Author: Nick

Flickr users to Flickr: We hate the new site

Bigger isn’t better, say Flickr uers. (Credit: Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET) Flickr users don’t seem too happy about the new layout, at least according to a heavy dose of comments posted on the site’s help forum. On Monday, Flickr’s parent Yahoo unveiled a slew of changes to the photo sharing site, revamping the familiar style of the home page, photo page, and photostream page

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Let your shoes do the charging

Mechanical engineering student Julian Castro models his team’s PediPower prototype shoe to run small electronics. (Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University) After researching a device that draws energy from knee movement, some mechanical engineering students at Rice University decided to see if they could get the same result from another, less intrusive wearable item: a shoe. With help from the Movement Analysis Laboratory at Shriners Hospital for Children in Houston, the resulting PediPower shoes harness energy from the force of the heel hitting the ground

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Alleged robbers butt-dial 911

We like to give advice to the less perfect here, principally because the perfect tend not to feel they need advice. When it comes to those who rob, pilfer, or otherwise break the law, we tend to suggest that they don’t taunt the police. Another suggestion is to turn off your phone

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Yahoo wants to make Flickr ‘awesome again’

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer kicks off the Flickr event Monday in New York. (Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET) NEW YORK — Yahoo on Monday unveiled updates to its Flickr photo-sharing site that the company hopes will make Flickr “awesome again.” Among the changes are a new redesign with larger images, the ability for users to upload full-resolution photos, and 1TB of free storage for all users

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