Sometimes, a bag full of bite-sized, custard-filled, Hello Kitty-shaped pancakes is all you need to be happy. At this storefront in Harajuku, a woman in a pink bandanna in a small pink Hello Kitty-ed ... |
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I've just posted a new short-short story to my podcast: "Sensored" was commissioned by the UK Open University's computer science department for use in My digital life (TU100), its ubiquitous computing... |
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As case classification goes, the BookBook, offered in black and red for 13" and 15" laptops, would fit in the 'hardback leather' category. But where, pray tell, does it go under Dewey? An iPad edition... |
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(CC image: "Distributing surplus commodities, Johns, Ariz.," 1940, Library of Congress) Former BB guestblogger Marina Gorbis, exec director of Institute for the Future, considers how small groups/orga... |
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On January 28, 1986 a retired optometrist named Jack Moss captured the Challenger Space Shuttle disaster on his Betamax camcorder. He never showed it to anyone, but told his pastor, Marc Wessels, abou... |
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Emma says: BirdBox is a physical bird box that turns an iPhone or iPod Touch into a nesting-box cuckoo alarm clock. Touching the clock face reveals the interior of the birdbox, whilst the alarm gently... |
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This sign, spotted by James Fallows of the Atlantic in the Marina district of San Francisco, reminds me of that scene in Clueless where Alicia Silverstone donates her skis to the Pismo Beach Disaster.... |
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Researchers have used brain scans to communicate with individuals in total vegetative states. Scientists at the University of Cambridge asked "yes" or "no" questions of the patients which they answere... |
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This is the first time I thought a Q&A about IM, press events, and World of Warcraft was really romantic: read Geeksugar's pre-V-day interview with tech journalists Ryan Block and Veronica Belmont....... |
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Joshua Tabor, a 27-year-old Army sergeant who served in Iraq for 15 months, was restricted to his Washington state military base after being accused of waterboarding his 4-year-old daughter because sh... |
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Best SNL skit since Black Flag was still together. Dave Grohl? More like Dave LOL. Video at Hulu, and alternate link which may or may not work for non-USA viewers. Or maybe this one. Sorry, region-blo... |
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Cass Sunstein, Administrator of the White House's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, recently suggested that the feds should "cognitively infiltrate" conspiracy theorist hang-outs and anti-... |
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If you have fallen in love with Crazy Heart movie, then you definitely want to download it . Now this is available exclusively here that you would be able to begin enjoying this blockbuster movie onli... |
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If you have fallen in love with Under the Sea 3D movie, then you definitely want to download it . Now this is available exclusively here that you would be able to begin enjoying this blockbuster movie... |
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The following is an excerpt from Chip and Dan Heath’s new book, Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard , which will be released on February 16. One of the most consistent findings in psychol... |
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Apple broke with the consumer electronics industry’s accepted wisdom by designing its own processor chips for the upcoming iPad tablet computer. In the past, Apple persuaded Intel to build a custom ce... |
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Game developers are shifting their attention to the iPhone and starting to ignore the Nintendo Wii, according to Game Developer Research. Developers creating games for mobile phones increased to 25 pe... |
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If I may, I'd like to play devil's advocate to something I wrote a few days ago . To quickly summarize, Boxee took issue with NBCU's Jeff Zucker's characterization that Boxee was some sort of rogue pi... |
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TechCrunch editor Mike Arrington has become a regular on the Charlie Rose. In his sixth appearance on the show, he joins Wall Street Journal gadget overlord Walt Mossberg and The New York Times’ lyric... |
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Currently, there are 59 Democrats (including a turncoat Republican and 2 independents) in the Senate. To gain control of the Senate, Republicans must flip 10 seats. I see 4: Arkansas, Delaware, North ... |
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When the clock runs out on Super Bowl XLIV tomorrow, the Gatorade that gets dumped on the winning coach’s head will be one of three new sports drinks that the beverage company has debuted in Miami ove... |
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The story here is that someone secretly affixed a GPS tracker on a Google Street View camera car and you can follow the car's progress using Google Maps while it's photographing the streets of Berlin.... |
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Bit.ly, the worlds most popular URL shortener announced a new service called Bit.ly pro in mid-December 2009. The service was designed to let bloggers set up custom URL shoreteners using Bit.ly’s well... |
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The Internet has made the list of nominees for the Nobel Peace Prize this year, going up against a Chinese dissident and a Russian human rights activist among others. The nomination was made after a p... |
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The Federal district court handling the Authors Guild’s suit against Google over Google Books has scheduled a hearing on for February 18, 2010 in New York City (after several postponements). The parti... |
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A customer service employee posts a homophobic tweet on Vodafone's official Twitter page. The company is forced to apologize, and he is suspended.Source : Cnet (subscribe)Explore : Information Techno... |
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Five years ago in February 2005, according to legend, the idea of YouTube was born after Chad Hurley and Steve Chen experienced difficulty sharing videos that had been shot at a dinner party at Chen's... |
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In a tweet by Google CEO, Eric Schmidt, we’re instructed to watch out for something during the 3rd quarter of the big game tomorrow. Google hasn’t ever spent much money on marketing their own company ... |
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Before the football madness begins, Endeavour is scheduled to launch early Sunday morning on what will be the first of a final five planned shuttle missions before the shuttle program is retired.Sourc... |
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Google may have a high-profile Super Bowl ad tomorrow, based on a hint from its chief executive Eric Schmidt. He asks Twitter followers this afternoon to pay special attention to ads in the third quar... |
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Scott Rasmussen has tonight’s shocker: President Obama’s job approval among likely voters has plummeted to just 44% approval (26% strongly) and 55% disapproval (41% strongly). This comes 10 days after... |
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Today, the blog Chromium Notes , which is written by a developer who works on the open source project (that Google Chrome is built on top of), posted a very interesting graph: one that shows the numbe... |
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Amazon has the Sony BDVE500W 5.1-Channel High-Definition Blu-ray Home Theater System for $799.99 – $253.20 instant discount + $0 shipping = $546.79 shipped! This system has complete 5.1 channel ... |
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J&R, via Amazon carries the Panasonic SDR-H79K Camcorder for $248 + free shipping = $248 shipped! It has a 60GB hard drive, SD card slot, 70x optical zoom, image stabilization and more. Read Full ... |
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Amazon offers the iHome iP51 Micro Speaker System for iPhone and iPod W/ $15 MP3 Credit for $149.99 – $20.05 instant savings + $0 shipping = $129.94! And don’t forget you’re getting ... |
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TigerDirect.com carries the REFURBISHED Magellan Maestro 5310 GPS for a really reasonable price. This device has a 5-inch touchscreen, text to speech, ultra thin build, SD card slot, 3 hour battery a... |
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Onecall.com has the lowest price for the Boston Acoustics HS 225 Mist Horizon Series 2-Way L/C/R Loudspeaker. This speaker has dual 5.25-inch woofers, 1-inch tweeter, video shielding and built-in wal... |
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Amazon sells the LG 42LH50 42-Inch Broadband LCD HDTV for $1,195.95 – 35% instant savings + $0 shipping = $779.99 shipped! It can stream Netflix and Youtube, has a 1920×1080 resolution, 120... |
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The Samsung BD-P2500 Blu-ray Player, which is REFURBISHED in this instance, is BD-Live ready (2.0), full HD, DVD upscaling, HDMI output and does Netflix instant streaming. It’s $399.99 – ... |
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Buy.com, via Amazon has the Sony PRS-300SC Reader Pocket Edition Silver Digital Reader for $199.99 – $30 instant savings + $0 shipping = $169.99 shipped! It has a 5-inch display, 512mb of storag... |
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Newegg has the Western Digital WDBAAN0000NBK-NESN Network Media Player W/ $10 Gift Card at a solid price. This media player does 1080p, can stream media from a variety of sites, has USB inputs (USB f... |
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The Pentax K-x Digital SLR Lens Kit w/ DA L 18-55mm Lens has 12.4 megapixel sensor, 2.7-inch LCD, face detect, 720p HD movie mode, scene mode for a wide variety of scenarios, 4.7fps, SD card slot, 11 ... |
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Amazon carries the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH1 SLR Digital Camera Kit w/14-140mm Lens for $1,499.95 – $280 instant savings + $0 shipping = $1,219.95 shipped! It has a four thirds 12.1 megapixel sens... |
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Abe’s of Maine has a Web best price via a coupon for the Samsung BD-P1600 Blu-ray Disc Player. Features include the ability to stream Netflix/Pandora/Etc, DVD upscaling, BD-Live, 2USB ports, Wi... |
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Dell Home has the Vizio VT470M 47-inch LCD TV W/ VMT37-60S Ultra Slim Tilt Mount for $1,099 – $250 instant savings + $0 shipping = $849 shipped! It does 120hz refresh rate, 1920×1080 resol... |
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Amazon offers the Magellan RoadMate 1412 4.3-inch GPS for $299.99 – $200 instant savings + $0 S&H = $99.99! This GPS has the following features:
4.3-inch touchscreen
6 million POIs
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THIS DEAL ENDS 2/28. TigerDirect has a sick price on the Patriot PCMPBO25 Box Office All-in-One Media Player and PCBOWAV2-G Wireless USB Adapter Bundle. This player, which includes a wireless adapte... |
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Dell Small Biz has a new low price for the Palm (1065NA) Treo Pro Smartphone (unlocked). Features of this handset, aside from the fact that it’s unlocked and ready to be used with AT&T or T... |
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alphadogg writes "The US Patent and Trademark Office has agreed to review a controversial patent issued in 2001 that is claimed to cover much of the technology underlying VoIP. The patent, held by a s... |
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A new report by Game Developer Research reveals that the number of developers working on games for the iPhone continues to rise, roughly doubling in number from last year. At the same time, the amount... |
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krupert writes to let us know that the civil liberties committee of the European Parliament has voted to revoke the data-sharing arrangement by which US intelligence agencies have access to EU banking... |
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seek3r sends news of a recent test of six web application security scanning products, in which the scanners missed an average of 49% of the vulnerabilities known to be on the test sites. Here is a PDF... |
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Dotnaught writes "In a blog post, Walter Luh, co-founder of Ansca Mobile and a former employee of both Apple and Adobe, recounts how Apple once promoted Flash on the iPhone then changed its mind becau... |
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Over the years we've discussed the possible health risks of cellphone and other microwave radiation: studies from Israel and Sweden indicating a link between cellphone use and cancer, one from England... |
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The Wii Pedestal Base from NewPCGadgets.com is an acrylic organizer that helps to keep your Nintendo Wii console, controllers and games in one tidy space. You can buy one to clean up your gaming area ... |
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The Nubrella is a very clever remake of the ordinary umbrella. It’s a bubble shaped cover that you can strap under your shoulders so that you can even use it hands free. As long as you don’... |
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At $18.99, Starmap Pro is much more expensive than most iPhone apps, but amateur astonomers of all levels will find it very useful. There is data for 2.5 million stars, multip... |
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I'm here at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, in preparation for the launch of STS-130 and the Space Shuttle Endeavour. After a brief spell of heavy rain last evening, the skies cle... |
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Thanks to Extech for giving away all this swag! And it keeps getting better. Not only was the RC100 upgraded to a RC200, but there are TEN of them now, and TEN pen-style multimeters! Hot dog! Still ... |
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