| Rare 'Dolphin Stampede' Captured in Breathtaking Viral Video | | In a rare display, 1,000 common dolphins stampeded off the coast of California, captivating onlookers on a whale-watching boat. Footage of the stampede, captured by tour company Dolphin Safari, has attracted nearly 200,000 views since going online Sunday. It features the dolphin pod swimming near a boat of whale-watchers who ooh and ahh at the breathtaking sight.
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| That Flat Screen TV May Cost More Than You Think | | LAS VEGAS – Running your electronics can get pricey. You already know about Vampire energy and how simply having your TV or DVR plugged in can cost you money. But do you have any idea how much it actually costs to run those devices? A new gadget being shown at the International CES – MeterPlug — will not only tell you how much your new flat screen TV costs to run, it will send the data to your smartphone via Bluetooth.
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| Your Landline Could Get a Second Life With 'The Home Phone' | | 2:58:36 AM | Camille Bautista |
| Dust off that landline — household phones may be making a comeback with a new Kickstarter project. The Home Phone, designed by French husband and wife team UrbanHello, is a smartphone for the whole family, allowing shared conversations with its automatic hands-free mode. When placed on a surface, the 360-degree loudspeaker activates, and its use reduces electromagnetic wave exposure by 99%.
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| Microsoft Officially Ditching Messenger, Switching Users to Skype in March | | Windows Live Messenger will officially retire this March, Microsoft announced Tuesday in a mass email to the chat service's users. On March 15, all users will be switched over to Skype, which the software giant acquired for $8.5 billion in October 2011. "We are retiring the existing Messenger service globally ...
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| You Can Now Apply to Be a Mars Colony Pioneer | | If you think you have the right stuff to help colonize Mars, you'll soon get your chance to prove it. The Netherlands-based nonprofit Mars One, which hopes to put the first boots on the Red Planet in 2023, released its basic astronaut requirements on Jan. 8, setting the stage for a televised global selection process that will begin later this year.
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| DanceDance Revolution Comes to the Classroom | | It won't be long before students are playing video games at school. A new interactive fitness game announced at International CES 2013 brings at-home fitness video games to school. DanceDance Revolution Classroom Edition was made with school physical education class in mind. With the DanceDance Revolution games, users follow steps to dance choreography while listening to hit songs.
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| The Football Helmet That Could Save Your Kid's Brain | | Violent collisions in the NFL are getting more attention from players, journalists and medical professionals — and for good reason. We're just beginning to grasp the effects that repeated big hits can have on the brain, and a troubling series of violent deaths of current and former pros has only raised the stakes for trying to understand how to manage the damage players do to themselves and one another.
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| Woof! These 15 Slush Puppies Are Crazy About Snow | | Tuesday, January 08, 2013 11:25 PM | Annie Colbert |
| Humans often greet cold weather with grumbles and gripes, but us two-legged creatures could learn something from our best furry friends. Dogs skip the snow complaints, and lick Jack Frost's face. (Or, lift their leg on him.) SEE ALSO: 12 Animals With Hangovers Worse Than Yours Barking about the enjoyable side of snowfall might do little to persuade warm-weather worshippers.
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| Artist Looks for Drone Pilots on Craigslist, Gets Threatened by FBI | | Tuesday, January 08, 2013 9:45 PM | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai |
| An Israeli filmmaker attracted the attention of the FBI when he posted an ad on Craigslist, looking for U.S. drone pilots. While doing some research for his short film about drone strikes, 5,000 Feet Is The Best, Omer Fast posted an anonymous ad looking to talk to pilots based at Creech Air Force Base, one of the main bases where pilots remotely operate the flying bots from ground control stations (see the picture below).
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| Samsung Shows Off Curved OLED TV | | Tuesday, January 08, 2013 9:11 PM | Pete Pachal |
| LAS VEGAS — You're not seeing things: This TV from Samsung has a slight curve to it. The company claims it's the world's first curved OLED TV, and we don't doubt it. What advantage does a curved TV have over flat panels? Samsung says the curves gives panoramic images such as nature scenes a more life-like viewing experience.
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| T-Mobile Brings Free Data to Windows 8 Laptops and Tablets | | Tuesday, January 08, 2013 8:29 PM | Emily Price |
| T-Mobile announced 4G Connect Tuesday, a new program that gives customers a free 4G data connection with the purchase of select notebooks, tablets, and Ultrabooks. With the program, customers will be able to access the web from their device, straight out of the box, for free.
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| Apply for Scholarships in a Flash With 'Personal for Education' App | | Tuesday, January 08, 2013 7:59 PM | Kate Freeman |
| Filling out scholarship forms is easier when you don't have to write your basic information over and over again. "Personal for Education" is a web and mobile app that lets you store all of your basic information and populate online applications, making the process faster. Personal.com can store and share all kinds of personal information — your birth certificate, passport, passwords, driver's license number and more.
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| FunTab Kids' Tablets Provide Safe Online Experience | | Tuesday, January 08, 2013 6:57 PM | Kate Freeman |
| Your kids can't keep their hands off your tablet. And they are certainly entertaining while playing around with the devices. But as parents of children in the digital age, you probably wonder how to keep them safe from inappropriate content or from clicking on links that download viruses or spyware. You've also likely worried about the little tykes dropping your pricey device.
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| This Bluetooth Fridge Will Stream Your Music | | Tuesday, January 08, 2013 4:58 PM | Andrea Smith |
| LAS VEGAS — Whirlpool is giving us a glimpse into its vision of the future. At the International CES, currently underway in Las Vegas, the appliance company showed off both connected appliances as well as concepts for what might be. What caught our eye was this fridge that played music while it chilled the food and wine inside.
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| Aereo is Expanding to 22 New Cities This Spring | | Tuesday, January 08, 2013 4:04 PM | Christina Warren |
| Cord-cutting startup Aereo announced Tuesday that it will be officially expanding into 22 additional cities this spring. Until now, only New York City residents have had access to Aereo. That will change in a few months, as the company plans expansion to cities such as Chicago, Atlanta, Detroit, Boston, Houston and Philadelphia.
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| Facebook Timeline Change: It's Starting | | Tuesday, January 08, 2013 2:59 PM | Chris Taylor |
| Remember the Facebook Timeline changes some users started to notice in December? The ones that include a row of fresh options at the top of the page, below your picture, and the banishment of "Maps" and thumbnail images? Well, the changes appear to be rolling out for all Facebook users in New Zealand, where it's already Wednesday.
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| Panasonic Reveals Enormous 20-Inch 4K Tablet | | Tuesday, January 08, 2013 1:24 PM | Samantha Murphy |
| LAS VEGAS — At a keynote speech Tuesday morning at CES 2013, Panasonic showed off the world's first 20-inch 4K tablet. The new Windows 8 tablet prototype has a 20-inch screen and 4K resolution, and is a half-inch thick. The tablet can work with a stylus, and users will be able to update content directly on the cloud. Panasonic said it is intended for designers and business users.
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