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The Chinese rumor mill is aflutter today with news about Apple’s alleged new and mini-sized iPad. Reportedly featuring a 7″ screen, the new iPad is said to closer resemble an oversized iPhone 4 and is well past the development stage, at this point considered a finished product. According to Chinese English-language site Shanzai, Apple recently released the new iPad into ...

I’m full of memories right now. Memories of squeezing a quarter out of my parents as we waited in the grocery line, the gumball machine strategically placed at the exit of the store, taunting me, calling my name. With everything my parents used to do for me, fishing a quarter out of them was damn near impossible, especially when they ...

Even if you prefer Piratebread or even Zombiebread, you can’t deny the unique design of these Ninjabread Cookie Cutters. Made using strips of 0.5mm stainless steel and a jig to bend them into place, you can make your own Ninjabread Men if you’ve got the right supplies and feel like following some simple instructions at Instructables. If you thought catching ...

Facebook Engineers posted a detailed post on their Facebook page explaining the details about yesterday’s 2.5 hour outage, the worst outage in over four years. Facebook says that, ultimately, the severity of the outage was caused by “an unfortunate handling of an error condition.” Today we made a change to the persistent copy of a configuration value that was interpreted ...

York University engineers have been experimenting with their cute underwater robots for a few months now, but this is the first time we get to see the little guys in action. These Aqua robots are controlled through tablet computers shielded with a waterproof shell. The tablets are operated by trained divers who can get a robots-eye-view of the ocean from ...

The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) is doing something special for people who might not be able to witness an Aurora full-on all the way across the sky. The AuroraMAX project allows anyone with an internet connection to witness the Northern Lights as they happen via a live streaming webcam. The AuroraMAX cams starts streaming live at 12 am EST every ...

A few months ago, Holiday Inn announced that they would be initiating a program that will turn your smartphone into a hotel room key. Over the last few weeks Holiday Inn hotels in Chicago and Houston have started to roll out the trial program which they call “MobileKey.” Participation in MobileKey, where available, is still optional, so it does allow ...

Seriously… bad idea. These Egyptian commercials for Panda Cheese are about as awesome as you can get without showing nudity. My personal favorite? The hospital one is particularly offensive, but I have a soft spot for the office scene as well. Panda’s rule. [via]

Whether it be an awful landscape or a classic in need of a little modern kick, Jon Hansen’s got the solution with his Cross Cultural Contamination project. Hansen picks up terrible Thomas Kinkade rip-offs and other paintings seemingly made for cheap hotel rooms and spices them up with Navy Seals, Street Fighter, Godzilla and other pieces of pop culture. A ...

After years of rumors and months of procrastination, Blockbuster has finally filed for bankruptcy, effectively reducing their debt from $1 billion to $100 million. Blockbuster announced, via press release, a �pre-arranged��bankruptcy in order to �recapitalize� and �substantially reduce its indebtedness.� Unfortunately for most stock holders, your debt caused by Blockbuster is still your own. The Chapter 11 filing reads �Under ...