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Description This mode classic and New York Times best seller was a finalist for both the 1990 Pulitzer Prize and National Book Critics Circle Award and has become a staple of American classrooms. Hailed by The New York Times as "a marvel of storytelling", The Things They Carried’s portrayal of the boots-on-the-ground experience of soldiers in the Vietnam War is a landmark in war writing. Now, three-time Emmy Award wier Bryan Cranston, star of the hit TV series Breaking Bad, delivers an electrifying performance that walks the book’s hallucinatory line between reality and fiction and highlights the emotional power of the spoken word. The soldiers in...

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Create a meal for a Time Lord with "Doctor Who: The Official Cookbook." Harper Design/Amazon Supreme Dalek Cake. Cyberman Pie. Cassandra Pizza. Ood Rolls.These are just a few of the yummy treats "Doctor Who" fans can make thanks to a new cookbook from the BBC and British food writer Joaa Farrow. "Doctor Who: The Official Cookbook," published by Harper Design, features 40 recipes for easy-to-make dishes, all with a Whovian twist. Re-create the Doctor's own favorite meal of fish fingers and custard, or try your hand at making an impressive gingerbread Tardis.There are also instructions on how to bake and decorat...

[embedded content] Hurricanes are scary enough at ground level. View them from space and they look almost unreal, like special effects created in a movie studio. NASA released a time-lapse video on Tuesday showing the Inteational Space Station orbiting over three separate hurricanes. They look both massive and frightening from the station's orbital vantage point.In order, the video shows twin hurricanes Lester and Madeline in the Pacific Ocean and then Gaston in the Atlantic Ocean. Both Lester and Madeline pose a potential threat to the Hawaiian Islands. Gaston is kicking across the Atlantic with wind speeds reaching 100 mph (about 160 kph). Les...

Less than two months before succumbing to cancer, ailing Apple co-founder Steve Jobs resigned from the office of CEO on August 24, 2011. Tim Cook (left), who had been the company's Chief Operating Officer since 2004, took over the top spot at the world's preeminent technology company. In the five years since his ascension to the CEO position, Cook has made a unique imprint on Apple, becoming a more vocal social activist than his legendary predecessor, and even directly taking on the US govement in a high-profile fight for digital privacy. In terms of Apple's products, however, Cook has largely taken a conservative approach, shepherding evolutionary changes to the existing product line (iPho...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageIt takes just one call to make Siri get it right. Apparently. Barbra Streisand/VEVO screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Let me tell you about pain.Actually, let Barbra Streisand tell you. The renowned singer and occasional actor gave an interview to NPR that was aired on Saturday.In a surely unrehearsed moment, interviewer Scott Simon asked her about Siri. Streisand revealed the extreme distress Apple's personal assistant had caused her."She pronounces my name wrong," she said. Indeed, her second "s" come...

My, how things haven't changed. Five years ago, Tim Cook officially took over as CEO of Apple amid questions about his ability to live up to the legacy of Steve Jobs. This week, as Cook celebrates his fifth aiversary as head of the company (the exact date is Wednesday), questions continue to swirl. When Jobs officially stepped down from the top spot, he said he believed "Apple's brightest and most iovative days are ahead of it." Was he right? Cook's track record leaves you scratching your head. Yes, Cook has had some big wins. The larger iPhone 6, for instance, propelled Apple to record profits. The company is also more vocal about causes like the environm...

Under tremendous pressure to continue the iovative performance record forged by Steve Jobs, Tim Cook officially took over as CEO of Apple five years ago, with looming questions about his ability to deliver.As Cook celebrates his fifth aiversary as chief, questions still linger. Let's block ads! بخوانید...

Mike Coppola, Getty Images The New York Times aounced today that it will be retiring its NYT Now app. The app, launched in 2014, was developed to reach a younger audience than the broader Times readership. For a reduced subscription price of $8, users could access a curated collection of daily stories. The app will become unavailable to download starting the last week of August.In many ways, the travails of the NYT Now app reflect larger movements in the news industry. Last year, the app shifted from an $8 subscription-based service to a free one -- once again, in an effort to reach younger and more "mobile-...

Enlarge Image Symantec We as a society may be more conceed about privacy and cyber security than ever, but that doesn't mean we're paying more attention to security alerts.People will ignore software security waings up to 90 percent of the time, according to a new study from Brigham Young University. The cause? Our inability to multitask."While these [alerts] provide timely information, research shows they come at a high cost in terms of increased stress and decreased productivity," wrote the BYU team. "This is due to dual-task interference (DTI), a cognitive limitation in which even simple tasks caot be simu...

Enlarge Image Xinhua Apple has been losing momentum in China as of late, but CEO Tim Cook hopes to tu that all around.Cook is currently in Beijing, his second visit to the city in three months, meeting Tuesday with China's Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli, reports the state-run Xinhua. At the meeting, Gaoli invited US companies like Apple to boost investments into the country, saying that doing so strengthens the global economy, according to the publication. Those words from a Chinese official would be music to Cook's ears. The country's govement has a reputation for being tough on foreign companies, something Apple...

Niantic, the company behind Pokemon Go, appears to be bringing down the hammer on cheaters. Specifically, it's cracking down on users who have created bots to trick the game, as well as those who use the bots, by serving them a "lifetime ban" and pursuing legal action, according to The Guardian.Since the game has erupted in popularity, bots that help trick the location-tracking system have begun to crop up. Though this is considered cheating under the Pokemon Go terms of service, the bots and services, as well as those who have used them, have yet to be penalized.Now it looks like Pokemon Go addicts who have taken advantage of the loopholes might have to pay the ultimate price.Niantic didn't...

Apple's Tim Cook tells The Washington Post about the "lonely" job of CEO. The Washingont Post/Screenshot by CNET For those of you who hold onto every word Tim Cook says, The Washington Post has about 10,000 to offer.Apple's CEO sat down with the Post for what it termed two "sprawling and highly self-reflective interviews" published Saturday that hit on topics ranging from losing and succeeding the late Steve Jobs, the company's recent fight with the FBI and who he tus to for advice.The Post prefaces the interview with a nice summary of what it covers. But we've also put together a few highlights:Mistakes: Aft...

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Check out "Broadway Joe" Namath's latest role: virtual host of the newest exhibit inside the Pro Football Hall of Fame.A hologram of the football great introduces "A Game for Life," a 3D display set in a state-of-the-art theater designed to resemble an NFL locker room.Meet "Broadway," um, "Holographic" Joe Namath, host of the newest exhibit, "A Game for Life," at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. Pro Football Hall of Fame "It will give the fans goose bumps," Namath, a hall of fame quarterback himself, promised in a recent phone interview. "They will be blown away." The exhibit, which fans see fi...

Check out "Broadway Joe" Namath's latest role: virtual host of the newest exhibit inside the Pro Football Hall of Fame.A hologram of the football great introduces "A Game for Life," a 3D display set in a state-of-the-art theater designed to resemble an NFL locker room.Meet "Broadway," um, "Holographic" Joe Namath, host of the newest exhibit, "A Game for Life," at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. Pro Football Hall of Fame "It will give the fans goose bumps," Namath, a hall of fame quarterback himself, promised in a recent phone interview. "They will be blown away." The exhibit, which fans see fi...

Enlarge Image Sarah Tew/CNET Despite a big effort in the last year to gain more ground in India, new sales figures indicate Apple's strategy isn't working in the world's second most populous country.The Cupertino, Califoia-based giant sold around 35 percent fewer iPhones in India in the second quarter of 2016 than it had during the same period last year, according to Strategy Analytics. The numbers are low despite the launch of the cheaper iPhone SE in the country earlier this year.The marketing research firm says Apple sold only 800,000 units in April, May and June. It sold 1.2 million units in the same mont...

An hour south of Tokyo, on the edge of the bay is a piece of history unique in the world. Embedded in concrete just a few feet from the water is the 114-year-old battleship Mikasa. It's the only surviving pre-dreadnought battleship, not to mention one of the only Imperial navy vessels still intact from that era. After 21 years in service, the Mikasawas decommissioned, but not scrapped. Instead she was preserved at the request of the Japanese govement, with her engines and armament removed, and her hull encased in concrete. After several extensive restorations, the Mikasa today is a museum ship, and a fascinating look back into tu-of-the-last century naval design. Here's a full tour. ...