This Week?s Most Popular Posts: August 25th to 31st [Highlights]

This week we DIYed for $3 or less, enabled two-factor authentication on our most important accounts, polished our small-talk game, and more. Here's a look back.

Top 10 DIY Projects That Cost Less Than $3

Why pay tons of money for something when you can make it yourself for pennies on the dollar? Here are some of our favorite life hacking DIY projects that'll run you less than the cost of a latte. More ?

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How Do I Torrent Safely Now That Demonoid Is Down?

Dear Lifehacker,
My favorite private BitTorrent tracker, Demonoid, has apparently gone down for good. I was so dependent on it for its quality, security from viruses, and protection from prying eyes. More ?

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Here's Everywhere You Should Enable Two-Factor Authentication Right Now

Two-factor authentication is one of the best things you can do to make sure your accounts don't get hacked. We've talked about it a bit before, but here's a list of all the popular services that offer it, and where you should go to turn it on right now. More ?

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Use the FORD Technique to Make Small Talk Easier

Starting a conversation with a complete stranger can be a little intimidating, and sometimes you don't know what to say. Use the FORD technique the next time you meet someone to avoid those awkward silences. More ?

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Five Best Desktop Music Players

The best desktop audio players organize your playlists, help you keep your massive music collection easy to search, and even sync with mobile players, among other things, but which ones excel in all of those areas? More ?

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Science Explains How to Hack Your Diet and Lose Weight

If you're looking to shed a few pounds the healthy way, this video from ASAP Science is full of scientifically proven suggestions that don't require crazy diets or special meals: More ?

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Why's Everybody So Pissed About Twitter, and Should I Care?

Dear Lifehacker,
I keep hearing people complain about Twitter's new rules and guidelines. Honestly, I don't understand what's going on, and I have no idea if I should even care about it. More ?

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What Happens to Our Brains During Exercise (and Why it Makes Us Happier)

Most of us are aware of what happens to the body when we exercise. We build more muscle or more stamina. We feel how daily activities like climbing stairs becomes easier if we exercise regularly. More ?

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How to Run Mac OS X Inside Windows Using VirtualBox

Even if you're a Windows fan, you've probably thought about trying OS X. Maybe you'd like to test drive OS X before switching to a Mac or building a Hackintosh, or maybe you just want to run that one killer OS X app on your Windows machine. More ?

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Be Awesome at a Moment's Notice: A Guide to Powering Up Your Brain

You're already awesome, but sometimes you're tired, busy, or for some other reason can't be at your best 100% of the time. When you need to be, however, you can manipulate your brain and body to rise to the challenge. More ?

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Put Your Gears on Display with These Mechanical Wallpapers

It's time to take a look under the hood. Your computer isn't technically operating thanks to a ton of tiny little gears, but it's fun to imagine. Check out some of our favorite mechanical wallpapers. More ?

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Golf's original Watson returns to the Australian Open

Tom Watson confirmed in field for Australian Open at The Lakes in December.

Australian Open organisers announced today that alongside several big name Australian players to contest for the Stonehaven Cup in December, eight-time major winner Tom Watson will make a return to the tournament he won in 1984.

Tom Watson, Adam Scott, Geoff Ogilvy and defending champion Greg Chalmers have all been confirmed starters for the Australian Open to be held at The Lakes in Sydney, December 5 - 8, 2012.

While tournament organisers would be pleased that those Aussies are on board, it's the name of Watson, the original Watson that carries the most excitement. Although Watson will be 63 when he arrives in Australia, it wasn't that long ago now that he almost became the oldest major winner in the history of golf when he lost in a playoff to?Stewart?Cink at the 2009 Open Championship. Watson has made the cut at the last two Open Championships and won the Senior Open Championship last year.?

Make no mistake, he won't be here to make up the numbers as a big name draw card, he'll be here to win. This is a cracking announcement from Golf Australia who are doing well at trying to keep up the momentum in professional golf after last year's Presidents Cup.

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Isaac's Impacts: Destruction from 'Just a Cat 1' Storm

Along with wind speed, the sheer size of a storm, how quickly it is moving and the angle at which it's approaching land also influence its potential to wreak havoc. Isaac possessed some of the most menacing of these qualities

By Andrea Mustain and OurAmazingPlanet

In waning daylight, a satellite snapped Hurricane Isaac at 6:46 p.m. local time as the massive storm made landfall at Plaquemines Parish, about 95 miles (153 km) east of New Orleans. Image: NOAA

When Hurricane Isaac swept ashore as a Category 1 storm, its destructive power seemingly took some by surprise. As images of submerged houses and news of dramatic rooftop rescues made the rounds, the Web was abuzz with expressions of disbelief that a mere "Cat 1" storm could be the culprit for the catastrophe unfolding before people's eyes.

"Man that's just too much water to be a Category 1 or tropical storm," wrote @KeepNUpWithMike, reflecting the sentiments of many Twitter users.

Yet these labels ? Category 1 hurricane, tropical storm? are based only on top sustained wind speeds. And although that's important, it's by no means the only factor that determines a storm's appetite for destruction, explained Tim Schott, a meteorologist at National Weather Service headquarters in Silver Spring, Md. "There are other factors that can be critical as well," he told OurAmazingPlanet.

However, none of these other factors are used to rank hurricanes on the Saffir-Simpson Scale. And some scientists argue that since the labels reflect only one facet of a storm's destructive power, it's time to change the way we categorize tropical storms and hurricanes.

Yet all forecasters emphasized that storms that are comparatively low on the hurricane scale can still cause horrific damage.

"A lot of the news media and people in general have noted this is only a Category 1 storm, but [Isaac's effects] show that Category 1 is just the description of the winds," Schott said. [Images: Hurricane Isaac Packs a Punch]

Causes of destruction

Along with wind speed, the sheer size of a storm, how quickly it is moving and the angle at which it's approaching land also influence its potential to wreak havoc. Isaac possessed some of the most menacing of these qualities.

First, Isaac is simply a big storm, said Chris Landsea, the science and operations officer at the National Hurricane Center in Miami. "Ever since it formed, it's been a large tropical cyclone," he told OurAmazingPlanet.

Bigger storms have a wider reach, affecting more people, and they're also tied to more severe storm surge, or "the ocean being pushed ashore," as Landsea described it.

"Isaac's storm surge is extended all the way to the Florida panhandle," Schott said, adding that parts of Louisiana have seen inundation as high as 11 feet (3 meters).

Isaac is also moving slowly. The storm crept along at about 6 mph (9 kph) for most of Tuesday and Wednesday, and is moving at 8 mph (13 kph) today (Aug. 30) ? a snail's pace for a storm. That means it's hammering the same areas with heavy downpours for hours, even days, at a time.

Even relatively wimpy storms can cause terrible damage if they stay parked in place, Landsea and Schott said, since the unending rains can spark inland flooding. Isaac has reportedly dropped some 23 inches (58 centimeters) of rain near Gretna, La., according to unofficial numbers from the National Hurricane Center.

The direction of a storm's approach also plays a role in its destructive power ? certain angles promote greater storm surge, said Robert Henson, a meteorologist who works as a science writer for the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, in Boulder, Colo.

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Apple adds Samsung's flagship Galaxy S III, Galaxy Note to amended 'Galaxy Nexus' complaint

Friday, August 31, 2012

Apple adds Samsung's flagship Galaxy S III, Galaxy Note to amended 'Galaxy Nexus' complaint By Mikey Campbell Published: 09:14 PM EST (06:14 PM PST) Apple on Friday filed an amended complaint with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, adding two versions each of the Galaxy S III and Galaxy Note to its original claims of patent infringement against a number of Samsung smartphones and tablets. The case, not to be confused with the recently decided Apple v. Samsung trial, was first lodged in February, with Apple leveraging eight utility patents against 17 Samsung devices. At the time, it was said that Apple was taking direct aim at the Samsung-built Google-branded Galaxy Nexus with the complaint. Along with the Galaxy S III and the Verizon version of the handset, Apple added the Galaxy Note and Galaxy Note 10.1 to the list of infringing devices, bringing the total tally up to 21 accused devices. The S III made its U.S. debut in June, more than one year after Apple lodged its first complaint against Samsung in April 2011, accusing the company's products of copying the look and feel of the iPhone and iPad. Apple claims it is suffering and will suffer irreparable harm from Samsung's violation of eight utility patents, four being asserted in the Apple v. Samsung case and four issued after that suit began. According to Apple, Samsung has "continued to flood the market with copycat products," since the separate landmark case started last year. In the intervening months, the Korean company has "continued to release new infringing products, including its current flagship device, the Galaxy S III." The four new patents Apple is leveraging against Samsung include the '647 "Data Detectors" patent, the '721 "Slide-to-unlock" property, the '172 "Word completion" invention and the '604 "Universal search" patent. The Cupertino tech giant successfully wielded the '721 "Data Detectors" patent to obtain an ITC sales ban against certain Android-based HTC handsets in December, however Google continued to implement the feature in its mobile operating system despite the suit's outcome. From the amended complaint: These infringing Samsung products include the at least 21 new smartphones, media players, and tablets that Samsung has released beginning in August 2011 and continuing through August 2012. Specifically, Samsung has imported into, offered for sale, or sold in the United States at least the following products, each of which infringes Apple?s patent rights: the Galaxy S III, Galaxy S III ? Verizon, Galaxy Note, Galaxy S II Skyrocket, Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch, Galaxy S II, Galaxy S II - T-Mobile, Galaxy S II - AT&T, Galaxy Nexus, Illusion, Captivate Glide, Exhibit II 4G, Stratosphere, Transform Ultra, Admire, Conquer 4G, and Dart smartphones, the Galaxy Player 4.0 and Galaxy Player 5.0 media players, and the Galaxy Note 10.1, Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus and Galaxy Tab 8.9 tablets. While Apple won a temporary injunction against the Galaxy Nexus in June on potential infringement of the '604 "Unified search" patent, Samsung was granted a stay pending appeal and the unit remains on sale today. After being handed a sweeping victory in the broader Apple v. Samsung trial, Apple is now seeking a permanent sales ban against eight infringing Samsung smartphones. The Korean company has vowed to fight the injunction with "all necessary measures."

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Clones Wars 2: Apple?s gunning for copycat apps

Apple is cracking down on app store copycats and being more proactive about rejecting apps that may violate other companies? trademarks, according to one developer who saw a colleague?s rejection notice.

9to5Mac first noticed that Benjamin Mayo, a university student who built the Bingo Machine app for iOS, received a note from another developer whose app was rejected. The rejection notice, pictured below, states that this particular submitted app?s icon was too similar to the ?chart-topping lists/to-do app Clear? and suggests that ?it would be appropriate? for the developer to modify the icon.

Source: Benjamin Mayo

Apple app store rejection letter

Apple?s app store review guidelines specifically say that ?use of protected third party material ? trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, otherwise proprietary content ? requires a documented rights check which must be provided upon request.?

Developers might legitimately ask, of course, how with 650,000 apps in the app store any design might not look similar to at least one other app?s icon, but Apple is probably mostly concerned with the ?chart-topping? apps, which developers have more incentive to copy.

Any developers who find any evidence of trademark infringement on their own can report the problem at Apple?s website:

But if Apple is indeed getting more proactive about cutting out copycat apps, developers may not have to. At least, if your app is on the top 10 list.

Image credit: Star Wars

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Venezuela restarts two refinery units after blast

CARACAS (Reuters) - Workers have restarted two key production units at Venezuela's biggest refinery after an explosion a week ago that killed nearly 50 people, sparked a huge fire and halted operations at the facility, state oil company PDVSA said on Friday.

Firefighters battled for days to put out burning storage tanks. None of the production units were affected, but were temporarily taken off line at the 645,000 barrel per day Amuay refinery, which is part of the second-biggest refinery complex in the world.

"Operational activities have resumed safely and gradually," PDVSA said in a statement, adding that two crude distillation units with a combined capacity of 160,000 bpd were now running, and that a third was due to restart soon.

It said other smaller processing units, including ones that make naphtha and kerosene and have a combined capacity of about 58,000 bpd, were also operating normally.

The authorities are investigating what may have caused a gas leak that led to Saturday's pre-dawn blast. In addition to those killed, the explosion wrecked about 200 nearby homes.

The accident was the global oil industry's most deadly in recent years, nearing the toll of a fire that killed 56 people in 1997 at India's Visakhapatnam refinery.

Experts say PDVSA might have to run Amuay's restart process more slowly than normal following the blast, while workers continue to clear debris, cool the area affected by the blaze and check the system for any more leaks or other problems.

The water, power and steam supplies to the Amuay refinery, which by itself is the world's fourth biggest, were not interrupted by the disaster, however, which should help save some time.

One oil industry source said that the damage to the refinery could end up costing about $3 billion, but that PDVSA has yet to choose a company to carry out an audit.

As operations begin to return to normal, PDVSA said two tankers were loaded on Friday with a total of 510,000 barrels of oil products for the domestic market from docks at Amuay and the neighboring Cardon refinery.

Four more tankers were waiting to be loaded, the company said, one bound for an oil storage terminal in the Caribbean and another destined for Africa.

(Writing by Daniel Wallis; editing by Carol Bishopric)

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TechKnowledgeIt: 50GB free Dropbox service confirmed for Samsung Galaxy Note II and Galaxy Camera http://t.co/VDhdbI2B #tki

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