| Japan's Fastest Train Floats on Magnetic Tracks | |  | Japan's JR Central Railway Company recently unveiled plans for a new high-speed train propelled by magnetic fields. Reaching speeds of more than 310 mph, the Series Lo prototype is a maglev train, meaning it runs on varying shifts in horizontal...
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| This Keychain Lightning Connector Is Perfect for Emergency Charges | | Thursday, November 29, 2012 11:55 PM | |
|  | If you're spending long hours at the office or in school, we're betting your smartphone doesn't survive the day without a full charge away from home. But, what happens when you forget your Lightning connector at home and all your friends carry...
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| 10 Ambitious iPhone Apps, Accessories for Your Workout | | Thursday, November 29, 2012 11:14 PM | |
|  | So begins the busiest time of year - the holiday season. What with end-of-year product announcements, family plans, travel arrangements and flu season, health and fitness might not be top of mind. Whether it's getting a head start on New Year's...
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| Your Smartphone Knows You So Well It's Scary | | Thursday, November 29, 2012 10:28 PM | |
|  | Smartphones offer a motherlode of convenience, in large part because of how much information they retain and, essentially, how well they know us. But is it possible they know a little too much? The average consumer might be in for an unpleasant...
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| 14 Bizarrely Awesome Rap Cover Videos | | Thursday, November 29, 2012 9:52 PM | |
|  | Cover songs can be fun to jam out to -- especially when they're performed by the very last type of artist you'd expect. In the gallery above, we've thrown together 14 of the strangest rap covers as played by ... well, not rap artists. Check out...
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| Alleged WikiLeaks Source Bradley Manning Takes the Stand | | Thursday, November 29, 2012 9:00 PM | |
|  | Bradley Manning, the army private accused of leaking diplomatic documents and secret files to WikiLeaks, finally made his voice heard Thursday, as he took the stand at a pretrial hearing in Fort Meade, Md. Manning's lawyers are asking the judge...
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| NFL Star Tweets to Fan: "F ur" Fantasy Points | | Thursday, November 29, 2012 8:38 PM | |
|  | Fans constantly harangue athletes on Twitter over fantasy sports stats, and NFL star Chris Johnson is apparently sick of the nagging and abuse. Johnson posted a seemingly innocuous tweet late on Thursday afternoon in which he mentioned the movie...
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| 'Fantastical' Mac Calendar App Makes its Way to iPhone | | Thursday, November 29, 2012 8:17 PM | |
|  | Fantastical, the popular OS X calendar, released an app for iPhone Thursday. Sharing many of the same features as the Mac version of the app, Fantastical makes keeping up with both your work and home life easy to do. A DayTicker at the top of the...
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| Bo Woofs Around the White House Christmas Tree | | Thursday, November 29, 2012 7:58 PM | |
|  | We all wish for a white Christmas, but what about a White House Christmas? Things around the presidential suite get jolly this time of year and who better to show us the tree and presents than the First Dog? Bo gives us a first-paw look at what...
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| Gadget-Charging Backpack Is a Clever Gift for Globetrotters | | Thursday, November 29, 2012 7:36 PM | |
|  | [wp_scm_giftoftheday] The gadget-charging Powerbag is a (battery) lifesaver for commuters and travelers who like to occupy their time during layovers with texts, emails, games and e-books. The sturdy backpack can charge up to four devices at once...
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| What DNA Actually Looks Like | | Thursday, November 29, 2012 7:17 PM | |
|  | DNA, we are taught early on, is colorful. The building block of life is not just a whirligig-like twist, its purines and pyrimidines neatly paired and labeled. It is also an explosion of primary reds and blues and greens and yellows, the As and...
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| How Facebook Tagged Me as a Copyright Violator | | Thursday, November 29, 2012 7:06 PM | |
|  | [wp_scm_op_ed] I am a copyright violator, and Facebook knows it. At least, I was up until early this morning, when Facebook took action to enforce the copyright on the cover photo I had uploaded the day before. As a fan of the UK show Doctor Who,...
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| Band Constructs Stop-Motion Music Video With Instagram | | Thursday, November 29, 2012 6:56 PM | |
|  | Indie band The Plastics Revolution of Tres Marías, Mexico, created a dreamy music video for the cheerful song "Invasión" with 1,905 Instagram photos. Instead of video, the filmmakers shot still photography, which they ran through Instagram...
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| Nobody Knows Where Countries That Voted Against Palestine Are | | Thursday, November 29, 2012 6:43 PM | |
|  | Lesser-known countries Micronesia, Palau and Nauru are among the nine states that voted against Palestine's statehood bid in the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday afternoon. That lead many a Twitter user to wonder: Where in the world...
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| This Facebook App Gives Annoying Friends a 'Time Out' | | Thursday, November 29, 2012 6:36 PM | |
|  | Sure, you have the option to hide any objectionable post in your News Feed (it's under a small arrow that appears to the right of any given post). You can also mute or unfriend people entirely. But where's the fun in that? How will your offensive...
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