Video: The Birth and Life of a DIY Space Capsule

This video shows the development, production and testing of Copenhagen Suborbitals' DIY space capsule Tycho Deep Space-1. The capsule was designed and produced during a period of 10 months and finally tested in the summer of 2012.

Source: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/12/the-birth-and-life-of-a-diy-space-capsule-video/

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Why the NFL Sucks at Testing for Concussions

There is no doubt concussed NFL players get top-notch care after they're properly diagnosed. The problem is they aren't always properly diagnosed. Neurologists say the league simply does not have adequate tools needed to do the job on the sidelines.

Source: http://www.wired.com/playbook/2012/12/nfl-sideline-concussion-testing/

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9 Windows Start menus for Windows 8

Search as you might, you won't find a single bigger source of ire in Windows 8 than the new Modern UI (aka "Metro") Start menu. Defenders of the new full-screen, touch-based app launcher and notifications dashboard claim that Windows users were just as antsy about the original Windows 95 Start menu. Remember all the "Classic File Manager" replacements from that time? All true, but Windows 8's Start menu has thrown many people -- seasoned veterans, early adopters, and new users alike -- for a curve. And Microsoft has been adamant that the old Start menu is gone for good.

Source: http://www.infoworld.com/d/microsoft-windows/9-windows-start-menus-windows-8-208963?source=rss_infoworld_test_center_articles

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The Perl programming language turns 25

Let me get this out of the way up front: Perl isn't a beautiful language. It's kind of a mongrel pup with pedigreed academic roots: C, AWK, Lisp, Pascal, sed, and a bit of Smalltalk and C++ tossed in to keep the more pedestrian programmers happy.

Source: http://www.infoworld.com/t/perl/the-perl-programming-language-turns-25-209424?source=rss_infoworld_blogs

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Your guide to safe and secure post-holiday shopping

The truth is you didn't get a 60-inch LCD TV as a gift this holiday season. You'll have to buy it yourself. And most likely, you'll go to the last remaining big-box store, compare picture quality, and return home to your computer to find the best deal online.

Still feel a little nervous buying a big-ticket item over the InterWebs? Keep in mind it's at least as safe as handing your credit card to a complete stranger for five minutes every time you eat in a restaurant. Nonetheless, you can take several steps to reduce the risk.

Source: http://www.infoworld.com/d/security/your-guide-safe-and-secure-post-holiday-shopping-209676?source=rss_infoworld_blogs

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Cloud storage specification gets ISO approval

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has ratified the Cloud Data Management Interface (CDMI), a set of protocols defining how companies can safely move data between private and public clouds.

The Storage Networking Industry Association's (SNIA) Cloud Storage Initiative Group submitted the standard for approval by the ISO last spring. CDMI is the first industry-developed open standard specifically for data storage as a service.

Source: http://akamai.infoworld.com/d/cloud-computing/cloud-storage-specification-gets-iso-approval-205297?source=rss_storage

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Walking Dead to Westeros: The Best TV of 2012

Here they are: the best geeky shows of 2012.

Source: http://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/12/best-tv-2012/

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Tech's lighter side: America's funniest IT blunders, 2012 edition

IT pros share behind-the-scene stories of the job, from personal bloopers to bureaucratic nonsense

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Source: http://podcasts.infoworld.com/slideshow/79097/techs-lighter-side-americas-funniest-it-blunders-2012-edition-209729?source=rss_infoworld_top_stories_

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Paraglider Goes to Infinity, 568 Times

The infinity tumble is said to be the most difficult move in all of paragliding, an acrobatic somersault in which the guy crazy enough to do it experiences six times the force of gravity. Doing it once is impressive. Horacio ...

Source: http://www.wired.com/playbook/2012/12/paraglider-horacio-llorens/

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Lenovo X1 Carbon review: An Ultrabook for old pros

Source: http://www.infoworld.com/d/mobile-technology/lenovo-x1-carbon-review-ultrabook-old-pros-208174?source=rss_infoworld_test_center_articles

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Sorry, Microsoft: Users really want the Start menu back

Though Microsoft's new Windows head, Julie Larson-Green, would have us believe http://www.infoworld.com/t/microsoft-windows/sorry-microsoft-users-really-want-the-start-menu-back-209668?source=rss_infoworld_blogs

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2012: The year in quotes

Some of the most memorable IT-related quotes were uttered in courtrooms this year, which involved a steady stream of legal challenges about intellectual property. In no particular order, these are some of the comments that stuck with us as 2012 winds to a close.

Source: http://www.infoworld.com/d/the-industry-standard/2012-the-year-in-quotes-209036?source=rss_applications

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Sorry, Microsoft: Users really want the Start menu back

Though Microsoft's new Windows head, Julie Larson-Green, would have us believe http://www.infoworld.com/t/microsoft-windows/sorry-microsoft-users-really-want-the-start-menu-back-209668?source=rss_infoworld_blogs

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Beyond Apple and Google: 2012's key enterprise shifts

It's that time of year, when everyone is recapping 2012's big stories -- successes and failures -- or prognosticating what 2013 will hold.

Source: http://www.infoworld.com/t/technology-business/beyond-apple-and-google-2012s-key-enterprise-shifts-209629?source=rss_infoworld_blogs

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The Lost History and Unintended Consequences of the Chicken Nugget

The chicken nugget appears to have been invented -- or at least, originally proposed -- by a Cornell professor 17 years before McDonald's had essentially the same idea.

Source: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/12/history-consequences-nugget/

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Found Contest: Imagine the Future of Cafés

Each month, we’ll propose a scenario and present some ideas and concepts. Then it’s up to you: Sketch out your vision and upload your ideas (below). We’ll use the best suggestions as inspiration for a future Found page, giving kudos ...

Source: http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2012/12/found-contest-imagine-the-future-of-cafes/

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Chrome 25 will disable 'silently installed' extensions

Starting with version 25 of Google Chrome, browser extensions installed offline by other applications will not be enabled until users give their permission through a dialog box in the browser interface.

At the moment developers have several options to install extensions offline -- not using the browser interface -- in Google Chrome for Windows. One of them involves adding special entries in the Windows registry that tell Chrome that a new extension has been installed and should be enabled.

Source: http://akamai.infoworld.com/d/applications/chrome-25-will-disable-silently-installed-extensions-209780?source=rss_applications

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Best Space Photos of the Year 2012

We round up the most amazing, mind-blowing, spectacular, and jaw-dropping photos of planets, moons, galaxies, and nebulas from our perennially popular Space Photo of the Day gallery.

Source: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/12/best-space-photos-2012/

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IT shifts from owning to outsourcing data center space

There is increasing demand for data center space in multi-tenant facilities driven by a number of trends, according to a new report.

Source: http://www.infoworld.com/d/data-center/it-shifts-owning-outsourcing-data-center-space-209774

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SSD prices continue to plunge

Since 2010, SSD (solid state drive) prices have plummeted 300 percent since 2010, this year reaching what researchers call the magic price point of $1-per-gigabyte of capacity.

After dropping 20 percent in the second quarter of 2012 alone, SSD prices fell another 10 percent in the second half of the year, according to data from IHS iSupply.

Source: http://www.infoworld.com/d/storage/ssd-prices-continue-plunge-209314?source=rss_storage

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On the Small Screen: Instagram Claims Mix-Up, But for Some Photographers the Damage Is Already Done

After a loud outcry from people across the internet, Instagram seems to be backpedaling on the changes to their new terms of service. But even if they agree to back off, some photographers say they've been left with a bad ...

Source: http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2012/12/instagram/

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Sorry, Microsoft: Users really want the Start menu back

Though Microsoft's new Windows head, Julie Larson-Green, would have us believe http://www.infoworld.com/t/microsoft-windows/sorry-microsoft-users-really-want-the-start-menu-back-209668?source=rss_infoworld_blogs

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Star Trek Into Darkness Trailer Gets My Little Pony Remix

The trailer for Star Trek Into Darkness has been remixed with images from My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic. The Enterprise and Equestria are together at last.

Source: http://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/12/star-trek-into-darkness-my-little-pony/

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Beyond Apple and Google: 2012's key enterprise shifts

It's that time of year, when everyone is recapping 2012's big stories -- successes and failures -- or prognosticating what 2013 will hold.

Source: http://www.infoworld.com/t/technology-business/beyond-apple-and-google-2012s-key-enterprise-shifts-209629?source=rss_applications

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Video: The Birth and Life of a DIY Space Capsule

This video shows the development, production and testing of Copenhagen Suborbitals' DIY space capsule Tycho Deep Space-1. The capsule was designed and produced during a period of 10 months and finally tested in the summer of 2012.

Source: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/12/the-birth-and-life-of-a-diy-space-capsule-video/

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Video: Everything Wrong With The Dark Knight Rises in Three Minutes

A concise compilation of all the hilarious missteps in the Batman trilogy finale.

Source: http://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/12/dark-knight-funny/

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The Sword and Sorcery Precursor to Empire Strikes Back

It’s been a legend on geeky message boards for decades: a beautiful sword-and-sorcery flick made by a key person behind Star Wars. Many distinctly remembered seeing it as children, but no one could track it down. Well, it turns out ...

Source: http://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/12/20-12-pl_blackangel/

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Why Oracle bought Eloqua, and what it means for the market

Oracle surprised many tech industry observers by announcing Thursday it would pay $871 million for marketing automation software vendor Eloqua. The move seemed a bit unlikely given the amount of sales and marketing software Oracle already had.

But a closer look at the deal reveals a number of probable motives for Oracle, as well as what effects the deal could have on the market.

Source: http://www.infoworld.com/d/the-industry-standard/why-oracle-bought-eloqua-and-what-it-means-the-market-209652?source=rss_applications

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Eruption May Have Started at Copahue on the Chile/Argentina Border

Quick post, but I said if something interesting happened… I was sent a GOES image showing a fairly strong plume from Copahue on the Chile/Argentina border – a plume that sure looks like an eruption from the volcano. Sure enough, ...

Source: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/12/eruption-may-have-started-at-copahue-on-the-chileargentina-border/

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Oracle buys Eloqua for marketing software in $871 million deal

Oracle has agreed to acquire Eloqua for about $871 million, in a bid to build out a set of marketing automation software.

Eloqua's board has approved the deal and it is expected to close in the first half of next year, Oracle said Thursday.

Source: http://www.infoworld.com/d/the-industry-standard/oracle-buys-eloqua-marketing-software-in-871-million-deal-209608?source=rss_applications

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Sharp Shooters: NYC Blacked Out and Abandoned: Sandy’s Wake Creates Historic Photo Opp

The day after Hurricane Sandy, Colin Gray and a group of buddies crossed the Williamsburg Bridge on foot to get a first-hand look at the damage caused by the storm. When they saw the empty streets and abandoned subway stations, ...

Source: http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2012/12/a-rare-moment-captured-as-nyc-goes-dark/

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Dec. 27, 1831: Beagle Sets Sail With a Very Special Passenger

HMS Beagle, a 10-gun, Cherokee-class brig sloop of the Royal Navy’s survey service, sets sail from Plymouth, England on its second voyage as a survey vessel.

Source: http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2012/12/dec-27-1831-beagle-sets-sail-with-a-very-special-passenger/

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Tech workers, beware: IBM cuts retirement, Microsoft wants more H-1Bs

Just when we figured that information technology workers were sitting pretty, what with a job boom in cloud and mobile technologies, comes news that the days aren't quite as happy as we thought.

Source: http://www.infoworld.com/d/the-industry-standard/tech-workers-beware-ibm-cuts-retirement-microsoft-wants-more-h-1bs-209097?source=rss_infoworld_blogs

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By 2014, the Internet will be the death of us all

This is the time of year when everyone and their dog posts their predictions for what will happen in the wacky world of tech in 2013. The reason? Nobody wants to work over the holidays, and a predictions post is one of those you can whip up ahead of time and pop in the microwave until it's time to publish. (Look for one coming from me over the next week or so.)

But I gotta hand it to the folks at cyber security firm Internet Identity. They decided to beat the rush, skip right over their 2013 predictions, and go straight to 2014.

Source: http://www.infoworld.com/t/cringely/2014-the-internet-will-be-the-death-of-us-all-209395?source=rss_infoworld_blogs

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By 2014, the Internet will be the death of us all

This is the time of year when everyone and their dog posts their predictions for what will happen in the wacky world of tech in 2013. The reason? Nobody wants to work over the holidays, and a predictions post is one of those you can whip up ahead of time and pop in the microwave until it's time to publish. (Look for one coming from me over the next week or so.)

But I gotta hand it to the folks at cyber security firm Internet Identity. They decided to beat the rush, skip right over their 2013 predictions, and go straight to 2014.

Source: http://www.infoworld.com/t/cringely/2014-the-internet-will-be-the-death-of-us-all-209395?source=rss_infoworld_blogs

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The top 5 tech bozos of the year

Picking the bozos of the year is always bittersweet. It's altogether satisfying to call out the big cigars of the tech world -- and sometimes their allies in government -- who deserve to be ridiculed and brought to account. On the other hand, these bozos have caused damage to their companies, their employees, and their customers, which is no joking matter. Here are 2012's top five.

Source: http://www.infoworld.com/d/the-industry-standard/the-top-5-tech-bozos-of-the-year-209576?source=rss_applications

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Patent cases will continue to color mobile market in 2013

Over the past year, patent battles have been fought by tech companies in courtrooms all over the world. The litigation is far from over though, and will continue throughout 2013. This is what's at stake on the patent battlefield in the near future. The patent brouhaha reached its high point in August when a California District Court jury awarded a $1 billion victory to Apple in a patent trial against Samsung over tablets and smartphones. Samsung is appealing the verdict and the two companies are continuing litigation in other countries too.

Source: http://www.infoworld.com/d/mobile-technology/patent-cases-will-continue-color-mobile-market-in-2013-209709

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Check Out the Preview of the Hamlet Choose-Your-Adventure Book

Preview of To Be or Not to Be, the choose-your-own-path version of Hamlet imagined by Ryan North (canonical choices are denoted by asterisks): You are now Claudius, King of Denmark! Your nephew is standing behind you being really annoying! Hamlet ...

Source: http://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/12/preview-cyoa/

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Amazon upgrades Storage Gateway, moves out of beta

Amazon Web Services has upgraded its Storage Gateway so it can cache data locally, and has also made it generally available.

The Storage Gateway is a software appliance that integrates local and cloud storage and can be used for file sharing, backup and disaster recovery.

Source: http://www.infoworld.com/d/cloud-computing/amazon-upgrades-storage-gateway-moves-out-of-beta-205986?source=rss_storage

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Nexus 10 review: The so-so Android tablet

Maybe Google should stop trying to get into the hardware business.

Source: http://www.infoworld.com/d/mobile-technology/nexus-10-review-the-so-so-android-tablet-209258?source=rss_infoworld_test_center_articles

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By 2014, the Internet will be the death of us all

This is the time of year when everyone and their dog posts their predictions for what will happen in the wacky world of tech in 2013. The reason? Nobody wants to work over the holidays, and a predictions post is one of those you can whip up ahead of time and pop in the microwave until it's time to publish. (Look for one coming from me over the next week or so.)

But I gotta hand it to the folks at cyber security firm Internet Identity. They decided to beat the rush, skip right over their 2013 predictions, and go straight to 2014.

Source: http://www.infoworld.com/t/cringely/2014-the-internet-will-be-the-death-of-us-all-209395?source=rss_infoworld_blogs

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Mobile 2013: Defining decisions for Apple, Google, Microsoft, Nokia, RIM, Samsung

The last six years of mobile innovation, missteps, and regrouping will come to a head next year. We'll see if Apple has plateaued or, worse, petered out. We'll see if Google can rationalize the Android ecosystem and cement its market dominance through cohesion, and if Samsung can sustain its effort to be more than a mere device maker. We'll see if Research in Motion's two years of promises will become reality with the BlackBerry 10.

Source: http://www.infoworld.com/d/mobile-technology/mobile-2013-defining-decisions-apple-google-microsoft-nokia-rim-samsung-209105?source=rss_infoworld_blogs

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Dec. 18, 1878: Let There Be Light — Electric Light

Joseph Swan demonstrates the electric lamp to the Newcastle Chemical Society in northern England.

Source: http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2012/12/dec-18-1878-let-there-be-light-electric-light/

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Let's not repeat the mistakes of Web history in the cloud

I'm often told by those in the cloud computing industry that the rise of cloud computing is a new, unique phenomenon. I'm not sure that's completely true.

I've often pointed out in this blog that the rise of cloud computing has some parallels with the rise of the Web and the technology created to support the Web in the 1990s. There were clear mistakes made back then, and it appears that some of us are doomed to repeat them.

Source: http://www.infoworld.com/d/cloud-computing/lets-not-repeat-the-mistakes-of-web-history-in-the-cloud-209181?source=rss_infoworld_blogs

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Paraglider Goes to Infinity, 568 Times

The infinity tumble is said to be the most difficult move in all of paragliding, an acrobatic somersault in which the guy crazy enough to do it experiences six times the force of gravity. Doing it once is impressive. Horacio ...

Source: http://www.wired.com/playbook/2012/12/paraglider-horacio-llorens/

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Best Space Photos of the Year 2012

We round up the most amazing, mind-blowing, spectacular, and jaw-dropping photos of planets, moons, galaxies, and nebulas from our perennially popular Space Photo of the Day gallery.

Source: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/12/best-space-photos-2012/

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The Google IQ test

Overview: 

Over the past 14 years, Google has grown from a simple search company into a multiplatform technology giant. Its reach now extends from phones and tablets to desktop operating systems and even driverless cars.

With all of its products, Google knows a lot about us -- so how much do you know about Google? Click through the following questions to test your Google knowledge. (Yes, it's considered cheating if you Google something to find an answer!)

Source: http://podcasts.infoworld.com/t/technology-business/the-google-iq-test-204712?source=rss_infoworld_top_stories_

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Mississippi River Faces Shipping Freeze as Water Levels Drop

Navigation has become treacherous on the Mississippi River as the worst U.S. drought in half a century brings water levels close to record lows.

Source: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/12/mississippi-low-water-cd/

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HTML5 now 'feature-complete,' W3C says

Perhaps spurred along by recent criticism from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) today announced it has published the complete d

Source: http://www.infoworld.com/t/html5/html5-now-feature-complete-w3c-says-209374?source=rss_infoworld_blogs

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Proposed law would stop broadband data caps that 'undermine innovation'

In the name of promoting online innovation and protecting consumers, U.S.

Source: http://www.infoworld.com/t/federal-regulations/proposed-law-would-stop-broadband-data-caps-undermine-innovation-209726?source=rss_infoworld_blogs

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Cosmo Strikes Again, Taking Over Another Westboro Twitter Account

It feels a little bit like hacker Groundhog Day. After hijacking a Westboro Baptist Church leader’s Twitter account on Monday, Wired has confirmed that the 15-year-old hacker known as Cosmo the God took over another account belonging to one of ...

Source: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/12/cosmo-strikes-again-takes-over-another-westboro-twitter-account/

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Padding Out The Hobbit: How to Make One Book Into Three Movies

One of the world’s most beloved books, J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit delighted children upon its publication in 1937–and, ever since, has continued to enchant both children and very lonely adults. Peter Jackson’s decision to adapt The Hobbit into three motion pictures came with ...

Source: http://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/12/hobbit/

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Lawmaker Inching Toward Regulation of Violent Videogames?

Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-West Virginia) has taken Congress' first step in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre toward possibly regulating access to violent videogames. Calls for gun control immediately followed the elementary-school shooting Friday, so it was ...

Source: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/12/violent-videogame-regulation/

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8 cranky complaints about the Mac from an old Windows user

Back in March I was a happy Windows 7 user. Then I saw a preview version of Windows 8, with Metro plastered over the desktop -- and I went temporarily insane.

Source: http://podcasts.infoworld.com/t/mac-os-x/8-cranky-complaints-about-the-mac-old-windows-user-207584?source=rss_infoworld_top_stories_

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So About That ‘Glowing’ Cigarette…

The FDA's list of hazardous compounds in cigarette smoke contains radioactive polonium-210 and two well-known isotopes of uranium. Cigarette makers flagged the problem internally by the 1960s and studied it in secret. Wired Science blogger Deborah Blum explains more.

Source: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/12/so-about-that-glowing-cigarette/

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Big Plumes, Small Plumes in South America

2012 has been a fairly volcanically-quiet year (but that isn’t any excuse not to go and vote by 12/28 for the 2012 Pliny for Volcanic Event of the Year!) Case in point, many of us are so volcanically deprived that ...

Source: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/12/big-plumes-small-plumes-volcano/

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Wired Science Space Photo of the Day: Canyon Details on Mars

Hydrae Chasma is a deep, circular depression on Mars approximately 50 kilometers across, situated between Juventae Chasma to the north and the large canyon system Valles Marineris to the south. The Chasma has steep walls flanked by numerous landslides and ...

Source: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/12/wired-science-space-photo-of-the-day-canyon-details-on-mars/

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Beyond Apple and Google: 2012's key enterprise shifts

It's that time of year, when everyone is recapping 2012's big stories -- successes and failures -- or prognosticating what 2013 will hold.

Source: http://www.infoworld.com/t/technology-business/beyond-apple-and-google-2012s-key-enterprise-shifts-209629?source=rss_infoworld_blogs

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A holiday card to the IT industry, 2012

"Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark. Professionals built the Titanic." -- Source unknown

Twitter, the curmudgeons complain, is worthless, because how can you write anything worth reading in just 140 characters?

Source: http://www.infoworld.com/t/technology-business/holiday-card-the-it-industry-2012-209648?source=rss_infoworld_top_stories_

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Found Contest: Imagine the Future of Cafés

Each month, we’ll propose a scenario and present some ideas and concepts. Then it’s up to you: Sketch out your vision and upload your ideas (below). We’ll use the best suggestions as inspiration for a future Found page, giving kudos ...

Source: http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2012/12/found-contest-imagine-the-future-of-cafes/

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Eruption May Have Started at Copahue on the Chile/Argentina Border

Quick post, but I said if something interesting happened… I was sent a GOES image showing a fairly strong plume from Copahue on the Chile/Argentina border – a plume that sure looks like an eruption from the volcano. Sure enough, ...

Source: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/12/eruption-may-have-started-at-copahue-on-the-chileargentina-border/

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California leaks Social Security numbers for second time this year

The Golden State has become something of a goldmine for potential identity thieves, having leaked thousands of residents' Social Security numbers this past year.

Source: http://www.infoworld.com/t/internet-privacy/california-leaks-social-security-numbers-second-time-year-209269?source=rss_infoworld_blogs

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GitHub Supercharges ‘Gists’ for Quick and Easy Code Sharing

Social coding giant GitHub keeps cranking out the new features, this time adding some powerful new tools to its "gists" feature -- a way to share snippets and short pieces of reusable code.

Source: http://www.webmonkey.com/2012/12/github-update-makes-gists-more-powerful/

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New Simulator Showcases Mozilla’s Coming Firefox OS

Firefox OS, Mozilla's mobile operating system, is getting closer to reality. There still aren't many mobile devices available for testing, but Mozilla has released Firefox OS Simulator 1.0, which gives web developers an easy way to start building mobile web apps for the coming Firefox OS.

Source: http://www.webmonkey.com/2012/12/new-simulator-showcases-mozillas-coming-firefox-os/

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Proposed law would stop broadband data caps that 'undermine innovation'

In the name of promoting online innovation and protecting consumers, U.S.

Source: http://www.infoworld.com/t/federal-regulations/proposed-law-would-stop-broadband-data-caps-undermine-innovation-209726

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By 2020, there will be 5,200GB of data for every person on Earth

During the next eight years, the amount of digital data produced will exceed 40 zettabytes, which is the equivalent of 5,200 GB of data for every man, woman and child on Earth, according to an updated Digital Universe study released today.

To put it in perspective, 40 zettabytes is 40 trillion gigabytes -- estimated to be 57 times the amount of all the grains of sand on all the beaches on earth. To hit that figure, all data is expected to double every two years through 2020.

Source: https://www.infoworld.com/d/storage/2020-there-will-be-5200gb-of-data-every-person-earth-208929?source=rss_storage

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Patent cases will continue to color mobile market in 2013

Over the past year, patent battles have been fought by tech companies in courtrooms all over the world. The litigation is far from over though, and will continue throughout 2013. This is what's at stake on the patent battlefield in the near future. The patent brouhaha reached its high point in August when a California District Court jury awarded a $1 billion victory to Apple in a patent trial against Samsung over tablets and smartphones. Samsung is appealing the verdict and the two companies are continuing litigation in other countries too.

Source: http://www.infoworld.com/d/mobile-technology/patent-cases-will-continue-color-mobile-market-in-2013-209709

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Forget ‘Do Not Track’ — Protect Your Privacy Today With ‘DoNotTrackMe’ Add-On

Most web browsers offer a "Do Not Track" setting, but sadly few websites obey it. If you want to protect your privacy on the web you need to actively block advertisers with a tool like the new DoNotTrackMe add-on for Chrome, IE, Firefox and Safari.

Source: http://www.webmonkey.com/2012/12/forget-do-not-track-protect-your-privacy-today-with-donottrackme-add-on/

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Microsoft re-issues botched Black Tuesday patch

Late yesterday, Microsoft re-issued its buggy MS12-078/KB 2753842 patch.

Source: http://www.infoworld.com/t/microsoft-windows/microsoft-re-issues-botched-black-tuesday-patch-209684

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The Arting Life: Killer Meals: Re-Creations of Death Row Diners’ Final Feasts

What would you order up for your final meal on Earth? Photographer Henry Hargreaves reimagines the last suppers of condemned inmates.

Source: http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2012/12/no-seconds-henry-hargreaves/

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One Family’s Journey From Foodborne-Illness Victim to “Food Patriots”

From a nasty foodborne illness sprang a family's desire to learn more about food safety and the origins of what we eat. Now, the family is producing a film called "Food Patriots." Wired Science blogger Maryn McKenna tells their story.

Source: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/12/food-patriots/

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Review: Riverbed Granite takes iSCSI across the WAN

Bringing branch office servers and file shares back to the data center is generally easy to do, especially with the use of WAN optimization solutions. But sometimes -- for the sake of performance, practicality, or politics -- a server simply must remain in the branch. It was for these intransigent servers, and to satisfy the needs of both server-hugging branch offices and control-hungry IT, that Riverbed Granite was born.

Source: http://podcasts.infoworld.com/d/virtualization/review-riverbed-granite-takes-iscsi-across-the-wan-208666?source=rss_storage

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Copenhagen Suborbitals Open Source Outer Space

I you haven’t heard about our project before or just still does not quite understand how we work and what about plan is, I urge you to take a look at this fine video made by VICE on Copenhagen Suborbitals. ...

Source: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/12/copenhagen-suborbitals-open-source-outer-space/

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Life Up Close: The Year’s Best Microscope Views of Biology

Biology can be fascinating at any scale, but the most intriguing aspects are the ones we can't see without the aid of a microscope. This year's winners of the ninth annual Olympus Bioscapes Digital Imaging Competition are simply stunning. The ...

Source: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/12/olympus-bioscapes-winners/

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If Galileo Had Fallen to Earth (1988)

In April 1988, an engineer at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory performed a detailed analysis of the fate in store for the Galileo Jupiter spacecraft if the Space Shuttle Orbiter that carried it to Earth orbit had tumbled out of control. ...

Source: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/12/galileo-and-an-uncontrolled-shuttle-orbiter-reentry-1988/

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Cloud: Apple Breaks Ground on 1-Million-Square-Foot Texas Outpost

You’ve heard about Apple’s Cupertino spaceship. Now meet the company’s Austin, Texas crash pad.

Source: http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/12/apple-austin/

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Microchips: Raspberry Pi Opens App Store For Hardware Hackers

The company behind the credit card sized Raspberry Pi mini-computer has launched its very own app store.

Source: http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/12/raspberry-pi-launches-app-store/

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VMware patches 'critical' vulnerability

VMware has issued a patch for its VMware View product that fixes a security vulnerability that could allow an unauthorized user to access system files.

Source: http://www.infoworld.com/d/security/vmware-patches-critical-vulnerability-209630

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Eruption Update for December 17, 2012: Tungurahua, Lokon and Tolbachik

Quick update for today – only 4 shopping days until Maya Apocalypse! Ecuador We’ve seen a couple spectacular images of explosions from Ecuador’s currently noisiest volcano, Tungurahua. This rejuvenated activity in December has promoted evacuations of people living near the ...

Source: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/12/eruption-update-for-december-17-2012-tungurahua-lokon-tolbachik/

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Dec. 20, 1996: Science Loses Its Most Visible Public Champion

Carl Sagan dies.

Source: http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2012/12/dec-20-1996-science-loses-its-most-visible-public-champion/

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Citrix and NetApp simplify on-premises data sharing

Citrix Systems and NetApp have jointly developed a software and hardware package optimized for Citrix's ShareFile with StorageZones.

ShareFile with StorageZones is Citrix's enterprise-friendly answer to cloud-based file storage and sharing services like DropBox, Apple's iCloud and Google's Drive, and allows CIOs to place data in the organization's own data center as opposed to in the cloud.

Source: https://www.infoworld.com/d/storage/citrix-and-netapp-simplify-premises-data-sharing-206656?source=rss_storage

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Nexus 4 review: Google's instantly obsolete Android smartphone

Does the world really need another Android smartphone? Not if it's the Nexus 4, the new Google-branded smartphone made by LG.

Source: http://www.infoworld.com/d/mobile-technology/nexus-4-review-googles-instantly-obsolete-android-smartphone-209206?source=rss_infoworld_test_center_articles

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History: HP Spying Scandal Ends With a Whimper

The HP boardroom spying scandal once transfixed the national media. It sparked Congressional hearings and lawsuits, and it changed the law. But it ended on Thursday in a mostly empty San Jose, California courtroom with a three-month conviction for Bryan ...

Source: http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/12/wagner-sentencing/

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