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Eye-catching DIY Transparent iPhone 4 – “We know Black iphone 4 is ordinary now; you can easy find it in the street. In these days white iPhone 4 has become a hot topic and attracted your eyes. But I think white iPhone 4 will also become popular and as the same as ordinary phone. So what should you do? Now you can DIY a transparent iPhone 4!”
USB Plug Goes Both Ways – “In spite of the clear USB mark on its right side, many a times we carelessly try to shove in the USB plug from the wrong side. As a result we manage to damage the head. With the Double U USB port, this will never happen because either ways it’s the right side!”
Verizon iPhone Will Have $30 Unlimited Data Plan – “Customers planning to buy a Verizon iPhone have reason to celebrate today as the company’s COO, Lowell McAdam, has confirmed that there will indeed be a $30 unlimited data plan available for the device. McAdam shared the news with the Wall Street Journal ahead of Verizon’s meeting with investors today….”
NVIDIA Tegra 3, equipped with 1.5GHz quad-core madness, teased by a familiar slide – “How aggressive can NVIDIA get? That’s the question puzzling our brainboxes right now as we gaze upon the complete version of the slide that let us know about a potential Tegra 2 3D chip over the weekend. It’s not every day you hear of a 1.5GHz quad-core mobile SOC…”
The State of Windows 8 – “Beneath a thin surface layer of established fact about Microsoft’s next OS lies a deep pool of rumor and speculation. We plunge in to test the water….”
Why 3D doesn’t work and never will. Case closed. – “I received a letter that ends, as far as I am concerned, the discussion about 3D. It doesn’t work with our brains and it never will…”
Official BATTLE: LOS ANGELES Trailer – In Theaters 3/11
Theoretical walker struts its energy-efficient stuff – “Staggering home from the supermarket laden with bags of shopping, it would be impossible — and more than a little silly — to rock your torso quickly back and forth while swinging your legs in loopy, pendulum-like steps. But if you were able to take a cue from a theoretical walker that does just that, you might save yourself some energy….”
Agency vs Autonomy – “Some of the current Mercedes models do not have dipsticks. If the oil level gets low, the owner is sent an email….”
10 Common First-Aid Mistakes – “Picture this: You’re walking through the woods behind your house and are bitten by a rattlesnake. What would you do?”
Music Industry Braces for the Unthinkable – “After another year of plunging music sales, record company executives are starting to contemplate the unthinkable: The digital music business, held out as the future of the industry, may already be as big as it is going to get….”
Do Not Track – Big 3 Browsers – “Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Microsoft Internet Explorer are all clearly very different browsers. All three have many users and a lot of loyalty, they each have their own design, loading/rendering features, and extension/permission features. When it comes to privacy they all want to help out and they have all announced what they plan to do with their own browsers, but how do they really stack up in online privacy….” See also: Mozilla Proposes ‘Do Not Track’ Addition To Firefox
Ex-Minn. Governor Sues Over Body Scans, Pat-Downs – “Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura sued the Department of Homeland Security and the Transportation Security Administration on Monday, alleging full-body scans and pat-downs at airport checkpoints violate his right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures…”
Take A Trip Through The History of Gaming – “Florian Smolka and some Munich-based game design students have crafted a first person journey into the history of gaming that spans from the late 1950s to present day and beyond, via the perspective of a gamer ratcheting through every console era. Smolka, who directed the film, and his student team have crafted a video that is not only engaging, but takes advantage of a point of view that should be all too familiar to any fan of first person video games…”
Legoland’s Master Builders Aren’t Toying Around – “Believe it or not, a few lucky Lego lovers are able to make a living snapping together bricks in various shapes and sizes at one of the four Legoland amusement parks around the world. Artists like Gary McIntire and Ryan Ziegelbauer, for instance, are paid to click bricks at Legoland California in Carlsbad, Calif…”
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Young inventors prompt colleges to revamp rules – “But the invention also raised a perplexing question when university lawyers abruptly demanded a 25 percent ownership stake and two-thirds of any profits. Who owns the patents and copyrights when a student creates something of value on campus, without a professor’s help?”
LED Headlights Give Your Electric Car An Extra Six Miles – “Because LEDs are more energy efficient, replacing traditional headlights with LEDS would go a long way for plug-in hybrids like the Toyota Plug-In Prius 2012, with just 13 miles of range, or the Chevrolet Volt, with 25 to 50 miles (both cars switch to hybrid or gas mode after exhausting the battery)…”
GOP pushing for ISPs to record user data – “The House Republicans’ first major technology initiative is about to be unveiled: a push to force Internet companies to keep track of what their users are doing. A House panel chaired by Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner of Wisconsin is scheduled to hold a hearing tomorrow morning to discuss forcing Internet providers, and perhaps Web companies as well, to store records of their users’ activities for later review by police….”
Nanny Cams Prove Popular For Parents Of Teen Drivers – “Once upon a time, parents had to be pretty crafty to track their teenagers’ driving habits. Sure, they could look for obvious signs of recklessness like dents and scratches, but hard braking? Aggressive driving? Almost impossible to spot without tailing them from a distance. (Which, of course, our parents did. ALL THE TIME.)..”
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Blocking “rogue gene” may stop cancer spread-study – “British scientists have discovered a “rogue gene” which helps cancer spread around the body and say blocking it with the right kind of drugs could stop many types of the disease in their tracks. Researchers from the University of East Anglia said their findings could lead within a decade to the development of new medicines to halt a critical late stage of the disease known as metastasis, when cancer cells spread to other parts of the body…”
We need a serious critique of net activism – “Evgeny Morozov’s The Net Delusion is the first book from the Belarusian-born foreign policy writer and blogger. Morozov has built a reputation as a sharp and sometimes caustic critic of the internet and “cyber-utopianism” and Net Delusion expands the arguments he’s made elsewhere. I read my review copy with interest; I like Evgeny – the times we’ve met and corresponded, he’s struck me as smart and committed….”
Let’s Hear it for Electric Cars! – “As electric cars hit mainstream markets this year in greater numbers, safety concerns about their operation are on the rise. That’s because, without a combustion engine, electric vehicles operate practically silently….”
Why No One Will Watch the State of the Union – “If President Obama’s planned “call to unity” and pledge to work on centrist initiatives in his second State of the Union speech don’t have you itching to tune in Tuesday night, don’t feel too bad. Not many of your fellow citizens will watch, and even if they do, they’re unlikely to remember what it was they heard….”
For $12,000, Civic Doody – “The Okapi is related to the giraffe, despite its ruddy red coat, and striped socks making it appear the unholy offspring of horse and zebra. Today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Civic is equally confusing, but is its price unholy?”
Scientists identify how to spot a future criminal at the age of THREE – “But scientists claim that children who have low levels of self-control at three are more likely to have health and money problems and a criminal record by the age of 32, regardless of background and IQ…”
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