By default, a lot of us just buy music from iTunes because it’s cheap and easy. However, Deal News recently took a look at the numbers, and it turns out that Amazon is cheaper than iTunes almost 80% of the time. Read more…
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Amazon MP3 is 78% Cheaper than iTunes, On Average
The Evasion jailbreak for iPhones running iOS 6.x was patched up real well by Apple in iOS 6.1.3—but now, a dev has managed to finally crack version 6.1.4 on the iPhone 5 . Read more…
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iOS 6.1.4 Is Finally Jailbroken
Trent Reznor has a treat for audio nerds. When Nine Inch Nails’ new record Hesitation Marks drops next week, it’ll be available in regular and audiophile versions. The two sonic flavors will be mixed differently—One mix for the headphone clutching masses who demand “loundness, ” and one mix for the nerds who want to hear every frequency the way it sounded in the studio. Read more…
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NIN’s Hesitation Marks Will Come In an Audio-Nerds-Only Version
The BBC’s Natalie Donovan breaks down the £8 that one pays for a music CD in the UK : 30% to the label, 17% to the retailer, 13% to the artist, 8% to manufacturers, 7% to distributors, and 5% on “administering copyright.” The rest appears to be eaten by taxes.
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You buy a music CD. Who gets what?
Hot diggity. LG just announced an insane 5.5-inch smartphone screen that has pixels that must be made from some sort of mixture between dense diamond sparkles and unicorn blood paint. More seriously, the 5.5-inch AH-IPS LCD display’s resolution is 2, 560 x 1, 440 (Quad HD) and packs 538 pixels per inch. That makes it the highest resolution and ppi for a smartphone panel. Read more…
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LG Made a 5.5-inch 2560 x 1440 Smartphone Display with 538 PPI
Today I found out what happens when you stick your head into a particle accelerator. Read more…
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What Happens When You Stick Your Head Into a Particle Accelerator
Deep down we all know we shouldn’t crank our music or listen to headphones with the volume really high, but we still do. And if you’ve ever wondered if years of hard rock has done any serious damage, here’s an easy way to find out . Read more…
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Test How Old Your Ears Are (And How Much Damage You’ve Done to Them)
Randall Munroe has finally finished Time , his 3, 000+ frame slow-motion animation that began life as wordless, enigmatic single-panel XKCD installment .
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Randall Munroe finishes "Time," the 3,099-panel XKCD serial
At CNET, Declan McCullagh reports that the U.S. government has demanded that large Internet companies provide them with users’ stored passwords, which are typically encrypted.
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Feds tell major internet companies to decrypt and hand over users’ account passwords
With so many flavors of Linux and the awesome apps in their repositories, finding the right app for getting things done can be tough. In our fifth annual Lifehacker Pack for Linux, we’re highlighting the must-have downloads for better productivity, communication, media management, and more. Read more…
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Lifehacker Pack for Linux 2013: Our List of the Best Linux Apps