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About 18% of American drug users got their drugs from Silk Road
Before it was shut down earlier this year, the popular black market for drugs, Silk Road, was responsible for an estimated 18% of all drug purchases in the U.S. The...
Valve releases the public beta version for SteamOS
Valve has just rolled out a public beta version of SteamOS to the masse. Just in case you were wondering what the heck SteamOS is all about, it happens to...
Oculus Rift makers get $75 million from investors to finish consumer model
Short of attending an industry event or ordering your own dev kit, it's a bit tricky to get your hands on an Oculus Rift VR headset. Soon, that could change: the company just...
New web app makes it easier to cook while looking up a recipe online
Using gesture-control technology, cooks can now operate cooking tutorial video by swiping their hand in front of the webcam attached to their laptop thanks to a new web app called Handy....
Microsoft disrupts botnet that generated $2.7M per month for operators
ZeroAccess began as a delivery network for other malware onto PCs it had successfully infected. Since then, it has evolved into a "clickfraud" platform that intercepts search requests from the...
Google may lose major patent case with big ramifications for Android
In an Oracle vs. Google appeal case, the judges appear to be siding with Oracle although there isn’t a ruling in the case yet. In the spring of 2012, Google won the trial against Oracle, which...
New FCC chairman believes that ISPs should be able to charge Netflix for Internet fast lane
New FCC chairman Tom Wheeler believes that ISPs should be able to charge Netflix for Internet fast lane. This contradicts the FCC's Open Internet Order which says that fixed broadband providers may not...
LG’s new curved G Flex smartphone will be coming to America soon
LG's long-anticipated curved smartphone has already hit the South Korea market and will be coming to the American market very soon. The new phone features a curved 720p screen, a very...
Scientists create malware that communicates using sound, no network required
Straight from camp "what could go wrong" scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for Communication have developed a proof-of-concept malware that can communicate with other machines nearby, using just standard laptop speakers and...
Cable ISPs could easily be selling gigabit Internet, but they won’t
Cable ISPs are among the most hated companies in the United States, and for good reason. Aside from infuriating policies that generate lots of money for the company at the...
New water-repellant surface destroys drops that hit it
Water-repellant materials are everywhere. Inspired by structures found in nature, these materials excel at staying dry by making water "bounce" off their surface. Now, a new structure detailed in the scientific...
Once-great SSD manufacturer OCZ filing for bankruptcy
OCZ Technologies has officially started the process of filing for bankruptcy. The company is currently is in receipt of "an offer from Toshiba Corporation to acquire substantially all of the Company's...
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