The World's Largest Armies From Antiquity To The Present

It also gives us a chance to compare the size of some of the largest armies at different points in history with one another: the US had about as many troops in 1950, for instance, as China's Ming Dynasty had in 1400. One loaded choice Vargic made is splitting the world between East and West.



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OnePlus and Cyanogen on brink of breakup after India fight

Poor OnePlus just can't take a break. Just as the company's busy taking care of its Black Friday promotion, its store opening in Beijing and its India launch with Amazon next week, a close partner decided to drop a hurtful bomb. Cyanogen Inc.



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Hack Wifi with Fern Wifi Cracker ~ Tech Kamar

Fern Wifi Cracker is a Wireless security auditing and attack software program written using the Python Programming Language and the Python Qt GUI library, the program is able to crack and recover WEP/WPA/WPS keys and also run other network based attacks on wireless or ethernet based networks Opera



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WiFried: a new tweak to fix iOS 8’s Wi-Fi performance issues

Developer Mario Ciabarra, best known for his work on big Intelliborn tweaks like MyWi and My3G, is back with a brand new tweak that claims to do some great things for people experiencing Wi-Fi issues on iOS 8.



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Non-Profit Wants To Make Encrypting Web Traffic Easy And Free

The padlock icon is our friend. We've all been trained to look for it in the address bar of our browser, especially when we're shopping online, logging into our webmail, or accessing sensitive information from our bank.



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A New Chip Could Double Your Phone's Data Rate

(Photo Credit: University of Texas) A simple circuit could double data rates on most cell phones, opening up wider possibilities for sending and receiving information.



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Ten Clever Uses for Plain Text Files That Can Increase Your Productivity

When it comes to keeping track of all your text and to-do lists, there's no shortage of apps to choose from, but sometimes the ease and simplicity of working with plain text files can actually be more productive. Here are ten clever plain text files that you might want to keep on hand.



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Nexus 6 Teardown Reveals Repairs May Not Be So Bad

The Nexus 6 is finally starting to arrive on doorsteps of folks who ordered the phone early, and it’s also hitting carrier stores now, too. As a result, iFixit recently grabbed a unit and decided to tear it down piece by piece to reveal the internals.



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The Future Of Lunar Life, 1965 Russian Style [Video]

Amazon Deal of the Day: Up to 55% Off Select Logitech Products



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The Weirdest Things You Never Knew About Star Trek Season 2

No matter how much you already know about the original Star Trek, there's still undiscovered territory out there. And just like with season one, the new book series These Are The Voyages by Marc Cushman uncovers loads of surprising secrets.



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Video: How to build a Lego Apple Mac Computer

Legos are for children of all ages, so whether you're an actual child or just having a little building fun as an adult here's a great video for your holiday week.



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Exclusive 'Hearthstone' Goblins vs Gnomes Card Reveal: Whirling Zap-o-matic

Blizzard has been teasing tons of new cards from the upcoming Hearthstone [Free (HD)] expansion Goblins vs Gnomes, which is right on track with Hearthstone Senior Game Designer Ben Brode's plans he's mentioned on Twitter.



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The ‘Brief History Of Graphics’ Video Series Is Your Monday Morning Pong Pick-Me-Up

A video series by Stuart Brown of XboxAhoy has created one of the nicest mini-documentaries I’ve watched in a while. The five-part series that looks at computer graphics from Pong to Galaxian to Street Fighter and beyond.



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Mythbusters takes on Gorilla Glass in Corning-Supported infomercials

MythBusters Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman explore the technology of glass with a focus on Corning's revolutionary Gorilla Glass technology.



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Steven Spielberg Wants to Remake The Last Starfighter But Can't

Remember the 1984 movie The Last Starfighter? Well, someone has gone and created a modern trailer for the film and it makes me want to 1) Watch the movie on repeat and 2) See a sequel or remake finally get made. Too bad that will probably never happen.



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Betaworks launches ‘#Homescreen’ to make app sharing and discovery easier

#Homescreen was originally intended to be an experiment that has now been packaged into a product. While rudimentary in nature, the app should cater to the masses of users that share screenshots of their iPhone home screen on Twitter, Facebook and other social platforms.



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How Men Do Things vs. How Women Do Things (6 pics)

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The Horrific Impact of Meth Addiction on the Body (42 pics + 12 gifs)

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United and Orbitz sue to halt 'hidden city' booking

A 45-minute flight from San Diego to Los Angeles can get pretty pricey—about $350 for one-way economy seats on American Airlines.lRelated BusinessTSA offering cash for ideas to speed up screening linesSee all relatedBut an unusual travel site can get you there for about $200 less.



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Here Are Some New Details On The Sequel To The Hottest Android Phone Of The Year

Steve Kovach/Business InsiderOnePlus, the Chinese tech startup that created the super hard-to-find OnePlus One, is already planning to launch a new phone next year.



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This Is Why Players Love EVE Online

One of my biggest gaming regrets is that I've never taken the time to really dig deep into EVE Online. This latest trailer, featuring the voices of actual players, is a monument to what everyone else is missing.



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After 3 long years, Kairosoft's Game Dev Story finally gets an update

Kairosoft’s Game Dev Story, the immensely popular iOS port of the Japanese PC classic, has received its first bug-fixing update in more than three years. You can pick up the application for $4.99 on the App Store, and it’s optimized for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.



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Illuminated Globe

Turn your study aid into a unique and educational night light by flicking on the illuminated globe. Once the globe is lit, the planet’s physical geography such as mountain ranges and underwater topography are revealed in stunning detail.



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A Clean Up Job You Have to See to Believe (4 pics)

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Celebrities read mean Tweets: 8 (Video)

Via JimmyKimmel Share on Facebook Share on Twitter + Woman does spot-on impersonations of celebrities who are stuck in traffic (Video) Three adorable grandmas smoke weed for the first time and play ‘Cards Against Humanity’ (Video) This dolphin loves being entertained by an aqu



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How Interstellar's Robots Were Made With Hardly Any CGI

If you've seen Interstellar, then you know that the best characters are the wise-cracking robots. Unassumingly boxy and faceless, they somehow end up stealing the show. Wired has a fascinating behind-the-scenes look on bringing the robots to life—largely without the help of CGI.



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How to make the Apple Watch's 'San Francisco' your Yosemite system font

San Francisco is a new font you'll be seeing a lot more of in the coming months, thanks to its debut on the Apple Watch. Now the font is available for download and installation on your Yosemite-based Mac, thanks to a new project available on Wells Riley's GitHub page.



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How iOS 8.1.1 Affects Performance on Older Devices

Apple released an update to iOS 8 earlier this week that promised performance increases on older devices like the iPhone 4S, iPad 2, iPad Mini, and iPod Touch. Ars Technica took a look at the numbers and found some disappointing results.



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I'm Getting Vertigo From This Amazing Tattoo

This is just one of many amazing tattoo designs by Paul O'Rourke.



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Ants Regularly Pack Up and Dig New Nests, and Nobody Knows Why

You might think ant colonies dig a set of tunnels and stay in them forever. If so, here’s what you know about ants: Nothing. A new paper published today in PLoS One describes the roving nests of harvester ant colonies in a pine forest on the Florida panhandle.



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Ridley Scott Says There Will Be Alien Creatures in Prometheus 2

When it comes to Prometheus 2, the big question on everyone’s mind is in regards to the sequel’s villains, which won’t be Engineers or Xenomorphs. So just who, or what, will Elizabeth Shaw be contending with this time around? Well, let’s ask Ridley Scott, shall we?!



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iOS Hacker ih8sn0w Shows Off Untethered Jailbreak on iOS 8.1.1

iOS hacker ih8sn0w has uploaded a video on his YouTube channel showing off an untethered jailbreak on Apple's latest iOS 8.1.1 firmware. iOS 8.1.1 is the first release of iOS 8 to be invulnerable to Pangu's iOS 8 jailbreak. The video shows an iPad running iOS 8.1.



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​PS4 Review Update: One Year Later

Stop waiting. If you can afford it, it's time to get a new-gen console, and the PS4 is a worthwhile one to get. A year removed from the system's launch, Sony's fourth home console finally has enough must-play games to make any gamer's leap to the new console generation damn near mandatory.



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November 2014 Box of Dread: Garbage Pail Kids and Mars Attacks

Hey kiddies, it’s that time of the month where the friendly neighborhood mail person would have delivered the latest Box of Dread to all of our subscribers.



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Funny Pictures Of The Day – 76 Pics

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Dogs Getting Publicly Shamed by Their Owners (33 pics)

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One Husband’s Precious Gift to His Wife (24 pics)

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Unmade Sequel Posters

Hollywood dropped the ball but you can still dream about what might have been with these Unmade Sequel Posters. Adam West’s 60s Batman getting his back broke by Bane in Knightfall? Natalie Portman in a sequel to The Professional? The Goblin King returns in Labyrinth 2? Yes, please.



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Adobe streamlines transition from Aperture to Lightroom with built-in migration tool

Aperture users worried about transitioning to Lightroom following Apple’s decision to cease support for its full-featured photo editing software will now find life a little easier.



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Free 50-minute video tutorial video shows you how to make an Apple Watch app

If you want to get quickly up to speed on the basics of creating an Apple Watch app following the release of WatchKit, developer Nick Walter has put a free 50-minute video tutorial online.



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The NES30 Bluetooth Controller: A Gaming Classic, Reinvented

The NES30 Bluetooth gamepad gives you everything you need to relive the glory days of gaming without the bulky console and stacks of dusty cartridges. Every detail of the NES30, right down to the graphics printed on the front, is meant to mimic the original NES gamepad design.



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15 Hilarious Game Reviews by Video Game Store Employees

Some of the funniest game reviews by employees of JB Hi-Fi, Australia’s largest home entertainment retailer. If you’re reading this from the front page, hit the “read more” link below to view the rest of the reviews.



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Add Restart, Sleep, Shut Down, and Log Out Commands to Spotlight

For whatever reason, you can't initiate reboot commands from Spotlight in Yosemite. GitHub user siong1987 created a set of apps that adds restart, sleep, logout, and shutdown commands to Spotlight.



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What you need to know about WatchKit

Time to break out the big ideas for watch-based computing: WatchKit, Apple's software development kit for creating apps for the Apple Watch, has arrived.



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The Most Popular Messaging App on Earth Just Got End-to-End Encryption

WhatsApp is the most popular messaging app on the planet with 600 million monthly active users as of August 2014.



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The Metaphysics of Interstellar

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Do You Want to Build a Meth Lab? – A “Frozen” Parody by Walter White [Video]

Amazon Deal of the Day: 68% Off X-Men: Days of Future Past + X-Men/Wolverine Collection (7 Movies) [Blu-ray] – $31.



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The Best App Launcher for Mac

Over the years, Macs have had a ton of options for excellent app launchers. Alfred is our pick because it manages to balance features with usability. Anyone can pick it up and start using it, but if you want to dig deeper into automation there's plenty of room for expansion.



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Jason Statham Returns for for MECHANIC: RESURRECTION

Jason Statham returns to reprise his role as the master assassin, Arthur Bishop, in Mechanic: Resurrection, which Linosgate has set for release on January 22nd, 2016.



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