Yahoo! to buy blog-maker Tumblr for $1.1 billion: report

The board of Yahoo! has agreed to a deal to purchase the popular blogging platform Tumblr for $1.1 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday.

4 hours ago from Phys.org

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Amazon-exclusive 'Madden 25 Anniversary Edition' includes free NFL Sunday Ticket offer

If you're both a gamer and a self-professed football fan, odds are you'll be buying Madden this year — just like any other. For those who've already committed to purchasing ...

3 hours ago from The Verge

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Space-y Photos from Maker Faire Bay Area 2013

See space crafts photos, homemade tech and more from the Maker Faire Bay Area in May 2013.

5 hours ago from SPACE.com

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Former Google Exec Turns Whistleblower On Company's Tax Avoidance Machinations In The UK

Google is under fire in the UK for its tax practices in the country, and a new key witness (who spoke to The Sunday Times) might put them in deeper hot water when he hands over a reported 100,000 ...

7 hours ago from TechCrunch

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Arduino Yśn Brings WiFi

The Arduino Yśn has been unveiled as the first of a family of wifi products that combine Arduino with Linux by using a system on a chip running Linino, a customized version of OpenWRT. Read ...

7 hours ago from iProgrammer

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WSJ: Yahoo's board approves $1.1 billion all-cash Tumblr acquisition

According to The Wall Street Journal, Yahoo's board of directors has approved the company's widely-rumored acquisition of Tumblr in an all-cash deal worth $1.1 billion. Assuming ...

6 hours ago from The Verge

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Ex-Valve Engineers' Crazy AR Glasses Put Tiny Projectors On Your Face

Want some more tech to put on your face? Neither full-on goggles like the Oculus Rift nor slender no-AR-yet specs like Google's Glass, CastAR takes a whole different approach to modified-reality ...

24 hours ago from Gizmodo

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The Official Arduino Robot

The new Arduino robot looks a bit like a robot vacuum cleaner, but it has a lot more going for it and it certainly doesn't suck - well not unless you add an air pump to it.  Read more...

10 hours ago from iProgrammer

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Valve Team Fortress 2 Community Launch "Robotic Boogaloo"

Is there a gaming company hotter than Valve right now? That's a debate that could last for hours, but here's something that's pretty universally understood: Steam has completely transformed ...

15 hours ago from HotHardware

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US lawmakers raise Google Glass privacy concerns

A group of US lawmakers has asked Google to answer questions on the privacy implications and possible "misuse of information" of its Google Glass project.

Fri 17 May 13 from Phys.org

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