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The Long Awaited iPad Pro

So finally – Apple has announced that the long awaited iPad Pro will be available to order from Apple.com on November 11. They stated that the device will be available in stores by the 14th. Prices are somewhat steep for the iPad Pro – starting at $799 for WiFi only model, to $1079 for the WiFi and 4G LTE […]

Apple ‘Wallet’ Payment Systems

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It’s over 12 months since Apple launched the mobile payment serviceand now Australians that carry an American Express card can use the Apple Pay feature which may eventually cause physical debit and credit cards to become an extinct species. The feature operates through an application on an iPhone6 in the same way your chip-enabled bank […]

Destroyed Asteroid – New Glowing Star Ring Image

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A white dwarf star, just imaged by a team at the University of Warwick, has a bright red ring circling it, created by the dead star’s oblitertion of space debris that orbits overly close. The rock ring circling the white dwarf star is composed of rock and dust particles. The new photo shows an asteroid destroyed by the star’s gravitational forces and sent in to an […]

US Reaper Drones Over Syria

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The skies of Syria are becoming somewhat crowded. The country is in the midst of a long running civil war, while the brutal dictatorship of Bashar al-Assad tries to fight a large number of varied rebel factions. This of course includes radical militants and ISIS. The war isn’t very well for anyone and its pulled […]

Shark Hunter Drones in Australia

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Beachgoers in Coffs Harbour, Australia may have seen a drone apparently filming during the week. The drone is looking for sharks, sending footage back to a Government operator. Shark hunter drones are a major part of the Government’s shark mitigation strategy, after a series of fatal attacks. A Government representative stated: “These are the first […]

VR Goggle Controlled Drones

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Since the long awaited release of the Ghost-Drone, camera-equipped quad helicopters that are able to track a target haven’t exactly entered the mainstream, however that feature is not able to differentiate enough to make them unique. The Chinese maker of the Ghost-Drone has come back with an improved model, which permits operators to wear a pair of virtual reality goggles to control the […]

Kim Dot com Latest News

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With a New Zealand District Court ruling on Wednesday that Kim Dotcom was eligible to be sent to the United States to face criminal charges, the internet tycoon has remained defiant and said he plans to fight the decision until the very end. The internet entrepreneur has been battling extradition charges for almost four years, […]

Onboard Electronics

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So now the main regulatory agencies in the US, Canada, and Europe permit the use of electronics during takeoff and landing. This is referred to as “gate-to-gate” device use. So you may be able to use your device during your entire flight. If you’ve ever been asked by a strict Lufthansa stewardess to pack away your iPad or laptop during a […]

Random Stuff Orbiting Earth

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Here’s an insane tidbit in Popular Science. There are approximately 500,000 “smaller orbital junk” as well as 21,000 “larger pieces” racing around Earth at this moment. Numbers such as those make it seem that there are many bags full of trash orbiting the planet, and that’s not really far wrong. Everything from old satellites to rockets are currently orbiting the planet…you can also view it in real-time. “Stuff in Space” is a 3D […]

Vampire Power Sucks You Dry

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Really – how much (or little) power does the smartphone, laptop, or tablet really use? Do you need to unplug them when not actually using them to save cash on power? So we measured precisely the levels of power a number of the most common chargers utilize, and how expensive keeping them plugged in really can be. You may have heard of a mysterious force known as […]