The H1N1 flu pandemic killed 17,000 people across the globe between 2009 and 2010. Pretty terrifying. To prevent that from ever happening again, scientists have created a super-detailed computer model of the killer virus. More »
Those benevolent armchair philanthropist Redditors are at it again! Four days ago a ‘self’ post extolling the potential virtues of a Backup Day exploded with 2500 upvotes and 1000 comments — and now World Backup Day 2011 is actually happening.
On March 31, as part of the global data-saving initiative, you are encouraged to back up all of your cherished photos and videos, and important documents. If you’ve ever had a hard disk fail, and not had a backup to fall back on, you’ll know that it’s a bit like losing a sizable fragment of your soul. If you’ve never backed up your important files — or if you only back up sporadically — do it on World Backup Day!
It’s not hard to back up your data, either. A 2TB drive costs only a fistful of dollars, and it takes just a few minutes to set SyncToy for Windows, or Time Machine for Mac, to mirror your data every night. If you prefer a cloud-based solution, there’s always SugarSync and Dropbox. Finally, don’t forget that Bundlelytic has a charity giveaway for three excellent data-backup-and-recovery tools — $160 of software for only $25, and 100% of the proceeds to go the Japanese Red Cross.
For even more backup options, for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux, check our list of 13 great backup programs.
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Say what you will about the female humanoid that Hillary Clinton has become but don’t ever say she doesn’t enjoy a good photobomb. When she was posing for a picture in Hawaii, a half naked streaker holding a torch photobombed her picture and Clinton burst out in pure elated joy. More »
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Gallery: HP Wi-Fi Touch Mouse X7000
HP’s WiFi Touch Mouse X7000 has a Facebook button, doesn’t like lefties originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:22:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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GNOME 3, after more than two years of development, has been released into the wild. GNOME 3 is not merely the logical successor of GNOME 2: it is an entirely new project, started from scratch, to create a “completely new, modern desktop designed for today’s users and technologies.”
The best way to check out GNOME 3′s new features — and it has lots of new features — is to run a live version of openSUSE or Fedora, or simply head over to the GNOME 3 website and watch the (rather pretty) introductory videos. If you want a synopsis, though, here it is: GNOME 3 looks a lot like Mac OS X, with a healthy dollop of iOSesqueness for good measure, but yet it still somehow retains an underlying feel of Linux.
The overall aesthetic is very simple, very elegant, and despite being slightly out of fashion, there are plenty of rounded corners, too. The main addition, workflow-wise, is the addition of an app-launcher-cum-alt-tab screen, where you can launch apps, or flip through your open windows. For a complete list of the new features and changes, check the GNOME 3 release notes.
Despite GNOME 3 being officially launched, there aren’t actually any releases for existing, stable Linux distros — it’s the live CD/USB images, or Ubuntu users will have to wait for the launch of 11.04 for a GNOME 3 PPA, but it will break Unity in the process. Fedora users will have to wait for for the May 24 release of Fedora 15. Of course, if you’re feeling crazy, you can always build GNOME 3 from source.
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Matt of the Wood&Faulk blog decided — quite rightly — that most camera bags are too bulky, too ugly and too complicated. Then he decided to do something about it, coming up with this rather lovely (apart from the fabric) Camera Wrap.
Matt’s wrap is made to fit his Olympus Pen, and is perfect for this [...]
Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/11/make-your-own-wooly-camera-wrap/
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Sick of tappity-tapping around the settings screens of your iPhone just to do a simple thing like turning off Bluetooth? Me too. Thankfully, there’s an app for that. Icon Project lets you create home-screen shortcuts to quickly send mail, call and text single contacts.
Icon Project doesn’t do anything under the hood. It just associates URLs [...]
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This week is all about going retro. Whether we’re taking it back hundreds of years with knights and jousting, a half century or so for classics like West Side Story, My Fair Lady, and Looney Tunes, or just a decade to a classic videogame it’s time to take a look back at where we’ve been. The good news is thanks to technology all are able to look better than ever — although we’ll hold off final judgement on the knights for now. Check below for the highlights this week, followed after the break by our weekly listings of what to look out for in TV, Blu-ray and videogames.
Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary
It’s been ten years since Halo set off the storm of console first person shooters, and now the original is back and looking better than ever. This will no doubt thrill those who never got over the loss of its super-powered pistol in the subsequent Halo games, or pretty much anyone with fond memories of CTF runs in Blood Gulch. Our friends at Joystiq found everything intact and upgraded, however the Kinect integration was noted as “perfunctory.” We probably won’t be yelling “Reload!” at our screens very much but we’ll definitely take this chance to rewind the clock in HD & 3D.
(November 15th, $40 on Amazon)
Knights of Mayhem
we’ve never been in love with this trend of odd reality TV shows taking over networks that were previously devoted to science and exploration, but this one’s odd enough that we’ll give it a chance. Knights of Mayhem depicts the sport of full-contact professional jousting, all done King Arthur-style on horseback wearing heavy armor. We’ve seen enough episodes of Game of Thrones to know this can be pretty dangerous, but on the upside, a round might last longer than last weekend’s UFC bout on Fox. Check out a trailer embedded after the break.
(November 15th, National Geographic, 9 & 10PM)
MLS Cup Final
The entire MLS season has come down to this weekend’s final match between the LA Galaxy and Houston Dynamo. David Beckham has scored Comeback Player of the Year honors for his effort in returning from a torn Achilles to lead LA to the final match, we’ll see if he and Coach of the Year Bruce Arena have what it takes to win the cup pictured above. That’s about the extent of the soccer analysis we can offer, for the best of America’s other pro football, tune in to ESPN Sunday night.
(November 20th, ESPN, 9PM)
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Intel’s new Sandy Bridge-E chip reigns supreme—and we have the charts to prove it. More »
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Is that 2GB of free storage from Dropbox just not enough to house all of your mobile music habits? Don’t fret, as Pogoplug Cloud now offers 5GB of secure space for all your storage, sharing and streaming needs. The service offers Dropbox-esque folder sharing and automatic uploads for all those vacation pictures without time lost to manual syncing. If that’s not enough extra space for your coveted Jericho episodes (and the Season 3 comics), you can spring from the 50GB and 100GB paid plans at $9.95 and $19.95 per month. You’ll also be able to post your cloud activity, should you so desire, to Facebook, Twitter or Google+ via native smartphone apps. All of the aforementioned services are available now via the coverage link below — after you install the free Android or iOS app, of course.
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