| 10 Cute Animals Walking Like Humans | | Friday, February 22, 2013 10:31 PM | Eric Larson |
| It thinks it's people! Check out our collection of animals walking on two legs -- it's just as funny as it sounds.
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| Thinglist Is a Simple App for Saving Ideas and Recommendations | | Friday, February 22, 2013 10:10 PM | Seth Fiegerman |
| What do you do after the website you created gets sold off for the second time in a year? Start making iPhone apps, apparently. Forrst, an online community for designers and developers, was acquired by Zurb in January after having previously been acquired and then largely overlooked by Colourlovers last March.
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| Mini Abe Lincoln Gets Pumped Up for Oscars | | Friday, February 22, 2013 9:37 PM | Annie Colbert |
| Expect mini Abraham Lincoln to bring in 'da (Illi)noise and 'da funk at Sunday's Academy Awards. The tiny statesman tossed his stovepipe hat aside to pump iron and hit the spa in preparation for his big night.
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| Nike+ Users Could Power 6,700 Houses Daily | | Friday, February 22, 2013 9:09 PM | Sam Laird |
| To mark the one-year anniversary of FuelBand energy-tracking device, Nike shared with us some interesting stats about how active users are.
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| Body Suit Gives You Real-Life 'Spidey Sense' | | Friday, February 22, 2013 8:38 PM | Discovery News |
| When it comes to recreating Spider-Man’s superpowers, those silly string-blasting, wrist-mounted “web shooter” toys are mere child’s play, at least compared to what Victor Mateevitsi has up his sleeve.
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| 8 Questions We Still Have About the PlayStation 4 | | Friday, February 22, 2013 8:16 PM | Chelsea Stark |
| Sony announced the PlayStation 4 with a lot of fanfare and in-your-face visuals. The two-hour presentation inundated the media and gaming industry with a lot of pretty lights and sounds, but left more questions that needed answering. While we're not expecting to see the PlayStation 4 on store shelves until late in the year, there's a lot we hope to learn before then.
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| Positive TV Improves Kids' Behavior, Study Says | | Friday, February 22, 2013 7:50 PM | Eric Larson |
| A study from the University of Washington suggests positive TV-viewing among preschoolers might lead to better behavior. But, researchers say, the results seemed to fade over time.
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| Microsoft: Yes, We Got Hacked Too | | Friday, February 22, 2013 7:29 PM | Emily Price |
| Microsoft confirmed on Friday afternoon that it too was a victim of the same type of attack that affected Facebook and Apple earlier this month. The company chose to not make a statement earlier this month while it was investigating the event, a move it says is consistent with its security response practices.
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| Girl's Curling Iron Disaster Goes Viral | | Friday, February 22, 2013 7:08 PM | Neha Prakash |
| Tori Locklear was a simple Internet do-gooder. She took to YouTube to try and teach the rest of us hair-novices how to properly curl hair with hopes of bringing more glamour to the world. Unfortunately, Locklear had yet to really grasp the dos and don'ts of hair management with a curling iron, and instead of ending up with perfectly-quaffed hair, she ended up with perfectly-fried hair.
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| White House Directive Expands Access to Scientific Research | | Friday, February 22, 2013 6:45 PM | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai |
| The White House announced today a new directive expanding access to publicly funded scientific research, which could pave the way for scientific papers to be available on the Internet — for free.
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| Mark Zuckerberg to Sergey Brin: 'I Can't Wait for Google Glass' | | Friday, February 22, 2013 6:23 PM | Chris Taylor |
| For connoisseurs of corporate conflict, the cold war between Facebook and Google is hardly a satisfying one. Sure, the two tech giants have rival social networks, and there's little in the way of collaboration between them.
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| 3D-Printed Rocket Parts Will Take NASA to Mars | | Friday, February 22, 2013 6:03 PM | Amanda Wills |
| NASA engineers are building the largest rocket ever constructed -- one that will eventually take us beyond the moon -- using 3D-printed materials.
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| Apple Pop-Up Museum to Display Rare Artifacts | | Friday, February 22, 2013 5:46 PM | Samantha Murphy |
| Want to see a rare collection of Apple artifacts, from the original Apple and Lisa computer to the earliest edition iPod? Now you can.
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| New NYPD Team Will Hunt Down Lost iPhones With Apple's Help | | Friday, February 22, 2013 5:37 PM | Alex Fitzpatrick |
| The New York Police Department is building a team whose sole mission is tracking down stolen iPhones and iPads with a helping hand from Apple, according to a report. The new squad of iCops, first reported by the New York Post, will work with Apple to find the thousands of Apple devices lifted every year.
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| Gollum's Precious Version of 'I Dreamed a Dream' | | Friday, February 22, 2013 5:18 PM | Neha Prakash |
| Sure, it's pretty distressing to hear Fantine's story in Les Miserables, the Broadway-play-turned-Oscar-nominated-film. The character, most recently played by Anne Hathaway, gets into some iffy situations. But you know who has a really sad story? Gollum from Lord of the Rings. He loses his only ring to a bunch of greedy boys and has nothing left to live for.
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| Humane Society's Vine Lands Adorable Cat a New Home | | Friday, February 22, 2013 5:01 PM | Zoe Fox |
| It didn't take long for non-profits to catch the Vine bug. As soon as Twitter launched the new Vine app, Becca Meyers of the New York Humane Society shared a six-second clip of cat Parker from the non-profit's newly minted account. Last Friday, Parker went home with his new permanent owner, who says she adopted him because of the adorable video shared to Vine.
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| Is Facebook Identity the Key to Concert Ticket Sales? | | Friday, February 22, 2013 4:52 PM | Lance Ulanoff |
| We’ve all had the experience: You favorite musician is finally going on tour and there’s a concert in your area. You want good seats, so you queue up at your computer to be among the first to buy tickets. However, within seconds of the on-sale time, all the good seats are sold out – sometimes the entire show is sold out.
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| Why Google Glass Could Be Bad For Your Eyes | | Friday, February 22, 2013 4:31 PM | Samantha Murphy |
| Google Glass isn't even out yet, and people are heralding the part-camera, part-mobile device as the future — a revolutionary product that will surely change the way we use (and view) technology. But some vision specialists are worried the high-tech specs, which you'll be able to wear on your head, could lead to health issues, including eye strain, headaches and neck pain.
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| Study Shows iPhone 300% More Reliable Than Samsung Smartphones | | Friday, February 22, 2013 4:07 PM | Emily Price |
| A new report from product Q & A site FixYa found that the iPhone was more reliable than smartphones made by Motorola, Samsung and Nokia. The study looked at data from 722,558 problem reports listed on the site, and combined that information with market share data from StatCounter to create an ultimate reliability score for each smartphone manufacturer.
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| Matboard is Like Pinterest For Inspiring Creative Professionals | | Friday, February 22, 2013 3:58 PM | Seth Fiegerman |
| Pinterest's motto is that "no matter what you're interested in, there's a place for it here," but Austin Phillips has found this to be problematic for creative professionals using the service who want to find very specific content.
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| Northern Lights Dance in Spectacular Time-Lapse Videos | | Friday, February 22, 2013 3:50 PM | Space.com |
| Jaw-dropping displays of the northern lights can be seen in a stunning series of time-lapse videos captured in Sweden this month by astrophotographer Chad Blakley. Blakley has been filming in Sweden's Abisko National Park, which offers a view of glowing aurora borealis over snowy mountains. Swooshing and swirling green northern lights can be seen glimmering in a deep purple sky in the videos, which were shot over a 13-day stretch.
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| The Ultimate Mashup of 'Best Picture' Oscar Winners | | Friday, February 22, 2013 3:36 PM | Neha Prakash |
| From Wings to The Artist, the Academy Awards have been recognizing excellence in film for more than eight decades. This year's ceremony happens Sunday, but before crowning the next film into silver screen history, relive the greatest moments of award-winning films of years past through this mashup.
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| FTC Settlement: HTC Must Patch Security Vulnerabilities | | Friday, February 22, 2013 3:21 PM | Alex Fitzpatrick |
| HTC America has been ordered to develop and release software patches to address widespread security vulnerabilities that have potentially affected millions of HTC devices as part of a settlement deal announced by the Federal Trade Commission Friday. As included in the terms of the settlement, the phone manufacturer will be subject to independent security assessments every other year for the next 20 years.
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| Google Doodle is a Glorious Gorey Tribute | | Friday, February 22, 2013 3:09 PM | Chris Taylor |
| G is for Google, whose Doodles we crave. It's also for Gorey, 12 years in his grave. Edward Gorey, pen-and-ink artist extraordinaire, would have turned 88 on Friday (he died in 2000). Google has honored the illustrator's birthday with a Gorey-style Doodle, incorporating his characters and employing a Gorey-style color scheme.
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| Michelle Obama and Jimmy Fallon Compare Game Faces on Twitter | | Friday, February 22, 2013 3:09 PM | Annie Colbert |
| Michelle Obama drops by Late Night With Jimmy Fallon tonight to talk fitness and — hopefully — perform a duet with Questlove on a "Sweatin' to the Oldies" slow jam. Fingers crossed on that second part. Fallon and the FLOTUS prepped for the appearance by exchanging a series of tweets that escalated to a battle of the game faces. The 140 character back and forth started innocuously enough: So honored to have @flotus on the show tonight.
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| Kids Reenact This Year's 'Best Picture' Oscar Nominees | | Friday, February 22, 2013 2:27 PM | Neha Prakash |
| Let's just put this out there — not many people watch all the Oscar nominated movies. Even if you manage to see 'em all, they don't always live up to the hype. So who's going to lay down the truth? Who are the harshest critics in the biz? Kids, obviously — they do say the darndest things after all.
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| Google Glass May Arrive For Consumers by End of Year | | Friday, February 22, 2013 2:10 PM | Emily Price |
| Can’t wait to get your hands on Google Glass? You might not have to wait much longer. In an interview, Google Glass product director Steve Lee told The Verge that it plans to have a “fully-polished” version of Glass available for consumers by the end of 2013. Even better? Glass will be priced at less than $1500 when it goes on sale.
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| Hands On With the Pretty, Pricey Google Chromebook Pixel | | Friday, February 22, 2013 1:58 PM | Chris Taylor |
| The Chromebook Pixel, that high-definition touchscreen laptop Google launched Thursday, isn't for everyone. At $1299 and $1449 for the wi-fi and LTE versions respectively, it certainly isn't for every budget. Many potential purchasers will be aghast that what you get for that is a laptop basically running the Chrome browser, albeit one with QuickOffice built in, 64 GB of local storage and a whopping 1 TB of cloud storage.
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