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Category Archives: News
The New X PRIZE Wants to Save Your Life, Star Trek Style
The X PRIZE Foundation and Qualcomm are partnering to try to make the Tricorder—Star Treks famous health-diagnosing gadget—a reality. They are offering up $10 million in purse money. This may be the most practical X PRIZE yet.The gadget that takes … Continue reading
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Worm Infects 45,000 Facebook Users, Then Goes After Their Friends
Most of the time when you click on a Facebook link that a friend has posted, you get something nice. An amusing photo of a man embarrassed by his decisions. A video of Maru jumping into a box. But, if … Continue reading
Here’s What Last Night’s Occupy Wall Street Raid Looked Like Through Cellphones
Early this morning, Mayor Bloomberg had the NYPD clear out Zuccotti Park—the site for the Occupy Wall Street encampment—on the grounds that the protestors were, umm, really gross and posed a health risk. A judge has since issued a temporary … Continue reading
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Leaked BlackBerry London is real, launching in Q3
We’ve just heard from a trusted source that the dummy device The Verge posted an image of earlier today is indeed a real BlackBerry, and it should in fact launch as the company’s first BBX-based smartphone. Our source told us that the … Continue reading
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Apple iPhone 4S now available for $99… in Puerto Rico
purchase an unlocked iPhone 4S within the US officially, but folks in the outlying territory of Puerto Rico have some tempting options if they’ll go the long-term contractual route. The region’s division of carrier, Claro, is now selling the Siri-packed … Continue reading
Apple’s US online store begins selling unlocked, contract-free iPhone 4S: $649 and up — Engadget
You can’t expect to see one for “one to two weeks,” but those hellbent on holding out for an unlocked iPhone 4S here in the US of A can finally snag one without jetting off to Australia (among other places). … Continue reading
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Congress Can Shove the Robocall Bill up Its Pork-Fed Ass
Since 1991, marketing robocalls in the US have been as tightly regulated as medicine, meth, and murder. But if HR 3035 makes its way through Congress, it’s going to be open season for the automatons to call your cellphone. Do … Continue reading
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Patient Gets First Lab-Grown Blood Transfusion Ever
Ever worried what would happen if we ran out of blood in hospitals? Fear no more! Because the first patient ever has been given lab-grown blood—and survived.Earlier this week we told you about scientists who have managed the miracle of … Continue reading
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Infinite Hero
For decades, Oakley has supported the military by developing new technologies that improve the safety, performance and comfort of those whose lives depend on their gear. The company provides the very best to our men and women in uniform. Inspired … Continue reading
Some Evil Fascist Congressmen Tried to Overturn Net Neutrality and then the Good Ones Protected It and then America Won
Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, apparent hater of the internet, decided she had enough of America using it to easily gain access to information, news and Nyan Cat. So she demanded that congress overturn the FCC’s Net Neutrality policy. Today, … Continue reading
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