Monthly Archives: April 2012

7 Rules for Recording Police

Last week the City of Boston agreed to pay Simon Glik $170,000 in damages and legal fees to settle a civil rights lawsuit stemming from his 2007 felony arrest for videotaping police roughing up a suspect. Prior to the settlement, … Continue reading

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Chinese Kid Sells His Kidney for an iPad and iPhone, Suffers Renal Failure

Though you might say youd give your left arm for an iPad, you only mean it figuratively. But one Chinese teen actually sold his kidney to make enough money to buy the Apple tablet and an iPhone, and now five … Continue reading

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These Nanostars Kill Cancer Without Ever Penetrating a Cell

Everyone cant stop talking about how nanotechnology is the future of healthcare, but so far weve not seen many useful applications. Finally, heres one: these nano-scale gold stars can kill cancer cells dead without ever entering them. via These Nanostars … Continue reading

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Scientists Find First Definitive Genetic Links to Autism

Scientists have uncovered several gene mutations that sharply increase the chances of developing autism. Its the first time researchers have pinpointed a specific genetic component with the spectrum of disorders, which includes Aspergers.They also found that the risk is higher … Continue reading

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Mac Flashback Trojan: Find Out If Youre One of the 600,000 Infected

Theres a new Mac trojan thats been floating around, and its terrifying everyone. Its written in an unknown language, doesnt even need your password to compromise you, and now its apparently infected 600,000 users. Heres how to use Terminal to … Continue reading

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Report: Apple Offering New iPad Replacements for Wi-Fi Issues

9to5 Mac has received what appears to be a leaked confidential AppleCare document Apple acknowledges that they are investigating reports of Wi-Fi issues with the new iPad. And that repair centers and Apple stores should replace the 3rd generation units … Continue reading

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Dropbox doubles referral rewards, offers up to 32GB for those dripping in charisma — Engadget

That whole refer a friend thing must be working. Or maybe it isnt. Either way, Dropbox has felt the need to double the extra capacity you get as a reward for persuading your buddies that cloud storage really is 153x … Continue reading

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DisplayFusion: Multi-Monitor Taskbar, Multi-Monitor Screen Savers, HotKeys, Multi-Monitor Wallpaper, Windows Logon Changer and more…

Multiple Monitors Made Easy!DisplayFusion will make your multi-monitor life much easier. With powerful features like Multi-Monitor Taskbars, TitleBar Buttons and fully customizable HotKeys, DisplayFusion will make managing your multiple monitors easy. Take a look at some of the features below … Continue reading

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Remove Paint with a Slow Cooker and Water

Paint removal usually requires a highly toxic chemical to get the job done, but for small metal objects, DIY site The Family Handyman recommends dropping your paint-coated hardware into a slow cooker with some water. Obviously you don’t want to … Continue reading

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Build Your Credit Score Without Credit Cards

We’ve discussed some ways to build credit without a credit card in the past, but the folks at Get Rich Slowly have a few additional suggestions, including taking out a small personal loan with a trusted bank or credit union … Continue reading

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