Silicon Valley’s Biggest Companies Take Samsung’s Side in Apple Patent Fight


Silicon Valley’s Biggest Companies Take Samsung’s Side in Apple Patent Fight
A group of Silicon Valley’s biggest companies including Facebook, Google, Dell, HP, eBay and others joined the patent war between Apple and Samsung this month with a petition to a federal appeals court.

July 20, 2015 at 10:18PM
via Digg http://ift.tt/1MloVaS

That Physicist in Omaha Is Still Working on a Warp Drive in His Garage


That Physicist in Omaha Is Still Working on a Warp Drive in His Garage
Even as bold claims go, it’s an especially ballsy one. The Omaha-based science professor and former Air Force meteorologist insists he’s successfully created the proof-of-concept for technology that’ll ultimately take humans to the stars.

July 20, 2015 at 04:05PM
via Digg http://ift.tt/1KfZCa1

At The Intersection Of Lox And Neon


At The Intersection Of Lox And Neon
Russ & Daughters, the acclaimed appetizing institution on the Lower East Side of Manhattan turned a hundred years old last year. To celebrate the occasion, the fourth-generation co-owners gave customers a place to sit. The café’s redesigned — but still classic — neon sign was crafted by the tube benders at one of New York’s oldest neon shops. Slicing salmon and bending glass are, really, quite similar.

July 20, 2015 at 10:33AM
via Digg http://ift.tt/1Lnhik2