Stolen Car Found on eBay After 42 Years

Internet often ends up doing wonders for a lot of people. Not only has it helped people find long-lost friends through the likes of Facebook and Google+, it has also allowed many to find different belongings they had lost. For instance, a man has now been able to regain a car that he had lost 42 years ago by spotting it on eBay!

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[Tutorial] How To Stop Android From Adding Apps Icons To The Home Screen

Did you notice when you install a new app on your Android device its icon always appears on your home screen? Although this can be pretty useful, sometimes it’s really frustrating. In most cases I end up removing those icons from the home screen. In this tutorial I will show how you can disable this automatic appearance of icons on your home screen easily. After you apply the tricks no new icons will be added to your home screen.

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Filmmaker Decides To Live Open-Source Life For One Year

Open-source is more of a complete philosophy than a mere notion. Whereas once the term was somehow applied only to open-source coders and programmers, it has far wider meanings now. In fact, it can be a lifestyle in itself. And that is precisely why, Sam Muirhead, is going to live one whole year in a very open-source way to show how the philosophy can translate into everyday life.

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Full Featured XBMC Media Center Launched For Android

XBMC (Xbox Media Center) is an excellent, well-reputed and free open-source cross-platform media player. The software is quite popular among the open-source community and is widely used. The developer team of XBMC has now expanded its horizon further. The team has now extended its support for the Android platform. And, it is a full featured version of XBMC for Android.

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Yahoo, Gmail, AOL Passwords Leaked; Check If You Are Among The Victims

The string of hackers reaching out to prominent tech giants and hacking into their systems continues. This time, the primary victim has been Yahoo. The company has confirmed that some 400,000 usernames and passwords of Yahoo users were hacked by a hacker group called D33D and were leaked onto the web.

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[Tutorial] How To Add Jelly Bean Keyboard On Your Android 4.0 Device

A new version of Android called Jelly Bean brings many new features which are being ported to custom ROMs. And there is one feature I really found incredibly useful. It’s the Jelly Bean keyboard that can be imported in Ice Cream Sandwich. This new keyboard brings a better prediction algorithm. It also sports different styles, which many of you will probably like. That’s why I will show you how to install it on your Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich device and enjoy faster typing.

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[Tutorial] How To Automate File Transfers Between Dropbox And Android Devices

Storing files in cloud storage services like Dropbox, Google Drive and others have become very easy now a days. But, the experience of using the cloud storage services isn’t the same over different platforms. People are always trying to enhance the experience through different applications. Cloudpipes for Dropbox is a similar app for users of the leading cloud storage service. This app will automate file transfers between your Dropbox and your Android device. In this tutorial I will show you how.

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MIT’s ‘Intelligent Co-Pilot’ For Cars Will Take The Wheel If You’re About To Crash

So far, researchers were mainly interested in developing self-driving cars. Some prototypes of self-driving cars have also emerged, for example, Google’s Self Driving Car. But a semi-autonomous system was out of the question, until now. Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a semi-automatic system called “intelligent co-pilot” to keep the drivers safe. The system keeps analyzing potential hazards or collisions from data received through an onboard camera and laser rangefinder while the driver holds the steering wheel. Whenever any possibility of accident arise the system takes the wheel and upon return to a ‘safe-zone’ release the control to the driver.

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