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Space and science buffs should get excited. 21st Century Fox has announced that Cosmos: A Space and Time Odyssey, the upcoming refresh of the original Cosmos documentary that featured Carl Sagan and inspired an entire generation to look up at the stars, will go global once it airs in the United States.
See it Soon: Fox Sets Date for ‘Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey’
Call him whatever you'd like. Say he stole desk that should have belonged to Conan O'Brien and David Letterman. Tell tales of how his warehouse of luxury and classic cars makes you think he'll turn into a recluse someday. Whatever you say, you should say it now because Jay Leno, one of the biggest comedians to still hold court on late night television, is leaving; and its the A.V. Club's claim that pop culture and viewers continue to celebrate Leno for reasons that don't quite meet the eye.
The torch is ready to be lit. The athletes are pumped. Team uniforms have been neatly laid out. That's it folks. We're now mere hours away from the start of the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games. NBC won't be showing the world's second-largest international sporting competition live in the United States, but that's just fine because they're at least making this year's Olympic Games available for streaming on a Windows Phone, iPhone, iPad and just about everything else that has an app store.
Have an iPad, Windows Phone or iPhone? Watch the Olympics for Free
If there was ever any doubt that Microsoft would back up the Xbox One's solid hardware with frequent software updates the company is putting them to rest immediately. Today it announced not just one but two Xbox One updates that'll address user complaints and add new features.
In case you didn't already know, February is Black History Month in the United States. Each year throngs of Americans celebrate the month with history-related festivities and class lesson's about black culture. Google's celebrating Black History Month with free copies of Public Enemy's 1988 album It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back and more.
In case you didn't already know, February is Black History Month in the United States. Each year throngs of Americans celebrate the month with history-related festivities and class lesson's about black culture. Google's celebrating Black History Month with free copies of Public Enemy's 1988 album It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back and more.
Fans of the Netflix series House of Cards already know that there's very little that Washington D.C. operatives can do to keep the series' title character Frank Underwood from devouring the competition and taking his rightful place in the halls of power. He's ruthless and unrelenting. About the only thing that could have stopped the fictional member of the United States House of Representatives was a cancellation by Netflix. That's not the case anymore.
Frank Unchained: Netflix renews House of Cards before its new season airs
We can't say that we've ever come across a product that didn't leave us with the impression that it needed a bit more development time. By all accounts, the Xbox One still needs a lot of polish. Even Apple devices are becoming less and less baked as the years go on. All that being true, sometimes products surprise even us with small bits of detail.
From The Social: What small things bug you abour your favorite electronics?
The Wall Street Journal has bad news for users who've turned to Radio Shack as their exclusive source for electronics purchases. According to a new report, the company is planning to close hundreds of its retail stores.
Entertainment Out of Stock: Radio Shack Could Close 500 Stores
Microsoft's announcement that it would choose a new Chief Executive Offer seems like it only came a few weeks ago, but alas yesterday was Steven Ballmer's last full day as CEO of Microsoft. Today, the company announced that it'd promoted Satya Nadella to the position effective immediately.