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Sports

The Science Of The Soccer Ball

1:00PM Nick Broughall | Before the 2006 World Cup in Germany, the boffins at Adidas designed the ‘world’s roundest ball’ for the world’s second biggest sporting event. It was the result of years of research, some complicated science and the hard work of a robotic kicking machine. More »
Entertainment

First Episode Of Byteside Tech Is Live

6:29PM Nick Broughall | For those of you who missed the launch episode of Byteside Tech on Tuesday, here it is! More »
Vehicles

Toyota’s 3rd-Gen Prius Has More Tech Than The Death Star

3:46PM Nick Broughall | I’ve spent most of today with the folks at Toyota checking out their new 3rd-Gen Prius. And if you think this is just a car for hippies and smug environmentalists, you’re very wrong – this is a gadget fan’s dream. More »
Gadgets

All-American Tech: What’s Hot Here (and Nowhere Else)

5:20AM John Herrman | People are always eager to point out cool technologies that America ignores, but what about the ones that we—and only we—use? Enough with the grousing: Here’s what we’ve got that they don’t. More »
Gadgets

The 10 Most Confusing Terms in Tech Are Mostly Unneeded Anyway

1:40AM Mark Wilson | A UK for-profit firm called The Gadget Helpline surveyed 5,000 people to ferret out the industry’s most confusing tech jargon. Luckily, they found most of the top 10 confusing terms are antiquated or proprietary: More »
Science

Photo Veil: The Military’s Cloak of (Almost) Invisibility

12:00PM Andi Wang | Comparable to Snake’s suit in Metal Gear Solid, the Photo Veil is an exterior wrap that is able to create site-specific, high-resolution camouflage for vehicles and soldiers out on the battlefield. More »
Music

How Tech Changed the Way We Listen to Music

11:30AM Adrian Covert | Technology always helped bring the listener closer to the music. Progressing from wax tubes, to records, to cassettes, to CDs, each jump has benefited the music fan. But maybe it’s gone a bit too far. More »
Vehicles

Ford Winning Dashboard Tech War: Trucks Getting Opera Browsers With Their 3G

6:40AM Brian Lam | If Ford can put Sprint 3G in their cars, and now, Opera browsers, what the hell is taking the rest of the industry so long? SHAME! More »
Press

10 Ways Tech Magazines Are Failing Readers

5:59AM Brian Lam | Mike Elgan, former editor-in-chief for Windows Magazine, writes a great column on how gadgets blogs fail readers. It’s solid feedback and tough love. Here’s my list on why Tech Magazines are failing readers: More »
Gadgets

TiVo Was Almost Called Bongo, Plus Other Tech Name Origins

5:20AM Jason Chen | Mentalfloss has a list of eight tech product names, their origins and what they could have been called. For example, TiVo could have been Bongo, and Hulu means butt in Indonesian. Haha, butt. [Mentalfloss] More »