Video: Google shows off what Project Glass's camera is capable of

You've seen Google's bosses wear Project Glass and maybe a blurry photo or two. What can its camera do, then? Google's just released a video filmed from a real Glass camera along with some first-person perspective photos.

Putting aside the fact that Project Glass video has no sound (it is just a prototype right now), the video isn't too terrible.

Police say Norwegian mass killer acted alone, refute existence of Knights Templar network

OSLO - Norwegian police officials have testified they are confident that mass killer Anders Behring Breivik acted on his own in terror attacks last year that killed 77 people.

Madoff Case Is Paying Off for Trustee ($850 an Hour)

Irving H. Picard, the court-appointed trustee seeking to recover funds for the victims of Bernard L. Madoff’s multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme, has been described as a modern-day Robin Hood. For nearly four years, he has been working to pay back those who were swindled by Mr. Madoff, some who lost their entire life savings.

Yet a look at recent court filings shows Mr. Picard has had much more success collecting money for himself and a dozen law firms and consultants than any victim of Mr. Madoff’s crime.

So far, Mr. Picard’s efforts have created a whopping $554 million in legal and other fees. How much have Mr. Madoff’s victims actually received from all of the cases and motions he’s made? Only $330 million. And how much does Mr. Picard estimate the fee spigot will pour out by 2014? A mere $1 billion.

Schiff: America is Already Bankrupt

Peter Schiff makes it clear, up front, why he's not trying to save America from fiscal disaster. He's not un-American, he's just too late. "We're already bankrupt," Schiff declares in the attached clip. "Better to acknowledge that fact than to pretend we're not."

The author of the new book The Real Crash says it's the stimulus that got us into this mess, or at least exacerbated the one we already had. Because of the Feds effectively zero percent interest rate policy the U.S., both as individuals and a collective, spends, borrows, and generally wastes far too much while saving nothing.

"We can't have real economic growth until interest rates go up," says Schiff. "If we admit we're bankrupt and at least restructure, we can start repairing the damage and preparing the economy for real growth."

What men think of your bathing suit

Swimsuit season is stressful enough when women are tasked with finding swimwear that's both fashionable and flattering. But what does he think about all your hard work?

Marie Claire asked 100 random guys about some of the most popular swimsuit trends — and their answers may have you reconsidering that new bikini in your beach bag.

Frazer Harrison/Getty Images (left); Mark Nolan/Getty Images (right)

The String Bikini

One of the most popular swimwear styles on the market happens to be the one with the least amount of fabric. But what do men really think of the skimpy suit?

Seventy-four percent were fans of the triangles-and-string ensemble, while 26 percent thought it looked too revealing and left little to the imagination.

Skydiver planning world record 120,000-foot jump from space

This summer, Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner will attempt to break the world record for the longest jump, plummeting more than 23 miles from the Earth's stratosphere.

"I've done a lot of test jumps, so I'm good," Baumgartner confidently told Fox News before adding that he would "probably say a little prayer" before making the jump that could literally make his blood boil if something goes wrong.

Baumgartner has been preparing with retired Air Force Col. Joe Kittinger, who set the current world record back in 1960 when he made a 102,000-foot jump.

Crude Oil Will Fall Below $80 a Barrel in June: Suttmeier

In case all the turmoil in Europe has distracted you, here's an important reminder as we wind down the month: Crude oil was at $105 a barrel at the start of May. Today it's trading below $90, more than $15 -- or 14% -- lower.

Crude oil is literally a tick away from printing what would be its sharpest single-month retreat since 2008, a horrendous period when the U.S. and global economies were imploding, and crude oil went from $140 to $40 over the course of six months.

Is it really that bad out there right now? Will crude really behave so poorly?

Here's Proof The iPad Almost Had Two Dock Connectors

An eBay listing unearthed by Mac Rumors confirms the ancient rumor that Apple at one point considered an iPad with two dock connectors.

The iPad prototype on sale looks authentic, and is unique in several aspects. It has two full functional dock connectors, one on the bottom side and one on the left side of the device. Furthermore, it sports a special Apple diagnostic software suite called the SwitchBoard.

Curt Schilling says 38 Studios failure will cost him $50 million

After remaining silent as his video game company collapsed around him, Curt Schilling is finally speaking out -- and he's not happy.

The former Red Sox pitcher responded to critics, pointing out that he stands to lose as much as $50 million dollars if his troubled 38 Studios can't be saved. Specifically, he took aim at Rhode Island's governor, saying Lincoln Chafee's negative comments about the company "scared off" potential investors who could have saved the studio.

"The governor is not operating in the best interest of the company by any stretch, or the taxpayers, or the state," Schilling told The Providence Journal. ""We're trying to save this company and we're working 24/7.

Avoid these words to prevent Homeland Security from spying on your social networks

With the FBI reportedly forming a new internet surveillance unit and the National Security Agency building a data center in Utah that will be able to sift through communications between private citizens, you can assume that the government can readily spy on you whenever it wants to. Another agency, Homeland Security, began its social media monitoring program a few months ago. But you don't have to worry about being included in its watch list, so long as you avoid using any word found in its list of keywords.

The agency was recently forced to release its list after a freedom of information request was submitted by privacy watchdog, Electronic Privacy Information Center. Some of the words like "Al Qaeda" and "Taliban" are pretty much self-explanatory. But others like "pork" and "sick" make no sense until you hear the agency's explanation about its program monitoring social networks not only for signs of terrorism, but also for public health threats and natural disasters.

‘Grieving’ dog refused to leave dead dog’s side

A heartbreaking photo of a male pit bull refusing to leave the side of a female pit bull that lay dead on the side of a Phoenix road is making the rounds on Facebook.

According to Fox's Phoenix affiliate, the female pit bull appeared to have been struck by a car on Friday. The male pit bull stayed by her side for more than 14 hours.

"The male pit bull wouldn't leave her, so a nearby business set out food and water," Fox 10 reported. "He stayed with her nuzzling her and lying nearby until the city came to remove her Saturday morning."

New York Senate bill seeks to end anonymous internet posting

Anonymity is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, the United States was founded, in part, thanks to Thomas Paine's anonymously written, pro-revolution pamphlet Common Sense. On the other hand, 12-year-olds who post anonymously on the internet can be rather unpleasant and cause real problems by cyberbullying. Whether you think the good outweighs the bad, this news is troubling indeed: A far-reaching bill introduced in the New York State Senate could end the practice of posting online once and for all.

iPhone-equipped guitar lets anyone play like a junior Hendrix

Okay, so maybe that's a bit of a stretch, but the iPhone powered gTar will let you fake your way through some tunes flawlessly even if you really can't play.

DotCom Case Sees Tears, FBI, Claims of Betrayal

It looks like the Megaupload case is going to get all soap opera-ish with Dotcom crying in court today. Damn, I thought having to be cut out of his panic room during the arrest was bad, but crying in court? Sheesh, man up dude. 

Kim DotCom isn't too big to cry. In court yesterday, the MegaUpload founder choked up when he recalled how New Zealand police in January raided the Auckland mansion where he lived and when, as his lawyer, said he was "ripped him away from his family."

iPhone 4S finally goes pre-paid on U.S. carrier Cricket

Five years since the launch of the original iPhone and Apple's holy device finally, finally lands on a U.S. carrier with a pre-paid plan. That's right, an official way to get a contract-free iPhone and reasonably priced unlimited everything plan without any jailbreaking required.

After 15 Months in Orbit, Secret Space Plane Finally Returning to Earth

The U.S. military’s secret space plane is preparing to return from its second mission after an incredible 453 days in orbit (as of today). The robotic X-37B, which resembles a miniature space shuttle, is due to land at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California sometime in early to mid-June, depending on weather and other technical factors.

With Nokia's 41-megapixel smartphone camera, size matters

The optical sensor and camera module on the Nokia 808 PureView (far right) is magnitudes larger than that of a typical 8-megapixel camera (middle) and 5-megapixel sensor and module (left.)

(Credit: Jessica Dolcourt/CNET)

I admit to having a certain fascination with the Nokia 808 PureView smartphone camera, which employs a much larger sensor than usual in order to take pictures up to 41 megapixels in size. Just how much larger that sensor is compared to the typical 5-megapixel and 8-megapixel smartphone sensors will impress you.

This could be the world's lightest 11.6-inch laptop

Weighing in at just over two pounds, the new X11 notebook from Gigabyte reportedly takes the title as the world's lightest 11.6 incher.

Consumers looking for the latest in lightweight laptops will have a new option come July.

The folks at Gigabyte have just announced the X11, a carbon fiber notebook that weighs only 975 grams, or around 2.1 pounds.

Is this an iPhone 5 blueprint?

A hard-copy leak appears to lend more credence to the rumor of a new iPhone with a 4-inch screen.

When was the last time a schematic drawing for one of the most anticipated devices in the world showed up in your mailbox? The folks at cydiablog claim the answer in their case is yesterday.

Sprint's HTC Evo 4G LTE launches June 2

The HTC Evo 4G LTE features a 4.7-inch screen, a dual-core processor, a great 8-megapixel camera and sells for $199.99. Despite its LTE-readiness, Sprint has yet to ignite its 4G LTE network.A patent spat with Apple slowed down shipments of the Evo 4G LTE -- and of theHTC One X -- but Sprint assured customers last week that it would be able to fulfill pre-orders of the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich handset starting May 24.

Go inside Prometheus' alien temple with 4 tense new clips

Four new clips from Ridley Scott's Alien semi-prequel Prometheus have been released, teasing some pre-mission scenes and some big action set pieces that look pretty awesome.

The film is just a little over a week from release, and these actual clips from the film are a nice change of pace from the featurettes and trailers we've been seeing in recent weeks.

1st photos from Iron Man 3 set reveal patriotic new armor

Director Shane Black has finally kicked off his Iron Man 3 shoot out in North Carolina, and we've already got our first glimpse of something new. A lucky set spy snagged photos of this star-spangled armor, but what's more intriguing is that it doesn't seem to belong to Tony Stark.

You can own this really old Apple computer for just $180,000

If you're a serious Apple fanboy, then you'll probably want to own one of everything the boys from Cupertino have ever made. Now is your chance to get the holy grail of all Apple collections, an original Apple I computer.

The future of rail could be this 75-year-old steam locomotive

It may not look especially futuristic, but this vintage 1937 train engine is about to be transformed into the fastest, cleanest, most powerful steam locomotive ever, thanks to modern steam technology and biocoal.

Steam sounds all vintage-y, but most of our modern power grid relies on steam power. Whether it's nuclear power or coal power or just about anything else (with the exception of wind and solar and hydro and other renewable sources), steam is used to change heat energy into electrical energy. So, even though steam trains have gone the way of the dinosaurs and the dodo and print media, steam technology itself has been continually improving.

Introducing Hexy, a DIY robot you don't need a PhD to figure out

Joseph Schlesinger wants everyone to be able to build a robot. What's stopping all of us? Laziness? Maybe, but it could also be the required grasp of basic engineering principles, not to mention the associated cost. With Hexy, a cheap, easy-to-build 'bot, Schlesinger hopes to offer a new starting point for budding hobbyists.

We spoke Schlesinger to learn how he wants to serve up a robot cheap and easy enough that it could find itself on anyone's workbench.

Who left the light on? Cafeteria neon runs non-stop for 77 years

Do you ever leave the house, only to worry that you forgot to turn something off? Well imagine what the owners of Clifton's Cafeteria in Los Angeles felt like when they uncovered a neon sign that has been running uninterrupted since 1935.

Seattle Cafe Shooter Kills 5, Self After Citywide Manhunt

The father of the man who opened fire and killed five people across Seattle, and later killed himself after a citywide manhunt, says his son was a very private person who was "disgruntled" and that he was a frequent customer at the coffee shop where his rampage began.

"He was happy sometimes, but not really. He was kind of disgruntled," Walt Stawicki said about his son Ian Stawicki, who fatally shot himself after a killing spree on Wednesday.

Apple CEO Takes Shot at Microsoft, Windows 8 Tablets

Tim Cook said forcing tablets to use an operating system written for desktop PCs means Windows 8 tablets will be 'very similar to what tablets were 10 years ago.'

Apple CEO Tim Cook took another swipe at Windows 8 yesterday, saying that forcing tablets to use an operating system written for desktop PCs means Windows 8 tablets will be "very similar to what tablets were 10 years ago." And PCs will be worse off as well, he added.

Cook's comments came at the AllThingD's D10 conference, and he had plenty of other bad things to say about Windows 8.

Apple Store starts selling Nest learning thermostat for $249.95

You can get your thermostat either through the online Apple Store or through the company's physical retail out …

Previous rumors that Apple will start selling Nest Learning Thermostats were proven true when the official Apple Store product page popped up. So next time you're shopping for a new iPhone or a new iPad, you can also get a Nest thermostat for $249.95, exactly 95 cents more than the price on its own website.

Gumball 3000 cross-country super car race boon for lucky state troopers

Every year, nearly 100 well-to-do drivers take off in a 3,000-mile rally/rolling party that doesn't officially condone hitting 100 mph in your chrome-vinyl coated Lamborghini. This year's event across the United States ends Thursday, yet the web already strains like a two-sizes-too-small halter top with videos from the trip -- including some cases where Johnny Law caught the rally runners touching triple-digit speeds on public roads.

Held in the spirit of the venerated Cannonball Run, the Gumball 3000 rallies through Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas typically feature exotic cars covered in sponsorship decals and teams in themed costumes ready to compete some of the time and party all of the time. This year's run started with a kickoff in New York's Times Square last week, and the lineup of cars includes an impressive array of Ferraris, Lamborginisand Aston Martins, with even a couple of Local Motors Rally Fighters thrown in. (I award the Motoramic Keeping It Real trophy to Charles Morgan, who's making the 3,000-mile trip in his Morgan Motors open-air 3-wheeler.)

Why Apple Products Are Made In China

Honestly? I think Apple is one of the few companies with the resources to move the manufacturing of its products back to the states. It would be nice to see them take the initiative and just do it. All those "outpaced" American workers they speak of might just surprise them.

It isn't just that workers are cheaper abroad. Rather, Apple's executives believe the vast scale of overseas factories as well as the flexibility, diligence and industrial skills of foreign workers have so outpaced their American counterparts that "Made in the U.S.A." is no longer a viable option for most Apple products.

New Stealth Sub Is Fully Networked, But Cut Off From the Outside World

UNDERWAY ON THE U.S.S. MISSISSIPPI — Practically every system aboard the Navy’s newest fast attack submarine is state of the art. Unlike earlier subs, the U.S.S. Mississippi’s control room, a hive of classified software and hardware, places sonar technicians and weapons specialists barely five feet apart. The periscope is mostly virtual: fiber optics allow the control room to see the surface world, rather than a physical tube running down from the bridge. But for all the advancements aboard the Mississippi, there’s one persistent challenge — staying connected to the outside world.

Bandwidth on subs is practically a throwback to the era of Magic cards, Discmans, and the best Fresh Prince of Bel-Air episodes. To send and receive messages, the U.S. submarine fleet needs to rise to a depth shallow enough to raise periscopes and antennas; aboard the Mississippi, periscope depth is 60 feet. While there are exceptions to that rule, it sets up a basic tradeoff. To remain undetected and ready to complete their missions, submarine commanders have to be prepared for long periods of silence.

Exclusive Pictures: Inside the Navy’s Newest Spy Sub

UNDERWAY ON THE U.S.S. MISSISSIPPI — The Navy’s newest fast-attack submarine is speeding down the Florida coast, on its way to its commissioning ceremony in its namesake state, at 15 knots. And it’s getting outraced by dolphins.

Hours before the U.S.S. Mississippi dives several hundred feet beneath the Atlantic, its sail juts proudly into the warm, whipping southern air. Submariners allow me to see the highest point on the sub for myself — provided I can keep my balance up three steep levels’ worth of ladder and hoist myself out onto a platform the size of a fancy refrigerator. A harness hooked to an iron bolt on the sail keeps me from falling to my death. There’s no land in sight, just blue water turned white around the sub’s wake, a tall BPS-16 military radar spinning in front of us, and a family of dolphins jumping out of the surf in front of the 377-foot boat.

This Rock Could Spy on You for Decades (UGS)

A Lockheed Martin "unattended ground sensor," or UGS, disguised as a rock.

Vehicular Court: Arrinera Automotive accused of using a Kit Car to build the Venocara

Okay, so we wrote a nice review about the Arrinera Venocara supercar hailing from Poland and we make the observation that this car “looks a hell of a lot like a Lamborghini.” Apparently, the Polish media thought the same, as Jacek Balkan outright accused Arrinera of building this new supercar from a Lamborghini kit available through Polish kit car manufacturer Bojar. Later, Arrinera’s CEO Lukasz Tomkiewicz adamantly denied all accusations and even addressed the usage of an Audi A6 C5 air conditioning panel and instrument cluster.

Is Israel behind the Flame cyber-attack?

A top Israeli official hinted Tuesday that his country could be behind the most sophisticated cyber-espionage program ever developed, known as Flame, which infiltrated and has spied oncomputer systems throughout the Middle East, including those inIran, for the past two years.

"Whoever sees the Iranian threat as a serious threat would be likely to take different steps, including these, in order to hurt them," Israel's vice prime minister Moshe Yaalon told Israel's Army Radio, referring to the cyber-attack. "Israel is blessed to be a nation possessing superior technology. These achievements of ours open up all kinds of possibilities for us."

Best ways to fake a tan at home

Summertime is officially here and while you may be plotting and planning your next jaunt to thebeach, there are some of us out there that just don’t have the time (or budget) to make it to there just yet. Or maybe you’ve already been to the beach and find that your tan is slowly fading away? Either way, here’s how you can achieve a glowing, natural looking tan all in the comfort of your own home! Photos courtesy of drugstore.com 1. Prep your skin the day before by exfoliating and shaving. According to St. Tropez Skin Finishing Expert Sophie Evans, this will help your sunless tan to last longer. The exfoliation will help to slough off any dead skin cells, allowing the color in your self-tanner to stick better and shaving will make for a smooth surface. Start by exfoliating before jumping into the shower or bath by gently rubbing all over your body. (I love to use a good bath brush such as the Eco Tools Bamboo Bristle Bath Brush ($6, drugstore.com) when completing this step!

Skydiver planning world record 120,000-foot jump from space

This summer, Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner will attempt to break the world record for the longest jump, plummeting more than 23 miles from the Earth's stratosphere.

"I've done a lot of test jumps, so I'm good," Baumgartner confidently told Fox News before adding that he would "probably say a little prayer" before making the jump that could literally make his blood boil if something goes wrong.

Baumgartner has been preparing with retired Air Force Col. Joe Kittinger, who set the current world record back in 1960 when he made a 102,000-foot jump.

Verizon Doubling FiOS Speed to 300Mbps

Verizon is rolling out 300Mbps / 65Mbps FiOS next month? Damn, I need to get on that bandwagon...I wonder how much it will cost? And here I thought my 50Mbps/5Mbps speed was good. 

Verizon Communications Inc plans to double its fastest home Internet download speed to 300 megabits per second (mbps) next month, creating what it says will be the highest-speed U.S. residential service.

Study: $37B Annually To Pre-Screen YouTube Videos

This is one of those studies where you naturally assume that someone just pulled this number out of their ass...until you see the math. 

This brings the final cost of screening all video uploaded to YouTube at its current rate to $36,829,468,840 per year. Yes, that’s nearly $37 billion per year. That is a massive additional cost to expect from Google to cover a thorough analysis of all video being uploaded. And this excludes the immense backlog of video YouTube already hosts. This would require 199,584 judges to be hired as screeners.

Marina Keegan: Yale grad’s final essay gets new life after writer’s death

A 22-year-old Yale graduate, Marina Keegan, who penned her life's lessons in a final column for the Yale Daily News, died just days after commencement. But the words of her work, "The Opposite of Loneliness," have lived on.

The Massachusetts resident died in a car crash on her way to a vacation house on Cape Cod when the driver, Michael Gocksch,lost control of the car. Gocksch survived, but Keegan was pronounced dead on the scene.

The young writer was already making a name for herself in the literary world. She had published stories in the New York Times and had a job with the New Yorker she was about to start.

Huge Ancient Civilization’s Collapse Explained

The mysterious fall of the largest of the world's earliest urban civilizations nearly 4,000 years ago in what is now India, Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh now appears to have a key culprit — ancient climate change, researchers say.

Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia may be the best known of the first great urban cultures, but the largest was the Indus or Harappan civilization. This culture once extended over more than 386,000 square miles (1 million square kilometers) across the plains of the Indus River from the Arabian Sea to the Ganges, and at its peak may have accounted for 10 percent of the world population. The civilization developed about 5,200 years ago, and slowly disintegrated between 3,900 and 3,000 years ago — populations largely abandoned cities, migrating toward the east.

"Antiquity knew about Egypt and Mesopotamia, but the Indus civilization, which was bigger than these two, was completely forgotten until the 1920s," said researcher Liviu Giosan, a geologist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts. "There are still many things we don't know about them." [Photos: Life and Death of Ancient Urbanites]

States, federal government reduce length of jobless benefits

Hundreds of thousands of jobless Americans are losing their federal unemployment benefits earlier than they expected due to new rules passed in February that make it harder for states to qualify for extended jobless aid, the New York Times reports.

At the height of the recession, Congress passed a law to boost unemployment assistance to up to 99 weeks: The unemployed would receive federal money instead of state funds if they continued to be jobless past the traditional period of six months. In February, Congress extended this law, but added rules that would draw down the number of weeks the government would pay for, based on whether a state's jobless rate had decreased and other factors. Now, only three states still offer 99 weeks of assistance, and all three will stop doing so in September.

[Related: Florida the stingiest state for jobless benefits]

More than 5 million Americans have been out of work for more than six months, down from a high of more than 6 million two years ago. Supporters of extending benefits say they stimulate the economy and provide a crucial safety net for vulnerable workers, but those opposed say they discourage people from finding work.

Meanwhile, some states, independently of the federal government, have made it more difficult for people to receive jobless benefits. The National Employment Law Project (NELP), a nonprofit that advocates for more support for unemployed people, filed suit against Florida, saying it wrongfully denied people jobless benefits.

Radioactive Tuna Found Off California Coast

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5 cool camouflage homes

From the fanciful to the frugal, camouflauge homes widely vary in design and utility. Photo: Feliciano Guimarães

If you’ve ever wished you could just disappear, a camouflage home may be the answer. Noticeably unnoticeable, the sometimes-quirky, sometimes-glorious homes run the architectural gamut from sprawling modern estates to funky little mud huts built by hand. So, what’s the one thing they all have in common? Design that emphasizes disguise.

Report: N. Korean officials executed in staged traffic accidents

A new Amnesty International report paints a gruesome picture of summary executions, torture and ill-treatment in North Korea as Kim Jong Un succeeded his late father, Kim Jong Il, as the country's ruler last December.

The country used firing squads or staged traffic accidents to execute 30 officials involved in talks to unite North and South Korea, according to the 2012 Amnesty International report released Thursday. It also notes that the country had been questioned about another 37 reported executions between 2007 and 2010 for "financial crimes."

As the ruling authority shifted to Kim Jong Un, the country's State Security agency detained another 200 North Korean officials, some of whom are now feared executed or in prison camps, the report notes.

Steve Jobs at the Smithsonian: 312 amazing patents on display

This May, the Smithsonian's S. Dillon Ripley Center opened up "The Patents and Trademarks of Steve Jobs: Art and Technology that Changed the World." The traveling exhibit, which features the many, many patents of Steve Jobs, was designed by theNational Inventors Hall of Fame and Museum and is fairly breathtaking for being 312 pieces of paper.

Consisting of 30 display panels that are each four feet wide, eight tall and shaped like the face of an iPhone, the exhibit displays facsimiles of 312 of the 317 different patents that Steve Jobs acquired. It also has a case with an a 1984 Apple Macintosh Computer; a 1992 NeXT monitor, sound box, microcomputer, keyboard and mouse; and a 2003 Apple iPod, which was the first to feature a discrete touch-sensitive click wheel as opposed to one with distinct mechanical buttons.

We chatted with Richard Maulsby, Associate Commissioner for Innovation Development at the U.S. Patent and Trade Office, who told us: "I think what we endeavored to do with the exhibit is capture not just the quality but the breadth of this man's innovation genius."

Circular printer concept is obvious and brilliant

Now, why hasn't someone thought of this totally tubular printer before? Or if someone has, why is my desk still possessed by a giant, boxy, and generally less than functional hunk of ugly plastic? Someone. Please. Make me this printer. Please.

Vacuum tubes could be the future of computing

Back in the day, electronics were made with vacuum tubes, which are like little light bulbs that function as amplifiers or switches. In the present, electronics use transistors instead, which do the same thing but can be made tiny and for cheap. NASA researchers have now figured out how to make vacuum tubes on the nanoscale, which could mean faster, more reliable computers.

Dell’s First Windows 8 Tablet Revealed

The good people over at Neowin secured a leaked document describing Dell’s long rumored Windows 8 tablet specs. After several unsuccessful attempts with Android, Dell is betting heavily on its new Windows 8 tablet entry, rumored for a Q4 debut.

A key feature of the tablet will also be a removable battery that will come in two flavors. We are hearing that the smaller battery will get 6-8 hrs of battery life and the larger battery will get 10-12 hours.

Guy who created Dredd wants you to know what he thinks of the movie

You can never tell how a comic book creator is going to feel about seeing his work adapted for the screen. After all, it can either go incredibly well or horribly wrong. But John Wagner is in the rare position of having his creation, Judge Dredd, adapted twice. The first one was a nightmare ... and he's just seen the Karl Urban reboot. And ...

Ultraslim Huawei Ascend P1 ICS Android clears the FCC

Remember the Huawei Ascend P1 from CES? Well, it looks like it could be coming to the U.S., thanks to a recent FCC filing.

Its ultrathin -- 0.27 inch thin, no joke -- and stylized white-on-black design is the Ascend P1's beauty that matches the brawn of its dual-core processor, 8-megapixel camera, and a cutting-edge Android Ice Cream Sandwich OS. I haven't been able to give the phone a thorough examination yet, but based on the features list and what we saw in January, I'd go so far as to call it the Huawei superphone that the U.S., which rarely sees Huawei's top of the line, had always hoped Huawei had in it.

Create entertaining animations on iOS

Creating animations on your iPhone is incredibly easy with the right app, and a few of them stand out for the number of features and interesting things you can make.

A few days ago, CNET photographer Josh Miller was going around the office making Cinemagrams. I had seen the app before on the iTunes App Store most-popular lists, but had assumed it was simply a version of Instagram for video. When Josh showed me how the app worked, I was really impressed.

After seeing what Cinemagram could do (more about that below), I started wondering about other animation apps in the iTunes app store and came upon several that were impressive for different reasons, but popular for the interesting animations you could make with your iPhone.

Forget Samuel L. Jackson—The Hoff says HE'S the ultimate Nick Fury

Samuel L. Jackson may have taken on the mantle of S.H.I.E.L.D. commander Nick Fury in the recent slate of big-screen Marvel adventures, but David Hasselhoff thinks the world needs reminding: Jackson may be the man now, but the Hoff is still the "ultimate" Nick Fury.

Hasselhoff played the badass, eye-patched government agent in the 1998 made-for-TV movie Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., and he told MovieHole that he respects the fact that Jackson has the character now—but said he believes his original, Stan Lee-approved portrayal stands the test of time.

Sony patents 'scheme' for ads that'll interrupt your gaming

Nobody likes in-game advertisements (of any kind), but it's a necessary evil to either keep game costs low or free. But this patent filed by Sony last year called the "Advertisement Scheme for use with interactive content" is just messed up, no matter how you look at it.

Rumor: Facebook might buy Opera to build its own Web browser

Fresh off its roller coaster IPO and $1 billion Instagram acquisition, it's now come to our attention that Facebook might have plans to build its own browser (alà Google Chrome) based on Opera's Web browser. Talk about wanting to be an Internet conquistador!

Apple to release 'most important product we’ve done' Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/05/24/apple-to-release-most-important-product-weve-done/#ixzz1wAiBWatJ

And you thought the iPad was insanely great.

Apple’s chief designer and scion of cool Jonathan Ive told London paper the Telegraph that neither the iPad nor the Macintosh nor the iPhone is the most important product the company has ever done.

It's the secret something he’s currently working on that has his heart racing.

“What we’re working on now feels like the most important and the best work we’ve done,” Ive told the paper, when asked what he would like to be remembered for.

Bloomberg: Facebook Worst IPO Flop of the Decade

Somehow I don't think Mr. Zuckerberg and his IPO billions gives a rat's ass what Bloomberg thinks. Anyone with half a brain knew better than investing in MySpace 2.0.

Based on the first five days of trading, the IPO did even worse than MS Global, a company that is now in bankruptcy, markets reporter Sheila Dharmarajan said on Bloomberg TV today. "It really goes to show the magnitude of the flop of the Facebook IPO," she said.

Jay Leno and NBC Steal Video, Block Rightful Owner

Having someone use your video without permission sucks, but it isn't really news. Having your video removed from YouTube on a bogus copyright claim sucks even worse...but...still isn't news. Having Jay Leno and NBC gang up and do both to you is news.

Your company NBC just up and blocked our video and claimed that we are copyright infringers! But we are not! We made it! And this is the video that you said you loved! Now, if you try to watch our video (and again this is the video that had nothing to do with you until you used it in your show without asking) on YouTube it’s just a big black sign that basically says, "the makers of this video stole this video from NBC, so you can’t watch it!" Jay, what in the hell is going on here? LINK

How Tim Cook is changing Apple

Steve Jobs' successor is making his mark and trying to keep the Apple magic going.

FORTUNE -- In February of this year, a group of investors visited Apple as part of a "bus tour" led by a research analyst for Citibank. The session started with a 45-minute presentation by Peter Oppenheimer, Apple's chief financial officer, and the 15 or so investors who attended the session were treated to Apple's unique brand of hospitality: They met in a threadbare conference room in Apple's Town Hall public conference center at the 4 Infinite Loop building in Cupertino, Calif., where the refreshments consisted of "three stale cookies and two Diet Cokes," in the words of one participant.

All that, save the meager refreshments, is routine for big public companies in Silicon Valley, which use the check-ins as opportunities to communicate with large owners of their stock. What shocked the Apple (AAPL) investors that day was that CEO Tim Cook popped into the room about 20 minutes into Oppenheimer's talk, quietly sat down in the back of the room, and did something unusual for a CEO of Apple: He listened. He didn't check his e-mail once. He didn't interrupt.