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There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web.
Before the days of the Web, we had to get our giant ...
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What we're watching tonight:
ABC (720p) has 'V' at 8 p.m. and the season finale of 'Dancing with the Stars' at 9 p.m.
CW (1080i) airs '90210' at 8 p.m. and 'Melrose Place' at 9 p.m.
CBS (1080i) has 'NCIS' at 8 p.m. 'NCIS: LA' at 9 p.m. and 'The Good Wife' at 10 p.m.
Discovery ...
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We should've seen this one coming a mile away. The hottest trend in the music business, Auto-Tune , has arrived on the hottest social-networking site on the Web, Facebook . Thanks to a new Facebook app from Sony , you can now Auto-Tune your status update. According to Mashable , after ...
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Sony
Monday marked the fifth birthday of the most successful, massively multi-player online game in history -- ' World of Warcraft .' 'WoW,' as it's otherwise known, is an expansion of the popular 'Warcraft' franchise, and has become far more successful than publisher Blizzard could have ...
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It wasn't too long ago that Google Maps took to the streets with its army of camera-equipped cars as it embarked on its quest to photograph every avenue in the world. As they archived all these random images of daily life and human existence, they captured more than their fair share of comedic, ...
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Sports teams have a dubious relationship with Twitter . The LPGA loves the darn service , while the NBA penalizes on-court micro-bloggers . The NFL and college football are still feeling out their roles in the Twitterverse, and coaches are leading the way. For some, the service is tougher to ...
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After he heard the latest news about one of his players and Twitter, we're sure that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, from his towering New York office building, gave out a great barbaric yawp: "I told you so!" According to Mashable, New York Jets wide receiver David Clowney has had his ...
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Good rule of thumb when browsing the Internet : If it looks lurid, promises nudity, or displays scantily clad women, don't click on it.
For some reason or another, many out there haven't yet figured this out and have helped to spread around Facebook a nasty worm that tells users to "Click ...
Online
Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines....
Our beloved freedom of speech obviously entitles people to criticize government officials without fear of reprisal, but it also entitles people to be racist morons. Google has posted an apology over such behavior -- ...
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It seems James Kromer had it all figured out. He was gonna do it, once and for all. The FBI had been controlling his brain with a mind-reading device for far too long. Kromer had to put an end to it. And he almost did -- until he messed up the address.
The 36-year-old Minnesotan crashed his ...
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Our friends over at Engadget obsessively cover everything new in gadgets and consumer electronics, which is why we compile this daily roundup of their top stuff (or, at least, what we think is tops). For more details on any of these stories, click on the Engadget links in each story below. ...
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So, you just shelled out 2,700 big ones to relax in a replica of Captain's Kirk's space throne , but, as you bask in your geeky glory, you abruptly realize that the rest of the apartment is unacceptably barren of other 'Star Trek' accoutrements. Making your own paraphernalia is always an ...
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Police in Calabasas, California are investigating the assault of a 12-year-old boy that, they believe, may have been inspired by a Facebook post declaring this past Friday, November 20th " Kick a Ginger Day ." "Kick a Ginger Day" began in 2008, borne out of a ' South Park ' episode that ...
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You'd think uninstalling applications, games, and the rest would be as simple as dumping the icon into the recycling bin, but the truth is that computer programs distribute their files all over your PC. While that may not seem like a big deal, after a while those bits and pieces add up and ...
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What we're watching tonight:
CBS (1080i) has 'How I Met Your Mother' at 8 p.m., 'Accidentally On Purpose' at 8:30 p.m., 'Two and a Half Men' at 9 p.m., 'The Big Bang Theory' at 9:30 p.m. and 'CSI: Miami' at 10 p.m.
ABC (720p) has 'Dancing with the Stars' at 8 p.m. and 'Castle' at ...
Home Theater
HDTV
Want greener energy without having to install large, gaudy solar panels on your house? Join the club. But what was once wishful thinking might soon be reality. According to ABC Science , scientists have created a way to harness sunlight and convert it into electricity by connecting a ...
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The New York Times Gadgetwise blog has found an interesting use for Shazam's iPhone app -- detecting lip-synchers. It turns out that true live performances will turn up as unrecognizable when you attempt to identify them with 'Shazam.'
The app takes the snippets of a song that you record, ...
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While most of us organize excess lengths of cable by hiding them from view, an artist named Maisie Maud Broadhead has decided to expose the detritus of modern technological life and put it to decorative use. Her 'Cable Drawings' are wonderfully simple in both concept and material, but it's ...
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Much of our Web perusal can be broken down into two distinct types: scanning and in-depth reading. Longer-form articles tend to be easier to read on a single, scrollable page, so the print/one-page option (if available) and some ninja-fast text-resizing can sometimes improve a piece's ...
