 PhotoSync 1.7.2 Restores Transfer Functionality to Box.com Dec 29th 2012, 20:11 PhotoSync is one of the best apps for transferring photos and videos wirelessly between your computer and iOS devices. The latest version restores Box.com integration and includes a number of fixes.
PhotoSync transfers content to Dropbox, Picasa/Google+, Facebook, SmugMug, 500px, Flickr, Box, Zenfolio, (S)FTP, WebDAV, SykDrive and Google Drive, which pretty much covers every cloud service out there that matters.
Version 1.7.2 is now available with a few fixes, such as a p... (read more) |   Serious Sam 3: BFE Gets a 75% Discount on Steam for Linux Dec 29th 2012, 19:50 Serious Sam 3: BFE is a very serious first-person shooter, as the name suggests. It’s developed by Croteam and it’s one of the launch titles for Steam on Linux.
Steam Winter Holiday Sale 2012 is now in top gear and it's promoting some incredible deals. Serious Sam 3: BFE benefits from a 75% discount for the holidays, including the recently launched DLC, Jewel of the Nile.
As it stands right now, Serious Sam 3: BFE is one the most important tiles on Steam for L... (read more) |  Jamie Foxx Defends Quentin Tarantino, "Django Unchained": "This Is Entertainment" Dec 29th 2012, 19:21 Just as many expected, Quentin Tarantino’s latest film did not fail to cause controversy, being criticized for being too violent, racist and generally offensive. It’s none of that, leading man Jamie Foxx says in a new interview cited by the Daily Mail.
Responding to director Spike Lee’s comment about how “American slavery was not a Sergio Leone Spaghetti Western,” Foxx points out that Tarantino did not set out to portray historical facts but fiction. <... (read more) | | 6 Best iPhone Apps of 2012 Dec 29th 2012, 19:15
 Use Pocket when you see an interesting article, video or recipe but don't currently have time to read or view it. Simply press Pocket's convenient bookmarklet and, voilà, the content saves on your computer, tablet and smartphone. Easily revisit it anytime. It works with browsers and more than 300 other apps. Price: FREE Click here to view this gallery.  An iPhone without apps would be like a zebra without its stripes — plain and boring. As we all know by now, the ability to download and run third-party apps is the x-factor for mobile devices, particularly smartphones.
SEE ALSO: 5 Best iPad Apps of 2012 Getting great new apps, many of which are free, makes your phone feel new and exciting. Scroll through the gallery above to view our picks for the top six iPhone apps of 2012. Share your picks for the year's top apps in the comments below. Image via Flickr, yum9me More About: apple, apps, features, iphone, Tech, Year End 2012  |  Mercury's Peculiar One and a Half Day Year – Video Dec 29th 2012, 19:01 There's plenty of diversity among the planets in the Solar System, hinting at an unimaginable diversity among the planets in our galaxy, not to mention the universe.
Mercury, the closest planet to the sun doesn't get as much attention as most of the other planets, but it's one of the most peculiar.
Because it's so close to the sun, Mercury has very long days, though very short years. It's not tidally locked, like the moon is to the Earth, so one day, i.e. one rotatio... (read more) |  Steam Holiday Sale 2012 Day 10 Has Price Cuts for Elder Scrolls, GTA, BioShock Dec 29th 2012, 18:55 We're now in day 10 of the Steam Winter Holiday Sale of 2012 and Valve has now revealed a new batch of extremely interesting discounts, including ones for all sorts of great franchises like Grand Theft Auto, BioShock, The Elder Scrolls, Galactic Civilizations, The Witcher, and for standalone games like Payday: The Heist.
Steam users have been treated with some great deals in recent days, as the Steam Winter Holiday Sale of 2012 has offered all sorts discounts for popular games and f... (read more) | | Watch Scientists Move Discs With Nothing But Light Dec 29th 2012, 18:13  Making our dreams of traveling via hoverboard a less-distant reality, Japanese researchers have developed a way to move magnetically levitated graphite discs with nothing but light.
Depending on where the light (in the form of a laser beam) is focused, it controls the direction that the disc travels, according to a study by scientists at Aoyama Gakuin University. The laser changes the temperature of the graphite, which alters how the disc interacts with its magnetic field, resulting in movement. Check out the video, above, to see the disc in action. Whether this discovery is a precursor to Marty McFly-esque hoverboards, however, remains to be seen. How soon do you think we'll be f…
Continue reading... More About: research, scientists  |  This Windows 8 App Lets You Listen to YouTube Music from the Metro UI Dec 29th 2012, 18:11 There are plenty of apps available in the Windows Store that let you download YouTube videos, but AndaTube provides a pretty impressive feature package.
This app has been designed to help you listen to the top YouTube music hits straight from the Metro UI, but it also comes with several features to improve the overall experience.
For example, it lets you create playlists, while also displaying the song’s lyrics in the playing screen.
Last but not le... (read more) |  GOTY 2012 Most Anticipated – Total War: Rome II Dec 29th 2012, 18:01 I have loved the Total War series ever since The Creative Assembly launched the very first game in the series, the original Shogun, but the series has always offered me disappointment in equal measure to the joy it provided.
Total War: Rome 2 might just be the first game in the series that has no critical weakness that leads me to abandon ... (read more) |  Softpedia Exclusive Discount: 33% Off O&O Defrag 16 Dec 29th 2012, 18:01 Your software and system's responsiveness relies heavily on your hard drive's ability to find and read files as fast as possible. Inevitably, files will always be fragmented and scattered across your hard disk, so fixing this problem is vital if you want to keeping your drive in top shape. The solution is a good defragmenter and today we're offering a 33% discount for one of the most popular apps in this field.
While most defragmenters out there provide a simple on-demand scan, O&O... (read more) |  Most Annoying Songs of 2012 Dec 29th 2012, 17:51 Since we’re just days away from the New Year, no time is better than now to have a look back on the year that’s about to end. Say what you will, but 2012 has been pretty eventful – and irritating as well, it turns out.
A good couple of hours online on forums will show you that some of the most overexposed pop artists are also deemed the... (read more) | | Google Wants to Bolster It's Already Great iOS Team – Video Dec 29th 2012, 17:21 Apple and Google have been increasingly at odds in the past few years, but both needed each other.
Still, this year, a couple of big Google apps got booted out of iOS, both the YouTube and the Maps app, which have been a part of iOS since before it was called iOS, were not included in iOS 6, the latest release.
Whether this was Apple's or Google's decision is debatable, it was probably a bit of both. It looked like a blow for Google, initially, but not only has Googl... (read more) | | Watch Superman Soar Over The Coast of California Dec 29th 2012, 17:19 
It's a plane. No, it's a Superman! Wait, it's both. This life-sized Superman was seen zooming around the Pacific Coast Highway. It's actually a custom bodied RC airplane, but it's still pretty stunning. We'd imagine if we saw one zoom past our New York City office, we would immediately stop what we were doing and head over to the Daily Planet. Watch the video above to see Superman in action and let us know what crazy custom RC airplanes you've seen zoom overhead. Photo courtesy of Flickr, josephleenovak More About: RC, superman  |  Script of the Day: jobberBase Dec 29th 2012, 17:01 A job portal's development will require a big bank account, so if you're not a mini Bill Gates and funds are quite hard to come by, jobberBase is one of the platforms to take into account before delving into your job listings project.
At the core of the Romanian website jobber.ro, a service for finding local web-development jobs, jobberBase was open-sourced a few years back to great reviews.
Heavily relying on an AJAX-based real-time search tool, jobberBase is a perfe... (read more) |  Softpedia Exclusive Giveaway: 50 AOMEI Dynamic Disk Manager Pro Edition Licenses Dec 29th 2012, 17:01 On Christmas day, we've offered you the chance to win a license for Aomei Partition Assistant Professional Edition, the perfect tool to manage basic partitions, but it lacked the support for dynamic disks, so today, we're offering a solution for managing these drives.
AOMEI Dynamic Disk Manager Pro Edition is a Windows application which provides all the necessary tools to, as the name suggests, manage your RAID volumes and we're giving away 50 licenses.
As more and more ... (read more) |  iPad Refurbs Now Sell for $319 on Apple's US Online Store Dec 29th 2012, 16:41 Apple is selling refurbished iPads for as low as $319 on its Special Deals site, the location reserved for pre-owned products. Offers include the iPad 2, and the third-gen model with Retina display.
You won’t find the fourth-generation iPad or the iPad mini on Apple’s Special Deals section, but you will be able to buy a Refurbished iPad 2 with Wi-Fi 16GB - Black (2nd generation) for just $319.
The US Apple online store is also selling third-generation tablets ... (read more) |  GOM Audio – Review Dec 29th 2012, 16:31 Gretech, maker of GOM Media Player, has recently released GOM Audio. It is an audio player designed to cover the music playing needs of both the average user and the more seasoned one.
Audio players are a dime a dozen these days, but finding one you can use easily and which combines the right features could be a time consuming task. GOM Audio is free of charge and ... (read more) | | 40 Digital Media Resources You May Have Missed Dec 29th 2012, 16:28  We've arrived at the end of yet another week and nearly the end of yet another year. We survived the apocalypse and the holidays.
Through all that, you might not have had time to keep up with the latest in the digital world. If that's the case, you'll want to go through some of our stories from the past week so you don't fall too far behind. To make it easy for you, we've rounded up all of our usable features into this one post. As always, you'll find editor's picks, social media tidbits, digital business advice, along with the latest in tech and lifestyles. This week, we also have a special section dedicated to our recent year-in-review stories. The future is coming. Here's what y…
Continue reading... More About: Business, features, Features Week In Review, Lifestyles, Social Media, Tech  |  Stunning Saturn Photo Holds a Couple of Hidden Surprises, If You Have a Keen Eye Dec 29th 2012, 16:21 The Cassini probe has been flying around Saturn for several years now, in fact, several years after it was supposed to be decommissioned. And it's still doing a wonderful job of capturing images and studying one of if not the most beautiful planet in our solar system.
Raw images come in all the time, but without processing or experts pointing out the interesting details, they're not of much use to regular people.
The most interesting shots though, get some care from ... (read more) |  Viral of the Day: Charlie the Unicorn Is Back Dec 29th 2012, 16:01 If you love viral videos, you must have heard of Charlie the Unicorn, one of the original viral stars on YouTube, who first rose to fame in 2005. After a 3-year absence, Charlie and his friends are back for a new adventure.
Check it out above in full.
Charlie and his two (rather annoying) unicorn friends will now visit the Moon, fight and defeat the singing and fabulous Millipede, and cheat death in this brand new episode.
As the previous similar videos, th... (read more) |  2013 MacBook Air to Have a New Type of CPU [DigiTimes] Dec 29th 2012, 15:51 A report by the hit-and-miss publication DigiTimes has caught the eye of the Apple blogosphere thanks to a claim relating to the processor architecture employed by Apple’s upcoming MacBook Air notebooks.
Currently starting at $999 / €1.049,00 with a 1.7GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 processor, Apple’s MacBook Air is said to be undergoing some changes next year. The refresh will not involve a remodeling of the enclosure, but it will change the CPU architecture inside, a... (read more) | | Chrome Dominates in December, but IE Still Wins Out in 2012 Dec 29th 2012, 15:31 There's no doubt that 2012 has been Chrome's year. Granted, it's been Chrome's year each year since it launched in 2008. But in 2012 Chrome managed to overtake everyone and become the most popular browser in the world, according to StatCounter data at least.
Google has boasted that it too has seen metrics that show Chrome as the top browser in the world, but that's hardly a confirmation.
Chrome overtook Internet Explorer in May and, while IE managed to stay close for ... (read more) |  Tomb Raider Multiplayer Confirmed by Magazine Dec 29th 2012, 15:21 The upcoming Tomb Raider game will, in fact, feature a multiplayer mode, as this week's leak has now been confirmed by the Official Xbox Magazine alongside its latest cover reveal.
The Tomb Raider series is getting ready to receive a reboot in March of next year, as developer Crystal Dynamics wants to restart the story of Lara Croft with a new version of the heroine and a bigger emphasis on story and survival.
Now, after a leak from a retailer, the Official Xbox Magaz... (read more) |  Sony Xperia X (C650X "Odin") Design Info Allegedly Leaks Dec 29th 2012, 15:11 Sony’s long rumored Odin and Yuga handsets have been said for quite some time to be different flavors of the same device, aimed at different markets around the world, yet it seems that they might resemble each other even less than initially thought.
A new rumor, coming from Vietnamese website SE-Café, suggests that Odin (expected to be unveiled as Xperia X) would actually be thicker and heavier than Yuga (said to land on shelves as Xperia Z).
Furthermor... (read more) |  Windows Bug Unexpectedly Mutes Surface RT Sound – Microsoft Dec 29th 2012, 14:41 Plenty of users have already reported a bug that causes the sound to be unexpectedly muted when using the Touch Cover on a Surface RT, with Microsoft always saying that it’s investigating the issue.
While some users have managed to get their Touch Cover replaced, the Redmond-based technology giant has reportedly confirmed that it’s all because of a software glitch, so replacing the keyboard doesn’t make any difference.
“Replacing the Touch Cove... (read more) |  Windows 8 Is the New Vista, Early Adoption Rates Show Dec 29th 2012, 14:41 Microsoft previously said that it managed to sell a total of 40 million copies of the new Windows 8, hinting that it could enjoy a terrific success on the market.
But leaving Microsoft’s figures aside, Windows 8 is close to becoming the new Vista, the operating system that has been deemed a total disaster for the Redmond-based technology giant.
Figures released by Net Applications indicate that Windows 8 currently had a market share of nearly 1.6 percent for the... (read more) |  Kourtney Kardashian Shows Off Slim Figure on Magazine Cover Dec 29th 2012, 14:21 Kourtney Kardashian’s figure has already bounced back from her second pregnancy: she’s healthier than ever, back to her pre-baby weight and back into her 2-piece swimsuit, as the latest cover of Life & Style magazine can confirm.
The reality star has opened up to the mag about her diet and how she managed to ge... (read more) |  Amazon Makes It Easier to Host a Site with S3 on the Cheap Dec 29th 2012, 14:21 Hosting your own website has never been easier, or at least cheaper. There are plenty of cloud computing options out there, for even the stingiest people.
If you're an Amazon fan, or you like complicated solutions to simple problems, you'll be glad to know that it's now even easier to host static websites using AWS Simple ... (read more) |  US Cellular Rolls Out Multi-View Update for Galaxy Note II Dec 29th 2012, 13:51 Wireless carrier US Cellular has reportedly started to push out a new software update for its Galaxy Note II users, providing them with all the benefits that Samsung’s Multi-View feature has to offer.
The update, available for download as version R950VXALL1, also packs inside various enhancements for the Android oper... (read more) |  Git 1.8.0.3 Released as GPLv2, Download Now Dec 29th 2012, 13:49 Git, a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency, is now at version 1.8.0.3.
As releases go, Git 1.8.0.3 is quite a large one, with tons of changes and updates.
Highlights of Git 1.8.0.3:
• "git log -p -S<string>" did not apply the textconv filter while looking for the <string>. This problem has been fixed;
• In the docume... (read more) |  GNU Automake 1.13 Drops Support for Old Intel C Compiler Versions Dec 29th 2012, 13:33 Automake, a tool for automatically generating Makefile.in files compliance with the GNU Coding Standards, is now at version 1.13.
Highlights of Automake 1.13:
• The byte compilation of '.el' files into '.elc' files is now done with a suffix rule;
• Elisp files placed in a subdirectory are now byte-compiled to '.elc' files in the same subdirectory;
• The parallel testsuite harness (previously only enabled by the 'parallel-tests' option) is now the... (read more) |  NetBSD 6.0.1 Released for the Masses Dec 29th 2012, 13:25 NetBSD, a free, fast, secure, and highly portable UNIX-like open source OS available for a wide range of platforms, from large-scale servers and desktop systems to handheld and embedded devices, is now at version 6.0.1.
NetBSD 6.0.1 is the first maintenance update in the 6.x branch, and implements quite a few critical fixes, either with regard to security or for stability reasons, plus some new features and enhancements.
Highlights of NetBSD 6.0.1:
• Proce... (read more) |  F.lux – Better Lighting for Your Mac's Display Dec 29th 2012, 13:25 Researchers say that a two-hour exposure a self-luminous “backlit” display causes melatonin suppression, which can lead to delayed bedtimes. F.lux, an OS X utility by Stereopsis, aims to solve this problem without any visits to the doctor.
Flux is a neat little utility that makes the color of your computer's display adapt to the time of day. Just punch in your zip code or the name of your home town and it will give your Mac’s screen a warm tint at night, an a comp... (read more) | | YouTube Favorite 'Charlie the Unicorn' Returns After 3 Years Dec 29th 2012, 04:09  One of YouTube's early viral hits, Charlie the Unicorn is back with its first installment in three years.
Charlie the Unicorn 4 is a mini-adventure in which Charlie visits the moon, defeats the mysterious Millipede (but only after singing a psychedelic tune) and narrowly escapes death with the help of his friend, the Starfish. If you're a fan of past Charlie videos, this will not disappoint. The first Charlie video was released in 2005, the same year YouTube launched, and became one of the network's big successes with more than 60 million views. Sequels to the short film hit YouTube in 2008 and 2009. What do you think? Does Charlie still have it? Let us know in the comments. T…
Continue reading... More About: Charlie the Unicorn, Viral Vidoes, YouTube  | | 3 Apple Computer Designs That You've Never Seen Dec 29th 2012, 02:28  Some Apple designs never made the cut. They weren't always the sleek, ubiquitous devices we see today. They went through years of trial and error, some of which are much more bizarre and beautiful than you'd think.
Before Jony Ive, Hartmut Esslinger was the lead industrial designer -- an innovator and a creative whiz. In his new book, titled "DESIGN FORWARD: Creative Strategies for Sustainable Change," Esslinger discusses the designs that Steve Jobs commissioned from him for $2 million in 1981. SEE ALSO: Say Farewell: Apple's Skeumorphism Hall of Shame What we see are slight nods to the future of Apple's design ethos, though some may surprise you. Watch the video above for more and…
Continue reading... More About: aesthetics, apple, design, Hartmut Esslinger, Jony Ive  | | Facebook and One Direction Among Top Wikipedia Articles in 2012 Dec 29th 2012, 01:53  Facebook, One Direction and the Mayan apocalypse-that-wasn't were among the most visited English-language Wikipedia pages in 2012, according to a list complied by Swedish software engineer Johan Gunnarsson.
The Avengers, Fifty Shades of Grey, The Dark Knight Rises and The Hunger Games also made the list: Facebook
Wiki
Deaths in 2012
One Direction
The Avengers
Fifty Shades of Grey
2012 phenomenon
The Dark Knight Rises
Google
The Hunger Games Facebook tops the list for other languages, too -- perhaps, as some have argued, the result of confused Internet searchers who want Facebook itself but find themselves on Wikipedia as a result of web search gone wrong. A look at…
Continue reading... More About: wikipedia, World  | | What to Do With Your New Android Dec 29th 2012, 00:13  So you got a shiny new Android for Christmas? Before showing it off to all your Apple-loving friends, the device should be fully optimized at the start. Taking a couple measures ahead of time will make for a better experience later.
If you're a brand new Android owner, the phone's operating system is likely Jelly Bean or Ice Cream Sandwich. You shouldn't have to upgrade anything, but there might be newer versions of built-in apps. (We'll get to that later.) You'll have to set up a Google account, which should be fairly easy if you already use Gmail. If you're completely new to Google, consider a couple things before even setting up your phone. SEE ALSO: Top 20 Things Every First-Tim…
Continue reading... More About: android, features, Google, holidays 2012, How-To, Mobile, Tech  | | Kate Winslet Is Going Into Space Dec 28th 2012, 22:44  Kate Winslet scored a nice gift from new uncle Richard Branson: a $200,000 ticket to space on a Virgin Galactic flight.
The Titanic star married Branson's nephew Ned RocknRoll (yes, that's his legal name) earlier this week in a secret ceremony in New York. However, the ticket wasn't a wedding gift, or anything to do with RocknRoll's official job title: Head of Marketing Promotion and Astronaut Experience at Virgin Galactic. Instead, Branson offered the ticket after Winslet saved his 90 year-old mother Eve from a fire on Branson's Necker Island retreat last year, according to British newspaper The Sun. Virgin Galactic expects to start offering flights into space next year. Other ce…
Continue reading... More About: Kate Winslet, richard branson, Virgin Galactic  | | Twitter Fans Marvel at Stan Lee's 90th Birthday Dec 28th 2012, 22:13
 Another legend of nerd culture, Shatner was one of the first on Twitter to wish Lee a happy birthday. Click here to view this gallery.  Comics icon Stan Lee celebrated his 90th birthday Friday, inspiring a flood of congratulations on Twitter, where he posts as @TheRealStanLee. Fans, celebrities, colleagues and even a few superheroes sent their love to Marvel Comics' "Generalissimo," and Lee's trademark catchphrase, "Excelsior," got the hashtag treatment.
This was a busy year for Lee: The legendary co-creator of classic characters like the X-Men, Iron Man and the Hulk launched a YouTube channel, Stan Lee's World of Heroes, this summer. He also hosted his own comic convention, Comikaze, in September. This year also marked the 50th birthday of perhaps Lee's most famous creation: the friendly neighborhood Spider-Man. SEE…
Continue reading... More About: features, Marvel, Social Media, Twitter  | | Instagram Didn't Lose a Quarter of its Users, But it Is at Risk Dec 28th 2012, 22:13 
You can tell you've really become a part of the national discourse when the New York Post writes a sensationalist story about you. That's what happened to Instagram Friday morning, when the Post seized on numbers from AppData that showed the photo-sharing service had lost a quarter of its daily active users in the week since its Terms of Service debacle. But the data was misleading for so many reasons, it would make a good case study for a statistics class. First of all, the Post article was cherry-picking numbers. AppData's record of Instagram's Daily Active Users plummeted from 16.4 million on December 19 to 12.4 million today. But the number of people who used Ins…
Continue reading... More About: instagram, The New York Post  | | Here's a Depressing Look at Man's Impact on Earth Dec 28th 2012, 21:45 
Man. Earth. The battle is on. In this corner, weighing in at 198 lbs., we have man. Annnd, in this corner, weighing in at 13,227,735,700,000,000,000,000,000 pounds, we have the Block'em Sock'em Third Rock...planet Earth. SEE ALSO: The Story of Earth in 90 Amazing Seconds YouTube user Steve Cutts illustrates the fight between humans and the place we all call home. Who will triumph? Watch all three-and-a-half minutes to learn the surprising identity of the winner. BONUS: 7 Videos About Evolution More About: environment, viral videos, Watercooler  | | In-Flight Broadband Is Set for Takeoff Dec 28th 2012, 20:53  Aircraft are one of the few unconnected sanctuaries left in our lives. Unless you shell out the cash for an often-unspectacular bit of airborne bandwidth, a flight typically promises at least a few hours' worth of uninterrupted time to read a great novel, take in a fine film or just sit in deep, relaxing thought.
The notion of the airborne oasis, though, may be coming to an end: The Federal Communications Commission on Friday announced rules changes that will make it easier for airlines to install in-air broadband technology on their aircraft. Since 2001, airlines have gotten approval for in-flight broadband technology on a per-case basis. The changes announced today will standardize…
Continue reading... More About: aviation, broadband, US  | | OneTesla Is a Singing Tesla Coil Dec 28th 2012, 20:51  Sing praise for the power of Tesla. No, literally -- make the power of Tesla sing. A group of students started a Kickstarter campaign to fund a DIY solid-state Tesla coil that plays music.
Developed in MIT's Miters hacker space, the group created kits to build a Tesla coil that plays music using sparks. Called oneTesla, the 10-inch coil, when connected through a MIDI port, shoots out sparks that reach nearly two feet. The kit comes complete with all the parts necessary to construct your own. All you need are some basic tools: soldering iron, solder, glue and small hand tools. SEE ALSO: 10 Kickass Kickstarter Projects From 2012 The campaign has raised $5,109 out of a $20,000 goal wit…
Continue reading... More About: energy, kickstarter, mit, Tesla  | | 11 Must-Have Games and Accessories for Your New Xbox Dec 28th 2012, 20:31  You're the proud owner of a shiny new Xbox 360. With scores of classic games and plenty of add-ons, there are so many different options available that it can be overwhelming to choose what's right for you. And as a new gamer, it's even more difficult to feel like you're making an informed decision.
SEE ALSO: Unwrapped a PS3? Start With These 10 Tips and Tools Well, worry no longer. Here's a handy guide to everything you'll need to get the most out of your new system. From the best accessories to the most engaging games, there's not a bad investment in the bunch -- and you'll enjoy your Xbox 360 more than you ever thought possible. What's your Xbox must-have? Let us know in the comme…
Continue reading... More About: accessories, Entertainment, features, Gaming, holidays 2012, xbox, Xbox 360  | | Hulu Names Top 5 SNL Sketches of 2012 Dec 28th 2012, 20:17  Hulu subscribers got a little year-end refresher on the year's funniest and most popular Saturday Night Live skits -- according to Hulu, that is. The 38-year-old franchise remains a benchmark for comedy, and despite 2012 seeing the end of an era with the departure of Andy Samberg and Kristen Wiig after seven years, Hulu's list proves SNL is still relevant, fresh and funny.
1. Disney Housewives This spoof of Real Housewives may have been Lindsay Lohan's one moment to shine in 2012, but the real scene-stealer in this perfect parody was Wiig's trashy, vodka-guzzling Cinderella. 2. Undecided Voter In this hilarious, Onion-inspired pre-election skit, voters ask hard-hitting questi…
Continue reading... More About: hulu, humor, saturday night live  | | lol Dec 11th 2012, 23:54 
lol | | ikenbot: One Picture, Many Stories ESO Photo Ambassador, Babak... Dec 6th 2012, 20:27 
ikenbot: One Picture, Many Stories ESO Photo Ambassador, Babak Tafreshi has captured an outstanding image of the sky over ESO's Paranal Observatory, with a treasury of deep-sky objects. The most obvious of these is the Carina Nebula, glowing intensely red in the middle of the image. The Carina Nebula lies in the constellation of Carina (The Keel), about 7500 light-years from Earth. This cloud of glowing gas and dust is the brightest nebula in the sky and contains several of the brightest and most massive stars known in the Milky Way, such as Eta Carinae. The Carina Nebula is a perfect test-bed for astronomers to unveil the mysteries of the violent birth and death of massive stars. Below the Carina Nebula, we see the Wishing Well Cluster (NGC 3532). This open cluster of young stars was named because, through a telescope's eyepiece, it looks like a handful of silver coins twinkling at the bottom of a wishing well. Further to the right, we find the Lambda Centauri Nebula (IC 2944), a cloud of glowing hydrogen and newborn stars which is sometimes nicknamed the Running Chicken Nebula, from a bird-like shape that some people see in its brightest region (see eso1135). Above this nebula and slightly to the left we find the Southern Pleiades (IC 2632), an open cluster of stars that is similar to its more familiar northern namesake. In the foreground, we see three of the four Auxiliary Telescopes (ATs) of the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI). Using the VLTI, the ATs — or the VLT's 8.2-metre Unit Telescopes — can be used together as a single giant telescope which can see finer details than would be possible with the individual telescopes. The VLTI has been used for a broad range of research including the study of circumstellar discs around young stellar objects and of active galactic nuclei, one of the most energetic and mysterious phenomena in the Universe. | | scienceyoucanlove: All of these are nudibranchs, a group of... Dec 5th 2012, 02:15 
scienceyoucanlove:
All of these are nudibranchs, a group of soft bodied mollusks often called Sea Slugs (although the term is often used to describe other groups as well)
They are often noted for their extraordinary colours, which can warn predators that it would be best not to eat them. Some nudibranchs have the ability to incorporate the defence mechanisms of their prey - they eat organisms like jellyfish and sponges and the toxins produced by their food are concentrated into the tissues of the nudibranch.
For more amazing photographs of nudibranchs see this gallery: http://bit.ly/SzGLun
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