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How a 1940s' Hollywood Star Helped Make Wireless Technologies Possible

Sep 18, 11:35AM

How a 1940s' Hollywood Star Helped Make Wireless Technologies Possible

Did an exotic actress from Vienna, considered one of the most beautiful women in Hollywood in the 1940s, really invent wireless? Not exactly, but the non-sensationalized facts of the matter are no less fascinating, involving Hollywood, the World War II Axis Powers, and remote control technology.

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Is the Data on Your SSD Secure?

Sep 18, 10:40AM

SSDs are wonderful things that take up next to no space and are incredibly fast to boot. But while most people understand the basics data security on HDDs, the same isn't necessarily true of solid state storage.

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Sasquatch Sightings Across the US and Canada, Visualized

Sep 18, 9:49AM

If you've ever wondered where the true home of sasquatch might be, then this visualization of sightings could help you track the mythical beast down.

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BlackBerry Z30: Can This 5-Incher Win People Back?

Sep 18, 9:10AM

BlackBerry Z30: Can This 5-Incher Win People Back?

While there have been leaks aplenty over the summer, BlackBerry has now officially announced the successor to its all-touch Z10. Say hello to the Z30.

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Virgin Mobile's YouTube page can--if you let it--use your webcam to tell when you blink and change t

Sep 18, 8:57AM

Virgin Mobile's YouTube page can—if you let it—use your webcam to tell when you blink and change the ads each time you do so. It's creepy, but kinda cool.

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How an Engineer Earned 1.25 Million Air Miles By Buying Pudding

Sep 18, 8:40AM

How an Engineer Earned 1.25 Million Air Miles By Buying Pudding

Air Miles are awesome, they can be used to score free flights, hotel stays and if you're really lucky, the scorn and hatred of everyone you come in contact with who has to pay full price when they travel. The king of all virtually free travelers is one David Phillips, a civil engineer who teaches at the University of California, Davis.

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The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Hulu is about to add 144 titles from the BBC to its librar

Sep 18, 8:12AM

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Hulu is about to add 144 titles from the BBC to its library—including Doctor Who, Torchwood, Sherlock, and Luther.

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Offline Viewing Is Coming to YouTube's Mobile Apps

Sep 18, 7:43AM

Offline Viewing Is Coming to YouTube's Mobile Apps

You've been able to pre-cache YouTube videos on Android to watch—while still online—for a while. But by November, you'll be able to watch them offline, too.

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TWTIT: Mick Humphries Can Teach You to Drive

Sep 18, 4:00AM

Make all the Bob the Builder jokes you want, I have never wanted to learn to handle an excavator as much as I do at this very moment.

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What the Next iPad Might Look Like Next to the Current iPad

Sep 18, 3:15AM

Reports have been filed, sources have spoken, parts have leaked and most everybody agrees that the next iPad (iPad 5?) will sport a much thinner bezel than what we're used to from the current iPad. Basically, with the narrower bezel and thinner body, the next iPad will look like a bigger version of the iPad Mini. How does the new design compare to the iPad we know now?

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iPhone 5C Meta-Review: Colorful Plastic Masks Sure Are Fun

Sep 18, 1:24AM

iPhone 5C Meta-Review: Colorful Plastic Masks Sure Are Fun

The iPhone hasn't delved into the recycled slums of plastic since the days of the 3GS. That was way back in 2009. But with the iPhone 5C, colorful plastic is now in vogue. How much better has Apple gotten at doing plastic? How does it compare to other plastic phones? And most importantly, why should we want a plastic phone that packs the same internals as a metal phone released last year?

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iPhone 5S Meta-Review: That Fingerprint Scanner Is Pretty Sweet

Sep 18, 1:16AM

iPhone 5S Meta-Review: That Fingerprint Scanner Is Pretty Sweet

The iPhone 5 was one of the best phones money could buy. The iPhone 5S looks just like the iPhone 5 but packs guts that are even better, improves a camera that was already fantastic and adds a fingerprint scanner that can be either viewed as a game changer or a gimmick. What's the deal?

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R. Kelly: Genius

Sep 18, 1:00AM

R. Kelly is back with a new single called "Genius" and he's singing about his favorite topic: sex, obviously. Hey, the man sticks to what he knows.

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The Bestest Friends Ever Filled a Guy's Entire Home Plumbing with Beer

Sep 18, 12:37AM

Friends don't get better than this. They could always have your back, they could be your groomsmen at your wedding, hell they could even give a kidney to you and they won't ever beat these guys who pranked their friend by replacing his entire home plumbing system with beer. As in every faucet would spew out sweet delicious beer instead of water. As in beers on every tap. It's a dream come true.

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Yep, the iCloud facelift to look a lot more like iOS 7 is finally public now.

Sep 17, 11:59PM

Yep, the iCloud facelift to look a lot more like iOS 7 is finally public now. The iOS 7-designed iCloud website was previously in beta but has now gone wide. This update comes the day before the launch of iOS 7.

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What's the Biggest Living Thing on Earth?

Sep 17, 11:22PM

Dinosaurs! No. Blue whales! No? Pandas? Ha. It really depends on what you consider a thing and what's not a thing. And what's actually living and what's not traditionally considered living but is. And what's on Earth and what's inside Earth. Because if we're counting any sort of organisms, it could very well be mushrooms and trees that take the world's biggest title. [MinuteEarth]

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Tour the Wondrous, Hand-Cranked World of a Modern-Day da Vinci

Sep 17, 9:40PM

This gorgeous experimental film by director Joey Bania explores the unique and dazzlingly creative world of Blair Somerville, resident inventor, tinkerer, and self-described "organic mechanic" of Popotowai, New Zealand. The film, which mixes elements of documentary film making with time-lapse motifs and stop-motion animation, focuses equally on the fruits of his endeavors (the hand-cranked tin can Kraken is especially impressive), his workflow, and his unorthodox design philosophy.

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This NYC Gas Station Is Home to a Temporary Sheep Pasture

Sep 17, 9:20PM

This NYC Gas Station Is Home to a Temporary Sheep Pasture

When most Manhattan real estate developers buy up land to build a new tower, they unceremoniously raze any existing structures. But Michael Shvo, a developer and art collector who recently bought a lot near the High Line with the intention of building a new residential tower, decided to have a little fun first.

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All Arguments Should Be Settled With Lightsaber Thumb Wrestling

Sep 17, 9:00PM

All Arguments Should Be Settled With Lightsaber Thumb Wrestling

If a lightsaber can turn a drunken bar brawl into what appears to be an elegant duel, imagine what it could do for the thumb wrestling matches you have with your roommates to decide on pizza toppings. But you don't have to imagine, because thanks to the 'never say no' attitude of Disney's marketing team, this clever game-in-a-book lets you resolve any debate with a set of miniature thumb-worn lightsabers.

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DARPA Wants a Spacejet That Makes Drones Look Like Paper Planes

Sep 17, 8:58PM

DARPA Wants a Spacejet That Makes Drones Look Like Paper Planes

Putting satellites into orbit is no easy task, especially with the demise of the Space Shuttle program. Which is why DARPA's going to make itself a spacejet.

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Will regular consumers hate or love the new Apple look and feel?

Sep 17, 8:51PM

Will regular consumers hate or love the new Apple look and feel?

iOS 7—Apple's revamped mobile operating system—will be available for all consumers tomorrow. It will be a shock for every John and Jane out there. Will they hate it or love it?

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Facebook Offers Tools To Help Prevent Suicide

Sep 17, 8:37PM

Facebook Offers Tools To Help Prevent Suicide

September is Suicide Prevention Month, and Facebook is sharing a new infographic and a site-wide public service announcement to help users find the resources they need when a friend makes troubling posts on the social network.

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Stop Worrying About the New iPhone's Fingerprint Scanner

Sep 17, 8:23PM

Stop Worrying About the New iPhone's Fingerprint Scanner

Last week's announcement that the new iPhone 5 will include a fancy new fingerprint scanning security system was met with a chorus of protests. What if someone lifts my prints and makes a fake finger and unlocks my phone? What if the government snoops on my phone (more than it already does) and steals my fingerprints?? Oh God, what if muggers cut off my thumbs to unlock my phone when they steal it?!? Relax. None of that's going to happen. Here's why.

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Adobe's Experimental Stylus Just Got Real, And Is Coming Within a Year

Sep 17, 8:09PM

Adobe's Experimental Stylus Just Got Real, And Is Coming Within a Year

When Adobe unveiled its first attempt at building hardware tools—a stylus called Project Mighty and a digital ruler called Project Napoleon—last April, the company was careful to describe the devices as prototypes, dancing around whether we'd ever be able to, you know, buy them. But today, Mighty and Napoleon are real: Adobe has announced that both devices will likely ship in early 2014.

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The Best Rugged In-Ear Headphones

Sep 17, 7:40PM

The Best Rugged In-Ear Headphones

If you like music, you must have good headphones. It's that simple. To do otherwise would be to cheat yourself out of one of life's great pleasures. Why would you want to do that?

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