It's a little over a month until BlackBerry 10's official introduction, but that hasn't stopped leaked screenshots of the OS from circulating on the web. Some folks on the Tinhte Vietnamese forums, which also revealed hands-on video and gallery of the BlackBerry 10 L-Series, have just released pictures of RIM's revamped phone UI. Most notably, the images provide a sneak peek at a new "BlackBerry Hub" all-in-one message center along with an intriguing voice interface that reminds us a lot of Siri. We also get a preview of how apps like Twitter, Facebook and Foursquare will look; unsurprisingly, they seem pretty similar to their Android and iOS cousins. It certainly looks as if the redesign is a complete overhaul rather than just a quick paint job, but we won't know the full details until we see it for ourselves early next year. Until then, head on over to the source to get an early look at what could be RIM's savior.

-Engadget.com

Simple.TV

If TiVo had been invented in the era of web video and cord-cutting, it might have come out looking like Simple.TV. The clever little white DVR, which was successfully crowdfunded by Kickstarter, lets you stream over-the-air HD broadcasts and unencrypted cable TV, in either live or recorded form, to Windows PCs, Macs, iPads and Roku boxes. Those devices can be located on your home network or — as with a Slingbox — anywhere else where an Internet connection is available. Pricing starts at $199; electronic program guide service costs extra, and you provide your own storage for recorded video by plugging in a USB hard disk.

APART from the three major telcos in Malaysia, the new iPhone 5 is also now available through Apple Malaysia’s own online store. While it might take few days longer for it to actually arrive on customers hand, it is a good way to purchase the device for those who are not in a hurry or not planning to sign up to a telco plan.

Just like what we have pointed out previously and double verified by Senheng’s announcement earlier today, Apple Online Store Malaysia has listed the device at RM 2199 (16GB), RM 2499 (32GB) and RM 2799 (64GB). According to the calculations given to the store at our visit, customers should be able to receive the device by December 18. Interestingly, the Lightning to USB Cable going to take slightly longer to be shipped though as you can see below.

-Lowyat.net

This isn't the first video we've seen of somebody inhaling sulphur hexaflouride and then talking, because we saw Mythbuster's Adam Savage do it in this video (way back in 2008!). This is just another one. It's like watching videos of cats trying to fit in boxes that are way too small for them. I don't care how many of the same video there are, I need to see them all.

Google, the number one search engine on the planet, has published its comprehensive list of what was on people's minds during 2012. The company's 2012 Zeitgeist—"the defining spirit or mood of a particular period of history as shown by the ideas and beliefs of the time"—is as accurate a reflection of humanity's current state of mind as we've got. And, with all the crap that has happened this year, humanity's mind sucks. Here's the overall global ranking:

Hydroelectric power has been around for over 100 years, but we tend to think of it as requiring huge installations, built to power cities. This tiny water turbine scales it down to a personal level, providing an alternative to small gas and wind powered generators.

To use the Ibasei Cappa generator, simply submerge it in fast-moving water. It relies on a tapered diffuser housing that increases the speed of water flowing through the turbine, boosting the amount of power it can deliver. It only delivers around 250 watts, so don't expect to run your electric stove using this thing, but a laptop? Sure.

This is a radar image of asteroid 4179 Toutatis. It's a space rock the size of a mountain, nearly three miles across at its widest point, with an estimated mass of well over five million tons. And it's headed straight for Earth. Well, nearly.

Scientists may have finally solved the puzzle of what makes a person gay, and how it is passed from parents to their children.

A group of scientists suggested Tuesday that homosexuals get that trait from their opposite-sex parents: A lesbian will almost always get the trait from her father, while a gay man will get the trait from his mother.