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SCI FI and DVICE on this new site called Twitter — heard of it?

SCI FI and DVICE on this new site called Twitter — heard of it?

Ever wanted a direct line to a TV network executive? Now you've got one — anyone on Twitter should feel...
 
BodyTrace Internet-enabled eScale blabs to the world about your weight

BodyTrace Internet-enabled eScale blabs to the world about your weight

The BodyTrace eScale is a wireless scale that tosses your weight over to you computer and then out to the...
 
SHIFT: Why Facebook's vanity URLs are bad news for the Internet

SHIFT: Why Facebook's vanity URLs are bad news for the Internet

Did you sit by your computer late on Friday, June 12 in order to pounce on the perfect Facebook vanity...
 
Ray Bradbury to Yahoo: 'To hell with the Internet!'

Ray Bradbury to Yahoo: 'To hell with the Internet!'

"The Internet is a big distraction," said Ray Bradbury, author of Fahrenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles, while speaking out...
 
SHIFT: Is Verizon FiOS just a beautiful mirage?

SHIFT: Is Verizon FiOS just a beautiful mirage?

I'm sick of those damned FiOS commercials, the ones with that WASPy passive-aggressive FiOS installer guy driving the blobby red-bearded...
 
Fragrance Communication System to stink up the place, make web an olfactory adventure

Fragrance Communication System to stink up the place, make web an olfactory adventure

The smelly Web is coming to a USB port near you. Hook up this Fragrance Communication System, and its six...
 
FlipShare.com makes it even easier to share Flip camcorder video online

FlipShare.com makes it even easier to share Flip camcorder video online

Flip camcorders turned the home videography world upside-down, with their nonexistent learning curve and cheap price. Now the Flip creators...
 
Epix: 720p streaming movies before they hit on DVD

Epix: 720p streaming movies before they hit on DVD

Movie studios are getting ready to stomp on Hulu like it was yesterday's news. Epix is going to be a...
 
Human inner ear models for universal radio chip

Human inner ear models for universal radio chip

The human ear is an amazingly effective receiver. The ear can pick up a wide range of frequencies, from the...
 
Clever configuration monitors home energy use on the desktop

Clever configuration monitors home energy use on the desktop

Here's a guy who's using a Rube Goldbergian method to monitor his energy use on a custom Google gadget on...
 
SHIFT: How alternative search engines like Wolfram Alpha and Cuil can succeed

SHIFT: How alternative search engines like Wolfram Alpha and Cuil can succeed

When Wolfram Alpha, a website devoted to providing direct answers to fact-based searches launched earlier this month, it was immediately...
 
Antique 1964 Livermore 'Model A' modem still works, crawls at a hot 300 baud

Antique 1964 Livermore 'Model A' modem still works, crawls at a hot 300 baud

Seeing this modem from 1964 inspires a weird sense of envy, even if it is as slow as molasses. My...
 
SlingPlayer Mobile for iPhone finally approved by Apple and AT&T

SlingPlayer Mobile for iPhone finally approved by Apple and AT&T

Fellow Slingsters, rejoice! Apple has finally approved SlingPlayer Mobile for iPhone after months of hemming and hawing. For the steep...
 
Samsung's puzzling camera trick: here's how they did it

Samsung's puzzling camera trick: here's how they did it

Remember Samsung's brilliant viral video campaign for its I8910 HD cellphone we showed you last month? Now the company reveals...
 
British company testing broadband service that's 51 times faster than the U.S. average

British company testing broadband service that's 51 times faster than the U.S. average

As U.S. broadband providers harass customers and strongarm the government to keep their slow, antiquated and obscenely profitable business models...
 

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