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The World's Weirdest Wired Clothing
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A phone built into the sleeve of a dress. Gloves that enable you to swipe a touchscreen on the ski slope. Solar-powered backpacks. Here are nine examples of apparel that blurs the line between clothing and tech gear. From a sweatshirt with built-in headphones to a backpack with a solar panel on the bac...
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Facebook Messages: The Worst Thing That Ever Happened
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Facebook announced Monday that its new messaging system is blurring the line between e-mail and social networking, but that decision is the worst thing that ever happened. Facebook said it will slowly be rolling out the new, improved, email-esque messaging system over the next few months. While F...
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Is Black Friday Dead on Arrival?
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This year, if you wait until Black Friday--traditionally one of the most frenzied shopping days of the year--to score some spectacular savings on holiday electronics and tech buys, you may have waited too long. Several retailers, notably Best Buy, Newegg, and Sears, already have started their Bl...
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The Beatles are coming to an iTunes store near you, finally
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The Wall Street Journal is reporting that music from the Beatles will be coming to the iTunes store very soon – with an announcement due tomorrow. This will be the first time that The Beatles popular music has been available in iTunes, which is now over seven years old. The report even goes as far to sugg...
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Google fights back at Facebook, warns users of data protection
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The fight between Google and Facebook has been heating up in recent months, ever since Microsoft joined the social network giant in a massive partnership. TechCrunch spotted that Google is now warning users that exporting their contact data to Facebook might be a bad idea. Before today, Gmail user...
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Super Sized Pensions and A Doomsday Scenario
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Rant Of The Day: Super Sized Pensions and A Doomsday Scenario
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How Not to Piss Off the Internet
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If you've checked out the blogosphere and/or mainstream media recently, you're probably aware of the Cooks Source scandal. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, here's a quick recap for you: Cooks Source magazine lifted a blogger's article from the Internet and, when an apology (and a donatio...
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Early-Bird Black Friday Predictions
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The first Black Friday e-mail alerts are already appearing in my inbox. The day-after-Thanksgiving holiday shopping event has morphed into a season of its own, running from November through Christmas in an effort to get consumers spending. So what will the deals look like this year? First of all, t...
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What Facebook Does To Teenage Girls
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If you came of age without Facebook, you probably regularly find reasons to be grateful for it. But a new survey suggests that despite the risks, social networks can make teen girls more emotionally safe and closer to their friends. A study of 1,000 girls ages 14-17, conducted by the Girl Scouts, foun...
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US Cyber Command achieves 'full operational capability,' international cyberbullies be warned
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A sword, a lightning bolt, a key, a globe, and a bird. These are the symbols of your United States Cyber Command, which you'll be proud to know has "achieved full operational capability." FOC is when a military organization basically has what it needs and knows how to use it, but we're guess...
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All These Terrorist Scares Are Putting In-Flight Wi-Fi At Risk
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Foiled terrorist plots often end with stricter security procedures at airports, but the most recent bomb scares could lead to the loss of something far more precious than our nail clippers: We could lose our in-flight Wi-Fi. We've seen reports that the ink cartridge bombs discovered on several fli...
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12-yo Girl Prevents Kidnapping By Pretending iPod Touch Is a Phone
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This week in Stanton, Delaware, a 12-yo girl was confronted by a man driving a white van. He told her to get in. She held up her iPod Touch and said she'd dialed 911. That may have saved her life. The girl was accosted in the late afternoon this Wednesday by a suspect who's described as a white male, 35-45 ye...
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Sony's 11 Greatest Tech Flops
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Though Sony has produced some of the biggest sellers in consumer electronics, the company's offerings don't always hit the mark. Here are some instances where consumers didn't love Sony's ideas. PC World has the slideshow HERE!
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Microsoft: Our strategy with Silverlight has shifted
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At Microsoft’s Professional Developers Conference (PDC) this week, the future of Silverlight is one topic that has gotten short shrift. There have been no sessions about Silverlight 5 and only one mention of Silverlight in the kick-off keynote. But there were plenty of mentions of HTML 5 and Micro...
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One in ten websites send spam emails
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Spam created by websites surged by 110% since last year. One in ten websites send spam email, says Spam Ratings. The spam research firm revealed spam created by websites has risen by 110 percent since October last year. Furthermore, one in five websites automatically opt-in consumers when it comes...
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Placed another site on the web
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Hey Guys, Just a FYI....... I have placed another site on the web...... one that is less technical, more about gadgets and cool things. http://www.thisrules.net Just thought that I would pass it on!
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End of the Earth Postponed
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End of the Earth Postponed Hmmm -- that's a relief!
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Why companies can't be trusted with our data
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Yes, I’m pretty torqued about the flippant, wrong and error-prone ways companies play fast and loose with our personal data, our privacy and our identities. Let’s face it – these companies are poor, very poor stewards of our information. I’ve had my identity hacked twice at my old college alma mater...
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Dell settles SEC investigation for $100 million
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A federal judge has approved Dell's proposed $100 million settlement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Dell executives, including Michael Dell, promised US District Judge Richard Leon that the company would change its accounting and disclosure practices, and that Michael Dell w...
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The Worst Tech Ads of All-Time
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Earlier this week, we posted about the super-weird, super-creepy new ad for the Logitech Revue Google TV unit, in which a flat screen TV with a giant eyeball and stubby legs dances angrily for the attention of consumers. It's even more terrifying than it sounds. The spot is part of a long tradition of c...
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Facebook founders put $170,000 into pot
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Facebook is a company with some very personal--if public--quirks. While allowing ads that support pot legalization, the company forbids pictures of the evil, coma-inducing plant. Many will be delighted, then, to discover that two of Facebook's co-founders have not foundered when it comes to th...
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Facebook may have your private phone number
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In today's cutting edge world of technology, there have been ongoing battles about privacy online, and privacy features. Facebook is no exception to this, as they have had numerous privacy related concerns. Now users will be struck with paranoia once more by a "feature" in Facebook's i...
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Chicken Nuggets Are Made From This Pink Goop
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This is mechanically separated chicken. Chickens are turned into this goop so we can create delicious chicken nuggets and juicy chicken patties. It's obscenely gross and borderline alien but it's not going to stop me from eating nuggets. They're too good. The process works a little something like...
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Microsoft Wants 'Sick' PCs Banned From the Internet
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The software giant is calling for a collective health policy to certify a computer's health and restrict the Internet access of PCs infected with malware. The problem with PCs infected with bots has stymied security professionals ever since botnets came into wide use among cyber criminals. Attem...
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Facebook Update: New Dashboard, Download Your Info, and Groups
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Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, spoke today at an event at Facebook HQ in Palo Alto, CA. He explained what the company has been working on over the summer during their "intense" employee lockdown period. After explaining the basics of the improvements and problems facing the world of...
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What on Earth is “Cloud” Computing?
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What on Earth is “Cloud” Computing?
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How to Keep Your Kids Safe on Facebook
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Boasting 500 million users worldwide and still growing, Facebook is now ubiquitous. Because of its popularity, minors have jumped onto the social media bandwagon, too, and they use networking the same way adults do--to share pictures, connect with friends, organize events, and play social game...
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'Historic' broadcast of super HD from UK to Japan
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A gig by The Charlatans has been sent to Japan in a first-of-its-kind broadcast of Super Hi-Vision TV. The technology, 16 times sharper than HDTV, has been developed by Japanese public broadcaster NHK. The standard could be used on giant public viewing screens, some of which may be in place for the 20...
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Top 5 Tricks of Identity Thieves
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Blurred Out: 51 Things You Aren't Allowed to See on Google Maps
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Depending on which feature you use, Google Maps offers a satellite view or a street-level view of tons of locations around the world. You can look up landmarks like the Pyramids of Egypt or the Great Wall of China, as well as more personal places, like your ex’s house. But for all of the places that Googl...
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