How to Get Student Discounts Forever

Sales be damned, nothing saves you money like an old fashioned student discount. Here's how to continue making use of those golden markdowns long after graduation. Before we get started, let's consider the ethical implications.



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Facts and Photos about Science That Will Totally Rock Your World (50 pics)

A mobile app will allow users to find available spots and will track the vehicles energy consumption for payment purposes. Russia has a surface area of roughly 17 million square kilometers, while Pluto's is about 16.6 million square kilometers.



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All the New Stuff in Android 4.4 KitKat

Happy Halloween, everyone. Have a KitKat—Google's latest update to Android, that is, which Google just announced, along with the new Nexus 5. Here's what you need to know about the mobile OS update.



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Daily Picdump (90 pics)

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Google Nexus 5 Price, Release Date and Specs Announced

Google today took wraps off its latest smartphone, the much-anticipated Nexus 5. In addition to being the fastest Nexus phone yet, it’s also slimmer and better looking than previous models. The Nexus 5 measures in at just 8.59mm thick, just a millimeter thicker than the iPhone 5S.



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Google announces Android 4.4 KitKat, aims to end fragmentation

Google on Thursday announced the release of the long-expected new version of its Android operating system, version 4.4 KitKat.



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New York Times laughably argues that Apple's iPhone is designed to fail to encourage upgrades

Yep, the premise of the article is that Apple designs the iPhone to fail just around the time it happens to be releasing a new model. Authored by Catherine Rampell, the article begins with a personal story from Rampell.



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Funny Picdump (52 pics)

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Tracking OS X's evolution to Mavericks

Remember Cheetah? Or Puma? Or Snow Leopard? If you are a Mac user, you likely have fond memories of these different versions of OS X. If you want to take a walk down memory lane, then you should check out iMore, which has an interesting piece on OS X and its evolution to Mavericks.



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SQRL Secure QR Login

Even though it is THAT simple, it is FAR more secure than any other login solution.(We'll define exactly what “far more secure” means, below.) What happened behind the scenes?(This is intended to quickly inform crypto-aware readers. Complete details are provided below.



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1Password 4 for Mac is ready for OS X Mavericks

In case you haven’t heard by now, Apple released big updates yesterday for… well, just about everything, including OS X. For our 1Password 4 for Mac customers, I’m happy to say you’re already prepared to drop in on the waves with the new OS X Mavericks.



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German Lawmakers Say They Will Give Edward Snowden Asylum For His Testimony

German Lawmakers Say They Will Give Edward Snowden Asylum For His Testimony



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The Scariest Part of the Latest NSA Revelation Is This Goofy Post-It

According to new documents leaked by PRISM whistleblower Edward Snowden, The Washington Post reports that the NSA has been secretly tapping into the main communication links connecting both Yahoo's and Google's data servers. And you can see it all scribbled—smiley-face included—right here.



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German court nixes data cap on “flat rate” broadband

Deutsche Telekom (which owns T-Mobile) had planned to bring in the new policy in 2016 but for some reason gave several years advance notice, which may have been a mistake.



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Encrypted Text: Has dual spec ruined the rogue experience?

Four and a half years. To many of you, it may feel like a lifetime ago -- and to most of the rogues we play, it probably was.



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The Dark Mail Alliance Wants to Reinvent Email as We Know It

In the wake of the Edward Snowden leaks, we've seen at least two encrypted email services close shop in the face of government scrutiny. They're not giving up on the mission, however.



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World of Wealthcraft survey returns

The survey is really quick, should only take one or two minutes for most people, and is completely anonymous.



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NSA reportedly infiltrated Yahoo!, Google data centers, collected hundreds of millions of user accounts

The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) has reportedly been infiltrating data centers operated by Google and Yahoo!, and collected hundreds of millions of user accounts, including those of American citizens. Barton Gellman and Ashkan Soltani writing for the Washington Post:



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Hackers Have Seized 38 Million Adobe Customer Records

At the start of October, Adobe quietly explained that hackers had acquired data from 3 million of its customers' accounts. Now, it's admitted that that the number is actually in excess of 38 million.



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If Celebrities Had Real Jobs (20 pics)

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Heisenberg Air Freshener

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Science Explains Why Social Support Is the Best Cure for Stress

You probably already know that stress is terrible for us, but thankfully there are plenty of things we can do to push back the effect of it.



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Microsoft disputes tests that suggest Windows 8.1 has a battery life problem

When Mac fanboys tussle with Windows aficionados, the fur can fly. And at some point, someone will probably bring up the old battery life chestnut: Windows laptops simply run out of juice when you need them most, while Macs just keep on chugging away.



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How to Use the Secrets of Master Influencers to Get What You Want

Babies and psychopaths have one thing in common: They're excellent at getting what they want. Many of us could learn a thing or two from these creatures (tantrums and dirty tactics notwithstanding). This post originally appeared on Psychology Today.



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Ghostbusters Ecto-1 Push Car is Paranormal

When Cory Newton-Smith made her son Cooper’s DeLorean push car last Halloween, she said that she would love to make epic costumes for her son every year. Fortunately for us, Cory and her husband Jeremy stuck to that promise. This year they dressed up Cooper as a Ghostbuster for Halloween.



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Bank Note Ink Will Help Make Quantum Computers Cheaper

Every so often, the thing you've been looking for all along is right under your nose. Like the latest material to offer itself up as the future of quantum computing—which has been sitting on banknotes for decades.



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Apple Faces Lawsuit over Defective iMac Screens

Apple is facing a potential US$5 million class action lawsuit over allegations that it sold 27-inch iMacs with faulty displays. The lawsuit, filed by Corbin Rasmussen, claimed that half his iMac display failed after 18 months and that Apple wanted US$500 for the repair.



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20 of the Year's Best Microscopic Images

Traditional microscopes work much like our eyes do. They see the world through reflected photons, or bouncing particles of light.



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Have Apple media events become boring and all too predictable?

Last week, Tim Cook and co. took the stage at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and introduced a slew of new products.



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Morning Picdump (57 pics)

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Our favorite Mavericks tips and tricks

It’s getting to be a habit with us. When a new Apple desktop- or mobile operating system appears we can’t help but to dig into the thing and extract the tips we think will be most helpful to you. Mavericks is all part of that pattern.



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10 Surprisingly Inspirational Quotes from Evil People

Whether it's a moving quote made by comic book writer Bill Watterson or singer Janis Joplin, it's easy to find an inspiration from great people who've done great things. But evil people have said just as many inspirational, motivation, and all around fantastic things.



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A State by State Guide to the Most Popular Name for Boys over Six Decades (53 pics)

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A Very Nostalgic Look Back in Time (32 pics + 4 gifs)

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Greece’s Aggressive Pursuit of Tax Evaders Appears to Collect More Anger Than Money

ARCHANES, Greece — The tax inspectors swept into this picturesque village in Crete during the middle of a saint’s day celebration recently, moving from restaurant to restaurant demanding receipts and financial records. Soon, customers annoyed by the holiday disruption confronted them.



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6 Known Issues With OS X Mavericks and How to Fix Them

New operating systems always bring new problems, and Mavericks is no different. The Migration Assistant in Mountain Lion had a tendency to crash while copying over your files, while other Macs with the OS dropped Wi-Fi after waking from sleep.



via Pocket http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2013/10/mavericks-issues-and-fixes/

Did the 'War of the Worlds' Radio Broadcast Really Cause Mass Panic?

Tonight, PBS airs a documentary about Orson Welles' infamous 1938 War of the Worlds radio broadcast and the resulting hysteria that swept America. The only problem? Many scholars contend that the program didn't actually cause mass panic at all.



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The Extreme Measures One Man Took To Learn About Online Tracking

Curtis Wallen spent 10 Bitcoin and six months scouring the deep Web for enough details to create an entire new person. His project raises questions about anonymity, identity, and privacy.



via Pocket http://www.fastcompany.com/3020695/reverse-engineered/creating-a-digital-person-online-tracking

Power loss: Reactions to the new iWork for OS X

With the much-anticipated release of the new iWork, Apple has introduced the first major update to its office suite in nearly four years, with a focus on bringing feature parity between the desktop, mobile, and Web-based versions of Pages, Numbers, and Keynote.



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Apple Made 15 Strategic Acquisitions In Fiscal ’13, Leaving 7 Undiscovered

Apple completed 15 acquisitions in fiscal 2013, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced during its Q4 investor call. That amounts to one acquisition every 3-4 weeks during the year. Given that we only know about 8 of those acquisitions, there are still 7 more out there.



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Giveaway: Kanex DualRole USB 3.0 and Gigabit Ethernet hub

In the quest to make the thinnest, most lightweight notebooks, many manufactures (like Apple) have removed many components that are quite useful as well as essential if the notebook is being used on the road, or even as a desktop replacement.



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One Fun and Easy Way To Sic The Cops On Unsuspecting NPCs In GTA V

Poor Grand Theft Auto city dwellers. They mostly exist so that we can carry out elaborate and ridiculous schemes—for example, schemes that orchestrate fights between the police and NPCs. Because chaos, that's why.



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Live blog: Apple’s Q4 2013 earnings call | 9to5Mac

Apple has announced its earnings for Q4 2013, including $37.5 billion in revenue and sales of 33.5 million iPhones, 14.1 million iPads, and 4.6 million Macs.



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Apple sold 33.8 million iPhones this summer, but faces tough competition

In reporting its latest quarterly earnings today, Apple announced record fourth-quarter sales of iPhones -- 33.8 million, up 26 percent from 26.9 million in the same quarter last year -- along with a jump in iPad sales, which hit 14.1 million this quarter, up from 14 million last year.



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Rumor: 'Vikings' star Travis Fimmel to play lead role in Warcraft movie

Variety is reporting that Travis Fimmel, who plays Ragnar Lothbrok in the History Channel series Vikings, is set to star in the upcoming Warcraft movie. A formal offer hasn't been presented yet, but their sources say he will be playing one of the four lead roles in the film.



via Pocket http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/10/28/rumor-vikings-star-travis-fimmel-to-play-lead-role-in-warcraf/

Pocket Casts updated with 64-bit support and other goodies

I still have yet to find the perfect podcast app that does everything I want, but most of them are good enough to get by. I will say that I seem to fare best with my podcast app flavor of the month, Pocket Casts.



via Pocket http://www.idownloadblog.com/2013/10/28/pocket-casts-4-2/

How To Install OS X Mavericks Hackintosh On PC [Tutorial]

Want to install Mac OS X Mavericks Hackintosh on your PC? Thanks to the latest UniBeast release which adds support for Mavericks, you can now have best of both worlds (Windows and Mac) on your Intel-based PC. The following guide will help you install OS X Mavericks v10.9 on your PC.



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Missing Link

Looks like an IFTTT Recipe was set up that needed a URL to function properly, but that URL wasn’t found.



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Vine finally introduces editing tools and multiple drafts with latest update

Piecing together the perfect Vine is getting a bit easier today on iOS and Android. The Twitter-owned app is today receiving a new update that adds a draft-like "Sessions" feature, which means you'll no longer need to finish your six-second masterwork immediately after recording your first clip.



via Pocket http://www.theverge.com/2013/10/24/5024620/vine-update-adds-sessions-and-time-travel-to-make-editing-easier