#photoshopcontest Click here to read Insert Today's Gadgets Into Early 90's Culture

Insert Today's Gadgets Into Early 90's Culture

The early 90's were pretty rad, but the gadgets weren't really all that great. Landlines and Windows 3.1 were the norm. Bummer! Let's rewrite some history and fix these issues. More »
07/30/10
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#gaming Click here to read What's the Best Graphics Card for StarCraft II?

What's the Best Graphics Card for StarCraft II?

The gang over at TechSpot loaded up the newly-released StarCraft II on what seems like a hundred different PC setups to determine what the best hardware setup for the insanely popular real-time strategy game is. Here are the results: More »
07/29/10
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#rants Click here to read Has Apple Forgotten About Its Remote App?

Has Apple Forgotten About Its Remote App?

One of my favorite and most-used iPhone apps is Apple's Remote app. It lets me remotely control iTunes, which is streaming to my living room stereo via an Airport Express. But why hasn't it been updated in over 8 months? More »
07/29/10
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#html Click here to read In North Korea, Even the HTML Coding Is Very Strong

In North Korea, Even the HTML Coding Is Very Strong

Hmmmm, I'm not sure what message they're trying to send with the source code of the official webpage of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. [Daily WTF via The Daily What] More »
07/29/10
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#youtube Click here to read YouTube Increasing Upload Limit from 10 to 15 Minutes

YouTube Increasing Upload Limit from 10 to 15 Minutes

Since YouTube's launch, the longest video you could upload was 10 minutes. No longer! Boing Boing reports that in the near future, that limit will rise to 15 minutes. More »
07/29/10
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#trailerfrenzy Click here to read Check out the full Thor trailer and get hammered

Check out the full Thor trailer and get hammered

Now you can see the Thor trailer that debuted at Comic-Con, and check out how everybody looks, from Loki to Destroyer. It's an action-packed introduction to a movie that looks like pure superhero goodness. More »
07/29/10
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By Annalee Newitz
#privacy Click here to read 100 Million Facebook Profile Pages Leaked to Torrent Site

100 Million Facebook Profile Pages Leaked to Torrent Site

A 2.8GB torrent is floating around out there containing data from 100 million Facebook profiles. But don't freak out: all the data was already available publicly. More »
07/28/10
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By Adam Frucci
#thisisawesome Click here to read What it feels like to ride on the back of a rocket into the upper atmosphere

What it feels like to ride on the back of a rocket into the upper atmosphere

A Nexus One smart phone got launched 28,000 feet into the atmosphere, riding on the back of a rocket, and captured the whole ride on video. Yes, it's a little dizzying (rockets spin as they fly) but still awesome. More »
07/28/10
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By Annalee Newitz
#photoshopcontest

165 More Photoshopped Publicity Photos for BP

Last week, I asked you to help BP out with Photoshopping their publicity photos, something they clearly were having a hard time with. And wow, you delivered a deluge of images, each one more embarrassing for BP than the last. More »
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07/28/10
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BP Photoshops Gallery

07/28/10
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#badnews

Your Boxspring Could Be Acting as a Gigantic, Cancer-Causing Radiation Antenna

The breast cancer rate is 10% higher on people's left side than right. Why? Some researchers think it's because people tend to sleep on their right side, and their boxsprings are pulling in electromagnetic radiation from FM and TV transmissions. More »
07/28/10
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#imagecache

Man vs. Gigantic Robot Scorpion

OK, so really it's a dude controlling that gigantic arm, which is about to pick up a smaller robot and hurl it to the ground. But still, he seems perilously close. [Survival Research Laboratories via Boing Boing] More »
07/27/10
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By Adam Frucci
#japan Click here to read Google Earth Used to Showcase Nagasaki A-Bomb Info

Google Earth Used to Showcase Nagasaki A-Bomb Info

The Nagasaki Archive is a website that combines Google Earth with a boatload of data on the bombing of Nagasaki, including photos of survivors and the locations of destroyed buildings, to great effect. [Nagasaki Archive via Japan Probe] More »
07/27/10
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By Adam Frucci
#furniture

The Cardboard Media Center Is a Step Up from Cinderblocks and Planks

The standard cheapo dorm room media center is a few cinderblocks and a few two-by-fours. But that is a pretty ugly and cliched solution. This Freefold shelving system is instead made of cardboard, and it actually looks pretty slick. More »
07/27/10
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By Adam Frucci
#photography Click here to read $45 Yard Sale Find Turns Out to Be $200 Million Worth of Lost Ansel Adams' Negatives

$45 Yard Sale Find Turns Out to Be $200 Million Worth of Lost Ansel Adams' Negatives

Rick Norsigian found a couple of boxes full of glass negatives at a yard sale and bought them for $45, negotiated down from $70, 10 years ago. Now, he's discovered that they're early photographs of Ansel Adams worth $200 million. More »
07/27/10
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By Adam Frucci
#tv Click here to read Pitchmen Returns for Season Two Sans Billy Mays

Pitchmen Returns for Season Two Sans Billy Mays

Pitchmen, the Discovery Channel reality series about infomercial pitchmen starring Anthony "Sully" Sullivan is returning next month, but without one key element: the late Billy Mays. More »
07/26/10
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By Adam Frucci
#shirts Click here to read Anti-3D Shirt Sums Up My Feelings Exactly

Anti-3D Shirt Sums Up My Feelings Exactly

The backlash continues at Threadless! Weep for the 3D glasses manufacturers. [Threadless] More »
07/26/10
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By Adam Frucci
#voting Click here to read Could This Electronic Voting System Make Fraud Impossible?

Could This Electronic Voting System Make Fraud Impossible?

Electronic voting is clearly here to stay, but it's been plagued with accusations of fraud and insecurity at nearly every election since it was introduced. But voting systems designer David Bismark may have a solution. More »
07/26/10
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By Adam Frucci
#space Click here to read 3D-Camera-Equipped Mars Curiosity Rover Takes First Steps

3D-Camera-Equipped Mars Curiosity Rover Takes First Steps

The next Mars rover, dubbed Curiosity, is due to launch next fall and land on the red planet in August of 2012. But just today, it took its very first steps in a clean room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. More »
07/26/10
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By Adam Frucci
#surveillance Click here to read Tiny Surveillance Aircraft Can Charge Itself By Landing On Power Lines

Tiny Surveillance Aircraft Can Charge Itself By Landing On Power Lines

The engineers at MIT have come up with a way for tiny surveillance aircraft to never have to return to base. By enabling them to latch on to power lines, they can charge themselves up whenever they want. More »
07/22/10
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