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The Answer Factory: Demand Media and the Fast, Disposable, and Profitable as Hell Media Model
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A fiendishly clever startup knows what we are Googling &mdash! then churns out thousands of cheap videos and articles to meet our every whim and wish.
2010 Superfly Will Make You Say 'My Oh My'
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Conventional wisdom says a mountain bike with 29-inch tires is an ungainly ride. Conventional wisdom can suck it. Meet the 2010 Superfly.
After 5 Years on Web, Firefox Preps for Next Round
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The Firefox web browser celebrates the fifth anniversary of its debut Monday. With IE humbled and Chrome on the rise, the next five years are going to look totally different than the first five.
Replace Your MacBook's Hard Drive Yourself
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It may not seem like it, but your MacBook hard drive is no different than that of any other laptop. Replacing it without Apple's help might void your warranty, but it sure is a lot cheaper if you do it yourself.
National Data Breach Laws Move Through Senate
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The nation is closer to a national data-breach notification law and setting security standards for handling sensitive data. After legislation aimed at the problem languishes on Capitol Hill for four years, two bills make it out of Senate committee.
Review: Military Dudes Abide in Funny 'The Men Who Stare at Goats'
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George Clooney, Jeff Bridges and Kevin Spacey play psychic "Jedi Warriors" in a movie improbably inspired by a real Army program.
Lawsuit Accuses Facebook of Conspiring to Break Video-Privacy Law
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A lawsuit filed in Texas accuses Facebook of conspiring with Blockbuster to violate a federal law protecting records related to the sale and rental of videos.
Glow-in-the-Dark Shark Turned on by Hormones
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Scientists discover how the lantern shark controls its luminescent glow.
Creepy, Cool Ghosts of 'Christmas Carols' Past
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From Patrick Stewart to Vincent Price, an odd array of actors and directors have tackled Charles Dickens' holiday classic. Disney's 3-D animated version hits theaters this weekend, prompting a head-trip down memory lane.
4 Ways Live and Digital Music Are Teaming Up
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Music webcasting is setting the stage for an online live-music renaissance.
Vet School 2.0: Stick Your Hand Up a Cow Butt
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Apparently, in order to check if a cow is sick or pregnant, you have to stick your arm up its butt. And we're told having the right touch is both important (well, yeah) and difficult. So a vet-turned-computer-scientist designed the Haptic Cow to give students a virtual butt to practice on.
Video: Romanian Police Raid Card-Skimming Ring
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Police in Romania swoop in on 19 members of an alleged international bank-card ring that's been active in Switzerland, Italy, France and the United States.
Signature of Antimatter Detected in Lightning
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The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope detects gamma rays in lightning that have the right energy for the decay of energetic positrons, which are the antimatter counterpart of electrons.
Why I'm Not Getting a Droid Today
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Though I’m eager to ditch my iPhone and 86 AT&T, I’m not going to switch to Verizon for the Droid. Here's why.
Video: iPhone Apps for Shutterbugs
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A video demo shows three iPhone apps that will make photography easier and more fun.
Verizon to Offer Tethering for Motorola Droid
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While iPhone users still wait for the promised tethering option, Verizon Wireless is ready to offer it to Droid users next year.
Review: New Movie Can't Top Real-Life Men Who Stare at Goats
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Maybe the greatest conspiracy of all was turning The Men Who Stare at Goats into another middlebrow Hollywood action flick – complete with a saccharine ending.
The Real Men Who Stare at Goats
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“More of this is true than you would believe,” we’re told, just a few minutes into the movie version of The Men Who Stare At Goats>. But how many of the film’s outlandish military research projects really happened? Turns out there’s plenty of material in the movie which sticks quite close to the truth — though reality is a bit more complicated.
Our DIY EV Conversion Gets a Curvaceous Bod
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Wired.com's EV conversion project is in full swing with the purchase of a beautiful body: a $500, sky-blue, 1967 Volkswagen Beetle.
Mourners Gather Online in Aftermath of Ft. Hood Rampage
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A picture emerges of alleged Ft. Hood gunman, Maj. Nidal Hasan, who reportedly opened fire inside a crowded medical processing center. Investigators, as well as members of the Fort Hood community, continue piecing together what happened.
Ford Brings Airbags To Back Seats
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Riding shotgun loses some its luster, as Ford announces the industry’s first inflatable seat belts, which it claims will provide five times the protection of a conventional belt and could increase the number of back-seat passengers who buckle up.
Close Encounter With Saturn Moon's Fantastic Plumage
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft got a close look at the plume shooting out from Saturn's moon, Enceladus, by flying through it. Scientists hope information gathered by Cassini can help them determine if the source of the plume is an ocean beneath the moon's crust that could harbor life.
Out of the Blue: Islands Seen From Space
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This collection of images taken from space by astronauts and satellites showcases some of Earth's most beautiful and interesting islands.
Nov. 6, 1944, '71: A Double Nuke Anniversary
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In 1944, weapons-grade plutonium is first produced, making the atom bomb possible. Twenty-seven years later, see how things have progressed.
Pixies' Powerful Doolittle Tour Blends Surreal Sonics, Visuals
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The influential alt-rockers gouge ears and eyes — in a good way — on their current tour, blasting fans both old and new with a compelling mix of stimulating music and surreal video. The Doolittle anniversary tour is an appropriately updated showcase for the perennially underrated band.
Dual-Screen Camera Delivers Double Dose of Dumb
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Think a camera with a dual LCD on the front is a good idea? Yeah, it's not. Samsung forgot to develop the "camera" part of this equation.
Teacher Claims Fingerprinting Is 'Mark of the Beast'
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A Texas teacher faces losing her job for refusing to have her fingerprints entered into a database. She claims a First Amendment violation of the right of religion, as fingerprinting amounts to the "Mark of the Beast."
Mr. Know-It-All on Angry E-mails, North Korean Tweets, Napping on the Job
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So your boss nixes the idea of power-napping on your 15-minute break? Mr. Know-It-All recommends fighting this battle with cold, hard data. And he suggests you re-read that Yelp rant before you hit publish.
Can You Smell Me Now? A Guide to the Body's Telltale Emissions
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There's a device that can detect pretty much any sound or smell you emit. Think about that with your electricity-crackling brain.
Calling CrunchPad: Is Anybody Home?
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Web 2.0 personality Michael Arrington's dream of an inexpensive web tablet called CrunchPad may be dead. Higher-than-expected costs and missed deadlines may have done it in.
