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Valentine's Day tech for your sweetie
Monday, February 6, 2012 6:29:34 AM CST
You don't need to be a geek to appreciate these Valentine's Day tech gifts. Whether it's a USB-powered blanket to keep your loved one warm, headphones for sharing music as a couple, or a blingy new watch, each one says "I love you" in its own special way.
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Slideshow: Month in space
Thursday, October 27, 2011 1:13:49 PM CST
Gaze into the Helix Nebula's golden eye and see the other cosmic highlights of January 2012.
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Verizon to set up streaming service with Redbox
Monday, February 6, 2012 9:58:02 AM CST
Challenging Netflix, Verizon says it will start a video streaming service later this year in cooperation with Redbox and its DVD rental kiosks.
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Defending virtual borders in age of cyber war
Monday, February 6, 2012 11:17:10 AM CST
If cyberspace itself is now a weapon of mass destruction, how can we protect ourselves from an electronic Armageddon? That’s one of the many disconcerting questions raised by a major new report just published in Europe.
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Wanted: 'Astronauts' with the right stuffing
Monday, February 6, 2012 11:09:25 AM CST
If you've ever dreamed of becoming an astronaut and have four months to spare, you might have the "right stuff" to fly to Mars … well, sort of.
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Pre-caffeine: Super hangovers, Internet crackdowns!
Monday, February 6, 2012 10:21:05 AM CST
Infinite "viral videos"(aka commercials) crappin’ up your Facebook walls this morning reveal Super Bowl’s true winner: Capitalism! USA! USA! Meanwhile, , Super Bowl XLVI is the most tweeted sporting event ever.
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Super Bowl breaks Twitter record (Sorry, Tebow!)
Monday, February 6, 2012 8:37:32 AM CST
Poor Tim Tebow. The starting quarterback for the Denver Broncos set a a Twitter record in the beginning of January and it's already defeated — by the Super Bowl. According to Twitter, Super Bowl XLVI is the most tweeted sporting event ever.
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Analyst explains why older iPhones won't get Siri
Monday, February 6, 2012 11:23:51 AM CST
Many individuals have been holding their breath and waiting for the day when Siri becomes officially available on older iPhones. But according to one analyst, that moment may never come — thanks to a technical difference between the iPhone 4S and older generation devices.
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Google, Facebook remove content on India's order
Monday, February 6, 2012 7:44:01 AM CST
Internet giants Google and Facebook removed content from some Indian domain websites on Monday following a court directive warning them of a crackdown "like China" if they did not take steps to protect religious sensibilities.
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Beware! Siri may snap if you sell your iPhone
Monday, February 6, 2012 10:06:49 AM CST
Plenty of people will tell you that you need to make sure that you've erased all personal data from an iPhone before selling it. But no one ever asks how the phone itself feels.
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Most radicalism linked to Internet, say UK lawmakers
Sunday, February 5, 2012 6:26:12 PM CST
Internet service providers should do more to prevent violent extremism from being promoted on the Web, British lawmakers said in a report that states that the Internet has surpassed universities and prisons as a place where dangerous ideas are developed and traded.
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Report: Facebook to start mobile ads by March
Sunday, February 5, 2012 10:16:38 PM CST
Facebook, the social network giant, is set to begin showing advertisements to users on mobile devices before its $5 billion initial public offering, the Financial Times reported on Monday.
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Yet another study confirms your tech addiction
Friday, February 3, 2012 2:32:27 PM CST
Scientists, online dating sites, your constantly irritated significant other and Wilhelm Hofmann at University of Chicago's Booth Business School could all save a lot of time over whether we are "addicted" to social media and/or our cellular devices.
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Check out the Red Planet's craziest colors
Friday, February 3, 2012 7:54:29 PM CST
Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: A picture from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter paints the Red Planet in shades of blue, yellow and green — but there's a method in the madness.
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Post SOPA, it's time to protest ACTA (on Feb. 11)
Friday, February 3, 2012 5:35:13 PM CST
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Anonymous goes after Marine in Haditha case
Friday, February 3, 2012 2:31:54 PM CST
Anonymous posted 3 gigabytes' worth of email correspondence by attorneys involved in the case of U.S. Marine Frank Wuterich, who recently pleaded guilty to killing two dozen unarmed Iraqi women and children in 2005.
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Hackers apparently hit Swedish government site
Saturday, February 4, 2012 11:42:43 AM CST
A group linked to the hacker network Anonymous on Saturday said it had attacked the Swedish government's website, bringing it down for periods of time by overloading it with traffic.
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Syrian pro-government TV's texting service hacked
Sunday, February 5, 2012 12:06:59 PM CST
Syria's state broadcaster said on Sunday that the text message news service of a separate, pro-government TV station had been hacked and was being used to disseminate "false messages."
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Small moves add up in commercial space
Friday, February 3, 2012 11:12:59 PM CST
Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: Commercial ventures have been taking lots of small steps toward the next giant leap in spaceflight — and the federal government is helping them out.
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Google Earth update erases 'Atlantis' error
Sunday, February 5, 2012 12:18:40 PM CST
A Google Earth map that raised rumors of the lost city of Atlantis has gotten a much-needed update, ridding the seafloor of a gridlike pattern that some vigilant users suspected were sunken streets from the mythological underwater city.
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Senate: Bigger US role in corporate cybersecurity
Sunday, February 5, 2012 1:20:14 PM CST
A developing Senate plan that would bolster the government's ability to regulate the computer security of companies that run critical industries is drawing strong opposition from businesses that say it goes too far and security experts who believe it should have even more teeth.
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Corpse sits in gamer cafe for 9 hours
Friday, February 3, 2012 11:45:29 AM CST
In what is beginning to be a disturbingly common phenomenon, a young man in Asia has died, apparently due to prolonged gaming. According to Sky News and the AFP, the latest incident took place in New Taipei, Taiwan.
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Space voyages shouldn't be politically incorrect
Friday, February 3, 2012 3:19:35 PM CST
Why should politicians support trips beyond Earth orbit? It's good for jobs in the short term, and good for our survival in the long term. Commentary by NBC News' Jay Barbree.
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Hackers take over law enforcement websites
Friday, February 3, 2012 6:52:40 PM CST
Saboteurs stole passwords and sensitive information on tipsters while hacking into the websites of several law enforcement agencies worldwide in attacks attributed to the collective known as Anonymous.
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For Facebook, 'Hacker Way' is way of life
Saturday, February 4, 2012 12:28:28 PM CST
Facebook's billionaire CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls himself a "hacker" in a 479-word essay he wrote describing his company's philosophy of constant development and improvement.
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Asteroid Eros draws skywatchers in Earth flyby
Friday, February 3, 2012 7:06:32 PM CST
Amateur astronomers and students around the world are taking a close look at the asteroid Eros as part of a hands-on experiment to measure solar-system distances.
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Megaupload founder refused bail in New Zealand
Friday, February 3, 2012 8:30:43 PM CST
A New Zealand court refused an appeal by the founder of online file-sharing site Megaupload.com to be freed on bail, Friday, agreeing with prosecutors there was a risk he would attempt to flee before an extradition hearing.
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Survey: Kindle Fire owners like cost, but have gripes
Friday, February 3, 2012 10:42:36 AM CST
A new survey shows that Kindle Fire owners are happiest with the low cost of their devices, but among their gripes are a lack of volume buttons and a camera as well as a short battery life.
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Experiments look at how to fight fire in space
Friday, February 3, 2012 2:01:23 PM CST
New experiments on the International Space Station may reveal tips on fighting fires in space, and back here on Earth, too.
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Internet helps turn 'Tiger Bread' into 'Giraffe Bread'
Friday, February 3, 2012 12:40:50 PM CST
UK-based supermarket chain Sainsbury's sold something called "Tiger Bread" until Jan. 31. But on that day the bakery product was renamed to "Giraffe Bread," thanks to a 3 1/2-year-old girl's astute observation, a couple of letters and some help from the Internet.