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Late on Friday, December 13, Valve released the first public version of SteamOS. As you would expect, SteamOS is currently very rough around the edges — it is essentially just a version of Debian 7.1 (Wheezy) that has Steam pre-installed. As it stands, I can’t really recommend that you to install SteamOS on some dedicated hardware — it would be ...

David Peterson/via Vimeo The time-lapse video ‘captues’ the view of moving through space while at the International Space Station. David Peterson dreams of flying in space, so he created a film to simulate the view. The filmmaker from Brisbane, Australia, made “The World Outside My Window — Time-Lapses of Earth from the ISS,” which uses pictures from NASA to create ...

Elmundo The victims’ family may sue the health service, as they claim paramedics apparently decided against taking the victims to the hospital after they were called to the home. Food poisoning has killed three cash-strapped Spaniards who relied on out-of-date supermarket giveaways to get by, it has been reported. Enrique Caño, 61, his wife Concepción, 50, and their daughter Tamara, ...

jamesfrancotv via Instagram James Franco recorded a video Saturday claiming that he had been drugged. James Franco posted a video on Instagram Saturday appearing groggy with slurred speech. “What’s up? Got drugged last night,” the 35-year-old actor said in the clip before moving the camera shot down to show his nipple. When his face reappeared he added, “Somebody slipped me ...

Caters News Agency David George Gordan poses with a tarantula, one of his protein-packed, nutritious ingredients. The insect-loving chef just released a new cookbook called Eat-a-Bug. A real life PEST-on Blumenthal is cooking up a SWARM in the kitchen – by using creepy crawlies to create bizarre meals. David George Gordon, 63, has been cooking with bugs since 1997 after ...

HAP/Quirky China News/Re/REX USA/HAP/Quirky China News/Re/REX USA Xiao Wei of Changde, China, had his severed hand attached to his ankle in order to keep it alive. Wei’s right hand was severed in a workplace accident, and his arm was crushed. This should come in handy for later. Doctors were able to save a factory worker’s hand after it was severed ...

Mark Bonifacio/New York Daily News Rangers winger Benoit Pouliot completes a nice backhand goal past Calgary goalie Karri Ramo in the seventh round of the shootout to give the Blueshirts a 4-3 win. RANGERS 4, FLAMES 3 (SO) The Rangers’ many flaws were out in the open for everyone to see again on Sunday night at the Garden, but two ...

Google, the search engine and advertising company, has acquired Boston Dynamics — the robotics and engineering company famous for the creation of some of the world’s most advanced robots, including BigDog, Cheetah, Petman, and Atlas. This brings Google’s total number of robot-related acquisitions to eight, and the company now has teams of robotics experts in California and Japan. As we’ve ...

Marcus Golejewski/Geisler-Fotopr Roger Waters has been criticized over comments he recently made comparing Israel to Nazi Germany. Former Pink Floyd front man Roger Waters has caused an outcry after comparing Israel to Nazi Germany. In a recent interview, the veteran rocker said that Israeli treatment of the Palestinians was comparable with went happened in Europe during the 1930s. “The parallels ...

THE SPECIALIST: Dr. Robert Rapaport Professor of Pediatrics at Mount Sinai, Dr. Robert Rapaport treats children for every kind of endocrine problem, from growth issues to diabetes to thyroid problems. The majority of his patients have growth problems. WHO’S AT RISK From the first months of a baby’s life, many parents start spouting weight and length measurements and growth percentiles. ...