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5 Sites For Those Who Still Don’t Understand Bitcoin

Posted: 09 Jan 2015 08:30 PM PST

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As Bitcoin tries to gain a firm foothold as a stable form of digital currency (fighting against alternative crypto-currencies who want to do the same), there are many people in the world who are scratching their heads at what it is all about. This is not good for Bitcoin because the more people who don’t understand the digital currency, the less likely will be its mainstream acceptance. This would leave Bitcoin as a niche currency for criminals, and people who don’t trust the government with real paper and coins currency. This would be a shame, because restaurants and businesses are now starting to...

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Beauty Products, Catered To Your Favorite Superheroes

Posted: 09 Jan 2015 06:30 PM PST

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What if Superman needed some sunscreen? What if Wolverine needed a way to trim his nails? These beauty products are made for superheroes. Can you buy them? No, you most certainly can’t. But you can definitely have a chuckle just how ridiculous they are. Can you think of any funny imaginary superhero beauty products? Hit the comments section below and share with us! Via BeautyFlash Click To Enlarge

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GLONASS – The GPS Alternative You Never Knew Existed

Posted: 09 Jan 2015 08:00 AM PST

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Did you know there’s more to location services than GPS? There’s another satellite navigation system which you might not have heard of, but you’re probably already using. It’s called GLONASS. What is GLONASS? An acronym for Globalnaya Navigatsionnaya Sputnikovaya Sistema (Global Navigation Satellite System), GLONASS is a Russian Aerospace Defense Force-operated satellite-based navigation system that is very much like GPS. While GPS came first, created by the United States Army in 1978, GLONASS was intended as an alternative system. Contemporary uses for GLONASS are the same as GPS, with it being primarily used as a system for vehicle and aviation...

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Watch Us Try The Oculus Rift Crescent Bay At CES 2015

Posted: 09 Jan 2015 07:30 AM PST

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When I walked in to try the new Oculus Rift prototype (Codenamed: Crescent Bay), I thought I had a pretty good idea what was in store for me. This is how it feels to be wrong. I left the demo weak-kneed, and impressed as hell. What I saw is the future of Virtual Reality, and a powerful sign of things to come. The prototype, which boasts higher resolution, lower latency, and 3D audio, is not a new dev kit like the DK2. It’s a feature prototype intended to give developers and the press a chance to see where the technology is...

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Apple Didn’t Start In A Garage – What About Google, HP and Amazon?

Posted: 09 Jan 2015 07:00 AM PST

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America is a land of myth and legend. As a country and a culture, The United States embraces myths like no other. For an outsider — and self-confessed Ameriphile —  it's shocking to discover the difference between the America that's presented to the world and the America that exists. Many of the things that people think make America "America" are myths and fabrications built on half-truths. Cowboys? They mostly herded cattle. The American Dream? I won't mention income inequality, rising cost of living, the student debt crisis and that the largest predictor of your income is your parent's income. And...

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Can You Run It On Linux? 10 Vital Apps You’ll Want When You Switch

Posted: 09 Jan 2015 06:00 AM PST

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Now has never been a better time to switch to Linux, but you may still be hesitant about it because you’re not sure whether your favorite applications from Windows will work on it. To help answer your questions, we’ll take a look at 10 popular Windows applications and whether you have options for them in Linux or online. With this list, you should have more confidence when trying to make the switch. Chrome Except for Internet Explorer, all of the major browsers (Firefox, Chrome, and Opera) are all available on Linux. There are even several lesser-known browsers that are available...

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System Restore On Reboot – Deep Freeze Your Windows Installation With Free Tools

Posted: 09 Jan 2015 05:00 AM PST

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If you’ve ever wanted to maintain a system state to keep it secure and not allow any changes, then you might want to try deep freezing your Windows computer. Unlike a factory reset, which wipes everything back to the manufacturer’s default, a deep freeze allows you to create a specific system state that you want your computer to restore back to. Windows 8 has built-in utilities to restore and refresh your system, but this is a bit different. There are paid and free applications to help you accomplish this, so we’re going to look at both and see what’s available...

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How To Stay Productive Whether You’re A Morning Person Or A Night Owl

Posted: 09 Jan 2015 04:00 AM PST

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Studies say that whether you are a morning person or a night owl is genetic. So don’t strive to wake up early or stay late. Instead, optimise systems so that you can tackle the phase where your productivity is low. The best productivity systems aren’t about changing who you inherently are, it’s about doing things in a way that is sustainable for you. You won’t always get to set your own work timings, but you can still ease the pain in tackling your tasks. How An Early Bird Can Stay Productive Late Sometimes, you have to stay at the office...

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Porn Studios Killing GitHub Projects, Apple Abusing Developers [Tech News Digest]

Posted: 09 Jan 2015 03:30 AM PST

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Porn studios hate GitHub, Apple accused of abusing developers, Google donates to Charlie Hebdo, try Apple Watch in your browser, PS4 launch delayed in China, and a speedy marriage proposal. Github Caught Up In Porn Takedowns In Modi’s government you can watch porn online…. but you can’t use @github — Deepak Singh (@deepaksingh83) December 31, 2014 Overzealous porn studios are being so aggressive in their anti-piracy efforts that they’re asking Google to remove perfectly legitimate links to collaborative coding repository GitHub. According to TorrentFreak, this collateral damage is occurring based on nothing more than some GitHub projects sharing similar names...

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