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The CheckLight would be able to detect impacts on the head and make an assessment of a possible injury. Like It , +1 , Tweet It , Pin It Original content from Ubergizmo.

Spotify has announced that they’ll be moving forward with the full Pink Floyd collection. That is every track from every album the band has ever released. Can you say Hell yeah?! This service is part of Spotify’s streaming music service and the tracks are officially “unlocked” this week. (...)Original Story Spotify gains full Pink Floyd archives © Geeky Gadgets, 2013. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2013 The post Spotify gains full Pink Floyd archives appeared first on Geeky Gadgets.

Come June 28th, Wall Street outfits including the likes of Citigroup and Bank of America will be under siege -- from fake hackers, that is. Representatives from a total of 40 companies along with the Federal Reserve, Securities and Exchange Commission, US departments of Treasury and Homeland Security will take part in Quantum Dawn 2: a simulated cyberattack on faux trading and information systems. Led by the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, the drill will test the ability of participants to cooperate via email and phone to suss out what's going on and hatch a plan. The exercise will momentarily pause so that those involved can decide on a course of action, and then it'll speed up and model the effects of the decision over a longer period of time. With the recent flurry of hacking incidents and international finger pointing, something tells us this won't be the last we hear of drills like Quantum Dawn. [Image credit: MoneyBlogNewz, Flickr] Filed under: Alt Comments Via: AllThingsD Source: Reuters

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Wow. That got out of hand really fast. I mean that spiralled from Chilean butt band weird to modern-day Heavy Metal in a blink. Read more...

The Open Data Center Alliance, a customer group that shares tips about cloud deployments and tries to nudge vendors into supplying the products they want, has added big data to the list of IT topics it covers.The alliance was set up in 2010 to provide a collective voice for enterprise customers, who use their buying power to try to influence the data center products vendors sell, with an emphasis on interoperability and open standards.The alliance defines technology requirements and usage models for various aspects of cloud computing, such as identity management and data security. Its members agree to follow those usage models, giving vendors a greater incentive to provide the products and capabilities they ask for.The ODCA has more than 300 members, including big firms like BMW, JP Morgan Chase, Lockheed Martin and Capgemini. It's holding its annual Forecast event in San Francisco this week, where it announced the completion of three new usage models, for software defined networking, scale-out storage, and information as a service, or basically big data analysis.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

There seems to be a new Samsung Galaxy S4 headed for Verizon according to a Bluetooth SIG document. Like It , +1 , Tweet It , Pin It Original content from Ubergizmo.

When most of us hear the words “flatpack furniture,” we’re wracked with flashbacks of sitting amongst mountains of dowels and particle board, sobbing. But Ying Zhang and Ida Thonsgaard, two Berlin-based designers, are taking the concept beyond the horrors of Ikea.Read more...

Mobile devices have turned the traditional PC market upside down. While Apple's "post PC" strategy is all about the iPad, the Mac still gives it a horse in the traditional PC race. Microsoft's strategy is more convergent: it wants hybrid devices like the Surface Pro to become our primary computers. How do the two measure up? Let's find out, as we compare the specs (and other features) of the 2013 MacBook Air to the Microsoft Surface Pro... Continue Reading 2013 MacBook Air (11-inch) vs. Microsoft Surface Pro Section: Computers Tags: Apple, MacBook, MacBook Air, Microsoft, Microsoft Surface, Product Comparison, specs, Tablet Related Articles: Microsoft Surface Pro vs. Surface RT Microsoft Surface Pro finally gets a release date BlueStacks delivers 750,000 Android apps to Microsoft's Surface Pro Microsoft Surface Pro vs. iPad 2013 MacBook Air (11-inch) vs. Microsoft Surface Pro Could the 7-inch Surface tablet be Xbox themed?

The Sony Xperia S is said to receive a new firmware update soon. Like It , +1 , Tweet It , Pin It Original content from Ubergizmo.