Daily Archives: 17.12.2014

Give the Gift of Battery Life with These Discounted Anker Power Packs

By Shep McAllister, Commerce Team

Give the Gift of Battery Life with These Discounted Anker Power Packs

USB battery packs are my favorite generic holiday gift. They’re useful to literally everyone, they offer a tremendous amount of utility for a modest amount of money, and it still seems like most non-nerds aren’t fully aware that they exist. If you have anyone on your shopping list that could use one, here’s a great deal.

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10 gloriously geeky highlights from 2014 (pictures)

By Amanda Kooser From lady Lego scientists to landing on an asteroid, 2014 has been quite the year for geeky moments. We picked 10 fabulous geek moments from the past year worth revisiting before 2015 arrives.

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Activists Want To Use Balloons To Airlift The Interview Into North Korea

By Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

Activists Want To Use Balloons To Airlift The Interview Into North Korea

Last year, an Atlantic article introduced us to an activist group run by a former North Korean who now uses balloons to airlift information and technology into into the tightly-controlled country. Now, its members …

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Busted! CNET readers show us their broken devices (pictures)

By Leslie Katz In a battle between smartphone and lawn tractor, which will win? CNET readers share images of their bruised and battered gadgets, and the crazy tales of how they got that way.
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Rare Photos From 1966 Show the NYC Subway in Full Color

By Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

Rare Photos From 1966 Show the NYC Subway in Full Color

Change comes slowly to the subway. Signs hang for decades. Trains are rarely replaced. A new line can take centuries. So the subway captured in these remarkable images by photographer Danny Lyon in 1966 feels almost contemporary—which is what makes it shocking that they were shot 48 years ago.

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