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Old Internet Getting You Down? Build Your Own!

Digg: Tech - Tue, 2011/07/05 - 08:31
If the old Internet is infested with infidel, imperialist, capitalist propaganda just go ahead and make your own, just like Iran is planning on doing and China, as well as Cuba and, to a limited extent, North Korea have been doing for a while.


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Nerdapalooza Spotlight: I Fight Dragons

Wired: Gadgets - Tue, 2011/07/05 - 08:30
Like all genres of music, the genre of nerdcore has it's annual gathering, the apex of live performances in a 2-day music festival called Nerdapalooza. Regardless of the genre classification, Nerdapalooza is a high energy gathering with a solid and continuous line-up of musical performances and straight up fun. Over the past couple years, attendance ...


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Does the HP TouchPad Have More Tablet Apps Than Android?

Digg: Tech - Tue, 2011/07/05 - 08:02
The HP TouchPad launched with nearly 400 apps - but some sites are saying Android's Honeycomb OS only has 232 apps. What's wrong with Android tablets?


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Hands-On: The SoundJaw Fixes the iPad 2's Awful Speaker

Wired: Gadgets - Tue, 2011/07/05 - 07:41
It would be hard to say anything good about the iPad 2's speaker. It is tinnier-sounding than the surprisingly good speaker on the first iPad. It faces backwards, firing all sound away from you. It is far too easy to cover it with a hand or a Smart Cover and -- worst of all -- it is about the ugliest piece of design to come out of Apple since that stupid hockey-puck mouse that shipped back in 1998. Luckily, there's a fix.


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Apple Orders 15 Million iPhone 5s For September

Digg: Tech - Tue, 2011/07/05 - 07:32
The sources also said that the iPhone 5 isn't very different from the iPhone 4.


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Should the Government Need a Search Warrant to Track Your Car with GPS?

Digg: Tech - Tue, 2011/07/05 - 07:14
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case next term about when the government can put GPS devices on people's cars -- which could produce one of the court's biggest privacy rulings in years


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Mark Zuckerberg may be the most followed person on Google+

Digg: Tech - Tue, 2011/07/05 - 07:10
Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO and face of Facebook, might be the most followed person on Google+ -- the social network from Google that is looking to be his biggest rival.


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Mind Blowing: Google+ VS Facebook [GIF]

Digg: Tech - Tue, 2011/07/05 - 07:01


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Procomm Plus BB to Facebook Mobile: Key Internet Communication Changes

Digg: Tech - Tue, 2011/07/05 - 06:58
If teen pop sensation Justin Bieber were to shave his head right now, you would not only learn about it within minutes, but would also have access to photos and video of the incident, no matter where in the world you lived.


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HP Touchpad: Just Another Inferior iPad Imitator?

Digg: Tech - Tue, 2011/07/05 - 06:57
Yet another new tablet is challenging Apple's dominance — but this one may be the most worthy competitor yet.


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Chrome Extension Lets You Grab Your Facebook Contacts Data

Digg: Tech - Tue, 2011/07/05 - 06:23
Chrome extension lets you grab your Facebook contacts data and export to either Gmail or your Google+ account.


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Meet NASA’s Next Mars Rover

Digg: Tech - Tue, 2011/07/05 - 06:16
At 10 feet long, weighing almost a ton, and equipped with a laser and percussive drill for shattering earth and rocks, Curiosity is our best hope yet of finding signs of life on Mars.


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6 Ways to Find Your Stolen Laptop

Digg: Tech - Tue, 2011/07/05 - 05:47
If your laptop is ever lost or stolen, this security software will work hard to protect your precious data and help you recover the device.


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Video: Cameras Mounted on Fireworks Show Dizzying Point-of-View

Wired: Gadgets - Tue, 2011/07/05 - 05:40
Sure, you love to watch a crash-bang firework show while you sip a cold beer on July 4th, but did you ever think about how the poor firework feels? Well did you, you callous spectator, you? No, you didn't, which means that Jeremiah Warren is a much better man than you. Not only did he ask ...


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Three-Way Headphone Splitter Shaped Like a Tiny Branch

Wired: Gadgets - Tue, 2011/07/05 - 05:17
I can think of precisely one use for a headphone jack splitter, and that's for watching movies on the iPad when I'm on a plane or train, traveling with The Lady. However, I am also aware that there are couples whose individual musical tastes don't make each other physically sick, and who might like to ...


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Richard Stallman Urges Rejection of Anti-Piracy Web Blocking

Digg: Tech - Tue, 2011/07/05 - 05:08
Under Italian government legislation, telecommunications agency AGCOM will have to take responsibility for dealing with Internet content deemed illicit by entertainment companies. To that end, AGCOM is about to give itself the power to remove content and block websites without the need for any legal process. According to free software guru Richard Stallman, Italians should use “what’s left of their democracy” to oppose such measures.


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Motorola DROID 3 Images Surface Before Launch [w/PICS]

Digg: Tech - Tue, 2011/07/05 - 04:52
Motorola's DROID continues its run on the rumor wagon, even as the release of its newest member, DROID 3, is nearing. First on the cards is a bunch of leaked images of the DROID 3, from Verizon’s site. See them here.


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Electronic Devices to Cost Less? Japan Discovers Rare Earths in Pacific

Digg: Tech - Tue, 2011/07/05 - 04:29
Some people may say “So what?” but those who think about it see the costs of smartphones and other electronics devices coming down.


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Hackers Target Apple

Digg: Tech - Tue, 2011/07/05 - 01:11
The vulnerability of 225 million iTunes credit card accounts has been grossly exaggerated


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Hackers Select a New Target: Other Hackers

Digg: Tech - Mon, 2011/07/04 - 22:48
In a fractious free-for-all, rival hackers engage in tit-for-tat attacks on each other, often for no better reason than to outwit the other guy.


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