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Quitting smoking pays off fully for heart in 20 years – Health – CBC News
Daily smokers who give up the habit can expect to wait 20 years before their risk of heart disease is lowered to the same level as that of non-smokers, according to a new Canadian report.
Temporary tattoos could make electronic telepathy and telekinesis possible
Temporary electronic tattoos could soon help people fly drones with only thought and talk seemingly telepathically without speech over smartphones, researchers say.
How to Force an Android Device to Find a System Update
Whenever Google releases a new version of Android for its Nexus devices, it doesn’t roll out to everyone at once. It may take several days before your device receives the update, but you don’t have to…
‘OK, Glass’: Google shows you how it feels with new UI video
If you’ve been wondering what all the Google this, Glass that fuss is all about, Mountain View’s revealed what it’ll be like to actually port a pair of its upcoming virtual specs with a new video, now that it’s announced limited availability of the wearable computer. In it, we get to see how the search giant’s integrated all its apps and functions in the upcoming device, how you’re likely to use it, and what the results might be. To activate the …
SwiftKey 4 launches with Flow, personal style detection (hands-on)
SwiftKey has been promising its own answer to Swype ever since it launched the SwiftKey Flow beta late last year, and the company’s retort is at last
Apple Hacked
Reuters says Apple was targeted by the same crew that recently hit Facebook, and managed to infect a “small number” of the company’s computers. At the moment, Apple says “there was no evidence that an…
Hands-on with the HTC One (video) | MobileSyrup.com
One thing in mind The HTC One is here. It’s a gorgeous 4.7-inch device with a 1080p screen and a new Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor. While the hardware
Incredible details are emerging about Russia’s Chelyabinsk meteor
It’s been four days since an asteroid tore a hole in the sky over Chelyabinsk, scaring the crap out of the city’s inhabitants and pretty much everyone else around the globe.
Five Best System Rescue Discs
When your computer starts behaving strangely, won’t boot, or you start getting strange errors that you can’t pin down, a great way to troubleshoot the problem is to boot to a rescue disc and see if yo…
FollowShows Keeps You Up-to-Date on Your Favorite TV Shows, Finds Where to Watch Them Online
So you’ve got a bunch of TV shows you watch, but maybe you don’t know exactly what day they air, or where you can watch them online. FollowShows lets you see a schedule with just your favorite shows o…
Netgear PTV3000 updated, supports Miracast-ready Android devices
Interested in Miracast-ing from an Andoid phone via your Netgear Push2TV PTV3000 adapter? Want to know what all that meant? It’s understandable —
Most Traffic Jams Are Caused By Just a Handful of Idiots
Deep in your heart you know it: there are like two drivers out there on the road that are causing all the traffic jams and one of those assholes is the guy right in front of you.
Halo creators unveil ‘Destiny,’ an MMO-like first-person-shooter for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3
When Halo creator Bungie managed to steal away from Microsoft back in 2007, Master Chief’s forefathers were afforded a few years to go dark and head down
Microsoft confirms Office 2013 licenses can’t be transferred to other computers
It’s no secret that copies of Office 2013 bind themselves to a single computer, but Microsoft has now confirmed to Computerworld that the software’s
And now for a sense of scale: a map of the U.S. overlaid on the Moon
The greatest distance between two points within the contiguous U.S. is 2,892 miles, stretching from Point Arena, CA to West Quoddy Head, ME*. The circumference of the Moon is 6,784.
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Bell Samsung Galaxy S II “will get a taste of Jelly Bean over the next few days” | MobileSyrup.com
Bell Samsung Galaxy S II will get a taste of Jelly Bean over the next few days
New Lithium Battery Triples Capacity and Charges Fully in Just Ten Minutes
The number one technological hurdle separating humanity from the Jetson Future we deserve is developing a reliable power supply. Even today, we’re barely even able to keep out phones alive through the…
Google Now updated with support for widgets, added information sources
Google already tipped its hand on this one, but those looking for some widgets with their Google Now can get their fix today with the latest update to