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YouTube Comedy Week: Get Ready to LOL

PC Magazine — Sun, 19 May 2013 16:00:00 +0000

If you think the best place to watch celebrities crack jokes online is Funny or Die, well, yes, you’re probably right. Will Ferrell and Adam McKay’s site gets some hilarious exclusives like Oscar nominee Don Cheadle as a homicidal Captain Planet. It’s also where Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis sprouted up. But if YouTube [...]

DinoPC Titanosaurus Rex Review

TechRadar — Sun, 19 May 2013 08:30:00 +0000

The huge roar the Titanosaurus Rex makes when it boots up was probably not a deliberate play on the name of this latest DinoPC, but it will make you think some beast has inhabited your new machine and will probably scare off any mammal in earshot. Yes, we’ve got another big, pricey rig here with [...]

Samsung HMX-QF30 Review

Digital Trends — Sun, 19 May 2013 05:00:03 +0000

The QF30 is for those looking for an affordable solution and who are willing to overlook some quirks and average video quality, but keep your expectations low (6 out of 10) Pros Affordable Full HD video-capture solution Wi-Fi connectivity with Ustream Cons Average video quality Unresponsive touchscreen Compact budget camcorders have come a long [...]

Oh Where, Oh Where Are Apple’s Macbook Airs Going?

PC Magazine — Sun, 19 May 2013 03:01:00 +0000

So begins the Apple rumormongering – this time, it’s chit-chat about a possible refresh to the Macbook Air that’s making the rounds. A new report from AppleInsider indicates that MacBook Air laptops are starting to dry up at authorized retailers. Specifically, the company’s 13-inch iteration of its popular thin-framed laptop – it’s currently sold out [...]

NASA Observes Biggest Moon Meteor Impact Since 2005

PC Magazine — Sat, 18 May 2013 23:27:00 +0000

If you happened to be staring up into the sky yesterday, you would have seen a little piece of history. Specifically, you would have seen a big ol’ hunk of space rock kissing the moon, generating the biggest lunar explosion that NASA has seen since scientists first started watching Earth’s orbiting companion for such things [...]

Yahoo Board Reportedly Meeting to Consider $1.1B Offer for Tumblr

PC Magazine — Sat, 18 May 2013 21:28:00 +0000

If your weekend wasn’t exciting enough – perhaps you’re spending a decent chunk of it reblogging your favorite animated .gifs on your brand-new Tumblr account – then get ready for a fresh dose of speculation from the tech world. Word is that Yahoo is allegedly in talks to purchase the popular blogging service Tumblr. The [...]

Yamaha PDX-B11 Review

Digital Trends — Sat, 18 May 2013 21:00:23 +0000

We’re not going lambaste the PDX-B11 and slap it with the worst Bluetooth speaker rating ever, but we certainly can’t recommend it, either. (6 out of 10) Pros Clean, powerful midrange Ample max volume Cons Sharp, brittle upper register Poor feature set Yamaha, purveyor of everything from motorcycles to grand pianos, has always had [...]

3D Print a Stormtrooper With Your Face On It

PC Magazine — Sat, 18 May 2013 19:25:00 +0000

3D printers can make just about anything (even guns), but now they can also make your Star Wars fantasies come true. Disney’s “D-Tech Me” experience is returning this weekend, which will allow park visitors to 3D print a Stormtrooper with their face on it or – once again – freeze themselves in carbonite. In 10 [...]

Infographic Charts Driving Distance Records on Mars, the Moon

PC Magazine — Sat, 18 May 2013 18:41:00 +0000

NASA is once again making history, this time with its Opportunity rover, which, on Thursday, logged a total 22.22 statute miles since landing on Mars in Jan. 2004. In effect, the Opportunity beat the (out-of-this) world record set in Dec. 1972, when Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmidt drove the Lunar Roving Vehicle 22.21 [...]

Wired2Fire Diablo Phantom Review

TechRadar — Sat, 18 May 2013 08:30:00 +0000

Up to the £1,000 (AU$1,530, US$1,500) mark, there’s are a huge variety of different specs you can throw into a PC and still come out with a decent gaming rig. Just look at the Daw Computers machine and the Vibox Power FX. Above that price point though, things stagnate very quickly. From here until the [...]