released a Remote Desktop app for Windows 8 several months ago. These new apps have been offered by the company in part because Microsoft recently acquired certain assets of HLW Software, which had launched its own iTap Remote Desktop software for Windows for iOS, Android and Mac platforms. HLW Software has since removed those iTap apps from those download stores.
• Microsoft launches Visual Studio 2013 RTM - Microsoft has a bunch of major new software releases to hype today. In addition to Windows 8.1 and Windows Embedded 8.1 Industry, the company has announced that the final releases of Visual Studio 2013, .NET 4.5.1, and Team Foundation Server 2013 are ready for download. While technically, the software can now be downloaded by interested customers, Microsoft is still planning on hosting an official launch event for Visual Studio 2013 on November 13th, where it will go into more detail on the new features and improvements in the tools. Prices for the various SKUs remain the same as they did for the 2012 editions, but if a person owns Visual Studio 2012 Professional, they can buy a Visual Studio Professional 2013 Upgrade for just $99 from November 1st to January 31st, 2014.
  
• How Apple's iMessage Surveillance Flaw Works - Apple's iMessage is believed to be among the most secure, surveillance-proof messaging tools. But hackers have exposed a flaw that allows malicious interception, impersonation, and the viewing of private messages.
• BitTorrent site IsoHunt will shut down, pay MPAA $110 million - isoHunt, a search engine for BitTorrent files founded more than a decade ago, has agreed today to shut down all its operations worldwide. The company, founded by Canadian Gary Fung, has also accepted a judgment that it must pay the movie studios that sued it $110 million. It's not clear how much of that the studios will actually be able to collect. Fung gave up his long legal fight just weeks from having to defend his site in federal court; a jury trial was scheduled to start on November 5 in a Los Angeles federal court. Earlier court rulings had already determined that Fung was liable for "inducing" copyright infringement, so the court trial would have largely been about damage control. The MPAA had stated studio lawyers would have sought as much as $600 million had the case gone to trial.
• Scratch Wireless Offering Free Wi-Fi-Based Service - Scratch Wireless, an MVNO that runs on Sprint's network, today launched a new service offering that promises to deliver free calling, texting, and mobile data. Scratch is selling a single phone, the 2012-era Motorola Photo Q for $269, and lets customers make calls, send text messages, and surf the web all for free when connected to a Wi-Fi network. When Wi-Fi isn't available, Scratch Wireless devices will roam onto Sprint's network, where text messages will still be free, but voice and data cost extra. According to Scratch, it offers daily and monthly voice/data plans that can be used on Sprint's network when the user roams away from Wi-Fi. The 24-hour plan costs $1.99 for 30 voice minutes and 25MB of data, and the monthly plan costs $14.99 for 250 voice minutes and 200MB of data. Scratch does not have an agreement in place with Wi-Fi aggregators, such as Boingo, so customers are on their own to map out Wi-Fi hotspots and availability. Scratch does not require contracts or recurring monthly fees.
• MIT's 'Kinect of the future' looks through walls with X-Ray - Using simple radio signals, MIT researchers can pinpoint someone--through a wall--with incredible accuracy.
• See-Through System: an overtaking assistance system - The See-Through System is a driver assistance system that leverages on V2V communication and windshield-installed cameras to transform vision-obstructing vehicles into transparent tubular objects.
  
• HELL NO: The Sensible Horror Film - Imagine a realm where the most horrifying terrors of the underworld emerge to wreak bloody vengeance upon any who... hmm? what's that? you wanna go literally anywhere else? yeah, good idea let's get out of here
• NON STOP Movie Trailer (Liam Neeson) - Global action star Liam Neeson stars in NON-STOP, a suspense thriller played out at 40,000 feet in the air. During a transatlantic flight from New York City to London, U.S. Air Marshal Bill Marks (Neeson) receives a series of cryptic text messages demanding that he instruct the government to transfer $150 million into an off-shore account. Until he secures the money, a passenger on his flight will be killed every 20 minutes.
• Zombie Phone Prank - check it out
• Felix Baumgartner's Amazing Freefall (Video) - It shows Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner plummeting to Earth at 833.9 mph (140mph faster than speed of sound). Yes, that's really, really fast. From a starting point 24 miles above the Earth's surface, Baumgartner leaped from space. As you might know, that event happened last year, greatly inspiring all of us down on Earth. A YouTube video of Baumgartner's great jump went viral soon after and it has more than 35 million views so far. But certainly many would have found it difficult to be in Baumgartner's shoes even through a computer screen. And now, Red Bull, which sponsored Baumgartner's dive, has released a new video of the freefall celebrating its one-year anniversary. The video has been shot from our daredevil's point of view, and it should give you some idea about what it was like for Baumgartner.
• Nicole & Brianna The Bella Twins Photo Shoot Behind the Scenes - Here is a SEXY behind the scenes video of Nicole & Brianna's photo shoot with Jennifer Rovero for American Icon Autographs at Nicole's beach house in San Diego on August 27, 2012.
  
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• NSFW: Miley Cyrus 4 Terry Richardson - Miley Cyrus hung out with Terry Richardson in New York and got naked.
• Irina Shayk 4 La Clover Lingerie - Irina Shayk Sexy in La Clover Lingerie Valentine's Day 2013 Collection
• Kelly Brook Calendar 2014 - I never in my life bought a calendar with a babe on it, but if any of my readers want to get me a Christmas gift this year, I'd really love to hang the 2014 Kelly Brook calendar on my office wall.
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