http://www.citytools.net Your news, your way. Stories on CityTools where either written by members or are existing stories shared by members. In the case of shared stories, all rights reside with the original creator. en 2013-06-19T20:16:01 2013-06-19T20:16:01 httpd:/www.citytools.net/essentials/rss_docs.html http://www.citytools.net/images/rss_logo.jpg http://www.citytools.net 182 35 citytools image http://www.citytools.net/showstory/6065e2cc-d918-11e2-8240-f3337a10a9b7/ Payday, Ninja Gaiden Sigma Plus, and Unit 13 also available.<a href="http://www.gamespot.com/news/6410449.html?part=rss&tag=gs_all_games&subj=6410449">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/55388ec2-d918-11e2-8240-f3337a10a9b7/ As you get older, you just want to simplify your life, have less clutter and maybe have a few jack of all trade go-to items for the outdoors. Take for, instance, this new jacket from Helly Hansen called the H2 Flow that allegedly keeps you cool and warm when you need it. And it&#39;s super lightweight. HH&#39;s Hollow Heat Flow (H2) system combines insulation (200g fleece in this case) with both positive and negative spaces (aka holes) and the ability to make the right kinds of adjustments to the garment to better regulate your body temperature. Put another way, heat ...<a href="http://gizmodo.com/this-jacket-lets-you-control-your-body-temperature-514293347"> (more) </a><a href="http://gizmodo.com/this-jacket-lets-you-control-your-body-temperature-514293347">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/52f4ae98-d918-11e2-8240-f3337a10a9b7/ A new satellite from the European Space Agency should start mapping global forests in 2020, and should help reveal the role of forests in Earth’s climate.<a href="http://feeds.space.com/~r/Livesciencecom/~3/4W3FEWYevK0/37558-forest-satellite.html">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/fefe454a-d90f-11e2-8240-f3337a10a9b7/ Original designer Robin Antonick claims EA used his code and never paid him; EA denies this and says,&quot; lawsuit is too late.&quot;<a href="http://www.gamespot.com/news/6410447.html?part=rss&tag=gs_all_games&subj=6410447">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/f3447cec-d90f-11e2-8240-f3337a10a9b7/ There&#39;s Silicon Valley in the San Francisco Bay Area, Silicon Beach in Los Angeles, Silicon Alley in New York, Silicon Hills in Austin and lately tech boosters in New Orleans have been trying to get the name Silicon Bayou to stick. Everybody wants their region to be the next destination for science and technology-oriented companies to set up shop. But guessing (and promoting) the next big tech region is nothing new. After the rise of Silicon Valley in the late 1970s, it was really anybody&#39;s guess. The 1982 book The Omni Future Almanac took a stab at trying to ...<a href="http://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/30-years-ago-the-next-silicon-valley-could-have-been-i-514290227"> (more) </a><a href="http://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/30-years-ago-the-next-silicon-valley-could-have-been-i-514290227">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/f1089d28-d90f-11e2-8240-f3337a10a9b7/ See spectacular views of Earth from space by astronauts and spacecraft across the solar system.<a href="http://feeds.space.com/~r/spaceheadlines/~3/l9Q8z5S1pU8/21627-earth-from-space-pictures-gallery.html">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/91a2c2bc-d907-11e2-8240-f3337a10a9b7/ War is a-brewin&#39;. Video sharing has been slow to become part and parcel of our everyday schemata of social media, but with the success of Vine, competitors are scrambling to get in on the action. Among them? Reigning heavyweight social champ Instagram, which is reportedly adding video to its arsenal this month. Here&#39;s how it might be able to beat Vine at its own game. Filters Instagram forever altered photo sharing by popularizing filters that alter color, texture, and focus. Whether you love filters or despise them, there&#39;s no question that they&#39;ve ...<a href="http://gizmodo.com/6-ways-instagram-could-beat-vine-at-video-sharing-514140443"> (more) </a><a href="http://gizmodo.com/6-ways-instagram-could-beat-vine-at-video-sharing-514140443">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/8f65fb40-d907-11e2-8240-f3337a10a9b7/ A group of daring archaeologists uncovered, Mahendraparvata, a lost 1,200-year-old city on a misty Cambodian mountain by hacking through the thick jungle, strewn with live land mines.<a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2342339/Cambodian-lost-city-using-revolutionary-scanning-technology.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/2fd89564-d8ff-11e2-8240-f3337a10a9b7/ When you&#39;re traveling and away from a reliable power source, conserving your laptop&#39;s battery is of the utmost importance. And knowing which of your USB accessories draws the most juice thanks to this simple $31 power meter—whether it&#39;s a wireless adapter, an external drive, or even your phone—will help you max out whatever battery life you&#39;ve got left. Working with USB 1, 2, or 3 devices, the power meter has four different modes letting you see a device&#39;s power draw in real time, the average amount of power it&#39;s using every second, or its ...<a href="http://gizmodo.com/usb-power-meter-tells-you-which-devices-will-kill-your-514285397"> (more) </a><a href="http://gizmodo.com/usb-power-meter-tells-you-which-devices-will-kill-your-514285397">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/2d9adfb4-d8ff-11e2-8240-f3337a10a9b7/ Researchers at Alberta and British Columbia universities found that sitting at a rectangular table made people more confrontational.<a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2344388/How-avoid-dinner-party-squabbles-Sit-guests-circular-table-NOT-square-one.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/ce465bfe-d8f6-11e2-8240-f3337a10a9b7/ If you had your heart set on getting back some of the data you had stored on Megaupload, now would be a good time to stop hoping. According to Kim Dotcom, petabytes of user data have already been deleted off old Megaupload servers. Thousands of pirated movies cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. LeaseWeb—a Danish company that provided some of the site&#39;s hosting—actually wiped its share of the Megaupload servers way back in February, but neglected to mention anything until just now. How many servers and how much of whose data is anyone&#39;s guess, but ...<a href="http://gizmodo.com/a-whole-ton-of-megaupload-data-just-got-obliterated-514277088"> (more) </a><a href="http://gizmodo.com/a-whole-ton-of-megaupload-data-just-got-obliterated-514277088">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/cbdc2222-d8f6-11e2-8240-f3337a10a9b7/ Burying beetles are unusual in that, like birds and mammals, both the mother and father provide food and care for their offspring, say University of Exeter researchers.<a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2344443/Older-men-make-better-fathers-tolerate-infidelity-BEETLE-world.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/77aa5474-d8ee-11e2-8240-f3337a10a9b7/ 18-year-old Patrick &quot;MegaZero&quot; Glinsman now playing for Complexity.<a href="http://www.gamespot.com/news/6410418.html?part=rss&tag=gs_all_games&subj=6410418">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/6c59e1b6-d8ee-11e2-8240-f3337a10a9b7/ I was never much of a fan of Pandora. I started using it in the early days, and the predictions just weren&#39;t very good. I found myself using skip to the point of being shut out almost every time I tried to listen. I got a Zune Pass and never looked back. The Zune Pass evolved into an Xbox Music pass, and then I just started listening to Spotify for free instead. These whole predictive playlists just weren&#39;t cutting it for me. Then, I decided to start using iTunes Radio. I wasn&#39;t listening to a simple radio channel on my favorite artist; I&#39;d expect any ...<a href="http://whitenoise.gizmodo.com/the-amazing-predictive-ability-of-itunes-radio-514020593"> (more) </a><a href="http://whitenoise.gizmodo.com/the-amazing-predictive-ability-of-itunes-radio-514020593">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/69ee984a-d8ee-11e2-8240-f3337a10a9b7/ Rumours suggest that Facebook will add video tools to the photo-sharing app Instagram, which it bought last year. If confirmed, the new tools will compete with Vine, which lets users record and share six-second clips.<a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2344357/Is-Facebook-add-video-Instagram-app.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/0a74f902-d8e6-11e2-8240-f3337a10a9b7/ For most of us, lighthouses are synonymous with trips to the shore. But for seafarers, lighthouses have represented a vital symbol of safe passage for centuries. In fact, they go back to 280 BC, when the famed Lighthouse of Alexandria was built—though lighthouses of the ancient world looked more like battlements than the candy-striped variety we know today. The construction of lighthouses exploded during Age of Discovery, when nations sought out stakes in the New World. In the 18th century, with the invention of the Fresnel lens—which made it possible to see lighthouse ...<a href="http://gizmodo.com/23-lighthouses-that-span-a-millennia-of-sea-travel-5994287"> (more) </a><a href="http://gizmodo.com/23-lighthouses-that-span-a-millennia-of-sea-travel-5994287">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/a880ce2c-d8dd-11e2-8240-f3337a10a9b7/ Efforts to acquire Sprint have been a long and arduous fiasco for SoftBank, but the Japan-based carrier moved one step closer to completing the deal on Tuesday evening. Following SoftBank’s revised offer for Sprint that would see its bid increased to $21.6 billion, Dish announced that it is abandoning the race and will not revise its current offer, which is not expected to be accepted. Dish had previously offered a total of $25.5 billion for Sprint, including $17.3 billion in cash and $8.2 billion in stock, but the SoftBank deal is seen as the more promising option. ...<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/softbank-cleared-sprint-takeover-dish-abandons-bid-115040861.html"> (more) </a><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/softbank-cleared-sprint-takeover-dish-abandons-bid-115040861.html">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/a64595fc-d8dd-11e2-8240-f3337a10a9b7/ Mexico&#39;s second highest peak Popocatépetl exploded into life on Monday as it blew its top to relieve some of the building pressure within.<a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2344231/Amazing-time-lapse-video-shows-dramatic-moment-worlds-dangerous-volcanoes-explodes-life.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/46a7cd5c-d8d5-11e2-8240-f3337a10a9b7/ John McAfee is one weird guy, and this video only serves to bolster that reputation. Uploaded to YouTube last night, it&#39;s a hilarious—and entirely NSFW—video which sees the man himself teach you how to uninstall McAfee Antivirus. The thing is full of bad language, misogyny partial nudity, drug references... all the kinds of things you&#39;d expect from a video starring John McAfee. Above all, it&#39;s actually really quite funny. Enjoy. [YouTube via Verge]<a href="http://gizmodo.com/an-insane-john-mcafee-teaches-you-how-to-uninstall-his-514247598">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/e4c796e2-d8cc-11e2-8240-f3337a10a9b7/ An oversight panel six years in the making will hear testimony on Wednesday in another secret proceeding involving the National Security Agency, government surveillance and the secret court known as FISC.<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/panel-meet-today-secret-nsa-100808282.html">[original story]</a>