Tuesday, April 15, 2014

drag2share: It's palindrome week: Every day is going to read the same backwards

Source: http://sploid.gizmodo.com/its-palindrome-week-every-day-is-going-to-read-the-sam-1562965672/+caseychan

It's palindrome week: Every day is going to read the same backwards

A fun fact: If you live in the US and other countries where they put their months first on dates, every day is going to read the same backwards until Sunday. It's palindrome week!

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drag2share: A weird black ring appeared in the sky in England and then disappeared

Source: http://sploid.gizmodo.com/a-weird-black-ring-appeared-in-the-sky-in-england-and-t-1563234883/+caseychan

A weird black ring appeared in the sky in England and then disappeared

This is bizarre. A 16-year-old girl saw a giant black ring in the sky above England and captured it on video. After three minutes of floating around like a cloud, the black ring disappeared completely. So far, experts have no idea what it was.

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drag2share: Try the Super-Secure USB Drive OS That Edward Snowden Insists on Using

Source: http://gizmodo.com/try-the-super-secure-usb-drive-os-that-edward-snowden-i-1563320487

Try the Super-Secure USB Drive OS That Edward Snowden Insists on Using

We all know that Edward Snowden insists on secure email , but he's also very picky about his operating systems, too. In fact, he uses a free, super-secure version of Linux—called Tails—that fits on a USB stick and can be used on any computer without leaving a trace.

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drag2share: Amazing Arcade Simulator Spins Players Completely Upside-Down

Source: http://gizmodo.com/amazing-arcade-simulator-spins-players-completely-upsid-1563344179

Amazing Arcade Simulator Spins Players Completely Upside-Down

The arcades that dominated the 1980s and 1990s slowly died off as home video game consoles became more and more capable, but there are apparently still some good reasons to keep a pocket full of quarters handy. Namely this arcade simulator for a game called War Thunder that puts Afterburner to shame.

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drag2share: Netflix speeds soar on Comcast following controversial deal

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2014/04/14/netflix-isp-speeds-connection-deal/

The past few months have been very active for Netflix, as it's faced new challenges with getting its video streams into homes. It responded to customer complaints and dropping average speeds by making a new connection deal with Comcast, while others like AT&T and Verizon also lined up with their hands out. For Comcast users at least, the recent deal between the cable provider and Netflix does seem to be bearing fruit. Thanks to the agreement -- which allows Netflix to connect its network directly with Comcast's infrastructure to bypass the bottlenecked third parties -- average speeds for streams on the network have surged up to 65 percent, going from 1.51Mbps in January to 2.5Mbps in March.

Netflix also notes that it has also seen "early improvements" as a result of its deal with Telenor, an internet service provider in Norway, Sweden and Denmark. "We are dedicated to delivering a great streaming experience and invest in continually improving that experience," states Netflix on its blog. Even if similar deals are on the way with other ISPs, so long as net neutrality only covers traffic over the last mile, Reed Hasting likely has a few more furious Facebook messages in store.

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