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The Boy Genius Report has gotten its hands on an iPhone 3G and put together a little unboxing video. There's not much to see, as the phone hasn't yet been activated, but what the video lacks in substance it makes...
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People struggling with the psychological stress of a cancer diagnosis may wish to ditch the anti-anxiety medications in favor of psilocybin, the active ingredient in psychedelic mushrooms. No, they shouldn't run down to the local college campus center waving fistfuls...
Ever since Bio-Rad made a hilarious music video to promote their DNA-copying machines, other lab equipment companies have struggled to create similar viral ads. Today, Eppendorf uploaded this catchy tune, which is meant to promote their lab automation equipment, to...
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We are less than 50 days from the start of the 2008 Olympics and Beijing is wrapping up a sweeping effort to ensure sitting in gridlocked traffic doesn't become the biggest event of the games. The city has dumped big... We are less than 50 days from the start of the 2008 Olympics and Beij...
There's good news and bad news when it comes to jet fuel. The aviation industry is scrambling to find cleaner renewable alternatives to petroleum, but none of them will be fueling your flights any time soon. That may push cash-strapped... There's good news and bad news when it comes to jet fu...
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http://rccs.usfca.edu/bookinfo.asp?ReviewID=558&BookID=401 (((And here you thought virus malware was just, you know, lousy strings of code. Well, that's nothing that a good castor-oil dosage of postmodern theory won't cure.))) Link: RCCS: View Book Info. (...) "To begin this caliginous expedition, ...
Link: DD'08 Collection | Design Democracy '08. "Design Democracy ’08 – Power to the People, is a grass roots event aimed to raise awareness about mass customization. To prove that mass customization is a viable alternative to mass manufacturing Context... Link: DD'08 Collection | Design Dem...
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The BBC's plan to roll out an on-demand video service -- which would include up to 10,000 hours of programming -- is getting the fine-toothed comb from British regulators, who are making noises about how the service could have unfair...
Netflix says it will keep the "profiles" feature, which lets users set up separate queues on the same account. Earlier this month the company announced -- rather abruptly -- it planned to kill the feature. "We wanted to let you...
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Our friend Steve Weintz, who is helping fight the Basin Complex fire in California, checks in... I'm on the Big Sur Volunteer Fire Brigade and we've been working hard with the huge force here to keep our friends' and neighbors'...
First, American spooks said they wanted to scour Second Life and other virtual worlds for terrorists. Then, they said that kids who hang out in those digital spaces may be unfit to join the intelligence community. Now, the country's spies...
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A 16-year-old autistic girl who was allegedly abducted last February by an adult male met the man online while playing World of Warcraft, according to a police affidavit filed in the case. Thirty-eight-year-old David Faboo (at right), drove from Oregon to the girl's town in... A 16-year-old a...
LifeLock is in the news again. The identity theft protection firm whose CEO lists his Social Security number in ads for the company is being sued by Namesafe, a competitor in the identity theft protection market, for allegedly stealing the company's corporate identity and deceptive... Li...
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Apart from the occasional small obit, the death of Muppets collaborator Kermit Love largely went unnoticed by the mainstream and entertainment press last month. A long-time collaborator and contributor to the work of Jim Henson and the Children's Television Workshop,...
The goofball chemistry between Will Ferrell and Sacha Baron Cohen in Talladega Nights evidently proved irresistible to geek comedy kingpin Judd Apatow. He's re-pairing the actors in a Sherlock Holmes comedy, with Cohen (Borat, Da Ali G Show) as the...
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With the long overdue patch for Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath seemingly imminent, Electronic Arts Los Angeles' general manager Mike Verdu took time to address his company's product support woes, which he says make him "downright unhappy." "Overall, the... With the long ove...
Want to know what it takes to make one of those great-looking The King of Games T-shirts? This behind-the-scenes video reveals all. The Japanese designer retro gamer shirts are notorious for their high prices. But once you see firsthand what... Want to know what it takes to m...
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The cost-free downloads keep on keeping on. This time, psychedelic pop vet Mercury Rev is on board for the giveaway with Strange Attractor, an all-instrumental companion album to their proper release Snowflake Midnight. Both releases are due on September 30...
Hovering between the barebones music distribution service TuneCore and the high-end, name-artists-only TopSpin sits ReverbNation, a site designed for indie musicians to reach out to fans and maintain relationships with them, especially when it comes to managing e-mail lists and...
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