| World's Oldest Spacewalker Makes History at 59 | | Friday, April 19, 2013 10:17 PM | Space.com |
| Russian cosmonaut Pavel Vinogradov made spaceflight history high above Earth on Friday when, at age 59, he became the oldest person ever to venture outside a spacecraft during a spacewalk. Vinogradov, a veteran cosmonaut, took the seventh cosmic excursion in 16 years during Friday's spacewalk. He donned a bulky spacesuit and left the confines of the International Space Station just after 10 a.m.
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| Boston Bombing Suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Apprehended Alive | | Friday, April 19, 2013 8:49 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| After an unprecedented manhunt that shut down the city of Boston, bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was taken into custody alive Friday evening following a standoff with police. Here's how it all went do [View the story "Boston Bombing Dzhozkar Tsarnaev is Found" on Storify] Suspect in custody. Officers sweeping the area. Stand by for further info. — Boston Police Dept.
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| Razer Will Honor Fake 90% Discount Coupon | | Friday, April 19, 2013 6:56 PM | Stan Schroeder |
| Razer will make good on the fake 90% discount coupon that many customers used to place purchases in the company's UK store.
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| TV Anchors Laugh Uncontrollably After Ryan Lochte Interview | | Friday, April 19, 2013 6:36 PM | Brian Anthony Hernandez |
| "I'll always remember that interview!" anchor Sheinelle Jones of Good Day in Philadelphia tweeted after grilling Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte about his forthcoming reality show. She and co-anchor Mike Jerrick had a hard time keeping their composure while hilariously discussing What Would Ryan Lochte Do?, which debuts Sunday on E! But once the interview ended, the pair lost it, mocking the not-so-well-spoken athlete.
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| Internet Helps Boston Bomb Hero Pay for Health Insurance | | Friday, April 19, 2013 6:17 PM | Samantha Murphy |
| Jeff Bauman, who lost two legs in the Boston Marathon bombings earlier this week and helped identify the attackers, is without health insurance... and the Internet wants to help. Bauman has become a national hero for helping authorities identify the suspects involved in the attacks. From his hospital bed, he was able to pinpoint the suspects at large — one of which looked at him just minutes before a bomb went off.
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| 8-Bit Socks Bring the '90s to Your Wardrobe | | Friday, April 19, 2013 5:33 PM | Emily Banks |
| A newly launched Kickstarter project could bring a little nostalgia to your feet, with 8-bit socks. The creators say their line of '90s video game-inspired socks go beyond nostalgia: These accessories "will make people smile and feel awesome." We could see wearing Mario on your ankles having that effect. Alex Malytskyy, who lives in Kiev, Ukraine, launched the Kickstarter project earlier this week and is looking to raise $8,000.
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| Hands On With Panasonic's TV Touch Pen | | Friday, April 19, 2013 5:17 PM | Pete Pachal |
| When Panasonic unveiled an electronic touch pen for writing on a TV screen earlier this year, it appeared to be a solution searching for a problem. Now that we've had a chance to try it for ourselves, we're convinced that assessment was correct, but that doesn't mean the technology is very cool. Panasonic's TV Touch Pen essentially turns your TV (only certain Panasonic plasma models, of course) into a touchscreen.
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| Tech Could Help Search Images for Bomb Suspects | | Friday, April 19, 2013 4:47 PM | Discovery News |
| The two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings were found by a relatively old-fashioned method: A witness told cops he made eye contact with a man at the scene who was wearing a baseball cap and who left behind a backpack. That identification allowed investigators to narrow their search when combing through the myriad videos and photographs of the crime scene.
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| HTC One Arrives on AT&T and Sprint | | Friday, April 19, 2013 3:53 PM | Stan Schroeder |
| Eagerly waiting for HTC One to show up in stores? If so, we have good news: HTC's flagship smartphone has finally arrived to AT&T and Sprint's stores, as well as T-Mobile's website. AT&T and Sprint are both offering the silver HTC One with 32GB of storage memory for $199 with a two-year contract, though Sprint shaves another $100 off for customers who bring their phone number from another network.
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| Watch Justin Bieber Appear as Hologram in '#thatPOWER' Music Video | | Friday, April 19, 2013 3:38 PM | Brian Anthony Hernandez |
| Like a genie magically emerging from a bottle, Justin Bieber in hologram form arises from a golden cube in will.i.am's futuristic "#thatPOWER" music video, which debuted Friday. Aside from the dancing digital Bieber, the clip features dancers with slick eyewear (reminding us a bit of Google Glass) and cameos from Beats Pill speakers. The Beats by Dre product also got screen time in will.i.am's "Scream and Shout" video with Britney Spears.
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| 10 Cases to Shield Your New HTC One | | Friday, April 19, 2013 3:15 PM | Amy-Mae Elliott |
| Have you got, or are planning to get, an HTC One? Then we congratulate you. The flagship Android handset is going to be very popular. We've taken a look at what cases are available for the One. We've found 10 options that we'd seriously consider using to protect the new phone. SEE ALSO: 10 Awesome Accessories to Organize Your Office Have a browse through our selection in the gallery above.
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| Hubble Sees Horsehead Nebula in Incredible New Light | | Friday, April 19, 2013 2:47 PM | Discovery News |
| The Hubble Space Telescope has been in orbit for 23 years and, to celebrate this milestone, the space telescope revisited the famous Horsehead Nebula in the constellation of Orion. But on this particular observing session, Hubble had a little help from another space telescope friend.
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| Hear 15 Classic Songs Remixed With Mario's Help | | Friday, April 19, 2013 2:08 PM | Bob Al-Greene |
| Mario Paint was a 1992 Nintendo release for the SNES that allowed players to draw simple pictures and make custom stamps, one pixel at a time. Users could also make music by using these stamp icons — planes, boats, cars, or Mario himself — to represent music notes from different instruments. Years later, unFun Games released a free, standalone program called Mario Paint Composer, which amped up the musical aspects of the original.
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| This May Be the At-Large Boston Suspect's Twitter Account | | Friday, April 19, 2013 1:51 PM | Alex Fitzpatrick |
| Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the 19-year-old at-large suspect in Monday's Boston Marathon bombing, likely used Twitter under the handle @J_tsar, evidence collected by several observers indicates. Friends of Tsarnaev have confirmed to ABC 7 and BuzzFeed @J_tsar belonged to Tsarnaev, who they say used the nickname "Johar." CNN, too, has picked up @j_tsar as authentic.
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| LG Is Developing Waterless Washing Machine | | Friday, April 19, 2013 1:41 PM | Emily Banks |
| Electronics manufacturer LG hinted it may be removing one of the essential ingredients needed for doing your laundry: water. Although there's no patent or details available yet, LG's Senior VP for Home Appliances Kevin Cha told Engadget the company is developing a waterless washing machine. The company introduced a similar product, called the Styler, at CES.
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| Watch New Play About Ai Weiwei Live Online | | Friday, April 19, 2013 1:30 PM | Adam Popescu |
| In the spirit of digital freedom, the new Ai Weiwei play, which Mashable was first to review last week, is being livestreamed online to promote a free and open Internet. The show, "#aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei," will be broadcast on YouTube live from London at 7:30 p.m. local time (2:30 p.m. ET/ 12:30 p.m. PT).
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| Little Girl Provides Father With Stern, Yet Sage, Advice | | Friday, April 19, 2013 12:49 PM | Neha Prakash |
| Generally, in life, parents are entrusted with providing their children plenty of gems of knowledge and advice to carry them successfully into adulthood. But in this family, it's August the toddler who is teaching everyone a lesson. SEE ALSO: 10 Creepy Kids Who Will Haunt Your Dreams The little girl refuses to accept help from her dad to get out of her car seat.
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| Bethesda's Creepy Vines Tease New Shinji Mikami Horror Game | | Friday, April 19, 2013 12:24 PM | Chelsea Stark |
| Bethesda announced Friday it will release a new survival horror game game The Evil Within by the creator of the Resident Evil franchise. The company spent the week posting cryptic teasers on Vine for the project. The Evil Within was originally codenamed "Project Zwei" and has been the pet project of acclaimed game maker Shinji Mikami since 2010. He had a teaser website up for his return to survival horror since then.
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| Microsoft: Windows Competitor to iPad Mini Coming Soon | | Friday, April 19, 2013 12:07 PM | Pete Pachal |
| It's been rumored before, but Microsoft has dropped the first official word that it's working on Windows 8 tablets smaller than 10 inches. In a call with investors about the company's latest earnings report, Microsoft CFO Peter Klein said small-screen Windows tablets were in the works.
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| Chechen Leader Uses Instagram to Deny Boston Connection | | Friday, April 19, 2013 11:55 AM | Alex Fitzpatrick |
| Ramzan Kadyrov, President of the Chechen Republic and avid Instagram user, posted a message to the service Friday denying any connection to brothers Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26 and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, the two suspects in Monday's Boston Marathon bombing. The elder brother was killed in a Thursday night shootout with police, while the younger brother remains at large.
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| Twitter Partners With BBC America to Promote Branded Videos | | Friday, April 19, 2013 11:55 AM | Seth Fiegerman |
| Twitter is cozying up with another television broadcaster to promote video content. BBC America tweeted Thursday night that it has partnered with Twitter to launch the first "in-Tweet branded video" that coincides with a scripted television series.
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| Reddit Under DDoS Attack, Some Site Functions Disabled | | Friday, April 19, 2013 11:40 AM | Stan Schroeder |
| Reddit is currently under a malicious DDoS attack, according to the site's official Reddit status account on Twitter. The attack seems to have started early Friday, coinciding with the breaking story about the manhunt for the Boston marathon bombing suspects. We are working on recovering from what appears to be a DDoS. — reddit status (@redditstatus) April 19, 2013 We've mitigated part of the DDoS at this time.
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| New Facebook Logo Made Official | | Friday, April 19, 2013 11:14 AM | Samantha Murphy |
| You might not have noticed, but Facebook has rolled out a new main logo, as well as a new look for other icons for the first time in years.
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| LulzSec Member Sentenced to Year in Prison for Sony Hack | | Friday, April 19, 2013 11:14 AM | Stan Schroeder |
| A member of the LulzSec hacker group was sentenced to one year in prison for breaching Sony's servers in June 2011, Reuters reports. Cody Kretsinger, who pleaded guilty in April 2012 to charges of conspiracy and authorized impairment of a protected computer, will also have to perform 1,000 hours of community service once he gets out of prison.
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