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In what will come as alarming news to porn lovers everywhere, a new study out of Stanford University shows that the private browsing modes now standard on most browsers can be circumvented. The culprits? Encrypted sites and your own extensions.
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Diabetics may have yet another tool in their blood-sugar management arsenal — an implantable, fluorescent blood-sugar monitor. It involves small hydrogel beads that vary the intensity of emitted light depending on glucose concentration. They're called Life Beans.
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Elizabeth Comeau, born in 1981 from in-vitro fertilization, was America's first test tube baby. Having recently become a mother herself, she wrote a touching article about her own life as a scientific first. Check it out at the [Boston Globe]
HP CEO Mark Hurd has resigned over a sexual harassment allegation leveled by a former HP contractor. The company says an investigation by outside counsel found no sexual harassment violation, though there were violations of HP's Standards of Business Conduct. UpdatedMore »
"Steve Jobs has his own idea and he's a brilliant guy... There's just an element that we're not very happy about, as people. We are holding out." So says Yoko. And as Yoko goes, so go the Beatles on iTunes.
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What happens when you strap the jet engine from a Phantom fighter plane to the back of a yellow school bus? The awesomest fire-propelled death ride around. And yes, there is a video.
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The whole 3D thing is like so early 2010, right? Video artist Don Whitaker has already moved on, using a software script to convert ocean footage into what he imagines a 4th dimensional perspective might be. Sober viewing is encouraged.
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iPhone 4 owners will soon be smiling more, with a new option to initiate FaceTime conversations via email unlocked in the latest iOS beta. This could allow video chatting with other FaceTime-compatible devices, such the perhaps-impending front camera iPod touch.
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What is this? Some sort of spider, sent down from space? Nope, it's a ceiling lamp, where the socket is actually the light bulb. Come on in, and I'll show you:
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This isn't the first multi-touch DJing we've seen, but something about watching this guy navigate his transparent control station—a homebrew touchscreen running a Traktor Pro controller called Emulator—really makes me want to do the robot. [PabloMartin via Engadget]
While web site Jailbreakme.com offers a one-click jailbreak for your iOS devices via mobile Safari, it also exposes a major security vulnerability. As it turns out, jailbreaking your iDevice may provide additional security options that make jailbreaking a more secure option.
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The great outdoors—an opportunity to enjoy the eternal bond between man and nature. And vast quantities of expertly grilled burgers. The Automatic Chef motorized grilling—I don't even know what to call it, crane?—will complete your next camping trip.
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The odd lottery ticket purchase when you're feeling particularly lucky is fine, but when it becomes an addiction then it's time for an intervention. Two artists did just that, showing what could've been bought with the money spent on tickets.
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Being a good host in the 21st century isn't what it used to be. Your guests have to deal with Wi-Fi passwords, confusing home theaters, and more. Next time you've got guests, blow them away with your sophisticated, 21st-century hosting skills.
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Google, who's been determinedly digitizing the world's books, thought it might be prudent to figure out just how many books are actually out there to begin with. They made a special algorithm, natch, and came up with 129,864,880.
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It's not just your clumsy leg-kicks that Kinect will understand, with a newly-discovered patent showing that it's actually capable of understanding American Sign Language, or ASL. Is this another way to input text to the game?
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Some people put safes behind paintings. Me, I just want to put my home entertainment accessories behind a secret wall panel. How hidden is it? Here's what it looks like closed:
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Apple has a new App Store category called Try Before You Buy, which features free lite versions of popular paid apps. Nice idea, but not good enough. Apple, we want a full 24-hour trial period on all apps.
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Yesterday, Alexander Yee and Shigeru Kondo announced that they had set a new Pi world record, calculating it to five trillion digits—some 6TB of data—using a single custom built computer. The five trillionth digit? It's a 2.
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Had your breakfast yet? Might be best not to watch this man assemble his head on an empty stomach. Still, however disgusting, it's one of the cooler commercial effects I've seen in a while.
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You can pretty much insert your local area's landmarks in the following amazing images from photographer Andy Spain, because it's an issue that obviously affects us all.
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Is it a mouseulator? A calcouse? Whatever you call this bastard child of a mouse and calculator, it's Canon's first model in its legendary X-series of calculators. Can I hear some love from the accountants, please?
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Despite installing safety nets around the building premises, a 22-year old female worker at Foxconn's Kunshan factory committed suicide early yesterday morning. She only joined Foxconn at the end of March, where she worked packaging plastics.
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We're used to see atomic bombs images. From afar, they even look beautiful. But when one explodes near you, that immaculate light will burn your skin and make you bleed spontaneously. 65 years ago today, this is how that felt.More »
Red, yellow, or green will indicate the levels of diesel or exhaust in the air, while creatively illuminating the scene at a nighttime gathering. If your balloons are mostly red, I'd suggest relocating to a less polluted locale.
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When you're serving up drinks in the Vino Mug and the Bottoms Up Beer Glass, your guests will be so distracted by the creative flair that they won't even notice they're drinking up your bathtub booze.
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It's not Sanyo's first waterproof HD camcorder, but it may be their best: a full HD (1920x1080) Xacti, 12x double-range zoom, 2.7-inch LCD screen, and safe to use in up to 10 feet of water. Snorkle not included.
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