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April 15, 2016
The games that made the Sega Dreamcast the greatest video game console ever

Everyone has their favorite video game console hell, you might even be one of those folks who prefers PC gaming but the simple fact of the matter is that the true greatest video game console, the finest one to ever hit the market, is not a matter of opinion. No, the greatest video game console of all time is, instead, a matter of well-documented fact, and the name of that system?
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Chicago man busted for creating quiet area using cell jammer on public train
Cell reception got a whole lot better for transit riders in the Windy City. Not because of new equipment being rolled out, though. It's because charges were filed against a 63-year-old accountant. Dennis Nicholl is apparently a fan of mass transit but not quite so fond of the smartphone crowd. That made for unpleasant train rides for Nicholl, who one day decided enough was enough and bought himself a portable cell jammer.
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Pulp heroes that are a ready for a comeback
Before comic book movies and television shows, before comic books themselves, before the concept of superheroes even existed, there were the pulps. Cheaply printed magazines featuring lurid, sensational stories, oftentimes headlined by amazing, fantastical heroes the ancestors of modern superheroes.
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The Navy's new destroyer may be too stealthy for its own good
When you spend just shy of $4 billion on a stealth warship, you expect it to be really stealthy. The US Navy may be getting more than it bargained for with the new Zumwalt-class destroyers, which are currently undergoing sea trials. Its radar profile is so small that other vessels might inadvertently risk collision with the destroyer.
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On the Brink of Greatness: Online Experts

On the Brink of Greatness: Online Experts

Ah yes, the fabulous life of an aspiring YouTube star. Steve visits with Dan, the host of Catitude TV, to get the story behind his channel that's chock-full of useful lifehacks. [Read more...]
Building my perfect dictatorship in 'Democracy 3: Africa'

Building my perfect dictatorship in 'Democracy 3: Africa'

Positech's Democracy game series has always offered a grotesque caricature of politics. I've put tens of hours into Democracy 3 (D3) in recent years, and the lesson I've learned is that what starts as a nuanced game about balancing policies to keep a society happy more often than not devolves into a hilariously entertaining social engineering simulator. [Read more...]
Facebook is poised to take the chatbot world by storm

Facebook is poised to take the chatbot world by storm

Even though chatbots have been around for quite some time -- remember the SmarterChild bot on AIM? -- they've only recently become the darlings of the tech world. [Read more...]
HTC 10 review: The flagship the company should have made years ago

HTC 10 review: The flagship the company should have made years ago

HTC has done it. The company's new flagship smartphone, the 10 (yes, that's the name, and no, I don't like it either), is a credible contender for Android greatness. [Read more...]
Smart mirror scale measures your volume as well as your weight

Smart mirror scale measures your volume as well as your weight

Guess what fitness startup Naked Labs wants you to do. The company today debuted its first product: a smart scale system that scans users with lasers, enabling them to track their fitness goals in three dimensions. [Read more...]
At Tribeca, this little VR match girl put Penrose on the map

At Tribeca, this little VR match girl put Penrose on the map

Loosely based on Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Match Girl, Allumette, the latest virtual reality short to come from Penrose Studios, isn't some Disney-fied experience for children. [Read more...]
FBI can't tell Apple how it unlocked the San Bernardino iPhone

FBI can't tell Apple how it unlocked the San Bernardino iPhone

The feds might never let Apple in on the secret of the technique they used to unlock the San Bernardino shooter's iPhone 5c. [Read more...]

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