Davi Barker was flying from Manchester, NH when, he says, he was stopped by two men who identified themselves as “managers” for the TSA, who claimed they had seen Bitcoins in his baggage and wanted to be sure he wasn’t transporting more than $10,000 worth. When he asked them what they thought a Bitcoin looked like, they allegedly said that it looked like a coin or a medallion. ( via Hacker News )
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TSA agents demand bag-search to look for "Bitcoins"
Microsoft is expected to expand the lineup of Windows 8.1 versions with at least one, and probably two, new editions of the operating system. The first is a straightforward affair. At the moment, Windows Enterprise is only available to organizations buying Software Assurance agreements. Microsoft has confirmed to ZDNet that from March 1, Windows Enterprise will be sold to any company with an Open, Select, or Select Plus plan. This will enable companies that don’t want to pay for Software Assurance’s features such as the automatic upgrade entitlements and extras such as the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack to have a way to get their hands on the Enterprise edition. Microsoft is also making changes to the interactions between Software Assurance and Windows Pro; you can read the full, complicated story at Directions on Microsoft , written by perhaps the only people on earth with a solid understanding of how Microsoft’s licensing works. Read 3 remaining paragraphs | Comments
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Two new Windows 8.1 SKUs coming: Standalone Enterprise and low-cost Bing edition
Rearview mirrors aren’t always as useful as you might like — bright headlights, weather or a basketball team in the back seats can make it tough to see what’s behind you. None of those should be a problem once Nissan’s new Smart rearview mirror reaches cars, though. The peripheral blends a traditional mirror with both an LCD and a rear camera that compensates for bad lighting. Flick a switch and the camera system takes over, giving you a clear view of traffic no matter the road conditions. The smart mirror will first show up in the ZEOD RC Le Mans racer, and Nissan plans to make it an option for everyday cars starting with Japan this spring. Drivers worldwide will get it in 2015. That’s just the start of the automaker’s plans, however. Since the smart mirror is as effective as a large rear window, Nissan expects the technology to influence car design; you may see more aerodynamic vehicles now that there’s less need for glass. Filed under: Transportation Comments Via: SlashGear Source: Nissan
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Meet the Exosuit. It’s a $600, 000 atmospheric diving suit capable of taking a human 1, 000 feet underwater at surface pressure, and it’s the first of its kind. If you have dramatic music handy, you should go ahead and play it, because this thing is insane. Read more…
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The Exosuit: What Tony Stark Would Wear Underwater
It’s not just IDF forces and Israeli settlements that come under rocket fire; militant groups have been known to take pot shots at commercial airlines as well—such as when a pair of SAMs narrowly missed an Israeli charter shortly after it took off from a Mombasa, Kenya airfield, in 2002. To protect vulnerable aircraft from future attacks, Israel has developed this belly-mounted laser shield for commercial jets. Read more…
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Israel Is Putting Frickin’ Lasers on Its Commercial Airliners
The Mt.Gox saga just gets sadder and sadder. Not only did the company file for bankruptcy, but Mt.Gox CEO Mike Karpele went on Japanese TV a few minutes ago and admitted that everybody’s money is gone. Gone, gone, gone. Read more…
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Were you expecting to see a Michelin Star restaurant? Something like Per Se? Certainly a restaurant where fine dining doesn’t even begin to describe the orgasmic experience, right? Like Alinea? Nope. Those excellent restaurants—and others of their kind—are not the best restaurant in the USA according to Yelp . That honor would go to a small shack in Hawaii called Da Poke Shack. You could eat there for less than 10 bucks. Read more…
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The best restaurant in the USA is a tiny shack in Hawaii
With the runaway success of Candy Crush Saga , it’s perfectly natural to wonder just how many people are dropping coin in freemium mobile games. One firm’s answer, however, might surprise you. A very small number — 0.15 percent, to be exact — of total mobile payers contribute half of monthly in-game revenue, according to in-app marketing company Swrve . The outfit also says that over 60 percent of the money made within the first two weeks of a player’s life is made on the first day. Meaning, if most people install a game and don’t make any purchases almost immediately, they likely won’t at all. The report comes from a limited sample, but designers hoping to build the next fragile confection-like phenomenon are probably studying it for secrets right now. We’ve embedded the provided infographic after the break should you want a peek at a whole lot of graphs for yourself. Filed under: Cellphones , Gaming , Tablets , Mobile Comments Source: Swrve
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Report: Less than one percent of mobile gamers responsible for half of all in-app purchases
Two thousand ago, the Thomas Edison of the ancient world lived in Alexandria, Egypt where he tinkered, built and wrote about some of the most amazing and whimsical machines the pre-industrial world had ever seen. Read more…
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The Amazing Ancient Machines of Hero of Alexandria
Dropbox is easily the internet’s favorite cloud storage provider—at the very least it’s our favorite . There are plenty of clever things you can do with it right out of the box (get it?). However, there’s also no shortage of apps and extensions you can get to make using Dropbox itself even easier. Read more…
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