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Description Inspired by The Hobbit and begun in 1937, The Lord of the Rings is a trilogy that J.R.R. Tolkien created to provide "the necessary background of history for Elvish tongues". From these academic aspirations was bo one of the most popular and imaginative works in English literature. The Fellowship of the Ring, the first volume in the trilogy, tells of the fateful power of the One Ring. It begins a magnificent tale of adventure that will plunge the members of the Fellowship of the Ring into a perilous quest and set the stage for the ultimate clash between the powers of good and evil. In this splendid, unabridged audio production of Tolk...

Description Based on the incredible graduation speech with over 10 million views on YouTube If you want to change the world, start off by making your bed. On May 21, 2014, Admiral William H. McRaven addressed the graduating class of the University of Texas at Austin on their Comm...

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...

Enlarge ImageMy MacBook Pro today is maxed out, and I'm worried future models with USB-C will leave me without enough ports. Stephen Shankland/CNET Apple's next MacBook Pro will help move us all into the future of personal computing. But it could also bring some big headaches along the way.I'm confident it'll remain a powerful machine while getting lighter and smaller. But I'm worried that one new technology that enables that slimming down, the versatile USB Type-C port, will also mean the MacBook Pro and other heavy-duty laptops will leave me in the lurch.USB-C is flexible enough to handle just about anything...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageWhere on the dashboard is its moral compass? KAREN BLEIER/AFP/GettyImages I think of morality as a feather that shifts in the wind and occasionally brushes your face delightfully as it falls to earth.I'm still perturbed, however, whether technology has a fine grasp of it. Or whether it can.I'm moved by the news that Uber has launched its driverless vehicles in Pittsburgh. It crossed my mind whether these cars have already been programmed whom to kill if they face a moral dilemma.For example, the car is abo...

Firaxis and 2K have continued their unveiling of the various playable civilizations in the upcoming Civilization VI, and the latest to get the spotlight is Spain.Led by Philip II, Spain players will want to focus on spreading religion and expanding to other continents. This is true for a number of reasons, including the fact that Spain's special ability, Treasure Fleet, causes trade routes between continents to provide extra yield. Spanish ships can be combined with one another to create fleets sooner than those of other civs, providing a way to ensure those waterbound trade ships stay protected. On the religion side, Spanish units get a combat bonus when facing off against units o...

Don't like something some stranger is saying about you on Twitter? The social network has a solution.Twitter launched a new feature on Thursday that allows users to limit the notifications they see to only those sent by users they follow. It doesn't prevent strangers from mentioning you; it just insulates users from being exposed to those tweets. The new feature appear to be part of Twitter's attempt to address the chronic abuse and harassment that occurs daily on the social network. However, the move is little more than a band-aid since the offending tweets will still be present on the network; you are just choosing not to see them.Harassing and abusive tweets, while not a new occurrence on...

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 ImageDaniel Chao, CEO of Halo Neuroscience, holds the Halo Sport headphones. Josh Miller/CNET Olympic sprinter Mike Rodgers is hoping a pair of high-end headphones will help him win gold.He and a handful of other US track stars have been training with Halo Sport headphones, which shoot electrical impulses into their brains to sharpen focus. That focus, he says, might be enough to give him the slightest of edges -- a millisecond or so -- at the Summer Games, which open in Rio de Janeiro on Friday. "I like what it's doing to my body right now," Rodgers said of the shiny black headset. Rodgers, a member...

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. ...

Enlarge ImageStudying my Starfleet Technical Manual. Amanda Kooser/CNET After spending my childhood dreaming of joining Starfleet and my adulthood of roaming the universe with Captains Kirk, Picard, Janeway, Sisko and Archer, I finally got command of my own ship. I now have an original-series captain's uniform. It's part replica, part cosplay, and I feel like I could roam the halls of the Enterprise when I'm wearing it. Instead, I'll be prowling the Star Trek 50th aiversary convention in Las Vegas this week for CNET, just the nudge I needed to finally complete my costume. This is the story of how it all...

Sarah Tew Football season is just around the coer -- and streaming TV fans will be able to watch more live games than ever before.NFL Network and NFL RedZone will soon be hitting Sling TV, the Dish-owned service aounced Wednesday. That will give subscribers access to the football league's eponymous chael, as well as the "all the action inside the 20-yard line" mashup on RedZone during Sunday's games.Pricing of the chaels wasn't provided, but Sling assured fans that the chaels will go live in time for NFL's regular season, which begins September 8. Earlier this summer Sling TV made updated its service offerin...

These soy-sauce dishes will tease your mind. Duncan Shotton The only thing better than a fun optical illusion is a fun optical illusion you can eat. Tokyo product designer Duncan Shotton created Soy Shape, a collection of soy-sauce dipping dishes that transform the savory brown liquid into classic optical illusions. The secret is in the layers built into the dishes. Deeper sections make for darker colors.When filled with soy sauce, one of the dishes appears to become a stack of three 3D boxes. The other illusion is known as the impossible triangle. Also called a Penrose triangle, it's an M.C. Escher-style obj...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives. Why do bars exist? To make you feel a little better about the vicissitudes of existence. To make you commune with your fellow human and share life experiences. Why do phones exist? To make sure you post whatever you're doing to Facebook. To keep you from communing with your fellow human and sharing life experiences in real life.Enlarge ImageIt looks like a lovely place. Gin Tub/Facebook Steve Tyler decided to do something about it. He owns the Gin Tub bar in Hove, England. He got fed up with customers not talking t...

[embedded content]Samsung is unveiling its Galaxy Note 7 smartphone to the world -- and it tus out all of the leaks and rumors were basically true.The news so far:Samsung Galaxy Note 7 unveiled: 5.7-inch curved screen, 12MP camera, iris scaer -- like an S7 Edge with a stylus (hands-on)Samsung Galaxy Note 7: Ready for the rumble of the jumbosSamsung's new Gear VR headset goes USB-C, but you won't be left behind (hands-on) Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 looks awesome in... ...

Enlarge ImageBrikk's Lux iPhone 7 is a real looker. Brikk Here's your to-do list for today: Check stock prices. Take the Lambo for a spin. Relax on your throne. Preorder an iPhone 7. Apple may not have officially aounced the iPhone 7 yet, but that hasn't stopped luxury retailer Brikk from offering preorders for some exceedingly blinged-out new iPhones. It's all about the anticipation.Brikk's custom Lux iPhone 7 options include large diamonds, small diamonds, yellow gold, pink gold or platinum in various combinations. You can also choose from 120 different scratch-resistant colors, so there's bound to be one t...

Enlarge Image Kickstarter Established in 2009, Kickstarter has changed many lives. A new study from the University of Pesylvania shows just how big a difference crowd funding, and Kickstarter in particular, has made. The main findings were that Kickstarted has created 283,000 part-time jobs for creatives, 29,600 full-time jobs and 8,800 new companies, including nonprofits. All up, over $5.3 billion has been generated for "creators and their communities." It found that for every 1,000 projects started on Kickstarter, 82 full-time employees were hired. The study points out that a huge benefit of crowdfunding si...

How much is it worth to Uber to reduce its dependence on Google Maps? Try half a billion dollars.That is how much the San Francisco-based ride-hailing company is getting ready to invest in an ambitious global mapping project, the Financial Times reports Sunday. In addition to weaning itself off Google's map app, which currently powers Uber, the investment is expected to aid the move to driverless vehicles, according to the report.Fresh off raising $3.5 billion last month, the 6-year-old company is using some of its $11 billion war chest to reinvent public transportation. Other companies working on technologies to support driverless cars include Google, Ford, Nissan and General Motors.In a bi...

This article reveals one of the settings of the movie "Jason Boue", but does not give away any of the actual story.In many ways, being a technology joualist is exactly like being an action hero. If you don't believe me, look at "Jason Boue", where the hard-hitting assassin of the title heads into a place every tech hack feels at home: a technology trade show."Jason Boue," which opened Friday in the US, sees Matt Damon's amnesiac assassin once again entangled in spy shenanigans. We won't give you any spoilers of the actual plot, except to say that this time round, the conspiracy involves a CIA boss played by Tommy Lee Jones and a Silicon Valley rich kid played by Riz Ahmed. During the film, B...