Love and pepperoni: the perfect delicious match. Pizza Hut wants to help you pop the question to your main squeeze with the $10,010 Ultimate Valentine’s Day Proposal in a Box. The package includes limo service to a local Pizza Hut location, a professional photographer and videographer, fireworks display, flowers, ruby engagement ring, and, most deliciously, a Pizza Hut $10 Dinner Box. Domino's, your move. Full story at Eater. Love is pizza. Permalink | Leave a comment »
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The iPad 3's A6 Processor to be Dual-Core?
MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - iOS Blog8 Feb 2012 | 5:47 pmTheVerge's Joshua Topolsky summarizes the iPad 3 casing findings reported earlier today, but also adds his own sources regarding some details of the iPad 3. Image from RepairLabs As expected, the iPad 3 will reportedly include a 2048x1536 Retina Display, be nearly identical physically, and use the A6 processor. The A6 processor, however, is claimed to have a dual-core chip, not a quad-core one, at least according to his sources: What is surprising, however, is that our sources say that the A6 will not be a quad-core chip, but will remain dual-core. We've previously had heard that the device… -
Waze for iPhone Offers Voice Control for Hands-Free Operation While Driving
Lifehacker: Iphone9 Feb 2012 | 6:00 amiPhone: Waze, our favorite turn-by-turn navigation app for iPhone (and Android) just added a great new feature: hands-free operation. Now you can control Waze with a wave of your hand and the power of your voice. More » -
i4Siri: a promising 3rd party Siri server
iDownloadBlog.com9 Feb 2012 | 9:30 amEver since the possibility of a Siri Proxy server was first unveiled, it’s been all the rage. The promise of being able to run Siri on older devices? Count me and about a million other people in.Now you can hardly look around without seeing some blurb about a 3rd party Siri server, and although security (or lack thereof) is still a big concern, it’s apparently not concerning enough to keep the masses of pre-iPhone 4S owners away.Andrew Sheridan, one of the primary folks behind the i4Siri project reached out to me about a month ago asking me to try his Siri server. Here are some of… -
Double Fine Asks For Kickstarter Support With New Adventure Game, Totally Gets It
Touch Arcade9 Feb 2012 | 8:19 amThis is neat. Double Fine, the creators of Brutal Legend and, most recently, a swarm of lovable and unique downloadable titles like Iron Brigade and Costume Quest, is asking its fans via Kickstarter to donate a total of $400,000 towards the production of a brand new point-and-click adventure title that'll be created by "a small team" and one of the adventure game genre's most influential developers, Tim Schafer. The fans have answered, too. In under ten hours the project has received well over half a million dollars in backing. And with over 30 more days to go still, you almost have to…
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Pizza Hut's proposal package
9 Feb 2012 | 9:36 amLove and pepperoni: the perfect delicious match. Pizza Hut wants to help you pop the question to your main squeeze with the $10,010 Ultimate Valentine’s Day Proposal in a Box. The package includes limo service to a local Pizza Hut location, a professional photographer and videographer, fireworks display, flowers, ruby engagement ring, and, most deliciously, a Pizza Hut $10 Dinner Box. Domino's, your move. Full story at Eater. Love is pizza. Permalink | Leave a comment » -
Uncertain choices light up ‘explorer’ brains
9 Feb 2012 | 9:19 amPeople who consistently select for uncertainty may harness the computational power of a specific brain region. Some people—”explorers”—choose to grapple with uncertainty head on. It’s a strategy of maximizing rewards by discovering whether as yet unexplored options might yield better returns. While some might stick with the usual, “explorers” might order the special in a restaurant because they aren’t sure they’ll like it. Prior to the Brown University study, there was no consensus that a precise area of the prefrontal cortex, in this case… -
Valentine's Day rebooted as Generosity Day [video]
9 Feb 2012 | 9:05 amOut with the chocolate, roses, and edible underwear, in with spreading kindness. The big hearts at Causes.com have set out on a mission to rebrand Valentine's Day as Generosity Day and it starts with you pledging to share the love on February 14th. The Generosity Day pledge: Just say YES. This February 14th, let's reboot Valentine's Day as Generosity Day. Practice saying YES to every request for help and by being generous. I pledge to spend February 14th saying YES to all requests for help. Say "yes" to generosity at Causes.com. Spread the love by doing something good. Permalink | Leave a… -
How coffee changed America [infographic]
9 Feb 2012 | 8:57 amFull-size version at Lumin Consulting. Delicious coffee. Permalink | Leave a comment » -
Restaurant brands flock to Kids LiveWell program
9 Feb 2012 | 8:54 amThe number of restaurant brands participating in the Kids LiveWell program has tripled to 70 companies and 20,000 restaurants across the country. Eateries are finding creative ways to participate in the program that helps parents find healthier dining choices for their children, says Healthy Dining President Anita Jones-Mueller. Full story at SmartBlog on Restaurants by SmartBrief. More SmartBrief stories. Permalink | Leave a comment »
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The iPad 3's A6 Processor to be Dual-Core?
8 Feb 2012 | 5:47 pmTheVerge's Joshua Topolsky summarizes the iPad 3 casing findings reported earlier today, but also adds his own sources regarding some details of the iPad 3. Image from RepairLabs As expected, the iPad 3 will reportedly include a 2048x1536 Retina Display, be nearly identical physically, and use the A6 processor. The A6 processor, however, is claimed to have a dual-core chip, not a quad-core one, at least according to his sources: What is surprising, however, is that our sources say that the A6 will not be a quad-core chip, but will remain dual-core. We've previously had heard that the device… -
Tweetbot for iPad Hits The App Store
8 Feb 2012 | 12:37 pmPopular iPhone Twitter client Tweetbot has finally arrived on the iPad, with a user interface instantly familiar to any current Tweetbot user. Designed for the Twitter power-user, Tweetbot packs a lot of punch into an intuitive, slick interface, with unique functionality like Smart Gestures which give quick access to a variety of features through double or triple-taps. The Next Web and Business Insider have more in-depth reviews. The app is $2.99 and is a separate purchase from the iPhone app, a fact some users may dislike, but Tweetbot co-developer Paul Haddad explained his thoughts… -
Vonage Rolls Out "High-Definition" VoIP Calling App
8 Feb 2012 | 10:24 amVonage has introduced yet another app to its growing mobile arsenal. The latest, called Vonage Mobile (not to be confused with another app called Vonage Mobile, introduced in 2009) adds a Skype-esque component to the old app's VoIP calling component. Users with Vonage Mobile installed can make "high-definition" audio calls or SMS-type text messages over Wi-Fi and 3G to other Vonage Mobile users. Users can also make low-cost international calls with credits added via In-App Purchasing. Calls to landline or wireless numbers in the US, Canada or Puerto Rico, from anywhere in the world, are free… -
'iBank Access' Seeking to Remake Personal Finance on the iPad
8 Feb 2012 | 5:26 amAs Intuit's Quicken options for Mac users continue to falter in the wake of a stripped-down Quicken Essentials release and the company's ongoing efforts to make the more fully-functional Quicken 2007 compatible with OS X Lion, other personal finance software firms have attempted to step into the void. One of the more successful companies has been IGG Software with its iBank software, which is available as both a Mac application and a companion iPhone app. IGG Software has been teasing a few tidbits about its work on an iPad application over the past few months, and as noted in a new blog post… -
The Best Superbowl Ad Was for the iPhone
7 Feb 2012 | 3:53 pmMore than fifty commercials aired during the Super Bowl this past Sunday, including one from Samsung that again poked fun at Apple's customers. Apple didn't run any ads during the Super Bowl, at least not officially -- a fact that puzzled some commentators. But, as investment guru Jim Cramer points out, Apple did have an advertisement of sorts air during the Super Bowl. After the game was over, Colts hall of famer Raymond Berry carrier the Vince Lombardi Trophy along a long line of New York Giants players. Players took turns touching or kissing the trophy, all the while taking photos and…
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Waze for iPhone Offers Voice Control for Hands-Free Operation While Driving
9 Feb 2012 | 6:00 amiPhone: Waze, our favorite turn-by-turn navigation app for iPhone (and Android) just added a great new feature: hands-free operation. Now you can control Waze with a wave of your hand and the power of your voice. More » -
Make Your Own Screen Protector Quickly and Cheaply with Adhesive Vinyl and an Xacto Knife
8 Feb 2012 | 12:30 pmWe've previously mentioned that you can make your own screen protector on the cheap with adhesive vinyl. Although it's a simple process to understand in theory, it helps to actually see it in practice. This video from Household Hacker demonstrates how to make a vinyl screen protector and apply it to your device in just a few minutes. More » -
The Best Virtual Assistant for iPhone
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Black SMS Encrypts and Decrypts Your Text Messages
7 Feb 2012 | 12:00 pmiOS: Anyone can pick up your phone and read your text messages. It's also not that difficult for someone to install spy software or for the U.S. government to acquire your messages from your carrier. If you want to keep your text messages private, Black SMS is an app that provides a very simple method for doing so. You simply type in the message, set a password, and send it over to iMessage. The recipient can then use their copy of Black SMS to decrypt the message using the password you set by simply pasting the message into the app and entering the password. (Watch the video above for a… -
Get the Most Out of Your iPhone's Notification Center, from Beginner to Jailbreaker
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iDownloadBlog.com
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i4Siri: a promising 3rd party Siri server
9 Feb 2012 | 9:30 amEver since the possibility of a Siri Proxy server was first unveiled, it’s been all the rage. The promise of being able to run Siri on older devices? Count me and about a million other people in.Now you can hardly look around without seeing some blurb about a 3rd party Siri server, and although security (or lack thereof) is still a big concern, it’s apparently not concerning enough to keep the masses of pre-iPhone 4S owners away.Andrew Sheridan, one of the primary folks behind the i4Siri project reached out to me about a month ago asking me to try his Siri server. Here are some of… -
Apple stock reaching new heights, now worth more than Google and Microsoft combined
9 Feb 2012 | 9:16 amIt sure is a good time to be an Apple investor. After reaching new records a couple weeks ago, the stock hasn’t stopped going up ever since. AAPL is currently trading at about $495, which is an absolute record.As 9to5Mac notes, at its current $460 billion market capitalization, Apple is worth more than 10% of all NASDAQ combined. More impressive maybe is that Apple is worth 52 times RIM’s value, more than 5 times Amazon’s, more than twice the value of Google, and almost double the size of Microsoft. Heck, Apple is worth more than Google and Microsoft combined!(...)Read the… -
Apple set to announce iPad 3 first week in March
9 Feb 2012 | 8:47 amWe’re undoubtedly nearing the announcement of whatever Apple has up its sleeve for the next generation iPad, and now new claims suggest we’re just a few short weeks away from the big day.John Paczkowski of AllThingsD now believes that Apple will hold a press event first week in March, with the iPad 3/iPad 2S/iPad Super Epic Edition being made available for purchase soon after. If the iPad 2 release is any kind of indicator, we wouldn’t expect to have to wait any longer than two weeks from the announcement before queuing up to buy one.As is always the case, Apple refused to… -
TweetLine: Use Siri to Pull Up Tweets From Your Twitter Timeline
9 Feb 2012 | 8:00 amWhen iOS 5 launched last Fall, we figured that the Notification Center would become the new hot bed for jailbreak tweaks. But it seems like Siri has also become a popular choice among developers.The latest package to surface in Cydia that adds functionality to the digital assistant is TweetLine. The tweak allows you to use Siri to call up the 5 most recent tweets from your Twitter timeline…(...)Read the rest of TweetLine: Use Siri to Pull Up Tweets From Your Twitter Timeline "TweetLine: Use Siri to Pull Up Tweets From Your Twitter Timeline" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. Make sure… -
More Evidence That iPad 3 Production is in Full Swing
9 Feb 2012 | 7:00 amIt seems like it’s been raining iPad 3 rumors over the past couple of days. Yesterday we heard that the upcoming tablet may not include the quad-core processor we’ve been anticipating. And we also saw a purported image of the slate’s backing.Then last night, both 9to5Mac and Apple.pro posted photos of what they claim to be next-generation iPad components. The pictures show both the front and the back of the tablet’s shell, as well as what appears to be Smart Cover magnets…(...)Read the rest of More Evidence That iPad 3 Production is in Full Swing "More Evidence…
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Double Fine Asks For Kickstarter Support With New Adventure Game, Totally Gets It
9 Feb 2012 | 8:19 amThis is neat. Double Fine, the creators of Brutal Legend and, most recently, a swarm of lovable and unique downloadable titles like Iron Brigade and Costume Quest, is asking its fans via Kickstarter to donate a total of $400,000 towards the production of a brand new point-and-click adventure title that'll be created by "a small team" and one of the adventure game genre's most influential developers, Tim Schafer. The fans have answered, too. In under ten hours the project has received well over half a million dollars in backing. And with over 30 more days to go still, you almost have to… -
Gameloft Releasing Standalone 'Gameloft Live' App
9 Feb 2012 | 7:45 amYesterday, Gameloft announced the release of a standalone app for their online gaming network Gameloft Live for Android devices, with the app scheduled to hit the iOS App Store in the near future. In case you're unaware, Gameloft Live is a service baked into all of Gameloft's games that allows for persistent tracking of achievements and leaderboards, as well as a friend list and social features, across their library of titles. While I prefer Game Center nowadays as it's the Apple standard, I've always felt that Gameloft Live provided one of the strongest 3rd party social gaming networks. -
First Impressions of 'Dariusburst SP', Available Now
9 Feb 2012 | 5:56 amLast month Taito announced that they were bringing a port of Dariusburst – a recent entry in the classic Darius series of shooters that was released in arcades and on PSP in Japan – to iOS. While it's a bit of a straggler behind the normal round of new weekly releases, Dariusburst SP [$10.99] is now available on the App Store. Originally Dariusburst was a PSP game, and featured the familiar horizontal shooting and brutal difficulty that the Darius series was famous for, but with beautiful 3D visuals. It was then released in arcades about a year later as Dariusburst Another Chronicle, and… -
Ngmoco Hit With Layoffs
9 Feb 2012 | 4:38 amWe've been covering the existence of ngmoco since the very beginning in mid-2008, back before they dropped the extra colon from their logo even. A month later, we were on top of their initial round of funding, and with the launch of nglabs and other amazing future promises, quite a few people (myself included) thought ngmoco was going to become the unquestionable king of iOS game development. It's been a long four years since then, and while we once knew ngmoco for releasing absolutely classic must-have games like Rolando [99¢], Rolando 2 [99¢], and Star Defense [99¢], they switched gears… -
'Raid Leader' Review - Like a Nicotine Patch for WoW Addicts
8 Feb 2012 | 8:00 pmThere's a reason MMORPG players use the term "trash" to describe the stuff that leads up to raid bosses: it's missing all the great rewards, and it's almost always lame. It's junk, in other words, junk that pads the time between the good parts. Red Zebra Games clearly knows the score, because Raid Leader [99¢] skips right past the trash to bring us nothing but the good stuff—intense, white-knuckled battles. As we pointed out in our preview, the big picture will look familiar to Battleheart [$2.99] fans. But it's the little details that get this recovering World of Warcraft addict's heart…
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Kotaku
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Depressing-Ass Heavy Rain Makes for Some Good Stand-Up Comedy [Video]
9 Feb 2012 | 9:30 amYes, the jokes about the weird deconstructed gameplay in Heavy Rain get laughs, even from people in the audience who may not have played it. But, the best thing about Kumail Nanjiani's stand-up bit on the PS3 psychological thriller is how he notes the changes in the gaming medium and the difference in the kinds of experience that are available now. He's acknowledging maturation while getting some yuks in. More » -
The Good Guys Have Already Lost on the Cover of Aliens: Colonial Marines [Aliens]
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Tim Schafer's Adventure Project Shatters Kickstarter Records [Blip]
9 Feb 2012 | 8:50 amGrim Fandango creator Tim Schafer has broken Kickstarter records for highest number of backers and most funds raised in 24 hours, the website said today. The adventure project currently has over $660,000 and more than 16,000 backers. [Kickstarter] More » -
Bowser's Wife Seems Like The Brains Of The Family [Video]
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Best Game Ever: Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon [Speak Up On Kotaku]
9 Feb 2012 | 8:00 am
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New Scientist - Online News
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Stock trading 'fractures' may warn of next crash
9 Feb 2012 | 9:10 amA strange feature of high-speed trading could be used to create an early-warning system of future 'flash crashes' in stocks -
What the latest LHC revelations say about the Higgs
9 Feb 2012 | 8:34 amDespite having no new data, the world's largest particle smasher has released fresh analyses shedding some light on this most wanted of particles -
Domestic life of birds
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Face-stealing robots at Kinetica Art Fair
9 Feb 2012 | 8:17 amThis year's experimental art fair features a giant, colour-shifting neuron, a menagerie of moving sculptures -
Lost treasures: President Nixon's moon rocks
9 Feb 2012 | 7:56 amPriceless lunar samples gifted after the Apollo landings fell into wrong hands – meet the moon-hunter who went undercover to get them back
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Discovery News - Top Stories
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Alien Technology Found on Mars -- Ours!
9 Feb 2012 | 8:33 amLook! Down on the ground. See that small speck at the lower left corner on this picture of Mars? It's alien technology... -
Concordia Wreck at Risk of Collapse, Spilling
9 Feb 2012 | 6:48 amThe capsized Concordia is shifting closer to a dangerous drop off as workers scramble to contain contamination. -
Cheaper, Paper RFID Tags
9 Feb 2012 | 6:01 amRFID tags may soon be cheap enough to stamp on paper. -
'Vomit Comet' Inspires Zero-Gravity Coaster
9 Feb 2012 | 5:57 amA zero-gravity roller coaster will make you hurl...down the tracks at 100 miles an hour. -
Transparent Phone Screen: Avoid Walking Into Walls
9 Feb 2012 | 5:54 amA new app helps you focus on a smart phone and see where you're going at the same time.
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Ask Slashdot: Where Are the Open Source Jobs?
9 Feb 2012 | 9:20 amstry_cat writes "My company has bought into the FUD and is going 100% Microsoft. Rather than work in this environment and be continuously at odds with upper management, I have decided to seek employment elsewhere. Where do I look for an open source job? I've started with the local paper's Sunday classifieds. I've looked on dice.com and monster.com. However almost all are Microsoft related. The few that aren't are some sort of dinky contract or temp job. So is there a place to find a job in an open source environment?"Read more of this story at Slashdot. -
Sponsor a Valve On Colossus
9 Feb 2012 | 9:01 ammikejuk writes "The UK's National Museum of Computing has come up with a novel idea to raise funds for its new gallery for its rebuilt Colossus computer — you can sponsor a valve. All you have to do is buy a small area in a picture of Colossus (at £0.1 per pixel — min £10), upload a picture to occupy the space, set a URL and pay using PayPal."Read more of this story at Slashdot. -
IBM Seeks Patent On Judging Programmers By Commits
9 Feb 2012 | 8:37 amtheodp writes "How'd you like to be deemed unworthy of a job based upon a scan of your GitHub updates? That's what proposed in a newly-published IBM patent application for Automated Analysis of Code Developer's Profile, which proposes weeding out developer candidates for certain roles based on things like the amount of changes one typically makes with each commit, how frequently and regularly one makes commits, what hours of the day one makes commits, the percentage of commits with conflicts that one resolves, and the 'depth' of one's commit comments ('shallow', 'mid-range' or 'deep'). Big… -
Therapy Over IP Draws the Young, Isolated
9 Feb 2012 | 7:57 amLucas123 writes "Psychiatrists say VoIP technology is more popular with patients than even in-person therapy when it comes to counseling — especially for their younger patients who are less intimidated by it. Along with many patients who like the convenience, telepsychiatry is a necessity for others who live in rural areas or are in, prisons, nursing homes or hospital ICUs. 'We've had just over 60,000 patient encounters. To my knowledge, only six have refused to be seen via teleconferencing,' said Dr. Avrim Fishkind, an emergency psychiatrist. 'We're tailor made for telemedicine because… -
Ask Slashdot: How To Deal With Refurbed Drives With Customer Data?
9 Feb 2012 | 7:31 amAn anonymous reader writes "I just received 3 'refurbished' SATA drives from Newegg. All 3 had some sort of existing partition. Most appeared to be factory diagnostic partitions, but one had a full Dell Windows XP install complete with customer data. How big a deal is this? Should I contact someone besides Newegg about this?"Read more of this story at Slashdot.
