How to Ditch Your Landline | | | Since the beginning of time -- or what feels like it -- we've been chained to our homes and desks by landlines. Ten years ago, landlines were the main vehicle of communication, used to run a business or keep in touch with family. Today, we have...
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The Oatmeal's Tesla Museum Campaign Hits Goal [INFOGRAPHIC] | | | Less than a week after launching a fundraising campaign to save the Tesla Tower, comic website The Oatmeal has reached its goal -- and then some. Matthew Inman, the site's creator, raised nearly $900,000 for "Operation Let's Build a Goddamn Tesla...
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Logitech Unveils Washable Keyboard | | | Anyone with kids, or perhaps a job where you eat at your desk, knows that food and keyboards don't mix. In fact, they can get pretty sticky and crumb-filled if you don't clean them regularly. Besides using gas duster or wiping with an...
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Mars Rover Curiosity Flexes Robotic Arm for First Time | | | NASA's Mars rover Curiosity flexed its long robotic arm for the first time on the Red Planet Monday, passing a critical health check with flying colors, mission managers say. The rover unfolded the robotic arm and performed an intricate series of...
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Avril Lavigne Engaged to Nickelback Frontman; Internet Asks, WTF? | Tuesday, August 21, 2012 10:43 PM | |
| | Avril Lavigne could soon be the inspiration behind a Nickelback love song. The Canadian singer and fellow Canuck Chad Kroeger, frontman of the rock band everyone loves to hate, announced their engagement Tuesday evening. Internet users had a...
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Pussy Riot Songs Added to 'Protest' Station on Slacker Radio | Tuesday, August 21, 2012 9:57 PM | |
| | Songs from Russian punk band Pussy Riot are now streaming on Slacker Radio's "Protest" station amid public outcry -- online and offline -- around the world for their imprisonment. A judge in Moscow last week convicted three Pussy Riot members for...
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When the News Breaks: 15 On-Air Flubs [VIDEOS] | Tuesday, August 21, 2012 9:29 PM | |
| | Reporting the news can be treacherous. If done right, it can win you awards and critical acclaim. If done wrong, however, you could end up seeing your failure on perpetual repeat on YouTube. It's been awhile since we turned our watchful eye to...
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Why Social Media Can't Win Swing Votes | Tuesday, August 21, 2012 8:58 PM | |
| | The 2012 election is supposedly set to showcase how well candidates understand and leverage the deep nuances of social media and the endless amounts of big data available. Political strategists believe they will identify what people really care...
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How Google Fiber Stacks Up Against Verizon FiOS | Tuesday, August 21, 2012 8:19 PM | |
| | As residents in Kansas City, Kan., and Kansas City, Mo., have three more weeks to petition for Google Fiber's service to come to their neighborhood, many are stacking it up against Verizon FiOS network and its existing packages. But because...
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On Top of Spaghetti, Mitt Romney Is Covered With Cheese | Tuesday, August 21, 2012 7:47 PM | |
| | Political silly season is in full swing and that means a new crop of political incorrectness sprouting up around the interwebs. Exhibit A: Mittballs, a delightfully kooky site that turns presumptive GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney into a...
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Apple vs. Samsung: How Much Copying Is Too Much? | Tuesday, August 21, 2012 7:16 PM | |
| | Everyone knows the story of the Wright brothers and their historic flight in December 1903. What you may not know is that the Orville and Wilbur Wright submitted a patent for their invention months earlier, which was eventually granted in 1906....
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Congressman Todd Akin Removes Fetus From New Webpage | Tuesday, August 21, 2012 6:49 PM | |
| | A newly created webpage for embattled Missouri Republican congressman Todd Akin prominently featured a human fetus and a grammatical error until refreshed versions of the website removed the photograph and fixed the mistake. "I'm pro life and I...
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RIP Nintendo Power: Our 10 Favorite Magazine Covers | Tuesday, August 21, 2012 6:20 PM | |
| | It looks like Nintendo Power -- one of the longest-running video game publications -- is shutting down. For more than 23 years the publication has offered monthly coverage of the Nintendo gaming ecosystem. In 2007, Nintendo stopped publishing the...
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